Su Xiaoman thought about it carefully, and felt that the proposal of the Ministry of Rites was a little unrealistic, so he looked at him and said.

"I think there may be something wrong with such a reform."

The Ministry of Rites listened to Su Xiaoman's words, and frowned a little, he had calculated for a long time, and felt that if it was once every four years, it would be completely fine.

Some of the older ones who could not take up their posts ceased to hold their posts, and it was at this time that a new batch of young officials appeared, and the problem of surplus officials was solved by taking turns to do so.

Lu Li looked at the three people in front of him, and then looked at Su Xiaoman, who wanted to refute, and said to Su Xiaoman.

"Ministry of Rites, you sit down first, what is the Prime Minister's opinion?"

After hearing this, the Ministry of Rites did not speak, and quietly took his seat.

Su Xiaoman got the order and said.

"The reformer thought it could be considered, but the minister thought that he should think about it, or start from other aspects."

The other three people present all looked at Su Xiaoman, not knowing what other aspects she said.

Lu Li looked at Su Xiaoman's direction, and didn't know what to think about, so he asked.

"In other respects, what does the prime minister mean?"

Su Xiaoman felt that now that the officials of the DPRK and China have basically stabilized, the remaining positions will be filled after the completion of this scientific examination.

The prefect who serves in the distance, the county magistrate, etc., are in a position all the year round, and if they are not transferred, they will be like the prefect of Zhanzhou for many years, and the officials and businessmen collude to harm the people, so they should be on duty.

Before she could think about the rest, she said to the three of them.

"I think four years is too cruel for the candidates who study hard in the cold window, if they don't get admitted this year, they can only wait for three years, if they are older, isn't this a bit cruel."

After that, Su Xiaoman looked at the Ministry of Rites Shangshu beside him, presumably he really didn't think about this matter, but his face was a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, Su Xiaoman didn't say anything else, so he continued to speak.

"What's more, now that there is a shortage of people in the DPRK, there is a need for new forces, and the minister thinks that there are still more things that need to be improved, so as to effectively avoid collusion between officials and businessmen."

The more Su Xiaoman said, the more ugly the face of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu became, and it was indeed that he was a little ill-considered.

Lu Li listened to her for a long time, and didn't give a reasonable suggestion, so he asked.

"In that case, can the prime minister have a solution?"

Su Xiaoman was just thinking about it at this time, how could there be any way, so he looked at Lu Li with some confusion.

Lu Lixu saw the confusion in Su Xiaoman's eyes, so he didn't ask, and then said.

"It seems that the prime minister still needs time to think about it, so this matter will be postponed for a few days, and the matter will be discussed by the three of them."

The three people sitting in the guest seat looked at each other and responded in unison.

"It's the emperor."

Su Xiaoman was a little confused when she heard this, she hadn't finished dealing with the collusion between officials and businessmen, and she hadn't finished dealing with the matter of officials taking bribes, and now she had to draw up a draft again, and it was a big headache to think about.

Lu Li looked at Su Xiaoman and the three of them, thinking that the reform could not be done by them alone, so he spoke

Road.

"When you succeed in drafting, if there are no problems, we will discuss it with the ministers in the DPRK and China, and if there are more agrees, we will gradually implement it."

After hearing this, the three of them said yes again.

After that, there was nothing to do, and Lu Li said that he would let them go back, and he was worried that Su Xiaoman was tired, so he said that there were not many things to do today, and she and the two Shangshu discussed the test questions.

Su Xiaoman didn't believe Lu Li's words, there was Cheng Luo's recital on his table, and he didn't want to tire himself out.

In order to respond to his kindness, Su Xiaoman followed the two out of the study and went to a quiet courtyard to discuss the final test questions.

Su Xiaoman looked at the rice paper in the hands of the two of them, presumably there were many topics to choose from.

The official Shangshu walked to the table with the inscription paper, and then pushed the scroll away, and the full title was displayed in front of Su Xiaoman.

The Ministry of Rites had already read it, and put forward his own opinion, so he asked Su Xiaoman.

"What do you think of these topics?"

Su Xiaoman saw the scroll that was pushed away, so he came to the table and looked at the topic from the beginning seriously.

Some of the questions have appeared in previous years, and they should have been checked by the two of them, so they made a small mark and decided not to take the test this year.

The official Shangshu looked at the serious Su Xiaoman, afraid that she would not understand some of the marks on it, so he explained from the side.

"These dotted questions are all questions that have appeared before, so we are not going to use them, and the rest of the underlined ones are questions that we think are good."

After listening to this, Su Xiaoman understood the meaning of those lines, so he took a few more looks, which was really good.

Looking at Su Xiaoman's eyes, the official Shangshu continued to speak.

"If the prime minister is optimistic, he can also make some marks, in this way, we can choose some common topics, so that the scope is much smaller, isn't it?"

Su Xiaoman nodded after hearing this, feeling that it was indeed possible, so he picked up the pen on the side and prepared to sketch.

Looking at the above, the topic that was sketched by the two of them together, and said while sketching the topic that he was optimistic about.

"It's true that the two adults are very good, and these topics are very novel, and I think the officials who won this year's election must be very talented."

In the end, Su Xiaoman sketched some topics that he was optimistic about, and the rest was handed over to the two Shangshu.

A few days later, news came from Zhanzhou, saying that all the thieves had been captured, and the second master of the final scene was captured by Donglan soldiers on the way to flee to the neighboring country.

In the end, everyone was tortured by the Criminal Department, and Su Xiaoman studied the reform of the imperial examination in the mansion, and did not ask much about the things in the prison.

In the end, it was Shi Jizhen and Huang Fengyi who did everything, and when they came to the Lu Mansion, she knew the final result.

Huang Fengyi has rarely been in Kailu Mansion since she married into the Shifu, and she was obviously a little excited to come this time, and she jumped to the study to see Su Xiaoman urgently.

At this time, Su Xiaoman was sorting out things about the reform of the imperial examination, or the reform of the rule of officials.

Huang Fengyi and the two entered the house

, She didn't notice anything abnormal, Huang Fengyi looked at Su Xiaoman, who was ignoring her, and stepped forward and knocked lightly on the table, and then said.

"Xiaoman, we're here."

Hearing the voice, Su Xiaoman woke up from his contemplation, and looked at Huang Fengyi's master Ji in front of him in real surprise.

He hurriedly put down his pen, sat them down, and asked.

"Why, why do you have time to come to me today?"

Shi Ji really thoughtfully placed a cushion behind Huang Fengyi, and Huang Fengyi said thank you shyly.

Su Xiaoman saw the movements of the two and understood something in his heart, but seeing that the two ignored him, he was a little unbalanced.

Shi Ji really took care of Huang Fengyi, and then said to him.

"That's the case, the results of the handling of the affairs in Zhanzhou have come out, and I will talk to you this time, so that you can rest assured."

After hearing this, Su Xiaoman remembered the matter in Zhanzhou, so he frowned and touched his head, showing a headache.

Huang Fengyi didn't expect that Su Xiaoman's expression should obviously be something worth being happy about, why did she look sad?

Su Xiaoman put down his hand holding his forehead, looked at Huang Fengyi's direction, and didn't have time to joke with them, so he spoke.

"How did it turn out? The inhabitants of the island who did not participate in the incident should be acquitted. ”

Huang Fengyi was still a little disdainful, worried that something was wrong with her, and just wanted to care about her, but Shi Jizhen held her hand and didn't let her speak.

Shi Ji really felt that at this time, he should talk about the affairs of Zhanzhou first, and then talk about other things, so he replied.

"After torture, the mastermind behind the scenes is the second master and the prefect, and some thieves also found out and prepared the emperor's decree. The leader and some of the other people were victims, so they were ready to let them go. ”

After hearing this, Su Xiaoman didn't have any doubts about this execution, so he just said that it was good or something.

After this matter was finished, Shi Jizhen let go of Huang Fengyi's hand and motioned to her with her eyes to let her care about Xiaoman.

Huang Fengyi got the permission of the minister-in-law, so she no longer held back, and looked at Su Xiaoman, who had a sad face, and asked.

"Xiaoman, why do you look sad, is there anything else?"

Su Xiaoman looked at Huang Fengyi, who was talking at this time, and Shi Ji Zhen, who pretended to look around, knowing that they were caring about themselves.

Thinking that it would be good for someone to share the burden, he revealed a little bit about the reform of the imperial examination to the two of them.

"I've been a bit busy lately, because there are too many officials, so I don't have any good ideas for reforming the imperial examination system."

Shi Jizhen originally thought it was Su Xiaoman's private matter, so she didn't think about asking more, but she didn't expect it to be a major event of the country, so she became interested and stared at Su Xiaoman seriously, looking forward to her next words.

Su Xiaoman looked at the curious baby duo, and wanted to continue talking to the two, but at this time, a eunuch came to the palace, saying that he wanted to see Su Xiaoman.

Su Xiaoman didn't continue to say, Shi Ji Zhen and the two were a little lost, so they couldn't do anything, so they just followed Su Xiaoman to get up and leave.

When they arrived at the antechamber, the eunuch looked at the three of them

was there, so he thought that he didn't need to bother anymore, so he saluted the three of them, and then spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor ordered me to come, please enter the palace, and say that the affairs of Zhanzhou will be dealt with."

After hearing this, the three hurriedly followed the eunuch into the palace and went to the upper study to meet Lu Li.

When Lu Li saw the three of them coming in, he said to them.

"Just find a place to sit."

After that, Su Xiaoman and the others sat down, waiting for Lu Li's inquiry, and then Lu Li waved his hand to let the eunuchs out.

When the idle people and others had gone out, Lu Li began to put down the shelf, thinking about the fold handed over by the imperial historian who was left in Zhanzhou, and then spoke.

"I've heard about the affairs in Zhanzhou, and it's almost settled, but since we took over the dock, there have been foreign merchants who want to buy porcelain."

Su Xiaoman thought it was the result of the case, but he didn't expect it to be another matter, and he didn't quite understand what Lu Li meant, so he spoke.

"Do you want to do business with them? Selling porcelain to foreign merchants? ”

Shi Ji Zhen and the two didn't have much contact with the things over there, so they thought about waiting to hear what Lu Li and Su Xiaoman had to say before expressing their opinions.

(End of chapter)