After talking about the military affairs, Chao Yong said: "Seeing that my father and my three important ministers are here, is it possible that the political affairs are tight?" ”

Chao Gai shook his head and said: "The main thing is that my Liang lacks Wenchen, the three-way soldiers and horses you sent earlier plus Zhao Ji's holy decree, many state capitals are directly submissive, and there are two state capitals that are stubbornly resistant, and they have also been successfully captured." Now there are more than 50 states under my rule, although I have tried my best to show mercy to my subordinates, but the Song Dynasty is almost ten officials and nine greedy, that is, I have not cut off their heads, and I can no longer use them as officials. As a result, local officials are even more inadequate. ”

Although Chao Gai also hates corrupt officials, he is not as idealized as Chao Yong, and he will be beheaded for every corruption. He used to be honest in the village, so he had to deal with officials often, and he also stuffed silver into many officials. To do everything, you have to do it up and down, this can be said to be a common problem in the Song Dynasty, if you really want to behead, I am afraid that more than ninety percent of the people who have been officials will be killed.

Chao Yong thought for a while and said, "I remember that there are many scholars in Tokyo who participated in the imperial examination, right? We can hold an imperial examination as soon as possible, select some scholars to send to the localities, and with the cooperation of some experienced officials, we should be able to cope with it for a while. ”

When Chao Gai heard this, he said with a smile: "We are discussing the matter of the imperial examination, although there are some scholars who resist our imperial examination, but there are still many scholars who are ready to participate." ”

These scholars were preparing to participate in the imperial examination of the Song Dynasty, but Zhao Ji postponed the imperial examination because the Liang soldiers and horses threatened the capital, so the scholars from all over the country stayed in Tokyo.

Chao Yong frowned and said, "Why are you boycotting my imperial examination?" ”

Uncle Zhang next to him said angrily: "Because you framed Li Gang as one of the seven thieves, Li Gang is very famous in Shilin." ”

Zhang Shuye is also a clear stream, although he is not a party, but Cai Jing and others are powerful, and they are united with the outside world many times, and it is easier for Qingliu to become close friends with each other.

Therefore, after Zhang Shuye followed Chao Gai to Tokyo, he heard that Chao Yong ordered Li Gang and Cai Jing and others to be beheaded together, so he protested with Chao Gai for a long time. It's just that Chao Gai didn't take his advice.

Chao Yong looked at Zhang Shuye and said with a smile: "I killed Li Gang to protect more loyal ministers, if I let Li Gang be buried for the Song Dynasty, I'm afraid there will be other people who want to leave their names in the history books or think they are loyal to the Song Dynasty to accompany the funeral, right?" Although the traitors of the Song Dynasty were in power, there should still be more than one loyal minister, right? ”

Uncle Zhang was unmoved, snorted coldly, and said, "Don't you have any other way?" ”

Chao Yong smiled: "The simplest and most effective way I can think of is only this one, those who think they are loyal, none of them will hit the south wall and never look back, and if you want to persuade them to change, I can't do it." This has been verified by Master Zhang. ”

Uncle Zhang watched Chao Yong talk about things that he couldn't convince him at the beginning, and he couldn't say that Chao Yong couldn't persuade him, so he could persuade others, which was undoubtedly saying that others were not as loyal as him.

Chao Yong saw that Uncle Zhang stopped talking at night, and said to Zhao Mingcheng and Wu Yong: "You must have also done work for these scholars, right?" ”

Zhao Mingcheng nodded and said: "I studied in Taixue when I was young, and I also have many friends in Taixue, but the Taixue student who took the lead in boycotting the exam this time is Chen Dong, this person is from a famous family, and his ancestors have been Shilin for several generations. Strong by nature. When Cai Jing and Wang Hao were in power before, he dared to criticize. I have repeatedly asked people to lobby, but this person is unwilling to participate in the imperial examination, unless I destroy the traitorous minister's monument. Then issued an order to return Li Gang's innocence. ”

Chao Yong smiled: "What does he mean is to let the emperor admit his mistake?" ”

Zhao Mingcheng saw that although Chao Yong said with a smile, he always felt that there was some murderous intent in Chao Yong's tone, and hurriedly nodded: "This person is stubborn, and I can't do anything." ”

Chao Gai smiled: "It's okay. There are still many scholars who are willing to participate in the imperial examination, and after this session, there will be more scholars who will participate in the future. ”

"Next?"

Chao Yong sneered: "I want to make them unable to participate in the imperial examination for generations. Looking back, Chen Dong and his descendants will never be allowed to participate in our Great Liang Imperial Examination, they will not be allowed to enroll, and others are strictly forbidden to teach their descendants knowledge, and those who violate the will will will be beheaded. I'd like to see how long he can be passed on. ”

Everyone shuddered when they heard Chao Yong give such a cold order, if he did not participate in the imperial examination, he could still be a literati, but if the descendants were not allowed to enter the school, the family would disappear from the Shilin.

Chen Dong can directly teach his descendants, but it is rare for the blue to be better than the blue, and more often than the next, so the most likely result of the Chen family is that the inheritance is getting less and less, and in the end they may become illiterate farmers.

Uncle Zhang frowned and said, "Are you acting too ruthlessly?" ”

Chao Yong turned his head to Wu Song on the side and said, "What does my brother think of me?" ”

Wu Song said without hesitation: "The prince treats people generously, and the soldiers of Liangshan are obvious to all. ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "I am lenient and severe, I must be lenient to my brothers, and I must be strict with my enemies." Originally, the crime was not as good as that of future generations, but Chen Dong actually dared to blackmail the emperor, which is an unforgivable crime. I want to let the people of the world know that no one can blackmail the emperor, and if this holy decree goes down, I believe that there will not be many scholars who dare to resist my imperial examination. ”

Uncle Zhang sneered: "If you do this, even if they enter the examination room, they will only deal with it, and they will not take the test hard at all." ”

Chao Yong said with a smile: "People who do well in learning may not necessarily become officials, but I think people who know current affairs are more likely to make achievements." As long as they participate in the imperial examination, I can't control the things that violate the yin and yang. If they are not afraid of embarrassment, they can participate in the imperial examination for a lifetime and fail again and again. ”

Zhang Shuye was dissatisfied: "The prime minister can hold the boat in his belly, and the emperor must be tolerant, and the courtiers occasionally make mistakes, and the emperor must also be able to forgive, so that the courtiers dare to speak out." When you do this, you can only make everyone condescend to you. ”

Chao Yong smiled: "I'm afraid you still say I'm a tyrant in your heart, right?" If Chen Dong hadn't encouraged the scholars, I'm afraid there wouldn't have been too many people who wouldn't have participated in the imperial examination. Chen Dong did such a rebellious thing, and he still had to let the emperor tolerate him? You literati were spoiled by the Song Dynasty. Your Majesty, please repeal the Song Dynasty's law of not killing scholars. ”

Chao Gai said with a smile: "My Daliang doesn't have this law, Cai Jing, Wang Hao, and Cai You are all literati, as long as they are beheaded according to the law, no matter who they are, no one can be an exception." ”

When Wu Song and Wang Jin heard that the literati privilege was abolished, they immediately praised: "The emperor is wise. ”

Although Zhang Shuye felt that it was a little disadvantageous to the literati, he was not easy to object, although the governance of the world needed to rely on scholars, but the reckless Chao Gai father and son obviously trusted the martial artists more. If he spoke out against it, he might provoke some kind of ruthless trick from Chao Yong. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )