"Order all the counties and states to establish Luban, rank them with six hundred stones, lead the people to make various instruments, take charge of education, and carry out hundreds of fortifications!"

Many ministers looked at this order and knew that the sky had changed.

In the past, the Han Dynasty only recognized experts in farming, also known as Litian, who could be exempted from the restrictions of commissions and had the power to serve as officials without passing recommendation or examination.

Apart from this, everyone else who wants to enter the official career has no choice but to study.

Or through your own true ability, you can cross the single-plank bridge of the examination.

Or through fame, connections and relationships, you can get two thousand stones or the recommendation of a prince.

Apart from this, there is no fourth normal path to becoming an official.

But the emperor's order broke this boundary.

From then on, carpenters, blacksmiths and other skilled craftsmen all gained the possibility of becoming officials.

Maybe in the future, among these hundreds of craftsmen, a few giants with two thousand stones will emerge, and they may even serve as Jiuqing and step into the position of Three Dukes!

"I'm afraid the scholar-bureaucrats will all protest..." someone was thinking in his mind.

Although today's emperor has great prestige, he has absolute dominance over the scholar-bureaucrats and nobles.

But, what time is it now?

The meeting at Shiqu Pavilion is when all the famous people in the world gather together in Chang'an.

In addition to Mohism and Legalism, Confucianism and the Huang-Lao School probably do not like this policy.

Perhaps even the Legalists would murmur in their hearts: "We have been studying hard for ten years, but we are not as good as a vulgar craftsman?"

It is unbearable!

Above Shiqu Pavilion, this order may cause an uproar!

However, this is the emperor's order.

Even if the ministers do not understand it, they still must formulate the edict.

Of course, under the current system of the Han Dynasty, it was similar to appointing a scholar as a doctor and designating a certain book as a national classic.

This is something that the emperor can decide alone, and there is no need to discuss it with others.

After all, the doctorates were subordinate to Taichang, and Taichang was actually in charge of the royal family's own affairs.

Doctors have always been the emperor's retainers.

However, the county was ordered to establish an additional institution and its establishment was also given.

This is a national matter.

Major national affairs have always been subject to court deliberation, at least the approval of the prime minister, the approval of his signature, and the seal of the imperial censor before they can have legal effect.

otherwise……

It is not unheard of for the prime minister or imperial censor to take the emperor's orders back to the palace.

Therefore, An Wenhou and Beiping Wenhou both kicked Taizong and the late emperor's edicts back to Weiyang Palace more than once during their tenure!

The temper of the current prime minister, Chang Pinghou Zhou Yafu, is comparable to that of Gu'an Wenhou and Beiping Wenhou!

Therefore, the ministers completed the drafting of the edict with trepidation.

The fight between gods and gods, and these little shrimps like them being caught in the middle, actually feel very bad.

Naturally, when this edict was sent to the current Yushi Zhongcheng Fanhou Zhang Ji, the actual controller of the Yushi Dafu Yamen, the Yushi Zhongcheng raised his eyebrows and said: "I dare not obey this imperial order!"

With that said, he returned the edict sent by the Minister as it was.

Chinese scholar-bureaucrats and nobles have never been appendages or slaves of the imperial power.

They are interest groups with their own will and power of action.

Since ancient times, the court has never been dominated by one person.

Even if you are an emperor or a powerful king, if you want to make a statement, you must first weigh your own weight.

There is a saying in "Shangshu": **** suffered from floods and was in power.

Mencius was even more enlightened and pointed out the truth that **** are equal to thieves of the people!

Although China has been unified throughout the ages, it has never been the sole responsibility of the emperor.

The power of the monarch, the power of the prime minister, the power of ministers and the local mountains all restrain each other.

In a certain sense, you can actually understand that as long as the emperor does a good job as an arbiter, he can become a holy king.

However, in a complex environment like China.

Nothing is certain or unchanging.

The imperial power can be weakened, the power of the prime minister can be emptied out, and the power of ministers can also be ignored. In many cases, the local hills are used as insoles by the above three.

Pick it up and use it when you need it, throw it away when you don't need it.

But no matter what, even Qin Shihuang still needs to show his humility in accepting advice and showing respect to virtuous officials.

Even Wang Mang, before usurping the Han Dynasty, had to show the outside world his determination to be absolutely loyal to the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, it is actually completely legal and reasonable for the censor Zhongcheng to refute the edict.

Because this is the responsibility given to him by the imperial power, and it is also the power given to him by the system. The censor Zhongcheng, the censor doctor Ya Changye, and the second doctor are responsible for leading their subordinates, controlling the censors, assisting the emperor, and specializing in corrections.

According to the system, all emperor's orders, involving state affairs, need to be issued first to Zhongcheng, Zhongcheng Bai Dafu (Yushi Dafu), and Dafu Bai Chengxiang.

During this process, if anyone at any stage feels that this order is not in line with social order and good customs, or violates the ancestral system, they can rescind it at any time. In name, it is natural that the minister or the official who drafted the edict made a mistake.

For example, I quoted the wrong book, wrote a wrong word, or even had a little more or less ink.

In short, the flag was raised because of the mistakes of Shang Shulang and other officials. In order to prevent Your Majesty from being humiliated, I would like to ask you to discuss it again.

There is absolutely no intention to question His Majesty.

But in fact, everyone knows what is going on.

And this is what Shang Shulang is most worried about.

Because they are likely to be crushed into dregs in this struggle between monarchy and ministerial power.

I think back then, Beiping Wenhou and Emperor Taizong had a quarrel for more than half a year over the issue of Huanglong's change to the Yuan Dynasty, and there was a fierce conflict between the power of the prime minister and the power of the monarch.

Although in the end, King Quan cheated and won by force.

but……

Thirteen ministers, officials and servants who were responsible for drafting the edict were imprisoned for their crimes.

The reason is that they actually wrote the wrong word or quoted the wrong allusion in the edict, which is simply disrespectful!

Therefore, when the imperial edict was returned by Yushi Zhongcheng, the whole Lantai was nervous.

The fierce conflict between monarchy and ministerial power seems inevitable.

Just when everyone was worried.

Liu Che was in the Xuanshi Hall, welcoming a heavyweight.

In the Han Dynasty, the founder of Confucianism was Confucius.

Even the most deviant Xunzi school respected Confucius.

As for the founder of the Huang-Lao School, everyone knows that the first is Huangdi and the second is Laozi Li Er.

Laozi and Li Er became the incarnation of the Three Pure Ones in later generations and the highest god in Taoism.

And I, Li Er, also have descendants.

The Li family, like the Kong family at this time, was a family of poetry and calligraphy with a high status and was highly respected by the world.

At least the two old ladies in the East Palace respect Mr. Li very much.

The contemporary head of the Li family is Li Jia, who once served as the Taifu of King Liu Xing of Jiaoxi.

Li Jie is the fourth generation grandson of Lao Tzu, certified by the world.

This is evidenced by a complete family tree.

His father was Li Gong, who was a doctor of Tao Te Ching during the reign of Emperor Taizong.

His grandfather Li Zhu was the official Mu Gan of the Wei State in the late Warring States Period.

And his great-grandfather Li Zong is the only son that I can confirm and confirm. He once served as an official in Wei State and was granted the title of Duan Qian.

However, at this moment in history, this glorious family has actually come to an end.

Because Li Jie served as the Taifu of the King of Jiaoxi, and the scumbag Liu Xuan of Jiaoxi actually rebelled.

Li Jie failed to persuade him, so he was chopped into parts by Liu Xuan with a knife in his hand. His family and his family were destroyed in the flames of war.

From then on, Lao Tzu's direct lineage no longer existed, only side branches remained.

For example...

Li Guang...
To be continued...