Chapter 5209: Not very important

That's right, as long as Wu Shangshu is willing to surrender to Ji Youlan, then Ji Youlan can control the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Personnel, plus an investment bank in the Ministry of Finance. In the future, she will compete with the eldest prince and two princesses, and there is no hope of winning.

Ye Wudao also smiled sincerely and said: "Wu Shangshu, this is a wise choice. If you are really ready, don't see the eldest prince and the second princess too much in the future."

"Your trust in His Highness the Sixth Prince needs to be accumulated slowly before you can get what you want in the future."

Wu Shangshu nodded and said: "I know this very well. Now that I have made my choice, it will not change again."

"Well, I don't have any official business these days, so why not go to the Sixth Emperor's Mansion to talk about it?"

"good."

A few hours later, Ye Wudao and Wu Shangshu boarded the Sixth Emperor's Mansion together. Ji Youlan had already received the news and was waiting outside the door to greet them.

Seeing Wu Shangshu, a warm smile filled her face and she welcomed Wu Shangshu into the house.

Liu Zhenyun, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and other ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs also walked beside him with smiles on their faces.

A group of people were strolling around the beautiful mansion, just like a family.

After a short while of greetings, Wu Shangshu made a statement and said: "Your Highness, I will report to you on the affairs of the Ministry of Works on a routine basis. I will also entrust the ministers who have been promoted to our Ministry of Works by the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the past few months. Reuse.”

Ji Youlan smiled and said: "In the future, the affairs of the Ministry of Industry should be left to Wu Shangshu. I also ask Wu Shangshu to join the cabinet of my Sixth Emperor's Mansion and discuss matters together in the future."

Wu Shangshu was startled and looked at Ye Wudao dumbfounded. He didn't know if Ji Youlan was testing him, so he smiled bitterly.

"That's not necessary. Minister Zuo is also very important in our Ministry of Industry."

Ji Youlan glanced at Ye Wudao and asked, "Wudao, what do you mean?"

"I am not very skilled in the affairs of the Ministry of Industry." Ye Wudao said directly: "In terms of ability, I am definitely not as good as Wu Shangshu. Although I am the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, all those heavy tasks are handled by my subordinates. , making up my mind, I didn’t do anything.”

"Therefore, I feel that at this critical moment, I cannot be allowed to handle things that I am not good at. Leave them to Wu Shangshu."

Wu Shangshu was stunned. He really didn't expect that as soon as he decided to defect to Ji Youlan, Ji Youlan gave him so much trust that she didn't share the world with him in the Ministry of Industry and handed it over to him directly.

Ye Wudao had no intention of competing with him for power, and simply said he didn't want to care anymore.

Hearing this, Ji Youlan looked helpless, sighed softly, looked at Ye Wudao, and said slowly: "I don't mean to let you completely let go of the work department affairs. If you really don't want to do the work department affairs, it's okay. It can be arranged.”

"But if you really don't want to do it, then I agree, but you have to think clearly before answering. Even if you are in the Ministry of Industry, there is no problem in being Wu Shangshu's right-hand man."

Ye Wudao smiled coquettishly: "It's not necessary. The Ministry of Industry or Wu Shangshu has the final say. I'll just wait for the opportunity and wait for His Highness's new appointment."

"good."

Ji Youlan also readily agreed and immediately led everyone to her conference room.

After sitting down, everyone began to discuss the next strategy. Now it was how to fight for the throne.

Liu Zhenyun, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, said: "In recent days, I have inquired about the news. There are some signs of people from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Hustaking taking sides. However, the majesty of the Holy One is still there, and the Ministers of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Hubu still just want to sit back and watch the tiger fight. "

Ji Youlan said calmly: "When it comes to the importance of the various departments in the imperial court, the Criminal Department and the Military Department rank first, the Jin Department and the Civil Service Department rank second, and the others rank third. The Rites Department is insignificant, and the Household Department is actually about the same."

A large part of the power in the Household Department has actually been assigned to the Jin Department long ago. This Jin Department is actually the key to controlling Shenxia's treasury, so the importance of the Household Department and the Rites Department is not high.