Three Kingdoms

"Even a child knows the meaning of Fei Qiaoqi!" 』

Because IQ has always been a scarce commodity, many people feel that showing off their IQ will help improve their status.

In the Chang'an Restaurant, when the gentry children who had recovered from the panic discovered that Fei Qian had not investigated the rioting students and implicated the three clans, they gradually felt relieved, like a groundhog. , popped up from their respective docks or manors, touched each other's tentacles, said hello, and naturally talked about it.

"oh? I dare to ask my brother for advice! 』

"Yep! I'm all ears..."

The middle-aged man who had taken the lead sat in the middle triumphantly, gesticulating and saying: "This is easy!" Scholars are the key to the country, and the world cannot be without scholars for a day! It was originally a helpless move for Qiusi to set up the examination system..."

"oh? how do I say this? 』

The middle-aged man stroked his beard and said, "Ahem, I don't know why, but I suddenly feel thirsty..."

"Someone is coming!" Bring me some good wine! "Suddenly someone heard the song and understood its elegant meaning, just like a crowd of melon eaters waiting to hear stories when they have good wine.

The middle-aged man pretended to decline, then happily drank a drink or two, coughed, and continued: "You guys are thinking about it, where did Qiaoqi come from?" Who is used? Originally, in the place of Sanfu, there were many people watching...but who was the hussar? Across the north, south, east and west, although they are polite to others, they still have their own pride. How can they beg for help again and again? Nowadays, in Xijing, the seeker is like scales, attached like feathers, and with the pride of a hussar, how can he easily grant the request? So...aha, ahaaah..."

The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows and put on a posture that said, "After all, if you still don't understand, you are really a dead wood." Everyone looked at each other, whether they really understood or not, in order not to lose sight of it. Face, all of them made a sound of sudden realization, and then the remaining ones who were still thinking about it hurriedly agreed, saying that they also understood and would not fall too far behind others.

"However, such side branches, claiming to be talented, are all arrogant and unaware of themselves. Although they are proficient in literature and art, they do not know the people's livelihood..." The middle-aged man drank another glass of wine, touched the stains and said, "Watch the Hussar's big test. The title, "One talks about Xijing, the other talks about salt and iron. Those who talk about Xijing are talking about desire..." The middle-aged man stretched out an orchid finger and tapped it left and right, and then continued, "... Talking about salt and iron is talking about desire." The people... and these people, firstly, do not understand the intentions of the hussar, and secondly, they are provoked by others..."

"Instigated by others? 』

The middle-aged man put on an expression like "You country bumpkin.jpg" and said, "Everyone gets the stolen goods... He is from Shandong, he takes revenge for personal gain, instigates trouble... I heard it was ruined..."

The middle-aged man lowered his voice and said, "Destroy Mr. Wei..."

"ah? 』

"oh……"

"I see……"

"Search till death..."

The middle-aged man's ears pricked up, and he seemed to hear some discordant sound, but when he searched carefully, he couldn't find it. He had to make a final conclusion according to the plan: "Even Qian Shou, who doesn't know the word "fight", also knows what is good and what is bad. The so-called suspicion The poor love the rich, and they are arrogant in front and respectful in the back, which is despised by others... In the past, when the Hussars were riding in the north, everyone thought the north was remote. Now that it is set up in Xijing, it is...ah ha? When they failed to get what they wanted, they went into action, burning cars, looting, and committing all kinds of evil... The hussar punished him with hard labor, as he said bluntly, such people have extremely bad conduct and are no better than the people in the countryside..."

Everyone was suddenly enlightened and couldn't help but whisper among themselves.

The middle-aged man laughed and looked around. Seeing that the attention was gradually fading away from himself, he pretended to have drunk too much and needed to change his clothes, staggered downstairs, and then staggered out of the wine shop. Disappeared in the crowd.

…^(OO)^…

"Xun Shangshu's move is something that even a child can't hide!" 』

Although in the final analysis, the "child" did something wrong, no matter who it is, he will be caught for comparison, but regarding Liu Xie's announcement of the queen's pregnancy, and the so-called "Western Taibai's violation of the throne" that was slowly spread afterwards ", many people said that Xun Yu's work was too rough and not smooth at all.

According to the normal process, usually when the emperor really gives birth to a prince, he needs to announce it to all parties and offer amnesty to the world to show his joy. But this time, he didn't even give birth to a prince, so he hurriedly announced it and then made a name for himself. , in fact, many people can understand its meaning.

But unlike Chang'an, in Xu County, no one dares to discuss things openly in public. They can only gather together and whisper with each other during private gatherings.

"One is for the Cao family..."

The rift between Liu Xie and Cao Cao was not only clear to the parties involved, but also to the onlookers. Although Cao Cao sent his daughter to the palace, it was somewhat intended to make up for it, but it is still hard to say what the specific details were, otherwise it would be impossible. This series of subsequent events that happened to Wang Can this year would not have happened.

Although General Fei Qian of the Hussars has retreated, his lingering influence on Xu County and inside and outside the court is not to say that the dust will be settled after the General of the Hussars leaves. At this time, Empress Cao happened to be pregnant. It is simply a God-given opportunity. This unborn child is like a pair of glue that can strengthen the cracks again...

In this way, Cao Cao became the "Sikong" who was never embarrassed, and gradually officially became the "King Zhang". Then the previous awkward conflicts between Liu Xie and Cao Cao were no longer between ministers and monarchs. The conflict between them has become a problem between the son-in-law and the father-in-law at home.

Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the relationship between relatives and the emperor has been constantly complicated and chaotic. Looking at the current situation, it seems to be pretty good. After all, in the Han Dynasty, there were many life and death relationships between relatives and the emperor.

"Secondly, of course it's for the hussars..."

The Hussars generals are in Chang'an, and it is impossible to completely cut off contact with each other. Paper from Chang'an, weapons from the North, salt from Jiaodong, isinglass from the Bohai Sea, etc. These are materials related to people's livelihood or military industry, and they are still They were trading with each other, so the student riot after Fei Qian's exam also spread to Xu County.

Therefore, it is normal to say that "Western Taibai Venus invades the position".

To fan the flames? Naturally, you can fan as much wind as you can, and light as many fires as you can. Anyway, as long as Hussar is not happy and Chang'an is not peaceful, then Xu County will be happy and calm. .

On the other hand, Liu Xie granted amnesty to the world, so is it "pardoned" or "not pardoned" on the Qiusi side?

This was the question that Xun Yu couldn't wait to throw out to Fei Qian.

Of course, Xun Yu didn't pay attention to the discussions among the officials in Xu County, or even if he knew about it, he didn't care. What he was more concerned about now was Fei Qian's performance through the "examination". A new talent selection model...

Xun Yu, as the Han Dynasty's first-tier adviser, naturally could not watch Fei lurk in Chang'an and make some new moves, and then continue to walk on the original path as if he could not see or know anything. To black.

Fei Qian, who was far away in Chang'an, naturally never expected that the examination system he introduced would also promote the reform of the talent model in Xu County, making the "Nine-grade Zhongzheng System" take shape earlier in Xu County.

Historically, the "Nine-grade Zhongzheng System" was proposed by Chen Qun in 220, and that year was the year when the heroes of the Three Kingdoms withered. In that year, Cao Cao died, Guan Yu died, Xiahou Dun, Huang Zhong, Fazheng, Cheng Yu, Lu Meng, Jiang Qin, etc. also died one after another. Countless people who were either dazzling or powerful withered in this year. His death left a huge vacancy. Coupled with years of war, the order in various places has been completely broken. The newly succeeded Cao Pi also needs a talent selection mechanism to help him quickly gain a foothold.

Later generations often say that the "nine-grade Zhongzheng system" was created by the clans. In fact, this statement is somewhat biased. In fact, this system is just a method of selecting officials, and then the results lead to the clans.

If it is directly translated into the standard of later generations, this so-called "Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System" is the selection and recruitment method for ordinary public monkeys. What needs to be noted and interesting is that one is that the selection process also involves examinations, and the other is that it is not a leadership position, but just an ordinary position, a relatively low-level position.

Now, what Xun Yu and Chen Qun have discussed is just a framework, but this framework already has some flavor of "Nine-grade Zhongzheng System". I don't know what Fei Qian will do if he knows that his actions have promoted the birth of this result. What an expression.

Now that the Han Dynasty has arrived, those with first-class intelligence have basically realized that there are actually big problems in the national affairs of the Han Dynasty, especially the talent system.

In the Han Dynasty, state and county chiefs had always had the power to appoint their own subordinate officials. In other words, the subordinates of state and county chiefs are recruited by the state and county chiefs themselves. The imperial court only had the power to appoint some senior bureaucrats at the local level, but under this, the prefectures and counties had their own personnel power, and this personnel power was sometimes greater than that of the court.

For example, this is like a large national company, but only the branch bosses are appointed by the head office. The rest of the grassroots employees are decided by the local branch leaders and do not need to be reported to the head office. You don’t even need to go through the process.

Even in later generations, wherever the boss goes, secretaries and drivers will always follow. What's more, in the Han Dynasty, such talent selection results will inevitably produce various disciples or nepotism, and more importantly, , even if these people have strong working ability, for the company, these grassroots officials will hardly have much loyalty to the Han Dynasty. Although he receives a salary from the company, in fact, he is only loyal to the Han Dynasty. The person who introduced him to the company felt attached to him. After all, he could bring him in or drive him away.

Therefore, if we were to give this model a name, it might be called "Two Emperors", because there is a layer of emperors above and a layer of "earth emperors" below.

The students in Chang'an were making trouble. These students were only considering some superficial or straightforward interests, but Xun Yu in Xu County was keenly aware that this was actually Fei Qian's attack on the Han Dynasty's personnel system. A new change, a new measure!

In other words, it is the transfer of personnel power. Through the central examination, local officials no longer have full power to appoint personnel, and even temporary transfers are useless, because these people who are selected will gradually replace these "temporary workers."

Therefore, Xun Yu also silently prepared paper and pen, and prepared to draw the gourd according to the gourd.

However, there are still some differences between gourds and gourds...

"Children from all over the country traveled long distances and gathered in the capital..." Chen Qun said slowly, "If you win, you will naturally be happy. If you don't win, you will inevitably feel sad. If something goes wrong at that time, it will be like..."

Xun Yu nodded.

Chen Qun is also a handsome man. In future generations, he doesn't even need to put on makeup to play a noble son. There are a lot of people clamoring to give him a monkey or something. Obviously, Chen Qun has no interest in the female monkey jumping up and down and shouting that she wants to give birth to a monkey. "I will be an official and go to various places..."

What Chen Qun said is indeed a problem exposed in this Feiqian exam. Many candidates gathered in one place. Not to mention the burden that such an exam places on Kyoto officials. More importantly, the traffic environment in the Han Dynasty was like this. , let these candidates come all the way here, and then walk away smoothly if they fail, how many people will accept it calmly?

If it were decentralized to various places and allowed the "examination" appointed by the court to supervise the examination and select talents, wouldn't it be possible to avoid the trouble of too many candidates gathering together?

Xun Yu agreed, "What I saw in the long article is indeed extraordinary..."

Chen Qun smiled and said, "If it weren't for the chaos in Chang'an, I might not have thought of this place..."

The two looked at each other and smiled, expressing their gratitude for the experience package provided by the Cavalry General Fei Qian.

The biggest role of establishing "examination" officials is that the court can directly target personnel recruitment, thereby depriving state and county chiefs of their personnel rights. Of course, the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System in history also includes this provision.

Therefore, if we look at the later imperial examinations as a whole, they may not all be a complete and complete subversion of the "Nine-grade Zhongzheng System", but more like further changes and improvements.

Similarly, the examination standards proposed by Chen Qun are actually derived from the original examination system of the Han Dynasty, with slight innovations. It cannot be said that this is not an improvement, but is there room for improvement...

Still limited.

Because Chen Qun proposed, "have both ability and political integrity."

Unlike the so-called "both ability and political integrity" of later generations, the "virtue" required by Chen Qun has a standard, and it still does not deviate from the Han Dynasty's requirement for "character".

However, consciously, Chen Qun's "both ability and political integrity" was precisely because he saw the farce of those students who were hiding in Chang'an, and thought that these students may be talented but have poor moral character...

"Examinations are carried out from all over the country, and talented people are selected first and brought to the court..." Chen Qun concluded, "All the talented people in the world are registered in the archives. If you want to find the pillars, you can follow the map to find them, and you can avoid the private affairs in the countryside." Comments can eliminate bad habits among the people..."

"This may be feasible..." Xun Yu pondered for a long time, and finally thought that he could try it first.

Since the Warring States Period, the aristocratic system gradually disintegrated, and by the Qin and Han Dynasties, a bureaucratic system had basically been formed.

The power of a bureaucracy cannot be hereditary. For power, there is only the right to use it, not ownership. That is to say, when you are in office, you can use the power in your hands to influence the wind and rain. Once you quit the post, the power will go with it.

Bureaucrats will not be satisfied with their status as temporary workers and will definitely try their best to expand their rights and interests. Although administrative power cannot be hereditary, the administrative resources in hand can be transformed into social resources of the family and passed on to the next generation. The next generation will take advantage of the social resources in hand to gain an advantage in the competition for administrative power.

After unremitting efforts, some families have been officials for generations and have become powerful and educated, gradually forming the so-called gentry. Later, the gentry basically monopolized the bureaucracy. In order to better defend their own rights and interests, they naturally had relations with the central court. In order to alleviate such conflicts and stabilize Cao Cao's regime, Xun Yu and Chen Qun imitated Yu Feiqian's examination system and made corresponding reforms, which naturally emerged.

After all, under so many years of chaos and war, the central and local governments have lost contact, the election of officials is in a vacuum, there is no unified standard, and the power in many places cannot be recovered. Fei Qian lacks talents, and the same is true here with Cao Cao urgently needed talents.

Using the dispatched "examination", on the one hand, you can change from passive to active, expanding the scope of acceptance of talents in the court. On the other hand, you can also create files to statistically register talents in exile in various places, and you can also control more changes. Too much talent will not be lost.

Especially talents cannot be allowed to drift to Chang'an...

Speaking of which, the "kaozheng system" created by Xun Yu and Chen Qun has the flavor of the ninth grade Zhongzheng, but it is not exactly the ninth grade Zhongzheng. On the contrary, it is somewhat like the so-called self-selection of dishes in the West in later generations. According to the community Based on the public opinion, community councilors are elected, and then several communities elect city councilors. Each level goes up. The judging criteria seem to be fair and come from the voice of the people, but in fact...

Looking at Chen Qun who was going away and preparing to officially put the "examination system" into practice, Xun Yu couldn't help but take a long breath and then exhale slowly.

Although it is said that Boss Cao coerced the emperor to order the princes, the emperor was not very obedient at the moment, and the princes were not very obedient. There were many famous families among them who were ready to make a move. As Boss Cao's logistics manager, Xun Yu was not in an easy position to sit in.

Everyone knows where Boss Cao comes from, so Boss Cao has never been accepted by celebrities. On the contrary, many celebrities look down on Boss Cao, even make fun of him, and even confront him.

In this kind of confrontation, Wang Can has already given in once, and now he almost made Wang Can do it a second time...

There is one, there are two, but not three.

Therefore, Xun Yu must find a way to make changes at the institutional level. However, the country needs talents, and Boss Cao's regime also needs to rely on local celebrities to maintain and support it. Therefore, cooperation on the largest scale is Xun Yu's ultimate goal.

However, Xun Yu didn't know whether the gourd he drew based on Fei Qian's gourd looked like it, and whether it was easy to use...