idle king

Chapter 123 Jealousy
Guozijian has been the highest-level government-run institution in the country since the Emperor Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty decreed its opening.And those who can enter the Imperial College are all the most outstanding talents in the country.

Not only that, Emperor Taizu was talented and far-sighted, and specially ordered the representatives of Guozijiansheng to participate in the discussion of politics from time to time, pay attention to people's livelihood, and never be punished for his words.If the proposal put forward is adopted by the emperor, he can leap to the dragon gate.

It is conceivable how attractive such an institution is to those students who are dedicated to pursuing knowledge and want to realize their ambitions.

It is also for this reason that the scholars of the world returned to their hearts, and the national strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty gradually prospered. It only took a few years, causing the war wounds left by the Southern and Northern Dynasties to slowly recover.

After Emperor Taizong succeeded to the throne, the great Thursday sea was peaceful, the eight directions were peaceful, and the surrounding small countries all paid tribute to them.

Unfortunately, there are two sides to everything.

Ordinary households would still make a fuss over trivial matters, and would be jealous, let alone a temple.

As we all know, the Great Zhou Dynasty inherited the luck of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.In that era, almost all centuries-old families and gentry controlled the government.

As the saying goes, a family made of iron, a dynasty of flowing water.

No matter how the dynasties change, those wealthy families with full heritage can pass on safely.They knew very well that if the new dynasty wanted to rule stably, it would never be possible without their support and help.

Even if there is a family newly supported by the royal family, the background is not enough after all, and it is absolutely impossible to shake a behemoth like them in a short time.

However, with the passage of time, the special existence of Guozijian has caused a series of unexpected consequences that these rich and noble families have to pay attention to.

That is, more and more new family children began to occupy a place in the court.And most of them come from poor families.

Originally, the Imperial College had gathered talents from all over the world, and the one who stood out was the fighter among the planes.

And literati are inherently despised, and besides, princes and generals, would they rather have kindness?These people finally seized the opportunity to make the family prominent for a while, so it is naturally impossible to hand over this hard-won wealth.

Therefore, when these geniuses are forced to survive under the pressure of survival, and then the ambitious people among them take the lead to unite, although people may say it is small, but for a while, the energy cannot be underestimated.

By the time those ancient giants realized this problem and tried their best to suppress it, it was already too late.

Then inevitably, partisanship emerged.

Until Emperor Renzong, the fourth emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, that is, before the Holy Majesty ascended the throne, this newly promoted family had already occupied a part of the right to speak in the court.

but!

It is obviously impossible for these noble families that have been passed down for hundreds of years, or even hundreds of years, to let this situation go by itself.Don't look at these nobles who appear to be benevolent and righteous gentlemen on the surface, but the dirty and despicableness behind the scenes is absolutely outrageous.

Previously, these giants only caused the new party to thrive because of their own infighting.But when these behemoths are also working together, their common enemy, the New Party, simply cannot withstand such a monstrous offensive.

Since the root of everything is in the Guozijian, as long as we find a way to get rid of it, these new parties can instantly lose their continuous successor power.

And as long as there is no source, the new party will face the embarrassing situation of having no successors in a short time.Coupled with some secret means, such and such, let alone sit back and relax, it will be much easier than it is now.

However, the law of the ancestors cannot be abolished!

Although Emperor Renzong was a conservative monarch, he was not confused, and naturally he would not agree to the abolition of Guozijian.

Besides, the existence of the Imperial College itself represented the Zhou Dynasty's policy of ruling the world with civilized methods, and was used to win over the world's scholars. Naturally, the royal family would not slap them in the face.

However, since ancient times, politics has been essentially a compromise.

Since you said that the law of the ancestors cannot be violated, well, let's not play hooligans, let's reason with you.

According to the note in "Han Shu Li Le Zhi": "The son of the country is also the son of the Qing doctor."

What do you mean? In the vernacular, a son of a country is a son of a nobleman.

Renzong is very sad...

As a result of the compromise, the qualifications of the Imperial College students were changed from the original "Scholar of the World", regardless of their origin, to the children of civil and military officials of the fifth rank and above.

In addition, dignitaries and nobles of rank three or above have additional recommendation quotas.These quotas are not restricted by status.It can be regarded as giving talented people from ordinary families another way out besides taking the imperial examination.

In fact, as nobles, how could they fail to see the influence of Guozijian.

After all, the families behind them have been able to stand out from many generations.But if you don't take action to control it, after several dynasties and generations, God knows whether your family will be replaced by those new families.

Therefore, their purpose is not to abolish the Guozijian by "killing one thousand enemies and harming eight hundred", but to weaken the role of the Guozijian.

They want the Imperial College to be no longer so lofty and sacred in the hearts of scholars all over the world!Or to put it more bluntly, let the Imperial College be used by them.

If the Imperial College is no longer a gathering of talents from all over the world, but becomes uneven inside, in that case, except for children from poor families, will anyone value the status of the Imperial College too much?

In this way, when the present-day sage first ascended the throne as emperor, the reputation of Guozijian was far from what it was before.Although it is not completely decayed, it is almost the same.

Because this place has almost become the cradle of some ignorant and incompetent dignitaries in the Great Zhou Dynasty after their meritorious deeds, which has led to fewer and fewer truly talented people in the Imperial College.

In the end, the real gentry disdain it, and most of the poor families are not allowed to enter, and what's more, they turn around and join the opponent's sect.

Therefore, the right of Imperial College students to participate in political discussions has become a thing of the past.

And the new party, without the sharpness it had at the beginning, slowly became dormant.

Of course, if someone thinks that the new party will concede defeat, that would underestimate the cruelty of the party struggle.

Today's Holy Majesty, since he ascended the throne, has diligently listened to the government, ate food and clothes, and his courage and ambition are no less than that of Emperor Taizu.

In order to disperse the ministerial power and centralize the imperial power, the Holy One reappointed Jiang Daoqing, the leader of the new party, as the prime minister, and announced a series of measures.

So far, the new party has become active again in the court.

In the spring of the sixth year of Yongxi's reign, the Holy Master promulgated a decree to establish Jinling Guozijian in addition to the Jingshi Guozijian.All the sons and daughters of the state can listen to the imperial edict every three years to enter the palace and participate in the highest standard palace examination.And the Holy Majesty is the main examiner, and personally proposes the questions.

Those with excellent grades can also be promoted to the center directly.

Those who fail twice in a row will implicate the family, and the court will never hire them.This one alone has largely eliminated the existence of many gangster second generation ancestors.

And those with mediocre grades are "students of the Son of Heaven" after all. As long as they are not blind, they will eventually be able to get an official job.Although Guangzong Yaozu can't be said, for many people who are not the eldest son of the family and have no inheritance rights, there is a great temptation.

But now, this kind of precious quota that even they have never obtained is easily obtained by the sons of merchants like Ye Yu, how can we not make them envious and jealous.

(End of this chapter)