In a blink of an eye, nearly ten days have passed.

Liu He has been suppressing the case of Dameng's killing of Feng Luan, and only allowed the court magistrate to detain him in prison, not to be punished or interrogated. There is also a single room with three meals a day as usual, either sent by Cai Wenji, sent by Cai Yong, or sent by imperial meals from the palace for him to eat. Liu He and Zhang Yu even went to the prison for two visits in person.

Although Dameng didn't know where the prison was, he was naturally very unwilling to let him leave his wife and son. More than a dozen prison guards couldn't hold him back, so Liu He went to the prison and coaxed him to temporarily settle down.

During this period, the ministers met many court meetings, but unexpectedly did not mention this matter again. If they did not mention it, Liu He was naturally too lazy to mention it.

He was originally planning to hold his 30th birthday to pardon the world. Now that Wang Yun said that his crime was unparalleled, he would have no intention of doing this birthday. Although Xun Yu, Xun You, Cui Jun and others have proposed many ways to refute these days, they all omissions, so Liu He was naturally not satisfied.

Fortunately, Feng Fang and others did not urge this, so Liu He let it go. Anyway, as long as he did not explicitly order the pardon of Dafeng and did not give anyone a handle, and did not dare to make any small moves of embarrassment with the court.

On this day, when Liu He was reviewing the memorial, he suddenly thought of something and looked up at Xun Yu.

"Wen Ruo, this year, the list of filial and honest people and talented people in various places should be sent here one after another?"

During this period, there was no system of imperial examinations. A person who wanted to become an official depends on the system of examinations. The examination of filial piety and integrity was examined by morality, and the examination of knowledge. Only by passing one of the two examinations could he be recommended to be an official, starting from a minor official and gradually embarking on the career of officialdom.

After Liu He ascended the throne, he also thought about reforming this and adopting the imperial examination system, but his knowledge was too popular. Most ordinary people only had dozens or hundreds of literacy, so it was useless to run the imperial examination system.

Therefore, in the end, Liu He chose to only strictly investigate the recommendation system and recommend the recommendation process, without directly changing the entire system.

In previous years, people with excellent moral character and talent were selected, and then inspected, and after confirming the list, they reported to the prefecture, and then reviewed the examination. It was not until the end of the year that all localities reported the final list one after another. According to previous years, starting from the beginning of October, the list of recommendations in the Sili area will be submitted to the court, followed by Liangzhou, Bingzhou and other places. All the examinations were not completed until the end of the year. Then, the court appointed these people in the spring of the second year.

Since Liu He ascended the throne, there have been too few officials in the court center or local counties. At the same time, officials have been resigned due to old age and physical weakness. Due to war, some local officials have been killed by enemy troops and bandits.

In addition, Liu He's territory is increasing, and most of the officials in Xinzhou counties who were conquered by the original princes, so they naturally would not be very loyal to the court, so most of them were often replaced.

Therefore, the vacancy of officials under Liu He was not only not filled, but became increasingly larger. Now, Youzhou, Yanzhou, and dozens of counties that were originally governed by Gongsun Zan have to re-appoint officials, which really posed a big problem for Liu He.

In view of this, Liu He attached great importance to the list of recommendations every year, and always hoped that there would be more people to solve his urgent needs.

Xun Yu stood up and bowed his hand: "Report to Your Majesty, as of today, I have not received any list of recommendations submitted by any place."

"Well? Why are there so slackness in all places this year? It's okay to have a place next to you. They are all working in the capital. Why are there no lists for their jurisdiction? "

Liu He was very confused.

Xun Yu was obviously prepared and said, "I have sent someone to urge Zuo Fengyi, You Fufeng and others a few days ago. I think there will be news to be rewarded today and tomorrow."

Liu He naturally had no doubts about Xun Yu's ability: "Well, if Wen Wen remembers this matter, it is. The system of recommendation is related to the existence of the court, and it is important to say it is important."

"Your Majesty, Zuo Fengyi and the others understand this principle very well. I think I have been plagued by mundane affairs recently and I will not have time to spare."

Cui Jun's explanation also made Liu He feel very reasonable.

At this time, Gong Saner walked to the door: "Your Majesty, Zuo Fengyi has submitted the memorial."

Liu He smiled and said, "Qian Li, this guy, really can't stand it. As soon as he mentioned him, he came. Come on, hurry up, come on."

Xun Yu walked out the door and took Qian Li's memorial from Gong Saner.

However, he frowned immediately after just looking at him.

Liu He asked, "Wen Ruo, what is said in the memorial? Is it related to this observation?"

Xun Yu said: "Your Majesty is like a god. He is sure to approve this memorial, and he is indeed a matter of observing the list of reports."

"Since that's the case, he can tell why he has not sent a list yet?"

Liu He asked anxiously.

Xun Yu wanted to speak but stopped, his face filled with incredible expressions, which made Liu He even more surprised.

“What the hell happened?”

Xun Yu said: "This... Daozhun said that the list of counties' recommendations this year was originally very smooth. More than half a month ago, he personally sent reliable people to review and examine these people, and finally set a list and was preparing to submit it to the court. However... a few days ago, there were 23 people on the list. Except for two sons of Daozhun's confidants, the other 21 people even took sick leave overnight, and they all claimed that they had a serious illness and had to be cured for several years. Therefore, they requested to withdraw from the list of recommendations..."

"What? There is such a thing?"

Liu He immediately smelled an unusual meaning from it.

Xun You said: "Twenty-one people were sick at the same time, and they were all severely ill and difficult to cure for a while, which is really incredible."

"Unormal, really unusual. Being an official is something that the children of the gentry dream of. How glorious is it to be recommended? Even for our big families, it is also a happy event for the children of the clan to be elected as officials. Logically speaking, if they were not really sick, how could they have given up the great opportunity so voluntarily?"

Cui Jun was also puzzled.

Before Zuo Fengyi could figure out the memorial, Gong Saner appeared at the door again.

"Report to Your Majesty, You Fufeng, Henan Yin, and Jingzhao Yin's memorial have also been delivered."

"Send it in quickly." Liu He almost shouted out.

Shi Tao, Meng Jian, and Du Ji's three memorials were all placed in front of Liu He. Liu He looked over one by one, and the more he looked, his brows became tighter.

"Impossible... It's absolutely impossible... How could the list of recommendations in these three places have the same situation? The people who are being investigated either suddenly fell ill or died, and they have to be mourned for three years. In the three important places in the capital, there are only seven people who can be elected."

"What? Seven? Then, the two of Zuo Fengyi's, there are only nine people in total, and it's just a drop in the bucket."

Cui Jun has followed Liu He for many years. Although he is knowledgeable and intelligent, he is frowning and has no clue at this moment.
Chapter completed!