Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 1 Wei Chen Can't Do It
Wang Mang's words fell into the court hall, and immediately the faces of all the ministers turned red, and they kowtowed under the leadership of Zhang Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Officials: "I am ashamed of the late emperor, my majesty, and the people of the world."

"Yes, you are indeed ashamed of the people of the world!" Wang Mang sneered.

Although he has not been in this world for a long time, not even a day, but Wang Mang already knows that his situation is not as good as he imagined.

First of all, there are wars and rebels in the south. From a historical point of view, it is difficult for a prosperous and thriving court to have large-scale rebellions. Rebellions occur either when the country was just founded or in the middle and late stages of the dynasty. It is impossible to catch up with the former. You can also catch the master of ZTE and open up a prosperous age. If you accidentally catch up with the latter, you will be the emperor of the last days who is still singing the flowers in the backyard across the river, and the state you see is obviously not the period when the country was just founded.

Looking at the financial situation of the imperial court, it is a terrible mess. Such a large imperial court can't even pay the salaries of officials, even 10 taels of silver. This makes Wang Mang extremely pessimistic about the happy life he yearns for .

Finally, look at this group of ministers. After all, none of them sincerely want to work for themselves. They are all trying to find ways to kick problems to themselves. I don’t know how good they are at doing things. This level of football is really good is good.

That's why Wang Mang got mad, but after the madness, Wang Mang was also a little uneasy. After all, his family knew about his family affairs, and he was an imported product. It seemed a little bad to be too arrogant, right?

Fortunately, someone rescued Wang Mang at this time, and Zhao Xin, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, my lords, let's put aside the military pay of the southern soldiers for now, but there is one thing that we must solve immediately. "

"I don't know what Zhao Shangshu is talking about?" Li Hong didn't want to continue talking about this topic, no matter how he talked about the topic of silver, it seemed to be talking about Li Hong's incompetence.

"Everyone, our great Qin country has always been established by scholars. The first year of Taizu established the rules. Every three years, one hundred scribes and one hundred warriors will be selected as the foundation of my great Qin. Now it has been three years since I went to the imperial examination to obtain scholars. , This summer will be another subject, how should we do this subject, and please tell your majesty the rules and regulations.” Zhao Dao said.

Daqin?To build a country with Shi?
It turns out that the country where I am now the emperor is called the Great Qin Kingdom. Great Qin is good. It has a bright future in annexing the country from all over the world!
But why does it sound like an imperial examination?But it seems to be a little different from the imperial examination. Wang Mang was a little confused, but he knew that this was not the time for him to ask more questions, and the ministers under the hall would explain it to himself.

Sure enough, as soon as the money was not discussed, the atmosphere in the court seemed to become relaxed and happy in an instant, and even the air seemed to become much more active.

These guys talk about books on paper!

Wang Mang gritted his teeth angrily, but he also knew that it was inconvenient for him to say more at this time, but he had secretly made a decision in his heart.

"My lords, please listen to my words." After all the ministers expressed their opinions, Xin Zhao said: "I am the Minister of Rites, so I naturally know the regulations for selecting scholars, but the opinions of your lords are also very good. I have recorded everything here, but there is a new situation in our admissions this year."

"what's the situation?"

"What about the scholars in the south?"

"What happened to the scholars in the south?"

"In recent years of wars in the south, some rich families have been involved in the rebellion. Some of them have been seriously injured, and some have become rebels. Although some rebellious rich families have surrendered, their loyalty is not so easy to believe. What the old man said is To be honest, don’t be happy or unhappy.” Zhao Xin paused, then continued: “The southern gentry has always been the largest source of imperial court recruits. From the past situation, there are about 60.00% of each subject. Scholars are all from the south, so what should we do with this subject this year?"

"The rebellious noble families are naturally not allowed to participate in this year's selection."

"If they are not allowed to participate, they are not stupid, so how can they be loyal to the court?"

"Could it be that if they are taken, they will not be loyal to the court."

"I'm from the south. I heard from my family that the current south can be said to be a real slump. Many people have lost confidence in the future. Many people are looking forward to the imperial court. It can inspire people's hearts, if according to the words of several adults, the hearts of the people in the south will be completely lost!"

"That's right. We in the south have suffered a lot this time. I think we should follow the example of our ancestors and set up a north-south list, otherwise it will be unfair to the south."

"Nonsense. We northern scholars study hard all night and are even more loyal to the court. Shouldn't we reward northern scholars for their loyalty to Ke Zhao Sunyue?"

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The whole court suddenly fell into the vegetable market. Wang Mang was very helpless. He felt that being an emperor was really boring. These guys didn't take him seriously at all, and he didn't know how his predecessor did this As for the work, I have no dignity.

The corner of Wang Mang's face seemed to be a little unhappy, and Deng Fang suddenly raised his voice and shouted loudly: "Quiet!"

The court suddenly fell silent, and all the ministers looked at Wang Mang, only to realize that the emperor seemed a little unhappy, so they all kowtowed to plead guilty.

Regarding the kowtowing and pleading of the ministers, if Wang Mang was a little curious and full of sense of accomplishment at the beginning, now Wang Mang is silent about it.

How can I still feel a sense of accomplishment when a group of people who don't respect me from the bottom of my heart kowtow to me?
"Your Majesty's order is respectfully requested!" Seeing that Wang Mang was silent, all the ministers kowtowed again.

Wang Mang gritted his teeth secretly, these bastards kicked the ball to him in a blink of an eye, he has committed such a crime, why did he become such an emperor who specializes in kicking balls for people.

Raising his hand, Wang Mang said: "My dear friends, you should be flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." All the ministers got up one after another.

"Everyone, I heard what you said just now. I deeply feel that what you said is very reasonable, especially what Zhao Shangshu said is very insightful. The matter of selecting scholars really affects our Great Qin Kingdom. Big event.” Wang Mang pondered for a moment, and continued: “I think this matter is very important, and I always think that professional matters should be handled by professional people, so I decided to entrust this important matter to our imperial court. The professional Zhao Shangshu will handle it, what do you ministers think?"

A group of ministers looked at me and I looked at you, kowtowing at the same time in the spirit of dead friends and poor people: "Your Majesty is holy!"

Zhao Xin originally wanted to say something, but seeing that everyone kowtowed in agreement, he had no choice but to kowtow and say: "Your Majesty will definitely live up to your majesty's entrustment!"

Wang Mang nodded in satisfaction, thinking that this is what it feels like to be an emperor.

So Wang Mang once said: "Everyone, the matter of selecting scholars has been settled in this way, and there is one thing that I think can also be settled."

"I don't know what His Majesty is talking about?"

"I just thought about it for a long time and felt that the construction of the Empress Dowager's garden can be postponed, and the 10 taels of garden repairs should be temporarily allocated to the soldiers in the south as military pay." Wang Mang said: "As for the money for the Empress Dowager's garden repair, I can wait until the court has money. Let’s build a bigger and more beautiful one, Li Shangshu, I’ll leave this to you.”

All the ministers looked at Wang Mang strangely, as if Wang Mang had said something terrible.

Li Hong, on the other hand, looked at Wang Mang with a mournful face and said, "Your Majesty, the humble minister you said can't do it!"

(End of this chapter)