I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 376 Game
Exam?

The Huns have just arrived in the four counties of the Northland, and the finishing work is still over, and the reconstruction after the war has not been written off. So Liu Sheng will take the exam again?

Could it be that Liu Sheng has adjusted from the humiliation of the Huns knocking on the border and plundering border counties, and is ready to 'look forward', intending to continue to promote his proposition step by step?
As the wind of the exam blows stronger in Chang'an, more and more people have such doubts inside and outside the government and the field.

From the perspective of the court, Liu Sheng mentioned the imperial examination again, in fact, he wanted to tell the world: I am fine;

The Huns kowtowed to the side, and I did not lose my mind because of the humiliation brought about by this incident;
I have regained my strength and intend to continue to do what I should do and continue to prepare for the decisive battle in the future.

But few people know: these two events—the Huns knocking on the edge and the imperial examination, these two seemingly unrelated events, in Liu Sheng's eyes, have an extremely close causal relationship.

——Why were the Huns able to drive straight into Guanzhong and even burn the flames of war to Ganquan Palace, which is only a few hundred miles away from Chang'an?
The answer is: during the reign of Emperor Xiandi, after the rebellion of the seven kingdoms of Wu and Chu was put down, Emperor Xiandi withdrew nearly [-]% of his troops from the border guards;
——Then why did the late emperor withdraw nearly [-]% of the border troops at the risk of border corruption?
The answer is: after the rebellion between Wu and Chu was put down, a large number of leading groups in the counties and counties in the Kanto region were sacked, there was a serious shortage of officials, and local security and administrative pressure increased sharply;
In order to maintain local law and order, and also to prevent the princes and vassals from rebelling again, the first emperor finally chose the relatively less bad choice among the two bad choices.

After all, according to Chao Cuo's statement in "The Policy of Cutting Fans", the Xiongnu is just a disease of the body and skin, while the king of the vassal is a disease of the heart.

Going deeper: There are not enough officials in the Kanto, why did the first emperor choose to mobilize the border guards to "suppress by force" instead of sending new officials?

The answer is: no new officials at all...

Not to mention the local counties and states in the Kanto region, even Chang'an's court officials are "sufficiently manned for a long time."······

Calculated in this way, there is really a causal relationship between Kaoju and the Huns going south to knock down the border, which led to the corruption of the Northern Han County.

If Liu Sheng had thought of the examination earlier, then after having enough officials, the late emperor probably would not have withdrawn nearly [-]% of the frontier troops;
If the frontier defense forces are not withdrawn and the frontier defense forces are not weakened, it is very likely that the Huns will not be able to achieve such a huge "result" if they go south to knock down the border.

Therefore, in order to prevent the Huns from going south next time and burning the flames of war to the foot of the imperial city, the Great Wall frontier troops who were transferred back to the Kanto by the late emperor could only and must be transferred back to the front line of the Great Wall.

At the same time, in order to prevent the border guards from being transferred back to their original positions, which may lead to local security problems in the Kanto region, the Chang'an court must send more officials to strengthen the Chang'an court's control over the Kanto region.

And the examination can just provide enough officials for the Chang'an court—enough officials to calm down the counties and counties in the Kanto region.

Some people may say: What is lacking in the Kanto are county magistrates at the level of [-] shi to [-] shi, and even county magistrates at the level of [-] shi;
Can the young people elected by the examination be directly appointed as county magistrates or even prefects?

Of course not.

From the beginning to the end, Liu Sheng never thought of letting these fledgling cultural people directly become the county magistrate of the ruling party, or even the county prefect.

According to Liu Sheng's vision, at the very beginning, these people will be at the level of about [-] shi, and will work in the court office for two to three years at the grassroots level, such as sorting out documents and documents, running errands and doing odd jobs;
Afterwards, they will start from the middle level of the county-level administrative units, get acquainted with the local administrative operation mode, and then climb up step by step through the original official order of the Han Dynasty.

As for the batch of scholars who started with two hundred stones selected by the examination, why can they make up for the positions of county magistrates and county prefects in the Kanto region who often cost six hundred to one thousand stones, or even two thousand stones?
please~
With this group of stunned youths, there are officials in the court who are [-] shi, and the old old officials with [-] shi can go to [-] shi, or even [-] shi. Has the location moved?

If you move two hundred stones to four hundred stones or six hundred stones, then the original four hundred stones or six hundred stones can move your butt in the direction of thousands of stones?

By analogy, this batch—the first batch of candidates for examination can be used to promote an overall job increase in the Chang'an court, and even the entire Han Dynasty officialdom.

As long as there are not too many shortcomings in their own abilities, and officials who do have room for advancement, they will basically be promoted in this feast;
And the last batch of six hundred stones, thousand stones, and two thousand stones that were evened out can be sent to the Kanto by the Chang'an court to prevent new county and county leadership groups again, in order to complete the maintenance of local public security and administrative systems, and to protect the vassal states. To cause hindrance—or at least the mission of stalling the rebels.

As for the future, the examination every few years can also greatly strengthen the officialdom of the Han Dynasty—whether it is the central government or the mobility of the county.

As the saying goes: running water does not rot;

Compared with today's officialdom order where you can sit in one position until you die, you can't be promoted if there are no vacancies above, and you won't be downgraded if you don't make mistakes, the future officialdom of the Han Dynasty will definitely have more vitality because of the imperial examination .

At that time, there is a high probability that Liu Sheng will be able to launch the civil servant retirement plan that he has prepared for many years without hesitation, but has not been promoted so far because he is worried that there will not be enough officials.

Generally speaking, Liu Sheng is full of confidence in the future of the examination, and it can even be said that he has high hopes.

But before that, the troublesome things that Liu Sheng needed to deal with were one after another.

——The prosperity of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.

Before breaking the order of the distribution of causal interests, Liu Sheng needs to deal with the original vested interests, or even vested interest groups.

And the "fix" here does not mean banning or eradicating, but means game and compromise.

After all, nowadays, the head of the Han family is less suspicious of the country, Liu Shengnian is not as good as the crown, and has not yet taken charge of the government...

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"This exam~"

"If it's true, how can those bastards in my family have a bright future?"

"—Extremely, extremely!"

"—Your Majesty, it is true that you will not use it after leaving the loyal ministers and righteous men, and you must hold some imperial examinations..."

As the exams became more and more intense, the streets and alleys of Chang'an were almost filled with related topics.

Among them, the ones who reacted most violently were of course those relatives whose vital interests were threatened.

From their point of view, the examination is obviously a break with the past. It either needs someone to recommend it, or it needs the inherent selection system of officials with capable ancestors, which adds a new variable to the selection of officials in the future.

And in this variable, it seems that the children of Gonghou Guiqi's family have no advantage?
"Prime Minister, don't you plan to say something?"

"Even if you don't dare to refute it in the court meeting, you should at least meet with His Majesty in private and persuade His Majesty to treat us heroes with a little preferential treatment?"

Sitting on the carriage, a meritorious lord spoke anxiously, but only heard another disdainful voice from inside the carriage.

"Hey!"

"Liu She?"

"Junhou, don't you still count on him?"

···
"Don't talk about him Liu She, go to persuade His Majesty about this matter;"

"When the exams are held in earnest, the first one to go up to cheer him up will undoubtedly be him, Liu She!"

"If there is anything to look forward to, that is what kind of flowers Liu She can photograph the horses this time!"

"Hey;"

"Advising Your Majesty"..."

Hearing this, the Marquis Che who spoke earlier only frowned a little more, as if he was thinking of a way to break the situation.

God forbid;
This prince has thousands of households to eat food, and the annual tax income of ten thousand stones of grain, converted into money, is only 50 yuan, and the gold conversion is only [-] gold!

At first glance, it sounds like 50 yuan is the entire property of five middle-class families, but for a Chehou who is at the pinnacle of the era, the annual income of 50 yuan is not enough, even too much. Not enough to watch.

——During the holidays, you have to greet and send them off, right?
——Congratulations, weddings, gifts everywhere, right?
Moreover, since he is determined not to return to the feudal state and relies on the meritorious lord of Chang'an, he is naturally a person who wants to do his best when the position of Jiuqing and even Sangong is vacant.

So in order to get the news of "a certain position is about to be vacant" and "who are the main competitors?", inside and outside the palace, you have to do something, right?

And today's DPRK and Zhong Gongqing, do you have to reciprocate with courtesy?

With all these piles and pieces added up, the tax of 50 yuan is not enough!

If it wasn’t for festivals, you could still get some rewards from the Empress Dowager of the Eastern Palace and the emperor, and the property of the feudal country could also subsidize part of it, let alone enjoying the life of the nobility—if there is no food city with ten thousand and eight thousand households, then Not enough to live in Chang'an for a long time!

Compared with the huge expenses in Chang'an, the rent and tax of the country are already stretched, but there are still a lot of bastards at home who spend the whole day fighting chickens, running dogs, and drinking, clamoring to 'get married and start a business'.

Even though he kept yelling 'bastard' one after another, when the time came for his son to start a family and start a business, would it be possible for a father to just watch?

Don't you have to take out a sum of real money, manage it inside and out, try to find a job for every bastard, and leave a foundation?
In the past, although most of the meritorious lords in Chang'an were troubled by this—worrying about the work of future generations, they could barely cope with it on the whole.

——Take a sum of money and build a house;

——Putting down his old face, he went to talk about marriage;

Relying on his own contacts, even going to the queen mother and the emperor to cry, and finding a Langguan for the bastard at home, he has fulfilled his father's responsibility.

But now, the wind of this exam is getting bigger and bigger, and it is about to fall from the bamboo slips;
If in the future, the selection of officials really has to be done through 'exams', then these dandies from Gonghou's family, then...
"Your Majesty's examination has nothing to do with us farmers, does it?"

While thinking about it, there was a conversation outside the carriage, causing the two meritorious officials to prick up their ears;

At the corner of the street, surrounded by three or five people, a lazy man was proudly interpreting the great affairs of the court for the vulgar peasants in front of him.

"Hey, isn't that just saying?"

"——As for the exam exam, since there is a word 'examination', it will definitely test the allusions of sages, poems and books;"

"We farmers, don't talk about allusions, poems and books—let's just talk about a county, how many people can we find who can read, except for the officials in the county government?"

"Don't say it's a correct answer. If you really want to enter the exam hall and can write your own name in full, then you can't say it is a material for being a coward."

"But if you really have that ability, why do you need to take the exam?"

The lazy man's words caused everyone around him to nod repeatedly, and instantly attracted more people to stop.

"It really is!"

"This test must be a literary test—even if it is not, it is impossible to test the ability to manipulate crops."

"Just us peasants really have nothing to do with this exam."

"In the end, isn't it just the nephews of those high-ranking officials, can they take the exam?"

"Go up to the sky, that is, pick some who can write and recognize..."

All of a sudden, the street became a little noisy, and everyone started to criticize the exams that hadn't even written their horoscopes in broad daylight. The way to become an official.

However, the soldiers of the Northern Army who passed by from time to time seemed to ignore this situation.

——Since Emperor Taizong Xiaowen abolished the defamation order and clearly stipulated that farmers should no longer be punished for their words, the atmosphere of public opinion in the Han Dynasty became more and more relaxed.

Not to mention that at this moment, three or five peasants are gathering on the street to discuss the major policies of the government;
It's not a problem at all to drink two ounces of horse urine and scold the emperor at the top of your voice.

——The ignorant have no fault~
But the idle chatter of these peasants reassured the two meritorious lords who were "eavesdropping" in the carriage.

Although the words of those farmers were a bit harsh, the truth is indeed the same.

In today's world, only those who can "write and recognize" are rare talents.

Although it can't be said to be rich and prosperous, but just write a family letter for someone, or copy books, documents, etc., and you can easily live comfortably.

As for the allusions from a hundred schools of thought, and even those who have unique insights into the righteousness of poetry and books, they are all world-renowned sages, masters, and their disciples.

These people want to be officials, and they don't need any "examinations" at all-everyone who wants to be an official, the court will definitely send four horses to invite them, which is called: Zhengpi.

Even his disciples only need to bring the teacher's letter of introduction, recommendation letter, etc., to get an official position of about [-] shi, and there is a high probability of being interviewed by the emperor in person.

In this way, Liu Sheng's upcoming examination is said to be "all Han people, dukes, seniors, and non-business people can apply for the examination", but in fact, those who have the ability to pass the examination can only be Noble son;
as well as······
"wrong!"

"There are also the children of Qilu in the east of the Guandong, those ordinary people who have been 'educated without discrimination' by Confucianism!"

Realizing that they, or their nephews' real competitors, the two Gonghous only widened their eyes in horror!
After looking at each other for a while, the two poked their heads out from both sides of the carriage tacitly, and shouted the same sentence at the same time.

"Drive fast!"

"A certain person is going to enter the palace to face the saint!!!"

(End of this chapter)