It's past noon, and the usual morning pilgrimage is already early, but today's morning pilgrimage is still going on. The officials who had not eaten breakfast had long been hungry, but they had no intention of dispersing. Only He Bai, who had stolen food in the field, was in good spirits, and Emperor Han Ling also used the excuse of changing clothes to eat some food in the side hall, and came back with great interest to continue listening to the lecture. After all, the knowledge He Bai said was too strange and interesting, and everyone kept asking He Bai about 100,000 whys like curious babies.

However, not all of the officials are studious, and there are many people who hate He Bai and think in secret. At this time, Liu Hong, who couldn't bear it, came out and shouted: "He Yilang, your remarks are mostly in the world, and I don't know what is the best way to govern the country?" ”

He Bai was stunned for a moment, and then smiled again: "It is difficult to say that the policy of governing the country is difficult, and it is easy to say. I have the strategy of yin and yang and the five elements, which can be regarded as a good prescription for governing the country. ”

Liu Hong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "What kind of yin and yang five elements are they?" Is it Zou Yan's five virtues that he has always said? ”

"Yes, yes."

"I want to hear about it."

He Bai moved his numb legs, which were already standing and talking. But Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty saw that he had the ability to be "knowledgeable, familiar with ancient and modern, and discerning", and he was also a talented person of the country, so he gave a brocade seat to sit and discuss. But for He Bai, it is better to sit on his knees than to stand.

"The yin is the rule of governing the country. It refers to the kind of legal rules by which the country is governed. After Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Guangwu laid the foundation, they made the first Han laws and regulations. After years of changes in the world, the Chinese law does not change if it is wrong, and does not add to it if it is out of date; Instead, for the sake of his own selfish interests, he treats the law as nothing. For those who are above do not keep the law, and for those who are lower are effective for those who go up and down to work. None of the people in the country paid attention to the law, and the people were at a loss to follow, so naturally there was chaos. Only by attaching importance to the rules of the law and acting according to the rules of the law should the Son of Heaven punish even if he violates the law. In this way, the world can be peaceful. ”

"The yang is also a trip to govern the country. It refers to what kind of heart-to-heart actions are used to govern the country. Since Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty has always ruled the world with filial piety. However, filial piety is not necessarily benevolent and virtuous. Or they are kind to their own families, but they are vicious to the world. Or just care about the small family, regardless of the country. Therefore, I think that governing the country should be based on the heart of love, attach importance to the heart of public morality, and despise private morality. For example, Chen Ping in the early Han Dynasty, although there was a lack of private morality, but he served the public body of the country, and there was no damage to public morality. For example, Wang Mang, who has no defects in private morality, but conspires to usurp the country, which is also a great damage to public morality. ”

"The Five Elements are known as the people of the country. Tude is a farmer, mainly engaged in cultivation and production. Shuide is a businessman, mainly to make money. Carpenters are craftsmen, mainly engaged in construction research and development. Jinde was a soldier and mainly defended the country. Huode is an official and a living being, focusing on governance and inheritance of civilization. These five elements are mutually reinforcing each other, just like the five organs of the human body, all of which are indispensable. If one line is valued, or one line is missing, the country will inevitably be in chaos. If the five elements are complete, the country has food, money, weapons, soldiers, good officials, governance and the inheritance of all living beings, where is the country weakened and chaotic. ”

Liu Hong was speechless when he heard this, and he didn't want He Bai to have his own unique strategy for governing the country. Even the officials listened to it and praised He Bai's strategy. It's just that the officials think very highly of themselves, and they often want to be high and be able to oppress all the people in the world.

Confucianism is the main purpose of cultivating generations of bureaucrats, and where will the Confucian-born officials surrender their status and regard themselves as one of the five elements on a par with farmers, merchants, craftsmen and soldiers. Moreover, the theory of yin and yang is not very suitable for the appetite of the officials, and the Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and it is not recognized by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, although He Bai's theory of yin and yang and five elements sounds good, no one pays attention to it.

Even Sikong Liu Hong, one of the three princes, couldn't help but come out to ask questions, so Ding Gong, who was Situ, was naturally not willing to be weak, and asked: "I heard He Yilang say that the selection of talents is not based on filial piety, but on love." Pay more attention to the heart of public morality, and despise private morality. Nowadays, the system of probation and selection of talents for the state has become bad, and it is difficult to identify good talents. There are more nursery rhymes in the world, 'Show talent, don't know books.' Filial piety and honesty, the father does not live. Hansu is as white and turbid as mud, and Gao Diliang will be as timid as a chicken. 'I don't know what good strategy can be used to select talents?' ”

"Branch ......" He Bai shook his head, the imperial examination system is not good, at least not on the day when the family is in power, unless it is after the founding of the country, then now you can only use the Jiupin Zhongzheng system. So he said: "I have a law, called "Nine Products in the Positive System". ”

Ding Gong arched his hand and asked, "I want to hear about it." ”

"The Nine Grades of the Zhongzheng System" can also be called the Nine Grades of Officials Law, first in the states and counties to select virtuous and far-sighted, famous, good at identifying talents of officials to serve as the Zhongzheng Officials, selected by the imperial court in the Situ. Among them, the junior magistrate in the county can be nominated by the senior lieutenant magistrate in the prefecture, but he still needs to be appointed by Situ. The responsibility of weekdays is to always visit and evaluate the talents in the state and county, and divide them into upper, upper, upper, upper, middle, lower, and lower. ”

The results of the Zhongzheng deliberation were submitted to the Situ Mansion for review and approval, and then sent to the Ministry of Officials as the basis for the selection of officials by the court. There are three criteria: family background, morality and talent. When electing talents, it is necessary to pay equal attention to the three, so as to play the role of selecting talents. ”

He Bai didn't know much about "Jiupin Zhongzheng System", and he only learned a rough idea of history when he studied history in the past. However, most of the officials in the DPRK and China are human spirits, and He Bai believes that he has only mentioned a little, and someone will inevitably summarize and supplement them.

Sure enough, after a while, Yuan Kui, the rear general, shouted: "Wonderful, wonderful, "Nine Grades in the Positive System" is really wonderful." ”

Immediately afterwards, Taiwei Ma Riyan, Situ Ding Gong, Jiuqing, and Baiguan all woke up to the fact that this "Nine Grades of the Righteous System" is indeed more sophisticated than the inspection system, especially the implementation of the Nine-Rank Righteous System will deprive the governors of the prefecture and county of the power to appoint their own subordinates, and all the appointment and dismissal powers of officials will be returned to the central government, which is conducive to strengthening the power of the central government. For courtiers, naturally, the greater the power, the better. He Bai said for nearly a whole day, and only this method is the most popular.

Ding Gong bowed and said: "Your Majesty, today I have a professor of He Yilang, I have gained a lot from hundreds of officials, and I don't realize that my knowledge is more extensive. However, He Yilang's "Nine Grades Zhongzheng System" is a good policy for the state to select good talents, and I hope that His Majesty will examine it carefully. ”

Emperor Ling of Han, who had been sitting and listening to the anecdotes for almost a day, was suddenly bored after hearing about the political affairs at this time, and his newly healed body suddenly became tired. Emperor Han Ling asked in disgust: "Then how do the secretaries of the "Hundred Suggestions on the Prevention and Control of Disasters" identify? ”

The hundred officials couldn't help but be silent for a while, if Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty held the hundred officials accountable for bullying the monarch, he might be able to use the reason that he was sparse and shallow in his learning, and did not know the doctrine of Confucius and Dong Confucianism. But after that, there will be one less way to deal with the emperor's chaos. However, if you want to adopt He Bai's theory of yin and yang and five elements, the officials are unwilling.

In the end, the officials could only honestly say: "The "Hundred Suggestions on the Prevention and Control of Disasters" should be a good policy, and it can be tried out by the world. ”

"Hahaha...... Whenever there was a disaster in the country before, it was either a loss of virtue or the sin of the Three Princes, hehe, I don't know what you relied on back then, and dared to call it heaven's punishment? Hmph, if you really want to investigate the crime of you, I'm afraid that there will be no more people left in the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. In the future, if someone writes about disasters and strange things that are my immorality, you must know ......" The proud Emperor Han Ling gave the officials an inexplicable sneer, which made the officials worry for a while, but fortunately, Emperor Han Ling did not pursue it again.

"The edict, the speaker He Tianming is knowledgeable, well-versed in the ancient and modern, discerning, the adviser has a strategy, is the country's virtuous talent, specially dismissed from the post of Lang, promoted to Taizhong doctor, still belongs to Guangluxun. Retreat. ”

"Congratulations to His Majesty the Emperor for the well-being of the Holy Body."

As soon as Emperor Han Ling turned to the side road, there was a sturdy eunuch waiting, and the eunuch supported the somewhat tired Emperor Han Ling, and waved away the small yellow doors that followed the emperor, and asked softly: "Why did His Majesty the Emperor easily let go of the hundred officials today, but it is different from what my father and mother said before. ”

Emperor Han Ling shook his head and said, "Although the hundred officials are hateful, the country still needs them to govern. And at this time, it is necessary to help Xie'er ascend to the position of prince, and He Jinfang is Xie'er's confidant. If you want to get rid of He Jin, the hundred officials must naturally appease first, otherwise, they will not let the two parties unite. ”

"His Majesty the Emperor is wise, but the servant is a little short-sighted. I just want to get rid of He Jin, and I am afraid that there will be some inconvenience in Beijing. He Jin can be sent to lead the troops out of Beijing, rendezvous with Huangfu Song, and attack Bian Zhang and Han Sui in the west. If you order Huangfu Song to take matters into the army, Huangfu Song will be loyal to the country and will definitely do a good job for His Majesty the Emperor. ”

Emperor Han Ling nodded and said, "This matter still needs to be discussed with my father and mother." With that, the two of them headed towards the harem.

On the way to disperse the dynasty, He Bai can be said to be full of ambition. Through today's early dynasty distinction, not only the contradiction between himself and the Confucian officials was resolved, but also his own talent and fame were spread. Soon, it will become famous throughout the country. Just looking at this way, there are constantly officials greeting themselves and asking for advice. It can be seen that this increase in the expansion of contacts has started very smoothly.

So what's next? It should be to take the opportunity to summon the frustrated literati warriors who live in seclusion in Luoyang, and intersect with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others, contact the future overlord Da Niu, and prepare for the coming troubled times.

Just thinking about it, I saw He Jin standing at the gate of the palace, smiling and talking to Sangong. Seeing He Bai coming, he stretched out his hand and summoned him. He Bai didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to meet them one by one.

Later generations thought that He Jin was a butcher-like person with a fat head and big ears and a stupid pig, but they didn't know that He Jin's sister Queen He was a rare national beauty. has a sister like this, even if it is almost a brother, it will not be too bad.

He Jin in front of him is like this, he is one meter seventy-two tall, three centimeters shorter than He Bai. With a fair complexion, a slender willow beard, gentle eyes, a smile at the corner of his mouth, and a high crown in a court dress, he is purely a handsome old man with a polite manner. I heard that He Jin's talent is not bad, he is still the head of the Hongnong Yang family, the disciple of the former Taiwei Yang Ci, and if he talks about Confucianism alone, ten He Bai is not his opponent.

He Jin said with a smile: "Tianming is such a talent, I didn't know it before, and it was negligence." In the future, when I have free time, Tianming can often come to the general's mansion to see me. Even though the Lingling He family and the Nanyang He family are thousands of miles apart, they both belong to the He surname, but they don't have to be too raw. ”

It seems that He Jin is very satisfied with his performance today, even if he is not from the same clan as He Jin, He Jin also wants to win over himself and use it. If it is the same sect, it is naturally very happy. However, this move is deeply in line with my own heart, and I should not accept it.

He Bai hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "The general has a call, how dare He Bai disobey." If there is nothing else important in the future, why should he come to the door every day to meet the general, and hope that the general will not give up. ”

When the other three princes saw He Jin and He Bai summoning and answering, they decided on the meaning of subordination. Even Ma Riyan and Ding Gong, who also wanted to summon He Bai as their subordinates, could only reluctantly admit that He Jin was too fast and was one step ahead of them.

Situ Ding Gong could only say: "He Taizhong, the "Nine Grades Zhongzheng System" is a method you proposed, if you want to improve it, you need to participate in person. ”

He Bai couldn't help but pouted secretly, obviously "Yin and Yang Five Elements Theory" is a good policy for governing the country, but Ding Gong took the emergency "Nine Grades Zhongzheng System" as a treasure, which is really insightless. So he responded: "Yes, in the future, He Bai will go to Situ's Mansion every three days for Da Situ to inquire." ”