blenderwars Chapter 742 Du He's Plan
Chapter 742 Du He's Plan
Chapter 742 Du He's Plan
"It must be because His Majesty feels that His Highness is not very thorough in handling government affairs. When His Majesty feels that His Highness is thorough in handling affairs, he will naturally ask His Highness to handle some important memorials." Du He comforted.
He has already been labeled as Li Chengqian, so he naturally hopes that Li Chengqian's rights will be greater.
Don't think that reviewing memorials is of no great use.
Take the Ministry of Officials as an example.
The Ministry of Officials is nominally in charge of the appointment and dismissal, examinations, promotions, honors, and transfers of civil servants all over the world.
But in fact, the appointment and removal of officials and the transfer of officials have no right to decide.
At most, it can only manage the appointment, removal and transfer of county magistrates. If it goes further up, the Ministry of Officials will have no rights.
Generally, when the official position is vacant, the Ministry of Officials will draft a memorial and report it up. The provincial capital of Shangshu will select some officials, write it down, and finally report it to Li Shimin for decision.
There is an unspoken rule among them, usually written in the front, is the person who takes over that position.
If Li Chengqian can handle these memorials, he can slowly place his people in some key positions.
But the officials know that Li Chengqian has this right, so they will naturally move closer to Li Chengqian, which can be said to be very beneficial.
But it is a pity that the memorials sent by Shangshu Province are all about local Mingsheng, and Li Chengqian has no access to the memorials to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Although Li Chengqian knew that what Du He said was to comfort him, he just complained and could do nothing.
"Gu knows, it's getting late now, you should go back first." Li Chengqian said.
"Yes." Du He got up and saluted, and was about to leave.
At this moment, Yao Yuanwen walked in.
"Your Highness, the Empress sent a letter saying that His Royal Highness King Jin wanted to visit the eldest princess. The Empress was worried and asked His Highness to go with His Royal Highness Jin," Yao Yuanwen said.
"Your Highness, this is a good thing." Du He said with bright eyes.
Li Chengqian said with some doubts: "What do you mean?"
"Does Your Highness know about the fact that His Majesty went to watch the competition in a few days ago between the son-in-law and the Taihe Academy and other academies?" Du He said.
"Of course I know, but what does this matter have to do with my mother's mother asking Gu to accompany the pheasant slave to visit Lizhi?" Li Chengqian asked.
Du He didn't answer Li Chengqian's question, but said: "Your Majesty has issued a decree before that you cannot become an official unless you take the imperial examination, but the response from the aristocratic family is not great. Does Your Highness know why?"
"Because most of the scholars in the world come from aristocratic families?" Li Chengqian guessed.
Du He shook his head and said: "Besides this, another reason is that the aristocratic family monopolizes education. Most of the scholars in the world come from the aristocratic family, and many of the remaining small number are students of the aristocratic family. Not many, in addition to this, there is another important reason, that is, the imperial court does not pay much attention to the imperial examination, and very few people are admitted, so the aristocratic family does not care much."
Although the Tang Dynasty adopted the imperial examination system, the number of Jinshi subjects admitted at a time was no more than 30 people. During the Tang Xuanzong period, no one was admitted.
The Department of Mingjing can only admit 80 people at most.That is to say, the maximum number of people admitted each time in this paper is no more than 100 people, and when it is less, 30 to [-] people are considered normal.
Just imagine a large empire with tens of millions of people and countless officials.However, Wen Ju only admitted a hundred or so people each time, and the number of people admitted could not keep up with the speed of changing officials.This shows that the vast majority of civil servants in the Tang Dynasty did not rely on the imperial examination system.
This is also the reason why the aristocratic family did not respond much to Li Shimin's order.
How many people can be admitted in the imperial examination?
Even if you start granting money to enroll the number of people now, you can't enroll thousands of people at once.
Enrolling a few hundred people is not enough at all, and in the end they still have to be recommended.
Moreover, the aristocratic family monopolized education, and most of the people admitted to the imperial examination were from the aristocratic family.
As for Guozijian, it can be understood as a university.
What he recruited were the children of officials and eunuchs, as well as people with certain talents and learning who were recommended by the local government.
It is precisely for these reasons that it is a joke in the eyes of the aristocratic family not to be an official without the imperial examination.
Li Chengqian still didn't understand Du He's words, and waited quietly for the next sentence.
"And the son-in-law established an academy, which naturally became a thorn in the side of the family. That's why this competition happened. Your majesty went to sit in charge of the son-in-law. It is very likely that this academy was established by your majesty secretly supporting the son-in-law. It is to break the family's monopoly on education." Du He guessed.
"What does this have to do with Gu's visit to Lizhi?" Li Chengqian asked puzzled.
"Your Highness, think about it. If His Majesty really ordered the son-in-law to establish this academy secretly, then all the students in this academy can be regarded as disciples of the emperor in the future. Among them, the talented people will definitely be reused by His Majesty. Win over..." Du He laughed.
Li Chengqian's eyes lit up, and he had to say that what Du He said was very reasonable.
It is very difficult to win over those veterans in the officialdom.
Although he is a prince, this status is also very embarrassing.
Li Shimin is in his prime, and he still needs to be the prince for many years.
Taking refuge in him at this time will arouse Li Shimin's suspicion.
The officials in the DPRK and China are all old foxes, how could they fail to see this, which led to him being the prince, but the number of people who really took refuge in him was not as many as Li Tai.
It's different to recruit those scholars. Those people are helpless and need support, and Li Chengqian is the crown prince, so he is naturally a very good candidate.
As long as he gets in touch with those people first, the chances of attracting them are very high.
Du He saw that Li Chengqian understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "The crown prince went to visit the princess, so he can meet with the son-in-law. How can the son-in-law not know who are talented in the academy? As long as the son-in-law reveals a thing or two, he can win them over secretly. That's why I said it was a good thing."
"But Lin Xuan has been estranged from Gu recently. I haven't seen Gu since I came back this time. I'm afraid he won't tell Gu." Li Chengqian said calmly.
"Your Highness is worrying too much. The son-in-law now has the military power in his hands and needs to avoid suspicion, but this time the crown prince went to follow the order of the empress, so naturally no one would say anything."
"The son-in-law married the eldest princess. For the son-in-law, it is natural for the son-in-law to hope that the eldest princess' brother Qin will inherit the throne. This is also good for him. Since His Royal Highness and the eldest princess have the closest relationship, the son-in-law naturally favors His Highness." Du He Said confidently.
Li Chengqian thought of all the things before, and felt that what Du He said was very reasonable.
Although Lin Xuan did not explicitly say that he would take refuge in him before, he also helped him with advice. Although he is a little alienated from him now, as Du He said, as a general who leads the army, if he has close contacts with him, it will not be a good thing for both of them. .
Thinking about it this way, Li Chengqian's dissatisfaction with Lin Xuan's alienation from him during this time completely disappeared.
"Director Yao, go and prepare a generous gift for Gu." Li Chengqian ordered.
"Wait." Du He said: "Your Highness, the gift only needs to be passed by, and it doesn't need to be too expensive."
(End of this chapter)