Yao Cha, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and Zong Yuanrao, the minister of affairs, are both here.
Needless to say, Yao Cha, this Zong Yuanrao was originally a minister of Nanchen. He was quite talented in official affairs, and he was highly regarded as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. In history, this person also served as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel of Nanchen.
Today's Han Dynasty still uses the nine-rank Zhongzheng system inherited from Nanchen. In short, the imperial court appoints Zhongzheng officials to visit their places of origin to inspect the scholars who have a clean family background, are virtuous and talented, and divide them into categories according to their moral character.
There are nine levels, divided into upper, upper, middle, upper and lower, middle and upper levels, and the court gives official positions to these scholars according to their levels.
The Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System was born when the imperial examination system of the Han Dynasty had completely become a tool for aristocratic families to control government affairs, and it was actually just a compromise between Cao Wei and the aristocratic families. According to Cao Pi's original vision, the selection of talents should be "
However, this naturally aroused strong dissatisfaction among the aristocratic families. In the end, the highly respected Chen Qun had to step forward to establish the nine-level Zhongzheng system. In the original inspection system, local officials directly recommended talents to the central government sending officials to local governments.
Selection of personnel.
Moreover, compared with the Chaoju system, the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng system also takes the talents of the subjects under examination as an important assessment criterion, not just the previous "filial piety and integrity", but also a bit of "a meritocracy".
Meaning. However, aristocratic families can control the Chaju system, and naturally they can also control the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng system with some modifications.
If it weren't for the fact that the aristocratic family was indeed so large that Cao Pi, as the emperor, had to take a step back. According to Cao Pi's original thoughts, it would have been impossible to accept such an improved version of the imperial examination system. With the change of dynasties in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the aristocratic family also had to take a step back.
Gradually moving from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, he completely changed the nine-level Zhongzheng system into a channel for his own children to rise rapidly, turning the entire officialdom in the north and south into a arena for aristocratic families to compete for power.
This is why the Sui and Tang dynasties resolutely promoted the imperial examination system. However, the Sui Dynasty, which was so big and powerful, withered like a flash in the pan. This was not unrelated to the Sui Dynasty's implementation of the imperial examination system. Therefore, Li Xinchen's actions can be said to be absolutely prudent.
careful.
However, for Li Xingchen, it is not that there are no opportunities at all. During the previous Hou Jing Rebellion, the entire Jiangnan family was "shuffled" by Hou Jing. Several major wealthy families in the past quickly declined, and new ones emerged.
The Wu family, Xu family, etc. are basically unable to compare with the previous Wang Xie family.
In history, the Guanlong Group and the Shandong Family were also a big problem for the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In this era, one has split, half of them have taken refuge with Li Xingchen, and their foundation is unstable when they first arrived. The remaining half of the Guanlong Family and the entire Shandong Family
They are all still in the north.
For these newcomers, who wanted to snatch a piece of meat from the mouths of the original Southeastern gentry and Bashu aristocratic families, the imperial examination was actually their help. Yang Su was obviously very keenly aware of this, so he directly sent his entourage to
Li Yuan, who came to Jiangnan, was sent to Jinling Academy.
And it can be said that Li Xingchen took advantage of Xu Ling, Wu Mingche and other old people. Since they presided over the establishment of the academy, even if the family felt threatened by the existence of the aristocratic family, it was impossible to really take action against his own disciples.
Immediately Yao Cha stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Civil Affairs has reviewed and evaluated the Zhongzheng officers from various places at the end of the year. After the year, the Zhongzheng officers will go to various places to select talents. In one year, my Han Dynasty has expanded thousands of miles, and it has been extremely difficult.
It is not comparable to Bashu in the past, so this year in addition to evaluating the retained former local officials, a large number of talents also need to be selected to fill the gap. According to the plan of the Ministry of Personnel, the main composition of these talents is nine to one, and the former part is local
The remaining students will be selected from among the established Chengdu academies."
Li Xingchen frowned slightly. The ratio of nine to one is not low, especially as the first batch of students from Jinling Academy and Yuelu Academy will come out next year, this ratio will definitely be raised to eight to two or even seven to three.
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But this still cannot fundamentally shake the foundation of the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System.
"How many available talents are there in Chengdu Academy?" Li Xingchen asked directly.
The courtiers in the lobby immediately pricked up their ears. His Majesty asked this question straightforwardly, and the meaning was very clear. Those with sensitive noses had already smelled the rumor. It seems that His Majesty really intends to introduce the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System.
It's time to use the knife, and the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System is a tool that the family uses to constantly suck blood from the imperial court, and even gradually integrates with the imperial court. It is also one of the fundamentals for the family to maintain its long-term prosperity. This is to attack the aristocratic family.
But if you think about it again, you can understand why the Southern Dynasty could only settle on one side for so many years. It has a relationship that cannot be ignored with the pressure between various aristocratic families in the Southern Dynasty. There are constant conflicts between old aristocratic families and newly born aristocratic families, and even
In the conflict between the aristocratic family and the imperial court, the various forces restrained each other, so it was naturally impossible to concentrate all their efforts to go north.
Therefore, when Jin people crossed to the south, they lamented that "the scenery is not special." Even Director Wang once shouted, "When we work together with the royal family to conquer China, why should we be prisoners of Chu to face each other?" However, until they reached Nanchen, the Southern Dynasties were in the north.
There is still no place to stand, but it is completely partial to one side.
In the Battle of the Northwest, only one Tianshui Liang family was holding back, and the rest of the aristocratic families were somewhat fooled. In addition, the Han Dynasty had abundant supplies and troops in Bashu, and they were able to barely survive the difficulties. But who could
I wonder if the next time Li Xingchen goes north on a large scale, will there be someone holding him back?
If the Battle of the Northwest is defeated, after all, he will just lose the northwest and retreat to Bashu. But if Li Xingchen's Northern Expedition fails, the Han Dynasty will completely lose the ability to compete with the north. Therefore, Li Xingchen must severely suppress the family before the Northern Expedition.
This is also expected.
Thinking of this, everyone wanted to scold the Tianshui Liang family back and forth several times. The appearance of these guys was too ugly, and they didn't look at the person sitting on the dragon throne today and those before who even needed flattery.
Can your local officials and even the monarchs of small countries be the same?
"Now, after a year of training, Chengdu Academy already has 100 available people. In addition, there are two to three hundred people who are still studying and are not old enough." Zong Yuanrao stood up hurriedly and said, "This time the imperial court needs officials.
Three hundred people, based on a ratio of nine to one, will hire about thirty talents from Chengdu Academy."
"Then the other seventy people are also from Chengdu Academy, under the sect of Xiaomu Gong. Isn't there any merit?" Li Xingchen frowned.
Yao Cha was also one of the people in charge of Chengdu Academy at the time. For him, it would definitely be a good thing if more students from Chengdu Academy could enter the imperial court. (To be continued)