It was a pure accident that Zhou Geng was about to come down from the sky and smash into the enemy barracks besieging the Imperial City of Yan Kingdom, if his fall trajectory had deviated a little at that time, it might have been another story.

Yan Cai'er felt that it would be good if Zhou Geng had appeared earlier, and King Yan might be able to live with his help, but his soul was seriously lacking, and he didn't even know where he came from, let alone what he was capable of, how strong his strength was, and so on......

If Yan Cai'er hadn't been hurt just now, Zhou even more didn't know that he would be able to easily deal with Xiao Cheng in front of him, as well as the people of civil and military officials.

Therefore, it may not be a good thing for Zhou Geng to appear early, maybe he can't help anything, Yan Cai'er may be grief-stricken and blame him for hiding his strength, but the fact is that it is caused by his lack of soul, and he does not intend to hide his strength.

Yan Cai'er turned her head to look at the last five living officials among the civil and military officials, and said, "Do you know why I left the five of you?"

The five officials and Cao Bian didn't dare to look at the pictures that shouldn't be seen, and now that Yan Cai'er spoke, they immediately turned around and bent down and saluted: "Because we didn't participate in the rebellion, but we also didn't stand up for Her Royal Highness the eldest princess who was in trouble, the former is the reason why we survived, and the latter is that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is magnanimous and didn't bother with Weichen and others, so it must be for other purposes." ”

When Yan Cai'er got serious, she exuded an empress aura all over her body, which could not be said to be cold and arrogant, and rejected people thousands of miles away.

But her royal majesty has invisibly formed a strange energy field, and when people want to get close to her, their hearts are like being pressed by a big stone, heavy and depressed, and they unconsciously instinctively give birth to awe.

"You speak too uprightly, no wonder your official position is not high, and you offend a lot of people on weekdays! But Yan Guo needs people like you, not those who are oily and slippery, who only know how to cheat and flatter, and focus on pleasing others all day long, rather than Yan Guo's state affairs, so Her Royal Highness the princess killed all those useless people, leaving the five of you. ”

Among the five officials, one of them named Yu Yuan said: "The atmosphere of the court is corrupt, and the official position of Weichen and others is low, although they come to the early court every day, they are also here to make up the number of people, and they have no right to speak, plus Weichen and others do not want to be in the same stream, It is inevitable that they will offend some people, so they have not been recommended for many years, and good errands are naturally assigned to those people. ”

Yan Caier knows the complexity of officialdom, if she doesn't have a good relationship in advance, let alone get promoted and make a fortune, whether she can keep her original position is a matter of two things, if she meets some cautious ministers, she will be killed long ago.

King Yan was not ignorant of this, but for various reasons and multiple concerns, there was no way to eradicate all of these eunuchs.

Even if the king of Yan is the ruler of the Yan country, before doing a lot of things, he has to go through the consultation of all parties before he can make a decision, if he insists on going his own way, is stubborn and self-serving, and acts arbitrarily for a long time, it is estimated that it will cause the public anger of the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, and it is not impossible to unite to hollow out the royal family in private, and then kill the king.

Xiao Cheng is the best example, he has stood on the throne of success, but unfortunately he was unlucky, and he met the evil star of Zhou Geng, and his plans for many years have finally come to naught.

"If it is changed to the previous situation, even if Her Royal Highness Princess is the king of Yan Kingdom, she will not reuse the five of you, not that you are not loyal enough, but you are not ruthless enough, Her Royal Highness Princess can reuse you for a while, can you guarantee that your subordinates will not have two hearts? You can't blindly be eccentric, so how does Her Royal Highness the princess manage the government, and who will obey me, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess. ”

After all, Yan Cai'er was born in the imperial family, and the emperor's weighing technique is to balance the forces of all parties, so that they can contain each other, and in the case of mutual suspicion, they can be used by me, and it is not enough to be loyal.

Before Weichen and others won the examination, they had lofty ambitions, but since they became officials, they found that officialdom was not as simple as we imagined, and their enthusiasm could not be brought into play, and over time they began to escape the status quo, unwilling to face the cruelty of reality, and gagged all day long, thinking about protecting themselves with wisdom, and waiting for many years to return to their hometowns. A loyal minister named Yu Yuan said.

"So this is the reason why King Yan doesn't reuse you, the more you encounter this situation, the more you have to change yourself and try to prove yourself, otherwise you won't be able to reach out if you want to pull you. ”

If there are people available, Yan Cai'er will not talk so much nonsense with them, the main thing is that the people available in front of her are all dead, and there is no one in front of them Although they are a little unlucky, at least they are loyal, and it is not impossible to give them a chance to prove themselves.

"The five of Weichen will definitely not live up to the high expectations of the eldest princess if they are loved by Her Royal Highness the eldest princess!" Yu Yuan and the other four spoke in unison.

They also know that it is their own reason, and it is their character not to follow the crowd, and it is their own problem to give up on themselves, indulge themselves, and not work hard.

"At present, the position of civil and military officials is vacant, and you can have suitable candidates to recommend. Yan Caier broke the pattern and wanted to cultivate a group of loyal and talented people who were loyal to the country and talented, but they couldn't be reused on weekdays, and she believed that Yan Guo still had talents.

This kind of person is like gold buried under the sand, and Yan Cai'er now has to turn over the heavy sand and dig the gold out of the dirt to make them shine.

"There are indeed a few bachelors who can't display their talents, if you want to fill the empty position of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, I'm afraid you can only summon the world!" Yu Yuan proposed.

"Then this matter will be handed over to the five of you to do, set up an examination room in the imperial city, I hope that there are learned people in the world to come to the examination, and you will be the examiners, strictly screen talented bachelors, and finally let Her Royal Highness the princess personally test, if Her Royal Highness the princess finds that there are mediocre and incompetent people in it, you have to consider your own heads!"

Yan Cai'er not only has to promote a group of capable and talented people, but she also has to promulgate new laws and regulations to restrain and restrict those who are not honest in their duties.

Otherwise, sooner or later, the Yan Kingdom will be turned into a miasma by greedy officials, and everything that is done today will be meaningless, so it is necessary to carry out a comprehensive reform.

"Weichen commands!" the five of them bowed and saluted back.