Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 555
Perhaps in the eyes of others, Dugu Sheng's behavior is very stupid.Officials in Guanzhong who dared to be greedy for food relief should give up directly and should not continue to entangle, let alone lend a helping hand.But in Dugu Sheng's view, there was nothing he could do.

Because, he is the Patriarch of the Dugu Clan and must be saved.

Seeing the emperor's cold face, Dugu Sheng bit the bullet and issued a military order.

"If you don't give His Majesty a satisfactory explanation, I will ask you to be dismissed."

Well, that's what I'm waiting for.

Li Zhiyun readily agreed with Dugu Sheng, and said: "Go and investigate the case with Wei Zheng and the others. With you as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, there should be no fish that slipped through the net this time."

Wait, didn't you let me go alone?
Dugu Sheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this, this, shouldn't the minister investigate the case alone?"

Xue Shou said: "Of course not. Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling have been investigating the case for a while, and they are familiar with the case. If they are transferred back, wouldn't it hinder the investigation. Mr. Dugu is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and his eyes are like a torch. You cooperate with each other, so that you Only then can it be seamless."

Hearing this, Dugu Sheng's expression darkened.

be cheated.

Li Zhiyun said lightly: "If you think it's not right, then you don't have to go, I just pretend I didn't hear what you said just now."

Can this be promised?
Certainly not!

So, Dugu Sheng left the political affairs hall with a sad face.

After Dugu Sheng joined the investigation, although it brought some troubles to Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling, the IQs of both parties were not at the same level.

Dugu Sheng was brutally hanged and beaten, and Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng couldn't be stopped at all.

This time, a total of more than [-] officials in Guanzhong were thoroughly investigated and sent to prison, and more than [-] officials were demoted.

Dugu Sheng also failed to do a good job in the Ministry of Officials because of his poor investigation. He was relegated by the emperor and became the governor of Fengzhou.

The position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials was temporarily replaced by Minister Zhang Rui.

At the same time, the emperor promoted Dugu Huai'en to be the minister of punishment.Jing Zhaoyin was changed to Xue Yuanjing, the governor of Lizhou.

Obviously, this is a typical slap to a sweet date.

Helplessly, this time the stolen goods were obtained together, and the emperor promoted Dugu Huai'en, so Dugu Sheng had nowhere to complain, so he could only go to Fengzhou in despair.

After rectifying the Ministry of Officials, Li Zhiyun announced at the court that starting next year, the Ministry of Rites will organize the imperial examinations.

political affairs hall.

"One, if the examination paper is unclean, smeared, typos, etc., the maximum deduction is [-] points. This is the prerequisite for the examination and cannot be changed."

Du Ruhui felt that what the emperor said made sense, he couldn't write well, and he was an ass official, so he wrote it down in a small notebook.

Li Zhiyun paced back and forth, and said: "Examinations are completed once, and the time is three. During the examination period, candidates are not allowed to leave with any excuse, except for handing in the papers. Otherwise, they will be regarded as giving up the examination and will never be hired."

hiss.

Several Xiangguo, Shangshu, took a breath, this is a bit too harsh.

"May I ask Your Majesty, what if a scholar suffers from an illness during the exam?" Zhang Rui, acting Minister of the Ministry of Officials, asked.

"The fortune is not good." Li Zhiyun said: "An official will benefit one party. If he is not strong, why should he set an example for the people. If there is such a situation, then he can only be allowed to take the exam next year."

Everyone looked at each other and agreed.

To be honest, some people feel that the emperor is making a fuss out of a molehill.Although the imperial examination can promote talents, it is not the current mainstream way of selecting talents.

Do you need to be so serious?
Immediately afterwards, the emperor continued: "The content of the examination is no longer limited to the scriptures, what I want is a minister who can do things, not a waste who can only talk.

The content of the assessment should include: poetry, history, geography, current affairs, law, the difficulty level of the imperial edicts of the first emperor and the imperial edicts, from the shallower to the deeper.For example, in the first question, you can ask about the geometry of the emperors of the former Han Dynasty, their names and so on.Another example is the second question, which can be asked, the first emperor's decree against Zhu Can was written silently."

Several prime ministers listened, memorized, made comments, and then rectified.

In general, the ministers all know that the content of the imperial examination has been changed beyond recognition by the emperor, and it involves more and more aspects, not just scriptures.

But what does it matter?
There is one in the political affairs hall, who is admitted by the exam?
Since everyone didn't take the exam to become an official, then who cares how the emperor tosses the exam papers.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the imperial examinations were really tasteless.

Aristocratic families look down on it, and children from poor families have no chance, so it's a complete display.

The first number one scholar in history, Langsun Fujia, is now just a young minister of Dali Temple. After Li Zhiyun ascended the throne, he was promoted based on his fame.

Is the number one scholar amazing?

In this era, no one thinks highly of the number one scholar in the imperial examination.Those who are awesome and don't explain are all directly recommended by family members to become officials.

Only those who are not awesome can take the imperial examination.

Regardless of the honesty and obedience of the ministers, they did what the emperor said, but in fact, one of them was counted as one, and no one thought highly of those who took the imperial examination.

Since the later Han Dynasty, the aristocratic families have risen, and today, officials are all based on blood.A small number of those who do not rely on bloodlines are those who have risen from the cake after the chaos of the world.It is essentially an alternative nobleman, but it is different from the aristocratic family.

Like the first emperor, when he was an official, he was an official directly.

assessment?

What is that?
Waiting for the emperor to finish the detailed rules, the ministers smiled and said that the emperor is awesome, and he is really thoughtful, we are ashamed of ourselves.

Nonsense, do you compete with others in things you don't care about?
Even Du Ruhui and Xue Shou felt that it was useless for the emperor to attach importance to imperial examinations. They were smart people, so they naturally knew that the emperor wanted to hold the power of selecting scholars in their own hands.

But is it possible?

The animal surnamed Cui has not licked Datang until now, which can explain the problem very well.

Don't doubt the integrity of the family, because they have no integrity at all.Like Qinghe Cui and Boling Cui, their attitude towards Datang is very ambiguous.

Tease you, because I have talent in my hands.

Stay away from you because I don't want to serve you.

Why is Cui so awesome?
There is only one reason, they hold the power of knowledge interpretation.

No way, aristocratic family, no knowledge, no background, can it be called aristocratic family?
Let me give you a simple example.

Pei Xiu of the Wenxi Pei family, a master cartographer.

Think about it, you are a hard-working student, and one day, you learned Pei Xiu's "Six Body of Cartography" from the "Map of Yugong Region".

Then, she was shocked as a heavenly being, and said with emotion; Fuck, Xiuer, you are so awesome!
That's when you have to ask.

Who is Pei Xiu?
Just ask.

Wenxi Pei came out.

Then you think, if I don't go to Wenxi to visit Yi Er, pay my respects, and see for myself whether Pei Xiu has left a handwriting or something, wouldn't it be a pity?

Then, you go, and you suddenly find out.

Fuck, there is more than one Pei Xiu in the Wenxi Pei family.

Then you will hear people from Wenxi bragging to you.

Such as; 'Pei Zheng, you know, my ancestor, the one who wrote "Kaihuanglu"'. "Pei Ju, you know, the one who wrote "Pictures of the Western Regions"." "Have you ever heard of the three historians, Pei Songzhi, who annotated "Three Kingdoms" and Pei Yi, who annotated "Historical Records" and wrote "Historical Records Collection and Interpretation"?There is also Pei Ziye who wrote "Song Lue".

Bragging is nothing, the scary thing is that bragging is telling the truth.

Think about it, in this era, when you find that some of the book knowledge you learn is actually written by people from the same family.

What would you think?
Fuck, awesome, the surname Pei.

Next, needless to say, the Cui family, the Lu family, the Zheng family, etc., these aristocratic families have been passed down for a long time, the culture in the family is prosperous, the culture is long, and the heritage is full.

Just as everyone in later generations is vying to go to Peking University and Tsinghua University, in the Tang Dynasty, scholars all vying to study in the clan schools of these aristocratic families.

No way, who let people collect thousands of books.

(End of this chapter)