Zhuo Taijun was tired for a day, and the next day there would be no one, and on the sixth day of the first month, the female guests in the Panxiang Hou Mansion should all be treated by the Deng family and the Zhuo family.

After the propaganda of the well-intentioned people, the grand birthday scene of yesterday's Houhou Mansion has been spread to everyone in Luoyang, so although there are a lot of guests who came today, but this is within everyone's expectations, everything is in order, and there is no such chaotic scene as yesterday.

In fact, it is said that the three princes and the nine kings and the princes of the court were invited, and the invitation sent was at least 600 stones.

At this time, it was not as bloated as the officials of later generations, and in the entire Luoyang City, there were only more than 200 officials with more than 600 stones, except for those who could not come if there was something to do, and there were only more than 100 people present.

Nowadays, there is

"One county government, ten officials and one official", and the Han Dynasty also implemented this. Even in the era when the country's population entered 56 million in the third year of Yongshou, the ratio of government to people was still more than 7,000, which means that the total number of officials in the entire country did not exceed 8,000.

If we follow the division of the administrative divisions of the 100 counties in the Han Dynasty, then there are only about 70 people in each county on average, and according to records, the total number of officials in the large counties with a population of more than 100,000 in the Han Dynasty is only more than 100.

It is difficult to imagine it in later generations, when Wu Yong crossed over, it was very common for more than a dozen people to raise an official, and even in some places, several people wanted to raise an official, so many people who did not do anything existed, it is indeed incredible.

Of course, this is not something he can control, anyway, he has now traveled to the Eastern Han Dynasty, even if he has the heart, there is no way to travel back!

Wu Yong lamented the small number of court officials nowadays, and at the same time welcomed the guests into the mansion with Zhu Yuan. I don't know why the three princes and nine kings are all here today, even Liu He, the secretary of Shaofu, Cao Song, the secretary of the big Si Nongqing, and Yuan Kui, the big Honglu qing, who have already come yesterday, are also here.

Wu Yong didn't know why, but Zhu Yuan kept frowning, looking inside from time to time, looking preoccupied.

In the end, Wu Yong couldn't help it, and asked with some curiosity: "Why is the eldest brother like this?" ”

"You are still young, there are many things in the court, it is better not to inquire!" Zhu Yuan sighed. Wu Yong wanted to ask again, but saw Dr. Mu Yu of "Shangshu" leading a group of students to this side, hurriedly trotted over, and greeted: "The doctor is here, the kid is not welcome, please forgive me!" Mu Yu helped him up, and said with a smile: "Your senior brothers heard that the Hou Mansion used Taixu to eat and feast guests, so they begged the old man to bring them over for a banquet, you don't think there are too many of us, right?" Since Wu Yong's two-and-a-half-part "Shangshu" essays were recognized by the doctors of the Five Classics, the Tai students in Luoyang regarded Wu Yong as their own family.

Later, Wu Yong passed down the method of printing, which made the students boil, and they called Wu Yong a senior brother.

You must know that the gold content of the senior brother is very high at this time, and respecting the other party as a senior brother is a recognition of this person's character and learning, and he is willing to bow down.

As soon as Mu Yu's words were finished, there was a burst of laughter.

"Senior brother, don't be stingy today, I've been fasting since yesterday, just to have a full meal today!"

"Yes, the junior disciples heard that this is a rare delicacy in the world, and after eating, they don't want to eat anything else, and today I have come to verify whether it is true!"

"Haha, hundreds of people wanted to come today, but they were all stopped by the doctors, worried that your Houfu would not be able to receive so many people." …… Wu Yong was a little embarrassed when he heard this, knowing that they were expressing their closeness to him.

Don't think they're inflammatory, that's a big mistake. Most of the Tai students' backgrounds are not very good, most of them come in by virtue of their talents, and their most disgusting thing is to oppress people with power, that is, Liang Ji, a traitor who has been arbitrarily ruling the government for nearly 20 years, is also cautious in the face of the Tai students, and does not dare to anger them too much.

It was the disaster of the two party failures, and the students were involved, and the court was also appeased, and not too many people were punished.

Wu Yong glanced around, and saw that they were all dressed as officials, and estimated that they could be brought by Doctor Mu Yu today, and they must all be people who persuaded them to be officials through the imperial court's science and strategy.

Setting up a science shooting strategy is the examination method of Taixue in the Han Dynasty. It is equivalent to the lottery exam of the later generations. The academic officer wrote the difficult problems in Jiance, and according to the size of the problem, it was divided into department A and subject B.

Arrange the simplifications side by side to cover the test questions. Candidates can choose one of the strategies at random and answer the questions in the policy.

The results are based on the assessment of the grades. During the reign of Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang changed the second branch of A and B to three branches of A, B and C: forty people in the first department, awarded Langzhong; Twenty people in the second department, awarded to the prince; There are 40 people in the C department, and they are in charge of literature.

In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the system of two branches was restored. In the first year of this year, at the end of the course examination, there is no distinction between A and B, and the five people in the higher class make up for the Lang and the second five people make up for the prince.

Since then, there have been many changes. In the second year of Emperor Huan's eternal life, he reformed the method of the course examination, adopted the "two-year-old one test", abolished the limit on the number of admission places, and determined the rank according to the number of people who passed the scriptures, and awarded officials accordingly, which has continued until now.

After the probationary system was monopolized by the local wealthy families, the Tai Academy's science and shooting strategy was an important channel for the children of the poor family to enter the court officialdom.

After thinking so much in an instant, Wu Yong didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly invited them into the mansion, and then led them to the banquet hall together.

The officials, who were originally talking, immediately stopped the topic when they saw Mu Yu coming, and stood up one after another to show respect.

Even Taiwei heard the attack, Sikong Liu Huan and Situ Xu Xun heard the movement at this time, and hurriedly walked out of the side room to greet Mu Yu.

Doctors are humble and respectful, and in addition to teaching their disciples, they are often responsible for national affairs, and their influence is not to be underestimated.

As the host of this feast, Zhu Jun did not expect that the Doctor of the Five Classics would arrive today. Fortunately, he reacted quickly, hurriedly invited Mu Yu into the side room, and instructed Wu Yong Haosheng to arrange these Tai students who followed.

Mu Yu entered the side hall and reprimanded Sikong Liu.

"The descendants of the dignified Marquis of Linxiang actually became the third prince by flattering the eunuchs, which really lost the face of the first King of Changsha and the Marquis of Linxiang. is also a member of the Han family, compared to Liu Ju and Liu Pet, you Liu Huan is not a little bit worse! "Liu Ju, Peiguo Xiaoren; Liu Chong, a native of Donglai, both of them are relatives of the Han family, but they have learned and are not afraid of the powerful, and they both became captains with their own efforts.

Speaking of which, we have to mention the vassal policy of the Eastern Han Dynasty. When Emperor Guangwu started, his power was weak, so he reached a marriage alliance with King Zhending of the Western Han Dynasty, and also married Guo Shengtong, the niece of King Zhending.

In addition, Liu Xiu also saw the strength of the distant branches of other clans, and in the second year of his reign, he issued an edict: "But the princes of the clan were abolished by Wang Mang, and the ancestors had no place to return, and I was very ashamed." and reverted to their homeland. If the Hou has died, his descendants will see the name of the book and worship it. Liu Xiu's move is to win over the powerful clan, as the world tends to be peaceful, Emperor Guangwu issued an edict in the thirteenth year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty,

"Wang Xing of Changsha, Wang De of Zhending, Wang Shao of Hejian, and Wang Mao of Zhongshan are all kings and should not be righteous. It is the Marquis of Linxiang, the Marquis of Zhending, the Marquis of Le Cheng, and the Marquis of Mao as the Marquis of a single father. "These four clan princes have a common ancestor, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty of the Western Han Dynasty, and Liu Xiu's cutting of the domain is based on the fact that the blood relationship between the vassal kings and Liu Xiu exceeded five generations, and they were demoted.

However, this downgrade still allowed one hundred and thirty-seven distant branch clans to obtain marquis. At the same time, Liu Xiu's close clan began to be made a marquis, and gradually became the king.

In this way, one rises and one falls, and the clan is far and near. Since there are clans that are far and near, the treatment of these clans is naturally different.

For the kings of the close branches, in addition to severely cracking down on their power, the imperial court still took care of them economically, dividing the food and fiefdoms, and the kings and brothers were feudal and other measures.

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With the policy of "radish and stick", the kings of the Eastern Han Dynasty basically became the masters of eating, drinking and having fun, and they could not have too many performances.

As for the distant branch clans, because they have lived in the same place for several generations, they have formed a clan gathering mode, which has a great impact on the local area, and the imperial court also allows them to serve as local officials for the sake of local stability, and the economy is mainly based on rewards for them, but the guarantee of their titles is naturally much weaker than that of the close branch clans, and it is very normal to be deprived of the marquis.

However, this situation changed again during the reign of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, after Liu Zhi eliminated the Liang Ji family, the court officials were almost empty, so he ordered these distant clans to serve as senior members in Luoyang by virtue of their talents, which led to many Han clan distant clans began to frequently seek opportunities in Luoyang.

Liu Huan is not good at learning, but he is good at drilling, he relies on the eunuchs to gain power, and he rises step by step in the court, and he is in a position of commonplace in one fell swoop, so many people with lofty ideals are very disdainful of his behavior.

Mu Yu came in and reprimanded Liu Huan, which scared everyone in the house, but they were all mentally prepared, Mu Yu couldn't rub sand in his eyes, and he had been a doctor of the Five Classics for so many years, and I don't know how many court officials had been reprimanded by him.

Although Liu Yu was a commonplace and was scolded by Mu Yu and was a little depressed, he did not dare to contradict Mu Yu, all because Mu Yu had taught him to learn.

Seeing that Liu Huan didn't speak, Mu Yu turned his head to look at Situ Xu Xun again,

"And you, Xu Jishi, many people have reacted to me recently, and you are quite close to the eunuch! If you let me know it's true, you can wait for me to come to your door. Xu Xun is a little weak-hearted, in recent years, the eunuchs have become more and more favored by the Son of Heaven, and their power is getting bigger and bigger, he did have the idea of befriending the eunuchs, and began to frequently show favor to Cao Jie and others.

Today, Mu Yu pointed it out in public, which made him a little unable to get off the stage. Mu Yu didn't pay attention to him anymore, turned to Taiwei and heard the attack, shook his head and didn't say anything.

Then he turned to Zhu Jun and sighed: "Your five surnamed families now have a prodigy like Wu Yong, and the restoration of the old glory is just around the corner, I just hope that you can guide him well in the future, and don't let him go astray." ”

"Don't worry, doctor, we will do as you tell us!" Zhu Jun was a little flattered, the Doctor of the Five Classics is really a rescue for their declining families, and often their words can make a family or a person get the attention of the imperial court.

Mu Yu nodded, and without saying anything more, the side room also fell silent. Wu Yong in the outer hall, when arranging for the students to sit, felt that there was a strange atmosphere in the hall, as if these people were clearly divided into three groups and did not interfere with each other.

He didn't understand why, and when he came to the door and asked in every possible way, Zhu Yuan told the truth. It turned out that Wen Ren's attack represented the Xungui group, Liu Huan represented the eunuch group, and Xu Xun represented the scholar group, and the three forces had a delicate balance in the imperial court.