Lan Tian calculated the time and realized that Cao Pi was almost going to usurp the throne to replace the Han Dynasty, and the nine-level Zhongzheng system would soon come up with it. He had been laying out the layout in Jingnan and Jiaozhou for many years, just to give hope to the poor families in the head of Guizhou, and not to let the big families get in the way.
If it is blocked, with the ascending channel, powerful abilities will explode.
Lantian had set up schools over the years, and the talents he trained were ultimately destined to enter the officialdom. However, the existing officialdom system was relatively backward, so he planned to select a system from later generations to use.
Those advanced systems of later generations may not be suitable for today's society. Lantian finally chose the mature system of the feudal era, that is, the three provinces and six ministries system.
Even if Liu Bei ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor in the future, there will be considerable resistance to promoting the new system, so Lantian plans to pilot it in Jiaozhou first, and then slowly move there after he unifies China.
"How do you plan to change it, sir?" Jiang Wan asked curiously.
Lan Tian filled in the six characters of official, household, ritual, soldier, punishment, and work in the first six boxes in order. He planned to push out the six functional departments first.
"I plan to set up six Cao Cao under the state capital, and take back the power of each county to the top, so that the state capital can directly manage the local areas, and the power cannot remain in the hands of the county guard and county magistrate Shi."
Based on the words written by Lan Tian, ​​Jiang Wan roughly guessed the yamen corresponding to the county level. He frowned and asked: "Sir, what you mean is that through the six Cao offices in the state capital, you can directly intervene in Gong Cao, Hu Cao, Cang Cao, etc."
County-level yamen affairs? But this will create a lot of real vacancies. On the one hand, it will increase the pressure on salaries and wages, and on the other hand, will there be suspicion of duplication of functions?"
"The tax revenue from the trade zone is becoming more and more considerable. The extra salary we have will not be wasted. The officials are responsible for the appointment and removal of state officials, examinations, promotions, transfers and other matters. There are corrupt officials, dereliction of duty, and overstaffing. Assessment
If they fail to pass, they will be demoted, transferred, or removed from office, and the efficiency of government offices at all levels will be greatly improved. If there are duplicate government offices, they can be abolished if something is not right." Lantian explained.
"You can probably guess the functions of officials, households, etiquette, soldiers, punishments, workers, and humble positions. It's just that such a large-scale innovation has almost subverted the court system. Do you want the prince to report to the king? In addition, the new Cao Department is in charge
The corresponding yamen of each county, what do the original county guards and county magistrates do? The new yamen should have a lot of personnel, where will you go to supplement so many officials?" Jiang Wan asked continuously.
Lantian smiled slightly: "The authority given to me by the King of Hanzhong is very great. It is absolutely no problem to implement it only in Jiaozhou. The original county magistrate and county magistrate Shi should do what they should do. The new Yamen is mostly under cross-management. The purpose is to let the state government accurately control
Gong Yan's last question is the main purpose of coming to you today."
Jiang Wan asked curiously: "Master Fu, please tell me..."
"Guangzhou Academy has been in operation for more than three years, and thousands of students in the academy are my candidates." Lan Tian replied.
"Prefecture-level yamen have great power. Although the students in the academies have studied for a few more years, most of them are very young. Should we continue as usual and send them to the grassroots to work as officials to strengthen their power? After outstanding political achievements, they can be promoted as appropriate?" Jiang
Wan made suggestions.
Lan Tian shook his head, "I don't think it's that troublesome. Except for the directors of the six state offices, ordinary officials are all selected from various colleges. The new yamen will complement each other with new people."
Seeing the certainty of Lan Tian's words, Jiang Wan did not argue or refute, but asked: "I wonder how you plan to select? Is it going to be recommended by the academy teachers, or is it going to be done by some other method?"
"Recommended by college teachers, isn't it the same as recommending filial piety and integrity? I have a better way to select officials. In the afternoon, you can recommend Liu Chengguo (Liu Xi), Zhao Junqing (Zhao Shuang), Xue Jingwen (Xue Zong), Cheng Deshu (
Invite Cheng Bing and others, and we will discuss how to come up with the question."
Lantian smiled and was confident. He had done civil service examination papers before. He randomly selected a few classic question types and combined them with the actual situation at this stage. It was easy to get a few sets of examination papers.
In the afternoon, all the virtuous people arrived and the young and old gathered together.
In addition to the few people called by Lantian, Liu Xi also brought Yu Fan, who was 'abducted'. After being treated coldly in Jiaozhou for a few days, this person went to the academy to seek a living.
Gold always shines. Liu Xi discovered that Yu Fan was an outstanding scholar, so he asked him to be the chief lecturer in the academy.
After a period of understanding, Yu Fan completely overturned his previous views on Lantian. After a year in Jiaozhou, he gradually adapted and found that the official atmosphere here was much better than that in Jiangdong. He started from scratch like a newcomer in the workplace and worked diligently.
Because of his profound knowledge and rigorous scholarship, he won the respect of Liu Xi, the wine sacrificer.
Lan Tian took out a few blank pieces of paper and wrote down his ideas for the exam. Liu Xi, Xue Zong and others all followed Lan Tian's ideas, but Yu Fan put forward many novel ideas, such as the objective questions.
The preset answers should be more flexible, and a blank E should be added to the four options A, B, C and D to allow candidates to answer the questions flexibly and independently.
Lan Tian admired Yu Fan's bright and unyielding personality, which would easily hit a wall in ordinary officialdom. However, in Jiaozhou, where meritocracy was the only way to win, he was in the right place. Lan Tian watched silently without revealing his likes or dislikes.
Several people discussed it all afternoon and recorded hundreds of questions. Lantian would eventually select ten topics from these topics, which were mainly objective questions, and finally selected two current affairs topics as expositions.
After the discussion of the examination papers and questions was over, Lan Tian unexpectedly left Jiang Wan and Yu Fan behind.
In front of the two of them, Lan Tian circled ten topics on the manuscript paper, and then said: "Gongyan, you and Zhong Xiang decided on the current political topics, and then sent them to the printing shop for printing immediately. In order to prevent favoritism and malpractice,
If the test questions are leaked, I will send the enemy troops to control the printing workshop and lift it after the selection test begins."
Jiang Wan nodded thoughtfully, and Yu Fan next to him was confused for a moment, thinking that I am just a teacher in the academy, what do you want to do by leaving me here? The printing of the test papers was guarded by the troops, which shows that Lantian attaches great importance to this selection test, and current affairs questions
Why do you need to let me know?
"Zhongxiang, Jiaozhou is about to establish a new government office, called Li Cao, which will mainly manage the schools in the state, Jiaozhou official selection examinations, sacrifices and other affairs. I prefer you to be the director of the Li Cao Office. This position has the same rank as the county governor.
"Lantian stroked his beard and smiled.
Yu Fan was surprised when he heard this, and said with sincere fear: "Yu Fan is in such a miserable state, what virtues and abilities do I have? The Lord of the House actually granted me such an important position..."
"The so-called heroes don't care about their origins. I won't look down on Zhongxiang because he was kidnapped, nor will I look up to you because you were once promoted as a talented person. I chose you to be the chief of the Li Cao, mainly because of your noble character.
Zhongxiang should be very clear about character and the weight of the Jiaozhou official selection examination, right?" Lan Tian said meaningfully.
Yu Fan nodded. Lantian set up a school at Jiaozhou University to popularize knowledge among the common people. This has long attracted the attention of the major noble families. However, once the move to select officials through examinations is made, it will definitely set off a storm. This is completely in line with the noble family.
On the opposite side, I thought to myself: How dare this man do it?
"If this matter is done well, it may be remembered forever. If it is done badly, it won't have much impact. After all, it is only limited to Jiaozhou. Now give me an answer. Are you willing or unwilling?" Seeing Yu Fan not speaking, Lan Tian frowned and urged.
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Chapter completed!