Long live Emperor Wu!

There was a moment of silence in the palace.

Gao Jifu just lowered his head, not even daring to raise his eyes.

Li Shan raised his chin slightly, smiled gently, and said:
"Oh... yes, Sir, you are right. If you didn't mention it, I would have forgotten this person. It is indeed very suitable, but he is currently guilty of a crime, so the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel should be vacant first. Let’s wait until he comes back.”

After Gao Jifu heard this, he slightly raised his eyes and glanced at Li Shan.

Seeing that the emperor's brows were still gentle and with a warm smile, he breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said:

"Your Majesty is wise."

……

……

When it was time to eat at noon, Li Shan looked at the food on the table and sneered from time to time. Wu Rou asked him:
"Who is angry again?"

Li Shan frowned slightly and said:

"I originally felt that Gao Jifu was pitiful. At such an old age, he had made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, but I wanted to single him out and take the responsibility for Muzhou's oversight.

But who knows, I pity him, but others have a clear mind and want to give up their car in exchange for a piece of money... Who is pitiful? It's just me being stupid and pitiful. "

Wu Rou laughed after hearing this and said:

"They are all thousand-year-old foxes. After three dynasties, isn't it normal for His Majesty to be defeated? But who is the replacement?"

"Chu Suiliang..."

Wu Rou nodded without saying a word.

Li Shan continued:

"Chu Suiliang is indeed talented, but they, relying on their merits and age, are slack in government affairs and are greedy for comfort."

He stood up, walked to the front of the screen, raised his head, walked slowly, and said anxiously:
"If they just follow the steps step by step and don't work hard, it won't cause too much harm. I'm afraid they will go down step by step and bend the law for personal gain, just like Chu Suiliang... If he doesn't know his mistakes, I really don't want to Reuse him."

Wu Rou thought for a while and asked:
"What will happen if Your Majesty insists on not using it?"

After hearing this, Li Shan came back, lifted up his clothes, sat next to her, and said:
"You know, all the important positions in the DPRK are over 50 years old. Their prestige and friendship with each other are deeper than mine.

If I fail to win over a force that can compete with me, it will be very easy for them to unite and force me to abdicate in favor of someone more powerful. This is not uncommon in history. "

"Then we can only listen to them?" Wu Rou said unconvinced, "Who is the king?"

Li Shan smiled bitterly and said:
"Of course you can't listen to everything, and you can't not listen to everything. It's a little bit that you can break every day.

Now I feel like I am that market merchant, bargaining with the ministers, but I can’t be embarrassed, haha..."

Seeing that he was depressed, Wu Rou looked at him and saw that no one was around, so she leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, saying:
"I will help you read the memorial later. After reading the memorial, the two of us will go and entertain our son."

Li Shan smiled and raised his lips slightly, looking at her eyes with a warm light.

……

……

If it weren't for the fact that most people in the court criticized Wu Rou's status, Li Shan would have wanted her to live in Wude Palace.

After all, it was most convenient for him to receive foreign ministers at Wude Hall, so he spent most of his time there.

And that was the place where he had lived the longest since he was a child, and he was more comfortable there. Unfortunately... no.

Because he brought Wu Rou into the palace, he was already criticized for coveting beauty and disregarding ethics. If Wu Rou was allowed to live in Wude Palace again, the two of them would often hang around the old ministers and show off their affection.

Then Wu Rou will probably become the real version of Su Daji.

No need to add this layer of trouble.

So every day, basically during the day, he would deal with the memorials that needed imperial approval in Wude Hall, and the remaining ones that had been processed by the two provinces would be sent to Zhaoqing Hall with him.

There is no need for palace maids to wait on you all the time in Zhaoqing Palace.

The two people sat side by side on a long desk, almost arm to arm, and the memorials were divided into two piles, one for each person.

If Wu Rou saw something he didn't understand, or felt it was important, she would hold it up in front of his eyes and discuss it with him.

At this moment, Wu Rou picked out one of the memorials and said "hmm" in surprise when she saw that the memorial was thicker than the others.

She took the cover and saw that it belonged to Chang'an County Magistrate Pei Xingjian.

She knew Pei Xingjian, the one recommended by Duke Kui, who said he had a wide network of contacts and a good understanding of people.

She turned her eyes for a moment and remembered what Li Shan had said just now that he wanted to promote a younger person to the civil service department, but he didn't know who was suitable and would not arouse the opposition of the old ministers.

When she saw this person's name, her eyes lit up instantly. She unfolded the memorial and asked:

"Jiulang, what do you think about Pei Xingjian? Is it feasible for him to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to help you?"

Li Shan did not raise his head, but rested his forehead on his elbow, quickly scanning the words on the memorial line by line, and said:
"I have thought about him, but he is too young, his resume is too thin, and he has no outstanding achievements. I don't have enough reasons to promote him. The magistrate of Chang'an is the seventh rank, and the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is the third rank. How can he convince the public. "

Wu Rou stopped talking because she was completely attracted by the contents of the memorial.

Because this is a book that envisions the selection and performance evaluation of officials. He first gave a long speech about the shortcomings and chaos of the imperial examination.

For example, those who passed the imperial examination could only be awarded low-level positions, and there were basically no promotion channels. Most people were full of economics and were trapped in counties and counties throughout their lives, unable to be promoted.

The recommendation system usually involves high-ranking figures in Chang'an City who are directly recommended by the emperor. The people they recommend will definitely not be because of the shortage of people in any state or county in the Tang Dynasty. They often hold important positions in the capital, so the people they recommend will not be the ones they recommend. Often one reaches the sky in one step.

Because of this, although the imperial examination has been implemented for a long time, it is not prosperous. Most people hope to get to know the famous ministers in the court and become officials through recommendation.

Therefore, the power of the aristocratic families that controlled the government in the past, Cui, Lu, Zheng, and Wang, has declined, but the power of new aristocratic families in the court has also risen.

When Wu Rou saw this, her heart moved, and she quickly pushed the memorial next to Li Shan and said:

"Look, he really dares to say it."

Li Shan's eyebrows turned and his eyes fell on the place where Wu Rou's slender fingertips landed. His tired eyes suddenly brightened up and he asked:

"Whose memorial is this, it actually speaks out what is in my heart."

Upon hearing this, Li Shan quickly pulled the memorial to him, covered the one he was looking at, and began to read it seriously.

The memorial was very long. After spending a lot of time explaining the pros and cons, he also carefully described the detailed rules for inspecting official promotions that he had conceived.

For example, officials at each level will be evaluated on their performance every five years, and they will be promoted, demoted, or promoted.

In short, giving hope of promotion to those who entered official positions through the imperial examination can also prevent officials at all levels from slacking off in their administration.

When Li Shan closed the last cover of the thick memorial, he sighed:
"These things are so detailed and detailed. He definitely did not come up with them in one day. He must have thought about them for a long time... If I hadn't said that I also want to read the memorials that Shangshu Province has processed, I'm afraid that's all his hard work. Submerged." (End of chapter)