The Han Dynasty's inspection system began in the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established and developed a set of official selection system to select talents, that is, the inspection system, which includes local inspection and emperor recruitment, among which the bottom-up system of selecting talents as officials is one of the most important ways for the two Han Dynasty to elect officials. The inspection of the two Han Dynasty is mainly based on "virtue and talent" as the basis for selecting talents, and filial piety and honesty are important subjects, so people often say "raising filial piety and honesty". During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the probationary system continued to be implemented, but as the power of powerful landlords began to expand viciously, the Mendi Wang clan became the main basis for elections. Under the circumstance that the system of electing officials is becoming more and more corrupt, a number of wealthy families have emerged who have been officials for generations and have controlled the central or local political power, and the family of landlords who have been ministers for generations has thus formed and developed. There is a "show talent, don't know the book; Filial piety and honesty, the father does not live".

Compared with the hereditary replacement system in the pre-Qin period, the inspection system of the Han Dynasty can be said to be a relatively advanced talent selection mechanism, but with the progress of the times, the backwardness of the inspection system will be revealed step by step, filial piety and honesty, Maocai, almost completely monopolized by the wealthy family, under this hierarchical system, the talents of the Hanmen Shu clan have almost no chance to get ahead, the so-called "no poor family in the upper grade, no scholar in the lower grade".

What Liu Ze wanted to implement was another method of talent selection and allocation adopted by the Sui and Tang dynasties in later generations -- the imperial examination system. The greatest merit of the imperial examination system lies in the fact that all people can take the examination regardless of their background, meritocracy, meritocracy, and the selection and allocation of talents to the greatest extent possible, thus avoiding the phenomenon of only looking at one's background and engaging in malpractice for personal gain.

"Abolishing the imperial examination is a big violation of common sense. It violates the law of the court, but I am afraid that it will be unanimously opposed by the gate valve of the Zhishi family, so please think twice. "The probation system is a powerful means for the scholars to monopolize the career economy, and it is also the privilege of the wealthy scholars, Chen Deng is born in filial piety, not only him, in addition to Xu Shu, Jia Xu and Liu Ze have also been filial piety, that is to say, they are the beneficiaries of the probation system, Chen Deng does not know why Liu Ze wants to abolish the old and establish the new.

Liu Ze smiled indifferently and said, "Yuanlong is too worried. I have the imperial examination. It has not abolished filial piety and honesty, and every year the counties and states can still inspect filial piety according to the old system of the court, but they are deeply aware of the lack of talents at present, and they have increased an opportunity to recruit talents. The imperial examination is divided into two sections. There is a section for each of the civil and military forces. In order to ensure that as many talents as possible are recruited. Only those who have examiners are not divided into high and low, but only use talents. Now the rule of officials is lax, and corruption is rampant. The time has come when we must be purged. The purpose of selecting talents for the imperial examination is to select virtuous people, and to eliminate a group of people who are mixed with each other, not to exclude the scholars. The imperial examination is a real talent and real learning, if there are people with real talents, why are you afraid of uselessness? The learning conditions of the children of the wealthy families of the scholars are 100 times better than those of the poor families, although there are literate people in the poor families, but only a few people in Liao Liao, this imperial examination system is to put it bluntly, and it is still for the wealthy families of the scholars, but the prince only wants talents and not mediocre talents, and Mr. Nan Guo has no market here. ”

Xu Shu is a typical poor family, and is obviously very much in favor of Liu Ze's imperial examination system. "What the lord said is extremely true, Fang is in turmoil today, if the lord has no talents to support him, how can he compete for the world, regardless of the poor family of scholars, as long as there is real talent and real learning, all the talents are used, and the right way is the right way."

Liu Ze nodded and said: "This time, there are a large number of people who plan to be hired, compared to the fact that there are only one or two filial piety places in the county every year, which can be said to be a lot of opportunities." Of course, the registration for this scientific examination adopts the principle of voluntary, and there is no intention of compulsion, anyone can participate, and if you want to wait for next year's inspection of filial piety, you will also listen to it. Yuan Zhi, this scientific examination, you will be the chief of the scientific examination, responsible for all things inside and outside the examination room, as for the chief examiner of the liberal arts marking, I would like to invite Cai Gong, Lu Gong, and Zheng Gong to serve as the three great Confucians in the world, and I will personally take the examination for the martial arts. ”

Zheng Gong is Zheng Xuan Zheng Kangcheng, who once studied with Lu Zhi Ma Rong, and was a scholar when Emperor Huan, and later resigned due to illness, and has been living in Xuzhou. Lu Zhi opened a private school in Zhuo County, Zheng Xuan was also there, Liu Ze had been a teacher, and Liu Ze succeeded him as the pastor of Xuzhou. With Cai Yong, Lu Zhi, and Zheng Xuan as the chief examiners, it is difficult for this imperial examination to be grand.

Chen Deng saw that Liu Ze had made up his mind, so he didn't say anything anymore.

Subsequently, Liu Ze ordered someone to pass Zhao Yu up.

Zhao Yu was relieved of his position as the Taishou of Guangling, and followed Liu Ze all the way back to Tancheng, he waited for Liu Ze's sentence to him, but along the way, Liu Ze not only treated him as a prisoner, but also entertained him with delicious food and drink, and did not shackle him, which made Zhao Yu feel strange. At this time, when he heard Liu Ze's summoning, he knew that it was time for Liu Ze to punish him, and after coming in, he knelt on the ground and waited for Liu Ze's verdict.

Liu Ze smiled and said, "Yuanda doesn't need to make this big gift, come and sit down." ”

The guards on the side moved a chair for Zhao Yu, and Zhao Yu felt inexplicable, but seeing that Liu Zejia and everyone were sitting on the chairs, he also sat down tremblingly.

Liu Ze said: "This time I brought Yuanda back to Tancheng, there is a seat that you must sit in." The three decrees have been promulgated, and there is still a lack of an official under the state priest's office who is in charge of the two codes of criminal and civil law, and the post of chief criminal officer has been specially established in this office, which is above the prison Cao and is in charge of the judicial prison. I know that Yuanda is honest, fair, and upright, and he will be appointed to the post of chief criminal. ”

The Han Dynasty was basically a combination of politics and law, the county magistrate Taishou was the chief executive of the local government office, and both held the position of judge, Liu Ze's two codes clarified the principle of judicial independence, the separation of administrative power and judicial power, in addition to the establishment of the state level system, the county and county level also set up the county magistrate and the county magistrate, branch office, vertical leadership at all levels, not subject to the jurisdiction of the local governor, the county magistrate Taishou no longer has the right to adjugate, in a large extent to ensure the independence and impartiality of the judiciary.

Zhao Yu understood the scope of responsibility of the great punishment that Liu Ze said, and said in fear: "The subordinate officials mistakenly handed over the villains, causing Guangling to suffer a military disaster, the crime is great, with Yu's body, Liu Yuanjun entrusted him with the heavy responsibility of the judiciary, how to serve the public, please Liu Yuanjun to choose another virtuous person, Yu is ashamed and dare not accept it." ”

Liu Ze smiled and said: "The matter of Guangling, Yuan Da is an unintentional mistake, even if he is guilty, I have removed you from the position of Guangling Taishou, which can be regarded as a crime." The post of chief criminal, although I am under my orders, but there is no need to obey my orders, only the public law enforcement, the fair and clear can not be done, in Xuzhou, Sheyuanda is afraid that no one can be qualified for this position. On the ferry, I would rather let go of the evil Rong than let go of the thief's life, compared with the abuse of Rong, Yuan Da is the pillar of my Xuzhou, I hope Yuan Da will not lose my hope! ”

Zhao Yu now understands that the reason why Liu Ze agreed to Zhenrong's request is really to cherish his own talent, and he doesn't want to lose his life at Zhenrong's hands, so he can't help but get up and cry and say: "Yudang is smeared with liver and brain, in order to repay the kindness of virtue and public knowledge." ”

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After the notice of opening a branch to take a scholar was posted, it unexpectedly set off an uproar in Xuzhou, whether it was a wealthy family or a common man, without exception, there were many discussions.

Many of the children of the Hanshu who have studied hard for many years in the cold window are crying with joy, running to tell each other, rejoicing, looking forward to it for so many years, waiting almost to see through, and finally let the Hanmen have a bright day. If it was changed to before, no matter how hard the children of the poor family worked and how much they read poetry and books, they could only be a teacher and a secretary in the yamen for the rest of their lives, and they would never have a chance to turn over in their lives. But now it is different, a notice from the state pastoral office has ignited their hope that they can also do something in their careers, as long as they are really talented, regardless of status, they have the opportunity to become officials to show their ambitions.

But for the scholars, it is undoubtedly gloomy, the field of the career economy has always been controlled by the wealthy family, and now let them sit in the same examination room with the Hanmen Shu clan for the exam, and no matter what the result is, the loss of that sense of superiority makes them have a big psychological gap.

But Liu Ze's strength made Xuzhou's scholars of all sizes silent, no one wanted to follow in the footsteps of the three major families of Xiao Wang Lu, the introduction of the ban on weapons, the promulgation of the two codes, Xuzhou's scholars had no choice but to submit, and the powerful four major families were destroyed by one of the three families, and no one in Xuzhou dared to touch Liu Ze's tiger whiskers.

If the introduction of the ban on weapons is to remove the minions of the wealthy family of the Shi family, then the imperial examination system is undoubtedly like a sharp knife, stabbing straight into the heart of the power of the Shi family. Anyone with a little discerning can see that although the imperial examination system is beneficial to the scholars in the initial stage, because they monopolize the main educational resources, and the talent output rate of the scholars is far greater than that of the Hanmen Shu clan, but with the passage of time, more people from the Hanmen Shu clan who see the hope of entering the Shi will surely join the ranks of studying, and the children of the scholar clan who have been enjoying themselves for a long time and have become extravagant will inevitably fall behind in the future competition, and the pattern of the Shi clan's dominance will inevitably be completely changed.

Therefore, once the foundation of the Shijia power is truly shaken, there must always be someone who stands up against it. Although the four major families have collapsed, there are dozens of scholars who can be named in Xuzhou, they are in-laws of each other, exchange news, although the open opposition voice does not dare to shout out, but in private these scholars have formed an offensive and defensive alliance, adopt a non-violent and non-cooperative attitude towards Liu Ze's imperial examination system, and refuse to participate in the imperial examination. Anyway, Liu Ze said in the announcement that the registration is voluntary, and it is not compulsory to participate regardless of whether it is high or low, but it is in their arms. (To be continued......)