Yao Cha, the secretary of the ministry, and Zong Yuanrao, the servant, are all here.

Yao Cha doesn't need to say much, this Yuan Rao was originally an old minister of Nan Chen, and he was quite talented in the administration of officials, and serving as a servant of the ministry was also expected. In history, this person also served as Nan Chen's official secretary.

In short, the imperial court appointed Zhongzheng officials to visit innocent, virtuous and talented scholars in their places of origin, and divided them into nine levels according to their moral conduct, divided into upper and middle, upper and lower, upper and lower middle, and upper middle, etc., and the imperial court gave official positions according to the rank of these scholars.

The Jiupin Zhongzheng system was born when the Han Dynasty's inspection system had completely reduced to a tool for the family to control the government, and it was actually just a compromise between Cao Wei and the family. At the beginning, according to Cao Pi's idea, the selection of talents should be "meritocracy", but this naturally caused strong dissatisfaction with the family, and in the end, Chen Qun, who was highly respected, could only come forward to set up the nine-product Zhongzheng system, from the original inspection system of local officials directly recommending talents to the central government to send officials to the local selection of talents.

Moreover, compared with the inspection system, the Jiupin Zhongzheng system also takes the talent of the object under inspection as an important assessment standard, not just the previous "filial piety and honesty", but also a little meaning of "meritocracy". However, the family can control the inspection system, and naturally it can also control the nine-product Zhongzheng system after a little flexibility.

If it weren't for the fact that the family was already huge, Cao Pi, as the emperor, had to take a step back, and according to Cao Pi's original thoughts, it would be impossible to accept such an improved version of the probation system. With the change of dynasties in the north and south, the family has gradually moved from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, and it has completely changed the Jiupin Zhongzheng system into a channel for the rapid rise of its own children, so that the entire officialdom in the north and south has completely become a gladiatorial arena for the family to compete for power and profit.

This is also why the Sui and Tang dynasties resolutely implemented the imperial examination, and the Sui Dynasty, which was huge and came from all directions, withered in an instant like a flash in the pan, and it was not unrelated to the implementation of the imperial examination system in the Sui Dynasty, so Li Xinchen's actions can be said to be absolutely cautious.

However, for Li Xinchen, it is not that there is no opportunity at all. In the previous Hou Jing Rebellion, the entire Jiangnan family was "shuffled" by Hou Jing, and several major wealthy families declined rapidly, and the newly rising Wu family and Xu family had no way to compare with the previous Wang Xie clan after all.

In history, the Guanlong Group and the Shandong family, which were also a big problem for the Sui and Tang dynasties, had been split in this era, half of them had taken refuge in Li Xinchen, and the foundation was unstable when they first arrived, and the remaining half of the Guanlong family and the entire Shandong family were still in the north.

For these newcomers, if they want to snatch a piece of meat from the mouths of the original Southeast Shi clan and the Bashu family, in fact, the imperial examination is their help. Yang Su was obviously very keenly aware of this, so he directly sent Li Yuan, who came to Jiangnan with him, to Jinling Academy.

And Li Xinchen can be said to have used the hands of old people such as Xu Ling and Wu Mingche, since they presided over the establishment of the academy, then even if the family feels threatened by the existence of the family, it is impossible to really do anything to the disciples of their own old man.

Immediately, Yao Cha stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Officials has reviewed and assessed the central officials in various places at the end of the year, and when the year is over, the central officials will go to various places to select talents. In a year, my Han Dynasty has expanded thousands of miles, and it is by no means comparable to the former Bashu country, so this year, in addition to the assessment of the former Chen local officials who remained in office, it is also necessary to select a large number of talents to make up for the gap. According to the plan of the Ministry of Officials, the main composition of these talents is nine to one, the first part is selected from the local government, and the remaining part is selected from the Chengdu Academy that has been built. ”

Li Xinchen frowned slightly, the ratio of nine to one is not low, especially as the first batch of students from Jinling Academy and Yuelu Academy will come out next year, it is certain that the ratio will be raised to eight to two or even seven to three.

But there is still no way to fundamentally shake the foundation of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system.

"How many available talents are there in Chengdu Academy?" Li Xinchen asked directly.

The courtiers in the lobby suddenly pricked up their ears, His Majesty asked this question directly, the meaning was very clear, and the sensitive nose had already smelled the wind in it, it seems that His Majesty really intends to brake the knife on the Jiupin Zhongzheng, and the Jiupin Zhongzheng system is a tool for the family to continue to suck blood on the court, and even gradually integrate with the court, and it is also one of the fundamentals for the family to maintain its longevity, which is to attack the family.

However, if you think about it, you can understand why the Southern Dynasty can only be on one side for so many years, and there is a non-negligible relationship between the various families within the Southern Dynasty, and there are constantly conflicts between the old families and the newly born families, and even conflicts between the families and the imperial court.

Therefore, the Jin people crossed to the south and sighed that "the scenery is not different", and even Wang Dao once issued a roar of "When the royal family is killed, the Shenzhou is restored, how can he be a prisoner of Chu", but until Nanchen, the Southern Dynasty still has no place to stand in the north, but is completely on the side of peace.

In the battle of the northwest, it was only the Tianshui Liang clan that dragged its feet, and the rest of the families were still fooled, plus the Han Dynasty originally had strong materials and soldiers and horses in Bashu, so they barely survived the difficulties, but who can know if there will be anyone behind Li Xinchen when he goes north on a large scale next time?

If the battle of the northwest is lost, after all, it is only to lose the northwest and retreat to Bashu, and if Li Xinchen's Northern Expedition is defeated, then the Han Dynasty will completely lose the power to compete with the north, so before the Northern Expedition, Li Xinchen must severely suppress the family.

This is also to be expected.

Thinking of this, everyone's hearts are more about scolding the Tianshui Liang family back and forth a few times, these guys are too ugly to eat, and they don't look at the local officials who are sitting on the dragon chair today and even need to flatter you before, and even the monarchs of small countries?

"Now after a year of training, Chengdu Academy already has 100 usable people, and there are two or three hundred people who are still studying and are not old enough." Zong Yuanrao hurriedly stood up and said, "This time, the imperial court needs 300 officials, and with a comparison of nine to one, about 30 talents from Chengdu Academy will be hired." ”

"Then the rest of the seventy people are also from the filial piety of Chengdu Academy, is there nothing to be desired?" Li Xinchen frowned.

Yao Cha was also one of the people in charge of Chengdu Academy, and for him, it would definitely be a good thing if the students of Chengdu Academy could enter the imperial court more.