Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 494
Pei's face was bright red, and her hair was a little messy.As if Luo Quanguan hadn't seen him, he bowed directly and said, "I pay my respects to King Lingwu."

"Jingzhao Mansion is getting more and more outrageous." Shao Shude sat on the bed and said slowly, "I don't interfere in the government affairs of Jingzhao Mansion. I let you play by yourself. I don't want to make things difficult for you."

Such domineering words were taken for granted by Luo Quanguan.

"Back to the king of Lingwu County, the political affairs go to the South Yamen, and the forbidden army goes to the Beiya. The military envoy saved face for the Nanya, and didn't want to make it too ugly. This Sun Kui is also a strong point. Since then, Weigong has become a bit domineering. If the king of Lingwu County is not satisfied, he will be replaced." Luo Quanguan said with a low eyebrow.

To change a high-ranking official like Jing Zhaoyin, of course Nan Ya must come forward.In terms of system, Beisi Privy Envoys are only in charge of soldiers. Although Yang Fugong and Tian Lingzi have both intervened in government affairs, even key money and food matters, Ximen Zhongsui is not so domineering. Overall, he is more face-saving and will not do well So ugly.

But they can apply pressure, that's for sure.

At the suburban festival back then, they fought hard for the matter of whether to wear the prime minister's court uniform.If you can't deal with the prime minister, arrest some lower-level officials and torture them day and night, who can bear it?
"First persuade Sun Kui, if he doesn't listen, then replace him. Send Sun Kui to Zhaozhou to serve as governor." Shao Shude said: "But this is not safe enough."

"What does the King of Lingwu County want?" Luo Quanguan asked.

He was here to solve the matter, and Shao Shude was relieved that he didn't yell at Sun Kui.The dignity of the imperial court is sometimes worn away by such one or two things.Demoting Sun Kuiyuan, the scene is a little more passable, and it can be regarded as a solution acceptable to all parties.

"The county magistrates of Xianyang, Xingping, and Wugong should be replaced. I won't move the rest of the Zuo Er officials, and you can figure it out." Shao Shude tapped his finger on the armrest of the bed, and said.

Since the collection of papers last year, his influence has quietly penetrated into Jingzhao Mansion.The movement is not very big, and we do a little piecemeal every year.The officials who are installed can usually listen to the court, but they have to know who they are.

In the national court system, there is one order in Ji County, who is the sixth rank; one prime minister, the eighth rank; one master book, the ninth rank;

In the three counties of Xianyang, Xingping, and Wugong, it is enough to change the county magistrate only-a county lieutenant in Wugong County is also a new scholar who passed the examination last year.

These three counties are all on the Weishui Road leading to Hehuang, and he must be in his own hands.From now on, the fifteen senior officials in these three counties will gradually be replaced by their own people.

To the west of Wugong County, you have to go through Fufeng and Qishan in Fengxiang Prefecture, Siyang and Siyuan in Longzhou, Qingshui, Shangyu and Fuqiang in Qinzhou, Longxi, Xiangwu and Weiyuan in Weizhou, and Di in Linzhou. Then the road is divided into north and south, the north line passes through Lanzhou to Shanzhou, and the south line passes through Hezhou to Kuozhou.

"Yunyang Ling is old enough to become an official, and Zhao Yingling will be transferred to succeed him. The same official order will be transferred to Zhao Yingling. Weinan Ling, I will arrange someone this year." Shao Shude said again.

After Li Shao passed away, he gave Huo Guogong posthumously. According to regulations, his children have a quota, so it falls here.

Luo Quanguan naturally responded again and again.

Anyway, the one with the big head is the court official of Nanya.The system of transfer, promotion, and relegation of so many officials has been forcibly disrupted by the barbarians of the military chiefs, so you can quarrel among yourself.If it doesn't work, go to other towns to become an official, such as Lingnan West Road, and accompany Sun Kui.

Further east of Weinan County, there are Huazhou, Guozhou, and Shanzhou, which go straight to Henan Prefecture.Going south from Huazhou, you can reach Shangzhou. The road is then divided into two, all the way east to Dengzhou, and all the way south to Junzhou.

"One more thing." Shao Shude thought for a while, and said, "Only 30 people are selected for the scientific examination every year, isn't it too small?"

The "30 people" refers to Jinshi, but even if other subjects are counted, the number is not many, so that the competition is extremely fierce.

In the early days of the dynasty, it was too much to take even more than a dozen Jinshi a year, so that the official positions were occupied by a large number of Yin Buguan and the like.Officials with real Jinshi background probably only accounted for more than [-]%, and less than [-]%. Although they had a very promising future, they generally held high positions.

"This..." Luo Quanguan was a little confused, what was the king of Lingwu County going to do?

Shao Shude pondered for a while.In fact, this was his impromptu idea, wanting the imperial court to "expand enrollment".

There are generally three sources of qualifications for the Jinshi examination.One is the students under the Guoxue system, that is, the students of the "Central Six Schools" of Guozijian (both in the east and west, but the one in Luoyang has been abolished), the "Hongwenguan" in Menxia Province, and the "Chongwenguan" in Donggong Palace. Most of them are dignitaries. The second is the students of economics from various states and counties, but not everyone can take the exam, there are places, and they need to be selected.These two categories are collectively referred to as "official school" students.

There is a third category, that is, non-government students.It is necessary to test academic ability, pass the county-level examination, be recommended by the county lieutenant, and take the second examination in the prefecture.

The towns under Shao Shude's rule spent a lot of money to set up prefectural and county classics schools, which were full of students, even more than twice the number stipulated by the Guochao. He needed to give these students a way out.

Thirty Jinshi places, plus miscellaneous subjects such as Mingshu and Mingjing, are too few, not enough!
Many children of the tribal chieftains in Hexi and Longyou were recruited by him to go to official school. After they finished their studies, they were not allowed to be officials and were included in the management of the system. How could this work?
"Let's enroll fifty Jinshi this year, and gradually increase every year in the future." Shao Shude made some calculations, and felt that the peak period of examinations for government students under his rule had not yet reached, so he set the number of fifty.

50 people, of course he has to join in, ten places are reserved for non-local scholars who are doing their own papers, and ten places are for government students from the eight towns of Shuofang, Longyou, Hexi, Weibei, Huazhou, Jingyuan, Binning, and Jinshang He doesn't care who it is given to. The students from the eight towns compete on their own, and the level will not be too bad anyway.

Leave five more for students from government schools in Fengxiang, Shannan West Road, Shannan East Road, Shanguo, Longjian, and Tang Deng Sui six towns—if they haven't been abandoned.

The rest of the places are for the court bosses to play for themselves.

He didn't want to go too far and ruin the court's brand, so the benefits would be much less.

The territory is getting bigger and bigger, the people are getting more and more, and the hunger and thirst for government talents has never been satisfied.Let the government students under my rule have multiple ways out, go to Chang'an to see and see, broaden their horizons, and gain more insights, it is better than working in the hometown until their death after finishing their studies.

Shao Shude has a preference in selecting talents, that is, they must have a global vision.Those who have never traveled far, have no experience of studying abroad, and have never lived in states with different customs and regional cultures are generally not favored by him, unless they are exceptionally talented.

He now has several trusted confidants.

Lu Huaizhong, a native of Huainan, has experience in the South and Northwest. He also stationed in Helong and Xingyuan, so he has rich experience.

Chen Cheng, a native of Huainan, went to Chang'an to take the exam, and worked as a middle- and lower-level bureaucrat in the Zhaoyi Town Shogunate, with rich experience.

Song Le, a native of Hedong, traveled to various places when he was young, and later went to Chang'an to take an exam, but failed, and joined Qiu Weidao's family, and went to Fengzhou to serve as a supervisor. Later, he met Shao Shude during the process of recruiting Li Guochang and his son.

Li Yanling, a native of Fengzhou, went to Shuofang, Jingyuan and other places in the early years to guard against autumn, and later followed Shao Shude to fight in Hedong. Over the years, he has been transferred to various places. He is smooth and emotionally intelligent.

Ren Yuji, who was exiled with his father in Fengzhou when he was young, was originally from Hebei, and had experience in fighting and serving as an official in Hebei, Guanbei, Hedong, and Guanzhong.

Zhao Guangfeng, a native of Jingzhao Mansion, had relatively simple life experience in his early years and had been in Guanzhong all the time.But following him around all these years, his knowledge is naturally extraordinary.

Li Tangbin, a native of Henan, has fought in both the north and the south, and has an unusually rich experience.

These are the main members of his so-called inner circle, who he trusts most, civil and military officers.Their vision and knowledge are naturally much better than those who have spent most of their lives in their hometown.

Among the 50 people who started Shao Shude's family, there are actually many descendants of prisoners who were exiled to Toyosu.The collision of cultures and ideas from all over the country makes them look at things in a richer way, and they will not be confined to a single perspective.

"Since the king of Lingwu County intends to increase the number of Jinshi, after the news spread, he will be praised as a scholar in the world." Luo Quanguan flattered him and said with a smile: "I don't know how many scholars who have failed the exam for more than ten years. The son is going to cry with joy, but it is all in the hearts of the people."

Shao Shude smiled, and asked again: "Is the matter of conferring Dong Changyue the king settled?"

"It's settled. The angels have departed."

"How about the regulations of the Yuewang Palace?" Shao Shude asked calmly.

The prince conferring system of the state dynasty, the Xuanzong dynasty is a dividing line, and the policies before and after are very different.

In the 11th year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong decided to feudalize.

A total of 21 kings were conferred, including Jingwang Yuanjing, the governor of Jingzhou, Han Wang Yuanchang, the governor of Liangzhou, Xu Wang Yuanli, the governor of Xuzhou, Han Wang Yuanjia, the governor of Luzhou, and Peng Wang Yuanze, the governor of Suizhou.

But the ministers strongly opposed it, and after only two years of implementation, the hereditary line was abolished, but the system of external assassination by the kings continued to be implemented, but it needed to be transferred, and at the same time it could not be hereditary.

After Xuanzong succeeded to the throne, this system was abolished. He put all the kings under house arrest in Chang'an, and only served as the governor.The place of house arrest was called "Ten King's House" at the time, but now it is called "Fifteen King's House".

In the feudal period, the establishment of the prince's official office was really eye-catching. The prince's mansion had three agencies under its jurisdiction: the marriage office, the account office, and the prince's kingdom.

There are officials such as Fu, You, Wenxue, Jijiu, Changshi, Sima, and Zhubu in the Prince's Mansion.

Among the three major subordinate institutions, the Marriage Office has two Dianjuns, two deputy Dianjuns, 16 Marriage Officers, 16 Marriage Officers, and 330 Marriage Officers, a total of 369 people.

The rank of the tent house is as high as that of the marriage house, and the number of people is slightly larger, with 667 people.

The princely kingdom has official positions such as Ling, Da Nong, Wei, Cheng, and Recorder.Among them, Guoling and Da Nongzhang "judged the affairs of the country", Guowei took charge of "judging the affairs of the country", and Guocheng took charge of "paying for affairs, checking the bills of the province, supervising printing, and giving paper and pen".

Get in touch with the Dianjun, Tongjun, Hujun, other generals, school lieutenants, and the warehouses, soldiers, and armors directly under the Prince's Mansion in the Marriage Mansion and Zhang Nei Mansion. It can also mobilize state and county soldiers. At the beginning, it was hereditary and properly feudal.

But Xuanzong experienced a coup, he took power...

The life of the kings who have been taken over is not easy. Some people don't even have a palace, and they are under surveillance, which is completely different from before.

"Back to the king of Lingwu County, after the court meeting, Dong Chang was named the king of Yue, and there was one Fu in the prince's mansion, from the third rank; one Chang Shi, from the fourth rank; one Sima, from the fourth rank; and one counselor joined the army, the fifth rank. For one friend, rank below the fifth rank; for one person, rank six; for one person, rank six; for a master, rank rank six; for two writers, rank rank six..." Luo Quanguan said in a breath. There are many high-ranking officials.

"There are also guards in charge of the family affairs office, accompanied by the head of the tent house." Luo Quanguan continued.

"No more?" Shao Shude asked.

"Not anymore." Luo Quanguan replied with his head bowed.

Shao Shude hummed, but didn't say anything.

There is no essential difference from the county king!That is to say, there are more official positions and more guards of honor.

In Shao Shude's Lingwu County Prince's Mansion, the Changshi, Sima, Ji, and Zhushu were all run by shogunate officials. Their work focus was still on the shogunate.

This is not feudalism, there is not even a feudal land, the official position of the palace is dispensable, it is better to hold the real power than the official position.

After waving Luo Quanguan to leave, Shao Shude closed his eyes and thought.

"Your Majesty." Pei Zhenyi slowly leaned into his arms, and said softly, "I feel that the regulations of the Yue Palace established by the courtiers are appropriate. If the land is established now, the world will immediately fall apart, which is not conducive to the king's plan."

"You woman, I don't want to have such insight." Shao Shude lifted her chin and said with a smile: "Well, the bottom line is broken step by step. Let's see the reaction of the world first, Dong Chang has become the rafter , I hope he can hold on."

(End of this chapter)