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After Li Dongdong's combing, there are three most important things to be done in the current Chu State, one is land, the second is the rectification of leased ports in Nanyang, and the third is piracy. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Li Dongdong said: "Lianzhou borders on Annam and Zhenla, Zhenla and Annam are feuds, and in recent years, they have been attacking, and Annam is now a big loss of vitality, but because of the endless war, Annan and Zhenla have fallen into a situation of exhaustion, such as this Annan and Zhenla in order to raise military funds to buy ordnance and artillery, they have borrowed more than 500,000 taels of silver from Jubao Qianzhuang, plus interest, the old debt has not been repaid and new debts have to be added, I'm afraid that I won't even be able to pay back the annual interest, what Weichen means is that the money village should not urge the account, and prohibit them from giving them loans, this account is really not repaid, and the surname Suo will use the land to offset it. ”

Liu Chengfeng nodded, and said thoughtfully: "But if you want to force them to comply, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort, this matter is not in a hurry, the enthronement ceremony of the lonely king should be prepared as soon as possible, this is a grand event, don't make any mistakes, the meaning of the lonely king, why not take advantage of this ceremony, invite the monarchs and envoys of the Nanyang countries to watch the ceremony together, as for this matter, it can only be discussed when the enthronement is made, how about it?" ”

Li Dongdong smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness Shengming, the imperial court originally asked me to guard the Nanyang Kingdom, and this time I just used the ceremony to establish my prestige as Great Chu." ”

Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but say: "As for the leased ports in various places in Nanyang, it should indeed be rectified, what the Lone King means is to let the commercial banks transfer all these leased lands and ports to the name of my Dachu, and let us govern them, after all, the commercial houses have the limitations of the commercial banks." ”

Li Dongdong couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and said: "My lord, I'm afraid this is not appropriate, so many enclaves, how many officials are needed to manage, the most difficult thing for Weichen now is the problem of manpower, we only have so many manpower now......"

Liu Chengfeng smiled slightly, and said: "The next thing I want to talk about is the matter of officials, the imperial court has the imperial examination, and our Dachu must also have a way to promote the virtuous and use the ability, isn't it?" ”

Li Dongdong nodded, then smiled bitterly, and said: "Weichen has also thought of some methods, but he always feels that it will not work, there are many businessmen and few scholars in the Chu State, and there are some lawyers, accountants and some ordinary scholars, but after all, they are not talented, compared with those scholars in the Celestial Empire, this knowledge is too far behind, and it is easy to give an official position, I am afraid that it will be very inappropriate." ”

Liu Chengfeng said: "Then you might as well use a workaround." ”

Seeing Liu Chengfeng's confident look, Li Dongdong couldn't help but cheer up and said, "Please also ask Your Highness to show me." ”

Liu Chengfeng said: "Why don't you take the exam?" ”

"Officials?"

Li Dongdong couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Immediately, Li Dongdong was a little disapproving, he had only heard of the opening of the examination for scholars, but this was the first time he had heard of it, after all, in the Celestial Empire, officials were cheap professions, not a very glamorous profession, and they had always been despised by scholars. Besides, what Chu State lacks now is obviously not an official but an official, and the official is just like a servant, so don't you just come to make a list? Why do you need to be so excited?

Liu Chengfeng saw Li Dongdong's puzzled appearance, and patiently explained: "Presumably, Mr. Li misunderstood the meaning of the lonely king, and the officials that the lonely king said are not ordinary officials, but officials who can be officials in the future." ”

Li Dongdong couldn't help but be surprised: "Can this official still be an official?" ”

Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but smile bitterly, after all, any era has its limitations, so he said that the civil service system that was born out of the imperial examination in later generations, and then began to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of this system: "The imperial examination only takes scholars, but ordinary officials are regarded as lowly professions, and the imperial court even refuses to issue them, and they are often hired by officials privately. Therefore, there are many petty officials who are unscrupulous and unscrupulous, which is one of them. ”

"The good and bad of the small officials are uneven, and there is no hope of promotion, the court does not recognize their identity at all, which leads to their lack of public heart, and people have no hope of promotion, so these people are often in the township and do nonsense."

"But if it is an official in the examination, it will be different, once the official in the examination, this is the staff recognized by the government, there are some constraints, plus these people are all scholars, people have read books, understand the royal law, they will not behave nonsense, at least this face is more or less. Secondly, they slowly sharpened themselves in the government, and they were knowledgeable, and they gradually became familiar with affairs, and they could be promoted step by step, and their means of governing were at least better than those who usually only knew how to be high. Otherwise, it is better to let these people who have some knowledge, rich experience, and know the inside story as officials, because such people are not down-to-earth and become empty talk. ”

"Of course, this can also solve the problem of appointing private individuals, often people who become officials, will arrange some distant relatives to listen to errands in the government, which is not a good thing. But once the examination is opened, it is completely different, and it is impossible to enter the government without passing the examination, which puts an end to the appointment of private individuals. ”

Although Liu Chengfeng knows better than anyone that this examination has its drawbacks, it has an incomparable advantage compared to the opening of the examination in this era, Li Dongdong pondered for a while, but he also felt that there was some truth.

Liu Chengfeng continued: "One of the reasons why the Celestial Empire does not take the examination for scholars is because scholars rely on their own identity and often disdain the small officials. But in our Chu country, it is different, scholars can keep accounts for businessmen and become lawyers, why can't they be officials? There is nothing wrong with the saying that everything is inferior, only reading is high, but because after reading books, your eyes are above the top, and it is a big mistake to only rush to be an official. The meaning of this king is now said to be clear, in the future, the officials of the Chu State will not rely on how much knowledge you have, this is just the first step to measure the standard, with knowledge, but also to give people to listen to errands, there is the experience of governing a street, a village, just by reading a few sage books to give Wu Sha, this is too frivolous. Now the conditions of Chu State are actually the best to take the exam, after all, the place is not big, the population is also concentrated, and it is convenient to take the exam, what does Mr. Li think? ”

Although he has become a monarch and minister, Liu Chengfeng still calls Li Dongdong Mr.

Liu Chengfeng's words, but there are many Li Dongdong's heart, he has not experienced the imperial examination, and he has also seen a lot of officials who are not grounded, and even full of knowledge in books to apply to reality, these people are extremely knowledgeable, but they are inevitably a little uncannibalistic. Liu Chengfeng denied those officials who were born in the imperial examination, which is equivalent to correcting Li Dongdong's name. After all, he is now the leader of the government, but in the future, the state of Chu will open the examination to obtain scholars, so many officials from the imperial examination will inevitably have a little contempt for him as a senior official, it is better to take the examination to get officials, what is wrong with the small officials, he Li Dongdong started as a scribe, if he didn't have this experience, now give him the big thing of the Chu State, Li Dongdong believes that he will be dumbfounded.

"Since His Royal Highness has opened his mouth, Weichen naturally strongly agrees, but he just wants to start the exam, but there are also some troubles, such as how to get this test question out, and the rules of the exam must always be measured as soon as possible."

Liu Chengfeng muttered: "Of course, the Four Books and Five Classics are to occupy some, and we can't let others criticize us for not respecting the Confucian Sage, this king still admires the Confucian Sage and his old man, and has also read his old man's books, but he can't rely on the Four Books and Five Classics to take the scholars, it's better to do this, the exam is divided into two kinds, the first kind of examination recruits scribes, the four books and five classics account for fifty percent, and the rest are arithmetic, law and so on. The second kind of examination recruits military officials, and in the future they will be used as errand soldiers, patrols and inspections, and the four books and five classics can account for 20 percent, the law should account for 3 percent, and the arithmetic should account for 1 percent, and the remaining 40 percent should check whether his body is strong or not, and the school will be tested for riding and shooting. ”

Liu Chengfeng stroked the glass case with his hand and continued: "All in all, this exam must start as soon as possible, you can raise this matter, and you can teach people to sign up when it starts tomorrow. ”

Li Dongdong nodded his head, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, these days, to be a small official, you also need four books and five classics, and you also need to study law and arithmetic.

However, Li Dongdong has been following Liu Chengfeng for a long time, and he does not have the temper of a conservative scholar, since this method sounds good, then you might as well try it, he is actually most afraid that there are not many people who are willing to sign up at that time, which will be even more annoying, thinking of this, Li Dongdong couldn't help but say: "Your Highness, since the threshold of the conditions required by the little officials is much higher than before, can the salaries allocated to them by the treasury in the future also be opened according to the high level, after all, people are knowledgeable people, even if they don't be this little officials, they can eat a good meal anywhere, If the salary is too low, I am afraid that people will not want to. ”

Although it is exciting to have the opportunity to be an official in the future, but after all, this thing is too long-term and has no real benefits, why should people come to the exam to be a small official, Li Dongdong means that this salary is at least higher than the price of the scholars recruited in the workshop.

Liu Chengfeng nodded and said: "The salary is also customized by you, all in all, after three or five days, the process of the examination and the regulations of the official rank will be seen by this king, you can do your best." ”

(To be continued)