Chapter 186: Summoned by the Queen Mother
While killing the head, Chu Ran also ordered Zhu to ignore and lead Jinyiwei to go to the homes of those ministers to raid their homes.
After copying for two days, a total of 30 million catties of yuan stones were copied, as well as many valuable weapons, calligraphy and paintings, treasures, etc.
Someone spread the news and shocked many people.
All of a sudden, the people of Kyoto smacked their tongues and were surprised.
I didn't expect these corrupt officials to be so greedy, and I was even more disgusted with them in my heart.
At the same time, many people call Chu Ran the hero and the hero, thinking that the revival of the Great Zhou is promising!
Three days after this incident, the imperial court was in dire need of manpower, and while replenishing personnel, Chu Ran immediately promulgated the imperial examination system.
Anyone who passes the examination can become an official.
Chu Ran knew that most of the officials who were added to the court were appointed through connections, and there were very few capable people, and they were uneven.
The implementation of the imperial examination system can effectively solve this drawback.
The imperial examination system promulgated by Chu Ran was not the imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty, but the more perfect imperial examination system of the Song Dynasty.
The imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty was set up with an examiner, and the examiner had the final say on what to test, and which candidates were easy to be co-opted by the ministers of the imperial court, forming various parties, which had great drawbacks.
The imperial examination system of the Song Dynasty did not have a chief examiner, but one more exam, the palace examination!
In layman's terms, it is the emperor who makes the questions and takes the exam face-to-face, so that he becomes a "protégé of the Son of Heaven", so that he does not have to worry about the formation of a party.
The order was issued, and the Ministry of Rites soon posted notices all over the country, and many students were ecstatic.
Because, they can also set their hearts for heaven and earth, establish their lives for all people, continue their studies for the saints, and do their part for the prosperity of the Great Zhou!
The imperial examination is divided into five examinations, from low to high; ——The examination (held the following year, also known as the spring festival.) —Temple Examination.
All the questions were handled by Chu Ran, and those people from the Ministry of Rites were asked to come up with the questions, which were nothing more than poems and the like, so Chu Ran would come up with the questions by himself.
Regardless of the type of exam, there are three main types of questions.
The first category is about the type of questions about poetry.
The second category is about arithmetic questions.
The third question is about how to govern the country.
Many people will be curious, will they be able to become officials if they pass the exam?
Not necessarily!
Although you may not be able to become an official, you definitely can't be an official if you don't take the exam!
Since the imperial examination system has just been formed, Chu Ran plans to give these candidates a little benefit, for example, if you have taken the most basic exam, if you take the government exam, you can be exempted from taxes for one year.
Of course, this is just a political means limited to the fact that the imperial examination system has just been formed, and I am afraid that not many people are willing to enter the court as officials.
In the future, as long as more and more people become officials in the court, this benefit will be gradually abolished.
If there are too many benefits, there will be a flood, and Chu Ran still understands the truth.
After doing all this, Chu Ran began a busy day of work - correction and folding!
It's a mental job!
It will test your patience and perseverance, and it will also take a lot of energy.
Chu Ran even wanted to use the system of the Tang Dynasty, such as creating a "three provinces" with a system of three provinces and six ministries, to share some of the burden for himself.
But this is only limited to thinking about it, Chu Ran will not do it.
Although the system of three provinces and six ministries is good, it will invisibly weaken the emperor's power.
In the crumbling dynasty of the Great Zhou, Chu Ran must ensure that his words can be fully implemented, otherwise he will not be able to develop in the future.
It's good that this system is used in prosperous times, but in troubled times...... Just think about it.
After correcting the recital for an hour, fortunately Chu Ran is young and healthy, otherwise it would be really unbearable.
And many of the twists and turns are written on some trivial things, most of which are the twists and turns of the imperial historians impeaching others.
After Chu Ran saw it, he scolded angrily: "Made, what is this called! It seems that in the future, the right of the imperial historians to hear about things will be restricted, a few fools, you are not tired, I am too tired!"
Thinking of this, Chu Ran thought of Jinyiwei again.
In the previous history, the Jin Yiwei in the Ming Dynasty had similar rights to the imperial historians, and specially recorded some ministers who scolded the emperor in a small book, and then handed them over to the emperor.
However, in the late middle and late stages, it slowly changed its taste......
"Is it possible to use the Jinyi Guard to replace the imperial history?" Chu Ran couldn't help but think.
The role of the imperial history is equivalent to the modern supervision agency of the previous life, and it has the power to supervise civil and military officials.
But in Chu Ran's opinion, this position is really an idle job that has nothing to do, and the Jinyi guards formed by Zhu Ignore are more useful than them.
Burying this idea in his heart, Chu Ran continued to correct it for a while.
After a while, it was almost noon, and the young little eunuch walked lightly into the hall of heart cultivation.
"Your Majesty!"
He called softly.
When Chu Ran saw him, he stopped what he was doing and asked curiously, "Xiao Linzi, what's the matter with looking for me?"
Xiao Linzi is the name of the young eunuch, the personal eunuch specially selected by the Queen Mother for Chu Ran.
Out of trust in the Queen Mother, Chu Ran did not refuse.
"Your Majesty, it's almost noon, the Queen Mother asked you to come over and have a meal together!" Xiao Linzi bowed and said.
"Eat?"
Chu Ran frowned slightly, it is not an easy task for the emperor to eat with his family, let's put aside those cumbersome etiquette first, this pile of alone is enough for the emperor to trouble, so it is generally not a big deal, and the queen mother will not invite her son to dinner.
"The Queen Mother, did you say that it was because of something?" Chu Ran asked.
Xiao Linzi shook his head with a smile and said, "This ...... The minions don't know!"
Chu Ran hummed lightly, put down the imperial pen in his hand, stood up, loosened his muscles, walked in front and said, "Let's go!"
"Yes!" Xiao Linzi followed respectfully.
............
The group came to the palace where the Queen Mother was, in the Golden Phoenix Palace.
The first seat of the Golden Phoenix Hall is the Queen Mother, and there are several graceful and luxurious women on both sides, these are the concubines of the previous old emperor.
After Chu Ran arrived, except for the Queen Mother, the rest of the people all said: "The concubines see Your Majesty!"
"No courtesy. Chu Ran waved his hand.
"Yes!" After saluting, the concubines returned to their seats.
"The emperor is here!" the Queen Mother said with a smile, and at the same time asked someone to bring a luxurious chair for Chu Ran to sit on.
This is royal etiquette, and the emperor is not allowed to sit on an equal footing with others except for the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother, who is over half a hundred years old, is as young and beautiful as a woman in her thirties because of her cultivation, and if it weren't for that snow-white silver hair, I really can't believe that she is one hundred and eight years old this year.
Chu Ran smacked his tongue secretly, if this was on the earth in the previous life, it would probably be a proper hot search headline, but in this world, it seems very normal.
Because only if you can cultivate, people's life expectancy will be extended, and naturally it can also delay aging, so as to achieve the effect of rejuvenation.
Don't look at the Queen Mother as a female streamer, but her strength is not bad, she is a master of the martial artist Eight Heavens, at least much stronger than Chu Ran, the scum of the martial arts realm.
Chu Ran was not polite, and sat down.
"The queen mother invited me over today, is there anything else besides eating?" Chu Ran immediately asked.
The Queen Mother smiled: "Well, I invite you to come over today, in addition to the family meal, I also have to discuss your choice of concubine." ”
Choosing a concubine?
Chu Ran was stunned.
He had almost forgotten about it.
The emperor generally does not choose the queen, because the queen, as the mother of a country, has a respectful status, pays attention to the family, and is virtuous and virtuous, and has extremely high requirements.
But choosing a concubine is different, only you have an identity, as long as you are favored by the emperor, you can fly on the branches and become a phoenix.