Chapter 333: The Elector
The first year of Chengtian, the first year of the Republic, February, Yecheng.
In the middle of Kunhan, when the heroes of the Kanto and Kansai provinces were fighting hard, the Taishan army was also accumulating strength and deeply rooted in the roots.
Among them, this day is the most important part of the Taishan Army's solid foundation, taking soldiers.
In Yecheng in February, spring still carries some winter cold, but it still can't cover the heat of the people of Yecheng.
Just now, the officials selected by Qu Shuai personally rode a high-headed horse through the Zhongyang Gate and went out of the city.
I heard some news, these people are the officials that Qu Shuai will send to various base areas, and this time they are the Baili Marquis of the past.
How did the people of Yecheng see this kind of scene of hundreds of Baili Hou gathering, longing, envy, and cheering.
It's no wonder that the people of Yecheng have little knowledge, but even the people of Kyoto at the feet of the Son of Heaven are unlikely to have seen such a grand scene.
Those filial piety selected from all over the country are gathered in the palace as Lang, how can there be such a scene of Yao Street.
The reason why Zhang Chong let the electors go out on the street was because there was a huge difference between his selection of officials and the Han family. The filial piety of the Han family was selected from the Taishou in various places, and its personnel were basically the sons and daughters of the powerful people in various places.
But how did Zhang Chong choose?
He relied on a combination of school houses and classroom examinations, and his staff came from all walks of life.
This is a way of taking scholars that Zhang Chong came up with that is different from the Han system. Now it is still very simple and rough, just a literacy hyphenated near Yecheng and sent from all over the country, and then it was selected by Zhang Chongtang.
However, according to Zhang Chong's plan, each place needs to establish a three-level school system of county school, county school and Taixue in the future. Then after each round of study, you need to take an exam to enter the next level of examination, and when the students who are admitted to Taixue from all over the country are completed in Taixue, they will start to conduct the palace examination, and Zhang Chong will select the officials who can govern the place for him.
Zhang Chong understood that if a regime wants to remain unchanged for a long time, the source of its electors must be carried out to the profiteering class. The background color of the Han family is a combination of heroes and powers, and the selection of scholars is naturally based on the inspection system.
However, in the future, if the Taishan Army wants to establish a regime of the head of Qian, a regime of laborers, it needs to draw soldiers from these people.
But the embarrassing thing is that these people can't choose talents at the cultural level now. That Zhang Chong could only choose the line of academy cultivation.
That is to say, all farms and societies will send school-age children to various schools, and then accept the children's enlightenment, and then after completing their studies, they will begin to take the exam and enter the next round.
Of course, up to now, the Taishan Army has not been able to do it to this extent. This system requires adequate faculty and financial support.
So today's wave of Bailihou can be regarded as having tasted the dividends of Taishan Army's policy, and these students, who have only been in school for less than four years, can be released after just one round.
Sun Qian was one of the hundred.
Thanks to Zhang Chong's foresight, he integrated the children and orphans of the Taishan Army into the Langzi Camp not long after the establishment of the Taishan Army, and unified enlightenment and learning.
Sun Qian, as the widow of Sun Xun, the old pavilion chief, was the best in the Langzi camp.
After more than four years of study, from nearly 1,000 students, these more than 100 people stood out. These people are not only literate and hyphenated, but also master a certain degree of mathematics, but more importantly, their parents are all Qianshou and Shanliao, and they also know the purpose of the Taishan Army, so they will naturally not forget their original intentions.
Of course, there will be people who will be corrupted in the future, but now, everyone is full of spirit and has a strong sense of mission in their hearts.
At this moment, the hundred county commanders sitting on the war horses, with the seal and trust granted by the commander of the canal, went out of the city along the Zhongyang Gate, and then went to the base areas.
The people of Yecheng watched this grand scene, and Zhang Chong, who was supposed to be in the shogunate, also took a wave of staff and shogunate counselors to watch these people from the Zhongyang Gate.
Sun Gan, as the top of this issue, naturally walked at the front of the crowd, his eyes were sharp, and he suddenly saw that the canopy representing Qu Shuai was listed on the Zhongyang Gate, and then took a closer look at the canopy standing under it, wasn't it Qu Shuai Zhang Chong?
At this time, the up and down have been decided, even if Zhang Chong is his uncle, Sun Qian still dismounted as soon as possible, and then bent down to bow down to Zhang Chong on the Zhongyang Gate.
Sun Gan's reaction directly drove a crowd, and these electors from the Langzi camp dismounted one after another and bowed to Zhongyangmen.
No one is not annoyed at all, and there is reverence and admiration on all faces. Because the one standing on the Zhongyang Gate at this time is not only the head of the army, but also the role of raising them to grow up, just like a father.
It can be said that for them, Zhang Chong is a monarch in the true sense of the word.
Seeing a bow below, on the gatehouse, He Kui said to Zhang Chong, who was contemplating:
"Qu Shuai, the candidates below are waiting for you to say a few words."
Zhang Chong nodded, then took a few steps forward, stepped forward, looked at the familiar faces below, and knew that these people had to face all kinds of difficulties and dangers when they went to various places, and a thousand words finally converged into one sentence:
"Work hard!"
Although it was a one-person voice, it was full of anger.
The electors below were silent at first, and then everyone replied excitedly:
"Work hard!"
In just two words, Zhang Chong is looking forward to and worrying about them, but the response of everyone below is a broken promise.
This emotion is rare and precious, maybe only these candidates who came out of Lang Ziying in the early stage may have this emotional bond with Zhang Chong.
But in any case, no matter how worried Zhang Chong is, these people still have to get out of his cover and go to a broader stage.
Looking at the backs of the departing candidates, Zhang Chong was silent for a long time, and then turned to He Kui:
"Shulong, what do you think of this batch of candidates?"
He Kui said respectfully:
"In terms of ability, they are not as good, but their family background is innocent, loyal and lovely, and they will be able to soothe the people and not disappoint Qu Shuai."
When Zhang Chong heard this, he laughed:
"Speaking of which, it's really a little reluctant. The top of the list just now, Sun Qian, do you know who it is? ”
He Kui nodded and said:
"I've heard of it, and it is said that it is the grandson of the old pavilion chief of Qu Shuai."
Zhang Chong thought of Sun Tou, a little in a trance, and then said:
"Yes, it's the grandson of the deceased. If it wasn't for his grandfather who saved me, I might have died that night. ”
He Kui said respectfully:
"Qu Shuai is destined to return, he has the blessing of God, and every evil turns into good fortune."
He Kui took the lead in saying this, and others such as Dong Zhao, Gao Sheng, Shan Ming, etc., all followed suit. And like other Du Man, Zhuge Jue, and Cai Yong, they are embarrassed to say that they are so numb, but they still laugh together.
In the final analysis, now the Taishan Army is not the past, although there has not yet been a system to change the yuan, but various systems and institutions have also begun to be established, and Zhang Chong's authority is naturally different from the past.
Although this is not Zhang Chong's original intention, change is change.
Everyone said some auspicious words, Zhang Chong's face flashed a trace of helplessness, and he asked Du Man and Cai Yong respectively:
"Based on your experience in the local area, what are the difficulties of these electors after they go down?"
Du Man thought for a while, and said:
"As far as Manman is concerned, it should not be much difficult to go to the Taishan area this time. These people are the children of Taishan, and they can naturally get help when they return to their hometown this time, and the human network is there, so there is no big problem. ”
After Du Man finished saying this, Dong Zhao on the side frowned and said:
"In terms of the Han family system, it is better for the local electors in the hometown not to be local officials. Although the Han Dynasty was a puppet dynasty, this evasive system was still very reasonable. It is to prevent collusion between the upper and lower levels and bend the law for bribes. ”
Dong Zhao said that he avoided the system, and Cai Yong on the side was still smiling there at first, but when he heard this, he immediately became energetic, he took a step forward and argued with Dong Zhao:
"Dong Jun, what you are talking about is the three mutual laws of the Han Dynasty. You may not know that the old man argued with several ministers of the Han family about this matter back then. Guess what Dad said? ”
Dong Zhao is sensitive, and thinks that this old man is not showing off in front of him that he used to be a Beijing official of the Han Dynasty, is he saying that he is an old lord?
So, Dong Zhao replied with a black face and stiffly:
"I really don't know, after all, Cai Gong was the humerus of the Han family back then? I, Dong Zhao, am just a lonely and nameless official, and of course I don't know the story of Kyoto. ”
When Dong Zhao said this, the discerning people already knew that this gentleman was secretly mocking Cai Yong as a high-ranking official of the enemy and an untrustworthy minister.
But Cai Yong didn't hear it, but continued to preach:
"You know how strict the three laws of the Han are. Not only does your home need to be avoided, but even the marriage family also needs to avoid the other party's place of origin, and even if you are an official in Jizhou as a Yanzhou scholar and your uncle's family is an official in Jizhou, then your uncle's relatives not only cannot be officials in Yanzhou, but even in Jizhou and Jizhou. In this way, the favor is more than Zhou, how can there be any officials to choose? ”
So Cai Yong decided in one word:
"Therefore, the three mutual laws of the Han Dynasty are evil politics, and in the future, it is already a means for eunuchs to attack the party. After all, the relatives of the eunuchs are much less than those of the party. ”
I have to say that Cai Yong is the person who can sit in the position of the Han family and a think tank, although he may be a little dull in terms of human sophistication, but he still has his own opinions on the overall policy situation.
Dong Zhao, as a local official, although he has the means of the vertical and horizontal family, he has never been to Kyoto and entered the central government, and he is a lot worse in seeing the overall situation, so he really doesn't know that there is such a story in the Three Mutual Laws.
But with Zhang Chong in person, Dong Zhao naturally couldn't just admit his shortcomings, so he asked rhetorically:
"What Cai Yong said is just the result of the strictness of the three mutual laws, we don't need to do this, as long as we simply avoid our own origin."
Cai Yong was choked by Dong Zhao's words and was about to continue to refute.
Du Man, who was listed on Zhang Chong's left hand, diverted his words, and he said to Dong Zhao lightly:
"In such a situation, it is natural to use whoever is there, and you have to pick and choose. Langziying are all orphaned children of the Taishan Army, so they are naturally Taishan people. doesn't know Lang Ziying's own people, do you choose those powerful children to be officials? Then is this place of the Taishan Army, or is it still from the Han family, or is it a local hero?"
Dong Zhao was so frightened by these words that he didn't dare to say more, not to mention Duman's identity, he knew that this person was Qu Shuai's auxiliary minister, and he was the real number two person, and his reprimand for Dong Zhao naturally made him tremble.
But what made Dong Zhao even more shocked was that Du Man's words directly pointed out Dong Zhao's selfishness. That is why Dong Zhao suddenly said the three mutual laws of the Han Dynasty?
It was because he found that almost all of these candidates were from the Taishan region and the Jinan region. Although Mount Tai also belongs to Yanzhou in terms of origin, everyone knows that this area is actually part of Qingzhou, whether it is the accent, customs or the exchanges between the wealthy world, it is closer to Qingzhou.
So as Dong Zhao of Yanzhou, he naturally had an idea in his heart.
He knew that this group of electors was the first batch of official local commanders of the Taishan Army, although they were not big positions, but from the perspective of time, this group of people in the future was the most promising.
Now these people are all Taishan people, so won't it be Taishan in the future?
Dong Zhao didn't want to trip over any Taishan system, that was unrealistic, because the biggest Taishan system was Qu Shuai, how dare he trip Zhang Chong?
Dong Zhao's idea is very simple, that is, at least give the Yanzhou candidates a chance. Judging from the composition of the current Taishan military officials, the largest piece of officials are Taishan soldiers, then Yanzhou soldiers, and finally Yuzhou scholars and Jizhou scholars.
Among them, Taishan Shi is the core, and then the base areas are mostly concentrated in the Yanzhou area, so the strength of Yanzhou Shi will naturally not be weak in the future, but it is also not to be underestimated that Jizhou Shi, because the Taishan Army Center is now in Jizhou, then it can be seen that the strength of Jizhou Shi will become stronger and stronger.
As for the last Yuzhou Shi, that is the most unpromising.
Therefore, Dong Zhao wanted to take a step ahead of Jizhou Shi to see if he could use the reason of the Three Mutual Law to warn the corner of Taishan Shi first, and see if he could let Yanzhou Shi go to the old base area to be an official.
If you can get to the basic plate of the Taishan Army as an official or an official, the accumulated political resources will certainly not be a few.
But who knows, all the thoughts on the other side of the face came out, how could he not be frightened, fortunately, Dong Zhao secretly glanced at Zhang Chong, and saw that he was not happy or worried on his face, so he talked to masturbate and felt that Qu Shuai didn't see it.
But didn't Zhang Chong really see it?
Of course, he had insight into the minds of the people below, but Zhang Chong also understood that this was politics.
Politics is the art of distribution.
Zhang Chong can use swords and guns and peerless martial arts to defeat the world and kill all those who are not satisfied. But he couldn't kill his supporters. But when supporters are loyal to the cause of Zhang Chong and Taishan Jun, they will naturally have their own ideas.
Do you think Zhang Chong can draw a knife and a gun because Yanzhou Shi wants more?
No!
Even if he was the biggest person in the Tarzan line, he couldn't do that.
Because if this is really done, then the Taishan army can really only become a regional force of Taishan people, and it will not be tolerated by all places.
But what does Zhang Chong want? What did he go to great lengths to bring everyone out for?
Isn't it just that we hope to attract outstanding talents from all over the world and win the support of the people everywhere?
So Zhang Chong just had an insight, but he didn't say much.
These are tolerable as long as they are within a reasonable framework. In the final analysis, he Zhang Chong is going to ask for his life for the people of the world, not for one place and one people, and at some point, if Mount Tai becomes a stumbling block to this process, with Zhang Chong's hard heart, he will not spare his hand.
The so-called hugging wood was born in the end of the millimeter, and the nine-story platform started from the soil.
Although this group of electors are all Taishan scholars, there is indeed a risk of forming a party in the future. But right now, Zhang Chong is undoubtedly very satisfied with this batch of candidates.
He believed that these people would take the concept of the Taishan Army and his will to various places, and truly build these places into a place of peace.
(End of chapter)