The patriarchs of all ethnic groups finished eating the meal with their eyes closed, and Liu Zhang saw that the patriarch of the Zhang clan did not move his chopsticks, and said suspiciously: "Why does Old Man Zhang not use chopsticks, do you look down on these meals?" ”

The head of the Zhang family bowed his hand to Liu Zhang without turning his head and said: "No, because the grass people often eat coarse grains, they suffer from stomach problems, so they can only drink porridge, not vegetables. ”

"Oh, that's it." Liu Zhang turned a blind eye to the rudeness of the patriarch of the Zhang family, and said to the maid: "Why don't you hurry up and present the gruel prepared by the official to Old Man Zhang." ”

"Yes."

After a while, the waitress brought a large bowl of black and white gruel, which was mixed with squeezed alfalfa and coarse grains, alfalfa is a wild vegetable for the poor, and pasture grass for the rich.

The patriarch of the Zhang family drank the fatty porridge painfully, and Liu Zhang sat on the main seat for a long time and said: "I came to you today, first, to thank you, but there is one thing I want to hear from everyone. ”

"Your Excellency, please speak."

Liu Zhang said: "Everyone knows that I have a lot of talents in Xichuan, but my Han only has a conscription, and the door is too narrow, you think about it, although my Han officials are diligent and love the people, but to find that all the talents under their jurisdiction are also inadequate, and many people with lofty ideals have no channel to be loyal to the imperial court.

Four subjects, respectively, literature, martial arts, medicine, craftsmen, the pastoral government will be their own characteristics out of the exam questions, no matter who is, no matter what background, can take the exam, the examination passed both selected to various positions, so that all the talents in Xichuan, as long as they are willing to be loyal to the Han, are able to be hired, what do you think? ”

Before Liu Zhang's words were finished, it caused a big uproar among all ethnic groups, and the patriarchs thought about it, if Liu Zhang really acted like this, the children of the wealthy families and those poor families would take the exam together, wouldn't the privileges of the wealthy families naturally disappear, and this move was to dig the foundation of the wealthy family, how could such a policy related to the gain and loss of interests not cause resistance.

The patriarch of the Han family immediately stood up and bowed: "My lord, this move must not be done, who do you think are those doctors and craftsmen?" That is a lowly profession that does not enter the stream, how can it be taken in the same class as the literati, and it is not insulting to Sven? ”

Liu Zhang smiled and said: "What Mr. Han said is true, but the official didn't say that they took the same exam as the literati, we can be separated, and these cheap jobs are still cheap jobs after passing the exams, and it is impossible for the official to let a carpenter be a taishou, right?" ”

The patriarch of the Yuan family stood up and said: "My lord, the ancestral system cannot be changed without authorization, especially since the adult is a relative of the royal family, and the emperor is the head of the imperial family, and he should maintain the ancestral law, otherwise how can he be worthy of the previous emperors." ”

Liu Zhang smiled coldly and said: "What does Patriarch Yuan mean by this, that is, my Chaowu Emperor is sorry for Emperor Gaozu, sorry for Emperor Xiaowen, sorry for Emperor Xiaojing?" ”

"This ...... The grass people never meant that. "The inspection system was created by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the patriarch of the Yuan family was speechless.

"In this case, it shows that the rules of the ancestors can be changed, and I didn't say that the probation system was abolished, and the local officials can still recommend talents to their own officials, but we have one more channel to recruit talents, isn't this also to maintain the foundation of the ancestors?"

"My lord, now that my Jiangzhou is in financial distress, I am afraid that I will not be able to afford the exam." Another patriarch stood up.

"Don't worry, the state pastoral government has money."

All the patriarchs gossiped and raised various objections, all of which were refuted by Liu Zhang one by one, and the whole hall was dissatisfied with Liu Zhang's policy, but they had nothing to say, so they could only remain silent and not speak.

At this time, the patriarch of the Zhang family finally drank the fat porridge, stood up and bowed to Liu Zhang, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, all new things should be widely accepted, when Emperor Xiaowu established the inspection system, he also solicited many opinions. ”

Liu Zhang laughed: "It's still Patriarch Zhang who got to the point, this official has always accepted advice, and will never ignore public opinion, so let's do it, this official will be piloted in Jiangzhou, if public opinion does not rebound, it will be popularized throughout the state, if the people resist, I will never mention this matter again, how about it?" ”

"Your Excellency is wise." The patriarch of the Zhang family bowed loudly.

The banquet dispersed, the patriarchs of all ethnic groups walked out of the state pastoral mansion, and the patriarch of the Han family said to the patriarch of the Zhang family: "Old man Zhang, Liu Zhang's move has caused endless harm, and we have no way out, why don't you object?" ”

The patriarch of the Zhang family snorted coldly: "Old friend, why can't you grasp the key point so much, why does Liu Zhang want to implement the four imperial examinations and ask for our opinions?" Is it useful for us to oppose it? It's better to obstruct it in the process of his implementation of the four imperial examinations, and let him see what public opinion is, a good four imperial examinations, I think Liu Zhang's head is rusty in the state all the year round, and such a perverse policy can also be imagined. ”

"That's right." The head of the Han family's eyes lit up and said: "Old man Zhang is really forward-looking, when Liu Zhang implements the four imperial examinations, we will exert our influence and oppose it, I think he can't even open the examination room, and when Liu Zhang sees that it is contrary to public opinion, he can only withdraw the new policy in disgrace, make a big joke, and the state pastor Weiyi will be lost." ”

The patriarch of the Zhang family smiled softly: "It seems that you are not stupid. ”

"By the way, that Fei family doesn't seem to have the same heart as us." The patriarch of the Yuan family looked at a figure who walked to the front alone and said to the patriarch of the Zhang family.

The patriarch of the Zhang family snorted coldly: "This kind of person who tends to be inflammatory, it should be punished, you go back to the clan, and you all order it, I want to make the Fei family unable to stand in the officialdom and shopping malls, if you are not interested, we will go to the county government to sue him that the Fei family is rampant, which of our Shunan clans is clean." ”

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In the garden of the county government, Liu Zhang found a mat and spread it on the ground, lying on it and watching the stars in the sky comfortably, Fa Zheng sat alone on the flower platform, silent and did not speak, a small official wearing household clothes stood in front of Liu Zhang, casually reported the matter of Fuling, his tone was relaxed, and Liu Zhang listened with a smile.

"Sit down." Liu Zhang saw that the little official was standing hard, his body moved to the side, and he made room for a place, the little official was stunned, because he saw that Liu Zhang was very easy-going, so he also relieved himself from the nervousness of seeing the state pastor at the beginning, and then saw that Liu Zhang actually let him sit at the same table, and couldn't help but be flattered.

After the little official sat down tremblingly, he continued: "My lord, I got accurate news today, Zhang Zhongjing of Changsha has rushed to Yizhou, and we released the news that after the divine doctor Aguda treated his injuries in Fuling, he will return to the vast jungle, so that Zhang Zhongjing set off overnight, all the way non-stop, and it is estimated that he will arrive in Yizhou in a few days."

My lord, you don't know, that Zhang Zhongjing didn't come, but a group of bigfoot doctors came first, and some people who came to see it, all gathered outside Ye Wutie's ward, wanting to see the demeanor of the divine doctor, Aguda could only hide and hide after treating Ye Wutie every day, even so, occasionally he would be surrounded by people......

The little official is probably usually a chatterbox, sitting on the mat for a while, and then he became presumptuous again, Fa Zheng on the side sighed, it is really ignorant and fearless, if the little official knows that Liu Zhang is always talking and laughing and killing, I don't know if he can sit so easily.