Seeing Zhang Liao's high spirits, Cao Cao poured himself a cup: "It is not easy to carry out the imperial examination, and there will be ministers who oppose it." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Zhang Liao raised his glass and smiled, and spit out four words: "Opposition is useless." ”

The tone was calm but a little overbearing.

Cao Cao's eyes rolled, and he pretended to smile and said, "Wen Yuan wants to follow Dong Zhuo's domineering role? ”

"No, no." Zhang Liao shook his head and said: "What I do is the way of Confucius and Mencius, not the way of the king." ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao looked at Zhang Liao with a pair of blazing eyes: "What is the way of Confucius and Mencius?" What is the way of kingship? Please also ask Wen Yuan to explain. ”

At this time, Cao Cao was quite unimpressed with what Zhang Liao said about the way of Confucius and Mencius, he was not an ordinary person, and he could see at a glance that there was a lot of resistance to the implementation of the imperial examination, and he must use heavy canons, if he practiced the pedantic way of Confucius and Mencius, I am afraid it would be difficult to implement.

"Follow the royal way, and whoever does not obey will ask for it!" Zhang Liao smiled and said: "Be domineering, never obey or not, do your best!" ”

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes: "So, I don't know what the way of Confucius and Mencius is?" ”

"Ask for it, make it known." Zhang Liao said indifferently, his way of Confucius and Mencius is to crusade against you, and then he has to educate you with strong words, which is even more domineering than domineering.

Cao Cao's expression froze, and then he laughed loudly: "Wen Yuan is really my generation." ”

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The early morning sun shines on the city of Luoyang, the east market has been opened, people come and go, shouting, very lively, in the magnificent main hall of the South Palace, the new Huben Zhonglang will guard Guan Yu outside the palace, hundreds of officials in the palace gather, and the court meeting is being held.

Liu Xiegao, the Son of Heaven, sat on the top, saw the hundred officials below take their seats after the ceremony, and said, "Zhongqing has something to do." ”

The head of the ministers, the hussar general Zhang Liao strode out, and his voice was sonorous and firm, resounding through the hall: "Your Majesty, please open the imperial examination!" ”

Open the imperial examination?

When the ministers in the palace heard the word imperial examination, they were all puzzled.

"Zhang Qing," Liu Xieqi said, "I don't know what the imperial examination is?" ”

Zhang Liaolang said: "The imperial examination is a division of scholars, not the same inspection, regardless of the distinction of scholars, regardless of the level of the family, regardless of the size of the fame, and to the scriptures, calculations, current affairs, and policy assessment as the topic, the excellent ones are recorded, the officials are selected, and the positions are appointed, and the poor ones are re-studied and re-examined, and make persistent efforts to recruit the world's talents to govern the world." ”

As soon as Zhang Liao's words came out, the ministers below suddenly became a sensation.

As soon as Zhang Liao's imperial examination theory came out, these people were immediately keenly aware of the subversive impact of this imperial examination system on the current political situation and the pattern of the world.

Since ancient times, whether courtiers or local officials, most of them are nobles or families are strong, Qin used to be Shiqing Shilu, the two Han Dynasty are slightly better, mainly based on the inspection system, but the inspection is fair, but in fact it is very limited, because the inspection of who is only in the county guard, and the county guard inspector of filial piety or show talent undoubtedly has to consider the local family and the powerful forces, so the officials are still in the hands of the family and the powerful.

In fact, since the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, there have been examinations to take scholars, called tribute examinations, but the imperial examination is allowed to vote for self-advancement, and the scope of tribute is still limited to local recommendations, and because the classics are in the hands of the family, it is difficult to take scholars on a large scale, because there is no foundation.

Now it is different, Zhang Liao has spent a lot of money in Hedong, Bingzhou, and Zuo Fengyi to implement schools and print books for several years in recent years, and the knowledge has been popularized to the poor and poor families, and the conditions for the imperial examination are ripe.

At this time, Zhang Liao proposed the imperial examination, and most of the courtiers suddenly realized that a storm was coming, especially Zhang Liao's three sentences, regardless of the scholars, regardless of the family, regardless of fame, only to assess the scholars, which means that the pattern of the family controlling the court will be greatly broken, and the prevailing style of Confucianism and celebrity group recommendation will also be impacted, whether it is in the power of the court or the influence of the opposition, the family is bound to be affected.

The courtiers talked a lot, and Liu Xie, the son of heaven, was also shocked and inexplicable, and Zhang Liao's voice sounded again: "Your Majesty, please also ask Xun Lingjun to explain the way of the imperial examination." ”

Shang Shu ordered Xun Yu to get up immediately, salute the Son of Heaven, and began to elaborate on the way to implement the imperial examination.

Zhang Liao stood in front of the main hall, while listening to Xun Yu's explanation, his eyes swept over the ministers, many of whom were his descendants or subordinate to him, and had already known some news of the imperial examination, just listened quietly, and there were many courtiers whose eyes flashed with shock, especially those from families, their bodies trembled slightly, obviously the introduction of the imperial examination system touched them greatly.

Yang Biao and other ministers did not act, but just listened quietly, and some of the courtiers who couldn't help but want to refute Xun Yu couldn't help but close their mouths when they came into contact with Zhang Liao's majestic gaze.

When Zhang Liao took control of the imperial court, it was the period of the most declining period of the imperial court, and he was kind to most of the courtiers, and he added a large number of his own people, so that his power could be quickly consolidated.

But for most people, favor will fade over time, especially for these court politicians, they are undoubtedly more interested, in the face of favor they often use the righteousness of the court to counteract, just as Zhang Liao saved Wang Yun's family in Hongnong Road, Wang Yun reprimanded Zhang Liao with righteousness after taking power.

Now it has lasted two years, with the return of the capital to Luoyang, the situation in the court is stable, Zhang Liao's power is becoming more and more powerful, coupled with Liu Xie's several small actions, those courtiers who were once down-and-out will inevitably have thoughts again, they want to "assist the society and resist the ministers" to prevent Dong Zhuo's old things from recurring.

Also because of the lessons of the past, when Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, he was much more attracted to the family and the scholar clan than Zhang Liao, but the family still rejected him in the end, Zhang Liao is stronger than Dong Zhuo in that he did not do such a thing as abolishing the emperor, second, he cultivated a large number of his own descendants, and third, he was extremely significant in terms of literary skills, which allowed him to get rid of the weakness of the same kind as Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu.

However, in the struggle for power in the court, these advantages are of course the foundation, but they are not absolutely convincing to everyone, in history Cao Cao also has Zhang Liao's three advantages, but there are still a large number of opponents, and the same is true of Zhang Liao today.

Even if he is cautious, even if he is kind to many courtiers, but between the ministers and the Son of Heaven, there are already many courtiers who stand in their own line, plus neutral, the situation in the court is extremely complicated.

It's not that Zhang Liao's means are not strong enough, but this situation is unavoidable, because of his identity.

Unless Zhang Liao becomes the Son of Heaven, as long as he is still a courtier, no matter how powerful he is, there will be courtiers who stand on the opposite side of him, and they are justifiably "loyal to the Son of Heaven" and seize power.

In the strategy of the Son of Heaven, Zhang Liao's power reached the peak of the courtiers, and he also gathered a large number of talents, including Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who were hooked back by him, but also produced a lot of negative things, the positions of the ministers and the Son of Heaven were inherently opposed, even if he did well, but carved up the power of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven was naturally dissatisfied, and those courtiers who protected the emperor also wanted to find him, and even a small move by him could bring unimaginable results.

Zhang Liao's eyes swept the court, no matter what this time, the imperial examination is imperative, this is not only a political means for him to gather talents and change the pattern of the world, but also has a military plan.

As Xun Yu's elaboration became more and more in-depth, mentioning the county examination, the county examination, the palace examination, and the whole set of imperial examination systems such as policy theory and vague name, the discussion in the palace became smaller and smaller, and the courtiers, whether they were in favor or against, were listening quietly at this time.

They didn't expect that the imperial examination system proposed by Zhang Liao turned out to be a mature system, and even considered every detail, those who agreed were thinking carefully, and those who were against were also looking down for an opportunity to fight back.

Until Xun Yu finished elaborating, the court became silent.