Examinations?

The Huns have just arrived in the four counties of the Northland, and the finishing work is still over, and the post-war reconstruction is even more untouched.

Could it be that Liu Sheng has adjusted from the humiliation of the Huns knocking on the border and galloping the border counties, and is ready to "look forward", intending to continue to promote his own ideas step by step?

With the wind of the examination, the stronger it blows in Chang'an, the more people inside and outside the government and the opposition have such doubts.

In the eyes of the court, Liu Sheng's mention of the imperial examination again actually wanted to tell the world: I am fine;

The Huns knocked on the side, and I did not lose because of the humiliation brought by this incident;

I have regained my strength, and intend to continue to do what I need to do, and continue to prepare for the decisive battle ahead.

But few people know that these two things, the Xiongnu knocking and the imperial examination, these two seemingly unrelated things, have a very close causal relationship in Liu Sheng's eyes.

——Why were the Huns able to drive straight into the border this time, dye the flames of war to Guanzhong, and even burn the flames of war to Ganquan Palace, which is only a few hundred miles away from Chang'an?

The answer is: During the reign of the first emperor, after the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu was pacified, the first emperor withdrew nearly forty percent of his troops from the border guards;

- Then why did the first emperor risk border erosion and withdraw nearly forty percent of the border defense forces?

The answer is: After the Wu Chu Rebellion was pacified, a large number of the leading groups of the local counties and counties in the Kanto region were dismissed, there was a serious shortage of officials, and the pressure on local public security and administration increased sharply;

In order to maintain local law and order, and also to prevent the princes and vassal kings from rebelling again, the first emperor finally chose the less bad one among the two bad choices.

After all, according to Chao Cuo's rhetoric in "Cutting the Domain", the Huns are only suffering from physical and skin problems, while the vassal kings are suffering from the heart.

Further down: There were not enough officials in the Kwantung region, so why did the emperor choose to mobilize border guards to "suppress by force" instead of sending new officials?

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As for the batch of scholars who started with 200 koku selected by the examination, why could they make up for the position of the county commander and county magistrate in Kanto, which was often at the level of 600 to 1,000 koku, or even 2,000 koku?

Come on~

With this group of stunned youths, when they go to the court, they are subordinate officials of 200 stones, so can the original old officials at the level of 200 stones move to the position of 400 stones, or even 600 stones?

If 200 stones are moved to 400 stones or 600 stones, can the original 400 stones and 600 stones be moved in the direction of 1,000 stones?

By analogy, this batch of scholars can be used to promote an overall job promotion in the Chang'an court and even the entire Han officialdom.

As long as there is not too much defect in their own ability, and there is indeed room for improvement, they will basically be promoted in this feast;

The final batch of 600 stones, 1,000 stones, and 2,000 stones could be sent to Kanto by the Chang'an court to re-establish the new county leadership in order to complete the maintenance of local law and order, the administrative system, and the obstruction of the vassal states—at least the mission of delaying the rebels.

As for the future, the examination once every few years can also greatly strengthen the mobility of the Han officialdom, whether it is the center of the court or the county and the country.

As the saying goes: flowing water does not rot;

Compared with today's officialdom order where you can sit in a position until you die of old age, you can't be promoted if there is no vacancy above, and you won't be demoted if you don't make mistakes, the future Han officialdom will definitely have more vitality because of the imperial examination.

At that time, Liu Sheng will most likely be able to launch the civil servant retirement plan that he has been preparing for many years without hesitation, but he has always been worried that there will not be enough officials, and so far he has not promoted the civil service retirement plan.

Overall, Liu Sheng is full of confidence in the future of the examination, and it can even be said that he has high hopes.

But before that, the troublesome things that Liu Sheng needed to deal with were one after another.

——The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit.

Before breaking the order of distribution of causes and interests, Liu Sheng needs to deal with the original vested interests and even vested interest groups.

Moreover, "getting it" here does not mean banning and eliminating, but means gambling and compromise.

After all, now, the head of the Han family, Shaoguo, is suspicious, and Liu Shengnian is not as good as the crown and has not yet been pro-government······

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"This test~"

"If this is really opened, how can I wait for those bastard boys in the family to have a bright future?"

"—yes, yes!"

"-Your Majesty is really, you don't need to let go of loyal ministers and righteous people, you have to do some imperial examination······

As the wind of the examination intensifies, the streets and alleys of Chang'an are almost full of related topics.

Among them, the most drastic reaction is naturally the relatives of the meritorious princes whose vital interests are threatened.

In their view, the examination obviously breaks the past, either it needs to be recommended, or it needs the inherent selection system of capable officials of the ancestors, which adds a new variable to the selection of officials in the future.

And in this variable, the children of the noble relatives of the meritorious marquis do not seem to have any advantages?

"Prime Minister, aren't you going to say something?"

"Even if you don't dare to refute it above the court, you should at least meet Your Majesty in private and persuade Your Majesty to give us a little preferential treatment after being a meritorious hero?"

Riding on the carriage, a meritorious man said a word full of anxiety, but only heard another disdainful voice in the carriage.

"Hey!"

"Liu She?"

"Prince, don't you still count on him?"

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"Don't talk about him Liu She, go and persuade Your Majesty for this matter;"

"When I turn around and take the exam, the first person to run up and pick up my stinky feet must be him Liu She!"

"If you have to say what to look forward to, that's what kind of flowers Liu She can shoot the horses this time!"

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Hey;"

"What about "persuading Your Majesty······"

Hearing this, the Chehou who spoke earlier only frowned even more, as if he was thinking about a way to break the situation.

Heaven is pitiful;

This prince has thousands of households, and the tax income of 10,000 handfuls of stone grain in a year is converted into money, but it is only 500,000 yuan, and the discount is only 50 gold!

At first glance, 500,000 yuan is the entire property of five middle-class families, but for a marquis who is at the peak of the class of the times, the income of 500,000 yuan a year is not enough, or even too much.

——During the New Year's holidays, you have to usher in the send-off, right?

- Red and white ceremonies, get gifts everywhere, right?

Moreover, since he is a meritorious marquis who insists on not returning to the feudal country and relies on Chang'an, he naturally wants to fight hard when the position of Jiuqing and even the three princes is vacant.

In order to get the news of "a position is about to become vacant" and "who are the main competitors" earlier, inside and outside the palace, you have to deal with it, right?

and the current secretary of state and China, you still have to exchange courtesy, right?

Just this pile and piece by piece, the tax of 500,000 yuan is not enough at all!

If it weren't for the New Year's holidays, you could still get some rewards from the Empress Dowager of the East Palace and the Son of Heaven, and the property of the feudal country could also subsidize a part, let alone enjoy the life of the nobility - if you don't have 8,000 households, it will not be enough to live in Chang'an for a long time!

Compared with the huge expenses in Chang'an, the national tax is already stretched, but there are still many bastards in the family who fight cocks and lackeys all day long, and spend all day drinking, clamoring to "start a family".

Although he screamed as a "bastard", when his son wants to start a family, is it difficult to be a father and watch it?

Do you have to take out a sum of real money, do some work inside and out, try to find an errand for each bastard, and then leave a foundation?

In the past, most of the meritorious lords and nobles of Chang'an were also troubled by this—worried about the work of future generations, but they could still barely cope with it by the whole.

- Take a sum of money and build a house;

- Pull down the old face and go to talk about family affairs;

and then relied on his own connections, and even went to the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven to cry, and found a Lang official or something like that for the bastard boy in the family, which can be regarded as fulfilling his responsibility as a father.

But now, the wind of this examination is blowing stronger and stronger, and it looks like it is about to fall from the bamboo slips;

If in the future, the selection of officials really has to be selected through the "examination", then these sons and daughters of the meritorious family, then it will be ······

"Your Majesty's examination has nothing to do with us farmers, right?"

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a conversation outside the carriage, which provoked the two meritorious marquis to hurriedly prick up their ears;

At the corner of the street, a lazy man was surrounded by three or five people, and he was proudly interpreting the great affairs of the court for the vulgar farmers in front of him.

"Hey, don't you mean?"

"——If there is a word "test", it will definitely test the allusions of the sages, poems, and books;

"We farmers, not to mention allusions and poetry books—let's just say a county, in addition to the officials in the county government, how many people can still be found to be literate?"

"Don't say it's a correct answer, if you really want to enter the examination field, and you can write your name completely, it's not to mention that it's a material for a husband."

"But if you really have that ability, why do you need to take the test?"

The lazy man's words caused everyone around him to nod their heads again and again, and instantly attracted more people to stop.

"Really!"

"This exam, it must be a literary exam—even if it isn't, it can't be a test of the ability to fiddle with crops."

"Just us farmers, we really have nothing to do with this exam."

"In the end, aren't they just the sons and nephews of those dignitaries and nobles who can go to the exam?"

"Go to the sky, that is, pick some ······ from it that can be written and recognized."

For a while, the streets became a little noisy, and everyone was one

In fact, it was a different way to open the way for the children of the nobles to become officials and enter the office.

But for this situation, the northern soldiers who passed by from time to time seemed to turn a deaf ear.

——Since Emperor Taizong Xiaowen removed the slander decree and clearly stipulated that the peasants would no longer be punished for their words, the public opinion atmosphere of the Han family has become more and more relaxed.

Not to mention that at this moment, three or five peasants gathered on the street to discuss the government's major policies;

Even if you drink two or two horse urine, tear your throat and scold the Son of Heaven, there is no problem at all.

- The ignorant are not at fault~

But the boring chatter of these peasants made the two meritorious marquis who "eavesdropped" in the carriage feel a little more at ease.

Although the peasants were a little rough, Danli was indeed the same reason.

For example, today, those who can "write and recognize" are rare talents.

Although it is not rich and prosperous, you can easily write a letter to someone, or copy books and documents, etc., and you can easily mix food and clothing.

As for the allusions of hundreds of schools at hand, and even those who have unique insights into the righteousness of poetry and books, they are all famous sages, everyone, and their protégés.

These people want to be officials, and they don't need any "examinations" at all - everyone at the level of "world-renowned", but if they want to be officials, the court will definitely send horses to respectfully invite, which is called: conquest.

Even his disciples, they only need to bring a letter of introduction and recommendation from their teacher, and they can get an official position of about 600 stones, and there is a high probability that they can be personally received by the Son of Heaven.

In this way, Liu Sheng's upcoming examination is said to be "all the people of the Han Dynasty, dukes and non-commercial people can apply for the examination", but in fact, those who have the ability to pass the examination can only be the children of nobles;

and······

"That's not right!"

"It's also about the children of Dongqilu, those common people who are "educated and classless" by Confucianism!"

Reflecting on themselves, or the real competitors of their own sons and nephews, the two heroes only widened their eyes in horror!

After looking at each other for a moment, the two tacitly poked their heads out of both sides of the carriage and shouted the same sentence in unison.

"Hurry up!"

"I want to enter the palace to face the saint!

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