Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 371
Chapter 73 Life and Death Qi Kuo and Zi Chengyue

Chen Ying was silent. He has been an official for so long, and he knows how to advance and retreat.Now he is a guest of the East Palace, a school inspector, the left and right guards of the East Palace, and after all, he is still a low-level official. Li Yuan or Li Jiancheng can just stretch out a finger and beat him back to his original shape.

In the name of inspecting the school's left and right guards, Li Jiancheng will hand over the left and right guards to him with ten soldiers and horses from the Zhechong Mansion. Isn't it a test?If Chen Ying doesn't believe Li Jiancheng, he can't see that the size of the Wubao built by Chen Ying exceeds the size of an ordinary manor, and even exceeds the size of a county town. For example, the ancient city of Loulan has an area of ​​nearly 12 square meters and a circumference of only 48. Chen Ying's Wubao is rectangular, 57 feet long from east to west, and [-] feet nine feet wide from north to south.

It can be said that in terms of scale, it is more than three times the size of the ancient city of Loulan.This is no longer a county seat, at least it is considered a state-level city.

Chen Ying was silent, but Li Xiuning was not silent. She said coldly: "There are more than a thousand large and small forts in Hedong, and the largest one is the Xuejiabao built by Xue Daoheng in Hedong. Outside, all the prefectures and counties fell, but the Xuejiabao stood still, Liu Wu Zhou's general Xiao Deyin commanded 160 troops, it took more than a month, he could not advance an inch, and instead lost [-] troops, but the Xuejiabao was only [-] to [-] feet long."

Facing the aggressive Li Xiuning, Chen Ying suddenly thought of the "Jiang Zuo Jing", and suddenly had an idea, Chen Ying thought about it and said: "Your Majesty doesn't like clans and nobles who control the government from generation to generation?"

Li Xiuning nodded, and suddenly her face turned cold: "Don't change the subject, what are you building a city here for?"

"The Ninth-Rank Official Personnel Law created by Chen Qun seems to be able to demonstrate the prestige of the imperial court, but the aristocratic family's powerful people are not able to get rid of it. They have gradually changed from the honesty of the country to the moth of the country!" Chen Ying looked at Li Xiuning and said: "You don't object to this, right? ?”

Although Li Xiuning wanted to know what medicine Chen Ying sold in the gourd, Li Xiuning felt that what Chen Ying said seemed very reasonable.

Chen Yingdao: "It is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son, you don't object to this?"

Li Xiuning nodded, now she was even more confused.

"When I was in the study just now, what I said was a bit insincere!" Chen Ying smiled wryly, "The Sui Dynasty was destroyed by the aristocratic family, so this made His Majesty very vigilant, and he was thinking of a way to change the government of the Tang Dynasty. "

"What does this have to do with your building the city?" Li Xiuning turned around and walked downstairs.

"Why doesn't it matter? Why don't you understand?" Chen Yingdao: "In the seventh year of Emperor Wen's decree to divide the imperial examinations, in the 38 years of the Sui Dynasty, a total of ten scholars and 50 Jinshi were admitted Twelve subjects are admitted, and there are four or five times in total. This book counts as five times), among which the children of the aristocratic families from all over the world occupy two-thirds of the places, but now, where are the one-third of the humble scholars now?"

In the Sui Dynasty, xiucai was not a general term for scholars in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Xiucai originally referred to people with outstanding talents, which was similar to "xiushi" in "Book of Rites".At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen Yang Jian had great foresight and insight, and abolished the "nine-rank Zhongzheng" system and replaced it with the scholar department.In the second year of Daye, Emperor Yangdi of Sui Dynasty (606 A.D.), an advanced method of selecting talents - the Jinshi Section was established.It is characterized by the selection of talents by means of examinations, rather than by local inspections. The Jinshi Division announced the birth of the Chinese imperial examination system.
In the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty, Xiucai was actually the most tribute examination subject: "Du's Tongdian" said, "Chu Xiucai has the highest degree of discipline, and there are five strategies, including upper and upper, upper middle, upper and lower, and middle and upper ordinary four grades." Xiucai He is an excellent candidate who is knowledgeable, talented, strong in learning and well-informed.Due to the high standard of scholars, there were no more than ten scholars in the Sui Dynasty.

Li Xiuning hesitated, she really didn't know these relatively out-of-the-ordinary knowledge.

Chen Yingdao: "In the seventh year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign, the scholar of the first department came from Sun Renzu of Longmen. Sun Renzu first served as the law Cao of Wannian County (minister of the county-level judicial department, equivalent to the president of the court and director of the public security bureau) from the seventh rank, and later moved to the prefect of Pingliang County. In the fifth year of Daye, he was reported by others, and Yang Guang verified that Sun Renzu was embezzled and accepted bribes, and was ordered by Yang Guang to ransack his home and get [-] million yuan. Thousands of land under his name."

Li Xiuning said in surprise: "In just over twenty years, he embezzled so much money?"

Chen Yingdao: "From the point of view of human nature, there is nothing wrong with it. A person who is afraid of poverty can easily get lost when he sees money. In the 18th year of Kaihuang, he was a Jinshi. Zhang Lianshan, a native of Wucheng, Wuxing County, was the first Qiantang magistrate. , was well received, Daye was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Justice in three years, and moved to Minister of the Ministry of Justice in the ninth year of Daye. During the chaos of Yang Xuangan, Wei Xuan, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, led tens of thousands of troops to attack Yang Xuangan. Zhang Lianshan took refuge in Yang Xuangan, and Weixuan was defeated. Later, he was ransacked and asked to kill him. It’s incredible, doesn’t it?”

Li Xiuning finds it very absurd. Zhang Lianshan, who received the kindness of Yang Guang and his son, went from penniless to minister of the third-rank criminal department in just over ten years. Such a person is still a thief. It is understandable not to commit himself to being a thief, but Zhang Lianshan voluntarily surrendered, which is completely different in nature.

"Jinshi in the ninth year of Daye, Zhao Shao from Yingchuan, was granted the order of Jiuquan by the official, and Li Gui raised his army in the 13th year of Daye, and Zhao Shao joined Li Gui."

"Jinshi in the fifth year of Daye, Hao Yuan, magistrate of Jincheng County, surrendered to Xue Ju in the 13th year of Daye, and became the mastermind for Xue Ju."

……

Li Xiuning asked for a long time: "What's going on, how do you remember it so clearly?"

Chen Ying stepped aside and found a wooden table in front of Chen Ying, with densely packed small characters engraved on it.

Li Xiuning asked in surprise, "What is this?"

Chen Ying smiled slightly and said, "This is the book I am going to compile in the future called "The Biography of Second Officials."

"so what?"

"That's why I built such a huge dock to teach students, instill in them loyalty to the emperor, to serve the country, and to contribute modestly to the common people." Chen Ying said with a smile: "In the future, what kind of talents does His Majesty want to use? There are noble families, there are poor families, there are poor families, skillful craftsmen are skillful, and there are actors who want actors."

Li Xiuning calmed down slightly, and said: "It turns out that Sanniang was rude just now and misunderstood Chen Lang."

Li Xiuning's posture changed freely, and Chen Ying couldn't react for a while.

Seeing that there was no one around, Li Xiuning calmly stared at Chen Ying.

Chen Ying felt a little embarrassed by Li Xiuning.

Chen Yinglian said sternly: "Does San Niang really think that I want to rebel? The Eight Great Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty have long since passed away, and the Hou Mo Chen family has no chance to rise. The Hou Mo Chen family has been invincible for generations. I am so afraid, who will give the Hou Mo Chen family a chance to rise? Although this world is big, there is no room for the Hou Mo Chen family."

Li Xiuning stared into Chen Ying's eyes indifferently, "But, but, with me, would I just stand by and watch Chen Lang suffer?"

Chen Ying's heart seemed to be pierced by Li Xiuning's gaze, and he asked calmly: "In Sanniang's opinion, what should I do to eliminate Your Majesty's grudge?"

"As a woman, I'm just talking casually," Li Xiuning smiled and said softly, "Why is Chen Lang serious again?"

Chen Ying looked at Li Xiuning's eyes, which were as bright as paint, and they were so beautiful, "Do you know what I miss the most?"

"Thinking about what?"

"Death and life are in agreement with Kuo and Zi Chengyue."

(End of this chapter)