Chapter 47 Cao Shuang uses the ninth-grade official law to rule Nanjun!
Early the next morning, Sun Quan personally dragged his old body at the east gate of Wuchang City and personally led the civil and military forces to send Zhuge Ke off as an envoy to Chengdu.
Sun Quan patted Zhuge Ke's shoulder with his skinny hand, and said in an old voice: "Ahem, cough, Gongxun! My life and death in Soochow depends on you. You must achieve the goal of Soochow and Shu Han.
An alliance!"
Zhuge Ke cupped his hands and said, "I am determined to live up to your majesty's trust. If this fails again, I am willing to raise my head to see you!"
Sun Quan said with some sadness: "Yi Feng, Zihuang is on the verge of death. I will have to rely more on you in the future. Do you want to feel resentful towards me for being demoted three levels in a row? I also want to give the people of Jiangdong a
Explain, that’s why I had no choice but to demote you to an official position.
When you return from your great contribution to the alliance with Shu, I will reinstate your official position. If you do better, I will also promote you!"
Zhuge Ke burst into tears and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, and I will do my best to promote the Sun-Liu alliance!"
After Zhuge Ke said goodbye to Sun Quan, he took a boat from Wuchang with 5,000 soldiers to Luoxian County on the coast of Dongting Lake. After that, he had to change horses and take the overland route to Shu by taking the route of Anxiang, Lingyang, and Chongxian.
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Then we go to Bajun and pass through Guanghan County to Chengdu in Shu County. It takes a month to reach Chengdu.
In ancient times, there were generally only two ways to enter Sichuan: the north and the east.
The North Road is from Hanzhong to Jiange. It was first formed by Sima Cuo of the Qin State during the Warring States Period to clear the way for Shu. Hanzhong is a barrier to Sichuan. It entered Han first when entering Sichuan. Historically, Han Xin secretly entered Chencang. Most of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions passed from Hanzhong to the Qinling Mountains and went north.
, the passes from Hanzhong to Guanzhong generally include Ziwu Valley, Qishan, etc.
There are three main roads in the North Road, among which Jinniu Road is the most important road. It leads directly from Hanzhong to Chengdu, the political and economic center of Shu Han, and is the most important.
The other two roads are also very commonly used, one is Micang Road and the other is Litchi Road.
Second, the East Road mainly refers to going up the river, and can proceed both by water and land.
Roughly during the Han Dynasty, when Gongsun Shu occupied Baidi City, this road became widely circulated. Liu Bei's entry into Sichuan and the battle of Wu and Shu Yiling can be regarded as marches along this route.
Before, Sun Wu could enter Yizhou from Nanjun. Basically, he could only enter the gorge mouth along the waterway, and go up the river along Zigui, Wuxian, Yufu, Quren, Linjiang, Jiangzhou and other places.
However, this waterway is risky. It must pass through the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. At that time, the Three Gorges had not been developed, so it was very difficult to travel through the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. The only way was to rely on trackers to pull boats and slowly go upstream.
In addition, you can also go to Sichuan by taking a detour from Shangyong and Ankang, but it is less used. However, the above roads into Sichuan are now blocked by Cao Wei.
Sun Wu had no choice but to take a long way around, spending more than a month in Sichuan from Changsha County and Wuling County, and went to Chengdu to seek "good medicine" to protect Jiangdong.
Cao Shuang continued to stay in Jingzhou for more than a month. After much thought, he decided to temporarily use the ninth-rank official method created by Chen Qun to select all the talents in Jingxiang for his own use.
Although the imperial examination system is much better than the nine-level Zhongzheng system, the world has not yet been unified and the power of the aristocratic families is too strong. It is really not appropriate to touch the things in the bowls of the aristocratic families at this time.
In order to avoid arousing a strong backlash from the aristocratic family and benefiting the Sun and Liu families, it has become the best way to use the ninth-grade official method to select Jingzhou talents to govern Jingzhou.
The nine-rank Zhongzheng system, also known as the nine-rank official system, was an important official selection system during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Emperor Wen Cao Pi adopted the opinions of Shangshu Ling Chen Qun. Later, all participants basically followed this unwritten rule.
The nine-level Zhongzheng system generally refers to the selection of a Dazhongzheng by each state and county. The Dazhongzheng selected must be an official serving in the central government and has a high reputation.
Great Zhongzheng gives birth to Little Zhongzheng. Zhongzheng is the official title for evaluating talents.
After the big and small Zhongzheng are established, the central government distributes a talent questionnaire, which divides talents into nine grades: upper-upper, upper-middle, upper-lower, middle-upper, middle-middle, middle-lower, lower-upper, lower-middle.
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On this list, the local officials and officials from various places registered all the exiles from all over the country, whether they were in official positions or not, based on their knowledge. The list records the annual loan items in detail, ranks them by rank, and adds comments.
Xiao Zhongzheng assists Dazhongzheng to review the form and submit it to the Ministry of Personnel, which then promotes and dismisses officials.
This system provided an objective standard for the selection of officials at that time. In fact, this standard still adopted local mass public opinion and public opinion, retaining the legacy of the Han Dynasty's rural election.
The implementation of the nine-grade Zhongzheng system on the one hand solved the problem of non-standard selection of officials and clarified the administration of officials for a while.
On the other hand, it eased the tense relationship between the central government and the aristocratic families.
The previous Deng Ai, Jiang Wei and others were selected by this method.
The Zhongzhengguan is responsible for criticizing the scholars of the same country as him, including those in the state and those scattered in other counties.
The first step is to evaluate the family background: that is, the family origin and background. It refers to the seniority, official status and title of the father and grandfather. These materials are called the family history or the family history, which Zhongzheng officials must master in detail.
The second is to evaluate one's conduct: that is, a general evaluation of a person's conduct and ability, which is equivalent to a moral evaluation. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, general evaluations were generally very concise, such as "talented and talented, outstanding", "good virtues and few talents", etc.
The third is to determine the product: that is, determine the grade. In principle, the product is determined based on the industry, family background is only for reference.
However, after the Jin Dynasty, the ranking was completely based on family background. No matter how high the performance of a person from a poor family was, he could only be ranked in the lower class; a person from a wealthy family with a poor career could still be ranked in the top class.
As a result, a situation was formed at that time where "there were no poor families in the upper class and no noble families in the lower class".
The results of the Zhongzheng evaluation are submitted to the Situ Mansion for review and approval, and then sent to the Ministry of Personnel as the basis for selecting officials.
The character grade assessed by Zhongzheng is also called "rural character" and is closely related to the official career of the person being evaluated.
The official character of those who are appointed as officials must be consistent with the character of their hometown. The starting point for becoming an official (also known as "an official from a family") with high rural character is often an "upright official", and he will be promoted faster and be respected by others. The starting point for becoming an official is those with lower rural character.
The starting point is often a "bad official", and promotion is slow and despised by others.
As usual, the evaluation figures of Zhongzheng are adjusted once every three years, but Zhongzheng can also upgrade or demote the evaluation figures at any time.
After a person's rural status rises or falls, his official status and official status often change accordingly.
In order to enhance the authority of Zhongzheng, the government also prohibits the reviewees from filing unjust lawsuits. However, Zhongzheng's product is illegal, and the government must investigate its responsibility. Of course, this is only for ordinary officials. Like Cao Shuang before, it is just to see who is pleasing to the eye.
Anyone he befriends can be used, and no one dares to punish him.
Later, with the establishment of the clan system, the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng system became a political decoration.
The rank of Zhongzhengpin is only based on blood. The higher the family status, the higher the rank. At this time, it is enough to distinguish between the common people and the common people. The rank of Zhongzhengpin is just a routine matter.
It's a pity that Cao Shuang is here, and the trajectory of this "blood theory" in officialdom will eventually be changed, but the time is not yet ripe.
At this time, Cao Shuang wanted to win the hearts of the Jingzhou nobles.
Birds of a feather flock together, and people are divided into groups. The residential areas in each area are very hierarchical. Rich families have special gathering places, and poor people also have their own slums.
The noble families in Jingxiang generally gathered in the tens of miles between Xiangyang and Yicheng. This area was also called "Guangeli".
At that time, dozens of families with official salaries of more than two thousand dan settled here, among which there were seven most famous and powerful families, namely: Pang, Huang, Cai, Kuai, Ma, Xi, and Yang. p>
What Cao Shuang wants to win over this time is the Jingzhou clan headed by these seven families to consolidate Nanjun, which has not yet been held in his hands. However, the Nanjun prefect cannot let people from aristocratic families do it, he still has to find a reliable person.