In the distant Shang and Zhou dynasties, there was no mature talent selection mechanism.
Since the slave-owning aristocrats control the political power, officials at all levels implement the "Shiqing Shilu" policy, that is, the descendants of the slave-owning aristocrats rely on blood relationships to serve as officials for generations and occupy a dominant position. If rulers want to obtain talented people to assist them, there is a more direct and effective way.
He tried every possible means to find him on the spot, so many stories about wise kings visiting wise men have been handed down, such as Yi Yin.
Yi Yin's rise fully illustrates the correctness of one sentence - a cook who doesn't want to be the prime minister is not a good slave...
Yi Yin was born in the late Xia Dynasty. According to legend, he was born in Yishui and took Yi as his surname.
"Yin" is the official name, that is, the prime minister. He was originally a domestic slave of King Youshen in the late Xia Dynasty and served as the king's personal chef. However, this man was so talented that he actually understood the way of governing the country from his cooking skills.
It coincides with the principles of the sages Yao and Shun...
Seeing that Xia Jie was approaching his end, he had already planned to display his ambitions.
Shang Tang didn't know how he learned that Yi Yin was a talented person, so he tried a trick to save the country and decided to marry the daughter of the Shen family as his concubine. In fact, it turned out that he was not interested in drinking, but only for Yi Yin'er! And Yi Yin'er!
He also volunteered to be a dowry minister and accompanied him to Shang Dynasty. He carried a tripod on his back to cook for the soup. He used cooking and five flavors as a guide to analyze the general trend of the world and the way to govern. He gained Tang's high trust, exempted him from his slave status, and appointed him "
"Yin", the Right Prime Minister, became the most powerful minister in power around Shang Tang, helped Shang Tang finally destroy Xia, established the Shang Dynasty, and became the founding father who assisted Shang Tang in conquering the world.
"Governing a big country is like cooking small delicacies" refers to this man.
Of course, there is another celebrity who has a similar experience to Yi Yin, but is even more famous, named Jiang Shang...
Gradually, with the development of social economy and culture and changes in class relations, the original "Shiqingshilu system" lost its due foundation, and three new systems for selecting scholars emerged: "military merit", "nurturing scholars"
" and "Ke Qing system". The so-called "military merit" means to obtain salary and title based on merit. Among them, Qin's military merit system has the most far-reaching influence. Qin's military merit system highlights two points. One is that anyone who has achieved military merit will
Regardless of family origin, class or stratum, everyone can enjoy titles and titles; secondly, clan aristocrats can no longer obtain high-ranking officials and titles and titles based on blood ties as in the past, which resulted in the Warring States Period that "prime ministers must originate from the state."
The characteristics of "strong generals must be sent to the army".
The so-called "nurturing scholars" refers to high-ranking nobles using their power to cultivate guests from all over the world in order to serve them. The most famous ones are the four princes of the Warring States Period, among whom the most famous one is Mengchangjun, who has three thousand guests...
From the Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, a variety of talent selection methods appeared in parallel. There were actually four methods for selecting officials: "paying money", "appointing children", "inspecting and promoting", and "conscripting".
Beginning with the Cao Wei Dynasty, Cao Pi accepted the suggestion of Chen Qun, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and implemented the "Nine-Rank Officials Law", that is, the "Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System".
In prefectures and counties, there are officials, both large and small, who are responsible for evaluating local scholars according to their family background and moral ability, and collecting public opinions. They are divided into nine grades from top to bottom for the imperial court to appoint officials according to their grades.
The nine-grade Zhongzheng system is the development of the "inspection and examination system". It transfers the power of selecting officials from the local to the central government. The nine-grade system is an innovation in the classification of talents, and the selection criteria tend to be more thorough. The clans in the Wei and Jin Dynasties
With the strengthening of rule, after the Eastern Jin Dynasty, this system became full of disadvantages. The center was given too much weight and criticism was random. The noble families controlled the center and controlled the elections. This eventually led to the situation that "high-ranking and powerful families have the glory of being in the world, and ordinary people with the surname Han have no way to advance."
The nine-level Zhongzheng system has become a tool for powerful families to rule the country...
In a sense, the imperial examination system is actually a perfect employment system, which completely breaks the hereditary relationship and the monopoly of the family. "In the morning, I am a farmhouse minister, and in the evening, I ascend to the emperor's hall." Most of the capable students from poor families entered the upper class of society and mastered the Political resources and opportunities to display talents.
The imperial examination system was conducive to fairness and justice to a certain extent, broke the monopoly of political resources by aristocratic families, and curbed the development of the power of aristocratic families.
But its most significant role is to expand the source of officials and consolidate the foundation of feudal rule...
Of course, in the later period of the imperial examination system, the content and form of the imperial examination system severely restricted the candidates, causing many people to not pay attention to practical knowledge and restricting their thoughts, which became a cancer that hindered the development of science, technology and society.
In today's Tang Dynasty, the biggest hidden danger does not come from the frontier areas, but from the internal aristocratic families. Over the past dynasties, whenever the world was in chaos and the imperial power was unstable, these aristocratic families would jump out to protect their own interests, and even abolish them. King, establish a king, and more importantly, join hands to change the dynasty and plunge the Central Plains into a situation that will never be restored...
It was precisely because he was familiar with the historical trend that Fang Jun knew that His Majesty Li Er would definitely put the imperial examination on the table and use it as a tool to counteract the powerful families. It was also for this reason that Fang Jun showed his movable type printing skills and burned it for His Majesty Li Er. With fire and strength, he handed over a sharp knife, and by the way, he also sought merits as capital to bargain with His Majesty Li Er regarding the marriage.
But who would have imagined that His Majesty Li Er accepted the gift with a smile, and when he turned around, he sold Fang Jun carelessly...
Be an examiner for the imperial examination?
If placed in the Ming and Qing dynasties, this position would be a top contender! Because this means that all students in this imperial examination will theoretically become the "students" of the examiner, and they will compete for it in the court situation where cliques are involved in fraud and personal gain. A large number of high-quality troops have been formed. As long as one or two of these students become successful in the future, it will be enough to satisfy the examiner.
But now is the Tang Dynasty...
Not to mention that in the same year, terms such as imperial examinations had not yet been invented, and factions based on region and year had not yet appeared. There is no benefit at all from being the examiner. Just those aristocratic families who hate the imperial examination to their bones will treat this examiner. The examiner regards him as a thorn in his side!
Nowadays, the outside world is still talking about the issue of movable type printing, which makes the family members want to behead Fang Jun alive. If he takes over this thankless job of examiner again, he is afraid that when he goes home at night, an assassin will come to him and want to cut him alive. head...
Only a fool would do this!
Fang Jun immediately shook his head like a rattle: "How can a humble minister be qualified for such an important task if he has little talent, little knowledge, and low moral conduct? Your Majesty, please choose another wise man to preside over the imperial examination. Otherwise, if your Majesty's death is caused by the incompetence of the humble minister, If the great cause of the Qianqiu period is damaged, it is hard to escape the blame for the death of thousands of humble ministers!"
His tone was sonorous, his will was firm, and his expression was resolute. There seemed to be no possibility of changing his mind at all.
Whoever wants to do this shit can do it, but we won’t do it anyway!
His Majesty Li Er was really angry. He narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth: "Are you serious about not doing this?"
Fang Jun shook his head firmly: "It's not that I won't do it, it's that I can't do it."
"Haha!" His Majesty Li Er laughed angrily: "There are still things that Fang Jun thinks he can't do? When he proposed himself for the position of chief military officer of Canghaidao March, wasn't he so arrogant that there was nothing in this world? Is it so difficult to keep you alive? Without you, this mighty Tang Dynasty would be completely incapable of functioning."
Hearing this, Fang Jun was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother!
You say you are a wise king after all, why are you always thinking about threatening your ministers?
If we don't work as the examiner, the Canghaidao Marching Chief will be ruined again?
This is simply unreasonable!
If the tiger doesn't show off its power, do you really think it's a sick cat?
Fang Jun was angry from the bottom of his heart. He straightened up immediately, looked at His Majesty Li Er with stern eyes, and said with emotion: "You told me to die, but I had to die! Since Your Majesty insists on asking a humble minister to be the examiner, I dare not violate your order."
, then Wei Chen has only one way to go! Wei Chen...just follow your orders!"
The last sentence was made out of grief and anger. After saying it, his straight back bent down...
His Majesty Li Er was very angry by the first half of his words. Why did he want to play the trick of a critic with me and refuse to obey his orders to death? However, although he was angry, he was also a little relieved in his heart. Everyone said that this man was slippery and treacherous.
Little did he know that he also had such a stubborn temper!
Unexpectedly, the last sentence made His Majesty Li Er stunned, and he could not recover for a while.
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How about being neither humble nor arrogant? What about being tough and tough? What about being tough and stubborn?
But it turned out that he was just a sycophant who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and wanted to get promoted and get rich. As long as he got benefits, all his principles were gone...
His Majesty Li Er was furious. As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. He rolled up his sleeves, sprinted up to Fang Jun, and kicked Fang Jun hard.
"Coward, fearful person, villain, sycophant...Mother, you coward, why don't you be tougher for a while? If you toughen up a bit longer, I will really appreciate your strong points, and I really don't need you to be the examiner...
...You worthless thing, I will kick you to death..."