A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 450: The Zhongzheng system selects talents and appoints them, and even rewards the surrendered ministers in Guanzhong
This system was jointly researched by Liu Bei, Taifu Bai Yi, Shangshu Ling Chen Qun, Li Cao Shangshu Zhuge Dan, and dozens of officials from Shangshu Taichung, among whom Chen Qun contributed the most.

The former Shangshu Ling Chen Gong has now retired from office due to old age and is recuperating in the Marquis Mansion.

In fact, there was no Zhongzheng Mansion at first, only small and large Zhongzheng officials. Talent lists were collected by the central government and then directly handed over to the officials for selection. However, in the end, at Bai Yi's suggestion, Liu Bei set up the Zhongzheng Mansion to restrict the power of large and small Zhongzheng officials. .

Liu Bei appointed Taifu Bai Yi to concurrently serve as the Zhongzheng Order. The other Zhongzheng officials, large and small, gradually began to be appointed, and the Zhongzheng Mansion gradually began to operate.

Regarding the scope of authority and responsibilities of Zhongzheng officials, and the process of evaluating a person.

The Zhongzhengguan can only be responsible for criticizing the scholars of the same nationality as him, including scholars from this state and scattered in other counties, all of which fall within the scope of his responsibilities.

In other words, there are as many great Zhongzhengs as there are states in the country, and there are as many small Zhongzhengs as there are counties.

The evaluation process mainly focuses on three aspects: family background, career, and quality.

Family background refers to family origin and background. Including the seniority, official status and title of the father and grandfather. These are summarized in books and archived in the Zhongzheng Mansion of the central government and various states and counties, which Zhongzheng officials must master in detail.

Career is the general evaluation of a person's character and ability, which is also the person's reputation in the local area. In other words, if this person has no virtue or talent, he will get a very low score.

After the Zhongzheng official learns about the person's reputation, he will write it as a comment in the list of scholars handed over to the Zhongzheng government. There are often only a few words: "He is talented and talented, outstanding and outstanding", "He has good virtues and few talents." ", "Excellent talents and weak virtues", "Pure family tradition, average virtues and talents" and so on.

The product is the final grade. In principle, the determination of goods is based on career status, and family background is only used as a reference. However, the scope of operation depends on Zhongzhengguan and Zhongzhengling.

This is why Bai Yi reminded Liu Bei to establish the post of Zhongzheng Ling.

If it were all determined by Zhongzheng officials, it would inevitably be biased and might not necessarily allow the emperor to get the talents he wanted. However, with the constraints of Zhongzheng orders, the behavior of Zhongzheng officials could be restrained to the greatest extent.

If there is a problem with the local state and county talent evaluation form submitted by the Zhongzheng official, the Zhongzheng government will send it back and re-qualify it until it is satisfactory.

If the title of Zhongzheng remains unchanged for many times, the Zhongzheng order can be sent to the emperor to re-select the Zhongzheng official and then make a decision.

Liu Bei stipulated that the national Zhongzheng evaluation should be held every three years. Not only new local scholars should be evaluated, but also scholars who had been evaluated in previous years should be re-evaluated to prevent inaccurate evaluations.

However, the Zhongzhengguan can also promote or demote the person under review at any time.

The grade assessed by Zhongzhengguan is also known as "local quality" by the world. The level of rural quality is often closely related to the official career of the person being evaluated.

The official character of those appointed as officials must also be consistent with the character of their country, otherwise the chief officials of the officials and officials will be held accountable.

Therefore, those with high rural character have a high starting point for becoming officials, are promoted quickly, are respected by others, and are called "upright officials"; those with low rural character tend to have a low starting point for becoming officials, are promoted slowly, are despised by others, and are called As a "turbid official".

As for the evaluation of the lintels of the families in various states and counties, the Zhongzheng Mansion followed the comments of the Baiguo Gongzu Mansion, and defined them by county magnates, county magistrates, state aristocrats, and nationalities.

Among the national clans currently in Zhongzheng Mansion, there are only the Liu family of the royal family and the Bai family of the Bai Kingdom.

Those born in the Liu family of the royal family were often knighted directly by the emperor, so the Zhongzheng Mansion had no control over them. If the Bai family of the Bai Kingdom wanted to serve in the central government, they were often appointed to official positions by the emperor, so the Zhongzheng Mansion had no control over them.

Therefore, the Zhongzheng Mansion can only evaluate families with state status and below.

Zhang Wu four years
Just when Liu Bei was immersed in the trial implementation of the Zhongzheng system and other political affairs, a letter from Guanzhong forced him to withdraw from it.

The supervision of the Zhongzheng system was handed over to Bai Yi, Chen Qun and others, and political affairs were handed over to Prime Minister Wu Zhi, Situ Xu Jing, and Queen Bai Yue, and the prince Liu Chan supervised the country.

He was also worried that Guan Yu was old and that another person was in Yanzhou, so he called him back and served as the general and commander-in-chief, in charge of the daily military affairs of the country.

In addition, Bai Xing was the governor of Yanzhou, Gao Shun was the governor of Yuzhou, Zhang Liao was the governor of Yangzhou, Bai Bo was the governor of Dahe, and Chen Jie was the governor of Dajiang.

He also recalled Tai Shici, the governor of Guangling, to Yedu to serve as the leading general of the Su Wei army, ready to go out with Liu Bei at any time.

After doing all this, Liu Bei could leave Ye with peace of mind and secretly headed for Guanzhong under the protection of three thousand white soldiers led by the Central Guards Chen Dao.

The twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month
Liu Bei arrived in Chang'an, and was welcomed by Xu Shu, Zhang He and others, and settled in the Chang'an barracks without anyone noticing.

"The guilty general Xu Huang paid homage to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. The guilty general was ignorant of the destiny of the Han Dynasty. He arbitrarily rebelled against the Han Dynasty, used selfish motives to fight against the will of Heaven, and used private soldiers to fight against the soldiers of Heaven. This is an unpardonable crime.

Xu Huang also asked His Majesty to punish him, and Xu Huang had no objection. "

"General Xu, get up. Before, you were a Cao general. You were your own master and acted according to orders. This was your duty as a general. Why are you guilty of this? But now you have abandoned the dark and turned to the light. Not only are you not guilty, but you have made meritorious deeds.

Now I worship you as the general who fights against thieves, and I still lead your headquarters of three thousand troops. I hope that you will not miss your old master anymore, and wholeheartedly fight against thieves for the Han Dynasty, and my sincerity will not be in vain. "

Xu Huang knelt down on the ground gratefully and choked with sobs: "Your Majesty did not punish the minister for his crime, but instead gave him a generous salary. Huang is so grateful that he bursts into tears and doesn't know what to say. Now that Mr. Cao has abandoned me, I am abandoning him like a piece of grass. I swear to your majesty that I will wipe out the evildoers for your majesty, no matter how hard I die."

Liu Bei said with satisfaction: "That's great!"

After dealing with Xu Huang's matter, Liu Bei finally had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Xu Shu. He looked at Xu Shu's white hair that almost covered his head and sighed:
"Yuanzhi is not young now. In the past two years, many old brothers have left me one after another. Yide, Bai Dian, Xiahou Bo, Yuan Huan, etc. all followed me in their humble beginnings. Scholar.

I also heard that Yunchang's health was deteriorating, so I issued an edict to force him to return to the capital to rest. Zilong has not been in good health these days, but you and Fengxian are the only two who are in good health.

My health is getting worse day by day, and I don’t know if I will ever see the time when the world is unified again. "

Xu Shu comforted him and said, "Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. Birth, old age, sickness and death are the ways of heaven. Generals and ministers, it is such a blessing to be able to die of old age instead of young."

Your Majesty is just about to conquer the world when he first ascends the throne. How can he abandon his ministers and leave first? "

Liu Bei sighed a few more times, then changed his tone and said: "Forget it, let's not talk about it. This time your letter told me to come to Guanzhong, otherwise I will regret it too late. Why?"

Xu Shu said respectfully: "It's still for Yizhou. It has been nearly a year since Zhuge Kongming and Liu Qi led their troops to besiege Chengdu.

They have few soldiers, but the city of Chengdu is strong. I heard that there is plenty of food and grass in the city, but I don't know when they will end. Nowadays, there are vague rumors in the world that Zhuge Kongming and Liu Qi are behind His Majesty.

If Cao Pi is asked to seek truth, and the emptiness in Hanzhong now, he may no longer be able to confuse Cao Pi. Therefore, in order to avoid long nights and many dreams, your majesty is invited to go to Shu in person to allow Liu Zhang to make the final decision.

However, this trip is dangerous, and His Majesty has a body of thousands of dollars. It is really difficult for me to make a choice, so I invite Your Majesty to come to Chang'an to discuss it together. "

Liu Bei smiled and said: "What do I mean? It turns out that I am entering Shu. It's such an easy thing. How can I get a body worth ten thousand dollars? I'm just a man who weaves mats and sells shoes."

If you can get Yizhou in one fell swoop, what if you are in danger? Now that the country has basically stabilized, the crown prince has reached the crown, and with the help of Wu Zhi, Bai Yi, Yue'er, you and Yunchang, I have nothing to fear. "

"Can···"

Liu Bei interrupted Xu Shu and said proudly: "Although I am sixty-two years old, there are few people in the world who live as long as Bai, who has already lived ten years longer at this age.

If there is still need, let me pick up my sword and mount my horse again, and I can still lead you to charge into battle. Do you believe it? "

Xu Shu didn't know what to say, so he had to help Liu Bei consider all the problems and risks.

Xu Shu could not leave Chang'an because he needed to suppress Guanzhong, defend Guandong, and also need to raise food and fodder for Lu Bu and Zhang Bao's armies in Chencang and Qixian.

Zhang He and Xu Huang could only be sent to lead 5,000 troops, together with Chen Dao's 3,000 men, to protect Liu Bei when he entered Shu.

February 20

Liu Bei passed through Baoxie Road and Jinniu Road, entered the middle of Shu, and went all the way to the city of Chengdu.

"Greetings to His Majesty the Emperor, long live the Emperor!"

Outside Chengdu, under the leadership of Zhuge Liang and Liu Qi, tens of thousands of Liu Qi's troops faced Liu Bei, who was protected by thousands of Han troops, and the mountains shouted long live.

Liu Bei stood on a high car, wearing armor and stomach. Although he had silver hair, he gave people a very majestic feeling.

"The armies are at peace!"

The Chengdu guard was on the city wall. Seeing this scene from a distance, his expression changed greatly. He immediately ran to Liu Zhang's residence and informed him of everything.

Putting aside Liu Zhang's reaction, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and Liu Qi entered the camp together, with Liu Bei's big horse and golden sword sitting in command.

Zhuge Liang and Liu Qi sat with him, and Zhang He, Xu Huang, Yan Yan, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Wu Yi, Li Yan and other generals sat in sequence. Chen Dao stood behind Liu Bei holding a sword to protect him.

Liu Bei first paid tribute to Liu Qi and regarded him as a good nephew. He highly praised Liu Qi's virtue and kindness and immediately ordered Liu Qi to be named King of Pingyuan and build a palace for him in Gaotang.

He also promoted the military positions of Liu Qi's generals one after another, and also comforted Wu Yi, Li Yan and other Shu generals, and promised that after the First World War in Chengdu, Yizhou would be stable.

Liu Bei will order that the refugees who have wandered to Shu over the years will be encouraged to move to Guanzhong with government orders. The government will provide fields, farm tools, and tax exemptions in Guanzhong for three years.

After many wars, the people in Guanzhong were destitute, with almost ten houses and nine empty houses. When Xu Shu came, he reported to Liu Bei that according to statistics, there were only 90,000 households in Guanzhong. Therefore, most of the Han army's food supplies in Guanzhong were Shipped from Hedong.

Liu Qi and the generals were appeased, but Liu Bei left Zhuge Liang alone. Zhuge Liang did not feel dissatisfied because Liu Bei neglected him, but smiled slightly.

(End of this chapter)