Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 227 True and False Nanhua
The aristocratic family in Xuzhou is very powerful. Although it is far less exclusive than the aristocratic families in Jingxiang and Jiangdong, when it comes to the fundamental interests of the aristocratic family, the aristocratic family is still very powerful.

Zhang De knew that before the emergence of the imperial examination system, talents were mainly concentrated in the hands of aristocratic families, and it was impossible to pacify and govern the world without the help of the children of the aristocratic families. It touched the interests of the children of the aristocratic family, so Wang Mang's struggle for power only existed for 16 years.

Therefore, when Zhang De occupied the open space, he had to consider the interests of the Xuzhou family.For this reason Zhang De had to make some compromises.

The most fundamental and effective way is to seal officials.For this reason, Zhang De did not spare the official positions in his hands at all. For example, the Mi family brothers, Cao Bao and others were made high officials. As for the younger children of the aristocratic families, Zhang De also gave them filial piety.

This incident made Zhang De realize that the interests of the aristocratic family must be weakened.

In the Three Kingdoms era, most of the social resources were still in the hands of the aristocratic families, which also led to the emergence of talents in the aristocratic families.During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the status of the aristocratic family reached its peak!At that time, Dao Wang, who was in power for a while, was a child of the aristocratic family, and there was a popular saying "the horse and the king share the world", which means that the world is owned by the Sima family and the Wang family together. It can be seen that the status of the aristocratic family at that time can be compared with the imperial power!

The aristocratic family did not begin to decline until after the "five chaos in China", and then the imperial examination system in the Sui Dynasty and the peasant uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty dealt two fatal blows to the aristocratic family. It was not until the Taizong period that the aristocratic family disappeared from history stage.

It can be said that the change in talent selection methods and the redistribution of land caused by peasant uprisings are the main reasons for the demise of the family, so Zhang De decided to start from these two aspects.

In terms of talent selection, holding imperial examinations is undoubtedly a good way.However, since the printing technology has just appeared, a large number of scholars are still in the aristocratic family, so even if the imperial examination is held, most of the people who can apply for the examination are the children of the aristocratic family.

Universal education for all is one way to address this.But according to Zhang De's current situation, education for all is simply unrealistic.

However, Zhang De still established a government school in the name of the Taiwei Mansion.The government school is divided into three levels, the lowest level is the county school, and a school is set up in each county, and the government pays for it. Students only need to pay the textbook fee to go to school, but they need to take an exam to select smart children to enter the school. .

The middle level is called Zhouxue, and only schools are set up in the three cities of Xiapi, Linzi, and Beihai. Students also need to take an exam to enter. Of course, studying in Zhouxue is also free.

The highest level is Zheng Xuan's graduate school.For this reason, Zhang De expanded the graduate school several times, and not only taught Confucianism, but also taught other theories.Every year, those who have excellent academic performance in the state can directly enter the school to study. All the scholars who enter the graduate school will be provided with food and lodging by the government, and they will also be paid monthly.The government holds two exams every year, and those with excellent grades can serve as officials under Zhang De.

These three-level colleges seem simple, but they have brought in the examination system. What Zhang De needs to do now is to gradually popularize the examination system, so as to fundamentally solve the aristocratic family's monopoly on talents.

At the same time, Zhang De also set up more than a dozen "Jiangwu halls" as places for training generals.There are two ways to enter the lecture hall. One is that the martial arts exam will be held twice a year. Compared with the literati exam, the military commander exam is much simpler, not very stupid, and you can enter with two strokes.

The second is to be directly selected from the army. Some soldiers with outstanding military exploits also enter the lecture hall to study. After they come out, they can at least become generals. This also gives the majority of warriors a way out.

As for the land, Zhang De did not dare to move for the time being.The reform of the land system touches too many interest groups, and if it is not done well, it will hurt itself.Throughout the history of land reform, there are not many successful examples.For example, Wang Mang, Wang Anshi, and Hong Xiuquan all carried out reforms in the land system, but the results they achieved were all failures.

The emergence of official schools and lecture halls did not cause much repercussions among the aristocratic families. From the perspective of literati, the county studies and state studies in the official schools only taught superficial knowledge. I have already studied it, and only the graduate school can attract everyone's attention. However, Zheng Xuan's graduate school has been around for several years. In the eyes of outsiders, this is just Zhang De's enlargement of the graduate school several times.

As for those who come out of the graduate school, they can directly become officials, which is normal in everyone's eyes. The dean of the graduate school is Zheng Xuan, and after entering the graduate school, they can be regarded as Zheng Xuan's disciples. According to Zheng Xuan's reputation, it is only natural for his children to become officials.

But in the eyes of many civilian children, this is a great opportunity.The children of the common people have no chance to get in touch with these great Confucians. Although the number of official schools that appear today is relatively small and the number of recruits is not large, they give everyone a chance to cast their talents.

In the eyes of the scholars, the martial arts hall is just a place to train martial arts masters.In the entire feudal society, the status of warriors was not comparable to that of literati, so this lecture hall for training generals was naturally ignored by scholars.

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In front of the gate of Shouchun City.An old Taoist was stopped at the gate of the city.

"Why don't you let the channel enter the city!" the old Taoist asked.

The soldiers guarding the city didn't even look at the old Taoist: "Old Taoist, starting from this year, anyone who wants to enter Shouchun City will have to pay a big lijin!"

"Poverty Dao is a person from outside Fang, with no sundries and no money!" said the old Taoist.

"Hey, old man, if you don't have money today, don't even think about going to the city!"

At this time, a cavalry team came from outside the city, and the leader saw the old man arguing with the soldiers at the gate of the city, so he urged the horses to step forward and asked, "What's going on here? Why are you arguing?"

When the city guard saw the man on horseback, he hurriedly said, "Return to my son, this old man has no money to enter the city! But he stays here and won't leave!"

The man on horseback was Yuan Yao, the son of Yuan Shu.

Yuan Yao liked Huang Lao's techniques, and when he saw that the person who wanted to enter the city was a Taoist priest, he said to the soldiers guarding the city gate: "Okay, don't embarrass this Taoist priest, let this Taoist priest enter the city! "

At this moment, the old man turned his head and looked at Yuan Yao, his eyes revealed a look of shock, and the old man stepped forward and said to Yuan Yao: "Young master, can you come down and let me take a look?"

Yuan Yao saw that the old Taoist wanted to show him his face, so he didn't refuse, got off the horse, came up to the old Taoist and asked, "I don't know the Taoist priest's name?"

"The poor way number Nanhua..."

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At this time, the real old Nanhua Taoist was staying in the alchemy room of Guigu.Suddenly, Nanhua sneezed.

Nan Hua rubbed his nose and said to himself: "What's going on, it's probably because of the cold..."

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Sorry, there are so many typos in the last chapter, it may be because I lost my focus when I wrote it too late... Thanks to book friend Shen Bojun for reminding...

Enen, in order to express my gratitude, student Shen Bojun will appear as a character in this book, haha, look forward to it... (Fortunately, it is a Chinese name, if it is an English name, I can’t add it to the book)
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