Although he was named the Chief Assistant to the Cabinet and became a popular minister in front of the emperor from an unpopular right minister of the Ministry of Rites and a lonely minister of the Qing Dynasty, Pei Zhong was at this time Before he could celebrate happily, he was already worried and hurriedly came to see the emperor.
The scene that just happened in the square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony made Pei Zhong extremely worried.
The murderous nature displayed by the emperor was really too serious!
Moreover, they directly cleared out 90% of the officials in the court, and all of them were asked to be executed after hearing this, which made Pei Zhong extremely anxious.
It was just that under the scene in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony just now, and when the emperor had just regained control of the court and returned power to the emperor, even if he wanted to refute, it was definitely not the right time to say it.
The emperor after the return of the great power must establish his majesty as soon as possible. Even if Pei Zhong himself is for the good of the emperor and the good of the Wu Dynasty, he cannot speak at that time to damage the majesty of the emperor.
So after the emperor left the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he immediately came with his colleagues to see the emperor.
It was Yuan Chengtao, the new Minister of Civil Affairs, who came with Pei Zhong to meet him.
At this time, Yuan Chengtao also bowed and said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, let alone the need for enough officials to operate the court, the energy possessed by the nine surnames and ten clans behind the Dongzhu Party cannot be underestimated."
"Although His Majesty's martial arts are the best in the world, enough to frighten a small party, these nine surnames and ten clans have been rebelling for a long time, and there are even some powerful Jiedu envoys among them. Your Majesty destroyed the Dongzhu Party, but instead gave these people The reason for rebellion will inevitably shake the country..."
Li Yun smiled slightly, sat on a Taishi chair and said:
"Then what do you two dear ministers think I should do with the Dongzhu Party and the Hou Party?"
Pei Zhong looked solemn and said:
"I believe that the officials of these two parties can be weakened but their foundations cannot be cut off. As long as Your Majesty uses kindness and power, deters them with imperial power and inspires them with your kindness, over time, the officials of these two parties will definitely become more loyal to Your Majesty. "
"At that time, His Majesty can kill or kill him with just one word."
"As for now, to completely eradicate the Eunuch Party, we still need the cooperation of these two parties, especially Xu Wen himself is the strong supporter of the Xu family with nine surnames and ten clans. There are many people in both the government and the opposition as well as among local clans. Hopefully, this person will be a great help to His Majesty."
"I am not qualified for the position of chief assistant bachelor of the cabinet. I am willing to resign and give it to Xu Wen."
Pei Zhong's words were sincere and he gave very pertinent suggestions. Li Yun listened and nodded slightly.
If there was no such thing as cultivating immortals in this world, but an ordinary normal world, then he would definitely follow Xu Wen's advice, show gentleness first, and then slowly figure it out.
Maybe he would even marry into a prominent family among the nine surnames and ten clans in exchange for their support.
After practicing Haotian Kung Fu and meeting people from the Blood Spirit Immortal Sect, and getting a glimpse of the truth about this world, Li Yun had completely lost his patience.
The nine surnames and ten surnames, the Dongzhu party rear party, and the civil and military officials above the court are all not that important in his opinion.
What really matters is the common people in the world who are like duckweed, artemisia, grasshoppers and ants!
Those people who are treated like livestock by the noble families and officials!
What he wants is for the people to hope for the emperor, and in return, he wants to give the people of Li a bright and peaceful world!
Perhaps the people from the Dongzhu Party and the Hou Party still wanted to use themselves to blackmail the emperor, but they never expected that the emperor was going to overturn the table directly.
Li Yun said slowly:
"Ai Qing is concerned about the country and the people, and is loyal to me, as can be seen from the sun and the moon. But I have my own plans... If I still plan to wipe out all the three parties that are causing trouble to the country, what are you going to do?"
Upon hearing this, Pei Zhong's expression became solemn again and said:
"If the emperor has made a decision, the ministers will naturally have no choice but to follow the emperor's footsteps! But if the emperor is really planning to confiscate the homes and beheads of the Dongzhu Party and the Hou Party, please make sure the emperor kills the nine clans, otherwise, Gyeonggi Province , Yancha Road, and Hedong Road must be in chaos first!"
Yuan Chengtao also raised his hands and said:
"If Your Majesty has made up his mind, please immediately issue an edict to Dong Taigong, the envoy of Xuanwu Festival, and summon him to the palace to meet the emperor and discuss family affairs with the Queen Mother."
Li Yun couldn't help but smile.
Pei Zhong and Yuan Chengtao can indeed do this.
First, he advised the emperor not to make too many enemies. When he found that he could not be persuaded, he immediately followed the emperor's ideas and considered how to solve the hidden dangers to the greatest extent.
If Li Yun wants to kill the nine clansmen of Dongzhu Party, he will either not kill them or kill the whole family if he wants to kill them.
One asked Li Yun to lure Dong Taigong, the governor of Xuanwu Jiedu, and kill him together with his daughter, Empress Dowager Dong.
He is truly my loyal minister and good general.
Pei Zhong said again at this time:
"Your Majesty, there is one more thing. All the civil and military officials in the imperial court are empty. I would like to ask the emperor to give an order to allow talented people from poor families to serve as officials in the imperial court."
Since the emperor doesn't want to use people from aristocratic families like the Nine and Ten Clan, he can directly recruit people from poor families, which can also contain the Nine and Ten Clan.
Just listen to the emperor say slowly:
"Today I am preparing to discuss this matter with my two beloved ministers. I want to tell the world that after one month, we will open a subject to recruit scholars. All talented people in the world, regardless of their background, can enter the capital to take the exam!"
Kai Enke! ?
Upon hearing this, Pei Zhong and Yuan Chengtao looked at each other, their eyes full of excitement and their bodies trembling.
Pei Zhong burst into tears instantly, and he and Yuan Chengtao knelt down on the spot and kowtowed heavily to the emperor.
Pei Zhong kowtowed and said tremblingly:
"Your Majesty, your Majesty! On behalf of all the students in the world, I would like to thank you for your kindness!"
As the only ministers in the court who had always been from poor backgrounds, they understood the significance of opening up subjects to obtain scholars.
Originally, after the founding of the Wu Dynasty, Li Chenggang, the founder of the country, there was an imperial examination as a supplement to the recommendation system. However, this imperial examination was completely only for talents recommended by officials above the state capital.
Officials above the state capital level were basically controlled by aristocratic families, and naturally most of the talents they recommended were descendants of aristocratic families.
Moreover, this kind of imperial examination system only selects scholars once every few years, and only dozens of people are selected at a time. The opportunities left for literati from poor families and ordinary backgrounds may only be in single digits.
Compared with the literati all over the world, it is a drop in the bucket.
Those literati with ordinary backgrounds such as merchants, civilians, civil servants, etc. can only spend their remaining lives in this world as accountants, aides to masters, or simply composing lyrics, composing music, and selling lyrics.
And even this almost non-existent imperial examination system was completely discontinued after the Lingdi Rebellion.
The world has been suffering for a long time!
Now what the emperor is talking about is that everyone, regardless of their high or low status, regardless of their origin, can go directly to the capital to take the imperial examination. This is simply an innovative move that shakes the world!
The emperor showed an indifferent smile and continued:
"The talented people selected after the Beijing Examination can work as local officials, or they can directly enter the palace and take the imperial examination in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Those who are selected in the palace examination will be Jinshi. They will first enter the Hanlin Academy to become shujishi, and after one year , you can place it somewhere else or directly enter the court as an official."
Of course, all questions were asked by the emperor.
Li Yun plans to directly apply the civil service examination system when the time comes.
If it weren't for the speed of information dissemination and the inconvenience of transportation in this era, Li Yundu would have planned to directly start the exam to select talents tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
At least let everyone know about Kai Enke.
For him, increasing popularity through Kai Enke is much more important than selecting talents.
I believe that after this news is released, it will immediately gain the loyalty of many scholars.
Again, what everyone lacks is not talent, but the channels for advancement through talent.
Thinking of this, Li Yun casually handed the land deed banknotes etc. found in En Hai's hand from the secret room of the underground palace to Pei Zhong and Yuan Chengtao, and said:
"My two dear friends come out of the palace with me and have a walk."
Pei Zhong couldn't help being stunned and asked:
"May I ask Your Majesty, where are you going?"
Li Yun smiled slightly and said:
"To appease the people of Beijing."
Soon, following Li Yun's order, Ji Yunpeng immediately led hundreds of martial arts masters, together with the left and right Yulin guards, to surround the emperor on the dragon chariot, forming a mighty long team of chariots and driving towards the emperor. Go outside the imperial city.
In the capital, although a series of earth-changing events have occurred in the imperial city, in the capital outside the imperial city, although a group of civilians vaguely felt a trace of tension from the frequent movements of guards and direct troops, at this time No idea what happened.
However, there are a lot of rumors in the market.
Just when everyone was worried, the south gate of the imperial city opened, and a mighty long queue came out.
In front of the long queue was a huge carriage. Where the carriage was originally located, there was a tall wooden shelf.
En Hai's head and broken body were cleaned and left hanging there.
There are two red banners on both sides of the shelf, with the characters "En Hai Fu Zhu" and "Eunuch Party destroyed" written on them.
Next to them were dozens of imperial guards, shouting loudly about the great achievements of the emperor in killing Enhai, destroying the eunuchs, and returning the great power!
After hearing these words, the people in the capital were completely stunned for the first time and could not believe their ears.
Then there were all kinds of cheers and exclaims that the day had finally dawned.
After the previous incognito private visit to kill Tong Deliang on the street, and the personal relief of the victims outside the city, the emperor's reputation among the people in the capital was excellent.
It's just that because he is just a puppet controlled by the eunuchs, no one can talk about loyalty.
At this moment, seeing Enhai's head hanging high, followed closely by the emperor's dragon chariot, the people in the capital immediately knelt down along the street and shouted, "Long live the mountain!"
Wherever the dragon chariot passed, Li Yun immediately felt the imperial energy rolling in!
(End of chapter)
