Chapter 199 The Horse (6)
Lu Yao and Huang Yi talked for a while. Lu Yao also discovered that this man had some research on the methods of the ninth-rank official in this dynasty. His perspective on the problem was quite unique, unlike the people of the time who simply criticized the system itself.
Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, the selection of talents was based on the ninth rank official law. This system began with the suggestion of Chen Qun, a famous minister during the period of Emperor Wen of Wei. It was caused by the Cao Wei inheriting the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty. People were moved and there was no place to study. Therefore, an objective and effective talent selection system must be established to provide talent supply to the increasingly large court. Compared with the Han Dynasty's recommendation system, appointing all prefectures and counties to perform their duties and investigate scholars of the same hometown. This is a system improvement; and clarifying the three selection criteria, name, and booking, and rating them, which are major progress in objectivity. When these two aspects were first implemented, it was said that it was based on talent and was not a high and low among the aristocratic families. Later generations also praised it: "The clear discussions between the towns and towns, without restricting titles, and praise and criticism are enough to encourage."
There is no doubt that this system was a good policy to target the disadvantages of the time. However, just as countless good policies have rapidly corrupted and degenerated since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, the law of the ninth-rank official also deviated from the original intention of its creation. In the context of extravagant and corrupt society, the two major and central governments have committed private fraud, and the noble families of the gentry have formed a flamboyant party. These group of worms work together to deceive the election channels of the Tai Pavilion and control the only way to transport talents. After decades of advancement, the number of people like Mr. Nan Guo gradually became popular in the court, and the talented and vigilant people retreated day by day, and the powerful people are rushing to the door of power.
In modern times, knowledgeable people such as Liu Yi, Duan Zhuo, Liu Zhi, Wei Guan, etc. have deeply felt the huge drawbacks of the ninth-rank selection method. They wrote to the court one after another, hoping to purify or modify the law. However, under the joint opposition of the aristocratic families who obtained vested interests, these opinions were as good as the sea of stones and disappeared immediately.
However, Huang Yi asserted that although these famous officials had the intention to shake the law of the ninth-rank official, their actions did not have much substantial significance. Because they were all from aristocratic families, they did not focus on reality at all on the perspective of selecting officials and choosing people.
"Oh? Brother Yao Yu thought, where is the problem?" At this time, the night was already deep, and the servants lit the candles, and the place where they talked was changed from the front hall to the bed in the back hall. Lu Yao was really not used to the way people often sleep together to show their intimacy, so he brought Zhang Xiaoji to the middle of the bed. Although there was only tea and wine on the table, even if they met a good person, it was a pleasure to talk at night with the candle.
"I am just a minor official and do not understand the great principles. What I think comes from what I see, hear, and experience in daily life." But Huang Yi talked happily: "From the experience of the Huang clan in Ye County, our clan was originally from Nanpi County, Bohai, Jizhou, and was not a local native. The former Wei Taizu destroyed the Yuan clan, conquered Hebei and calculated the book and began to migrate the Nanpi population to Yecheng. Only then did our clan move here. During the migration process, our clan leader obeyed the court and helped the official army to subdue the Yuan clan's remnants who had repeatedly resisted. Therefore, he was selected as a clan's household and was able to select children from the clan to serve as official positions in the county."
The Huang clan, one of the Yuan family's remnants, started his career by helping the official army subdue the Yuan family's remnants. How many secrets are there? It is really not worth telling outsiders. It turns out that this clan is a leading party family. Lu Yao laughed in his heart, but he also knew that Huang Yi was very sincere in telling the old story of the family frankly. So he raised his hand and made a gesture of asking to continue.
"General Lu, my Huang clan has few people, and there has been no figure since ancient times. Some farmers and businessmen can be at most wealthy. At the reciprocity of the Han and Wei dynasties, although the county officials were low and small, they were still honored in the local area. The registered scattered officials were often used as a means to win over the wealthy clans. Therefore, the family ancestors were very satisfied with this reward at that time." Huang Yi sighed and continued: "Who knew that in modern times, officials were randomly driven by high-ranking officials, which led to the status of officials falling sharply. The officials had something to ask for, and even the officials were implicated. The family members often ran day and night to laugh at by the villagers. At that time, the clans deliberately encouraged their descendants to study in county schools, trying to get their children on their careers... At that time, I was one of the children sent by the clan and entered county schools."
Lu Yao frowned and said, "As it turns out, it's a good thing. But I heard that Brother Yaoyu is not very knowledgeable about the classical meaning and metaphysics, except for his proficiency and meditation, his skills are not very profound in classical meanings or metaphysics?"
Huang Yi's age is not youthful anymore. If he had worked hard to learn, he would have achieved some success over the years, at least not to the point that Cai Mo was despised. As a native of Wu, Lu Yao heard the legend of the village in his hometown when he was young. Zhou Chu, a man from Yixing and Yangxian, heard about Zhou Chu's deeds of changing his days and working hard to be kind. Compared with Zhou Chu, Huang Yi's performance in this regard is really unsatisfactory.
Unexpectedly, Huang Yi slapped his chest and said seriously: "General Lu is right. Because I didn't go to the county school at all, even if I haven't had it for a day."
Lu Yao was drinking tea, and he heard it and almost sprayed a mouthful of tea soup: "Why is this?"
"I have been more thoughtful than ordinary people since I was a child. Before I entered school, I thought that I should distinguish the preferences of my teachers and see the future paths so that I can achieve twice the result with half the effort in the future. So I spent some time inquiring about the facts of the local official school. Who knew the results of the investigation disappointed me. It turned out that the gentry family education flourished for decades since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and the local order system was abandoned. Although county schools have long disappeared, there are occasionally one or two existing ones in prefectures and county officials. Great scholars who are well-versed in classics and history only studied but did not intend to teach. Young juniors only used the entry into school as a way to avoid the recruitment of servants and did not participate in the lectures at all. For example, the local official school is like this." Huang Yi shook his head and said, "I visited the local old age and inquired about the situation of Luoyang Taixue. I learned that not only the prefectures and county officials were in decline, but the central official school was not a good place.
It is said that according to the Han Dynasty, there were still Taixue above the provincial, county and county officials to summarize its achievements. In the former Han Dynasty, there were tens of thousands of Tai students. After the scholars were completed, they could be investigated and enlisted to enter the official career. Compared with the Taixue, the Taixue of this dynasty was as vast as the thirty thousand Taixue, which was less than one-tenth of the previous generations. Among them, there were many people who were full of fame and reputation. There were fewer than ten of them, and the court was ashamed of it. In the Taixue, the Imperial College was also a must-have for the Imperial College to provide high-ranking officials and have no choice but to enter. The academic disciples taught in the Taixue took the classics first, and did not involve subtle and mysterious rational analysis. Therefore, even if they were successful, they could not compare with the family background of the children of the high-ranking generations. There were even fewer people who had obtained the Zhongzheng Ding rank... How could this one cause people to feel heartbroken?
"Official scholars should be the basis for the establishment of the dynasty. The literati and officials have come out. The four hundred years of the Han Dynasty are proof of this. Why did this dynasty treat so contempt? Could it be that the famous officials in the court were not as concerned about this? I couldn't understand it. During this period, because of the hard work day and night, I got a serious illness and almost died. For some reason, after recovering from the illness, I suddenly understood a truth... The family education was prosperous and the official education was abolished, which was simply a situation created by countless high-ranking clans in the court. The family education was prosperous, so the children of high-ranking clans could enjoy the key points of knowledge. Even if those people were stupid as pigs and had no use to contribute to the world and the people, they could still be able to achieve high-ranking officials and have a higher salary and surpass the masses. The official education was abolished, and the children of poor families could not master knowledge, and even cut off the possibility of becoming officials. By doing everything possible, all sentient beings could only be subordinates and driven by others!"
"The law of the ninth-rank official may not be only for the high-ranking gentry. But the so-called state, county, official school, and Imperial school have become fools in this dynasty. What should I do there? Even if I have studied hard for decades, I will never be able to get into the eyes of the state, county, and county. Do you want to be an old eagle who can only find chapters and pick sentences and is useless to the times?" Huang Yi said a lot in one breath. He couldn't help but clench his fists and shouted: "Instead of doing this, it's better to bury my head and do some practical things no matter how hard he works!"
Speaking of this, Huang Yi seemed to be unable to suppress his inner excitement. He took a few deep breaths, stared out the window with a little blank look, and suddenly fell into silence.
He should have talked about the pros and cons of the Ninth-rank official law, but he would go far if he was not careful. But Lu Yao felt that the slightest vision in front of him was unusual, so he did not disturb him, but just waited quietly.
After a long time, Huang Yi suddenly came to his senses and found that he had let General Yingyang go for a long time, and couldn't help but feel a little confused. Instead, Lu Yao said it was okay and praised Huang Yi's knowledge. Lu Yao did not care about this little rudeness. In fact, his mood could almost be expressed in joy.
Lu Yao wiped out all the powerful Hu, and occupied all the three counties of Dai. He relied on powerful military forces with the soldiers of Bingzhou as the backbone and the Hu tribe as the texture. However, this kind of force can be used to fight against the enemy, but it is absolutely impossible to govern the government and the people. At present, the dispatch of officers from various departments to manage the people of Dai by military garrison and civil garrison can only be a temporary solution.
With General Lu Yaoyingyang, acting as the prefect of the county, and governor of the military status of Shanggu Guangning, it was not difficult to invite scholars as staff. However, Lu Yao only relied on Shao Xu and Shao Sizu from beginning to end. Even though Shao Xu was so busy that he wanted to be fussy, he did not introduce other scholars to help. The reason was that he knew that his foothold was not stable, and he was worried that the high sects of the sects would collude with each other and seize the real power of the land of the dynasty. Secondly, it was because the children of the aristocratic clans who had been in contact with were only able to welcome and send off, and few had practical talents.
Today's conversation suddenly provided Lu Yao with a new channel, which made Lu Yao think that capable officials from poor families, such as Huang Yi, were the talents that Dai County urgently needed.
He did not have literary talent, so he was not good at exaggerating his imagination; he was well aware of the rules and regulations and was able to be used by the shogunate; his status was very low, so he was easy to satisfy his kindness; the family behind him was very small, making it difficult to collude with each other... Thinking of this, the problem that had plagued Dai County for a long time was solved. When he was galloping across the northern border, he was really good to have a good horse for help. It was really good! Very good!
Lu Yao barely maintained a solemn posture and smiled and poured a cup of tea for Huang Yi: "Brother Yaoyu has said so much, so he must be dry. Please, please use tea."
Chapter completed!