The monarch of Chu did not have to go to the court except for the day of marriage, and the rest of the time, rain or shine, but this rule was broken today - in order to select officials, Xiao Yechen stopped the morning court for a day.

On the Jinluan Palace, Xiao Yechen sat upright, looking at the thirty people in His Highness with a pair of deep eyes.

These thirty people, after the careful selection of Lin Zhengyi and others, were selected from the original hundreds of people, and they are the best among them, if nothing else, these people can at least have a small official position of the seven-grade Hanlin Academy, although it is a seven-grade official position, but for these people who can only serve as staff, this status is much higher.

Xiao Yechen looked at these people, he was very relieved, he sat on the dragon chair, and said in a deep voice: "You can stand out from hundreds of people, you must have extraordinary skills, I will test you a question today." ”

"What should be the most important thing to solve in today's Chu State? What is this method? ”

As soon as he said this, the people below were suddenly shocked, and they all looked at Xiao Yechen, in fact, this question is indeed very simple, but the problem is that this question is not easy to answer.

These people present, all of them are human spirits, they can serve as staff members in the family, how can they be stupid people, each is also a sleek person, now they can enter this Jinluan Palace, they are basically determined to become officials, once they have an official position, they have to deal with those big families, if they say something bad today, they will meet in the future, won't they be targeted?

So these people were silent for a while, some were hesitating whether they should say this answer, while others were secretly thinking about how to answer.

After a while, a middle-aged man walked out, he was wearing a green shirt, quite a bit clear, he looked like a rich five-car look, Xiao Yechen saw this, and looked at him with a little interest, just with the courage of being the first to stand up, it was enough for Xiao Yechen to look at him more.

"Your Majesty, the grass people have a word."

"Say."

"The biggest scourge of today's Chu State is the dictatorship of the family, in the huge court, except for the military attaché, everyone else is basically the shadow of the family, these officials are colluding with each other, forming a party for personal gain, and the people at the bottom are deeply affected, but they have never been able to uphold justice, this is the biggest disaster of the Chu State, if you want to fight outside, you must first settle inside, the emperor, the first thing to solve should be the dictatorship of this family."

Xiao Yechen looked at the man in front of him, a hint of interest flashed in his eyes, he bowed slightly, but there was a hint of a smile on his cold face: "What you said is reasonable, but this disaster has long been left over from the previous dynasty, so how to solve it?" ”

"The most important point of the family's dictatorship is that they monopolize the road to becoming officials, except for them, no one is qualified to be officials, and it is precisely because of this that they are so arrogant. If we want to solve this problem, it is to do what the emperor is doing now, so that I and other civilians are also eligible to participate in the election of officials. ”

When the man finished speaking, he stood firmly in front of him, and he looked up

Looking at Xiao Yechen, his eyes were full of confidence, as if he didn't know how much impact what he said today would have on him.

The people present were already stunned, they didn't expect that someone would dare to say such a thing, there was no trace of affection in these words, and those who did this were really not afraid of the family's revenge?

They were suspicious here, Xiao Yechen was also sitting on the dragon chair, observing the demeanor of these people, after half a sound, he already had a bottom in his heart, and immediately looked at the man who spoke, and said, "If you do this, aren't you afraid of the revenge of the future family?" ”

The man said calmly: "The grass people are already more than thirty years old, if they continue to do nothing like this, the children of the grass people will be like the grass people, they have no talent but cannot show it, they can only do things for these families, and the grass people do not want the descendants of the grass people, it is like this." ”

"So, when you say this, you have already made up your mind to die?"

Xiao Yechen asked slowly, he stared at the man tightly, Gonggong Li was most familiar with his behavior, and he knew at the moment that the emperor was extremely appreciative of the man in front of him.

However, others don't know this, this man saw Xiao Yechen for the first time, and he was even more unclear, but in the face of such pressure, he still nodded, his back straightened, and said: "The grass people don't want to live a life like this!" ”

"Okay." Xiao Yechen stroked his palms and smiled, he looked at the man at the moment, and said in a deep voice: "What you said is right, you really shouldn't live a life like this, what's your name?" ”

"The grass people's surname is Zhang, and his name is Ming." Zhang Ming said in a deep voice.

"Zhang Ming." After Xiao Yechen read the name in his heart, he looked at Gonggong Li on the side, and Gonggong Li understood and quickly wrote down the name on the paper.

When the people in the audience saw this, they all understood that this Zhang Ming had entered the eyes of the emperor.

However, Zhang Ming is in such a limelight, I am afraid that he will also be remembered by those big families.

Xiao Yechen suddenly stood up at this moment, he looked around, looked at these people, and said loudly: "I have eliminated the interference of a group of ministers, and tried my best to override public opinion, so that you can have the opportunity to stand in this Jinluan Hall today, what you want is such a person with integrity, otherwise, you were driven by the family before you became an official, and after you became an official, you are still careful to curry favor because you are afraid of offending the family, what do I want you to come over?" ”

At this point, Xiao Yechen waved his hand, looked at the people with different faces below, and said in a deep voice: "There is still a chance now, except for Zhang Ming, the remaining twenty-nine people will come to me and say a policy that you think will benefit the country and the people." ”

Those people's eyes were dark, but after hearing this, they suddenly seemed to be ignited, and they rushed forward, just to show their talents.

"Mother."

Xiao Lu held a letter in his hand and handed it to Du Yan.

"But General An has a letter?"

"It's the letter General An brought you, Niangniang

But take a closer look. ”

"No need, I just asked him to help me inquire about something." Du Yan smiled and nodded, obviously very familiar with the content of this letter, "I asked him to help me inquire about the lives and deeds of those people in today's palace examination, and I want to see if there is something wrong with them." ”

Xiao Lu didn't feel anything wrong when he heard this, but nodded and said very approvingly: "Niangniang is thoughtful, the emperor observed the talents of these people in the previous dynasty, and you check the conduct of these people in the harem, so that you will definitely be able to add a group of officials with both ability and political integrity to the Chu State!" ”

Hearing Xiaolu's words, Du Yan smiled and nodded.

After hearing this, the palace maid on the side had a slight glint in her eyes, and then said in confusion: "Niangniang, the slave maid has something that I don't know whether to talk about or not." ”

"You say yes."

When Du Yan heard this, she looked at the palace maid.

The palace maid paused, and then said: "The slave maid thinks that this harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, but it is a rule that existed in the previous dynasty, and the mother does this, I am afraid that it will cause the emperor to dislike." ”

Hearing this, Du Yan was stunned for a while.

(End of chapter)