The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 588 Imperial Examination

The literacy rate in the early Han Dynasty was not high, and the intellectual class was not large.

But this is not big, referring to the population base of tens of millions of big men.

In fact, the number of educated people may be similar to that of the direct leader population of the Huns.

What is reading for?
Except for a small number of people, the purpose of most people is very clear, to be an official.

A more pleasant way of saying it is that if you learn martial arts, you can sell them to the emperor's family.

A more beautiful rhetoric is to continue learning for the sake of the past, to establish a life for the living and the people, and to create peace for all generations.

But in essence, they are all the same.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there were very few positions for the officials of the Han Dynasty, or those with a well-established establishment, who could get a salary.

In fact, until the Tang Dynasty, there were very few staffed positions, at least equivalent to thousands of people to one.

At that time, a large number of non-staff personnel were used, such as fake officials in the Han Dynasty and bad people in the Tang Dynasty.

After the big counselors have risen completely, they have increased their positions on a large scale in order to expand their strength.

Now, it is extremely difficult to become an official in Dahan, and you must have the recommendation of a competent person.

In order to get recommendations, cultural people from all over the world flocked to Chang'an City, hoping that they would be favored and recommended by some important person.

And these people are Chang Piao.

In recent days, an explosive news has been widely circulated among the long drifting group.

The king of Zhongshan Kingdom pioneered the imperial examination to recruit talents and confer official positions through examination.

Of course, it is an official position in Zhongshan Kingdom.

But even if it is an official position in Zhongshan Kingdom, it is still an official position.

Compared with the pain and despair of being bumped into walls in Chang'an City for many years, with no hope of future, this is a ray of light that pierces the darkness.

These days, those who can come to Chang'an City to do long-distance drifting are basically wealthy.

If the family has no money, let alone studying, it is difficult to get together the travel expenses.

But the living standard in Chang'an City is too high, almost the highest in the world in this era.

Even if you are a landlord in your hometown, drifting for many years will exhaust your wealth.

Many people were already desperate, and even resented Dahan Xinsheng.

However, the appearance of the imperial examination made them feel a ray of sunshine in the darkness, and rushed to Zhongshan country like crazy.

At first, some people were worried that it would be too late, but then they got the news that King Zhongshan was too enthusiastic after seeing the large number of applicants, so he decided to postpone the imperial examination for two months.

This rumor is true, Li Yunze has indeed postponed the imperial examination for two months.

At the beginning, he just planned to recruit a group of talents through the imperial examination, so that he could take over those ineffective guys in the eight counties of Zhongshan country.

But I never thought that the enthusiasm of the various schools that stayed in Lunu City was so high because of the white paper and printing.

Not only signed up enthusiastically, but also gathered in front of the palace to petition, asking the king to postpone the time of the imperial examination so that they could call their fellow students to participate.

He quickly realized that he had underestimated Li Yunze's power in the imperial examination, so he immediately followed suit and postponed the imperial examination for a period of time so that more disciples from different schools could rush over.

This is not just to find officials for several counties, but also to gain fame.

Li Yunze's mentality changed after Chang'an City used the method of making peace in exchange for the retreat of the Huns.

He may not have made a final decision before, but now he has made up his mind, no longer waiting for Liu Che to grow up, but choosing to do it himself!
Since he decided to do it himself, things like gaining fame are naturally indispensable.

Li Yunze's actions also caused an uproar in Chang'an City.

"Princess."

In Princess Guantao's mansion, the ugly Tian Fu opened the box with a smile, revealing the neatly arranged gold cakes inside.

Liu Xun is a very pure person, power and money are her favorite.

Even though Tian Fu's appearance was an eyesore, the gold he brought was dazzling and beautiful.

So Liu Xun immediately showed a friendly smile, beckoning people to carry the gold away, and nodded to Tian Fu with a smile in his eyes, "I have a heart."

"Where."

Tian Fu saluted respectfully, "This is all Wang Meiren's wish."

The so-called beauty Wang is Liu Che's biological mother, Wang Zhi.

As for why Wang Zhi and Tian Fu are called siblings but not have the same surname, it is naturally because their fathers are different.

Wang Zhi's mother's name was Zang'er, and she was the granddaughter of Wang Zangtu, the founder of the Han Dynasty with a different surname.

After Zang Tu was killed for treason, he fled to the Huns and became a commoner from nobleman.

Later, when she returned to Dahan, she first married Wang Zhong and gave birth to Wang Zhi, and then remarried to Tian Shi.

As for Wang Zhi, she first married Jin Wangsun and gave birth to a daughter named Jin Su.

You can tell from the name that Jin Wangsun is also a nobleman, after all, his name is Wangsun.

Later, Liu Qi, who was still the prince, chose a beauty, and Wang Zhi immediately kicked the golden king and grandson into the East Palace, and got Liu Qi's love, and gave birth to three daughters and a son one after another.

I have to say that the emperor of the Han Dynasty was really ruthless, even those who were married could accept it, and they were not afraid of being loose and boring.

According to the practice of the great Han, after Wang Zhi rose to power, her brothers and sisters naturally defected to become relatives.

Elder brother Wang Xin and younger brothers Tian Fu, Tian Sheng and others helped to run around.

And the younger sister, Wang Hao, was decisively sent to Liu Qi's bed when Wang Zhi felt that she was no longer favored.

It has to be said that this woman's wrist, scheming and determination are all very good.

She knew very well that the relatives of the Wang family had no strength to speak of. After all, the former King of Yan, Zang Tu, had been dead for many years.

If you want to support your son to the top, you must have a strong force as support.

There is no doubt that Liu Xing, the princess of Guantao, who has great influence on Queen Mother Dou, is her choice.

In history, Wang Zhi trained Liu Che, who was only a few years old, to say good things about Chen Ajiao, so he hooked up with Princess Guantao who happened to be mad by Li Ji, and with the help of Princess Guantao, successfully supported Liu Che to the throne.

Now, while going all out to deal with the prince Liu Rong and Li Ji, Wang Zhi is also eyeing the sudden emergence of the prince Sheng.

After a few words of meaningless nonsense, Tian Fu finally expressed his intention of coming, "The eldest princess knows that rumors have been rampant in Chang'an City recently."

Although Princess Liu Xing of Guantao is greedy for money, she is a man of her word.

Since you have accepted the gold, it must be to help you.

It is precisely because she has such a good reputation that there is an endless stream of people asking her to do things.

After hearing Tian Fu's words, Liu Xun smiled slightly, and asked in cooperation, "Oh, I don't know what kind of rumor it is?"

Although Tian Fu is ugly, he has a mouth that can speak well.

"Don't dare to hide the truth from the princess. Recently there have been rumors that the king of Zhongshan Kingdom wants to conduct the imperial examination, which has attracted countless criticisms. Many people say that this is shaking the foundation of the great man."

An exaggerated description described the imperial examination as a scourge that destroyed the rules and order of the great man.

It can't be said that all these words are wrong.

After all, the big man practiced the recommendation system, and as soon as the imperial examinations came out, they immediately posed a fatal threat to the recommendation system based on relationships and favors.

As the biggest beneficiary of the recommendation system, the imperial relatives and relatives of the Xungui Group naturally suffered losses.

It is not wrong to say that the foundation of the Han Dynasty's rule has been shaken.

"Oh, there is such a thing?"

Liu Xun, whose expression moved slightly, pretended to be surprised, "I don't know."

In fact, she knew it a long time ago, but she was just acting.

At this time, Liu Xun already understood that Wang Zhi asked Tian Fu to come over to give gifts this time, and the purpose was to give eye drops to the King of Zhongshan.

'The hand is quite long. '

Right now, the crown prince Liu Rong has not been defeated, and he is preparing to deal with the sudden emergence of the prince Sheng. This Wang beauty is really good at using palace scheming.

"Isn't it?" Tian Fu described exaggeratedly, "I heard that the nobles in Chang'an City are very dissatisfied with this."

This is true, even Princess Guantao is dissatisfied.

Because recommending those long drifts is also an important source of income for her.

"If that's the case, I'm really going to Changle Palace to find the Queen Mother." Liu Xun quickly made up his mind, and took a stab at the King of Zhongshan. "The Queen Mother has to decide this matter."

She didn't have the slightest resentment or hatred towards Li Yunze, it was purely driven by interests.

Li Yunze's imperial examination harmed the interests she gained through the recommendation system, and that was the only reason.

As for the gold sent by Tian Fu, it is just the key to open the box.

Tian Fu was overjoyed, and said many nice words again and again, which made Liu Xing laugh constantly.

When he left Princess Guantao's mansion, Tian Fu wiped his face, "Hey, you must be the emperor. Whether uncle can stand out and be gifted gold instead of giving gold to others every day depends entirely on you." gone."

A few days later, Liu Xun brought Chen Ajiao to Changle Palace.

As soon as I entered the hall, I heard the laughter of Empress Dowager Dou.

It turned out to be sisters Wang Zhi, who brought Liu Zhi to be happy with Queen Mother Dou.

'What a hard worker. '

A look of displeasure flashed across Liu whoring's face, the power of Queen Mother Dou can only be used by her!
But she quickly settled her emotions, took Chen Ajiao's hand and called out delicately, "Mother, my daughter is here with Ajiao."

Empress Dowager Dou, who gradually lost her eyesight due to cataracts, could only see blurred shadows.

But she still smiled and stretched out her hand to say, "Baby Gillian, come to grandma."

Chen Ajiao ran forward and threw herself into the arms of Empress Dowager Dou.

Empress Dowager Dou was naturally overjoyed, and her darling kept screaming.

Wang Yan at the side watched this scene with envy in his eyes.

All the power and influence belonging to Changle Palace fell on this little girl.

Calmly pushed Liu She, so that the still young Liu She stepped forward to contact Chen Ajiao.

Here Liu Xun was already sitting aside, chatting with Queen Mother Dou.

Inadvertently looking at each other with Wang Zhi, the two of them communicated with each other, and they both understood each other's intentions.

"Mother."

After chatting for a while, Liu Xun finally turned the topic to serious business, "Do you know what is the most popular thing in Chang'an City recently?"

"Ok?"

The squinting Queen Mother Dou asked casually, "What's the matter?"

Liu Xun chuckled, glanced at Wang Yan, and said with a smile, "Jia Ji's son, Prince Sheng, has made a lot of noise recently. I heard that he held an imperial examination in Zhongshan, which attracted the attention of the world's most honorable men. You all looked sideways."

As soon as these words came out, the smile on Empress Dowager Dou's face disappeared without a trace.

(End of this chapter)