Liu Bei's "Chang'an Scholars" is indeed a wonder.

This policy, in the first half, looks like an extension of the inspection system, and it is a bit like Cao Wei's nine-grade Zhongzheng system, which needs the recommendation of local celebrities or state and county officials.

In other words, it's still good for the local families.

In these years, after all, the children of the family still have this condition to read and write, and the ordinary children of the poor family still can't compare with the children of the family in terms of knowledge.

But in fact, Liu Bei's identification of celebrities and celebrities in this place is not so strict, and it is not limited to only one or two places in a state, and he does not want celebrities to evaluate the recommended person, only need to recommend it.

As for the second half, you have to say that he is a probationary system or a nine-grade Zhongzheng system, he uses the examination method to decide whether to admit or not, rather than through the evaluation of celebrities and celebrities to determine whether a person is talented.

And if you want to say that he is not in accordance with the etiquette law, this exam is also presided over by Liu Bei, the Son of Heaven, if you really want to talk about it, at the end of the probation system, it is also necessary for the Son of Heaven to personally inspect the character and knowledge of the recommended talents, which can also be regarded as a way of examination.

But you have to say that he is a imperial examination system. Anyway, Zhang Xi didn't admit it if he was killed, this thing is considered a imperial examination system.

The imperial examination system is not just for the emperor to personally come forward to organize the examination, but also for the township examination, the meeting examination, and the palace examination, a complete set of talent selection system.

But Zhang Xi also knew that in this era, if he rashly opened the imperial examination system, that reputation would not necessarily be better than that of Emperor Yang of Sui, and Zhang Xi had no choice but to compromise.

As for Pang Tong and Huang Quan, they also felt that they had compromised and agreed to use the examination as the final pass of the probation system, rather than using the evaluation of local celebrities to determine whether a person has the qualifications to become an official.

After all, in these years, the drawbacks of the inspection system have also been revealed, especially in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there were a lot of indiscriminate things, and even in the Huan Ling period, there was such a ballad.

Show talent, don't know books.

Filial piety and honesty, the father does not live.

Cold vegetarian is as white and muddy as mud,

Gaudian will be as timid as a chicken.

Although there are factors in this, such as Huan and Emperor Ling's betrayal of officials, the facts have also proved that the probation system cannot actually find good officials who can really understand practice and manage the people.

Rather than this, it is better to compete in knowledge, the capable and the mediocre.

As for the recommendation of local celebrities, on the one hand, it is the insistence of Pang Tong and Huang Quan to ensure the interests of local families, and on the other hand, it is also to screen out some talented and immoral people as much as possible.

The Chinese's concept of employing people has always been more inclined to use people and morality.

A virtuous and talentless person is at most a mediocre official, such a person can't do bad things, and even if he exercises more, it is not impossible to exercise it.

But people with talent and no virtue, if they use it well, they can naturally play a big role, but if they are not used well, it is easy to bring disaster to the people and even to the world.

You can't expect every higher-level official, even the emperor to be able to use a good person with talent and no virtue, after all, not everyone has such qualifications, even in Cao Wei, only Cao Cao dares to say that I am "meritocracy", and it is not possible to change Cao Pi.

From Liu Bei's point of view, we can never only consider the present, but also the future. Therefore, this celebrity recommendation, although Zhang Xi felt that it would lead to some poor children not having the opportunity to become a leader, Liu Bei felt that it was still very necessary.

But even so, when Liu Bei announced to the world that after taking the scholars in Chang'an, it still caused a lot of discussion among the corporal families in the world.

This method of selecting scholars is different from the previous probation system, but it can also be regarded as an extension of the probation system. For this way of taking scholars, the families are all talking about it.

The biggest point of controversy is whether the children of the family should take this kind of examination that is preferred by the emperor's personal will, and become a member in this way?!

The arrogance of the family in this era is far beyond the imagination of the public.

It's not that this group of children of the family disdains to compete with the children of the poor family, they feel that this is a loss of identity, the family pattern of this era is not so small, and the children of the family do not think that they will lose to the children of the poor family in the examination room.

After all, there is still a big gap between the reality of the two sides.

The real arrogance of the children of the family in this era is reflected in the fact that this world is not the world of the emperor alone, and the emperor requires talents, so he should be a corporal and invite me to be a general, instead of using an exam to decide my future.

There is no way around the priority here.

This is also the reason why in this era, and even in the next few decades, many scholars obviously have the opportunity to be promoted, but they have to refuse to be promoted and play in the mountains and forests.

Lao Tzu decided that you, the emperor, are not worthy of my assistance, then you will ask me three times, and I will not go out of the mountain to help. This is the backbone of the scholars.

For example, the famous Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, most of them are such people, although the reasons behind them are more complicated, and they are too many words to expand, but at least on the surface, they just refused the call of the imperial court and were respected by the world.

And the most important thing is that you Liu Bei is not kind.

When you didn't become the emperor of the Han Dynasty, you still knew that you had to look at the thatched house three times, and asked Zhuge Liang to come out of the mountain to help. Now that he has only been the emperor for three years, he will put up a shelf, what kind of exam will he make, and let the world's talents take the exam? !

Dream on!!

This is the biggest reason why the family now sneers at Liu Bei's "Chang'an Scholars".

Of course, some people scoffed, but others were moved.

There are 46 counties in the country, and there are hundreds of vacancies in the selection of officials, even up to the state level adjutants, down to the county commanders and county lieutenants.

It doesn't matter if you big families are in this state, you have already eaten a lot of money in this state, but many small and medium-sized families, who can guarantee their interests, and their survival and development, can they only be maintained on the road of relying on the big family? !

The big families sneered at Liu Bei's "Chang'an Scholars", that's not right, without these children from big families, everyone is a small and medium-sized family, and even competes with the children of the poor family, so it's more or less a way out.

As long as you can become an official and have an upward channel, who knows if you will be able to produce a third prince in the future?!

Even if there are no three dukes, as long as there are several generations of high-ranking officials from the state and county, their own family can achieve a leap in the ladder, and grow from a small and medium-sized family to a big family At that time, who will laugh at whom?!

Small and medium-sized families think so, let alone the children of poor families.

In the past, the only way out for the children of the poor family was to attach themselves to the family, and through the recommendation of the family to the chief officials of the state and county, it was already a highlight moment to be an adjutant in the state and county, and most of the children of the poor family did not even have the opportunity to enter the office in their lives.

But now, although they still need a letter of recommendation from the family, they can decide their future based on their test results, instead of currying favor with the family to obtain the upward path, which is already a change that they are very satisfied with.

Therefore, unlike the cynicism of the big families, and the weighing of the pros and cons of the small and medium-sized families, the children of the poor family have now begun to find a way to find someone to trust, to recommend, and then prepare to leave for Chang'an.

This is the reaction between the family and the Hanmen, and when it comes to the official reaction, it is also interesting.

When the news of Liu Bei's "Chang'an Scholars" reached Jiangdong, Sun Quan ridiculed Liu Bei in public, saying that Liu Bei was "famous for a lifetime, but confused when he was old", and also said, "Is there a reason in the world that does not take virtue and decides by trying?!" ”

On the one hand, Sun Quan did feel that Liu Bei's approach was very inappropriate and risked offending the family.

On the other hand, Sun Quan is very aware of these things within his family, whether it is the Huaisi Group or the Jiangdong Family Group, they are actually from a family.

If Sun Quan dares to think that Liu Bei's approach is very good, then it is estimated that even the Huaisi Group will no longer support Sun Quan, let alone the Jiangdong Family Group, which has always been a little unruly.

Therefore, when Sun Quan said this, he was purely laughing at Liu Bei, feeling that Liu Bei was really old, and he couldn't see what the reality was like.

On Cao Wei's side, after Cao Pi learned about this incident, at the Luoyang court meeting, he also laughed at Liu Bei fiercely, saying that Liu Bei "cut off his roots and don't worry about it".

But in private, Cao Pi found Sun Zi and Liu Fang, two dog-headed military advisors, and carefully studied whether it was possible to imitate effectively.

By the way, although the war on both fronts is over, Cao Pi did not return to Yecheng, but has been stationed in Luoyang, and has also moved the imperial court team to Luoyang, with a posture of wanting to live for a long time.

In this regard, Cao Pi still embodies the courage and responsibility of the Emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Lost Liangzhou before, but the relevant middle school Sanfu and Chang'an were in front of them, and no one said anything when Cao Pi returned to Yecheng.

But now that even Chang'an has been lost, if Cao Pi returns to Yecheng, it will give people a feeling of being afraid of Liu Bei, and the political loss above is very big.

Again, Cao Pi is not a person without temper, although he can't compare with his father Cao Cao, but his political vision is really not bad, he knows that he must not retreat now, and if he retreats, the hearts of the people of Dawei will not be easy to say.

Therefore, when Liu Bei had already occupied Chang'an and was only 900 miles away from Luoyang, Cao Pi was stunned and did not flinch, but was stationed in Luoyang to deal with government affairs in Luoyang.

To be honest, in fact, Cao Pi is also empty in his heart, but at this time, he really can't retreat, so he can only stubbornly hold his head.

Fortunately, after Liu Bei occupied Chang'an, he did not have the spare strength to continue to advance eastward, and with the end of the Cao Weiqingxu war, Cao Pi also had the spare strength to defend the two passes and the Central Plains, and there was no big problem for a while.

But Cao Pi stopped for two days, and received the news of Liu Bei's "Chang'an Scholars", although Cao Pi relied on his political sensitivity to criticize Liu Bei for the first time, but in private, Cao Pi still felt that this was a very good way to weaken the family's right to speak.

Just like the three provinces and six ministries system of Shu Han, although it looks deviant, but for a country, this is a good way to improve the efficiency of national administration Although the skin of today's Great Wei is still the three princes and nine secretaries system, but in fact, the inside is similar to the Shu Han, Cao Pi re-divided the responsibilities and powers of the ministries, and they are also in charge of each other, not under each other, and in essence, they are also three provinces and six ministries.

Now this way of taking people, Cao Pi thinks, in fact, it is not to change, and then use it for his own use.

After all, this system of taking scholars does look very similar to the Jiupin Zhongzheng system.

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