I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 118 Edict

Liu Bian chased Emperor Ling to the Yutang Hall. Seeing that Emperor Ling was in good spirits, Liu Bian explained his purpose.

This time, it was Emperor Ling's turn to feel that Liu Bian was too conservative.

"It's just a matter of appointing a few township officials, so what's wrong with that?"

Liu Bian explained: "I just think that in the past, these officials were appointed by the counties, and the minor officials below a hundred stones must be people from the county. The law stipulates this. If you violate it easily, I'm afraid it won't be good. "

"What ancestral law? Don't worry Bian'er, our Han family has its own system!"

Emperor Ling originally thought that Liu Bian was negotiating with him about the affairs of the imperial students, but he never thought that Liu Bian focused on the appointment of village officials.

He asked: "In the past, Bian'er was so firm when he believed that the Three Mutual Laws were inappropriate. Why are you so rigid now?"

Liu Bian's concept of "imperial power not going to the countryside" from later generations formed a stereotype, and he instinctively thought that destroying this would cause great opposition.

But in Emperor Ling's mind, he appointed all the officials in counties and counties. It was just a matter of going beyond the officials to appoint officials in a few villages, which was not worth mentioning.

Who really dares to stand up and oppose it?

Not to mention being in Luoyang, at the feet of the Emperor.

Although it is not good for the emperor to take the lead in breaking laws and rules, if the old does not go away, the new will not come.

After understanding this, Liu Bian honestly praised - "Father is right!"

Emperor Ling was very satisfied with this.

He also praised: "Bian'er's idea is very good. The students of Taixue spend all their time discussing government affairs, socializing has become a habit, the academic style is corrupt, and the good and the bad are mixed. It's time to rectify it."

Because of Chen Fan, Emperor Ling did not have a good impression of the entire group of imperial students, otherwise he would not have opened the Hongdu School in the first place.

"How do Bian'er want to select imperial students? Should those who have mastered several classics be selected as officials?"

During the reign of Emperor Huan, the imperial examination was changed to Tongjing, which was also held once every two years. The Five Classics were the scope of the examination. Passing the examination once was considered to be the same classic.

The order is determined by the number of scriptures that one can master. Those who have mastered two scriptures can become the literary masters of the country. At this time, Tai students can choose to be an official, or they can choose to continue studying and taking exams until they have mastered the Three Classics, the Four Classics, and the Five Classics.

Among them, those who understand the Four Classics can become a doctor who compares three hundred stones. At this time, the imperial students could already stand at the same starting point as Xiaolian and entered the Sanlang Department for training as a doctor.

The so-called three departments, namely Wuguan Zhonglang Department, Zuo Lang Department, and You Lang Department. These three departments were originally responsible for the guards. However, with the development of the times, the functions of the three departments gradually weakened and became further specialized. Where officers are trained. The responsibilities of the guards were gradually handed over to Habayashiro and Tiger Benro.

Liu Bian shook his head. He was unwilling to adopt the old system. The assessment method for Tongjing was too academic.

"In Imperial College, there has long been a habit of chatting, and there are also scholars who are obsessed with classics. Such people are not suitable to be officials, let alone go to the countryside."

"Although I have never lived in the countryside, I also know that life there is far inferior to that in the city. If you don't have a determined heart, it's better not to go."

"I want students from Taipei University to sign up voluntarily and participate in the examination. The examination can follow the example of the previous one. The outstanding candidates are divided into grades A, B and II to serve as previously dismissed township officials in Luoyang and several surrounding counties. Grade A is worth a hundred stones. The second grade is the history of Dou Shi."

The Ce Examination was an old method used in the past to select Imperial College students. They were graded by the Ce Examination, and they could become Langguan of different official ranks according to their performance.

Liu Bian did not want to set the difficulty of the exam too high, but he also did not want to choose a group of freeloaders. The certainty of this could only be determined based on the overall quality of the Taipei students who would take the exam.

When the discussion was almost over, Emperor Ling was also a little tired. He immediately sent someone to call Lu Zhi, the minister, and told Lu Zhi his decision. He confidently handed over the task of drafting the edict to Lu Zhi. "If Zi Qian has any doubts, he can discuss it with the prince and issue an edict as soon as possible, so that he can be implemented by a supervisor."

As soon as Lu Zhi saw Liu Bian nearby, he immediately understood who came up with this idea.

He saw that Emperor Ling's posture was obviously not for discussion. As a minister, he actually did not reject the emperor's rights and responsibilities.

In fact, Lu Zhi didn't think there was anything worth admonishing about the emperor's interference with local officials. The key was that what Guan Yu found out was too bad. Who would have thought that there could be so many unjust cases in Luoyang, Kyoto.

In other words, when the truth is revealed and laid bare before our eyes, we can no longer pretend not to see it.

Lu Zhi, like Emperor Ling, focused this edict on the imperial students.

After explaining the contents of the edict, Emperor Ling went to the apse to rest, leaving Liu Bian and Lu Zhi to seal the edict directly after drafting it.

Lu Zhi had been a minister for so many years and was very familiar with drafting an edict. He quickly discussed with Liu Bian and drafted the edict.

With Emperor Ling's explanation in advance, there was no need to hand the edict to the emperor for confirmation, and he could just use the seal.

Next, Lu Zhi only needs to take the edict to the Shangshu Desk, make a copy and send it to the Sangong Mansion.

Taixue was under the jurisdiction of Taichang. The edict was first sent to Taiwei's Mansion, and then from Taiwei's Mansion to Taichang's Mansion. The final execution fell into the hands of Yuan Wei.

After Yuan Wei received the edict, although he had a premonition that his nephew Yuan Shu would be embarrassed again, he quickly summoned the relevant officials and began to implement the contents of the edict.

The whole process was smooth.

……

Chen Rong is one of the students.

In his early years, he had followed Zang Hong, who was quite famous among Tai students, and had a very close relationship with Zang Hong. Later, Zang Hong was promoted as Xiaolian to Langguan, and he went out to become the head of Qiu. Chen Rong did not follow him, but continued to study at Taixue.

Zang Hong's father held the post of Erqianshi, but Chen Rong did not have such a background. After Zang Hong left, although he was still very active in the public opinion field when criticizing the current ills, he never reached the height of Zang Hong.

But his ambition has never changed.

Mao Fang, who had just moved in to live in the same house with him, was not as lively as him. He had just finished cooking his own meal, and when he saw Chen Ronghan coming back, he greeted him: "Have you eaten? The stove is still hot."

Mao Fang, like Chen Rong, does not come from a wealthy family, so he usually cooks by himself at Taixue's residence.

Chen Rong was not polite and said: "I am not as noble as Liang Hong, so I will take advantage of Mr. Mao today."

Liang Hong was a hermit in his early years. He also studied at Taixue. His family was poor and he was withdrawn. The people who also lived in the same house asked Liang Hong to cook while the stove was still hot after finishing the meal. However, Liang Hong did not want to take advantage of others, so he put out the stove and started the fire again.

For a person who talks casually, this move is naturally noble, but for Chen Rong who hopes to achieve something, he prefers to be more pragmatic.

Chen Rong did not take advantage in vain. He reminded Mao Fang: "I heard the news that His Majesty has issued an edict to reopen the policy and select suitable imperial students to serve as vacant officials in the villages around Luoyang. Is Mr. Mao interested?" "

(End of this chapter)