"Is it possible to use it and look down on it, so how can it be?"

The emperor looked at the prime ministers, his tone was neither light nor heavy, but the meaning of reform was very clear.

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, the despise of clerks is the result of the court's intentional act!"

Facing the emperor's doubts, Zhao Cheng's face changed and he expressed his thoughts helplessly:

"Since the prevalence of the imperial examinations and the world has changed several times, it has been fixed since the Tang Dynasty. The so-called thirty young masters and fifty young masters are the official positions that scholars all over the world have been seeking. When they are in office, they have already been experiencing the classics and relying heavily on clerks for common affairs!"

"If the status of clerks is raised, I am afraid that the situation of the clerks will inevitably be in chaos, and the court's rules will be disrupted!"

"To put it bluntly, scholars are officials, and there are many foolish people, so they let the officials take charge of the matter. If they do not despise them, the officials in the hall will truly become clay Buddhas and lose their power!"

After saying this, Li Jia immediately understood.

It turned out that it was this group of people who took the imperial examination and felt that they could not deal with these cunning clerks, so they could only be rejected by humans and given a low status to avoid seizing power.

This is also in line with the political tradition that has always been popular in ancient times. It is a kind of check and balance of power.

This is the disadvantage of the imperial examination.

Originally, the imperial examination was to replace the family and family, so as to better maintain the rule of the emperor. However, the limitation of the imperial examination was here. Although good school students were smart people, they might not be able to govern the people, such as Li Bai.

In this way, as specific administrative staff, officials can usurp a lot of power when the chief officials are stupid. In order to avoid them being too rude and disrupting the political platform, the court deliberately lowered their political and economic status and allowed them to stay at the grassroots level for life without posing a threat to the powerful class.

"Not only that!" Sun Guangxian saw that the emperor's face was wrong and others were sophisticated that he was naturally extremely upright about the imperial examination, so he immediately explained:

"The clerks are from low-class households, but they govern the people. Whether the court is taxes, labor service, officials are the first, and officials are the last, they will inevitably suppress good people with low-class households and act abuse. In this way, the people complain, but because of the officials' low-class officers, they will be good people and despise them, and the resentment will be dissipated and the people should be at peace!"

"What a bullshit reason!"

Li Jia smiled.

Sure enough, for the sake of its own glory and wealth, the ruling class can even apply its own learning, and it really does everything.

Faced with the emperor's complaints, the prime ministers looked at each other. This is a truth that has been passed down for hundreds of years. The reason for thinking about it is extremely abundant. I wonder why the emperor is not happy about it?

Li Jia looked at the confused faces of the prime ministers. He stood up, walked a few steps before laughing and scolding:

"The humble officials are just to prevent the seizure of power, but the disasters are endless!"

"First, clerks are a lowly household, and when they leave, they are lowly, and when they enter, clerks are in power and dominate the good. Their hearts will be greedy and abused, because no matter how much money they are, they can only be lowly households. In this way, they will definitely take the opportunity to make a fortune, and their household registration will not change, but the wealthy family can do it!"

"Secondly, clerks are the deputy officers of officials, and they are proficient in common affairs and cannot be separated for a moment. In this way, they will inevitably follow each other for generations, form in-laws and advance and retreat together, and it will be easier to unite and underestimate the chief official. In this way, will it go against my wishes?"

After the emperor spoke, the prime ministers were silent because this was indeed reality.

It’s okay to be greedy, cruel and violent, but it is true that the unity of clerks is common.

According to Volume 124 of "Taiping Guangji", Chen Xun was appointed as the director of Jianyang County. Because he was "hard and unwilling tolerate things, he falsely accused him of ten county officials, and (Chen Xun) even left the market."

The clerks collectively falsely accused their superiors and succeeded in their success, which shows that they have common interests and can already threaten the chief officials.

"Your Majesty's clarification!" Sun Zhao quickly stood up, looked at the emperor, his eyes were filled with spirit, and said solemnly:

"The clerks are originally lowly households, and this cannot be changed. According to what the ministers see, it is nothing more than having nowhere to come out, so they give up on themselves. They only need to have a way to advance. For example, the six ranks of the county can be promoted to the six ranks of the state, or add a few official positions. I think that if they have some diligence and hope for improvement, they will inevitably restrain themselves!"

"You are treating symptoms but not root cause, you are just fooling around for a while!" Li Jia waved his hand and refused directly.

In the early Tang Dynasty, officials such as Guanglu Temple Liang's Chief Secretary, Menxia Dianyi, Taichang Temple Dale Administration and other officials were unique to clerks, but they were occupied and became officials of Qingliu people.

If you have another official position, you may be in danger of this result.

"In the second year of Yuanhe (Yong Emperor Xianzong of Tang, 807 AD), it was extremely inappropriate to order those who had served as minor officials in the prefectures to participate in the imperial examinations. This move also cut off the previous journey of the clerks, which was extremely inappropriate!"

Li Jia read the old accounts again and began to chant: "According to the "Tongdian", in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, there were 349,800 officials and clerks, and among them, only 18,000 officials."

"Now there are 11,000 officials in the court, but if the clerks are added together, there are probably 200,000. I have set up ranks for clerks before, and I am just a clerk in the sixth house, a clerk, a clerk, a police officer, and a patrolman. There are only twenty or thirty people in a county who can obtain food and salary, and there are hundreds of people. How few are they? "

"What if he is dissatisfied?"

Such a bright data show made the prime ministers particularly novel, but at a glance, the gap between them was extremely disparate and shocking.

To put it here, according to the rules, the salaries of officials shall be paid by the central government, such as county magistrates, county magistrates, inspectors, magistrates, teachers, police officers, transshipment envoys, and ambassadors. However, the other thirty or forty officials in the organization shall be paid by the local finance.

The increase or decrease of the staffing of clerks in the local governments has no financial burden for the central government, and the burden is all in the local prefectures and counties.

Therefore, Li Jia's words are purely because he speaks without any pain in his back.

"In my opinion, clerks should be moved from low-ranking households and good people to serve as their responsibilities, and they should not be replaced by their inheritance. It is best to have scholars like scholars. If they do well, the county magistrate can also serve as them!"

"Central officials are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination system, and they must be deposed!"

"This change is too big, I'm afraid it's uneasy to the place!"

As the Prime Minister, Zhao Cheng said with considering the overall situation.

"I am uneasy, why are you worried that the clerks will take their authority?"

Li Jia sneered and said disdainfully: "If you lose your power, you will lose your power. Anyway, it is the people of the court who are in charge. Get out as soon as possible. Moreover, if you didn't take too much into consideration, you were planning to depose the lowly household, can't you resist these?"

As soon as these words came out, the prime ministers were surprised and their faces changed suddenly.

The system of low-ranking households is deeply involved, and the slaves of each household are also low-ranking households. If the low-ranking households are abolished, then wouldn’t the slaves in their families be “people”?

If you accidentally beat him to death, you will be punished.
Chapter completed!