Although Jingzhou people have achieved absolute scientific hegemony through the concept of fairness in the imperial examination, the imperial examination is the emperor's political means, not a simple examination.

So Guo Peng made the decision to split the academic hall and forcibly seize the educational resources of Jingzhou.

For the people of Jingzhou, it is undoubtedly a huge blow, but for people elsewhere, it is a blessing. Such a wave is enough to reverse the advantages of the people of Jingzhou in the next few years.

This is certainly a good thing for other regions, but it is not a ten thousand years of law.

Regarding the imbalance of educational resources in various regions, Mr. Guo felt that he needed to consider the admissions of rankings so as to help those from remote areas become officials and maintain centralized rule.

The incident in Jingzhou is the first crisis and challenge facing the imperial examination institute.

In the future, the imperial examination will face more other challenges. For Mr. Guo, all he can do is to keep pace with the times to change the rules of the imperial examination.

As for the future, he can no longer think about more.

He dispatched in November of the tenth year of Yande and decided to return north in early March of the eleventh year of Yande. Guo Peng inspected half of the Wei Kingdom, and the remaining half of the Wei Kingdom, which was even more distant, was really unable to inspect.

Perhaps when he abdicated and became the Supreme Emperor in the future, he would have the opportunity to inspect these territories. When he was the emperor, these places could not be easily visited.

Guo Peng's route back north was to pass Wu Pass from Nanyang County to Luoyang. Basically, many people walked this road. Yuan Shu, Lu Bu and Sun Jian all walked it, and the road was very easy to walk.

After spending more than ten days, Guo Peng returned to Luoyang and his base camp, the capital.

Unlike the last time after returning from the Northern Expedition, this time, Guo Peng asked Guo Jin what he felt like when he was away. Guo Jin honestly replied, saying that the feeling was indeed different.

Last time in the sixth year of Yande, Guo Jin handled government affairs on his behalf and worked as the prince of the state. He felt his shortcomings and the feeling of being despised by his ministers.

That time, most of the ministers were negligent in his work, they were not serious about their work, often slacking off, and they were a little careless in handling the tasks he assigned, and they felt bad.

This time, the ministers were much more serious. Even if Guo Peng left, he did not slacken. He still assisted him in handling government affairs seriously and responsibly.

He felt respectful, which made him very happy.

The biggest difference is that he feels that his workload has been greatly improved.

"I haven't finished reading a bunch of memoirs, and the other bunch has been delivered. The number of memoirs sent makes my son frightened. Does my father handle so much government affairs on weekdays?"

Guo Jin had to deal with a lot of things during his Yin Ren in Henan, and he also needed to run around to contact this and that. There were quite a lot of problems, but in the end he was not as fierce as this time.

I felt that everything in the world was pounced on my face. In the first few days, it was no exaggeration to say that Guo Jin was even reviewing the memorial in his dreams.

“Hahahahahahahaha.”

Guo Peng laughed loudly and patted Guo Jin on the shoulder.

"This is the feeling of the real power emperor, because in the past few years, the position and people who can share the pressure on their positions for their fathers have been killed. Such people and positions no longer exist.

All the assistants left are assistants who can help deal with government affairs for their father, whether it is the cabinet or the Nanshu, they are all part-time jobs. Do you know what the benefits of doing this are? Tell me."

Guo Jin frowned and thought hard.

"Benefits? Is the emperor going to do more?"

"This is indeed a benefit. If you do more things, it means that more and more things need to be handled, which means the expansion of imperial power."

Guo Peng said slowly: "For my father, he has banned all positions that threaten the emperor in his power, and dealt with those who hold these positions. Now the remaining assistants, whether they are cabinet or attending the Nanshufang, have the responsibility to assist, but have no right to assist."

Guo Jin blinked and suddenly realized.

"So that's the case. My father did this so that they could not have formal authority, and could only do things and hold power, but had no real position. This is the same as low-level and weight."

“Yes.”

Guo Peng laughed and said, "The position is low and the power is the emperor's mind. As long as the position is low, no matter how much power is, it is easy to deal with. Conversely, the same is true. No matter how high the status is, as long as the power is light, it is easy to deal with. The most terrifying thing is those with high and powerful positions."

"Son understand."

Guo Jin took a deep breath: "Those with high positions and high positions can only be temporarily appointed, but not long-term. If you want to maintain the imperial career of the Guo family, the best way to employ people is to be low and high positions and low positions and low positions and low positions and power."

"The so-called county magistrates are worse than to take charge now. Many people only value the power in their hands. Only when they do enough power will they care about reputation and position. You have to use this method, just like using the cabinet for your father and then the Nan Study Room. In the future, you can also have your own cabinet and Nan Study Room."

"My son knows."

Guo Jin nodded seriously and remembered his father's teachings in his heart.

"Well, by the way, A Jin, I want to talk to you about the matter about the Great Qin State for my father."

"The Great Qin State?"

Guo Jin was a little confused: "What's the matter in the Great Qin State?"

"In the seventh year of Yande, our fleet had already met the people of Daqin on the sea. In the nineth year of Yande, he sent General Wang Wei to lead a fleet to the Great Qin State from across the ocean. He succeeded and arrived in the Great Qin State and was received by the Emperor of Daqin."

"Emperor of the Great Qin?"

Guo Jin was surprised: "Father, what is the Great Qin Kingdom like? Is it powerful? How many people? How many soldiers? Will it be enemies with us?"

Guo Peng laughed in silence.

"It takes half a year to get lucky when the fleet goes back and forth. There are several countries such as Kushan, and you think how do you fight this battle?"

Guo Jin thought about it and felt that what Guo Peng said made sense. This battle was indeed difficult to fight.

At such a long distance, both sides should be very restrained and very rational.

The ruling class should all understand that both sides cannot cause effective and substantial continuous blows to each other, and if the conditions for confrontation are not met, the exchanges must be commercial and friendly.

There was no irreconcilable core contradiction between the Wei Empire and Rome, but the interests of both sides could reach an agreement to some extent.

Judging from the current situation, the Wei Empire needed Rome's broad market and strong purchasing power, and Rome needed the Wei Empire to directly provide high-end luxury goods that were cheaper than the resting Empire.

The Wei Empire did not want the Kushan Empire and the Anxu Empire to make profits by being second-hand dealers, so as to develop themselves and control the important Silk Trade Road.

The Roman Empire did not want countries such as the Silence Empire and the Kushan Empire to control the trade routes, and raised the already high price of luxury goods of the Wei Empire to a more unacceptable level.

If the two sides hit it off, they will inevitably reach a trade agreement.

"That's true, this battle can't be fought at all."

Guo Jin smiled: "Why does my father care so much about this?"

"Trade, money, what do you think we end up selling so many things from the Western Regions? A considerable number of them went to Daqin and were bought by Daqin nobles."

Guo Peng smiled at the west and said, "Only the population and size of the Great Qin State can we afford so many silk, porcelain and lacquerware. Who else can be there besides the Great Qin State? We must establish a good relationship with the Great Qin State."

Guo Jin nodded to show that he understood.

"If the trade with the Great Qin Kingdom is directly developed through the sea, it will surely bring us great benefits, right?"

"It's not just big, it should be said to be quite big. Apart from the Great Qin State, we can't find a larger trading partner, so no matter what, we must maintain a good relationship with the Great Qin State, but the political situation of the Great Qin State is indeed in a difficult position."

Guo Peng rubbed his temples in a little embarrassed.

"What do you say about my father?"

"The emperor of the Great Qin Kingdom... changed a little quickly."

"ah?"

Guo Jin didn't understand why.

Guo Peng told Guo Jin what he learned, which made Guo Jin feel a little clear.

"There is still such a thing?"

Guo Jin felt a little incredible: "Changing the emperor is like a joke. You have to use money to bribe the imperial guards to be the emperor. This... this is simply because the generals are not a country. How did the Qin Kingdom maintain it?"

Guo Peng thought about it.

"As long as the central government's power is not that great and its role is not as important as imagined, changing the emperor is not a big deal. If we stomp our feet in Luoyang, the entire Wei State will shake three times. When the emperor of the Great Qin State dies, the local area will pretend that nothing has happened and immediately start fighting for the throne..."

"Doesn't the inheritance of the throne of the Great Qin State tell whether the father died and the son passed away or the brother ended with the brother?"

Guo Jin asked.

Guo Peng shook his head.

"I guess it's said, but it's not that easy to execute. Where can the sons of the killed emperor be emperor smoothly? Unless they are stronger monarchs who can suppress the army, they can inherit the throne."

"This is too unstable. In this way, the Great Qin State can maintain it. It seems that the Emperor of the Great Qin State is not a very powerful emperor. The Great Qin State should be just like the former Han Dynasty. They fight and make their own decisions, and each has their own small abacus."

Guo Jin shook his head: "No, such a national regulation is too chaotic. If this continues, the country will not be a country, and someone must make changes. The emperor can often change it and kill at will. So what authority is there?"

"This is probably the biggest problem of the Great Qin State, but perhaps it is also the reason why the Great Qin State can always maintain its existence."

Guo Peng smiled: "It is certainly not stable enough to change the emperor like this, but none of the people who can sit on the throne are idiots and mediocre people, they are all people with some skills. Compared with our stable inheritance, many strong people emerge on their side.

The territory of the Great Qin Kingdom was said to be very vast, and even included a large area of ​​sea. If there weren't so many emperors who could conquer and fight, they would probably not have developed so strongly and would not have had such a vast territory.

In order not to be killed and replaced by the imperial guards, those emperors started wars everywhere and plundered wealth and land. Therefore, the powerful and nobles were so rich that they accumulated huge wealth, so that they could do business with us and buy our silk."
Chapter completed!