Time passes day by day, and it’s the end of September in a blink of an eye.
The autumn wind is getting colder and the weather is freezing.
The air-conditioning has hit Xianyang in the north, and many people have already put on thick clothes. But for Jinling in the Jin Dynasty, it is much better. It is not too cold, but there is a lot of rain in Jinling this year.
After entering September, it rained every day.
The whole Jin Kingdom in the south of the Yangtze River was in a misty and rainy scene.
In the imperial city, Sima Chong was handling government affairs. After all, continuous rain in Jin State can easily lead to local disasters. In Qi State, rain in autumn and winter like this would not have much impact.
The Jin State was different. The water system in the south of the Yangtze River was developed and there were rivers everywhere. Once it rains continuously and the rivers swell, flooding is likely to occur.
This has to be dealt with.
Sima Chong quickly reviewed the memorial, finished handling the government affairs, and just stretched out, preparing to rest, there was a sound of footsteps, and the chief internal officer Jian Xingmao hurriedly entered. There was a solemn look on his old face.
Jian Xingmao walked to Sima Chong and stood next to him, bowing and saying: "Your Majesty, the Department of Arch Guards has just sent back the latest information from the Qin State. Qin's imperial examination has been successfully completed. Your Majesty, please read the details."
Sima Chong took the letter and read it bit by bit.
The more he looked at it, the more chilled Sima Chong became. Previously, the Qin State beheaded the hidden stakes that the Jin State planted in Xianyang. When the incident was reported to the Jin State, it actually caused no movement.
Just some hidden piles.
Is it possible to really start a war with Qin?
What was a pity for Sima Chong was that even if checkpoints were set up at the border, many Jin scholars still went to Qin with great effort. Even Jin's attempt to subvert Qin's imperial examination failed.
From beginning to end, Qin's imperial examinations were under Lin Feng's control.
Thinking of this, Sima Chong felt heartbroken.
Lin Feng is a white-eyed wolf. He kidnapped his daughter and is unwilling to serve the Jin Kingdom.
Nowadays, Lin Feng is helping the Qin State to hold imperial examinations and recruit talents.
After Sima Chong cursed in anger for a while, he patiently continued to look down. After reading the subsequent results, he sighed in his heart.
The Qin State selected more than 230 people in an imperial examination, which was too large.
More than two hundred and thirty people.
This is not a decimal.
Among them, there are more than 30 people who were directly granted the position of county magistrate by the State of Qin, and all of them were assigned to serve in local areas. As for the remaining two hundred people, the Qin State also arranged to serve as county magistrates, county lieutenants and other assistant officials in local areas.
This group of people has enriched the local area.
Sima Chong didn't think that all of this group of people were qualified or very capable. There must be many who were unqualified. However, with Sima Chong's perspective, he knew very well that if one-tenth of such a group of people could pass, they would make a profit.
Even this ratio is probably more than that. So Ying Jiuxiao, an old boy, made a lot of money this time through the imperial examination.
Sima Chong gritted his teeth and became even more jealous.
After a long time, Sima Chong stabilized his mood and ordered: "Come here and tell Gu Xi to discuss the matter."
"Here!"
The eunuch quickly went to deliver the order.
After a short time, Gu Xi entered the main hall, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Gu Xi, pays homage to your Majesty."
Sima Chong said: "Gu Qing, do you know the situation of Qin's imperial examination?"
Gu Xi replied: "Your Majesty, we have received news before that the Qin State Imperial Examination will be held on September 3rd. According to the time, it has already ended. But now the border is tense and the news is blocked. There is no more news for the time being. Come back."
Sima Chong said: "The Gongwei Department sent back the news that the Qin State's imperial examination was a complete success. In this imperial examination, the Qin State selected more than 230 people. Among them, more than 30 people were awarded the position of county magistrate. The remaining people , it is arranged to work as an assistant in the county."
"Qin's gains this time are huge."
"The role of the imperial examination is not to discover geniuses, nor to discover unique talents. The key is to recruit a large number of talents. Think about it, if I pass the imperial examination, I can select two to three hundred people from the local area and arrange them to the local government. Then there will be imperial examination selections year after year, and the place will be enriched every year.”
"Over time, the stalemate in the court can be broken."
"Gu Qing, I regret it."
"I want to hold the imperial examination."
Sima Chong's eyes were sharp and he said forcefully: "I know that setting up the imperial examination will definitely be full of risks and difficulties. But the benefits of the imperial examination are obvious. I have decided to give it a try. This will be a huge benefit to the Jin State. Harmless."
Sima Chong was quite emotional at this moment.
He wanted to give it a try, because it was so good and tempting to see Qin State setting up imperial examinations to recruit talents.
When Gu Xi saw this scene, his expression was very calm, and he said slowly: "Your Majesty, the national conditions of Jin and Qin are completely different. I only want to say one thing, the emperor of Qin won Jiuxiao and ruled for decades. , unparalleled in prestige. He can follow his words and directly kill aristocratic families and deal with anyone who dares to be an enemy of the emperor."
"I also got some news that someone in the Qin court criticized Lin Feng and was directly imprisoned by the emperor. In the Jin state, there are government affairs in the court, and there are many disputes, let alone the clan and the aristocratic family."
"Can our country, Jin, do this?"
"Your Majesty, can you?"
At this moment, Gu Xi raised it directly without any regard for the emperor's face.
As a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the head of a hundred officials, Gu Xi had his own ambitions and ideals. He also wanted to hold an imperial examination and become famous in history.
But, can it be done?
After the State of Qin set the time for the imperial examination, Gu Xi had already considered it countless times, and even dreamed about it many times at midnight, thinking about opening the imperial examination. But without exception, they all failed because they could not be implemented in Jin.
Sima Chong clenched his fist and banged it on the desk with a bang.
His face was filled with anger.
His heart was filled with unwillingness.
Sima Chong always had a good temper, but this time, he said directly: "Gu Qing, I am just unwilling to let Qin develop. If we can stop Qin's imperial examination, that's all. The problem is, we can't stop it. We can only watch Qin getting stronger and stronger. This is so disappointing and helpless."
Gu Xi looked at Sima Chong's expression and sighed inwardly.
He could understand Sima Chong.
In fact, Sima Chong was already very wise and accomplished compared to previous kings of the Jin Dynasty.
However, I am afraid of comparing myself to others.
Compared with the previous kings of Jin, Sima Chong is quite good. However, compared with Qin's Ying Jiuxiao, it was far behind.
The emperor Ying Jiuxiao is not only talented and strategic, but also extremely capable.
Gu Xi said: "Your Majesty, I have nothing to do. I just want to mention one thing. Not to mention the opening of the imperial examination, does your Majesty think that here in the Jin State, we can be like the Qin State, where we can divide the family into an equal share?"
"impossible."
Sima Chong answered decisively.
Gu Xi said: "So, Your Majesty, our imperial examination cannot be implemented. The reason is very simple, we do not have such conditions. All the big families in Jin will boycott it, so please think twice, Your Majesty."
After hearing this, Sima Chong sighed.
He is jealous!
He was even more unwilling.
But everything turned into helplessness after Gu Xi's words.
Because at the moment, Sima Chong was unable to solve the fundamental problems of Jin. As long as aristocratic families existed, it would be impossible for Sima Chong to implement the imperial examination and reform the tax system of Jin.
"Oh, that's all, that's all..."
Sima Chong sighed.
At this moment, he suddenly understood.
Why didn't Lin Feng stay in Jin State? Because in Jin State, there was no room for Lin Feng to implement his talents and abilities. In Qin, Lin Feng could display his talents unscrupulously.
That's the difference.
