Adou picked up the pen and unconsciously drew the appearance of Jiayuguan in his memory. []

Zhuge Liang walked in from the outside and happened to see the sketch of Jiayuguan drawn by Adou. Roughly swept away, the inner city, the urn city, the Luo city and the three three-storey three eaves rest the hilltop type high platform pavilion buildings and the moat are connected together, the inner city is the main center, there are urn cities on both sides of the city, and outside the urn city, there is Luo City.

"What a hero!" Zhuge Liang gasped. Compared with the Tongguan established by Cao Cao before, the level spent by Adou is much more exquisite in design.

Jiayu Pass was built in the Ming Dynasty, and its design is naturally much stronger than the design of the Three Kingdoms era, and Zhuge Liang is proficient in the art of war, and he can see at a glance the good points of this Guancheng.

"The prime minister is here!" Adou put down the pen in his hand and said at the same time: "Prime Minister, come and see this picture." ”

Zhuge Liang walked closer, and Adoubi. Rowing, explain to Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, look, this is the inner city, the inner city is more than 100 on Tuesday, the east and west gates of the inner city, and an urn city is set up for the son, and the gates of the urn city are open to the south. Also, around this city I am going to set up sixty or seventy more piers......"

When I heard what Adou said, it was built outside the West Urn City. Zhuluo City, Zhuge Liang knew that this Guancheng was probably going to be built in the west. And the enemies to the west of the Han Dynasty are only the countries of the Western Regions.

"Your Majesty, I don't know where you plan to build this city?"

"Fifteen hundred miles west of my Golden City, set . On the territory of Jiuquan. It is connected to Jiuquan in the east, Yumen in the west, Montenegro in the back, and Qilian in the south. ”

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then spoke: "Your Majesty. The minister thought that it would be inappropriate to build it according to the drawings marked by His Majesty. ”

"What's wrong?" Adou hurriedly asked.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, how long it will take to build a city according to this map. Space? ”

"This ......" Adou is not very good at construction projects, and thought about it. Finally, he tentatively asked, "Can it be built in ten years?" ”

"Hehehe, Your Majesty said. Laughed. Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, and then said: "Your Majesty, the road to Jiuquan County is far away, and all the utensils used to build the city, and even many materials, need to be transported from here, and the delay on this road back and forth is not simple." Moreover, the walls designed by His Majesty in this city are tall, and the foundation needs to be dug deeply. If I had now mobilized hundreds of thousands of people to build this city, I would not have dared to guarantee that it would be feasible for ten years. ”

"How can you pour the country's strength into building such a fortress! That is different from the First Emperor! It is enough to requisition a few thousand people, and if there are more, it will hurt the country. Adou hurriedly spoke. In the era of the Three Kingdoms, the population loss was serious, and young and middle-aged labor was still very valuable.

"What Your Majesty said is that if only a few thousand people are recruited, the minister estimates that it will take a hundred years to build!"

"A hundred years?" Adou was shocked, in a hundred years, if he was the patriarch of Sanfeng, maybe he would still be able to see this Jiayuguan completed.

In fact, Zhuge Liang said that a hundred years is still less. Historically, Jiayuguan was built in the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, and it took a total of 168 years to complete. Although the progress of the construction was slowed down due to some reasons of civil strife during the period, the level of scientific and technological architecture in the Ming Dynasty was much stronger than that of the Three Kingdoms era, and the national strength of the entire Ming Dynasty at that time was far stronger than that of Shu Han who only occupied three states, and there was also a huge advantage in the number of people, so the Ming Dynasty needed to build one hundred and sixty-eight years to complete, let alone a Shu Han.

"For so long...... I won't build it. Adou said with a little frustration. If it was a peaceful and prosperous era now, Adou would not mind building a Jiayuguan to resist the attacks of the Western Regions, but now that the Central Plains is still in civil strife, Adou will not be able to focus on building Jiayuguan.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this pass still needs to be built. The so-called predecessors planted trees and later generations enjoyed the shade, if there is this male confinement, it can protect the safety of my Han Dynasty for 200 years! ”

"But Prime Minister, is this too costly, it will take a hundred years to build alone, and it may not be able to be built." There is still a sentence that Adou did not say in his subconscious, that is, the entire Eastern Han Dynasty only lasted for 200 years, and throughout Chinese history, a dynasty that can last for more than 200 years is already considered to be a long life. For Adou, even if he dominates the world and establishes a dynasty, it is still a question of how long it can last.

Zhuge Liang shook his head slightly: "Your Majesty, the scale of this Guancheng you designed is too grand, so Guancheng, as long as the food, grass and water in the city are sufficient, none of the countries in the Western Regions can break through." It can be said that the establishment of this gate in Jiuquan is a bit overkill. Therefore, the minister thought that it was better to reduce the size of this gate several times, and it would be much more convenient to build. ”

"Well, that's a good idea. Prime Minister, when I return to Chang'an, I will discuss the details with you Aiqing. and then implement. Adou's voice changed as he spoke, and he asked, "By the way, Prime Minister, what is the important thing for you to come to me?" ”

"There are two things. One is that now Chang'an has been decided, and all kinds of waste are thriving, so the minister wants to ask His Majesty to transfer the Taiwei Zhang Song from Shuzhong and Fei Yi, Dong Yun, and Guo Youzhi to Chang'an. ”

Adou nodded, now Chang'an City's manpower is a little insufficient, and Zhuge Liang is also responsible for coordinating the internal relocation of the Di people, which makes Chang'an City's civil officials even more insufficient.

I only heard Zhuge Liang continue: "As for Yizhou, it has been stable for many years, and it is enough to have Dong He and Jiang Wan supplemented by other officials such as Xiang Lang and Mi Zhu. Dong He has been in Shu for many years, won the hearts of the people, and has been stationed in the barbarians, with his and Lu Kai and others, he can stabilize the southern barbarians; Jiang Wan is the talent of the pillars of the country, the instrument of the society, and he can take on a great responsibility; Xiang Lang, Mi Zhu and others are all old courtiers of the first emperor, loyal to His Majesty, and they are in Yizhou, which can deter Xiaoxiao. ”

"The prime minister is thoughtful, I am right! However, the transfer of the Taiwei to Chang'an is only a solution to the urgent need, not a long-term plan......"

"Your Majesty, there are many sages in Yongzhou, and in the past, the great Confucian Ma Rong and Zheng Xuan all lived in Yongzhou, so after Your Majesty returns to Chang'an, you can make friends with the widows, and there are many children of these Yongzhou Confucian scholars, and Your Majesty can order them to recommend one or two and enter the court as officials." Zhuge Liang said.

"En......" Adou hesitated for a moment, there was no imperial examination system in the Three Kingdoms era, and the method of taking scholars still relied on recommendation. So Adou turned around and asked, "Prime Minister, have you thought of other ways to take scholars?" ”

"Other ways to get a scholar? En ......" Zhuge Liang thought for a moment and said: "In ancient times, there was a person named Mao Sui, who recommended himself as a disciple of Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains...... I don't know if that's a method. ”

"Self-nomination? How many people in this world can have the courage to recommend themselves? Besides, even if it is self-recommended, who can guarantee that it is indeed talented. ”

"Well, the minister can't think of it." Zhuge Liang shook his head.

Because the classification of Zhou Li is very clear about the classification of society, and there is a clear division of the ranks of the Son of Heaven, the princes, the king, and the scholars, so before the Qin Dynasty, there were two main ways to select scholars, one was hereditary, inheriting the official title from his ancestors; And it is a sub-seal, by the Son of Heaven to seal the princes, the princes to the king, the secretary to the secretary, level by level.

In the Han Dynasty, because Liu Bang was born in the market, and many generals around Liu Bang, including Xiao He and Han Xin among the "Three Masters of the Early Han Dynasty", were also born in the market, so the emperor of the Han Dynasty began to pay attention to selecting talents from the people. At this time, it is called the probation system. Talented and virtuous talents are recommended by localities at all levels, Xiucai is recommended by the state, and filial piety is recommended by the county, so the status of Xiucai in the Han Dynasty is higher than that of filial piety.

The probation system lacks objective selection criteria, and although there is a system of joint sitting, the phenomenon of local officials favoritism and false recommendations gradually appeared in the later period, and the phenomenon of going through the back door was serious during this period, and many officials who were promoted did not have much ability.

Chen Qun has also founded the Jiupin Zhongzheng system for several years, and from the current information fed back by the Wei State, it seems that the effect of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system is much better than that of the inspection system. The Jiupin Zhongzheng system is divided into nine grades of recruitment by specific officials of the central government who assess private talents according to their background and morality. In the Jin Dynasty, there was a phenomenon of "no poor family in the upper grade, no powerful clan in the lower grade", but in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era, this phenomenon was not very obvious.

The Chinese character Sui Dynasty began to implement the imperial examination system in the third year of the emperor's reign, to the era of Adou, it has gone through 1,400 years, the whole system of the imperial examination system has been very perfect, due to the baptism of Cheng Zhu Lixue, coupled with the emperor's own promotion, the folk style of literature prevails, and the examination for fame has become the only way to be an official, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is the illiterate people of the people, and the whole imperial examination system is also very well understood.

The probation system has buried a lot of talents in the people, and there are also many limitations and injustices, and since Chen Qun proposed the Jiupin Zhongzheng system to shake the world, Adou has been preparing to reform the entire official system, including the position, appointment, selection and other mechanisms of officials.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang couldn't think of any other way to select officials, Adou cautiously asked: "Prime Minister, have you ever thought that you can open a branch to take a scholar and take a scientific examination, which is called the imperial examination......

"Ah......" The expression on Zhuge Liang's face suddenly froze, and slowly, Zhuge Liang's eyes revealed a frightened expression, and then Zhuge Liang suddenly said: "Your Majesty, who is making this statement to Your Majesty, this is the way to die in the country, and those who speak to Your Majesty should be killed!" ”

This time, it was Adou who became cold, and the imperial examination system that had been successfully implemented for hundreds of years in later generations became the way to ruin the country when he ran to Zhuge Liang!

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the foundation of today?"

"Naturally, it's the people!" Adou replied without thinking about it.

"Your Majesty, just the people in the city, how much can you do, the foundation of this world is the family!"

"The Maison?" A trace of doubt hung on Adou's face, but a monstrous wave of doubt was set off in his heart. The country is people-oriented, water can carry a boat or overturn a boat, the words of these sages kept flashing through Adou's mind, but they were completely different from what Zhuge Liang, the first wise man of the Three Kingdoms, said.

"Your Majesty, the ministers don't look down on the people, nor do they ignore the people, but now my Chinese officials are all from the children of the family, and the people are mostly reckless, if there are no children of the family, who will govern the country!" Zhuge Liang said this, his voice paused and continued: "The people alone can't achieve great things, at the end of Qin, Chen defeated Wu Guang, the momentum was huge, and he was finally destroyed by Qin, but in the end, he was cheaper than Xiang Yu and other princes; In that year, the Yellow Turban Uprising, the Central Plains was shaken, and several states of the Han Dynasty fell, but they were not pacified by the children of the family such as Huangfu Song, and the final beneficiaries were none other than Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others, these people were either strong or from a family. ”

Adou nodded thoughtfully, although those peasant uprisings were huge, but in the end, it was indeed the children of the family who benefited, and even the executioners who retreated to the Han court were also the children of the family.

"The people are very controlling, well-fed, clothed, and have land to live in, so they will be comfortable and not cause trouble, but the children of the family are different, they do not worry about food, clothing, and housing, and all they want is fame and power. For those who are officials, they receive both fame and power, so the children of the family compete to be officials. If Your Majesty follows the way of the imperial examination, it is equivalent to cutting off the arms of those children of the family, and the families of the world will inevitably rise up and vice versa, and then it will not be a danger for the society! Zhuge Liang continued.

"What's more, since the chaos in the world, the family gate valve is a strong child, and there is a lot of style of raising soldiers. Kindness...... This gentleman, hum ......"

Zhuge Liang didn't say any more, but sneered, but Adou next to him understood what Zhuge Liang meant.

The family gate valve and the children of Haoqiang like to raise soldiers, just like the diners raised during the Warring States period. In this era when imperial power was not as concentrated as in later generations, these raised scholars only had their own lords in their eyes, not the emperor. It is precisely for this reason that Sun Jian, a small Changsha Taishou, dares to hide the jade seal privately, and Sun Jian's Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others know that Sun Jian is anti-will, and they will follow Sun Jian with all their hearts. Speaking of people like Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and even Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Tian Feng and even Zhuge Liang are all considered "scholars", in their eyes, there is only their own lord, there is no emperor, and what they are loyal to is their lord, not the emperor.

The imperial power is not concentrated, even if Adou is an emperor, he can't fight the family gate valve of the whole world!

Adou swallowed slightly, Zhuge Liang is really Zhuge Liang, and he can come up with so many things in just this moment.

Then Adou immediately thought that during the period of Emperor Wen of Sui, there were many family gate valves, but why did Emperor Wen of Sui dare to implement the imperial examination system?

Suddenly, Adou thought of a problem, that is, military power!

The Han Dynasty Taishou was the head of a county, holding military and political power, and these Taishou had military power in their hands, such as Sun Jian, a small Changsha Taishou, or Yuan Shu, a Nanyang Taishou, with tens of thousands of troops in their hands. If you have soldiers, you have strength, and you can despise the imperial power, and those powerful ministers in history all hold military power in their hands!

Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and even the Great Sui Dynasty have followed the military system of the Northern Wei Dynasty, that is, the military system of the Xianbei people at that time, that is, the government military system!

The characteristics of the government military system are the integration of soldiers and peasants, and the government soldiers are farmers who cultivate the land in peacetime, training in agricultural gaps, and serving in the army to fight in wartime. Even the horses and weapons used in the exhibition were brought by themselves, and Mulan's father was a government soldier. Under this system, the imperial court would only gather soldiers when there was a war, and after the war, they would disband and go back to farming. In this process, the general who leads the troops is only responsible for leading the troops to fight, and other things such as training have nothing to do with the general who leads the troops, and after the battle, once the soldiers are disbanded, the generals still have no military power in their hands. The generals who also led the troops had no idea where the soldiers they were coming from before the soldiers were assembled, let alone cultivating cronies. Under the government military system, the general has no military power, and he doesn't have the strength to rebel.

"Hey......" Adou sighed slightly, if you want to implement the imperial examination system, the first thing to do is to do two things, one is to strengthen the centralization of power, so that the power of the imperial power is greater, and the other is to weaken the local military power, even if you don't implement the government military system, you can't let the local family officials have the ability to rebel against themselves, as long as you do these two things, you can do what you want, and you don't need to take care of those family children.

"The rice has to be eaten one bite at a time, the road has to be taken step by step, and what has slowly appeared in the next few hundred years has suddenly been imposed on this era, even if it is advanced, it is impossible. After all, an era has the limitations of an era......" Thinking about this, Adou felt a lot more comfortable in his heart.

Zhuge Liang next to him watched the light in Adou's eyes flicker, and finally suddenly brightened, Zhuge Liang knew that Adou must have thought of some idea. Or maybe they want to open some places.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the imperial examination system you said is not impossible......" Zhuge Liang said.

"Oh? I knew that the prime minister must have a way, let's hear it! ”

"Your Majesty, the ancients, there is no first in literature, there is no second in martial arts, all those who practice martial arts, all literati, the battle of tongues is often indistinguishable, just like the hundreds of schools of thought in the Warring States Period, each with its own word, each with its own reason, it is difficult to say who is the first; But people who practice martial arts are different, if they want to earn the first place, they just have to fight. Therefore, the imperial examination system mentioned by His Majesty can start with military generals! ”

"Start with the generals?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, although there are also generals in the army among the children of the family and the powerful men of the family, they are not forbidden to practice martial arts. In the past, Cao Mengde once used a brocade robe as the color head, leading his generals to try archery, and those who hit were rewarded, whether it was a family general, or a child of the people, the strong could get a reward, and the loser was not as good as others, and there was nothing to say, now it can be fair, and there is a way to make everyone answer the question and not resent. Cao Mengde's move is similar to the imperial examination system mentioned by His Majesty! ”

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Each era has the characteristics of each era, and the good things used in other eras, even if they are advanced, may not be suitable for other eras. This is the limitation of the times. It's as if someone said that without Sun Yat-sen, the Manchus would not have perished. But the gluttonous insect doesn't think much of it, the gluttonous insect feels that without Sun Yat-sen, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will perish, it's just a matter of time, this is the trend of the times, the Qing Dynasty can no longer adapt to that era, and it is a matter of time before it is eliminated. When the trend of the times rolls in, those who can't adapt to it will definitely be eliminated.

Gluttony has seen a lot of history before, and has moved all the systems of constitutional monarchy, parliament, and so on to ancient times, and then said how effective it is. If you think about it carefully, it is somewhat far-fetched to write like this, and it does not conform to the trend of the times, how can you survive in this era?

It's like the great national integration of the North and the South, this is the trend of that era, history will not lie, since it has been born, it means that it conforms to that era and has a certain degree of rationality, otherwise he would not have been born. And now, more than ten centuries have passed since this incident, and now to talk about it, there is no need to sigh and feel sad, or to speak out, or to be heartbroken, for nothing but China can change history, and I can only be a bystander to this history.

And now, the trend of the times is that there is a united nation on the land of China - the Chinese nation!