Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 310 The Knowledgeable and Raised Sage
"Your Majesty. What do you think of these people?"

Zhang Budo is sitting next to Chang Liu, holding a list of many promoted officials, and is seriously reporting to Chang Liu that this year's performance appraisal school has ended. Nengli, an official with outstanding ability, played a greater role in the local area than the three Dukes.

"It's all good."

Liu Chang nodded, and then asked curiously, "Why is there still an embroidered garment here?"

"Your Majesty does not know that among the embroidered clothes, only this person has made the most contributions. He is good at solving cases, is diligent in handling affairs, and is a strong man. In the past year, he has handled 29 cases in a row."

Zhang Budo spoke seriously.

"Since you are so capable, why did you draw a circle?"

Circle the names on the list, which means it's up for debate, and it's not certain that you'll be promoted.

Zhang Buhan hesitated for a moment, then said: "His family is rich, the king sold the title at first, he and his brother bought the title with money, and then embroidered clothes and recruited people. Embroidered clothing. In the eyes of others, his official position is completely bought by money. If such a person gets a promotion, I am afraid that it will be detrimental to His Majesty's reputation!"

"No doubt, you've already become the third public. Why are you still worried about your reputation?"

"If you are the third prince, it is enough to be a widow for thousands of years. You don't have to worry about this at all."

Zhang Budo said displeasedly: "Your Majesty does not know, there are many traitors in this dynasty, they hate the ministers for being so loyal and good, and the likes of Sima Xi are just accomplices of the traitors. "

"If Your Majesty is worried, please ask His Majesty to order, and I will lead someone to kill Sima Xi now!"

"The minister is also full of poetry and books, but can let the minister also serve as Taishi Ling. This history book, written by Sima Xi, can't be written by me?"

"You still have this ability?"

"Naturally, I must be more practical than Sima Xi, record truthfully, do not favor anyone, and write comments in a fair manner!"

Liu Chang glanced at Zhang Budo, "Okay, don't talk about these useless things, let's talk about this Zhang Shizhi. Send someone to tell Liu Zhang, let Liu Zhang take this guy back to Chang'an!"

"only!"

Zhang Budo introduced several other sages to Liu Chang, and Liu Chang was very satisfied with these people. The two were negotiating when a valet approached and whispered: "Your Majesty! He said there was an urgent matter to see the king."

Zhang Budo was furious and rolled up his sleeves, "How dare this fellow dare to urge His Majesty? This minister will definitely take care of him!"

"Forget it, this minister of the Manchu Dynasty, who can you beat? Even Zhao Yao can beat you. Do you want to clean up Zhaoping?"

Liu Chang's eyes were full of contempt.

People like Liu Chang usually go to beat the old man, but Zhang Budo was beaten by the old man, or by several old men. He has never beaten a person in his life, and it would be ashamed to say that he is his own lover!

"How are you going to be named a marquis like this?"

"A great man can't be a prime minister unless he has military merit, is not a lord, and can't be a prime minister, don't you have any pursuit?"

Zhang Budo scratched his head, "I'm not in a hurry. I'll probably wait a while, and I'll be Liuhou."

When Liu Chang got up, he was about to kick Zhang Budo, but Zhang Budo hurriedly avoided, "Your Majesty, then I'll contact Liu Zhang!"

Zhang Budo brushed past Zhaoping, the two stared at each other, and their eyes almost collided with sparks.

"Your Majesty, the governors of the five Hexi counties, all the ministers have been arranged properly."

Zhao Ping sat in front of Chang Liu and said seriously: "In addition to the county governor, there are many officials, and scholars from all over the world have already arrived. Huge motivation for the kids."

"The county governor has already made arrangements? When are you coming to see the widow?"

"They are waiting outside the palace right now."

"Let them in!"

Liu Chang sat in the upper position, dressed in Chinese clothes, and put his hands on his thighs. His originally large body became stronger because of his movements. When he frowned, it was even more magical. He sat there, There was a strong sense of oppression, like a tiger like a bear, and his eyes were sharp and dazzling.

Immediately, five ministers walked in. They respectfully announced their names, and then they walked to Liu Chang and sat down together.

The five people were Ding Ning, Chen He, Chen Su, Qin Tong, and Yang Wu.

Liu Chang knew them, Fei Hou Chen He, the founding hero ranked 31st.

Chen Su, Hou of Yi's, was ranked fifty.

Peng Jian Hou Qin Tong, ranked seventy.

Wu Fanghou Yang Wu, ranked 94.

These are the top [-] men in the top [-] of the Great Han Fenghou ranking. As for the Yangdu Hou Ding Ning, his title was inherited, and his father, Ding Fu, ranked [-]th.

It can be seen that Zhaoping is still more concerned about things in Hexi, although the ranking does not determine everything, because this ranking also considers contributions, such as Zhang Ao, who relied on his father's deeds of submission, won the founding hero of the country. Third, there is obviously some incompatibility of virtue.As for Xiao He, who won the first place with his huge contribution in charge of logistics, there is no objection.

The generals who may be in the top [-] are basically capable. After all, the contributions of the generals come from their achievements. In many major events, Liu Chang saw that they were a little restrained when facing him, so he made people bring wine and meat. In the face of these generals who have fought for many years, only wine and meat can make them free from restraint as soon as possible.

Sure enough, after Liu Chang ate meat and drinks with them, these people let go and began to talk about their thoughts. Most of them were happy to go to Hexi.

"I thought none of you would be willing to go to Hexi, but I didn't expect that those ministers are afraid of Hexi. Why do you seem to be in a hurry to go there?"

Chen He grinned, "Your Majesty, we are different from them. We are willing to serve your Majesty. You can go wherever your Majesty wants us to go without any complaints!"

"Yes, yes, we are willing to die for the king!"

"What about the land of Hexi? If you can share your worries for the king, why not go?"

A few of them were probably drunk, and suddenly shouted, but Liu Chang laughed and scolded: "Tell the truth!!"

Chen He immediately became honest and said, "Military merit."

Needless to say, the importance of military merit in the great Han Dynasty, the appointment of the prime minister and the general depends entirely on it.However, Liu Chang lowered the difficulty of obtaining low-level titles, but increased the difficulty of obtaining high-level titles. Although these people are already marquises, who would dislike their own wealth?Han Xin made an indelible contribution to the difficulty of raising the senior title. The previous battle brought more than 60 marquises to the big man. How could the big man stand this? difficulty.

Compared with the Taiping Central Plains, it is obvious that Hexi can obtain military merits the fastest. Moreover, the Taiwei guarding there is Zhou Bo, who ranks fourth in the founding of the country. It is simply too easy to follow him to fight.

Liu Chang seriously instructed: "The land of Hexi is dangerous, you must not act rashly, you must obey the command of the commander, and you must not send troops wantonly because of the greed of military merit. As long as the Hexi can be managed well, that is the greatest credit. If there is any disagreement, you can Send someone to tell the widow!"

"only!!"

After sending these generals away, Liu Chang finally stopped worrying about things in Hexi. Although Hexi has Zhou Bo, his strength is too weak, and Ji Conge is not incompetent. After Zhou Bo defeated the charioteer, Ji Conge also brought The army looted in Hexi, which brought a lot of trouble to the Han. Ji Cong also divided his troops to attack Longxi, and wanted to target Chang'an to intimidate the Han.

Not only was Liu Chang not afraid, he even wanted to laugh.

The strategy surrounding Hexi and the Western Regions will be long and will determine the direction of the Han Empire in the future. Ji Conge's strategy in the Western Regions is very smooth. In his hands, Kang Juguo, as the biggest force against the Xiongnu, has sent someone to get in touch with Zhou Bo, and the two sides decided to deal with the Xiongnu together.

Ji Conge seems to have carried out a series of reforms within the Xiongnu. There are not many opponents of the reforms. Most of the nobles who are qualified to oppose have been killed by Liu Chang.

Ji Conge established a group of military nobles, and the fighting power of the Huns was strengthened.

What Liu Chang didn't know was that in history, Ji Conge did the same. He set up a standing army, established military nobles, reused literati and craftsmen, and formulated etiquette and laws, which made the Huns' combat power soar, and even threatened Chang'an for a time. , this man died early before he could complete other reforms.

Throughout the history of the Xiongnu, only Mao Dun and Ji Conge Er were the only masters of great talent and strategy, and the rest of them were a little less interesting.

Mo Dun was the pioneer, while Ji Conge was the founder. The relationship between the two was like dividing the First Emperor into two parts, one responsible for destroying the country and the other responsible for establishing the system.

At this moment, because of Liu Chang's reasons, the disguised help of Ji Conge weakened the power of the opposition within the Xiongnu, resulting in the progress of Ji Cong's reform a few steps faster than in history.

In Ganquan Palace, Liu Xiang changed out of his dirty clothes and talked endlessly about today's anecdotes.

"Five generals have come to visit the widow. They are all generals with marquis. Father Zhong sent them to Hexi to assist the widow!"

"The widowers have Luan Bu, the military has Zhou Bo, and there are many capable generals under my command. I am not strong, but if I am strong, I will fight porridge!"

Liu Xiang looked very happy. He really wanted to grow up tomorrow and go to Hexi to compete with Naji Porridge.

Liu Ying smiled and listened to her son's boasting, and said to Empress Cao, who was beside him: "This Shuzi and his Zhongfu are just like the eldest brother who was carved out of a mold. He was also clamoring to go to Tang Country to fight Modun, oh, no, he I'm talking about entering the cough, anyway, it's not a bad thing to have such an ambition!"

Empress Cao didn't have the slightest joy on her face.

She helped Liu Xiang change clothes very calmly, and said in a low voice, "We should often write letters to those generals and send gifts to their families on time."

Liu Xiang changed his clothes and slipped out to play.

Empress Cao looked at him worriedly, and then looked at Liu Ying beside her.

"Queen? What's wrong?"

"Your Majesty. It is the king, why should you seal Hexi with so much land in the Central Plains?"

"Your Majesty should really tell the king about this."

"The land of Hexi is particularly important. Xiang Xiang is the eldest among the descendants of the clan today. Who else can be sealed if he is not sealed? Besides, Hexi is a treasure land."

"Treasure land? There are less than [-] households, more than ten cities, Qiang and Hu people inside, and Xiongnu outside. How can it be a treasure land?"

Liu Ying naturally couldn't say enough about Empress Cao, he said hesitantly: "Long treat Xiang Xiang as if it's his own, it won't hurt him, Hexi will be able to do it soon."

"Your Majesty, let Xiang change the feudal kingdom. Wei, Han, Hanoi, all are fine."

"How can this work"

"Didn't King Han change to Wu State? Why not?"

"This"

Liu Ying was speechless, Empress Cao sighed and sat aside, "Your Majesty thinks that he is not good at governing a big man, but should he treat Xiang like this? What's his fault? My love. Your Majesty's heir, he actually wants to go to a place like Hexi, why doesn't Wang An go?"

"Stop saying that"

Liu Ying looked at her seriously, "If my mother finds out, she will be angry again"

Empress Cao fell silent.

"You are very affectionate because you don't know if anyone will show mercy to Xiang in the future."

Regarding the assessment, Chang Liu informed the Queen Mother very early.

Before Liu Chang came to Chang'an, Empress Lv held three meetings, and indeed selected a lot of officials. The current official system of Dahan is still relatively simple, mainly relying on recommendations from various places, soldiers who have made contributions, and some famous people. The wise man was invited by the Son of Heaven to be an official.

In the local area, it also depends on the situation, such as the li and the pavilion, who can take the post through the assessment, spend some money to study the law, and then participate in the exam.

In the past, such an official system was not too big of a problem. Most of Qin’s officials came from the battlefield. But now that the Han Dynasty is unified, there are not so many battles in the country. The ministers of the past died one by one. There are only half of the hundreds of princes left, and many of them are still recuperating at home, and very few people can really do things.

Therefore, the official system became a problem that plagued the Han.

Chang Liu doesn't like recommendation. These people often recommend their cronies or children. After being warned by Chang Liu, they began to exchange recommendations. I recommend your brother, you recommend my son, and everyone will be promoted together. Fenghou, it is happy.

And wealthy households bribed local officials in order to get recommended places. In the past year alone, six cases of embroidery were detected.

Therefore, Chang Liu thought that it would be better to train the officials through the Imperial Academy, and then distribute them to various places by means of assessment.

In the three assessments during Empress Lu's time, more than 460 officials were recruited.

Facts have proved that these officials who have passed the assessment and arrived in various places are still quite good. Compared with those soldiers who got official positions because of their meritorious service on the battlefield, these people's political ability is definitely higher.

Up to now, among the more than 460 people, six have become county magistrates, and two are already serving as county magistrates and county lieutenants.

This promotion speed is also very amazing, after all, the assessment distance at that time was not too long.

Because it was the fourth assessment, all the ministers already had experience, and the assessment was placed at the Taixue.

The surrounding area has also been deployed in advance.

When Liu Chang, surrounded by the soldiers, strode into the Taixue, those scholars who were ready seemed a little excited, and stood up on tiptoe to look at Liu Chang. Liu Chang's reputation is very good. Not good, but if there is a chance to be promoted by this stupid king, then of course they will not let it go. How can they persuade the king without being a high-ranking official?

In order to cultivate a clean and honest atmosphere, the decoration of Taixue is not very luxurious.

Sitting in the upper seat, Liu Chang motioned for Zhaoping to start this assessment.

There are only a thousand scholars who came to participate in the assessment, and the content of the assessment is not complicated. The first is to annotate the classics, test the knowledge, and then conduct the assessment of law, agriculture, water conservancy and other aspects according to different positions. , This is the experience summed up by the Empress Dowager after three assessments. With the help of the rest of the officials, Zhaoping immediately started the assessment.

Liu Chang sat on it, and soon became a little bored.

He held his chin with his hand, and looked at the scholars in the distance who were holding pens and writing in a dull way, and couldn't help yawning.

"Eunuch Zhao, the widow suddenly remembered, and the widow has something important to do, so let's go first."

"Your Majesty! You can't leave! At least you have to finish this one. How can you go now? You'll have to inspire these people later."

Liu Chang touched his nose, "But the widow really has something important to do."

"Your Majesty, please take a look at the content of this assessment."

In order to prevent the king from running away, Zhaoping hurriedly took out the "examination paper" and put it in front of Liu Chang. Liu Chang really attracted attention. Curious, he stuck his head out and watched.

"Today, the clouds are abundant and the worms can ride, and the fog, fog, and the west cannot swim for ants!"

Zhao Shi said softly.

However, Liu Chang laughed, "Let you read more, this is obviously a good character! Where is the reading of the West?"

Zhao Shi cleared his throat, "This word is read in Nanyue! I've never said it wrong! It's just a different habit. For example, if an orange is born in Huainan, it is wheat, and if born in Huaidong, it is Nai! Don't you know this truth?"

Zhao Mei was stunned and said in a low voice, "Father. It's Huainan for oranges."

Liu Chang sneered, "What you know is what you know, what you don't know is what you don't know, it's knowledge!"

Zhao Mei nodded, and this sentence was finally correct.

"You should read more in the future, you know? It's wrong to say an allusion!"

The two great scholars started to discuss, and Zhao Mo stuck his head out and glanced at the test paper, it was a 醲 character.

The assessment was over soon, and Chang Liu stood up, only to feel sore all over his body, so under the leadership of Zhao Ping, he went to motivate these scholars. Even though Chang Liu's cultural level was not high, it was inspiring. There is still a set, he used the ancestral aggressive method.

"Most of today's scholars are greedy for wealth and are not willing to go to such difficult places as Hexi. Of course, if you are also afraid and unwilling, you can deliberately answer a few questions incorrectly, and then you don't have to go! I can understand Yes, after all, it is a dangerous place, and you can't go without a man!"

"As for those who are greedy for wealth and don't want to do things for the king, hehe, they don't deserve to go to Hexi. They can go to Zhao State. King Zhao is the best villain!"

ps: The emperor has five people, so he is the most virtuous without a doubt, and the rest are more virtuous, so as to call out the worst. —— "Saint Liao" Zhang Budoubt.

(End of this chapter)