Poor family mother and son

"Your Majesty, I feel that locust plagues are not as serious as man-made disasters..." Hu Hengqiu's voice gradually weakened, becoming inaudible.

The unfinished meaning is: they are not only coveting your money bag, the emperor.

In the 11 years since the emperor ascended the throne, the only department that has not been touched by various forces is the secret investigation department that was established after ascension to the throne. Now, it is afraid that it is also in jeopardy.

"The monarch and the ministers rule the world together" is actually a change when the autocratic monarchy cannot last for a long time, for the sake of "the country will last forever".

The so-called co-governance refers to the cooperation between the emperor and the aristocratic families based on certain interests.

However, "co-governance" is difficult to achieve a balance, so there will be division of imperial power and centralized competition and confrontation.

Minister, scholar-bureaucrat class, theoretically speaking, scholar-bureaucrat is a general term for traditional civil servants, who can be from a poor family or from a family.

However, resources are often concentrated in the hands of aristocratic families. Therefore, important official positions in the country are often monopolized by a small number of gentry. The influence of an individual's background on his official career is far greater than his own talents and expertise.

If the emperor wanted to achieve his own ideals, he would definitely have means to win over the imperial power. For example, Emperor Qingde set up a "Secret Investigation Division" to monitor all officials from the "God's perspective".

However, in order to protect their own interests, the aristocratic family will inevitably place family children in every corner, so the officials are like nodes in a spider's web. They seem to be independent, but they are intertwined with each other.

The emperor is a spider, but the web is not his web.

If the imperial power is not strong enough, spiders are likely to get caught in other people's webs and become cocoons.

If the imperial power is too strong, the spider web will surely be broken, and this is something that aristocratic families cannot allow.

Now, the Secret Service, which is independent of this spider web, is like a small spark, which may burn the spider web, but it may also become a node in the web.

Both the emperor and Hu Hengqiu could sense that the Secret Service was slowly being attached to the spider web.

"Humph! They wish I could 'rule with the arch'!" said the emperor.

Hu Hengqiu held his breath and pretended not to hear.

Let's not talk about this topic!
Don't look at the emperor talking to himself, he may not have noticed you, but if you dare to make a noise to make him notice, believe it or not, you will be accused of eavesdropping on the king's words and speculating on the holy will?

This group of courtiers wished that the emperor would "use both civil and martial arts, and rule with the bow".

Anyway, the world is peaceful, it is the hard work of the mainstay of them; if they get almost enough oil and water, and the dynasty collapses, then it is the emperor's inaction, and the emperor is foolish!
During the first emperor's period, why did the examination age of the Tongsheng Examination be advanced to 12 years old?In fact, they are cultivating students from "poor families" in order to "crack" the situation where the aristocratic family "rules" the court.

It is also for this purpose that Emperor Qingde raised this age to ten years old and lowered the entry threshold.

The reform of the examination system, the establishment of the secret investigation department, the development of wasteland, the reform of the military retirement system, plus... Chu Qing, this is also the emperor's own net.

The emperor is now like a shareholder of the company. Although he is the largest shareholder, the shares do not reach 51%. No, it should be said that the part he can control is even less than [-]%.

The emperor still has half of the decision-making power, but in the current court, almost every decision he makes will be bound.

And we can't lay off all employees and replace them across the board, we can only do it slowly.

The purpose of reforming the examination system and lowering the entry threshold is to cultivate a political force that is only loyal to itself and quite capable.

Of course, the "poor family" is not really poor and poor, but must be a class of small landlords who can afford to read.

It's just that this step will take a long time to bear fruit.

The Secret Investigation Department was originally intended to eliminate the rebel forces, but its real role was to monitor the movements of the officials, and then the aristocratic family.

The development of wasteland is to return more land rights to the royal family.Otherwise, there are really not many kings in the world.

The purpose of adjusting the retirement system is not only to rationally use young men and ensure agricultural production, but also to renew the army continuously and reduce the chance of "empty pay".

On the emperor's game of chess, a "live chess piece" appeared - Chu Qing.

The existence of this person gave the emperor the hope of speeding up his "weaving web".

First of all, this person "does not hide private matters", and she directly submits the blueprints that others regard as treasures to the court.Of course, she doesn't have the strength to "hide private affairs", and it's very difficult to live.

This is also the main reason why the emperor is willing to train her.

The emperor wants to support her, and let her inventions and creations promote the development of handicrafts and the improvement of the economy.

And these developments and upgrades are the part that Daxuan "proliferates" on the original resources, and it is the part that the emperor can directly control.

Including Xiaobao's "Baoqing Technician Academy", why does the emperor not want Xiaobao's income now? It's not a problem whether the food is ugly or not, even if it is ugly, who would dare to dissatisfy?

What the emperor really valued was the talents cultivated by this school, which was the basis for the selection of officials in the future of Daxuan.

In a country, there are only a few people who formulate policies, but it is the grassroots officials who actually do practical things, and officials must rely on officials to implement specific policies and tasks.

The power of the aristocratic family is deeply rooted, but the emperor can be the "root" of Chu Qing, cultivate Chu Qing to grow stronger, and use it as his "spear tip" to pierce the big net woven by the aristocratic family.

Of course, making Chu Qing's "root" is equivalent to preventing Chu Qing from "taking root", so if one day you don't want this "living chess piece", you can cut it off directly.

Right now, if Chu Qing's prediction of the locust plague comes true, then...does man-made disaster also take advantage of the opportunity?
"You said..." The emperor's words to Hu Hengqiu were interrupted by Eunuch Li's movements.

The emperor asked: "What is it?"

Eunuch Li just saw the little eunuch poking his head outside the door, so he signaled him to step back first.

When the emperor was deep in thought, Eunuch Li didn't dare to move, for fear of disturbing him, but the little eunuch just didn't leave outside, and he was gesturing.

Eunuch Li made a bigger move, and finally let the emperor see it.

"Come in and report!" Eunuch Li was also helpless, glaring at the little eunuch, and said in his heart: You better have something serious to report, little bastard, or I won't beat you up!
When the little eunuch received Director Li's threatening eyes, he was even more trembling. He walked in a few steps and knelt down: "Reply, report to the emperor, the secret investigation department sent someone to deliver a letter to Mr. Hu."

When Hu Hengqiu heard this, he quickly looked at the emperor. The emperor nodded, and the little eunuch hurriedly raised the letter above his head with both hands.

Eunuch Li took it and wanted to present it to the emperor. The emperor raised his chin to Hu Hengqiu and motioned for Hu Hengqiu to take it to see.

Hu Hengqiu took a look at the letter and immediately reported to the emperor: "Your Majesty, it is a letter from Chu Qing."

Eunuch Li took the little eunuch out of the door and waited. He also wiped off his cold sweat. It had something to do with Chu Qing, so the emperor wouldn't blame him. Count this kid's luck and save him from being punished!

The emperor received two letters, and Hu Hengqiu also received two letters. It seems that Chu Qing is in a hurry?