Xun Shuang has only been in the company for more than ten years, and it has been less than twenty years, but the speed of promotion is envious of others.

He was the youngest of all the high-ranking officials, the most open-minded, and represented the new force of the future imperial court.

"Your suggestions are all right, and there is no doubt that the council will be formed.

As for how to formulate the charter, it is up to you to work together. ”

The emperor's words directly set the tone, and even if some people disagreed, they could only reserve their opinions.

Hu Guang's face was full of displeasure, his thinking was rather old-fashioned, His Majesty had treated him with great courtesy and high authority over the years, so that he had gradually forgotten the young emperor with iron fist.

Liu Zhi's performance is in full view, this kind of old antique, it is better to hurry up and invite him out of the court to support the elderly.

Even he, the emperor, plans to have a retirement system, and there is no reason to keep a group of old fools.

As people get older, they don't necessarily become more experienced or wiser. More people are mentally degraded, mentally poor, and maybe have Alzheimer's disease.

How can such a person lead a country forward?

When the meeting was over, Liu Zhi named a few people.

"Yuan Gong, Chen Gong, Li Gong, Yang Gong, as well as Xun Qing, Chen Qing and Dong Qing, stay for the time being, I have other things to discuss."

Even Xun Shuang stayed, but Hu Guang, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, had no share, which made him even more dissatisfied, and he withdrew with a calm face.

"Zhuqing, I see that there are some old ministers in the court who have worked hard for the country all their lives, and now they are old and still working hard.

I really can't bear it, I want to establish a merit system so that they can enjoy their old age in peace, I wonder if you have any good ideas? ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone immediately understood, isn't this just Hu Guang?

Hu Guang is over 80 years old, and he obviously has to walk with crutches, but he is greedy for power, and he is reluctant to take the initiative to resign.

Seeing that His Majesty is about to set up a cabinet again, with his current position, if he does not retire, he will definitely have a place.

But it is clear that His Majesty does not want him to stay in the court anymore, and wants to use the system to kick him out.

In the Han Dynasty, those high-ranking ministers were treated more favorably, and if the old courtiers did not make a big mistake, they generally took the initiative to return to their hometowns.

If the emperor really has an opinion about him, he will also take a very tactful way, suggesting that he himself hand in his resignation, and in order to compensate, he will also add some honorary titles and the like to show the emperor's benevolence.

But now Liu Zhi obviously doesn't want to take this road, with Hu Guang's cheekiness, he can enter the cabinet at the sight, let alone hint, even if you express it, it may not work.

Therefore, it is necessary to use the form of a system to completely solve this matter, and the situation of the DPRK and China is not an isolated case, and there are people who occupy positions and do not want to do things and are unwilling to leave, from ancient times to the present.

Of course, those old ministers who are still sober and quick-thinking when they are old are another matter.

For a while, everyone looked at each other, and they were embarrassed to speak, if this matter was spread, it would definitely offend Hu Guang.

Everyone has been a minister of the same dynasty for decades, no matter what the relationship is in private, at least they are old acquaintances on face, and when they meet in the future, their faces must be a little indelible.

At this time, it was still Dong Ban who gave his strength, at the beginning he and Hu Guang had different political views, and then he kept going out, and only returned to the capital last year, and there was no intersection with Hu Guang, let alone any feelings.

Others were embarrassed to speak, but he didn't care, so he arched his hand and said: "This is a great thing for Your Majesty to be sympathetic to his courtiers, and he will naturally be handled well."

The minister had a proposal that in the future, all courtiers who had reached the age of 60 should have a physical examination every month, and if they were really sick and performed their duties, the court should fulfill the responsibility of taking care of them. ”

Liu Zhi almost laughed out loud when he heard this, what a loss to say, the keywords are particularly high-sounding, and people can't find the slightest fault.

Since it was a physical examination, it must have been carried out by the Tai Hospital, so the initiative was in the hands of the emperor.

Whether you have a disease or not, you don't have to say it yourself, the doctors have the final say, and the subtext is equivalent to the emperor's final say.

In this way, those old ministers who really forcibly occupy positions have to retreat, and those who are competent can also stay with peace of mind without worrying about being impeached.

But as soon as Dong Ban finished speaking, one of them shook his head and objected, "Your Majesty, this move is inappropriate, it is a bit too child's play to do this, in case someone bribes the imperial doctor, or manipulates it arbitrarily, it will cause very bad consequences." ”

The person who spoke was Li Ying, and his worries were actually not unreasonable, after all, even if the current emperor was wise and would not interfere in control, but what about the emperor in the future?

If a trend is formed, will it become a privilege in the hands of the emperor, bypassing the officials and the imperial history court, and arbitrarily dismissing the ministers of the court?

Chen Fan also spoke: "The minister thinks that the system can be there, but it can't be so hasty, and it must be cautious, otherwise it will disrupt the dynasty." ”

Two important ministers spoke up against it, and Dong Ban's suggestion would definitely not work, but Liu Zhi's mind was very resolute, so he could only find another way.

"It's better to do this, all the old ministers who have reached the age of seventy will be honorably retired, and the court will give courtesy according to merit.

If it is really a person who cannot be separated from the department, it can be specially approved by His Majesty to stay, so as to ensure fairness. ”

The person who spoke was Yuan Xu, as the first and auxiliary minister of the cabinet, he naturally had his own merits.

This method is very similar to the retirement system of later generations, and the special approval is equivalent to the re-employment system.

It seems that the wisdom of the ancients is really not to be underestimated, and what they lacked was only experience, not brains.

As soon as this remark came out, it was immediately approved by everyone present, and it was really rare for courtiers at this time to live to the age of seventy, and ordinary people did not have to worry about retirement at all.

And the emperor's power has changed from choosing who to kick out to retaining it, which seems to be about the same, and the difference is big.

"Seventy? It's so inhumane, and I think it's better to be sixty years old. ”

Some of the old ministers in the court grew up in the era of Emperor Shun, and their thinking was limited to feudal ethics, which was incompatible with the new ideas advocated by Liu Zhi.

Now he wants to give power to the crown prince, but he is worried that his son will not be able to control this group of old ministers, and when he leaves, the development of the country will be affected by them, and there may be a reversal in some aspects.

It's better to take this opportunity to get rid of all these people, and the few people you picked up can be specially approved anyway, what are you afraid of.

Sixty years old?

After making trouble for a long time, everyone realized that the emperor was not just targeting Hu Guang alone, but was going to purge the court forces.

The atmosphere suddenly became solemn, why did His Majesty suddenly clean up the court, the reason for this is worth investigating.

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