Han Shizu

The light released by the burning oil lamp still lingered on Emperor Liu's face. In the shadow, Emperor Liu's breath became much heavier, and Yan Tuo's heart trembled when he heard it.

After observing for a long time, he tentatively said: "Please calm down the officials and take care of yourself! Like this kind of ungrateful and law-breaking person, it is enough to make a warning and imitate others, it is really not worth caring about it..."

Yan Tuo's reassurance seemed to have some effect, Emperor Liu turned his head to glance at him, pondered for a while, and then said: "Tell me, how many people are there in the world, such as Kang Baozhen?"

"I don't know." Yan Tuo had already been shadowed by Emperor Liu, so even if he was asked directly, he would not talk too much.

"I don't know, or don't tell me?"

"Small ones don't dare!" Yan Tuo hesitated for a while, seeing the old emperor's complexion getting darker and worse, he still struggled and said: "From a small point of view, such as Kang Baozhen may be the only one case. After all, he is willing to spend a hundred thousand In addition, if the Kang family is such a wealthy family, it directly affects the Tianguan's assistant, and there are not many people in the world who can do this..."

Yan Tuo knew that if Emperor Liu listened to what he said, the fate of the Kang family and his son might be even more miserable, and even the entire Kang family might not have a good result. After all, only one of them died a few days ago. He Chuan Bo.

Sure enough, Emperor Liu said in a serious tone: "A small merchant, relying on a little money, dares to reach into the court and interfere with the promotion and selection of court officials. How can such a person be tolerated?"

Yan Tuo didn't dare to answer these words anymore. After a moment of silence at the imperial case, Emperor Liu murmured softly again, "Using money for personal gain has its limits after all, but what about those who use power for personal gain?"

Apparently, regarding this case, Emperor Liu was not only concerned about the problem that appeared on the surface, he was very good at associating it.However, such things as using power for personal gain are very common, and Emperor Liu has long been used to it, but it is his subconscious behavior to start another rectification campaign with an excuse.

However, Emperor Liu thought deeply about the current evaluation criteria and promotion channels for officials. Except for the matter of Kang Baozhen, Emperor Liu could not help but think about the system itself.

For a long time, in terms of employment standards, Emperor Liu always advocated meritocracy. For this reason, he continued to add patches and fix methods to improve the imperial court's selection system for military and political personnel.

If we said that in the early days, we practiced this way with certain ideals and minds, then as we sat in the position of emperor for a long time, as we deepened our understanding of the world, and as we learned more about the current social operating rules, Deeply participating and even leading, Emperor Liu's goals are constantly changing, the original intention has long been deviated, and the bottom line and lower limit are constantly decreasing.

As early as more than 20 years ago, what Emperor Liu did was not to take into account fairness. The fundamental purpose of all measures was to consolidate the imperial power and maintain the rule. The improvement of various systems for the selection, appointment, evaluation and promotion of officials was just a means. Restricting an overly concentrated political force and solidified class faction is the desired effect.

However, things often backfire, especially in governing the country. Either new contradictions replace old problems, or good scriptures are misunderstood. This has been fully reflected in Emperor Liu's decades of administration. Basically, it can be said that what he implemented None of the policies developed and operated completely according to his expectations, and no decree could achieve a perfect result.

The Kang Baozhen case, at a deep level, is another slap in the face of Emperor Liu's policies, and it is also a reminder, which is specifically reflected in the selection and promotion of officials.

In this regard, Emperor Liu has always practiced diversification of selection channels and a fair system of promotion and assessment.After decades of development, Dahan has already formed a complete system for the selection and promotion of officials.The original intention of this system is to avoid class solidification as much as possible, while satisfying the interests of the upper elite class, while giving the lower class ordinary people the needs and space for advancement as much as possible.

In the early years, the effect was very good. There were many wise men and women in the Han court, and the court was full of power.But with the passage of time, the situation has gradually changed, and the upper class of the Han Dynasty, including the bureaucratic class that is not weak, will inevitably become solidified.

If ordinary people want to become an official, the difficulty will increase by orders of magnitude, and the pressure of competition will also increase unprecedentedly.Now that I think about it, there were so many gratifying examples of "carp jumping over the dragon's gate" at the time, the main reason was the general environment. In the early days, there was a lack of talents inside and outside the imperial court as a whole. However, once the talent hunger is solved and the bureaucratic class system belonging to the big man is perfected, ordinary people will face being rejected even if they want to drill in.

Right now in the Great Han Dynasty, if you want to become an official, the difficulty is much higher than the public examination in the previous life. The competition in the public examination is fierce and difficult, but at least there is still the possibility of hard work and basic fairness. In the Great Han Dynasty, the possibility is even greater , but worked hard to the end, and found that there were no ladders to climb.

Not to mention anything else, just a practice that accounts for an increasing proportion of scientific examination questions can block [-]% of the world's scholars.After all, ordinary scholars do not have the opportunity to practice at all, and the experience about official skills is only a blank for most scholars.

In the early years, scholars could enrich their experience and exercise their abilities as officials while studying and working as officials in local government.

But now, even being an official is not easy to go. The world is peaceful, the society is stable, and education has been restored. After decades of accumulation, the number of scholars has already formed a blowout state.Under such circumstances, even for the local government, there is no shortage of talents to be officials, and even officials have to compete for it, and this has gradually developed into the highest threshold for an ordinary person to enter an official career .

In the past, because Emperor Liu advocated emphasizing practice, it caused a lot of criticism. For many traditional scholars, such a change is almost unacceptable.However, with the passage of time, more and more people began to support and defend this article, and the reason was still to use Emperor Liu's practical theory.

Underneath this surface, the more important reason is that those with vested interests found that the practical examination was tailor-made for them. The only way to crush ordinary students is to take practical exams, and the son of a bureaucrat is more likely to continue to become a bureaucrat.
It was precisely because Emperor Liu discovered this sign in the follow-up observations that in the follow-up promotion regulations, ordinary officials were given the opportunity to be directly promoted to command officials. There is an indicator in the promotion list of the Ministry of Officials every year.

However, there is also a prerequisite for this. You must be an official, and you must have outstanding abilities and excellent grades, otherwise everything is just empty talk.And Kang Baozhen is taking the path of transfer from officials to officials. If they can do it more delicately, be more patient, and don't eat too ugly, even the imperial city and Wude will be difficult to detect easily.

Emperor Liu's "idealized" considerations led to the birth of a new "nine-rank Zhongzheng system" in Dahan, and this set is much better than the theory of only family background. After all, isn't "only talent" correct? , isn't it fair?This principle can be justified wherever it is placed, and it can be plausible.

It's not that Emperor Liu is ignorant of these, but on the one hand, he doesn't want to beat himself up, and on the other hand, he has no reason to correct it.Compared with the class solidification that has already appeared, he does not want some nerds who only take the words of the saints as their standard, which are not beneficial to the country.

For the current Shilin, their life is even more difficult than the troubled times of the three generations to a certain extent. At that time, they could still look forward to the birth of the Holy Lord and set things right. influence is also declining.

For the property gentry, it is not so difficult to enter the imperial court compared to ordinary people, but first of all, they have to correct their minds and make compromises. This is the final choice of many people. After the compromise, they have tasted the sweetness. Deadly maintenance.
At the same time, Emperor Liu also has a mentality of breaking the pot and throwing it away. If he wants to solidify, he must solidify it thoroughly. It is best to ensure that his Liu family's throne can be passed on for a long time.

And this point, Emperor Liu is sometimes full of confidence, at least in his opinion, as long as the current system of the Great Han can be maintained for a long time, the country of the Great Han will be able to continue more.

After all, after the cognition of "practical work first" has been continuously strengthened and promoted, the bureaucrats of the big Han, no matter how many deep-rooted problems they have, no matter how many deep-rooted problems they have, will at least be smarter and more capable in exploiting the people. The means are also longer.