XXIII. The ridiculous family

"Third brother, you actually know how to compose poetry???" Cao Pi was surprised. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Huh? It's just a momentary feeling. Cao Zhang was depressed, in fact, this poem was passively written down by the old professor of the university after reading it too much, in fact, he didn't even know who wrote this poem.

"It's rare for the third son to feel this way at a young age." Xun Yu praised.

"Mr. has won the award, and my father is full of praise every time he talks about Mr., from the barter of five baht coins when he just arrived in Dongjun, to Baoding Juancheng when Zhang Miao rebelled, and he has a compassionate heart for the people, which is really Wang Zuo's talent." Cao Zhang also casually slapped a sycophant.

But I didn't expect Xun Yu's face to change when he heard the words: "Wang Zuozhicai", his expression was a little embarrassed and a little self-deprecating, which was very interesting, only to hear him smile bitterly: "It turns out that the third prince has also heard of Wang Zuozhicai." ”

"Hungry?? Listen.... Pass. "I've just read it in the history books! Cao Zhang added the second half of the sentence in his heart, in his cognition, he always thought that "Wang Zuozhicai" was the evaluation of Xun Yu by later historians, but he never thought that this was the evaluation of him by the world.

"I'm ashamed to say that the words 'Wang Zuozhicai' are just mutual praise between famous people? , do not do accurately. Xun Yu smiled and said.

"Flattering each other? Why does the gentleman say that? "Can these things still be touted to each other? Actually blown to his place 2,000 years later, no one still remembers? That's an exaggeration, right? Cao Zhang secretly wondered.

Xun Yu saw that Cao Zhang didn't answer, sighed and said: "This is a long story, can the third prince know the system of 'filial piety and honesty'?" ”

"Yes." Is it filial piety again? What does it have to do with praising each other and promoting filial piety? Still blowing to 2000 years later?

"This is a system for selecting talents in our dynasty, which is called the probation system, and there are two other systems called the recruitment system and the appointment system. The conscription system means that officials with a term of 2,000 stone have the right to recruit subordinate officials on their own, and the appointment system means that officials with a term of more than 2,000 stone can appoint their own sons and nephews as subordinates after serving for one year, regardless of whether they are parents or clansmen. Xun Yu explained.

"Mr. Guo Jia said that because of the corruption of the dynasty, filial piety has become a tool for the wealthy families to recommend their relatives to each other, and it is not much the same as the conquest system and the appointment system?" Cao Zhang was surprised, if the Han Dynasty only had these three ways to engage in politics, then after a few generations, up to the three dukes and nine secretaries, down to the state and county officials, wouldn't they all become a bunch of large and small officials of the second generation?

"It is precisely like this, the conquest system has given the ministers and shepherds the opportunity to develop their personal power, and the appointment system and the inspection system have become the sons and nephews of the wealthy families to be protected by their ancestors, and the official career is naturally unimpeded. Xun Yu said.

"Therefore, the officials used the summons to show favoritism, and because of the feelings of the people who were called to the lord, a subordinate relationship between the two was formed, which contributed to the growth of private power among the officials, and over time it formed a situation where the protégés of the Yuan family were all over the world?" Cao Zhang asked.

Xun Yu said with a smile: "The third prince is half right, and the other half is because this kind of gate valve family that has become a climate will generally raise their own value and specialize in the study of the family, such as the Hongnong Yang family, which has been passed on to the head of this generation Yang Biao, and has produced three Taiwei, one Sikong, who can be called the secretary of the world, they specialize in the "Shangshu" in Confucianism, and for example, the Yuan family of Runan of the fourth and third princes, they specialize in "Meng's Yixue", and are good at the two books of "Li" and "Spring and Autumn". ”

After all, Cao Zhang is a modern person, with a broad vision, and immediately said: "So because there are many big officials in this kind of family and a wide range of roads, there are many scholars who specialize in learning what "Shangshu" and "Meng's Yixue" to please this kind of family, and regard themselves as their protégés, and then these big families use the expropriation system or the inspection system to open the door for these so-called protégés and let them enter the house as officials? ”

Xun Yu nodded and smiled: "That's right, many scholars in the world use this method as a shortcut to become an official, and what's more, the officials are loyal to the officials, and the officials also protect the officials, so the officials are attached to the officials, and often have to accompany the officials to go on expeditions, transfers, and migrations, and the officials die, so the officials have to mourn, and even recommend the lord to commit crimes, so the officials actually claim to die, all of which are regarded as the integrity of the famous religion, which has become a kind of atmosphere in the dynasty. ”

"It's ridiculous, so the world is the world of the gate valve clan, where is the saint placed?" Cao Zhang sympathized with the Son of Heaven for the first time, what can the Son of Heaven who has been overthrown by the powerful of the world do? Subordinate officials can take the blame for their bosses, and when the boss dies, subordinate officials still have to mourn, what is the difference between this and his son? Then who still bird you, the emperor?

"It's really ridiculous, and because of this, so the standard of the dynasty selection of scholars also has the atmosphere of 'on the surname of the clan', a scholar, if he gets the praise of today's celebrities, he will immediately be worth a hundred times, and it is a matter of course to become an official, and most of these celebrities are from the family of the gate valve who specializes in a classic, for example, the subordinate "Wang Zuozhicai" is a famous scholar who has to be praised by the court master. Xun Yu smiled.

"I see." Cao Zhang knew that Taixue was the institution of higher learning in the Han Dynasty, originally built in Luoyang, and it was necessary to be recommended by someone with an identity to study, and most of them could enter the court as an official after completing the study.

"After this kind of atmosphere, the landlords of the clan in various places praised each other, flaunted themselves, and prevailed for a while, and what 'the name of the township' and 'the words of the people of the time' became a kind of public opinion, and if the person who received such a title visited some famous family at that time, or the elders of the Gaomen clan, and was recognized by it, he was considered a celebrity." Xun Yu smiled.

"And what are the standards recognized by these famous patriarchs?" Cao Zhang asked curiously.

"There is no certain standard for this, it depends either on the family background or on knowledge, but if a person learns the Book of Shang and goes to the Yuan family, it will definitely not be recognized." Xun Yu said.

"Oh, I understand, if it is a waste to find this patriarch, a celebrity, but this waste is from the Gaomen family, it will be recognized, and even if he is not from the Gaomen, he is from a local wealthy family, and he takes a large sum of five baht to find a celebrity and let him admit it, is it okay? Otherwise, if you do what you like, what "Shangshu" and "Meng's Yixue" will enter, and there is still a chance to be recognized? Cao Zhang smiled.

"That's true." Xun Yu nodded.

"So one day I'm a celebrity, I'm in a good mood, come a beggar, I said, this guy has the talent of the world, then he can also be famous in the world?" Cao Zhangqi said.

"If one day the third prince can really be famous in the world, I think everyone in the world will believe the words of the third prince, even if the beggar is really a waste, the world will say that he was born at the wrong time." Xun Yu replied seriously.

"Hahaha~~~~~~~ that's ridiculous." Cao Zhang's sudden laughter startled Cao Pi, the two of them seemed to understand what they were talking about, and now he also found that his third brother was indeed smarter and more knowledgeable than himself.

Xun Yu was silent, obviously he knew what Cao Zhang was laughing at, Cao Chang said while laughing: "I am a celebrity, I said, you are very talented, you are talented, haha, haha, hahaha~~~"

Cao Chang remembered something very ridiculous, if he really became a celebrity in Xun Yu's mouth, he said to a 2B youth, "Hey, you are very talented!" Maybe it will be recorded in the history books" One day, I saw a person and praised it: Great talent! After this person's name moved the world! So he laughed out loud, because he thought the world was crazy and ridiculous! And he's not going to be a celebrity! On the contrary, he wants to erase the high-ranking family in this era!

Because I have seen this desolate Henan Yi, I know that the so-called monopoly officialdom of the Gaomen clan will not work at all, thinking that there is still no unification after a hundred years of war in the Three Kingdoms, what five chaotic China, the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, until the Tang Dynasty was unified, a total of more than 400 years, just equal to the life span of the Han Dynasty.

The fundamental reason is that these absurd family masters have monopolized the officialdom, their children and grandchildren have been officials for generations, and the gate valves have touted and colluded with each other, and on the eve of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, even some metaphysical talk has emerged, and there are more and more people who do not learn and do not know how to do it, how can they resist foreign invasion?

When I studied history, I admired the celebrities and gentlemen in Wuyi Lane on the eve of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, as well as the wind and moon of the Qinhuai River, and now it seems that those so-called romances are fundamentally based on the suffering of the Chinese people, and Cao Zhang once again despised himself.

No, you can't let these things appear! After seeing the tragic situation of the famine and listening to Xun Yu's absurdity of telling about celebrities, Cao Zhang secretly made up his mind.

"Sir, I have two sentences that just describe the high-ranking family of the world." Cao Zhang suddenly laughed.

"Oh? Third son, please say? Xun Yuqi said, he felt more and more that this third prince was different.

"The last sentence is: I said you can do it, you just can do it, and if you can't do it!" Cao Zhang's face was full of smiles.

"The next sentence is: If you say you can't do it, you can't do it, and you can't do it!" After finishing speaking, Cao Zhang asked, "Is it very appropriate?" After saying that, he laughed loudly.

Xun Yu sighed, after talking to the third son, he felt that his title of "Wang Zuozhicai" seemed quite ridiculous, no wonder Feng Xiao said that the third son was talented after giving a lecture to the third son, Feng Xiao is really wise, Xun Yu secretly thought.