The second category is referrals.

Officials and recommendations are the main means of selecting officials at this time, as well as the largest source of reserves for officials.

Compared with the officials who only need to pay money and political trial, the threshold for recommendation is undoubtedly much higher.

One is about inspection, and the other is about conquest.

At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, there were three kinds of inspections, including virtuous and square, filial piety and honesty, and doctoral disciples who had read the scriptures and books.

virtuous and upright, most of the recommended people are officials, and occasionally civilians; The edict recommending the virtuous and upright will generally have the words 'outspoken and extremely admonished', and there are also the words 'virtuous and upright, and the words 'will not be caught by the upright'.

From this point of view, virtuous and upright, generally refers to the handsome who dare to give direct advice and can cure the evils of the times.

Such a person, after being recommended by a high-ranking official of sufficient rank, such as a county guard, a county lieutenant and other officials of 2,000 stones, will usher in an interview with the emperor, and need to write an article that conforms to reality and has his own unique views on the country's political situation.

This makes any demons and monsters appear in their original form under the answer sheet called strategy: whether they are really talented, or they are straw bales.

If there is talent, the emperor will naturally use it heavily; If it is a bombastic straw bag, the gentler emperor will give honor in the name of an honorary doctor, and if he is a little irritable, it is estimated that the sponsor will be implicated.

This is also the reason why the number of officials from the recommended background is extremely small - if you don't recommend it, you have to worry about being blamed, and if you do, you have to worry about being blamed, and it will be covered with a layer of unknown people, how is it worth it?

However, if the recommender is indeed a genius, has made contributions to the country, and has been reused by the emperor, then the recommender can also be polished - not to mention that as the recommendee, the little carp that jumped over the dragon gate will be grateful to Dade, remember the recommender's 'grace of knowledge', and the mere fact of 'discerning talents' can earn enough fame for the recommender.

Therefore, when encountering a virtuous person who is really talented and so excellent that he feels a loss in his heart without recommending him, high-level officials will still stand up magnanimously and recommend this talent to the emperor in the name of a guarantee.

The two most famous virtuous and righteous people in the Western Han Dynasty are the beneficiaries of the recommendation system; His theories not only directly pointed to the maladministration of the country and solved the potential or urgent problems faced by the country, but also his personal fame and policies were passed down to later generations and were widely known.

——Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Liang Wang Fu Jiayi's "Treatise on the Passage of Qin", and Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty's Prince's Family Order, Emperor Jing's Imperial Historian's "Treatise on Guisu".

Such talents, not to mention ordinary people, even if the people of the whole world are counted, it is a great fortune for the dynasty to be able to produce one every fifty years!

For Liu Hong, it can only be described as something that can be met but not sought.

Filial piety is relatively simple: the virtuous name is far and wide, and the virtue is an official.

Such an official does not seem to be demanding: he does not need to be literate and hyphenated, nor does he need to have any means or ability, as long as he is filial enough, he can be recommended.

However, its standard is also high and scary - filial piety, filial piety is famous in the surrounding five counties, and it is famous in the temple!

That is to say, if you want to be recommended as filial piety, you must let the fame of filial piety spread to the surrounding counties, and let someone in the super hall hear: There is such and such a person in such and such a county, and he has done such a thing, and he is really pure and filial.

Before the Western Yuan without electronic networks, the frequency of such people was not much higher than that of the virtuous and well-behaved people at the level of 'national scholars'.

Only the last kind of 'doctor's son', who seems to have little ability and can only be recommended by his father and grandfather, is the biggest source of official candidates at this time.

This group of people has a common characteristic: they are highly idealistic and theoretical; He doesn't care about how to improve grain production and improve the quality of life of the people, but he doesn't let go of his hands all day long, pointing out the country with self-pity and self-love, and he doesn't even know how to open a mile of canals, so he thinks that he can lead the world to a prosperous world.

Fortunately, at this time, it was still the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, and the martial style was strong, and even the most delicate Confucian disciples mostly held strong bows and drank strong wine; Although he doesn't know how to do practical things, he can't be considered to be industrious in his limbs and grains.

As for the conquest, it can be understood from the literal meaning alone: only those who are famous in the world for their learning, doctors without papers, or military attachés and generals can give a thumbs up and praise the giants of 'virtuous' can get the treatment of being expropriated.

Therefore, in the entire inspection system, only the most unreliable 'children of doctoral disciples' can really provide a steady stream of talents for the country.

The last official selection system, Enyin, is completely a privilege for the aristocratic class: as long as it reaches a certain level, the emperor will favor this nobleman and send the children of the family to the palace, which is called: Enyin.

In the end, it was the emperor who opened the back door to the nobles openly.

And the children of the aristocracy, born with a golden key since childhood, do not worry about eating and drinking, and do not have any lofty pursuit of life.

Therefore, if Liu Hong wants to solve the situation that no one around him is useful in a short period of time, he must find another way outside the inherent official selection system.

The most perfect solution, of course, is an examination that has been proven to be correct by later generations.

As a good policy for the country to select talents, even in the 21st century, the examination can not only solve the problem of Liu Hongdi, but even solve the problems of the whole world!

If Liu Hong can produce a hundred palace scholars every year, let alone centralization, it will only be a few years before the Huns are stepped on!

However, whether it is from the perspective of the literati base, the state finances, the state of national wealth, or from the perspective of public opinion and the difficulty of implementation, the examination is not something that can be promoted in a year and a half.

Even Liu Hong's most optimistic estimate is that the emergence of the first batch of scholars in the Han Dynasty will wait until Liu Hong takes power, spending a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to create white paper for writing, and then develop engraving and printing; Then encourage the circulation of folk books, so that the literary atmosphere of the world no longer excludes the people at the bottom, and form an academic atmosphere of 'education without class'.

And these measures to establish a solid foundation for the examination will not be able to see the effect in ten or eight years!

The distant water can't catch the thirst of the near, so Liu Hong has no choice but to keep an eye on the side, this endless 'long river' - Chai Wu.

The Flying Fox Army, even if it is the lowest level of soldiers, can be regarded as people who have experienced bloody battles, seen bloody slashing people, and marched for many years; In this era when most of the people may not be able to get out of their county seat in their lifetime, they can undoubtedly be regarded as "broad-minded" talents.

What's even better is that even because of this incident of rushing to aid Chang'an, the officers and soldiers of the Flying Fox Army will naturally have loyalty to Liu Hong.

Even if the selection standards are raised, there are always some middle-level officers who can be used by Liu Hong for the time being.

was secretly thinking about how to dig the corner of the firewood wall, and the curtain was lifted; As soon as Liu Hong, who came back to his senses, looked up, he saw that it was Liu Budo who went and returned.

"Your Majesty, Wei Wei sent someone to spread the word: the assassins lurking in the Weiyang Palace have been eliminated."

Hearing this, Liu Hong showed a satisfied smile, stood up, and walked towards the imperial chariot parked outside the southern camp.

"Go back to the palace."

If nothing else, half an hour later, Liu Hong will face a tough battle.