Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors-Chapter 484 - 262: Who Says There Must Be a Prime Minister?_5

The plan directly targeted the current situation in the Qi Dynasty where a vast number of officials received stipends without doing any work. It cancelled all these idle positions in one fell swoop!

And what shocked Zhang Jingbang even more was this.

The most important point was that the Emperor’s plan was well-organized and clear in direction. It was by no means a flawed plan.

What did this imply?

It implied that this group of civil officials would find it difficult to pick out faults!

Normally speaking, although the Emperor held power, he would be unclear and unskilled in these specific plans. To implement any policy, he had to rely on capable ministers.

Just like when Wang Wenchuan initiated reforms, the Emperor needed Wang Wenchuan, a minister, to manage the affairs.

This might cause conflicts between the Emperor and the officials at certain points, and opposing officials could seize these points to attack, causing the entire plan to completely collapse.

However, now the Emperor had come up with a watertight plan himself!

This plan was drastic and caused extreme discomfort to these officials, yet it was seamless without any loopholes to exploit or errors to pick out.

Most importantly, this plan was devised by the Emperor himself.

This meant there would be no conflicts between the Emperor and his ministers, and any official attempting to find faults in this plan would be courting death!

After the eunuch finished reading the plan, Fan Cun didn’t wait for Zhang Jingbang to speak and directly said, "Zhang Jingbang! Is this what you called critically important and extremely complicated?

"Are you incompetent, or are you deliberately deceiving the Emperor? Choose one!"

Zhang Jingbang was so frightened that sweat continuously seeped from his forehead, and he hurriedly kept kowtowing, "Your servant... your servant is incompetent, I have failed Your Majesty’s expectations!"

Fan Cun nodded, "So?"

Zhang Jingbang looked terrified, but quickly recovered and hurriedly said, "Since your servant is incompetent to serve... then, then I request to resign from my ministerial position!"

Fan Cun said with satisfaction, "Good, granted!

"This plan will be executed by the Ministry of Personnel."

After saying this, he glanced at the Minister of Personnel, exactly the Wang Shiyong who had previously been close to Zhang Jingbang and tried to scavenge women in the city to send to the Jin.

Wang Shiyong was stunned. How could such a huge matter suddenly fall on my head?

He was utterly unprepared for this.

If they truly implemented this plan, wouldn’t it offend all the ministers to death? Especially since he himself was also one of the ministers. How could he possibly give up his privileges?

Seeing that the court session was about to end, Wang Shiyong quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, please wait!"

Fan Cun glanced at him, "Is there anything else?"

Wang Shiyong initially wanted to say that this matter needed further deliberation, but after being glanced at by the new ruler, he instantly lost his nerve.

Don’t be suicidal!

Zhang Jingbang was a prime minister dismissed straightforwardly for failing to perform his duties, and Wang Shiyong, although a high-ranking official in the court, was nothing in the eyes of the Emperor.

At this moment, displaying any unwillingness or inability would result in the same dismissal as Zhang Jingbang.

Just a moment after stepping forward, Wang Shiyong already regretted doing so.

Fortunately, he came up with a quick idea and said, "Your Majesty! With the prime ministerial positions vacant, it will ultimately destabilize the court.

"Your Majesty dismissed Prime Minister Zhang, and now there isn’t even one prime minister left in the court.

"Please appoint two prime ministers early to stabilize the government."

Upon saying this, Wang Shiyong couldn’t help admiring his own quick thinking.

From the heart, he promptly found another good topic to temporarily preserve his official position.

Previously, the two prime ministers in the court were Tang Qin and Zhang Jingbang.

Tang Qin was executed by this ruler in court, and his position had been vacant since then; now the new ruler had also dismissed Zhang Jingbang, meaning both prime minister positions were empty.

Urging the Emperor to fill these positions quickly was definitely not wrong.

Fan Cun couldn’t help but laugh. He casually scanned the officials and finally, his gaze settled on Zhang Jingbang and Wang Shiyong.

"Who told you... that there has to be prime ministers in the court?

"Dismiss the court!"

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