Great Wei scholar

Basically, the first hour is to discuss some of these things.

Among the six departments, five departments are asking for money, and military commanders are also asking for money.

Anyway, no money.

And wait until the exchange of officials is over.

The Queen's voice sounded.

"Zhen, I have two things to discuss with all my lovers today."

When the empress said this, Zhao Wan'er took out the imperial decree and said.

"Your Majesty has a decree. From now on, set up a supervisor of ceremonies, which will be in charge of the eunuchs of the Great Wei Dynasty. There will be twelve supervisors, including officials for ceremonies, internal officials, imperial servants, commanders, and imperial horses. Supervisor."

"Responsible for patrolling the sufferings of the people, supervising and correcting all officials, in charge of intelligence agencies, having the power to arrest and investigate, and setting up special prisons to detain criminals. Officials from the six ministries are not allowed to intervene."

Zhao Wan'er spoke.

This first imperial decree made all civil and military officials frown in an instant.

They are extremely human ministers, how can they fail to understand what this supervisor of ceremonies does?

Isn't this a matter of checking and balancing civil and military officials and collecting intelligence?

There was a Jinyi Tianwei before, but the rise of Jinyi Tianwei was very aggressive, but it was cold in less than half a year, after all, the power penetrated too fast.

Don't give His Majesty any chance, in the entire Tianwei, either this nephew or that relative, now they can only catch demons and deal with some trivial matters.

It is impossible to entrust them with truly important matters.

And this supervisor of ceremonies is the same as Jinyi Tianwei, the only point is that the supervisor of ceremonies is presided over by an eunuch, which is a bit inappropriate.

"His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate. Since ancient times, I have never heard of eunuchs taking power. I hope Your Majesty will think twice."

"Your Majesty, I also think this matter is inappropriate. The eunuch is in power. I have never heard of it. I hope Your Majesty will think twice."

Many courtiers opened their mouths and begged the empress to think twice, not to let the eunuch take power.

However, the Queen's voice sounded.

"I've made up my mind."

The four words of incomparable calmness represent her attitude.

For a while, the civil and military officials were silent.

The court is a kind of struggle, and this kind of struggle is basically expressing one's position, standing in line, and fighting.

The empress reused eunuchs, they were just expressing their opinions, they hadn't reached the level of standing in line, after all, it was a good thing for His Majesty to set up this thing.

For them, it is equivalent to someone taking away the power, but the power itself was given by the empress, and they are not vassal kings.

The empress said that whoever is allowed to be in power will be in power. This is the rule of the game. A few words of persuasion are fine, but there is no need to directly stand in line unless it affects great interests.

Otherwise, there is no way.

The officials were silent, but the Empress spoke again.

"Announce the second matter."

she said calmly.

Zhao Wan'er continued to speak.

"Your Majesty has a decree to set up the official merchants of the Great Wei. From now on, the merchants of the Great Wei can join the official merchants and become officials of the imperial court. They will not hold real power."

"Official ranks are determined by the amount of donated silver taels, 1 taels of silver for ten ranks, [-] taels of silver for one rank, third ranks with [-] ranks, second ranks with [-] ranks, first ranks with six ranks, and ranks three and above are replaced every ten years."

"Furthermore, after entering the Great Wei Officials and Merchants, the Great Wei Officials and Merchants can give priority to bidding for all business affairs in various local governments. The descendants of the officials and merchants will be given priority in being admitted to the academies in various places in the Great Wei Dynasty. The Great Wei Palace will give full cooperation. .”

"The knighthood requires a different kind of review. The Wei Wen Palace and six departments will participate in the review, which is open and fair."

"Those who want to enter the official business must write a personal application dossier and send it to the Great Wei Shouren Academy. Xu Qingxiao, the servant of the household department, has the full authority to handle it. The six departments, the Great Wei Wen Palace, and the princes of the state will provide full cooperation and shall not be violated."

"Chin this."

Zhao Wan'er's voice sounded.

Declare the court.

sounded.

The civil and military officials were completely boiling.

If we say that the eunuchs are not very happy about letting eunuchs take power, but there is no big obstacle. After all, if they are in power, they should be in power. Their power is still in their hands, it is nothing more than a group of eunuchs.

Could it be that he was afraid that these eunuchs would take off.

Everyone knows the means of checks and balances. In fact, it doesn’t matter if there are a group of such people, it is right to check and balance each other. If there is no checks and balances, it will cause trouble.

The emperor is not checking and balancing, and the society is collapsing. Everyone feels that he is right, and everyone feels that he is not wrong.

If you are not happy, you are not happy, but it is within a reasonable range. We let you this time, and you will let us next time.

But this government-business system won’t work.

Is this okay?

A businessman becomes an official?How big is the impact?

The people in the world hate corrupt officials the most, and what they hate even more are businessmen and corrupt officials.

Officials themselves cannot get too close to businessmen. If you say that you have not accepted bribes, who will believe it?

It's all right now, actually giving the merchant an official position?And buy it directly?No matter how poor Wei was, how could he be so poor?

impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

"Your Majesty! The official position of a merchant is a fallacy through the ages. If a merchant is an official, the common people will resist him. Furthermore, a merchant seeks profit without a pure heart. If he enters the imperial court, Wei will become a joke of the world. "

"Think twice, Your Majesty."

Chen Zhengru opened his mouth at the first time, vetoing His Majesty's intention. This was not to express his position, but to stand in line directly, and he did not agree.

"Your Majesty, businessmen all over the world are inherently good merchants, so they can be rewarded. If you mention an official position, it will indeed cause chaos in the world. I will never agree to this matter. I hope your Majesty will think twice."

Zhang Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, also spoke, although he knew that this matter had something to do with Xu Qingxiao.

But this matter has too much impact, a businessman becomes an official?Is this outrageous?And you can become an official with money, isn't that just buying an official with money?If this precedent is set, the majesty of the Ministry of Punishment will be gone, and the laws of the country will become a joke.

"Your Majesty, it is a big taboo for a businessman to be an official. Although Da Wei is a little bit tight now, there is no need to please the businessman like this."

The Minister of Rites opened his mouth and stood in line.

"Your Majesty, I don't agree with it. It's a joke in the world that a businessman is an official."

Li Yanlong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, spoke out.

"Your Majesty, a businessman is an official, involving the foundation of the country and shaking the Great Wei. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

Zhou Yan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, also spoke.

Not only him, but the generals also spoke out together, and the princes spoke.

"Your Majesty, officials and businessmen have never been able to conspire with each other since ancient times. Your Majesty, please think twice and give him a title. This is absolutely impossible."

The princes knelt on the ground one after another, begging His Majesty to think twice.

And a great Confucianism followed suit.

"Scholars all over the world study, survival of the fittest, priority admission, breaking the rules, your Majesty, ministers and others will not agree."

Civil and military officials, plus Confucian officials, all lined up neatly, except for one person who did not speak, and the rest all spoke to stop the empress from such absurd behavior.

Give the businessman an official position?

They disagree on three points.

First, I have worked hard to study and work hard in the court to get to my current position, and these speculators only need to spend two silver taels to become officials?Will they?Just feel sick!

Second, if you want to be knighted, you have to go through untold hardships, and you don’t even have a knighthood until you die. Look at Xu Qingxiao, who has done so many things, which one of them is not something that shocked the world, and he was awarded an ordinary knighthood. What qualifications do these merchants have to be knighted?

Thirdly, official titles and titles are extremely noble things in themselves. If lowly people like businessmen are involved, wouldn't it lower the situation?How will the people of the world laugh at them?

Say it directly.

It's just to make it clear that you look down on such a businessman.

What smelly fish and rotten shrimp.

Give them official positions?Even if it is not in power, it is too shameful.

The impact is very bad.

This is the reason why the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty did not agree.

Because in contrast, letting eunuchs take power is actually getting power, and letting businessmen have official positions is a matter of influence.

The eunuch's power is essentially more influential than the businessman's official rank, but this is an internal issue and belongs to the internal affairs of the court.

As for the merchant's official rank, it is not an internal problem, but the world's perception and influence on Wei.

In the civil and military middle of the Manchu Dynasty.

Only one person was silent.

That is Gu Yan, Shangshu of the household department.

He knew right away that this was Xu Qingxiao's strategy.

He wanted to help Xu Qingxiao, but seeing how resolute the officials were, and he didn't approve of it, businessmen were not a good thing in his eyes.

He is not happy if these businessmen really want to have official positions.

Put it all together.

Gu Yan also spoke up.

"Your Majesty, please think twice."

He didn't say much, and expressed his position in one sentence.

For a moment, the court hall was extremely quiet, and a needle could be heard falling.

Looking at the civil and military officials kneeling in front of her, the Empress remained expressionless.

"This matter, I have decided."

"Cannot be changed."

"After the court meeting is over, the supervisor of ceremonies will issue an announcement to announce it to the world."

"I've also heard that Zhang Ruhui, a Beijing businessman, donated tens of millions of silver to Great Wei. He was rewarded as a second-rank official merchant and given to Great Wei Baron."

"The Ministry of Rituals will formulate corresponding official uniforms, differentiate court uniforms, and create corresponding ceremonial guards, ornaments, command arrows, etc. before September."

"Don't delay."

The empress made such a statement, and her attitude became more determined. At the same time, she even rewarded Zhang Ruhui, the second-rank official businessman, and the Baron of Great Wei, and asked the Ministry of Rites to prepare these things.

It can be said that the attitude is extremely firm, and there is no room for opposition.

As soon as these words were said, the whole court was boiling.

"His Majesty!"

"That must not be the case."

"If His Majesty insists, the ministers will kneel in the court, and they will not retreat if they die."

Someone spoke up, full of sincerity, hoping that the Empress would change her mind.

However, upon hearing this.

The Empress remained calm.

But she stood up and looked at Baiguandao.

"Then kneel here."

After saying this, the Empress turned and left.

All of a sudden, there was a complete silence in the court hall.