Xiao Rui has long wanted to do something about the content of the imperial examination.

Although he was only in his fourth year on the throne, Xiao Rui's control over the imperial court was unprecedentedly strong.

The first is the East Factory. This is a butcher's knife hanging over the heads of civil and military officials! The current Dongchang has not developed to the extent that it is talked about in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and Wei Zhongxian has not become nine thousand years old, but it does not mean that Dongchang's monitoring of civil and military officials has been relaxed. Xiao Rui gave Dongchang a lot of espionage responsibilities, but he did things in a low-key manner.

This knife has been hidden in his sleeve, and when Xiao Rui is about to take it out, it will be a bloody consequence.

Secondly, Xiao Rui still has the Daxia Daily in his hands.

Don't underestimate the Daxia Daily, if Dongchang is a ghost blade that secretly kills people, then Daxia Daily is a killing sword that kills people during the day. Especially in Kyoto, where the five religions and nine streams, the scholars, farmers, and industrialists gathered, and after a few articles, a bad person can be praised as a good person, and a good person can be condemned as a heinous person.

What's more, now that the Daxia Daily has been handed over to Jia Xu to handle it, this killing sword has become a forty-meter-long killing sword.

Moreover, the six ministers, the cabinet and the generals of the army are all Xiao Rui's henchmen, and they are not ashamed to say that even if the Emperor Taishang comes back from Yingzhou now and wants to be the emperor again, there are few people who support him. This is also the reason why Xiao Rui dared to drive the expedition in person as soon as he ascended the throne, and it was a year as soon as he went out.

In the end, under the wise leadership of Xiao Rui, the Qin State was destroyed, the high-level of the Yuan State was destroyed, and the Yuan people did not dare to invade the Xia State.

Therefore, Xiao Rui is very confident to do something about the content of the imperial examination.

Who dares to object now?

However, Xiao Rui didn't directly take tough measures, and he also wanted to seek stability, so he released a rumor a few years ago to cause a gimmick to see who was the leader of the strong opposition. Now that the time is ripe, Xiao Rui has begun to promote this matter.

First of all, in the early dynasty, Xiao Rui affirmed the importance of the imperial examination system to the selection of talents in Daxia, and pointed out that the content of the imperial examination was imperfect and incomplete.

A few days later, Shangshu Lu of the Ministry of Rites wrote an expedition and put forward suggestions for improving the content of the imperial examination.

There is no way, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, he is responsible for the imperial examination, and he must carry this pot for Emperor Xiao Rui and become the target of the scholar's crusade. Although everyone understands that this is His Majesty's idea, this is how politics is.

Xiao Rui expressed a high degree of praise and recognition for the improvement of the Lu Expedition, and then announced it to the world and consulted the opinions of hundreds of civil and military officials.

Soon, Lu Yuanzheng's suggestions on improving the content of the imperial examination were exchanged and discussed by the readers.

According to the content of the opinions, the content of the imperial examination is not only the study of the meaning of the scriptures, writing, and current affairs, but also adds other contents, including agricultural knowledge, legal content, tax rates, etc., originally only need to study the Four Books and Five Classics, but now the Four Books and Five Classics only account for 80 percent.

Of course, this is only the first step.

According to Xiao Rui's plan, the imperial court found someone to write special textbooks, and in the future, the imperial examination questions were screened from these textbooks, and then gradually reduced the weight of the Four Books and Five Classics, and added examination subjects, which were divided into literature subjects and professional subjects, so that readers would no longer only read dead books, dead books.

After the scholars saw the changes in the content of the imperial examination, most of them were against it, after all, the content increased, and the difficulty also increased.

However, Xiao Rui also provided them with convenience, that is, to change the triennial entrance examination to once a year, so that although the difficulty has become greater, it has increased the chances, and the difficulty is for everyone, not for individuals. In addition, the number of selected talents is also increasing, after all, the current territory of Daxia is vast, which is equivalent to the integration of four countries, which also gives more opportunities for scholars.

Of course, there are also a small number of people who raise their hands in agreement, they are not proficient in the Four Books and the Five Classics, and now the weight of the Four Books and Five Classics has decreased, which is in their favor.

Xiao Rui plans to spend six years to thoroughly improve the imperial examination system, make the imperial examination system more fair, and select talents with the basic qualities of officials.

Although many officials opposed the change in the content of the imperial examination, no one dared to give their opinions in person, did they really think that His Majesty was asking the officials' opinions?

No kidding.

Xiao Rui waited for several days, but no one gave feedback.

So on a new day, after Xiao Rui sat on the dragon chair, Wang Dazhi shouted: "If there is something to do, play early, and if there is nothing to retreat from!" ”

At this time, Xiao Rui waved his hand, stopped the other officials' performances, and said first: "Ladies and gentlemen, Lu Shangshu's proposal for improving the imperial examination, so far, no official has raised any objections. I am very pleased, it seems that all of you Aiqing support this opinion, just like me."

The ministers were silent, His Majesty had already said this, and no one dared to object.

Lu Yuanzheng stood up and said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, the improvement of the content of the imperial examination is the trend of the times, and only by adapting to the situation can we create a new future of Great Xia. Therefore, your colleagues do not want to become sinners in Great Xia, and they will definitely support the perfection of the imperial examination system. ”

Xiao Rui nodded and said with a smile: "Lu Aiqing is reasonable!" I will be fully responsible for such important matters for the benefit of the country. ”

"We're in command." The deer expedition respectfully took the order, and then retreated.

Xiao Rui specially emphasized this matter in the early court, that is, to beat all the civil and military officials, telling them that this is something that he is staring at closely, and he must push it down without sparing any effort, who dares to play tricks and stumble, don't blame Xiao Rui for being ruthless.

At this time, the Yuan country was on the grassland.

Temujin, who had occupied the royal court, proclaimed himself khan, and Qu Qulu's brother-in-law, Kohanda, also established himself as khan, and the two men began to compete for the final position in the steppe.

Kohanda's forces were weak and he was no match for Temujin at all, and Guo Jia gave advice to Temujin, and soon wiped out Kohanda's forces, and Kohanda was also captured alive and escorted back to the royal court.

At this point, Temujin became the only khan of the Yuan Kingdom, and the new leaders of the other tribes all looked to him as horses.

Subsequently, Temujin began to worship the wolf god, worship the heavens and ancestors, and became a real khan.

And the day after Temujin became Khan, Guo Jia also began his final plan.

It has been more than four years since he entered the grassland, and life on the grassland has made Guo Jia look rough and more like a Yuan person.

At this time, he lived in a huge residence outside the imperial court, which was given to him by Temujin, very close to the imperial court, and it was the house of Qu Zhulu's brother, which shows that Temujin attached great importance to Guo Jia.

In the quiet study, Guo Jia took out a brocade box, and the box was not anything else, it was the Three Corpses Brain Divine Pill.

"Knock Knock"

At this moment, a knock on the door startled Guo Jia, Guo Jia hurriedly put away the Three Corpse Brain Divine Pill and said, "Come in!" ”

Crunch

A beautiful woman from the Yuan Kingdom walked out, wearing the unique costumes of the Yuan people, with a braided hair on her head, fair skin, and a beautiful and moving appearance.

She is Guo Jia's wife and Temujin's own sister, Princess Min Min.

"Ah Xu, Brother He sent someone to deliver a letter and invite you to the Imperial Court for a dinner, Brother He invited the new leaders of the major tribes." Min Min walked over and said with a smile.

Guo Jia uses a pseudonym and is named Guo Xu.

He looked at Princess Minmin, and his heart was overwhelmed.

This woman truly loves herself, obeys her words, and loves her herself, but she has a mission and can only be ashamed of love.

"I see!" Guo Jia said with a smile.

Min Min looked at Guo Jia's smile, suddenly walked forward, snuggled up to Guo Jia's side, and asked, "Ah Xu, what's wrong with you?" Feeling like you're going on something? ”

Guo Jia smiled gently and said, "I just feel that your eldest brother has finally realized his dream and become the king of the grassland, and my mission is over." ”

Min Min smiled: "My eldest brother said, thanks to your assistance by his side, you are the greatest hero." My eldest brother will definitely reward you heavily for this banquet. ”

Speaking of this, Min Min was a little disappointed, and said: "It's a pity that I'm useless, I haven't been able to help you conceive offspring, Ah Xu, or you can marry a few more, I have already helped you find a good one, and your appearance and figure are very good." ”

Guo Jia shook his head, he best understood the reason why Min Min couldn't conceive the pregnancy, the pill prepared by Hua Tuo Divine Doctor himself, and the Yuan people's Tulang couldn't find the slightest clue.

"There's no rush at this time, I'll talk about it later."

Guo Jia put his arm around her and let her lean on her shoulder, then sighed in her heart and muttered silently: "I'm sorry." ”

As night fell, Guo Jia and Min Min entered the imperial court together to attend a banquet.

This banquet was extraordinarily grand, inviting all the leaders of the large tribes of the steppe.

Temujin was in high spirits, and when the banquet reached a climax, Temujin pulled Guo Xu up and said to everyone: "Ben Khan can achieve today's achievements, thanks to Guo Xu's help, he is not only my brother-in-law, but also my answer!" From today onwards, Ben Khan announced that Guo Xu is the great teacher of the Yuan Kingdom, and he is above 10,000 people under one person! ”

Guo Jia smiled lightly, and under the gaze of everyone, he picked up two glasses of wine, handed one to Temujin, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty Khan, your subordinates are ashamed, take this glass of wine to congratulate His Majesty Khan!" ”

Temujin took the wine with a smile, touched Guo Jia, and said with a smile: "Come, drink as much as you want!" ”

With that, raise your head and drink.

Guo Jia then drank it too, and the final plan was completed.

The banquet went on late at night, Temujin was drunk, and even Min Min was drunk by Guo Jia and was helped back home.

After the ugly hour, silence returned to the royal court.

Guo Jia walked out of the house without hiding from the servant, and there were two people standing in front of the door at this time.

"Sir, the horses are ready." There was adoration in the eyes of the two men.

They are the spies planted in the royal court by the West Factory, and the greatest glory of being an agent is to occupy a high position among the enemy. And the person in front of him has achieved the position of the great master of the Yuan Kingdom, this is simply the ultimate dream of the secret agent, is it possible to sit on the position of Khan no matter how hard he works?

"Thank you for your hard work! Let's go! Guo Jiawen said, glanced back at his "home", and then resolutely left.

He needs to go back to his real home.