After Zhao Er and Kou Zhun met, after a short discussion, he knew that the person surnamed Kou was not easy to deal with. Although this guy was not a disciple for a long time, he was well-known to Ye Hua.

What a shit East Courtyard, it’s a completely decorative decoration!

However, Zhao Er is not an ordinary person, and he did not get angry immediately. The surname Kou still occupies a position and is in an advantageous position. He can't win if he resists it.

Thinking of this, Zhao Er smiled and said, "The Prime Minister favors you, and the overseas territories will definitely be grateful. However, there are still many things to do when the East Court is organized. I want to discuss with several governors."

Kou Zhun smiled and said, "This matter is very easy. What are the instructions for senior brother? I will obey the order!"

After the plastic brothers bid farewell, they each performed their own tricks. Kou Zhun immediately instructed his representatives to draft a bill to limit the power of the territory.

In Kou Zhun's view, the future East Court will be just a newspaper at most, just let them shout a few times. As for the real power, it will not be possible at all!

...

"Junior brother, how much support can you bring?" Zhao Er leaned over and asked Ye Xi... As the eldest son of the master, the second prince of the Great Zhou, Ye Xi has matured a lot in the past five years, and even has a short black beard. He looked at it coldly and was quite similar to Ye Hua. It is said that the old guards of the Ye Mansion would even be called wrong.

But even if he is like him, Ye Xi does not have the power of Ye Hua. He cannot do anything to fight against ten thousand people with one person... In fact, after Kou Zhun firmly took up his position, he has a bit of Ye Hua's style.

He promulgated the Agricultural Product Protection Act, provided rural water conservancy subsidies, and overhauled the embankment project. At the same time, he adopted tax cuts against workers, winning people's hearts.

In terms of the army, Kou Zhun even enfeoffed overseas land and created a large number of powerful overseas farmers. As for the merchants, they had long stood behind Kou Zhun.

"Reform is to cut off the flesh with a knife. My father has been working for decades and has been full of complaints. If he had not made great achievements, he would have been liquidated long ago. And it would have been much easier to win people's hearts. I can tell you with confidence that in parliament, Kou Zhun can get at least 60% of the support, and as for the bureaucracy, it can even reach 80%!"

"What?"

Zhao Er was shocked, "Junior brother, aren't you kidding me? Why are there so many?"

Ye Xi chuckled: "What's so strange? Since Li Yu stepped down, Kou Zhun took Zhao Yusheng to the Ministry of Works... It turns out that the few people who were greedy for corruption have left their positions. Just calculate, how many corrupt officials have been taken down in the past five years?"

Zhao Er was completely stunned, "Junior brother, as of this, Kou Zhun has completely destroyed the foundation left by his master over the years?"

"You can't say that either." Ye Xi smiled bitterly: "Actually, he has done a lot of things that his father dared not do or cannot do."

"For example... he completely issued laws, abolished the eunuch system, approved the budget of the palace, stipulated the scale of the royal family, rectified the army, and strengthened the cabinet's control over the army..."

"So, he has put the emperor in vain?"

Ye Xi shrugged helplessly, "Since I asked the emperor out to help, Kou Zhun has started doing this!"

Since ancient times, imperial power and prime minister have been a pair of natural enemies.

Many people may not understand that the emperor is arrogant and has a golden word, and can do whatever he wants. A mere prime minister who takes it and takes it down is what's so great!

Those who say this have no understanding of the operation of the bureaucratic system... For example, how much budget does the imperial palace have in a year, and how much money can the emperor use besides the treasury?

Taking the current Great Week as an example, the Royal Budget accounts for only about five percent of the total budget.

In other words, if the emperor has only five yuan in charge for one hundred yuan, the rest must be followed by the same agreement.

If you want to add a close servant in the palace, you need to pass the cabinet, and the cabinet can easily hire hundreds of middle and lower-level officials without having to pass the emperor's nod.

After all, the emperor is just one person, and the cabinet represents an extremely large team!

Therefore, an emperor who wants to make a difference must divide the civil servants or support the eunuch. Only the stupid emperor will cut off one's own arm and put his life completely in the hands of the civil servants...

Guo Zongxun is not a fool, but Ye Hua is too powerful and Kou Zhun is too fierce. Now all the power is under the control of the cabinet, including the parliament that was originally used to check and balance the cabinet, and now he is obeyed by the order.

"My father often says that there are rivers and lakes where there are people, there are gangs, and there are gangs. Now it seems that what is the difference between temples and rivers and lakes? We are also in the rivers and lakes, and we can't help but do it!"

People are in the world, and they can’t help themselves!

Zhao Er read it twice and suddenly smiled contemptuously, "Junior brother, listen to you, do you want to admit defeat?"

Dust!

The tea cup was slapped on the table, and yellow and green tea oozed out along the bottom of the cup. Ye Xi snorted, "I am Ye Hua's son! Will I admit defeat?"

Zhao Er was stunned for a long time, and suddenly laughed, "Junior brother said it well! I finally saw the style of my master! It seems that you have also tempered it over the past few years, and it is really not easy!"

Ye Xi smiled helplessly, "I don't want to do this either, but the situation is forced!"

"Junior brother, let's talk about the serious business. What are your tricks to deal with Kou Zhun?"

Ye Xi said seriously: "The East Court's proposal is very good, but it cannot be designed by Kou Zhun!"

"How do you do it?"

Ye Xi said: "The overseas territory is vast, but how many people can there be and how powerful it is! Can all of them be combined, can there be a population of tens of millions? How can we compete with Kou Zhun?"

"For the sake of the present, we can only change one idea and open the East Courtyard!"

Zhao Er's eyes widened: "What does it mean?"

"Let the representatives from the Great Zhou local area enter the East Courtyard!"

"Then, isn't that allowing Kou Zhun to control the two houses?"

"No!" Ye Xi chuckled, "No! Kou Zhun's foundation is shallow after all, and he cannot win the hearts of the people... We can equate overseas territories with various channels, and elect representatives from each channel according to population and economic aggregate, and form the East Courtyard. In this way, the East Courtyard has become a stage for local forces, and the West Courtyard is appropriately relaxed to give quotas of representatives from the territorial sectors."

Zhao Er thought about Ye Xi's words and gradually became aware of it. "Do you want to throw out the East Courtyard as bait so that Kou Zhun can see the sweetness and eat the East Courtyard in one bite?"

Ye Xi smiled and said, "He can swallow it, but may not be able to digest it. On the contrary, even if the local representatives enter the West Courtyard, even if there are not many, it is enough to change the current balance. Lu Duan will naturally stand on my side again!"

"Then, who should the East Courtyard belong to?"

"Senior brother, are you interested?"

Zhao Er thought for a while and shook his head, "I can't let go of Tianzhu, not to mention that I am not good at fighting in the court. I should find a more suitable candidate."

Ye Xi narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "I have a suitable person... Wei Xianmei! What do you think?"

Zhao Er's eyes were lit up, "Missing, it's so wonderful! Junior brother, your brain is really useful!"

Wei Xianmei failed to compete for the Prime Minister and was immediately rushed to Dashi by Kou Zhun... Just three years ago, the old husband Wei Renpu passed away. Wei Xianmei only found out that he didn't even have time to attend the funeral, let alone meet for the last time.

Because of this, Wei Xianmei was so angry!

Don’t forget that Wei Xianmei is also a cruel person. When she was just a teenager, she went to Youzhou to become an official. By trading slaves, she received excellent examinations and entered the officialdom.

After years of experience, he inherited his father's plan and absorbed Ye Hua's pattern.

Coupled with Kou Zhun's plot, Wei Xianmei became completely mature.

He promoted infrastructure construction and railway construction between Dashi and Eastern Rome... and mobilized personnel to bombard Constantinople with heavy artillery of the navy, seized the Eurasian Continental Bridge, Yang Ye, Zhang Yongde, Han Tong, and three teams of troops met.

Although there are many sporadic forces in Dashi and Europe, there is no doubt that the world rule of the Great Zhou has been completely established with the capture of Constantinople.

Wei Xianmei also pursued a policy of reducing her terror, and he did more thoroughly than Kou Zhun!

Moreover, with the completion of the Asia-Europe Railway, millions of Han people immigrated to the railway, and villages and towns quickly emerged.

Due to the railway relationship, the industrial development of Dashi even surpassed that of Tianzhu.

In addition, Wei Xianmei also participated in the excavation of the Suez Canal, communicated with the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, and built dozens of large ports throughout the road.

Although not much has been accomplished, no one can deny Wei Xianmei’s contributions there!

A person with a seniority than Kou Zhun, a better method than Kou Zhun, and a greater contribution than Kou Zhun, returned to the court, and was expected to be lively!

Zhao Er narrowed his eyes with satisfaction... With the joint operation of these two brothers, the East Courtyard was successfully established.

The Great Zhou Dynasty was assigned 100 representatives, and the rest of the other places, Liaodong, Goryeo, Wadao, Luzon, Annan, Chameng, Dali, Tubo, Java, etc. were assigned 30 representatives. As for the seven major territories, each had ten representatives.

There were a total of 200 representatives from the East Courtyard, and at the same time, they absorbed representatives of workers, farmers, merchants, and scholars from seven major territories, a total of 350 representatives and entered the West Courtyard.

Wei Xianmei was expected to become the leader of the East Courtyard, while the leader of the West Courtyard was still Lu Duan.

Prime Minister Kou Zhun and second minister Ye Xi, four of them gathered together, and there was a table of mahjong!

When they were fighting for the prime minister, they are now gathering again. I have to say that the world is mysterious!

Kou Zhun laughed loudly and said, "The whole world is prosperous, and we are on the forefront. We are lucky... I suggest we have a drink together!"

Others had no objection and looked at Wei Xianmei.

After a moment of silence, Wei Xianmei suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, I have been waiting for the Prime Minister's fine wine all these years!"

Kou Zhun also smiled and said, "My wine glass is always full!"

...

These four guys drank happily, and were all unrestrained, like wild celebrities of the Wei and Jin dynasties. Everyone thought they wanted to reconcile and devote themselves to the country.

But I knew this was just a superficial phenomenon. Three days later, the cabinet issued three laws, first, prohibiting the construction of steel plants in the local area; second, prohibiting skilled workers from leaving the Dazhou; third, prohibiting the export of relevant science and engineering books overseas!
Chapter completed!