Under the inspection system, the most orthodox step for scholars is to promote filial piety and honesty.

Maocai, which belongs to a part of the inspection system, was originally called Xiucai, in order to avoid Liu Xiu's name, it was changed to Maocai, to put it simply, it is a high-level version of filial piety.

Unlike filial piety, which is almost all cited by the Taishou of the county and the minister of the country, Maocai is mostly cited by princes, generals, Guanglu, Sili, and the assassins of various states, which means that Maocai's political level is higher.

Once selected as Maocai, the political starting point and political future are better than Xiaolian, it is easier to break the political ceiling, and the possibility of becoming a high-ranking official of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries in the future will be much greater than that of Xiaolian.

In comparison, Maocai is comparable to the pitiful Shujishi in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty in later generations, and the unwritten rule of the Ming Dynasty is that only the cabinet auxiliary ministers can do it, so the Shujishi is also called the prime minister.

Moreover, it is more difficult to recommend Maocai and filial piety, and there are many people who are recommended, but the successful recommendation is less than one-tenth of filial piety, of course, it is rare and expensive.

This, it's really hard.

Regarding the matter of lifting Maocai, Lu Zhi simply said that he was not sure, and did not give Liu Bei any ambiguous statements to make him have illusions.

"It's not impossible to come forward and ask acquaintances from the Luoyang court to help, there are many people who are qualified to recommend Maocai in the central government, but the number of people who recommend Maocai is too limited, and the political context behind each person is also complicated.

Everyone has children who want to become officials through more senior Maocai, and they all want to be high-ranking officials, but there are so many Maocai places, almost all of them are controlled by the Valle Reading family, and there are very few who can be diverted to outsiders. ”

Lu Zhi said that he was not sure, which means that he couldn't do it, which shows how deep Maocai's water is, and even a famous boss like Lu Zhi can't grasp it.

Therefore, Lu Zhi suggested that Liu Bei take the road of filial piety.

Compared with Maocai, who has little operability, the operability of filial piety is much greater, and the so-called "filial piety and honesty are not living in the father", which shows that the system of selecting talents for the country has been broken to what extent in this era.

And if you want to take this road, you have to rely on the help of Han Rong, the Taishou of Zhuo County, and only he has the qualifications to promote the people of this county to be filial piety.

The rule of promoting filial piety and honesty is that a county can recommend one person of filial piety to the central government every year for every 200,000 population, and Zhuo County has a larger population, about 700,000, so it can recommend three filial piety to the central government every year.

This precious place is only three people every year, and the entire Zhuo County has a certain strength of the family is competing for it, and Han Rong will also weigh it again and again before making a decision in order to take into account the forces of all parties and his own situation.

And there are so many actionable parts of this.

There are very few people from Youzhou who were born in the center and have a lot of fame and interpersonal relationships, as a border area, Youzhou people have never been valued by people in Hebei and the Central Plains, and it is not easy for Lu Zhi to come all the way to his current status despite regional discrimination.

Therefore, the Lu family has a lot of prestige in Youzhou, let alone in Zhuo County and Zhuo County.

At that time, Lu Zhi made it very clear that he could still make a little effort in this matter, and with the influence of the Lu family in the local area, Taishou himself still wanted to give the Lu family a little face.

Of course, it mainly depends on whether Liu Bei can seize the opportunity.

A little bit of force?

Liu Bei smiled bitterly.

"The teacher has always been an upright person, and the disciple is incompetent, but the teacher is asked to do such a thing for the disciple, and the disciple is really guilty......"

Lu Zhi just shook his head and smiled.

"You are a talent, governing the country, marching and fighting, you can see your talent as a teacher, over time, you will be the pillar of the country, rather than let those who are disloyal and unfilial to be filial piety and be in a high position, it is better to let the pillars of the country replace them, why not?"

Pillars of the nation?

When Liu Bei said these words in Lu Zhi, he had a trace of doubt in his heart.

He didn't know how he was defined as a pillar of the nation.

It is true that in his heart, he must have hoped that this glorious man and the entire nation would prosper, so as not to suffer and fall in the future, but with his innocent body, which has nothing, can he really do these things?

Liu Bei didn't know.

But what he knows is that there is a huge gap between being an official and not being an official for civilians.

The process of meeting Han Rong was indeed very easy and smooth.

Han Rong's own background in ancient literature, as well as the Lu family's heritage in the county, as well as Lu Zhi's own help, Han Rong did not hesitate to hand over one of Liu Bei's three filial piety quotas to Liu Bei when he was an adult.

However, what was more unexpected was that Han Rong made another request.

Marriage.

Han Rong said that his daughter is beautiful, knowledgeable, and twenty-eight years old, and it is the time to choose an excellent husband, Liu Bei happens to be single, and he has no relatives to do, in this case, can't he just make a couple?

The subtext couldn't be more obvious.

Let me help give you the most valuable political resource at your disposal, and you can't just pay lip service to some benefits, right?

I can't call you to be a subordinate official, and I can't delay your future, but there's nothing wrong with taking a ride, right?

With my 2,000 stone Taishou honor, I will marry my daughter to you, and I will not disgrace your status as a great Confucian disciple, right?

Han Rong looked at Liu Bei eagerly and made a request for a deal.

In this regard, Liu Bei, who was seventeen years old at the time, thought about it for a while, nodded in agreement, and immediately got up and shouted to his father-in-law, which made Han Taishou laugh, and felt that Liu Bei had a bright future.

The marriage was decided by two qualified businessmen.

Before leaving home, Liu Bei was just a small local tyrant and street fighter who was lightly regarded, with a little ability, he could barely speak a few words locally, and he was a big man in the eyes of ordinary Li Shu.

After returning home, he is already a disciple of Confucianism, a son-in-law of Taishou, and a filial piety in the future, and he is like a rising star in the eyes of the upper class.

The difference in identity doesn't make Liu Bei realize that he has really changed his life against the sky.

The speed of making a fortune after changing his life against the sky is also the same as the speed of making a fortune before.

At that time, it happened that Gongsun Zhan was also arranged to be the county magistrate in Zhuo County by his father-in-law because of some merits, which was a great thing for Liu Bei.

Liu Bei relied on Gongsun Zhan's status as a county commander and Han Rong's identity as a taishou, as well as the Lu family's trust in him, and the continuous expansion of the family business and power was a matter of course, and Su Shuang's eager eyes were also a matter of course.

His fortunes did change dramatically from that time onwards.

Once you become filial piety and pass the re-examination of the central government of Luoyang, which is already a virtual government, you can successfully embark on a career as an official, become an official, and embark on a completely different life from then on.

After being promoted to filial piety, the people with a hard path took the central route, first became a Lang official, and then moved to Shangshu, Shiyushi, Shizhong, Zhonglang General and other officials, step by step to the position of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries.

If the road is not hard enough, you have to go to the local experience, wait for the opportunity, and generally become the commander, chief, and Cheng of the local counties, and then move to the Taishou and Assassin History, and become a local leader step by step.

Lu Zhi is very favored by His Majesty Liu Hong, the current emperor, and has always been placed in the Shangshutai, the de facto power organ of the central government, as the secretary, handling the actual government affairs for Liu Hong.

The rank of this position does not seem to be high, but the actual power is very large, relying on Lu Zhi's prestige and power, Liu Bei feels that if he wants to stay in the central government and mix fame and qualifications, it should not be difficult.

However, considering that this year is already the third year of Guanghe, and there are only four years left before the famous Yellow Turban Rebellion, so whether to run his own forces in the central government or in the local area, because he is a Han clan member, Liu Bei is still thinking about it.

However, in the final analysis, in this era when there are many Han clan relatives, these marginal clan children who are far away from the current royal family and don't know how many generations will never be developed because of the identity of the clan, and only because of the development will someone mention the identity of the Han clan.

The causal relationship between the two is reversed.

So in the final analysis, strength is the most important thing, which is also an important reason why Liu Bei runs his family business and takes in displaced people.

Therefore, Liu Bei made two preparations, the local family business must be there, and the future of the central government cannot be abandoned.

Although it is said that today, the Son of Heaven of Luoyang is becoming more and more of a Taishou of Luoyang, but the power of the Han Dynasty for more than 400 years is still there.

Everyone actually doesn't respect the Son of Heaven anymore, but no one dares to lose the banner of the Han family for a while.

Therefore, Gongsun Zhan, a guy who was promoted to filial piety but failed to go through the central route, expressed deep envy and jealousy for Liu Bei to go to Luoyang as an official, and had a more complicated attitude towards Liu Bei.

But the facts are here, Gongsun Chan can't change the facts no matter what, he can only look at Liu Bei with envy, and feel extremely longing for Liu Bei's upcoming life in Luoyang.

After drinking wine and eating meat, Gongsun Chan took Liu Bei's hand and sent him out of the mansion, and then the wine was strong, and Gongsun Chan said what was in his heart.

"If he is a dignitary in Luoyang, don't forget the bloody battle side by side in the past."

Liu Bei looked slightly drunk and hugged Gongsun Zan fiercely.

"Never forget!"

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