Forced to start the game, summon a hundred thousand snow dragon riders

Indeed, he had never seen such a powerful figure as King Dainichi Ming.

Shouldn't be a problem, right?

At this time, the Great Riming King had already set foot on the back of the giant eagle again.

The giant eagle fluttered its wings and gradually rose into the sky, while King Dainichi Ming on the back had indifferent eyes, "I will go back as soon as I go!"

"Give me a few days, and after seven days, I will definitely bring you back the news of the sudden death of the Great Tang Emperor!"

As soon as the words fell, the Great Riming King urged the giant eagle under his seat to shoot towards the southern sky.

Looking at King Day Ming who was gradually going away, the smile on the corner of Prince Huili's mouth gradually became ferocious, "Li Xiu, Li Xiu, this time I want to see how you die..."

"Second brother, now you and I can go back to sleep well, and rest easy."

With the speed of this giant eagle, King Day Ming, it would probably take less than three days to reach Chang'an City, and then easily remove Li Xiu's head.

Once Li Xiu died, the Great Tang Empire would also fall apart. At that time, they would no longer be able to attack the Turks.

……

Chang'an City.

Royal Palace.

Inside the imperial study.

Li Xiu was flipping through the memorial.

At this time, Xiao Linzi came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is asking to see you."

Li Xiu raised her head, "Xuan."

soon.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials walked into the imperial study and bowed to Li Xiu, "See Your Majesty."

Li Xiu closed the memorial, looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and said, "Pingshen."

"What's the important thing for Aiqing to see you this time?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials handed over a memorial and said: "His Majesty, this is the list of appointments and removals of officials from all over the country this year. Please have a look at it."

Xiao Linzi walked to the side of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and presented the memorial to Li Xiu.

Datang established the country for hundreds of years.

There are tens of thousands of central and local officials.

Every year, a large number of officials will retire and be dismissed, and a large number of alternate officials will be replaced.

The Ministry of Officials is responsible for the promotion and assessment of officials all over the world, as well as the appointment and removal of replacements.

Li Xiu opened the memorial and took a look.

On the memorial, numerous names have already been listed.

From central officials to local officials, down to local county magistrates, they are all on this list.

Most of these supplementary officials are Jinshi with fame in the imperial examination.

There are also some officials who have made achievements in their positions and have been promoted to higher positions.

This memorial is clearly written on it.

But in this list, there are still some names that Li Xiu is very unfamiliar with.

Moreover, even the reasons why they got official positions are blank.

This made Li Xiu see the problem.

"There are some officials here, why don't I have any impression?"

Li Xiu frowned, "Also, why is their note blank?"

Hearing the words, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials suddenly changed his expression slightly, lowered his head and said falteringly: "This is because they did not obtain official positions through normal means..."

"What is an abnormal way?"

Li Xiu narrowed his eyes.

The normal way to enter the officialdom is nothing more than imperial examinations and private officials.

It has been hundreds of years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and Yin officials have long existed in name only, so the only way left is the imperial examination.

However, the unfamiliar names on this list obviously did not come in through the imperial examination.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is... donating... donating officials!"

Cold sweat dripped from the forehead of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

"Donor officer?"

Li Xiu's complexion changed, and he immediately shouted the memorial in his hand onto the face of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, thundering furiously.

"Isn't that openly betraying an official? Minister of the Ministry of Officials, you are so courageous!"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials was terrified, and immediately knelt down on the ground with a "plop", "Your Majesty, forgive me!"

"This system of donating officials was not invented by the minister..."

"Since the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the national treasury has been empty. In order to increase the income of the imperial court, this system of donating officials has been established. It has been carried out secretly and has not been put on the table. It is not that the minister deliberately deceived His Majesty..."

"What about the income?"

Li Xiu's face was still cold, "Why didn't I see these money donated to officials?"

"Did you get greedy?"

Faced with Li Xiu's eyes as if he was about to kill someone, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials hurriedly shook his head, "Your Majesty, I have been wronged! I absolutely did not!"

"I have always been a clean and honest official, and I have never taken a needle from the court privately..."

He knows that His Majesty has always had zero tolerance for corrupt officials.

Once he is identified as a corrupt official by His Majesty, then he may not be able to keep his head in this position.

"Where did that money go?"

Li Xiu showed suspicion.

If the Minister of the Ministry of Officials was really corrupt, he should have fallen as early as his first wave of purges, and he would not survive now.

"Your Majesty, at the beginning of the implementation of the system of donating officials, the money and silver could still enter the treasury normally, but as the Tang Dynasty entered a period of decline, there were many feudal towns and the imperial power fell, the money and silver donated to officials were slowly being taken away. People secretly moved away and fell into some private pockets..."

"Damn things!"

Li Xiu slammed the table and stood up from the dragon chair.

It's fine to sell an official title behind his back!

He also blackmailed the money for selling officials!

Outrageous!

"Cao Zhengchun!"

Li Xiu called Cao Zhengchun directly.

"I'll give you a day to find out exactly whose pocket the money for selling officials has flowed into?"

"Yes!"

He felt Li Xiu's anger.

Cao Zhengchun immediately took orders and left.

His Majesty only gave him one day.

Even Cao Zhengchun felt a lot of pressure.

After Cao Zhengchun left, only the shivering Minister of the Ministry of Officials was left in the imperial study.

"Minister of Officials!"

Li Xiu suddenly called out.

"Chen is here!"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials straightened his waist and looked solemn.

"Go back to the Ministry of Officials quickly, find out all the officials who have entered the officialdom through donations these years, and dismiss them all!"

Li Xiu's eyes were very cold, and he said in a deep voice: "From now on, there will be no system of donating officials in my Tang court!"

"People in this world, if they want to enter the officialdom, they can only pass the imperial examination!"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials quickly nodded: "I obey the order!"

Chapter 112 I'm Your Majesty's Sister

Looking at the official secretary who left.

The waves in Li Xiu's eyes did not calm down.

This system of donating officials made Li Xiu so furious, and there was another deeper reason.

That is, it broke the fairness of the imperial examination!

It provides a shortcut for the rich and gentry.

These people bought official positions through their strong financial resources, and after entering the officialdom, they continued to use money to clear their way and rise all the way.

This makes those Jinshi candidates who have studied hard for ten years and finally won the gold list, what do they think?

It turns out that what I have been pursuing so hard, others can easily achieve it with a little money!

This will endanger the prestige of the entire dynasty!

What's more, the reason why Li Xiu reopened the imperial examination and spent a lot of effort to reform the imperial examination system is to select real talents for the court!

Those who enter the officialdom through donating officials are good and bad, let alone whether they are talents or not, their purpose of entering the officialdom is not pure in the first place.

These people spent a lot of money to donate to officials. What will they do after they become officials?

There is no doubt that they will find ways to use their positions to seek personal gain, and get back the money they spent with interest!

In this way, it is a vicious circle!

exacerbated official corruption.

And these evil consequences will eventually be apportioned to ordinary people.

Shake the foundation of the country.

In Li Xiu's eyes, a sternness suddenly flashed across.

He will never allow anyone to break the rules he made!

……

a day later.

Cao Zhengchun walked into the palace in a hurry.

Arriving in front of Li Xiu, Cao Zhengchun immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the person behind the official donation system has been found out by this old slave."

"Here's the list."

After finishing speaking, Cao Zhengchun presented the list in his hand to Li Xiu.

Li Xiu opened it and took a look.

The brows were suddenly shrouded in clouds.

Because most of the people on this list are members of the imperial clan!

"The servant of the household department, Li Mao."

"Captain Consort, Wei Jue."

"..."

"King of Changshan, Li Ni."

"Princess Changle, Li Xueer."