Chapter 25: Tongwenguan is still selling official positions, who dares to be fooled!
There is a crystal river to the west of Kyoto. Before the river flows into Cangshan Mountain, its flow slows down and forms a large pool of water that looks like a mirror.

Every night, there are many flower boats sailing freely on the lake.

It is decorated with lights and is as eye-catching as a Crystal Palace, very beautiful.

Everyone knows what these flower boats are used for.

But a few years ago, a Baoyue Tower was opened on the bank of Liujing River. It was extremely luxurious and instantly suppressed all the flower boats.

But when people walked into Baoyue Tower, they were surprised to find that its livelihood model was so novel!
Pay to sing!

Baoyue Tower has many private rooms of different sizes, which can accommodate different numbers of people to sing to their heart's content.

Of course, Baoyue Tower also has a chef, and if you get tired of singing, you can even order some side dishes for a meal.

This new form of entertainment quickly attracted the curiosity of Kyoto residents and gradually became a new trend.

However, there is a most luxurious private room on the top floor of Baoyue Building, but it has never been open to anyone.

No matter how much money is offered or how high the official position of the person is, Baoyue Tower will always refuse them.

But today is a little special, the No. 1 box is actually being used by someone!

But no one knows who is inside.

"Minister Lin is really willing to give away these names." Li Chengde looked at the list in his hand and smiled softly.

Through this confrontation, many people from the prime minister's faction jumped out.

Although when the shutdown activities were quelled, a considerable number of people were instigated to rebel.

But His Majesty the Emperor might still take revenge later.

But those people are not actually true party members.

In other words, the core figures did not participate in the recent bad behavior at all, and were even actively completing their daily work.

This group of people left a good impression on the Emperor. The two assistant ministers of the Ministry of Personnel who served in the cabinet were actually Lin Ruofu's men, and the orders they received were completely different.

If Lin Ruofu had not given up resistance voluntarily, then even if he was still imprisoned in the Dali Temple prison and isolated from the world, His Majesty would still be able to make concessions to him.

But if that happened, Lin Ruofu's fate would only be even worse, so he chose to surrender.

"Your Highness, will Tongwenguan continue to sell official positions?" Si Lili gently pinched Li Chengde's shoulders and asked with a puzzled look.

Li Chengde's mouth curled up slightly, "Of course, and we will continue to expand the scale!"

This made Si Lili difficult to understand!
You know, when Tongwenguan was first established, official positions and titles were openly sold outside the Prince of Wei's palace.

But no one dared to come, for fear that the Fourth Prince was conducting a "luring enforcement operation".

It turns out that their concerns were justified.

Not long after the incident of selling official positions and titles came to light, a huge uproar suddenly broke out in the court of Qing State!
First, the Censorate collectively sued the Fourth Prince, but not only did it not get any results, but the Censorate had to beg for mercy from the Fourth Prince and surrender to him.

Immediately afterwards, the case of forming a clique for personal gain broke out!

Lin Ruofu had been the prime minister for ten years and had remained in office forever, but after a court meeting, he became a prisoner!
Now he left the capital in a disgraceful state, with his many years of business ruined, and he even gave his civil servants to the Fourth Prince!

Thinking back carefully, the Fourth Prince's actions were to first use wool and pottery jars to open the gateway to the grassland, forcing the Golden Horde to surrender to the Qing Kingdom and seek peace.

Later, he successively brought down the Censorate and the Prime Minister...

With such a brilliant record, who would dare to come and buy an official position? It would be because they feel that they have lived long enough!

"Normally, no one dares to buy an official position from me." Li Chengde did not deny this, "But what if this business goes underground?"

Go underground? Si Lili frowned.

But soon, she realized something.

Those people don't dare to come to the Prince of Wei's palace to ask His Highness to buy official positions. Isn't it because they are worried that they will be trapped in the law enforcement?

But if they go underground and find a middleman to take charge, then they won't have to contact His Highness directly.

In this way, even if the person behind the scenes is still His Highness, this middleman gave them a false sense of security.

This way, they will become bolder!
The business of selling official positions and titles can also be done!

As expected of His Highness, this arrangement is so ingenious!

"Your Highness, this is a great plan!" Fan Ruoruo suddenly interrupted, looking worried, "But I'm a little worried. Can Fan Sizhe be a good middleman?"

Li Chengde looked at her and comforted her, "I plan to let Fan Sizhe do another business. As for the matter of selling official positions, leave it to..."

Fan Ruoruo's eyes suddenly lit up. She wanted to take over this business and help His Highness act as a middleman.

But Li Chengde said a name that was hard for her to accept, "...Yuan Meng, you take responsibility."

As soon as the voice fell, Yuan Meng immediately said happily, "Your Highness, don't worry, I will definitely do this beautifully!"

When Yuan Meng said this, Fan Ruoruo clearly saw Yuan Meng giving her a very provocative look.

As a famous talented woman in Kyoto, Fan Ruoruo would originally have no intersection with Yuan Meng.

But now both of them are working for His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei, so they have to compete with each other.

Fan Ruoruo has been running the bookstore. Although she can make a lot of money from selling books, it is still far from Yuan Meng's restaurant.

Not to mention, Yuan Meng's restaurant can often provide valuable information to the Prince of Wei's Palace.

From this point of view, Fan Ruoruo felt that her contribution to the Prince of Wei's Palace was very little.

Not to mention Yuan Meng, even Si Lili is better than her.

Due to the high privacy of Baoyue Tower, many people choose to conduct intelligence transactions here.

Si Lili also provided His Royal Highness Prince Wei with many secrets of high-ranking officials in Kyoto.

As for Lin Wan'er...she has been following His Highness since she was a child, so naturally she has known Fan Ruoruo for many years.

Logically speaking, I shouldn't be jealous of Lin Wan'er.

But Lin Wan'er had just received a list of civil servants from Prime Minister Lin, which instantly strengthened His Highness's power in the court.

In comparison, Fan Ruoruo seemed to have accomplished nothing in the Prince Wei's Mansion except printing a few books!
How can she fight for the position of the queen?!

"Ruoruo, how is the bookstore doing recently?" Li Chengde suddenly asked about the bookstore.

Fan Ruoruo immediately cheered up, "Your Highness, the sales of Romance of the Three Kingdoms are reaching new highs every day, and many people come to the bookstore every day to urge for the next content."

Li Chengde smiled slightly, "There's no rush to write Romance of the Three Kingdoms, let's whet their appetite a little longer."

"By the way, I have something important for you to do recently. This matter is very important to me."

Hearing this, Fan Ruoruo's eyes lit up, and she immediately said, "Your Highness, please give me your orders. No matter how difficult it is, I will do my best to complete it!"

"It's not that serious." Li Chengde chuckled and immediately asked Fan Ruoruo a question, "Do you know the newspaper that His Majesty had founded?"

(End of this chapter)