Liu Hong's remarks in the court spread outside. Everyone applauded one after another, and they all felt that it was a blessing for everyone to have such an enlightened emperor on the stall.

Unlike everyone outside, Liu Hong is now sad.

He couldn't help but worry, he engaged in a separation of military and political affairs, but he firmly grasped the military power. However, too many officials have chosen to join the army, resulting in a serious shortage of officials to manage political affairs, and now all of them are affecting the operation of the country.

If there is a shortage of officials, officials must be recruited, and the Han Dynasty's filial piety and honesty system will definitely not be able to meet such a large shortage of officials.

"Do you want me to get the imperial examination system out now?" Liu Hong is now constantly thinking about it.

The benefits of the imperial examination system to the imperial court are obvious. However, if the imperial examination system is to be implemented, it can be regarded as moving the foundation of those big families.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, filial piety and honesty were almost all manipulated in the hands of those big families. There is such a sentence recorded in "Hug Puzi", that is, during the period of the Second Emperor Huan Ling, he raised filial piety and honesty, "Raise talents, but don't know books." Filial piety and honesty, the father does not live. Hansu is as white and turbid as mud, and Gao Diliang will be as timid as a chicken. "That's enough to show the seriousness of the situation.

Now Liu Hong, if you get the imperial examination system out. The family gate valve no longer has a say in the employment of the imperial court, so it's strange that they don't take the opportunity to make trouble.

Liu Hong has just taken power now, and the army has not yet finished training, so if it causes social unrest, it will really not be easy to deal with. But if he didn't make this imperial examination system, where would he recruit people now?

Liu Hong finally made up his mind, and sooner or later he had to implement the imperial examination system. The big family, if they make trouble, no one can stop it, they will make trouble sooner or later. Since these things are inevitable, you have to rise to the challenge. If these big clans want to make trouble, he will directly destroy them. Anyway, such a threat will have to be lifted sooner or later, so let's take this opportunity to remove it directly.

Thinking of this, Liu Hong thinks, is it possible to get out the reform of the official system together? This is a good opportunity, and if you wait until you have all the people to get it, it will delay a big deal.

Speaking of which, judging by Liu Hong's original intentions, he is unwilling to carry out these reforms. What are you kidding, is reform so easy to do? If the reform is so easy to carry out, there will be no need to cross the river by feeling the stones in the 21 st century.

Moreover, he is a passable person and has no big ambitions. For him, being Mingjun is too bitter, and he has always thought that he is a faint monarch. Therefore, he has never thought about reforming political affairs.

But now it's not going to work, it's time to get here, and blindly avoiding it is not a solution.

There is a saying that those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a corner, and those who do not seek the world are not enough to seek a moment. In any case, Liu Hong is an emperor, and some things, even if he is unwilling, are absolutely unavoidable.

So he felt that he should have planned well. At the very least, the reform of the official system must be completed. With a good official system, all aspects of the court can be smooth, so that he can enjoy it with peace of mind in the future.

The reform of the official system can be planned slowly, and the top priority at the moment is to get this imperial examination up first.

The imperial examination system has been quite perfect in later generations, and it is impossible for Liu Hong, who crossed with a golden finger, not to know. Therefore, he only needs to borrow the system of the later generations, but it is not too troublesome.

Because Liu Hong wanted to compile the "Siku Quanshu" and made a hundred forums, almost all the readers of the entire Han Dynasty are staying in the capital. Now that a system of imperial examinations has suddenly come up, it has immediately caused a sensation.

It is impossible not to make a sensation, and the selection of officials by examination is no longer based on the selection of people. Identity is no longer important, if you have talent, you can become an official, which gives everyone a chance.

Unlike ordinary people, the people of the family gate valve are all in a hurry. Is this simply digging their roots, they absolutely cannot agree.

On the same day, many people went to the fold and opposed the imperial court's implementation of the imperial examination, and the happiest person to toss was the Yuan family in Runan (that is, Yuan Shao's family). Liu Hong ignored it, but more and more people from the family gate valve were involved, and the matter became bigger and bigger.

In the end, Liu Hong couldn't hold it back, so he could only set aside a day to hold a court meeting to study the imperial examination.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you all know that there is a serious shortage of people in all departments of the imperial court, which has seriously hindered the operation of the imperial court. Only by holding the imperial examination can we recruit the people who are lacking as soon as possible. ”

"Your Majesty, although the court is short of people. However, the merits of officials have a bearing on the interests of tens of millions of people, and we should uphold the principle of preferring shortage to abundance. Otherwise, find some low-quality people, and in the end it will be the people who suffer. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, since ancient times, the imperial court's employment policy is to use talents instead of talents, like this practice of only emphasizing talent and not virtue, is definitely the way to cause trouble!"

"What you mean by Aiqing I know, in general, it is the exceptional reuse of virtue and talent, the cultivation and use of virtue and talent, the restriction of recruitment of talent without virtue, and the resolute use of those without virtue and talent."

The ministers, listening to Liu Hong's words, made sense, and they kept nodding their heads.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is with this criterion that I have made this imperial examination policy. After the examination, there will definitely be no virtue and no talent, and the rest of the people are at least talented. Now that the court is short of people, give those who are talented but not virtuous a chance. After all, the imperial court has a supervision department, and if they don't change their ways, they will definitely be kicked out by the supervision department. ”

The ministers were a little dumbfounded now, and they didn't know why they were all of a sudden being bypassed by Liu Hong. But these ministers are definitely old foxes, and they immediately said to Liu Hong: "Your Majesty, your remarks suddenly feel very reasonable. However, it doesn't take much time to get officials from all over the country to nominate some virtuous people, so Weichen still opposes the imperial examination. ”

"Aiqing is right, it doesn't take much time to promote virtuous people. But are these virtuous people suitable to be officials? ”

Speaking of this, Liu Hong swept around the ministers below, and then said: "Governing the people is a matter of great importance, only virtue is not enough, you must have talent. Virtuous people need to be cultivated and used, but now I don't have time to cultivate them slowly, so the imperial examination system is imperative. ”

"Your Majesty, if you don't pay attention to virtue like this, you will invite trouble, Your Majesty think twice!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's not that I don't value virtue. If I meet someone who has both ability and integrity, I will definitely make an exception and reuse it. However, in my opinion, the employment of the imperial court needs to have a set of effective policies, not just personal preferences. After all, people will become, and those who are virtuous now may not be virtuous in the future. Just like Huang Qiong and Chen Fan, how virtuous they were in the past, but later, isn't it also the corruption of corruption, the rebellion of rebellion. Therefore, a sound set of policies is the way for the imperial court to employ people. The imperial examination system is a part of this set of policies, and it is still an indispensable part. ”

Liu Hong has now directly made a final decision on the coffin, and even Huang Qiong and Chen Fan have taken it out to talk about it, even if those ministers are no longer willing, they can only do so first. If you are opposing, you are looking for embarrassment with the emperor, and the consequences will not be predicted by everyone.

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