Late Tang

(I just returned to my hometown in Jiangxi from Zhejiang yesterday. I just connected to the broadband at noon today. I will update it immediately. It will be interrupted for two days. I am very sorry!)

"My lords, these troubles are all brought about by your national examination." Liu Xun, who was newly appointed by Li Jing as the admiral of the Nine Gates of Yanjing, complained to the Joint Examination of the Five Armed Forces Governor's Office of the Minister's Office of the Minister of Political Affairs,

"This is the national examination that His Royal Highness Qin Wang attaches great importance to." Shangshu Zuopushe Cui Yunqing frowned and corrected this student. "Let me assure you that this national exam is very important. This is the first time the highest exam in the entire Qin Dynasty. The King of Qin and the Provincial Court are fully committed to this matter."

"You can say whatever you want, Zuo Pushe. But the fact is that not only almost all the literati from all over the Qin Dynasty came here, but even the literati from other towns in the Tang Dynasty also came one after another. Except for those As for the candidates who have obtained the qualifications for educating people, there are countless scholars from all over the country who come to watch this national examination, which is like watching a juggling convention. Every time a scholar comes, there are almost two servants guarding him. There are coachmen, bookboys, servants, and a large number of merchants, even prostitutes, thieves, etc. I can’t even imagine how many of them followed these scholars.”

Liu Xun continued to complain: "The influx of countless refugees a while ago has made Yanjing City full of refugees. Thanks to the kindness of the King of Qin and the help of the people in the city, we helped take those refugees into the city and allowed them to survive this crisis. Cold winter. It is hard to get through this test now, but once the national exam is re-opened, Yanjing City will immediately face an influx of countless people. The large number of refugees has already caused the security of Yanjing City to drop rapidly, and now it has brought in countless foreign cases. Sisters, businessmen, prostitutes, thieves... Last night there were three restaurant brawls, ten knife fights, two homicides, and one fire. As for theft, there are even countless. Ma rushed directly to Yacheng to close the gate. And early this morning, there were dozens of disputes with the bustards and prostitutes in the brothel over the issue of overnight fees at the Red Lantern Square.'

"It's really scary." The military supervisor Zhang Chengye said with a trembling smile.Although he is an eunuch sent by the imperial court to oversee the army, he has struggled with everyone these years and followed and assisted the King of Qin. His performance has long been respected by the Qin army. He is a good eunuch. He will be invited to attend many meetings. He is here, and the atmosphere of the meeting can be much more relaxed in many cases.

But as Teacher Liu Xun's teacher, Taishi, Shangshu Zuopushe Cui Yunqing is not as polite as Zhang Chengye. "Let me tell you, Admiral Liu, if you can't even maintain the order in Yanjing lawlessly, I'm afraid that the important post of Admiral of the Nine Gates of Yanjing will have to be replaced by someone who can do it."

As Li Jing's eldest brother, Liu Xun became famous at a young age. Although he is only in his twenties now, he is already considered a veteran of the Qin army.He was born with a strong body, a square face, and a short mustache like Li Jing's. Hearing this, he immediately became swollen like a toad, and his face turned purple.As Li Jing's chief secretary, he was originally the leader of the Jinjiasheng Jie army. This time, Li Jing newly appointed the post of admiral of the Nine Gates of Yanjing, which is actually equivalent to the imperial court's Jin Wuwei general, who is in charge of Qin. The public security of Yanjing City in the center of the feudal clan, as well as the security and defense of the outer cities of the capital, are very important duties.

Li Jing handed over this important position to him, which fully reflected the trust and value for him, which made him very happy.But now, what Master Cui Yunqing said immediately made him a little bit embarrassed.

"Teacher, even if it is replaced by other people, it will not be better than me. I need people."

"How many people do you want?" Cui Yunqing leaned forward slightly.According to the usual practice, Li Jing will not attend the joint meeting of the four offices of the Provincial Court, the Court, and the Government every time.This meeting is the first meeting of the front meeting of the Political Affairs Hall. Before the meeting in front of the hall attended by Li Jing, the four most important ministries of the Qin feudal clan will meet first to have a preliminary discussion, and finally in the front meeting. Report to Li Jing concisely and quickly, and then hand it over to Li Jing for decision.

Therefore, the current joint meeting is presided over by Cui Yunqing, Zuo Pushe, a highly respected Shangshu province.

"Teacher, of course, the more the better."

"Then transfer two battalions of [-] united soldiers from the Yanjiao united army battalion to you." Cui Yunqing told him. "If the Council of Staff, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and the Ministry of War can pass this proposal together, then you can go to Li Shangshu of the Ministry of Households to ask for money and food after the report is approved by the cabinet and King Qin."

Although Cui Yunqing served as a Zuo Servant similar to the Prime Minister in the Qin Dynasty, it was related to the transfer of troops, especially the transfer of guards and defenses in Yanjing City. Such a motion must first be submitted to the Military Staff Council and the Five Armed Forces Governor's Office. It was unanimously approved by the three offices of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of War, and finally reported to the cabinet for deliberation, and finally handed over to King Qin Li Jing for approval before mobilization, otherwise it would be a crime of conspiracy and treason, which is very serious.

"Looking for me for money and food?" Li Rang, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said with a wry smile.

"That's right. Since you can even resettle hundreds of thousands of refugees this winter, then it's not a problem for you to pay for the transfer of a thousand regiment soldiers." Cui Yunqing turned to Liu Xun and said, "In addition, I propose to recruit from Yan Each of the military academies and juvenile military academies in Beijing will temporarily transfer a group of cadets to you to help you maintain order until the national examination is over and these people leave."

"Thank you very much, Grand Master." Liu Xun bowed, "I assure you, I will ensure that Yanjing's law and order will improve."

After Liu Xun left, Cui Yunqing turned to the four prostitutes present: "My Qin Fan's grand event, the National Examination, happened to coincide with the flood of refugees after the war and famine. Coupled with the cold spring, this time the National Examination is a bit troublesome. But speaking of it, Although we are facing various difficulties now, this national examination is very important, and it is an excellent opportunity for our Qin Fan to recruit scholars and warriors from all over the world. We must not only do it well, but also do it to the best of our abilities. The King of Qin has As the saying goes, you can conquer the world immediately, but you cannot rule the world immediately."

"The one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, and fighting for the world means fighting for talents." Cao Ye, the chief minister of the cabinet, said, "In today's world, nine-tenths of the wealth is in the hands of one-tenth of the rich and powerful, and nine-tenths of the other The common people only control one-tenth of the wealth in the world. For all classes in the world, the imperial examination is a great opportunity to seek honor. The high-ranking nobles can stabilize their status through this way, and ordinary people can change their destiny through this. Our national examination is actually the imperial examination of the imperial court. Now that the imperial imperial examination has been suspended, our Qin Fan has launched a national examination that is more grand than the imperial examination. This is a top-level wise decision. If this policy is implemented, that is Take all the talents in the world under the command of the King of Qin."

"It will also greatly promote the economy." Li Rang, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, kept his line in three sentences, "the hotels and restaurants in the city are full, and even the brothels and Chu halls are also full of customers. In addition, the car dealers and so on are also following the fire. One pass. Not only in Yanjing, starting from autumn, from counties to prefectures, from prefectures to provincial capitals, and then to Yanjing, the economies of all regions have indeed been stimulated by the exam, and have greatly increased."

"For scholars, this is a great opportunity to seek glory. For ordinary people, they can also watch this grand event and forget their worries for a while. This national exam event can indeed dilute the present The slump in business and trade eased the tension caused by the decline in living standards caused by the war, the shortage of supplies and the curfew." Guo Chengan also nodded.

Wang Pu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, laughed: "Yesterday, I heard from that fellow Liu Xun that according to rough statistics, the number of people who poured into Yanjing City from all over the year due to the grand national examination in the next year has actually exceeded the 70 mark. My My God, the total population of Yanjing City is only 40 people, including [-] soldiers, [-] monks and nuns, [-] barbarians in the city, and [-] students from various schools. The family members of the officers and soldiers are only [-] in total. Originally there were thousands of prostitute dancers in the city, but now there are [-] all of a sudden, it is really scary."

Cui Yunqing didn't follow along with the smile: "Everyone in the world knows that Yanjing has been very stable since it became the city of teeth of the Qin Dynasty, the land of the King Qin's residence, so people from all over the world poured into Yanjing. But so many people poured into Yanjing. Beijing will indeed bring a lot of public security problems. Last time, Li Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry proposed to gather these policemen in one district like Chang'an, but more than 1 policemen are still too many."

"Then organize these delicate little ladies into the barracks and ask Li Ke to use the concubine to train. In this way, we can immediately have another army of women. Anyway, it's okay for Mrs. Liu to stay here all day. Idle." Wang Pu continued joking.

Wang Pu's words were not entirely a joke. After Li Jing captured Liu Shi, he was very polite to her and placed her in a house in the inner city. He had many slaves to serve her, and even sent guards to guard her so that no one would disturb her. , and there is no shortage of expenses.Therefore, some rumors gradually spread in the city of Yanjing, saying that Li Keyong's wife who was riding a horse commander had actually been conquered by King Qin and became King Qin's concubine.There were even rumors that the Liu family had even conceived in the dark and was pregnant with the King of Qin.

This kind of pornographic news is always the fastest to spread, and it can't stop being banned.But in fact, Li Jing has a powerful supervision office, and there is a special department in charge of internal supervision. Therefore, before Li Jing asked, Gongsun Lan had already secretly investigated the matter, and finally reported to Li Jing and discovered these rumors Except for a few rumors based on rumors, in fact, the original rumor maker was the uncle of Li Jing's third wife Wang Wanjun, the younger brother of Wang Pu, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Wang Gai once slipped in a brothel after drinking, and the rumors spread more and more, and the rumors became more and more outrageous. .

After Li Jing knew about this matter, he didn't respond. He just nodded, and the investigation of this matter came to an end.

However, Cui Yunqing also heard something wrong with Wang Pu's words.Immediately got up and said: "I've heard enough about ** today, so I'll stop here." Wang Pu's status, when talking about ** and Liu's, people will inevitably make people think elsewhere.It was for his own good that Cui Yunqing interrupted him.

When Cui Yunqing finished the meeting and returned to Cui Mansion, the old doorkeeper was Cui An. "Call, Goro and Shichiro come to my study."

"Yes, Duke."

Cui Yunqing fully participated in the planning of this national examination, so he knew better than many people that Li Jing attached great importance to this national examination, and this national examination was not exactly like the imperial imperial examination.In this national examination, a total of 1000 top-ranked Jinshi students and [-] people from the same Jinshi background will be admitted at one time, a total of [-] people.After these people are on the list, they don't need to wait for two years like the court used to, and they have to go through the re-election by the Ministry of officials.Instead, they will be directly sent to the newly established Yenching University for a one-year advanced study, and then they will be directly awarded official positions based on their performance, and assigned to various places to hold official positions.According to Li Jing's plan, the official position system of the Qin Fan in the future will be based on the selection of officials through the national examination, not supplemented by recruitment and recommendation.In the future, within ten years, the officials who passed the national examination will be used to gradually replace those officials in the past.

Overall, this will be a real reform of the official selection system.Although the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty had been held for more than 200 years, very few official positions were actually admitted, and not all of them were really obtained through the examination.

Cui Yunqing is the patriarch of the Qingzhou House of the Cui Clan of Qinghe, and leads the Qingzhou branch of the Cui Clan of Qinghe, which is famous all over the world.In the Tang Dynasty of the Cui family in Qingzhou, there were five prime ministers and countless officials of all sizes.Now that King Qin intends to reform the official system, the Cui family must adapt as soon as possible.Just like when the imperial examination was implemented in the Tang Dynasty, the gentry were very resistant at first, and suffered a lot in the end.Later, the gentry reacted and actively participated in the imperial examination. As a result, they immediately almost monopolized the imperial examination.

This made Cui Yunqing understand that whoever can adapt to the rules first will gain a more active position.

Cui Yunqing has many sons and daughters, and even more grandchildren, and now Goro and Qiro are just two grandchildren who have just turned [-].Wulang is good at martial arts, and he is good at martial arts. Now he is the leader of the personal guard with swords in the personal guards of the King of Qin, and he is a sixth-rank martial artist.Qilang is good at writing, and has been studying with him, and now he is studying at Yanjing Academy.

This national exam not only covers liberal arts, but also martial arts.As he walked towards the study, he thought that he should let his two outstanding grandsons take part in the national examination, one civil and one military.This is not only to show support for King Qin, but also for the sake of the two grandchildren.Although his grandson can become an official even with the help of his family.But he is very clear that this national examination will be a bright road. If they stand out in the national examination, their future will be boundless.

He has a clear view of current affairs. Maybe within ten years, Li Jing, a disciple, may conquer the world and establish a country.With his status as Li Jing's teacher, his support for Li Jing all the time, and his current status in the court, the Cui family can keep their wealth for 30 years.But if Cui Shi wants to go further, he needs a better successor.

After entering the room, he took off the official purple robes and silk clothes of Shangya, sat and read the meeting newspaper, and waited for his two grandchildren.The Royal Newspaper is compiled and distributed by the imperial court. The Royal Newspaper originally located in Chang'an has now moved to Chengdu with the emperor.Qin Fan has a special organization to collect large and small newspapers issued all over the country, and each issue does not drop.

King Qin is right, the Royal News is really boring.Now the world is in chaos, famine is everywhere, and the people are in dire straits, but there is no report about these things in the Royal News, and the paper is full of pornography.It’s all about where the emperor went to play, the newly built emperor Baidu in Chengdu, under the command of Tian Lingzi’s father-in-law, launched the Spring Polo League of the Forbidden Army, and what about the ladies’ spring outing in the garden, a certain important court official who accompanied him The erotic poems and so on.

Full of luxurious and corrupt atmosphere!

It's really a solo backyard flower across the river!

In comparison, Qin Jun's newspapers, especially the reference information on the internal edition, are full of insights from officials at all levels and even some scholars, discussing current events, and proposing some practical ways of governing the country The policy of tranquilizing the people.

The two newspapers just reflected the contrast between the imperial court and the Qin Dynasty, one was already decayed, but the other was full of vitality.

He picked up another newspaper, but it was the Dongdu Times.

This newspaper was originally a newspaper of the imperial court, but after Tokyo fell, the newspaper did not stop.Although Huang Chao is an anti-military, he is a scholar who has participated in many imperial examinations. He is very interested in Xingxin's newspaper industry.After entering Luoyang, he immediately continued to work on this newspaper.However, the Luoyang Times has since become the first newspaper of the rebels and their mouthpiece.Most of the poems published on it are Huang Chao's poems, as well as some fake official documents, edicts and so on.

In the past, Cui Yunqing would just glance over it, because there was really nothing to see on it.

However, when he read the Luoyang Times again today, he suddenly found that a line of big characters caught his eyes, and his eyes were firmly attracted, and he could not move away. (To be continued.)