Grand Preceptor, Grand Tutor, Grand Guardian. These three dukes were the late emperor's teachers.
There were titles such as 'Emperor's Mentor',' Minister 'and so on.
They were the three most respected official positions!
However, in order to avoid suspicion, the new emperor had just ascended the throne, so they did not participate in the government.
However, it was undeniable that these three people were truly respected big shots!
Other than that, the highest title of duke was given to the true relatives of the royal family and meritorious officials.
Regardless of whether it was the Three Dukes or the Duke, even the late emperor had to pay attention to the opinions of these people.
One could imagine that whoever could obtain the support of these meritorious officials would be able to call the wind and summon the rain in the imperial court!
No one would have thought that the Empress Dowager had a Duke behind her!
As for Emperor Qian, she was still inexperienced, and those meritorious officials might not give her face.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been suppressed by the power of the Prime Minister and the Empress Dowager.
If Emperor Qian knew that the Empress Dowager had ordered all the civil and military officials under her to follow the Prime Minister's advice, he would probably be so angry that he would fall into despair!
As expected.
In the next few days.
Yan Luo was a powerful figure in the imperial court, suppressing dissidents and crazily expanding his power.
First, he had to take complete control of the Ministry of Revenue.
In the Ministry of Revenue, any official who did not comply would be demoted for various reasons. They would lose their real power!
Yan Luo's goal was very clear. It was to expand the Ministry of Revenue and control a wider range of power!
He knew very well that in the later dynasties of the Blue Planet, the Ministry of Revenue was the true power.
He was in charge of the country's territory, land, household registration, taxes, salaries, and all financial matters!
There was once a corrupt official in the Ministry of Revenue who was found to be richer than the entire country after his house was raided.
The experience of two lifetimes made Yan Luo deeply understand that money was the foundation of any world or dynasty.
The so-called wealth, law, land, and partners, why was 'wealth' ranked first?
Poor literature, rich martial arts!
To cultivate martial arts, one must have money!
He needed money to develop the army and the martial artists under him.
As long as he controlled the economic lifeline of the entire Great Qian Empire, Yan Luo would have an endless stream of wealth!
Of course, Yan Luo controlled this wealth not to squander it, nor to hide it.
That would be equivalent to draining the pond to catch the fish, and it would only cause the development of the entire Great Qian Dynasty to stagnate or even regress.
What he needed to do was to use these resources reasonably!
At the same time, he could win over the hearts of the people and subdue many factions!
At that time, the people and forces of the world would only know that it was the Prime Minister's credit and would only be convinced by him!
Many ministers, including Emperor Qian and the empress dowager, probably didn't know the importance of the Ministry of Revenue.
This gave Yan Luo an opportunity.
However, even if they knew, it would be difficult for them to win against Yan Luo!
Moreover, the Empress Dowager had ordered her subordinates to cooperate with the Prime Minister!
Emperor Qian naturally didn't want to see Yan Luo's power grow by the day.
Every time, he would try to stop it.
She had thought that the empress dowager's people would also stand up against it.
In the end, he discovered that the officials on the Empress Dowager's side were silently agreeing to Yan Luo's actions and even expressed their support!
Anyway, the Empress Dowager had already secretly instructed them to cooperate as long as it did not violate their interests!
Although the Ministry of Revenue had many lucrative jobs, in their opinion, it was much weaker than other departments in terms of real power.
Clearly, they had not realized the importance of the Ministry of Revenue!
Emperor Qian found this unbelievable!
" How did this happen?!"
Emperor Qian was puzzled.
Even if the empress dowager's people didn't stop it, they shouldn't go so far as to agree!
Could it be that they had already reached an agreement to work together?？
However, according to the life simulation of the Eldest Princess, Emperor Qian knew that Yan Luo wasn't tempted!
"Could it be that the problem lies with Royal Sister?”
Emperor Qian thought of this very quickly.
According to the simulation, Yang Yueyao was completely devoted to Yan Luo!
"After Imperial Sister returned, she hid it from the Empress Dowager!”
" It's probably because of this that the empress dowager changed her mind…"
Although Emperor Qian didn't see the Empress Dowager's order, he could easily guess it.
Originally, she had hoped that the empress dowager would take action and fight Yan Luo openly and covertly to wear each other out.
He would watch from the sidelines and develop in silence.
However, the current situation put her in an even more passive position!
Yan Luo was also puzzled by this.
Even if the empress dowager's people did not oppose him, they should not go to the extent of agreeing with him!
Yan Luo would not naively believe that the Empress Dowager was showing weakness and was planning to 'submit' to him.
With the Empress Dowager's ambition, she would never assist anyone!
Logically speaking, if Yang Yueyao's honey trap failed, the empress dowager should have more tricks up her sleeve.
He definitely wouldn't let it go!
Yan Luo didn't know that Yang Yueyao had lied to the empress dowager, causing her to change her strategy!
However, Yan Luo didn't care about the reason.
Since the empress dowager was not going to oppose him for the time being, that was for the best.
It saved him a lot of trouble.
As long as it did not hinder his expansion of power and gradually control the entire court, it would be fine.
As for the empress dowager's power, he would not be merciful!
As long as the time was ripe, he would also pull out the empress dowager's forces one by one or take them for himself!
That night.
The Prime Minister's residence.
A burly general came to Yan Luo's study.
An invisible aura emanated from his body, making it so that no one dared to approach him!
This general was actually a Vajra Realm expert!
"Greetings, Lord Prime Minister!"
This general was a general of the Royal Guards, a third-grade official.
"Fang Zhenyue, have you been in this position for a long time?”
Yan Luo asked meaningfully.
"It has indeed been a while…"
Fang Zhenyue sighed.
The Royal Guards were the guards that guarded the Imperial City and the Imperial Palace.
One could imagine how important the positions were!
Especially the position of commander, it was usually held by the relatives of the emperor and the meritorious officials.
To ensure his loyalty to the royal family.
For a person like Fang Zhenyue to be able to become a third-grade general was already very rare.
If nothing unexpected happened, this official position would be the end of his life.
However, Yan Luo suddenly said something shocking,"
"I have a way to make you the deputy commander of the Royal Guards. Are you willing?”
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