In mid-September of the fifth year of Yande, Emperor Guo Peng led his army to Yecheng, the former capital of the Duchy of Wei and the Kingdom of Wei.

He rested here for a few days, met some grassroots officials in Hebei who were responsible for the logistics of the army, praised them, and promoted some people on the spot.

Among this group of people is a county official who connects with the warehouse, named Liu Di.

He was born in poverty and was a polite child who started his career as a village chief and a village chief. He was then selected to study at the Imperial Academy because of his achievements. After he came back, he became a county official in the county.

During this logistics operation, the county official directly asked his two sons to join the transportation team and participated in the very arduous transportation work.

One of the sons accidentally fell into the water and drowned when crossing a river because of overwork.

He was very sad, but at the most violent time of the war, he could not leave his post anyway. He stayed at his post and could not even take his son's body home in person, and he had to ask someone to help.

After hearing this, Guo Peng felt very moved and held his hand to comfort him.

"With my Wei, I, an official like you, why worry about the country's prosperity? You have paid too much for the country's war, which makes the orphans feel very moved."

"I have received great kindness from Your Majesty. It is something I dare not even think about when I can read, read, read and be an official, so I dare not repay Your Majesty's kindness with my death."

Liu Di expressed his opinion while crying.

Guo Peng felt even more moved, so he decided to promote him to the magistrate of Ye County, and the original magistrate of Ye County was transferred to his post.

Many of the officials present showed surprise, including Liu Di himself.

Is Guo Peng changing the rules that have always been common within the Guo Wei regime?

Although it has not been seen in plain text for a long time, this rule exists and exists in everyone's heart.

Even if the mud-legged men from the common people entered the Imperial Academy and studied, they could only be assisted officials at the county level, and could not be officials above the county chief.

In other words, you will never be able to hold local or central positions with a total of more than a thousand stones.

This is a hidden rule in the officialdom of the Wei Empire.

This rule has already begun to operate since the period when the Guo and Wei regime was not so powerful.

Restrict the ascension of the mud-legged men from common people, thus in exchange for scholars' absent and ignorance of this phenomenon.

Because Guo Peng wanted to implement a rural system and asked a large number of grassroots officials to help him carry out military farming. Although the scholars were unwilling to do so, they were powerless to stop them and could only stop when they were better and enjoy their superiority.

After all, they did not have that large population to cover every village and every village of the entire Wei Empire, and they did not bother to do such a low-level position.

Who would like to be with the mud legs all day long and have to deal with the mud every day, making it smell bad?

But now, this matter seems to have changed - Guo Peng seems to have to modify this rule to a certain extent.

This surprised them.

Although the county official did make contributions and even lost a son for this, can this be compared with the rules set by everyone?

Will that rule that has been running for a long time be abandoned?

He just lost a son, but we were going to lose our lofty status!

Some people's thoughts suddenly became alive. Look at the emperor and then Liu Di, their eyes were full of bad intentions and anger.

The civil officials who were born like Liu Di were extremely excited and filled with desire. They felt that if Liu Di was really allowed to serve as the county magistrate, they would have hope of getting to the next level in the future.

Since you have become an official, who doesn’t want to go further?

Who would like to spend the rest of his life just wandering around the county?

Moreover, officials in Wei State all have term of office, including village chiefs and township chiefs and all local officials. The term of office shall not exceed five years, and then they must go to other places to become officials for another five years.

If you cannot be promoted, you have to go around and go around, become an official in another place, and go for another five years, and reincarnation. There is no hope of promotion.

This is one of the reasons why many officials lose their enterprising spirit and become mediocre and inaction or even become corrupt officials.

But now, the emperor seemed to be planning to tear a hole for them and let them see hope.

A ray of hope bloomed out of the dark curtain where there was no light.

However, the dark curtain that blocks the light is the painted skin that scholars rely on for their lives.

The emperor actually wanted to tear their skin and let these lowly people from mud-legged backgrounds take the same position as them?

What a joke!

We are noble scholars, and we have been officials in our family for generations, at least two thousand stones. We were born to rule these mud legs. How can these mud legs step on our heads?

Some people want to stand up and question this decision, but they are not very brave in the face of the emperor's power.

The emperor who had just won such a big victory and had just destroyed the emperor of two clans. This... is really not very brave.

They were quite conflicted and wanted to get on, but they didn't dare to get on.

But it is related to everyone's interests. If you don't stand up and question it at this time, what if it really becomes a routine in the future?

Everyone's privileges will be violated, their political status will be shaken, and the cultural advantages that have been working hard to monopolize for so many years will also face challenges.

Now take a step back, who knows how the emperor will be able to gain a better position?

Now that he is a county magistrate, what if he becomes a county magistrate in the future? What about the position of governor and central government?

A group of people exchanged their eyes privately, thinking that they should stand up, but no one dared to take the lead.

Seeing that the matter was about to settle, Zhou Chen, the deputy general of the Ministry of War, stood up with a tough bullet.

"Your Majesty, according to our dynasty, officials like Liu Di have always been able to serve as county officials in the county, and have never exceeded this level. Liu Di can be rewarded for making meritorious contributions, but promotion is a big deal... it is too much to do. Please think twice."

Someone stood up and took the lead, and a few brave ones were willing to stand up.

"Your Majesty, this matter is too much involved. If it is used by someone with ulterior motives, it may be difficult to deal with it."

"Your Majesty, there is no rule, and no order. Since the rules are established, it should be used. Otherwise, if everyone does not abide by the rules, the country will not be a country."

"Please think twice."

The three of them stood behind Zhou Chen and expressed their support for him.

Then the atmosphere of the whole scene became very sinister.

Officials from civil servants showed displeasure.

Some even gritted their teeth and their faces turned red.

Some simply showed an angry expression at these scholars and officials, as if they had the chance, they would go forward and bite them, beat them up, etc.

No one can stand this face-to-face suppression.

Of course, there are also people who stand by and watch, mainly because the emperor has not spoken yet, so they dare not stand up, for fear that they will be punished by the emperor if they say something wrong.

Everyone has been an official under the emperor for some time and is not unfamiliar with some of the emperor's methods of dealing with things, so I was still very moved when I saw the warriors standing up to fight for their interests.

However, no matter how moved it is, you still have to watch the show.

Otherwise, if it is blasted by the emperor, where should I go to make sense?

Sure enough, the emperor looked at the four officials and was furious.

Guo Peng slapped the previous case hard.

"Absurd! Our Wei State has always been a clear distinction between rewards and punishments. Liu Di lost his flesh and blood for national affairs, put state affairs in front of family affairs, and devoted himself to the country. If such a dedicated person does not hold a high position, how can he rectify his national style? The law of our Wei State states that he cannot be a county magistrate? You can take it out and let the orphan see!"
Chapter completed!