After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 305 Han Lord System
After much consideration, Meng Di decided to ask Sun Wu, Ji Ran and Bai Gui, the three most important counselors around him, to come together to discuss a more suitable method and re-draft the military merit system.

At the same time, a set of procedures and basis for selecting officials has been formulated, and the rules have been passed down since then. Only in this way can we ensure that the Han Kingdom will remain strong and prosperous within a certain period of time, and avoid the situation where corpses are eaten as vegetarians to the greatest extent.

Afterwards, Meng Di and Sun Wu left Mengyi for Huaicheng, and at the same time sent people to Tancheng to invite Ji Ran to come. This is also the second meeting after the last collegial discussion on the future development plan of the Han Kingdom, which will determine the future of the Han Kingdom national policy and direction.

The four people got together and started detailed discussions item by item. They tried to think of all the situations, chose a relatively compromise plan, and finally settled on a general opinion, the system of Lord Han.

That is to say, the title and position are not linked, but a symbol of social identity and status, representing what kind of credit you have made for the Han Dynasty, and you can supervise local government affairs according to the change of title.

And also established a strict system of abolition of titles, the main focus is on the use of power for personal gain, deception, collusion with local governments, and unworthy virtue. As for other greater crimes, such as treason, the death penalty is directly imposed .

And as long as there is a title, the Han Dynasty will issue corresponding salaries. This does not conflict with the original salary only, but it is relatively less. At the same time, an official selection system has been established.

This is improved on the basis of the investigation system proposed by Meng Di. Local officials have the responsibility to recommend talents according to the corresponding population. Such talents are divided into three classes, good, excellent, and superior.

A talented person can take up a corresponding position in the local area. According to the performance of specific things, he can be further recommended. After reaching the level of excellence, it is best to take the corresponding examination to check whether the talent's knowledge level is sufficient.

If they reach the level of excellence and pass the exam, they can be awarded official positions, but such official positions are only local officials, and as for the upper class, they will directly gather in Huaicheng after passing local selection.

At that time, they will first go through the initial screening, and then Mengdi will conduct face-to-face selection. After passing the qualification, they can be transferred to the local government, and they will first serve as a deputy. After performing well, they can become full-time employees.

It is also possible to let these top-notch talents have sufficient experience in governing after local experience, so that after entering the center in the future, they will be relatively reliable in doing things, and it can also largely prevent some people with high eyesight and low abilities from mixing into the court .

To a certain extent, this system is still beneficial to the current aristocratic families, because knowledge is basically in their hands, but it also guarantees a certain degree of fairness to a certain extent.

Some people of insight can stand out through this system, and the origin of officials is not limited to the Han Dynasty. As long as the ability can be achieved, scholars from any country can participate, even foreigners.

After the initial formation of the entire system, the four people were filled with a sense of excitement, and Ji Ran said with emotion.

"If the Han Kingdom can reform smoothly this time, then from now on it will realize that the country will be full of talents, and will attract insightful people from other vassal states to come to serve in the Han Kingdom. At that point, the ambition of the Marquis of Han can also be realized."

Sun Wu also felt a lot of emotion about this. Before that, he was only thinking about preventing some unexpected situations from happening, but he didn't expect that after several people's discussions, he had completely changed into a different look.

Sun Wu can't say whether this method is good or bad, but it's too novel, and it's not clear how effective it will be, but one thing, he is very sure, that is, Mengdi is by no means an ordinary person, with insight and thoughts , which made him extremely admired.

Afterwards, the Lordship System of the Han Kingdom began to be promulgated directly, but Meng Di did not hastily announce the system of official promotion. He invited Zuo Qiuming and other students from various schools to discuss it before promulgating it.

Because the most important thing about this system is that it was formulated in front of these students, so Meng Di must fully respect their opinions. This directly caused an uproar, which is tantamount to completely abandoning Zhou Li.

Moreover, rights are granted through administrative selection, which reduces the rights of nobles such as scholar-bureaucrats to the extreme, although nobles can easily hold official positions through this method.

However, compared to the systems of other vassal states, this is completely subversive and has a great impact on people's thinking. Zuo Qiuming directly expressed his opposition. He felt that through this system, although talents can be selected.

But this will also reduce the status of the nobles among the common people, which will cause a very unstable factor. Over time, the prestige of the nobles will gradually decrease, and then the prestige of the emperor will also be questioned .

But for the young students, this news made them very excited. Anyway, they saw a chance to successfully become a nobleman, so a rather extreme situation formed.

At this time, Yan He, who received the news, specially sent someone to send back several hundred catties of bamboo slips, and wrote down his thoughts in detail. He believed that although this kind of reform has merits, it would also cause people Fighting heart.

In this way, people's hearts will become impetuous, and Meng Di's status may be threatened in the long run. It is very simple. After the Zhou Rites are formulated, everyone can use this method to judge whether the monarch is qualified.

Although Zhou Li is now in name only, its influence is still there. If this system is adopted at this time, people will question the correctness of Zhou Li. If this is the case, the status of princes and monarchs will also be questioned.

Therefore, he suggested that while implementing this system, a set of corresponding etiquette laws should also be formulated at the same time. Only in this way can it play an innovative role, otherwise, it is likely to cause unnecessary troubles.

Ji Ran felt very reasonable about this, so he suggested to Meng Di that Zuo Qiuming and the others should discuss this matter and not announce it for the time being. When the time is ripe and the selection system is more complete, it will be implemented.

Meng Di also took this very seriously. After all, don't say that now is the later Han Dynasty, he also attached great importance to etiquette, so he agreed immediately.

(End of this chapter)