Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

The state of Wu now has a vast territory, with a total of 200 counties and more than [-] counties and towns. There are not many officials who need to govern the area.

For example, Wu County, Yuzhang County, Jiujiang County, Nan County, and Nanyang County are located in the Jiangnan and Huaisi areas. They were developed earlier and are quite rich. Compared with the fertile land in the Central Plains, they are almost the same.

However, the nine southern counties such as Cangwu County, Jiaozhi County, and Minzhong County, including Lingnan and Southwest, have been annexed by Wu State for only ten or eight years, and are still in the early development stage.

In that kind of place, miasma is overgrown, poisonous insects and beasts are everywhere, and there are some unruly and rebellious barbarians who hide in the mountains and fight guerrillas with Wu Jun...

The nine counties in the south can be called a truly barren land.

In today's officialdom of the state of Wu, there is a saying——

"I'd rather be the order of Wu Zhong than be the guard of the south"!
what for?

Even the courtiers and officials of the Wu State would rather serve as a county magistrate in Wu's native land than to serve as a county magistrate in the south of Lingnan and the southwest.

Although the rank of the county guard is higher than two thousand stones, and the rank of county magistrates is higher than six hundred stones, there is a big difference between the two.

However, it is too risky to be an official in the nine southern counties.

In the early days when Wu State conquered Lingnan and set up prefectures and counties, officials often left with their seals and fled in large numbers.

This phenomenon is repeatedly prohibited.

It was not until later that Qingji listened to the advice of the officials and took various measures to alleviate this bad phenomenon.

For example, during festivals and festivals, Qingji will reward officials in the nine counties of Lingnan with extra subsidies and condolences to their families.

And every three or five years, the officials in the south will be transferred back to the mainland of Wu.

Once the officials of the nine counties in the south die in office, whether they were killed by thieves or died of illness, Wu Wang Qingji will mourn him, reward his family members, and give him serious compensation...

Of course, there are always clear rewards and punishments for celebrating Jiji.

Those who have made great achievements must be rewarded, and those who have done wrong must be punished!
If there are officials who can't bear the dangerous environment in the south and flee without authorization, they will be severely punished.

In light cases, he was punished by ink, lost his official position, his family property was confiscated, and in severe cases, he was beheaded for public display, and even his wife and children were exiled, and Wu Guo would never use it.

It was under the spur of this severe reward and punishment system that officials in the nine counties in the south of Wu State did not dare to flee easily.

At most, I can't bear the harsh environment, endure it for three to five years, and then run away...

If there is no accident, the 560 scholars who participated in the examination this time will be sent to the nine counties in the south to serve as officials.

What kind of official position is held depends on the circumstances.

"Clang, clang, clang!"

As the chime was struck three times, it represented the official start of the examination.

Qingji, Gongziheng, Jiran, Wenzhong, Deng Xi and other Wu monarchs and ministers all sat on the square platform as the chief examiners.

On the venue, 560 two scholars sat down separately.

The decorations in front of them are also very simple.

A seat, a low table, and pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

The content of policy theory has four items: the immorality of the king of Wu, the injustice of officials, the inappropriate government, and the restlessness of the people.

You can choose one or all of them.

As soon as the examination began, all the scholars began to write vigorously.

The monarchs and ministers of the state of Wu did not say a word, for fear of disturbing their full play.

The examination conducted by the procuratorial system is not once a year, maybe once every ten years, maybe twice a year...

It all depends on whether the monarch wants to use the examination system to implement the examination.

It is completely different from the imperial examination system in history.

"Let me in! Let me in!"

Not long after the examination started, an urgent and discordant shout broke the silent atmosphere of the venue.

Qingji couldn't help frowning, and all the officials present showed displeasure on their faces.

Who dares to smash the field at this time?

Isn't this looking for death?

"Who is making noise?"

Following Qingji's question, a guard hurriedly entered the venue, knelt down on one knee in front of Qingji, and said, "Your Majesty, he is a young man who claims to participate in this test!"

"juvenile?"

"Exactly."

At this time, Young Master Heng who was sitting on the side suddenly stood up, bowed to Qingji and said, "Father, this young man, I may know who it is."

"Three days ago, a young man named Bu Shang recommended himself to Erchen."

"He claims to be a student of Prime Minister You, a native of Wenyi, Jin State, and he is twelve years old, but he has not been recommended by Prime Minister You or other courtiers and officials, and he is so young, so Erchen and Dazai will not allow him to participate in this meeting. try."

Bu business?

This name was quite unfamiliar to Qingji.

However, since he is a disciple of Confucius, his talent and learning should not be bad.

Especially at the age of 12, he was accepted as a disciple by Qingji. It is conceivable that this divination merchant is precocious and can be called a "child prodigy"!
The excited Qingji decided to meet the fortune teller.

"Take him to Youyuan."

"promise!"

In order not to disturb the exams of the scholars, Qingji chose to take the divination merchants to a separate garden and wait for his punishment.

Not long after, in the lobby of the Bieyuan, Qingji sat at the head seat, with Young Master Heng sitting next to him.

The boy named "Bu Shang" was supported by two guards, and entered the lobby step by step.

"Bushang from Jin, see the king! My king is ten thousand years!"

Bu Shang is obviously a shrewd person, claiming to be a "Jin native", but calling Qing Ji "big king" and "my king", which seems unreasonable.

The moment he saw Qingji, Bu Shang hurriedly knelt down towards Qingji and paid homage, his appearance was quite satisfactory.

It is conceivable that Bu Shang received certain etiquette instructions when he was very young, and he was born in a noble family.

"Bu Shang, don't be too polite, sit down."

"Thank you king!"

After receiving Qingji's words, Bu Shang dared to sit on the side, with half of his body bent, still cautious and still in shock.

At this time, Bu Shang looked quite embarrassed.

He was dressed in plain but clean sackcloth all over his body, his hair was tied up with a cloth belt, his hair was messy, and his forehead was black and blue, which was obviously caused by knocking on the ground not long ago.

Isn't this a proper look of a fleeing refugee?

However, Qingji knew what was going on.

The vicinity of Jixia Academy, especially around the meeting place, has been surrounded by Wu Guo's guards.

One post at five steps and one post at ten steps can be described as heavily guarded.

If Bu Shang didn't climb the wall, he would definitely not be able to rush to the outside of the venue, and Qingji could hear his shouting...

Therefore, it is conceivable that Bu Shang must have accidentally fell off the wall, and thus his forehead was injured.

"Bu Shang, you are so brave. You broke into the important place of the venue and ran into the king's car. Do you know what kind of crime it is in my country of Wu?"

Qing Ji squinted his eyes and asked in a bad tone.

There was inevitably a flustered look on Bu Shang's face, but he still held his head up and said firmly, "Report to the King, this is a capital offense!"