"The autumn grain has not come down yet, so the price of grain is slightly expensive, a piece of corn is about 200 yuan, and when this year's autumn grain comes down, it may be reduced to about 150 yuan."

"In a normal year, at this time, a piece of corn is about 150 yuan, and it only rises by 50 yuan, which is not too much." Tian Yannian said nonchalantly.

If it is really the butt that decides the head, the increase of fifty yuan will certainly have no effect on the officials who can choose to receive food or money every month.

But for those people who need to buy food to survive, it is a lot of expenses.

What's more, the rise in food prices will also lead to an increase in the prices of other commodities, and the money in the hands of the people is equivalent to a disguised decrease.

Wealth disappeared into the void.

It seems that fighting a war is really a very draining thing.

"To transport more grain to Sanfu, stabilizing grain prices is the top priority, and we can't let the people not be able to buy grain, and I hope that the price of millet will return to 120 yuan a hundred and twenty yuan as soon as possible."

Tian Yannian didn't know why the Son of Heaven attached so much importance to this trivial matter, but in order to please the Son of Heaven, he still said: "No, Your Majesty is merciful, and Weichen will definitely try his best to complete it." ”

Huo Guang nodded on the side, the Son of Heaven was able to learn about the government from these small things, which was the scene he wanted to see the most.

However, Huo Guang would never have imagined that Liu He was brewing another big event in his heart at this moment.

After discussing military affairs, it is natural to discuss government affairs.

After the turmoil of last month's "Shangmiao", more than a dozen miscellaneous doctors, together with Changxin Shaofu, were all cleared out of the court, plus the vacant position of prime minister, there were many vacancies in the entire court at once.

The position of prime minister is quite eye-catching, and it is the "fat" that many people are staring at, and it can only be that after Huo Guang and the Son of Heaven have discussed, he will announce it in the court, and it is impossible to directly agree on the small court.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that the human head will be beaten into a dog's head.

However, those vacant miscellaneous doctors can first be promoted from Lang officials to serve as doctors.

The appointment and dismissal of officials and the unified adjustment of the army are the core issues that Huo Guang is staring at, so Liu He can't take the initiative to bring it up, he can only silently wait for Huo Guang to take the initiative, and then take advantage of the situation.

Fortunately, Liu He didn't wait too long, and as soon as the military affairs were finished, Huo Guang brought up the matter of promoting Lang Guan as a miscellaneous doctor.

"Your Majesty, there are many vacancies in the court now, and according to the established system, suitable candidates should be selected from among the Lang officials and filled in the court for the consultation of the Son of Heaven."

"The middle father's discussion is exactly what I want, but I don't know much about the process of this matter, can the middle father explain a thing or two to me?"

Liu He is not modest, the probation system seems simple, but in fact it is very complete in details, and it is a set of tightly knit system, which is by no means as simple as "local recommendation, central appointment and dismissal".

"That old man is bold, just talk to Your Majesty."

"My Han Dynasty elects officials to carry out the probation system, presumably Your Majesty knows, there are a lot of subjects that you are aware of, Your Majesty does not need to understand them one by one, you just need to know that whether it is a regular department or a special department, the talents are all recommended by the county minister and the secretary of state."

Huo Guang said calmly, it seemed that it was harmless for the Son of Heaven to know it or not, and his gestures revealed a domineering attitude.

"Then where do these selected talents go?"

"There are some subjects that were ordered to be inspected by the local authorities after the imperial court lacked relevant talents, because they have specific talents, so after they are inspected to the imperial court, they naturally have a place to go."

"However, there are some subjects that have no actual experience in governing for the time being, let alone the skills they are good at, so they must first go to Guangluxun's subordinates to be officials, and wait for promotion while learning government affairs."

"After waiting for some years, they learned the experience of real governance in the court, or if the emperor discovered their talents, they could come out to take up real positions, and then they would either stay in Chang'an and start from miscellaneous doctors, or go to the local county magistrate."

"There are more people in this latter category, such as filial piety in the regular department and virtuous literature in the special department, which belong to this latter category."

It turned out that these Confucian students recruited from the local government to the court was only the first step in entering the court, and if they were unlucky, they didn't know how long they would have to stay up before they could take up their actual positions.

Liu He suddenly understood, no wonder those Confucian-born miscellaneous doctors attached so much importance to their idle jobs.

After all, this idle position without a government office and a subordinate official is already one head ahead of others.

At least he can often show his face by the side of the Son of Heaven.

"Don't talk about special science, there are hundreds of people who raise filial piety every year, and they are promoted like this every year, and the vacant positions in the court are not enough, so won't there be a lot of Langguan left?" Liu He asked.

As soon as he asked this sentence, he found that there was a trace of embarrassment on the faces of Huo Guang, Zhang Anshi and others.

seems to have been asked by Liu He about the key.

Liu He looked around and found that many of the officials present had such strange expressions.

"Father, did I ask about any taboos?"

After Huo Guang hesitated, he said: "It's not, but Your Majesty asked the key to the problem, and the old man came to explain it to Your Majesty." ”

It turned out that because there were many Confucian scholars who were inspected every year, and there were few vacant positions for officials, a large number of Lang officials had accumulated under the command of Guangluxun.

Some Lang officials have been waiting for more than ten years, and they have no chance to take up real positions with gray temples.

Even if I am fortunate enough to be able to take up a real position at the age of fifty or sixty in the future, my heart and ability are gone.

In his life, he can only do nothing and become an official who is not of much use to the country and the people.

This phenomenon can be referred to as redundancy, or it can be described as empty salary.

After listening, Liu He also asked: "Then I want to ask, how many Lang officials are under Guangluxun now?" ”

Zhang Anshi stood up, and after thinking about it, he said: "All the Lang officials combined, there are at least about a thousand people. ”

Liu He was surprised in his heart.

The officials of Tianzilang are all officials with a rank of 600 stones, and every month the imperial court has to give them 70 yuan of millet, which is about 10,000 yuan when converted, and it is more than 100,000 yuan in a year.

It is extremely unreasonable for the country and the people to have no merit in size, but to eat the fat and ointment of the people.

But Liu He can't completely change this matter, and raising some idlers appropriately is something that every empire must do.

This is a good means of maintaining rule.

Compared with several dynasties in later generations, the number of these Lang officials in the Han Dynasty is already very small.

Zhao Song, Zhu Ming and Ta Qing all raised a huge number of idlers.

The financial situation of the Han Empire was good, so Liu He didn't mind raising idlers.

What he is more afraid of is that talents will be buried, and he is afraid that mediocre people will be promoted.

The probability of this happening is not low, because whether it is a probation or an official, it is a human being who runs all this.

Where there are people, there are interests, and there are people who will favor interests for the sake of interests.

Liu He should set a new standard and use a unified standard to measure talents.

This standard must also be seen and touched accurately, and some invisible gray areas must be minimized.

However, this matter involves the selection of officials, and Liu He must be careful to raise it so as not to make Huo Guang suspicious.

After thinking for a while, Liu He finally figured out how to start.

"Father Zhong, will the various doctors vacant this time be appointed by some virtuous literature from the people, or will some people be promoted from the existing Lang officials?"

"Naturally, it is more appropriate to be promoted from the existing Lang officials, Confucianism has just made trouble, and at this moment he is examining virtuous literature, I am afraid that it will be considered by the world to be the court bowing to Confucianism, which is absolutely undesirable."

Liu He guessed correctly, Huo Guang is a cautious person, and he will definitely not forget about this matter so quickly.

"What the middle father said is extremely true, what is the standard for promoting the Lang official?"

"Your Majesty don't worry, the old man will discuss with the Imperial Doctor and Guangluxun to determine the final candidate, and when the time comes, Your Majesty can directly issue an edict."

Huo Guang said it confidently, but there was a trace of embarrassment on Cai Yi and Zhang Anshi's faces.

The two sentences just now are not only arrogant, they are simply disobedient.

dared to exclude the Son of Heaven from the election of officials.

If Emperor Xiaowu was on the throne, the Huo family was afraid that he would be punished for this sentence.

In the past few years, although every time an official is promoted from Lang Guan, it is nominally decided by the three dukes and Guangluxun through joint consultation, and finally after the list is drawn, it will be handed over to the Son of Heaven for appointment and dismissal.

But in fact, Huo Guang acted in a hall of words, and there was no negotiation process at all, and most of the officials who were promoted were Huo Guang's henchmen.

This is how he controls the court.

Zhang Anshi was quite dissatisfied with this, but he didn't know how to stop it.

So when it comes to this moment, he knows that it will be another gluttonous feast for the Huo Party in the court.

So naturally there is some discomfort and dissatisfaction.

Guangluxun is in charge of the power to judge Lang officials, but he can't promote a suitable official for the Son of Heaven, and he has to be replaced by Huo Guangyue, of course he will be unhappy.

Liu He caught this trace of dissatisfaction on Zhang Anshi's face, and knew that he would be his help today.

Then let's see if you Zhang Anshi dare to get on this thief ship.

Liu He sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, "Father Zhong, I have something to mention in the matter of selecting officials. ”

Today's four more are 10,000 words, and this is the second one. The last two watches are at half past nine in the evening!

(End of chapter)