Respectfully ask Your Majesty to kill the immortal

Chapter 219 I'm really a fool

The imperial examination in this era is equivalent to Xu Mochen's college entrance examination before time travel, and it is the key to jumping into the dragon's gate.

Dagan was originally a small country, and it was hard to unify the world, so it is still very compatible with talents.

In the past, many courtiers of hostile countries retained some of the capable ones.

The current ministers inside and outside the imperial court are basically derived from such a structure.

Therefore, it cannot be regarded as a talent selected by the emperor alone.

In addition, the important officials in the court are all immortal cultivators. Xu Mochen urgently needs to pass the imperial examination and personally promote a group of officials.

This is different from building national hospitals and research institutes. Political talents are needed to govern the country.

Technical talents can be born regardless of age, but political talents are much stricter in selection.

The birth of the family, whether the root is good or not, the political and ideological line, the education received, etc., will affect the future path of this person.

Xu Mochen didn't want the person he selected to become his opponent in the end, then the gain would outweigh the loss.

"So, next year's imperial examination is also a crucial step for me?" Xu Mochen asked.

"Your Majesty is holy," Tang Derun took out a piece of information, "This is the list of high-ranking officials that I got from the Ministry of Officials, from the prime minister to the county prime minister, there are records.

Your Majesty can find that our ministers, strictly speaking, have very few direct descendants, and they are all left over from the previous dynasty.

It cannot be said that they are not loyal and capable enough, but they must be defensive.

Once the confrontation between us and the cultivators is exposed in the future, these people..."

Xu Mochen's eyes flickered, and these people might turn into scumbags, or even fall directly into the arms of immortal cultivators.

Just like King Ning, when the immortal cultivator threw a bone, he would happily bite it off, even if he ended up being imprisoned for life.

I don't dare to say that there is absolutely no problem with the self-selection, but the controllability is much higher.

"In addition, many courtiers have reached their age and health." Tang Derun opened the information, and there are circles on it, "Many have retired in the past two years."

Xu Mochen understood that the connection of talents was imminent.

"That's not the only thing I'm thinking about," Xu Mochen sighed slightly, "Most of the current officials in Daqian are actually from the gentry family. It's really hard for the children of the real poor family to fly to the sky."

He stood up and paced in the imperial study with his hands behind his back: "The gentry has the advantages of being a gentry, but the disadvantage is that when the family grows bigger, the things you think about are complicated. What you think about is not necessarily the country, but me."

These are very heartbreaking words, Tang Derun only felt sweat dripping from his forehead.

The emperor needs the support of the gentry, who can protect the interests of the gentry in exchange for mutual stability.

But the object of loyalty of the gentry, said to be the big cadre, said to be the emperor, is actually more of the interests of the clan.

When the latter is established, they will not care about changing dynasties or who will be the emperor.

In other words, the emperor in the eyes of the gentry is just a formal existence.

Such a foundation made Xu Mochen feel a backstab while dealing with the cultivator.

In addition, members of the gentry are basically opposed to reforms and the like.

Because it is easy to touch their interests.

Tang Derun pondered, the position of the emperor is really not something that ordinary people can sit on.

Xu Mochen didn't know what he was thinking, and still muttered to himself: "The selection of talents cannot bypass the gentry groups, because in this era, educational resources are concentrated in the hands of rich and noble families."

The helpless fact is that the poor have no food to eat and no one will go to school.

Knowledge resource books, etc., all need money.

Most of the common people are illiterate, a small number have a little bit of literacy, and those at the top are the children of the gentry.

"Your Majesty," Tang Derun glanced at his expression, "The situation here is actually more complicated.

Above the gentry, there are also immortals. "

"Cultivator," Xu Mochen stopped, turned his head and frowned, "what's the matter with a cultivator here?"

Aren't all those who take part in the imperial examinations ordinary people?

"Your Majesty," Tang Derun swallowed hard, and stated in a calm tone as much as possible, "To become an official in the court, you still need to go through the process, that is, to take the imperial examination.

For example, today's prime minister was the number one scholar of one of the first emperors back then.

There are also six departments of Jiuqing, and most of them came here in this way. "

Xu Mochen realized the problem, and he walked up to Tang Derun: "So Aiqing means that immortal cultivators will also take the imperial examination?"

Tang Derun nodded.

"In this case, wouldn't it mean that most of the recruited officials will be immortal cultivators?" Xu Mochen was stunned.

"Your Majesty is wise," Tang Derun said helplessly, "Cultivators use supernatural powers to learn, and the speed is naturally fast.

In addition, the books and classics handed down in the Middle Earth are actually the works of the immortal cultivators back then, with their seals and bound to the human race. "

"It's unreasonable!" Xu Mochen slapped the table, "Ai Qing means that this book knowledge has become a means for cultivators to control mortals?"

That is to say, it belongs to the blockade in the field of culture.

The ancient books of saints are all chosen by the cultivators, and their consciousness has been brainwashed since childhood.

"Yes," Tang Derun answered bravely, "So in fact, the students of the world, who say they are the disciples of the Son of Heaven, are actually the disciples of the cultivators.

However, some students, after entering the court, knew that there were immortal cultivators, and some of them went to His Majesty. "

For example, the recently appointed Human Race officials from several departments including the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

But those who didn't know the truth still approached the officials of the cultivators and were controlled by them.

Xu Mochen always thought that if the human race didn't resist, one was because they didn't know the existence of immortal cultivators, and the other was that they couldn't beat them.

But now he realizes that there is also the bonus of spiritual domination.

"What's their main core of thought?" After a long silence, Xu Mochen asked again.

"Tiandijun's personal teacher!"

Hearing the answer, Xu Mo closed his eyes.

Heaven and earth, master and teacher, heaven and earth are naturally dominated by immortal practitioners, the emperor is the emperor, and the emperor is a puppet, and they have the final say.

There are gentry, but who knows if there are immortal cultivators controlling behind the gentry.

The last is the teacher, and the cultivator directly controls the mind from the source.

In other words, in the realm of cultural spirit, they control the human race.

"In the imperial examination, most of the top ones are immortal cultivators," Xu Mochen said word by word, "A small number of human races have also been brainwashed.

Some of the worst children from poor families are just used as a show.

More than [-]% of my selection into the court is to make wedding dresses for immortal cultivators, isn't it so? "

Tang Derun dared not answer.

What is being said is the truth, even if some of them fall to the emperor in the end, compared with the number of all officials in Dagan, it is a drop in the bucket.

Xu Mochen laughed suddenly: "So which day will the public conflict between the immortal cultivators and me really break out, without the need for me to mobilize the human race, and the officials of the human race will oppose me first?"

"Your Majesty," Tang Derun consoled, "This is a problem faced by all dynasties in ancient times.

Speaking of decapitation, the human ministers selected by His Majesty also have their own thoughts. "

They want power, and Xu Mochen just happens to be able to give it to them.

Perhaps in their hearts, they also worked hard for the emperor and the human race.

Xu Mochen laughed. No wonder he had wiped out so many departments, and only a few human ministers supported him.

The rest were either unaware, or secretly opposed in their hearts, and they were not their own.

If that's the case, what's the point of seeking a dialogue with an immortal cultivator?

He actually has no way to solve the internal problems of the human race.

The projects I started by myself didn't involve many officials, so it went smoothly.

So far, Xu Mochen understood, had an epiphany.

"Looking at it this way," he laughed a little self-deprecatingly, "People say that I'm obsessed with the harem and haven't been in court for a long time, so I'm a foolish emperor.

The courtiers are all loyal and virtuous ministers, it seems that I am extremely stupid.

In fact, they are right, I am really a fool. "

If he is the leader, then the officials are the limbs and organs. Now, most of these organs do not belong to him.

Reforms and upgrades cannot be carried out thoroughly.

The imperial examination is completely a system for cultivators.

"Ai Qing," Xu Mochen sat down slowly, with a very calm tone, "If I'm not mistaken, the memorials of the courtiers all came from the imperial examinations, and it's the first time after the reunification.

They all want to intercept the flow from the source, not to leave a single drop to me. "

(End of this chapter)