Liu Ziqiu took the list of candidates and walked back and forth in the room for a long time, with his brows furrowed and unable to make a decision.
Gao Xiuer watched from the side and couldn't help but ask: "Husband, since you have said that you will leave all the imperial examinations to Mr. Wei and others, why bother with it?"
Indeed, the six months of traveling with Liu Ziqiu made Gao Xiuer deeply touched. She gave up part of her power, but gained a lot of freedom, and her family lived happily. This was the life she wanted. And Gao Xiuer's words also reminded Liu Ziqiu.
With the shrewdness and rigor of Wei Zheng and others, how could they not have discovered that the names of Changsun Wuji and Li Jiancheng appeared on the list of candidates. They reported the list to Liu Ziqiu, not in favor of allowing these two people to participate in the imperial examination, but to test Liu Ziqiu.
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Liu Ziqiu once revealed an idea that everyone is equal before the law, and princes who break the law are guilty of the same crime as the common people. Not many people agree with this idea among the ministers of the DPRK, because they are all in power now and have vested interests. Let’s
They and ordinary people are equal before the law, and they will feel disadvantaged. Now, he puts this problem in front of Liu Ziqiu. Don't you say that everyone should be equal? Then according to the regulations, Changsun Wuji and Li Jiancheng are eligible for the imperial examination
Conditions, will you allow them to participate?
The lesser of two evils. Letting Li Jiancheng and Changsun Wuji be officials will indeed bring some hidden dangers, but compared with overthrowing the ideas he wants to promote, it is nothing. Thinking of this, Liu Ziqiu suddenly laughed,
Said: "Xiu'er, you are absolutely right, I know how to do it. By the way, Xiu'er, what are you doing?"
This is not Gao Xiuer's bedroom, she came here specifically to accompany Liu Ziqiu. Because Liu Ziqiu had been looking at the list, Gao Xiuer was bored, so she started sewing. When Liu Ziqiu asked, Gao Xiuer hurriedly took the thing in her hand and
He walked behind him and whispered: "I didn't do anything."
Liu Ziqiu had already grabbed it, but it was a child's clothes. He couldn't help but smile and said, "It seems a little too small."
Gao Xiuer blushed: "It's not for Gen'er."
"Isn't it for Gen'er?" Liu Ziqiu was slightly stunned, and suddenly understood, "Xiu'er, you have it again?"
Hua Yun and Lin Qiao'er are about to give birth, but Gao Xiu'er is now a queen and cannot help them make their children's clothes. These clothes are obviously prepared for herself.
Sure enough, Gao Xiuer nodded lightly: "It's been two months."
Liu Ziqiu couldn't help but get excited, gently touched Gao Xiuer's still flat belly, and sighed: "What a good piece of land!"
"Husband!" Gao Xiuer said in a coquettish voice, "You should still worry about how to deal with that matter."
What Gao Xiuer was talking about was another major event that was about to happen in Luoyang City recently, the canonization ceremony of Liu Ziqiu's palace.
When Liu Ziqiu ascended the throne in Luoyang, in addition to Gao Xiuer as the queen, he also named Hua Yun as the Yun Fei, Tuoba Qianyu as the Jade Concubine, and Lin Qiaoer and Mu Duoli as nobles. These were just titles that Liu Ziqiu mentioned casually, and
There are no special rules, and there is no intention to separate them into three, six, or nine grades. Because in Liu Ziqiu's view, they are all his own women, and he must protect them equally.
However, Wei Zheng and others did not think so, especially Zhao Ling, who dug out many classical books and formulated a set of regulations. According to this set of regulations, there must be four ladies below the queen, namely the noble concubine, the concubine Shu, the concubine De
Concubine, Xianfei. Under the four concubines, there are nine concubines, namely Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan, Xiuyi, Xiurong, Xiuyuan, Chongyi, Chongrong and Chongyuan. Under the nine concubines, there are twenty-seven.
There were eighty-one imperial wives under the imperial concubines, namely Jieyu, nine beauties, and nine talented women. There were twenty-seven imperial wives, namely Baolin, imperial concubines, and maidens. Liu Ziqiu was stunned by this scale, but Zhao Ling felt that
Not many, because he was comparing Liu Ziqiu's harem with Yang Guang. You must know that there are hundreds of beauties in just one famous lady from Shanglin Sixteenth Courtyard.
But Liu Ziqiu is not Yang Guang, not to mention that so many titles give him a headache. If these 122 women really marry into the palace, he is afraid that after a long time, he will not even be able to remember their names. Moreover,
Each of these one hundred and twenty-two women must be accompanied by a group of people to serve them. Just for Shang Gong, Shang Yi, and Shang to serve these female officials with positions, as many as seven to eight hundred people are needed. If this is the case,
Liu Ziqiu's entire harem would immediately become huge, and the expenses would be astronomical, which Liu Ziqiu would never allow.
After this set of regulations was drawn up, it was unanimously approved by the cabinet. In Liu Ziqiu's view, who he marries is entirely his family matter, but the cabinet ministers don't think so. In their eyes, Liu Ziqiu has no family matter, Liu Ziqiu's family matter
It is a matter of state. Of course, Liu Ziqiu once thought this way, but the views of the cabinet ministers are actually two completely different concepts.
Originally, Wei Zheng, Zhao Ling and others had no intention of presenting this set of regulations to Liu Ziqiu now. After all, the most important event now was the country's talent promotion ceremony. However, after Liu Ziqiu returned to Luoyang and arranged the war in western Liaoning, he asked the Ministry of Rites to
Choosing an auspicious day, he plans to canonize Xie Muyu as Concubine Yu. Although Xie Muyu has been with Liu Ziqiu along the way, the two of them have not officially gotten married. Liu Ziqiu still feels a little guilty about Xie Muyu. After all, a beautiful girl can do this
How much courage does it take to cut off your black hair? The root of all this is that he took someone else's Geng Tie and didn't take it seriously. In order to compensate, he wanted to hold a glorious wedding for Xie Muyu, but he only had
Only then will he let Xie Muyu truly become his woman.
But it was Liu Ziqiu's plan that made Wei Zheng and others realize that they could no longer let Liu Ziqiu randomly decide the titles of ladies, so they put the set of regulations in front of Liu Ziqiu.
These cabinet ministers are really difficult to deal with. After listening to Gao Xiuer's words, Liu Ziqiu couldn't help but feel helpless: "No matter what, I will not compromise. If I had known this, I might as well have put you in the Sixteenth Courtyard of Shanglin."
Those sisters, they don’t have to ask me to go pick up beauty queens and disturb the people."
"We won't disturb the people this time. Those beautiful girls must be officials and girls from aristocratic families." Gao Xiuer is obviously more familiar with the rules than Liu Ziqiu. After all, she is a queen and has the responsibility of taking charge of the harem. After saying this,
She quickly laughed again: "Actually, I also have two good sisters who stay in the palace. How about you choose them first?"
This sentence was half joking and half serious, but Liu Ziqiu shook his head: "You are talking about the two girls Xie Xiangwen and Yuan Ziyan. When the imperial examination is over, choose two young talents and marry them."
Gao Xiuer glanced at Liu Ziqiu with her beautiful eyes and said, "Sister Zi Yan is the best at stargazing, but she said she is destined to be with you. I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to get married."
When they were in Qiyinyuan, they did have the best relationship with Gao Xiuer. Since they stayed voluntarily, Gao Xiuer couldn't refuse. As for Yuan Ziyan always talking about God's will, fate, stars, etc., Gao Xiuer didn't believe it at all. Because in Qiyin
When they were in the underworld, Yuan Ziyan also talked about fate, but none of the three of them got Yang Guang's favor, which shows that Yuan Ziyan's fortune-telling skills are not effective at all.
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Of course, the canonization ceremony will not affect Liu Ziqiu's energy too much. Anyway, in his eyes, Xie Muyu is only fifteen years old and has plenty of time to wait. His focus is still on the talent promotion ceremony. 10
On the 16th of the month, the first imperial examination of the Han Dynasty, which had been planned for a long time, was officially held in Luoyang, the eastern capital. The entire imperial examination lasted for three days, with more than 30,000 candidates, and the competition was extremely fierce. Especially for many students from poor families.
They said that this kind of opportunity to enter the officialdom was something they had never dared to imagine before.
In the entire examination, the liberal arts subject involves a lot of knowledge in the classics and history, and also requires the completion of a policy essay. The martial arts subject is relatively simple, mainly examining military tactics and strategies, and practicing martial arts. However, the martial arts subject was originally scheduled to have a martial arts competition section. Considering that there is
It was life-threatening and too bloody, so it was revoked by Liu Ziqiu. This was also the only suggestion Liu Ziqiu made during the entire imperial examination process. After all, the martial arts department selects talents for the army, and most generals at all levels are selected by the military system itself.
After training, the establishment of martial arts subjects was just an attempt by Liu Ziqiu. Engineering subjects were even simpler. The imperial court provided materials, and whoever made the best work would pass the exam.
Three days later, the papers were marked nervously, and countless candidates were anxiously waiting for the announcement of the exam results. However, the results of the engineering major did not need to wait, they were announced on the spot. The six candidates who finally passed were decorated with red and colorful, and the gongs were played to clear the way.
Parading through the streets and alleys of Luoyang City. After the bragging is over, these candidates will directly enter the Ministry of Industry and will not enter the Imperial College. However, for these six candidates, it is already a great honor. After all, they were originally
They are all just lowly craftsmen.
Because most people took the liberal arts exam and had not passed the county exam beforehand, the elimination of the county exam resulted in a mountain of test papers. Wei Zheng and others were busy for half a month before they finished marking. Even if they tried their best, they would inevitably fail.
There are some omissions. This is also because I have no experience the first time. It will definitely be much better in the future, and with the control of the county examination and county examination, the number of people who will eventually participate in this imperial examination will be greatly reduced.
When the names of the 360 candidates who passed the liberal arts examination and the 16 candidates who passed the martial arts examination were posted outside the imperial city gate, the whole city of Luoyang was boiling. Not only those candidates, but also many people were excited.
They squeezed past each other, and they all wanted to know who would win the top prize in the first imperial examination of the Han Dynasty.