can get Zhang Yuan's hand, Zhao Xin's purpose of this trip has been achieved, as for this Mr. Ning, it is just a casual question.

Now that Zhang Yuan has already tied his hands, it is impossible to kill such a mediocre old man again.

Zhao Xin is not a murderous demon king.

Hearing this, Mr. Ning subconsciously glanced at Zhang Yuan, his expression was a little struggling, obviously feeling guilty.

Zhang Yuan saw it at this time.

He also saw that Zhao Xin's question was purely funny.

No matter what, I won't embarrass Mr. Ning anymore.

As for what Mr. Ning said was useful, he couldn't help but smile secretly when he thought about it at this time, and when he came back to his senses, even he was very strange, why did he take such a downtime old man as a confidant in the first place?

Seeing the latter looking at him with a guilty face, he couldn't help but smile slightly: "Don't look at me, see what is the use of me."

Your Majesty asks you, this is your creation, and you and we may be ministers in the same palace on another day.

Even if you say something wrong, Your Majesty will be merciful and will not embarrass you. ”

That's what he said.

It's just that there are still some worries in my heart, this old gentleman don't come again, "the lord doesn't need to worry".

So let's take precautions first.

It's just that the old gentleman let out a long breath, and seemed to feel that Zhang Yuan didn't blame him, and he couldn't help but feel more and more guilty in his heart.

But Zhang Yuan's sentence "being a minister in the same hall" made him a little moved.

immediately saluted Zhang Yuan first, which can be regarded as the end of this period of monarchy and ministers.

Then he saluted Zhao Xin again and said: "Your Majesty, the servant started in Weimo, and when he was young, he also traveled to study all over the world, and he became famous for his success, and he can be known to the court and the world."

However, today's imperial court uses people to observe and appoint, and merit and virtue are all from the family, and it is not easy for us to get a big name, and it is even more difficult to be known and used by the court. ”

When the old gentleman said this, he couldn't help but laugh bitterly at himself, but Zhao Xin couldn't help frowning slightly.

Zhang Yuan also frowned slightly, but there were two reasons why he frowned, one of which was naturally that he was worried that the old gentleman would say the wrong thing and offend the emperor.

Also, the topic mentioned by the old gentleman is a bit sensitive.

That's Chaju.

What is the inspection and promotion, to put it simply, is the system of selecting talents in this era.

The so-called inspection is the inspection of low-level officials, also known as "inspection and honesty", that is, the evaluation of low-level officials by the upper officials, and then recommended to the imperial court.

At the same time, local officials such as county guards and county magistrates evaluate the civil talents under their rule, and those who feel talented and virtuous are recommended to the imperial court.

When this system was first used, there was actually no problem, first of all, there were few readers in that era, and the scope of evaluation was very small.

The beginning of the other dynasty was full of vigor, and there was basically no shortage of people with discipline in the court, and to a certain extent, they could do meritocracy.

But slowly, with the development of the times, the base of scholars began to expand, and it is not easy for you to be recommended again.

That's going to be famous.

That's why the talents of this era are so well-known, and there will be so many celebrities.

Its fundamental purpose is very simple, that is, to be able to enter the eyes of the county guards who are qualified to be recommended.

But it's not so easy to be famous, and the best way is to let Confucianism and celebrities comment on themselves.

That's why there is a bastard like Cao Cao in the late Han Dynasty in the Chinese world, who holds a sword frame on the neck of a person who makes people evaluate.

There are also so-called madmen who curse people everywhere in order to become famous.

There are also some people who have made themselves lame, and actually forgot the original purpose, and became famous for the sake of being famous, or even deliberately not being an official in order to be famous.

Or consciously or unconsciously do some strange behaviors, the so-called wandering wreckage.

There are also those who go to the limit, such as what lies on the ice and begs for carp.

Especially in the Chinese world to the two Jin Dynasty era, this style of good name has developed to the extreme.

So there is the avant-garde and cool Wei and Jin Dynasty.

However, the most mainstream of them still relies on "bragging", so people in this era always like to say something particularly awesome, especially the second middle school, which incidentally produces a large number of idioms, which greatly enriches the language and art of Chinese civilization.

A sub-genre has also developed, the so-called "Qing Tan".

However, this is from a humanistic point of view, back to the level of governance, this is a big problem, because everyone is busy being funny and busy being an "Internet celebrity", and it is naturally difficult for the imperial court to select normal talents.

Moreover, everyone is desperately more "noble" and "moral", so everyone does not dare to talk about practical problems, brag about practical problems, and dare not speak of profits.

If you don't talk about it, what else can you do?

In the end, it is "leisurely beginning, leisurely and endless, the speaker does not know what he means, and the listener does not know what he is saying".

There is also a question that they originally relied on bragging, and after they got to power, what else could they do besides bragging?

Nothing will be done.

So there is no way to do anything.

These are the questions that no one understands in this era, no, on the contrary, most people in this era do.

So why not change it?

Because this involves another issue, that is, the chain of interests bound by the family and celebrities.

The simple is: only by being evaluated by Confucianism can you become famous, but most of the Confucians are from families, and will the family evaluate the poor family, and will they evaluate those ordinary children who are not even from the poor family?

So a closed loop was slowly formed: "Only the family can produce Confucianism, and 2,000 stones" and "Only those who have produced 2,000 stones in the past and have a great Confucian family that can study the classics are called the family".

Even if others are people like Cao Cao who can snatch other people's brides with Yuan Shao, they can only hold a sword on someone else's neck, so that they can get an evaluation of "a capable minister who rules the world, and a traitor who is a traitor in troubled times".

But how many Cao Mengde are there in this world?

How many people can play with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu from childhood to adulthood?

Outside the door of every great Confucian, there are ordinary students who can be photographed ten years later waiting for evaluation.

There are also countless officials under each of the two thousand stone disciples because of their recommendation, and this is their protégé.

And the recommender is the sponsor of those who are being referred, and automatically becomes the person of the other party.

Therefore, some powerful ministers in this era, the family can say that their protégés are all over the world.

This is a closed loop of interest ecology.

Its basis is "chaju", and whoever dares to break it is tantamount to making enemies of all vested interests in this ecosystem.

If it was before he crossed over, Zhao Xin would have opened his mouth and said two words: "Imperial examination, you are stupid, imperial examination!"

But can he say it so easily now?

No!

As long as he dares to say it, there will be ten times more rebels in this world in an instant.

And even if he is factual, who does the imperial examination system rely on to promote it?

By whom will preside over it?

You must know that in the Chinese world, it was not until the Sui Dynasty that the imperial examination system was officially proposed and partially implemented.

And then Sui II ended!

Because of this, when he heard this old Mr. Ning mention it, he frowned slightly.

And Zhang Yuan also frowned, but because he was also one of the beneficiaries of this closed loop.