Chapter 116 Harvest
Liu Jing’s attention was focused on the “lotus coin” in front of him.

On its surface, there seem to be traces of relief patterns appearing again, and just like the “Hexi Corridor” last time, it is in the process of changing.

The difference is that this time it appeared on the “accurate” front side.

As it stands now, Liu Jing doesn’t know what will emerge.

But what made Liu Jing happy was that his wish came true.

The imperial examination system is a major event in history! Its emergence, like the Qin Dynasty’s military merit system, is a true way of telling the common people that you can transcend social classes with your own talent.

At the same time, the emperor’s power was once again unprecedentedly concentrated and was no longer confined to aristocratic families.

The “common people” selected from the obscure can be used by the emperor!
of course.

There are no eternal laws.

Once the rules of a system for selecting officials emerge, people will eventually take advantage of these rules, giving rise to new “interest groups.”

But it is undeniable that when this changed imperial examination system was promulgated to the whole country ahead of schedule under Liu Jing’s hands.

The “monument of achievement” it wants to achieve will be even more dazzling than the previous “Hexi Corridor”.

By then, Liu Jing might be able to try to make the imperial examination system completely long-lasting and prevent the birth of “interest groups.”

just.

What surprised Liu Jing was that after reaching a certain point, it suddenly stopped moving. The relief-like carvings were still, without any movement.

“Could it be that the imperial examination has not yet been decided?”

Liu Jing guessed.

After all, it is only in the proposal stage now and there is still a long way to go before it can be implemented nationwide.

However, Liu Jing tried to speed up.

And at the same time.

It was obvious that the ministers also had their own ideas and no longer banded together to criticize as before.

They could naturally realize that with the implementation of the “Imperial Examination”, their power might be further enhanced. After all, Liu Jing’s words did not mean to eliminate everything.

Just implement it nationwide? It’s still too risky.

Someone was about to speak, but Liu Jing had already spoken.

“Your Majesty, we cannot implement this law across the country, but in order to test its effectiveness, we can try it out in one place, such as the capital.”

Liu Jing knew it very well.

In the hands of this emperor, the “county system” had actually been achieved. After the establishment of thirteen states, the various vassal states were no longer as strong as they were during the reign of Emperor Jing.

The Inspectors sent out to supervise various states and departments were like imperial envoys who received orders directly from the emperor. In certain circumstances, they could execute people first and report to the emperor later.

have to say.

Liu Che’s power had reached an unprecedented peak. Even in the later system of the gradual centralization of imperial power, few people could match such power.

At this time, they went a step further and implemented an alternative “imperial examination system”.

For the Han Dynasty, it could suppress the powerful and resist the risk of the aristocratic families becoming too powerful.

On the other hand… the most fundamental point:
Whoever controls the system for selecting talents controls the source of talents and controls the future!

Now let’s see…

Liu Jing gained a lot this time.

On the surface, nothing seems to have happened, and even the punishment of “Li Guangli” has become empty talk because of the so-called “absurd bet”.

But… don’t forget that these five thousand troops were selected by Liu Jing from among the victims.

The greater the risk of failure initially, the greater the “reward” now will be.

If they can stay in Chang’an, it means that Liu Jing has these 5,000 soldiers in his hands!
And now.

Liu Jing went a step further and pioneered the imperial examination system. Future talents will continue to emerge and promote the country through his hands.

These will be manpower in the future! Thinking of this, a voice rang in Liu Jing’s ears.

“What do you think?”

But Liu Che had already spoken slowly. Without waiting for the officials to ask, he said again: “I think we can try it in the capital for the time being. If the people we use have unexpected results, we can promote it throughout the country. If not, we can stop it.”

The ministers also noticed that His Majesty was clearly willing to give it a try.

Although Prime Minister Liu Quti and the Shaofu and others wanted to persuade him, they all retreated in the end under the gaze of the former.

Liu Quti was a man of deep thought. He came from a royal family and knew Your Majesty’s character.

Now that he has decided to give it a try, he will not offend his superiors.

He turned around and looked at Li Guangli.

No matter what, Li Guangli must be saved today.

If Liu Quti had been confident before, His Majesty would not have given up on Li Guangli.

But now that he has been defeated by the grandson of Emperor Jing, it is inevitable that Your Majesty will look down on him. Your Majesty will not care about his “bet” with the grandson of Emperor Jing. After all, such remarks have just been defined.

But he was afraid that Your Majesty would bring up the issue of his delay in leading troops to Liangzhou.

……

Liu Jing was about to speak when he saw Liu Quti step forward and say:

“Your Majesty, it has been nearly two months since General Ershi was ordered to return to the capital from Wuyuan County after the last riot in Chang’an. It is now October. The Xiongnu people often go south in winter and attack the Han Dynasty.”

“Before this, our dynasty has already found out that it was the Xiongnu King Ding Ling, also known as the Han Dynasty traitor Wei Lu, who drove his pawns to Liangzhou and took advantage of the disaster victims to stir up trouble. By the way, the one traveling with him was another Han Dynasty traitor, Li Ling! He is now the Xiongnu Right School King.”

Liu Quti mentioned this matter at this time.

The atmosphere changed instantly.

Liu Che’s face suddenly turned gloomy. As a Han Chinese, defecting to the Huns was the thing he hated the most. Over the years, as the Han Dynasty became stronger, he thought that the number of people defecting to the Huns would decrease, but in fact, the number increased!

What made him even more angry was not only the craftsmen and civilians, but also the officials of the Han Dynasty. Wei Lu was a Han envoy sent to the Xiongnu earlier and was on good terms with Li Yannian.

But after he executed Li Yannian, he defected to the Huns!
That would have been fine, but Li Ling, the grandson of Li Guang, a famous general of the Han Dynasty, and the son of Li Gan, Marquis of Guannei, also defected!

It was like a slap in the face.

The influence in the court was particularly bad.

Thinking of this, the joy of seeing the saddle and horseshoes, as well as the favor of the imperial examination system that Liu Jing mentioned, suddenly disappeared.

Liu Quti kept observing Liu Che’s expression.

Taking this opportunity, he also hurriedly said: “Your Majesty, Wei Lu is still thief-minded. His last plan failed. I am afraid that he will take advantage of the autumn and winter to invade our Han borders, perhaps more strongly than before!”

At this time of year every year, there are signs of the Huns moving south.

On the one hand, because of the severe cold weather, they also needed food and fodder as supplements.

On the other hand, the Huns also needed to consume some of the “old and weak” in order to survive the winter.

These things did not happen in previous years.

But in recent years, the number has gradually increased.

Liu Quti deliberately raised this matter, which obviously had far-reaching implications.

“There are not many generals available in our dynasty now. Your Majesty, please let General Ershi return to Wuyuan as soon as possible to guard the city. This will be considered as a way to atone for your sins!”

“The 5,000 soldiers and horses we brought with us should also return to the camp immediately.”

Liu Che knew what was more important and nodded slowly when he heard this.

“We can’t delay any longer.”

“By the way!” Unexpectedly, Liu Quti did not finish, but looked at Liu Jing suddenly.

“Your Majesty, it seems that the Grandson of the Emperor Jing also has a group of soldiers who can fight. We can no longer stay in the capital.”

(End of this chapter)