Respectfully bidding farewell to her mother and walking out of Changle Palace, Liu Ying's gloomy face was finally replaced by a touch of relief.

The appointment of the vacant ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China has basically been decided.

-- the Marquis of Neishi An worships the right minister, the Huainan minister and the prince Fu Qu rebels Chen Ping worships the left minister, and the acting minister Zhang Cang, the marquis of Beiping, serves as the imperial historian;

As for the vacant post of internal history after Wang Ling's visit to the prime minister, he summoned Huaiyang County Shoushen Tujia back to Beijing.

At the same time, in order to avoid Shentu Jia's being 'at that time' by the court because of the title, Liu Ying also had to start to give Shentu Jia'an the title of Marquis of Guannei in the name of 'Enfeng Taizu Meritorious Hero'.

In the future, find another opportunity to let Shen Tujia fight two battles, and take advantage of the situation to promote Shen Tujia's title from the Marquis of Guannei to the Marquis of Che, and the last procedure for Shen Tujia to be the prime minister can be regarded as making up.

As for the past, Liu Ying's various concerns about Shen Tujia were also resolved by a sentence written by Lu Pheasant.

——It is easy to fight the world, but it is difficult to defend the world;

The difficulty here refers not only to the fact that civil governance is more complicated than martial arts, but also to the talents who govern the country.

Not only the Han Dynasty, but every dynasty in history, if you want to talk about the talent blowout period, it must be before and after the founding of the country.

There is no other reason: the times make heroes.

After the founding of the country, as the first generation of founding fathers bid farewell to the center of power, the overall quality of officials, especially the decision-making level of the court, will inevitably usher in a relatively large decline.

It's unavoidable.

After all, no matter how you say it, Liu Ying can't expect that in the next few hundred years, every minister of Liu Han Sheji will have the exaggerated quality of the founding feats.

This is simply unrealistic.

Therefore, the reason for Liu Ying to accept a 'golden mean' like Shen Tujia and succeed as prime minister after Zhang Cang is just a common sentence.

- The dwarf pulls out the general.

Since Shen Tujia is already the best in this group of people, Liu Yingzi has no other choice.

As for the appointment criteria for the Han family ministers in the future, Liu Ying has also reversed his mentality: as long as you don't abandon the glorious tradition of the Han family's secretary of 'civil and military integrity', then the level will be second.

After all, from another point of view, the level of the prime minister is relatively low, which means that the prime minister will be relatively less strong, which is not a bad thing for Liu Ying, the son of heaven who was in the prime of life at that time.

The problem of internal history is solved, and the problems of several other Jiuqing are naturally not hindered.

- Liu Yingke, the crown prince of Chu, is about to become the first Zongzheng of Liu Han!

It seems a little strange to have the crown prince as a clan relative, but considering the particularity of Zongzheng's position, it is not so strange.

Liu Ying, there is really no way······

It is really at the moment that Ding Bufeng, a relative of the Liu clan, especially a few clan elders who meet the two conditions of 'high seniority' and 'good morality' at the same time;

In the past, Liu Bang's identity as the founding monarch of the country was naturally able to let Zongzheng take the position, and he has been idle since the founding of the country;

After all, no matter what happens, it is impossible for Liu Bang to encounter the problem of 'because the seniority is not as high as the other party, so it is difficult to deal with the other party'.

——Among the Liu clansmen, the only one with a higher rank than Liu Bang is the Emperor Liu Xuan!

But in Liu Ying's generation, Zong Zhengqing can't continue to be idle.

The reason is very simple: Liu Bang can't touch the thorn head with a higher rank than himself, but it doesn't mean that Liu Ying can't touch it!

Even if he can't meet a clan relative with a higher rank than himself, it is difficult for Liu Ying to deal with those brothers and siblings of the same generation, as well as the clan relatives of the side branches.

After all, Liu Ying ascended the throne at a young age, and her foundation was already unstable;

When encountering some tricky clan incidents, it is even more impossible to deal with them unscrupulously.

Therefore, Liu Yingke, the crown prince of Chu, to serve as Zongzheng became the unanimous choice of the Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant and the Son of Heaven Liu Ying.

From the perspective of generation, Liu Yingke is the same generation as Liu Ying, and most of the clan princes in the Kanto region are also equals;

But from the perspective of 'virtue', Liu Yingke definitely did not live up to the good reputation of his father, Liu Jiao, the king of Chu!

Moreover, although Liu Yingke is the same generation as Liu Ying's generation, that is, the second generation of the Liu family, he is already over forty years old, as if he is already a little old man.

- After all, Liu Jiao is not Taizu Liu Bang~

Like Liu Bang, there are people who marry wives in their forties and give birth to sons in their forties, which cannot be said to be absent in this era, but they are also very rare.

Therefore, it is a very suitable arrangement for Liu Yingke to do Zongzheng.

Of course, with Liu Yingke as the orthodox, there is also a hidden danger: as a son, Liu Yingke can't control his father Liu Jiao at all;

But fortunately, Liu Jiao is definitely not a gentleman who is worth Liu Ying to worry about, and this hidden danger is naturally ignored by Liu Ying.

Except for Zongzheng, there is nothing else to say about other positions.

- Even the internal history of the head of Jiuqing, Liu Ying has 'pulled the general out of the dwarf', and the other vacancies are obviously based on this;

For example, Lu Pheasant's old acquaintance judged him, and Liu Ying's position as a pawn was given, which was supposed to be compensation for Lu's relatives;

Several other positions, from the founding fathers, found a few barely visible, first occupy the position.

As for the future, according to the actual situation, we will make targeted adjustments one by one.

Liu Ying is still young, and some are time adjustments.

But the disconnection of talents, especially the lack of senior officials, also made Liu Ying a little worried.

"Examination ······"

"Hmmm······"

Sitting on the imperial chariot that returned to Weiyang Palace, Liu Ying's brows couldn't help frowning again.

If it is said in the sentence 'It is easy to fight the world, but it is difficult to defend the world', what is the difficulty in guarding the world, it is undoubtedly the transformation from martial arts to civilian governance.

Of course, as Liu Han, who is famous for his 'abundant martial virtues' in Chinese history, no matter how 'literary' a civil official is, it is impossible to be a pure civil official;

Especially above the court today, under the unspoken political rule of 'non-marquis can't be a minister', and even 'non-marquis can't be a prince or secretary', it is absolutely impossible for a pure civilian official who has not been mixed in the army to be among the decision-making level.

However, Rao is like this, after more than ten years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and gradually ushering in a period of peaceful development, it is inevitable that the composition of officials will gradually shift from 'military' to 'civil'.

The reason couldn't be simpler;

——Before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the selection method of officials was to look at Wuxun!

Whoever has high martial arts is a big official; Whoever has low martial arts will line up at the back!

Such a way of selecting and appointing officials is naturally the easiest and most cost-effective in the short term;

In addition, the overall quality of the founding fathers of the early Han Dynasty was really outrageous, which also made this theoretically absurd selection and appointment method not cause any trouble in the Han Dynasty.

Not only did it not cause any trouble, but it also created several virtuous ministers and virtuous ministers who went down in history one after another!

But after the founding of the country, especially after the founding fathers gradually grew old, what should be the way to select and appoint officials?

Wu Xun?

The battle is over, and they have all entered a period of peaceful development, where can I find so many meritorious ministers?!

And this is also the main reason why after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the way the court selects officials from 'martial' to 'civil'.

- No fight······

If Wu Xun is still used as the official selection standard, let alone the Chang'an court, even the twelve positions of the three princes and nine kings will definitely not be filled.

Therefore, when these founding fathers were out of the government and the opposition, the regime had to find another way to select officials.

In the past, the 'alternative way' here was mainly the recommendation of filial piety, Litian, and virtuous and square, or the 'expedition' that the Son of Heaven heard that someone had great talent, so he directly sent someone to invite him.

But what is obvious is that such a single talent selection method cannot fill the vacancies of officials, especially those at the decision-making level.

As for the supplementary means of the recommendation system: the officials, it is needless to mention.

Officials, if it sounds good, it is called official selection, but if it is ugly, it is the legal sale of officials by the central government!

Since he is a traitor, the officials who can be found are naturally from businessmen;

- Ordinary people can't afford to buy officials at all, but famous families don't need to buy officials at all, they only need to mobilize their connections, ask a county guard friend to write a letter of introduction, or even recommend them directly!

And the group of officials with the theme of the children of businessmen is naturally at a disadvantage in the political context of today's Han Dynasty.

It is true that the officials and gentlemen who were born in businessmen may really have some well-informed and broad-minded talents;

But at the very least, in the current stage of development of the Han Dynasty, as well as the all-round suppression of the merchant group, the probability of this group producing 'talents' is almost negligible.

According to Liu Ying's calculations, it will be at least twenty or thirty years later, when the Han dynasty gradually becomes rich, and the court begins to deliberately loosen the shackles of the merchant group and allow industry and commerce to prosper, so that this group can be expected to send officials to the court.

At present, the group of officials cannot be counted on at all.

The quality of the recommendation system is high enough, but the quantity is insufficient, and the number of officials is sufficient, but the quality is uneven;

In this way, the examination system, which uses the literary examination as a means of selecting officials, naturally entered Liu Ying's field of vision.

Speaking of which, the Han court is no stranger to the examination.

A few years ago, Liu Ying reported a small-scale examination on the grounds of 'lack of officials in Shanglin Yuan', with a certain intention of experimentation;

Although the results were not satisfactory and no too good talents were selected, it can be regarded as setting a precedent of 'selecting officials by literary examination'.

And the 'unsatisfactory' here is only relative to Liu Ying's expectations.

Now, the officials selected by that examination are basically in Shanglin Yuan and the subordinates of the Shaofu;

According to Shaofu Yangchengyan's feedback, although these officials have no great talent, they are surprisingly down-to-earth and hardworking!

From Liu Ying's point of view, these people are not handsome;

But if you compare horizontally from this batch of Ren Ren, who range from 200 to 600 stones, this group of people is definitely worthy of a 'per capita officer, cadre'.

With this group of people as a reference, in recent years, the argument above the court about 'reopening the examination' has also risen.

From the perspective of the court alone, the time is ripe for the large-scale imperial examination.

But Liu Ying still has some doubts about this.

- First of all, the impact of the examination on the old aristocracy and the privileged class, how to resolve the problem;

In the last examination, Liu Ying only selected more than 100 petty officials at the level of 100 stones, and most of them were drudgery in Shaofu, and the meritorious aristocratic class did not react much;

However, if a large-scale examination is carried out, the selection of officials will inevitably be in thousands, or even tens of thousands.

Thousands of officials, naturally, cannot all be stuffed into the Shaofu, but must be 'evenly wet with rain and dew', and enrich the court to its own subordinate offices, and even local counties.

And in this way, no matter how big the aristocratic class is, it is impossible to turn a blind eye to the examination.

It is true that even if they do not pass the examination, the aristocratic class of the Han family can completely use their political connections to find an official position for their descendants;

Or, directly begging Liu Ying to be gracious, sending several sons to the palace for training, and waiting for them to be released, which is also the beginning of middle-level generals.

But that's just the beginning.

At the beginning of the examination, the aristocratic class may not react yet;

But what about these batches of officials who have been selected for the examination and gradually become a force to be reckoned with in the local area and even in the court?

Among these officials who were born in the examination, there were large county magistrates at the level of 1,000 stones, local county guards at the level of 2,000 stones, and even Junjie who became the court and ranked as the minister?

At that time, the aristocratic class, who were only afraid of reacting, would inevitably launch an extremely fierce counterattack after being stunned!

- Since ancient times, all those who shake the position of the privileged class have never come to a good end;

The system that undermined the position of the privileged class never lasted long.

Therefore, now that the idea of the examination has just appeared in his mind, Liu Ying has to patch the possible counterattack of the privileged class in the future.

"Hmmm······"

"Add a martial arts test?"

After thinking about it for a long time, an idea that suddenly flashed through his mind made Liu Ying's frowning brows go away a little.

In later generations, the civil and military departments were separated, and each took civil officials and military generals, which can be regarded as one of the characteristics of the imperial examination system.

In the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying did not need to separate the two at all, but regarded them as two subjects that every candidate must take.

The Han family established the country with martial arts and ruled the country with filial piety.

Adding a martial arts test, in the political background of today's Han family, is also correct in the absolute sense.

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Moreover, the addition of a martial arts examination is enough to ensure the share of the privileged class in the feast of 'examination'.

——The truth of being poor and rich is not only for later generations.

Those who can pass the martial arts examination may not all be children of the nobility; But in this generation, those who can be among the best in the martial arts examination can never be any 'after the poor family'!

Thinking of this, Liu Ying lifted the curtain and looked at Chuntuo, who was trotting next to the imperial chariot.

"Go, summon the ······ of the inner history"

"No, all the ministers of the court and the central government will be summoned to the Xuan Room ceremony."

After making an explanation, Liu Ying lowered the curtain again, smiled lightly in the imperial chariot, and slowly closed his eyes.

-- The general environment has been formed, and the soil for the imperial examination has been formed;

Even the interests of the aristocratic class, Liu Ying also took into account.

Then the next step is the specific implementation plan.