Pregnant Before the Royal Marriage-Chapter 849 - : Disagreement_1

Chapter 849: Chapter 849: Disagreement_1

Jiang Ruobai was writing when he looked up to see a big pile of petitions. He then smiled and said, “Eunuch Liu, you’ve worked hard.”

Liu Quan quickly laughed and said, “Don’t say that. It’s my duty, so I dare not complain about being tired. Prime Minister Jiang, these are all sent here by the Crown Prince.”

“Oh…”

Jiang Ruobai put down his brush, picked up one of them at random, and glanced through it.

Liu Quan stood aside, carefully observing his expression.

Jiang Ruobai remained calm, carefully reading the petition from beginning to end.

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It was filled with words cursing and admonishing him. Liu Quan had glanced over it several times, and he was sure that if these words were directed at him, he would not be able to remain calm.

As expected, Prime Minister Jiang is Prime Minister Jiang, not someone ordinary like him could comprehend.

After reading one, Jiang Ruobai set it aside and said to a chuckling Liu Quan, “Let’s leave these petitions here for now. Once I and a few Grand Secretaries have reviewed them, we’ll let you know.”

“Alright, I will leave you to your work, Prime Minister Jiang.”

After Liu Quan left, the other Grand Secretaries came and flipped through the petitions, their expressions varied.

The Junior Grand Secretary asked, “Prime Minister Jiang, shall we write the responses to these?”

Jiang Ruobai smiled and said, “Sure, let’s share the workload, it’ll speed up the process.”

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On average days, there are only tens of petitions sent to the Cabinet. If a few Grand Secretaries split the work and discuss together, it wouldn’t take too long to draft a response.

Of course, as the Senior Grand Secretary, most of the proposed responses are decided by Jiang Ruobai.

Once the responses are proposed, they’re presented to the Emperor for approval.

The current Emperor is too lazy to do it himself, hence, the need for the Eunuch Scribe.

The Eunuch Scribe copies the proposals from the Senior Grand Secretary in red ink, then sends them to the Six Ministries to be handled by the relevant departments.

This process has been going on for many years.

Generally, the Emperor wouldn’t easily object the proposals of the Senior Grand Secretary, because it implies that he doesn’t trust the Grand Secretaries. They would feel that their moral character is compromised and would resign.

Of course, situations where the Emperor disagrees with the proposals still occur.

When this happens, negotiation between the monarch and his officials is needed.

Aside from criticizing Jiang Ruobai and the Emperor, the rest of the petitions are seeking to dethrone Concubine Zhu.

The first two are merely provocative and expressive; there’s no need to attend to them. However, the petitions to dethrone Concubine Zhu are well-reasoned, and the Grand Secretaries must treat them seriously.

Concubine Zhu is currently the Emperor’s favorite concubine. To dethrone her is to go against the Emperor.

Who dares to confront the Emperor and expects a good outcome?

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Besides, Concubine Zhu was recommended by Jiang Ruobai, the head of the Culture and Learning Pavilion and Senior Grand Secretary, himself.

What could he do when the petitions land in his hands?

Of course, he disagrees.

The responses were quickly sent back to the Crown Prince.

Li Hongyuan is the Regent Crown Prince, and doesn’t have the power to command the Eunuch Scribe. He doesn’t have the qualification to appoint a new one either.

Therefore, he must give his approval to these petitions himself.

That is why he is more burdened than the Emperor.

He looked at the characters inked on by the responses, which were all within his expectations.

Jiang Ruobai is not a saint. He recommends someone to enter the palace to become a pampered concubine, and then drafts to dethrone her?

Wouldn’t that indirectly prove that he, as a Senior Grand Secretary, is indeed unfit for his position?

It would then prove that the ministers who criticize him are correct.

Indeed, he’s just shooting himself in the foot.

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