Chapter 1757 Open the city gate and welcome His Majesty into the city
In the Imperial College, a group of students gathered together to discuss the Yuanwu official system that had been promulgated recently.
In fact, the number of supervisors here is much smaller than before. Many of the descendants were implicated by their families and were taken away for liquidation. Those who can still stay are considered lucky.
As the highest institution of higher education in Dakang, the Imperial College gathered eugenics from all over the country to reserve talents for the imperial court. Basically, anyone who completed their studies on schedule could be selected to become an official.
But as time went by, the Imperial College gradually changed its taste, and instead became the cradle for noble families to cultivate their offspring.
The number of places recommended by local government agencies is getting smaller and smaller, and the descendants of seventh-grade officials and above can directly enter the Imperial College to study.
Therefore, most of the people who can be here are children of noble families.
Dakang experienced a coup, and Guan Ning purged some noble families, but he did not kill them all across the board, and some remained.
After Guan Ning came to the throne, he did not appoint people from noble families on a large scale, and he had massacred many learned people before, which made them dissatisfied with the new dynasty and secretly resisted it. This was considered a silent protest...
At this moment, there are twenty or thirty people gathered in a house. They themselves have aristocratic backgrounds, and they are all talented and well-read people.
The leader was a young man in his twenties, with fair complexion, heroic spirit, and an extraordinary temperament.
This man's name was Jie Xueyi, he was very prestigious in the Imperial Academy, and his family background was prominent, so he became a figure like a leader.
"After the establishment of the new dynasty, Your Majesty abandoned my noble family. For example, my father once served in the Dudu Mansion. Now the new emperor has directly abolished the Dudu Mansion, leaving no officials and no positions. I believe that in this situation, you will also have the same
Of……"
Everyone nodded.
In fact, the foundation of aristocratic families is in the military. Tracing back to the roots, their ancestors were all awarded titles for their military merits.
But the officials abolished the Governor's Office, which caused them to directly lose their positions. Seeing that they were getting further and further away from the center of power of the new dynasty, none of them could sit still.
"The new dynasty was established. After the chaos, many important positions were vacant. I heard that the new emperor was very worried about this."
Xie Xueyi said proudly: "We supervisors are already state reserve officials, so we are the only ones he can use!"
Everyone nodded.
This is the advantage of the aristocratic family, which monopolizes most of the intellectuals and social elites. This is also the reason why the aristocratic family can be passed down.
No matter who is the emperor, he needs to use people to govern the country, and these people must be used.
"We must refuse to serve as officials!"
Xie Xueyi said: "The new emperor must understand that he cannot treat us casually!"
"Then what if I'm appointed by force?"
Someone said: "This new emperor is not a kind person."
"Haha, you are thinking too much."
Jie Xueyi said: "If you can force someone to go to jail, how can you force someone to become an official?"
"I believe that it won't be long before the imperial court will issue an imperial edict. If we refuse to serve, we will give him a warning. I believe that the new emperor will definitely put down his respect. At that time, we can express our demands and fight for benefits. If we don't fight now, we will not fight in the future.
Our aristocratic family is no longer an aristocratic family."
Everyone nodded solemnly.
If we don’t fight now, when will we wait?
If we don't fight, there will be no chance. News has come out in the court that after the Tiance Mansion is ready, a conferment ceremony will be held, and a group of new nobles will replace them.
This is a battle of interests and cannot be compromised.
Xie Xueyi spoke again: "The imperial court has promulgated the Yuanwu official system, and many people are interested. You must win over and persuade..."
"clear."
"It doesn't matter. Before the new emperor came to the throne, he killed many Confucian scholars. Zhang Wenli, the former left minister of the Ministry of Rites, was the teacher of Cai Jiang Chengye, the Imperial Academy."
Xie Xueyi nodded. If he is the representative of noble students, then Jiang Chengye is the leader of civilian students.
Zhang Wenli, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, who was killed by Guan Ning in the Hall of Supreme Harmony because of his opinions, was Jiang Chengye's teacher.
Under Jiang Chengye's influence, civilian students were particularly resistant to the new dynasty...
"Bang!"
At this moment, the door was pushed open, and a student ran in in a hurry.
"The imperial court has issued a recruitment order!"
"Recruitment order?"
Xie Xueyi had a sneer on his face, the new emperor had indeed come to this point.
In the past, the most common thing I heard was the military conscription order, but now there is the military conscription order, which is a precedent in history.
It also shows how much trouble the new dynasty is in.
A large number of officials from aristocratic families were dismissed, leaving no one available for the new dynasty and causing chaos in the local area.
Shangjing is not the only city in the country!
The explanation of these situations is very clear.
The new emperor wants to compromise with them, but they will not agree...
Thinking like this, Xie Xueyi asked calmly: "Do we require our Imperial College students to serve as officials?"
"Humph, regardless of anything else, what we need this time are officials from remote and cold places. Let alone raising salaries, I won't go even if you ask me to go!"
"Yes, whoever goes to those places may not be safe."
A lot of people complained.
"No, no."
The man who came in said: "The imperial court is not recruiting students from our Imperial College, but students from Juren!"
"What?"
"Jiu Renxue?"
Xie Xueyi, who was originally looking proud, was suddenly stunned.
"Is there a notice?"
"have!"
Xie Xueyi took a quick look at it, and then his face turned extremely ugly.
Then others took it and passed it to each other. After seeing it, they all stared at each other.
They were still here waiting for the imperial court to recruit, and were ready to resist the boycott, but they actually bypassed them directly, not using them at all, but using the candidates.
There are many scholars in Dakang, and they are seriously involuted. They study hard for scientific examinations, just to become officials.
But how can it be that easy?
Many people find it difficult to pass the imperial examination throughout their lives, and it is even rarer to pass the imperial examination.
But after so many years of accumulation, there are still many people who have passed the exam, and they are all waiting to continue taking the exam.
But now there is no need to take the exam and they can directly become officials. Even if they go to remote places, they will be willing to do so. The Yuanwu official system has stated that as long as you make political achievements, you will be promoted!
These people will definitely seize the opportunity!
And they were all deprecated!
No one expected that the new emperor would make such a move, which caught them off guard and made them panic.
The original intention was just to confront the imperial court in order to achieve his own demands and let the new emperor understand the importance of their aristocratic family and continue to appoint them.
For example, the newly established Tiance Mansion and many important positions are places for gambling, in order to continue to maintain their status.
But Guan Ning didn't talk to them at all.
"This is impossible!"
Xie Xueyi was also a little panicked. Refusing to become an official does not mean that he would not become an official. If he did not become an official, wouldn't he have no chance?
"How can those who hold the title of Scholars compare to us?"
"Has the imperial court really abandoned us?"
Everyone was in a panic.
Chapter completed!