Institutions such as Zhengshitang are already packing their bags.

Before leaving, copies of various account books, classics, official letters, and documents were stored in Chang'an, and the originals were brought back to Luoyang.

Officials also took advantage of their vacation time to sort out various materials at home.

Except for Nanjing, saints from the other three capitals of the Great Xia Dynasty all stayed there for a long time.

In order to facilitate their migration, many officials found ways to build residences in various capitals and arranged for trustworthy servants or even sons to stay behind.

Of course, Bai Juyi once said, "Living in Chang'an is not easy."

Officials may not necessarily be able to afford houses in the capital. How much they can afford depends entirely on their own strength.

Anyway, high-ranking officials are provided with housing by the court, which is taken back after they leave office. Middle- and low-level officials can only use their own talents to find ways to rent or borrow houses.

Sometimes, we have to lament the powerlessness of human destiny in the face of the times.

In the pre-Tang Dynasty, some people who did not necessarily have enough to eat had houses in Chang'an, but court officials who reached the rank of fifth-rank official could not afford them.

By Daxia, the situation was still about the same.

In the past, Zhang Quanyi restored the southeast corner of Luoyang and resettled the people. The value of the people's houses increased ten times, dozens of times, and even a hundred times. It cost more than ten cents at that time, but now it is worth ten times.

More than a thousand pieces.

This is the dividend of the times and there is no solution.

Zhao Guangfeng and Xiao Yu seized the last moment, met in Zhongshu Province, finalized the last list of appointment and removal of officials, and then sent it to Menxia Province.

"As soon as this case was opened, something was doomed." Zhao Guangfeng looked at the dense list with some emotion.

There are a total of 140 reserve officials, and almost 110 of them have been appointed.

The remaining 30 people still need to wait for vacancies, but their priority is relatively high. Generally speaking, they will be arranged gradually within a year.

What is surprising is that among these 30 people, 25 are actually Jinshi, and only five are from agricultural backgrounds - their standards are relatively poor, and they take advantage of the fixed quota.

As for other miscellaneous subjects, it is actually not that difficult, because their places are basically fixed, and the number of people to be recruited is almost decided in advance.

For example, seven people were admitted to the Three History Department, but there were actually three vacancies. According to the past principles, only three people will be admitted this time, and then they will be sent to the History Museum and other yamen to take over the vacancies, which are "professional counterparts."

The four people added this time were simply low-level officials in the history department who needed to undertake the heavy proofreading, copying, and compilation work when compiling the "Tongguang Complete Book". So they enjoyed a bonus and entered the official establishment, and immediately became

There are real shortcomings.

Officials born in the Third History Department will not have much future. They can reach the sixth or seventh grade at most. Their positions are still very small and they will not attract the attention of big shots. But the agricultural science department is different...

Xiao Qu took the list, looked at it carefully, and felt there was nothing wrong with it, so he signed it.

In fact, the overall age of officials in the country is still quite young.

This is a problem left over from history. In the past, a large number of warriors who were rewarded for their meritorious service entered the officialdom and occupied civilian positions. If they made no serious mistakes, they generally could not be dismissed and had to wait until they retired from office or died of old age.

The time is coming soon, after all, I am 62 years old now...

In the imperial examination three years later, a total of 190 people will be admitted in the four subjects of Jinshi, Agriculture, Mingshu, and Mingfa, plus scattered miscellaneous subjects, about 200 people will be admitted.

These people alone are definitely not enough to fill all the official positions.

But Daxia, like the former Tang Dynasty, had multiple channels for selecting officials.

Should those who risk their lives fighting on the battlefield and achieve great achievements be given a quota of official positions for their descendants? Of course.

Last year in the battle of the Alai Valley, the Persian nobles gathered thousands of private soldiers called Ghulam to break off the rear. The enemy had excellent armor, well-organized arrays, and priests to boost their morale. It seemed quite resistant. At the critical moment, Li Siyuan led 500 men to charge forward.

Taking the lead in the enemy formation, he fought hard with a hammer, killing several people in the Persian military academy, and finally shaken the enemy's morale and almost wiped out all these elite soldiers.

At the foot of Alai Mountain, the enemy army once again gathered a rear-cutting force, intending to cover the retreat of the main force. Li Siyuan rode into the formation alone, captured a hundred captains alive and returned. Inspired by his bravery, all members of the Great Xia Forbidden Army "burned"

"Rising up, they marched in with a loud noise, killing the Persians to a rout. Countless people fell into the valley, and their baggage, sheep, horses, treasures, and vehicles were abandoned all along the way.

With these two battles, Li Siyuan got a place of protection, and he gave it to his son Li Congrong. This time he was also on the list of officials, and was directly awarded the magistrate of Baima County in Huazhou, which was higher than the initial official position of Jinshi.

If you block this path, will people still be willing to work hard? Let alone giving money, the incentive of money is not big enough.

People who risk their lives on the battlefield, kill generals and seize flags, turn the tide, and their contributions to the court are not necessarily smaller than yours!

Is it appropriate to only give money to such a person?

If you treat them harshly, you will pay the price sooner or later, and it is not impossible that the capital will become a mess.

On the contrary, if you recognize the dignity of military merit, it will encourage more Li Siyuan to appear, and your troops will make people fearful.

In addition to military merit, there are several other channels.

Politics is actually the art of dividing the cake. Who you choose, who you give up, whose interests are reduced and whose benefits are increased, the results will all be revealed.

"Jinshi is declining day by day..." After signing, Xiao Qu picked up the tea bowl and felt it was a pity.

Of course, it's not such a pity.

As aristocratic families like them, becoming an official does not necessarily rely on the imperial examination.

Marrying into the royal family is one way to go.

It is also a way to train some people with both civil and military skills to serve in frontier fortresses.

Even in the imperial examination, they still have great advantages.

This time, one person from the Xiao family was admitted to Jinshi, and another was admitted to the Agricultural Science Examination. With a conscience, Xiao Qu never said hello, and could not say hello. They passed the exam based on their own ability.

In a big family with hundreds or even thousands of people, there will always be a few smart people who will try their best to train them. If they are lucky, they will pass the exam.

"Where is the prince?" Zhao Guangfeng suddenly asked.

Xiao Qu smiled slightly and said: "While on patrol in Nanjing, I heard that I went to the government office of Sinong Temple. They cultivate fruits on small islands in the river, and the prince was very interested."

Zhao Guangfeng raised his hand.

When a wise man speaks, he stops at the point. Having said so much is enough.

"Agricultural students who are dismissed from official positions should be carefully judged when taking the merit examination." Zhao Guangfeng said to the provincial official who came to pick up the list.

"As ordered." Ling Shi waited for a while and saw that Xiao Yu didn't say anything, so he left.

The Examination Department is a subordinate agency of the Ministry of Personnel.

In the middle of each year, the governors or chief historians of the various prefectures summon the officials within their jurisdiction to publicly read each person's merits and demerits of the previous year, discuss their merits and demerits, and rate them.

When it is read out in public, if there are any objections, they can be raised on the spot and then "public discussion" can be held.

The assessment is divided into nine grades. After the assessment, if the governor has verified that it is correct, he will be brought to the capital by the envoy from the court and submitted to the province.

The above are foreign officials.

The same principle applies to the evaluation of the merits and demerits of court officials in Beijing. The chief officials of each government office are responsible for this and submit it to their subordinate provinces.

The province under the command then forwarded it to the Department of Civil Service Examination.

The doctor of the examination department finally determines the merits and demerits of the officials in Beijing, and the Yuanwailang is responsible for judging the merits and demerits of the officials in various states.

The emperor appointed "two people with high official positions in the capital" - usually the prime minister - to inspect the school and review their judgments.

There is also a person from the Ministry of Education to supervise the evaluation and review process of the Beijing officials; and a person from the Zhongshushe to supervise the evaluation and review process of the foreign officials and record them in the record.

The system is strict, with people judging, reviewing, supervising, and keeping written records. But in actual operation, the opinions of the prime minister are the most important.

Zhao Guangfeng asked the merit examiners to be "cautious". He said it in a rather subtle way, but in fact he was telling them not to deliberately cause harm.

No one knows the attitude of a saint.

In the official department where Jinshi are gathered, don't mess around. If things get ugly, the prime ministers in the political hall will also be implicated, so I would like to remind you a little.

Seeing that nothing happened, Xiao Qu planned to get up and leave.

Zhao Guangfeng stopped him quickly and said, "What do you think, Minister Xiao, about the Yalong Valley incident?"

"How else can we look at it?" When talking about this, Xiao Yu wanted to laugh a little, but he was a professionally trained person, so he said solemnly: "The Holy Will canonizes Yansun as the loyal and brave King Yalong, and there is no one in Tubo.

If you oppose it, I would like to support Yan Sun as the master. For the court, it is a favor without any cost, so why not?"

Of course, there is nothing funny about this.

Tubo was torn apart and wars continued. But to this day, only a handful of new aristocrats transformed from serf uprising leaders have become kings and hegemons. The vast majority of officials, generals, and nobles still regard themselves as subordinates of Zanpu and have no self-reliance.

This is a bit unbelievable in the Central Plains where "princes, generals, and generals are all in love", but Tubo has its own national conditions, so it is normal.

The envoys who came from the Yalong Valley have already met with Yansun. The process was relatively smooth, and they finally decided to support Yansun as Zanpu. Now they only need to send someone back to inform them, and the generals in the rear will allocate the benefits.

Yansun can go back to being a Zanpu - a "little Zanpu" who is confined to the Yalong Valley.

The saint's decision on this matter is not faulty, and the prime ministers and privy councilors also have no objections.

Without spending a penny, an imperial edict was issued, and a vassal was obtained in name. What else could be dissatisfied?

What Xiao Qu wanted to laugh about was the sage giving a Han name to Brother Tie’s second son.

Initially, he planned to name him "Shao Zhihu", but Xiao Qu, who was present at the time, hurriedly tried to dissuade him in a subtle way.

Anyone who is familiar with Daxia knows that those who are given names by saints and those who receive the word "knowledge" are generally not that simple.

Even if you give him the word "Zhi", what does it mean to give him the name "Zhihu"? Isn't it too obvious?

Fortunately, the saint finally listened to his advice and gave him the name "Zhigui".
To be continued...