Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 385 Yuan Zhao (Eighteen)
another month later

Xuzhou
Langya County

"What are you going to do? How can you arrest people without authorization?" The disciples of the Langya Wang family are fighting hard to prevent the officers and soldiers from entering the manor to arrest people.

"Your Langya Wang clan colluded with Soochow and secretly sold food, grass, weapons and equipment to Soochow. There are all witnesses and material evidence, how dare you deny it?" Xuzhou governor Jia Kui sneered.

He is jealous of evil, and he can't stand the reckless behavior of the rich and powerful. Therefore, Wang Xiao, the governor of Qingxu Erzhou, specially arranged for him to investigate the crimes committed by the gentry in Qingxu Erzhou. Trifles like bullying girls should also be investigated, and all black history will be found out!
If you dare to be an enemy of my Liaodong Wang family, then don't even think about it.

"Jia Kui, do you want to be a loyal dog in Liaodong?!" A son of the Langya Wang family roared angrily.

"What kind of loyal dog or unfaithful dog? I'm just following orders, and the governor asked me to investigate the evidence of your crimes!" Jia Kui snorted coldly.

another month later

Luoyang
"The Langya Wang clan colluded with Soochow, reselling military resources, and exterminated the three clans according to the law!" A family member of the Liaodong Wang clan launched a counterattack in the court: "Your Majesty, please investigate clearly!"

at the same time
Langya County

"kill!"

Thousands of "pirates" went ashore, killed the sons of Langya Wang's guarding the farm, and then forcibly took away the tenant farmers in the farm.

The farmland of Langya Wang's family was trampled, and the granary was burned.

"Who are you?!" A descendant of the Langya Wang family brought many family members to stop the pirates.

Tatata!
These "pirates" didn't bother to answer at all, and charged into the crowd on high-quality horses.

Not only that, but the corpses of the deceased were deliberately thrown into the rivers in Langya Wang's territory by these "pirates" to pollute the water source.

Central Plains family?Ah!Fela is unbearable!
In the face of absolute force, it's nothing more than that!

This kind of pirate attack has been going on for three full years. Every year during the busy farming season, a large number of "pirates" invade Qingzhou and Xuzhou, forcibly abducting people, food and livestock.

Three years later

Winter of the 27th year of Marquis Yan (237)
Liaodong
Royal Manor
"Father!"

Wang Xiang's son looked at Wang Xiang with tears in his eyes.

"Alas!" Wang Xiang lamented, the Langya Wang Clan lost too quickly in this war, and the strength gap between the two sides was too great.

All the families willing to reconcile with Liaodong Wang in private will not be harassed by "pirates". The weaponry and training level of the "pirate" is stronger than that of the Central Plains elite.

Wang Xiang and his son stood outside the Wang Family Manor for a whole day and night, their bodies covered in snow.

The next morning

Wang Xiang was allowed to enter the Wang Family Manor and personally apologized to Wang Xiao, and the dispute was considered to be over.

After the reconciliation, the Wang family forgave the joint boycott of the gentry in Qingzhou and Xuzhou. At the same time, they will never continue to migrate the tenant farmers of the gentry in the future, and the gentry in Qingxu and Xuzhou should no longer entangle them.

The result of this dispute also surprised Zhen Mi and Sima Yi.

That's the end of it?Thought you were going to fight to the end?Why did they suddenly take a step back and reconcile?
The key to this dispute lies in the population. The gentry in Qingzhou and Xuzhou united to rebel because their population was relocated. Now that they have kept their population, the goal of rebellion has been achieved, and they naturally dispersed.

"It is a good thing that there is no major internal strife, so as not to be taken advantage of by the Three Kingdoms of Wu, Shu and Qin." The Empress Dowager Zhen Mi said lightly, Yuan Zhao originally wanted to rule the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, and if he had the opportunity to weaken the nobles, he would naturally weaken them. But if there is no chance, don’t force it, and don’t trigger a civil war for the sake of weakening it. The purpose of Yuan Zhao’s imperial power is not to kill the gentry, but to prevent the gentry from usurping the throne. As long as the gentry does not usurp the throne, whether it is land annexation or corruption, it is a small problem, don’t care too much .

This is "fighting but not breaking". Everyone is fighting each other, but they are not completely tearing their skins apart. Sometimes they fight and sometimes they reconcile.

After the disputes between the Qingxu gentry were over for the time being, Zhen Mi once again cared about state affairs.

"Pseudo-Han Prime Minister Zhuge Liangxing attacked Qin with an army of [-], Qin asked me for help, General, what do you think?" Although in name, Great Sima Zhen Xiang is the leader, but Empress Dowager Zhen Mi is the actual control of the empire However, her nephew Zhen Xiang is of average ability, so Zhen Mi usually asks Sima Yi for advice.

"We can attack Guo under false pretences, and take the opportunity to enter Qin and annex it under the pretext of sending troops to help Qin defend against the puppet Han," Sima Yi said.

If Wang Jue hadn't died early, Qin State, the nondescript regime that ruled Guanzhong Liangzhou, would have died long ago.

"Leading the army to attack Qin is entrusted to the general." Zhen Mi said.

"My lord, I will fulfill my mission!" Sima Yi is full of confidence. In today's world after Wang Jue's death, he thinks that no one is as capable as him, so he is calm and composed: "Qin Wang Cao Pi, but a dead bone in the grave, I, Sima Yi Destroy it!"

"With the words of the general, I can rest assured." Although Zhen Mi is in control, she is not a talented woman who can govern the country and the country. All affairs of the country must be handled by a truly talented person like Sima Yi.

Afterwards, Zhen Mi asked the second matter: "Chen Situ (Chen Qun) went to Shu, the people who are being prosecuted by the procuratorial system are all fake and hypocritical villains, why don't we just abolish the procuratorial system and establish a new one?" The system of selecting talents."

"My great Zhao and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together, and governing the country requires real talents and learning. In the past, local governors recommended talents, and those who were recommended were all their relatives. The trend of fraud was prevalent, and there were even Maocai (scholars) who were recommended. Literate, county magistrates don’t know how to govern the country, captains don’t know how to train troops, those who manage agriculture don’t know agriculture, those who manage commerce don’t know business, and those who manage household registration don’t know how to register.”

"There are all kinds of bogus morality stories out there, and it looks like almost everyone is a moral person, but when they get into office, they're all greedy."

"So it's better to send Zhongzheng officials to assess the family background and talents of local talents. They don't look at virtue, but only family background and talent. This will curb the trend of fraud."

"The inspection system of the Han Dynasty paid too much attention to [morality], which led to the prevalence of fraud, so we re-established a new selection system. From now on, we will not look at [morality], but only [family background] and [talent], of which [talent] is still On top of [Family], according to [Talent] and [Family], talents are divided into nine grades. These divided talents will become the talent reserve of the empire. Select the people who have already been divided and take their seats."

"[Talent] is divided into upper, middle, and lower grades, and [family background] is also divided into upper, middle, and lower grades."

In Chen Qun's nine-rank Zhongzheng system, the first character stands for [talent], and the last word stands for [family background]. The nine ranks are as follows:

【Up and up】【Up and down】【Up and down】

【Upper Middle】【Middle Middle】【Lower Middle】

【下上】【下中】【下下】

The grades from high to low are:
【1】【2】【3】

【4】【5】【6】

【7】【8】【9】

First of all, talents are valued. When talents are equal, people with good family backgrounds are ranked first. In this way, even talents with no background have the opportunity to enter the "upper third rank". Nine-rank Zhongzheng System belongs to [Up and Down], which is the third rank.

At the same time, this system ensures that the children of the aristocratic family can eat and wait to die, because even a child of the aristocratic family with zero ability, he still has an official position, because he belongs to [Xia Shang], the seventh rank.

Being able to acquire talents for the empire without offending the aristocratic family can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

[Family background] is judged by the family's reputation, reputation, strength, influence, etc.

The judging standard for [talent] is the test, and the talent is determined according to the test scores.

[Examination] Although it was also included in the inspection system of the Han Dynasty, it was only incidental and sometimes absent.

After hearing Zhen Mi's words, Sima Yi pondered for a long time, and then praised: "Chen Situ, who can think of this talent selection system, is really a great talent!"

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The nine-rank Zhongzheng system is the product of mutual compromise between the imperial power and the aristocratic family after the corruption of the inspection system. The aristocratic family wants to maintain their privileges forever. The imperial power not only wants the aristocratic family not to rebel, but also wants to obtain talents from the people. Take a step back, and you will have the Jiupin Zhongzheng System. ——"General History of the World Song Qin Hui"

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