Chapter 915: The Cake of Power (1)
?When His Majesty the Emperor was exploring ancient ruins, the left-behind court officials in the distant Tianhua Star Domain were also busy with all the affairs of the empire.--.
The Emperor** regiment won a lot of battles and captured a large area, hundreds of thousands of administrative planets, almost endless rare resources, and a large number of new important positions. How to divide this huge cake? These big figures secretly tried their best to win more wealth for their families and factions in the upcoming high-level meeting.
As the night was approaching, two bright moons slowly appeared in the sky of the fourth planet.
Yun Tianque finished his day's work and accompanied by several servants, stepping out of the gate of the noble courtyard. Guards had already driven over the luxurious heavy-duty speed car with family badges.
He walked to the car door, but did not rush into it. Instead, he stared at the familiar colorful golden phoenix pattern on the door for a while, and a faint sigh came from his throat.
This is a badge designed and determined by the first head of the family. From then on, it has been a symbol of this aristocratic family. It has been passed down for thousands of years without changing. It carries too many glory, dreams and hopes, and also has heavy responsibilities, blood and hardships, witnessing the rise, decline, honor and disgrace of the entire family over the past thousand years.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Yun Linjie in the speed vehicle poked her head out of her head in confusion and asked in confusion.
"Oh, it's okay." Yun Tianque responded lightly, "I was thinking that this family badge should have been modified!"
"Modify." Yun Linjie's expression became more and more confused. "Is this necessary? Then how do you plan to modify it!"
It is not uncommon for aristocratic families to change their own family badges, but they are mostly limited to some nobles with ordinary strength. For top wealthy families like the Yun family, the status and symbolic significance of the family badges are just like the national emblem and flag of a big country. Once determined, there is no very special reason and it will not be changed easily.
Yun Tianque suddenly came up with such an idea, and even she didn't understand what her brother meant for a while.
"It's nothing, I'm just talking casually." The prince smiled, raised his foot and walked into the speed vehicle, and then signaled the guard to cover the door.
"Your Highness, where are you going next?" the maid came over and asked for instructions.
"I won't go anywhere, just go home." He ordered.
A few seconds later, the speeding car soared into the air, and dozens of floating tanks immediately followed closely, taking on the guard duty.
"You just came back from the palace, right?" he asked.
Yun Linjie nodded: "The third princess Yun Jiayi has been born almost a hundred days ago. The palace is preparing for a celebration in a few days. I just sent some things over and chatted with Xinyao for a while!"
Looking at her brother's expression, she couldn't help asking: "Do you think this child still have hope? After His Majesty returns to the court this time, you should have a decision on this matter!"
Yun Tianque shook his head gently: "Hope may be there, but it is quite limited. Now His Majesty has three princes, and Concubine Feng is even pregnant with the eldest son. It is difficult for her to sit in that position!"
"..." Yun Linjie thought about it and couldn't help but say angrily:
"But we can't just admit defeat like this. Concubine Luo is just a clone. Concubine Feng has served the emperor of the previous dynasty. These two are not as noble as Xinyao in our family!"
"Northern." The prince sighed.
"For Your Majesty, this factor has never been included in his consideration. I think we should probably settle for the second best and consider some more practical issues!"
Yun Linjie couldn't help but be shocked and asked in disbelief: "Can your Majesty have made up your mind!"
"It should be considered." Yun Tianque said.
"Although it has not been announced publicly, there will be no more changes in this matter. Of course, we are not without any benefits. Just today, Your Majesty has sent a decree from the front line to allow the candidates for provincial governors I have proposed!"
"In this way, the weight of our Yun family in the imperial power system has been strengthened a little, and it is not in vain that I and His Majesty have been talking about for so long!"
When Yun Linjie heard this, her face looked a little better, and then she said with some concern:
"But the Emperor** regiment has recently established such a vast territory. It is said that only the more than 9,000 star fields of the eastern star sea will be re-planned. This is not the Miliam Empire, which is about to destroy the southern star sea, and the territory of several other alien races such as Zhanying Wangting!"
"These places need to be arranged with reliable enough candidates to guard the court. You have to fight for more places at that time. Otherwise, based on the few positions our family now has, the right to speak in the imperial court is still not enough, at least..."
"Don't panic, go step by step." Yun Tianque smiled.
"This matter cannot be too urgent. After a while, I will go and tell His Majesty that I will recommend a few more candidates to him, and then decide whether to continue working hard in this regard depending on the situation!"
If you rashly make too many requests to Your Majesty, you will only be regarded as dissatisfied with desires and insatiable greed. Even if you are really close to Your Majesty, you will be disliked by him. Moreover, the status of the Yun family is a bit subtle, so Yun Tianque is very patient and has a very reasonable attitude in handling these matters, so as not to be considered by Yun Haoyu as having too much ambition and being suspicious and suppressed. Even if the empire is anxious, there is no way to find so many suitable candidates to serve as the ranks of the newly acquired territory.
From the current perspective, although the emperor's attitude towards the Yun family is not very close, it is indeed much better than before. This is the result of Yun Tianque's careful management and clever handling.
Especially in the last rebellion in the imperial capital, a group of great nobles led by the Yun family chose to stand firmly on the side of the royalists. Although they suffered a lot of losses in the rebellion, they received more compensation afterwards and won Yun Haoyu's true trust, thus starting to give them more power.
The future is long. As long as you don’t make mistakes in the years to come, you will continue to stand on the side of the royal family and in the lifetime of the prince, it is not an impossible delusion to restore this family that suffered a major blow.
"By the way, you just said you wanted to revise the design family badge." Yun Linjie said curiously again.
"What exactly do you do? Do you have any ideas in your mind? This is not a trivial matter. How do you plan to convince the elders in the clan!"
Yun Tianque said calmly: "It's not a redesign, it's just adding something to it, such as the silver-lighted dragon pattern on the royal badge!"
"What...this..." She finally understood what her brother meant, and was happy and worried, and said uneasy:
"You mean, let Your Majesty agree to restore the Yun family's royal status, but is this possible!"
Although Yun Tianque is the biological grandfather of His Majesty the Emperor, due to his previous hatred, Yun Haoyu has been reluctant to admit this relationship, so the Yun family's status in the empire is very embarrassing. Although many people in the family have already obtained the opportunity to become officials, the head of the family himself is also the only important minister in the empire who has a title, but if this key problem is not solved, it will ultimately make it difficult for the family elders to fully feel at ease.
Therefore, the brother and sister of the head of the family were deliberately trying to push Yun Xinyao to the position of the lord of the central palace to consolidate the family's status. Of course, the ideas were thoughts, but their various efforts were carried out within the scope permitted by the rules and had not done any extraordinary behavior, so Yun Haoyu just let it go.
"At present, I am 30% sure." Yun Tianque said slowly.
"Of course, if we are willing to give up some price, we will be 90% sure!"
Yun Linjie was shocked again: "What is the price? Is there anything else in the family now so important that it can easily influence Your Majesty's decision!"
"No need to say this for the time being, we will naturally find out in the future." The prince smiled meaningfully and did not continue the topic.
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Yun Tianque's judgment is not wrong. The gap in the quota of foreign officials has attracted the attention of the imperial decision-makers.
The next day, in the imperial study, a routine dynasty meeting was held on time. The imperial concubine Zhong Xuying, the imperial concubine of the regent, signed a stack of documents that had just been reviewed, and handed them over to the female official around her.
"What else do you have to discuss with the public? Let's raise it together now." She glanced at the ministers under the jade steps and asked softly.
Song Guangyu made a speech and said: "Your Highness, the candidates for the governors of the new province of the Empire and the supporting administrative team have not been fully equipped. Moreover, there is a significant gap in the list of governors of the star field and the list of governors of various administrative planets. How to solve it, please think of a constitution!"
"This..." Zhong Xuying frowned slightly and asked:
"Hasn't the new batch of imperial administrative personnel been trained? Is it not enough to add them all? How many people are there in the gap!"
Song Guangyu smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, since the end of the Eastern Star Sea Battle, the empire has added more than 9,000 new star fields. Each star field must arrange reliable candidates to serve as governors, and equip enough administrative personnel and defense forces. This has completely exceeded the ability of the major administrative academies of the empire, so... it is really difficult for me to handle it thoroughly!"
Zhong Xuying thought for a while and asked, "Do you have any good suggestions on this matter?"
The ministers under the jade stairs looked at each other with helpless expressions.
This cannot be blamed on their lack of foresight, but because the expansion speed of the imperial war machine was so powerful that it destroyed the Gnaslok Empire in just one year, thus bringing the former Shalestin Alliance and the territory of the former Suriya Republic into the imperial territory.
Chapter completed!