One day, the prince approved the chapter, and the prince Taifu defended Dongcheng to play, many officials of the prefecture and county were older, although they were not as old as Chu Wen, but they were also physically weak, and they were waiting for death by eating together, which seriously affected the handling of affairs in the prefecture and county, and lacked some fresh blood.

There are three ways to become an official in the Qi Dynasty, one is that there are people, people with backgrounds, and backers, who can directly become officials by virtue of recommendations, and the grade is not low.

The second is to be a civil official, every year the dynasty will hold the Wushuang Meeting, and those who have achieved the top ten of the Wushuang will have the opportunity to become a grade official, and even if they are admitted to the hundred, they will be recorded in the Wushuang Record, and wait until there are vacancies in various places to line up to take office. There is a literary examination in various places, and the list of the literary examination is called the Dengke list, and the people on the list are eligible to be admitted to the Wushuang Society, and if they are not admitted to the Wushuang Record, they will have to take the Wendian Examination again in the coming year.

The third is to be a military attaché, the same examination for the Wushuang Society, the top ten have the opportunity to get military generals and other grade officials, the top 100 can be trained in the army, selected and admitted by generals at all levels, before the examination of the Wushuang will have to pass the Dragon Gate, in the real dragon scroll has a famous position is eligible to be admitted to the Wushuang Society.

Although a large number of people have passed the Wushuang Club exam every year and are on the Wushuang Record list, there are too few vacancies in various places to accommodate so many people.

It should have been distributed according to the ranking, but there were too many small actions at the bottom, and it couldn't be fair at all, what gifts and money to give concubines, and so on, some of the top ranked people were often pressed behind, and people like the university scholars were all honored and refused, and they refused to go along with them, so they stayed year after year.

The imperial dynasty did not stipulate the age at which officials should abdicate, so there were often officials in their seventies or eighties who were still in power, and there were even a few who were 100 years old.

If you have the ability to be young, you can't come up, and if you don't have the ability to occupy the place and don't do anything, there will be more and more drawbacks, Chu Wen can be regarded as one of the alternatives, although he is old, he is not confused.

Therefore, it is imperative to clean up these people, and Wei Dongcheng suggested that these officials who do not do things should be cleaned up and replaced with some capable young people.

The prince also thinks that this is very good, but there are too many people who have passed the Wushuang Club every year, and it is a big problem to arrange who is suitable.

The prince thought of a good way, and made an exception to hold a meeting of the Mandate of Heaven, in response to the vacancies of officials in various prefectures and counties and these officials dealt with by the imperial court, some examination questions were specially issued, and those who passed the examination were directly appointed, and even the names of the required officials were listed, so as to select the examination items, specifically for those prefectures and counties with special customs, so as to solve the shortcomings.

The prince's method has been opposed by many people, and no one knows whether the officials who will be cleaned up will be themselves, especially some older people, who are even more fiercely opposed, and even refute the prince on the spot.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister thinks this law is inappropriate!" Yao Mengran, the lord of Baichuan Mansion, said.

The crown prince didn't expect that anyone other than the three princes and four kings would dare to oppose him, "Is there anything wrong?" ”

"We have followed the emperor for nearly 30 years, and have paid our own efforts for the prosperity of the dynasty, and now that we are old and useless, we will be removed from our official positions in one sentence, isn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince afraid of chilling the hearts of these heroes? Please also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take back his fate! ”

After Yao Mengran finished speaking, he received the support of many ministers.

Chao Jiang, the head of the Northern Military Mansion and the Mobei Mansion, said: "The minister seconded the proposal! ”

Then some old ministers knelt down, "The ministers seconded the proposal!" ”

It has been thirty-one years since the official establishment of the imperial dynasty, and most of the people who followed Liu Cheng to conquer the country are still there, and now they are all prefecture-level officials, and they naturally don't want to lose the best way of life in the world just because of their old age for no reason.

After waiting for a while, more than half of the officials in the court knelt down.

Even Long Yu's heart moved when he heard Yao Mengran's words, what he had worked hard for all his life was just the word useless, it was really hurtful, and it was not wrong for the cunning rabbit to die and cook the lackey!

The prince smiled: "Lord Yao, I'm afraid you're old, this palace is talking about those officials and incompetent people who have already struggled to eat, why are you in such a hurry to stand up?" ”

"This .................."

"I see that you have already struggled to eat, and Zhang Desheng and Chao Jiang, are the three of you contacting the courtiers to force the palace?"

"The minister doesn't dare, the minister is wronged!"

"Hmph, wronged, someone pulled the three of them down and beat each of them with twenty military sticks, took off their court clothes, and started the recruitment examination from the official positions of the three of them! And so do you have what you have to offer! ”

Several Janissaries dragged them down.

The prince looked at the kneeling people below, and he wanted to know how many others dared to do this.

Twenty military sticks, Yao Mengran is afraid that he will die once at this age, Long Yu can't bear to come forward to persuade him.

Li Wei noticed Long Yu's movements, stood up one step ahead, and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Lord Yao and the other three are already old, I am afraid that they can't afford to ban the twenty military sticks, and they have been considered meritorious to the dynasty for many years, so these twenty military sticks will be exempted!" ”

The prince wanted to refute Yi Liwei, but after looking underneath, Long Yu also walked out half a step, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said, "Okay, since Lord Taibao intercedes, let's dispense with his military stick and let him return to his hometown!"

"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince!"

Long Yu retracted his outstretched foot again, looking at Li Wei's movements, which were obviously intentional, but he didn't say much.

"Is there any objection?" The crown prince looked at the lords of the prefecture who were kneeling below.

There was silence, "Very good, since there is no objection, tomorrow it will be announced to the world, and the literary examination will be greatly promoted, and the palace will be the main exam!" ”

Seeing Yao Mengran's fate, who dared to be the first bird, they retreated one after another.

As soon as the announcement of the Mandate of Heaven Wushuang will come out, it immediately stirred up a wave of enthusiasm in Wushuang City, because it was an exception to hold the literary examination, all the bachelors were selected, including those who had not yet taken the literary examination, and those who had not been admitted for many years after the Wushuang Society, and the official positions provided were even up to the lord of the prefecture and county, the largest direct official position since the establishment of the dynasty, and the bachelors of the entire Kyushu land began to rush to the Wushuang City, for fear of missing this feast, and regretting it for life.

What to test? How to take the test? It is not known that the prince himself is the main examiner, and he is directly the protégé of the Son of Heaven, and he will reach the sky in one step, and the glory and wealth will be at his fingertips, even if it is a rain of swords in the sky, he has to give it a try.

The inns and restaurants in Wushuang City have been full of bachelor's students who have come to sign up, and there is no better opportunity than this opportunity now, and almost all the people in the dynasty who have read poetry and books have arrived.

"Let's go, Brother Liu, I'm afraid it's too late, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you don't want to be an examiner for a lifetime, right?"

Several people persuaded Liu Wen on the street to participate in this exam.

"No, my ambition has been realized, and I have no desire to be an official!"

Several people looked at each other, everyone had been studying together for no less than ten years, and they all took it as their ambition to enter the court as an official to realize their ambitions, but now Liu Wen gave up such a good opportunity.

"Brother Liu, you won't forget your ambition because you entered the Beiping Palace, right!" Cao Mengyu said in disbelief.

"Yes, Brother Liu, among the five of us, you have the broadest heart and the best literary talent, we all have a chance to be selected, how can you give up?"

Liu Wen shook his head and said: "There are some things you don't understand, my ambition is not in the court now, you can give it a go, I won't participate this time!" ”

Liu Wen is so determined, the four of them can't say anything, they have been together for many years and know each other's personalities very well.

Cao Mengyu looked at the Longfu plaque behind Liu Wen and said: "Okay, we won't force it, if there is any difficulty in the future, we will definitely help!" ”

Looking at his friends who had been with him for many years, Liu Wen bowed deeply to them and said, "Thank you!" ”

Cao Mengyu: "Let's go!" ”

Liu Wen: "If there is a problem, I can help you with the staff!" ”

As the four of them drifted apart, a cheerful laugh came: "Thank you! ”

Turning around, Liu Wen turned around and entered the Beiping Palace, not knowing what he was thinking about.

A month later, when the examination ended, nearly 100,000 bachelors crowded the lobby of the official department, and then there was really no way, and some of the examination rooms were moved to the training camp of the forbidden army, which was spacious and would not cause much chaos.

There are many subjects in the examination, in addition to the way of magistrates, local customs, strange opinions, and the way of doing business, many prefectures and counties have a good geographical environment, and there are many permanent residents, but the taxes cannot go up, and the dynasty also needs talents in this area to promote the financial revenue of the prefectures and counties.

Since a person can apply for multiple exams and investigate in many aspects, the entire examination process has gone through half a month, and a large number of people come and go every day, so it is not lively.

The Mandate of Heaven will select 100 people, the top 10 will be directly ranked, and the position of the head of the county will be determined, and the remaining 90 will also be directly arranged for official positions, without waiting.

Such a huge temptation is simply impossible to refuse, wonderful articles and arguments wave after wave, and even some works exceed the level of the examiner, and they have to be reported for grading.

In addition to Yao Mengran, Zhang Desheng, and Chao Jiang, there were also seven mansion masters who were stripped of their official positions and provided to the top ten students of the Heavenly Destiny Peerless Society.

There were even more county guards under the palace who were dismissed, nearly 70 people, which were also high-level officials, positions with real power, and could be regarded as the head of a party.

How many students' dream is to enter the court as an official and realize their ambitions and aspirations, this time the literary examination was held with extraordinary success, which not only represents the wish of the dynasty to prosper, but also recruits talented people from all over the world.

Qing Teahouse, a teahouse with the same name as You'er's heart in Wushuang City, this teahouse only has clear tea, no special taste, it is refreshing, so that people who are extremely irritable and depressed can restore their calm and release pressure after drinking.

Cao Mengyu, Zhang Chao, Wen Jing, and Wen Chang sat in the teahouse to discuss the results of this exam.

"Hey, such a good opportunity, I didn't grasp it, I'm really sorry for my hard work in the past ten years!" Wen Chang said with annoyance.

Knowing that his younger brother has been depressed for the past few days, Wen Jing patted Wen Chang's shoulder and said, "Don't worry too much, it's already like this, wait until Wushuang will come back with a good score in the exam this year!" ”

"I can only do this, but I envy you, I'm afraid you can all go to the court to be an official this year!"

"There is no doubt about your brother and Brother Cao, I am afraid that it is still almost, after all, there are 100,000 bachelors in the world, and others want to get it!"

Cao Mengran took a leisurely sip of tea to relieve the fatigue and tension of the past few days.