In mid-September of the fifth year of Yande, Emperor Guo Peng led his army to Yecheng, the former capital of the Duchy of Wei and the Kingdom of Wei.

He rested here for a few days, met with some grassroots officials in Hebei who were in charge of the army's logistics work, praised them, and promoted some of them on the spot.

Among this group of people, there is a county official who is connected to the warehouse, called Liu Di.

He was born in poverty, and he was a son of Li Shu who started by taking the promotion path of the village chief and township head, and then because he made a little achievement, he was selected to study in Taixue, and when he came back, he became a county official in the county.

During this logistical operation, the county official directly asked his two sons to join the transportation team and participate in the very difficult transportation work.

One of the sons also drowned while crossing a river due to overwork.

He was very sad, but at the height of the war, he could not leave his post no matter what, so he stuck to his post, and could not even take his son's body home in person, and had to ask someone to help.

After Guo Peng heard this, he was very emotional, and held his hand to comfort him.

"I can have an official like you, why worry that the country can't prosper? You have paid too much for the war of the country, which makes Gu very emotional. ”

"The minister is deeply favored by His Majesty's kindness, and being able to read and write and become an official is something that I can't even think of, so I dare not repay Your Majesty's kindness with death."

Liu Di made a statement while crying.

Guo Peng was even more emotional, so he decided to promote him to Ye County Commander on the spot, and the original Ye County Commander was transferred to his post.

Many of the officials present showed surprise on their faces, including Liu Di himself.

Is Guo Peng going to change the rules that have been in place within Guo Wei's regime?

For a long time, although it has not been seen in the written text, this rule exists and exists in everyone's heart.

Even if the mud-legged people from Li Shu enter Taixue and study, they can only be assistant officials at the county level at most, and cannot be officials above the county chief officer.

That is, you can never hold a local position or a central position of more than 1,000 stones.

This is an unspoken rule of the officialdom of the Wei Empire.

This rule has been in operation since the time when the Guo Wei regime was not so strong.

Limit the ascent of the mud-legged people from Li Shu, in exchange for the acquiescence and ignorance of this phenomenon by the scholars.

Because Guo Peng wanted to engage in the rural system and wanted a large number of grassroots officials to help him carry out the Tuntian business, although the scholars were reluctant, they were powerless to stop it, so they could only accept it when they saw it and enjoy their superiority.

After all, they didn't have that much population to cover every township and village in the entire Wei Empire, and they didn't bother to hold such a low-level position.

Who wants to be with the mud legs all day long, and they have to deal with the mud every day, and they have a bad taste.

But now, this seems to have changed - Guo Peng seems to be going to modify this rule to a certain extent.

This came as a surprise to them.

Although this county official has indeed made a meritorious contribution and even lost a son for this, can this be compared to the rules set by everyone together?

Will the rule that has been in operation for a long time be abandoned?

He just lost a son, but we are going to lose our high position!

Some people's minds suddenly opened, looking at the emperor, and then at Liu Di, their eyes were full of unkindness and anger.

The Li Shu officials, who were born like Liu Di, were very excited, and their hearts were full of eagerness, feeling that if Liu Di was really successfully appointed as the county commander, they would have hope for a higher level in the future.

Now that he has become an official, who doesn't want to go higher?

Who wants to spend their whole life just walking around the county?

Moreover, Wei officials have a term of office, including village heads, township heads, and all local officials, and the term of office cannot exceed five years, and then they have to go to other places to be officials, and then come back for another five years.

If you can't be promoted, you have to keep going around and around, change places to be an official, come back for another five years, and have another reincarnation, and you can't see any hope of promotion.

This is one of the reasons why many officials have lost their enterprising spirit and turned into mediocrity and even corrupt officials.

But now, it seems, the emperor intends to tear a hole in them and give them hope.

A ray of hope bloomed from the darkness where there was no light in sight.

However, the black curtain that obscures the light is the painting skin that the scholars rely on for a living.

The emperor actually wanted to tear their painting skin and let this group of lowly people from mud legs hold the same position as them?

Are you kidding!

We are high-ranking scholars, and our family has been officials for generations, at least for two thousand stones, and we are born to rule over these mud legs, how can these mud legs step on our heads?

Some people wanted to stand up and question this decision, but in the face of the emperor's prestige, they did not dare.

The emperor who has just won such a big battle, the emperor who has just destroyed two clans, this is ...... I really don't dare.

They are quite conflicted, they want to go up, but they don't dare to go up.

But it is a matter of everyone's interests, if you don't stand up and question it at this time, what if it really becomes a practice in the future?

Everyone's privileges will be violated, their political status will be shaken, and the cultural advantage that they have worked so hard to monopolize for so many years will also be challenged.

Now take a step back, who knows how the emperor will be able to gain an inch at that time?

If you become a prefectural magistrate now, what if you become a prefectural magistrate in the future? And even the history of assassination and the official position of the central government?

A group of people exchanged glances in private, thinking that they should stand up, but no one dared to take the lead.

Seeing that this matter was about to settle, Zhou Chen, a member of the military department, stood up hard.

"Your Majesty, according to the practice of our dynasty, an official from Liu Di's background can only serve as a county official in the county, and has never exceeded this level...... The involvement is too great, please think twice, Your Majesty. ”

Someone stood up to take the lead, and suddenly a few bold people were willing to stand up.

"Your Majesty, this matter is too involved, and if it is used by people with ulterior motives, I am afraid it will be difficult to clean up."

"Your Majesty, there are no rules, there is no square circle, since the rules are established, they should be used, otherwise if everyone does not abide by the rules, the country will not be a country."

"Your Majesty, please think twice."

The three of them stood behind Zhou Chen and expressed their support for him.

Then the atmosphere of the whole scene becomes very sinister.

The officials from Li Shu looked unhappy.

Some were still gritting their teeth, and their faces were flushed.

Some simply showed resentful expressions towards these scholars and officials, as if they planned to come forward and bite them and beat them up if they had the chance.

No one can stand this face-to-face suppression.

Of course, there are also those who stand by and do not speak, mainly because the emperor has not spoken, so they dare not stand up, for fear that what they say is not the emperor's taste, and then they will be punished by the emperor.

Everyone has been an official under the emperor for some time, and they are no strangers to some of the emperor's methods, so it is still very touching to see the warriors stand up for their interests.

However, moving is moving, and it is still necessary to watch the play.

Otherwise, if it is blasted by the emperor, where should I go to reason?

Sure enough, the emperor looked at the four officials and was furious.

Guo Peng slapped the table in front of him fiercely.

"Ridiculous! My Wei country has always had clear rewards and punishments, Liu Di lost his flesh and blood relatives for state affairs, put state affairs in front of family affairs, and devoted himself to the country. Which article in my Wei State Law states that he can't be a county order? Take it out and let Lone see! ”

Well, the emperor is starting to play scoundrels!