I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 188 I don't allow the big family to dominate the big man (seeking subscription)
This leaves room for manipulation, which is rent-seeking of power: Today, I recommend your son; tomorrow, your son recommends my grandson; and the day after tomorrow, my grandson recommends your son.

Although officials are restricted by the three mutual laws, it is still inevitable that they will form intertwined relationships at the local level.

The powerful clans were formed and born day by day.

Therefore, the selection of talents is not only the gentry providing talents for governing the country to the court, but also a distribution of power by the court.

"Abolishing a hundred schools of thought and respecting only Confucianism" made Confucianism the main criterion for judging talents; and the probation system broke the original hereditary official system.

Under these two measures, Emperor Xiaowu was able to use the talents of the world for himself.

But it also buried the hidden worries of the rise of the noble family.

Just like Xia Housheng and the others, relying on the special knowledge of virtuous literature, they made their fortunes at the Yantie Conference, and finally gained a firm foothold in the court.

They have not yet fully integrated with the local rich and powerful families, and their roots are not deep yet, but they have shown a certain degree of cohesion at the moment. If they continue to develop like this, the big men will eventually gradually follow the old path of many powerful families.

Once the power of the local government is higher than that of Chang'an, the crisis will come.

Liu He wants to prevent the big man from going down the old road.

Of course, it is impossible to abolish the probation system rashly, because this is equivalent to immediately mobilizing the interests of the local noble families and Confucian scholars.

However, Liu He can carry out some reforms in the original investigation system, expand the group of people who have knowledge as much as possible, and let more people participate in the process of power distribution among the big men, so as to dilute the ability of the rich and powerful.

To achieve this goal, Liu He has a long way to go, but there are at least three things that can be done first.

That is papermaking, printing and a larger scale of government.

It will take a lot of money to expand government studies, but papermaking and printing can be tried on a small scale first.

Liu He originally wanted to wait for the officials from Changyi Kingdom to arrive before starting to do these two things, but at this moment, he couldn't wait any longer.

He needs to make some preparations in advance, and when they come, he can spread the matter quickly in advance.

……

"Fan Ke, immediately find Mr. Lecheng, the Shaofu."

"promise!"

……

After a while, Le Cheng rushed over in the rain, and now Le Cheng spared no effort to complete the emperor's orders.

But today, success came even more early - Yang Chang has been dismissed from office, and the position of prime minister is now vacant, and I don't know how many people are staring at this position.

Although it is very likely that the position of prime minister will be succeeded by Cai Yi, the censor doctor behind him, the position of censor doctor is also very tempting.

Although the emperor asked the general to determine the candidate for the prime minister, if he could give himself a few good words, then the possibility of being in the position would be higher.

Looking at Le Cheng, whose robes were wet, of course Liu He knew what he was thinking, so he had to seize this opportunity and let him finish the printing and papermaking.

"I asked Le Qing to come here in the rain, because there are two things I need Le Qing to help with?"

"Your Majesty can issue an edict, and the humble minister will definitely live up to the emperor's grace."

"Le Qing has seen the paper?"

"Paper?" Le Cheng was a little puzzled, wondering why His Majesty mentioned this thing, "There is a workshop in Baqiao that produces Baqiao paper, which is often used to wrap other things."

"Have you ever thought about it, Le Qing, it can be used for writing?"

Baqiao paper is as rough as bark, from yellow to dark, how can it be used for writing?
Lecheng really couldn't figure it out, but still asked respectfully, "What's your majesty's intention?"

Liu He smiled mysteriously, and said, "I have a secret method of making paper, which can make paper whiter and flatter...and there is another secret method called printing, which can print words on paper..."

In the next two hours, Liu He explained the new papermaking and printing techniques to Le Cheng, and also explained the required venues, tools, and materials one by one.

Although Le Cheng was dubious, as if he was listening to something whimsical.

But Liu He didn't care. If he understood, he would do it successfully; if he didn't understand, he would do it.

Finally, Liu He said: "Le Qing has to prepare these things. I will ask Yu Langzhong to assist me. I hope that the paper and engraving can be completed as soon as possible. This is a great achievement. I will report to the general for Le Qing. A few nice words."

Lecheng panicked for a while, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

……

After another three days of rain, the sky in Chang'an finally cleared up.

During these eight consecutive days, it seemed that all the moisture in the air had been dried up.

From the morning of the ninth day, the vicious sun came out early in the morning and scorched Chang'an City.

The earthen walls, culverts, muddy ground and moat soaked by rainwater immediately gave off a disgusting stench after being baked by the scorching sun.

The entire city of Chang'an was shrouded in an irritable atmosphere. Even the usually graceful willows were unable to twist their waists at this moment.

In the past few days, although there have been heavy rains, the discussions in Xiaochaoyi and the Shangshu Office have not stopped for a single day.

After much discussion and deliberation by the Sangong and Jiuqing, Sejong was finally designated as the temple name by Emperor Xiaowu.

At the same time as the name of the temple was determined, the matter of building the temple was also decided: the first counties of the counties and the counties that Emperor Xiaowu visited before his death had to build Sejong Temple, which was similar in shape to Taizong Temple.

The standard for the temple name is very strict, but the selection of the temple name is not as strict as the posthumous name. The meaning of Sejong is also very straightforward, which means that people can get worship from generation to generation.

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In the Shangshu Office, seven or eight important court officials stood respectfully, and the imperial edicts drawn up by the Shangshu Office were placed on the cases in the middle.

There are at least fifty or sixty copies of the imperial edict written on plain silk, which were copied overnight by the ministers, and the one with the least surface is not even dry.

There are many counties in the Han Dynasty, and each county must issue a copy of this edict.After that, the guardians of the counties and states will make the contents of the imperial edict public in the form of proclamations.

The big man is very big, and it is impossible for the edict to be sent to all counties at the same time, so it will be announced in Chang'an.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Huo Guang invited the emperor's jade seal from a wooden box made of sandalwood.

Seeing Xi is like meeting people, even more useful than meeting people.

All the officials immediately knelt down.

Huo Guang carefully held the jade seal, walked to several cases, and after applying the ink pad, he firmly stamped it on the top three edicts.

The rest will be done by the Shangshu who is in charge of the emperor's seal.

And these three copies are for Changan Sansuke.

At this point, the matter of giving Emperor Xiaowu a temple name is completely settled.

No matter what happens, it will never be taken back.

"Please, gentlemen."

"promise!"

All the officials stood up, their ranks varied from high to low, but they had one thing in common, that is, they had a lot to do with the comfort of Chang'an City and Weiyang Palace.

The first to be called out by Huo Guang were the chiefs of Sanfu, namely Jing Zhaoyin, Zuo Fengyi and You Fufeng.

"This is the edict of Shangmiao. After returning to the government office, you and others will immediately draw up the proclamation, and then post it in conspicuous places everywhere. At the same time, the number of pavilions left at the gates of each city will be doubled, especially in the northern city. There are too many people, so you have to pay extra attention, and if someone goes wrong, they will be arrested and sent to prison immediately!"

"only!"

(End of this chapter)