Cao Thief

Chapter 593 The first bullet of meritocracy (12)

Cao Peng is back!
Returning Xu Du as a criminal, and taking up the post of translator and official, immediately attracted the attention of many people from all walks of life.

For Cao Peng's return to Xudu, it was nothing.Even before that, many people expected Cao Peng to return to live in Xudu.

Fuzhilou, ah, Fuzhilou...

How to make people not haunted by dreams?

However, it has never happened before to take up the position of Biqianshi after being treated as a sinner.

Although there is a saying that there is a crime and meritorious service, it is different from Cao Peng's situation.Wearing a crime and performing meritorious deeds means that you have made a mistake, but you have not been punished and you continue to stay in office.As for Cao Peng, he has been fined as a ghost salary for three years.This is a serious sinner, but he has done the job of Bi Qianshi?

When Cao Cao announced the news, countless people jumped out and clamored immediately.

Taking an important official position as a crime, and welcoming Fanbang, wouldn't it be disregarding the etiquette and law, making the Fanbang people laugh?Fall into my heavenly prestige.

However, Cao Cao ignored it.

You shout, you make noise, do as you please.

I can use whoever I should use, and you have no control over me.Anyway, whatever I do, you all scold me, why should I follow you?

With an extremely strong attitude, Cao Cao deterred the voices of opposition in the court.

But that's all, that's all.

Cao Cao seemed to have been stimulated by something. On the day after Cao Peng was appointed as the translator, he issued an edict again, named: "Wei Cai Ju Order"
Since ancient times, the king who has been appointed and revived, how can a sage and gentleman rule the world with him!And to get a virtuous person, I have never been out of Lu Cang. How lucky to meet you?The superior man does not ask for ears.Today is still undecided, and this is a time when it is urgent to seek talents.Meng Gongchuo is Zhao, Wei Lao is superior, and he cannot be Teng and Xue Dafu.If it is necessary to be a low-ranking scholar and then use it, then how can Qi Huan dominate the world!Is there anyone who is brown pregnant jade and Jun Weibin today?Is there no robbery wife who receives money without meeting ignorant people?The second and third sons help me to promote the humble, but I use my talent to use it.

An order for seeking talents caused shocks in the world.

People from all walks of life or cursed, or blamed Cao Cao, or applauded, or secretly rejoiced...

Their responses vary.

And above the court, because of a meritocracy order, suddenly silenced.

But in fact, there is a torrent and an undercurrent!
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Cao Peng gently put down the edict written on sangpi paper in his hand, and was speechless for a long time.

The butterfly effect seems to be getting bigger and bigger!

He rescued Dian Wei, built Haixi and Hexi, and reopened the Western Regions trade route.A few years in advance, Ma Teng was killed, Ma Chao was driven away, and a large northwest rear was built for Cao Cao.But in the same way, Cao Pi died, and Yuan Xi was still resisting.Cao Cao adopted Deng Ji's idea and decided to postpone the attack on Bingzhou.In other words, the Battle of Northern Xinjiang will last at least another three years, or even longer...

And the meritocracy order in front of him appeared in Jian'an 15 years in his memory.

Now, in the 11th year of Jian'an, the promotion of meritocracy has been advanced by a full four years. What changes will it bring to this era?
It is also a great achievement of Cao Cao to act only in accordance with the order.

After the order of meritocracy was issued, he employed a large number of scholars from poor families, weakening the influence of the children of the aristocratic family on the court, and further reducing the influence of the Han court.As mentioned earlier, the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty were very different.Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty by relying on a group of common people.In other words, the dispute between Chu and Han was a contest between common people and noble families.As a result, Liu Bang, the representative of the common clan, won the victory, while Xiang Yu, the representative of the noble clan, was defeated by Liu Bang and killed himself in Wujiang...

However, the family did not sink there.

Shusun Tong formulated the rites and music, which established Liu Bang's prestige.

Afterwards, the Western Han Dynasty gradually changed from common clan to aristocratic clan, and was eventually usurped by Wang Mang.

So Liu Xiu started in Nanyang, relying on the strength of the Nanyang family.If it is said that the Eastern Han Dynasty was established on the basis of these powerful families, there is nothing wrong with it.Cao Cao, starting from the poor and using it, is of great significance to the Han court.

Cao Peng has always believed that Cao Cao's meritocracy is very good.

But the problem is that he lacked continuity and was eventually overthrown by Cao Pi.The use of the poor family and the common people will inevitably bring about conflicts with the aristocratic families.This requires a buffering process, and Cao Cao needs to slowly reconcile and sort out, so that the word balance can be achieved.

Unfortunately, Cao Cao died before the combing was successful.

Then Cao Pi was far less talented and general than Cao Cao, so that he could not continue his policy, which made the family rise again.

Cao Peng felt that if Cao Cao was given more time, maybe the two could be balanced.

In other words, after absorbing enough poor families, the Cao Wei regime has cultivated a new family power that can fight against the old family power, and may be able to last longer.However, Cao Pi failed to understand Cao Cao, and Cao Cao failed to fulfill his wish.

When Cao Peng trained Cao Chong, he kept instilling the concept of meritocracy.

Unfortunately, after three years of training, Cao Peng left Xudu.And Cao Cao has an indulgent attitude towards Cao Chong, which rarely involves Cao Chong's knowledge.As a result, Cao Chong's thinking gradually changed after studying the classics left by Dong Zhongshu.

This cannot be blamed on Cao Chong, it has a lot to do with his background.

Leaving aside his status as the second generation of Cao, we can see some clues from the background of his mother, Mrs. Huan.

When Cao Pi was alive, he attracted a large number of clan forces.In desperation, Mrs. Huan chose to absorb the strength of the poor and common people to fight.But the problem is that Mrs. Huan herself came from an aristocratic family.Although the Langya Huan Clan is not comparable to those old aristocratic families in the Central Plains, they are still a hundred years old.How could it be possible for Mrs. Huan, who was born in an aristocratic family, to truly accept the power of the poor family.

Therefore, when Cao Pi died, the family began to waver.

Mrs. Huan began to change her strategy...

The most obvious one is her attitude towards Cao Peng.At first, Mrs. Huan wanted Cao Chong to get Cao Peng's help to stabilize his position.In other words, when Cao Chong was an apprentice, Mrs. Huan regarded Cao Peng as an ally, which was a relatively equal relationship.

But with Cao Pi's death, Mrs. Huan's thoughts are also changing.

She wanted to beat Cao Peng, that is to say, she had quietly changed the relationship between her and Cao Peng.From being equal at the beginning, Cao Peng was regarded as a subordinate later.This attitude also influenced Cao Chong's thoughts to a large extent.

After all, Cao Chong followed Cao Peng for only three years.

But he is ten years old now, and he has been by Mrs. Huan's side since he was a child.

In terms of influence, Cao Peng could not be compared with Mrs. Huan after all... and when Mrs. Huan regretted it, Cao Chong had already started to have his own ideas.That's why Mrs. Huan asked him to visit Cao Peng, but Cao Chong pretended to be sick and refused to go.

On the one hand, he didn't know how to face Cao Peng.

On the other hand, I am a little afraid of Cao Peng... At the same time, there is a trace of resistance to Cao Peng, which has caused the current alienation.

Cao Peng didn't care about all this.

Asking for others is better than asking for yourself. Since Cao Chong can't let him realize his ideals, he can do it himself.

However, when Wei Cai Ju Ling appeared in front of him four years in advance, Cao Peng was still extremely shocked and even more terrified.Because the signs of history going off track are becoming more and more obvious.Can his original memories still work?
Cao Peng couldn't tell.

However, he admired Cao Cao very much.

Picking such an opportunity, taking advantage of Lu's Han Kingdom's annexation, and Cao Peng's such an opportunity, to launch the meritocracy in a grand manner, which is irresistible.If he denies it, that is to say, he rejects Cao Peng's recovery.Rejecting Cao Peng's recovery may cause twists and turns in Lu's Han Kingdom's attachment.Since the Yellow Turban, the Han Dynasty has been declining day by day, and it also needs such an opportunity to cheer up.

If this opportunity is missed, the Han Dynasty may never have a chance to recover.

Therefore, those veterans of the Han Dynasty can only swallow their anger...

This does not mean that the royalist faction admit defeat.Cao Peng knew very well that the battle between Emperor Han's lineage and Cao Cao had just begun.What will happen?Cao Peng was not sure.Just looking at Guo Jia's expression, one can tell that this matter undoubtedly has great significance.

Cao Peng put away the edict and smiled at Guo Jia: "Brother Guo, don't be so unhappy."

"How can I be happy."

Guo Jia smiled wryly, and said softly, "My lord's meritocracy means putting all the contradictions on the table."

"so what?"

"Ah Fu, can't you really see the relationship between this?"

Cao Peng laughed loudly, "Brother Guo, there are yin and yang in the sky, there are day and night, the sun rises and the moon sets, and people have life and death.

The handle of the knife is held in the master's hand, only to see how the master can play this game of chess well.Where there is death, there is rise... You and I just need to do our best to do things for the Lord and share our worries.As for the final result, the master will make the decision, why should you and I worry about it? "

Cao Peng could feel that Cao Cao's order of meritocracy was not a whim.

He should have thought about this for a long time, but he couldn't find a suitable opportunity to release it.This time, Cao Peng provided him with an opportunity to make Wei Cai's order appear in advance.Since it was planned long ago, it means that Cao Cao is ready to deal with it.

When Cao Peng saw Guo Jia, he was still a little heavy, so he thought for a while, and suddenly asked: "Brother Guo, I remember that in the early Han Dynasty, there was a post of prime minister, why was it abandoned later?"

Guo Jia was restless, and said casually: "Ah Fu, you are really confused.

The position of prime minister..."

Guo Jia suddenly closed his mouth, turned around, and looked at Cao Peng...

Speaking of this, we must talk about two concepts, that is, imperial power and prime minister power.

Imperial power, as the name suggests, so I will not repeat it, but the power of the prime minister refers to the power of the prime minister.For example, the emperor and the prime minister in the Han Dynasty each had an organization similar to a 'secretariat', which could operate independently.There are six emperors, referring to clothing, food, banquets, baths, and books.The original Shangshu in the Han Dynasty was actually not too high in authority and status, but it represented imperial power.

Xun Yu is the order of the minister, and to put it bluntly, it actually represents the department of the emperor's six ministers.

But the Prime Minister's "Secretariat" is relatively large, named "Thirteen Caos".

According to the functions of the Thirteen Caos, it can be seen that the government affairs at that time must first be collected in the hands of the prime minister, not the emperor.

Because the emperor has only one general office of ministers, and there are only four to eight people in the office of ministers.On such a scale, it is simply impossible to undertake the operation of the entire country.The Thirteenth Cao under the Prime Minister's Mansion has relatively greater power.In the early Han Dynasty, everything was handled by the Xiangfu, not by the royal family.In other words, it is not the emperor, but the prime minister, who is really the one who runs the country normally.

If we look at it more vividly, the royal family is the party, and the prime minister's office is the government.

The royal family commands the government, which is symbolic, but does not intervene in daily affairs.It is actually the prime minister's mansion that is in charge of daily affairs.

At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, several prime ministers, such as Xiao He, Cao Shen, and Chen Ping, were all founding heroes.

They respected their positions and dared to speak out, which was of great significance to the society at that time, so they should not act rashly.But as Emperor Jing slashed the vassal, the royal family began to centralize power.During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Dao Han Dynasty, the power of the prime minister was further weakened.Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reused close ministers in the inner court, but far away from the prime minister.The prime ministers who were in office at that time, whether it was Xue Ze, Zhao Zhou, Zhuang Qingzhai, Shi Qing or Tian Qianqiu, were all cautious.In the last years of Emperor Wu, Huo Guang became General Sima, which further weakened the prime minister's power.By the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Da Sima was already above the prime minister, and most of the powers of the prime minister were taken by the neichao, and basically had no power.

During the reign of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, He Wu proposed the establishment of the Sangong on the grounds that it was difficult for the prime minister to handle a large number of political affairs.

Since then, the power of the prime minister has been divided into three persons: Da Sima, Da Sikong and the prime minister.In the time of Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, the prime minister was changed to Da Situ, and the power of the prime minister was completely eliminated.In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in order to strengthen the centralization of power, Liu Xiu established the Inner Court Shangshu and increased the power of the Shangshu.In this way, the power of the Sangong was weakened again, and slowly transferred to the hands of relatives and eunuchs.

By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the prime minister system had not been able to be restored.

Even when Dong Zhuo usurped the dynasty, he did not dare to change the Sangong system. Although he claimed to be a prime minister, he did not dare to take the post of prime minister.

Guo Jia stared at Cao Peng with sparkling eyes.

Reset prime minister?

Opened Thirteen Caos, Prime Minister of World Affairs, Elevated the Han Dynasty...

Actually, isn't that what Cao Cao is doing now?Although the court respected the Han emperor on the bright side, in fact it was all controlled by Cao Cao.

First set the prime minister, so that Cao Cao's prime minister's government affairs in the world will be justified.

Next...

Guo Jia suddenly shuddered Lingling, a strange impulse suddenly surged from the depths of his heart.

He hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, turned and left.

"Brother Guo, where are you going?"

Guo Jia turned around and smiled slightly, "I have something important to discuss with Sikong.

Ah Fu, don't wander around at noon, I have already made an appointment with Du Ji for you, and I may arrive in a while.Also, the season of Lu's Han Kingdom has arrived in Xinzheng.Zidan was ordered to leave Xudu during the day to meet them.It is estimated that it will arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest. "

Cao Peng nodded, without further words.

He picked up a roll of documents, spread it out, and read it with his head down.

And Guo Jia left in a hurry...

(End of this chapter)