In the first year of the Republic, that is, the 12th year of Daye, AD 616. On the morning of May 8, in Luoyang City, Emperor Yang Gao, under the escort of General Mao Yi, General Longxiang Guard, and Prime Ministers Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Changsun Wuji, Gao Shilian, Lu Guangli, Chen Jie and other civil and military ministers, went south from Beijing to Luoyang.

Countless people are waiting here by the Luoshui River, ten miles outside the southern city of Luoyang. The crowds of people are waiting there curiously. Even teams of Hebei soldiers are constantly maintaining order there, these people are still standing by, pushing me and rushing.

The people in Luoyang City are so lively, not really to welcome the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. In fact, everyone knows that the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty was the most in name only, and this emperor was just a puppet of King Chen. They were really waiting here, except for King Chen who ordered the people of the Eastern Capital to welcome the emperor and wait for Beijing officials to come, mainly to witness this moment.

Everyone knew what the emperor came to Luoyang for. This little emperor, who was less than ten years old, came to Luoyang to give way, so everyone couldn't wait to see the little emperor immediately, as if he could give way earlier than he could see him.

The team heading south was very large. Even though this team was only a small part of the team moving the capital, it took a whole morning to enter the city. It was not until afternoon that the last guards heading south all entered Luoyang City.

In the Tai Chi Hall, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, Changsun Wuji, Gao Shilian, Chen Jie, Lu Guangli and others who went south in advance were all here. In addition to Marshal Li Benlei who was still in Liyang and Marshal Li Jing who was stationed under Tongguan, the nine prime ministers of the court had already reached seven.

Chen Kefu sat on the imperial bed in the Tai Chi Hall, and his mind was still a little restless. He had just discussed with Fang Xuanling and others, and the abdication ceremony was scheduled for one month. A month later, Chen Kefu was no longer King Chen, but the emperor and the emperor.

"His Majesty."

"Wei Zheng just said anything. I will really be in the world tomorrow. I really feel that everything is going to happen, and you have to help me solve these problems."

Wei Zheng saw Chen Kefu distracted and said, "I have now changed my name to Your Majesty. Your Majesty also needs to call myself me and to call me. This is the etiquette of the monarch and ministers. I think Your Majesty seems to be thinking about your thoughts, but I don't know what it is?"

"Yes." Chen Kefu nodded. "I really got to this point and sat in this position. I realized that there were so many things to deal with. These days, I have been sitting here all day long, and I saw it from morning to night every day, but I can't finish reading the mountain-like memorials on the table. When I think of a month later, maybe I will have to do this every day in the future, for a moment, I feel confused and I always feel that I have to be the emperor so much. I am really confused."

Fang Xuanling and others smiled slightly: "Your Majesty wins every battle and does it yourself, and the same is true for the world."

"I'm not afraid of war, but no matter how many soldiers and generals there are, they are always in the hundreds of thousands of categories. These days, when I come into contact with political affairs, officials and officials, and have tens of thousands of principles every day, I realize that governing the world is very different from conquering the world. It's easy to conquer the world, but I can't rely on horseback. I have hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers and thousands of generals. I've never been afraid of anyone. But now facing a world full of holes, I don't know how to command the world."

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "All officials and officials perform their duties. Just like a net, Your Majesty only needs to make an outline, and the outline is smooth and the outline is clear. On the battlefield, Your Majesty will defeat everything and win invincible. If today is a little calm and after the chaos, it is about to be ruled, but it is time for the civil officials you have solicited everywhere to govern the world. In recent years, Your Majesty has run schools, published books, raised students, vigorously promoted talented people, and promoted imperial examinations. This year, the court also held the first imperial examinations in various places under our rule. After county examinations and county examinations, the provincial and Ministry of Rites have now decided that the first imperial examination after the new dynasty will be held in mid-May. At that time, you will be able to simply pull out more usefulness to share your worries."

Chen Kefu was very happy to hear that the imperial examination had already been underway and smiled and said, "Yes, my pursuit will affect the world. A single horse will retract you once you harvest it. But if the world is wrong, how can it be retracted in a short time? Although we have also solicited many scholars in recent years, it is still too few for the entire New Dynasty. Now, it is indeed a good way to recruit scholars. I still have the same opinions on the imperial examination. First, it must be open and fair.

Transparent, you can get a name-based review in the exam. Second, you have to take more scholars, one subject in three years, and it will be useless if you only take more than a dozen or twenty people. If you are bold in conducting the imperial examination, you can have three first-class students, three first-class students, ninety-seven second-class students, and nine hundred third-class students. One subject takes one thousand people, and then you will be assigned to various departments in the capital for internships and training, and then you will be awarded officials in all parts of the world. In one fell swoop, you can take scholars from all over the world, so that they can be used by the court and do things for the people of the world."

The imperial examination was originally a system determined after the Sui Dynasty, which was to break the political severity of the aristocratic families. However, although the imperial examination was opened, there were many subjects, and each subject was not actually taken. In the true sense, it only had a purpose, and the symbolic significance was greater than the actual significance. Although Fang Xuanling and others held a lot of entrusted the imperial examination, it was actually similar to the previous ones. At this time, when Chen Kefu casually expressed his opinions, he could not help but be stunned when he heard that one subject wanted to win a thousand scholars.

What surprised them even more was that it was not surprising that one subject was won by one subject in three years and one subject was not surprising. What was really surprising was that the exam was missed. All the innocent people could come to take the exam, regardless of family status, and the exam had to be missed and graded. This was surprising. The imperial examinations of the Sui Dynasty were basically an initial system. Before the exam, candidates had to submit their own papers to officials in Beijing and asked them to recommend them. Then the exam papers after the exam were not missed but were public.

Under this system, although there are basically poor children from non-famous families who pass the exam, they are actually all like those of the children, relatives, friends and students of the powerful. Chen Kefu proposed this now completely to use this imperial examination system to replace the current imperial examination system in the court.

Among the seven characteristics in the hall, Lu Guangli, Du Ruhui, Gao Shilian, Chen Jie and Changsun Wuji are all from aristocratic families, and only Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling are those who are the scholarly disciples who are farming and studying and passing on their families.

As soon as this new imperial examination system was released, they all felt unbelievable, and even Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling were a little surprised.

"Your Highness, are you a little too eager to get in?" Gao Shilian said hesitantly. They all knew that Chen Kefu did not like the aristocratic races, and his attitude over the years had already explained all this. The bloody baptism of the aristocratic races in Hebei and the measures of the aristocratic races in Henan and Luoyang since entering the Central Plains also explained all this. However, once this imperial examination system was released, it would fundamentally attack all the noble families.

Such a move cannot help but worry them. When Chen Kefu entered Hebei, he forced the powerful aristocratic tribes of all sizes in Hebei, and even the middle-class landlords were forced to rebel. At present, he finally made it difficult to advance to the Central Plains, and the Central Plains have not yet grasped it. At this time, he would come up with such an imperial examination system to cut off the roots of those aristocratic tribes and fundamentally weaken them. If this is not done well, it will be another rebellion among the powerful aristocratic tribes, which is not a joke.

Not to mention that the world has not yet been pacified, Jiangnan, Bashu, Guanlong and other places are still under seizure. Even if the world is really pacified and it is not a wise idea to go against the powerful people of the entire world.

"What do you think?" Chen Kefu looked at the heavy expressions of the prime ministers, and couldn't help but ponder.

"Your Majesty, hasteness is not enough. It is better to ease it. The spring rain moistens things and silence." Du Ruhui advised, "Your Majesty is just twenty-eighth now, and it is less than thirty years old. The life of the Spring and Autumn Period is still high, and there will be still fifty or sixty years. With such a long time, why don't Your Majesty let go of this matter first and solve it slowly. I think that the most important thing for us at the moment is to stabilize the hearts of people from all over the world, then resume production, recuperation, and then pacify the whole world. As for the imperial examinations and the weakening of the aristocratic families, this is the future."

Gao Shilian also said one after another: "Your Majesty, the 200,000 army of the imperial court is surrounded by Liyang, which costs countless days. Moreover, Your Majesty will start the founding of the country in a month. You can't entrust this matter to the end. Another thing is that the situation in Hedong is still very chaotic. The court can quell the chaos in Hebei as soon as possible, and can also transfer the troops to Hedong as soon as possible to quell the chaos. And can also call back some of the troops to Liaodong and other borders in case of being inconsistent."

"Your Majesty, military and military are important, but I think the court should focus on stabilizing the place and restoring production in the next stage. After pacifying Hebei, only a few counties in Hedong will rebel, and a general can be sent there. The court's real attention is to govern the place, send officials to appease the people, pacify the localities, pacify the localities, wipe out bandits, resume production, and rebuild the homeland. The rear is stable, and the court can be stable. Only when the people have food to eat will the court have food to fight. I suggest that the court must be suspended for three years and rest."

The generals were thinking about war, fighting, siege cities and plundering land, annihilate the enemy, and knocking down the enemy one by one is their duty and their pursuit. But now with these civil officials who have been helping him manage political affairs, Chen Kefu immediately understood that conquering the world is one thing, and conquering the world is another thing.

All the prime ministers said, "I said, and I said," and made various urgent suggestions. Chen Kefu nodded frequently when he heard it. Suddenly, Chen Kefu found that his brother-in-law Changsun Wuji, who had been bearded, had not spoken. He couldn't help but say, "Wuji, what do you think? Tell me and let everyone discuss it together."

"Your Majesty, I think that whether it is to calm the local area, to clear out bandits, to send local officials, to appease the hearts of the local people and to resume production, these are important, but they are not the most important things for us. I think that what Your Majesty should do most now is not these."

"Oh." Chen Kefu raised his eyebrows and looked at Changsun Wuji who was already very mature in surprise: "Then what do we need to do the most now?"

"Calend the troops and horses of the world and centralize the power!" Changsun Wuji calmly said a sentence in front of everyone's gaze. (To be continued.


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