Vol 2 Chapter 263 (1/2)

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Chapter 263: A Youngster in the Bureau

”We're fighting for ti’s thin face did not show any expression His smooth, beardless chin made the wrinkles on his face appear deeper and his overall appearance older ”Reer than Xiao En”

Fan Xian kept a dim silence He picked up an ashy scent froathered during the envoy However, he did not reveal he had had a long talk with Xiao En in a cave one night and found the location of the teping seemed confident that he could control that wohtly, pondering about when he would coer brother He replied, ”I’ major for Northern Qi and shouldn’t be difficult”

Chen Pingping nodded and said, ”You too know that the position at the First Bureau was originally left for Yan Bingyun But no one expected Yan Ruohai to retire at such a young age Yan Bingyun had been working under his father, so he is quite familiar with the Fourth Bureau; it’s not a bad decision for him to stay there That, however, leaves the First Bureau to you You reat care”

Fan Xian squinted ”Is there anything specific Ilooked at his To tell you the truth, His Majesty always hoped you would reorganize the First Bureau If you don’t monitor the officials in the capital closely, there will be trouble once they get too close to the princes”

Fan Xian felt a chill and started to silently curse that estee hi’s dried-up finger gently tapped the handle of his wheelchair The joints of his fingers made them appear like stalks of ba and realized the handles were hollow, just like bae association; could theits strength against the wind?

”You did well up north,” Chen Pingping said ”I knohat you’re planningas His Majesty doesn't give the word, you may not take action”

Fan Xian frowned, ”The Eldest Prince got a lot ofto take over the palace treasury next year If I don’t clean this up before that happens, I’ to take over a complete mess How can I face the world when I won't be able to accoave him a look, ”Lady Cui appeared on the Eldest Princess’s behalf and illegally sold goods to the north If you were to disrupt this operation, is there anyone suitable to take it over?”

Fan Xian thought Chen Pingping would reco waved his hand ”I’ to report this to His Majesty The emperor too felt the Eldest Princess has influenced too h they are family If the emperor does not say so, you rasp the palace treasury Firstly because you’re the Commissioner, and secondly because the palace treasury has been crucial inthe Three Departments and Six Ministries”

Fan Xian asked, ”What’s that supposed tolooked at him and lowered his voice, ”The Overwatch Council keeps watch over hundreds of officials, so it cannot have any involvement with the other divisions National duties and Council duties had always been made separate, and each year the Council really does use up a considerable ale coin has come from the national treasury, and no one can order the Council around That is what they call independence

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Fan Xian understood ”The Overwatch Council’s spending came directly fro continued ”This is the iron rule that was set by your mother so that the Council would separate itself from the other officials It is hen you’re in control of the Council, you must consider the thousands of Council officials and all the personnel abroad The healthier the palace treasury is, theas that is the case, the Council canchuckled coldly ”Since that bloodshed thirteen years ago, His Majesty has es The Departed to the Ministry of War and now to the Bureau of Military Affairs This is just a h there haven't seee, in reality, those departether into a pile The Council reed because of its independence”

Fan Xian smiled bitterly ”Isn’t it still at the mercy of His Majesty’s one sentence?”

”That’s why you ly stared into Fan Xian’s eyes ”If one day the palace wants to break up the Council, you ht! If the Council becoreat Qing will slowly end up like the Wei dynasty!”

Fan Xian understood the old cripple’s worries He had an extra life’s experience and knew the i the Overwatch Council independent

”Which is why the palace treasury and the Overwatch Council are one” Chen Pingping e too naïve! To control the palace treasury, you htly control this Council! And to control this Council, you must ensure its life source! Do not underestianizations under even the strictest control”

Hearing his father being chided, Fan Xian, as his son, could only listen

Fan Xian went to the First Bureau on the same day and properly took up the position The First Bureau wasn’t located in so, but in a courtyard next to the Supreate was still just as sole fro the carriage, with spit

Fan Xian supported hihter as he looked at this nondescript plaque

”Per I, First Bureau”

For the moment, Fan Xian felt an absurd mix-up in ti in front of an Overwatch Council which was famous for its oilfields

He didn’t tell Mu Tie beforehand, and the official papers weren’t sent out by the Council yet, so the Councilthe new chief would arrive today Those ere outside the front gate looked at their visitor as laughing like an idiot in co still standing outside?

Fan Xian was already heading inside with Deng Ziyue and a few other aides Teng Zijing refused to go, wanting to distance himself away from places like the Overwatch Council An old , ”My lords, what has brought you here today?”