Longzhou

Outside the palace where Emperor Wenwu lived.

The sixty-year-old queen, with her daughter-in-law and granddaughter, waited outside the door.

When a few imperial doctors in official uniforms came out, the queen quickly walked over and said, "Is the saint's body okay?" ”

The imperial doctor has always been very knowledgeable about this kind of confidential matter, but the queen is not an outsider, so she can still say a little.

"It's just a small problem, the saint summoned us because of numb fingers, just because of long-term handling of government affairs, the neck and cervical spine are overstrained and damaged, and it can be cured with a little conditioning, and there is no need to take medicine."

In any case, the old emperor is very old, even if he is talented, but as the years go by, there will always be some problems that normal people will have.

To be reasonable, he has been able to defeat all the emperors, including his father, and has truly made the profession of emperor unprecedented.

When the first emperor was alive, he was not so energetic at his age.

"That's fine." The queen said with mixed feelings.

The old emperor not only survived his father and his brothers and nephews, but also survived that the women in the harem were about to collapse.

If the old emperor does not die, these people will never be able to retire and be managed all day long, and the dog emperor is not only strict with his courtiers, but also with the harem, and he is extremely thrifty and industrious.

The first emperor was extravagant and wasteful, and luxury became the norm, while the old emperor choked the throat of fate!

Women can't count on men, they can only count on their sons, and the relationship between the old emperor and those women in the harem is like this, and his longevity is not a good thing for these people.

As an emperor's woman, her life is not as good as that of the nobles in the city outside, and she is really panicked.

Soon the empress and others went into the house to visit the old emperor.

"What are you here for? Want to see if I'm dead? Get lost! I'm alive and well! On the day I die, you will all be buried together! ”

As soon as the queen entered the house, she heard the old emperor's cruel words.

Hearing the words of the old emperor, the queen immediately cried and said: "Your Majesty, you are the son of heaven, why are you so difficult to get along with me, an old woman?" I have had children for you, and I have never been happy for decades, what did you do wrong to bury me like this for decades? ”

The old emperor didn't like this woman at all, if he liked it, that is, when he first got married, the more he looked at it, the more annoying he became.

"You old woman, you wish I was dead, right?!"

Seeing that the emperor was about to insult the queen again, several sons of the emperor next to him spoke quickly.

"Father, mother, she also cares about you, and she doesn't mean anything else, you dissipate your anger."

The fifty-year-old princess also said to the queen: "Mother, you better go back first, father is considering the achievements of the brothers, you can come back later." ”

The empress looked at the disgusted expression on the old emperor's face, so she could only bow down and leave, and even left the palace with her daughter-in-law and granddaughter.

When a person like the old emperor was in power, it was too difficult for the imperial relatives of the queen's line to develop.

If the power in the hands and the position under the ass are not equal, then dissatisfaction is inevitable.

"This ugly old woman! Listen, if I die one day, all the women in the harem who have a relationship with me will be buried together, whether it is the queen's concubine or the palace maid, you don't have to be a monk to be a Taoist aunt, you will go down to accompany me! ”

After finishing speaking, the old emperor thought for a while, and added: "It's okay to cover it to death, it doesn't feel good if you take poison, and it's too ugly to hang yourself, this kind of thing is done by the eunuchs, and they are skilled in doing this." ”

The people in the hall didn't dare to answer, it was no one else who died this time, it was their mother, and this kind of talk couldn't be answered.

The old emperor's youngest daughter opened her mouth and said complimentingly: "Father, you are in good health, better than our children, and you will have a lot of time in the future, what are you doing to worry about this?" How unlucky. ”

"Hmm." The old emperor nodded and continued: "Except for the people who are in charge of the government in other places, you are the only ones who are still promising, and I came to you by the way this time, I have something to say." ”

Jiang Kedi didn't know what he was going to do, although he also had the same surname as the emperor, he was not the son of the old emperor.

Only a few people who came over this time were the children of the old emperor, although they were all royal families with the surname Jiang, but there were still differences between them.

The old emperor sat on a hard-backed chair, and a eunuch behind him was helping him press his neck to relieve the strain caused by long-term sitting.

"Anyway, I'm a little old, and the old problems have jumped out one after another for a while, and I really need to take care of it for a while."

The hearts of the people rejoiced!

But on the surface, no one dared to show surprise.

The old emperor continued: "National affairs are inseparable from me, but some trivial things should indeed be brought into contact with by you. ”

"I also wrote to those people I sent out to tell them that when you are an official below, you must be humble, don't always show the majesty of the emperor's relatives, and pay more attention to the cultivation of talents."

"But ......"

The old emperor quickly squinted his eyes and said: "But I'm not dead yet, they recruit some scholars and guests, I don't care, but if you form a party for personal gain, you can't do it." ”

"Some things have happened in various places for a while, some people have committed chaos on the border, there has been a big case of forming a party and running a private business in Haizhou, and there is a self-respecting military leader in Xianzhou. To my credit, of course! ”

"The rebellion in several places has made me realize that some powerful people will sooner or later become the scourge of this court if they are not used by me."

"So I decided to take back the right to appoint officials below the state level, and all officials and petty officials will be selected by examination."

"From now on, the officials of the county and county will come from the political school, and the junior officials will be selected from the high school students, and no matter whether they are local officials or new officials, they will not have the right to serve as officials."

The old emperor has realized that the problem is still because of the problem of power, and only by concentrating the best people in the court and here in Longzhou will the world be peaceful.

There is a limit to how much trouble these people make, the people who have handed over the military power to the Jiang family, with the support of advanced weapons and money, what can those people do to resist the steel torrent?

Not to mention tens of thousands, even a rebellion of hundreds of thousands, it is not a problem in terms of the army.

Of course, it is also necessary to cultivate some political talents, the old emperor has always been doing this, opening many schools, and encouraging the Jiang family to recruit more sages.

"There are no outsiders here, I'll say it here, recommending talents is also my standard for assessing you, you still have to learn more, no matter what position you are in, you must treat it as your own industry, and run it well."

The old emperor treated others with himself, and his attitude and psychology towards the juniors of the Jiang family were different from those towards the courtiers.

However, the old emperor's patient teaching and expectation are only four words in the eyes of his sons, forming a party for personal gain!

Legitimate factions and competition for the throne!

Since the decree of the old emperor was issued, the power of officials everywhere has been seriously weakened.

Including Wang Lanling, he no longer has the right to recommend officials.

***

"There's going to be something wrong with this decree...... If you don't give local autonomy, the local government will only make things bigger and let the newcomer take the blame, what does the imperial court mean? ”

When Wang Lanling saw this newly issued decree from the newspaper sent by the post house, his mind was full of doubts.

To say that there was no appointment power before, it is considered a loophole, mainly because the official proposed a thing, for example, the county order recommended Wang Lanling, and this is a sure thing after the governor agrees.

This can be regarded as an unspoken rule, which can be regarded as giving face to each other.

Unless it is a well-known figure like Wang Lanling who has offended the people of the county, the county will give the county some rights, and it will be convenient for everyone.

But now this decree does not give a chance to recommend, and directly transfers people from the school, and many things have become uncontrollable.

The locals can't control who comes, but they can control who gets out!

"Is this an idea that is decided on the basis of a brain? It is also specific to the small officials...... In this court, no one raised objections? ”

Whoever gives an opinion is waiting to see the emperor's jokes!

In essence, it is still the struggle between the emperor and the people below, these two classes, who are born to rush.

Wang Lanling thought about the impact of this matter on himself, if he lost the right to recommend and appoint talents, then he would lose at least 90% of his current followers.

Others also have to live and support their families, unless Wang Lanling pays for them out of his own pocket, otherwise these people will not do useless work.

This decree will definitely be rejected by the bureaucrats of the whole country, forcing the old emperor to retract the decree, but during this period, Wang Lanling's losses will be great.

"It seems necessary to expand my wealth reserves in advance."

Lord Xiao Wang switched to wealth mode again.