Chapter 1890: Zhiyin Prison, Female Official System
Chang'an.
The Mansion of the Han Hussar General.
Backyard study.
Fei Qian and Pang Tong sat down in their regular clothes, drinking ice-cold wine and enjoying the coolness.
Although there is a slight chill in the morning and evening when Chang'an reaches the Lan Yue, it is basically still very hot during the day. I sweat all the time, drink some ice-cold wine, and then enjoy the breeze blowing through the hall. It is the most comfortable early autumn in the Han Dynasty.
People often say that July is the ghost month. The gate of ghosts is wide open, and then it is closed again on July 29th, and hundreds of ghosts are rampant. It sounds very scary, but in fact, in the Han Dynasty, July was still a representative month.
The month of beauty and expectation is the beginning of the second half of the year, full of longing for the upcoming autumn harvest, and a month of hope.
The Hungry Ghost Festival on July 15th was originally a festival to pay homage to ancestors, but then it gradually changed under various religions and became the so-called Ghost Festival. There are also many shocking rumors spreading around. If you look back, you must know this
The "ghost" on July 15th was originally the spirit of one's ancestors, but after constant tampering, it became a terrifying evil ghost...
Fei Qian swung the wine bowl around for a while, listening to the clinking sound of ice fish in the wine bowl, and then took a sip. He felt a coolness coming from his mouth and seeping into his lungs, which seemed to dissipate some of the heat around him.
This is the case with current affairs. The changes of the times often cause some things to change their taste after fermentation.
Maybe it's like wine, the mellower it is, the more fragrant it is.
Maybe it's like mold, becoming more and more rotten.
Fei Qian looked at Pang Tong, then at the table, thinking a little.
At this moment, perhaps it is time to change some things. However, Fei Qian is still a little uneasy, just like although he knows that he has thrown in the koji, no one can guarantee that it will ferment over time before it is opened.
It can become fine wine.
"My lord, is there something on your mind?" Pang Tong drank a thin glass of wine, smacked it in his mouth, put the wine cup on the table, and asked softly.
Fei Qian glanced at Pang Tongyi, nodded slightly, and said: "I want to rebuild the ranks of historians..."
"The ranks of historians?" Pang Tong was a little confused about this new term.
Historian.
It seems that his whole body is covered with official posts filled with thick ink and ink.
In the ancient Chinese era, because written records were sparse and there were not many items preserved and circulated, the political system adopted in the ancient times was often just speculation and it was difficult to obtain concrete evidence. Until the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, because there were specialized
The established historians existed, so more information was preserved until later generations.
"Zhou Li·Chun Guan" records that the Zhou royal family has five histories. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the so-called "King must write a book" officially appeared, and it was further divided into major history, minor history, internal history, external history, left history, and right history.
Waiting for the historians, the division of labor is clear. "The six codes of the great historian govern the country, the minor historian governs the aspirations of the state, the internal historian governs the king's orders, the external historian governs the envoys in all directions, the left historian records the words, and the right historian records the events."
The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and when Emperor Wu established the Taishi Order, Sima Tan was appointed as his post. Tanzu was succeeded by his son Sima Qian. Those who moved the soldiers and knew the historical affairs were all from other officials, and Taishi was no longer in charge of historical affairs, only It was limited to the scope of astronomy and calendar. At the same time, the tradition of full-time writing of history in the Han Dynasty was also followed by many feudal dynasties in later generations.
Fei Qian knew why after Sima Qian's death, Taishi Ling eliminated the power of compiling history books. It was not because Taishi Qian lost his descendants, but because the emperor felt that he had been constrained. After all, when he granted Taishi Ling, he said it very beautifully and asked "Jun." "Jubishu", and then after finishing speaking, I felt a stone hit my instep...
And it still hurts.
There is rarely any effective supervision of the emperor's authority, so when the emperor loses his mind, he or she will do some unbelievable things. Using a slingshot to shoot pedestrians is considered a common operation. As for those traitors, traitors, and licentious emperors. , palace secrets and so on, there are many kinds of tricks, and if all these are recorded in the annals of history and passed down to future generations, except for some completely crazy emperors, most of them will feel that their faces are crackling and their faces are too ugly.
As the saying goes, "A trace of evil is revealed in one day, and a bad reputation lasts for thousands of years." Which emperor would allow historians to write down his dark side in detail and record it in the history books?
But before, the emperor pretended to be generous and said that when the Taishi Ling was responsible for recording history, he had the privilege of recording. The emperor could not inspect the records of the historians, nor could he change them without authorization. Even if he secretly read them and became angry, the historians even said " The traditional art of "Bingbi Zhishu"...
what to do?
Plate him!
Traditionally in China, since the problem cannot be solved, the person who caused the problem should be solved.
So until now, in the late Han Dynasty, Taishi Ling has lost the glory of Sima Qian. Most of the historians are appointed by other personnel appointed by the emperor. Instead, Taishi Ling focuses on astronomy and calendar, just like Xu Yue.
Naturally, there are fewer and fewer historians who write straightly, and most of them even look at the emperor's face when writing.
Of course, there are still some upright historians, but...
Throughout the ages, people who are too upright will probably not end well in official circles.
Now, Feiqian is ready to make some changes.
Because now, Fei Qian wants to set up a new functional department, called "Zhiyin Supervisor".
"Yin", among the oracle bone characters, the vertical one on the left represents the pen, and the right one is "you", which symbolizes holding the pen in the hand. Therefore, the responsibilities of the "Zhiyin Supervisor" are very clear, it is a specialized historian department.
"The person in charge is called the Supervisor of Zhiyin. He is in the same position among the servants. He is as strong as two thousand stones. He is in charge of supervising the compilation of national history, compiling historical events, recording daily life, and calendar records... This... there are three assistants, and they have the same position. The minister, Qian Shi, is called Zhiyin Supervisor of Compilation and Compilation, and under him he compiles some histories, writes some books, and compiles some... Each county also has a Zhiyin Academy, which does not participate in civil affairs and military matters. It only records important affairs of the county and county, and has a compilation of one, four hundred Stone, repair book two, three hundred stones..."
Pang Tong looked at Fei Qian's idea of the "Zhiyin Supervisor" architecture system, frowned, wrinkled his chin, took a breath of cold air, and kept silent for a while.
To put it bluntly, Zhiyin Supervisor is a purely literary department, responsible for recording all kinds of things happening at the moment and then compiling them into history books. The scope of this position is not too big or too small. After all, Shizhong is the highest ranking official.
Down to the appointment of a doctor, naturally the fluctuations are very wide.
It looks simple, but is actually not simple.
The significance of a historian is not only to record history, but also has a very important function, which is to serve as a supervisory force.
The emperor's power must be supervised, and the same goes for the power of the prime minister.
The Zhiyin Supervisor is such an institution. It is independent of people's livelihood, military and government affairs. It is only responsible for recording and registering. After all, many times people do evil because they think no one can control them, or they think it is unreasonable.
People know it, or they think they can cover up their ugliness with one hand...
Although it may not have a direct effect, if you don't do this, the corruption of rights will definitely be like the Feihe incident, either due to personal laziness, or active pursuit of personal gain, and ultimately the corruption of the entire system.
Collapse.
If Pang Tong had played the game of later generations, he would probably have muttered that Fei Qian was going to set eyes on the upper and lower roads, whether it was the main road or the wild!
And this is done openly, plus secretly...
What is administration?
How to weaken the control power of local gentry over the countryside?
If a prefect of a county, as the highest administrative official in a place, spreads the news about what happened in the local area, and then he still doesn’t know anything, and when the superiors ask him, he will still say anything and still need to investigate and study it.
, and also ask the specific person in charge, what is the use of such a county magistrate?
Pushing it further, if central power cannot hear or see anything at the local level, then what is the point of control and what kind of centralization can there be?
Although the Zhiyin Supervisory Yuan does not comment on politics, does not participate in people's livelihood, and does not care about the military, it is like a probe that goes directly to the local level from top to bottom. Of course, for the time being, it can only reach the county level at most. As for whether it will be in the future
If we expand to counties, we have to wait for subsequent development...
"This matter is of great importance... The lord's concern is really..." Pang Tong clicked his tongue twice, and then asked, "I wonder who the lord wants to lure into his will?"
This matter itself was an idea of Fei Qian's, and he specially brought it up to discuss with Pang Tong first. Of course, the most important thing was that Fei Qian wanted to see Pang Tong's attitude towards this matter, so that he could find out how other noble clan members felt about this matter.
view.
Fei Qian chuckled twice, "What do you think, Shi Yuan, of leaving Cai Zhaoji alone?"
"Ah? What?" Pang Tong was stunned for a moment.
Fei Qian continued to smile, "Furthermore, all female officials are employed in the Zhiyin Prison. Women from good families are selected to join the staff. After the examination, the civil servants will take notes. If they are suitable, they will be kept in the prison."
This is a trick, false and true. After all, not everyone is like Pang Tong, who can understand the power of Zhiyin Supervisor, but Fei Qian was blinded by Fei Qian, thinking that it was just set up by Fei Qian to please Cai Yan...
At the same time, Fei Qian did have other intentions in letting Cai Yan take over.
"All are female officials?" Pang Tong glanced at Fei Qian, "I'm afraid that's inappropriate..."
Fei Qian nodded and said, "Shi Yuan might as well speak frankly."
In addition to being used to insert eyes, there is also the issue of the appointment of female officials.
In Chinese history, women have gradually lost their influence in power. One of the reasons is the emergence of writing and Confucianism, which caused women to lose most of their inheritance functions in addition to childbearing. And the other is more decisive.
The invisible factor is the method of establishing sons and heirs that the Zhou Dynasty began to establish, which led to women gradually losing the right to inherit political power and becoming vassals.
The emergence of writing has caused human children to acquire experience and no longer completely rely on the teachings of their parents, especially the words and deeds of their mothers. After all, they spend more time with their mothers during their childhood. Before there was writing, mothers were the closest and best way to acquire various knowledge.
a source of experience and knowledge.
With the rise of Confucianism, the function of teacher has creatively emerged, allowing humans to learn the knowledge and experience of their ancestors in a more systematic and efficient manner, but it has also further reduced the role of women in the inheritance of experience...
The Zhou Dynasty is the source of most of China's feudal etiquette. Among the systems established by the Zhou Dynasty, there are three very important points. One is the method of establishing heirs with the eldest son, the second is the ancestral temple sacrificial system, and the third is the prohibition of intermarriage with the same surname.
, these three points have been used in later generations.
Fei Qian is neither a feminist nor a patriarchal person. From a certain point of view, once the butt is tilted to that side, it will be difficult to maintain a straight attitude.
Just like when feminists see anyone mentioning Wu Zetian, they can't say that Wu Zetian did stupid things. If someone says it, they will either scold them with cold eyes and accuse them of being a lackey of patriarchy, or they will say that there are so many male emperors in China, and they are stupid and incompetent.
, people who are not as good as Wu Zetian, I don’t know how many times, they put on a trembling and cold look.
Male emperors are indeed much stupider, and they are much worse than Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian also did some good things and promoted the children of poor families, whether subjectively or incidentally. During her reign, she continued to attack the gentry, especially the Guanlong family...
But for other issues, it is just wrong to be wrong. There is no difference between men and women, nor does it mean that there are more people and less people, so special care can be taken.
Discussing things as they happen is the right thing to do.
Fei Qian believes that the emergence of writing is inevitable for cultural progress and cannot be resisted or turned back. Women’s wisdom also belongs to the wisdom of mankind as a whole. Women can also hold teaching positions, just like many teachers in later generations.
A considerable part of the team is held by women, so Fei Qian's previous appointment of Cai Yan as a doctorate in the academy can be regarded as a beginning.
But such a beginning is not enough.
Now, as a full-time female official, and even the issue of female inheritance rights that will be promoted in the next step, may be able to untie the shackles that the feudal dynasty has entangled on women. Of course, it is also possible that with the evolution of the times, Fei Qian is just doing a white job and cannot completely
What to change...
However, Fei Qian felt that since he was a descendant, he could not follow the crowd.
Especially at the higher level, the political structure.
Just like the Zhou Dynasty established the three major pieces of feudal inheritance, Fei Qian also wanted to establish a huge institutional system, making this institutional system strong and solid enough that even after Fei Qian was born, he could still rely on inertia to continue
Keep rolling for a while, the longer the better. As for whether it can continue in the future, and whether there will be talented and talented people to add bricks and lubrication to this system, Fei Qian cannot predict, but it cannot be said that because of the uncertainty of the future,
Just do nothing now.
China has imprisoned women for thousands of years, which is basically equivalent to fighting other countries with one hand tied. Just imagine, what if the other hand was also let go?
Although it is said that due to medical conditions, living standards, etc., the protection of women and children was insufficient, resulting in the childbirth process occupying most of the space of ancient women, this is not a normal situation.
Times will change. With the construction of Chang'an Medical Center, female doctors specializing in gynecological diseases are also being trained...
To give another extreme example, even war cannot be said to belong entirely to men. After all, the consequences of war are borne by all men and women. Why must women be refused to go to the battlefield and not allowed to take up swords and guns to fight for their own lives?
Hope of going down?
Regardless of how the Shang Dynasty was smeared by later generations, during the Shang Dynasty, there was a record of "three thousand women were good, and ten thousand troops were sent to conquer the country." That is to say, three thousand female soldiers were used to organize an additional ten thousand military brigade.
Then set out to conquer the earth.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were also Rui Bowan's mother and Deng Man, the wife of Chu Wu, who were all powerful among women. There were even some who had mixed reputations, such as Kong Boji...
Fei Qian felt that no matter what Pang Tong said, he would be able to find some reasons to convince Pang Tong, but he didn't expect that Pang Tong pondered for a while and then said: "In the long run, we must not only accept female officers..."
Fei Qian was about to retort when he suddenly felt something was wrong and blinked, "So, does Shi Yuan not hate female officials?"
Pang Tong laughed and said: "If all the female officials in the world are like Cai Jiajia, what's the evil? When the lord chooses scholars, he should balance them with virtue and talent, and he can only choose men and women? Isn't it wrong?"
"What if it's Shi Yuan's intention?" Fei Qian felt that Pang Tong's words made sense, so he didn't have to stick to his original plan.
"The Cai family has a good academic background and is well remembered by Bo Wenqiang. It is not inappropriate to appoint him as the direct supervisor. However, for the other positions, talented people, regardless of gender, will be tested. If they are qualified, they will be appointed. If they are not, they will be discarded.
It..." Pang Tong looked at Fei Qian and continued to add, "If Cai people have talents to promote, they should also try them in the court. Only in this way can we find the right way..."
It is here that the memory of later generations has influenced Fei Qian, making Fei Qian always feel that women were very discriminatory in ancient officialdom, but in fact among the current big men, those who are discriminatory are all those who are too emotional and unreasonable.
, regardless of gender. However, sometimes women will be more obvious in this aspect, such as Empress Dowager Xuan who compared the bed to foreign ministers, such as Empress Dowager Dou who threw the shaft to the wild boar as a companion...
In fact, from the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, to the Qin and Han Dynasties, and even to the Northern Wei Dynasty, and even the Sui and Tang Dynasties, although the proportion of female officials did gradually decrease, it was not completely unacceptable to the court. Even during the Northern Wei Dynasty, the number of female officials was more than that of the Han Dynasty.
, and became more institutionalized in the Tang Dynasty, everyone knows it, and then in the Song Dynasty...
Confucius once said, "The wife is the lord of the relationship." However, later generations of people who called it "carrying forward the greatness" thought that this sentence did not exist and only talked about the so-called three obedience and four virtues.
What Pang Tong said is also very pertinent. Cai Yong was the historian appointed by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Historically, when Wang Yun wanted to kill Cai Yong, Cai Yong also said that he was willing to endure torture such as stabbing and cutting his feet with a sword to save the rest of his life and complete the history of the Han Dynasty.
So from this point of view, it is a good story that Cai Yan inherited his father's wish and entered Zhiyin Prison to compile the history of Han Dynasty.
More importantly, Cai Yan does have strength in this area. Whether it is from the lectures at Qinglong Temple or the talents he has shown in the academy, he is admirable. Therefore, Pang Tong does not object to Cai Yan serving as the supervisor of Zhiyin.
position, and even said that if Cai Yan felt it was inconvenient to be alone, he would like to have some close friends to accompany him. As long as he has real talent and knowledge and passes a public examination, he can still hold an official position, etc.
Pang Tong's only refutation of Fei Qian was that Fei Qian had previously said that only female officials could serve in the Zhiyin Prison, believing that this was discrimination against men...
This... okay...
After thinking about it, Fei Qian nodded in agreement and removed this restriction, and it was basically confirmed that Cai Yan would be officially appointed as the Supervisor of Zhiyin on the tenth day of the lunar month, mainly responsible for compiling the history of Han Dynasty. Follow-up
The construction of Zhiyin Yuan will be started one after another after Cai Yan's formal appointment.
Cai Yan should not be just a beautiful vase, she should get her own position, and this position is based on her ability, not gender or appearance.
In the workplace of later generations, there are always some women who enjoy various women's benefits and do not do heavy work or menial work. They are picky and picky, while complaining about how difficult it is for women to get into high-level positions, and then they are tired of other male employees.
I turn a blind eye to things like working hard, staying up late, working overtime, losing my hair, dark circles under my eyes, etc.
After discussing and finalizing one thing, Fei Qian picked up a draft of the document from the desk and handed it to Pang Tong. "How about Shi Yuan taking a look at this matter?"
Now that the soldiers are free to make repairs, the rest of the people cannot be free.
Two words, make trouble!
Four words, keep making trouble!
Pang Tong murmured, knowing that the wine today was not good, and then he took it and took a look, his eyes widened...
