This leaves room for manipulation, that is, the rent-seeking of power: today, I recommend your son; Tomorrow, your son will recommend my grandson; The day after tomorrow, my grandson will recommend your son again.

Although officials have restrictions on the three mutual laws, it is still inevitable that intertwined relationships will be formed at the local level.

The gate valve family was formed and born day by day.

Therefore, the selection of talents is not only the talent provided by the scholars to the court to govern the country, but also a distribution of power by the court.

"Deposing a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" has made Confucianism the main criterion for judging talents; The probationary system broke the original hereditary official system.

Under these two measures, Emperor Xiaowu was able to use the talents of the world for his own use.

But it also buried the hidden worries of the rise of the scholar clan.

Just like Xiahou Sheng, it was a force that relied on the special science of virtuous literature to emerge, and then made a career at the Salt and Iron Conference, and finally gained a firm foothold in the court.

They have not yet been fully integrated with the local wealthy families, and their roots are not deep, but they have shown a certain cohesion at the moment.

Once the power of the local government is higher than the power of Chang'an, then the crisis comes.

Liu He wanted to avoid the big man going down the old road.

Of course, it is impossible to break the probationary system, because this is equivalent to immediately moving the interests of the local high-ranking families and Confucian scholars.

However, Liu He can carry out some reforms on the original probation system, expand the group of people who have knowledge as much as possible, and let more people participate in the process of distributing power to the Han Dynasty, so as to dilute the ability of the wealthy families.

To achieve this goal, Liu He has a long way to go, but there are at least three things that can be done first.

That was papermaking, printing, and the larger government school.

It is very expensive to expand the official school, but papermaking and printing can be tried on a small scale first.

Liu He originally wanted to wait for the officials of Changyi Kingdom to come and start doing these two things, but at this moment, he couldn't wait.

He had to make some preparations in advance, and when they came, he could quickly spread the matter in advance.

……

"Fan Ke, immediately find Lord Shaofu Lecheng."

"No!"

……

A moment later, Le Cheng came in the rain, and for the orders of the Son of Heaven, Le Cheng now always spares no effort to complete.

And today, Le Cheng came even earlier - Yang Chang has been dismissed, and the position of prime minister is now vacant, I don't know how many people are staring at this position.

Although the position of prime minister is very likely to be taken over by Cai Yi, the imperial historian behind him, the position of imperial historian is also very tempting.

Although the Son of Heaven asked the general to determine the candidate for prime minister, if he could give himself a few good words, then the possibility of his ascension to the throne would be even higher.

Looking at Le Cheng, who was wet in his robe, of course Liu He knew what he was thinking, so he had to seize this opportunity and let him get the printing and papermaking things done.

"I asked Le Qing to come in the rain, there are two things I want Le Qing to help?"

"Your Majesty can send an edict, and Weichen will definitely live up to the emperor's grace."

"Le Qing can see the paper?"

"Paper?" Le Cheng was a little puzzled, and didn't know why His Majesty would mention this thing, "There is a workshop in Baqiao that produces Baqiao paper, which is often used to wrap other things. ”

"Have you ever thought about it, can you use it to write?"

Baqiao paper is as rough as tree bark, yellow and dark, how can it be used for writing?

Le Cheng really couldn't think of it, but he still asked respectfully, "What is Your Majesty's will?" ”

Liu He smiled mysteriously and said, "I have a secret method for making paper, which can make paper whiter and flatter...... And there is another secret method, called printing, which allows words to be printed on paper......"

In the next two hours, Liu He told Le Cheng about this new papermaking and printing technology, and also explained the venues, tools, and materials needed one by one.

Although Le Cheng was skeptical, it seemed that he was listening to a whimsical thing.

But Liu He didn't care, understood, and Le Cheng would do it; If you don't understand, Lecheng will do it.

In the end, Liu He said: "Le Qing wants to prepare these things, I will ask Yu Langzhong to assist, I hope to do a good job of paper and engraving as soon as possible, this is a great achievement, I will say a few good words to the general for Le Qing." ”

Le Cheng was frightened for a while, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Weichen thank Your Majesty for your kindness." ”

……

It rained for another three days, and the sky in Chang'an finally cleared.

For eight days, it seemed as if all the moisture in the air had been drained.

From the morning of the ninth day, the scorching sun came out early in the morning to scorch Chang'an City.

The rain-soaked earthen walls, culverts, muddy floors, and moats were immediately roasted by the scorching sun, and immediately emitted a disgusting stench.

The entire Chang'an City was shrouded in an irritating atmosphere, and even the graceful willow trees on weekdays were powerless to twist their waists at the moment.

In the past few days, although it has rained heavily, the discussions in the Xiaochao Monk's Office have not stopped for a day.

After many discussions and discussions of the three princes and nine kings, Sejong was finally designated as the temple number set by Emperor Xiaowu.

At the same time as the temple name was set, the matter of building the temple was also decided: the first county of each county and the county inspected by Emperor Xiaowu during his lifetime must build Sejong Temple, which is similar in shape to Taizong Temple.

The standard for the temple number is very strict, but the selection of the temple number is not as strict as the name of the temple, and the meaning of Sejong is also very straightforward, that is, the meaning of taking the people from generation to generation can be worshipped.

……

In the Shangshu Office, seven or eight important officials of the imperial court stood respectfully, and the few cases in the middle were the edicts drawn up by the Shangshu Office.

There were at least fifty or sixty copies of the edict written on the plain silk, which were copied by the scholars overnight, and the least one was not even dry in ink.

There are many counties in the Han Dynasty, and each county must issue a copy of this edict. After that, the ministers of each county will make the contents of the edict public in the form of a proclamation.

The Han Dynasty is very large, and it is impossible for the edict to be sent to all counties at the same time, so it will be announced in Chang'an now.

In front of everyone's eyes, Huo Guang invited the jade seal of the Son of Heaven from a wooden box made of sandalwood.

Seeing the seal is like seeing people, and it is even more effective than seeing people.

The officials immediately knelt down.

Huo Guang carefully held the jade seal, walked to the front of a few cases, and after smearing the ink, he firmly covered the three edicts on the top.

The rest will be handled by Shang Shu, who is in charge of the Great Seal of the Son of Heaven.

And these three copies are for Chang'an Sanfu.

At this point, the matter of giving Emperor Xiaowu the temple number has been completely decided.

No matter what happens, it is impossible to take it back.

"Princesses, please get up."

"No!"

All the officials stood up, their ranks were high and low, but they had one thing in common, that is, they had a great relationship with the comfort of Chang'an City and Weiyang Palace.

The first to be called out by Huo Guang were the chiefs of the three auxiliaries, namely Jing Zhaoyin, Zuo Fengyi and Right Fufeng.

"This is the edict of the temple number, after returning to the palace, you will immediately draw up the proclamation, and then post it in conspicuous places everywhere, and at the same time stay in the pavilion guards at the gates of each city to double, especially in the north city, there are many people, you must pay special attention, once someone misbehaves, immediately arrest and take it to prison!"

"Yui!"

(End of chapter)