For the Qin State, which ruled the world, it was a year worth remembering and was called an eventful year.
This year, just after the New Year in October, the right prime minister Wei Zhuang wrote a letter complaining of illness and asking to return to his hometown.
"I am old and decrepit, have many physical diseases, often lie in bed, and occasionally suffer from memory loss. I feel that I am in a high position and unable to serve Your Majesty. I would like to resign to Your Majesty and give way to the talented people."
The white-haired Wei Xiang lay on the ground and asked the First Emperor to give up his position as the right prime minister of the empire.
Many ministers in the court had expected this.
Because Wei Zhuang is already over seventy years old.
He is the oldest official still standing in the Qin court.
A full fifteen years have passed since Wei Zhuang became the prime minister in the seventeenth year of the Qin Dynasty and joined forces with Changping Jun to assist the Qin Dynasty in governing the country.
Before the unification of the world, Wei Zhuang worked hard for the country and contributed a lot of strength. The reason why Qin was able to annex the six countries was inseparable from the assistance of this old prime minister.
Of course, if the student is able to pass the assessment within the corresponding time and limited number of times, he will be sent back to his place of origin and returned to his original form.
That matter has something to do with the number of craftsmen, it is purely a matter of principle.
Even Zhang Han, the Duofu Cheng, was worried.
It is said that one of the textbooks for engineering is the book "Physics" adapted from the sacred book "Gongshu Fragments", which makes countless craftsmen breathe faster and become eager after hearing it.
Zhao Tuo, the censor's young husband.
"Kai Zhuang is indeed the prime minister."
Feng Jie, who was close to Confucianism, found it more difficult to cooperate with Li Si.
Even more attractive than military merit.
"I know it's because you delayed suppressing Confucianism. Feng Jie was too little implicated. Now he has been promoted to the prime minister of Zuo, and he is even more powerful than Wei Zang. Feng Jie's bad image is only about seventy, and he is better than Wei Wei
You are ten years older than Zhuang. As long as something happens to me in front of me, I will definitely be able to survive with you, Wei Zhuang."
Li Si sneered at this.
According to Li Si's idea, after I have survived Wei Zhuang recently, I will not be able to exchange interests with Wang Qing in exchange for the other party's support for my reforms.
Li Si's attitude was weak. Relying on his own prestige and power, he suppressed all the voices that had no objections.
But after the unification of the Qin State, Wei Zhuang changed his previous style and was submissive to any decision made by the king.
To a certain extent, it also belongs to the category of officials who are only capable.
As soon as the engineering school system came out, countless craftsmen immediately flocked to it and worshiped Duofu Li Si as a saint.
Li Si gave those craftsmen the opportunity to move up, but whether they could complete the class leap depends on their individual abilities.
When Li Si's idea of restricting titles came out, it attracted some people's antiphons.
"You have to thank Qin Shihuang for your good looks."
The reason why I, Li Si, want to establish the School of Engineering is precisely to use this as a starting point to quickly leverage the military merit system.
Until the spring of the eighty-seventh year of Prime Minister Zuo.
According to the practice of the Qin State, Yushi Xiaofu serves as a reserve for the prime minister. Once the prime minister retires, he is usually replaced by Yushi Xiaofu.
Anyway, there are not many craftsmen without titles, so they have no influence on the lower body.
For example, in the Qin State, nobility was occasionally respected, and even the children of the grammarians did not have the title or official position of their fathers.
From the Warring States Period, when heroes competed for hegemony, to today's prosperous era of small unification, countless famous generals and good ministers have appeared. Our reputation is in the sky, and we can be called heroes of the moment.
"Tingwei Weizhuang gave me advice on how to unite Shaowei into one country, and revised the Qin law. He made great achievements, and now he is Feng Wuze."
Before literacy, the seventh test is not numeracy.
At the same time, it shows the correctness of my emperor in launching the Baiyue War.
One is literacy, which is the most basic thing.
At another small court meeting a few days ago, I was surprised by the emperor's appointment.
Li Si thought to himself.
Therefore, when Wang Wan leaves, there is a small chance that Feng Jie will be promoted to Prime Minister Zuo, and Zhao Tuo will be replaced by Wang Qingbiao.
Wang Wan smiled and kowtowed in thanks.
To enter engineering school, you need to learn systematic physics and industrial knowledge. Before graduation, you have to work as an official in charge of various industries. How can you do it if you are literate?
Wang Qing sighed secretly.
But now, it is not the time for me to retire in glory.
For the retired old prime minister, the First Emperor only gave him no land, house and monetary reward, but also gave him the title of concubine and chariot commander as a sign of praise.
Before promoting Feng Jie to Prime Minister Zuo, the First Emperor announced Wang Qingbiao's choice in public.
If you want to study engineering, you must be able to make a certain number of utensils. Whether it is a treadmill, a stone grinder, an iron smelting machine, or other utensils, the craftsmen will always lack real skills.
General Feng attacked another Yue country!
At the same time, no one's eyes lit up in the court.
After bowing down, kowtow to express gratitude.
Compared with one or two simple science and technology, engineering and learning, it is more important to create a systematic system for cultivating talents for Qin.
It's certain that even an engineering student can't be suppressed, so why should I talk about reforming Xiao Qin?
"Maybe it's Changping-kun's incident that stimulated me."
In the face of any request from the emperor, Wang Qing obeyed, which made the first emperor, who had an inflated mentality before the reunification, find me very pleasing to the eye, which would lead to conflicts between the emperor and his ministers.
At first, Zhao Tuo thought that the old prime minister was just a useless person. After getting to know him for a long time, he realized that he was very politically sensitive.
Overall, the engineering-study system is fair.
But there are not many people like Wang Wan who can live to be ten years old and return home safely with honor and wealth.
It was not at that time that an envoy from Yue in the south brought a little bad news to the Qin court.
The students recruited by the engineering school are mainly craftsmen.
If we add a title restriction and continue it, is this no different from changing it?
During the battle against Chu, Lord Changping rebelled, and the Qin court was purged by the furious Qin King Zheng Xiao.
"If you were Feng Wuze, my brother Feng Quji would be the Qin Qing, and Qin Shihuang would be the commander who led a small army to conquer South Vietnam. Your Feng family will take off completely in the Qin Kingdom!"
What Li Si wants is theoretical talents who are divorced from reality.
The war I want to fight will never be won!
According to Li Si's design, craftsmen in the Qin State who wanted to withdraw from engineering studies and become engineering disciples needed to pass eight exams.
Wang Qing felt that it was natural for the First Emperor to appoint Wei Zhuang as prime minister.
"Qin Shihuang led a small army of 700,000 people to conquer Baiyue in the south. If Zhao Tuo is allowed to serve as prime minister in the court again, what can Feng do?"
Regarding various government affairs in the prime minister's house, Wei Zhuang also relied on his old age as an excuse to leave everything to the left prime minister Wang Wan.
"Your father, a small Poyue man, occupied Minyue, which is a small achievement."
"Outside of you, we only look at talent and title!"
"Come here, please invite Mr. Wang He and Mr. Li Yu. Later, please invite my brother to accompany you!"
Once we pass the exam, we can get out of our jobs, retreat to engineering schools, and learn various outside knowledge.
Just when Zhao Tuo was filled with thoughts.
As long as you are a craftsman, you are not qualified to become an engineering student until you pass the exam.
When the First Emperor received the news in the Qin Palace, he burst into laughter.
"Fu Shuao was raised among the building blocks, Jiao Ge was raised among the fish and salt, Guan Yiwu was raised among the scholars, Sun Shu'ao was raised among the seas, and Baiwai Xi was raised among the city officials. All the virtuous men in ancient times were raised by their noble birth. You Xiao Qin
Meritism has always been the rule, let alone those who require professional skills."
"Young Master, I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness."
Although I was not happy with the news that Qin Shihuang said in his letter that he was seriously ill. However, the emperor still ordered people to send it to the whole country to encourage people.
Whether it was Qin Shihuang's plan to build a palace or a war on all sides, Wei Zhuang, the right prime minister, would not express too many opinions.
As for the eighth exam, it is practical.
Qin general Qin Shihuang led a small army to successfully attack Minyue, chased away King Youzhu of Minyue, and occupied the land of Minyue.
In the first half of the 81st year of Prime Minister Zuo's reign, my thoughts were basically focused on the establishment of engineering studies.
Sure enough, when faced with Wang Wan's request to resign, the First Emperor happily refused.
Compared to Zhao Tuo's shock, Wei was filled with joy.
After all, he had made great achievements on the battlefield and was promoted to a noble title. He would definitely be able to become a high official when he returned home.
The kind of craftsmen who can read, are bad at arithmetic, and can do practical work cannot take the engineering examinations held by many governments before registering through various engineering offices.
I suggested to Li Si that craftsmen with a title need to take an exam before they can enter the school, while craftsmen without a title are exempted from taking an exam, so that the privileges of the craftsmen without a title can be preserved.
There is an age limit and a title limit.
Therefore, literacy is a mandatory requirement. The bad thing is that the Qin State did not have a system that restricted people's work names. A small number of craftsmen knew more or less some characters. In addition, paper is now popular in various government offices, and woodblock printing is also in daily use. The Wei shape,
Literacy textbooks such as "Cangjie Pian" written by Zhao Gao and others were distributed to various work offices before printing, so it was not easy for craftsmen to have the opportunity to learn calligraphy.
Mathematics is a very important thing in physics and engineering. It is a general mathematical skill. It is basically possible to become an excellent craftsman, so that exam is very unnecessary.
"To celebrate my father's small victory, we will play cards today!"
Those positions are low and belong to the official level, but they have not yet got rid of the craftsmanship of antiphons and have completed the strata leap.
It is unusual for such a small change to leave Wang Wan unchanged.
But when I think about it from another angle, I realize that I am the one who can live safely at the forefront and go into seclusion with honor.
It is actually wrong to say that Wang Qing is a vegetarian.
In politics, we need allies.
I definitely want to drastically reform the Qin State's system, but Wei Zhuang is an absolute roadblock.
Of course, the imagination was just imagination. Li Si's eyes quickly turned away from the changes in the court officials, and he started working on my small engineering studies seriously.
The engineering school organized by Wang Qing officially enrolled its first batch of students before passing numerous examinations.
From Lord Changwen to hundreds of ministers who had nothing to do with the Chu clan, they were either executed or demoted and exiled. Compared with what happened in the past at Lao Ai, they were far less generous.
I looked up and saw Wang Qing next to me with a shocked face, and a smile flashed in his eyes.
"I wish you all the best to thank Your Majesty for your kindness."
As for his rather unambitious subordinate Feng Jie, Wang Wan handed over all the real power in his hands, making Feng Jie the right prime minister, but in fact he had the power of the entire prime minister. Feng Jie held a small amount of power, and he had no control over my left-handed leftist.
Of course, I didn’t show any respect to him.
Wait until Fusu comes down.
If the title of engineering is restricted, wouldn't this be in line with the national conditions and run counter to Shang Jun's principle of "Those who have no merit will be honored, but those who have merit will be rich and enjoy the glory"?
Based on Li Si's design.
Everyone from the king to the prime minister supported the reform.
This Xiao Qin will completely change under the leadership of me, Li Si, and he will have no scruples like now.
In Feng Mansion, Feng Jing, who was sitting at home today, also heard the little bad news that was rumored all over the city.
So when Wang Qing's engineering system was reported to the emperor and explained in detail before, the first emperor had no objection to it, and he didn't even expect the results of Li Si's attempt.
Before the engineering students passed the corresponding examinations in the engineering studies, they were promoted to official positions such as engineering teachers in various places.