Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 391
"The current way of obtaining scholars in the Han Dynasty is just a top-down choice of chance. There is no smooth road between Weiyang Palace and a capable minister. People with false names are floating on the top, but those with real talents can only be trapped in their family backgrounds, and they will be depressed throughout their lives. With such a stagnation in the upper and lower levels and people floating in things, how can the Han Dynasty really have a day of rejuvenation?"

Sitting on the throne of Shangshutai, Liu Xie gave a speech that was almost similar to that of later generations.Although, he also felt that this kind of affectation was a bit disgusting, but fortunately, the speech was full of provocative words and pretentious appearance, which could easily arouse a certain atmosphere.

Therefore, after this pause, he saw that Li Yan, Jiang Jiong, Yang Fu, and Sima Lang became silent, with a hint of anger showing on their faces.And even the young and mature Lu Su had a gleam of excitement in his eyes.

The only pity is that Zhong Yao and Xun You are too familiar with Liu Xie's routines, and Xun You's performance is better, with a serious look.Zhong Yao, on the other hand, simply took out the trick of Jia Xu's old fox pretending to be asleep, and snored lightly—yes, Zhong Yao was still worried after all, and followed Liu Xie to the meeting hall.But seeing Liu Xie's posture, he knew that he could seize the time to stare for a while.

In fact, Liu Xie didn't want to use such an opening method, but even if everyone in the room knew it well, Liu Xie had to show such a gesture: because what Liu Xie wanted was to break the shackles of the gentry's monopoly on the career of talents , Liberate all classes in the Han Dynasty.But the irony is that even the confidantes he relies on this time belong to the ranks of the gentry.

Needless to say, Zhong Yao and Xun You, the Changshe Zhong family and Yingyin Xun were originally noble families for a hundred years.Otherwise, Xun You and Zhong Yao would not have been in the imperial court at a young age; as for the Sima family to which Sima Lang belonged, it was no less than the Xun family and the Zhong family; The top three are slightly worse, but they are by no means the children of poor families; the closest one is probably Lu Su, but this rich second-generation landlord family, although not recognized by the gentry, is not a blacksmith or farmer. , Poor people who sell art.

The only difference from Mantang Gongqing is that these people are relatively young, and they are also capable people who are determined to make progress and are willing to do some practical things for the common people in the world.But at the age of Yang Biao, Cai Yong, Zhou Huan, and Zhong Fu, who are already the heads of the clan, they will come up with a nonsensical selection plan without thinking out of the relationship of defending their vested interests, leaving Liu Xie helpless .

But even so, relying on a group of wolves to pity a large group of sheep, even some young and conscientious wolves... It's still a bit embarrassing.Because of this, Liu Xie will not come up and pose as a speaker.

On the one hand, it is to stimulate these young people's feelings of "taking the world as their own responsibility", and on the other hand, it also lets them know a signal: I am not going to discuss with you whether to change, but how to change!
After spending another incense stick of time, Liu Xie used all kinds of disgusting methods in his speech, such as slow voice, elegant speech, appropriate gestures, gentle and warm smiles...even, the fury of punching his fists and stomping his feet , and the generous and warm Hongsheng is not missing, all he has to do is take off his dragon robe and roar while stepping on the royal case.

Finally, before Zhong Yao almost fell asleep, Liu Xie brought the topic to the point. Taking advantage of his enthusiasm, he shouted loudly: "I once saw a man with lofty ideals begging for nowhere, looking up to the sky and crying out for the injustice of the sky. Broken, dear friends, can you feel the same way? At that moment, I thought, why doesn’t the imperial court hold a fair competition model, so that those who are willing to serve the country can no longer be restricted by family background, and participate in a fair competition as much as possible? "

"What Your Majesty said is the countermeasure exam?" Zhong Yao also opened his eyes with great difficulty at this time, and explained Luo Lin's secret again.

"That's right, it's exactly this countermeasure test. However, the method I practice is no longer a one-on-one strategy discussion in the imperial palace, but a grand strategy discussion held regularly or irregularly, inviting talents from all over the world to participate in this grand event. I don't want to judge horses, but horse racing, let the talents show themselves, let the talented people in the world self-recommend and self-recommend, use the exam to determine the choice, and use the ability to see the truth."

After Liu Xie said these words, looking at the people who were all silent this time, he couldn't help but feel a complex emotion of pride and inexplicable anxiety.After all, although he talked about this system in an exaggerated way, after stripping away the cloak of lofty sentiments, it is actually an imperial examination that was founded in the Sui Dynasty, customized in the Tang Dynasty, and carried forward in the Song Dynasty.

Speaking of the imperial examination, some people still have prejudice against him in modern times, thinking that the imperial examination only produced a group of sour and rotten scholars who are ignorant of current affairs and can only talk about others.But this is not the case. The imperial examinations only produced those people in the Ming and Qing dynasties, mostly because of the stereotyped selection of scholars in these two dynasties.

In fact, if the scope of the imperial examination is enlarged, it can be seen that some modern talent selection and civil service examinations are actually nothing more than the imperial examination.What kind of written test interview, basic knowledge and professional knowledge, don't you think they look familiar?

The emergence of China's imperial examination system is a historical necessity and a great progress. It has always adhered to the principles of "free registration, public examination, equal competition, and merit selection". The inspection and expropriation system of the Han Dynasty and the Jiupin Zhongzheng system of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties are a direct and powerful replacement and negation.It provides a platform, opportunity and conditions for fair competition for the majority of small and medium-sized landlords and ordinary people to enter the official stage through the imperial examination ladder and enter the political stage of history.

This approach expanded the social foundation of the ruling group, broke the monopoly of bureaucratic families relying on seniority, opened up a way for small and medium landlords and even ordinary people to become officials, and formed a political channel from the lower class to the upper class.The simplest truth is, people with the ability want to be an official and don't think about rebellion, how can the world go into chaos?

Throughout Chinese history, any uprising or rebellion needs the assistance of intellectuals if it wants to succeed.Otherwise, it will be like the Yellow Turban Uprising, which can only be fought vigorously, but it will finally declare bankruptcy because there is no perfect and feasible means and ability to govern.Later generations praised Li Shimin, "Emperor Taizong really made a long-term strategy and made a hero's life." This sentence also has this hidden meaning.

Moreover, the imperial examination system combined the education system and the official selection system as a whole, which to a certain extent ensured the knowledge of the official team and was conducive to cultivating the conduct of officials.At the cultural level, the imperial examinations ensured a high degree of integration of social and ruling ideology, and played a significant role in maintaining social stability.

Therefore, the imperial examination system is the most groundbreaking and equal official talent selection system in the history of China and the history of the world.And this method of selecting scholars based on their talents regardless of family status has always been respected by the West. Sun Yat-sen even said that the imperial examination system is China's fifth greatest invention.

A system that is emerging and adapted to the current society cannot be thrown into the garbage dump of history just because it sees its dross.What's more, the dregs are not its own unique attributes, but are only caused by human distortion.Liu Xie believes that as long as he can take the essence of the imperial examination "free registration, public examination, equal competition, and meritocracy", and then put it in a living social ecology to improve and adjust step by step, it will eventually become a great pioneering work.

But after waiting for a long time, Liu Xie found that the situation in the conference hall was not too good, but it wasn't too bad either.On the bright side, everyone present nodded silently, affirming that the imperial examination is currently the most suitable method for the reform of the Han Dynasty.But the bad side is that no one wants to be the first to say this.

Therefore, Liu Xie had no choice but to start the roll call and clarify the topic.But just when he was about to call Yang Xiu, a slightly playful voice came from a corner of the conference hall: "Your Majesty, it seems that you are planning to use the three years of work this time to deal with the scholar-bureaucrats today. After a bloody battle?"

Liu Agreement looked at Sima Yi, who had a playful and even a provocative expression on his face, and finally his palms were slightly sweating.He knew that this time, as Sima Yi said, it was a real challenge from his imperial authority to the scholar's authority.Before, no matter how they reformed commerce, land, or even the military system, these scholar-bureaucrats maintained tolerance to a certain extent.After all, commerce, land, and the military system do not touch the foundation of the gentry, but this time, Liu Xie is going to draw the bottom line.

"You are right. What I have done this time is indeed to launch a big battle in Weiyang Palace without gunpowder and blood, but there will definitely be sacrifices and the world will change color..." Gently The sweat from his palms was wiped on his neck, Liu Xie's face was calm, and he returned with a calm, calm, but firm and indifferent voice.Even, he tried his best to keep his usual smile.

(End of this chapter)