"Mother, come with us..."

The palace maids and eunuchs took Mu Mu to the Hundred Flowers Pavilion.

The Hundred Flowers Pavilion is very large, the layout is delicate, fully showing the dignity of the royal family, along the way, all the palace maids and eunuchs encountered, when they see Mu Mu, they will salute respectfully and call a mother.

Mu Mu only felt her heart beat faster, as if the emperor's words made her soar into the sky and become one of the masters in this harem...

"He..."

"He just said that he had time to come and see me..."

Mu Mu suddenly thought of what Li Ci said last.

Just as Mu Mu was thinking wildly, a eunuch walked in quickly.

"Mother, please come with me. ”

"The Queen Mother wants to see you..."

As soon as the eunuch's words fell, Mu Mu was completely stunned.

She never imagined that the queen mother, who was the queen mother, would want to see her?

You must know that the Queen Mother is the emperor's biological mother, although she has no official position, but she is the most noble woman in the world...

The Queen Mother lives in Yong'an Palace all the year round, even those first-class officials in the court, they have no chance to see it, Mu Mu was originally just a gardener in the Imperial Garden, and she is even less qualified to meet the Queen Mother.

But now, the Queen Mother asked her to go to Yong'an Palace by name...

For a while, Mu Mu's mind was blank, and he subconsciously followed the eunuch to the place where the Queen Mother lived.

Yong'an Palace.

The Queen Mother sat on the main seat.

"You are Your Majesty's newly canonized beauty?"

The Queen Mother looked at Mu Mu carefully.

In fact, as the queen mother, there is no need to meet a 'beauty'...

But Mumu is different.

She was the first beauty canonized by the emperor.

The Queen Mother was still worried before, and the emperor didn't seem to have much interest in the concubine.

It's just that because the draft was messed up, the Queen Mother was embarrassed to organize another draft.

I can only do it in a hurry.

But now, the emperor has begun to take concubines...

Although it's just a beauty, it's not a concubine or anything like that.

But the Queen Mother believes that this is the beginning.

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother looked at Mu Mu more and more pleasing to the eye.

If it weren't for Mu Mu, the emperor didn't know how long it would be delayed before he thought of taking a concubine...

"In front of the mourning family, don't be nervous, since Your Majesty canonized you as a beauty, in the future, you and the mourning family will be a family. ”

The Queen Mother said with a pleasant face.

"Mu Meiren, have you served Your Majesty?"

The Queen Mother asked quietly.

"Empress Dowager, I... I didn't..."

Mu Muqiao's face flushed.

Of course, she knows what the Queen Mother means by serving.

"Nope..."

The Queen Mother was a little disappointed, but she didn't show it either.

"Come on, teach Mu Meiren some common sense in the palace. ”

As soon as the Queen Mother's words fell, several female officials of Yong'an Palace walked out and led Mu Mu out.

Mu Mu thought at first that the common sense in the palace in the mouth of the Queen Mother was some etiquette...

But after the female officer began to teach, Mu Mu found that these common senses were some things that made her blush.

...

Li Xi returned to the Hall of Eternal Life and continued to review the recitals.

As an emperor, you must be diligent in government, which is also the bottom line that Li Ci set for himself.

Just as Li Xi was reviewing the recital, the eunuch walked in, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites is asking to see you outside the palace." ”

"Xuan!"

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu entered the Hall of Eternal Life: "I have seen Your Majesty." ”

"What?"

Li Xi closed the fold and looked at the book of the Ministry of Rites.

"Your Majesty, the imperial examination is imminent, please select the chief examiner to preside over this imperial examination!"

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu said respectfully.

The Datang Imperial Examination is held in phases every year to elect a large number of talents for Datang.

However, in Li Ci's view, the imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty has a great degree of drawbacks.

The Datang imperial examination system is run by the chief examiner.

As a result, all the candidates in this imperial examination were classified under this chief examiner.

These candidates, who claim to be outsiders, are the disciples of this chief examiner.

As a result, when these candidates entered the officialdom, they were naturally classified into the chief examiner's faction.

In this way, above the court, it is natural to avoid some nepotism between teachers and families...

These officials, who have a relationship with their teachers and disciples, form gangs with each other in the officialdom, and protect each other, treating the officialdom as their own private land.

Li Ci sat on the throne of the dragon chair, his brows furrowed.

He allowed the officials to fight each other.

Because, no emperor wants to see that the ministers share the same hatred and love each other.

But the premise of the struggle is to put the interests of Datang at the forefront.

Instead of abandoning the interests of Datang for their own selfish interests.

For example, Yuan Zai, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, took advantage of the emperor's trust in him to cover the sky in the court.

He accepted bribes in private, and repeatedly used his position as the chief examiner of the imperial examination to pull countless candidates down into his faction.

After a long time, the entire court was the prime minister's faction, and whatever the prime minister said, that is.

As for the emperor ...

The words of the emperor are not as important as the prime minister.

Li Ci's face was gloomy.

Although, in today's court, under his several purges, the so-called factions have long since dispersed.

The ministers above the court are all in danger, they are afraid of the emperor's sword, and the next moment it will fall on them, how can they have any time to run the faction.

But Li Ci knew that the roots of the factions in the court lay in the imperial examination system.

As long as the imperial examination system is not changed, the hidden dangers of factions will always exist, and there will always be a day of resurgence.

It's just that the imperial examination system is a system that provides talents and fresh blood for Datang, and it must not be abolished.

So how do you resolve factional disputes?

Li Ci suddenly thought of the imperial examination system of the Song Dynasty.

The imperial examination system of the Song Dynasty basically continued the imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty, but changed in some subtleties.

In the imperial examination system of the Song Dynasty, there was no chief examiner.

Candidates need to go through the interpretation, provincial and palace examinations.

The examination is carried out by various places, and those who pass the examination can enter Beijing to participate in the provincial examination, and after passing the provincial examination, all candidates need to participate in the palace examination.

The palace examination is presided over by the emperor himself, and the ranking is also determined by the emperor, so that the Jinshi who finally pass the palace examination are all 'protégés of the Son of Heaven', not the protégés of the chief examiner.

In this way, the emperor's control over court officials was greatly strengthened.

Since then, the court officials are all protégés of the Son of Heaven, and the so-called factional disputes have been dismantled from the root.

After all, everyone is the emperor's disciple and belongs to the same faction, even if they want to fight, they are fighting for the emperor's interests.

"The imperial examination system..."

Li Ci stood up and sighed slightly in his heart.

"The Book of Rites!"

Li Ci's words changed.

"The minister is here!"

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu stubbornly said that His Majesty had not spoken since he mentioned the examiner, which made the Ministry of Rites Shangshu speculate and uneasy.

Li Xi pondered for a moment and continued: "Spread my will, in the future imperial examination, the chief examiner system will be abolished, and the palace examination will be added, and the palace examination will be presided over by me personally!"

After listening to this, the face of the Ministry of Rites changed slightly.

"The Book of Rites!"

Li Xi looked at the Ministry of Rites and said, "You shouldn't disappoint me, right?"

"The minister will definitely live up to His Majesty's high expectations, and the minister will implement His Majesty's will in the imperial examination as soon as possible!"

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly said.