Feng Heming

Chapter 219 Can't Promise

"Father, the content of the imperial examinations is varied and complicated, and it tests the knowledge of the students more than the examination system. I believe that if the imperial father really implements the imperial examination system, the students selected must be my pillars of talent. But..."

Chen Chao hesitated to speak, his words were full of hesitation, which made Chen Xiongda feel a little displeased, "But what, you don't have to hesitate to talk to Father."

"However, the imperial examination system will definitely be opposed by the aristocratic family. If the imperial father uses the imperial examination to select officials, then as long as the poor children study hard, they will be able to compete with the aristocratic family, and the situation of the aristocratic family will be changed. , they probably won't let you, Father, take control of the court."

After Chen Chao's words fell, Chen Xiong's face suddenly became gloomy and terrifying, and his whole body exuded a cold air.

Chen Chao seemed to be frightened by this sudden anger, a little frightened.

When Chen Xiong saw it, he waved his hand, "Father is not angry with you, so don't be so afraid."

Only then did Chen Chao recover his complexion.

Chen Chao's words kept echoing in Chen Xiong's mind, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, he threw the wine cup in his hand, indifferent to the broken wine cup, he just said viciously:

"Ah Chao, you are quite right. Those aristocratic families have always been against our royal family. They only care about grabbing power from our royal family. They just want to maintain their status and wealth. What kind of shit is working for the people of the world, bah!"

Chen Chao echoed and scolded the aristocratic family a few times, and said with concern: "Father, the son is not aimless. If the son really proposes the imperial examination in the court, he will definitely be opposed by the aristocratic family."

Gu Yidan said that he should say hello to his father about the family's opposition to the imperial examination, so that when he really raised the matter of the imperial examination, if the family really opposed it, the father would definitely Will overcome all difficulties to implement.

That is to say, the more joyous the aristocratic family is, the more the imperial examination is imperative. In this way, the first batch of people who pass the imperial examination will be his subordinates. At that time, the local government and the court will be all his influence, second brother This precarious prince, what can he use to compete with him?
Chen Xiong pondered for a moment, then instructed: "According to what you said about the imperial examination, I will give a report to the emperor tomorrow in the court hall, and the emperor will see if the family is so ignorant of praise."

Chen Xiong's eyes flickered with sternness, and under the smell of alcohol, murderous intent lingered.

Chen Chao was overjoyed, and responded loudly, as long as his father complied with his previous statement this time, the credit for this overwhelming contribution will be his!
At that time, the poor students all over the world will be grateful to him!
The next morning, in the high-pitched voice of "start playing if there is something to do, leave the court if there is nothing to do", Chen Chao rushed to the top of the court before everyone else, and what he played was exactly the imperial examination system he proposed to Chen Xiong yesterday.

When Chen Chao closed the memorial and was put away by the attendant eunuch and presented to Chen Xiong, there was a moment of silence in the hall.

Whether it is the prince, King Ningjiang, etc., or courtiers from aristocratic families, or upstarts from poor families, they were all shocked by what Chen Chao said.

Another way to select officials?
Moreover, this method is justified and well-founded, and it can better reflect their own knowledge than the courtiers recommended by the police. If this method is really used to select officials, at least the people standing in the court are those who are familiar with the scriptures, not As it is now, most of the upstarts from poor families are forced in by the sage, and they just need to find someone to recommend them. The knowledge is not uniform, and it is easy to make mistakes.

From the corner of Chen Chao's eyes, he has been paying attention to the courtiers. He is carefully observing their expressions, trying to see their views on the imperial examination system from their faces. It is a pity that those who can stand here have cultivated to become elites. Chen Chao's eyes widened, but he couldn't see why.

On the contrary, the crown prince's face darkened. Although he seemed to understand the new thing of the imperial examination, he was in a bad mood just looking at Chen Chao's excerpts, which made the atmosphere in the palace weird.

"Gentlemen, how about the memorial proposed by King Wei Sheng?" Chen Xiong didn't bother to read the words on the memorial, he glanced at it pretendingly, and asked after putting it down.

There was a moment of silence in the hall.

Chen Xiong looked around the audience, and finally his eyes fell on Jiang Taifu, "How does Taifu think?"

Not only Chen Chao, but everyone else looked at Taifu Jiang nervously, not knowing what he thought of it.

"Returning to the sage, what King Weisheng mentioned has never happened before. I am puzzled. I hope that the sage Xu Chen will copy a copy and study it carefully when I go back. This is related to my Northern Liang plan and cannot be ignored."

Jiang Taifu's four or two moves made all the courtiers, including the prince and others, very happy. They were worried that they would not find a chance to study this memorial carefully. What Taifu said was absolutely right.

So the other Jiuqing came out one after another and asked to copy a copy and take it back to study carefully. After that, other courtiers also made the same request.

Chen Chao was very displeased, he thought that the aristocratic family would object on the spot, so after his secret instigation yesterday, his father would definitely be furious, and it would be useless to object.

Then Chen Chao comforted himself, maybe after they copied it back, it was an excuse to prevent the implementation of the imperial examination. This is also good, the more adequate the preparation and the stronger the opposition, the imperial examination will definitely be implemented.

Chen Xiong squinted his eyes, and said one word lightly, "Quite!"

After Jiang Taifu returned home, he ordered the housekeeper Jiang Fusheng to find Jiang Yuanxi, and the first thing he said when he saw her was: "King Weisheng raised the matter of the imperial examination at the court meeting today. This is the memorial he gave. Take a look."

Jiang Yuanxi took the memorial, studied it carefully, and sighed after reading it: "It turns out that the so-called imperial examination is like this, it really is a clever idea."

After Jiang Yuanxi learned that Gu Yidan wanted to encourage King Weisheng to submit an imperial examination, he came to see his grandfather. Jiang Taifu knew about this, and was surprised that his granddaughter had a dark son by Gu Yidan's side, and what surprised him even more It was Gu Yidan who came up with this imperial examination.

"This Mrs. Gu has an exquisite heart!" Jiang Taifu also praised, "This method is indeed much better than Chaju. If the courtiers selected according to the school's knowledge in this way are really good for the court OK."

"It's a pity that this is robbing the aristocratic family. I'm afraid some upstarts from poor families don't want to agree. They are still waiting for their sons to inherit their father's business." Jiang Yuanxi sneered.

Nowadays, more than half of the upstarts from poor families in the court are forced in by the sage. As long as these people are in the court, after their heirs or clan children grow up, they can be recommended by their colleagues, and they can also push their descendants into the court. , after a few generations, they changed their appearance from a poor family to a poor family.

In the past, many aristocratic families came from powerful families, and many aristocratic families came from humble and upstart families. If they want to enter the court and become officials in the future, they must first pass the school examination. The road is broken?
How can this work, I can't agree!
(End of this chapter)