There are several ways to select talents, the earliest is the school palace system, and later the guest secretary system, the military merit knighthood system, and the title inheritance, as well as the recommendation system, that is, the probation system.

The school palace system was established by Zijue that year, and theoretically speaking, all people in the world can enroll in school. But in fact, there are very few commoner children who can enter the school palace.

Because the school palace is set up in Luoyang, and the other four capitals, if you want to study, you can only come to Luoyang or other four capitals, but the other school palaces do not have an official assessment, and if you want to be an official, you still have to come to Luoyang for the assessment.

Luoyang Ju is not easy.

Ordinary people simply don't have the money to go to school. You must know that even if the school palace is free for the children of ordinary people to learn, bamboo slips, brushes, and ink also cost money.

As a result, fewer and fewer ordinary people come to study.

And if you want to enter the Academy, you still need to pass the exam first, even if there is a teacher in the Academy, the chances of ordinary people being able to pass are too low.

What's more, those nobles, officials and many other nobles do not want ordinary people to occupy the quota. Although they don't dare to oppose it openly, they will also secretly target it everywhere.

The guest system was founded by the Jin State that year, and then the Wei State and the Qin State carried it forward. The cadres also learned this system. The guest secretary system is that as long as you feel that you are talented, you can recommend yourself to the nobles, officials, or emperors.

If it succeeds, it will succeed as a guest secretary, and the guest secretary is not a formal official position, but can only give advice, if the guest secretary is indeed talented, those nobles and officials will recommend him to the monarch as an official. Among them, the most famous is Wei Guoxin Lingjun, and the three thousand guest kings are famous all over the world.

Of course, there are very few people who can succeed.

What's more, after the establishment of the Great Qian, few nobles in the country were willing to recommend guest secretaries, and the guest secretary system had become a dead end.

Needless to say, the conferral of military merit and the succession of titles. Now we are talking about the probation system.

After the unification of the world, Wang Luo felt that there were not enough talents to manage the world, and he did not want to continue to implement the Shilu Shiqing system, so he asked the county officials to recommend talents every year.

It is difficult to determine what the criteria for recommending talents are, some recommend those with high moral character, and some recommend those with outstanding learning.

Recommending talents is not to be an official after recommending, but also to pass the imperial court examination, and after passing the examination, the official position will be awarded according to the level of talent.

Originally, these measures were to select talents for the country, but after implementing them for a period of time, Wang Ke found that there were some problems with the probation system.

Not long ago, this year, the talents recommended by the county guards from all over the country were sent to Luoyang, and then the big examination was held in the Qianyuan Palace.

Originally, this was just an ordinary big test, but when Wang Ke asked questions about these people on a whim, he found that these people's talents were not outstanding, and even many people knew almost nothing about civil and agricultural affairs.

This made Wang Ke very angry, and the reason why this person was recommended was actually high morality and filial piety.

Wang Ke, who was furious, directly ordered someone to take down the person who recommended him, and then escorted him to Beijing, and at the same time made an inventory of all the people who were inspected this time.

Sure enough, he is not the only one among the talents recommended this time, and there are as many as seven or eight people who are not worthy of the name, accounting for almost one-fifth.

And with the deepening of the investigation, Wang Ke found that almost all of these recommended people are local powerful and famous families.

There are no ordinary people who really come from the people, and the lowest ones are some poor people.

On the surface, these people seem to have no relationship with the recommender, but how can their actions be concealed from the investigation of the secret guards.

Soon, the relationship between these people was found out by the secret guards. Wang Ke looked at the intricate relationship in front of him, and only felt that his blood was surging.

"Yes, yes, that's good."

"You recommend my nephew, I recommend his nephew, and then he recommends your nephew. Perfect closed loop, huh. ”

"The National Talent Ceremony, is it for them to recommend these wastes?" Wang Ke was furious.

"Your Majesty is angry!" Wang Zhe said: "Nepotism and meritocracy are difficult to define, from this incident we found that the defects of the probation system, it is not as good as His Majesty's official edict, the probation system is assessed and then the recommenders are rewarded and punished. ”

"Every inspection is strictly assessed, and those who recommend talented people can be rewarded, and those who recommend unvirtuous people are severely punished, so that those people will not dare to recommend those who are not talented!"

"Brother Zhe, you go to see the prime minister and tell him what I mean." Wang Ke calmed down and said.

"No!"

Wang Zhe came to Zuo Prime Minister Li Si, as a veteran of the two dynasties, it can be said that he is already a very popular minister, but the Li family is not a big family, and the Li family can prosper because of Li Si's talent to have today's status.

If Li Si dies and there is no successor, he will become an ordinary nobleman in an instant, and there is no guarantee for the longevity of the family.

Originally, these nobles and officials wanted to support each other and form an alliance through joint marriage, but Wang Luo cracked it. This made the noble officials dare not marry blatantly.

So these people found the probation system.

Wang Zhe came to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Li Si personally came to greet him.

"Prime Minister Li."

Li Si hurriedly replied: "Si to meet the prime minister." ”

Wang Zhe accepted it calmly, and then sat down directly with a grin. Seeing Wang Zhe's attitude, Li Si was shocked, his face changed slightly, as a person who is well versed in the art of power, he knows very well what this means.

The prime minister and prime minister are all on an equal footing, regardless of superiority, Wang Zhe, as the prime minister, has every opportunity, how can he be idle and have nothing to humiliate him?

Li Si put down the uneasiness in his heart, and asked with a smile: "The internal minister has a lot of opportunities, and countless affairs are waiting for you to adjudicate, how can you have time to come to Si's burrow?" ”

Wang Zhe said lightly: "Isn't it impossible to operate without anyone in this world?" Don't think too highly of yourself. This prime minister's mansion was built by the edict of the first emperor, second only to the palace of the palace, how can it be said to be a humble room? ”

Li Si's expression became more respectful, and he continued to Wang Zhe: "Si just received the grace of the first emperor, was able to display some talents, and then was rewarded by His Majesty, so he had some family resources, such grace, Si can only be worthy of His Majesty's grace if he is loyal to His Majesty." ”

"Emperor Shengming, can't you see your loyalty? Today, Zhe came here to visit the prime minister on the orders of His Majesty. Wang Zhe said lightly.

Li Si breathed a sigh of relief instantly, and now it seems that His Majesty has no intention of killing him.

This can't help but make him nervous, not long ago Wang Ke was furious, and directly raided several officials, you must know that one of them is the founding noble, one of the princes who was awarded for merit.

(End of chapter)