Chapter 505: The aftermath of the imperial examination
In fact, the establishment of the six ministries is no different from the previous system of three public and nine secretaries, but it has changed from three public and nine secretaries to various ministries.
The sorted out folds and documents are reviewed and determined by the various ministries, and then sent to the Zhongshu Province, which is generally handed over to Zaifu in charge for approval. At present, the military department and the criminal department are under the control of Huangfu Song, and the other four departments are temporarily in charge of Cai Yong.
Cai Yong flipped through the following folds, reviewed them, annotated them, and sent them to Liu Tao for final approval. Relying on the experience accumulated in later generations, as well as super memory and wisdom, I basically read it at a glance.
Then take a look at the annotations and official seals written by Cai Yong with a blue pen, and finally use a cinnabar red pen to make the final approval and use the seal.
In the end, the officials of the province divided these pieces into categories and sent them back to the ministries for processing.
"In other words, Zai Fu needs at least six people to do it......" Liu Tao finished reading the last copy of the fold and sent it out.
Idle and bored, he condensed the scroll a little and handed it over to Jian Yong for safekeeping. The latter personally sent it to the secret vault for collection, and no one was allowed to enter the secret vault except for him and Liu Tao. Even if you get close to it casually, the Jinyi guards will interrogate you.
"It's not a big deal in the past few years, three or five years, Lu Shangshu and Zhu Shangshu can almost go to Zhongshu Province." Jian Yong took the scroll and seemed to hear Liu Tao's muttering, so he said with a smile.
Even if Liu Tao has become the emperor, this one is still a little not serious, he is very arrogant, and he doesn't hold back when he has something to say.
In fact, Liu Tao likes this, he doesn't dare to say anything, or if he only promises to be a sound worm, it will feel very boring. What is rare is that Jian Yong's 'unobstructed' is at least on a certain scale.
will definitely not be like Yang Xiu, showing off his IQ in various ways, and then playing himself to death.
"Three or five years, I don't know if those guys will give us three or five years." Liu Tao replied casually.
"They're either going to band together against us, or they're going to prioritize expansion around the periphery." Jian Yong thought for a while, "After all, we were attacked by our neighbors behind our backs, and in the end, the soldiers on the front line were also defeated by us, which is going to be a big loss!" ”
"That's ......," Liu Tao smiled.
If you don't bully your neighbor, who is almost the same, or even weaker than yourself, you run over and hit him with this iron bucket, and it's not like this!
In particular, King Yan, King Han and King Wei have not ascended the throne as emperor so far, and have directly become a thorn in the side of other emperors. However, Liu Tao felt that they were not the emperor, which was the most clever way to do it.
At least they still have a way out, so they won't have to fight to the end with other 'big men'. At the same time, it has also become the object of competition for other 'big men', and can even launch attacks on the periphery.
Compared with a nominal 'majesty', the actual territory and strength are actually more important.
Let's just say that on his side, he could have pretended to be called a 'King of Qin' or something. Watch them claim the emperor, watch them attack each other, and make a fortune in Guanzhong.
Later, I felt that everyone would not be very active in this way, and at the same time, in order to maximize profits, I simply became the emperor. Take 10,000 steps back and say, isn't it embarrassing to take the title of 'King of Qin' from a dignified Han family? !
You must know that after more than 400 years of counting the two Han Dynasty, there has not been a Qin king. It wasn't until after Cao Wei that the King of Qin was set up, who was Cao Rui's adopted son Cao Xun, and died early at the age of thirteen.
What can you call it if you don't call King Qin? King Han? In the end, I didn't bother to think about it, and I just called the emperor, after all, if you call yourself the king of Han, it is no different from calling the emperor directly!
Just when Liu Tao was playing farming, the 500 candidates who participated in the imperial examination were naturally assigned to local officials one after another. Those who failed the exam also returned to their hometowns one after another.
It is indispensable to publicize the matter of the imperial examination, so that the villagers know the true face of the imperial examination.
Naturally, the spies sent to collect intelligence also reported the matter of the imperial examination.
"I see, combined with libraries, academies and teachers' colleges, and finally relied on the imperial examination to complete the talent selection. Xiaoyuan, do you say that we are here, is it suitable for this? "The one who is most interested in the imperial examination is probably Liu Pet.
In other words, he himself admired Liu Tao very much, and it took six years for a squire to ascend the throne as emperor. Of course, if a person like King Zhao registers, he will scoff at most, but Liu Tao has the strength and ability to be the emperor, which is the point.
Originally, Liu Tao was called emperor, and he planned to be attached to him. It's just that Luo Jun said that he should observe for a while, Liu Tao abolished the system of three princes and nine secretaries, and changed it to the system of three provinces and six ministries, although strictly it is reform rather than innovation, but casually change the Han tradition, Luo Jun feels that he is very similar to Wang Mang.
Wang Mang played himself to death, it is difficult to say whether Liu Tao will be like this, so he plans to let Liu Pet observe for a few more years.
Anyway, as long as he is not the emperor, then Liu Pet can take refuge in the past at any time. Even take advantage of this time to expand the territory, and if you can't say that you will take refuge in the past, the treatment will be higher.
Seeing that Liu Pet is now showing great interest after knowing the imperial examination system, Luo Jun is a little at a loss.
The selection of the imperial examination is a good initiative, especially this scientific examination, strictly speaking, all the scholars in the world have not yet arrived. Or some have received the message that it is too late to leave.
Rao so, 500 people took the exam, and more than 130 people were selected. If according to the basic filial piety system, more than one hundred and three people are recommended, and only for the three states, it will take at least three years.
At the same time, I don't know what level the people recommended are, but they generally have to be officials for three years, and then they can arrange their official positions according to their specific talents.
"The minister thought about it, since this system is based on the library, school and normal school, if His Highness wants to study, I am afraid that he must first establish these, otherwise even if it is an exam, most of the selected ones are also children of the family." Luo Jun replied more pertinently.
"Yes, then next, let's first set up libraries in all counties under our rule!" When Liu Chong heard this, he thought about it for a while, and immediately nodded in agreement.
"In terms of books, it is estimated that it is good to buy them directly from Liu Tao. The problem is that the books they have there are all divided into sentences according to Liu Tao's requirements, don't we need to re-divide them? Luo Jun tried to ask.
"There's no need, since there's already a ready-made one, just copy it. When the province is obtained, each force has its own standards, so how can those talents from other states take the exam? Liu Pet obviously thought further, but his admiration for Liu Tao was also undisguised.
Luo Jun was actually helpless, everyone was waiting for Liu Chong to be the emperor, but this one actually planned to take refuge in Liu Tao. The three princes and nine ministers are gone, and it is difficult to say whether the three provinces and six ministries have a share.
"In terms of colleges and normal schools, we also lack enough teachers...... Luo Jun reminded.
"Ask your uncle for someone, do you think he will give it?" Liu Pet thought for a moment.
"Of course I will give it." Luo Jun was a little speechless, Your Highness, aren't you afraid that others will mix in private goods when teaching?
At that time, the scholars and candidates who were trained at that time identified with Liu Tao instead of Liu Chong, so wouldn't they have made a dowry for others after working hard and spending a lot of money to train scholars?
Anyway, Liu Pet planned to rely on others, and he was also a blind concern, so he simply didn't say it.
"By the way, how's the soldier going?" Liu Pet obviously didn't forget the business either.
"It's ready to attack!" When Luo Jun heard this, he immediately replied.
"Runan County and Yingchuan County, it's time to get it back from Yuan Shu!" When Liu Chong heard this, he immediately clenched his fists. That Yuan Shu was entrenched in Nanyang, but occupied the two counties of Yingchuan and Runan. There is no clear king and emperor, but it is equivalent to a prince who divides one side.
Several times he tried to launch an attack on Chen Guo, but he led people to fight back.
But it's not decent to be beaten passively all the time, and as the king of Han Han, it is also his duty to recapture the states and counties occupied by such ill-intentioned people. Not to mention anything else, this Yuzhou, you have to get it back first!
It's just that Peijun is a little entangled, after all, Pei Wang has now become the emperor of 'Xu Han', and it is not easy to get Peijun back from him!
But if you want to talk about soft persimmons, you must start with Xu Han or Qi Han first. After all, there is no danger to defend, and the combat power of the soldiers is not high, Xu Han's side, the most powerful, and the only one that can be relied on, is only three thousand Danyang soldiers.
On Yuan Shu's side, there were many elites of the Northern Army, and at the same time, Yuan was deeply rooted in Runan, and there were countless small families attached to him. Originally, they took advantage of the opportunity to form militia groups to form militia groups ranging from 1,000 to 1,000.
Now that Yuan Shu started in Nanyang, these families have led troops to serve in the past, and after joining the elite of the Northern Army, Yuan Shu has nearly 60,000 soldiers.
And on the Korean side, counting Chen County and Liang County, the total number of soldiers and elite parts is only about 10,000.
Don't look at the Yellow Turban period, King Chen gathered 100,000 people, most of them were rogue militiamen, which were worse than the soldiers of the Song Dynasty. After several years of training, coupled with a little actual combat, Dong Dong initially has combat effectiveness.
"This battle should be fought steadily, Your Highness should go out to fight, and listen to the advice of military advisors and generals." Luo Jun saw that Liu Chong was determined to deal with Yuan Shu, so he could only persuade again. He has said this many times.
"Well, this king knows!" Liu Pet felt that this prime minister was a little verbose, and he had not fought before.
Time passed day by day, and the matter of the imperial examination also spread all over the world. Everyone knows that there is such a thing as the imperial examination, and there will be another imperial examination in three years, and there will be one every three years in the future.
The biggest problem is that those over the age of 40 are not eligible to participate in the imperial examination.
Rao is like this, this is also a road to heaven, as long as you study hard, and then go to participate in the imperial examination, you may be able to become an official. And it is said that those Jinshi and the first in the first list can also participate in the palace examination and become the protégés of the Son of Heaven.
For a while, no one in the world was calm, and the most talked about in the circle was naturally the imperial examination.
Then, as expected, for the imperial examination, it was divided into two camps. One is that they feel that they only take exams and do not pay attention to filial piety, and the selected officials may be corrupt officials, or at least cool officials.
Needless to say, most of these people are from families, and they were originally ready to go out through the filial piety arranged by the family, but this thing suddenly appeared. If it becomes common sense, it will be much more difficult for them to get out of the ranks.
The other camp is the poor and ordinary people, who can become successful by hard work, for them, it is equivalent to having hope.
Regardless of whether it is virtuous or not, it will be said after becoming an official first. As the recipients of actual benefits, they are naturally unconditional users of this system. At the same time, he is also trying to find a way to run to the side of Bingzhou.
After all, since the family gate valve knew about the imperial examination system, the control of books has become stricter. It is becoming more and more difficult for ordinary people to get their hands on books, but when they arrive in Bingzhou, there are free libraries where you can read books and even transcribe them!
It is conceivable that the brain drain in various places is estimated to be very serious. If the local government forcibly stops it, then the result can only be that the contradictions between the clan and the poor family, and even ordinary people, will be further aggravated.
Of course, the thoughts of these people, the clan and officials don't care at all, they are just 'cattle and sheep', just obedient. Those who do not recognize their own position naturally have to suffer a little.
As for the 'great Hans' or 'vassal kings', the attitude towards the imperial examination is not polarized.
For example, Liu Chong felt that he could conduct the imperial examination, and began to discuss with the ministers how to do it. There were also those who were completely opposed to the imperial examination system and considered it a 'great harm', such as the Zhao Han Emperors, such as the Chu Han, Xu Han, Qi Han and Wu Han.
There are also some people who choose to wait and see, planning to see the effect of the selection of materials for the imperial examination, and then decide whether to do it or not. For example, Liu Dai, the king of Wei, Liu Yu, the king of Yan, and Liu Yan, the emperor of the 'Shu Han'.
Hundreds or thousands of people refer to it in one breath, and then you can directly pick out hundreds, or even if the conditions are relaxed, two or three hundred will not be a problem.
After changing the system of filial piety and requisition, I don't know when the local government will verify and recommend these two or three hundred scholars.
Besides, the filial piety of this recommendation is also directly linked to the recommended officials. If there is a problem with filial piety, the recommended official will also be held accountable. Unless there is an absolute guarantee that there will be no accidents, the officials themselves are reluctant to nominate scholars.
But the imperial examination does not have this concern, after all, it is a direct selection, and no one recommends it, so it can be hired directly after passing the examination.
As long as the brain is not pumped, or has become a puppet of the courtiers, and is completely hollowed, it will naturally become interested in the imperial examination. Of course, interest is interest, and whether this imperial examination is practical or not will only be known after observing it for three years.
However, they are more interested in the system of three provinces and six ministries, after all, weakening the power of the three princes and reducing their workload at the same time. The three provinces and six ministries themselves have the shadow of the three princes and nine secretaries, which belongs to improvement rather than innovation.
It's just that in order to highlight their 'legitimacy' and maintain the traditional political model of the Han Dynasty to the greatest extent, the imperial examination system is hesitant to be like this, not to mention the three-province six-ministry system.
In the end, I simply put these things aside, and tried while fumbling.
The most important thing at the moment, of course, is to expand the territory!
At this time, not to mention the other princes, Liu Yan felt a little miserable, after all, there was no place to expand......
To the north, it is directly Liangzhou and Si Li, and Liu Tao directly wars? This year, tea is ready to start bulk exports, thinking of the profits brought by tea, Shu brocade, iron and grain trade, Liu Yan is reluctant to go on the Northern Expedition.
But if you don't go on the Northern Expedition, can you only nest in Yizhou obediently and be a 'Shu Han' emperor? In the end, he hypnotized himself, after all, Han Gaozu won the world in this way.
Let you fight first, and I'll develop first...... Liu Yan could only comfort himself like this.
At the same time, Emperor Zhao Han sent Yuan Shao as an envoy to Yan State, and Liu Chong and Yuan Shu sharpened their knives on the border.
However, under such circumstances, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban broke out, invaded Linzi, killed the Emperor of Qi Han, and the Qi Han perished......