The strongest Marquis in history

"This will be the rule in the future, and in the selection of officials in the future, those who have not experienced the local area and who have not been promoted from the local area will not be able to serve as the six ministers."

Every time Wang Qi said, the hall was even more shocked.

He also understood Wang Qi's determination.

When Zhou Zishan heard Wang Qi's words, he thought for a while, and suddenly thought of the benefits of this.On the one hand, many scholars are good at reading, but they are only talking about it on paper, but when it comes to actual operation, it is a mess.

So practicing locally is tantamount to giving scholars a touchstone.

On the other hand, the officials of the counties are constantly adjusted by the court, and the emperor's control over the local area is more rigorous, so that the local area will not be separated from the court.

This is of great benefit.

After Zhou Zishan figured it out, he took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty is wise!"

As soon as these words came out, people in the court began to echo one after another, and one person kept saying yes.Everyone agrees, and no one opposes it at this time.

Duanmubai, Xu Mingwei, Qian Song and the others were all excited. If Wang Qi hadn't added that the six ministers in the future, as well as important ministers in the court, must be selected from local people, they would have felt that they might have been selected by abandon.

Now with Wang Qi's words, it is different.

Wang Qi continued: "In addition, the talents selected by the imperial examination are the focus of training. Compared with the people who are gradually promoted in some local officials, or the people who are slowly getting up, such as Li Zheng and Ting Zhang , All the materials and files of these people who came from the imperial examinations are directly under the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Officials will conduct a unified assessment and arrange appointments."

After this order, everyone knows the importance of imperial examination selection, which is unique.

This promotion is also faster.

Wang Qi continued: "The arrangement of this batch of candidates for admission to the examinations will be arranged by the Ministry of Officials. The top ten personnel will all be awarded to the county magistrate and assigned to the local government. The last twenty will be assigned to the local government to serve as county magistrates. , to assist the county magistrate in handling government affairs."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Zhu Shanchang answered immediately.

Wang Qi's eyes fell on Duanmu Bai and the others again, and he continued: "Thirty of you are all my high hopes. When you go to the place, I will be your backing."

"When you are in the local area, you can do things with confidence and boldness without any scruples."

"In addition, the results this time are just one of the assessments, not for life. Those who are going to be the county magistrate must work hard. Those who are going to be the county magistrate, don't give up on themselves."

"Because in the local area, it's not about citing scriptures, it's about ability. Your current grades are not as good. As long as you are a slave, you may not be able to achieve transcendence. As long as you work hard, you will have a chance to surpass."

Wang Qi said: "Because in the local area, it is the real assessment, and it is the real ability to go up to the weak."

"Follow His Majesty's instructions."

Everyone answered in unison.

The expressions on each face became even more excited.

The top ten are county magistrates.

The last twenty are county magistrates.

For everyone, this is a good arrangement, after all, most of them are from poor families.

As for the children of some aristocratic families, they were also extremely excited, because since they entered the official career, they have entered the sight of the court officials, which is completely different from ordinary local officials.

After Wang Qi gave the order, he waved his hand and asked the scholar to stay in Chang'an temporarily, waiting for the notice from the Ministry of Officials.

Then, Wang Qicai resumed the discussion.

After the basic government affairs were dealt with, one by one the officials in the court retired, but Zhou Zishan stayed behind in the end.

Zhou Zishan bowed respectfully to Wang Qi, and said: "Your Majesty, this time the imperial examination and the minister's review were indeed not properly handled. Unexpectedly, there was a huge mistake."

Wang Qi said: "Now tell me, what loopholes are there?"

Zhou Zishan said: "The first loophole is Duanmubai's question. I have sealed off all the people who wrote the questions, so that the content of the test papers cannot be leaked. I have not blocked the people who checked the papers."

"As soon as the examination papers were finished, they didn't care about it anymore. As a result, after Zhou Guan knew the news in advance, he directly carried out the kidnapping of Duanmu Bai. If the examination examiners who knew the situation never left before the list was announced from the beginning to the end. This time, It won't leak."

"That's the biggest problem."

"The imperial examinations in the future must be completely closed. The testers are closed, and even the test will not be like this time. Many people will make the test, and it should be one person. It will help block the news."

"The result after the revision is also closed. We will notify you after the list is released."

Zhou Zishan talked eloquently, and said: "If we follow this trend, then on the whole, there will be no such thing as Duanmubai. Of course, I have also thought about it carefully. In fact, if Wufu is really called Duanmubai?"

"Therefore, in addition to the name, there should be a separate number on the name. Only in this way can the identity of each scholar be determined, and there will be no problems due to duplicate names."

"Furthermore, for the time being, the names of all test paper testers should be vague names. According to this premise, there will be no major problems, and the overall will be more rigorous."

Zhou Zishan said: "Next year, it will be promoted to the local level, selected at the state level, and then concentrated in Chang'an for the palace examination. For this matter, I must carefully summarize the experience and consider all the issues."

Wang Qi nodded in satisfaction after listening.

This is correct.

Names, test numbers, and pseudonyms must all be taken into consideration.Of course, in fact, if you have policies, it is easy to have countermeasures. At this time, the most important thing is that everyone has sufficient experience so that they will not be overwhelmed.

Wang Qidao: "You arrange things carefully, and don't make mistakes. Because the next step is to be conducted in each state. Then the exams in each state need to be dispatched from the Ministry of Rites. Careful consideration must be made."

Zhou Zishan said: "For the selection of personnel in each state, what I consider is not only to let the personnel from the Ministry of Rites be responsible, but also to let the personnel from the Intelligence Bureau participate in the supervision to ensure the smooth progress of the matter."

Wang Qi said: "You just arrange it."

Zhou Zishan said: "Your Majesty, I will take my leave."

Wang Qi nodded, Zhou Zishan turned and retreated, Wang Qi got up and left the main hall, and returned to his bedroom to deal with government affairs. After all, there were still many government affairs to be dealt with.

In the afternoon, when Wang Qi was dealing with government affairs, Chen Qinglong asked to see him.After he entered, he reported: "Your Majesty, I have just received news from Liangzhou and Central Shu."

Wang Qi said: "What news?"

Chen Qinglong said: "As far as Liangzhou is concerned, Cao Xuan has already wiped out the entire Liangzhou. The Qiang people and other ethnic groups in Liangzhou have all surrendered. It's just that Cao Xuan directly blocks the road from Liangzhou to Guanzhong, and prohibits the two sides from coming and going. The direction of Cao Xuan's expansion is to go to the Western Regions. It seems that it does not involve our Qi State for the time being, and he dare not confront Qi State."

Wang Qi pondered in his heart after hearing this, obviously Cao Xuan was expanding his power.First seize the Western Regions, strengthen the power of Wei, and strive to finally compete with Wang Qi.

This is Cao Xuan's goal.

Chapter 797 Major Adjustment

Wang Qi said in a deep voice, "Where's in the middle of Shu?"

Chen Qinglong said: "The Marquis of Zhenbei has sent back the news that all the counties in central Shu have been attached, and the Marquis of Zhenbei has begun to return. When he returned, he was with General Xiao Qingzhi, leaving General Yang Shanjun to guard Shuzhong. Besides, Zhenbei Hou arranged for Qi Yuan to serve as the shepherd of Yizhou, and at the same time brought the emperor of Shu to the north to surrender."

"it is good!"

Wang Qi had a smile on his face.

The matter in central Shu has been completely resolved, and it has been subordinated, and Qi State is almost ruling the world.

As for Cao Xuan, it won't take long to jump.

The reason why Wang Qi has not attacked yet is because the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry are also preparing to make firearms.But this is not accomplished overnight, at least the manufacturing process is very slow, because there is no industrialized machine production, it is very slow to rely entirely on handwork.

Even the research process is very slow.

Wang Qi asked Chen Qinglong to keep a close eye on the intelligence of the Western Regions, and then continued to busy himself with his own affairs.

Time flies, and the new year enters in a blink of an eye. The weather in January is still very cold, and it often snows.

Wang Zongxi returned with his men and horses, and the army was stationed. After Zhang Tianyi and the others settled down, Wang Zongxi and Wang Qi saw each other, and hurried to see their grandchildren.

After Wang You and Wang Jin were born, he hadn't seen his grandchildren yet, so he was very excited.

Wang Qi personally held a banquet in the court to entertain Zhang Tianyi and others who had surrendered, fulfilled Wang Zongxi's promise, and granted Zhang Tianyi the title of King Anle, and at the same time bestowed a house to ensure that Zhang Tianyi's family lived.

The rest of the government affairs are also steadily advancing.

Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, it entered the spring of the next year.

On February [-], the dragon looked up.

People everywhere are getting busy, after all, they have to start preparing for farming.

When the people were busy, the imperial court made further adjustments to the localities.After all, there was another round involving the rotation of officials, the promotion of officials, and the placement of officials.

Such an adjustment can strengthen the court's control over the locality.

When the civil service system was adjusted, Zhuge Feng came to the palace to have an audience on this day.Zhuge Feng was very busy. When he saw Wang Qi, he took the initiative to salute and said, "Your Majesty!"

Wang Qi said: "Brother is here today, but what's the matter?"

Zhuge Feng said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the minister's visit to the palace today involves the adjustment of the army. Although there are troops in various places in the imperial court, but now that Qi is unified, a detailed arrangement should be made."

"After all, the world is unified. For the time being, most of the troops are concentrated in Chang'an."

"Although it can defend Chang'an, it still needs a certain amount of troops to guard the local area. Once there is turmoil in the local area, these troops can control the situation anytime and anywhere, so that the situation will not get out of control."

Zhuge Feng said: "This is the minister's intention."

Wang Qi said: "How to adjust?"

Zhuge Feng's eyes were sharp, and he said: "Your Majesty, the minister's consideration is to station troops in all states in the world to control local stability. However, Qi State has always implemented a strategy of separating the military from the government."

"In order to ensure local stability and the military's non-interference in government affairs, government affairs do not involve the military. The local military must be ordered to be directly under the jurisdiction of the court and cannot be controlled by the local government."

"In this way, we can prevent the situation where local officials sit on the throne."

"The reason for the collapse of the Great Zhou was not only the excessive taxation of the Great Zhou, but also the bad situation. More importantly, the local chaos in the Great Zhou was too great, and the local officials were too powerful, so they promoted their own people one after another."

Zhuge Feng said: "As a result, the imperial court's control over the local area is getting weaker and weaker."

Wang Qi nodded and said: "What brother said is true, you plan to garrison troops in various places, how will you divide them?"

Zhuge Feng said: "First, it is the garrison here in Chang'an. As the capital of the empire, the key is to have a large army guarding it. If the garrison in Chang'an cannot be guaranteed, the world will be in chaos."

"I believe that the garrison here in Chang'an is a garrison in addition to the forbidden army. However, the number of the garrison, I think, can be expanded to 6. If there are [-] elites in Chang'an, plus the forbidden army, even if anything happens, you can respond in advance,"

Zhuge Feng said: "This is my first consideration at the moment."

Wang Qi said in a deep voice, "What about the rest of the place?"

Zhuge Feng said: "The second is Shuzhong, the third is Yangzhou, the fourth is Bingzhou, and the fifth is Youzhou. The four places, in the southeast, northwest, respectively, have their own troops guarded."

"In this way, the basic strength of the imperial court is enough to control the situation in the world. The strength of each of them is about 5 elite soldiers. In total, the total standing army of the country's total strength is more than 26."

"With this basic premise, any domestic situation can be dealt with."

"Furthermore, with the development of new weapons, in fact, the number of people in the battle of the large corps will definitely decrease. So we have so many troops now, which is enough."

Zhuge Feng said: "This is my current plan."

After thinking about it, Wang Qi thought for a while and said: "There is no problem with this arrangement. The five military regions, with one center on each side, covering the southeast, northwest, and middle, are indeed enough to control the stability of the world."

"The garrison of the army is nothing new. In fact, in the past, Dazhou also stationed troops in major towns across the country. However, with the restoration of the state pastoral system, the troops stationed in various places have become the private soldiers of the state pastors in various places. "

"The control of the army must be in the hands of the imperial court. This is a red line that cannot be crossed. Another thing is the control of other forces in various places, such as the government soldiers responsible for public security in various places."

"These powers need to be adjusted. This is what I want to change. In other words, the power of the local consuls in the imperial court will also shrink, and their rights will also be weakened."

Throughout the dynasties, the army was stationed normally.

However, the strength of troops in various places needs to be arranged.

Wang Qi intends to bring all the local forces to maintain domestic stability and maintain local stability into the imperial court's control.

After Zhuge Feng heard it, his eyes widened, and there was a look of disbelief on his face.

This is quite surprising. Throughout the dynasties, the separation of the military and the government has actually been arranged, which is the meaning of the tiger talisman.Only when the tiger talisman granted by the emperor matches with the general in the army can the army be mobilized.

In addition to this, there are also local government servants and fast arresting soldiers, which belong to the state, county and county level forces.If all these forces were integrated and brought under the control of the imperial court, everything would be different.

The imperial court's control over the local area has been greatly strengthened.

Of course, it's not easy.

Zhuge Feng said: "Your Majesty, if all of them are under the control of the imperial court, once there is an emergency in the local area, I am afraid that it will not be able to respond in time. After all, all forces are under the control of the imperial court, which will lead to the need for warrants for any troop deployment." .and back and forth, time is wasted everywhere."

Wang Qi shook his head and said, "This situation is not arranged like this."

Zhuge Feng said: "How did you arrange it?"

Wang Qi said: "After the local forces are organized together, this force is mainly responsible for assisting the government in arresting and hunting down tasks, and in addition to participating in handling riots and rebellions."

"To put it simply, when the country is in turmoil, this force is used. Of course, this force is also not subject to the jurisdiction of local officials. It is still subordinate to the court, directly subordinate to the emperor, and can only be dispatched by the emperor."

Wang Qi directly gave a definition.

After hearing this, Zhuge Feng pondered for a while and said, "Your Majesty, it's what I mentioned just now. If the local power is gone, it's easy to arrange for rebels. The problem is to arrest some criminals, arrest thieves, and maintain law and order, etc. , what should I do? I can’t, I ask the imperial court to send troops to assist me in everything, right?”

Wang Qi said in a deep voice: "So here, it involves the third force I mentioned."