On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 140 Selection of Tributes

Ji County, the ancient state of Ji, is the seat of Youzhou state.

On March 587th in the seventh year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign ([-]), Li Gang and Liu Fang, who received the notice early, led the governor's mansion, governor's mansion, and Jixian county government officials to welcome the new governor of Youzhou outside the city.

It was mid-afternoon and the sun was hanging high. Since Ji County is located in the north, even at the turn of spring and summer, there was no hint of extreme heat.

While everyone was waiting anxiously, three thousand cavalry pawns took the lead to clear the way.

They are wearing armor and fighting, reflecting the dazzling light under the sun, and the Cui character flag fluttering in the wind is as bright as blood.

Even though they knew that they were the cavalry under the command of the new chief manager, but seeing them rushing straight towards him, they were getting closer and still not slowing down, many officials still turned pale with horror.

Following Zhang Wu's order, the three thousand cavalry soldiers were divided into two groups, each going left and right, sparing all the officials in the field.

But the cavalry passed by, and the gust of wind still messed up the clothes of the officials, and the flying dust made them even more embarrassed.

Li Gang and Liu Fang looked at each other, they both knew that this was Cui Che's attempt to show off the Youzhou officials.

In the sky full of dust, Cui Che's car drove slowly.

When the carriage stopped in front of the crowd, all the dust had already settled, Cui Che lifted the door curtain, his face was full of joy and anger.

When he got off the carriage, all the Youzhou officials bowed and saluted, Cui Che just said indifferently:
"Thank you, everyone is welcome."

This indifferent attitude is completely different from the affinity he had in Qingzhou.

"Su Shu" says: "Anger without prestige commits crimes." '

Cui Che established his prestige in the hearts of the local scholars and people by relying on the heads of Qingzhou officials and the downfall of Yan Rong, so that he can be lenient in politics.

Now that he has not established his prestige in Youzhou, if he is too lenient, he will be despised.

Perhaps indulging officials and then turning their faces and punishing them severely afterwards is also a way to gain prestige, but compared to this, Cui Che is more willing to borrow the head of a barbarian.

Youzhou is located at the border, unlike Qingzhou, the people support the chief who can protect the environment and the people.

Introduced by Li Gang, Liu Fang and others, Cui Che nodded to the officials who came forward and gave their names. Just like the majority of Dingzhou officials surnamed Cui, most of these Youzhou local officials also took the surname Lu.

This is also a matter of course. If it hadn't been for the imperial court's selection of scholars in recent years that began to pay attention to the talents of officials, instead of the previous nine-rank Zhongzheng system that generally only looked at family status, I am afraid that the important official positions in Youzhou must all be surnamed Lu.

Since the Sui Dynasty did not establish Zhongzheng, the Jiupin Zhongzheng system that lasted for more than 300 years has been abandoned.

Instead, in the first month of this year, Yang Jian ordered the governors of each state to recommend three scholars to the imperial court every year, to enter Beijing for a test, and to take the examination of scholar, that is, the imperial examination system.

Today, there are 211 prefectures in the north, and Hebei alone is subdivided into 52 prefectures. There are as many as 633 tribute scholars who enter Beijing every year to take the exam.

It's just that under the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, the poor family can still get a low-rank one at any rate.

In today's imperial examination system, there are only three places in a state every year, and a large number of scholars have to wait in line for the opportunity to enter Beijing, so there is no chance for students from poor families to get involved.

Unless he has outstanding talents and reputation and is known by the governor, how can a person from a poor family get the recommendation of the local governor.

Yang Jian and his wife value blood lineage the most, and they don't even look down on the grandsons of concubines, and treat them like pigs and dogs, let alone the humble folks.

His original intention of abolishing the nine-rank Zhongzheng system was not for the so-called fairness, but just to change the phenomenon that no matter whether the gentry were wise or foolish, they could become officials, so that they could be selected from the gentry with their talents.

Of course, Cui Che would not meddle in other people's business, and reminded Yang Jian to give the poor students an upward path.

He himself was born in the top gentry family, so by doing so, he was undoubtedly betraying his own class and making an enemy of the gentry all over the world.

At least now he doesn't have the strength to do such a thing.

Surrounded by everyone, Cui Che entered Jicheng. He temporarily settled his wife and children in the official residence, and ordered Zhao Wen to go out and buy a house.

I couldn't afford a house in Beijing in my previous life, so I have to make up for the regret in this life.

It was still early, and before it was time for the banquet, Cui Che ordered the clerks of the general manager's mansion to welcome all the magistrates of his counties in the city.

As an important border defense area, Youzhou undertakes the important task of defending against foreign enemies, and has not been overly weakened by the imperial court. As a Shangzhou, Youzhou previously led three counties and eighteen counties. After Fanyang, Yuyang, and Yan counties were deposed, the eighteen counties The county is directly under the jurisdiction of Youzhou.

And now those who are ordered to wait at the general manager's mansion are no more and no less, exactly 18 people.

As the governor of Youzhou and the governor of Youzhou, Cui Che is naturally qualified to give his subordinates a great reputation.

But these county magistrates did not dare to neglect the prince's son-in-law, the emperor's favored minister, and put aside the county's government affairs early, and came to Ji County to greet him.

Cui Che sat on the main seat, swept past the eighteen county magistrates, and said in a deep voice:
"The sage has an edict ordering all prefectures to select and send tribute scholars to the court, but I am new here and don't know the talents of Youzhou, so I order you to wait for the selection of three scholars from the county. They will go to Jicheng to take the exam within one month, and I will select them myself. If you dare to make a fool of yourself, I will not forgive you lightly!"

Eighteen county magistrates responded one after another.

The new official took office three fires, and everyone was afraid that Cui Che would use himself to gain power, so they were very respectful.

Cui Che never thought of using these three quotas to make deals with others. If the people who are sent to Daxing are mediocre, it will undoubtedly be a slap in the face and make people laugh at him for not knowing people.

At least at this stage, the fairness that Cui Che can guarantee is the fairness among the gentry, not the fairness between the gentry and the poor.

There are 54 counties in Youzhou, three people from each county, a total of 54 people, Cui Che will select three people with outstanding talents and learning from these [-] people, and send them to Daxing to apply for the exam. He will be conscripted into his shogunate.

Seeing that the county magistrates responded to the matter, Cui Che said again:
"After today, you will go back to the government offices, and come to Jicheng to report on your work in one month, and let me know the details of this year's policy plan."

No one dared to object and came out as ordered.

After finally leaving the general manager's mansion, everyone looked at each other and let out a long sigh.

With such a governor, the future may not be easy.

After the county magistrates left, Cui Che summoned Liu Fang, Sima of the Governor's Mansion, and he sent a message to the fifty towns under the jurisdiction of the Youzhou Governor's Mansion, ordering each town guard to select four warriors from the army and rush to Ji County. Cui Che's move was naturally to Re-form a team of personal soldiers.

Qingzhou's more than [-]-man guards had already been disbanded when Cui Che resigned, and they were sent to Qingzhou, Jiaozhou, Guang, and Juzhou township regiments to serve as grassroots officers.

Now in Youzhou, Cui Che plans to do the same and form a personal guard of 200 people.

After three years of wooing, they were invited to buy people's hearts, and before they left, they were assigned to work in various places.

That night, Cui Che attended the reception banquet arranged for him by officials from Youzhou. Because the imperial court dispatched Liu Yu to inspect the 52 prefectures of Hebei and arrested more than [-] lawless officials, no one dared to commit crimes. Pay attention.

This is also the reason why Cui Che can't use the stolen goods to make trouble and use it to build his prestige.

(End of this chapter)