The higher up the official position, the less the position. There can be hundreds of county orders, but there are only a few dozen Taishou, only thirteen Thorns, only three Sangong, and only one emperor.

There is always a time when the chief officer's deputy is filled, and at most, there may be a place for the local 'Peng'.

However, in many places and many eras, this thing actually has the habit of 'passing on' to some extent. The sons of many minor officials will inherit their positions. This habit still exists in modern times, for example, many old factory workers will retire early and give up their positions to their sons.

Officials also need some old people who know the place to help them govern the place, as long as the ability is not too bad, and generally does not break this tradition. Moreover, the appointment of minor officials is itself the prerogative of the prefectural order. Only the county lieutenant and the county lieutenant are appointed by the state.

In some small counties, there is even only a county magistrate and no county order, so there will be no county magistrate. The power of the prefectural order was further strengthened.

There is also a solution, and that is the civil service. All officials were included in the scope of 'civil servants', given a formal establishment, and allowed 'minor officials' to be promoted, eventually become high-ranking officials, and even have the power to serve in the six ministries.

It's just that this is still a little too advanced for the moment, so Liu Tao didn't do it.

After all, after this system comes out, no matter how talented you are, you must start as a clerk. Then he worked hard to brush up his political achievements and slowly rose. There are pros and cons to everything, and there are many people who have made a mess of the local economy in later generations in order to brush up their political achievements.

In this era, it is believed that talented people should be given a higher position. Even if you feel that this is a sign of respect for him, you can serve you more loyally.

It is said that the scholar dies for his confidant, but he can be deducted as a traverser, a person standing in front of him, what talent does he have, generally speaking, who knows? A person who doesn't know history, travels to the Three Kingdoms, and sees Guo Jia appear in front of him, how can you be sure that this person is talented?

Then the problem came out, in case Guo Jia was actually not talented, he gave him the position of military advisor, and as a result, he took himself to the pit, and it was a huge pit, and he lost his family wealth at once......

For another example, Guo Jia was talented, but he was not given a suitable position, so he directly jumped ship and left. In history, this person took refuge in Yuan Shao, and was later introduced to Cao Cao by Xun Yu. From another point of view, if it weren't for the previous drama Zhicai who could make Cao Cao amazed, when asking, 'Who can replace him', it was a talent like Xun Yu who recommended Guo Jia, would Cao Cao reuse Guo Jia?

The amount is applicable, everyone understands it, and it is very difficult to do. Placing unsuitable people in unsuitable positions, for a country, the higher the position, the more likely it is to have problems.

Therefore, in the future, as long as it is not a fatal mistake, at most it will be a change of position. If he is admitted to the civil service, then at least there will be a position suitable for him. If you can't do it at the top, you can still think about it at the grassroots level!

In the end, it stabilized, even if it didn't perform well, but at least it was able to adapt, and that's it. If you really find the right one, and then quickly accumulate political achievements, you will naturally sigh: Fortunately, I didn't miss a talent!

From this point of view, Liu Tao actually feels that the civil service system in later generations is still desirable. It's just that the regulatory aspect needs to be strengthened. At least put an end to the behavior of purely brushing up on political achievements.

As for this era, whether the civil service system can be implemented in his generation depends on the subsequent development.

Anyway, it is not suitable at this stage, and it is not suitable to do it in 20 years......

After a day in the clouds, Liu Tao still used the railway to return to Jinyang, and then began to go south. The roughness of the road made him uncomfortable, and the railway might have shaken a few times, but it was much better than this.

After such a few bumpy days, Liu Tao even felt that it was necessary to roll out the railway across the country. This will not only better mobilize resources from all parts of the country, but also strengthen the central government's control over the whole country.

"How does it feel?" After returning to Luoyang, Liu Tao suddenly looked at Jian Yong and asked.

"Your Majesty, is it a railway?" Jian Yong has been observing in the past few days, and Liu Tao's expression has been a little unnatural since he took the imperial chariot in Jinyang.

Of course, he also knew the reason, after all, he had tried railway transportation with Liu Tao before, and found that this thing was fast, and it was not so shaky. On the way back, I used a horse-drawn carriage, which turned out to be not only much slower, but also trembling terribly.

If you don't know about the railway, it doesn't matter if you get used to it. But after taking the railway transportation, I am not used to this, and suddenly I feel that the railway may also be able to do a passenger transport, and I think that many businessmen who come from the south to the north should not mind paying some money to take the passenger car.

"Wouldn't it be great if this thing could be rolled out across the country?" Liu Tao asked casually.

"Of course it's good, but what about the place where you cross the river?" Jian Yong asked.

"Build a railway bridge...... As long as our technology is sufficient, building a suspension bridge across the Yangtze River and the Yellow River should not be a big problem. Liu Tao thought for a moment.

Before there was no reinforced concrete in later generations, foreign countries built bridges across the river, using the structure of suspension bridges. The bridge is held in place entirely by steel cables, which increase the load-bearing.

Besides, cement is not so difficult to do, it is not a big problem to make it slowly, the important thing is that the metallurgical technology should be further improved, and the output at this stage is obviously insufficient.

However, the railway connecting the north and the south can not be done first, but the railway in Hebei, the Central Plains, and the northwest can be done first, especially in the northwest, which is mountainous and sparsely populated, and it really can't develop without a railway.

Not to mention, it also involves the grand strategy of the Silk Road.

"If the railway is built, there is just a group of laborers ...... now" The chief officials of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household came over and asked, but Xun Yu immediately expressed his position after hearing about the convenience of the railway, "In the War of Exterminating the Jin Dynasty and the Central Plains War, we harvested a large number of prisoners, the number of which was more than 50,000. ”

They are all under the command of Yuan Shao, Sun Jian, Yuan Shu and Zhang Chao.

In addition, those who surrendered said that the total number of those who did not surrender was indeed 50,000, and they agreed to be demoted to commoners after five years of labor, and then they would join the army or do anything else, whatever they wanted.

Originally, it was to build bridges and pave roads, build dams or something, especially the dam in Hefei, which had been destroyed before, including the inside of Hefei County, and needed to be repaired again.

But that thing doesn't have much time, there is still a month, and it will be almost completed, and I want to say how to arrange it next to maximize the benefits......

Another point is that the officials over there have already reported the data of the trial operation of the railway. I heard that Liu Tao also experienced it in person, so he naturally took a look, measured it, and found that this thing does have a future.

It's just the biggest problem, first of all, to reduce the cost of rails......