If it is replaced by another Han woman, my brother must be shy when he mentions his family affairs in front of him, but this Ma Yunlu has been dyed with Hu Feng for a long time, but he is not ashamed at all, but he is very happy, but after the joy, his brows sink again.

Ma Chao saw that her expression had changed, so he asked, "What, sister, don't you like that little white face?" ”

Ma Yunlu shook his head and said, "Of course not, it's just that you don't know, eldest brother, there are already two ladies in his family." ”

Ma Chao laughed, "Our Xiliang children, where are there so many scruples, whoever you want to marry is robbed, whoever you want to marry is married, there is a big tree of the eldest brother to support you, what, sister, you are still afraid that you will have no status if you marry in the past, and you will not be bullied." ”

Ma Yunlu sighed: "Big brother, you misunderstood what I meant, I'm not afraid that I won't have status in the past, I'm actually worried, I'm just wishful thinking, Zhongzheng He may not agree." ”

Ma Chao was stunned and said disdainfully: "In terms of identity, you are my dignified sister of Ma Chao, in terms of appearance, sister, you are the first beauty in my Xiliang, which point is not worthy of him Fang Zhongzheng, he is not beautiful to death, how dare you not want to." ”

Ma Yunlu frowned and said: "Big brother, you don't know, the two ladies I have seen him, if you talk about appearance, I may not be able to compare with them." Besides, over the years, I have been ambiguous with him for a long time, and I almost threw myself into my arms, but he never touched me more, so I was worried, I am afraid that there is no place for me in his heart. ”

"It turns out that sister, you are worried about this, then you are too worried, the eldest brother is also a man, a man, which one is not lustful, I don't believe that there is a beauty in the party, can you still do it. In fact, the men in the Central Plains are just good at pretending to be polite, and they all pretend to be righteous men and gentlemen on the surface, but in fact, there may be a lot of silver evil in their hearts. ”

Ma Chao's words of relief, although quite reasonable, are also "vulgar", as if the object of relief is not his sister, but those martial artists in the army who are as vulgar as him.

After his analysis, Ma Yunlu was a little relieved, "As the eldest brother said, I think about it carefully, Zhongzheng is not unintentional to me, it turns out that he is just restrained by the etiquette of the Central Plains or something." ”

Ma Chao patted his chest and said: "Sister, don't think nonsense, this matter is on the eldest brother, no matter what, the eldest brother will let you marry as you wish, then Fang Shao will agree, if you dare not comply, the eldest brother will force him to agree with a knife." ”

Ma Chao intended to be brutal, Ma Yunlu was displeased when he heard it: "Big brother, you don't want to come nonsense, if I use coercion to get him to agree, even if he has to respond, he will only become more and more disgusted with me at that time, if he makes him hate me so much, even if I marry him, what fun is there at all." ”

Ma Chao scratched his head and said: "Then this matter is a bit difficult to handle." ”

Ma Yunlu suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Fa Xiaozhi has always been resourceful, why don't you ask him for advice." ”

Ma Chao's eyes lit up, "Yes, I forgot." It's just that filial piety is far away in Liangzhou to do the history of assassination, and it is inconvenient to exchange letters, but I am afraid that you will have to wait a little longer, sister. ”

Ma Yunlu smiled: "It's okay, anyway, I've been waiting for so long, I don't care about waiting a few more days." ”

…… Fang Shao didn't mention it to anyone that night, as for Xiao Qiao's side, although Fang Shao didn't tell her to hide it on her behalf, Xiao Qiao seemed to know him very well and never mentioned it to Sun Shangxiang.

After the thrill of that day, everything seemed to be flat again. In the blink of an eye, it is the time of spring flowers.

Seeing that the bellies of the two ladies were getting bigger and bigger day by day, Fang Shao's thoughts about being a father became more and more urgent.

This time, Fang Shao was at home, instructing those servants to play the piano and music, and to carry out prenatal education for the two pot-bellied women, when suddenly someone from the Hanzhong palace came and said that the king of Hanzhong had something important to pass on to Fang Shao to discuss.

Fang Shao hurriedly left home and rushed to the palace. Because Fa Zheng was in charge of Liangzhou, Pang Tong was in charge of the counties of Yongzhou and Longxi, and Zhuge Liang was ordered by the king of Hanzhong to return to Yizhou to inspect the counties and counties and inspect officials at all levels on the spot, so this time there was no excitement for the strategists to gather together, and only Fang Shao came in response to the edict.

After seeing Liu Bei and performing the courtesy of a monarch and minister, Fang Shao asked: "I don't know if the king urgently summoned Shao here, but what is the important thing that can't be done?" ”

"This is information from the Central Plains, Zhongzheng, you can take a look at it first." Liu Bei's expression was plain, and there was no trace of melancholy.

The attendant handed the information to Fang Shao, he took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, he had a foundation in his heart, and muttered and said: "Cao Ying actually agreed to Chen Qun's "Nine Grades of Zhongzheng System", well, it seems that he wants to get the support of the Central Plains scholars, and he is in a hurry to become the king." ”

Liu Bei said: "Cao Thief's intention to usurp the Han Dynasty and establish himself is already known to everyone in the world, and he is eager to call Wang Gu a long time ago. However, what Gu values is not his act of becoming the king, but the "Nine Products Zhongzheng System" that Chen Qun presented to him. ”

Fang Shao also has a lot of understanding of the "Nine Products Zhongzheng System", and he is also very clear about the pros and cons. It's just that he vaguely remembers that in the original history, this "Jiupin Zhongzheng System" was established and implemented after Cao Ying's death, Cao Pi won the support of the scholars in order to usurp the Han Dynasty and claim the emperor. Cao Ying's early implementation of this system seems to be due to the loss of Liangzhou and Longxi, forcing him to be eager to stabilize the rule of the Central Plains, and had to compromise with the scholars.

However, in front of Liu Bei, Fang Shao did not express his opinion without foreshadowing, so he asked first: "But I don't know what is wonderful about this "Nine Grades Zhongzheng System", which will make the king scruple about it. ”

Liu Bei sighed: "If this system is implemented, then the world's capable people have a way to become officials, regardless of the talent of the poor, they must flock to Cao Ying's hands, with the support of these people, Cao Ying's rule in the Central Plains will inevitably be more stable, and the great cause of restoring the Han dynasty will be even more difficult." ”

Cao Ying was able to defeat such a strong Yuan Shao back then, relying on the fact that the virtuous people in his hands were far better than Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei has been repeatedly defeated by Cao Ying, and the lack of talents around him who can be used is also an important reason. And when it is dormant in Xinye, widely appreciated, and the virtuous people gradually attached, to Jingzhou, Jingxiang's people are all under his command, and then to capture Yizhou, the talent reaches the peak, and only then can he have the strength to compete with Cao Ying.

The development history of "bloody" makes Liu Bei very clear that the number of talents in his hands determines his future success or failure to a great extent. With his vision, of course, he will be afraid of Cao Ying's launch of this "Nine Products Zhongzheng System" at this time.

"The king only said one thing, but he didn't say the other. Yes, Cao Ying's system, although it may be possible to obtain talented people in a short time, but Shaoguan's system is actually just a short-sighted compromise by Cao Ying in exchange for the support of the Shi family. ”

Fang Shao began to understand the order, and Liu Bei hurriedly said: "I don't know what Zhongzheng said about this?" ”

Fang Shao then said: "Your Majesty, please see, according to the description in this information, the most critical part of this system of electing officials is 'Zhongzheng', and the position of Zhongzheng can only be held by people from the Shi family. People are selfish, in order to safeguard their own interests, these big clans will naturally give priority to selecting talents from the same level, and over time, it will inevitably cause a situation of 'no cold family in the upper grade, no scholar clan in the lower grade', when the power of the government and the opposition is based on the scholars, and there is no second force to restrain it, then the imperial power is bound to be hollowed out, and there is even the danger of being replaced. ”

Fang Shao's words can be said to have cut to the essence of the "conspiracy" in "Jiupin Zhongzheng System", only Liu Bei was shocked when he heard it, and secretly thought: "Ashamed, ashamed, I originally planned to follow Cao Ying's approach, but now listening to Zhongzheng's analysis, this system is very short-sighted, if it is used, it is tantamount to planting a bane, and sooner or later it will suffer." ’

Liu Bei then said: "What Zhongzheng said is extremely true, it seems that Cao Ying is indeed a little panicked, otherwise, he would not have made such a short-sighted decision." It's just that, even if it is as Zhongzheng said, it will take a long time for the scourge of "Nine Products Zhongzheng System" to be brought into play, but for now, it is a good strategy to attract talents and obtain the support of poor people. ”

Fang Shao pondered for a long time and said: "If you want to compete with Cao Ying for talents, then the king must also launch a set of effective employment systems, and Cao Ying's "Nine Products Zhongzheng System" is-for-tat. ”

Liu Bei knew that Fang Shao had never said anything uncertain, and now that he was making a suggestion, he must have an idea in his heart, so Liu Bei hurriedly asked: "Could it be that Zhongzheng has any good employment system?" ”

Fang Shao smiled faintly, "Actually, Shao was already participating in the research of this system earlier, and now that the king has asked, then Shao Zheng can offer it." Chen Qunxian's is called "Nine Grades Zhongzheng System", and Na Shao's system is called "Imperial Examination System". ”

"The Imperial Examination System?" Liu Bei's eyes surged with strong interest, "This is an unheard of name, Zhongzheng might as well talk about it in detail." ”

Fang Shao then explained the imperial examination system to Liu Bei in detail, but what he said about this imperial examination system was the emerging system when Emperor Wen of Sui first opened the imperial examination, not the outdated imperial examination system that was full of shackles and rigidity at the end of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

After Emperor Wen of Sui unified China, in order to strengthen the centralization of power and break the serious emptiness of imperial power by the great clans, he issued an edict to open the imperial examination and recruit virtuous people. However, the scientific examination topics at that time were different from those that focused on literary talents after the Tang Dynasty, or the more rigid eight-strand questions during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In the scientific examination of Sui, there are ten people in the imperial examination, such as "filial piety", "virtuous and generous", "righteous and righteous", "clean and clean", "strong and upright", "unforgiving in the constitution", "excellent in academics", "beautiful literary talents", "talented and strategic", "arrogant and strong".

It can be seen that the criteria for Emperor Wen of Sui to select talents are rich and diverse, filial people can be used, righteous people can be used, strong and upright people can be used, poems can be used well, people who know the art of war can be used, and even people with great strength can also be used.

Obviously, there is an essential difference between such a diversified standard of employing people and the scientific examination system of later generations, which is rigid and rigid, suppresses the freedom of people's surnames, stifles the vitality of thought, and only governs the preferences of the unifiers.

(To be continued)