Some of the officials were stunned, some were overjoyed, and they said goodbye one after another with mixed feelings, leaving only the two brothers, Zeng Bu and Zeng Gong.

Zeng Gong smiled, very calmly.

"The sea is up and down, and the temples are gray in a blink of an eye, it is also a blessing to be able to go home and do some things you like, it is better than dying in an official position, and the virtuous brother doesn't have to worry about me...... I'll go back and see the prince, you don't have to go, just do your best! ”

After Zeng Gong finished speaking, he drifted away again without the slightest hesitation.

It's so chic!

Looking at his cousin's back, Zeng Bu had mixed feelings.

He can't be the transcendence of his brother, Zeng Bu wants to climb up, not only to fight for the chair of the political hall, but also to become the successor of the teacher's mantle.

It's just that he is not young, and if he can't go up for another ten or eight years, he will also go home...... Master, isn't it too early?

Zeng Bu has this thought, and others may not have it.

Especially the higher the official position, the older the age, and the retirement period is placed there, like a ghost gate, whoever reaches the age can't delay, can only obediently behave, which is too cruel.

There were many people who were dissatisfied, but many more were excited, especially the officials who climbed up from below.

Due to the rise of Xiucaike, the status of Jinshike has been seriously impacted, and years of worries have finally become a reality...... More than half of the officials who have emerged through the Xiucai Section have emerged.

Many of them have been working for ten or eight years, and many of them are scriveners with more experience, and these people are the backbone of the imperial court.

What is the order above, it is just the next paperwork, and there is no idea what to do next...... Without their coordination, the entire imperial court would be completely in chaos.

has done the most and suffered the most, but the old wave of officials hold the high-end position, almost blocking the upside. A few years ago, there was a dispute between Jinshike and engineers.

In the past few years, the situation has become more serious, and everyone has quarreled.

In the end, how did the imperial court employ people, did it re-enter the status of jinshi, or did it favor engineers and practical experience...... Although Wang Ning'an and the political affairs hall are very clear about their tendencies, the side of the parliamentary council, as well as the public opinion circles, usually still attaches more importance to the Jinshi background, and the two sides are evenly matched, so they have launched accumulated debates for this purpose. It has even developed to the point that the non-commissioned officer looks down on the non-commissioned officer, and the talented officer looks down on the non-commissioned officer.

The two sides are like fire and water, and they are in trouble.

The controversy continues to this day, and it can finally be drawn!

The imperial court not only reused the talented officers, but also put all the non-commissioned officers in a very awkward position by setting an age limit...... In recent years, the questions of the Jinshi course have become more and more difficult, and the average age of the Jinshi examination is in the 30s.

Through the Jinshi Branch, there must be a 3-year study period, but also from the clerk, accumulate experience, although the promotion speed of the Jinshi is very fast, but when it comes to reuse, it is almost 40 years old, even close to 50, can climb to the county level, but only 55 years old Zhishi, only a few years old, a few years of good time?

Anyone who is a big guy can calculate, the test is relatively easy Xiucai department, before the age of 20, if you have the ability, someone appreciates it, and then you have the opportunity, 40 years old to climb to the county, or even the prefect level, is not a difficult thing. Then he can be promoted to a high-ranking provincial official, and even enter the center and become the most powerful minister.

How to choose, self-explanatory.

The age limit directly pronounced the death sentence of Jinshike, or the kind that was executed immediately.

As long as you don't have a brain pump, you will never be admitted to the science department.

And at present, in the court, the officials who came out through the Jinshi Department earlier are already old.

Like Lu Huiqing, Zhang Dian, Zeng Bu, Su Zhe, this is still in the prime of life, earlier than them, or later in the Jinshi, now they are all over 50 years old, just about to live a good life of Yan Ruyu and the Golden House, just a bolt from the blue, congratulations, you must retire!

This is too cheating!

Isn't it a waste of time for a lifetime?

However, those officials who came out of the show were all applauded.

Deserve!

Let you be pretentious, let your eyes be above the top, look down on this, look down on that!

Do you have any other skills besides being able to take exams?

Just ask the official affairs of the yamen, which time has we not done more!

You bunches will only talk about it and be ashamed of it. I should have driven you away a long time ago, if you don't leave, where will Lao Tzu come from?

After Wang Ningan introduced the age restriction, a very strange scene happened.

On the market, in the officialdom, almost all of them are criticizing, but no matter how noisy and shouting these people are, there is no voice from the people, everyone just looks at it coldly, you shout, no matter how loud you shout, no one will support you!

It's good to set an age limit and force retirement!

Of course, Wang Ningan knows the voice of the people, and he has nothing to care about.

On the third day of the order, Wang Ningan found Zhang Fangping.

Although this strength is not strong, he is also one of the veterans, and it is worth a trip for Wang Ningan.

"Zhang Xianggong, you are now a colonial scholar, and you have just passed your 67th birthday, and you have exceeded the upper limit of 65 years old, so ......" Wang Ningan didn't continue, but the meaning couldn't be clearer, your old man needs to retire!

Zhang Fangping sat there, his face constantly changing,

He came back from overseas and was quite emotional.

It is really embarrassing that so many prime ministers were sent out back then, and only one of them came back alive.

Zhang Fangping is reluctant to toss, he doesn't covet the chair in the political hall, the colonial department is very good, suitable for the elderly! He pondered, working in the colonial department for a few years, and after 70, he would retire smoothly and live a stable life, which was good!

But Wang Ningan interrupted his wishful thinking!

Think about it, why did Wang Ningan act like this?

To put it bluntly, don't you still hate yourself for standing on the side of Empress Dowager Cao and testing pressure on him?

Wang Ningan, you are a villain!

A mouth-filled villain!

Zhang Fangping said twice, "What should come will always come...... His Royal Highness King Qin, I will write a letter to ask for my resignation, don't bother you! ”

There are two kinds of resignations, one is like Zeng Gong, who is automatically deposed when he is old; One is to take the initiative to resign and leave with a crown.

Although Zhang Fangping couldn't resist, he felt that Shi Ke could not be humiliated!

He wants to maintain the dignity of the old ruler.

Only I resign, no one can remove me!

"This ...... Zhang Xianggong, your resignation will not be sent to Your Majesty. ”

"Why?" Zhang Fangping raised his voice.

"Because of the processing authority, even if it is sparse, it will only call back to the Ministry of Officials, and then the Ministry of Officials will go through the formalities for Zhang Xianggong according to his age...... After retiring, Zhang Xianggong can receive seventy percent of the original ...... every month"

"Wang Ning'an!"

Zhang Fangping couldn't help it, he was furious, "You are really amazing!" The old man just offended you, so he was scheming, so aren't you ashamed to deal with the old man with this kind of means? ”

"Hahaha!"

Wang Ningan laughed loudly, "Zhang Xianggong, you can't help but take yourself too seriously when you say this!" Why should I bother so much for you? Whether you believe it or not, this is the rule of the imperial court, not only you, including me, can not break this rule, when it comes to the age limit, it will be natural, there will be no exceptions! ”

Zhang Fangping's eyes kept flickering, full of suspicion.

Obviously, he didn't believe that Wang Ningan could let go.

He didn't believe that this rule could be enforced...... If the line is really drawn according to age, the Great Song Dynasty will at least take out more than one percent of the officials from top to bottom.

Coupled with the results of the previous anti-corruption campaign, thousands of officials have been deposed, how can so many suitable candidates be found? If the old man doesn't believe it, he just doesn't believe it!

You, Wang Ning'an, are harboring evil intentions at all, just for yourself.

When the eyesore is driven away, the rules will definitely be changed!

Zhang Fangping was furious to the extreme, he was too lazy to talk nonsense, and regardless of the rules, this one left Xijing directly and hung up his crown.

Another old minister was taken down, and immediately after, the fire burned on Jia Zhang.

He is 63 years old this year, and because he has not received the title of Tongping Zhangshi and has not been a scholar, he has exceeded the retirement age, and according to the rules, he must leave.

Jia Zhang didn't want to let go, his father had been working until he was seventy or eighty, he was now energetic, no less than a young man, let him go home, it would be better to kill him.

"That...... Lord, we are also in-laws, for so many years, I have no credit and hard work, and please ask the prince to raise your noble hand, I, I can still do it for a few years! ”

In a word: ask for an official!

As long as Tongping Zhang can be added, Jia Zhang is the first level of Zaizhi, because Zaizhi has a tenure system, he can still work for 5 years, and he was only 68 years old at that time, although he is still a little reluctant, but he can reluctantly accept it, but now let him resign, it is more uncomfortable than killing him!

Jia Zhang almost pleaded...... As if to say, going to Tianzhu to be the governor is the opportunity you gave me, and I can't take it back!

Wang Ningan suddenly smiled, "The rules are like this, or don't violate them well, don't you say?" ”

"Yes...... It's ......" Jia Zhang lowered his head, and his voice was almost inaudible.

In this way, one by one, officials who exceeded the age limit were taken down one after another.

There were also a lot of jokes during the period, and there was a Zhizhou who didn't want to go home, so he secretly tampered with his age, changing it from 65 to 51, and suddenly became 14 years younger.

The age can be changed, but the appearance is not in a way, you must know that there is no magic plastic surgery at the moment, a gray hair, there are age spots, who can you deceive?

The official in charge of the inspection was also bad enough, he kept pouring wine on the old guy, and after eating a meal, the old Zhizhou ran to the toilet more than a dozen times, and his face was blue, and he obediently got out of the house the next day.

There are even more excessive, some people are over 70 years old, they are already old and mediocre, deaf and dizzy, and they can't do anything, all relying on the curtain guests and scribes, but this one is reluctant to power, and every time he asks him to be a minister, he threatens him with death, giving full play to the true colors of the old rascal.

Just when everyone thought that he could do it to death, the forbidden army appeared, and it was not polite to take it directly!

In the second half of the 11 years of peace, all officials who were over the age were dismissed...... Among these old guys, some people accepted their fate, some people were unwilling, and more and more people gathered in Kaifeng.

Sima Guang, and Wen Yanbo, not only are people visiting their residences, but the two ministers want to help us speak!