Chapter 266: The Imperial Examination System
ps: If you want to hear more of your voices and receive more of your suggestions, search for the WeChat public account "qdread" now and pay attention to give more support! Chen Qun asked this sentence, and everyone immediately looked at Liu Qi in unison, expecting to be able to say something wonderful from his mouth.
But I heard Liu Qi say slowly: "If the system of material selection, it is really a major event related to the national economy and people's livelihood, in ancient times, the three emperors and five emperors to have the world, the system of Zen letting, passing on the virtuous but not passing on the holy virtue of the ancients, my generation is beyond reach, since the three generations, the gentleman and the courtesy, each kissing his relatives, each son and his son, to the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou Xingjingtian, the feudal princes, the legal system, is the official system, also known as the Shiqing Shilu system, since then, the prince and grandson hereditary title, the son to the son not to the long, the son to the long not to the virtuous, And education is also learned in the government, the common people have no right to learn the sage ritual system, to the time of King Zhou Li, finally caused the people to riot, the Son of Heaven for the first time to see the power of the commoners. ”
Liu Qi saw that everyone either nodded secretly, or thoughtfully, although he roughly knew their respective thoughts, he didn't say anything, and continued to nod and said: "Later, King Zhou You violated the inheritance system of the eldest son, abolished the prince Yijiu, and actually set up the son of Bao Xi Bofu as the prince, and he was mediocre and incompetent. The Confucian sage Confucius broke the situation of learning in the government and created a style of private teaching. Since then, the common people have also heard the music of the sages. ”
After a slight pause, Liu Qi continued: "Later, the three families were divided into Jin and the Tian family were replaced by Qi, and they openly challenged the Zhou Dynasty etiquette system. At this point, the Son of Heaven no longer has the power to restrain him, and history is the time when he has entered the Warring States dispute, and at this time, all the countries have recruited talents and changed the law to become strong. So there are Shang Ying, Su Qin, and Wu Qi, all of whom came from humble backgrounds. However, they have profoundly affected the course of history one by one, especially the changes of Shang Yang and Wu Qi, abolishing the Shiqing Shilu system, and rewarding cultivation and warfare. The Qin State and the Chu State were all leapt into the Ten Thousand Powers of the People's Republic of China, and the Qin State was finally able to go to the world, which was also inseparable from this profound change, and if you trace its origin, the prosperity of the Warring States period should originate from Confucius's style of private lectures. ”
"Could it be that the lord wants to follow Shang Ying and Wu Qi to fight against the big families and promote and reuse the senior sisters of the Han family?" Chen Qun on the side finally couldn't help it and asked cautiously. His face was still as respectful as ever, but more of it was a look of doubt.
Chen Qun is a member of the Yingchuan clan, so he naturally hopes that the policies introduced by Liu Qi can be beneficial to the family. At least it can't harm the interests of the family, he saw Liu Qi say such a thing, and suddenly misunderstood that Liu Qi wanted to degrade the family and support the Hanmen, he couldn't help but feel cold, and then stiffened his neck and said: "The lord should know." Among the princes of the world today, whether it is big or small. There is no one who will not rely on the support of the family, and if anyone dares to abandon the family, then he will eventually be abandoned by the world. ”
Liu Qi smiled and said indifferently: "Wen Chang misunderstood this time, you listen to Gu slowly, after the unification of King Qin, because of the abuse of severe punishment and strict law, taking the law as a teaching, and taking the officials as teachers, finally caused dissatisfaction, with Chen Sheng's sentence 'The prince will Xiangning have a kind?' 'The heroic words, the world's heroes corresponded, and finally overthrew the rule of the tyrannical Qin, and I Emperor Gao commanded the world's heroes to resist Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and finally won the world, why? There are a lot of them, but there is one thing that everyone can't deny, Xiang Yu has many nobles under his command, and Gaozu doesn't ask about his background, only asks about learning, and finally Gaozu is a talented man, and Xiang Yu is even the only Fan Zeng is forced away, and his undefeated is reasonable? ”
"Then the lord also means to emulate Gaozu, not to ask about his background, but to learn only by asking?" Chen Qun finally understood Liu Qi's intentions, and then secretly breathed a sigh of relief, because he deeply understood that although there are many talented people in the Hanmen, whether it is the number or the merits of the talents, and even the accumulation of the family's heritage and culture, it is obvious that it is not comparable to the big family, so even if the equal opportunity is placed in front of him, the cold family is definitely not comparable to the big family.
Liu Qi nodded and said: "The princes should know that during the period of Emperor Xiaowu in my dynasty, the system of inspection, requisition, appointment, and selection was implemented, in fact, it was also a consideration of talent and background, so historians issued the feeling of 'winning people in the Han Dynasty, and Yu Zi is prosperous'." Far from it, let's talk about the difference between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's employment, Yuan Shao is proud of the fourth generation and three dukes of the Yuan family in Runan, and his protégés are all over the world, employing people first and second, and those who have real talent and learning but come from humble backgrounds or have bad conduct are not reused, such as Cao Cao's first strategist Guo Fengxiao, this person is not good enough to behave, and there are things in the Suxi cup, which are not valued in Yuan Shaojun, but they are courteous to Cao Cao, and have made outstanding contributions to Cao Cao's planning of the world; Xu You was greedy for money, Yuan Shao was disgusted, but Cao Cao was courteous, and finally Xu You ran to Cao Cao and offered a plan to take the black nest, and finally Cao Cao won the battle of Guandu. ”
Speaking of this, Liu Qi suddenly said: "Therefore, Lone thinks, gold is not enough, no one is perfect, noble birth does not necessarily mean that there is the ability to govern the country and the country, Emperor Xiaowu is in the prosperous age, can still be eclectic, recruit talents, we are now in troubled times, we should be like Cao Cao's general meritocracy, regardless of origin, nor can be obsessed with conduct, as long as his people have a policy of stability and stability, we should treat everyone equally, even if it is misconduct, humble background, meritorious should be rewarded, and even if it is a prince and noble, a wealthy family, If there is a mistake, it should also be punished, therefore, the selection of talents, first of all, is fair, so as not to make the world's scholars chill. What's more, we say that it is fair, but in fact, it is the family that takes advantage, after all, there will be a greater opportunity for talents to appear under its door, and there will be a greater opportunity for talents to appear, and even if it is a child of a scholar clan with average talent, isn't there still a way to appoint a son and make a selection? This is the theory of solitude, I don't know what happens under the public opinion? ”
As soon as Liu Qi said this, even the officials of the family represented by Chen Qun, Kuai Yue, Huang Chengyan and others were all convinced, and Peng Yi, Huang Quan and others, who were from humble backgrounds, were even more heartily supportive.
"The meaning of the lord, the ministers have all understood, but I don't know how the lord will evaluate his ability? Speaking of which, in fact, the question of the lord has not been clearly stated. Chen Qun has an upright personality, but he is not afraid of retaliation against Liu Qi everywhere, and once again raised his doubts.
Liu Qi smiled faintly and said slowly: "In fact, the method is also very simple, for the promotion of civil officials, mainly look at household registration, finance and taxation, official reputation, etc., qualified retention, unqualified demotion, excellent promotion, military generals mainly look at military merit, meritorious service is rewarded, no merit is retained, defeat or various violations will be punished." And for those who are conferred official positions for the first time, we follow the method of inspection and evaluation, hold examinations, and those who are excellent will be awarded official positions, and different official qualities will be awarded according to the excellent process, and the matter will not be solved? ”
"Tong guò examination and awarding officials, such a method is fresh, but it seems to be feasible, at least those who have real talent and real learning will definitely get the opportunity to show their talents, whether it is a child of a poor family or a child of a family, as long as there is talent in the chest, you can get a high position, so it does seem to be a lot fairer, if the lord can implement this law in the land of the five states, presumably those talented people will compete to return to the lord's door, in this way, presumably the prosperity of talents under the lord's command, it is definitely a situation that Cao Cao can look up to."
After listening to Liu Qi's words, almost all the officials had thoughts similar to this kind of thinking, so they didn't even oppose it.
"I don't know if the lord has a way to take the exam?" Jia Xu finally opened his mouth and asked slowly.
Jia Xu generally doesn't speak, but as the highest official in the Chu State except for Liu Qi, once he speaks, it proves that Liu Qi's examination method is basically determined, and the next thing to discuss is the details.
Liu Qi saw that Jia Xu spoke at a critical moment to support his decision, and he was also quite happy in his heart, and said in high spirits: "The method of my examination will be carried out in different subjects, including Ming Jing, Ming Law, Policy Theory, Ming Calculation, Medicine, Agriculture, Military Science, etc., each subject is proposed by experts in each subject, and those who can answer sixty percent correctly will be Maocai, Maocai Examination is held in each county, it is a county examination, only after the county examination is passed Guò is eligible to participate in the next round of examinations, and the county examination is followed by the state examination, and the examination is held in each state office. Take one-third of the amount of Maocai, and after passing guò, it will be a lifter, and a person can be awarded an official position of eight or nine grades; After that, he took the examination in Xiangyang, and took one-third of the people, and the one who passed guò was the Jinshi, and the Jinshi was the final candidate for the award of talents. It can be awarded five to seven rank official positions. ”
"Then how do you distinguish between the good and the bad?" Wang Cang couldn't help but be interested, and hurriedly asked.
Liu Qi smiled and said without thinking: "Jinshi will be personally examined by Lone, and they will be divided into three classes, the first class of three people, called Jinshi and the first, can be awarded the five-grade official position, the remaining one-third of the second-class station, called the Jinshi origin, can be awarded the six-grade official position, and the rest is the third class, called the same Jinshi origin, can be awarded the seven-grade official position, so that we can get dozens or even hundreds of talents in one examination, which can alleviate the dilemma of our talents." ”
"It's really wonderful, the lord's genius idea will definitely make my Dachu talents flourish and endlessly, I don't know what the lord wants to name this whole set of examination systems? Weichen is also so that the world can praise the great talent of the lord. Wang Cang couldn't help but be amazed and praised from the bottom of his heart.
Liu Qi said with some shame: "This method selects talents by opening a branch and selecting scholars, which can be a imperial examination system." (The novel will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued)