Quickly wear it and insist on being an old man forever

After Queen Mother Yang thought for a long time, she finally decided not to bother and let King Qin Li Shimin be buried as soon as possible. After all, she and Li Shimin didn't have much affection in the first place, so why should they be buried together after death?

She was afraid of being embarrassed when the three of them were together.

And she knew very well that even if this matter was approved by the Supreme Emperor, it would still not be reasonable after all.

Officials will definitely discuss and boycott!

She didn't want to cause any trouble to her son.

After consulting the Supreme Emperor Bai Sheng and his mother and queen, Li Ke, who had changed his Yuan Dynasty to Xianping, quickly began to arrange Li Shimin's funeral according to their opinions.

That's right, Bai Sheng is no longer the Supreme Emperor.

He is the Supreme Emperor.

The main reason is that after Li Ke ascended the throne, his mother Yang Guifei was naturally promoted to the empress dowager. At this time, it would be inappropriate and inappropriate to call Bai Sheng the emperor. After all, the current empress dowager is the daughter-in-law of the emperor. Why? It looks very awkward.

It just so happened that there had been a situation before, when the grandson ascended the throne and his grandfather was still alive, he was respected as the supreme emperor at that time.

Although that dynasty was outrageous.

But at any rate, there was barely any precedent to follow, and the officials were too lazy to create a new title. Then Bai Sheng had such a new identity that he was pretty much a middle schooler.

The Supreme Emperor, the father of the Supreme Emperor.

After Li Shimin's funeral was over, Li Ke began to slowly reform step by step.

There is no way, the power of the aristocratic families is too huge now. To put it bluntly, although the previous dynasty's fall was due to Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty, the role of the aristocratic families in this process cannot be underestimated.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, who rebelled against the king? Which family did not have a powerful background?

Those aristocratic families may be able to tolerate the slow carving of a frog boiled in warm water, but if they really take the drastic step, they will make it clear that they will completely destroy the aristocratic families.

Who else can you control?

For example, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, the prosperous age he created could only be achieved by cutting off the flesh and blood of aristocratic families and not messing around after troubled times.

The simplest and most straightforward policy is the census, which is equivalent to a census. It added 1.64 million people, including 440,000 adult men. Subsequently, some new measures were added. By the 18th year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, compared with the statistics at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the total population had almost doubled. Calculated by household, it had increased from 4 million households to 8.7 million households. The increase was The speed is quite terrifying.

Where did all these people come from?

There is no way they were born. It was only eighteen years since the founding of the People's Republic of China. No matter how many children there were, they would never be able to give birth to so many!

A large part of the population is extracted from the hands of the aristocratic families. They are people who have taken refuge in the aristocratic families and are hidden by the aristocratic families. Only when these people are found out and registered can they become the national population and pay taxes to the country. Increase national strength.

Otherwise, what will increase is the strength of the family members.

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty plucked so many people from the hands of aristocratic families. Can the country's power increase and a prosperous age emerge?

At that time, the world had been in chaos for too long. Not only did the people hope for peace, but the aristocratic families actually did not want to see troubled times, so they tolerated it. It was not until later that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty really stopped doing human affairs. Not only did he not give the aristocratic families a way to survive, but also the common people. If they are not given a way to survive, then they have no choice but to work together to overthrow Emperor Sui Yang.

Therefore, when cutting meat with a dull knife and boiling frogs in warm water, the family members will most likely be able to tolerate it, or find ways to exploit loopholes and compensate for their own interests through other means.

But if you really want to be bold and clamor to destroy them.

They certainly can't wait to die.

It will still be the common people who will suffer.

That's why Bai Sheng and Li Ke made a plan to take things step by step, such as improving technology first, reducing the price of pens, inks, paper, inkstones, and books, and including cultural and educational undertakings in various places within the scope of official assessment. No matter what, most of the officials nowadays are inextricably connected with the noble families, and many people are proud to be married to the five surnames and Qiwang. There is definitely no harm in cultivating more talents.

Once there are enough low-level talents, the next step will of course be to reform the imperial examination and increase the number of Jinshi.

Everything went as Bai Sheng and the others planned.

Advancing slowly.

Even Bai Sheng and the others are well aware of all the hidden obstacles that may be encountered during the process.

After all, they are really cheating!

Faced with Li Ke's operations, the family members were not stupid. They knew exactly what he wanted to do, but after all, they did not go crazy and take action directly, so they only took some countermeasures secretly. For example, during the imperial examination, they tried their best to let the children of the family Jinshi.

Another example is the selection of officials after becoming a Jinshi. If the Jinshi is a child of a noble family, he will get a good official position very quickly and take office quickly. If not, just wait. Every carrot is a pitfall, and even if there is a pitfall, , it’s definitely not a good trap.

Those official positions that the children of aristocratic families looked down upon.

It's their turn.

Even if Li Ke decrees that the admission quota for children of aristocratic families should not be higher than a few percent, they still have a way.

If you can't directly let the children of their family win the Jinshi, then let the children of the poor family who marry their daughter and be related to their family by marriage, if they don't want to, even if they are really capable of winning the Jinshi, there are many ways to make them sit on the bench. Waiting indefinitely for replacement.

In this regard, these aristocratic families are very happy.

However, Bai Sheng and Li Ke had already anticipated their response methods. They just pretended to be powerless and let it go for the time being, while waiting for the opportunity.

When the children from poor families who think they are capable but cannot be admitted to the imperial examination become resentful in their hearts, and when those who are admitted to the imperial examination but still cannot become officials begin to feel resentful and resentful, and when the number of these people is large enough.

This is when Li Ke officially takes action.

And this wait is a whole ten years!

In the 10th year of Xianping's spring boudoir, after the latest imperial examination, several children from poor families who had real talents but failed this time, with Li Ke's hint and support, successfully came to the Tai Chi Palace to sound the drum of grievance and accuse The imperial examination is unfair. At the same time, other children from poor families who failed the examination and those who had won the Jinshi but had not been able to wait for official positions for many years also united to accuse under the guidance of Li Ke.

It’s a different kind of parade!

Immediately afterwards, this matter naturally alarmed Li Ke, and even the Supreme Emperor Bai Sheng. In order to show justice, their ancestors and grandson quickly issued an order to hold a response meeting directly outside the Daming Palace. The general idea was to let those who made trouble Wait outside the Daming Palace, and they will come forward to listen to their complaints and help solve them.

At the same time, all Chang'an people are welcome to watch!

Ensure fairness, impartiality and openness!

It is equivalent to a different kind of public trial, and it is also a different kind of completely exposing the secret operations of the family members to the public.

As the accusation meeting began, the leader, who knew that he had support, quickly stood up and saluted, and then told all the methods he knew about the aristocratic family members, and said that such an imperial examination was not fair at all, and he would not be punished. The control of those high officials.

That's all if they don't have enough abilities.

But the reality is obviously not.

Because many things that will happen next will undoubtedly offend those aristocratic families, Bai Sheng and Li Ke discussed it and jointly decided that Bai Sheng would come forward. If those aristocratic families wanted to retaliate or boycott, they would have to go to Bai Sheng. The key thing is that Bai Sheng is confident that he can handle it:

"I understand. Generally speaking, it means that the current imperial examination is unfair, right? I just analyzed it carefully and found that it is indeed unfair. If it is not fair, just change it!

In the future, before the imperial examination, all candidates are not allowed to contact the civil and military nobles of the Manchu Dynasty. No matter what relationship you have with each other, you are not allowed to have contact. Anyone who takes the initiative to contact and visit will be treated as cheating and will be exempted from qualifications!

There are also papers. From now on, all candidates' papers will be copied by a special person in the standard style. At the same time, the names of the papers will be obscured. After the officials who mark the papers are determined, they will not be allowed to have contact with the outside world. In addition, future candidates will not be allowed to have any contact with the outside world. After the examination is over and the rankings are determined, the papers need to be announced to the public. "

"In addition, we can add a palace examination. Since the number of Jinshi is not large anyway, the emperor will choose a topic at will, and then take the test again. He will take the test in the Tai Chi Palace. After the test, the paper will be collected and marked directly by the emperor.

Other marking officials can provide comments as appropriate.

At that time, he can be regarded as the Emperor’s disciple!

I have come up with many solutions to such a simple matter just by thinking about it, but you have not changed for so many years. It shows that none of you really think about the world's scholars. Just now, yes, it was you.

What do you think of this idea?

Have anything to add? "

It was originally a double act. The one who had just complained about the unfairness of the imperial examination, of course, hurriedly knelt down to show that the Supreme Emperor was wise and truly considered them scholars.

This move is compared to the past.

It is indeed much more fair and just.

Then Bai Shengze said in a timely manner that although his proposal seemed fair and just, there was no guarantee that loopholes would not be found in the future, so his proposal could only be used temporarily. If loopholes were found in the future, it could not be the law forever and had to be adapted to the times. Keep pace with progress and make appropriate changes.

At this time, Li Ke also hurriedly expressed that the emperor's grandfather was wise.

Several people sang in harmony.

The reform of the imperial examination was successfully settled.

The key thing is that they said these words in front of all the scholars and officials, as well as many common people who came to join in the fun. Compared with the total number of people, only a few suffered losses, while the majority benefited. And this This operation can be described as upright, because after such an analysis, everyone knows that the original imperial examination did have many problems, and it was unfair, unfair and opaque.

And the reform suggestions put forward by the Supreme Emperor.

At least it looks fair and just on the surface.

To raise objections at this time is to go against all the poor people present. They still want to save face. No one wants to stand out at this time, be infamy for thousands of years, and be spurned by thousands of people. So in the end, most officials can only hold their noses and hold their noses. I accepted the matter for now.

It seems that these suggestions of the Supreme Emperor have closed the loopholes, but at worst they will have to look back and think about it again.

Are there any other loopholes that can be exploited?

There are policies from above, and countermeasures from below.

As long as you work hard, there will always be loopholes that can be exploited. For example, if you leave some passwords, understand the writing style in advance, etc., if you want to exploit them, there will definitely be loopholes that you can exploit.

At most it will take a little more effort and trouble than before.

No matter how powerful Bai Sheng is, he cannot completely prevent these situations. He can only try to be as fair as possible. How can there be absolute fairness?

With this complaint temporarily resolved, the remaining Jinshi who had not waited for official positions for many years also hurried forward and began to complain about the unfair treatment they had encountered.

At this time, of course it was Bai Sheng who spoke:

"I understand, I can probably understand what you are talking about. However, the official position is indeed relatively limited. I have two ideas. Just listen to it. If you are willing, you can give it a try!"

"The first thought is that it is impossible for all officials in various places to be qualified. It is inevitable that there will be corruption and perversion of the law, or that those who are local emperors or even do all kinds of evil may be protected by officials. The assessment only tests their ability to serve as officials and cannot ensure their Don't make mistakes.

And some people do it in order to get better grades.

There may also be forced apportionment and the like.

These are mortal sins.

So if you are willing, I can arrange for you to be temporary inspectors. As long as an official is found to be guilty of corruption or breaking the law, you can directly replace someone below the sixth rank. That is to say, as long as an official is found guilty of corruption or illegal crimes, A criminal sixth grade official.

You can take his place directly!

If you are higher than the sixth grade but lower than the third grade, you can be temporarily assigned to the corresponding official position. If you are excellent in the assessment in the next three years, you can be removed from the agency.

Each carrot has a hole. If there is no hole, then pull out the carrot. I believe there must be bad carrots among the carrots!

It’s up to you if you dare! "

"The second idea is that if you don't mind that some places are too remote or some official positions are too low, then I can add more official positions. When the time comes, you will take office directly and you will be promoted if you make achievements.

For example, in places like Lingnan, the actual number of officials is not large, and more official positions can be added.

But because few people are willing to go, there is no increase. If you are willing to go, you can submit an application to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Then we will consider adding more places in more remote and wild places. Now there are special medicines to deal with miasma and dysentery. You can also Don't worry about going to those places and you'll never come back. Generally speaking, it's safe.

By the way, there are still some who failed to pass the Jinshi exam!

If you think you have good abilities, you can also apply to be a minor official first. I think it is best to be an official and a local official in the future. If a minor official does well, he can definitely become an official!

If you think about it carefully, it's best to discuss it. If most people think it's okay, then the current Holy Master probably won't refute my face, right, Ke'er! "

Needless to say, these were obviously decided after discussions between Bai Sheng and Li Ke, in order to use these policies to unite all the children from poor families and local officials, and try their best to eliminate the children of aristocratic families in the officialdom.

No matter how powerful these aristocratic families are, if no one is an official for three generations, they will still decline. If no one is an official for five generations, they will be reduced to a poor family. If there are a few prodigal sons.

Maybe even worse than a humble family.

And this is the purpose of Bai Sheng and the others.

For the royal family, it is not that they cannot accept the existence of aristocratic families at all. What they cannot accept is that the aristocratic families will never change. There will always be a few or dozens of fixed families. The solidification of class is difficult to shake.

Some families prosper, some families decline, and some families perish. There will always be people climbing up from the bottom. The continuous circulation of classes is the most beneficial to the royal family.

Because this can not only avoid the emergence of huge aristocratic families that threaten the royal family, but also reduce the repressed dissatisfaction at the bottom caused by the solidification of social classes, which will eventually explode.

To put it more simply, it is conducive to the rule of the royal family and the continuation of the country's existence.

Conducive to national stability.