On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the grand ceremony of the New Year was held in the Tai Chi Hall in the early morning.

Thousands of participants were attended by the court, all the officials of the court, as well as state officials (or chiefs) from all over the country, and wealthy chiefs from the border gathered in the palace to congratulate the emperor on the imperial throne and report on the local situation.

Li Li, who stayed up late last night and didn't sleep much, was in high spirits at this moment, listened to Fang Bo (the nickname of the local chief) one by one, and discussed major state affairs with the ministers.

Now, it is the eleventh year of Zhenyuan, and he has been emperor for ten years.

The feeling of holding power is very good. Power makes people young, so how can you feel tired?

What's more, good news came: Li Xin recovered Hanzhong and Liangzhou areas, and then came to the control of the imperial court, and the portal of Shu was completely in the hands of Chu.

Zhou's "right arm" (Yiliang area) was completely cut off after the "left arm" (Shanzhou, Luozhou area).

Li Li was of course happy about this, and many things have happened in the past ten years and he has also made many preparations. Now, it is time to achieve results.

At the grand dynasty meeting, several "decisions" were announced:

1. All states cancelled their official positions in "Zhongzheng".

This edict declared the complete "death" of the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system, because the system of "the state and county Zhongzheng officials gave talents ratings" is the foundation of the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system.

When the roots are gone, the "trunk" will of course "wither" accordingly.

Before, although Chu State promoted the imperial examination, it still had Zhongzheng officials at the prefecture level, which was a transition.

Now that the transition period is over, the Zhongzheng official will be cancelled. From now on, if a person wants to enter the official position, he will either rely on military merits or family background or participate in the imperial examination.

Family status is not a hard indicator that must be evaluated when entering an official position.

Whether a person is a talent or not does not have the final say, the new rules have the final say: imperial examination results or military merits.

Whether it is a gentry, commoner or commoner, who wants to be an official, they either hold a pen to fight in the imperial examination room, hold a knife to fight on the battlefield, or the military merits earned by their fathers to exchange for their lives, to exchange their sons for the opportunity to become an official.

This is the rule. If the Chu State does not perish, the rules will always be there.

However, the Chu State was not the first country in the world to abolish or abandon the nine-rank Zhongzheng system. The Western Wei and the Zhou State now had actually abandoned this decadent system many years ago.

Because the Zhou State did not have a Zhongzheng official or similar official position.

After the edict to abolish the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system was read out in public, the civil and military ministers had different expressions.

For civil and military officials who were born in common people and even from mild cold, the death of the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system is to break the cage that imprisoned the common people for hundreds of years, which is worthy of cheering.

For the aristocratic officials, this means that the political privileges of the aristocratic people, which have lasted for hundreds of years, have disappeared in the system.

The era when the children of the gentry rely on their family background and the family readily became officials is over, at least for now.

If there is a choice, they will of course oppose it, and they will strongly oppose it.

However, the Emperor of Chu did not care about their opposition.

The emperor directly controlled the army, and the army had nothing to do with the gentry from top to bottom.

How could a large group of martial arts honors rely on the new system of Chu to steadily protect the wealth of themselves and their children and grandchildren? How could they be willing to return to the old era of "literary nobles and military officials" in Xiaoliang?

How can a large number of children of common people be willing to restore the nine-rank Zhongzheng system when they are waiting to pass the imperial examination and become officials?

So, no matter how dissatisfied the aristocratic officials were, what could they do?

The second decision: Starting this year, the "Pinyin Method" will be officially promoted in official schools, and the pronunciation of characters is the correct pronunciation of elegant language.

The "Pinyin Method" has been improved by countless scholars and has been "formally finalized" and can be fully promoted. The government and the country were mentally prepared inside and outside the government and the country believed that such reforms were necessary, so there was no trouble after the imperial edict was read.

The third decision is to reform the imperial examination. Above the existing third-level examinations of county, state and provincial examinations, the "palace examination" will be added, and the chief examiner will be the emperor.

The candidates who participated in the palace examination were candidates from the south and north who stood out in the provincial examination.

On the premise that his salary for entering the government remains unchanged, if he can pass the palace examination, he can enter the new "Hanlin Academy" and serve as a "Hanlin Editor" and hold a position under the ban.

After a period of experience, the Ministry of Personnel was selected as an official.

This decision doesn't seem special, but it's very meaningful:

The candidates selected in the palace examination are equivalent to the emperor's disciples and have a bright future.

When you enter the Hanlin Academy as a Hanlin editor, you will go directly to the emperor to be a civil servant. Once you are attracted by the emperor, you will be able to rise to the top.

This is an opportunity that many people can't get even if they squeeze their heads out!

The fourth decision: For the disposal of illegal civil and military officials, unless they commit rebellion, murder of their parents, etc., they will be cautious in using the death penalty and will be exiled to three thousand miles:

The exile place is in Lingnan, Guizhou, Guangzhou or Jiaozhou.

Depending on the crime, it is divided into one person's exile, immediate relatives (wife and son) accompany them, and exiled together with their clans (three tribes), etc. The sentences vary.

This change is meaningful: for many people, it means that once they "make trouble" and "unlucky" in the officialdom, there is still a chance of resurrection.

Although exiled to the smoky land of Lingnan is similar to death, there is still a glimmer of hope. After all, as long as people are there, there is hope.

Maybe after a few years, the situation in Korea and China will change, and I will still be able to come back.

Therefore, the possibility of being killed by political enemies has been reduced, but it is not guaranteed to "kill" on the way to exile, or die in the exile place.

But even so, having the opportunity to survive is much better than being beheaded directly.

The fifth decision: Menxia Province, the second-in-chief of the Secretariat, is the eight ministers of the Secretariat, and is not allowed to be re-elected as the eight ministers of the Secretariat.

But it can be transferred: if you step down as the eight ministers of the Secretariat, you can be transferred to the Menxia Province, and if you work in the Secretariat, you may also be placed in the place of exile.

How to transfer, election, exile, and have its own relevant systems.

The "senator" who was the deputy of the Eight Secretaries' meeting, this official position was officially decided, and he was the second-ranking officer of the three provinces and one of the "candidates" of the Eight Secretaries'.

This decision was not decided suddenly by Li Li. After a long period of preparation, discussion and preparation in advance, many senior officials had already known it before.

Now announced, it is a tone setting.

Compared with the previous few edicts, this news really made the civil and military officials in the court feel energetic.

The State of Chu replaced the only prime minister (Shangshu Ling, or the person who records the affairs of the Shangshu), the chief second-in-chief of the Zhongshu Province, the Menxia Province, and the Shangshu Province were officials at the level of prime ministers.

If the Six Ministers of the Ministry are included, the prime minister has more official positions, and now the term system is fully implemented, it means that "the prime minister takes turns to work and come to my house this year."

The emperor obviously set a new rule of the game, allowing civil and military officials to "decently" compete for the position of prime minister according to this rule.

Officials from various factions fought together and restrained each other, and could not form a joint force, which naturally greatly reduced the threat to imperial power.

But this triggers party struggles, which leads to vicious party struggles that are "only for people, not for things". What should I do?

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In the afternoon, Li Li talked with Prince Li Fang at Tingtao Pavilion and talked about some confidential matters.

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Today's grand ceremony lasted for most of the day, and it was quite exhausting. Li Li took a nap in the back and recovered his spirits, and then discussed the essence of power with his son.

What is the essence of power?

People have different opinions. Li Li believes that the essence of power is the recognition of "obedience".

The reason why the village chief can become the village chief is not because he has this name, but because most villagers believe that obeying this person is beneficial to them, so that they can recognize the status of the other party's "village chief".

Therefore, power is obedience, which comes from the positioning of the obedient in the mind of the obedient.

There are four types of positioning of those who are subject to be obeyed: those who protect interests, those who bring interests, those who are subject to be obeyed.

So when the "obedient" is the emperor, in the eyes of obedients with different identities, what may be the reason why they obey the emperor's authority?

1. I am a child of a commoner. The emperor promoted the imperial examinations and gave the commoner his chance to enter the officialdom and be valued. Therefore, I want to work hard for him and the emperor to work hard for him to protect the interests of me and my family.

At this time, the emperor was the protector of interests.

2. If I work hard for the emperor, the emperor will lead me as a confidant, and I will be able to take charge of the key points and be like a prime minister. At this time, the emperor is the one who brings interests.

3. I don’t work hard for the emperor. When the emperor is unhappy, he cut me off. At this time, the emperor is the one who harms his interests.

4. The emperor has a great reputation. As a subject, he should be loyal to the emperor and work hard for the emperor. This is the fourth category: As a subject, I should obey the emperor, so I obey.

However, in fact, what is the image of many emperors in the hearts of their ministers?

When the dynasties of Jin, Song, Qi, Liang and the like, how many people were loyal to the previous dynasty?

Say a thousand, tell ten thousand, and make profits the most important thing: What are the benefits of my current loyal minister?

What can I bring to obey the last emperor of the previous dynasty and fight with the powerful ministers who are usurping the throne?

By obeying the emperor, can he protect my glory and wealth? Or can he kill me?

If he can't do anything, why should I obey him? Why should I be loyal to him?

Since I do not recognize obedience to him, even if he has the title of emperor, to me, he is just a passerby. Whether he dies or lives has nothing to do with me.

Therefore, the emperor who cannot be obedient and feared has no power at all. He only has the title of emperor, but he is just a puppet.

Li Li said it and turned the topic to himself: "Why can I be the emperor? Because I have a strong army in my hands, whoever dares to refuse to accept it and jump out to object, will die."

"So, the officials of the previous dynasty were afraid, and I gave them the benefits, and they used both soft and hard, so they chose to obey, so I had the power of the emperor."

"But why can I have a strong army? Because I have outstanding abilities and can lead these soldiers to win battles, get promoted and make money. The soldiers follow me to fight for their lives. Only when they are beneficial will they obey my command."

"I have power, and the power is getting bigger and bigger."

Li Fang understood, and Li Li continued:
To be continued...