"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" On the second day, Cao Cao took Wenwu to the palace early in the palace, and today was the day of Cao Cao's counterattack against Liu Xie.

"Everyone loves Qing's body!" Liu Xie looked at His Royal Highness's ministers and showed a smug smile, everything was as expected.

Cao Cao had just finished saluting and looked around, only to realize that something was wrong. It turned out that one-third of the ministers were missing, and they were all close to Liu Xie or neutral ministers. Even Xun Yu didn't come to the court!

"Prime Minister?"

"The old minister is here!"

"Why are there so many fewer ministers in the court today?" Liu Xie smiled slightly and looked at Cao Cao. On weekdays, Cao Cao takes the initiative to attack, and Liu Xie defends, this time Liu Xie can finally raise his eyebrows, this is one of his few preemptive strikes!

"This?" Cao Cao glanced at Cheng Yu, hoping to get an answer from Cheng Yu's mouth.

"Back to Your Majesty, many ministers in the DPRK and China have asked for leave, so they have not been able to go to the court in time." Cheng Yu suddenly received a letter from many ministers of the DPRK and China asking for leave this morning, and he was caught off guard, so he could only reply to Liu Xie according to the truth.

"Oh? Why do many ministers in the DPRK and China ask for leave? Could it be that there was a plague in the capital, and all the ministers fell ill? Liu Xie continued to ask Cheng Yu.

"Back to Your Majesty, most of the ministers in the court are now over half a hundred years old, and those who were born early to return to their hometowns, or those who are unwell, have written to the court today, hoping to return to their hometowns." Cheng Yu faced the sudden situation, but still maintained his composure on the surface and replied to Liu Xie.

"Oh? I see, I also think that most of the ministers in the court are old, and they are prime ministers. Thou art the head of all the rulers. For this matter. What do you think? Liu Xie turned his head and asked Cao Cao.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister also felt that most of the officials were elderly, which led to redundant government affairs, and the minister thought that he should release a recruitment list to the world to recruit young talents for the use of the court." Cao Cao saw the strangeness of today's court meeting and suppressed his original plan. Cao Cao wanted to see what tricks Liu Xie came up with!

"Well, the Prime Minister's intention is exactly what I want, I decided to recruit talents from the world's families for the use of the imperial court, and I decided to issue an order today, ordering the Han family to select available people to supplement the court officials." Liu Xie glanced at Cao Cao, and seeing that Cao Cao did not object, Liu Xie continued to state his opinion.

"I think that the current system of selecting officials in the Han Dynasty is inadequate, and I have drawn up a system. As a new system for electing officials in our dynasty. I would like to hear the Prime Minister's opinion. ”

"The minister is willing to share his majesty's worries!"

"Good! Gonggong Liu, read my new system to the Prime Minister. I also want to hear the opinions of my ministers. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Xiao Liu's father-in-law took out a prepared statement and began to introduce Liu Xie's new election system to the ministers.

"Since Gaozu, my Han Dynasty has been established for hundreds of years, and the meritorious service of the founding of the country is the humerus of Gaozu, and after the meritorious service, it is the humerus of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty." It took Gonggong Liu half an hour to read out the new system for electing officials.

The main contents of the new official election system are: first, it praises the exploits of the founding heroes of the Han Dynasty, and at the same time expresses the founding merits of the Han Dynasty, and most of the descendants who express the founding merits of the Han Dynasty are also the ministers of the emperors of the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years. Thus a conclusion was drawn: the children of officials are stronger than the children of ordinary people.

Second, the table highly praised the advantages and benefits of the children of officials as officials. The children of officials have been deeply influenced by their elders since childhood, and when they are weak, they can initially understand government affairs. At the same time, the children of officials are given priority to serve as officials, which can make officials serve the court wholeheartedly.

In the end, Liu Xie decided to give priority to the selection of officials from among the children of officials in the future, and handed them over to Taixue for assessment, and those who passed the grades could be hired as court officials.

Cao Cao and His Royal Highness's ministers were listening carefully to Liu Xie's official election system, and Lu Rui frowned deeply when he listened, this is clearly the predecessor of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, on the surface, it paved a broad road for the children of officials, but in fact, officials born in poor families will not get much benefit, only families and wealthy families will have benefits!

After Gonggong Liu read out the statement, His Royal Highness's ministers were unusual, and did not talk to each other to discuss, and the generals of the Cao clan, who usually opposed Liu Xie, did not speak out, and turned their eyes to Cao Cao.

It's so relieving, it's so relieving! Liu Xie looked at His Royal Highness's ministers, as well as the silent Cao Cao, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, this was the first time that Cao Cao was silent since he had confronted Cao Cao, which showed that Cao Cao couldn't deal with it for a while, and his single-minded strategy was really powerful.

"You Aiqing don't have to worry, you can speak freely, I will definitely not blame!" Liu Xie waved his hand and made a very angry look. The ministers were stunned for a moment, usually Liu Xie is just a face emperor, who would be afraid of Liu Xie's anger? Only Cao Cao was afraid. But Liu Xie just now had a different feeling from usual.

"Master?" Seeing that Cao Cao was still pondering, Lu Rui pulled the corner of Guo Jia's clothes.

Guo Jia smiled bitterly, turned around, and said helplessly: "Descendants of Enyin, who doesn't want to?" ”

The descendants of Enyin are a great benefit of ancient Chinese officials, that is, when a person becomes an official, his children and grandchildren can rely on the grace of their fathers to obtain official positions and money, which can generally last for three generations. But in the Han Dynasty, the term "Enyin" is not yet understood by later generations, and the Enyin of the Han Dynasty is only that when the emperor rewards officials, he will reward the officials' families, and is not attached to the official position, after all, the Han Dynasty elected officials by the probation system and filial piety system.

Guo Jia's words left Lu Rui speechless. People are selfish, and the harm and resourcefulness of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system must be visible, but its care for the children and grandchildren of officials is also obvious, as long as your parents are officials, you can stay in the officialdom for the rest of your life. The so-called high-grade without the cold, the lower the rank without the scholars, the greater your official position, the greater the grace of your descendants.

Of course, Lu Rui knows the harm of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, and Cao Cao must also know it, but the Jiupin Zhongzheng system is also very tempting for Cao Cao. Because the Jiupin Zhongzheng system ensures the hereditary official position of the family, who is the biggest family in the world? Only royalty! Cao Cao also saw this clearly, so he let Cao Pi succeed to the throne, it doesn't matter if the emperor is not right, what matters is the glorious continuation of the Cao family.

"Rui will also think about his children and grandchildren!" Lu Rui also smiled bitterly, the Jiupin Zhongzheng system is indeed an irresistible magic for the continuation of the family's wealth. People are selfish, Lu Rui has integrated into the Eastern Han Dynasty, for the sake of his descendants in this era, Lu Rui will not oppose this system, but will use his thousand-year-old knowledge to make this system more conducive to Cao Wei and more conducive to national righteousness.

"Extraordinary, let's wait for Lord Sikong to make an idea on this matter." Guo Jia saw Cao Cao's complicated expression and knew that Cao Cao must be very entangled in his heart, and he was entangled in how to deal with Liu Xie's official election system.

Lu Rui nodded, in the end, Cao Cao had to make up his mind, and he and Guo Jia could only assist Cao Cao, not make decisions for Cao Cao.

"Prime Minister, you are the head of a hundred officials, I don't know what you think of my system of electing officials?" Liu Xie asked Cao Cao again, and there was a smug look in his eyes again.

"The minister returned to His Majesty, and the minister thought that His Majesty's method was indeed novel and meritorious. It's just that the law of the ancestors cannot be easily changed, and the minister asks His Majesty to inform the world of this law, so that officials from all over the world can make suggestions, and then the old minister will discuss with the ministers and give His Majesty a satisfactory answer! Cao Cao finally made a decision, suppressed this in advance, and then handed it over to the Prime Minister's Mansion for consultation.

"The minister seconded the Prime Minister!" Lu Rui was the first to stand up to support Cao Cao, originally Cao Cao was to let Lu Rui be the gunman to replace the officials, but Liu Xie's sudden proposal of the official election system caught the Cao family off guard, and Lu Rui had to follow Cao Cao's wishes.

"The ministers also agree with the Prime Minister's suggestion, please think twice!" Officials who supported Lu Rui also stood up.

"Well, this matter is decided, and it will be handled by the prime minister, and the final decision will be discussed in the future court!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Retreat!" With the rooster cry of Xiao Liu's father-in-law, today's court meeting is over. Cao Cao didn't say a word, walked out of the palace, and returned to the prime minister's mansion by car. Cao's henchmen also followed Cao Cao's footsteps to the prime minister's mansion. (To be continued......)

PS: It's a little uncomfortable today, a little more, thank you for your great support