Chapter 327: The Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System (II)
On the execution ground, hundreds of civil and military officials gathered together.
They were all ordered to see Meng Xiang being divided by five horses.
Chen Xian sat on the high platform, looked at Meng Xiang, whose head and limbs were tied to five horses, and ordered Chun'an to ask, "Meng Xiang, do you regret your guilt?!"
Meng Xiang still looked up to the sky and laughed, his face did not change, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty! Eclectic talents! If His Majesty can wake up, the death of the grass people will be valuable! Come on!"
"Your Majesty?!Do you really want to?!" Chun'an looked nervous and asked cautiously.
"Didn't all the ministers watch? Since the big guys are so energetic, the widow will let them watch it happily! Execution!" Chen Xian said loudly.
"Execution!"
Then I saw the man in charge of the execution and riding the horses, raising the whip in his hand and pumping it towards the five horses.
"Your Majesty! Grass people will never regret it! Ruochen's death can benefit the poor students in the world, and the grass people die without regrets!"
"Stop!"
The civil and military officials on both sides looked towards the high platform, and the hands of the horsemen froze in mid-air.
Chun An looked at the emperor, "Your Majesty? you
This is?!"
"Let them let Meng Xiang go!"
After saying that, Chen Xian turned around and left.
Leaving behind the suspicious civil and military officials and Meng Xiang who had a false alarm.
Tobe Shangshu asked the squire of the criminal department, "What do you mean, Your Majesty?" Why don't you divide the corpses of the five horses?!"
The waiter of the Criminal Department frowned and said, "I don't know, maybe Your Majesty has other plans?!"
Hubu Shangshu said: "This person is just a cloth cloth, and he is from a poor family, Your Majesty will really change his mind for him?" Spare him the death penalty?!"
The waiter of the criminal department sighed softly and said, "Your Majesty's mind is not something we can guess!" Ever since His Majesty decided to see this Meng Xiang, I felt that something big was going to happen!"
Tobe Shangshu asked again, "Is it difficult...... Your Majesty
Will he really change the rules of his ancestors for the sake of just a cloth cloth? "
The squire of the Criminal Department shook his head, "You should ask Your Majesty about this!" Since the execution is no longer going on, I'll disperse later!"
Other courtiers also had a lot of talk about it.
However, more ministers were worried that the emperor would have compassion for the children of the poor family, so as to reduce the number of scholars
The interests of the clan, in the next life, are secretly preparing to join forces to suppress the poor students!
Meng Xiang was re-imprisoned in the prison.
Chen Xian returned to the Qinzheng Palace, thought about it again and again, and felt that if he killed Meng Xiang in public, he would definitely be deducted from the name of the faint king.
After thinking about it, he began to ponder Meng Xiang's words.
Thinking back to his humble roots, because of fate and meeting nobles, he was able to become the emperor today!
The selection of officials in the Jiupin Zhongzheng system has always been determined according to three aspects, family background, shape, and fixed products.
Nine times out of ten, the Zhongzheng who selected talents, whether it was the general Zhongzheng of the three companies or the Zhongzheng of various states and counties, all took bribes and bribes, and the vast majority of them were for the purpose of protecting the people of the scholars.
Therefore, it is often the most important to look at the family lineage, and the line is secondary.
Therefore, the world has the saying that "there is no cold door in the upper grade, and there is no clan in the lower grade".
The Zhongzheng took bribes and operated in the dark, resulting in a number of poor children missing their careers.
Chen Xian asked people to find articles written by Meng Xiang, most of which expressed that he was depressed and had no way out.
There is resentment, there is sarcasm, and there is harsh condemnation.
"You don't care about your family background, and you don't care about marriage!" Chen Xian muttered as he read Meng Xiang's article.
"Your Majesty?!" Chun'an Road.
"Chun'an, you said that if the scholars and the children of the poor family are treated equally in the future, they will participate in the scientific examination in the same way, and from then on, they will not ask about their background, but only about their talents! How?!" Chen Xiandao.
Chun'an smiled and said: "Your Majesty thinks it's good, then of course it's good, but those civil and military ministers in the court, I'm afraid they won't follow it!"
Chen Xian bowed his head slightly and said, "Yes! Just now on the execution ground, in the face of such a cruel thing, everyone can watch coldly, it can be seen that they only think about their own interests, and they have no pity for the poor people!"
"The slave thinks that this Meng Xiang is indeed a talent!" Chun'an Road.
"Yes! This person has backbone and talent! If you can stay in the court in the future, you will definitely be able to serve my Chen country, unlike those officials who don't want to make progress all day long, indulge in wealth and nobility, blindly live a leisurely and debauched life, and eat a vegetarian meal! It's just that it's hard at the beginning! If the widow wants to help them, he must have a name! Chun'an, quickly pass Lu Yan and Chen Li into the palace!" Chen Xiandao.
"Slaves obey!"
Lu Yan and Chen Li were ordered to enter the palace, and Chen Xian ordered the two to collect the drawbacks caused by the Jiupin Zhongzheng system over the years as quickly as possible, as well as the idleness of the children of the scholar clan, sitting on the official position and eating empty salaries!
Let the two of them thoroughly and strictly investigate, and they must not let go of a person involved!
On the second day, above the court.
The two listed the things in various states and counties, government offices, and Zhongzheng over the years, accepting bribes, and being partial to the gate lord clan.
And one pile after another, each piece of evidence is conclusive.
For a time, the ministers had nothing to say.
Although I had the intention to argue, I felt very sorry.
"The widow really didn't expect that after raising a group of good courtiers like you, while holding the money issued by the court, while taking advantage of his official position, he selected and recommended officials at will, you really know how to disobey yang and yin!"
Chen Xian angrily reprimanded everyone while throwing everyone's incriminating evidence to the ground.
More than half of the courtiers below fell to their knees.
The mouth shouted: "Your Majesty forgive your sins!" Your Majesty forgives your sins!"
"Of course you are guilty! But what about those students from poor backgrounds? Their careers have been lost to some of you! Although they are powerless and powerless people, don't forget that your ancestors were not born to be the gate lords of the noble clan! But you seem to have forgotten that! There is actually a distinction between 'clean officials' and 'turbid officials', if you have a good family background, let your family be a promising 'clean official', even if a poor poor student is in good conduct and has learned well, he can only be a humble official with no future 'turbid official', this is a good thing you do! You are truly a good servant of a widow! The good things you have done, in the end, let the widow carry the black pot for you! Let the widow be scolded for you! What are you guilty of?"
Chen Xian angrily rebuked these ministers.
Everyone below, whether they were wrong or not, were so frightened that they didn't dare to raise their heads one by one.
"The son is not the fault of the father, and the minister is guilty of the king! By doing so, you are putting the widow in a situation of unkindness and unrighteousness. Someone's coming! Put the widow in prison!" Chen Xian shouted to the forbidden army outside the hall.
"Your Majesty! I can't help it! "
"Your Majesty! I can't help it!"
"Your Majesty! Ministers are guilty! Please take care of your dragon body!"
"……"
One by one, they were frightened by the emperor's move.
They all know in their hearts, or the emperor really puts himself in prison, then their heads can't be saved!
So, both for the sake of the emperor and for themselves, all the ministers stopped the emperor one after another, and they all kowtowed to request.
And that's exactly what Chen Xian wants to see.
The direct announcement of the abolition of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system will inevitably be opposed by the majority of people, and in this way, they will take the initiative to raise it, so that the clan gate lords and the children of the poor family will be treated equally in their official careers.
This is the Imperial Technique!