"This official also knows very well that in today's world, the reason why families from all over the world are so unwelcome to see my Han is mainly because my Han Dynasty adheres to the inspection system since the Han Dynasty. The fundamental reason why I hate the probation system so much is that although the probation system leaves a small gap, it still leaves a little gap for the children of ordinary people. Compared with the pattern of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system completely blocking the cold door, it does make your interests likely to be damaged. ”

As mentioned above, the Jiupin Zhongzheng system means that the large states of each county and state are evaluating local scholars, and comprehensively scoring them according to various factors such as talent, morality, and family background. Finally, it is divided into nine grades, from top to bottom. Generally speaking, the upper grade is empty (it is reserved for saints, who would dare to say that they are saints). Those below the middle and lower levels have nothing to do with official positions. In the five grades of upper, middle, upper, middle, middle, and lower, who can be rated as upper, middle, and lower, his family background plays a decisive role.

And the grade evaluation of the scholar before he became an official almost determined the career of the scholar in the future.

In other words, under the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, who can be an official and how big an official can be determines everything from birth.

The Han Dynasty had a different system of inspection. The selection of its reserve officers is also based on nomination. At the beginning, the main personnel recommended by him were the Taishou of each county - to recommend the scholars who had not been prominent to the imperial court, which was called filial piety.

After filial piety is recommended, it must be unified to the imperial court for assessment. After passing the examination, they must serve as a low-level official such as a Lang official in the imperial court for at least one year. In this year, it was the emperor and important ministers of the court who personally investigated it. After that, according to the needs of the imperial court and the performance of this talent, the corresponding court official or magistrate position is awarded.

In addition to the system of filial piety, there are many additions to the probation system. For example, Ju Maocai.

Maocai, formerly known as Xiucai. After the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was renamed to avoid Liu Xiu's name. Compared with filial piety, Maocai is not a county prince who promotes the unannounced scholars of the county. Instead, it is recommended by the state assassin or the state pastor to be an outstanding official in the state, who has already been promoted, but whose rank is still relatively low. Once the recommended outstanding officials are recognized by the imperial court, their careers will enter the high-speed development channel - this is a very reasonable system supplement. Because in real life, the performance during the internship period is average, resulting in a low starting point, but in the actual work slowly catch up, there are many examples. (For example, Zhuge Liang, who was the pastor of Yizhou at the time, recommended Jiang Wan as Maocai)

In addition to lifting Maocai, there are also erudite Confucianism, Ming Law, Ming Jing and other talents recommended specialties in the inspection system. This is a special admission department that is opened after the imperial court has special job needs. After the talent is recommended by the local government, it must also be assessed. and specialty.

In general, there are many problems with the probationary system. The core problem is that the power of the recommender is too great - if you can't get the recommendation of the county guard, you can't become filial piety, and you don't even have the qualifications to join the office. Not to mention the follow-up subjects such as Jumaocai. Moreover, in the later period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the inspection system was also controlled by the big families in various places, and there were many talents who did not know the book. Filial piety and honesty, a strange waste and moral scum who live separately from his father. Moreover, because of the excessive power of the county guards due to the inspection system, the scholars from all over the country tried their best to tie up the county guards in order to become officials. Once recommended by the county guard, even after becoming a leader, he must regard himself as the protégé of the county guard and obey orders for the rest of his life - when the troubled times first opened, why did the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu start so fast? Isn't it the fourth and third duke of the old Yuan family, and many Yuan family members have served as county guards, and their protégés and former officials are all over the world?

Secondly, in order to obtain the qualifications of many civilians, they had to perform in various ways - for example, Wang Xiang, who was crowned by Guan Yi as the "Fire Cloud Evil God". As a result, hypocrites are flooding the officialdom. The whole official style gradually deteriorated.

But in any case, the probationary system is more beneficial to the central government and the children of the common people than the Jiupin Zhongzheng system.

For the central government, all the scholars who have just come out of the government have the opportunity to observe and cultivate their feelings at close range. Where the next stop of these scholars was, the emperor (Quanchen) had great control. Moreover, although the right to recommend talents is in the hands of the county guard, it leads to too much power. But who appointed Taishou? Central! The size of Taishou's power is originally a manifestation of the prestige of the central government.

For commoners, the probation system has never explicitly stated that talents are classified according to their origins and family nobility. And once you become filial piety, no matter how rich or poor your family is, its starting point is the same. Although the disciples of wealthy families who have studied poetry, books, etiquette, and martial arts since they were children naturally have an advantage compared with civilian scholars who study while working. But in any case, the probation system has left a small opportunity for the common people.

And the Jiupin Zhongzheng system represents the will of the super family. Not even the slightest opportunity was left for the civilian soldiers.

"Ladies and gentlemen, compared with the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, the inspection system actually only leaves a little gap for the cold door. To tell the truth, there are hundreds or thousands of books in your homes, but what about ordinary poor people? There are ten books that will reach the sky. Even if their children stand together with the children of your family, as long as your children are not too wasteful, they can't compete! It can be said that the probation system basically does not affect your children's appearance. But why do you hate probation so much? ”

"Guys, think about it. What will happen if the nine-product Zhongzheng system continues to operate? For the children of top families, since they can be high-ranking officials while lying down, why work hard? In the long run, will the children of each family become more and more wasteful? This point may not be obvious in Yongliang, a land that is often war-torn. But what about the eight states of Kanto? What kind of life did the children of the eunuchs there? You all know what kind of characters are coming out, right? ”

"If the Jiupin Zhongzheng system continues to operate, for the Hanmen Shizi, no matter how hard he tries, there will not be a good result. So why does he have to work hard? It's better to get by and forget it - these people are all low-level officials of the state, and they deal directly with the people. They all think like this, can they be expected to pacify the people? And for the people who are really talented among the children of the common people, they have all their skills, and they are not willing to be mediocre after all, so what should we do? Of course, you can only rise up and rebel! ”

"Moreover, if I don't come to Yongliang, Yongliang will continue to implement the nine-grade Zhongzheng system, everyone here, your family will really be safe and sound? The Sima family has been in control of the court for more than 20 years, is the Yongliang family gradually marginalized? You can still call the wind and rain in Yongliang now, and in the entire court? Why is this so? This is because, in the final analysis, the Jiupin Zhongzheng system is the most conducive system to the super family. Ordinary families will lose the opportunity to rise forever because of this! Once the power of the Henan and Hanoi families, which now control the court, swelled to a certain extent. Or after my Han was wiped out and Yongliang became the mainland. Won't they reach out to Yongliang? And what strength will you have to resist then? ”

Therefore, Guan believes that the probation system appropriately leaves a first-line upward channel for the lower layers. It's good for everyone. For the imperial court, more officials can be controlled. For you, on the one hand, you retain the hope of rising from a local family to a national family, and on the other hand, the competition from the lower classes of talents can also keep your children in a sense of crisis, so that they will not be completely abolished. And for the lower-class scholars, as long as there is still a trace of upward passage, how can they rebel unless they have to? Hey, rebellion is nothing. What this official is most afraid of is that their full economy will not be displayed, and they will collude with other races! ”

"So, I tell you clearly. Starting from January next year, the nine-product Zhongzheng system in the Yongliang area will be abolished, and the inspection system will be implemented anew! I would like to send you two sentences here. One of them: Born in sorrow, died in peace. Second, ask the canal to be as clear as promised, for there is a source of living water. Give the children of the common people a chance to become a new family. It will make the original family group maintain a sense of crisis, inspire efforts not to degenerate, and at the same time, let the family as a whole have new blood to enter. At the same time, while making Hanmen a new family, it also retains the opportunity and possibility for the current ordinary family to develop into a super family. Ladies and gentlemen, why not? ”