Chapter 1142 Decentralization to counties and townships

  Madam You thought so too.

  If there are really outstanding people in these lists, they will definitely stand out in the next year's assessment.

  If there is only fame but no real talent, it is still a question of whether they can handle the practical affairs of the counties.

   "Then what was Alang looking at when he was alone in the room just now?"

  Recalling the tissue paper Feng Duhu put aside when he came in, Mrs. You couldn't help asking.

  It's so hot outside, she really doesn't want to go back to the government office in front of the mansion, there is a long distance between them.

   "Oh, it's nothing." Feng Duhu replied casually, "Isn't it the news from the country of Wu that you sent over?"

   "Really?" Mrs. You was a little surprised, "What's so interesting about those news?"

   I don't know what she thought of, Mrs. You's eyes were a little wary, and a little weird:

   "I didn't expect you to be so interested in Sun Quan's harem..."

  Feng Duhu almost broke his defense when he heard the words, and was so angry that he knocked her on the head:

   "What are you thinking? Can the matter of Sun Quan's harem be a normal thing?"

  Madam You covered her head, her eyes widened, and she asked:

   "So you're interested?"

   Sure enough, with the growth of age, has it developed from liking women who have engaged in marriage to liking other people's wives?

  Feng Duhu raised his hand again as if to strike, Madam You couldn't help laughing, and turned her head away.

   "Isn't it because Sun Quan wants to be a queen but can't get it? Is there anything worthy of attention?"

   According to Mrs. You, Sun Quan may be a good hand in politics.

  But whether it is in the military or in the matter of the harem, it has been handled in a mess.

   Not at all the decisive spirit of the founder of the country.

  Proclaimed the emperor, established a prince, obviously has a royal wife, but wants to surpass the royal wife and make a concubine the queen.

  The last person who did this was Cao Rui, right?

  If the name is not correct, the words will not go well.

  What is good at the top will be effective at the bottom.

   If you don’t believe me, let’s see what the state of Wei looks like now?

   Not to mention that the main wife, Mrs. Xu, is the adoptive mother of the prince Sun Deng.

  The crown prince and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty wanted to establish the Xu family, and according to the rules, they also wanted to establish the Xu family, but Sun Quan just wanted to establish the Bu family.

   Neither side is willing to back down.

   Sun Quan has been proclaiming himself emperor for so long, and he doesn't even have a harem master.

  It's all right now, Mrs. Xu is dead, Mrs. Bu is also dead, the two sides have no more disputes, and finally reached an agreement, wanting to make Mrs. Yuan as queen.

  The Yuan family is the daughter of Yuan Shu. After four generations and three generations, her status is fine.

  It's a pity that I have been with Sun Quan for so many years, but I have no son and half daughter under my knees.

  You can’t support what you give birth to, and you can’t support what you adopt.

  Yuan rejected the queen's position precisely on the grounds of childlessness.

   "This is the third time Yuan has rejected the position of empress."

  Madam You finally made a conclusion:

   "It seems that she is indeed as rumored, with extraordinary integrity and conduct."

  The so-called thing is only three things. Since Yuan refused three times in a row, it is estimated that she really does not want to be a queen.

   "Ah Lang thinks, who will Sun Quan choose as queen?"

  Anyway, since she doesn't want to leave this room for the time being, to feel the heat of midsummer, Mrs. You is happy to chat with Feng Duhu.

  The affairs of the Xu family, Bu family, Yuan family and others, although they are related to the palace, are ultimately related to the position of the queen.

  The position of empress is not a secret matter of the palace, nor is it a private matter of the emperor, but an edict to the world.

  As long as any sensible emperor knows this kind of thing, it is best to reach an agreement with the courtiers.

  With the resource support of the Xinghan Association, Ma Dazui is doing well in Wu now, and it is basically effortless to inquire about these things.

  Feng Duhu shook his head:

   "How do I know? If it weren't for the news sent back by Ma Dazui, I would have known of a Bu family, Sun Quan's other concubines, and I had never heard of them before."

   This is not a lie.

   After all, as a pseudo-Three Kingdoms fan in the previous life, how could it be possible not to play mowing Wushuang before crossing over?

   If I remember correctly, the sixth series is the first time the step trainer appeared, or is it the seventh series?

   Anyway, the small appearance is not bad, so you can see it.

   Calculated silently, I should have seen two series of step trainers, but I couldn't wait for the eighth series.

  Oh, that should be the Six Series.

  In the seventh series, I controlled the character and even agreed to the step trainer's confession.

   I don’t know if the eighth series will come out...

  Feng Duhu was thinking wildly, and an involuntary look of nostalgia appeared on his face.

  Madam You narrowed her eyes, her gaze was dangerous:

   "What are you thinking about?"

  Feng Duhu was unprepared, and replied casually: "Bushi!"

   "I heard that Mrs. Bu is very beautiful and won the favor of Sun Quan. It is reasonable for Alang to be interested in her. It's a pity, no matter how beautiful she is, I'm afraid she has become a withered bone now..."

  Feng Duhu finally came to his senses, looked at Mrs. You, who was discussing the women in Sun Quan's harem with him with a serious look, and couldn't help laughing:

   "What nonsense are you talking about? Even if she didn't die, how old is she now?"

   A pair of daughters were married, and even the eldest daughter, Sun Luban, married twice.

  Madam You snorted.

  In the past, she hadn't become a regular yet, so she naturally wanted to make this man more affectionate, and don't be too specific to the wife.

   Now she has become a regular, and even after her, there is a newcomer.

  With different buttocks, the thinking is naturally different.

  There are five of them in the house, and they are all his golden wind and jade dew. Does he still want to see the countless in the world?

  Mrs. Left and Right, when you first fell in love with him, didn't you just see that he was very different from other men?

  If he dared to lie to them for so many years and only now showed his true nature, he might not be trying to hang some unknown object from the roof of the warehouse in Feng's residence.

  Old husband and wife, occasionally bickering or something, learning how to behave like a child when you were young, is not a little fun.

  Feng Duhu naturally didn't take Mrs. You's humming seriously:

   "However, what Si Niangni said is correct. Sun Quan has been procrastinating on the matter of establishing the empress for a long time, and even went so far as to be in a stalemate with the officials and even the crown prince."

  "The wives and concubines died one after another, and instead of chasing their wives as queens, they pursued posthumous concubines as queens. These practices are indeed similar to Cao Rui's back then."

   "It doesn't look like anything on the surface, but I'm afraid it will be a hidden danger for the future. It's good that Sun Quan can control the court and the palace."

   "If you are old and have little energy and can't hold back the situation, there will probably be endless disputes in the imperial palace, causing the country to be in turmoil."

  Madam You thought that he could say something long, but she didn't expect it to be just wishful thinking.

  But seeing her, he shook his head, apparently disagreeing with Feng Duhu's opinion:

   "Sun Deng, the crown prince of the Wu Kingdom, has a long-standing virtuous reputation, is deeply supported by the courtiers, and is about the same age as A Lang. Even if Sun Quan is not around, he must be able to stabilize the situation quickly."

   "As for the harem, even though there will be some disputes, it is nothing more than women competing for favor. How can it cause turmoil in the country?"

  If the prince of Wu is young and needs the queen mother to govern, it may be possible.

   But Sun Deng's age coincided with the golden age of his life.

  Sun Quan's sons, none of them can shake their status.

  Then the women in the harem, even if they have intentions, will not have too much influence.

  Feng Duhu looked at Mrs. You in surprise.

   I have to say that the current Mrs. You has really good political vision.

The phrase    points out the root cause of the chaos in the court and the turmoil of the country in the later period of Sun Quan's power.

   That was Sun Deng's sudden death.

  Feeling Feng Duhu's gaze, Mrs. You blinked, a little confused.

  Feng Duhu forcibly resisted the urge to discuss with Mrs. You how to add firewood to Wu Guo if Sun Deng really died suddenly.

  Under some emotional fluctuations, Feng Duhu stood up and took two steps, and touched his chin:

   "That's not necessarily the case. Now Sun Quan is approaching the year of Ershun, right? I remember that a few years ago, he specially sent people overseas."

  As long as the emperors are getting old and want to seek immortality and longevity, there is not one who is not fatuous in his later years.

  This was true of Qin Shihuang, Han Wudi, and Tang Taizong.

  These three have already occupied three positions among the top five emperors in Chinese history.

  Compared with them, Sun Quan is not worthy of carrying shoes for others.

  They can't escape, so Sun Quan can escape?

  Old husband and wife, Mrs. You knows elegance when she hears the piano.

   Not to mention that she performed the song "Sleepwalking Tianmu Yin Liu Farewell" back then, and she managed to deliver it to Sun Quan.

  The most notable result is: Sun Quan ignored the opposition of the public and insisted on going his own way, sending a fleet to sea to find islands.

   But seeing her eyes light up:

   "What does Ah Lang mean, can we do it again?"

  Feng Duhu stopped, looked at Madam You, and smiled:

   "Think about it carefully, how can Sun Quan become even more careless?"

   "Political affairs?"

  You are good or bad!

  The couple looked at each other, and both of them were ready to do bad things.

  At the end of June in the second year of Yanxi, the Royal Academy officially announced the list of students enrolled this year.

  None of the talents recommended from various places were selected for the academy. They only said that they would be transferred to the county and township first, and the time limit was one year.

   Talented students who want to serve the country can use half a year to come to Chang'an to report.

  After the Great Court Meeting next year, the emperor will personally serve wine in Chang'an City to see him off, similar to the former emperor of the Han Dynasty to see off the guards of the capital.

  If you can pass the assessment during the next year's time to go to the countryside, you can enter the college to study.

  Those who are outstanding in the assessment can be directly recommended to become an official.

  If you don’t want to become an official, but still want to continue to study, your achievements can be accumulated, and when you are promoted in the future, you can give priority to substitutes.

  The imperial examination is just a new thing, and there is no perfect statement on how the rules should be set.

   After all, so many people have been recommended from all over the world, and most of them have the intention of "casting the net widely and collecting more fish".

  Combined with the example of the Liangzhou exam, although many people are dissatisfied with going to the countryside to observe the people's conditions for a year, it does not mean that it is unacceptable.

  After all, the emperor personally served wine to see him off, and the court has already given enough face.

  For the herdsmen of the emperor, the emperor puts wine to thank you, what else do you want?

   "Ji Yan, Ji Yan, I won! I won! I will be able to enroll in the next year at the latest."

  Du Yu, who had always wanted to study in the Royal Academy, was actually still a little apprehensive after talking with his lord.

  After all, although he is not very old, he is not a child of ordinary people after all.

  Even if the lord did not speak clearly, he could vaguely guess that something was happening between the imperial court and the aristocratic families in Yongzhou Bingzhou Hedong and other places.

  Jingzhao Du Clan, although considered a prominent family, was in decline after all. He had no reputation and was not strong enough.

  If the number of places is limited, it is still a question of whether they can compete with others in the end.

   This worry finally dissipated after the Royal Academy announced the list.

   There is still a one-year assessment period before enrolling. Although it may still be impossible to get rid of the influence of the family, one's ability can be brought into full play after all.

   On this point, Du Yu, who is not well-known, is very confident.

  Of course, Du Yu also has the confidence, otherwise, he would not dare to say that he wants to make contributions.

  Pei Xiu knew that her good friend wanted to enter the academy. Although it was not a wish fulfilled at this time, it was half the success anyway.

  As for whether it will succeed in the end, Pei Xiu, who was born as a child prodigy, still believes in the opponent's ability.

   Helped the army in the unaccompanied camp in Hedong, and was later sent to rebuild Tongguan, and then sent to repair Zhengguoqu.

  For Pei Xiu, Pei Xiu knows best what the rules for decentralization to counties and townships formulated by Feng Shanchang personally look like.

   But see him reminded:

   "Yuan Kai, delegating to counties and townships is an extremely tiring task. You need to be prepared and don't be careless."

  Du Yu laughed and said:

   "Even if Ji Yan doesn't say anything, I still want to ask. How should I do this so-called decentralization of counties and townships? Does Ji Yan know the regulations?"

  Recalling the two years when she worked with her husband, Pei Xiu couldn't help feeling a little bit sad:

   "Decentralization to counties and townships, to observe the people's sentiments, is not just talking casually, but really going to work in the fields."

  Du Yu was taken aback: "Going to work in the fields?"

  Pei Xiu nodded:

   "Yes, if my guess is correct, Yuan Kai will be sent to the county and township together with the college students who graduated this year. They are internships, and you are the assessment."

  Those college students do not have the reserve of ordinary scholars, they are the ones who can really roll up their trouser legs and work in the field.

  Hearing what Pei Xiu said, Du Yu became curious and urged to explain in detail.

  Pei Xiu has formally entered the academy to study in the past six months, but thinking of the two years of studying while working, she also feels that she has benefited a lot.

   So they come one by one.

  After hearing what Pei Xiu said, Du Yu was a little worried:

   "Hearing what Pei Xiu said, I don't care, but if you can enter the academy to study, why not suffer?"

   "But the children of other aristocratic families are mostly well-clothed and well-fed, so they may not be able to endure this hardship. I am afraid that there will be another disturbance at that time?"

  Pei Xiu didn't understand what Du Yu was worried about:

   "If they can't endure this hardship, wouldn't Yuan Kai just have a greater chance of passing the assessment?"

   "That's not necessarily the case." Du Yu shook his head, "Everything must be done at a certain level. If there is no big disturbance and does not affect the assessment, it will be a good thing for me."

   "But if there is a big trouble, who knows what Feng Shanchang will think? Isn't that the case with the previous Wei thief's flashy case?"

  The vanity case implicated most of the young students in Wei State.

  Feng Duhu has a great reputation and has fought in the battlefield for many years. He is naturally a resolute person, and he will definitely not be threatened by others.

  If someone doesn't know good from bad, thinks he can coerce people to make trouble, and really annoys him, who knows what will happen?

  Hearing what Du Yu said, Pei Xiu smiled and said:

   "Yuan Kai's caring will lead to chaos. How can we compare Wei Zhi's vanity case with my devolution to counties and townships? I don't know that the devolution of counties and townships is just to let students know the practice and avoid vanity."

   "As long as Yuan Kai can be serious and pragmatic in the county, why worry?"

  Du predicted that Pei Xiu was highly valued by Feng Duhu. Hearing what he said, he immediately relaxed:

   "With Ji Yan's words, I know what to do."

   After thinking for a while, he asked again in a low voice:

   "According to Ji Yan, if I can choose where to go, where is the best place for me to go?"

   "It's from the east of the river."

  (end of this chapter)