Hundreds of guests left the palace from Pingwang Mansion, and the carriages left one after another, disappearing at the residences of powerful families such as Wanghou Lane and Wuyi Lane.

At night, the streets are sparsely crowded and gradually become deserted.

After leaving Changle Street, two carriages of Prime Minister Kong Hanyou and Censor Wang Su walked side by side, neither hurry nor slow.

"Mr. Wang, what do you think of this feast of the royal palace today?"

Kong Hanyou asked with a meaningful smile.

If Wang Su said a lot of nonsense about being extravagant and wasting the royal palace, and he would be spending money in less than a decade or twenty years, he would say goodbye and leave.

The vision is too low, not enough to plan.

He asked someone else to discuss countermeasures.

Those who achieve great things cannot focus on trivial matters such as sesame and mung beans.

This engagement feast hides a huge change, and there is no one to see where the change is. He, the prime minister, has nothing to talk about.

Wang Su glanced at Kong Hanyou's meaningful face.

Kong Hanyou will not take the initiative to look for him if he is fine, so he must be instructive this time.

Wang Su was silent for a moment and sighed, "Little Hun Hou Shengjun is here!

Xiaohunhou fully supported the emperor's new policy. The emperor valued him very much and treated him as a sharp sword.

Since the emperor ascended the throne and took office, there has never been a saint who is as heavy as Xiaohunhou. In addition, Xiaohunhou's ability, Xiaohunhou will soon rise in the court. His threat is even more powerful than Pingwang.

Prime Minister, are you worried about this?"

"Mr. Wang also saw the signs."

Kong Hanyou nodded slightly.

The censor Wang Su still has a level of vision. Xiaohunhou's gained the holy family has become a threat.

"I heard rumors in the palace that the emperor intended to promote Xiaohunhou to the prefect of a county, but he did not have a suitable position for the time being and had not made a decision yet.

It is estimated that the emperor wanted to arrange a high-ranking official of the court who was comparable to the prefect of the Two Thousand Stone County to keep Xiaohunhou in the capital to listen to it, and did not want to release him out."

Kong Hanyou then continued.

“I have heard about this too.

The high-ranking officials of the prefect of the Two Thousand Stone County were enough to rank in the court, second only to the Nine Ministers. He became the high-ranking officials of the county magistrate and made great contributions. He must have been the Nine Ministers.

The Nine Ministers are qualified to establish a mission in the court.

If this continues, within a few years, Xiaohunhou will soon become a force in the court!"

Wang Su's face was deep.

Before, Xiao Hunhou was alone.

He has the title of marquis, but his official position is low and he is a county magistrate, with high titles and low official position, and he has no real power.

Xiaohunhou was a marquis, so he could be included in the morning court. But even if he offered advice in the court, he would be in a mess and had no power in his hands, it would be nothing great.

The court officials did not object in public, but secretly made trouble, which was enough for Xiaohunhou to lose his life.

In the court, there were only nobles and newly rising Confucian officials.

These two factions are strong, one controls the position of high-ranking officials in the court, and the other has great influence in local counties and counties, and are full of children and disciples.

They don’t have to take Xiao Hunhou as the county magistrate seriously.

However, after the imperial examination, everything was different.

The court immediately hired twenty Jinshi, all of whom were disciples under Xiaohunhou’s name, and almost all of them were disciples of various schools.

These twenty Jinshis entered the court and became officials, and they were a newly emerging force.

With the support of Xiao Hunhou and the emperor's attention, they will sooner or later rise to the top.

Moreover, the imperial examinations have been held continuously for years, and almost all admitted are based on the scientific examination standards set by Xiao Hunhou.

Of course, these admitted Jinshi agreed with Xiao Hunhou even more.

If Xiaohunhou was promoted to the position of a senior official of the Nine Ministers, he would take charge of a department alone and arrange for his confidants. With a shout, all the disciples would follow him.

Within ten years, it became a huge new force in the court.

At that time, both the nobles and the Confucian officials would be greatly squeezed.

There are so many official positions in the Great Chu court. If others occupy them, they will definitely have fewer positions in their own faction.

Now Xiaohunhou is still a small county magistrate and has not yet fully risen. It is a good time to suppress him.

"Prime Minister, do you have any ideas?"

Wang Su said in confusion.

"If we directly attack Xiao Hunhou, he will have the holy family and the imperial edict from Taizu to protect him, and if there is not enough handle, it will be difficult to hurt him. It will definitely be inappropriate for the emperor to get bored.

However, soon there was a big event in the court that could be used to prevent his promotion with all his might."

Kong Hanyou said lightly.

"What's the matter?"

Wang Su asked.

"National County Test!"

Kong Hanyou sneered.

The emperor can directly promote a few officials he likes and entrust them with important tasks.

However, most officials and emperors cannot remember at all, let alone entrusted with important tasks. Therefore, the normal way for officials to promote is the county and county test presided over by the Prime Minister's Office.

"According to the Great Chu law, the Prime Minister's Office presided over this county assessment, and the national county examination will be held every four years.

A total of seven major items were assessed, one, household registration increase, two, farmland grain increase, three, tax increase, four, school enrollment children, five, bandit removal, six, lawsuits and murder cases, seven. The rest of the imperial court specially listed for assessment.

The political achievements of this assessment can greatly determine the ranking and promotion order of county officials.

Calculate the year, it happens that the second half of this year is the deadline for the four-year major test. Usually, the major test is at the end of the year and after the autumn grain harvest.

However, this time was decided by the Prime Minister. It would be fine after the spring grain harvest in the first half of the year.

After I decided to start the national county examination after the Dragon Boat Festival.

If a county magistrate and official has no place to manage and can make achievements, but the emperor forcibly promotes it, the government and the public will definitely have a bad public opinion.

This is a flattering minister, so he can be promoted without relying on political achievements.

It will certainly be opposed by countless county magistrates, county magistrates and local officials of the Great Chu Dynasty, and unanimously wrote an article to oppose it. This is extremely powerful and is what people want.

Even if the emperor likes Xiao Hunhou, he still has to worry about the hearts of the county magistrates and county magistrates in the world.

Our emperor's character has always liked to follow the situation rather than go against the general trend. At that time, I'm afraid the emperor would not easily promote Xiaohunhou.

Once the political achievements of this assessment are poor, it will definitely affect Xiao Hunhou's future. The next big test will be four years later.

As for four years later... Haha, it is enough to miss his four-year future. Many officials of the same period are ahead of him, which is enough to block his promotion."

Kong Hanyou said lightly.

For example, his disciples Dong Xianliang and Chao Fangzheng are both very strong. As long as this county test, they can rank ahead of Xiao Hunhou and show enough political achievements.

The best group can only be promoted.

He had a way to make the two of them quickly promoted, which was enough to block Xiao Hunhou's path to promotion.

Wang Su narrowed his eyes slightly and his eyes lit up.

Good idea!

The Prime Minister's Office is fully responsible for the county examination. The political achievements of hundreds of counties, hundreds of county magistrates and thousands of county magistrates are all in the hands of the Prime Minister's Office.

The Censorate is of course responsible for supervising the political achievements of all officials, whether there are fraud, fraud, and false reporting.

As long as the officials targeted by the Censorate, there will be nothing wrong with them.

Wouldn't it be easy for the two governments to join forces to suppress Xiao Hunhou severely?

As for the political achievements of Xiao Hunhou's county magistrate, haha, what political achievements can he have when he stays in Jinling City all day?

If you dare to commit fraud, the Censorate will only investigate it strictly, and it will be a major case. This stain is enough to prevent any county magistrate from being promoted and die of old age.

It doesn’t matter if Xiaohunhou himself is a foolish playboy. It’s hard to cheat on political achievements, which is a violation of national laws.

Even with the emperor's holy family, the strict laws of the Great Chu Dynasty were not vegetarians.
Chapter completed!