The three countries are very nuclear

"What, Pei County fell, Ma Teng and his son's [-] army was wiped out!"

In Wancheng Prince's Mansion, after Yuan Shu learned of the result of the Yuzhou battlefield, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock, and the honey water in his hand became tasteless.

A moment later, a bright light flashed in Yuan Shu's eyes, and he suddenly sneered and said, "Hmph, the [-] troops led by Shoucheng and his son are all alone under the command of the elite, so how can they be easily defeated? This battle report must be false, everyone, don't worry! Come on, let's play music Dance on..."

Perhaps the defeat of the [-] army had dealt too much blow to Yuan Shu, which made him unwilling to believe the battle report in front of him.

Seeing Yuan Shu like this, all the officials were silent and could only sigh.

The current situation is no longer optimistic.

After a while, Zhang Zhao stood up and sighed: "Your Majesty, this is the battle report from Ma Mengqi, the son of General Shoucheng. There should be no false information. For the current plan, we should think about how..."

"No, it's impossible!"

Before Zhang Zhao finished speaking, Yuan Shu interrupted him loudly.

"Ma Shoucheng has been in battle for a long time, even if he loses to Guan Yu, there is absolutely no reason for his entire army to be wiped out. Don't believe it, don't believe it!"

Looking at the hoarse and distorted Yuan Shu, the officials were silent for a while.

Yuan Shu had only more than [-] soldiers and horses, and now he lost [-] in less than three months after the war started, and most of them were cavalry. No one wanted to accept this result.

But the fact is so, he can't help but not believe it.

Zhang Zhao didn't stop because of Yuan Shu's emotional agitation. Instead, he said very straightforwardly: "My lord, General Shoucheng used Guan Yu's trick to lure the enemy. Not only was his entire army wiped out, but even Peijun and Liangjun were under Guan Yu's command. Now General Shoucheng His son, Ma Mengqi, is leading [-] reinforcements to guard Chen County. At such a critical moment, I hope the king will cheer up, otherwise everything will be over!"

"No, it's impossible!"

Facing the sudden and huge defeat, Yuan Shu couldn't accept it at all, but Zhang Zhao's words were even more heartbreaking, causing a huge surge of anger in his chest, and angrily smashed half a glass of honey water in his hand to the ground.

As the juice splashed everywhere, all the servants who were close to him were affected, and Zhang Zhao was the first to bear the brunt, making his body sticky all over his face.

But the more so, Zhang Zhao's eyes became more determined.

"Also please cheer up your majesty, otherwise everything will be over!"

The loss of the [-] troops is certainly heart-wrenching, but if Yuan Shu cannot recover because of this, then there is really no hope.

Although Yuan Shu threw his cup angrily, he did not vent his anger on Zhang Zhao, but waved his hand feebly and said, "Zi Bu, I'm tired and lonely, we can discuss things another day, you all step back."

Hearing this, all the officials breathed a sigh of relief, and when they were about to stand up and leave, Zhang Zhao's stubborn voice came out again.

"Also please cheer up your majesty, otherwise everything will be over!"

Yuan Shu was completely helpless.

Even if you want to be an ostrich!
But after Zhang Zhao's repeated emphasis, the self-deception in Yuan Shu's heart has almost dissipated.

"In Zibu's view, how should Gudang deal with it?"

Zhang Zhao said without hesitation: "In my opinion, I should send troops to reinforce Chen Jun!"

"Reinforcement? Where to send troops?"

Zhang Zhao said, "The battle situation in Nanyang has been stalemate for a while. Zhao Zilong is certainly brave, but with Cao Mengde and General Fengxian joining forces to fight, it is enough to ensure safety, but we can't withdraw troops. For the present plan, we can only order Sun Bofu to lead the army Go north and reinforce Ma Mengqi."

Although Sun Ce is Yuan Shu's subordinate in name, he has been developing in Jiangdong these years, and now he has occupied the four counties of Wujun, Danyang, Kuaiji, and Yuzhang, with tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his command.

Yuan Shu thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay, according to Zibu's words, I will wait for a Gutiao order and order Sun Bofu to go north to stop Guan Yu!"

"Your Majesty Yingming!"

The deployment for the Yuzhou battlefield has been decided. Just when Yuan Shu breathed a sigh of relief, the angel who read out the edict was greeted.

After learning of Liu Xie's death and Liu Bei's resignation, the anger that had just subsided in Yuan Shu's heart surged out again.

"Liu Xuande actually dared to claim the title of emperor, this is really... lonely but not yet..."

Yuan Shu roared angrily, and didn't even bother to read the content, so he tore the edict to pieces, and then shouted: "Come here, fork this person out, and behead him for public display!"

Hearing this, the eunuch who came to summon the eunuch was so frightened that his dead souls trembled. He prostrated himself on the ground and cried, "Your Majesty, the villain is innocent, the villain is innocent..."

Zhang Zhao also hurriedly cupped his hands and persuaded: "Your Majesty, please calm down. There is a saying that the two armies are at war, and if you don't kill the envoy, I beg your Majesty to spare this man's life."

"No, fork out, behead!"

Yuan Shu was already mad with anger at this time, and shouted with a distorted face.

Immediately, soldiers rushed in from outside the door and dragged the eunuch out.

As the butcher's knife fell and the eunuch's head was brought in on a plate, Yuan Shu's anger subsided a little, but his heart was still depressed and uncomfortable.

Liu Bei was a formidable opponent, Yuan Shu admitted.

But... who would have thought that he would become emperor!
When he joined forces to attack Dong Zhuo in the past, Yuan Shu regarded Liu Bei as an ally and subordinate to fight against his elder brother Yuan Shao.

Then Dong Zhuo was defeated, and when he learned that Liu Bei was at war with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu was even more willing to help.

It wasn't until Yuan Shao was defeated that Yuan Shu felt uneasy.

This former ally felt a little out of control.

But until then, although Yuan Shu regarded Liu Bei as an opponent, he still had disdain for this mat-weaver and shoe-shoe seller.

It wasn't until Liu Bei Jianguo became king that Yuan Shu couldn't hold back completely.

Think of me, the Yuan family in Runan, who has been inherited for five generations. I am the Chancellor of the Han Dynasty.

I haven't become king yet, why are you so bold?

After receiving the news that Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor again today, Yuan Shu felt mixed feelings and felt an indescribable sadness.

How could Yuan Shu endure seeing his little brother whom he despised in the past surpassed him step by step, and even had to bow down by himself!

Therefore, Yuan Gonglu, a civilized man of four generations and three generations, committed this uncivilized act of beheading.

Although he killed someone, Yuan Shu was still angry, and immediately announced to the world that Liu Bei was accused of regicide and usurped the throne, and threatened to set things right and crusade against the false emperor Liu Bei!

Yuan Shu never imagined that the slander he slandered in his anger actually hit the truth.

It's just... who would believe it?
……

In the 11th year of Chuping, at the beginning of winter.

Luoyang.

Lin Chao is very busy these days, much busier than directing wars.

Today's officials in Xuzhou are already able to take charge of their own affairs, and Lin Chao really doesn't need to worry too much about the battlefield.

But at the beginning of the new dynasty, there are too many things to deal with.

The first to bear the brunt is restructuring.

The transfer of the political system that had been implemented in Xuzhou for more than ten years to Luoyang naturally encountered strong opposition from the officials of the old dynasty.

For example, the Lin Dynasty created the five departments of the inner government. Although they were modeled on the five departments of the Shangshutai, they still conflicted with the old system of the Sangong and Jiuqing in the Great Han Dynasty.

It is already an unwritten rule that the decree comes from Shangshutai, but the power of the inner government is too great, even the work of Jiuqing is done together, how can those high-ranking officials with a rank of two thousand stones agree?
After all, no one wants the power in their hands to be weakened infinitely.

In the face of these opposing officials, Liu Bei's initial coping strategy was to appease him. After all, he had just proclaimed himself emperor, so it was not easy to go to war.

But before the appeasement decree was issued, it was stopped by Situ Linchao.

That night, Lin Chao personally went to the palace to ask to see the emperor, and the two had a long talk in the palace all night, until [-] o'clock in the morning, Lin Situ just left the palace.

Just when all the officials were puzzled, Lin Xi, who was stationed outside the city, directly led an army of [-] into the palace.

Faced with the resistance of Zhijinwu and Wei Wei, who were in charge of the city's defense, Lin Xi did not say a word, and directly showed Situ Linchao's order.

In an instant, the officials understood what Lin Chao meant, and hurriedly stopped Lin Xi on the grounds that Situ had no right to transfer troops into the city.

Lin Xi's response to these officials who tried to resist stubbornly was very decisive - kill!

A moment later, two high-ranking officials with ranks of two thousand stones and nine ministers died tragically on the spot, and Lin Xi led the army into the city smoothly.

Afterwards, Lin Chao and Lin Xi were impeached by officials.

At this time, Liu Bei seemed to be blind and deaf. When the impeachment memorial went to the inner palace, he was intercepted by Lin Chao. As the emperor, Liu Bei had no chance to see it.

Subsequently, the Lin Dynasty began to reform the system.

Liu Bei thinks that the world is uncertain now, and he should act safely.

But Lin Chao advised him that some things are easy to handle just because the world is uncertain.

With the experience in Xuzhou, today's system reform is also very efficient.

In terms of administration, the Lin Dynasty directly abolished Shangshutai's power of decree, and changed the inner government into a cabinet, acting as the real administrative center.

Later, Lin Chao kicked out all five ministers from the cabinet.

Now the power of Jiuqing is concentrated in the hands of the five ministers. In order to prevent these key positions from becoming too powerful, they cannot be allowed to join the cabinet again.

After all, one cannot be both a player and a referee.

Shang Shuhe joins the cabinet, choose by yourself!

As a result, the principle that the cabinet is higher than the ministers has been thoroughly established.

If the minister did well, he would be promoted to the cabinet; if he did not do well, he would resign from office and return to the village when he was old.

As for the re-promotion of the cabinet, it will be given an honorary title, which is the so-called San Gong.

At the same time, although the Lin Dynasty retained the Jiuqing, they downgraded their rank from the rank of two thousand stones to the rank of two thousand stones.

The ranks of the five ministers are two thousand stones, the ministers of each ministry are ranked two thousand stones, the ministers of the cabinet are ranked five thousand stones, the heads of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are ranked five thousand stones, and the left and right supervisors are ranked two thousand stones.

The Taiwei's mansions established by the Lin Dynasty before, such as the Shuntian Mansion under the control of Jia Xu, the School Affairs Mansion under the control of Guo Jia, and the Jishi Mansion under Zhang Ji, and even the commercial mansions where Zhen Yao and Mi Zhu lived, all followed the ranks of thousands of stones. Promoted to rank two thousand stones.

After the drastic administrative reforms were completed, Lin Chao set his sights on the Military Aircraft Mansion again.

The major events of the country lie in Rong and Si.

According to the order of the military government, the rank is five thousand stones, and the rest are two thousand stones.

Of course, this reform process must have been met with backlash.

However, with the bargaining chips in Lin Chao's hands now, there is no need to make false claims with those opponents.

Whoever opposes it will be dismissed as an official.

If you object again, you will kill!
Originally, this group of people was restricted by Li Ru in the city of Chang'an, and now they wanted to play with Lin Chao, so naturally they were not opponents.

Not to mention them, even if the whole world's aristocratic families oppose it together, the current Lin Chao is not afraid.

His reliance is not Liu Bei, who has already ascended the throne, nor is it the army in his hands.

It is the hearts of tens of millions of people in the five prefectures of Xu, Ji, Qing, Yan, and You!

It is also the nearly [-] scholars cultivated by Yushan Academy in these years!

As long as these people exist, what if the whole world opposes it together?

You don't want to be an official of a big man?

Great, some are human.

After dealing with these issues, the time has come to the end of the year.

On this day, Lin Chao called Xun Yu, Xun Chen, Cui Yan, Tian Feng and others to his home in the name of a family banquet.

After previous reforms, today's Xun Chen, Tian Feng, and even Ju Shou, who has not returned from abroad, are all ready to step down as ministers, and then be promoted to the cabinet to take charge of various affairs with Duke Xun Yu.

As for Cui Yan, he is now a high-ranking official with the same rank as everyone in the cabinet, so naturally he doesn't need to be promoted again.

The family banquet was harmonious, everyone was eating hot pot and singing songs, it was a happy scene, but soon Lin Chao made a proposal that surprised everyone.

"Everyone, what do you think of someone who wants to open a course to become a scholar?"

Hearing this, Xun Yu frowned and said, "Zi Chu, what do you mean by opening a course to obtain a scholar?"

Everyone doesn't understand this unfamiliar vocabulary.

So while drinking, Lin Chao explained to everyone the prototype of the so-called imperial examination system.

After listening, Tian Feng, who has always been upright, laughed on the spot: "It is a beautiful thing to recruit talents for the country in this way, and it will be implemented in the spring of next year."

Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

The talents selected by the imperial examination are indeed more reliable than those selected by the imperial examination.

Moreover, nearly [-] Yushan students can also have a good way out, which is the best of both worlds.

When everyone was rejoicing, Lin Chao said slowly again: "So-and-so means that from now on, we will only open courses to obtain scholars."

boom!
Lin Chao's voice was not loud, but one stone stirred up thousands of waves, and even the cup in Xun Yu's hand fell to the ground in shock.

Xun Chen hurriedly asked: "What does Zichu mean by this? Is it possible to abolish the procuratorate!"

"good."

Lin Chao nodded readily.

"No, absolutely no!"

"Why not?"

"This……"

Xun Chen wanted to say, you are digging the roots of the family!
But if you think about it carefully, with the current situation, what if you dig the roots of the aristocratic family?
Do they still dare to resist?

In other words, their resistance is meaningless.

Looking at the few people who were in a daze, Lin Chao smiled and said: "Since you have no objection, then it's decided. You Ruo, you are still the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and you will be the first to recruit scholars in the spring of next year. to take charge."

At the end of the 11th year of Chuping.

Liu Bei issued an imperial edict to formally abolish the imperial examinations and use the imperial examinations instead.

In the future, no matter how prominent your family background is, even if it is a family like the Yuan family in Runan and the Yang family in Hongnong, if the children of the family want to become officials, they must take the imperial examination!

After the decree, to Lin Chao's surprise, not many people opposed it.

Looking back and thinking about it, all the aristocratic families who dared to hinder me these years were killed and demoted by myself, and now there are not many left.

Although it is a bit dull, it is a good thing that no one dares to stop it.

Also at the end of the year, Liu Bei issued another edict-promoting Situ Linchao as prime minister and chief Baikui.

In addition, Lin Chao was given a great privilege.

Entering the court without trending, praising without being famous, and walking on the sword!