After the edict was recorded, the scholars respectfully presented it to Liu Xunyu.

Liu Xun read it, and after confirming that it was correct, he ordered, "Please take a look at the prime minister and the imperial historian!" ”

So, a Shangshu took the edict and showed it to Huo Guang and Wei Xiang, and when these two people also nodded, Liu Xun stamped the seal of the Son of Heaven on it.

Prime Minister Huo Guang and Imperial Doctor Wei Xiang used seals separately.

In this way, the edict has the force of law and can be promulgated throughout the country.

Of course, in the Han Dynasty, the emperor can also directly issue an edict to let people do things.

It's just that, in this way, the rules are broken.

It will also seriously damage the prestige of the prime minister and the imperial doctor.

Usually, the emperor bypassed the prime minister or the imperial historian and directly ordered the implementation of a policy throughout the country.

Then, with the fierceness of the Han people, the prime minister and the imperial doctor have no better choice than suicide.

Therefore, in the entire history of the Han Dynasty, there have been few emperors who bypassed the prime minister and directly issued an edict to implement a certain order throughout the country.

Liu Xun looked at a Shangshu holding the original manuscript of one of the edicts and went to Shiqu Pavilion for the record.

Then, Liu Xun continued to look at Huo Guang and Wei Xiang, he called Huo Guang and Wei Xiang to the palace with such fanfare, naturally it was not just for a decree.

Traditionally, each generation of Liu's sons of heaven, six months after his accession to the throne, would put forward his own original political idea.

Emperor Taizong Xiaowen advocated kindness to the world.

Therefore, in addition to Guan Liang, the people were allowed to mint money, abolish corporal punishment, and reduce the burden on the peasants.

Emperor Xiaojing, what he advocated was virtue.

Even the mistake of cutting the feudal domain was carried out under the banner of the princes' immorality.

If he were still alive. Then, judging from the experience of his previous life, he will probably continue to adhere to this concept.

Now, it is Liu Xun's turn to choose his own political ideas and implement them in depth.

This kind of political statement that the emperors of all dynasties will inevitably make, Huo Guang and Wei Xiang have long been prepared.

At this moment, seeing Liu Xun's solemn appearance, the two of them also hurriedly sat upright, bowed their heads and listened to the emperor's words.

Liu Xun thought slightly in his heart for a while.

Think of the Celestial Empire in the future. From the black cat and the white cat to the three representatives, to the eight honors and eight shames, and then the Chinese dream.

The ruling ideology of the entire top level is to keep pace with the times and to be in the same line.

Referring to the experience of the Celestial Empire, Liu Xun knew that he could not put forward some unrealistic slogans, and he had to inherit the political concepts of his ancestors.

Since ancient times, the most admired moral values in China have been loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness and courtesy.

The concept of loyalty and filial piety has been used by Liu Bang, and benevolence, righteousness and morality, Liu Xun's great-great-grandfather and great-grandfather have also used it unceremoniously.

Liu Xun didn't want to use the rest of the gifts.

Because advocacy leads to one consequence. That's the solidified class!

Don't underestimate the bureaucracy's old-fashioned, all-encompassing thinking!

Judging from what Liu Xun saw and heard in the Celestial Empire, if he spoke above, he would never do anything to destroy the spirit of Shangfeng below.

Many bureaucrats would rather be scolded by millions of people than touch anything that might contradict the political ideas of the upper echelons.

That's the case. If Liu Xun makes a fuss about the word etiquette, then the people below. There must be a word of etiquette in everything.

And in today's world, what is etiquette?

Etiquette is order, and if it is extreme, that is, a peasant will always be a peasant, a merchant will always be a merchant, an official will always be an official, and a nobleman will always be a nobleman.

Liu Xun believed that if he proposed to use etiquette as a strategy for governing the country, then there was no doubt that the landlords, nobles, and magnates would be happy to live the three shouts, and the Holy Son of Heaven was the highest.

But......

After the revelry, what is left is a backwater country. …

Liu Xun doesn't want to do such a thing!

In addition to loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, and courtesy, the traditional universal values include honesty and trustworthiness.

However, honesty and trustworthiness are moral conduct, and it is a bit exaggerated to use them as a concept of governance, and the effect will not be great.

What's more, Liu Xun never believed that officials would have such a thing as honesty and credibility! - There may be a small number of people with such qualities, but most of them can only hehe.

A thing that even the emperor doesn't believe in, take it out as the basic concept of governing the country, let me ask, how many people below believe?

At this thought, Liu Xun finally made up his mind, he said: "I recently tried to read the history books, and saw the three generations of kings, as brilliant as the sun, bright as the stars, but unfortunately the descendants are not filial, resulting in the collapse of the temple, the collapse of the society, I often say that history is a mirror, is to know the rise and fall, to people as a mirror, to know the gains and losses, I look at the death of Xiahou, Yin Shang, Ji Zhou, although each has its own reasons, but it is fundamentally the same!" ”

"Xia Wei is tyrannical, there is the Tang Wu Revolution, and there is no way to business, so King Wen is defeated, King You is faint, and even there are princes of Beacon Opera, as for the death of Qin, in my opinion, Li Si and Zhao Gao should be responsible!" When Liu Xun said this, the speed of his speech was deliberately increased, this is because the mainstream public opinion believes that the demise of Qin is because of its brutality, and the regime of Qin is the original sin, and it is precisely because of this that the Han family will have a debate about whether to inherit Qin's legal system or Zhou's legal system.

But as a traverser, Liu Xun knew that the demise of Qin was actually Zhao Gao and Li Si who destroyed the foundation of Qin's rule, and Li Si and Zhao Gao even abandoned Qin by the core of Qin's own territory, the Guanzhong people, so that if the Qin Dynasty is not destroyed, there will be no heavenly reason!

Liu Xun didn't want to provoke a big discussion of ideas right now, so he quickly continued: "I think that the death of each dynasty, in the final analysis, lies in the absence of the assistance of powerful and virtuous ministers. This is the rhetoric of the typical forum irrigation test in later generations, but at this time, no one has ever encountered anyone who expounds history from such an angle, so Liu Xun's rhetoric has received miraculous results, at least, Huo Guang and Wei

Xiangdu felt that Liu Xun didn't say anything wrong.

If Yi Yin was in power during the Shang Dynasty, the King of Yi Yin would have to be imprisoned in the palace to study before he started messing around.

As for the Duke of Zhou, it was the exiled King Li who created the republican ruler!

Liu Xun saw that the effect was good. So, he sighed sadly and said, "Yes, I think." The way to govern the country is to win souls first! How to ensure that the talents are used by the Han family, how to ensure that the talents can stand out, I think that this is a major event related to the long-term stability of the society and the stability of the temple. The pillars of the society, please discuss this, convene hundreds of officials to discuss, civil and military officials are all virtuous and virtuous, clear in ancient and modern kings, there must be people who can solve my confusion! ”

In fact, Liu Xun already had an idea in his heart.

However, as the emperor, he can't say many things in person, and he has to borrow other people's mouths to achieve this goal, Liu Xun believes that there are still many smart people in this world, and someone must be able to guess his thoughts!

After Huo Guang and Wei Xiang heard this, they both took off their hats and saluted, and said, "Chenguang (Xiang) respectfully obeys the edict!" ”

The two of them will not participate in this traditional game of guessing what the emperor wants to do.

Because they are Sangong, it is normal to guess correctly, but if you guess wrong...... Hehe......

Huo Guang and Wei Xiang were about to say goodbye. Go back and prepare and convey the things instructed by the Son of Heaven. I heard Liu Xun and said, "The examination is coming, please ask the prime minister and the imperial historian to rule the civil and military officials, the ministers and nobles, tomorrow, the Xuanshu Palace, discuss the examination arrangements, and the preparations for the yamen!" ”…

This is something that is definitely to be discussed.

The specific affairs of the examination, which is easy to say, have long been handed over to Neishi and Shaofu to arrange.

But the question is, how to distribute and arrange the scholars admitted this time, this is the key to the need for debate and discussion.

In this matter, there will definitely be damage to the interests of the yamen.

Instead of waiting for the examination to be carried out by various yamen, it is better to solve the problem and assign the task before the examination begins.

As long as the things are decided after the court discussion, the yamen will understand and implement them, and if they don't understand, they must overcome difficulties to implement them!

"No!" Huo Guang and Wei Xiang bowed deeply.

Liu Xun then stood up and said, "It's not early, the two Aiqing go back and prepare!" ”

"Wait for the resignation!" Huo Guang and Wei Xiang bowed deeply.

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In the evening of the same day, Liu Xun issued another order, and after using the seal, it was sent by the Shaofu to the county guards and yamen all over the country.

This instruction is a supplement to the edict issued by Liu Xun during the day, but it will not appear in front of the public, but will only appear in the office copy of officials above the county order.

The content of this instruction is such a husband marriage ceremony, the great man of humanity, the meeting of wine and food, so the ceremony and music, now two thousand stone or unauthorized forbidden, forbidden people to marry shall not have wine and food to congratulate, because it is the gift of the party of the abolition of the township, so that the people are happy, not so guide the people! "Poetry" is not cloudy, "the people do not lose their morality, and they are ashamed." 'Don't be harsh.

The issuance of this instruction can be regarded as the end of the history of the common people secretly running wine when they get married since the Qin Dynasty.

The next day, at the court meeting, Liu Xun completed the crushing of the bureaucratic class by uniting Prime Minister Huo Guang and the military.

The distribution plan for the scholars after the examination was determined.

In this distribution plan, the Shaofu will be divided into 500 people, which will be supplemented by various departments including ordnance supervision, engineering construction, and garden management.

On the part of the army, five hundred men were taken away as civilian officers in the various divisions.

The internal history yamen took away 1,000 people, as grassroots officials and officials in the counties of Guanzhong and Chang'an.

The rest was divided equally among the other yamen.

At the same time, at the court meeting, the principle of the distribution of scholars was also determined.

Liu Xun learned from the advanced experience of the college entrance examination in later generations and put forward a volunteer plan.

That is, after the examination begins, all scholars must write the name of the yamen they most aspire to on the examination paper.

After the examination, each yamen will be approved and fill in the list of scholars of the yamen.

In other words, if a certain yamen is too popular and the number of places allocated by the yamen is too small, then the yamen has the right to choose among these scholars, simply put, the yamen organizes another examination.

As for those who were eliminated in the examination of this yamen.

Then I have to come back next year!

As for some less popular yamen, I'm sorry, don't pick and choose.

It's a compromise.

For Liu Xun, such a plan can be passed. It's a huge victory!

Behind the victory, of course. It is an innumerable exchange of compromises and interests.

For example, Liu Xun got the army to agree to accept 500 civilian officials. Liu Xun and the generals of the army had a long talk on their knees, either by entrapment, or by persuasion, and with the respect of the Son of Heaven, and only then did they persuade the generals who only looked at military merits to agree to give it a try.

As for Shaofu, Liu Xun promised not to lay off employees and not eliminate any incumbent officials, so that Shaofu could feel at ease.

These two divisions. It has always been the most loyal Liu's system.

If this matter is done, the examination can be held on time. …

On the day before the examination was held, Liu Xun once again issued an edict to hear that the king was governing, to facilitate the people, and the calendar of this world was carried out by the heavens and the earth, and the people had many inconveniences. All of them are recorded from the first day to the thirtieth day of the first month of a certain year, so as to facilitate the people's memory!

Liu Xun has always wanted to do this.

What April Gengyin, Jiazi, Xinmao and other sexagenary branch counting methods, not to mention farmers.

Liu Xun, the emperor, if it weren't for Han Zeng's special reminder. He's going to get mixed up sometimes.

And the time

Festival change is essential for agriculture.

Like the Taichu calendar that Emperor Xiaowu asked Sima Qian'er Kuan and others to make, the greatest contribution. It is the emergence of the 24 solar terms, and since then the farmers have a simple and popular sowing and harvesting guidance.

And the sexagenary cycle that prevails in today's world. For the common people, it is a little too tall!

Think about it. Most people don't even have simple arithmetic.

It's too reluctant to make them take turns every 60 days!

It is still the first to the thirtieth year of junior high school, which is simple and easy to understand.

At the same time, on the other hand, Liu Xun took the opportunity of this edict to announce the abolition of the history of the use of bamboo slips to record and preserve the state archives and documents since the Western Zhou Dynasty, and from now on all edicts and decrees will be preserved on white paper.

In addition, Liu Xun also issued an edict to encourage the government to use white paper for office, except for certain affairs that really need to be kept and recorded with bamboo slips, it is best to use white paper for all other official correspondence.

Of course, Liu Xun also knows that if you want to evolve the whole society from bamboo slip records to all-white paper office, it takes a certain amount of time and technology accumulation - the current white paper still has many flaws, such as cost, paper quality, etc.

Good-looking romance

However, full paper is the inevitable development direction in the future, just like the general trend of replacing paper office with electronic office in later generations.

After dealing with these things, the time will be on the sixth day of the seventh month of the first summer of Yuande.

On this day, the sky has just dawned, and the east has just revealed its belly.

Chang'an City woke up.

Countless scholars from all over the world got up one after another, flipped through the books they had read for the last time, and prepared all kinds of items for the exam.

Scholars with good conditions naturally have servants and scholars to help.

As for most of the self-reliant scholars, they silently put away their books and put the dry food into the package.

Wang Chen is one of these people.

Wang Chen lived in Chang'an for more than a month, relying on working for people, carrying sundries and even selling sweat on the construction site, and persevered in this Chang'an City.

In these days in Chang'an, Wang Chen spent almost all of his time on reading in addition to going out to work for his daily needs.

"It is said that if I can pass the second round of this examination, I will be able to buy many books that I have always wanted to read in the past!" Wang Chen clenched his fists and cheered for himself, "Among them, there are even heirlooms of the Liehou family such as "The Art of War" and "Sima Xiang and the Art of War", if I can pass the examination this time and buy back those treasure books, the Wang family is expected for several generations in the future!" ”

Like Wang Chen, most of the scholars from the poor sect had already heard the wind more or less at this moment.

Therefore, they understand that this examination is not only an examination that will change their own lives, but may even affect the future prospects of their children and grandchildren.

For the sake of future generations, these people swear that they must pass the exam!

And the children of aristocratic officials and eunuchs are another attitude.

Yan Fei stood in the mansion that his father had prepared for him in Chang'an, staring at the palace in the distance.

Yan Fei's grandfather was Yan Ji, but he was the confidant of Liu Wu, the late king of Liang, and was favored by Liu Wu.

However, Yan Fei knew very well that although his grandfather seemed to be favored and trusted on the surface, in fact, every time he had a long conversation at midnight, Yan Zhu could feel his father's loss and frustration - King Liang only regarded his father as a literary scholar who wrote poems and wrote poems. …

The only thing his grandfather could do for King Liang was to write poems.

This is simply torture and even an insult for a Confucian student who is determined to help the world and the world!

No one knows his ambitions, but he has to be like a street juggler, racking his brains in order to please the king, this kind of life is not what Yan Zhu wants.

Yan Fei is only in his early twenties this year, his world is still full of ideals and passion, and he is eager to make contributions, spread his reputation to all corners of the world, and be a famous minister like Guan Zhongyanzi.

To Jun Rao Shun!

This is an inevitable ambition of almost every aspiring literary and artistic youth!

On the contrary, Yang Yi was slightly apprehensive.

Before coming to Chang'an, Yang Yi felt that he was nine out of ten in this examination.

But after arriving in Chang'an, he found out.

He is not the only hero in the world.

There are many heroes hidden in the recklessness!

He felt a little unconfident in his heart.

What if I don't make it to the third round this time?

Isn't it a shame?

What made Yang Yi feel even more dangerous was that next door to him lived someone from the Mo family!

They're here too!

Since ancient times, Confucianism and Mo have not been separated, and the students of the Mo family have never given Yang Yi, a Confucian student, a good face.

No, these ink artists are here for reference, not fighting, Yang Yi is really worried that he may be beaten by them - although Yang Yi thinks that his swordsmanship and physique are good, but, in today's world, there is no school that can fight against the people of the Mo family.

These guys are perverts who can survive anywhere in the world single-handedly!

In such a tense and uneasy atmosphere, in the distance, the gate of the arsenal near the north gate of Weiyang Palace slowly opened, and groups of heavily armed soldiers lined up.

The grassroots officials in Chang'an have taken gongs and drums, and knocked them in this Lu, while knocking, while shouting: "By the edict of the Son of Heaven, please go to the corresponding examination room in an orderly manner, with the bamboo charm issued by the internal history and Shaofu to enter the examination, today, the first round of examinations will be held, all scholars, can not bring any extra stationery except pen and ink into it, each examination room, there are special personnel to check, where there are found to be violations, all will be disqualified from reference!"