Dahan first prince

Chapter 403
"Wu Kao?"

Half an hour later, Weiyang Palace, Xuanshi Palace.

Hearing Liu Ying's unprecedented novel idea, the faces of all the people in the hall were in a state of bewilderment without exception.

This can be understood as: selecting literary skills and arithmetic skills as a reference for official selection;
But this Wukao...

While all the ministers around him looked at each other in blank dismay, they finally came from Wang Lingzhan, who was about to be promoted to prime minister, and gave Liu Ying a little doubtful hand.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty."

"This martial arts test, what should be the test questions?"

"A man of all ages..."

"Oh no;"

"What is the use of the 'heroes' you accept?"

"—Soldiers?"

"—Admiral?"

Following Wang Ling's question, everyone also raised their heads in unison, all staring at Liu Ying on the imperial couch.

It's just the doubt in that gaze, clearly mixed with something else...

Seeing this phenomenon, Liu Ying thought for a while and understood everyone's concerns.

——In a sense, today's Han Dynasty actually has "martial arts".

However, it is different from the extremely formal military and military examination items like the martial arts of later generations: the "martial arts" of the Han Dynasty today is actually the "martial arts" under the recommendation system.

For example, in a certain team of a certain captain of a certain county, there is a soldier who is so powerful that he can pull a ten-stone crossbow: the rhubarb crossbow!

Or, there is a soldier king who has a very high combat quality and has won more than a dozen enemy heads in three to five battles!
But such a powerful and fierce man, yet young, is a proper 'young talent'!
At this time, the highest officer of this army will report the matter to the court and take the opportunity to recommend it;

As for the warriors recommended by captains and generals in this way, the emperor will often bring them back to Chang'an directly, and then meet them in person!

Coupled with a certain degree of political review and military review, this military hero recommended by the superior will get a very promising appointment.

——Zhong Lang!
Zhonglang, as a leader in the group of officials in the palace, although he only has a rank of more than six hundred shi, but from the perspective of political future, he is also an undoubted "flying machine".

Just look at what the Zhonglang group does on weekdays.

Theoretically, the responsibilities of Zhonglang are: managing chariots, cavalry, and portals, serving as the emperor's bodyguard and entourage, and is divided into three categories: Che Lang, Hu Lang, and Qi Lang.

What about actually?
——The "car" in the "management car" refers to the imperial chariot of the emperor: Huangwu Zuozhu!

——The guarded gates are the palace gates and palace gates inside and outside the palace!
——As for Qilang, it is directly the emperor's personal guard and guard of honor!

From this series of specific responsibilities and the affiliation of the "Lang Zhongling", it is not difficult to see what the real identity of the Zhonglang group is.

——The emperor's personal armed force and bodyguard group!

Sitting in such a position, if you still can't get ahead, it will make people laugh!

And in history, there are too many famous generals who finally became famous in history with "Zhong Lang" as a springboard;

The most typical one is exactly the lost general in the original history, who served as Zhonglang in the reign of Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty, and then became famous in the reigns of Emperor Jing and Emperor Wu: Li Guang!
From Li Guang's life experience alone, it is not difficult to see what role the position of "Zhonglang" plays in a general's career.

In history, Li Guang, a parachutist, joined the army to attack the Huns in the 14th year of Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty, and became a Zhonglang because of his meritorious service;
During Emperor Jing's reign, he successively served as the prefect of the seven counties on the northern wall of the Han Dynasty, and forcibly achieved the personal achievement of "let the Huns herdsmen make statues for themselves, and worship them sooner or later"!

——As we all know: For the original shamanism believed by the Huns, only gods are irresistible to mortals;

The opposite is also the same: as long as the Huns can't beat it, it is a god...

After Li Guang achieved this achievement, he ushered in the most important turning point in his life.

—— During the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, Li Guang was ordered to go out to rescue the capital city of the Liang Kingdom: Suiyang, which was heavily attacked by the Wu and Chu allied forces.

It's a pity that Li Guang didn't grasp this opportunity.

Because during the period of assisting Liang Wang Liu Wu to defend Suiyang, the nervous Li Guang actually borrowed the seal of Liang Wang Liu Wu in private...

With such a stubble, Li Guang naturally ruined his political future with his own hands.

After the rebellion was put down, the court of Chang'an rewarded meritorious service;
But when it was Li Guang's turn, it was obvious that Li Guang's merits were enough to be a Marquis, or at least enough to be a Marquis of Guan Nei, but Emperor Jing Liu Qi only left a sentence: Li Guang's merits, since the King of Liang has rewarded him, then I will Don't reward it...

Since then, even Li Guang has been tainted with the political taint of "privately accepting the seals of the princes and generals", and finally provoked Tai Shigong, and he can only sigh "Li Guang is difficult to seal".

In fact, Li Guang is difficult to seal, not really bad luck, or not enough luck;

It was the political taint of "privately receiving the seals of princes and generals", which made Li Guang see his political career ruined early.

During Emperor Wu's reign, the Han Dynasty moved northward to attack and plunder the grasslands, but Li Guang only got the nickname of "Lost General";

But in fact, even if Li Guang really achieved some decent martial arts in the war against the Huns, there is a high probability that he will not be able to become a marquis.

——As Emperor Jing Liu Qi said: Li Guang is not a subject of Chang'an, but a subject of Suiyang...
Speaking of the Zhonglang group, since there are historical celebrities like Li Guang, it is enough to prove from the side: the overall quality of this group is not low;

In fact, it does.

Just looking at the characteristic of "martial arts under the recommendation system" of the Zhonglang group, it is enough to see that the Zhonglang group actually has similar characteristics to Xiaolian, Litian, and even the virtuous founders of the "national scholar" level.

For example, you need to have a big name, so big that everyone in the court has heard of it;

For example, it is genuine, and it really has the rumored ability;

For another example, there are high-ranking officials who are willing to recommend, even if they are trying to be stained with "unknown people", they can't help but want to recommend.

Of course, the most important similarity is: just like Xiaolian, Litian, and Xianliang Fangzheng—there are very few people who are eligible to be recommended as Zhonglang...
Regarding this point, Liu Ying didn't think there was anything wrong.

——Since the Zhonglang group uses strict selection standards to ensure the overall quality, then the quality will increase, and the quantity will naturally not be much higher.

And the existence of the Zhonglang group is exactly where Gongqing Erqianshi, who is sitting in the Xuanshi Hall at the moment, has doubts about Liu Ying's "martial arts".

Use force as a reference to select officials?

How to choose?
According to Zhonglang's standard, let alone the selection of low-level officials, even the selection of mid-level and high-level officials above a thousand stones is definitely not enough!

But if the standard is lowered, then the existence of this 'martial arts' seems to be meaningless.

——The existence of the Zhonglang group, and the appallingly strict selection criteria of the Zhonglang group, are enough to ensure that any official who is qualified to become an official by "martial arts" will never be able to lift his head above the court!
As for this point, Liu Ying had already expected it.

"An Guohou's question is exactly what I want to say."

Thinking of this, Liu Ying said softly, then smiled slightly and nodded to Wang Ling.

Then, Liu Ying put her general thoughts in front of the two thousand stones in the palace.

"At the beginning of my accession to the throne, Zeng Xingwenju, with the ability of students to read, write and count, the scholars thought it would be used by the court;"

"In the past few years, the court has been full of praise for the people I accepted in the 'Wen Ju'."

"If I want to make me revive my literary work, and use it as a theory that the court is in charge, it will never stop in my ears."

"However, you may not know something: the scholars accepted by the Wen Ju back then, in fact, still have some inappropriate things, which are despised by the Shaofu."

Speaking of this, Liu Ying did not forget Chaoyang Chengyan smiled kindly, and then continued: "Although most of the scholars accepted in the literary examination can write, recognize, and roughly count, there are many of them who cannot lift their shoulders or hands. Those who can dance with words and ink, but are unable to bow down to do things."

"From here on."

"Second: At the beginning, this generation was an official of the Shaofu, and most of them entered the official position as a small official with a hundred stones; but now, this generation has shown its ability at the beginning, and has become the leader of the Shaofu."

"The most sage among them is now the Prime Minister of Steel Metallurgy with a rank of six hundred stones. However, the Shaofu still said: This man's ability is definitely not under two thousand stones."

"However, I dare not make this person move to Qianshi."

"Do you know why?"

She asked a question with a chuckle, and saw that everyone shook their heads in cooperation, but Liu Ying did not answer, but raised her head towards Yang Chengyan who was at the side.

Seeing Liu Ying motioning to him, Yang Chengyan just stepped forward with a wry smile, first bowed to Liu Ying, and then bowed to everyone in the hall.

"The person His Majesty spoke of is named: Zeng Hong, a native of Hedong County;"

"According to what he said, he was a disciple of Kong Zhongni, and he was followed by Zeng Zi."

"Only the weekend wars continued, the genealogy of this family was lost, and the theory of 'after Zeng Zi' has no way to verify..."

After briefly introducing this talented man named 'Zeng Hong', Yang Chengyan looked at Liu Ying again, and finally there was a touch of bitterness on his brows.

"In the autumn of the third year of the Xinyuan Dynasty, Your Majesty promoted the literature review, and those who came up with the examination questions were number three and political theory two."

"Three counting questions, Zeng Hong's answer is correct; the second political question, His Majesty personally commented on it and said: There is something in the words."

"Thus, among the thirty scholars who were recruited at that time, most of them started from a hundred stones, but only one person, Zeng Hong, started from two hundred stones."

"Last year, Zeng Hong contributed to the Shaofu with the method of 'assembly line', and collected six hundred stones for His Majesty; this year, Zeng Hong was rewarded by His Majesty for his 'forging steel'."

"Only Zeng Hong, who was born in a scholarly family, has never enlisted in the army for three generations, and he has no martial arts..."

Said with a little regret, Yang Chengyan finally shook his head and sighed, and bowed to Liu Ying again.

"Your Majesty said: Among the ministers of the Han Dynasty, there is no one who does not serve in the army and has no military honors;"

"Therefore, even though Zeng Hong is a great talent, the post of iron smelting order is still vacant. Your Majesty, he has never moved Zeng Hong again..."

Hearing this, everyone in the hall suddenly realized, and immediately turned their admiring eyes to Liu Ying on the imperial steps.

- That's right!
How can a little boy who has never been on the battlefield be able to occupy a high position above a thousand stones?
If something like this really happens, then is this Han family still called the Han family? !

But soon, someone discovered Liu Ying's intentions, and there was a bit of seriousness on her face.

"Your Majesty's intention is that the scholars accepted by Wenju should be judged by martial arts?"

Seeing that Wang Ling's words were so powerful, Liu Ying didn't beat around the bush, she just nodded her head gravely.

"Of course!"

"My intention: In the spring of next year, the examination will be held again, so that those who are worthy of use among the scholars in the world will be the officials and officials of our Han family."

"Only this time, after the literary examination and political discussion, I want to add 'martial arts' to identify the weak ones who can't lift their hands or shoulders, or those whose fathers and ancestors have no meritorious service to the community. There is no one who has martial arts by his side."

"I don't know what An Guohou thinks, is this possible?"

With a fluttering word, she threw the question back to Wang Ling. While Wang Ling was frowning and thinking, Liu Ying couldn't help but think inwardly.

Liu Ying's 'martial arts', to put it bluntly, is not a later generation at all. The 'martial arts' that only depends on skill to choose the champion of martial arts.

To be honest, Liu Ying's martial arts is more like the new era of later generations. In addition to the civil service examination, a physical fitness test is added;
In addition, a political review on "family content" and "political content" was added.

On the surface, this kind of "martial arts" is very suitable for the social atmosphere of "martial arts" in the Han Dynasty and the general environment of "treating heroes well";
In fact, such an arrangement is undoubtedly a green light for the privileged class, especially the meritorious class.

——In terms of "contributing to the community", who can compare with these heroes?
——In terms of 'big stature' and personal force, who can compare to these children of meritorious lords who have eaten delicious food and been trained by the family?
So to put it bluntly, the so-called martial arts is nothing more than Liu Ying posing a gesture to the privileged class: Don't say that I didn't take care of you, look at all the requirements and conditions, almost tailor-made for you!

If this is the case, there are still the second generation of dudes who can't understand the calculations, can't understand the political theory, and can't even pass the "martial arts exam". It's no wonder that Liu Ying doesn't show affection.

Let's take another ten thousand steps back: even if there is such a superb product, then Liu Ying can definitely take it into the palace and raise it.

Liu Ying can still afford a salary of several hundred shi per person per year.

Obviously, Wang Ling also saw Liu Ying's intentions, and after a while, he smiled a little.

"Your Majesty will hold another martial arts exercise in addition to the literary one, so as to uphold the martial arts style of the country. My minister, I would like to congratulate the world!"

"Your Majesty's insightful eyes are like torches, you can see thousands of miles away, and you are upright in martial arts, ministers and others, I would like to congratulate the world~~~"

After seeing Wang Ling, the rest of the ministers also stood up to show their full support for the martial arts. Liu Ying finally got up with a smile and nodded slightly to everyone.

——According to Liu Ying's plan, martial arts is a compulsory subject in the so-called imperial examination;
Gongqing Erqianshi supports the martial arts examination, which is tantamount to supporting the examination examination.

A big stone in her heart fell to the ground, and Liu Ying was so generous for a rare time, she just waved at Wang Ling with a big grin.

"As for the topics of the literary and martial arts examinations, the Marquis of Anguo tried to draft them, and thought them my opinion."

(End of this chapter)