Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 739
When entering Chang'an by boat, Sama heard about Datang's imperial examination system, and he was very shocked by this system.

You must know that in Black Clothes Dashi, the official position you can hold is basically equated with your birth.

As the caliph's guard, Sama naturally knew that the caliph often lamented the lack of talents under his command.

Any huge empire will inevitably require a large number of talents.

And the big cannibals in black cannot do without Persian bureaucrats. The main reason is not that the caliphate likes Persian culture, but that the whole big cannibals lack talents who can govern a vast territory.

These Persian bureaucratic families have been passed down from generation to generation, and all kinds of knowledge of being an official have been passed down within the family. The huge network they weave allows any conqueror to rely on them and reuse them.

The caliph often complained that the bureaucrats under him were not of one mind with the empire, and even his vizier (prime minister) first thought of the interests of the family.

For the first time, Sama knew that bureaucrats could still pass an exam to be selected!

What a great and progressive way to do it!Moreover, Datang is institutionalizing this civil servant selection system called "imperial examination", and is working hard to make this system fairer, allowing students from poor families to enter the officialdom.

Sama once again felt that Datang's system was advanced, and finally understood how Datang cultivated so many capable ministers.

Shangbo's reform of the official selection system is not just a reform of the imperial examination system.

The system examination is not only for officials, but also senior officials with no bad deeds can take part. The topics are all in line with the problems at that time, and the topics raised.

Obviously, the news of the examinations also stimulated many officials. Those officials who had a high level of governance because of the low names in the imperial examinations were all named by Shangbo and went to Chang'an to take the examinations.

The compulsory examinations were arranged after the imperial examinations, and they also received greater attention from the court.

After the reform of the Yushitai of the King of Yue, the responsibilities of the Yushi became heavier and the power became more independent.

The court described the former censor as a crow, who rushed up when he encountered a piece of rotten meat, and wrote a letter of impeachment with great momentum.

When the situation in the court is unstable, the censor becomes the sword of the power struggle, or the chess piece of the power struggle. The censors of the Yushitai all want to become famous all over the world through a successful impeachment, or become A tool for powerful officials to control.

But now the Yushitai is a biting dog and a man-eating wolf. It is usually very quiet, but the Yushitai has become the department that court officials fear most.

Just last month, the censor Gu Kuang reported the illegal activities of Jingzhao Wei's three children, and sent all three court officials of Jingzhao Wei to Dali Temple.

This incident shocked the court ministers even more than the successful impeachment of the prime minister by the censor.

You must know that although Jingzhao Wei's family is not a top-notch family like Wuxing Qiwang, it is also a second-top big family.

Jingzhao Webster has many officials in the imperial court, and they are all like-minded. Ordinary officials dare not offend at all.

Moreover, this kind of big family naturally has a lot of leeway in doing things. Even if it is a crime, it will hide it very deeply, and it will not be easily caught.

Once in the Tang Dynasty, it was spread that "It is better to marry a woman with five surnames than enter the emperor's family". This is because the consort of the Tang Dynasty often did not die well, but if you marry a woman from a family, you will have the protection and promotion of your husband's family, and you can often rise in the officialdom.

Gu Kuang, the officials of Jingzhao Webster who was arrested this time, all submitted sufficient criminal evidence. All three of them bent the law for personal gain in the Chang'an grain price incident, and colluded with grain merchants to enrich their own pockets.

Among them, the highest position is a member of the household department, Wailang. This member of the household department of the Wei family was not caught when the Zhongshushe people cleaned up the household department. He stayed in the household department safely. But was arrested by Gu Kuang.

Even for Jingzhao Webster, the loss of three court officials in Chang'an was a huge blow.

Not to mention that Tang Law has now implicated three generations in this kind of duty-related crime, which has cut off the official careers of many of Webster's children.

But being targeted by Gu Kuang, the imperial censor, Jing Zhaowei found that he seemed powerless to fight back.

Today's Yushitai is only under the Zhengshitang, and even the prime minister cannot deal with any ordinary Yushi.

If the censor breaks the law, he can only be impeached by the censor Zhongcheng, and he needs the approval of the king of Yue to remove him.

With the status of censor, other ministers in the court cannot impeach him casually, and even ordinary ministers have no right to spy on the affairs of censor platform.

Jingzhao Webster held a clan meeting, and Wei Yingwu sat awkwardly in a corner, but the eyes of the clan were always lingering on him.

He and Gu Kuang are good friends, and everyone knows that Wei Yingwu is a descendant of the Wei family. When his father died in the early years, he did not receive any kindness from his descendants. at the meeting.

Needless to say, the discussion at this meeting was how to deal with Gu Kuang. After the patriarch finished talking about the situation, everyone looked at Wei Yingwu again.

Wei Yingwu didn't want to step into the muddy water, but he couldn't hold back the fiery gazes of everyone.

When the patriarch asked him to speak, Wei Yingwu stood up reluctantly and said: "The office of the Yushitai is independent, Brother Bu Weng, oh no, this guy handles the case, even Yushi Zhongcheng doesn't know, let alone me. His surname is also Wei."

"Let's wait until Xiangguo returns to Chang'an."

Xiangguo, of course, is referring to the former prime minister who just resigned, the former Xichuan Jiedu envoy Wei Jiansu, he is the direct line of Jingzhao Webster, and he is also the highest official ever held by Jingzhao Webster.

The patriarch of the Wei family had no choice but to be helpless, Gu Kuang didn't want to get in, and he was Prime Minister Li Mi's disciple. After discussing for a long time, Webster couldn't come up with a good way to deal with Gu Kuang.

Wei Yingwu didn't want to intervene in the affairs of his friends and clan. The next day Yushi Zhongcheng announced that the imperial court would select a few border censors to interview folk customs in several Daozhou prefectures and counties on the border of the Tang Dynasty, and punish some officials with bad deeds. .

Most of the censors are a little afraid. The road to patrol the border is difficult, and the folk customs in many places are tough. This time the interview with the folk customs has to be subdued. If you encounter danger, there is nowhere to go.

But Wei Yingwu signed up immediately, and was soon approved by the King of Yue. Wei Yingwu took the opportunity to leave Chang'an.

However, leaving Chang'an was not entirely for the purpose of avoiding the clan. When they saw their friends dismounting three court officials at once, everyone in Yushitai looked sideways.

Now the rules of Yushitai have changed, whoever can catch more corrupt officials, and whoever can catch moths in the court will have a better chance of promotion and be able to enter the eyes of His Highness the King of Yue.

Seeing the achievements made by his friends, Wei Yingwu is unwilling to stay in Chang'an any longer. After all, he has many relationships in Chang'an, so he might as well go to patrol the border and do a big job!
When Wei Yingwu left Chang'an, Dashi envoy Sama stayed in the guest house of Honglu Temple.

(End of this chapter)