On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 140 Choosing to Send Tributes

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 140 Choosing to Send Tributes

Ji County, formerly known as Ji State in ancient times, was the seat of Youzhou Prefecture.

On March 20, the seventh year of Kaihuang's reign (587), Li Gang and Liu Fang, who had received the notice early, led the officials from the General Manager's Office, the Governor's Office, and the Jixian County Government to welcome the newly arrived Youzhou General Manager outside the city.

It was afternoon, and the warm sun was high. Due to the northern location of Jixian County, even at the turn of spring and summer, there was no hint of extreme heat.

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

They were wearing armour, holding swords, reflecting dazzling light in the sun, and the Cui flag fluttering in the wind was as bright as blood.

Even though he knew that these were the new steward's personal cavalry, seeing them rushing towards him and not slowing down as they got closer, many officials still turned pale with fear.

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

However, as the cavalry passed by, the strong wind caused by it still ruffled the clothes of the officials, and the flying dust made them even more miserable.

Li Gang and Liu Fang looked at each other, and both of them knew that this was Cui Che's attempt to intimidate Youzhou officials.

In the dusty sky, Cui Che's car drove slowly.

When the carriage stopped in front of everyone and the dust had all settled, Cui Che opened the door curtain, his face showing no emotion or anger.

He stepped off the carriage, and all the officials in Youzhou bowed and saluted. Cui Che just said lightly:

"I'll welcome you all from afar."

This cold attitude is completely different from the friendly attitude he had in Qingzhou.

"Su Shu" says: "Those who are angry but have no authority will commit crimes."

Cui Che relied on the heads of Qingzhou officials and the overthrow of Yan Rong to establish his prestige in the hearts of local scholars and people, so that he could be lenient in government.

Now that he has not established his prestige in Youzhou, if he is too lenient, he will definitely be looked down upon.

Perhaps indulging officials and then punishing them severely afterward is also a way to establish prestige, but compared to this, Cui Che is more willing to borrow the heads of barbarians.

Youzhou is located on the border. Unlike Qingzhou, the people support the general manager who can protect the country and the people.

Under the introduction of Li Gang, Liu Fang and others, Cui Che nodded and the officials who came forward to introduce him one by one nodded. Just like the majority of officials in Dingzhou whose surname was Cui, most of these local officials in Youzhou also took the surname Lu.

This is also a matter of course. If the imperial court had not begun to pay more attention to the talents of officials in selecting officials in recent years, instead of the previous nine-rank Zhongzheng system, which usually only looked at family status, I am afraid that all these important official positions in Youzhou would have to be surnamed Lu.

Since the Sui Dynasty did not establish Zhongzheng, the nine-level 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 take the imperial examination and take the imperial examination. This was the imperial examination system.

Today, there are 211 prefectures in the north, and Hebei alone is subdivided into 52 prefectures. Every year, as many as 633 tributes from across the country come to Beijing to take the exam.

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

With the current imperial examination system, there are only three places for each state each year. A large number of scholars have to queue up to wait for the opportunity to enter Beijing, and there is no room for students from poor families to join in.

Unless he is outstanding in talent and virtue and his reputation is known to the governor, how can a person from a poor family get the recommendation of the local governor.

Yang Jian and his wife valued bloodline the most, and even looked down upon their concubine's grandson, treating them like pigs and dogs, not to mention coming from a poor family.

His original intention of abolishing the nine-level Zhongzheng system was not for the so-called fairness, but just to change the phenomenon that all nobles, regardless of being wise or foolish, could become officials, and to select scholars among the nobles based on their talents and learning.

Of course, Cui Che would not meddle in other people's business and remind Yang Jian to give students from poor families a way to rise.

He himself comes from the top noble family, and by doing this, he is undoubtedly betraying his own class and becoming an enemy of the noble families in the world.

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

Cui Che entered Jicheng surrounded by everyone. 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 it in this life.

It was still early and it was not yet time for the banquet, so Cui Che ordered the clerk in charge of the palace to summon all the county magistrates who were waiting for him in the city.

As an important border defense area, Youzhou shouldered the important task of resisting foreign enemies and was not overly weakened by the imperial court. As Shangzhou, Youzhou previously controlled three counties and eighteen counties. After the three counties of Fanyang, Yuyang, and Yanjun were deposed, the eighteenth

The county is directly governed by Youzhou.

And now, those who were ordered to wait at the General Manager's Mansion, no more, no less, were eighteen people.

Cui Che, as the general manager of Youzhou and the governor of Youzhou, is naturally qualified to establish prestige for his subordinates.

However, these county magistrates did not dare to neglect this current prince-in-law and favorite minister of the emperor. They put aside their county affairs early and came to Jixian County to welcome him.

Cui Che sat on the main seat, glanced at the eighteen county magistrates in the hall, and said in a deep voice:

"The sage has an edict, instructing each state to select and send tribute scholars to the court. However, I have just arrived and don't know the talents of Youzhou. I order you to select three scholars from the county within one month. You must go to Jicheng to take the examination. I will select them personally.

If you dare to use the Yu indiscriminately to make up for it, I will not give you mercy!"

Eighteen county magistrates responded one after another.

The new official took office three times, and everyone was afraid that Cui Che would use him to establish his authority, so their attitude was very respectful.

Cui Che never thought of using these three places to trade with others. If the person sent to Daxing has mediocre intelligence, it will undoubtedly be a slap in the face and make people laugh at him for not knowing how to recognize people.

At least at this stage, the fairness that Cui Che can guarantee is the fairness within the noble clans, not the fairness between the noble clans and poor families.

There are three people in each county of Youzhou, totaling fifty-four people. Cui Che will select three people with outstanding talents and learning from these fifty-four people and send them to Daxing to take the exam. If there are people with amazing talents and beauty among them,

, Cui Che will also recruit him into his shogunate.

Seeing that the county magistrates had agreed to this matter, Cui Che said again:

"After today, you will go back to the government offices and come back to Jicheng in one month to report on your work. You will inform me in detail about this year's policy plan."

Everyone did not dare to have objections and went 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, life in the future may not be easy.

After the county magistrates left, Cui Che summoned Liu Fang, Sima of the General Administration Office, who issued a document to the fifty towns under the jurisdiction of the General Administration Office of Youzhou and ordered each town guard general to select four warriors from the army and rush to Jixian County. Cui Che's move was naturally to

Reorganize a personal soldier team.

The more than 100 guards in Qingzhou had been demobilized when Cui Che resigned and were sent to the rural regiments of Qingzhou, Jiao, Guang, and Ju to serve as grassroots officers.

Now in Youzhou, Cui Che plans to follow the same example and form a bodyguard of 200 people.

After three years of win-over, they were invited to win people's hearts, and then they were assigned to serve in various places before leaving their jobs.

That night, Cui Che attended the reception banquet arranged for him by Youzhou officials. In previous years, the imperial court sent Liu Yu to inspect the 52 prefectures in Hebei and arrested more than 200 illegal officials. Therefore, no one dared to commit crimes against Cui Che.

Che offers his heart.

This is also the reason why Cui Che cannot use corruption to establish his authority.

(End of chapter)