Wang Zeng was a traditional scholar-official. Even if he was demoted, he still did not forget the affairs of the state.
Not surprisingly, most of this year's new scholars will be sent to other places.
Wang Zeng had no doubts about the loyalty of these newcomers, but they could also become a source of instability.
Governing a big country is like cooking a small dish. It won't work if the heat is too fast, and it won't work if it's too weak.
Make it bigger when it's time and smaller when it's time to make a pot of delicious fish soup.
It is particularly important to grasp the appropriateness!
And this is exactly what the new Jinshi lacks.
Everything has two sides, especially local officials. As the people-friendly officials closest to the people, they have many difficulties.
Occasionally, seemingly inappropriate strategies are used.
Of course, there must be some corrupt officials who enrich themselves, but Wang Zeng firmly believes that they are only a minority. The vast majority of officials still care about the court and the people.
You can't completely deny everyone just because of a few mouse droppings.
This is unfair to those dedicated officials.
Do officials who serve the country and the people need supervision?
What kind of person needs supervision?
Only officials with low moral standards need supervision.
Moreover, the imperial court already had local supervisors, but now there was an additional layer.
In this case, do we need to say more about the purpose of Jinshi observing politics?
Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone on the road.
In fact, Wang Zeng understood the emperor's suspicion.
Most emperors of the past dynasties have one thing in common: they always feel that someone wants to harm them, want to seize power, and want to subvert their rule.
The legacy of the Five Dynasties period has further intensified such thoughts.
Taizu, Taizong, and Zhenzong were all committed to dividing the power of the prime minister and the military. This was not only to stabilize the rule of Zhao and Song Dynasty, but also to end the troubled times.
Therefore, even if the power of the literati was suppressed in disguise, it did not cause large-scale protests.
But by the official generation, Zhao Song's rule foundation has been solid enough, and now there is no need for layer upon layer supervision.
It might be better if you loosen it appropriately.
What is the root cause of redundant officials?
Lack of trust!
Therefore, in order to stabilize the political power, layers of supervision were put in place.
Wang Zeng was very worried that if things continued like this, the relationship between the king and his ministers would probably become increasingly tense.
Mencius said, if the king regards his ministers as his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his belly and heart; if the king regards his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as the fellow countrymen; if the prince regards his ministers as earth and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as the enemy of a bandit.
The monarch cannot trust his ministers 100%, so how can the ministers repay the monarch 100%?
Obviously, Wang Zeng advocated ruling the world with virtue, and education was the focus.
At this time, Wang Zeng didn't know that he was about to change positions. His memorial gave Li Jie a feeling.
Did Wang Zeng think he was easy to fool?
Otherwise, why did Wang Zeng submit a memorial to cancel the imperial examination?
Although the palace examination has its shortcomings, it has withstood the test of history. At the end of the Song Dynasty, except for the period of forgiveness and special favor, the palace examination was never canceled.
The three-level imperial examination system was also used in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Even in the era when the imperial examination was abolished, the legacy of the imperial examination is still echoing.
Learning to change your destiny is the best proof.
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Political Hall.
Seeing the latest edict from the palace, Lu Yijian couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.
[Knowing Wang Zeng of Qingzhou, he changed his knowledge to Yanzhou]
Although Qingzhou and Yanzhou were both one of the nine ancient states, by the early Song Dynasty, the status of Qingzhou and Yanzhou had changed significantly.
Compared with Qingzhou, Yanzhou is slightly inferior.
Therefore, even though this appointment is a horizontal transfer, the meaning of demotion is obvious.
'It seems that the problem lies in that memorial. '
Lu Yijian was one of the people who knew about Wang Zeng's petition to cancel the palace examination. He also wrote a letter to persuade Wang Zeng before the memorial was submitted to the ban.
It is suggested to cancel the palace examination, which is completely inconsistent with the current situation.
Who initiated the imperial examination?
Taizu!
An ancestral story is enough to silence all civil servants.
But Wang Zeng still chose Shangshu. In the correspondence, Wang Zeng vaguely mentioned part of the reasons.
Wang Zeng had anticipated the outcome long before Shangshu.
It is impossible to abolish the imperial examination.
The purpose of his promotion was to seek humiliation.
This is a silent protest.
At the cost of being demoted, they protested against changes in the standards for recruiting scholars and against the implementation of the government-monitoring system.
Unfortunately, just as Lu Yijian expected, Wang Xiang's promotion will not have any effect on the current situation.
The official is obviously an extremely powerful monarch. Even if the official is still young, he will not allow others to challenge his will.
Not even the senior members of the court can do it.
Ding Wei, a person who likes to manipulate power, shouldn't he be treated submissively by the officials?
the other side.
Lu Yijian saw the edict in the palace, and Ding Wei naturally saw it too.
Seeing this edict, Ding Wei had only one feeling in his heart.
happy!
If you are dismissed from office, just stay where you are and don't write to the court if you have nothing to do.
You, Wang Zeng, are no longer in charge of the central government. You are just a state magistrate. How can you have the qualifications to discuss the imperial examination system?
It is very taboo to speak beyond one's duties.
Now that he has been demoted from Qingzhou to Yanzhou, the next step may be to know Mizhou and Haizhou.
After feeling secretly happy for a while, Ding Wei couldn't help but think of his 'prospective son-in-law' who was taking the exam.
Today is the first day of the provincial examination, and the test is Ci Fu.
Ci Fu happened to be Ye Qingchen's shortcoming, although the imperial court clearly stipulated that this subject should pay equal attention to Ci Fu and policy theory.
If you simply look at the exam arrangements, Ci Fu still takes precedence over policy theory.
Of course, Ye Qingchen's poems and poems are indeed not very good, but they are not too bad either. There is probably no problem in winning the list.
Ranking is the key.
The chief official of this year's Zhigong Judgment was Lu Zongdao. Ding Wei was worried that Lu Zongdao would take into account his personal emotions in the final judgment.
After all, Lu Zongdao and Lu Yijian were related by marriage.
In fact, Ding Wei's thinking this way is indeed suspected of judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart.
After Ding Wei released the news that he was planning to recruit Ye Qingchen as his son-in-law, Ye Qingchen, who was originally unknown, suddenly became famous.
Ye Qingchen also became the top performer in this year's examination.
In terms of popularity, the two brothers Song Chi and Song Qi had to make way for him.
As the examiner, Lu Zongdao had of course heard of Ye Qingchen's reputation, and he also knew that Ye Qingchen was good at policy discussions.
Wuchengwang Temple.
After the provincial examination officially started, several tribute officials were idle, although their scope of activities was restricted.
But tribute officials can move around each other.
There were countless people around the fire, drinking wine, and chatting about the scholars who were selected this time.
The two brothers Song Chu and Song Qi were the first to be mentioned. Since they were natives of Kaifeng, they had the natural advantage of having a household registration book throughout the ages.
"Everyone, how about a bet?"
Song Shou, who was in charge of poetry and poetry, was naturally more optimistic about Song Chu and Song Qi, who were famous for their literary fame.
"I bet that Shengyuan will appear among the Song brothers."
