Qin Zhao also smiled, this is inevitable.

There was no conflict of interest between the two sides before, and the Propaganda Committee was a close minister of the emperor. Those powerful people, even if they want to inquire about some news in the palace, are willing to make friends with these people.

What's more, they are not stupid, they know that there may be a meaning of Emperor Xia behind this.

But from now on, it's hard to say whether it will be as harmonious as ever.

Maybe in the future, like the Jingqing Mansion, it will become an existence that high-level officials in Daxia can not avoid.

However, it doesn't matter, the fundamental significance of the existence of the Propaganda Committee is still rooted in the people and the hearts of the people.

As for the officials and magnates, they mainly rely on the Jingqing Mansion and the Imperial Historical Observatory to check and balance.

As an official in the capital, no one is easy to fool, and it doesn't mean much to play tricks.

Seeing that the two of them understood his intentions, Qin Zhao stopped explaining and said bluntly: "You sort out a charter and hand it over tomorrow." ”

Xin Ming and Zhang Yan glanced at each other, and their expressions looked a little embarrassed.

The day is a bit short.

Qin Zhao also understood what the two were thinking, and waved his hand, "I just need to write a general idea." This matter needs to be considered in the long run, and the news can be disseminated to the target group within a month. ”

Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief, and they said solemnly: "Weichen understands. ”

"Go ahead."

......

Three days later, some rumors began to spread among the circles of the Great Xia nobility, especially in Yangcheng.

Yangcheng in Zhongzhou in Great Xia is the core and most prosperous place of the entire human race.

As the capital of the Great Xia Dynasty, it is home to the country's top magnates and is more well-informed.

Even the nobles whose fiefs were remote had their own mansions here.

Even these people will stay in Yangcheng's mansion most of the time, and as for the fiefdom, they can send someone to take care of it.

What's more, since the separation of the officials and lords, in addition to the benefits that these nobles can obtain in their fiefdoms, the governance of local officials has nothing to do with them.

In fact, when this place still belonged to the Wu Kingdom, it aroused the covetousness of the other four countries, among which the Xia Kingdom was the most covetous.

The Xia Kingdom arose from the border, and the living conditions were relatively poor, while the Wu Kingdom was adjacent to the East China Sea and had many plains within its jurisdiction, which was already the richest.

The natural conditions of the two are very different.

The Xia Kingdom has always been envious of these rich countries in the south, and it is not much different from the attitude of foreign races towards the human race today.

Therefore, after Qin Zhong unified the human race, it didn't take long for the capital to be moved here, which set an example for many people.

Of course, even if you don't consider all kinds of superior geographical and climatic factors, the mere fact that this place is the capital of Great Xia is enough to make people flock to it.

It is no exaggeration to say that this place is an inch of land, and there are basically no ordinary people who can live in the capital.

The DC area is the most noble place in the inner city of Yangcheng, in addition to the Xiayang Palace in the center, the top wealthy families are gathered in the east city.

For example, the top gate valves such as Yan Mansion and Bai Mansion are also gathered in this place.

Theoretically, these mansions belonged to the Great Xia court, but they were once given to the heroes to live in.

But now that these clans have developed, they are actually not much different from their private property.

If there was no great fault, the emperor would not have been able to take back these mansions for no reason.

Dongcheng Li Mansion, here is the family land of the top family Li family.

The Li family is not the aborigines of Yangcheng, but the old Xia people who moved here with Emperor Xia.

The ancestor also served as the post of Jiuqing, and later generations have been working in the court, which can be regarded as a large political force.

Like this kind of family, there are quite a few in Great Xia. Although it seems that there are no big officials in the family now, in fact, the political resources are extremely rich.

This kind of family has a deep connection in the officialdom and has personal contacts with many people.

It may be that the placement of some grassroots officials only needs their words to be done.

In this cycle, although the family has never been up or down, its position is extremely stable, and it has continued like this for more than a hundred years.

The patriarch Li Mo, who served in the court during the previous emperor's period, has already retired for a long time.

However, his son Li Ren has already taken over his connections in the court, and the position of Langzhong in the official residence and etiquette department is an official from the fifth grade.

is in the sixth department, and he is a Beijing official, and he is definitely an unattainable existence in the eyes of ordinary people.

But as soon as I got home today, my face was solemn and gloomy.

In the lobby, he told his father the news he had just received.

Li Mo frowned when he heard this, "What did you say?" Say it again. ”

Li Ren sighed and said in a deep voice: "It is said that Your Majesty is preparing to reform the system and conduct scientific examinations on scholars in the world to select officials and completely abolish the recommendation system. ”

"Where did you hear that?" Li Mo asked with a frown.

"I have a good relationship with Tu Zhi of the Propaganda Committee, and he said it today."

After hearing his son's answer, he pondered for a long time before he said astringently: "Is this news credible?" ”

"There's no reason for him to lie to me. He didn't dare, and there was no point. Li Ren glanced at him, and looked at the expressions of the other people in the room.

At this time, these people were basically shocked, silently digesting the news.

Li Mo nodded.

Indeed, don't talk about this kind of thing, it's scary to think about it.

"Your Majesty is destroying the foundation of my Great Xia Dynasty by doing this!"

At this time, a slightly immature voice suddenly sounded.

Li Mo turned his head to look at the person who spoke, it was his eldest grandson, Li Ren's eldest son Li Daiyong.

On weekdays, his performance is not bad, he doesn't have the habits of a disciple, and he is a very qualified family successor.

Now that he has taken over some of the affairs of the clan, in two years, he will operate it, so that he can become an official and a half-official in Great Xia, and he can also take over the political resources of the Li family in the future.

At this time, he was angry, obviously very aware of the impact of this matter on the family.

Moreover, if the scientific expedition is true, it is quite difficult to say whether he will be able to take over his father's official position as expected.

Moreover, at the beginning of the reform, all kinds of changes were the most unpredictable, not to mention the Li family, even those gate valves at a higher level, I am afraid they may not be as stable as Mount Tai.

But as his words fell, he saw Li Mo's face sank.

"Smack!"

A slap in the face was made directly to him.

"Rebel!" Li Ren shouted loudly, "Can you just say this nonsense?" ”

There was no mercy in the slap.

Li Daiyong was beaten, and the left half of his cheek was visibly swollen.

"The Holy Lord's thoughts have their own deep meaning. What is your identity, and you dare to speculate?! ”

As Li Ren spoke, he glanced at the rest of the clan with his spare eyes.

Li Daiyong also realized his gaffe just now, and bowed his head and didn't dare to say anything more.

"Let's all disperse first, and don't talk about this matter in private." Li Mo's face softened a little at this time and he said.

After that, he looked at Li Ren again and added, "Mo'er stays." ”

"Yes."

After the others left one after another with heavy faces, Li Mo looked at his most outstanding offspring, and said in a deep voice: "What do you think about this matter? ”

"Regardless of how this move is for Great Xia for the time being, it ...... to my Li family"

Li Ren sneered for a moment, and finally said, "I'm afraid it will decline from here......"

After that, he looked at his father worriedly.

Although Li Mo is no longer in the court now, and he has no title, he is just a white body.

But at home, it is still very majestic.

Not to mention that Great Xia governs the country with filial piety, even if there is no such relationship, the political capital is in the hands of the patriarch Li Mo at this time, and Li Ren really can't compare with his father except for his official position.

His words are really a bit straightforward.

Unexpectedly, Li Mo was not angry, but his face became more and more gloomy, and he sighed.

Then he said, "You're right. But for Great Xia, I'm afraid it's a good thing. ”

Li Ren was stunned when he heard this.

"I can't fully foresee what will happen either, though. But since Your Majesty ascended the throne, what has you done is not shocking, but have you seen failures? ”

"......" Li Ren shook his head silently.

Li Mo smiled bitterly, "It's just that this sword fell on our heads this time." ”

Then he straightened his expression and said solemnly: "But even so, we still have to fight." How can the inheritance of the ancestors be cut off in the hands of you and me? ”

Looking at his solemn face, Li Ren was shocked in his heart, and said, "Father, I'm afraid this matter will not be easy to stop......"

When Li Mo heard this, he chuckled, and his face softened, "If we want to shake this matter, it will naturally be a mayfly shaking the tree, but it is not us who needs to be most anxious." ”

Li Ren was slightly stunned, he didn't understand the meaning of Li Mo's words.

It stands to reason that the people who need to be most anxious about this matter are undoubtedly these people.

When it comes to power, it is naturally unattainable in the eyes of ordinary people, but it is nothing compared to those top-level big families.

Because of this, it is most likely to be replaced by the new class.

Like the Yan family, the Bai family, and the like don't care about this change at all.

These top-level gate valves have taken root in Great Xia for too long, so long that they have already branched out with the royal family, and they are all prosperous, and they will not compete for these interests at all.

Their position is the same as that of the emperor, and they only pay attention to changes in the fortunes of the country.

Moreover, there are many talented people in these families, and if they are really judged by their talents, they can get official positions softly, but they must be restrained.

Li Mo shook his head and prompted, "Don't forget the clan. ”

Li Ren's eyes lit up, and he instantly understood what he meant.

There is a clan in Great Xia.

The so-called clan refers to those who are close to the royal family after the blood line continues to spread over time.

These people are more or less related to the children of the royal family, but they are not direct relatives, and they have been out of the family for five generations.

After a long time, it has become a huge crowd.

Of course, although they are distant relatives, not everyone is considered to be in the clan, and in the process, there will be people with thin blood who will continue to be expelled.

Successive rulers have been more cautious in dealing with the clan.

On the one hand, the people of the clan have royal blood, that is, there is a theoretical possibility of inheriting the throne.

Once the imperial family declines or even the bloodline is cut off, these people are the emperor's candidates.

Therefore, the clan itself cannot be too close to the center of power to prevent undue thoughts.

After all, in terms of legitimacy, these people are also eligible.

But at the same time, these people thought that blood ties were the bond, and they could be called hardcore supporters of the emperor.

So it's not too distant.

Qin Zhao assigned most of the positions in the Ministry of Rites to the people in the clan.

Of course, he made this decision not because he valued this part of the force, but in exchange for the support of these people for the abolition of the Jiuqing system.

At that time, he had just ascended the throne, and the succession also required the help of the clan, so he had to compromise.

Now it is different, the power of the clan has been constantly weakened over the years.

Especially with a series of measures such as entering the scribes and pushing the grace order, more and more folk literati entered the school palace, and from the school palace began to fill in the civil official system.

In particular, the formation of the cabinet further reduced the power of the six ministries, and the clan naturally did not feel comfortable.

But these changes before, after all, were still boiling frogs in warm water, and they did not weaken them in a big way.

However, this imperial examination system is directly to the point, and it is conceivable that the power of the clan will definitely be greatly divided.

Li Mo squinted his eyes and said softly, "You wait and see the situation and find an opportunity to ask Lord Qin what he means." ”

The Lord Qin in his mouth refers to Qin Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Now he is the most powerful person in the clan, and the former emperor also served as the Zongzheng in the Nine Qings when he was there.

"I see." Li Ren nodded, thinking about how to deal with this matter in the future.

......

At the same time, there were also some voices in the Yan Mansion.

Today is the day when Yan Qingjun returns to the clan land.

On weekdays, she is busy with official business, and basically lives in the Metropolitan Governor's Palace.

The clan is basically managed by her father, and Yan Qingjun rarely interferes.

However, occasionally she would go back to the house to see the situation of the children in the clan and test her back knowledge.

If there is a good performance, she will also bring it to nurture and give advice.

Just like Yan Chang did to her back then, she is also willing to take on the responsibilities entrusted to her by her grandfather and carry forward the Yan family.

For Yan Chang, in addition to Daxia, the most important thing is the Yan family.

Of course, unlike ordinary small families, there is a saying in Yan Chang's heart that the country is the country first, and then the family.

Otherwise, he would not have blatantly given up the position of the third prince back then, and later gave up his life for the country.

Yan Qingjun, who has studied with Yan Chang since he was a child, is now also in this mentality.

But when she returned to Yan's Mansion today, she was not in a very good mood.

Now in the Yan Mansion, there are also rumors about the scientific expedition.

Even the news that a family like the Li family can know, it is naturally impossible for the Yan family not to know.

However, the attitude of the clansmen made Yan Qingjun more and more irritable.

Since she had achieved success in her cultivation, this had rarely happened, and the last time she had such a big fluctuation in her emotions was when Yan Chang passed away.

"Dad, what do you mean?"

At this time, in the main hall of the Yan Mansion, the clansmen were all sitting in danger.

Yan Qingjun looked at Yan Ping, the father of the head, and asked softly.