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How strong is the Shaofu's popularity now?

Not long ago, at the court meeting, the young master Liu She even got into a fight with Chao Cuo, the imperial censor!

This was unimaginable in the past!

Who is Chao Cuo?

During the reign of the late emperor, he dared to manipulate Tao Qing from behind the scenes with the official position of internal history, and acted against the Prime Minister Shen Tujia.

Slapping Yuan An and kicking Dou Ying provided countless materials for the Han family's gossip party.

Such a powerful bureaucrat still did not change his true colors after serving as a censor.

Today's Prime Minister Zhou Yafu has been pushed back by him several times until he has nothing to say...

And what about Liu She?

When the late emperor was emperor, Chao Cuo snorted in his nostrils, and he was so frightened that he was like a mouse seeing a cat, and wanted to hide behind the emperor's buttocks to seek protection.

Even now since he came to the throne, Liu She's impression on people is still that of clay statues and symbols in the court.

That is to say, when you kneel down and lick the emperor, you can see his shadow.

At other times, you can ignore this young man.

However, during the last court meeting, Liu She made a series of mistakes, which surprised countless people.

Chao Cuo was shocked at that time.

However, what surprised everyone was that Chao Cuo backed down when facing Liu She.

Behind this, the hidden fact is that the current Shaofu's status has been greatly improved with the unprecedented victory in the Battle of Wuzhou.

Moreover, the current young master is not short of money at all.

Apart from other things, the emperor has already issued an edict to transfer all the livestock captured in Xiliu Camp to the Shaofu for disposal.

From this alone, the Shaofu will earn back at least half of the national treasury!

Moreover, in the battle of Wuzhou Fortress, the cuirassiers showed their prowess.

He also ordered everyone in the court to please the Shaofu and Mo Yuan.

After working as a minister for several years, Ji An now fully understands what kind of system his country is like.

The Han Dynasty was a militaristic war machine just like Qin.

It seems to be completely different from Qin.

In the past few decades, the empire's main focus has been on internal affairs.

Before I came to the throne, there were only a handful of foreign wars.

It looks like it has become a civilian government.

However, anyone who knows something about this regime and this system will know.

The two thousand stone officials who form the top of the pyramid of the entire ruling class.

Who doesn’t have a part-time job as a military commander?

Being a general or a minister is the criterion for assessing whether a governor or courtier is qualified.

Locally, every winter, governments at the county, county, township and pavilion levels organize massive militia and county troop drills.

The county guards at the frontier fortresses are basically all from the army.

The three nobles and nine ministers above the court. Even Chao Cuo, a man who has never led a soldier, is actually a soldier at heart.

Take a look at the famous memorials he wrote!

Almost all the content is explained around the army and the country's armaments.

In the eyes of officials at Ji An's level, the country's current system has actually been a military system from the beginning.

Why?

It’s not just officials who have military backgrounds.

What’s even more frightening is that the military meritorious system, which was born in the Qin Dynasty, is still in effect.

The current Han Dynasty, the aristocratic ministers, except for the princes, from Guanneihou on down, adopt an extremely strict system of descending titles.

The previous generation was a Marquis of Guannei, and if the next generation does not have enough military merit, they will be reduced to the rank of Zuo Shu Zhang, or even a public servant!

But it is very simple for those at the bottom to climb up. A single head can make a public servant become a superior.

However, he lost his title very quickly!

If a prince suffers a defeat, even a small defeat, he may be deprived of his title.

This is what Shang Jun designed for Qin Jue's system: "There is a way to gain, and there is a way to lose."

The Han Dynasty inherited everything from the Qin Dynasty, including the military merit system and its entire evaluation and judgment system.

Although there have been some deletions and suppressions over the past decades, the entire country's system still essentially runs on this system.

The Han Dynasty still compiled households and people, just like Shang Jun, who registered the people and counted the number of people, property and acres.

Nowadays, although the Mingtianzhai system has collapsed because land is no longer granted, officials are still selected from the masses with high titles.

Moreover, with the emperor's settlement of Huaihuai, the land grant system has returned in another way.

Under the shadow of the military merit system, military merit means everything.

Your wealth, land, wives, social status and even privileges are all linked to military merit.

What's even more frightening is that during the Qin and Han dynasties, the standard for judging military merit was based on the number of heads earned.

For example, a certain general led his troops to behead 8,000 people, but he lost 8,001 people.

When calculating military merit, his military merit is negative...

But for the pawns below, their merits will still be calculated based on the number of their own beheadings.

This kind of judgment system is a nightmare for all civil servants!

Because, as long as this system exists for one day, then civil servants will never think about climbing to the position of prime minister without relying on military merit. In fact, they should never even think about climbing up without relying on military merit!

There is only one Chao Cuo in the Han Dynasty, and there is only one Chao Cuo.

Moreover, when selecting and appointing officials, the state will give priority to those with military merit and artificially eliminate those without military merit through the system.

Even the princes at the pinnacle of the military merit system are not safe.

Between the two wars, those who did not gain military merit would only end up going home to farm!

Even being fucked to the end!

This is why, every time the emperor of the Han Dynasty ordered mobilization, all the princes' families would send their nephews, soldiers and retainers to fight in the army.

This is why, every time the army sets off, there are always countless local powerful men and officials' children who bring their own rations and cry out to join the army.

This is not just the fact that people know that the army has its own golden house and the army has its own beauty.

What's more, if they want to keep their current titles and social status, they must join the army and gain military glory.

Otherwise, the idiots who come from behind will take away everything from them. Next time when officials are selected, those idiots who have gained military merit will replace them and their nephews will be eliminated.

In such a political system where military merit means everything.

Obviously, Shaofu and Moyuan, who created the brilliance of the Cuirassiers, became the favorites in everyone's eyes.

All the princes, nobles, ministers and even relatives would fawn over and lick them.

Otherwise, if someone uses some tricks to jam your breastplate supply, you will cry!

That's why Ji An felt embarrassed.

Today, the Shaofu's power, prestige and reputation have reached their peak since the Han Dynasty.

This terrifying behemoth holds countless resources and money.

It is a system of its own. Except for the emperor and the empress dowager of the East Palace, even the prime minister can hardly interfere with its operation.

It is like a ghost that works for the tiger, possessing the body of the resurrected military lord Mingda Zhai System.

Attack it?

It is tantamount to attacking the military meritorious service system!

The generals and princes in the army can tear anyone alive who wants to interfere or hinder their meritorious service.

But Ji An knew that the situation could not be allowed to continue to deteriorate.

Otherwise, the resurrected monster will really wantonly destroy all the restrictions, seals and shackles that the Han family has set on it for decades.

It will be truly free!

So, Ji An raised his head, looked at Yan Yi, and said, "Brother Ziqi, please tell me, what happened? What did the young master do?"

Yan Yi also took a deep breath and said: "Ji Shangshu. I heard the news that the Shaofu Order has sent a letter to Your Majesty to expand the size of Shanglin Garden!"
To be continued...