Of course, he would never have imagined that more than ten years later, more and more children from poor families would participate in the imperial examination.

At this time, everyone stopped arguing, copied it again, hung it up and picked it out word by word, and revised some inappropriate words, and then handed it over to Yuan Xu.

After a busy time, it was almost dark, Yuan Xuan hurriedly handed over the prepared edict to Xu Huang, the regular servant, and asked him to give it to the Son of Heaven as soon as possible.

At this time, Liu Zhi was banqueting the royal family in the Hall of Thousand Autumns Long Live Palace, and when he saw the edict presented by Xu Huang, he looked at it carefully, and there was no big problem, so he immediately used the seal.

Shang Shutai issued the edict as quickly as possible, so after nightfall, all the families got the news.

The imperial examination system was born, and it was really a few happy and a few worried, and everyone had estimated it before, knowing that the reform of the big examination was determined.

But it was not expected that it would completely replace the recommendation system, which had no impact on the elite children in the family, but there were also many people who did not excel in their studies.

Won't you cut off your career in the future?

Although joining the army is also a way, they are all delicate and expensive, and they can't endure hardship at all, and now His Majesty's control over the army is becoming more and more strict, and it is no longer feasible to live in a mixed manner.

Don't spend money at that time, people will be kicked out, and make jokes in vain.

The imperial examination system has become the trend of the times, and the key is that it has the support of many important ministers of the imperial court, who also have a large family behind them.

Even if the rest of the family has a stomach of opinions, they can only knock out their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs, who makes their own children not angry, who is to blame.

All the top families of the Han Dynasty have rarely maintained unity in this matter, and according to the current situation, the imperial examination system is actually more beneficial to them.

Because they know very well that if one elite can be brought out in the family, it is better than dozens or hundreds of gentlemen, and for hundreds of years, how many families have relied on the support of the court.

As long as the family stands, the rest of the clan will be able to eat and drink spicy food, and the glory of the family will continue.

What's more, the imperial examination can also bring a sense of crisis, spur and motivate the children of the family to work hard, no matter how good the recommendation system is, but let the children of the family get it for nothing, and in the long run, lose the enterprising spirit, and it is not a long-term solution.

Of course, there are only a few people with such a state of thought, and most of the middle-class families are full of complaints about this.

And the ordinary scholars in the city are running to tell each other, and this first edict of the new year has made them see the dawn.

In the past, they were angry and tried to be strong, no matter how good they read, they could only rely on the wealthy family and be a clerical who had been at the bottom of the officialdom all their lives.

Occasionally, there are particularly outstanding ones who can officially enter the officialdom, but they have been branded as the master all their lives and reduced to vassals.

By now, all this has become a thing of the past, and even some smart families immediately began to sponsor the kind of side branch children who are good at studying, or recruit a group of poor students.

In the future, if a few of them can be promising, and they will never be able to get rid of this kindness, then they will earn it.

Liu Zhi, who was in the palace, took the opportunity of the royal family banquet to announce that he would canonize Yun Ming as the queen mother.

The Empress Dowager Liang is no longer there, as the biological mother of the Son of Heaven, it is logical to ascend to the position of the Empress Dowager, and no one can have an opinion.

In the sound of congratulations, Yun Ming, who officially attended the royal banquet for the first time, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After the Yuan Day, the imperial court suspended the regular court meetings and ignored everything except for urgent matters.

However, Cao, the official of the Taiwei Mansion, did not take a day off, and the appointment of more than 200 jinshi could not be completed overnight.

The jinshi could only move to Kyoto, live in inns and wait for news, and under normal circumstances, they needed to summarize the vacant positions in various places first, and then arrange them slowly.

After the palace examination in previous years, students with a weak background couldn't even wait for a year or two to be vacant, so they could only practice in Lang's name all the time.

Fortunately, Qingzhou and other places investigated and prosecuted a large number of corrupt officials and corrupt officials last year, and many vacancies were vacated at once, involving four prefectures and more than a dozen counties.

Of course, the imperial court will also select capable officials to transfer over, and it is impossible to use all inexperienced newcomers, after all, there are all kinds of waste waiting to be rebuilt, and the situation is more complicated.

As the leader, Chen Yu was the first to get the appointment paperwork, and he was assigned to Dongpingyang, Taishan County, Qingzhou as the county commander.

It used to be the most serious area of bandits, and it was also the location of the old nest of the bandit leader Gongsun Ju, and the people were extremely strong.

Tsk, in this kind of place, it is more difficult to make political achievements than to ascend to the sky, and if one is not good, it may lose the official hat.

Let's just say, he is a cold scholar, even if he gets the first place in the palace examination, he is not without a background, and he can only be assigned to such a thankless place to be the county order.

In a gloating eye, Chen Yu is still as calm as usual, no, it should be said that there is some faint expectation.

Taishan County, Li Ying, a celebrity he has been friends with for a long time, isn't it Taishan Taishou, this time, he can finally taste his long-cherished wish and follow his side.

couldn't wait for the ice to melt on the road, Chen Yu couldn't wait to embark on the journey, even if the cold wind was howling, but he had a fire in his heart, burning brightly.

However, Liu Zhi in the palace also let go of the mountains of songs, and it was rare to be idle for a few days, and accompanied his mother to celebrate the New Year quietly.

On the first day, although Liu Zhi issued an edict to canonize Mrs. Yun as the queen mother, the official canonization ceremony had not yet been held, but the palace had already changed its title.

The mother and son had a dispute over the canonization ceremony, and Liu Zhi felt that his mother had worked hard to raise him as an adult, and it was reasonable that there should be a grand canonization ceremony, so that this honor would be known to the world.

But the Empress Dowager Yun was unwilling, she was low-key, abided by etiquette, and did not want to be extravagant and wasteful because of this matter.

The two debated for an afternoon, but in the end, Liu Zhi couldn't resist his mother, so he had to agree, although his starting point was for his mother's good, but if it made her unhappy, wouldn't it be worth the loss.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Liu Shuo, the king of the plains, finished attending the canonization ceremony of the Empress Dowager Yun, and hurriedly said goodbye and went on the road.

Due to the cold weather, Empress Dowager Yun and Mrs. Ma were very worried, and Liu Zhi promised to send Long Lin Wei to escort them, which made them reluctantly agree.

Mrs. Ma sent her son to the outskirts of Luoyang, and only then did she return to the palace with a sad look until the convoy gradually moved away and was no longer visible.

Liu Kui also went with his mother to see off his brother, and when he returned to the city, he thought that the emperor had also grown up in Yong'an Palace these days, which made him uncomfortable, so he rolled his eyes and smiled.

"Mother, the master said that I will start studying tomorrow, and I will not be able to go to Yong'an Palace to accompany you."

Liu Kui is lazy and stubborn, and he hates reading the most, so he suddenly took the initiative to mention it at this time, and Mrs. Ma was naturally overjoyed and agreed repeatedly.

"Okay, okay, you go, remember to listen to the words of the national master."

"See, Mother, the child will study hard."

Liu Kui casually said a perfunctory word, and then jumped out of the carriage impatiently, he has met many children of the family in the past few months, but he has never found the opportunity to go out to play.

Taking advantage of the Chinese New Year, if you don't have fun playing, wouldn't it be in vain to come to Beijing.

Liu Zhi saw that Mrs. Ma came back alone, and he knew that the kid ran away halfway without asking, thinking that he had restrained him for so long, and he should take a holiday during the New Year, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

It was so leisurely and comfortable to the fifteenth day of the first month, and at this time there was no Lantern Festival, which was called the Lantern Day. Because Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty believed in Buddhism, in order to promote Buddhism, he ordered that on the fifteenth day of the first month, the palace and the temple should "burn the lamp to show the Buddha".

After nearly 100 years of development, it has become a traditional festival, every household hangs lanterns to celebrate, and the whole Luoyang City is plunged into bright lights, which is beautiful.

On a whim, Liu Zhi asked people to cook glutinous rice dumplings, and the family ate the dumplings and watched the lights.

Although the palace lanterns of the Han Dynasty were exquisite enough, the types were not as numerous as those of later generations, and Liu Zhi quietly asked people to prick some Kong Ming lanterns, ready to surprise his mother.

After eating the dumplings, everyone went down to the porch to look at the lanterns, and suddenly saw a bright lantern flying up in the bushes behind them.

The princess of Changshe was sharp-eyed, and when she saw it first, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Look, there's a light flying." ”

Before the words fell, more bright lights slowly rose, forming a beautiful galaxy in the sky, and this scene was as beautiful as a dream.

"Mother, this is a wishing lamp, which can bless the world with good weather and good health."

Empress Dowager Yun looked up at the lights flying in the sky, her eyes were slightly moist, in this life, she is lucky, her husband is favored, her wife is gentle, and her son is so intimate.

"Okay, let's all make a wish, I wish this year a smooth wind and rain, and the country and the people are safe."

For a while, in front of the main hall of Yong'an Palace, everyone bowed their heads and made a wish, Liu Zhi sighed softly, all kinds of previous lives, as if in another life, from then on he was only the emperor Liu Zhi.

The fluttering Kong Ming lanterns are getting farther and farther away, as if the stars have disappeared into the sky.

"Brother Emperor, this wishing lamp is so magical, how did you make it?"

The princess clapped her hands and asked curiously, and everyone was very puzzled and couldn't figure out the mystery.

"Well, you can't say it, it's not fun to say it, haha."

The flying principle of Kong Ming lantern is very simple to put it bluntly, but it is a bit bad to say it, it is better to maintain a sense of mystery and make people reverie.

On the 16th day of the first lunar month, the first regular court meeting of the year was officially convened, and there was basically nothing serious today, and the political achievements and account books handed over by the state ministers and county officials in various localities have been counted.

According to the rules, today is a summary meeting, and there must be an explanation for the gains and losses of last year.

Obviously, the second year of Jianhe was a year of ups and downs, from the thunderous attack at the beginning of the year to get rid of the powerful minister Liang Ji, to the battle of wits and courage with the traitor Zhao Jie, Liu Zhi brushed shoulders with death several times.

I have to admit that he still has some luck, and sure enough, the heavens favor the traverser.

But luck will always run out one day, so he makes every effort to govern the country and strengthen the people, and at the same time finds a way to concentrate the power of the monarch and the military, which is his biggest goal now.

Of the thirteen states of the Han Empire, as many as half of them were involved in the war, the Qiang rebellion in Liangzhou and Yizhou, the bandits in Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Yanzhou, as well as small bandits in Jingzhou and Yangzhou.

Even the lieutenant department of Si Li has experienced a disaster of swords, and the situation is grim.

So far, all the rebellions on the surface have been suppressed, but the contradictions have not been resolved in the shadows, just like an active volcano that is calm on the outside, and no one knows when it will erupt.

In the second year of Jianhe, in addition to man-made disasters, natural disasters also continued, such as earthquakes, hailstorms, floods, droughts, and locust plagues...... Take turns.

Let the already stormy Han Empire be in jeopardy.

It seems that he has done a lot of reforms, but either it is a stopgap measure that treats the symptoms rather than the root cause, or it is a macro plan, and it will take a long time to see results.

If the abnormal weather continues to fall this year, or if it becomes worse than last year, it is estimated that more people will rise up, and there is almost no way for him to completely solve the difficulties.

It is difficult to be a family, and it is even more difficult to be the head of a country, Liu Zhi's face was paralyzed, and he listened to the courtiers reciting the song repeatedly, while thinking about countermeasures.

These notes are equivalent to the year-end reports of later generations, which are basically clichés and have nothing to pay attention to.

Suddenly, a note from Liangzhou finally caught his attention.

In this letter, the state herdsmen are responsible for the drawbacks of the Chen border, the Qiang people are capricious, the Wuhuan is eyeing the tiger, and the Huns take advantage of the fire to rob from time to time, which can be described as a group of wolves.

However, the deployment of conventional troops at the border passes is too small, and it is not a long-term solution to use Qiang to control Qiang for a long time, and to mobilize all the righteous troops to suppress it.

Therefore, the Chongzhou Mu Shangshu suggested that he hoped to increase the regular forces on the border, and at this time, he could take the initiative to subdue the surrounding aliens and eliminate hidden dangers.

In addition, the Qiang people who returned to Shun lived in a scattered manner, changed their nomadic herding to farming, and taught the Han Chinese script.

This kind of nonsense is interesting, other state pastors are desperately whitewashing the peace and singing praises of virtue, but he just wrote the summary into suggestions.

Speaking of Liangzhou soldiers and horses, Duan Cheng has not returned to support Qingzhou, while Jizhou soldiers and horses and Youzhou soldiers and horses have all returned to their headquarters.

Today's Liangzhou, in terms of protection, is indeed a little worse, so that those alien races are all ready to move, all rely on a few fierce generals who can fight well to fight there, otherwise I am afraid that they would have already stepped on the Central Plains.

It seems that it is time to think carefully about the suggestion of the plant.

However, whether it is a war or an increase in the number of defenders, it is a major matter for the imperial court, and it is not the right time to bring it up at this time.

Therefore, Liu Zhi did not show much interest, which made Governor Deliang very disappointed Ganhuai, and the Chongzhou Mu took this opportunity to speak, which was also a last resort.

When he was still in Emperor Shun, he wrote to the emperor many times, asking him to pay attention to the border issue, but he was repeatedly deposed three times.

If it weren't for the courage and resourcefulness of Chong Wei and the way he fights, it is estimated that he would have been kicked out of the court a long time ago.

Last year, Liangzhou was in turmoil, and Chong Wei was finally promoted to state pastor, and he was so worried that he insisted on making suggestions to the emperor again despite the hard persuasion of his subordinates.

Taiwei Huang Qiong has been an official in the same dynasty as Chong Wei for many years, so he naturally understands his temperament, and when he heard his recital, his expression suddenly became incomprehensible.

Although the two have opposite concepts in the military, Huang Qiong still admires Chong Hui's personality and perseverance.

raised his eyes and looked at Liu Zhi, who was immovable, and he didn't know how much the Son of Heaven listened, the Han Dynasty is a state of etiquette, and it is absolutely not advisable to convince people with benevolence and virtue.