Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 403 Imperial Examination Reform
"Your Majesty, since we want to set up martial arts exams, we must have a set of procedures. I will take out a statement and ask the emperor to have a look." Liang Hu, the minister of selection, finally couldn't sit still at this time.At this time, even a fool can see that the emperor is going to make a move.

Now the gentry and bureaucrats of the court have not yet had an effective response, and even under the coercion of the Emperor Jin Yiwei, they have never discussed this matter carefully.What's more, Liang Hu didn't know at all whether someone among the scholar-bureaucrats had already become His Majesty's internal correspondent?
Therefore, he tried to come up with such a delaying strategy, so as to give his side at least a buffer time.

However, that's how things are.When you realize that things are not going well, that's often the time to back off.Liu Xie, who was sitting on the throne, picked up a form and threw it directly in front of Liang Hu, seemingly calmly said: "Liang Shangshu, it just so happens that I already have a form here, so please correct me."

Liang Hu raised his head and glanced at Liu Xie on the throne almost in fear. He has been an official for many years, and his ability to observe words and expressions has reached its peak.But at this moment, he really didn't see anything strange from Liu Xie's smiling face.However, subconsciously, he felt a little uneasy.After all, Liu Xie would never have used such a humiliating gesture of throwing down the form if it hadn't been for the turmoil in his heart.

And when Liang Hu took a peek at Liu Xie, Liu Xie watched Liang Hu's reaction openly.As soon as the eyes of the two crossed in the air, Liang Hu suddenly felt that he was stabbed by a sharp sword, and fled from Liu Xie's eyes in a panic.Because, at that moment, Liang Hu not only saw the fierceness of the emperor, but also saw a deep sense of disappointment.

As we all know, Liang Hu, the Minister of Xuanbu, is an idler.At least, this impression has been like this since Emperor Ling.

Liang Hu, whose style name is Menghuang, is famous for learning from Yiguan, a great calligrapher, and even his handsome seal characters are as good as his teacher.But when he became Minister of the Ministry, it was simply a vegetarian meal for the corpse. Every morning, he spread the official documents on the table and said, "You can figure it out!"

At that time, Sima Fang, who was Shangshu Youcheng, was still Liang Hu's deputy. At first, he bit the bullet and ran errands, but later found that these errands could not be handled.Xuanbu Cao is in charge of the appointment, dismissal and promotion of officials below [-] shi and Xiaolian. The errands appointed by this official have always been full of kindness and hatred. Today, the Sangong ordered to enlist someone, and tomorrow the eunuch entrusted a favor to reward someone. People, the empress dowager still appoints someone to hold a certain position from time to time, there are a lot of people, but the official position is limited, and Gu Dong can't take care of the west.

Finally one day, the gentle Sima Fang lost his temper with Liang Hu, almost hysterical.However, on that day, Liang Hu told Sima Fang the truth: he was not full of vigor and party members, and he couldn't do such a thing at all.

As for letting Sima Fang do whatever he wanted, it was because Sima Fang was only a little Shangshu Youcheng who was only one or four hundred shi at that time, even if he did it badly, Liang Hu would have an excuse.At the same time, he used his expertise in calligraphy to curry favor with all the big shots in the court, so that when someone shot sniper in the east, he could run to the west to find someone to protect him, and when the west side capsized, he could run to the east to avoid it.

From this point of view, even if Liang Hu is not a man of great wisdom and stupidity, he is also a person with a clear mind.After Liu Xie came to power, this person changed his usual cynical and irreverent image. Instead, he cooperated tacitly with Liu Xie and sorted out the list of officials under the imperial court one by one. The Han Dynasty, who may have plotted against the law, and who is just a follower...

It is also true that Liu Xie appointed Liang Hu as the leading person in this imperial examination reform.On the one hand, Liang Hu is really the most suitable candidate, and on the other hand, Liu Xie also wants to give Liang Hu a chance to reuse him.

But Liu Xie never imagined that such a person who is good at guessing his intentions stabbed him in the back on the most critical matter.After finally getting Jin Yiwei's secret letter, Liu Xie finally understood why: the reason was not that Liang Hu was a nobleman, but because of his low background.

People like Liang Hu who have no roots and no background, naturally he would not have any extravagant thoughts when Emperor Ling was in power.However, when Liu Xie came to power, he made his official career bright because of his real talents and learning. After all, Liu Xie did not hesitate to reward meritorious officers and men, especially courtiers and scholar-bureaucrats.

As a result, the Liang family became a rising upstart in Chang'an in just two years because of Liang Hu.The Liang family, which was penniless at the beginning, gradually began to walk into the fringes of the Shi family.However, Liang Hu, who is the source of everything, did not stick to his original aspirations at this time. Instead, stimulated by the environment in which the gentry lords and the emperor ruled the country together in the Han Dynasty, he became the most resolute pioneer in defending the interests of the gentry.

The ass decides the head, this is indeed true.

Liang Hu tremblingly picked up the written form on the ground, and looked at the ten lines at a glance. The more he looked at it, the more frightened he became: the written form did not mention the martial arts process at all, but it was just a passing sentence as the end of the imperial examination reform. .

The entire table is a proposal for the reform of the imperial examination.The intention has been clarified since the beginning of the chapter, and the words are concise but full of vigor.Immediately, he said that the purpose of the imperial examination is to let the world's talents show themselves, and use the exam to determine the ranking.And it also focuses on the people who can take part in the imperial examination. Except for the imperial court students, other ordinary people with innocence, who have read the scriptures and passed the examination of the state and county can apply.Except for several professions such as criminals, monks and actors, all can participate.

The fullest entry in the middle is the content of the imperial examination. It is stated in the form that only those who pass the imperial examination and are recognized by the imperial court can be called Maocai, which is completely different from the "maocai" that can be recommended before.After Maocai has been an official in the imperial court for two years, or has made outstanding achievements, he can enter the county and become an important member of one party.

And Maocai's examination content includes Mingjing, Mingfa, Mingzi, Mingshu, History, Kewu, Wuju... all subjects.Mingjing examines postscripts, scriptures, poems and policy theory; Ming law examines laws and decrees; Mingzi examines "Shuowen" and "Zi Lin", and Mingsu examines ten sutras. Naturally, only Xia, Shang and Zhou are studied in history science Add a Qin Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States; Kewu is to test Mohist classics and astronomy; the last one is martial arts, which clearly states the military art of bow and horse...

Obviously, the first subject of Ming Jing mainly tends to govern the country and manage the people, so those who pass the exam are considered talents.The rest of the subjects belonged to the nature of specialists. The imperial court did not recognize the status of Maocai, but they could directly recruit them to enter the corresponding positions for internship, and then enter the official career.Although the starting point is lower than that of Maocai, it does not affect him to obtain the status of Maocai in his official career.

The last bits and pieces, such as exam time, exam process, exam etiquette and discipline, and exam cheating punishment, Liang Hu, who was dripping with cold sweat, had no intention of watching.Because seeing this, he already understood that it was imperative for the imperial court to set up the imperial examination this time.

What's ridiculous is that at this moment, Liang Hu didn't grasp the loopholes in this form at all. Instead, he asked Liu Xie with a dead face: "Your Majesty, I don't know who made this form?"

When these words came out, Liang Hu suddenly realized that Liu Xie had finally erupted like a volcano that had been suppressed all along, and suddenly lifted the imperial case on the jade steps of the front hall. The crane beak pen stand and the ivory pen container were suddenly crushed by this huge force and fell to pieces.Especially in the imperial box, the jade seal, which was already missing a corner, rolled under Liang Hu's feet.

"This memorial was written by Guanglu Cheng Yang Dezu after I, Zhong Yuanchang, the doctor of Guanglu, and Xun Gongda, the general of Anyuan, had discussed all night long last night. Xun You and Xun You despised the court meeting and were absent for no reason! Liang Shangshu, what do you think I should do with these two people?"

The words were passionate and indignant at first, but in the end they turned into words of disdain and sternness like ice.Liang Hu trembled and knelt on the ground, hugging the jade seal, never daring to raise his head, let alone open his mouth...

All of a sudden, the hall was silent like cicadas, and all the people caught by Liu Xie's bloodshot eyes fell to their knees on the ground in panic.

(End of this chapter)