"Okay, let's talk about the business, let's get down to business!" After killing a silverfish, Emperor Liu seemed to be in a happier mood. With a smile on his lips, he waved his hand and said to the ministers.
The Luoyang Prefecture Judge can be said to be the first person below the Prefecture Yin. At least within the Luoyang Prefecture system, he has a lot of power. From the fourth rank level, he can be regarded as a high-ranking official. After all, even the original powerful prime minister Zhao Puqi only had the highest rank.
It comes from Zuopushe, the second-rank minister.
But Emperor Liu killed a fourth-grade official in the palace. In his words, it was just a casual thing, as if he just killed a chicken. Of course, it was true. No, the monkeys all over the court were frightened.
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Although Zheng Xu's crime was by no means just extravagant, Emperor Liu did not mention anything else, but just took advantage of this non-fatal matter to deal with him. The warning was of great significance. Many courtiers subconsciously examined themselves and reflected on themselves and their relationship with others.
My family. In the future, we must continue to restrain ourselves. Although the emperor is old, the sword in his hand is still sharp. The Emperor's Sword is truly the most ruthless and sharpest sword in the world.
"The sun is already high. If you have any questions, please tell me!" Seeing that many people were a little distracted, Emperor Liu spoke again.
Hearing this, a minister stood up from the court. Last year, Zhang Quhua, who was transferred from the Huguang Envoy to the Ministry of Rites. This spring will usher in the triennial college entrance examination, and Zhang Quhua is the director of the tribute examination. Li Hang, a bachelor, is the second degree.
Serve as a proctor.
Zhang Quhua is also one of the famous officials who emerged in the Kaibao era. He was also the number one scholar. It was in Zhao Kuangyi's generation that he surpassed all the others and won the crown alone. More than 20 years later, the old number one scholar is still personable.
He also completed his transformation from bachelor to bureaucrat.
"Your Majesty! Under the gaze of Emperor Liu, Zhang Quhua held the charter in his hand and presented it respectfully: "The review of the examination papers has been completed. Based on the results, I have drawn up a list of candidates. There are 172 people in total, including 43 Jinshi subjects.
There are 15 people in the Ming Jing Department, 29 in the Arithmetic Department, 31 in the Law Department, 9 in the History Department, 14 in the Medical Department, 18 in the Agriculture Department, and 13 in the Engineering Department. Your Majesty, please take a look at it!"
"Submit it!" Emperor Liu simply raised his hand.
Yantuo immediately tiptoed down, took the list from Zhang Quhua, and presented it to Emperor Liu respectfully. Emperor Liu opened it, although he was just browsing, his movements were very slow, and he seemed a little slow.
After a while, he put down the list and said softly: "I seem to have heard of this Kou Zhun. Before the exam started, he was debating with others in Yongding Tower. The debate was about the disadvantages of the Western Expedition. He is so young and energetic."
I'm a little confused. With so many people, Emperor Liu only mentioned a mere Kou Zhun. Could it be because of the Western Expedition? Last year, King Liu Min of Wei led his army to defeat the Black Khan's army, killed the great Khan, almost destroyed his country, and recovered Suiye. Since then,
After the news came, the imperial court started arguing again about the Western Expedition. Most people believed that the expedition was too expensive and the benefits were too low, even if a large sum of money was obtained from the Black Khanate.
Wealth, but in terms of the cost of the Western Expedition, could not make up for the shortfall at all.
Now that Broken Leaf has been recovered and the West Pole has been restored, enough is enough. What's more, the greatest benefit of Anxi to the Han Dynasty is the Silk Road, the land communication channel between the East and the West. If it is in a state of war for a long time, it will be abandoned.
The greatest benefit is to sacrifice the first and the last.
Among the remaining people, they basically held a conservative attitude. As for those who clearly expressed their support for continuing the Western Expedition, almost none, including those who were accustomed to trying to figure out and listen to Emperor Liu's thoughts, were silent for a while.
The heated discussion in the court also spread to the people, and a group of scientific scholars like Kou Zhun participated in it. They were also divided into two groups. Although Kou Zhun was young, he was not as energetic as others, and he thought wildly.
The achievement of expanding the territory, but the resolute and pragmatic opposition, was red-faced and almost took action, and was even reported to Emperor Liu by the Imperial City Secretary as a public opinion in the capital.
Guessing in his mind, Zhang Quhua introduced: "Your Majesty, Kou Zhun, courtesy name Pingzhong, is from Xiagui, Huazhou. He is twenty-four years old. He has extraordinary intelligence and is familiar with the Spring and Autumn Annals. He has served as a planner in Xiagui County before.
Officials, when reviewing and approving taxes and servitude, there is never any omission.”
It could be heard that Zhang Quhua admired Kou Zhun very much and was very optimistic about it. However, before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Emperor Liu: "Am I asking you about Kou Zhun's life history?"
This sentence made Zhang Quhua choke to death, but facing the increasingly erratic Emperor Liu, he did not dare to show any grievances or resentments. He just bowed his hand and said nothing.
Emperor Liu looked at the list again and suddenly smiled and said: "The results of this year's admissions are good. The number of people majoring in medicine, agriculture and engineering continues to increase compared with previous years. This is a good trend! I have been emphasizing in the past that a big man not only needs to be able to write articles, but also be able to reason.
Officials in secular affairs, as well as technical officials such as doctors, farmers, and workers, are also needed. Otherwise, if they don’t know farmers and workers, don’t value medicine and business, and are not good at algorithm, I don’t think that such officials can do good things and heal the people. We still need more big men who can do things well.
, an official who knows how to do things!”
"Your Majesty is wise!" Emperor Liu's cliché had long been used to it by the ministers in the palace, and they all complimented him in unison.
Emperor Liu sighed, looked at Prince Liu Yang, and called: "Prince!"
"Your Majesty, I'm here!" Liu Yang immediately came out to greet him, his face should be as serious as possible.
"This subject, the palace examination evaluation, will be handled by you and Zhang Qing and others, I will not appoint you!" Emperor Liu ordered: "In the past, there have been rumors that the Han Dynasty will take the evaluation of the top three exams, regardless of talent.
Knowledge is just based on my feelings and preferences. There is even a saying that the number one scholar is not as good as the number three. This year, I leave the matter to you and all the ministers to jointly evaluate and recommend, and clarify the following such statements!"
"Yes!" Liu Yang responded.
Withdrawing from the ranks, Liu Yang secretly wondered about Emperor Liu's intentions. Was this to see if he would take the opportunity to recruit talents and cultivate power? It didn't seem like it. He basically chose people with a public heart and always had a public heart.
In the past, Emperor Liu also supported hiring people according to their talents.
What was that for? It has to be said that under the pressure of Emperor Liu, his ministers all seemed to be suffering from suspicion and couldn't help but overthink everything. Prince Liu Yang was under the greatest pressure. Fu
The impact of Hou's death on the imperial court is fermenting in a subtle way.
"Your Majesty, the examination of the candidates for the current military examination has been completed, and fifty-two people have been tentatively selected, please see your Majesty!" Pan Mei, the newly appointed envoy to the privy council, also came out to present his report.
In response to this, after a formal glance, Emperor Liu gave instructions: "I have no objection. Those who are elected as scholars through martial arts must follow the rules and be handled by the Privy Council. The results will be announced together with the liberal arts examination!"
"yes!"
It's not that Emperor Liu didn't pay attention to martial arts, but after years of development, martial arts has finally become something that is played within the military system. The warriors who are referred to are basically middle and lower-level officers and outstanding soldiers in the army, or just
Nobles, generals' disciples, and ordinary people basically don't even have the opportunity to refer to it. Even if they do, it is difficult to compete with those upper-class people who have military experience or family backgrounds.
This is determined by the particularity of the military system. Its powerful limitations also make the idea of promoting both civil and military examinations unsuccessful. Compared with civil examinations, which are more open and have more opportunities, the development of military examinations has an upper limit after all.
But being able to reach this point today is the result of Emperor Liu's many years of hard work. At least within the army, it gave those middle- and lower-level officers and soldiers a channel to rise. Even if this channel is still narrow, congested, and full of obstacles, at least there is
, at least there are still hopes and opportunities, especially in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when Emperor Liu was still there, politics was still relatively clear, and the country's various systems could basically maintain a healthy operating environment.
"Your Majesty, in the past two days, many Persian businessmen have gone to the government office to appeal and make demands, hoping that the imperial court can stop the Western Expeditionary Army's policy of destroying temples and killing believers in Anxi." Lu Mengzheng, who had just been beaten by Emperor Liu, also stood up.
, report something.
"Is there anything else?" Emperor Liu became a little interested when he heard this, but he didn't know whether he was referring to the Persian businessman's request or the Western Expeditionary Army's policy in Anxi.
Lu Mengzheng replied: "The Persians who complained are all YSL believers. They are very dissatisfied with the actions of the Western Expeditionary Army in Anxi!"
"Dissatisfied?" Emperor Liu's old eyebrows suddenly raised, and he became a little more energetic. He sneered: "Does the policy of the Han need to consider the opinions of these people? It's simply arrogant!"
"Luoyang Prefecture, immediately arrest these arrogant, ignorant and bold Persians, throw them into prison camps, and let them worship in the mines of the Han Dynasty!" Emperor Liu ordered.
"Yes!" Lu Mengzheng responded.
"I heard that there are some YSL believers in the Han Dynasty who have built some temples for their worship?" Emperor Liu mentioned another matter: "It seems that there is one in Luoyang City! It seems that there is also one in Guangzhou!"
"Exactly!" Lu Mengzheng responded.
"Demolish it!" Emperor Liu said in an indifferent tone: "Decree to all Daozhou states to ban YSL religion. All YSL temples and buildings within the territory will be demolished. All clergymen will be arrested and driven away. They will be prohibited from preaching. The big man will not believe them.
Muhammad will not tolerate such rampant behavior!"
Originally, Emperor Liu had not thought that the ysl that had been transmitted during the exchange between the East and the West, and that a "diocese" had even been formed in Guangzhou, was something that Emperor Liu was not satisfied with.
Even Buddhism and Taoism were concocted by him to be so disdainful, not to mention the difficult-to-tame YSL. This time, the Persians' request did not stop Anxi's policy, but led to more severe and widespread suppression in the Han Dynasty.
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As soon as Emperor Liu opened his mouth, the matter was completely finalized!
