Because of Wei Wuji's expedition, the person currently implementing the reform in Zhao has become Pang Nuan. Reform has never been an easy task. When Wei Wuji implemented the reform, he encountered many difficulties, except for those from Zhao Bao. Direct or indirect interference also faces great difficulties in terms of its own feasibility. The most serious problem is the talent problem. No matter how excellent the official promotion system is, it needs talents.
Most of Zhao's original low-level officials were close associates and retainers of county and county officials. Now it is certainly a good thing to appoint talented people to take over their positions, but the problem is that there must be people who can take their place. Unlike the Qin State, the Zhao State had schools that could continuously train Qin officials. The Zhao State did not have a corresponding talent training system. Wei Wuji chose to look for respected and virtuous people from the countryside.
Wei Wuji had previously asked Zhao Kuo to make a decision on the reform.
Naturally, these problems required Zhao Kuo's help. Zhao Kuo told him that there were two solutions: the first was to establish a school like the one in Qin to specifically train talents. This was considered a long-term solution, and the other One is to recruit talents from all over the world. Zhao State's own talent reserve is not enough. It seems that King Zhao is surrounded by talents, but in fact, the grassroots officials are miserable.
Zhao Kuo discovered that if he wanted to remove those close disciples arranged by the officials themselves, Zhao would probably have a large number of vacancies, and no one would be able to fill the gaps. The "assessment" method proposed by Zhao Kuo was indeed We can select good people, but what’s the use? The people we select are simply not enough to fill the vacancies.
The aristocratic officials of the Zhao State can be understood and forgiven. Because only these nobles of the Zhao State are the elites who know how to write, can read, can govern the place, and lead troops to fight, not just the Zhao State, but all the elites Countries are like this. It's not that they don't know the dangers of these people, but that no one can replace their positions. The Qin State is the most special. It broke this aristocratic official system. Although the upper class is still controlled by the aristocrats, Nobles are no longer visible at the grassroots level.
The poor talents and scholars who emerged from various countries, that is, the small nobles, usually gathered around the big nobles and formed an interest group. Therefore, there would be big nobles like the Four Young Masters of the Warring States Period who were followed by thousands of small nobles. The appointment and dismissal of King Zhao When the big nobles come to serve as county guards, county magistrates, etc., these big nobles will spontaneously arrange the small nobles surrounding them at the local grassroots level. In this way, there will be enough officials everywhere.
The Qin State gave common people a way to become small nobles. To be precise, they were not small nobles, they were officials.
The assessment conducted by Zhao Kuo seemed to be to screen out the capable people among the small nobles. In fact, it was to pull these small nobles away from the big nobles and let them serve directly with King Zhao and draw a clear line between them and the big nobles. Boundaries. This is not a good thing for the small nobles of Zhao State. They can already use their talents to follow the big nobles to gain power and status, so why give up these to take part in any assessment?
Only those who were not reused and wanted to prove themselves participated in the assessment. However, these petty officials who were not attached to the nobility would have ended badly before Zhao Kuo participated, and King Zhao could not protect them. .Compared with these small nobles, King Zhao valued the great nobles more... This deep-rooted system cannot be changed by a simple assessment.
The resistance to the reform did not come from Zhao Bao. Zhao Bao just did nothing, and the reform may not be successful. Since Confucius, knowledge is no longer monopolized by the nobles, and common people also have the opportunity to learn and have the ability to govern the country.
However, those common people who acquired knowledge were no longer common people. They became new small nobles, or new scholars who spread knowledge for the common people.
Zhao Kuo could not change this. Only in the era of universal education could this monopoly on knowledge be broken down. Even the imperial examination system cannot be said to have completely broken the elite class's monopoly on knowledge or official positions. Nobles, nobles, and aristocratic families
, tycoons, landlords, squires... In Zhao Kuo's opinion, they are all similar. The only difference may be the moral level. The nobles of this era basically still have to face.
Therefore, Wei Wuji sent invitations to various countries, not to invite great sages, but to invite scholars. Only these foreign scholars may be able to become real officials without being attached to the nobility.
In fact, Zhao Kuo didn't care whether these local officials served King Zhao or their superiors. King Zhao didn't care about this, so why should Zhao Kuo care? However, Zhao Kuo cared about the lives of the people. There was a lot of cruelty, not
Talented scholars relied on powerful people to bully and kill the people. This was what Zhao Kuo valued, so he still focused on the supervisory system.
Li Yu can complete the task of relieving the victims, and You Zhan can help with the task of detecting the flood.
Zhao Kuo naturally had time to promote reforms, and he spent a lot of time following Pang Nuan to formulate the supervision system. Han Fei helped Yu Qing for a few days, and then returned to Mafu to give lectures to the rest of Zhao Kuo's disciples.
Zhao Kuo was relieved to teach as a substitute. Neither the promotion of lower-level officials nor the supervisory system in the reform could be implemented in Zhao State. Pang Nuan was also a little anxious. Qin State could do it. Zhao State used the same method to implement it. Why?
Will it be completed?
No one came to participate in the assessment. The grassroots official system in various places has changed, but most of the people who took office are still the same people. The supervision system has been established, and various places are preparing to send ministers to conduct supervision, but no one is willing to take up such a role.
In his position, King Zhao found several ministers he trusted and wanted to entrust this matter, but these people all refused, and some even committed suicide because they felt that they could not fulfill King Zhao's instructions.
If there is no one to conduct supervision at the local level and there is only an empty system, what is the use of it?
This was a problem left by Wei Wuji. Wei Wuji followed Zhao Kuo's description and formed a complete system of grassroots officials, including Li Zheng, Li Dian, Li Jianmen, then the pavilion chief, stingy husband, Youyou, etc.
It almost copied the grassroots official system of the Qin State. However, because there were not enough talents, the original petty officials could only be assigned to these positions, and these people were not able to take advantage of the new system because of their dislike of Wei Wuji.
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Only those officials who were arranged by Wei Wuji and promoted through assessments played their role.
The same is true for surveillance systems.
Pang Nuan shook his head and said: "Zhao's government is becoming increasingly chaotic. This is all done by local officials because they oppose the reform. Because the supervision system is not complete yet, and there is still the protection of Zhao Bao and others, so they are not afraid.
Lord Xinling will punish crimes. They deliberately neglected political affairs, and even disrupted the government in order to undermine the reform!!" Pang Nuan squinted his eyes and said seriously: "These days, Lord Xinling has been appointing people from various countries.
Scholars come and serve as officials...but it won't work if it goes on like this."
"We still have to establish a school. With enough talents, we can put aside these old officials and complete the reform."
"It is of course necessary to establish a school, but it will take ten or twenty years to cultivate enough talents... And they are so neglectful of political affairs and deliberately sabotage. The purpose of the reform was to make Zhao people To live a better life, this is contrary to the original intention..." Zhao Kuo said, slowly stood up and moved his body. No wonder Wei Wuji was unable to complete the reform for such a long time.
The national strength of Zhao State, no, the basic national conditions do not allow such a reform. Zhao State does not have the means to train officials, and officials cannot be cultivated in a short time. The system for training officials is even more so. What Zhao State has is just a bunch of people. The nobles who opposed the reform had to use these nobles to complete the reform... Zhao Kuo smiled bitterly, and he began to admire Shang Yang and other reformers more and more.
I really don’t know how Shang Yang accomplished all this without any foundation... Probably, he implemented these after establishing the school system and other systems, alas, time.
Pang Nuan looked at Zhao Kuo who was talking to himself and didn't bother him. Zhao Kuo frowned and wandered around the room, walking back and forth... Looking at his thoughtful look, Pang Nuan became calm in his heart. After that, if there is really someone who can complete the reform, it will not be Wei Wuji, nor will it be himself, it will definitely be the young man in front of him. For some reason, Pang Nuan has a different kind of trust in Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo suddenly stopped. He looked at Pang Nuan and said seriously: "We made a mistake."
Pang Nuan looked at them in surprise, but didn't understand what he meant. Zhao Kuo immediately walked out of the inner room and ordered Ge to drive again.
"where are we going?"
...
Pingyang Lord Zhao Bao is sitting in his house reading a book. Zhao Bao is usually a kind person. He likes to make friends with talented people, but he is not as polite as Pingyang Lord. He has his own arrogance. This On the contrary, he was not as good as Mr. Pingyuan. But Zhao Bao paid no attention to this. He had no other hobbies, and he did not like luxury. What he liked most was to sit in a quiet inner room and read bamboo slips loudly.
What is somewhat surprising is that this Pingyang Lord loves Confucianism, and he and Xunzi have been friends for many years. Every time he sits indoors and reads the words of sages loudly, he always feels full of strength. Wei Wuji leaves After that, Pang Nuan took over the reform, and Zhao Kuo was eyeing him, so Zhao Bao did nothing more. He firmly believed that what he did was right and beneficial to Zhao State, and King Zhao would understand this sooner or later.
Ma Fujun's ideal is too far away for the Zhao State to reach. Wei Wuji's messy behavior will only lead to worse results. Wei Wuji does not care about the Zhao State in his eyes. He stayed here because he could not return to the Wei State. He always regarded the Zhao State as He was very proud of himself for having saved the State of Zhao. He implemented reforms in the State of Zhao just to prove his own abilities, not for the State of Zhao!
Zhao Bao will never allow anyone to threaten his Zhao Kingdom, which is the Zhao family's Zhao Kingdom.
Zhao Bao was reading a book when suddenly a guest came in and the sound of reading suddenly stopped. Zhao Bao glanced at him with some displeasure and then put down the bamboo slips in his hand. The guest said in a panic: "Mr. Ma Fu is here. "
Zhao Bao's disciples were a little afraid of him since they were beaten by Zhao Kuo once. Therefore, Zhao Bao was stunned, dropped the bamboo slips in his hands, stood up and cursed: "That fellow in July must be
We've caused trouble again! Go to the palace in a hurry and ask your Majesty to send someone..." With that, he hurriedly walked out of the inner room. As soon as he walked into the courtyard, he saw Zhao Kuo talking to his
The diners chatted.
It seems that he is not here to ask questions.
"Ma Fujun..."
"Pingyang Lord." Zhao Kuo bowed to see him. Zhao Bao breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed to see him. Then he stepped forward with a smile, took Zhao Kuo's hand and walked to the inner room.
Angry because he threw him down, he was very enthusiastic about Zhao Kuo. After taking him into the inner room, Zhao Bao did not ask Zhao Kuo where he came from, but chatted with him. Zhao Bao asked Zhao Kuo about him
When he saw his mother, Zhao Kuo finally realized that Zhao Bao and his father knew each other.
This is not an ordinary nodding acquaintance, but a real friendship.
Zhao Bao talked about Zhao She seriously, then looked at Zhao Kuo and said, "Back then, he told me many times: Kuo was arrogant but had no talent. If he made a big mistake, please save him.
..Now it seems that he was deliberately teasing..." Zhao Bao obviously couldn't understand Zhao She's behavior. This was simply too modest. If someone like Zhao Kuo is also a person with no talent,
So how should people like myself deal with it?
When he thought about it, he vaguely felt that Zhao She was scolding him.
He told Zhao Kuo a lot of interesting things about Zhao She. Zhao Kuo just listened attentively. After chatting for a while, Zhao Kuo said: "I came here this time to ask for your help." Zhao Bao said.
Stunned, Zhao Kuo said with a smile: "Just tell me, I will help you." Zhao Kuo then said seriously: "Please come and preside over Zhao's reform."
"Ahem~~" Zhao Bao coughed violently, then widened his eyes and asked: "What did you say??"
"The reform is not a bad thing for the State of Zhao. The reform was proposed by me. I saw that the officials in various parts of the State of Zhao were cruel and had no mercy. They only relied on the recommendations of county officials to do whatever they wanted.
Collecting taxes according to the king's orders, seizing the people's cultivated land, and using cattle to extort money from the people..." Zhao Kuo paused and then said: "You are the lord of Zhao State. Such actions of theirs will happen sooner or later.
Let Zhao State perish. If Zhao State perishes, will you still have the wealth you have today?"
"What I care about is not my own wealth. What I care about is the State of Zhao. This is why I oppose the reform but am unwilling to take action against you. The reason why I oppose the reform is because the reform cannot be implemented at all. If it is not allowed
If the officials recommended by county and county officials are to be dismissed, can Wei Wuji find enough people to replace them? Using the method of assessing talents to recruit a group of people who have no talent and no loyalty to the king, won't this make it difficult for him to do so?
Will Zhao be destroyed?"
"Wei Wuji is the son of Wei State. He won't care about this at all. We people gather around the Lord and help him govern various places. These people include you. Don't you have suitable disciples who can help you?
Yes? I heard that you have sages like Li Yu and Han Fei by your side, don’t you want to recommend them? Is it okay for the king of Zhao to not use the nobles of Zhao to govern the country?"
Zhao Bao seemed to have been holding back a feeling of dissatisfaction for a long time, and directly said everything he was angry about.
"As for the school, the school will produce a large number of officials, and these officials have no relationship with the Lord. Do they have to be more considerate in governing the Zhao Kingdom than the Zhao family like us? Will they be more loyal to the Lord?"
Zhao Kuo listened attentively until Zhao Bao finished speaking, then shook his head and said: "My reform is not to remove those petty officials promoted by county officials, nor is it to replace Zhao people with people from other countries."
...I want to screen these officials, keep the talented ones among them, and get rid of those who harm Zhao State. My supervisory system is not to consolidate the reform. The supervisory system is to reform, and the supervisory system is to supervise.
Officials, do not allow them to do evil and encourage them to work diligently."
ps: I heard that real readers will not urge the author to update, but will vote for the recommendation votes they have, monthly votes. But now the second and third sons just want to urge me to update, but do not want to vote. This is like raising a
Is this what a gentleman can do if he uses a whip to drive a chariot but does not provide enough food for the horses pulling the chariot?
