"This time the success of the eradication of the Shandong Shi clan, Suning, you have made great contributions, the previous dynasty plus my father and I are the four generations of emperors are powerless, I have imagined countless times, if there is no strategy from you, can I do this, and then I figured it out, I can't do it, I won't think about the means of using guò merchants to wipe out the Shandong Shi clan, I will think that is ridiculous, to be honest, even if someone proposes it, I won't believe it, only you can persuade me."

I promised you, if you help Datang do things, Datang will not treat you badly, I will not treat you badly, if you have any requirements, what needs do you need, you put it forward, as long as I can do it, I will definitely promise you, title, official position, money, fief, whatever you want, I will give you. Li Erma looked at Suning with a smile, with a relaxed smile on the surface, but Suning always felt that this guy's motives were not good.

When everyone is gone, they leave themselves behind, what is it if they are not ill-intentioned?

"If you have an official position, the minister has not yet reached the crown, and it is not a meritorious child, those Lang officials naturally can't do it, and it will be in vain to provoke criticism, it is enough to have a military position to march and fight, if you have money, if you have land, to be honest, there is no shortage of ministers, and there is no longer so much need, the ancients are cloudy, virtuous, and the virtue of the minister is no longer enough to carry such a rich amount of money, so, don't want it!" Suning is so modest.

Li Er Majesty didn't care about these modest words, but asked, "Why don't you mention the title?" You're already a marquis, and then you're the county duke, to be honest. You have a lot of credit, and it doesn't matter if you are a county magistrate, but I'm afraid it's not the best for you. ”

Su Ning nodded and said, "Yes, so the minister just wants to mention a small building to His Majesty." ”

Li Ermajesty smiled and said, "What is the construction yì, you say it!" ”

Suning said: "Qin has eighteen-level military merit system, eighteen levels, that is enough, but the title of Datang, baron." Viscount. The earl, the marquis, then the county duke and the county duke, and the prince above is not something that our courtiers should consider. There are too many heroes. And the rank of knighthood is less. It's not easy to get promoted, and to be honest, Your Majesty. The most important thing in the promotion of the title is not money and land, but the happiness of knowing that you are promoted to the title. ”

Li Er frowned and said, "You mean, the rank of the Tang Dynasty is less?" ”

Suning nodded: "That's true, the minister is already a marquis at a young age, and he doesn't dare to think about the duke's position before the age of thirty, so he has to be a marquis for more than ten years, and he has a high start, so this promotion is naturally difficult, of course, the minister is just a special case, but those who have this kind of thinking are not small among the generals and officials of the Tang Dynasty, so the minister thinks that it is possible to add some more detailed hierarchical divisions to the male fifth-class title of the prince and uncle."

For example, a first-class baron, a second-class baron, a third-class baron, a first-class viscount, a second-class viscount, a third-class viscount, and the like, each title is divided into upper, middle and lower levels, the third-class baron is the lowest title, and the first-class duke is the highest title, so that there are enough fifteen titles to divide into grades, and if a person with a white body wants to go through these fifteen levels of titles, it is estimated that it will take a lifetime, right?

In this way, the rank of the knighthood is sufficient, and it is not so difficult to be promoted, and the minister can also adjust all the existing dukes and uncles to the third-class titles, so as to facilitate future promotions, unless it is a very small number of merits to the first title, you can consider the second-class title and the first-class title, and secondly, you should give everyone enough to rise unprecedentedly, even if the actual treatment has not been much improved, but it gives people the feeling that it is promoted.

If a person of Chen's age becomes a marquis, it will be difficult to rise again, but if a third-class marquis rises to a second-class marquis, or a second-class marquis is promoted to a first-class marquis, then the resistance encountered is not very great, so that before the minister is thirty years old, it should be better, well, that's it! ”

Su Ning showed a smug smile, and Li Er's majesty looked at it with a burst of amusement: "Are you so confident that you can definitely become a duke after the age of thirty?" Hahahaha, that's what I decided, if I don't let you be a duke, you can't be a duke! ”

Suning said depressedly: "That, naturally, it was decided by His Majesty, but the minister is very serious about thinking about the title hierarchy, the title of the Tang Dynasty is still too little, if it is not increased, I am afraid there will be many unexpected problems, and there will be many people who are worried that they will come to an end, so that they will become idle or cause trouble." ”

Li Erma said: "You really think about your master!" ”

Suning blinked, smiled embarrassedly, and said, "Shizun is old, and the minister just hopes that Shizun can spend his old age in peace." ”

Li Erqi nodded and said: "Even if what you say is reasonable, but the redivision of the title is a very strict issue, without the unanimous approval and detailed terms of the ministers, I can't make a decision casually, otherwise the ministers will be panicked, and it will not be beneficial to the Tang Dynasty, the sixth year of Zhenguan is about to pass, this matter, I think it will be discussed at the court meeting of the seventh year of Zhenguan, if it is feasible, it will be decided."

You still have to go to Shuzhong to quell the rebellion, then this matter will be handed over to Xuanling and them, and you can go to war with peace of mind! Speaking of which, aren't you unhappy that I've repeatedly sent you out on business? Aren't you planning to get married? Why did you take the initiative to ask for help this time? Aren't you afraid that your father-in-law will trouble you? And my first heroine of the Li family is making trouble for you? ”

Su Ning wiped a handful of cold sweat and said: "Your Majesty, if the minister said that the minister was excited for a while and didn't control his mouth, and now he regrets it very much, do you believe it?" ”

Li Er was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "Hahaha, I believe, of course I believe, why don't I believe it?" If you wait until the seventh year of Zhenguan, well, your wedding date should be March, right? In March, what a good season, but unfortunately, Shu is remote, Shu Road is difficult, this back and forth is afraid that it will be a month, if the judgment does not go well, it takes too much time, in this way, alas, I am also very difficult!

But you don't joke, since I have already said that I agree with you to fight in Shuzhong as the deputy marshal. This is also the first time that the military university has been in the battle, without you staring at the side, I really don't feel at ease, in this case, you really have to go, what do you say about this? It's really embarrassing for me! ”

Suning rolled his eyes, Li Erqi laughed a few times, straightened his expression, and said: "The Shandong Shi clan has been wiped out, but the follow-up questions are quite strict. How to judge. What are your thoughts on how to decide, how to prevent its recurrence? At that time, your last letter made me so worried, you really dared to go in alone. If Cui Shi really decides to break the net. You are the reincarnation of Lu Fengxian. I can't survive! You're too young to be reckless, you know? ”

Suning nodded and said, "The minister knows his mistake." In the future, he will never do it again, as for the problem of the Shandong scholars, His Majesty only needs to know that he must not be allowed to return to Shandong to settle down again, His Majesty can convict him, and then show the emperor's grace, save him from the death penalty, settle him in a corner of Chang'an, and closely monitor it, so that he cannot go out of Chang'an for half a step, and at the same time, Chen Jian can start selling the accumulated books at a relatively low price.

In this way, the attention of the people and the literati to the Shandong scholars and all the energy of the Shandong scholars will not be attracted to printing and papermaking, and there will be unexpected earth-shattering changes, and then His Majesty will also announce the National Literati University on a par with the Martial Arts University, and the Military University will be used to train martial artists, so let's come to a University of Political Science and Law, Administration, Law, and Political Science and Law University, to train the officials needed by the country, what does Your Majesty think? ”

Li Erma thought for a moment and said: "At the beginning, you said that the literati university is also very necessary, but, compared to the martial arts university, well, now the biggest obstacle is gone, that is, to seize this opportunity to firmly control the official positions vacated by the scholars, and then, through the literati university to select officials?" ”

Suning thought for a moment and said: "It is better to take this opportunity to stipulate that in the future, the selection of officials must be selected through the imperial examination, only by taking the examination and selecting through the examination can you become an official, and those ways of the scholar clan should be abolished, and if the scholar wants to be an official, he must also pass the examination method, otherwise he cannot be an official, and His Majesty should take this opportunity to completely receive the right to appoint and remove officials into the hands of the imperial court, and from now on if you want to be an official, you must study, and you must participate in the imperial examination." ”

Li Er nodded his head: "This is okay, it is certain, the reason why the imperial examination was born is to restrict the scholars, it couldn't be done before, but now it can, but the nobles of the court ......."

Li Erma Xià looked at Suning, Suning realized what Li Erma Xià was thinking, Xungui's children can be officials in a more convenient way, but from the perspective of later dynasties, there is no strict conflict between Xungui's children as officials and the imperial examination to enter the office, after the disappearance of the scholar clan, there is no strict conflict between the nobles who are also born in the cold family and the ordinary people, and the official positions established by the imperial examination are also stable, and the promotion channels are also sufficient.

Suning said: "Why should Your Majesty worry about Xungui? Sealing the wife and the shadow is one of the highest pursuits of being an official, and it is indispensable everywhere, and it will not be affected because the imperial examination is popular. What do you think? ”

Li Erma thought about it for a while, so he nodded thoughtfully, didn't make any more requests, and then asked: "Then what about the so-called Mengxue primary and secondary schools in the prefectures and counties you mentioned?" ”

Suning said: "Your Majesty, this takes a lot of time, first of all, to stipulate the category and content of the imperial examination, the imperial examination will not only test the Confucian classics, through the actual test during this time, His Majesty also found that the court officials need more real ability, rather than academics, academic discussions can be placed in the school, and officials should do more is to build water conservancy, lead farmers to fight drought and floods, increase grain production, and benefit one party, these are not in the Confucian classics."

Therefore, the minister thinks that whether the imperial examination can make some changes, the responsibilities of state and county officials are also different, there is a need to use agricultural knowledge, there is a need to use engineering knowledge, there is also a need to use law, and business knowledge, these are all very useful knowledge, His Majesty might as well do this, list some state and county grass-roots positions, according to the actual needs of the names and requirements of officials, announce to the world, and then let special talents to take the official position.

What talents are needed, we will recruit what talents, the state assassin history of this kind of officials can not be examined, the highest official in the imperial examination should be set as the county order, the county order needs to know more things, the higher the position, the more things to be examined, the reason why Confucianism flourished is because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty recruited officials only to see Confucian knowledge, and the Tang Dynasty recruited officials to see more of the actual ability, so in order to be an official, the people will definitely rise up to learn and use the tide of learning.

The imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty must keep up with the needs of the Tang Dynasty, not only the actual ability, but also the moral aspect naturally needs to be checked, and the officials admitted in each examination should also be received by His Majesty, and His Majesty can even personally examine the actual ability of these admitted, if the imperial examination can be reformed in this way, the minister believes that the Tang Dynasty will be very different from the past. (To be continued......)