Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 490 Xia Lin can always find talents

Emperor Jingtai actually knew what had happened in the capital, but he did not want to go back. For one thing, no matter whether it was a secret letter or a memorial from various parties, whether it was a complaint or a grievance, the current situation was under control.

Another thing is that Prince Teng wanted him not to get involved in this mess for the time being. Daosheng said that he would take the blame, and his majesty would go back to clean up the mess after the dust settled.

The last point is that he is so happy here, really so happy. Although he doesn't know what he wants to do or what he can do, he is generous. If he has no money, he will ask his brother Dugu to borrow. After borrowing the money, he will give bonuses to the soldiers and pensions to the victims.

Who wouldn’t like this kind of chairman? Wherever he goes, he is greeted with cheers and cheers, and people line the streets to welcome him. When he leaves, he cries so hard that he almost faints.

Your Majesty's kindness is not over yet! It's not over yet!
The only problem is that the list was a bit long. On average, he had to ask Dugu Han to borrow between 700,000 and 1,000,000 taels for each county. Part of the money was exchanged for supplies, and part was used directly as rewards.

Even Xia Lin wouldn't dare to do this casually, but since he is the emperor, there is no problem in doing so.

Not only did their reputation skyrocket, but the Green Forest Army, which was originally a scattered 18th-tier force, was directly upgraded to a high-level main force after being acquired by the emperor.

Moreover, since Shan Xiongxin and Wang Zhuoheng were both extremely capable, he appointed Shan Xiongxin as the fifth-rank General Ningyuan and Wang Zhuoheng as the fifth-rank Xima of the Sijing Bureau without hesitation, directly narrowing the rank gap between them and Xia Lin.

Nothing else, just happy.

While he was strolling here, the one who was most happy was not Shan Xiongxin but Wang Shichong. When Wang Shichong heard that his son was appointed as the Xima of the Sijing Bureau, he brought a baggage team of 2,000 people carrying food and medicinal materials all the way here from Changzhou, just to show his loyalty. He said that he had been bewitched by a treacherous person and brought shame to the great cause, and from today on, Wang was willing to serve Your Majesty at all times.

loyalty!

Wasn't Emperor Jingtai happy? He was so happy that he almost went crazy. He accomplished what his father had failed to do. He drafted an imperial edict on the spot to exonerate Wang Shichong without consulting the central government.

When Wang Shichong received the imperial edict, he burst into tears. He cried with such kindness, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. Then he began to offer his advice.

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, Xia Daosheng placed the Green Forest Army here with the intention of letting Your Majesty personally recapture Henan Province. The unification of the Central Plains and the reunification of the people is the first great gift that the boy has given to the new emperor! It can deter Li Yuan in the west and shock the grassland in the north. It is a matter of killing two birds with one stone. Your Majesty should take action now, send troops north, and cooperate with Luoyang to take over the entire Henan Province and set up Luoyang as the secondary capital! Even if Li Yuan has the courage of a leopard, he will not dare to capture the capital. By then, Your Majesty will have the best of time, place and people!"

Apart from anything else, Wang Shichong would have crushed Li Yuan to death if he had the slightest chance. However, it must be mentioned that although Wang Shichong was not a very good person, his abilities were indeed beyond doubt, and his analysis of the entire Central Plains situation and current trends was very accurate.

Emperor Jingtai did not answer immediately, but went back to discuss with his mysterious adviser.

"Mr. Zhu, can we take Wang Shichong's words seriously?"

Mr. Sai Zhuge Zhu is the mysterious strategist. However, in order to protect this person, even Xia Lin did not reveal any information about him. Otherwise, given the current situation, it is hard to say whether this old man can live until March next year.

"Your Majesty, although Wang Shichong is cunning and slippery, he is a shrewd and calculating person. In my opinion, this is indeed the best opportunity. If Your Majesty is in charge, you can even defeat the enemy without fighting."

Emperor Jingtai was stunned for a moment, and his face was obviously happy: "Then he also said that this is Daosheng's gift to me as a new emperor. Is he serious?"

"Your Majesty, 400,000 troops are stationed here waiting, could it be that Daosheng doesn't know how to take the credit?"

"That's right!" Emperor Jingtai slapped his thigh and said, "It's time to say it. I, Daosheng, really understand human nature."

"Hmm?" Mr. Zhu was stunned for a moment: "Ah?"

"You're talking too fast." Emperor Jingtai laughed awkwardly, "He doesn't understand human nature, but he knows my mind."

"Daosheng left the people's hearts and minds of the entire Central Plains and the loyalty of the army to your Majesty. Before your Majesty came, the 400,000-man army was your Majesty's great worry. After your Majesty came, the 400,000-man army became your Majesty's great wall. I am not in a position to explain the meaning of this."

"But it was Mr. Zhu who asked me to come here."

Mr. Zhu twirled his beard and smiled, "I just went with the flow and borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha. Daosheng knew that Your Majesty had a grudge in his heart, and discord between the monarch and his subjects was a taboo in the court, so he listened to Your Majesty's call and returned to the capital. At this time, I thought the time had come and asked Daosheng to switch positions with Your Majesty. He would train those noble families in the capital, and Your Majesty would come to unify the Central Plains."

"I understand!" Emperor Jingtai slapped his thigh. "If I stay in the capital, there will be many obstacles between me and the noble families, and it will be difficult to deal with them. However, if Daosheng is here to unify the Central Plains, I am afraid that no emperor in the world will be able to sleep well. So Mr. Zhu swapped me with Daosheng, letting him deal with the noble families, and I will unify the Central Plains! Mr. Zhu is really talented."

"No, no, no, Your Majesty, you are too kind. The real talent is here in the capital. He left the buttons open, and I just buttoned them up." "Hmm..." Emperor Jingtai touched his chin: "Then how should I reward Daosheng when I go back this time? I can't really ask him to be the queen, right? I... I'm still a little uncomfortable with it."

"Your Majesty, not only can we not reward him, but we must demote him. Demote him back to Jiangnan Road! Only in Jiangnan Road can he be safe and secure."

"That would make me seem too ignorant. Mr. Zhu, what do you say if I give him the queen as compensation?"

"His Majesty……"

"Okay, okay, I was just joking..."

In fact, if there had not been the accident of Xia Lin, the intellectual ceiling here would have been Mr. Zhu. It's just that he is old and in poor health, so he himself doesn't know how long he can accompany Emperor Jingtai. But his idea is that as long as he can live one more day, he must not let the Wei Dynasty fall into chaos.

What Mr. Zhu is most worried about is not the mediocre ability of Emperor Jingtai, but his narrow-mindedness and easy-to-understand personality. He has been trying to change him over the years, but it is really difficult to change one's natural character. He can only hope that this child can grow up to be a qualified king as soon as possible.

"Then Mr. Zhu, should I send troops right away?"

"Your Majesty, don't panic." Mr. Zhu thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty should issue an imperial edict first. If they are willing to abandon darkness and join the light, it will not be a bad thing. It is not wrong to use courtesy first and then force."

"Please trouble Mr. Zhu with the imperial edict."

"The duty lies."

While we have begun to enter the Unify Central Plains copy here, Xia Lin has just started a major reorganization of the officialdom. Because the success or failure of this round of struggle depends on both sides, the most important thing at the moment is to conduct an official assessment and fill the more than 3,000 vacant positions.

These positions will also be recruited by examination and will be open to everyone. Adhering to the principle of special handling of special matters, the assessment of grassroots officials this time will not have any threshold restrictions. There will only be further restrictions and examinations above the seventh rank.

This news was like an earthquake in the entire Jinling and even the entire Wei Dynasty. Countless students and children of noble families began to gather in Jinling City from all over the place.

There are three thousand positions, and although many of them are grassroots officials, anyone with the title of scholar can take the exam, and the final number of admissions will be determined by the scores.

Although many people here will be assigned to work as grassroots clerks in counties and villages, this is still an official position after all, and it is much better than sitting there and failing exams year after year until you are old.

Therefore, the Ministry of Rites was extremely busy during this period, and all members of the Hanlin Academy were seconded to the Ministry of Rites. Although most of these people were uneducated, due to their family background, they usually had a high level of education.

But even so, there were not enough people, so the other five ministries and nine temples began to transfer people to the Ministry of Rites to assist in the work.

Because the scope of this civil service examination is very broad, and it is impossible to use a unified test paper, there will be about eight different sets of test papers to serve the candidates, and there will be special people to connect and classify the official positions they want to take. A few hundred people are still okay, but now there are about 50,000 people competing for the vacancies of 3,000 people.

To set test questions, classify them, and build examination halls for 50,000 people is extremely difficult and tests administrative capabilities.

Ma Zhou was going crazy now, and the weather was getting hot. He, Ma Zhou, the prime minister of a country, was sitting in a hot room with a bib and bare upper body, reviewing the test papers. Next to him was a stove with wax heating on it. After reviewing a thousand test papers, he would put them in a bag and seal them with paraffin.

Moreover, this matter could not be done by others. Even if it was Ma Zhou, who was the prime minister, he could not leave this room before the examination was over, and his food and drink could only be brought in by people from outside.

"I'm telling you, you're putting me through too much."

Finally, the work was done and the exam was scheduled for three days later. Ma Zhou sat in the small courtyard drinking with Xia Lin. Besides Ma Zhou, there were two servants emptying the chamber pot and Xia Lin, a total of four people.

Ma Zhou was responsible for reviewing and packaging the test papers, while Xia Lin was responsible for shuffling the order of the test papers to make them into A and B papers.

"We can't help it. You don't want another fraud case to suddenly come out, do you? Either there is no fraud case now, or if there is, they won't be able to find any fault with us. Just bear with it." Xia Lin sighed, picked up the wine glass and took a sip: "Why do we have to stay in this isolated house on all sides? It's to shut them up! And the people guarding outside are all from the Zongzheng Temple, so it's basically foolproof."

"Daosheng." Ma Zhou suddenly looked up at the moon, then asked curiously, "Last time you told me half of it, and I didn't quite understand it."

(End of this chapter)