At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Pang Tong, the nephew of Duke Pang De.

"This matter was said by His Majesty himself. I was terrified when I heard it. I have obeyed the law and obeyed the law over the years without any presumption. How did I end up like this?"

Pang Degong was full of panic: "Degui, Shiyuan, will what His Majesty said come true? Are we really going to those wild places to spread enlightenment? No way?"

Cai Mao didn't say anything, he knew about this early in the morning.

Pang Tong frowned, hesitantly, Pang Tong looked at Cai Mao, Cai Mao also looked at Pang Tong.

According to their understanding of the emperor, it is the strangest thing that this matter does not become a reality.

Chapter 1378 One thousand two hundred and eighty eight Jingzhou scholars are really too many, so many that they arouse public indignation

Whatever the emperor wants to do, he never cares about your identity.

The royal relatives, such as the Cao family and the Mi family, were also punished and suppressed by him.

By now, Pang Tong and Cai Mao knew that there was nothing they could do.

"Uncle, this matter may be true."

Pang Tong said helplessly: "Your Majesty probably really wants to do this. He really wants you to go to the wild frontier to broadcast enlightenment and teach those uncivilized people..."

"what?"

Mr. Pound almost lost his balance, but Cai Mao supported him with quick eyesight and quick hands.

"how so……"

Sima Hui looked around and felt that he was very powerless.

"I...I'll talk to Kong Ming about this matter, is it too late?"

Huang Chengyan went to the doctor in a hurry, and unexpectedly thought of talking to his son-in-law Zhuge Liang who was far away in the Western Regions.

Zhuge Liang is now a high-ranking official of two thousand shi, so he should have a little right to speak, and he might be able to help him.

Huang Chengyan thinks it makes sense to do so.

Pang Tong smiled wryly and shook his head.

Still looking for Zhuge Liang?

I'm afraid you are already on your way before the letter reaches Zhuge Liang.

And there's really nothing to say about this.

Pang Tong had something hard to say, so he looked at Cai Mao and motioned Cai Mao to say it.

Of course Cai Mao knew what Pang Tong meant.

Hello Pang Shiyuan!

Just let me be the villain!

But there is no way, this matter really depends on him.

"Pang Gong, Huang Gong, and Sima Gong, some things are not as simple as you think. Pang Gong, Huang Gong, and Sima Gong all have children and students who are officials in the court. The number of them is the highest among all states in the world. Today, there are really many people in the DPRK and China who are dissatisfied with this."

Cai Mao decided to take this matter apart, explain everything clearly, tell them, and let them know the importance of this matter.

And when he said this, Lord Pang De, Huang Chengyan, and Sima Hui turned a little bit around the corner.

Is there a hidden secret behind the relationship?

No, it's not hidden feelings, but people's hearts.

It is the dissatisfaction of senior officials from all walks of life in the DPRK and China that Jingzhou people have an absolute advantage in the imperial examination.

In the imperial examination for several years, all the champions in the imperial examination were from Jingzhou, and none of them were from other states.

About 40.00% of the top ten people are from Jingzhou, not other places.

The state of Jingzhou has tossed the imperial examinations like this. For people from other states, they are not willing to accept the situation that the high officials and dignitaries in the court will be Jingzhou people in the next 30 to [-] years.

The imperial examination is not to select outstanding students, not to send talents to the society, but to select officials.

An official with administrative power.

He is an official who can dominate the future trend of the empire.

The political significance is far greater than all other meanings, so within the scope of the imperial examination, it is certain that politics is in command. The strength of Jingzhou people will inevitably arouse the fear of other states.

So there are people constantly claiming that this situation cannot continue, otherwise it will be very unfavorable to the stability of the court in the future, and all Jingzhou people will be officials at that time, what shall we do?

It's not good for us, it's not good for the imperial power, there are too many people in Jingzhou, forming a natural alliance, is it good for the imperial power?

No!

Obviously, the emperor now accepts this argument.

"Before we set off, His Majesty discussed this issue with me in the South Study Room, saying that Jingzhou people were too good at scientific research, which aroused everyone's dissatisfaction and jealousy.

If the imperial court does not take action to adjust and change this situation, I am afraid that soon, the Jingzhou people will face the joint attack of other forces in the court. "

Pang Tong said nervously: "Nowadays, the court seems to be stable, but in fact, the tide is raging. All parties and factions are fighting for the crown prince's concubine, and there are many broken relationships. I don't know if there will be any trouble.

As a servant in the South Study Room, I also did not do well. We are all subordinate officials from our respective government offices. We were selected to serve as servants by His Majesty's side. Although we are enviable, we are also guarded and dissatisfied by our superiors.

Before I left, I heard that Cao Shoufu of the cabinet had some criticisms about Xu Yuanzhi, who was also serving as an attendant, and also Cheng Zhongde, the tyrannical Sili school lieutenant who had been dormant for several months without action, making people wonder what he was planning.

Now no one knows when he will suddenly explode again. The current situation is very dangerous. We Jingzhou people can't let us take the lead. If we take the lead, we will be the first to be attacked! "

Pang Degong and Huang Chengyan looked tense, and Sima Hui, who was from Yingchuan but had too much involvement with Jingzhou people, also had a bad expression.

Seeing that Pang Tong had told the truth, Cai Mao felt that he had to tell the truth that Pang Tong was inconvenient to say.

If the Jingzhou faction is brutally suppressed, his career as the governor of Jingzhou will come to an end.

"There are quite a few people from Jingzhou currently serving in the court. Pang Gong, your son is also serving in the court, and Huang Gong's son-in-law Zhuge Kongming. The current situation is not so much suppression as protection."

Cai Mao explained this matter from another angle.

"If Jingzhou people dissatisfy the officials of the Manchu Dynasty, the future of Jingzhou officials will be in danger. His Majesty admires many Jingzhou people around him. His Majesty doesn't want these people to be impacted and their futures will be damaged. Therefore, he decided to use Xuexuetang to give it to the world. People watch."

If Cai Mao said that, there is actually no problem, because this is indeed Guo Peng's consideration.

If the people of Jingzhou were to be outraged, he wouldn't be too partial.

At that time, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Jiang Wan, whom he admired, will all be implicated, and those related to them will also be implicated.

This will have a certain impact on his future government structure.

Therefore, as the emperor, he had to solve the problem before the factional struggle broke out, so that the Jingzhou faction could not be really taken away by this wave.

However, the development of this matter to the present is also caused by the Jingzhou people who do not know how to check, do not know how to give in, and are too sharp.

Since the scientific examination began, every year the number one scholar in the literary examination has been you from Jingzhou. You from Jingzhou are too ignorant.

If we wait for 30 to [-] years, don't we want you Jingzhou people to be cows and horses?

It would be better to abolish you now.

When Cai Mao talked about this, Pang Degong and the other three basically understood the cause and effect of this incident.

At this point, they found that there was indeed no way out.

People all over the world have deep resentment towards Jingzhou people and Jingzhou Xuexuetang. If they don't know what to do and how to restrain themselves, I'm afraid there will be a storm against Jingzhou people in the court soon.

This is not a joke.

When Guo Peng wiped out the forces of the Qing, Yan and Hebei scholars, they were not without fueling the flames.

It's just that at this time, it's their turn.

Those who fueled the flames became those who had been suppressed, and everything seemed to come back in a circle.

Obviously, Mr. Guo is just doing things in a more organized manner.

Knowing the essence of this matter, Mr. Pang De and the other three knew very well that they actually had no choice.

Facing the ferocious Emperor Wei, facing the other forces behind him who are threatening to show their teeth and claws, they have no power to parry, no skill to bargain, and can only choose to obey.

Otherwise, all officials in Jingzhou will be dealt with by the emperor.

Now that the matter has come to an end, there is nothing to say. Faced with heavy pressure, in order to protect the precious political power that Jingzhou people have cultivated with great difficulty, these scholars and celebrities have more or less chosen to compromise and retreat.

When the emperor told them to leave, they left, which was better than a one-pot meal.

Occasionally, some people who are hard to leave their homeland and don’t want to leave, are persuaded by relatives and friends, but still accept their fate with tears in their eyes.

So what if you don't accept your fate?

At the end of February in the 11th year of Yande, Emperor Guo Peng summoned Jingzhou management officials and key managers of Jingzhou Xuexuetang in Jingzhou to inform them of the specific situation.

For example, I decided to divide the teaching staff of Jingzhou Academy into several equal parts, and evenly distribute them to areas with scarce educational resources and low education levels.

For example, the four northern states of Bingzhou, Youzhou, Pingzhou, and Mozhou, the two southern states of Yunzhou and Jiaozhou, and the fringe territories of Liangzhou and the three major guards.

Anyone who is not in the traditional Han area is an area with scarce educational resources and a low level of education. In these areas, education is not obvious, the literacy rate of the people is low, the level of knowledge is backward, and the number of people who can be officials is too small. Transferred from the Central Plains.

These are the reasons for the lack of education.

Not only Jingzhou, Guo Peng also announced that he will invest the superior educational resources of Qingzhou, Jizhou, and Yanzhou, combined with some educational resources of Luoyang Taixue, into these marginal states and counties to improve their educational standards.

Guo Peng believes that only by enlightening and broadcasting the culture of the Central Plains can they generate centripetal force and cohesion.

Let them pass the imperial examination to become officials, and they can go to Luoyang to participate in imperial management, which will help people in these places truly identify themselves as Wei people.

The dissemination of culture sometimes has to rely on administrative orders and overall planning. Otherwise, places with good economies will always be places with rich educational resources, while places with backward economies will always have scarce educational resources.

Insufficient education and insufficient upward channels will cause these places to generate centrifugal force against the empire, which is not conducive to centralized rule.

And more importantly, the imperial examination is open to the whole country, and it has never been just an academic competition, but a political means.

The most important significance of the imperial examination is to select talents from all over the country, win over elite talents from all over the country more fairly, and maintain their centripetal force to the central government.

Once an uncertain factor breaks this balance and challenges the existence of the imperial examinations, the authority of the central government will also be challenged.

This kind of thing happened many times in the Song and Ming dynasties, with the 30-year Hongwu North-South ranking dispute as the peak, and then the North-South ranking was determined, and then gradually subsided.

When Guo Peng first started the imperial examination, he did not expect that the imperial examination would face such a challenge just after it started running.

Scholars from Jingzhou killed all quarters, using their profound background of more than a hundred years to overthrow strong opponents from all walks of life, monopolizing all the champions since the imperial examination was held, and ruled the roost in one fell swoop.

Even counting Zhuge Liang who was born in Xuzhou, he was educated in Jingzhou Academy.

When this situation first appeared, Guo Peng thought it was just a flash in the pan, but it had been like this for several years in a row. 40.00% of the top ten candidates in the scientific examination over the years were from Jingzhou.

There are too many eunuchs in Jingzhou, to the point of causing public outrage.

Many officials who were not born in Jingzhou felt that the imperial examination was specially prepared for Jingzhou people, and submitted their complaints to the emperor several times.

They don't care about fairness or unfairness, they only know that Jingzhou people are getting stronger and stronger, and they themselves are getting weaker and weaker, and they will soon lose the right to speak.

Guo Peng was connected to the performances of many officials, and gradually realized that if this matter is not resolved, the imperial examination will be tainted with regional discrimination and unfairness from the very beginning, and it is very likely that it will not be able to run.

When I was still alive, I could rely on my prestige to push it forward. Once I was gone, the situation would deteriorate instantly.

The situation is so dangerous, so urgent.

Therefore, the emperor had to make changes in response to the killing of Jingzhou people in the imperial examination.

After other matters were resolved, this matter was put on the agenda. Although doing so made Jingzhou people unhappy, it satisfied people in other parts of the country.

Fairness is only a less important attribute of the imperial examination, and political balance is the most important significance of the imperial examination.

Chapter 1379 There is no irreconcilable core contradiction between the Nine Wei Empire and Rome

Although Jingzhou people have achieved absolute dominance in the imperial examinations by relying on the concept of fairness in the imperial examinations, the imperial examinations are the emperor's political means, not a simple examination.

So Guo Peng made the decision to split up the school and forcibly seize Jingzhou's educational resources.

For Jingzhou people, it is undoubtedly a huge blow, but for people in other places, it is good news. Such a wave is enough to reverse the advantage of Jingzhou people in the next few years.

This is certainly a good thing for other regions, but it is not a ten thousand year solution.