Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2466: Cui Hao's Reform, Cui Yuan's Transaction

Yuan Xi gave up the fight for Bohai and withdrew in time, thus taking control of the two counties of Zhongshan and Changshan in one fell swoop.

However, this only gave him some breathing space and could not change the fact that he was seriously disadvantaged in this competition.

If it weren't for Yuan Xi or Cui Hao, both of whom were against fighting again in such a short time, Yuan Tan would have been unable to hold back and continued fighting.

Yuan Xi and Cui Hao did not want to start a new war at this time. Firstly, it was due to practical considerations, and secondly, it was due to considerations of their reputation.

Although the two brothers are fighting now, at least there is still a fig leaf on top. But if a war breaks out, even this fig leaf will be thrown away.

Amid internal and external troubles, the brothers started fighting each other to the death and openly used knives to fight each other. The reputation of the Yuan family, which had been a family of three officials for four generations, suffered a heavy blow.

Yuan Xi and Cui Hao are the main supporters of the royal family's power. The main credit for Yuan Tan's absolute advantage in this contest lies with Yuan Xi.

If he had not received this person's full support from the very beginning, even the initial issue about Yuan Shao's death would have been enough to make him feel dizzy.

Today, although he is the leader of the Yuan family, which has been three generations of officials for four generations, he is the nominal master of Jizhou.

However, having just come to power, he couldn't control those people in the Yuan family as tightly as his father could.

People in the Yuan family like Yuan Sheng are willing to listen to him because there is a Yuan Xi above him who helps to suppress him.

If it weren't for Yuan Xi, it would be unknown whether those arrogant and powerful generals of the Yuan family would be willing to obey him!
After all, Yuan Sheng, Yuan Shen, or Yuan Hong who has died in battle for many years, are all people with unruly personalities.

The other person is one of the representatives of the Hebei family today. If one wants to live in peace, this person is indispensable.

Therefore, when these two people opposed together, Yuan Tan might feel a little unwilling, but he had no choice but to accept it.

After that, after a series of turmoil, Jizhou finally began to recuperate.

After all, the longer the time goes, the greater the gap in strength between them will be.

To this end, under Cui Hao's proposal, the Nine-Rank System was officially implemented in Jizhou.

The Nine-Rank System was not the first one proposed by Cui Hao. Long before Zhao Kuangyin became the overlord of the Central Plains, Chen Qun had already proposed the Nine-Rank System to Cao Cao.

However, at that time, the Nine-Rank System proposed by Chen Qun was only a very simple draft, and it was only his initial idea. In all aspects, it was far less perfect than the one proposed by Cui Hao today.

However, it is undeniable that if Chen Qun had not used this draft, Cui Hao would not have come up with this system, and naturally there would not have been this perfect version. The reason why Cui Hao was able to design this system was because he stood on the shoulders of Chen Qun.

When Chen Qun first proposed it, he did not get the support of Cao Cao, and because of this, the system was temporarily shelved. Until today, many years later, it was brought up again by Cui Hao in Jizhou.

Moreover, it received strong support from all the powerful parties in Jizhou. In a short period of time, this system was passed in Jizhou and officially implemented. Moreover, it was promoted in Jizhou at the fastest speed. The Nine-Rank System, which determines the rank and grants official positions based on family background and talent, is very preferential to the noble families. As soon as it appeared, it became an important way for the noble families to gain political power. If it continues for a long time, the noble families can even monopolize almost all official positions through the Zhongzheng officials.

How could such a system not be welcomed by the aristocratic families, big and small? This system itself was proposed entirely to safeguard the interests of the aristocratic class.

In the previous recommendation system, although the aristocratic class was the one that got the most meat, others also had a chance to have a little soup. But under the Nine-Rank System, others didn't even have the chance to have soup. Both the meat and the soup were completely packaged up by the aristocratic class, leaving no room for others.

The Yuan family, with three officials in four generations, had always been a role model for aristocratic families in the world and was sought after by a large number of aristocratic families, especially the Hebei families. After the introduction of the Nine-Rank System, aristocratic families in the world became even more yearning for the Yuan family.

For the aristocratic families, the imperial examination system is shit; the Nine-Rank System is what they are determined to protect.

From Youzhou in the north, Qingzhou in the east, and even from the Central Plains in the south, varying numbers of young men from aristocratic families rushed to Hebei.

The implementation of the Nine-Rank System, on the one hand, this system itself is a firm representative of the interests of the aristocratic families, and it has won the support of the entire Hebei aristocratic families!

Secondly, the Yuan family also represents the interests of the big families, and even they themselves do not reject this system.

Thirdly, we have to talk about Yuan Xi. The reason why he was able to convince Cui Hao to help him was that the Nine-Rank System itself was one of the conditions.

Fourthly, the implementation of this system will more closely link the power of the aristocratic families around them, which will be beneficial to the recovery of Hebei's economy.

After all, due to the previous civil unrest, Hebei's economic recovery speed has lagged behind other forces in the world.

During this period, Yuan Xi was not really idle. On the one hand, he was doing his best to help Jizhou restore its economy, while on the other hand, he was also trying his best to divide and win over Yuan Xi's people.

As long as the benefits are sufficient, they will naturally be able to convince some people to side with them. After all, although there has never been a shortage of loyal and righteous people in this world, it is not possible for everyone to be loyal and righteous.

In particular, the implementation of the Nine-Rank System was also a help to Yuan Xi.

On Yuan Tan's side, his foundation was built on the power of the aristocratic family. The same was true for Yuan Xi.

As a result, although Yuan Xi controlled Zhongshan and Changshan, due to various reasons, his ruling foundation was not solid.

Faced with Yuan Xi's suppression in all aspects, within just half a year, they were about to reach the end of their rope.

It was at this time that Fu Shui Fang officially came forward and sent envoys to secretly contact Yuan Xi.

For this reason, Jia Xu, who had already returned to Sizhou, returned to Jizhou again.

However, due to his usual cautious style, Jia Xu did not contact Yuan Xi in person, but continued to act as a behind-the-scenes man as before and sent his men to contact the other party.

(End of this chapter)