Chen Guo was selected by the imperial examination, and nine out of ten officials were selected through the imperial examination.

Although this method of selecting officials avoids the monopoly of officials by the family of gate lords, thus indirectly controlling the court, over time, it will also expose some other problems.

For example, the educational resources of Gyeonggi and Gangnam are far superior to those of the rest of the provinces, and the quantity and quality of students are also higher, and half of the officials in the DPRK and China are from Gyeonggi and Gangnam.

It seems fair to be judged by talent, but it is actually unfair.

Officials from Gangnam naturally look to Gangnam, and they used to be Gyeonggi students, and their first thought must be to seek welfare for Gyeonggi, and they form various political parties in the DPRK and China according to their regions, and although there are many differences within the parties, when it comes to issues related to the interests of their places of origin, they will be united with the outside world.

This led to the fact that Jingshi and Jiangnan occupied most of the resources of the imperial court, and the rest of the provinces, there were not many officials in Beijing, and people were soft-spoken, and they were pressed by Jiang Nanjing Ji everywhere, and others ate meat, whether they could drink soup or not depended on the mood of the other party.

The root cause of this problem is nothing more than that compared with Gyeonggi Gangnam, there are not many people in Zhudao, and naturally there are fewer jinshi, and no one in the court speaks, and there is no way to win the corresponding benefits.

Once this situation changed, as proposed by the Marquis of Dingguo, Jiangnan and Jingshi each gave them 20% of the quotas, and the status of Zhudao in the imperial court could not be said to be completely reversed, but it would always improve.

It's almost a bargain for nothing, and who would be stupid enough to refuse?

"The Marquis of Dingguo is reasonable!"

"Lord Tang's proposal is very good......"

"Seconded by the Minister"

"The minister also seconded it!"

……

For a time, all the officials of the DPRK who were born outside Gyeonggi and Jiangnan stood up and seconded the proposal, this was for the benefit of all of them, how could Dingguohou stand up to the officials of Jiangnan and Gyeonggi alone?

The officials representing Jiangnan's interests wanted to refute, but when they saw such a battle, they also closed their mouths.

His Majesty is obviously determined to weaken Jiangnan's influence in the DPRK, and they are making such a fuss just to fight for more interests, and they can't change the final outcome.

Now Tang Ning has only reduced their quota by 20%, and has not added it to Gyeonggi, but has also cut Gyeonggi by 20%, which is not unacceptable to Jiangnan.

Tang Ning's face was indifferent, although he had not communicated with anyone beforehand, but before he said this proposal, he expected that so many officials would stand up for him.

Although Jiangnan and Gyeonggi have great power in Korea, neither of them can compare with them, but when the provinces are united, the two factions must also avoid their edge.

This matter is already beneficial to them, it is a cheap pick-up, and these people should know how to do it.

The number of two percent is something he has been thinking about for a long time, which will not hurt the foundation of Jiangnan and Gyeonggi, but also satisfy Emperor Chen, and can also make the rest of the Dao tempted, if it is higher than this number, Jiangnan and Gyeonggi may fight with him, if it is less, Emperor Chen must feel that it is not enough......

Emperor Chen glanced at Tang Ning, looked down, and asked, "Does anyone have any objections to the proposal of the Marquis of Dingguo?" ”

Gangnam had no one to speak, and the officials representing the Gyeonggi region were naturally dissatisfied with this proposal, which had nothing to do with them, and Gyeonggi had suffered a pure disaster.

An official stood up, raised his hand and was about to speak, Tang Ning looked at him and asked with a smile: "Zhongshu Ling has any objections to this official's proposal?" ”

Zhong Shuling looked at his kind smile, chuckled in his heart, and suddenly realized something.

His Majesty handed over this matter to Tang Ning, if he couldn't handle it, wouldn't it be a dereliction of duty?

If it was because of him, Tang Ning was punished by His Majesty for a crime of dereliction of duty, he would definitely blame himself, Zhongshuling did not think that his background was deeper than that of the Tang family, and his official position was higher than that of Feng Xiang......

He looked back at the group of colleagues in the capital division, and saw that they all lowered their heads and did not dare to stand up, he was secretly annoyed in his heart, and when he raised his head, a smile appeared on his face, and he said: "The Marquis of Dingguo has misunderstood, the proposal of the Hou Ye is reasonable and well-founded, and the official also thinks it is very reasonable......"

He turned to Emperor Chen's direction, bowed, and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the proposal of the Marquis of Dingguo will be seconded by the minister." ”

"The minister seconded the ......"

"Seconded ......"

……

Zhongshuling took the lead, and officials from Gyeonggi and Jiangnan also came forward one after another to express their agreement, and the figure of 20% was not enough for them to risk offending Tang Ning and the officials of the DPRK and China.

"In that case, that's it." Emperor Chen glanced at Tang Ning, a look of pity appeared in his eyes, and said, "If there is nothing to do, just retreat from the dynasty......

Today's situation in the court, as Tang Ning expected, Gyeonggi and Jiangnan did occupy too many resources of the imperial court, which caused Emperor Chen to be dissatisfied, but as officials from these two places, they would not feel that they had gotten enough.

Unexpectedly, one day, he would also bully others and become a powerful minister in the mouth of others.

"Thank you, Lord Tang!"

"Dingguo Hou said bluntly, on behalf of the students of Henan Province, thank you for your great kindness!"

"Lord Tang's kindness, I will definitely remember it!"

"Xiaguan represents Huainan Province ......"

……

Out of the main hall, many officials who had never spoken before bowed to Tang Ning with their fists and opened their mouths to thank him, and Tang Ning returned the salute one by one.

Seeing a person coming out of the hall, Tang Ning asked with a smile: "This incident has made Gyeonggi Province suffer, Zhongshu Ling will not hold a grudge against this official, right?" ”

Zhongshuling hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare ......"

"Don't dare?"

"No, no, no......" Zhongshu Ling hurriedly changed his words and said: "Lord Tang is also dedicated to the public, how can this official hate you, Lord Tang must not think so......"

"You really don't hold a grudge?"

"I really don't hold a grudge!" Zhongshuling hurriedly said: "However, Lord Tang has caused Jiangnan to suffer losses this time, and Zhang Shizhong may be dissatisfied......

"Hugh is nonsense!" Zhang Shizhong walked over from the rear and said: "King Duan wants to reduce my Jiangnan quota by 30%, and Lord Tang will help us reduce it to 20%, it is too late to thank Lord Tang, how can you be dissatisfied, you don't sow discord......"

"Isn't cutting two percent cut?"

"Lord Tang, look, Zhongshu Ling is still unhappy in his heart......"

……

When Zhongshu Ling and the servant were arguing, a eunuch trotted over and said, "Lord Tang, Your Majesty has summoned you to the imperial study......

Watching Tang Ning leave, Zhongshu Ling and Shizhong breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

No one wants to offend His Majesty's most valued favorite, and this time, he represents His Majesty's intentions, and it is indeed not for himself, if it is the end, it is they who cannot end.

Tie all the state capitals except Gyeonggi and Jiangnan to his ship, which puts Jiangnan and Jingshi in a dilemma, and satisfactorily completes the task assigned by His Majesty------ Tang Ning is still that Tang Ning.

Zhongshu Ling sighed and said, "High, it's really high......"

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In the imperial study, Emperor Chen paced and muttered: "Wonderful, reducing the number of people in Jiangnan, and at the same time reducing the number of people in Jiangnan, and at the same time reducing Gyeonggi to block Jiangnan's mouth, and using the rest of the provinces to restrain Gyeonggi, not only weakened the parties of Jiangnan and Gyeonggi, but also made the two parties continue to check and balance, and also gained the hearts of the people in the rest of the provinces, killing three birds with one stone, killing three birds with one stone, killing three birds with one stone......, why didn't I think of this?" ”

Wei Jian smiled and said, "There are such smart courtiers under him, where does Your Majesty need to think about it?" ”

"Although he did this very beautifully...... Emperor Chen stroked the short beard on his chin and said, "But if I don't hit his board, I still feel uncomfortable in my heart......

After a while, Tang Ning walked into the imperial study, bowed down and said, "See Your Majesty." ”

"You've done a beautiful job." Emperor Chen sat in his seat, looked up at him, and asked, "I have entrusted you with such a difficult errand, do you have any resentment in your heart?" ”

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "It is the duty of a minister to eat the king's fortune and share worries for the king. ”

Chen Huang smiled and waved his hand, and said: "This matter is indeed tricky, it is normal for you to have resentment, this is human nature, I don't blame you." ”

Tang Ning said: "The minister really has no resentment. ”

Chen Huang said in disbelief: "Really? ”

Tang Ning said solemnly: "There really isn't! ”

He glanced at Emperor Chen, this kind of routine is too old-fashioned and naïve.

Who wouldn't do fishing law enforcement, I'm afraid that even if he nodded a little and said the word "yes", he would let people drag him out and beat the thirty boards, what kind of scene did he not encounter in Tangning, this kind of carving insect skills, how could he be tricked?

"Very good, fulfill your duties and have no complaints, this is my good courtier." Chen Huang stood up, walked down, looked at him with satisfaction, and asked, "By the way, which foot did you step first when you entered the imperial study just now?" ”