As Li Yifu said, his letters were quickly replied to by Li Zhi, and they were all exchanged by urgent letters.

passed without suspense, and it was not only involving Xu officials, but also those Jinshi who were waiting for vacant official positions, and Li Zhi also explained in the letter that he would not return to Chang'an for the time being, and was going to go to Luoyang for a period of time, the reason was of course physical reasons.

But no one paid attention to where Li Zhi was going, and this new variegated inflow system immediately caused an uproar.

"How can this be?"

"Isn't this nonsense?"

"Let's go and ask Du Zhongshu for an explanation."

The court and China were also immediately divided, and the smell of gunpowder between the nobles and the Shu clan gradually became stronger.

In fact, the influx of variegated colors is extremely harmful to officials, because once the number of people increases, the competition will be great, and it is very difficult to get to the top, and there is no suspense. But the Shu people are eager to expand the power of the Shu people in the court, and the variegated inflow must promote the poor people, and it is impossible for the nobles to become officials, which is beneficial to them, weigh the interests, of course, choose the latter, the former is only a temporary injury, and the latter is a long-term benefit.

Then it is a double blow to the aristocracy, on the one hand, it increases the competitiveness, on the other hand, it weakens the power of the aristocracy in the court, the previous kind of door shade system, the aristocracy can be continuously supplemented, and the minister's son is born as an official, but if the variegated flow is relaxed, a group of officials will be promoted, and the speed of replenishment is obviously higher than that of the door shade system, which is a strong impact.

Of course, the aristocratic officials are against it, but the problem is that the emperor is not there, and you can't oppose it immediately, so you can only go to the important minister to ask for clarification.

The Hall of Politics.

"How can this be reasonable, why don't we know about such a big thing?"

Du Zhenglun slapped the table, pointed at Li Yifu, and said angrily. He and Li Yifu are the same Zhongshu Ling, but they don't know anything about it, and when those subordinates come to ask him, he is confused, which is too indifferent to him, which is too face-hurting for an old courtier like him. Moreover, Li Yifu obviously broke the rules by doing this, everyone already has a tacit understanding, and everyone will discuss things together.

A rampant look flashed in Li Yifu's eyes, but it was just a flash, and he smiled and said: "Du Zhongshu, please calm your anger, Li Mou invited you to come today, just to explain this matter to you." ”

Lu Chengqing's face was full of displeasure, and he said: "Li Zhongshu, now that the holy decree has come down, you came to tell us, it's too late." ”

Li Yifu sighed and said, "This is also for a reason, I discussed it with Han Shangshu." ”

Everyone immediately looked at Han Yi, with a trace of worry in their eyes, if the two of them were embarrassed, the balance of power in the political hall would be broken, and the hostility between Han Yi and Li Yifu was, to a certain extent, a good balance of the forces in the court.

Knowing this, it seems that Wu Meiniang is going to use me to death this time. Of course, Han Yi would not be fooled, and said with a smile: "I remember that when Li Zhongshu discussed with me, you were already in the book." ”

Li Yifu said: "Isn't there no way to do this, Han Shangshu, you are in such a hurry, I have to write to Your Majesty immediately!" ”

Han Yi smiled but said nothing.

When Lu Chengqing and the others saw Han Yi's expression, they muttered in their hearts again, looking at this situation, Han Yi didn't look like he was standing on Li Yifu's side.

Wei Siqian said: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless to say this, and please ask Li Zhongshu to inform me and others, what is going on?" "He's tough, he doesn't have a lot of curves.

Li Yifu said with a smile: "Oh, here's the thing, I believe that you all know about the fact that the household department is going to promote a group of officials into the stream." ”

This guy is really endless! Han Yi rolled his eyes slightly.

Lu Chengqing said: "This matter has already been decided, I don't know what it has to do with this matter?" ”

Li Yifu said: "But after the news came out recently, many officials are dissatisfied with this, if according to the system of this dynasty, none of the officials who are promoted by the household department are qualified, and those who are boiled until their hair is gray naturally feel very unfair, but Han Shangshu does this, it is also understandable, I am also very supportive, for this reason, I wrote to Your Majesty to relax the conditions for variegated inflow, so that not only can calm the anger of the public, but also for the country is also a good thing." ”

Du Zhenglun sneered and said, "It's really strange, I can't imagine that Li Zhongshu will still care about the feelings of those officials." ”

When Han Yi made this suggestion, no one really thought of this, isn't it because Xu officials have no human rights, and their status is humble, so they don't need to consider their feelings at all, who can be promoted is creation, if not, it is normal, therefore, although Li Yifu's words are not unreasonable, but when it comes out of his mouth, it will only make people feel funny, when will Li Yifu be so considerate of others.

Li Yifu said: "Du Zhongshu doesn't take those people in his eyes, but it doesn't mean that everyone thinks like Du Zhongshu." ”

"You ---!"

Du Zhenglun glared at Li Yifu angrily.

Wei Siqian snorted: "Even so, but this matter is very important, have you ever thought that once this happens, a large number of officials will be promoted to officials, and each official office will become very crowded, which will bring a lot of burden to the finances, and it will also affect the operation of the imperial court." Or --- Li Zhongshu did this with selfish motives. ”

Li Yifu said: "I think Wei Zhongcheng is selfish." ”

Wei Siqian frowned, and said: "I, Wei Siqian, ask myself to be worthy of heaven and earth, and I hope Li Zhongshu will explain clearly, what kind of selfishness does Wei have entrained?" ”

Li Yifu said with a smile: "I'm afraid to say it, Wei Zhongcheng has no face!" ”

Wei Siqian said: "It's okay for you to say, if it is reasonable, Wei should apologize to His Majesty." ”

"Then I'll be blunt."

Li Yifu Zhengse said: "Most of the officials in the court are now from the scholar family, and there are a large number of loose officials, who take the court's fortunes, but do not serve the court, resulting in many officials in the court, but Han Shangshu can only be forced to select talents from the officials to go to the northwest---! ”

"Hey, hey, hey!" Han Yi really couldn't help it, and interrupted Li Yifu's words, "Li Zhongshu, you just talk about things, don't always get involved with me." ”

"Han Shangshu don't blame, don't blame. But because of this, I have to mention it! Li Yifu said busily.

Han Yi rubbed his forehead, with a helpless expression on his face.

Of course he didn't want to stop this, because this had nothing to do with Li Yifu, it was manipulated by Wu Meiniang behind him, and the eldest grandson Wuji over there didn't speak, he wasn't so stupid that he immediately tore his face with Wu Meiniang, he did it for Lu Chengqing and others, I was just kidnapped by Li Yifu, I am not on the same side as him, you must not think crooked.

Li Yifu was also worried that Han Yi would be mad, so he said: "Even if we don't mention the Northwest matter, let's talk about the Menyin system, the Mengmenyin system of the descendants of nobles, scholars, and members of the court, can easily enter the court as officials, but this one official can give birth to several sons, you see how old the concubines of the eldest grandson Taiwei are, and they are already five-rank officials." In the long run, sooner or later there will be redundancy, but no one has ever said half a word about it. In addition, since the Northern Wei Dynasty, there has not been a phenomenon of redundant officials, but at that time, those who could be officials were all scholars, and most of the officials in the court and China were from the scholars, and everyone knew this in their hearts. Wei Zhongcheng, I see that the reason why you oppose it is only because you are concerned about the interests of the nobles, if I relax the door shadow system, I am afraid that you will not say so. ”

Lu Chengqing said: "Li Zhongshu's words are wrong, during the Zhenguan period, Taizong Shengshang also reduced the officials, and since the beginning of the dynasty, he has repeatedly weakened the door shadow system, how can you say that no one has said half a word about this?" ”

Li Yifu said: "But Lu Shangshu should not forget how much resistance Taizong faced at that time, if it weren't for the fact that the finances at that time could not support the huge number of officials, I am afraid that the result would not be like this." ”

Du Zhenglun sneered: "In other words, Li Zhongshu thinks that it is very unfair for nobles to be pampered, so he promoted a large number of officials to come up and pamper them together, so that it can be considered fair." ”

"No, no!"

Li Yifu waved his hand and said: "I have no intention of doing this, I am only doing this for the sake of the imperial court, many officials from the aristocracy have nothing to do all day long, but they enjoy the treatment of this high-ranking official, isn't there no one to compete with them, and if this goes on like this, will it really be beneficial to the country?" Now that my Tang Dynasty is thriving, a large number of talents are needed, so His Majesty continues to emphasize the need for meritocracy, and many officials, the disciples of the officials are talented, but because of their background, they can't get ahead, I think the court should give them this opportunity, so that they can show their talents, and at the same time can also inspire those noble children, if they don't work hard, it is destined to be eliminated. ”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Chengqing and the others were stunned.

Li Yifu's words are very direct, and at the same time very reasonable, the children of the nobles are officials, this low-hanging fruit, who will cherish it, and many nobles are unwilling to be officials, but the words of the officials must pay more than ten times the efforts of ordinary people, and there is a chance to enter the stream, he is really not wrong at all, but why is it rarely mentioned, is it a sober person in Li Yifu, that is, it has always been the era when the aristocracy was in power, and everyone is used to the door shade system. In the past, who dared to bring it up in the court, didn't he want to go against the nobles of the world?

And Li Yifu dares to put it forward now, which is enough to prove that the Shu people are now able to compete with the nobles in the court.

Lu Chengqing and Wei Siqian are both from high-ranking families, and they are both upright gentlemen, they also know what the situation of the aristocracy is, and they are really ashamed to speak, so they can only sigh in their hearts.

Han Yi, who had been silent all the time, looked at it in his eyes, and said secretly, Malegobi, this guy not only uses me, but also uses my routines, which is really unreasonable, but --- hehe, I really don't know who is using whom today.