Chang Yuan sat on the dragon chair and listened to the Wenchen military generals below report on the affairs of the imperial court.

After dealing with things one by one, Chang Yuan left several ministers, including Ning Changrong.

The others dispersed, and the ministers remained in the main hall.

These ministers are all insiders of the glass-for-food scheme.

No matter how powerful Ning Changrong is, no matter how many ideas he has, he can't divide it into a few people, he has to have someone else to help improve this strategy.

Chang Yuan asked Ning Changrong directly: "Ning Qing, tell me how the glass matter is going." ”

Ning Changrong bowed his hand to several colleagues, and said respectfully to Chang Yuan: "Back to Your Majesty, Zhang Xifan and the others sent by the minister have almost traveled all the medium-sized tribes in the grassland, and during this period, they have sold eight glazed wolves, in exchange for a total of 200,000 stones of grain, 300,000 taels of gold and silver, countless furs, and 1,000 livestock. ”

"At present, someone has been sent to General Wang Hanting's station."

Chang Yuan stroked the beard on his chin with satisfaction, and Ning Changrong continued: "The progress of the White Lotus Sect is relatively slow, but it has also exchanged 20,000 quintals of grain, gold and silver for Da'an, and at the same time, it has also made friends with many high-level leaders of the White Lotus Sect, so he can continue to provide us with some inside information. ”

Ning Changrong reported for two quarters of an hour before he explained everything in detail.

Chang Yuan Longyan Dayue: "I really didn't misbelieve people. ”

Ning Changrong humbly arched his hand and said: "This matter is not the work of one person, without the help and cooperation of all the adults, the matter cannot be completed." ”

Chang Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, all have credit." ”

Hundreds of thousands of loads of grain were saved for the imperial court at once, and the granary, which was originally in short supply, suddenly became rich.

For Ning Changrong himself, who proposed this doctrine, Chang Yuan trusted him even more.

Xie Hong is one of the important ministers in the court, and one of the ministers who came up with ideas with Ning Changrong.

He said with a smile on his face: "Lord Ning's idea has saved a lot of food and silver taels for the imperial court, and the credit is mainly due to Lord Ning, we are just doing some auxiliary work, Lord Ning is too modest." ”

Several other ministers also smiled and declined the credit.

Ning Changrong also smiled and played with them haha, you come and go.

After learning about the matter, Chang Yuan asked several other ministers to go down, and Ning Changrong still stayed.

Chang Yuan picked up a letter in the corner of the table, "This is your fold, right?" Tell me why you suddenly want to open Enko? ”

Ning Changrong was still wondering what Chang Yuan was doing with him, it turned out that it was because of this matter.

He said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the corruption in Chang County is widely implicated, so a lot of oranges have been dealt with, and a lot of positions have been vacant. ”

"At this stage, we don't see a problem, but something will happen in the long run."

"It's not a good thing for an official to manage too much."

Chang Yuan raised his eyebrows, and immediately understood what Ning Changrong meant.

Although the current officials are very useful, many of them wear many hats, and it can be said that they are single-handedly covering the sky in the local area.

This kind of person wants to bewitch the people below and rebel, of course, it is very easy.

He said in a deep voice, "Go on." ”

"The students of the college have produced a group of intern officers, but they are still a drop in the bucket for Daan's expanding territory."

Ning Changrong continued: "There is only Kaienke, Kaienke is a scholar, and students who pass the assessment can be directly awarded officials. ”

"As for those students in the college who have not yet completed their studies, they can also participate in this Enke together."

Chang Yuan was puzzled: "But they don't have any fame. ”

Ning Changrong took the initiative to explain: "Your Majesty can grant them a background, so that they can participate with those students. ”

"Your Majesty can also issue and recognize the will of the previous dynasty's fame, even if some people want to make trouble, it won't make too much trouble, and those who have received Your Majesty's gifts will actually help Your Majesty suppress the turmoil."

"Those students who participate in Enke together are given a background, and if they can pass the exam, they can also be directly awarded official positions and sent out to be intern officers."

Chang Yuan had been thinking about Ning Changrong's words, and when Ning Changrong said that he recognized the fame of the previous dynasty, he subconsciously resisted.

But if you don't admit it, it means that no one has to slowly go from the child to the show to the lifter, and such a toss cannot be completed in one or two years.

But if he had to wait for such a long time, it would also go against his original intention of opening Enko.

With this amount of time, the students of the academy have already graduated and can be scattered to various places to work as intern officials.

Seeing that Chang Yuan had not spoken, Ning Changrong did not urge, bowed his head and waited.

It took about a stick of incense before Chang Yuan's voice came from above.

"Just do as you say, I will issue an order to recognize the fame of the previous dynasty as soon as possible, but for only one year, if you fail the Enke assessment this time, you will be a civilian."

After thinking about it, Chang Yuan thought of such a compromise.

Isn't asking him to admit the identity of the former dynasty scholar questioning himself? This is already his biggest step back.

Even Ning Changrong, who proposed this idea, was actually not very sure in his heart, and Chang Yuan was quite surprised that he could agree.

"Your Majesty."

Chang Yuan took the initiative to ask: "What do you think should be tested in the imperial examination?" Or is it a direct copy of the previous dynasty? ”

All dynasties have directly copied the system of the previous dynasty, and they have made some modifications and used them directly.

Ning Changrong thought for a while, and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, we Kai Enke want to screen useful people, if those who are selected, they will only know and shake their heads, and they don't understand the people's livelihood at all, then let's choose them to come up, it is better to keep it as it is." ”

The corners of Chang Yuan's mouth curled slightly, "Then what do you think?" ”

He knew that Ning Changrong would not be untargeted.

"After thinking about it, I feel that our assessment content should focus on reality, and the content should be based on solving problems, as long as there is a mistake in what can be said, it means that the scholar should have a furrow in the abdomen, at least not a nerd who can only memorize by rote."

"It's just ......," Ning Changrong didn't continue with some concern.

Chang Yuan asked, "Just what?" If you have something to say, don't babble. ”

Ning Changrong arched his hand and said hesitantly: "It's just that it's difficult for ordinary people to even eat enough, and most of the people who can have the opportunity to see and understand the outside world are from wealthy families. ”

"If you are assessed according to this method, I am afraid that most of them are the sons of families with elders who are officials and have been exposed to them."

After contacting several families at the beginning, Chang Yuan's impression of them was not very good, and as soon as Ning Changrong said this, his smiling face immediately sank.