Promotion Letter for the Chief Executive

Hearing the reason of safety, Zhao Can couldn't think of any rebuttal words for a while.

Indeed, the imperial court spends a large amount of rice every year to feed these scholars, expecting them to serve the country in the future.But in fact, a large number of them have no possibility of passing the Jinshi examination and becoming an official in their lifetime, so the money spent is wasted.

Of course, from the perspective of investment risk, this kind of "wasted" money is also necessary.If not, it would be impossible for many people to regard reading as a career.

But it is precisely because of this that these people can only study, so even if they pass the Jinshi examination, they are very likely not to be an official, nor to manage, nor to do anything, just occupying an empty position.

To put it in peace, it is because the imperial court is too thoughtful and helps to settle everything, so that these scholars always want to express their opinions on such and such things when they have nothing to do all day long, and they always feel that they are superior to others .

So for now, it seems like a good idea to throw them out for a little exercise.

"It's just your reason, you can't bring it up to the court." Zhao Can said helplessly to Pingan.

The relationship between Zhao Can and the courtiers can be said to be very delicate. Although these are all his courtiers, in fact, there is still a conflict of interest between them.So Zhao Can naturally wouldn't feel anything after hearing Ping An's thoughts.But ministers are different.

All the people in the court are scholars, and they will definitely die of anger when they hear such arguments.At that time, not to mention the implementation of this policy, I am afraid that peace will be drowned by spitting stars.

"Then what should I do?" Ping An shrugged, "I can only think of this way, and the rest is up to you."

Zhao Can raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, then smiled when he put down his hand, "Don't worry."

He looked confident, and Ping An couldn't help asking, "What good idea have you thought of?"

"Whether it's a good way or not is unclear," Zhao Can said, "Say, how about making this a question for next year's Spring Palace Examination?"

"Chun Wei test questions?" Ping An was very surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, he found that this is indeed a very good way to deal with it.Anyway, every spring, the questions of the palace examination are given by the emperor.In fact, these topics often involve part of the ongoing or upcoming policies of the imperial court.

This can also be regarded as a test for the emperor to these scholars.

So occasionally there will be scholars who perform well at this time and are promoted by the emperor.You can take No.1 in the general examination, and the nouns in the palace examination are not too bad, but you may not be able to sit firmly in the first place.Those who rank slightly lower may have the opportunity to replace them.

The point of all this is whether they can figure out the emperor's mind.

However, this group of scholars may be disappointed.Because Zhao Can, the emperor's intentions, obviously cannot be left to their speculation.In fact, even veteran officials who have been immersed in the court for many years sometimes cannot see through his intentions.

Now Zhao Can's authority in the court is quite high, so it's not impossible to ask such a question.

First, let's examine these scholars, which ones can help in this matter, and second, it is also the most important. In this way, the emperor's thoughts can be conveyed to the courtiers.

This is much better than suddenly mentioning it in the court and letting everyone discuss it.

Ping An glanced at Zhao Can.I don't know if it's an illusion, but since I praised Zhao Can for learning a lot of tricks from me last time, it seems that he...has become more and more proficient in using these tricks of his own.For example, this time, the method that Zhao Can thought of was like an antelope hanging on its horns, without any trace.At least let Ping An think for himself, it is absolutely unexpected.

Of course, this may also be due to the limitations of their status. After all, Ping An is not Zhao Can and does not sit on the throne. The two people have different visions in many places.

However, he has a wider range of knowledge and Zhao Can does not, so it is not a disadvantage.

"This method is not bad. Anyway, we don't need to go so fast, things will be smooth if we slow down, and it's good to take our time." Ping An said.

Although I know that there will be a fight in the future, but if it can be avoided now, I should try to avoid it as much as possible, preserve my strength, cultivate my influence, and strive for the day when I need to start "fighting" in the future, I have already had absolutely overwhelming strength, making the opponent unable to move.In this way, losses can be minimized.

Everything is considered from the perspective of the entire Great Chu.

Ping An thinks that An Ansheng is better at doing things, fighting, killing, plotting, how tiring is it?

However, although Ping An does not want to have calculations in life, such things are always unavoidable in life.Even in government affairs, he and Zhao Can have worked hard to resolve those possible problems, but there are always some things that they have to face.

After entering March, Zhao Can got rid of the clothes.

Three years of filial piety is actually 27 months, and the fifth day of the third month happens to be the full day.

Although the emperor does not need to be in mourning for so long, in fact, Zhao Can did not really abide by this rule—even if he wanted to, it was impossible. Ding You also needs to return home.And a country cannot be without a king for a day, and it is even more impossible for Zhao Can to really do nothing for 27 months.

In fact, even during the 27 days of national mourning, Zhao Can was not completely ignoring political affairs.It's just that they can't be promoted to the court, they don't accept the worship of hundreds of officials, they wear dark clothes and plain clothes, and they can only hide in the side hall to handle political affairs.

But no matter what, as long as it is still within this time limit, Zhao Can can use it as an excuse.

An excuse for not marrying a wife.

But now the mourning period has expired, and Zhao Can is already 26 years old.In this era, 26-year-old men who have not married a wife are almost rare, and there are no emperors who have not married a wife at this age!

The emperor's marriage and children are related to the stability of the country, not a family matter.So just after Zhao Can got rid of her clothes, the memorials from the ministers persuading her to choose a concubine came from everywhere like snowflakes, piled up with royal cases.

Ping An has read a part of it, quoted scriptures, and has a brilliant literary talent, demonstrating the necessity and importance of Zhao Can's marriage from various aspects.

"What are you doing looking at this?" After being discovered by Zhao Can, he immediately snatched the memorial from him.

Ping An was helpless, "I just took a look."

"Looking at it will only increase your troubles." Zhao Can said, "Wouldn't it be self-inflicted to watch it knowing that it is so?"

Ping An shook his head, stretched out his hand to take the memorial back, opened it and pointed to a sentence for Zhao Can to read, "There is a saying in the art of war: Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. Your Majesty, look at these words. Although they are not clear, they are full of metaphors." There is a meaning of treachery in it. I don’t know if I don’t look at it!”

Zhao Can squeezed his fingertips, "Are you regretting it again?"

"No, I just think that I will accept this kind of hostility and advice anytime and anywhere, and I feel not in a good mood." Ping An said lazily.

It's a great time, what can I do with it?They want to stare at the emperor's three-point acre of land.

"Don't worry about it. After all, I will protect you well. It's just that the rumors and gossips outside are inevitable." Zhao Can sighed, "There are indeed gains and losses in this world. I sit in this position and save us How much work did you put in? I'm afraid it will all be spent on this matter."

Hearing this, Pingan laughed, "Speaking of it this way, it's an exchange of equal value. Thinking about it this way, I feel much better. I'd rather they pester you about your marriage than be aware of our purpose in advance and fight head-on. Much more."

"It's just that you're not the one who faces the pressure." Zhao Can gave a false nod to Ping An with his fingers, "Isn't that easy to say?"

Both of them couldn't help laughing, and the atmosphere suddenly improved a lot.

However, the joke is a joke, but the courtiers’ memorials are indeed increasing, and the wording and tone have also changed from the initial persuasion to the later blunt remonstrance, just as Ping An said, although there is no word pointing at him. However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the memorial refers to Sang and Huai, and compares him to the treacherous eunuch who subjugated the country, except that he didn't directly shout the slogan "Qing Jun's side".

This is also because Ping An does not have much power in its hands.

Although Ping An himself served as the Secretary-General after the Registrar of Ceremonies was reorganized into the Secretariat, in fact, the daily affairs were handed over to other people, and Ping An had its own things to do.

However, the things he did basically didn't go through the court's procedures, and the officials couldn't control it.

And Ping An did not interfere in the government affairs, even if they wanted to scold him for being malicious and bewitching the emperor, it seemed a bit untenable.

After all, if he said that, wouldn't Zhao Can become a foolish emperor who was bewitched by treacherous ministers?But in fact, everyone knows how sober and domineering Zhao Can is, and he is definitely not the type who is dazzled by "beauty".

Besides, if you look left and right, you can't see how much beauty there is in Ping An.His appearance is indeed very upright, even handsome, but in any case, he is not the type that can overwhelm a country or a city.On the contrary, Zhao Can herself looks a little interesting.

So so far, the courtiers are just talking about it, hoping to persuade the emperor to make a queen and accept a concubine. Maybe after he gets married, he will know the benefits of the girls and stop being dizzy?

No matter how upset Ping An was, the ministers at most only insinuated and did not name him directly.So I don't know who to live with even when I'm angry.

At the beginning, Ping An tried to count the names of the ministers who presented the memorial and put on some shoes, but later found that there were too many.There are tens of thousands of officials in Dachu, and more than half of them have followed suit and submitted this kind of memorial. If you really want to care about it, I'm afraid you won't be able to care about it.

However, the first person to write about this incident was firmly remembered by Ping An.

This person is an official in the south of the Yangtze River, and his official position is not very high, but his position can barely reach Tianting directly.But Qi probably was stupid in reading, and he was full of etiquette and morality. He thought that Zhao Can's current behavior was not in line with the principles of heaven and earth, let alone the way of a saint, so he earnestly persuaded him to change.

As soon as Ping An inquired, okay, a person who is full of etiquette and morality, besides his main wife, has seven concubines in his family. Just looking at this, you can know what kind of guy he is.

Although Ping An didn't want to care about these things, why did others not cooperate.So he memorized this name, and in the future he will definitely make a trip for the other party.Such a person has become a local parent official, and he really can only do harm to one side, and can't do any good things at all. If he gets rid of it early, he will still be the master for the people!

Although this result had been expected in advance, Zhao Can did not expect that the ministers would be so interested in this matter.

So in fact, in order to deal with this matter recently, he is indeed a bit exhausted.This is because the ministers are only giving notes now, and if someone mentions this issue in the early court one day, Zhao Can will receive twice as many bombardments.

After all, you can choose not to read the memorials, but you have to listen to the ministers' memorials.

So in the end, Zhao Can couldn't help but came to Ping An to discuss, "Can you think of a way to slow down this momentum. If this continues, I'm afraid it won't do any good. Besides, the courtiers are all staring at this matter, and they are not focused on business. It will also delay a lot of things."

"But how can there be any solution to this kind of thing? Either agree or not." Ping An said, "Of course, you can also choose to procrastinate. However, after procrastinating and procrastinating, it is estimated that there will be an explosion in the end. Maybe one of them The extreme part will feel cheated by you, and it will be even more troublesome then."

"I can't take care of it now. Tell me, how will this matter be delayed?" Zhao Can asked.

Pingan said, "First of all, you have to tell the ministers what you mean: you will never marry the daughter of any high-ranking official into the palace."

Zhao Can thought for a moment, then said, "I understand. The reason why many officials are so keen on this matter these days is nothing more than the idea of ​​sending their daughters into the palace and gaining wealth and a bright future. If I wouldn't marry a high-ranking official Girl, their enthusiasm will naturally fade."

How long can you be enthusiastic about things that are not beneficial?After all, among the persistent officials, few of them are really looking forward to Zhao Can marrying a wife and having children as soon as possible to establish the foundation of the country.

"This is the first one. Second, you have to ask the Ministry of Rites to count the household registrations of school-age women all over the country." Ping An said, "This work can be verified with our census in the future, and it is also somewhat useful. The most important thing is to do this. The scale is huge, even with the power of the court, it may take a year or two."

After all, Da Chu has not had such a grand event for many years. ——After the first emperor got older, he became less feminine, and even chose fewer court ladies.

"With these two points in place, we can drag it on for a year or two." Zhao Can said, "It's just that by then, I'm afraid it's because the arrow is on the string and we have to fire it?"

People have done two years of preparatory work. If he doesn't start the election again, the ministers may really rebel.After all, he will be a little older by then, and he should be in his thirties.

When the first emperor was at this age, Zhao Can himself was already born.

"Then choose." Ping An said.

Zhao Can glanced at him in surprise, and couldn't help but reach out to check the temperature on his forehead, "Did you have a fever today, why are you talking nonsense?"

Before Ping An, he looked very unhappy just after reading the memorial, but Zhao Can saw it all.Why are you suddenly generous today?Not like his style of acting.

"You just have a fever!" Slapping his hand away angrily, "I only said that I want to choose, I didn't say that you want to marry."

"Huh?" Zhao Can's eyes moved, and he turned to stare at Ping An, "What does that mean?" In fact, he had already guessed something in his heart, but it's natural for Ping An to say something like this.

In the daily communication between the two, most of them were business matters, and Ping An was not the kind of person who would talk about his feelings, so it was rare for Zhao Can to hear nice words.Although he is not very obedient now, the jealousy hidden in Ping An's words is enough to make him happy for a while.

"In a few years, it's time for the princes in the palace to get married." Ping An said, "The late emperor is gone. As an elder brother, shouldn't you worry about it? If there is another clan, if there is someone Promising children, in order to show the emperor's importance, it is common to refer to a marriage."

"I'm not Yue Lao, so I can't do this kind of thing." Zhao Can looked at Ping An helplessly, and didn't know why such a wonderful idea came into his head.Do you really think that the emperor's golden words are so worthless?To spend money on such things.

Ping An slapped his head, bad, he was misled by TV dramas and novels.

In fact, before Taizu, it was rare for the emperor to refer to marriage.Unless it is his own princess, or a very close junior, and the two families have already made intentions, the emperor's imperial decree will be the icing on the cake, the beauty of adults.Otherwise, the emperor has so many things to do every day, how can he have so much energy to care about such small things?

After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, because the emperor needed the Eight Banners to restrain each other, and even more need to control the backyard of the clans. Of course, perhaps the bigger reason was the private ownership of the slave society from the backward grassland tribes—all the children of Caibo belonged to the slave owners Yes, he is qualified to distribute one of them to his own slaves—that's why there is a deformed product of the draft, where dignified court officials send their own girls to the palace to be picked by others.

——Although there were drafts in the Ming Dynasty, they basically selected queens or concubines, and the selected objects were all innocent women selected by the people, and the insulting process of the draft process was not that strong.

So it seems inappropriate for Zhao Can to give marriages to these people, even if there are no court officials' daughters among them.

A matchmaker is a low-ranking business among the people, let alone let the emperor do it?

"Leave the selected women to me for training." Ping An suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, "Before I asked you to call the official's daughter into the palace, you said it was inconvenient, these people can always use it ? And there is another advantage, if Xiu Nu stays in the palace, the courtiers will be able to calm down a lot."

In the eyes of these ministers, it is estimated that the woman who is selected into the palace is the emperor's woman. Even if she is not accepted for a while, and she does not plan to distribute it, it will be a matter of time.

Although there is no small matter in the Tian family, the matter in this house is the emperor's private matter after all, and it is not appropriate for the ministers to press too hard.Even the emperor can't manage the backyard of his courtiers, so the ministers naturally have to be more sensible.

What's more, since ancient times, only those who forced the emperor to work hard and stop being obsessed with women are rare, and there are few who persuade the emperor to choose more concubines and indulge in sensuality.And Zhao Can is not the kind of person who will agree to it if he just fools around.

All kinds of reasons add up, and you can still have two or three years of leisure.

Two years plus two years, that is four years later.

What will happen in four years, who knows?Perhaps at that time they had already started to do something, which would definitely touch some sensitive people, and the relationship between Zhao Can and the ministers could not continue to be so harmonious.

By that time, I am afraid that there will not be many people who will still pay attention to Zhao Can's harem.

"I knew that if you think of a way, you can always figure it out." Zhao Can put his arm around Ping An's shoulders from behind, and said with a smile, "This is a good idea, and it will take a while."

"Slow down the momentum." Ping An yawned, staring at the lantern in front of him and said, "In order not to be unstoppable in the future."

As soon as the voice fell, there was a "crack" and the lights exploded.

Zhao Can smiled and leaned over to have a look, then turned to Ping An and said, "This is the good news."

At this time, candlelight and oil lamps are mixed in the palace.At the moment the room is lit by an oil lamp.

——It was said to be a lamp, but it should actually be called Kazuki.The shape of the entire lamp base is like a tree, with countless branches and leaves stretching out from it, and the lamp oil is contained in the branches and leaves.There are always eleven or twelve oil lamps in Kazuki, and when they are all lit, the room is very bright, even if it is not as bright as daytime, it is still almost the same.

Now one of the wicks was covered with flowers.The ancients believed that this kind of lantern indicated that there would be happy events, which was a good omen.

In fact, Ping An is very clear that this is just the inevitable result of burning the wick.The lantern flowers will also make the lights burn less vigorously and need to be cut off.There is a well-known saying in mourning for Su Xiaoxiao, "When nothing is united, the fireworks cannot be cut." The fireworks refer to the lanterns.

Ping An glanced at Zhao Can expressionlessly, "Isn't it? A happy event."

Only then did Zhao Can realize that she seemed to have said something wrong.He just decided to choose some women to enter the palace here, and the good news will be announced there. What kind of good omen could it be?

Although this kind of thinking is very naive, but these omens, sometimes believe it or not, it's all in your heart.The point is that even if you don't believe it, it will make people feel uncomfortable.

With Ping An like this, it was obvious that there was a lump in his heart.