Chapter 1707: Ninth Rank Imperial Examination Shu Han Competing for Talents
After returning to Luoyang, Cao Pi also knew that it would be difficult to raise a large army to attack the Shu Han in a short time, and the long-term failure would cause a great loss to his prestige, so he invited a group of officials to discuss countermeasures, and Jia Xu gave some suggestions.
First of all, persuade the barbarian king Kebi to invade Hanzhong with Qiang soldiers in order to contain and deplete the strength of the Shu Han; secondly, Yizhou Qishuai Yongkai is a local tycoon, who is kind and trustworthy with Nantu, and has a good reputation among the local barbarians, so he can provoke Yongkai Colluding with the barbarians to rebel and disturbing the territory of Shu Han; the third Sun Quan has a grudge against Jingzhou, so he can befriend Sun Quan and lure him to attack Jingzhou.
Cao Pi was overjoyed when he heard the words, and quickly asked Jia Xu to send someone to do it; but with these methods, it may be possible to contain the strength of the Shu Han in a short period of time, making them temporarily unable to make the Northern Expedition, but how to win over the big gentry in the territory of Cao Wei? ?
At this time, Chen Qun once again took out the nine-rank Zhongzheng system that he had planned for a long time. The Dazhong Zhengguan is in charge of the evaluation of figures in several counties in the prefecture, and each county has a small Zhongzheng official.
The Zhongzheng official was responsible for appraising scholars of the same nationality as him, including scholars in this state and scattered in other counties. The criteria for evaluating characters were family background, morality, and talent.
Today, Cao Wei continued the chaju system of the Han Dynasty, but now the chaju has been manipulated and used by the powerful and noble families. They influenced the public opinion in the village at that time, which caused the chaju to breed various corruption phenomena, and had a conflict with the humble scholars. There are sharp contradictions, and the struggle is fierce on the issue of how to select officials.
Chen Qun's nine-rank Zhongzheng system provided an objective standard for the selection of officials at that time, which not only preserved the will of the Han Dynasty's township elections, but also solved the problem of no standard for the selection of officials.
Cao Cao had used some of these methods before when he was still alive. Cao Pi agreed to Chen Qun's suggestion after consideration, and established the nine-rank Zhongzheng system in a legal situation. The competition started, and Cao Pi could make a ruling in the middle, and his prestige soared for a while.
Cao Wei's countermeasures soon spread to Shuzhong, and Liu Bei called a group of ministers to discuss. At this time, Shen Long had returned to Shuzhong and also participated in this court meeting; Zhuge Liang had already had countermeasures against Jia Xu's methods. The prestige of the central government is quite high, and sending Ma Chao to lead the army to Hanzhong can easily defuse Ke Bineng's attack, and it can also allow Ma Chao to win the hearts of the Qiang people and prepare for the attack on Chang'an from Hanzhong.
As for Sun Quan, the previous two battles in Jingzhou and Fancheng had already made Sun Quan terrified, so he only needed to send a debater to explain the strength, and Sun Quan naturally knew how to measure and did not dare to move lightly.
Only Yong Kai, the prefect of Jianning, was born in the south after Shifanghou Yongchi of the Han Dynasty. He had a good reputation among the barbarians. It was not an easy task. Zhuge Liang planned to go out to quell the Yongkai Rebellion and stabilize the rear of the Shu Han.
In the novel, when Zhuge Liang was just enthroned by Liu Chan, he also encountered many soldiers and horses, including the rebellion of the barbarians in the south. Although Yong Kai was not involved in it, Meng Huo must have obtained his acquiescence in his rebellion; Zhuge Liang At that time, thinking that Liu Chan had just ascended the throne, and the middle of Shu was temporarily unstable, so he only sent Wei Yan to lead an army from left to right, and from right to left, in order to scare Meng Huo away.
But now Liu Bei is in power, and there are many talents in Sichuan to assist him. It is not a problem for Zhuge Liang to leave temporarily, so he took the initiative to ask for orders to go. After thinking about it, Liu Bei agreed to his request and let Zhuge Liang choose the generals at will. .
So Cao Wei's three-way attack is nothing to worry about,
Liu Bei also talked about the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, and the Shu Han must also have its own talent selection system, so that it can last for a long time.
However, if we want to imitate the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, there is not enough in Shuzhong. Liu Bei occupies a small number of lands and aristocratic families. It is not realistic to rely on this method to select talents. There are many problems in continuing to use the inspection system, so it is difficult to decide for a while. .
At this time, Shen Long stood up and suggested that while using the procuratorial system, he could use the examination method to select officials as a supplement, so that the court could attract enough talents.
"Although the Nine Ranks have improved compared to the Juju system, the power to determine the ranks is still in the hands of the big family. At the beginning, the imperial court may be able to restrict one or two, leaving a few places for the poor, but the world is long. , It will be difficult for a humble scholar to stand out, and noble and prominent positions are all monopolized by noble families, so it is unwise!" Liu Bei came from a humble background, and there are not many noble families in Sichuan, so Shen Long dared to say this.
"Your Majesty can hold regular imperial examinations to select civil servants based on historical and strategic theory, and military commanders based on martial arts and military methods. From these, selected talents can be appointed as chief secretary, county magistrate, chief officer, deputy general, literature and history, etc., and then be promoted and dismissed based on merit and military achievements. This is more fair. Moreover, the power of talent selection is in the hands of His Majesty, and all honors and favors come from His Majesty, and all the scholars in the world will return to their hearts." Shen Long explained the principles of the imperial examination, and pointed out the benefits of this system for maintaining imperial power.
The Jiupin Zhongzheng system puts the power of selecting talents in the hands of aristocratic families, while the imperial examination puts power in the hands of the emperor. It goes without saying which of the two is better.
"I request you to set up county schools and prefectural schools in all prefectures and counties, and set up Guozijian in Chengdu to attract young talents to study; build libraries in various places, collect books in them, and borrow them. In this way, the style of writing in Sichuan will flourish and there will be no shortage of talents. ; At the same time, it can also spread the imperial examination to the world, attracting scholars from Cao Wei and Eastern Wu to vote!" The pavement for the promotion of papermaking and printing has been completed, which can speed up the efficiency of knowledge dissemination and break the monopoly of aristocratic families on learning. .
The so-called aristocratic families began at the end of the Han Dynasty and flourished in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, which coincided with the duration of the Jiupin Zhongzheng System. This period was also the most chaotic period in China. It was a mess, Shen Long would of course refute such a system.
Liu Bei was fascinated by it, Zhuge Liang frowned slightly. Of course he could see the impact of the imperial examination on the aristocratic family. The implementation of such a policy would inevitably make the northern gentry alienate the Shu Han and increase the difficulty of recovering the northern land in the future. For its benefits, this trouble is nothing, so I thought about it and agreed.
All the officials from poor families in the court also agreed, and the remaining few children from aristocratic families were not easy to refute, so the matter was passed.
Within a few months, the news that the Shu Han was going to hold an imperial examination to recruit talented people spread all over the world, and there was a poem along with it.
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