"Dangdang Dang"

There was a gong beating on the drum tower, and the scribe who had just read it immediately stopped and walked to the side to drink tea, but another scribe came out from the side and continued to read.

"According to the order of the prince and the prince, the scholar of the Jianji Palace, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the old minister Liu Ge, the superintendent and the auxiliary minister, the thieves are raging, and the way of heaven is restless, so that the government collapses, and the political affairs are not prosperous, and the government treasury in Huguang, Henan and other places is empty, and from today onwards, the two places will no longer be paid rice and grain......

"Wow"

Among the group of scholars who were trying to listen to the propaganda under the drum tower, many of them had just arrived at the bottom of the drum tower like the one with a mole on his left cheek, and they all exploded when they heard this.

"Protest, we protest!"

"The cultivation of the national dynasty is the law of the ancestors set by Taizu, why should he Liu Wujiang abolish it!"

"Yes, we are going to Jingshi to sue the royal court!"

……

The scholars under the drum tower kept making loud noises, but the scribes on the drum tower all looked downstairs with a smile as if they hadn't heard.

After a few minutes, seeing that the soldiers downstairs showed no signs of stopping, the scribes upstairs had to keep beating the gong, and the sound of "dangdangdang" quickly suppressed the other voices on the scene.

"Quiet, you are all reading the books of the sages, listen to me and then talk after reading", the scribe who read it before directly reprimanded everyone with a blank face.

Where can the scholars downstairs bear such grievances, even if someone wants to climb up from the corridor.

However, there was a sudden sound of vigorous footsteps in the cave of the drum tower, and twenty officers and soldiers armed with muskets and wearing fat jackets of big red mandarin ducks rushed out.

"Those who dare to rush into the government missionaries will be arrested and sent to prison immediately!"

The leader of the team shouted directly at a group of eager soldiers, and his expressionless attitude made the hearts of all the scholars tremble.

Wuchang has just experienced a major war, and the blood outside the city has not disappeared, and the people in the surrounding prefectures and counties of Wuchang are still apprehensive, and they are also very in awe of the officers and soldiers.

Seeing that the downstairs was gradually quieting, the scribe upstairs continued to speak aloud:

"Don't worry about the scholars, Liu Ge is known as Liu Bodhisattva, how could he cut off everyone's way of life for no reason, in addition to stopping the payment of rice and grain to the students, from today onwards, Huguang, Henan and other places have begun to implement the reform of official governance."

"All the original officials at all levels of the yamen will be suspended, and the superintendent yamen will re-determine the number of officials at the provincial, government, and county levels, and recruit all the scholars and the people, which is the way for Liu Ge to come up with for everyone."

"Shameless!"

The scribe didn't say that it was okay, but as soon as he heard that Liu Ximing actually asked everyone to be a Xu official, a group of scholars were all strangely angry.

The soldier who had a mole on his left cheek stood up in the midst of the angry denunciation, and arched his hand towards the top of the drum tower:

"Student Xiong Bolong, a student of Hanyang County, Xiong Hanhou, this official errand, I wait for scholars to study, all we do is to take the exam, and the way to help the people through the world is also cultivated, who is willing to lose their future for these five buckets of rice."

"Please forgive me for being rude, the superintendent Yamen is out of this evil government, which is actually the enemy of the whole lake Guangshizi, and I also ask the official to return to the Liu Pavilion as soon as possible, and change the evil and the good as soon as possible."

"Hahaha, Brother Hanhou said."

"It's extreme, it's extreme!"

This Xiong Bolong is obviously quite prestigious among the Wuchang scholars, and as soon as he came forward, all the voices below were echoed.

The scribe upstairs nodded at Xiong Bolong with a smile, "This scholar, the old man of Liu Ge is the dragon and phoenix, you don't know what you think of his old man, you wait and listen to me." ”

"This dynasty has been nearly 300 years since Taizu, and now it is already chaotic and corrupt, and it is precisely in view of the outdated and bad habits that the imperial court has accumulated for hundreds of years, Liu Ge Lao proposed that there are five evils for the disaster today, and if the world is to return to peace, these five evils must be eliminated."

As he spoke, the scribe stretched out his right hand and gestured to his fingers one by one.

"The first harm is that there are many political departments, and the name does not match the truth, I have a system in ancient China, with the prime minister to help the son of heaven and control hundreds of officials, and it is the responsibility of the prime minister to make mistakes in the government, but now it is not the case, the cabinet is in name only, so that no one in the courtiers is responsible for the collapse of the world."

"The second evil is that people are divided into four, six, nine and so on, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang said, the prince will have a kind of Xiangning, such as today some people are born nobles, some people are born untouchables, and if people are not equal, there will be a hundred disasters."

"The third harm is that the scholars only weigh eight shares, and the eight shares only emphasize Zhu Lixue, so that the world's scholars are rigid in their thinking, and the scholars have no expertise in governing the country."

"The fourth evil, officials are corrupt and desecrated, and everyone takes asking for bribes and oppressing the people as the first priority of being an official, and there is no shame in scholars."

"The fifth evil lies in the saying of this monk, all those who are filial and honest have tax exemptions, and the people compete to do so, so that half of the Tiantai in the world is owned by the gentry, and the court has no half grain of rice to collect."

"When these five evils, if they can't be eliminated, then the world will not be able to return to peace, this Liu Ge Lao wants to fight the evil of official corruption, especially Xu officials, because of the people's money and food affairs, there are many extortions."

"In order to ensure that the atmosphere of the yamen is clean and upright, Liu Ge Lao will re-recruit officials, all the scholars are full of poetry and books, and they are young and enthusiastic, and the Ge Lao will pin his hopes on you, hoping that you can sweep away the bad habits of this Huguang officialdom."

"As for the fame you are worried about, the elder of the pavilion has already thought about it, and all those who have been recorded as officials by the yamen at all levels in Huguang from today onwards will only be left in the yamen of the superintendent, and will never be reported to the Ministry of Rites."

"In addition, when the scholar serves as a servant, he all enjoys the salary, and the minimum is two taels per month, if he is diligent, the elder will ask the court for his life in the future, and directly give the person a meritorious name, and this order has been approved by His Majesty."

"Wow"

Astound! Shock from start to finish!

Xiong Bolong and his group of friends all froze.

There is not only the shock of Liu Ximing's exposition of the five evils, but also the shock of Liu Ximing's treatment of officials and the direct promotion of people.

Since the founding of this dynasty, how has such a thing happened, you must know that there are very few people who can be admitted to the show, and how many people do not rely on the little rice and grain in the house and teach people to live.

Now that they heard that they could be directly promoted to a person in the future, and they could also get two taels a month, many scholars from poor families were moved on the spot.

The monthly income of two taels is also a rare high salary for the talented men.

Things in the world can't escape the law of twenty-eight, and the ones who can really make a fortune among the scholars are the people at the top of the imperial examination, and the jinshi, as for Xiucai, now there is chaos in various places, and there are many fewer people who even invite Xixi, and many Xiucai families are about to be unable to open the pot.

"Brother Hanhou", the scholar who came with Xiong Bolong tugged at his sleeve with some excitement, "This thing seems to be done, Liu Ge Lao has a good reputation in the Central Plains, and he should be a person who has something to say." ”

Xiong Bolong frowned and pondered, and did not speak directly to his friend, but continued to walk out of the crowd of discussions to the bottom of the drum tower.

"This brother, seeing that you are also a scholar, Xiong may ask, what kind of recruitment method does Liu Ge want to recruit officials? But are there any specific requirements? ”

Seeing this, the scribe on the stage also bowed his hand and said with a smile: "In the period of Luo Yongshou Luozi in Xia Nanyang, the positions recruited by the Inspector Yamen this time include the clerks of each room such as the military and criminal rites of the Yamen of the prefecture and county, as well as the scribes of the three divisions, such as the Political Envoy Department and the Inspector Envoy Division. ”

"In addition, Ge Lao also plans to promote education for all in the whole lake, and build township schools in all villages, towns, counties, and prefectures to teach four subjects: Chinese language, mathematics, nature, and music theory, so there are also a large number of teachers recruited."

"All recruitment is carried out through the examination, the inspector yamen will open an examination room in each prefecture, the whole government can take the exam, and the personnel who are not within the prefecture will also be uniformly issued a certain amount of carriage and horse fees, and after the examination results come out, they will be announced in the whole province, and they will be hired by the former."

"Wow"

The scholars were in an uproar again.

"And the carriage fee? Why don't you pay me and others for the meal? ”

"That's it!"

Who knew that Luo Yongshou's face was pale, and he directly waved his hands and said: "Regarding the cost of recruiting officials, it is all the money and food that the elder has cut out from the military expenses, do you have the ability to go to the officials and soldiers to ask for a try?" ”

The few scholars who had just opened their mouths to question were stunned when they heard this, and they didn't dare to speak.