The waves wash the sand, and the rest is gold.

In the first scientific examination, it does not matter how many people can stay, what is important is that a new imperial examination model has been created.

Although it is still the same as before, the content is subverted.

From then on, the focus of the candidates will shift from poetry and scriptures to more realistic knowledge.

Being an official does not require you to recite poems, but to be able to really roll up your sleeves and work repeatedly.

Of course, there are risks associated with any change.

But it doesn't matter, Li Yuanji feels that he can accept such a risk.

At the beginning of the country's turmoil, Li Yuanji's mind was still on how to be lazy.

Emperor, it's really not what he wants.

Instead of being this emperor, Li Yuanji hopes to be able to enjoy happiness outside, go shopping, watch sketches, tease children and hug beautiful women, this is the life that people should live.

"I have thought about it again and again, and I am determined to form a cabinet!" Li Yuanji continued.

I had already tried it once before, but I was rejected by Fang Xuanling.

Li Yuanji has also been thinking about this issue in the past few days, how to make himself as lazy as possible without losing the emperor's prestige.

After thinking about it, there is only one way to form a cabinet.

Of course, this cabinet is not the cabinet of the constitutional monarchy of later generations.

The emperor is still the emperor, the emperor who holds the power, all the big things must also go through the emperor, and this must not be changed.

"The Cabinet?" Fang Xuanling muttered, but he didn't take it to heart, estimating that this so-called cabinet was actually not much different from Zai.

The Tang Dynasty implemented the group system, and the highest governors of Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province, and Menxia Province were all become prime ministers, but because Li Shimin served as Shangshu Ling, no one dared to be the back, so the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty were based on at least four people.

Originally, in history, Li Shimin also made a Pingzhang matter, which was actually set up for people who did not have enough positions, and with the name of Pingzhangshi, even if they were five-grade officials, they could still discuss matters in front of the emperor with the prime ministers.

And throughout the ages, it has always been a small meeting and a big thing, and the conference is a small thing.

So Fang Xuanling subconsciously thought that Li Yuanji wanted to reform the prime minister, but when it came to it, it was nothing more than a change of name, and the responsibilities were still the same.

"Yes, Cabinet! In principle, six ministers from the three provinces will be in the cabinet, but there will be two or three seats for six ministers from the non-three provinces, and the number of ministers in the cabinet is 12 to 13. Li Yuanji first explained the size of the cabinet.

"Wouldn't that be too much? Equivalent to twelve or thirteen prime ministers...... This ......" Fang Xuanling was stunned, the prime minister was only the governor of the three provinces, and occasionally a certain minister would also enter, but twelve or thirteen at a time, this was not very suitable.

"No, not twelve or thirteen prime ministers, but not one prime minister." Li Yuanji shook his head with a smile and said, he is going to be the prime minister, so he can't get a prime minister, right? What should I do as an emperor like that?

"Not a prime minister?" Fang Xuanling was stunned, this is too extreme, right?

"Yes, I still think that this court meeting is too much of a waste of time, especially after the staff is reduced, the officials must be busy every day, how can they have time to attend the court meeting again? Besides, even when they come, they can only listen. Since it is a foregone conclusion, why do you have to do those face-saving projects? What about wasting time? Li Yuanji kept probing Fang Xuanling's face.

The formation of the cabinet is completely up to you, but you must also convince the ministers below, besides, these are all just subdued, if Ma Zhou was here, he would have started directly a long time ago, thinking about the days in Qi State, I really miss it.

"I think that a court meeting is held on the first day of the first day of each month, and the ministers can report, and then on the third day after each holiday, a cabinet meeting will be held, and the meeting is mainly to report the situation in the previous work period, as well as the arrangements in the next work period, if there is an emergency, a cabinet meeting can be held at any time to simplify the office process and increase office efficiency to the greatest extent."

"This ......" Fang Xuanling kept thinking about the feasibility of Li Yuanji's method in his mind.

Scene after scene flashed, all kinds of hypothetical appointments kept appearing, and all aspects seemed to be taken into account.

Although the monthly court meeting opened the distance between the emperor and the hundred officials, it did not dissipate the emperor's prestige, and most importantly, liberated all officials except the cabinet members.

They don't have to spend a lot of time preparing for the meeting, they just need to put their energy into their work.

But the disadvantage is that the number of times to see the emperor is less, which also means that there are fewer opportunities to show their faces and fewer opportunities to be reused, will it affect their enthusiasm?

A cabinet meeting will be held on the 10th, and any matter can be held on an ad hoc basis, and this frequency is also acceptable.

Suddenly, a bright light suddenly flashed in Fang Xuanling's mind.

I see!

"Your Majesty wants to hold the members of the Cabinet accountable, and the members of the Cabinet are directly accountable to Your Majesty?"

"Yes, that's what it means, but in order to allow more different voices to enter the cabinet, I plan to add two more places, these two cabinet members do not have to be responsible for specific work, if there is anything that cannot be reported to me, you can go directly to the two of them, and these two people will write instead." In order to prevent cabinet members from engaging in favoritism and irregularities, Li Yuanji also tried his best to do so.

"You can try this, but before you are sure, the minister still recommends that everything be as usual, after all, this is an extraordinary time, and you can't be sloppy." Unable to stop it, Fang Xuanling could only agree.

After the responsibilities of the cabinet were said, Fang Xuanling guessed Li Yuanji's mind almost instantly.

A cabinet meeting every ten days, and a court meeting at the beginning of each month, even if you add the official duties of the squeeze, he, the emperor, will be busy for ten days at most in a month, and there is nothing to do for the remaining twenty days.

Although he is very clear about Li Yuanji's purpose, he can't help it, people have proposed a plan, and now he hasn't even tried it, maybe it will be better to do that?

……

The scholars in Chang'an City have almost dispersed.

The results of this year's imperial examination were very surprising, and almost all of the questions prepared by most people were useless, which made people depressed.

Fortunately, the scores are not announced in the imperial examination, otherwise I don't know how many zeros are hanging on it.

In Taipingfang, in an inconspicuous corner, a bookstore called Zhenbei Bookstore Chang'an Branch has quietly opened.

As soon as the bookstore opened, it attracted the rush of countless scholars.

But most of them are still lively, but there are very few who really buy them.

"Shopkeeper, how do you remember that this book is sold for 500 yuan a book in Zhenbei? Buy 10 get 1 free? Why do you want 700 dollars a copy here? Don't have a giveaway yet? "The sales model of Zhenbei Bookstore has spread throughout Chang'an in the past few days.

Originally, some people wanted to go to the north of the town to have a look, and buy some books by the way.

But those who have money don't want to go that far, and besides, it's not peaceful on the way to the north, and those who don't have money can't go if they want to.

Seven hundred dollars a book with money is not expensive, and five hundred dollars a book without money is difficult to accept, although in this era, even money may not be able to buy a book.

"Does Zhenbei Academy know?" The shopkeeper glanced at him with disdain and said in a sneering voice.

"I know, the protégé of the Son of Heaven...... "The title of the protégé of the Son of Heaven has been very bullish recently, and I can't wait for everyone to enter the Zhenbei Academy, and some people are even planning to go to the north of the town to see if they can join in."

"Look, this is a self-study version, the content of the book is not the same as what Zhenbei Academy teaches, it is Mr. Academy based on teaching experience, specially made annotations, with this book, even if there is no Mr. to teach you, as long as you put in a little effort to read it a few more times, you can learn it, and we have shipped this book back from Zhenbei thousands of miles away, seven hundred yuan a piece, is it expensive?" The shopkeeper took out a copy, and the self-study version was directly marked on the cover.

"It's not expensive...... "Listening to what the shopkeeper said, many people shook their heads to indicate that it was not expensive.

It's really not expensive, and it's not too much to say that the price of a book with annotations has doubled several times, not to mention that it's still related to a life event like a scientific expedition?

Outside the lively crowd, a man in tattered clothes, holding a dusty and black stick, holding a broken bowl in his hand, looked at everyone pitifully.

The crazy scholar kept squeezing the beggar to the rear, in front of knowledge, in front of the future, how could a beggar stand in their way?

Maybe it's because he hasn't eaten enough for too long, or maybe it's because his body is already weak, and after three or two strokes, the beggar fell to the ground softly, and subconsciously, the beggar hugged his head tightly, and he felt that he was about to die.

I don't know how long it has been, the scholars are still noisy, some buy a copy, some buy a complete set, and some want to take credit, bargaining, endlessly.

A pair of hands quietly grabbed the beggar's arm and gently lifted him up.

"Thank you! Thank you! The beggar lowered his head, his voice was a little choked and kept thanking, no one wanted to approach him, no one wanted to give him a bite to eat, thinking about how majestic he was back then?

"Wait, why is this sound so familiar?" It was none other than Li Yuanji, who was wandering around the city in disguise, tilting his head and looking carefully, and his heart was suddenly shocked: "Luo Chen? ”

"Temple...... Your Majesty! Hearing the familiar voice, Luo Chen dared to look up, and the surprise instantly occupied the whole heart, and shouted loudly towards Li Yuanji, but halfway through the words, he quickly changed to a low voice.

"Yes...... I can be regarded as finding you......" The aggrieved Luo Chen's eyes were full of tears in an instant, and he stretched out his hands and wanted to hug him to his heart's content, but when he thought about Li Yuanji's identity, how could he hug him?

But this mood was really difficult to calm down, and the excited Luo Chen didn't care too much, and directly turned his target to another old acquaintance of his own, although he was a eunuch, but ......

Where did it come from so many but!

"Hey~~~Hey~~~~Hey~~~What are you doing? Let go of our house, Luo Chen, you let go......"