At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 1627 One Thousand 540 Candidates for the Seventh Concubine

Of course, Guo Jin also considered the matter of counterfeit currency, and the entire currency reform working group considered this matter as a top priority.

After all, they basically experienced the chaos of the five baht coins in the former Han Dynasty. All kinds of counterfeit five baht coins emerged in an endless stream. Bad coins drove out good ones, causing economic collapse and order no longer.

Therefore, when deciding to mint new coins, the first thing they consider is how to deal with the emergence of counterfeit coins.

"Yes, my son has thought of it."

Guo Jin nodded and said: "Because I thought about it, I made a lot of decorations on these coins, and there are very small small characters, which are engraved word by word by the top craftsmen, and hundreds of sets of molds were wasted to make them." Out of the final mold.

If you want to imitate new coins on this basis, it is estimated that the cost is so high that it can cut off most people's thoughts. Of course, there are always people who like to do some thankless things, so my son casts each coins are marked.

Every coin has its own label. When and where it was minted, and where it ranks, you can find the label and compare it. If there is no such label, it is naturally a counterfeit coin, and it is directly called to Linziying to deal with it.

And the casting technique, we have learned from the Guishuang Kingdom, including the bust of my father, and the Fengtian Temple behind it, we all learned the techniques of the Guishuang Kingdom, ordinary craftsmen can't do it, so strict defense can still be called They forged, that is their ability. "

Guo Peng nodded.

"It's very thoughtful, but we still need to be prepared for prevention and control. At the beginning, privately minted five baht coins flooded the world, causing prices to skyrocket and goods were scarce. Every time my father occupied a place, he had to spend some thought on privately minted five baht coins. The baht money was driven out of circulation.

Now, although our new coins are beautifully minted and difficult to imitate, we can’t stand those who are interested. For the sake of safety, we still spread information among the people, telling the whole people how to distinguish real gold from real silver, lest someone use other things to cast counterfeit coins and deceive us. real money. "

Guo Jin thought about it, and felt that what Guo Peng said made sense.

"Father is right, so my son will order people to go down and do it. Make sure that the whole people know how to distinguish real gold and silver, and don't let people deceive them. Then, how do father think these coins are made? Can they be used?"

"Plan well, prepare well, give the people enough buffer time, and recover all the old five baht coins bit by bit. Don't think about it overnight. If that happens...it will be very troublesome."

Guo Peng put the three coins in Guo Jin's hands and helped him hold them tightly: "This is the lifeblood of our Wei Empire."

"Yes, my son must be careful."

Guo Jin replied respectfully.

Guo Peng nodded, and asked again: "I heard from you earlier that you intend to choose Chengzhi's wife, do you have any clues now?"

"Haven't made a final decision yet, but considering the attitudes of all aspects, I feel that we need to choose a noble woman who is closer to us, so that she is more suitable for Chengzhi."

Guo Jin said in a low voice, "Father, before my uncle got sick, my mother told me that according to my mother's opinion, I seem to prefer brother Zixiu's daughter."

"Zixiu's daughter?"

Guo Peng paused, and asked, "Zixiu's eldest daughter has already married, so it's..."

Guo Jin nodded.

Guo Peng understood that what Cao Lan liked was the daughter of Cao Ang and Cai Yan.

This identity is interesting. If the daughters of Cao and Cai are married, can they be married, and then they will stabilize the hearts of the Cao and Cai families in one fell swoop?

There are many political benefits, and it can instantly help Guo Chengzhi lay a political foundation.

but.

"Do you feel good?"

Guo Peng looked at Guo Jin.

Guo Jin was silent for a moment.

"My son thinks that, given the current situation in the world, the crown prince's marriage doesn't need to be based on the faces of those dignitaries anymore. The imperial examination has been abolished and the imperial examination is now in place. The possibility of our dynasty having an official family that lasts for generations has been greatly reduced.

Under the imperial examination system, the selection of officials was not based on their origin, but on the results of the examinations. Compared with the Chaju in the former Han Dynasty, it was almost impossible for the Yuan family and the Yang family to appear.

At this time, continue to marry them, so that the relatives and dignitaries will continue, which does not make much sense. Instead, it will easily encourage some people's bad intentions. It is better to choose another suitable candidate and expand the scope of alternatives. "

Guo Jin has a good insight into the current changes in the political situation of the Wei Empire.

The difference between the procuratorial examination and the imperial examination is that the super political giants with endless descendants will disappear, and it will be difficult for political elites to emerge from then on.

Political giants like Hongnong Yang, Runan Yuan, and Yingchuan Xun will lose their basis for birth. Even if they appear, it will take several generations of people with superior IQs, all relying on strength.

Then there is nothing to say if it really appears, who makes people really powerful.

The main body of officials in the Wei Empire in the future will be the imperial examination bureaucrats, not the political dignitaries left over from the former Han Dynasty, and no longer the group of people who followed Guo Peng to conquer the world.

Although they work very hard not to be eliminated, there are always accidents in taking the imperial examination. If they don't want to take the imperial examination, they can only go to the officialdom, but how can I say...

Ten years after Yande, the group of imperial elites who were coaxed by Guo Peng to overthrow the gentry realized that they had been deceived.

Those who entered the officialdom had a limited choice of official positions, the promotion path was relatively simple, and it was almost impossible to touch the core political departments.

Officials who have entered the officialdom can only be Lang Guan, and after the Lang Guan is finished, they usually take idle positions, which do not require much work and are very leisurely.

The Three Dukes and Nine Ministers of the Wei Empire were in vain. Although there was this establishment, except for the servants, there were no real positions of power, and no one held positions.

But it is compiled.

The establishment of the Sangong Jiuqing is still there, and their official positions are also recorded in "Wei Guan", which is the official official position of the country.

These rich and powerful children who entered the officialdom took such official positions.

Situ's vassals, Situ Lingshi, Situ's royal vassals, etc., were really important official positions in the former Han Dynasty, and they could only be obtained by the rich and powerful.

At the beginning, if he wanted to achieve such a position at the beginning of entering the dynasty, then the family relationship must be very strong.

Even now, but...

The meaning of Sangong now is not the same as that of Sangong back then!

The only Situ, Cai Yong, has no real power at all, but is just a mascot, and no one holds other positions except the servant, let alone any real power.

There is no chief official, what else can these subordinate officials do?

Especially when Cai Yong died of illness two years ago, there was no Situ, but Situ's subordinate officials were still there, and now these Situ's subordinate officials are doing nothing all day long.

Of course, not all noble children are such officials.

In Shangshutai and Yushitai, Guo Peng seems to have specially designed some idle positions with different levels for them.

They only need to sit and drink tea, chat and read books, and they can receive their salaries.

All in all, it is idle, inactive, noble, but has no real power.

Those who have some ideas are already begging their parents to help them transfer and let them do something, otherwise there is really no future for this kind of position. If there is no status but no power, what is the point?

Those who have no idea and just want to eat and wait to die feel that this is a good position. They are also contented with fighting chickens and lackeys with a group of cronies all day long.

Anxious to their parents.

But those officials who really do things and hold important powers can only hold the imperial examinations!

Is it now that the children are allowed to take the imperial examination?

These elders of the previous era can finally understand the helplessness and hesitation of the children of the poor family and the children of Li Shu who were blocked by the Five Classics and Fourteen Family Laws.

Right now, in the central government of the Wei Empire, the group of people who actually work are basically from the imperial examination, and then transferred to the central department to work after local experience, which is completely different from this group of powerful children.

Officials who did not come from imperial examinations have gradually been unable to take up real positions.

This is true at the center as well as at the local level.

In addition to the central level, at the local level, some powerful children were released according to the normal process.

However, the general officials who were born in the imperial examination were sent to the local real power departments of the central government, or the county government, county government and grassroots officials.

And the children of the rich and powerful were basically sent out to the governor's mansion.

It's not the governor's mansion of the four frontier states, but the governor's mansion of Pingzhou in the interior.

Everyone knows that the inland governors of the Wei Empire were high-ranking and light-weight, with superficial appearances. They danced on many eggs all day long. They had a lot of power in name, but they were actually restricted everywhere.

If the governor is like this, what about the governor's subordinates?

Except for a few subordinate officials who are still useful, most of the subordinate officials have no meaning of existence and are only used to support idlers.

The sons of the rich and powerful who are released outside are doing official positions like this to support idlers.

They read, write and drink tea all day long. They have nothing to do. They don't know why they live in a daze.

This is the result of becoming an official in the shadow of a family. Either go to drink tea in Sangong Jiuqing's mansion, or drink tea in Shangshutai Yushitai, or drink tea in the local governor's mansion. It is always just drinking tea and doing nothing.

The dignitaries didn't know how to express their feelings, because Guo Peng didn't really stop them from taking power.

If you want to be a real power position, you can.

Exam to go.

All candidates compete together in the cruel imperial examination room.

If you pass the imperial examination, you can take the normal promotion path with the imperial examination officials. In the future, you can become a high-ranking official and hold great power. It all depends on you.

The road is right here, it is not closed to you, and the right to choose is in your own hands.

If you don't want your children to study hard and take exams, that's not my fault.

Look at some other families, such as the Cao family, the Guo family, the Xun family, etc., the children of these families have generously defeated their opponents in the imperial examinations to obtain rankings and become official officials.

Are you guys useless and blaming me?

Give you a chance, you are useless!

It is already a privilege to give you the way to become an official, and to give you the preferential treatment to enter the officialdom, so what else do you want?

Chapter 1628. One thousand five hundred and eighty-eight What do you think of the daughter of Zhuge Jin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Agriculture?

After the imperial examinations replaced the procuratorial examinations, except for a few fools who couldn't see the future trend clearly, most people should have noticed an irreplaceable new trend.

However, the Cai family is obviously that family of fools who can't see the future trend clearly.

No one in the Cai family took part in the imperial examinations, and the new generation of children were all out of work.

Before Cai Yong died, it was probably because of this reason that he disliked his relatives and children very much.

No one is willing to compete for a job, and they probably think that they can get to a high position by entering the officialdom and truly wielding power.

Yes, as long as they live long enough to become an official, the three princes and nine ministers can wait for them, but power...

Save it.

Without training at the grassroots level, it is impossible for them to be transferred to positions of real power to really do things.

In the Cao family, Cao Zhi was born in the imperial examination, and two or three members of the other side branches were able to become officials after passing the examination. However, their power is not small, and as foreign relatives, it is absolutely impossible to continue to increase their power.

Under such a general background, Guo Chengzhi's queen candidate must not be from the old dignitaries, and must be replaced. The old dignitaries surrounding the Guo royal family cannot choose at all.

Cao Ang's daughter will definitely not do it.

"You are right, this candidate is not allowed."

Guo Peng supported Guo Jin's view and excluded the daughters of Cao and Cai from Guo Chengzhi's candidates for the crown prince.

"It's great that my father supports me, otherwise I really don't know how to explain to my mother. My mother's idea is to kiss and get closer. I think it's best for us."

Guo Jin smiled in embarrassment: "With the support of my father, my son has nothing to worry about. Chengzhi's concubine must be related to the imperial examination officials to express my support for the imperial examinations and my respect for the imperial examination officials." Encouragement, some old things, those that should disappear, just disappear."

Guo Peng nodded.

"Well, besides the daughter of Zixiu, do you have a suitable candidate now?"

"There are a few..."

Guo Jin hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Father, what do you think of the daughter of Zhuge Jin, Minister of Agriculture?"

"Zhuge Jin?"

Guo Peng was a little surprised and narrowed his eyes: "Why did you think of him? He...wasn't an imperial examination official."

Guo Jin nodded and said, "It is true that he did not come from the imperial examinations, but his two younger brothers, Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jun, both came from the imperial examinations. His son Zhuge Ke just passed the imperial examinations this year. .

So Zhugejin’s family, except for Zhugejin himself, is basically born in the imperial examination, and in the future, it will also be born in the imperial examination. The transformation of the whole family is quite successful. Zhugejin himself is the Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, and his status is also sufficient.

He was born in Xuzhou. From the very beginning, he had nothing to do with the nobles and generals around his father when he raised the army. He was one of the suppressed people in the early days. It was not until his father advocated the imperial examination that he was gradually promoted. He had no political connection with the old dignitaries. associated. "

Guo Peng thought about it and felt that it was indeed the case.

Zhuge Jin was born in Xuzhou, and he was one of the people who were suppressed when the scholars from Qing, Yan and Hebei occupied the mainstream.