freenovelworld Chapter 40 On the Eve of the Assessment
Chapter 40 On the Eve of the Assessment
Soon it was time for the assessment.
The Divine Martial King's Palace.
"Your Highness, everything has been arranged."
Qi Ye reported this to Qin Wu.
The Eastern Qin Emperor entrusted this assessment to Qin Wu, and Qin Wu has been busy with assessment-related matters ever since.
There's also the issue of the selection of the personnel he placed.
"Have all the traces been erased?"
Qin Wu inquired.
Although he had arranged for people to do it, he didn't want anyone to know.
These people were all admitted to the assessment through recommendations from other people.
"They've all been erased; nobody knows we're all human."
Qi Ye assured him.
He went to great lengths to erase these people's traces.
"Okay, is everything ready at the exam venue?"
"We're all ready. Although everyone is being assessed in one place, it's all cross-assessment, so there's no possibility of cheating."
Qi Ye answered.
To prevent cheating, Qin Wu scattered everyone in a random pattern.
For example, the person sitting on the right is the person from the Ministry of Personnel who conducts assessments, and the person on the left is someone from one of the other five ministries. There will never be people from the same department sitting together.
Even if those people wanted to cheat, they couldn't.
"Very well, I also want to see how many incompetent fools my Eastern Qin has."
Qin Wu sneered.
He also investigated many officials during that month.
We found quite a few idiots.
There were even incompetent fools who managed to rise to the position of a third-rank official, which was a disgrace to the Eastern Qin.
"Your Highness, I never expected that our Eastern Qin, as the strongest nation in the world, would have so many incompetent and useless people in its court."
Qi Ye was speechless.
This was completely different from what he had known about officialdom before.
He originally thought that those who could enter the imperial court were all great talents of the time.
However, after getting to know them over this period of time...
His previous understanding was completely overturned.
"Hmph, this is a problem with the system. Even if Eastern Qin is strong now, it's only superficial."
"It's just because our royal family is powerful now. Once the royal family weakens, all the problems will be exposed."
"That's how the Southern Qi Dynasty is now."
Qin Wu said dismissively.
Even the imperial examination system of later generations had great drawbacks, and cheating in the imperial examinations was a problem that could not be stopped even after repeated prohibitions.
Moreover, there's the current system of recommending filial and incorrupt officials.
The drawbacks are even greater.
The right to enter the imperial court and serve as an official was in the hands of powerful and influential families.
It is almost impossible for ordinary people to rise above their circumstances.
There's not much he can do now.
The situation is far too complicated for him to change completely.
The chaos he mentioned in the Southern Qi Dynasty was due to the decline of the royal family and the loss of imperial power.
Otherwise, such a large-scale riot would not have occurred among the people.
He didn't believe that a group of defenseless civilians would dare to rebel.
Putting everything else aside, where did they get their weapons?
These riots were definitely orchestrated by the powerful families of the Southern Qi dynasty.
However, the last Grandmaster of the Southern Qi royal family has not yet fallen.
But it's soon.
Once this grandmaster falls, the Southern Qi will be thrown into complete chaos.
At that time, the disintegration of the Southern Qi dynasty was only a matter of moments.
The reason why those aristocratic families did not take direct action was because they were worried that the Grandmaster of the Southern Qi royal family would go crazy one last time in the final moments.
That would be a catastrophe.
When a grandmaster goes mad, no one can stop him; it's not impossible that he might drag several others down with him.
That's why those powerful families would instigate riots behind the scenes.
First, let's throw the entire Southern Qi into chaos.
In addition, the old emperor's days were numbered.
The struggle among the princes has also reached a fever pitch.
The Southern Qi dynasty was on the verge of collapse.
"Alright, let's not talk about that now. Make sure to arrange for security at the exam venue tonight, and don't let anyone tamper with it."
Qin Wu did not want to talk much about the Southern Qi.
Now is not the time to discuss the Southern Qi issue.
"Your Highness, rest assured, Fu Hua and Liu Qiu have personally gone to oversee the examination."
"With the two of them here, there will be absolutely no problem unless a Grandmaster intervenes."
Qi Ye said.
He had everything arranged long ago.
"Okay, go and rest!"
Qin Wu nodded.
With such capable subordinates, Qin Wu really has a lot less to worry about.
His four generals would arrange many things in advance, so he wouldn't have to worry about them too much.
"Yes, then I'll go and rest first."
Qi Ye took his leave and withdrew.