General's Butler

Qingluan Kingdom's court meeting usually ends within Mao's time. Today's court meeting has been extended from Mao's time to Chen's time. It has been more than an hour and there is no sign of ending. Instead, there is a trend of intensification.

The core of the contradiction is the current prime minister and the newly promoted household secretary Ouyang Jian. Because these two people have different opinions on the implementation of a system, they argue with each other in the court.

The other officials kept silent about this, and even His Majesty the Emperor and several princes enjoyed the debate between the two ministers with a spectator attitude.

What caused them to argue was the draft on the imperial examination system proposed by Ouyang Jian today.

In other countries, the selection of talents through the imperial examination system would have been a very basic political system.There is an opportunity for ordinary people to become officials in the court, which also shows that the court treats its subjects equally and can benefit from one or the other.

The situation in Qingluan country is different from other countries.

Today's world is divided into four major kingdoms, Nanliao, Xuanhan, Yulin and Qingluan, among which Qingluan was the latest, with a history of only more than [-] years.

More than 300 years ago, the Qingluan Kingdom was not a country. The three major powers called Qingluan the place where many small countries in the north gathered without belonging to any of them.

There is a relatively powerful country in Qingluan——Yu Country. In Yu Country, there are four major families fighting against each other. They often fight each other because of family interests. Wars continue, and the people are in dire straits.Just when people were complaining, a young man stood up and unified the four major families.

This young man's surname is Long, and he is the ancestor of the Emperor Qingluan's clan.After the unification of the four clans, the Long family was respected as the emperor, and the other three families were nobles assisting the Long family to jointly establish the Qingluan Kingdom.

It can be said that the Qingluan Kingdom was jointly established by the four major families. At that time, in order to appease the other three nobles, the first emperor promised that the official positions in the court would be inherited by the descendants of the three nobles, and the rest of the officials were selected by the imperial examinations recommended by the three nobles. of.

It is said to be an imperial examination, but it is a bit of a misnomer. It is just a talent selection agency monopolized by the three major families. Ouyang Jian wants to exclude the third from it, which will naturally cause dissatisfaction among the people.

Although this system did play a great role in the special political environment at that time, with the continuous increase of Qingluan's population and the continuous growth and integration of ethnic groups, this system is obviously outdated, and its disadvantages are gradually revealed out.

The aristocratic family is supposed to be opposed to the imperial power, and it should be because most of the court officials came from wealthy families, lack of understanding of the suffering of ordinary people, and what's more, they rely on power to exploit the common people.

After Qingluan Kingdom's external aggression was eliminated, many people turned their attention to the inner court. Most of these people were from humble backgrounds or were recommended by others to become officials in the court, and Ouyang Jian was the leader of these people.

"Master Ouyang's thinking is simply disregarding the law of the ancestors. I will not allow such a thing to become the legal system of Qingluan Kingdom." Prime Minister Pan Chong was the first person to object.

"Master Pan cares about the patriarchal line of the ancestors, or the power and position left by your ancestors in the Pan family," Ouyang Jian retorted.

"No matter what it is, Qingluan Kingdom's centuries-old legal system cannot be changed."

"pedantic"

"What did you say?"

Ouyang Jian glanced at Prime Minister Pan contemptuously. In the final analysis, it was not an issue of ancestral legal system at all, but because it touched the interests of the three nobles, he was so anxious.

Man Chaowen and Wu watched the two people argue, but no one interrupted. After all, the person on the dragon chair didn't speak, and they didn't dare to act rashly.

"The thinking is rigid, and I always talk about the stereotypes of the ancestors. It's not pedantic."

"You..." Prime Minister Pan pointed at Ouyang Jian angrily, even a minister of the household department dared to talk to him like that.

"Has the discussion between the two lovers reached a conclusion?" Emperor Qingluan's majestic voice sounded.

Ouyang Jian and Prime Minister Pan knelt down one after another: "I'm so rude."

"You two lovers, wake up"

Emperor Qingluan's eyes fell on Li Junmou who had been silent all this time.

"What does General Li think about this?"

As soon as the emperor said this, all the ministers knew what it meant. General Li has always only led troops to fight, and never intervened in anything above the court. When the emperor asked him, it was obvious that he didn't want to talk about this topic.

Sure enough, Li Junmou followed the emperor's wishes.

"Your Majesty, I am a warrior who leads troops to fight, and I still have a little bit of room to use my skills. I really want to disappoint Your Majesty in the matter of the imperial examination."

"Haha, General Li is too modest. Since the lovers can't discuss any results for a while, let's discuss this matter in the future and retreat from the court."

"Long live my emperor"

The morning court was finally over, Li Junmou and Long Sheng walked out of the court hall together.

"Brother Huang is also annoying enough."

Long Sheng said solemnly, without the slightest face of his usual joking and disrespectful attitude, "Besides, Li Bang's prince is going to Beijing next month, it's really a mess."

"You are an idle prince, what are you worrying about, and it seems that I am responsible for receiving them?"

Li Junmou took a look at Long Sheng who spoke vigorously, and he was the only one who had the nerve to say such a thing. When it was decided who would receive the foreign guests, this guy was quicker than anyone else to shirk.

Li Junmou patted Long Sheng's chest with the back of his hand, "Otherwise, I will let you do the reception of foreign guests."

"Forget it, forget it, I can't do this"

If this offends the foreign guests, it will be a matter between the two countries, and it is almost enough to ask him to arrange singing and dancing performances.Long Sheng had always hated these things that got mixed up with the country, so it was better to let capable people do it.

"Junmou"

The two were walking ahead, when someone behind them stopped Li Junmou.

Li Junmou looked back, but he was an expected person, Pan Yun's father was the prime minister Pan Chong.

"Father-in-law"

Long Cheng next to him heard Li Junmou yelling, and felt nauseated, it's really lucky that he still yelled.

"It turns out that Lord Sheng is also here."

Pan Chong nodded to Li Junmou, and looked at Long Sheng who was standing aside.

What do you mean he is there, he is always beside Li Junmou, okay, this old man can really talk with his eyes open.Long Sheng ignored him, and walked to the side by himself, Pan Chong felt a little embarrassed with his cold face on his buttocks.

"Junmou, I heard that you have been staying in Prince Cheng's mansion for the past few days. Even though you and the prince have been friends since childhood, sometimes you have to avoid it. Besides, Prince Sheng's reputation is not very good... ..."

"Father-in-law, is this what you want to tell your son-in-law?"

Li Junmou interrupted Pan Chong's words with a cold smile. Pan Yun was still impatient, and it was as if Pan Chong was complaining so soon. She was hoping that Pan Chong could hold him?

"This……"

Pan Chong is also a sensible person, knowing that Li Junmou's thoughts are not on his own daughter. Although he is married, Pan Yun has become a decoration of the general's mansion.

"This old man is just such a precious daughter. I have been spoiled by me since she was a child. If there is anything wrong with the general's mansion, Xianxu should take care of her."

Prime Minister Pan had a pleasant smile on his face. Even if it was Pan Chong, the great prime minister did not dare to show off the official score in front of Li Junmou. Even though he was his son-in-law, he still paid more attention to his identity and means.

"That's natural. Since Pan Yun married into the General's Mansion, he has to follow the rules of the General's Mansion. The rules of the Li family are cumbersome, but as the daughter-in-law of the Li family, he has to abide by it, just as her father-in-law said. You are so pampered, it is inevitable that you will complain to you about a little thing, you should be relieved."

Li Junmou did not deviate from the rules of the Li family, but he completely blocked what Pan Chong said before. It would be too hypocritical for him to say something for his daughter.

"Forget it, the old man doesn't care about the water splashed by the married daughter."

When Pan Yun insisted on marrying Li Junmou, Pan Chong thought that one day his daughter would come back and cry, what could he do, since he had already entered Li's house, he could not intervene.