A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 344: Academy Restructuring
The reason why the prince was sentenced to death is very simple. He asked someone to write to the court, asking the court to no longer collect taxes in kind, but in money.

As for what he was thinking, Wang Ke did not delve into it and directly sentenced him to death. His title was reduced to viscount, and there were no outstanding people in his descendants.It is estimated that after two generations, he will regress into an ordinary powerful person.

In Luoyang, ordinary powerful people cannot hold on to their family business, and in the end they can only return to their ancestral homeland.

Li Si breathed a sigh of relief after hearing what Wang Zhe said.

Wang Zhe continued: "Does the Prime Minister know about the recent recommendations?"

Li Si's heart moved slightly. He knew the operation of the inspection system very well, and he immediately understood that those people must have recommended their nephews to each other, and His Majesty discovered it.

When those people did this, he knew it would be like this. The connection between the Xungui Group and the officials, coupled with the subsequent recommendation of their nephews to each other, was almost a replica of the previous Shiqing Shilu.

Li Si naturally knew the consequences of doing this. Both the late emperor and the current majesty were heroes. How could such a thing be hidden?However, the heirs of the family are really useless. For the continuation of the family, he can only participate in it.

But this kind of thing can only be done but not said. Once exposed, it will be a serious crime.

Wang Zhe did not wait for Li Si's answer and continued: "Prime Minister, your majesty is furious because the talents recommended this time are not worthy of their reputation. Your majesty is testing their skills in governing the people and farming. This person can only talk rhetoric and has no practical application. Such a person How can you become a local official? This is simply a joke!"

"How many years have it been since Da Qian was established? The inspection and promotion system has only been in operation for more than ten years, and this kind of thing has happened. What are these people doing? Do you think Da Qian has been in Zuo for too long?"

"The late emperor knew your thoughts, so he implemented the inspection system to give you the opportunity to recommend talents, but this does not mean that you can do whatever you want.

Many meritorious officials have made great contributions to the establishment of the Great Qian, so they are qualified to recommend talents to the court, but now they have done something like this. Are you worthy of the late Emperor and His Majesty?

You are the prime minister and have high prestige in the court. Now go and tell those people that Chaju is for selecting talented people and is not for them to exchange interests. It is the bottom line of the court and must not be touched. Whoever wants to If you do it again, don’t say you didn’t predict what you said! "

Li Si felt numb after hearing what Wang Zhe said. The original intention of the Chaju system was to recommend talents to the country. This talent could be a common person or a wealthy family. These emperors could accept it, but this talent 'He must be truly talented, not a fool!
What are these people doing now?This is sending idiots before the emperor, this is consuming the emperor's trust, and it is looking for death!
Li Si originally didn't care about investigating these things. He felt that those noble officials were not idiots, but he was wrong. When power and wealth fascinated their eyes, even the smartest people would become idiots!
He couldn't wait to find those people now and kill them in every possible way so as not to implicate himself.

The current emperor is a hero, not a puppet manipulated by ministers like Jin Dinggong and Qi Feigong.

Li Si immediately stood up, saluted Wang Zhe and said: "Inner Prime Minister, I have received the grace of the late emperor and your majesty, and I am able to display my ambitions, assist the late emperor in establishing the Great Qian, unify the world, create a foundation for eternity, and be able to leave my name in history. This will never be allowed." People act wantonly! We will never allow this kind of thing to happen in the Li family!"

"Don't worry, Interior Minister, Si will deal with them now!"

Seeing what Li Si said, Wang Zhe was very satisfied.Li Si has abilities, and they are very good, but he is also very selfish, but he also has his own weaknesses. Now that he has become a very popular minister, now he only has a posthumous reputation.

Just give him some decency and he'll figure out what to do next.In March, Nanyang ordered 13 other people to sit down and die, and tens of thousands of people from the [-] families fled to Lingnan.

After this situation occurred, Wang Ke immediately imposed restrictions on the Chaoju system, clearly stipulating that five people in the Chaoju system must be from civilians at any time, and stipulated that father and son could not serve as officials in the same court.

In other words, if he wants his son to be an official, his father must submit a letter to resign.Such restrictions are designed to suppress those noble officials.

Although they can circumvent this ban by appointing their nephews as officials, will they still be close to each other after two or three generations?They will have their own ideas.

At the same time, with the restriction that father and son cannot serve as officials in the same court, even if the father resigns and the son enters the officialdom, it will take more than ten or even twenty years to reach the status or influence of his father.Of course, the more important thing is that he will never be able to achieve it in his lifetime.

Of course, if he is really talented and can surpass his father, then he is serving the country and will not suffer any loss.

After Wang Ke saw the shortcomings of the imperial examination system, he began to establish county schools in prefectures and counties.He planned to use the county school as an extension of the academy in various places.

The county school does not teach anything too profound, and it mainly deals with ordinary people.The purpose of the county school is to help the academy select students.

After Wang Ke discovered the problems in the academy, he opened a county school to prepare a room for advancement for ordinary people and increase students in the academy.

The county school can recommend students to the academy every year. After these students pass the assessment, they will become students of the academy. Not only can they study for free, but they also receive monthly financial and food subsidies, allowing them to study with peace of mind.

In the past, because the academy was in Luoyang, ordinary people without money, food, or foundation had no chance to study in all the prefectures and counties in the world. Now the county school is opened to give them a chance.

Wang Ke injected fresh blood into the academy by opening a county school.After these years of development, the academy has almost once again become the exclusive residence of nobles and officials.This is something Wang Ke will never allow.

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There were many political conflicts throughout the ancient dynasties, but the most important ones were the conflicts between the central and local governments, and the conflicts between the emperor and his ministers.

In the three dynasties of ancient times, this kind of contradiction caused many turmoils. In the Xia Dynasty, Hou Yi's rebellion, Taikang lost the country, and the Yin and Shang Dynasties moved their capitals many times. In the Zhou Dynasty, it was the contradiction between the emperor of Zhou and the princes.

After the establishment of Daqian, it became a conflict between the royal family and the group of founding heroes.During the periods of Emperor Qianshi and Emperor Qianwen, the authority of the royal family had always suppressed the group of meritorious officials, and by opening up the upward path, more children from poor families and even ordinary people were allowed to ascend to the court.

This approach kept the royal family on the stronger side, but this approach also gradually brought the meritorious group, officials, and wealthy families together. At the same time, the academy gradually gave birth to the freak of the Confucian classics family. ——"Global History of Ancient China: The Rise and Fall of the Qian Dynasty"

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