Yu Mingyue chose to join the Dali Temple with the intention of popularizing the laws of the Great Wei, truly achieving governance by law, where even the Son of Heaven would be punished the same as a commoner.
Among all the government departments, Dali Temple was the most demanding of true ability, as investigating cases relied on concrete evidence.
"Dali Temple is not as simple as you think. Lord Zhang, the Minister of Dali Temple, and Lord Qin of the Ministry of Revenue are fellow disciples. The two have been at odds since their student days, so Lord Zhang belongs neither to the aristocratic faction nor the new nobility, and has always been a loner. Lord Fan, the Left Minister of Dali Temple, is a disciple of Lord Qin, and Lord Zou, the Right Minister, is a favored disciple of the great Confucian scholar Master Shangguan from Shandong. These three form their own factions within Dali Temple, and none are to be trifled with. If you are not careful and choose the wrong side, you won't even know how you died."
Yu Mingyue frowned subconsciously. Did Dali Temple need to be this complicated? "With my qualifications, I'm probably not even eligible to be a clerk for a Temple Assistant. I probably won't even get to meet those big figures."
Ye Feisheng snorted, "The Sage has already seen your essay."
"What essay!" Yu Mingyue didn't react immediately. Her mouth was faster than her brain, and by the time she realized, the words had already slipped out. "Those are just some of my thoughts, not yet mature."
Although Yu Mingyue said this, she actually had many more ideas. It was just that time was limited, otherwise, she could have expressed more.
"Knowing it's immature, you still dare to show off your meager skills? New laws are not something that can be decided by your words alone."
"In the beginning, humans had no laws. They were rules and systems gradually summarized from life to regulate behavior. As humanity develops, laws must also develop, otherwise, wouldn't we be living backward?" Yu Mingyue disliked Ye Feisheng's tone when he spoke to her.
Besides, the law was sacred, and he could not slander it like this.
"Since you are so confident, you, the new Deputy Minister of Dali Temple, can experience it yourself."
"What did you say? Deputy Minister? Isn't there still an exam? Is it decided already?" Yu Mingyue excitedly stood up from her seat, and even Ye Feisheng looked more pleasing to her eyes.
"The Sage personally appointed you. The Minister of Dali Temple will announce it then. Lord Yu is truly quite impressive!" Ye Feisheng said indignantly.
This girl was truly audacious. The Sage, he wondered if it was intentional to make things difficult or to cultivate her.
Although the Deputy Minister of Dali Temple was only from the sixth rank, their actual power was not small.
The Deputy Minister already had the authority to interrogate prisoners, make confessions, and execute the tri-judicial review. The position above the Deputy Minister was the Temple Assistant.
"Really?" Yu Mingyue was not as tense as Ye Feisheng and laughed carelessly. She sat back down on the chair, flicked her skirt, and said, "Then I'm also considered a principal official, and I can even have my own assessors. It is indeed impressive."
"Don't be foolish and be used by others."
She was like a newborn calf unafraid of a tiger, unaware that she had already become a pawn in a game. The Sage controlling this little pawn was holding the Yu family's lifeline.
"Uncle-uncle, you should worry about yourself. Lu Jingxing, at such a young age, has suppressed you. You've really wasted these years, Uncle-uncle." Yu Mingyue was indeed trying to provoke him, but it was also a reminder.
"You don't need a little girl like you to worry about my affairs."
"This is what I wanted to say to you too, Uncle-uncle. You are the elder. You are treating me to tea today, I haven't earned any money yet." Yu Mingyue said and swaggered away.
When Ye Feisheng went downstairs to pay the bill, he discovered that the girl had also packed two bags of the most expensive tea from the shop before leaving.
Ye Feisheng was amused to the point of laughter. She truly wouldn't suffer any loss. With this personality, others probably couldn't bully her; it would be good if she didn't anger others.