That afternoon, the Northwest Camp Council Hall was full.

In addition to the military generals, there are also a few high-ranking civilian officials who are willing to stay in the northwest and continue to serve.

And Ning Zhiyuan, the general of the Northwest who summoned everyone over, in addition to his cronies, he also had two sons, a little son-in-law and other people.

After everyone sat down, Ning Zhiyuan said angrily: "This time I called everyone over to discuss the selection of reform officials.

I'm a rough man, I don't beat around the bush, so I'll just say it.

Actually, I don't want to carry out any official reforms, but now the vacancies of officials above the county level in the northwest are too serious and cannot be effectively supplemented, so I can only change the method to increase the number of people.

As for how to reform, Zhang Wenxuan has already made it very clear to you before, and I will not repeat it today.

However, regarding the specific implementation, my son-in-law Su Zhen has some new ideas, you might as well listen to them and see if it makes sense.

Ah Zhen, come over and tell everyone what you think. ”

"Yes, General." After Chi Fei bowed, he walked in front of everyone.

Chi Fei arched his hand and said: "I am shallow in my knowledge and shallow in my knowledge, if there is anything wrong with it, please don't be surprised." ”

Everyone said no, no, Brother Su was too polite.

Those who are qualified to attend the meeting are all core figures in the military and political circles in the northwest, and naturally know all kinds of amazing things that the little son-in-law of the great general has done in the northeast.

First of all, he proposed the idea of occupying the northeast and using Jiujiang Province as an outlet to buy grain overseas.

This method has indeed solved the urgent need of the Northwest Army with insufficient food and grass.

The second is the various salt farms built and managed by him, which are said to produce tens of thousands of catties of salt every month, which is really scary, and I really don't know how he did it.

In the end, the method of burning mountains and cultivating fields for the resettlement of the hundreds of thousands of Great Wei refugees was also the first to be proposed by him and supervised by him.

It is said that in Zhangzhou and Linqi alone, there are millions of acres of terraced fields that have been built.

If all goes well, not only will those hundreds of thousands of displaced people be able to make a living, but there may also be surplus food to supply the army in the future.

Whether it is the army or civilians, if you want to maintain local stability, money and food are absolutely the top priority.

However, the little son-in-law of the great general has solved these two crucial problems very skillfully with his methods, and it is no wonder that such great achievements will be reused by the great general, and people have to be convinced.

Not to mention that when the plague in the northwest was raging in the past, it was he who came up with an unheard-of inoculation method to eradicate the disease.

Because of this world-class achievement, there is no longer a single case of sores in the northwest.

Many ordinary people who had suffered from sores even spontaneously set up a longevity plaque for the "Su Divine Doctor" at home, wishing him a long life and good health.

Now that they heard that he had new opinions on the matter of reforming the selection of officials mentioned by the marshal earlier, the others naturally did not dare to slack off, and they all listened carefully to what he said.

After Chi Fei sorted out his thoughts a little, he began to say: "Regarding the official selection system, I would like to put forward two suggestions below.

The first suggestion is to admit officials by exam, based only on grades, regardless of origin.

This examination is different from the imperial examination, which does not test the four books and five classics, but only tests the ability to practice practical affairs.

Taking the official position of magistrate as an example, the magistrate is the head of a county, and is in charge of water conservancy, enlistment, adjudication of cases, supervision, and issuance of government decrees.

Therefore, in terms of the selection of test questions, the main aspects are water conservancy, taxation, and the law of the Great Wei.

If a county magistrate does not know anything about water conservancy, taxation, laws, etc., how can he manage local water conservancy, how to collect taxes, and how to judge cases? Therefore, these are all compulsory subjects.

In terms of formulating questions, I would suggest that not only specific articles but also specific cases be cited.

For example, on the topic of adjudicating a case, we can design some specific cases, and the respondent should write clearly how the case should be decided and which law it is based on.

Only those who write well and reasoned will be able to pass the exam.

For the sake of fairness, you can refer to the practice of the imperial examination, first paste the names of the candidates, and have a special person copy the paper and submit it to the examiner for review, so as to prevent fraud.

If the candidate passes the examination, the general and several adults will finally decide what official position the candidate should be awarded.

This is the admission method for officials, and the next step is the admission method for a series of officials such as county officials, priests, county lieutenants, and wardens.

These officials are also recruited by examination, and they are also tested for specific actual government affairs.

The assessment of examination papers should not be done by local officials to avoid fraud.

The examination papers of the officials also need to be confused and then handed over to the field officials for review.

As for which local officials will examine the files, it is decided by drawing lots, so that fraud can be greatly avoided.

Some people may think that it is just a clerk's examination that needs to be so troublesome, but it is necessary.

That's because there are only two kinds of people who are eligible to take the official examination, one is those who have passed the imperial examination and obtained meritorious service or above, and the other is those who have been officials for five years. It is referred to as the dual-track admission system below.

In other words, these people who can pass the examination to become officials are likely to be future candidates for officials at all levels, so they must be so serious and prevent cheating from the beginning. ”

After listening to Chi Fei's explanation, everyone couldn't help but show surprised expressions.

This kind of selection system is even more radical and bold than Zhang Wenxuan's proposal to use officials as officials.

In particular, the practice of not examining the Four Books and Five Classics in the content of this examination, but only testing practical practical operations, was even more unacceptable to many civil officials present who had passed the imperial examination and had made it difficult for them to accept.

Finally, a civil official surnamed Chen couldn't help but say out loud: "Master Su, if you choose officials in this way in the future, I am afraid that it will cause dissatisfaction and anger among many scholars."

After all, they have been studying the Four Books and Five Classics since elementary school, not local government affairs, which is too unfair to readers. ”

Chi Fei replied, "Lord Chen, your suggestion is also reasonable. Otherwise, let's compromise and add some of the content of the Four Books and Five Classics to the examination paper.

In addition, the content of the official examination mainly includes water conservancy, taxation, and the law of the Great Wei Dynasty, so relevant books will be printed as examination textbooks in the future.

In this way, whether it is a scholar or a clerk, everyone is at the same starting point, and there is no question of who is superior or inferior.

I don't know what you think of this, Master Chen? ”

"If that's the case, Xia Guan has no opinion." The faces of several civil officials, including Lord Chen, softened at this time.

Ning Zhiyuan couldn't help but feel a little funny when he saw this.

really let Ah Zhen's kid guess correctly, and sure enough, some civil officials raised objections on this issue.

Ning Zhiyuan was greatly surprised after listening to his little son-in-law's advice yesterday. This kind of selection system, which only looks at practical ability and does not look at background, is really too much to his liking.

He was a practical man, and in his opinion, the officials who had the practical ability to govern were far more useful than the nerds who could only read the Scriptures.

As for this so-called compromise, it is only used to appease those who can only read the four books and five classics.

In addition, how much content of the Four Books and Five Classics should be added to the test paper is actually completely decided by Ning Zhiyuan, the general of the Northwest, and there is a lot of room for maneuver in it.

And Chi Fei deliberately said at the beginning that he would not test the content of the Four Books and Five Classics at all, which was also a practice of asking for a sky-high price and paying back the money on the ground.

The purpose is to make those civil officials not protest in the future because there are too few questions in the examination papers, and block the road first.

In fact, Chi Fei was referring to the civil service examination admission system of his time.

The modern civil service examination system generally requires a bachelor's degree or above to be eligible to take the examination, so Chi Fei changed this academic requirement to a scholar with a reputation or above, or a grassroots official with more than five years of practical experience.

In this way, the threshold is not only relaxed, but also conducive to the promotion of most grassroots officials.

The so-called prime minister must start from the state department, and the fierce general must be sent from the army.

Chi Fei, like his father-in-law Ning Zhiyuan, attaches more importance to those grassroots officials who have practical governance experience, rather than those who can only read the Four Books and the Five Classics but do not know anything about secular affairs.

Such people are not only easily deceived and deceived by those below, but also pay too much attention to their own future, rather than focusing on local governance.

Only those grassroots officials with rich experience are the most reliable civil official forces that support the Ning family, because they have no chance to become officials at all except that the Ning family can give them this opportunity.

When Mr. Zhang Wenxuan, who had not made a sound, heard this, his eyes lit up, and his heart was greatly amazed.

Chi Fei's suggestion sounds similar to the method he proposed earlier, but it is actually fundamentally different.

He did not want to reform the entire official selection system, but still hoped that the imperial examination would continue to be the orthodox system for selecting officials in the future.

After all, the imperial examination system has lasted for thousands of years, and it is an orthodox system of electing officials that all scholars agree on, and it has a lofty status and humanistic foundation among the people, so Zhang Wenxuan, who is also a scholar, never thought of breaking it.

However, Chi Fei's suggestion has opened up another unprecedented path for the selection of officials from the root, and its impact is unimaginable.

In other words, a scholar, no, it should be said that as long as he is literate, he has the opportunity to become an official.

As long as they pass the official examination and become a civil servant and have served for five years, they have the opportunity to take the official examination.

Once passed, you can become an official.

This road is far easier than the road of the imperial examination for ten or even decades.

Zhang Wenxuan didn't even dare to look alike, whether there were more people reading the Four Books and Five Classics in the future, or more people who wanted to be officials.

However, one thing is certain, that is, the position of official, which not many scholars would pay attention to, will become a position sought after by countless people.

No wonder Mr. Su wants to prevent exam fraud so seriously, because that is a road to promotion through the dragon gate.

The first suggestion is so wonderful, Zhang Wenxuan can't wait to know the second suggestion that Chi Fei is going to say next.

This kind of exciting idea, he hadn't tried it for a long time.

Ning Zhiyuan looked at the people present who were still talking about Chi Fei's suggestion, and a puzzled smile appeared on his face.

He wanted to see how the crowd would react when his son-in-law made his second suggestion.

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