Chapter 1482 Zhao Qian

"Bang!"

Wu Ya threw a memorial to the ground heavily. She said angrily: "What do these bastards want to do? Do you really think I dare not kill them?!"

The maids and eunuchs standing by lowered their heads cautiously.

It was not the first time that Wu Ya lost her temper, especially in the past two days. Even though Wu Ya did not say anything to them, from some of Wu Ya's mutterings, these eunuchs and maids had already understood what was going on:

The ministers in the city refused to cooperate with Wu Ya's instructions. The memorials did not report the progress of the completion of the matter, but complained, finding all kinds of reasons to complain.

The offensive and defensive battle of Fengyu City entered a critical moment. The defenders in the city blocked the rebels' early fierce attack and finally gained a foothold and stabilized the situation. Now, the officials in the city made such a fuss again. It was easy to understand why Wu Ya was angry.

However, Wu Ya was angry, but she knew that at this time, the people and officials in the city were already in a panic. If a large number of officials were dismissed at this time, or even some officials were imprisoned, it would definitely cause some waves, which might be detrimental to the defense of the city.

Wu Ya did not want to add trouble to Wu Fan and Chen Wende's defense of the city.

However, if these bastards were allowed to do so, it would also hinder the army defending the city.

Wu Ya was quite distressed about this.

After thinking for a long time, Wu Ya decided not to take action against all the evildoers immediately, but to catch a few to kill the chickens and the monkeys, and at the same time, to deter others, so that more people would not join this team of fish in troubled waters.

At this time, Luo Yang came to ask for an audience, and Wu Ya immediately let him in.

"How is it, have you found anything?" Wu Ya asked immediately.

"Your Majesty, I have found evidence that the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue is using his position to resell the grain in the city." Luo Yang said.

"Okay!" Wu Ya stood up suddenly and said, "Let's go to the residence of the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue!"

"Yes."

Wu Ya led Luo Yang, and of course, the subordinates under Luo Yang's current control, to the outside of the palace.

Because Wu Ya has not been on the throne for a long time, and she is a woman, she does not have many direct descendants in and outside the palace. Fortunately, when she was still a princess, she trained a direct army. Now, that army is under the command of Luo Yang. This time, Wu Ya ordered Luo Yang to secretly investigate those officials in the city who refused to cooperate, find evidence of their wrongdoings, and then severely punish them.

The Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue of Nanping State is now named Zhao Qian. He is an old man who has been an official for many years. He started from the bottom of the Ministry of Revenue. After years of struggle, he reached the position of Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

After reaching this position, Zhao Qian naturally hoped that he could go one step further and replace Zhao Xingnian as the Minister of Revenue. After all, Zhao Xingnian was old and it was not long before he retired. Zhao Qian felt that he had the most seniority in the entire Ministry of Revenue and was the only candidate for the position after Zhao Xingnian retired.

However, not long ago, Zhao Qian received bad news. Zhao Xingnian was not going to recommend him to be the Minister of Revenue, but was going to recommend Yu He, the Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Of course, Zhao Xingnian was not ready to retire yet, but the other party was already considering his departure. Recently, he had been working hard to cultivate Yu He, obviously wanting to cultivate Yu He as his successor.

This news made Zhao Qian furious. Zhao Xingnian did not like him. He had known this for a long time. The two had worked together for many years and had disagreements on many things. Zhao Xingnian was the Minister of Revenue and Zhao Qian was the Left Assistant Minister of Revenue. Both of them were very senior and neither could do anything to the other.

But Zhao Qian did not expect that Zhao Xingnian would set a trick on him before he left. Zhao Qian asked himself that he was better than Yu He in every aspect, whether in terms of qualifications or ability, and he was the candidate who should be promoted to the Minister of Revenue.

However, now Zhao Xingnian actually preferred Yu He, how could Zhao Qian not be angry?

Although the position of the Minister of Revenue would eventually be decided by Wu Ya, Zhao Xingnian's recommendation was crucial. Zhao Xingnian had been the Minister of Revenue for many years, so he naturally had more say in the next chief of the Ministry of Revenue. Moreover, he was the biggest contributor to Wu Ya's smooth ascension to the throne. How could Wu Ya not listen to his opinion?

Obviously, the possibility was not great, so whoever Zhao Xingnian recommended would have a better chance of becoming the next Minister of Revenue.

And now, Zhao Xingnian was obviously not going to recommend him, Zhao Qian.

Although Zhao Qian was very angry about this, he could do nothing about it. After all, his status could not be compared with Zhao Xingnian, not to mention that Wu Ya trusted Zhao Xingnian so much.

Just when Zhao Qian felt that he had no hope of promotion and that this might be the end of his life, an opportunity appeared!

Cai Cheng rebelled, Wu Ya was besieged, and the entire Fengyu City immediately became precarious.

This was naturally not a good thing for Wu Ya and the people in the city, but it was completely different for Zhao Qian.

When Zhao Xingnian went to Shanling Pass, he asked Yu He to temporarily take charge of the Ministry of Revenue. At that time, Zhao Qian did not dare to object and could only sulk in his heart, but Yu He's qualifications in the Ministry of Revenue were shallow after all, and Zhao Qian was not afraid of him.

After Cai Cheng rebelled, Zhao Qian had his mind moved.

In his opinion, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to Wu Ya, and he doesn't want Wu Ya to win. After all, if Wu Ya wins, it means the end of his official position. But if Cai Cheng wins, it will be different. He has some friendship with Cai Cheng in the past. The friendship may not be too deep, but it is definitely deeper than the relationship between Yu He and Cai Cheng. In this way, if Cai Cheng wins, it is not impossible for him, Zhao Qian, to replace Yu He.

As for Zhao Xingnian, he supports Wu Ya. If Cai Cheng wins, Zhao Xingnian's fate can be imagined.

Just when Zhao Qian was thinking about it, Jiang Yun and Jiao Zhiyuan came to him. The meaning of the two was very clear. They supported Cai Cheng in the city. Once Cai Cheng successfully entered the city, they would be meritorious officials, and Cai Cheng would naturally not treat them unfairly.

The proposals of Jiang Yun and Jiao Zhiyuan were exactly what Zhao Qian wanted, so Zhao Qian agreed without any hesitation. After that, Zhao Qian used his connections and influence in the Ministry of Households, and with the help of Jiang Yun and Jiao Zhiyuan, he successfully sidelined Yu He. After all, Yu He was only temporarily in charge of the Ministry of Households, and his foundation was not solid. Under the joint siege of Zhao Qian and the three old foxes, it was normal for him to retreat.

Since then, the Ministry of Households has been under the control of Zhao Qian, and it was from that time that Wu Ya's troubles became more and more.

It is impossible to fight without food, so the Ministry of Households is extremely important at this time. Zhao Qian used the convenience of his position to secretly transport the stored grain in the city and lied that there was no food in the city, but it was obviously not okay to keep the grain. If Wu Ya found out, it would be troublesome.

So, Zhao Qian thought of stealing and selling grain!

Not only can he support Cai Cheng, but he can also make a fortune, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.