Since the first year of Taining, as the Yan Kingdom has focused on the development of people's livelihood, from Luoyang to the counties and counties of the Central Plains, a large number of emerging scholars cultivated by the school have been assigned to serve in various places, fully cooperating with the cabinet to implement various policies. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Originally, some of the Nandu families living in Jiangdong had plans to return to the north, but when they learned that Liaodong was cleaning up the local power and suppressing the family in the Central Plains, many families couldn't help but hesitate again, including Xie Li and Huan Yi.

The family knows that Liaodong will dominate the world in the future is unstoppable, but if they are asked to give up the privileges that have been passed down for hundreds of years, I am afraid that not many families will be willing. Because in the eyes of the Maison, privileges are taken for granted.

Once upon a time, the family was the cornerstone of the inheritance of Chinese civilization and the true master of this world.

But Xie Qi and Huan Yi also know that at this point, the family has already fallen. From the original defender of the inheritance of civilization, it has gradually become above all people, controlling a large number of interests, ignoring the livelihood and death of ordinary people, making social injustice more and more widespread, and becoming a cancer that hinders social development.

From a certain point of view, this is the inevitability of social development, the development of force and the concentration of means of production, so that ordinary people have no right to speak at all, the so-called future good society, everyone is equal, just a dream, no system can change human nature, especially those with vested interests, they will not give up their own interests in vain, let others share together.

Objectively speaking, on the whole, the quality of the family is indeed higher than that of ordinary people.

However, they occupy too many means of subsistence and too much living space, and compared with them, the common people are almost ragged, hungry, and have no roof in their houses.

If the poetry and book etiquette of the family is based on the poverty of the majority of the people, then this kind of poetry and book etiquette is unstable, dishonorable, unjust, and unfair.

Not to mention that since the Han Dynasty, the family has been inherited for hundreds of years, and has gradually evolved from a guardian of civilization to a 'privileged' family.

The family did not need to pay taxes to the imperial court, and had the natural power to be officials.

"Shiqing Shilu" also means that the title and official position of any child of the family cannot be arbitrarily appointed or dismissed, and even the Son of Heaven cannot dispose of the family casually.

Although this was a restriction on imperial power, it inevitably led to the growing greed of the family.

However, the most fatal limitation of this system is that it is easy to lead to local division, and the big families monopolize the localities. Once the country and the court face life and death, the family often thinks about their own interests first. In order to resolve the crisis, the imperial court had to make compromises with the family, which further made the family privileged.

The special social environment of the Wei and Jin dynasties made many families reluctant to forge ahead, indulged in a leisurely and debauched life, and disdained government and military affairs, which is also the main reason for all the current tragedies.

Xie Pei and Huan Yi didn't know that the fundamental reason why Wei Shuo insisted on weakening the family was the corruption of the family itself.

The big families under the political system of the gate valve, especially for the top families, the children of their clans can become officials by virtue of their family background, and the family has held official positions for generations.

The implementation of the imperial examination system of the Yan State made it possible for the Shu clan with low family rank to participate in the political power through examinations, and it also destroyed the political foundation of the scholar system in one fell swoop, the "Jiupin Zhongzheng System", and the implementation of the Juntian system and the slave release decree enabled some landless and landless common people to obtain land, which weakened the economic foundation of the family to a certain extent.

All the policies pursued by the Yan State were to restrict the privileges of the family, especially the implementation of the imperial examination system, which was a heavy blow to the privileged family. With the increase in the flow of talents in various places and the openness of the selection of officials, the role of the family family has been weakened to a certain extent.

And Xie Pei and Huan Yi were hesitant to return to the north out of various worries.

However, it can only be said that Xie Pei and Huan Yi did not know much about the imperial examination system, which led them to exaggerate the role of the imperial examination system and underestimate the vitality of the family.

In fact, a consensus has been formed within the Yan Kingdom, including the major families, who believe that the implementation of the imperial examination system does not mean that the family has declined, on the contrary, if it adapts well, the family will benefit more.

But Xie Qi and Huan Yi will not believe this, their minds are full of family glory that has been inherited for hundreds of years, in his heart, the origin of the family represents the elite of this society, and they should naturally enjoy privileges.

What is the Juntian system and the imperial examination system, in the eyes of the family, it is simply a big rebellion!

If the imperial court dared to implement the imperial examination system and the Juntian system, Xie Qi and Huan Yi believed that Jiangdong would have collapsed long ago.

But all this has nothing to do with Pei Dun, as the father-in-law of King Yan today, although he is not valued in Jiangdong, his status is quite transcendent, and no one dares to offend him easily.

And as the general trend of the world becomes clearer and clearer, Pei Dun's status in Jiangdong is getting higher and higher, and many of them are planning for the future.

Recently, Xie Bao, the head of the Xie family in Chen County, was hiding at home and sullen, originally he thought that Wei Shuo would welcome the family to return to the north, even if he did not give some preferential treatment, he should return all the land abandoned by the family at the beginning.

However, the news from Jiangbei was not optimistic, and Liaodong did not have any intention of giving preferential treatment to the family, which made Xie Pei, who was ready to return to the north, hesitate a little.

In order to further find out the details of Liaodong, Xie Di planned to communicate with Pei Dun in person.

To be honest, even if Pei Dun was born in the Pei clan in Hedong, his family rank was higher than that of the Xie clan of Chenjun, but Xie Di never took Pei Dun in his eyes.

However, more than ten years have passed, and Pei Dun, who is useless in his eyes, has become a lifesaver for the Xie family.

For a while, Xie Li was full of feelings.

Hearing that the head of the Xie family came to the door, Pei Dun didn't dare to slack off, and opened the middle door to greet him.

After the ceremony, the two sides first exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Xie Pei couldn't wait to get straight to the point, he told Pei Dun a lot of inner worries, and then carefully talked about King Yan's hostility to the family, and told the other party his ardent hope that he planned to lead the children of the Xie family back north.

Pei Dun learned that the Xie family intended to return north, and he immediately became excited. At the beginning, he insisted on staying in Jianye and not going to Liaodong, just to prove to the outside world, especially to Wei Shuo, that he was not a waste. And today's Xie Pei came to fully prove how wise his choice was, Pei Dun knew very well that if he could win over some of the families to return north, he, the 'national master', would be at ease and stable in the future.

"Now that the Central Plains has been decided, King Yan is thirsty for talent, and if the young Confucian can lead the Xie family to return north at this time, he will definitely be reused by King Yan to build an immortal and carry forward the family."

Xie Di said with a worried face: "Can ...... But Pei Gong should know very well that under the command of King Yan, it is impossible for a family like the Xie family to be reused. ”

"Hahaha, the young man is too worried! Alas, it's not your head to blame, it's all the people in the court who demonized King Yan, in fact, as long as you go to Yan Kingdom to experience it in person, you will find that things are far from what you imagined. ”

"Oh? I don't know what the details are? Please Pei Gongwei to solve your doubts! ”

Pei Dun stroked the three long strands of beard on his chest and explained: "Do you know how many of the officials recruited by the Yan State through the imperial examination system in recent years are the children of the family? There are more than 60% of them, and this proportion is increasing year by year! What does this mean, it shows that the imperial examination system does not prevent the family from entering the officialdom and seizing power. ”

"Especially for some children of families like the Xie family who have real talents and real learning, it is too simple to pass the scientific examination, only those who do not learn and have no skills will be blocked by the imperial examination system, do you have no confidence in your own children?"

Xie Pei was greatly moved after listening to Pei Dun's explanation, he naturally didn't believe that the children of the Xie family did not have the strength to pass the examination, but there were too many concerns in his heart, and solving the imperial examination alone was not enough to make him make up his mind.

And Pei Dun obviously knew this, so he continued to 'bewitch' and said: "The old man guessed that the most worrying thing in the heart of the young Confucian was nothing more than the Juntian system being implemented in the Central Plains, worried that the interests of the family would be damaged, so that there would be no money to support the development of the family. ”

Speaking of this, Pei Dun suddenly leaned over Xie Qi, and asked with a mysterious look on his face: "Do you know how much the Northland family profits from the sea trade every year?" ”

Looking at Xie Bao's blank expression, Pei Dun said with a smug face: "The Northland family has long ceased to regard land income as an important economic source for the family, and the benefits they get from sea trade far exceed the land output. (To be continued.) )