Qin Yu muttered: "Your Majesty, in order to quickly promote talents and fill the upcoming official vacancies, inspection and promotion is indeed the fastest and most convenient way, but it is not a long-term solution."
"Nowadays, it has long been known to everyone that there are no poor families in the upper class and no noble families in the lower class. The reason why the aristocratic families in the Wei Dynasty are deeply rooted is precisely because they monopolized the officialdom due to the imperial examination."
"If we hadn't found strong countermeasures to these crises, even Your Majesty would have bowed to the family again."
Hear this.
It’s not just Emperor Wei.
Qin Wenyao, Zhang Zian and the others all nodded helplessly in agreement.
The aristocratic families have a large population, control officialdom, embezzle land, control a large amount of money and food, and even intermarry and support each other.
As the saying goes, "A dynasty with flowing water, a family with iron foundation."
The rise and fall of the country's dynasties may have a greater or smaller impact on the family, but it has never shaken its foundation. The family remains the same family.
What's behind the inspection system?
Disciple and old official.
There were officials everywhere from the imperial court to local governments. When a war broke out, the emperor had to borrow money and food from others.
Therefore, the nature of the inspection system has long since changed. In fact, what has changed is not the inspection system but the people's hearts.
Emperor Wei frowned deeply and nodded, "You continue."
Qin Yu said slowly: "The filial piety and integrity subject is the most important subject in the regular examination and examination. "Filial piety is the basis for being a person, and integrity is the basis for appointing officials and serving in politics." It is originally a good thing to select officials based on virtue.
But the investigation of moral conduct has long been a mirror and a piece of paper."
"The original meaning of the imperial examination system is to select talents and appoint them. However, this system of selecting officials has too many loopholes. It cannot truly select talents and appoint them at all. Instead, it allows people to gain reputation, gain fame, engage in fraud, and get attached to people.
There are more and more powerful people."
"Today's imperial examination system in the Wei Dynasty "promotes talented people who don't know how to write. Promotes filial piety and honesty, but their fathers live apart. People who are poor are as white and turbid as mud, and high-ranking generals are as timid as chickens." If the imperial court does not rectify the official selection system, then even if we
What’s the point of eliminating the rule of imperial officials and the elimination of local officials?”
The words fell into place.
Emperor Wei and everyone else were shocked and looked at Qin Yu in disbelief.
They didn't know that Qin Yu had such a profound understanding of the Chaju system and completely exposed the dark side of the Chaju system to everyone's sight.
"Consort, you..."
Emperor Wei's eyes widened with amazement, "How thoroughly do you understand the official selection system?"
Emperor Wei had already thought about this, but political reform was so difficult.
Zhang Zian also had a look of amazement on his face, ""When you promote a scholar, you don't know how to read. When you promote filial piety, your father lives away from you. When you are poor, pure and turbid as mud, a high-ranking general is as timid as a chicken." Well, this limerick is well written. I will review it.
The shortcomings of the system have been exposed vividly.”
Qin Yu paused for a moment, then said calmly: "I just expressed my feelings. After all, I can't spend a long time purging officials and implementing land reform, and finally end up with a bunch of idiots, right?"
Qin Wenyao also looked at Qin Yu in surprise.
He did not expect that Qin Yu had such a profound understanding of official selection.
Qin Yu was right. Today's inspection system does not mean that talented people cannot be selected, but there are very few of them, and most of them have become tools for private interests.
Emperor Wei nodded, full of joy, "The Prince Consort is right. During this period, only we know how much I have paid, how much you all have paid, and how much the Prince Consort and the Prince have paid."
"The Wei Dynasty will continue to develop in the future. What we need are people with noble moral character and capable of managing the world on their own, not a group of cowards who seek fame and fame and follow the trend."
After saying that, he looked at Qin Yu and asked: "Consort, if you have any good suggestions, just put them forward. If you agree, we old guys will definitely support you with all our strength."
Although the disadvantages of the inspection system are becoming more and more obvious.
But Emperor Wei was happy because he knew Qin Yu must have a solution.
Because Qin Yu has never been a person who asks questions, but a person who solves problems.
He never mentioned problems without solutions.
Qin Yu said lightly: "Nowadays, in order to eliminate local officials and promote land reform, we can only continue to use the official selection system of the imperial examination system. Because we do not have time to slowly select, we can only choose the bigger ones from the short ones and select one first."
Approval of people with clean backgrounds.”
"But these people, no matter who recommends them, must come to Jinling City to undergo background checks, identity reviews and ability tests. In the end, suitable talents will be left on standby, ready to take up posts in various places at any time."
"This is the preparation work that your Majesty must make before the prince and I go to the prefecture. We must not interrupt the export of officials from various places."
Emperor Wei listened and nodded, "Okay, I promise you."
As he spoke, he looked at Su Maode, the Minister of Rites, and Zhou Chun, the Minister of Personnel, "Su Aiqing, Zhou Aiqing, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel are responsible for this matter. Let the states and counties recommend talents, and civilians must account for half of them. All of them will be funded by the imperial court.
Come to Jinling City and inspect it personally."
Sumao De and Zhou Chun bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."
No one objected to Qin Yu's words.
The key point is that what the Prince Consort said makes sense.
If all corrupt officials are caught and the court cannot send replacement officials, then the purge of officialdom will be in vain.
Immediately afterwards.
Emperor Wei looked at Zhang Zian, "Zhang Aiqing, you are the greatest Confucian in the Wei Dynasty. You have disciples all over the world, you have many close friends as a Confucian, and your moral character is trustworthy, so I allow you to specially recommend talents."
Zhang Zian did not hesitate, bowed and said: "Old minister, I accept your order."
Zhang Zian has been an official in the court for a year. This year he has been very satisfied with Emperor Wei and the court, so now he is doing his best to serve the court.
There was a pause.
Emperor Wei looked at Qin Yu and asked: "Consort, the short-term official selection and appointment problem has been solved. How do you think the official selection system should be reformed in the future?"
In fact, it is not that the official selection system has not been reformed, and the imperial examination system has also begun to take shape.
But just because of one incident, the imperial examination system was suspended.
Emperor Wei frowned, looked at Qin Yu, and muttered: "Consort, do you know where the saying "The people from Jiangnan are so talented" comes from?"
Qin Yu nodded slightly and said thoughtfully: "I know, because in the third year of Guangyuan, people from thirteen states took part in the palace examination. Among the 300 people who passed the examination and were awarded tribute, 150 were from Jiangnan."
Emperor Wei frowned deeply, "Do you know what this means? This is even more terrifying than selecting officials who have done nothing!"