How did she know what kind of plans and cruelty a strong mother would have for the sake of power?

Zheng Nian'er: ...My dear, you have gone too far. If you demonize your own mother like this, won't your conscience hurt?!

Of course Emperor Yongcheng would not feel any pain. When he faced his mother, Queen Mother He, he seemed to have no "conscience" at all.

"Look at what she has done these days, she is clearly unwilling to let go of power!"

"What kind of maid, the female minister, and she has set up a museum, and now she even wants to intervene in the salt administration..."

Emperor Yongcheng continued to complain.

However, as he was talking, some words woke him up, and he suddenly realized——

"No! Something's wrong! Does she really want to form an alliance with the aristocratic family?"

Zheng Nian'er had a question mark on her face, why did she change the topic while talking?

Why did Queen Mother He form an alliance with the aristocratic family?

As if he heard Zheng Nian'er's question, and as if he was speaking to himself, Emperor Yongcheng said slowly:

"Wang Shijiu and other female officials are all daughters of aristocratic families!"

Zheng Nian'er squirmed her lips, wanting to tell Emperor Yongcheng: Dear, in this era, only girls from aristocratic families get the best education.

Their abilities and knowledge are also the highest among many women.

When Queen Mother He wanted to choose a female official, she naturally had to choose someone with outstanding abilities.

And girls from aristocratic families have the greatest advantage.

In fact, this is also the embarrassing aspect of the current official selection system.

Everyone knows that the family is powerful and has seriously threatened the rule of the imperial power.

During the reign of the late emperor, in order to break the monopoly of aristocratic families, he carefully implemented the system of selecting officials through examinations in a small area.

His original intention was to select from poor families and bring fresh blood into the officialdom.

However, the sad thing is that among the young people who come to apply, although there are unconventional people and scum from aristocratic families who regard horses as tigers, the ones with the best grades are often the sons of aristocratic families.

There is no way, the aristocratic family has a monopoly on the world, and educational resources are also occupied by them.

It is extremely difficult for people from poor families to study.

As for the sons of other aristocratic families, they had access to the best educational resources from the moment they landed. There were countless books at home, and any slave born in the family could casually recite a few allusions and poems.

With such unique resources, the children of aristocratic families have a very high success rate.

Therefore, even if the late emperor rejected the aristocratic family, he still had to use the children of the aristocratic family.

The same is true for the current Queen Mother He.

Of course, it is not ruled out that the Queen Mother He is wooing the aristocratic family. After all, she is a woman who wants to interfere in the government affairs and needs the "tacit approval" of the aristocratic family!

"The owner of the Bowen Museum is the son of Wang Langya, and the bachelors and other officials also come from aristocratic families!"

Emperor Yongcheng couldn't hear Zheng Nian'er's thoughts and was still analyzing to himself.

The more he spoke, the more surprised he became, "What on earth is she going to do? Doesn't she know my father's last wish? For the sake of power, in order to continue to control me, she wants to seek the skin of a tiger?"

Emperor Yongcheng seemed not to be close to his father or mother.

But between the two, Emperor Yongcheng admired the former more.

First, it was the long-term lack of love that made him want that nihilistic "father's love" even more.

Secondly, my father was the founding king of the country and a truly strong man. And men all have a strong mentality.

And his throne itself was inherited from his father, and he has a sense of responsibility and mission as a "successor".

He wants to inherit his father's legacy and continue to implement the policy of weakening the family so that the Zhao family can be stable and passed down for a long time.

As for Queen Mother He, as the most noble woman in Dayuan and the first wife of the late emperor, she not only carried out the late emperor's last wish, but also colluded with the aristocratic family.

When Emperor Yongcheng thought of this possibility, he felt inexplicably sad and angry!

He felt even more betrayed.

"She is indeed a selfish and cold-blooded person. Her father passed away just a few years ago, and she has completely forgotten all his long-cherished wishes!"

"No! She can forget! But I can't forget!"

"I will continue the great cause that my father has not completed, and I will completely take back the power from the family!"

"I will never be a puppet of the family and my mother——"

As he shouted, the flames of war ignited in Emperor Yongcheng's eyes.

Zheng Nian'er had a bad premonition, always having the illusion that the emperor was going to cause trouble again.

However, as an emperor, Emperor Yongcheng could not easily be ignored by aristocratic families.

Although the aristocratic family these days is a little more "low-key" than in previous years, they will not change emperors at every turn.

However, the aristocratic family is still a huge force and has seriously restricted the concentration of imperial power.

If you want to break the monopoly of aristocratic families, you must reform the court's official selection system.

etc--

An idea flashed in Zheng Nian'er's mind, "Imperial examination system!"

Yes, it’s the imperial examination system!

Historically, the imperial examination system was implemented in the Sui and Tang Dynasties in order to break the monopoly of aristocratic families on the appointment and dismissal of court personnel.

And it was this relatively fair official selection system that knocked the family off the altar.

"What is the imperial examination system?"

Emperor Yongcheng vented his anger and his mood recovered a lot.

Just at this moment, he heard Xiao Qingmei's murmur.

"Oh, it's just..."

Zheng Nian'er roughly described the system and process of selecting officials through the imperial examination.

Emperor Yongcheng did not feel the surprise in Zheng Nian'er's tone. Instead, he said casually, "Oh, it's just an examination to select officials. My father has done it before!"

Zheng Nian'er:...Huh?
Chapter completed!