Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Tang Dynasty Opens the Imperial Examination
After Li Xuan led hundreds of officials and guards into the city, he formally issued an order to the world at the new palace centered on the original Zhaoqing Mansion: Zhaoqing should be designated as the capital!
After the capital was officially determined, the Tang Dynasty was also declared to be on the official track!
There were many other imperial edicts that led to the establishment of Zhaoqing as the capital, most of which were in the category of awards. After Zhaoqing was established as the capital, it was natural to reward all the ministers.
It is naturally difficult to promote the official positions and grades of civil servants, and the positions and military ranks of military officers, because the Tang Dynasty, regardless of civil and military affairs, has already formed a promotion system that is not perfect but is already in use. Naturally, it is impossible to do it casually.
It's erratic, so the one who can be rewarded is naturally a knighthood.
This time Li Xuan was also rare and generous. He granted three marquises and more than a dozen counts. Most of the people who were granted titles were military generals, except for a few who were civil servants.
In terms of civil servants, only Liu Bagou, Wang Wenhua and Qian Mengjiu, the three oldest civil servants, were granted the title of earl, and several others were granted the title of viscount and baron.
Because Li Xuan has already stipulated that the third-class title of Duke, Marquis and Bo will not be awarded unless it is for military merit. Liu Bagou, Qian Mengjiu and Wang Wenhua can be awarded the title, which is an exception. Who makes them the founding heroes? Without these three people, especially
Without Liu Bagou, the Tang Dynasty would not have been established.
The remaining marquis and earls were all military generals. Hao Bainian, Li Chunjing, and Fang Xitong were awarded the title of marquis. Most of the generals who had joined the dragon very early, such as Fang Dongquan, Huang Xueren, Chen Tufu, Wang Shanxu, and Zeng Ziwen, were also named.
He was awarded the title of earl, and a number of new generals such as Chen Keqiao were also granted the title of earl.
However, none of the above-mentioned titles are hereditary, they are all inherited at reduced levels.
Because hereditary superstition is a big killer that cannot be thrown away easily, otherwise it will easily lead to the proliferation of nobles and make the title worthless.
To truly obtain this kind of hereditary and irreplaceable title, it is estimated that one can only gain a firm foothold, at least confront the Ming Dynasty openly, and not be afraid of the Ming Dynasty's counterattack.
It's still too early!
In addition to three marquises and a dozen earls, there were even more viscounts and barons. There were about 20 viscounts and about 40 barons. There were civil and military officials of both levels.
According to Li Xuan's preliminary idea, at present, in order to ensure the scarcity of nobles, the number of nobles must be controlled at least within a few hundred people, and a large part of them are barons who have been exonerated after death and those who can only inherit
The consciousness of a generation of knighthood, and the number of knights above earl should be controlled within thirty people.
After the country is completely unified, this number can be increased, but it cannot be increased too much. Otherwise, too many nobles will make the noble title worthless, and will also affect people's livelihood.
Although the aristocratic titles in the Tang Dynasty only had salaries and necessary courtesy, and did not have fiefdoms or political power, they still posed a great threat to ordinary people. If the number was too large, it would easily lead to large-scale social injustice.
When Li Xuan established the capital in Zhaoqing and granted rewards to ministers, the news from Zhaoqing was quickly transmitted to Guangzhou through the Xijiang Waterway.
When Wang Yue, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, heard that the puppet Tang rebels had captured Zhaoqing and that the puppet emperor had made Zhaoqing his capital, his face was very ugly.
Although it was his personal decision to abandon Zhaoqing, and he also expected that Zhaoqing would soon be captured by the rebels, what he did not expect was that these puppet Tang rebels would actually regard Zhaoqing as their capital.
He had never thought of this kind of thing before. At first, he thought that the capital of the puppet Tang rebel army was Xingquan Mansion. Later, after hearing that hundreds of officials of the rebel army went south to Liuzhou, he thought that the capital of the rebel army would be in Liuzhou.
Later, after the rebels captured Wuzhou, he believed that the rebels would establish their capital in Wuzhou. After all, Wuzhou was previously the residence of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and was also the residence of many senior military and political officials in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions. Its political status was quite high.
But what he didn't expect was that the rebel army wanted to go to Zhaoqing instead of Wuzhou.
Zhaoqing in this era was not a big city, at best it was just an ordinary city along the Xijiang River. In terms of prosperity, it was naturally far inferior to Wuzhou City, and even in terms of city defense, it was not as easy to defend and difficult to attack as Wuzhou.
But why did Li Xuan still choose Zhaoqing? It was because if he chose Zhaoqing, on the one hand, he could take care of the military affairs in Guangdong and Guangxi. On the other hand, in Li Xuan's heart, the main development direction of the Tang Dynasty in the future was still to the east, toward the east.
To the north, we mainly face the South China Sea, Jiangxi, Huguang, and Fujian. To attack these places, we need to use Guangdong as our rear area.
At the same time, Guangzhou thought that it would be dangerous if it was too close to the sea, so after weighing it, it chose Zhaoqing.
As for the city of Zhaoqing, which is relatively small, city defense is generally unimportant because Li Xuan only wants an administrative and military center. As for industry, Zhaoqing is close to the Xijiang River and can barely establish a preliminary handicraft workshop.
industry.
Naturally, these factors were unknown to Wang Yue and could not even be understood.
But it’s not important if you don’t understand it. What’s important is that after the puppet Tang rebel army officially establishes its capital in Zhaoqing, it will have a huge negative political impact, and this news will probably be spread to the capital in a short time. By then, I’m afraid it will be
It will cause a big earthquake in the capital!
Throughout the ages, there have been many ignorant villagers who have rebelled, but only a handful of them have truly succeeded. Even those who can occupy an area of hundreds of miles are very few. However, the current puppet Tang rebel army has swept across three provinces and has ten soldiers.
More than ten thousand, and it is also the capital of Zhengerbajing.
This nature is almost the same as that of the rebel emperor-proclaiming organizations in the past. After the official capital was established, the puppet Tang thief army became a real emperor-proclaiming organization in front of outsiders, instead of just a group of bandits as before.
Yes, this will have a significant negative impact.
Although everyone knew that the puppet Tang bandits had proclaimed themselves emperors and established themselves in Lijiacun as early as the 39th year of Zhengde, in fact, no one, including Wang Yue, took this matter seriously.
I still think that these pseudo-Tang thieves are nothing more than bandits.
But now the puppet Tang rebel army has established its capital. What does this mean?
This means that the Puppet Tang Dynasty will separatize local areas and rule them. Once the Puppet Tang Dynasty successfully controls these places for a year or two and lays a solid foundation, the Puppet Tang Dynasty will become a serious problem for the Ming Dynasty, and even
It is the enemy of life and death.
Wang Yue's worry was actually an important reason why Li Xuan, Liu Bagou and other officials of the Tang Dynasty agreed and even couldn't wait to establish the capital in Zhaoqing.
After the capital is officially determined, this will give a clear signal to outsiders, especially the people of the world, that our Tang Dynasty is not, at least, no longer a bandit, but a formal dynasty with aspirations for the world.
You who are unreliable and want glory and wealth, why don't you quickly take your swords and brushes and surrender to the Tang Dynasty!
Come here, you will be able to realize your ideals and values in life!
Coming here, getting promoted and making a fortune is not a dream!
After the capital was established in Zhaoqing, it meant that the Imperial Examination, which the Tang Dynasty had been preparing for a long time but had never dared to hold for fear of being ridiculed by the world, finally entered the countdown.
After settling the capital in Zhaoqing, Li Xuan had not settled down the people in the harem yet. Xie Wahuan, the Minister of Rites, submitted a memorial, saying that the Ministry of Rites had been preparing for many months and believed that the objective conditions for the launch of the imperial examination were mature and that it should be announced to the world to officially launch it.
The first imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty is initially scheduled to be held this spring.
After reading the plan submitted by the Ministry of Rites in detail, Li Xuan believed that it was indeed feasible to launch the imperial examination now.
Because the information sent by the Ministry of Rites shows that after a long period of preparatory work, it is certain that when the imperial examination is launched, at least more than a hundred scholars will come to participate in the imperial examination.
This number is not based on blank information, but is the result of an undercover investigation by the Ministry of Rites.
In order to avoid having no one come to take the examination after the imperial examination was launched, and especially to avoid having to forcibly capture scholars to take the examination, thereby being ridiculed by the world and affecting the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, the Datang Dynasty was extremely cautious about the first imperial examination.
The imperial examination will never be held in a hurry before it is certain that there are enough people to take the examination.
Although some of the at least 100 scholars mentioned by the Ministry of Rites are just scholars, and many are just children, and there may not be even one who can be elected, but this is enough.
After all, the political significance of launching the imperial examination this time is the most important. As for whether it can recruit outstanding talents, it is actually not important. The Tang Dynasty has developed to its current scale. Even the officials from the Ming Dynasty who were Jinshi can surrender, let alone the candidates.
, a scholar.
As long as the candidates are willing to surrender, there will be no need to take the imperial examination and they will be directly given positions above the county magistrate.
Therefore, this time the imperial examination has greater political significance!
After detailed consideration, Li Xuan officially approved the Ministry of Rites' imperial examination plan and prepared to hold the first imperial examination in April!
It is already March, and the imperial examination will be held next month. Naturally, there will be no time for all those in the control area who are willing to take the imperial examination to take the examination. However, this is still not important, because there will be a more formal examination in the fall.
's autumn examination.
This spring's spring examination is the imperial examination, and the provincial examination held this fall will be the official imperial examination.
This time, the Spring Examination is all about sending a signal to the world: the Tang Dynasty has launched the imperial examination, why don't you hurry up and join the Tang Dynasty and make contributions!
Its political meaning is actually the same as that of Dingdu. They are both a kind of political propaganda, and this is why the Ministry of Rites must ensure that people come to participate in the imperial examination before they dare to hold the imperial examination, because if it is messed up, then
It is no longer positive political propaganda, but has become negative propaganda.
After the announcement that the Tang Dynasty was going to launch Dengji Enke was posted, the scholars in the control areas of the Tang Dynasty had mixed reactions. Some people laughed at it, some cursed it, and some people packed up their baggage and embarked on the road to Wuzhou.