Chapter 208: Assassination Incident
In the hall of the morning court meeting, a situation of dispute between the two factions formed, and some officials were involved, helping one party to aristocratic family and another to support the poor and seeking officials, citing classics and according to classics, how to evolve and adapt from this old system since the rise of the Qin and Han Dynasties, and what are the pros and cons? Each holds a word and wants to convince each other.
Finally, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Yang slapped the table and said angrily: "Are you the emperor, or am I the emperor? Even my views and the details of the implementation of policies are not clear, so I just block them. I have ulterior motives! What I want to create is the prosperous era of the Sui Dynasty and the imperial career of thousands of years. It is not to stick to the rules and live under the sanctuary of our ancestors. If anyone cannot keep up with my steps and has no ambition to make progress, he can retire and return home!"
The civil and military ministers were all a little surprised. Unexpectedly, Yang Guang was really going to turn against him. The atmosphere suddenly became solemn and cold. They all knew that at this time, they could not continue to refute to avoid hitting the gun.
Even the nobles who opposed the poor family's official career were judging the situation and temporarily put away the sword of verbalism. They wanted to further listen to how Yang Guang implemented the imperial examination and then make decisions. After all, they were blindly blocking them, which was very dangerous. It would anger His Majesty. It would be a small matter if they could lose their official position, and it would be a big matter if they could destroy the family. They had to join forces in everything and do what they could.
Yu Shiji, the Minister of the Inner History, said: "I don't know what the specific details of the imperial examinations you want to promote. Please inform your Majesty so that the fools can understand the whole story, so that you don't have to misunderstand Your Majesty's holy intention."
Yang Guang nodded and continued, "What I mean is to give poor families, aristocrats, etc. the same opportunity to obtain officials, set up a bibliography for scientific examinations so that the people of the world can study by themselves, and then conduct rural examinations, county examinations, state examinations, capital examinations, palace examinations, and screen them layer by layer to gather scholars all over the world, pass the provincial examinations, and formally recognize scholars from the court as scholars, then juren and tribute scholars, so that scholars all over the world can be used by our court. Isn't this a great blessing? Moreover, some officials always think that they have prominent families and have more books, which are several times better than poor families. Then they don't want to let their descendants choose the imperial examinations, and be awarded officials regardless of their family status..."
The civil and military officials in the court were a little confused when they heard such a bold imperial examination system, but most people heard that this kind of examination seemed to be fairer and more conducive to the imperial court to select talents.
However, some officials of the noble family were worried. As a result, education was popularized by poor families, and the number of people who passed the exam gradually increased. Later, the barriers between nobles and poor families became lower and lower.
But this kind of thing is a long-term impact and does not allow threats to be seen in the short term, so many radical opposition just now could not think of a better refutation theory.
When Yang Guang saw the expressions of these officials, he knew what they were thinking and was secretly proud. He thought that if Luo Zhaoyun had not given any advice, he would have expressed such an imperial examination system that breaks the rules and selects new talents. It seemed simple, but in fact it would have hit the key points of the aristocrats all at once, and would have gained the support of scholars all over the world and strengthened centralization.
"Luo Zhaoyun, this son is not simple, he is really my blessing!" Yang Guang's heart moved, and when he looked at the ministers inspecting cultural relics, Luo Zhaoyun was not seen.
He looked a little suspicious and suddenly asked, "Are you asking for leave in advance today and not going to the morning court?"
Pei Ju, the Huangmen Minister, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, there are indeed three officials who are ill today, and they are unable to attend court because of their health."
"Oh, those three?"
"There are the head of Taichang Temple Xu Zhongyan, who was relapsed and asked for leave; Zhou Yun, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, suffered from dysentery and was in the mansion for treatment; Luo Zhaoyun, the new general of the Left Guard Mansion, also took leave. Two days ago, he was assassinated at dusk and was injured in the mansion for treatment..."
"Assassinated?" Yang Guang was stunned, completely unexpected.
Some officials also felt a little funny when they heard this reason. This was at the foot of the capital, at dusk, it was the time of a curfew. A group of people assassinated the young general who had just returned from triumphantly. This was too unexpected.
"Wuhou Mansion, can clues be found?" Yang Guang asked.
Dugu Feng stood up. Since he was on duty that night, the Right Wu Hou Mansion was responsible for pursuing clues of the perpetrators. However, the Dugu family and the Luo family had some quarrels, so they did not do their best. The matter was temporarily stuck. He did not expect that Emperor Yang of Sui would interfere.
"I have ordered to search for clues on more than ten dead bodies and survey strangers entering and leaving the capital, hoping to find clues."
When Yang Guang learned that the ambush Luo Zhaoyun was a group of warriors, he kept wondering whether it was because the aristocratic families learned that Luo Zhaoyun proposed the imperial examination strategy for me, so he was ambushed by a wealthy family. Is this going to give me the might?
I have to say that Yang Guang is a person with a very suspicious heart, with a cold face full of frost and a cold snorted: "Two days have passed, will you find out this? In the capital, a group of people, during the curfew, openly assassinate the general who returned from triumphantly, despising the king's law and the imperial power. I ordered you to find clues within ten days, otherwise, you will not have to be the position of a general. The whole city is martial law and the real murderer must be taken out. Even if you can't catch it, you must know who is so bold!"
Dugu Feng was a little stunned. I wonder why His Majesty attached so much importance to this case? Could it be that because Luo Zhaoyun was going to be favored?
Some officials were also guessing Yang Guang's thoughts and trying to figure out the holy intentions. No matter what, because of the assassination, Luo Zhaoyun's name became even more famous. Everyone knew about the fame in the court. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!