The Great Han Dynasty: From Feng Lang Juxu to the Eternal Emperor

Chapter 379 The First Imperial Examination

Wei Ning sat on the horse and looked at Han Shuo and the group of Longquan Palace officials indifferently.

With a sneer on his face, Han said, do you really think I'm afraid of these people's nonsense?
He glanced at Han Shuo lightly and said to his left and right, "Kill him."

Han Shuo trembled, his eyes widened in fear, and asked Wei Ning: "Your Highness, what crime did Wei Chen commit? Why did you kill Wei Chen?"

The surrounding officials were as silent as a cicada, and no one dared to speak nonsense at this time.

Wei Ning asked Han back: "Are you really afraid of being alone and don't dare to kill you? Do you really think that you don't know about the things you do in private?"

Han Shuo said hurriedly: "Your Highness, please make it clear that if there is real evidence, I will let Your Highness kill me. If Your Highness kills me for no reason, then I will die with my eyes open!"

"The officials in the world will also know that Prince You is a murderer. Today you have no need to kill officials, and tomorrow you may not have no need to kill hundreds of officials."

"Who dares to serve as an official in the Han Dynasty with such a tyrannical king?"

"The minister has committed a crime, and His Highness has not given the right to kill according to the law. Please think again."

Wei Ning looked at him indifferently and said to his left and right, "You still won't take action?"

"Your Highness!"

Han said his whole body was shaking slightly, "Please don't be impulsive!"

When the Imperial Army of the East Palace controlled Han Shuo, Han Shuo finally began to panic.

He found that it was useless to talk to Weining about the interests, because Weining would not listen to this at all, so he tremblingly begged for mercy: "Your Highness, I know the crime, I know the crime, please spare my life, please spare me."

……

Han Shuo's death really caused a stir in the court.

Wei Ning's approach was obviously too radical, and many officials wrote to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to impeach Wei Ning for being lawless.

Maybe there are people like Han mentioned in this group of people, or maybe there aren't. All in all, officials don't want to see Wei Ning going beyond the law to kill people.

You, Wei Ning, can use conspiracy, conspiracy, etc. to plot against Han Shuo, leaving Han Shuo speechless, and letting the public know that he deserves to be killed, and that he should be killed in a fair and just manner.

Instead of using lynching like you did, just kill Han Shuo directly.

As Han Shuo said, you can use your private power to kill Han Shuo today, but tomorrow you can kill the prime minister and the six ministers?

As long as you want to, which official in the world can't you kill at will?

Therefore, how can all the officials not be frightened? How could they not write to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to oppose Weining's indiscriminate killing of innocent people?

If you can kill Han Dao today, you can kill them tomorrow.

But Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's reply was very simple. His answer to the officials was that if Han said that he deceived the emperor, he deserved death.

As for how to deceive the emperor, Zhang Tang had already found an excuse for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Han Xin just said, just kill him. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't care at all. So what about Han Xin's descendants? Even if Han Xin was alive, wouldn't the emperor kill him if he wanted to?

He was even happier when his son killed someone, which shows that his son was not a benevolent monarch.

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Before the new year, Tian Qianqiu sent a letter to Weining from Southern Xinjiang, telling Weining everything about Southern Xinjiang.

After the safety of southern Xinjiang, Wei Ning also felt relieved. In southern Xinjiang, he only hoped that Zheng Xi could be in power safely. Compared with others, Wei Ning understood Zheng Xi's temperament and personality, because if he understood it, it would be easy to control him. If it were someone else on stage, it would be difficult to control.

This is also the reason why Weining wants Tian Qianqiu to keep Zhengxi.

At the end of the third year of Yuanshou, two things happened in Dahan.

This new year must be joyful because Qin Ziyu is pregnant.

Not only Qin Ziyu is pregnant, Zhao Jieyu is also pregnant.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very happy and named the two children respectively before they were born. Zhao Jieyu's son was named Liu Fuling, and Weining's child was named Liu Xuan.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, Wei Ning accompanied Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to the south city of Weiyang Palace, overlooking the lights of thousands of houses in the prosperous Chang'an City. Wei Ning smiled and said to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Father, what should I do if I don't have a son? "

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said: "Then wait until you have a son before you give him this name."

This feudal society must favor sons over daughters, so parents hope that their offspring will be sons, the more the better.

It’s not unreasonable for this idiom to be invented.

"In the spring, the imperial examinations will be held across the country. Are all arrangements made?"

In the spring of next year, Dahan’s first scientific examination will officially begin.

Dahan has been preparing for the scientific examination for a year and a half. Weining has already asked three provinces and six ministries to focus on preparing for the country's major talent promotion event.

For more than a year when the imperial examination system was replaced by the imperial examination system, the number of officials in the Han Dynasty was in decline.

There are large vacancies in many government offices, and the reason is that there is no replacement of talents.

This situation will ease next year, and the imperial examination system will recruit a large number of talents into the court to fill the vacancies among officials.

"Father, don't worry, everything has been arranged."

The lights in Chang'an City were like daylight. Weining spent a wonderful New Year's Eve in Nancheng with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty tonight.

……

By February of the fourth year of Yuanshou, various local prefectures and counties had begun intensive preparations for the scientific examination.

Quiz exams are being held in various places, and this year's imperial examination is unprecedentedly grand.

At the end of March, more than 5,000 candidates who passed the quiz were selected from all over the country to prepare for the national examination in August.

The so-called national examination is just a second-level examination. After the examination, the central examination will not be held until February of the fifth year of Mogasuri, which is also the last level of the imperial examination.

After passing the exam, this group of talents will be qualified to serve as officials.

In the autumn of the fourth year of Yuanshou, the national examination began. Only more than a thousand people from various countries passed the examination, and almost one-fifth of the candidates were eliminated.

In the fifth year of Yuanshou next year, a large number of people will be eliminated from the central examination.

Weining discussed with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and planned to limit the recruitment of this batch of scientific examinations to more than 150 people.

In other words, one tenth of the scholars will be eliminated, and only more than a hundred people are truly qualified to be officials.

At the end of October of the fourth year of Yuanshou, Qin Ziyu and Zhao Jieyu gave birth to children respectively.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very happy because Qin Ziyu and Zhao Jieyu gave birth to baby boys respectively.

The Ministry of Rites immediately organized the memorial ceremony, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took Weining to offer sacrifices to Gao He. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had prayed for Gao He to give birth to a son before, so he naturally had to fulfill his wish at this time.

As a member of the royal family, offering sacrifices is the most daily thing for the royal family, even more important than reviewing memorials.

In short, no matter what happens, it is absolutely correct to offer sacrifices first.

By the end of February in the fifth year of Yuanshou, more than a thousand students gathered in Chang'an to prepare for this year's imperial examination.

During this year, Dahan's economy developed rapidly, businesses began to spring up like mushrooms after a rain, and agriculture in various places had a bumper harvest.

In addition, there is good news. Jiang Chong's mission to the Western Regions has already concluded the national commercial trade between the Western Regions and the Han Dynasty.

He lived up to the expectations of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. If we say that the previous commercial trade between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions was all about the merchants along the Silk Road.

Now that Jiang Chong has discussed trade between the Han Dynasty and the countries in the Western Regions, a large amount of money will enter the national treasury.

Jiang Chong has definitely made a great contribution and returned triumphantly!

(End of this chapter)