Chapter three hundred and twentieth dealing with literati
After talking about the military affairs, Chao Yong said: "Look at the fact that my father and my three important officials, Daliang, are all here, is it because of a tight political affairs?"
Chao Gai shook his head and said, "The main reason is that I, Daliang, lack of civil officials. The three troops you sent before and the imperial edict of Zhao Ji, many state prefectures were directly surrendered, and two state prefectures resisted stubbornly, and they were successfully captured. Now,
There are more than fifty states under my rule in Daliang. Although I have tried my best to show mercy, the Song Dynasty was almost greedy for nine out of ten officials. Even if they did not cut off their heads, they could no longer be used as officials. In this way,
Local officials are even less.”
Although Chao Gai also hated corrupt officials, he was not as ideal as Chao Yong, and he would behead him for a single greedy person. He used to be a good minister in the village, so he had to deal with officials frequently and stuffed money to many officials. He had to do anything.
If you want to deal with things from top to bottom, this can be said to be a common problem in the Song Dynasty. If you really want to behead you, you may be killed more than 90% of those who have been officials.
Chao Yong thought for a while and said, "I remember that there are many scholars in Tokyo who participated in the imperial examination? We can hold an imperial examination as soon as possible, select some scholars and send them to the local area, and then cooperate with some experienced officials. We should be able to cope with the temporary situation.
Bar."
Upon hearing this, Chao Gai smiled and said, "We are discussing the imperial examination. Although some scholars boycott our Daliang imperial examination, there are still many scholars preparing to participate."
These scholars were preparing to participate in the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty. As a result, Zhao Ji delayed the imperial examination because the troops from Daliang threatened the capital, so scholars from all over the country stayed in Tokyo.
Chao Yong frowned and said, "Why boycott our imperial examination?"
Zhang Shuye next to him said angrily: "Because you framed Li Gang as one of the seven thieves, Li Gang is very famous in the Shilin."
Zhang Shuye is also a Qingliu. Although he has not formed a clique, Cai Jing and others are very powerful. These Qingliu are often united in foreign countries, and it is easier for Qingliu to become friends.
Therefore, after Zhang Shuye followed Chao Gai to Tokyo, he heard that Chao Yong ordered Li Gang, Cai Jing and others to be executed, so he protested with Chao Gai for a long time, but Chao Gai did not adopt his suggestion.
Chao Yong looked at Zhang Shuye and smiled and said, "I killed Li Gang to protect more loyal ministers. If I asked Li Gang to be buried for the Song Dynasty, there would probably be other people who wanted to keep their names in history or think they were loyal to the Song Dynasty.
Is it? Although the treacherous ministers of the Song Dynasty were in power, there should be more than one loyal minister, right?"
But Zhang Shuye was unmoved, snorted coldly, and said, "Do you have no other way?"
Chao Yong smiled and said, "I can think of the simplest and most effective method. Those who think they are loyal will never look back without hitting the wall. I can't do it if I want to persuade them to change.
The point has been verified by Lord Zhang.”
When Zhang Shuye saw Chao Yong talking about the things that he could not convince him at the beginning, he could not say that Chao Yong could not persuade him, and that he could persuade others. That was undoubtedly saying that others were not as loyal as him.
Seeing that Zhang Shuye stopped talking, Chao Yong said to Zhao Mingcheng and Wu Yong: "You must have done work with these scholars, right?"
Zhao Mingcheng nodded and said, "I studied in the Imperial Academy when I was young, and there were many friends in the Imperial Academy. However, the Tai student who took the lead in taking the exam this time was Chen Dong, who was born from a famous family and his ancestors were all masters of Shilin for several generations.
He was strong, and before Cai Jing and Wang Fu were in power, he dared to criticize him. I have asked people to lobby many times, but this person is unwilling to participate in the imperial examination, unless our court destroyed the treacherous ministers' monument and issued an order to restore Li Gang's innocence."
Chao Yong smiled and said, "What he meant was to make the emperor give the order to admit his mistake?"
Zhao Mingcheng saw that although Chao Yong said with a smile, he always felt that Chao Yong had some murderous intent in his tone, and hurriedly nodded, "This person is stubborn, and I can't do anything about it."
Chao Gai smiled and said, "It's okay, there are still many scholars who are willing to participate in the imperial examination. After this session, more scholars will participate in the future."
"Next?"
Chao Yong sneered: "I want them to be unable to participate in the imperial examination for generations. I will issue an order to make Chen Dong and his descendants never participate in the imperial examination, nor will they be allowed to attend the imperial examination for Daliang, nor will they be allowed to enter the school. It is also strictly prohibited for others to teach their descendants' knowledge, which violates the will.
All those who are killed. I want to see how long his famous family can last."
Everyone was shuddered when Chao Yong gave such a cold order. He could be a literati without taking the imperial examination, but the failure of future generations to enroll in school would make the family disappear from the scholars.
Chen Dong can directly teach his descendants, but it is rare to see the best of his youth and better than his youth. More often than not, one generation is worse than the other, so the most likely result of the Chen family is that there are fewer and fewer inheritances, and in the end it may become less and less.
A literate farmer.
Zhang Shuye frowned and said, "Are you acting too ruthless?"
Chao Yong turned his head to Wu Song on the side and said, "What do you think I am doing?"
Wu Song said without hesitation: "The prince is generous to others, and the Liangshan soldiers are obvious to all."
Chao Yong nodded and said, "I am lenient and strict, I am lenient to my brothers and harsh to my enemies. I was not as guilty as my descendants, but Chen Dong actually dared to threaten the emperor, which is unforgivable. I want everyone in the world to know if it is not.
People can threaten the emperor. If this imperial edict continues, I believe that there will be not many scholars who dare to resist the imperial examination in our dynasty."
Zhang Shuye sneered: "If you do this, even if they enter the exam room, they will only deal with it and will not take the exam carefully."
Chao Yong smiled and said, "People who have good knowledge may not be able to become officials. I think people who know the current affairs are more likely to achieve results. As long as they participate in the imperial examination, they will succeed, and I can't control the matter of being indifferent to the emperor.
If they are not afraid of embarrassment, they can participate in the imperial examinations for their entire lives and fail the exams every time."
Zhang Shuye said dissatisfiedly: "The prime minister can hold a boat in his stomach, and he must be tolerant as an emperor. Even if his subjects do something wrong occasionally, the emperor must be able to forgive him, so that the subjects dare to make a fuss. Do this
, it can only make everyone timid to you."
Chao Yong smiled and said, "I'm afraid you're still saying in your heart that I'm a tyrant? If Chen Dong hadn't encouraged the scholars, there would probably not be too many people who would not participate in the imperial examination. Chen Dong did such a traitor, and he would have to let the emperor tolerate him.
?You literati were spoiled by the Song Dynasty. The emperor, my son, please abolish the laws of not killing scholars and officials in the Song Dynasty."
Chao Gai smiled and said, "I, Daliang, do not have this law. Cai Jing, Wang Fu, and Cai You are all literati. As long as you follow the law, you should be killed, no one is the exception."
When Wu Song and Wang Jin heard that the privileges of literati were abolished, they immediately praised: "The emperor is wise."
Although Zhang Shuye felt that it was a bit unfavorable to literati, he was not easy to object. Although the rule of the world requires literati and officials, Chao Gai, who was born in a rampant family, obviously trusted more warriors. If he objected, he might be able to provoke him again.
What kind of tricks did Chao Yong do? (To be continued. Please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!)