Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 459

One month later, Li Chengqian returned to Chang'an City from Cuiwei Palace.

As soon as he returned to Chang'an, Pei Xingjian, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, couldn't wait to come to ask to see Li Chengqian, so Li Chengqian asked Wang Quan to ask Pei Xingjian to meet him in Zichen Hall.

"Pei Shilang, Your Majesty calls you in, please follow me." Wang Quan said to Pei Xingjian, then turned and walked towards the Zichen Hall.

Pei Xingjian hurriedly followed, walked side by side with Wang Quan and said: "Insider, how is your majesty looking like recently? I heard that your majesty has been unable to sleep or eat at night because of natural disasters. I am a little worried about your majesty's dragon body."

"Pei Shilang, don't worry, His Majesty looks good now! Although the natural disasters are worrying the Sacred Heart! Didn't there still be Di Qin envoy to share His Majesty's worries! Your Majesty's mood is not as depressed as before." Wang Quan said.

While the two were talking, they had already walked into the Zichen Palace and came to Li Chengqian. At this time, Li Chengqian was sitting upright, tasting the new tea.

"Pei Xingjian, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, pay homage to Your Majesty!" Pei Xingjian crossed his hands to salute Li Chengqian, while Wang Quan walked back and stood beside Li Chengqian.

"Freedom of courtesy! Give me a seat! Come and serve tea to Minister Pei." Li Chengqian said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Pei Xingjian thanked him, and the eunuch immediately brought a chair and a table for Pei Xingjian, and put them aside. The maid brought tea and put it on the table next to Pei Xingjian.

"Frugal, this is the tea soup made from the newly imported tribute tea leaves. Try it, the tea soup tastes good!" Li Chengqian said.

"Your Majesty! This humble minister is a rough man who doesn't know much about tea ceremony. It would be a bit violent for him to offer such good tea." Pei Xingjian said.

He was in a hurry to see Li Chengqian not for drinking tea, but because he had something important to report to the emperor.

"You are so anxious to see me. I don't know what happened. I want to trouble you. You came to see me in such a hurry. I just returned to Chang'an, and I have to summon you before I have time to rest." Li Chengqian Said.

"I deserve death for disturbing His Majesty's rest, but this matter is really important and cannot be delayed for a moment, so I am anxious to meet with Your Majesty! Please forgive me." Pei Xingjian hurriedly got up and saluted.

"I didn't blame you. The imperial court needs a minister like you. How could I blame you for this? Tell me, why did you come here?" Li Chengqian said.

"Your Majesty! Now that peace has been going on for a long time, because of various qualifications, the number of candidates for official positions in the Ministry of Officials has increased dramatically. There are good and bad among them."

"It will have a bad effect after a long time. If you are sent to a local area, if you don't have the ability, you will not be able to manage the local area well. Instead, it will cause many unjust, false and wrong cases." Pei Xingjian said.

Li Chengqian carefully savored what Pei Xingjian said, after all, the quality of officials is related to the future of the entire Tang Dynasty, and these officials are the cornerstone of the Tang Dynasty.

If an incompetent and greedy official candidate is sent to the local area, it is likely to cause public dissatisfaction.

Li Chengqian naturally did not allow it to happen that would directly shake the foundation of Datang.

"What you said about being frugal is reasonable, but how should we deal with this problem?" Li Chengqian asked.

Naturally, these alternate officials who had been selected through various qualifications could not be dismissed casually.

After all, there are many people here who are heroes. If there is no legitimate reason, they will be deprived of their qualifications. In the future, who will do their best for Datang.

What is the purpose of everyone working so hard to climb up? It is not to shelter their descendants, hoping that their descendants can find good jobs through their efforts.

"For this, the minister made a list of long names and an annotation method to record these candidates on it, and introduced the method of examination and registration of officials. The selection of civil officials needs to be selected through examinations."

"All those who pass the test will be selected and appointed to serve in local areas. As for those who fail, they will be dismissed and let them go back to study." Pei Xingjian said.

"Your method is feasible, but what should be done specifically, do you have any ideas?" Li Chengqian asked.

In this way, it is possible to avoid some playboys making up their numbers, and capable candidates will not fail for some reason.

"Before I came to see His Majesty, I had already thought about it. I will be selected through examinations, divided into four aspects, namely body, speech, writing, and judgment."

"Persons are judged by their physical appearance, speech by their dialectical words, and calligraphy by their elegant calligraphy. The authenticity of handwriting is also checked, and the judging is based on their excellence in arts and sciences. The selection mainly examines the degree of familiarity with laws and regulations and the ability to handle affairs."

"Start to concentrate on selecting candidates to test their books and judgments. This is the most important thing. After passing the test and being selected, we must examine the selection of people's character and speech."

"Those who have passed all of them must be marked, and the names of the people and the places where they were appointed will be fixed, and then they will be sung and announced to the public.

"Okay! With this method, we can select qualified officials for the imperial court. In the future, I will no longer have to worry about whether there will be fraudulent people here." Li Chengqian said.

"Your Majesty! Not only the imperial court wants to do this, but even the state capitals should use this method to select officials." Pei Xingjian said.

"Okay! How do you plan to implement this method to every state and county in Datang?" Li Chengqian asked.

"First of all, first compile the proposed officials into a calendar according to their categories, and send them to the Ministry of Shangshu for review. After the review is completed, they will be sent to the subordinates for review, and finally reported to His Majesty. Talisman, and then give a confession."

"The minister also assigned Dingzhou County to the eighth rank, and the three capitals, the five prefectures, the Duhufu, and the Dudufu also set corresponding ranks, and the corresponding officials were awarded according to the seniority of the selected officials. The phenomenon appeared." Pei Xingjian said.

"You will preside over this matter. I will ask Li Jingxuan, Minister of Zhongshu, and Zhang Renyi, Foreign Minister of the Ministry of Officials, to assist you in handling this matter." Li Chengqian said.

For such a big matter, Pei Xingjian alone cannot handle it no matter what, so Li Chengqian asked Li Jingxuan and Zhang Renyu to help Pei Xingjian handle this matter.

Both Li Jingxuan and Pei Xingjian were officials in the East Palace when Li Chengqian was still the crown prince.

The most important thing is that they don't have any personal relationships, and Li Jingxuan's personality is also suitable for this matter.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! I will live up to your Majesty's expectations." Pei Xingjian said.

After Pei Xingjian and Li Chengqian chatted for a while, Pei Xingjian got up to leave.

Not long after Pei Xingjian left, Li Chengqian issued an edict to let Li Jingxuan and Pei Xingjian be in charge of the election.

He also appointed Wailang Zhang Ren, a member of the Ministry of Officials, to create a surname calendar, change the form and the Quanli calendar, and the Quanzong method was thus perfected, which later became the standard for selecting officials in the Tang Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)