Chapter 705

The crowd nodded one after another; they had the same feeling.

Inside the Imperial Garden.

Wu Zhao, wearing her dragon robe, walked at the very front. She said with a huff,

"Lord Gao, your reaction was quite swift. You've earned all the fame, while Lord Lu is left to bear all the hatred alone. By the time this is over, all the corrupt officials in the world will only secretly thank you while targeting Lord Lu. The way you've calculated this, I could hear it all the way from the palace."

A smile appeared on Gao Yang's face. "Your Majesty, how can you say that? Your subject is wholeheartedly devoted to Da Qian; I don't care about mere fame at all."

Wu Zhao stopped in her tracks, then turned back to look at Gao Yang. "Spin it, keep spinning. I'd like to hear what other reasons you can come up with!"

"Your Majesty, today I argued based on reason, undoubtedly becoming the number one person opposing 'involution.' It may look like I've gained fame, but in reality, I am trying to infiltrate the ranks of the corrupt officials."

"Now that I hold an important position and am about to undergo my capping ceremony, which will be a grand affair, those corrupt officials will surely send me gifts. When that time comes, I will secretly record the list and present it to Your Majesty. This is a strategy of killing two birds with one stone!"

The corner of Wu Zhao's mouth twitched, and she took a long look at Gao Yang.

She hadn't expected Gao Yang to be calculating such a scheme.

This man truly had no shame!

Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but look away.

Chen Feng, the historian standing to the side, felt his brush tip tremble; for a moment, he didn't know how to write it down.

"Historians must be impartial when recording history. Strategies beneficial to Da Qian, such as involution and terminal elimination, were proposed by me. My opposition to them is also for the sake of entering the game myself to root out the corrupt officials in Changancheng."

"This must be recorded clearly!"

Gao Yang instructed Chen Feng.

Everything was going quite well; now Lu Wen was bearing the hatred, and a hundred years from now, the fame would still be all his.

Having someone to take the fall—this was truly satisfying!

"Yes!"

Chen Feng's mouth twitched, but he still replied straightforwardly.

Wu Zhao also glanced at Gao Yang and then said, "The involution method isn't much of a problem, but regarding the terminal elimination system, what Prime Minister Xu and Top Scholar Cui said also makes a lot of sense."

"In the short term, the Da Qian officialdom will be purged, but in the long term, how can we prevent official corruption? Even with the supervision of the Western Depot and the Censorate, and the deterrent of executing the three clans, I fear it will still be difficult to eradicate!"

"Do you have a method?"

Gao Yang shook his head. "Your Majesty, this is human nature; it cannot be fundamentally cured."

"But in the short term, as long as the Censorate and the Western Depot keep each other in check, and with assessments by the Ministry of Personnel, there won't be any major problems. Overall, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. Once Da Qian becomes strong, destroys the six kingdoms, and embarks on the path of a technologically powerful nation, we can then replace it with a new system."

Upon hearing this, Wu Zhao also felt it made a lot of sense.

In this world, there is simply no perfect policy. Wherever there are people, there is a 'rivers and lakes'—human nature is such that officials protecting one another can never be fully eradicated!

Furthermore, policies are implemented by people; otherwise, even the best policy would be a poisonous scheme that harms the country and the people!

At this moment, a palace maid stepped into the Imperial Garden and whispered a report into Wu Zhao's ear.

Wu Zhao first frowned, and then, in the depths of her eyes, there was shock that could not be contained.

Moreover, she asked with emphasis, "Is this news accurate?"

The palace maid nodded straightaway.

Even for Wu Zhao, she fell into a profound silence for a moment.

"Your Majesty, what happened?"

In his impression, Wu Zhao had never been like this, which piqued Gao Yang's curiosity.

Wu Zhao looked at Gao Yang and said with a complex expression, "I won't say. You should leave the palace; you will know once you are out."

With that, Gao Yang became even more curious.

He bowed to Wu Zhao and then curiously exited the Imperial Garden.

At the intersection, Gao Feng was waiting for him; this had almost become a habit between the two.

"His Majesty encountered something extremely surprising; it seems to be related to my Dingguo Duke Prefecture."

As soon as they met, Gao Yang spoke up.

"What is it?"

"I don't know yet, but His Majesty said I would know as soon as I left the palace," Gao Yang replied.

Then, the two of them left the palace together.

As they neared the palace gate, Gao Feng caught sight of a figure with their back to them, yet one he was extremely familiar with—it was none other than Gao Gao Changwen, dressed in an incredibly flashy manner!

Once they were close, Gao Feng put his hands behind his back and scolded directly, "You beast! The palace is a place of great importance—is this somewhere you can just come to? Why don't you hurry up and get back!"

Gao Gao Changwen was startled and immediately turned around, his eyes meeting Gao Feng's stern face.

Listening to this head-on scolding and looking at that face which looked like it was owed a hundred thousand taels of silver,

all the past encounters—the beatings, the scoldings—all surged into his heart at once.

This made Gao Gao Changwen lose his composure.

He suddenly spoke to Gao Feng, "How bold! Is that any way to speak to the Juzi!" ===== CHAPTER 707 =====