Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 412 Imperial Examination for Scholars?

"What did you say? The imperial examination to get a scholar?"

Jia Huli had just gained Niu Fu's trust, and when he realized that Niu Fu was still as stupid as before, he felt a little beaming in his heart.But when he was walking back, he ran into Ma Chao who was looking for him.

"That's right. The Ma family is short of talents now. Only relying on my prosecutors and the recommendation of celebrities is no different from a drop of rain on ten acres of dry land. It is simply impossible to quench the thirst of the near. The only way is for the entire Ma family to come forward and ask questions. Only in this way can we recruit those talents who are stranded in Fufeng to give lectures.” For some advanced methods of later generations, Ma Chao always had to find a suitable reason before he dared to tell the old fox, so that the old fox would not see his difference.After all, it's fine for Diao Chan to know about time travel, but if the world knows about it, he won't be able to hang around anymore.

This is also the reason why he consulted with Jia Xu, a prudent old fox, and Fazheng, a little fox with too many eyes.Because Ma Chao felt very keenly that the little fox Fazheng was already doubting his origin...

For the imperial examination, Ma Chao is also very enthusiastic now, and he has no mature ideas and designs at all.But he knew that that old fellow Jia Xu would not let him down, so he poured all the boundaries in his memory about the imperial examinations of later generations into Jia Xu.

Originally, Ma Chao felt that even if Jia Xu would not agree, he would not object.Unexpectedly, after Jia Xu listened to Ma Chao's narration, his eyes that often seemed to be half-closed suddenly revealed a look of ecstasy, and he said with a trace of uncontrollable excitement: "If so, Xu will be a poor man in the world. Thank you my lord!"

"Impoverished man?" Ma Chao was stunned, and he vaguely thought of the other side of the imperial examination: Indeed, the implementation of the imperial examination system fundamentally cut off the source of the generation of officials from famous families, and expanded the scope of the feudal government's selection of talents. Centralization was further strengthened.There is no doubt that it has eroded the interests of those famous families in one fell swoop, making them no longer intertwined and controlling the lifeline of the entire imperial court.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the method of selecting talents has followed the ancient system and has been developing and advancing, but it seems to have taken a detour.

Before the Qin Dynasty, Zhou ruled the world by feuding the country, and the selection of scholars also relied on the hereditary system.After Zhou Li, the social class is very clear.The country has the emperor, princes, ministers, and scholars in charge.As for the various classes, according to ethics and blood relationship, each position will be hereditary until the Spring and Autumn Period.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, scholars such as guests, patrons, diners, etc. who were separated from the accidents of the system appeared as the main contributors.Therefore, there is a saying that there are three thousand diners under Mr. Mengchang.Some of these people are run-down aristocrats, but most of them are poor sons of poor families living at the bottom.

Since the first emperor swept the six countries and implemented centralization.

For the emperor, in order to select talents from the people, a procuratorial system was established.People with both political integrity and ability are recommended by various places.Scholars recommended by the prefecture level are named Xiucai and later scholars are different in nature; those recommended by the county level are called Xiaolian.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, in order to ensure the talents of the inspectors, the system of consecutive sittings has been implemented.

That is to say, if you are recommended without real talents, once it is found out, the referee will also be implicated.

This system, on the one hand, guarantees the talents of the recommended people, but on the other hand.This also caused the power of the family to become stronger.Officials in the imperial court have an inseparable relationship with the aristocratic family, and it can even be described as prosperity for all, loss for all.

Just think, if you have nothing to do with me, why would I bother to recommend you?

Your success has nothing to do with me, but I will follow you if you are unlucky.Therefore, by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a saying that all officials came from aristocratic families.able.And it is very difficult for a humble scholar without background to have a bright future.Those aristocratic families are also because of this method of sitting together.Make it more and more powerful.In the end, a situation that even the emperor could not restrain was formed.

By the time of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the power of the clan was already extremely strong.

After the death of Emperor Ling of Han, without the support of the aristocratic family, the princes of all parties could not even gain a firm foothold.For example, Han Fu, the former Jizhou Mu, was a serious official appointed by the imperial court.But Yuan Shao was able to overthrow Han Fu easily, relying on the strength of Han Fu's family.

However, the imperial examination system is not the case. In terms of talent selection, it includes all social classes.Regardless of your humble background or poor life, as long as you have the ability to manage the country and the world, you can take part in the imperial examination.Once the title is on the gold list, you can jump the dragon's gate with a carp and show your ambitions.

And even if the famous families at the end of the Han Dynasty had their hands and eyes open to the sky, if the descendants of the descendants are useless and fail to pass the imperial examination, it will be a disgrace to the family and a down-and-out pheasant.No matter how many contacts and wealth there are, it doesn't take three generations to be corrupted.

In particular, there are so many underprivileged people in the world?No matter how rich the background of the famous family is, it cannot withstand quantitative changes and cause qualitative changes.At that time, the whole society and the whole era will be changed by the imperial examination...

Thinking of this, Ma Chao's heart shuddered suddenly.He felt that it was too hasty to speak out about the imperial examination this time. It seemed that such a big event that affected the whole body was not something he, a little Yongzhou Mu, could handle.

"Separate subject classification, unified examination, this idea seems unprecedented, but it is very fresh. However, as long as it is carried out, all the poor people of the common people in the world will have their day, and the talents of the Ma family will continue to flow...My lord, this move is really magnificent. , It’s so wonderful, I’m so admirable!”

"Also, this time, the lord is making an upright move this time. Can the princes of the world prevent the scholars under their rule from taking the exam? They blocked one or two, ten or one hundred...but the scholars of the world, but There are so many. As long as the lord gives hope to the scholars, how can those humble scholars refuse?"

"That's true..." Ma Chao was still worried about the difficulty of implementing the imperial examination, but he had to admit that the old fox saw very far.

Seeing Ma Chao's absent-minded answer, Jia Xu frowned, and then said, "My lord, this year's exam may not be too much of a sensation. But as long as there is a commoner who falls into your eyes and takes up an official position in the Ma family. Then In the coming year, scholars all over the world will flock to him, and three years later, scholars will return to Xinma's family. It doesn't take ten years, all the talents in this world can be included in the master's hub.

After hearing Jia Xu's words, Ma Chao felt bitterness in his mouth at this moment: In fact, why didn't Ma Chao want to be so-and-so, under the rule of the Ma family, which seemed like a paradise?In Ma Chao's view, although Yongzhou is desolate, many people of insight have poured in in the past two years. This is a good opportunity to harvest talents.What's more, under his own rule, the most lacking thing has always been the people who rule the country. Taking advantage of this opportunity to include these scholars will greatly enhance the soft power under his rule.

What's more, many talents in history came from humble backgrounds; although they worked hard to study hard, the reason for their success is often a bit sad "luck"-the lucky ones are favored by the court and become famous in one fell swoop; More unlucky people are full of economics, talent and learning, and have great ambitions, but "the cows are the same, the chickens live in the phoenix".

For example, the most dazzling Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms, this guy is supposed to be a down-and-out commoner.It's just that later, under his painstaking management, he married his sister into a wealthy family in Jingzhou, and married the daughter of the famous Huang family himself, so he squeezed into the circle of nobles and gained some popularity; Pang Tong, two unlucky bastards, look at how hard they have worked to get into official careers!One pretended to be crazy and acted foolishly to recommend himself, and even joined the down-and-out Liu Bei;

But the world is like this, the sudden arrival of a new thing always requires a process of adaptation.Especially since this emerging thing ruined the survival of all the gentry lords at once, the resistance they encountered must have been extremely fierce.

Ma Chao is now thinking of retreating a bit, but Jia Xu, an old guy from a humble background, is still eloquent, and seems to be very concerned about this imperial examination... But at this time, Ma Chao's eyes lit up, and he thought about it: Since You old fox is so caring, so you have to come to carry the burden.It's your lord who can't be sent to death, and it's your lord who gets sacked, right?You know, as a qualified subordinate, his main duty is to take the blame for the leader!

"Old fox, don't be so whimsical. This is also a preliminary plan of mine. Think about it, there are many aristocratic families nowadays. Even in the desolate Yongliang and Liangzhou prefectures, there are also famous families such as the Jiang family, the Liu family, and the Fu family. If the Ma family takes this risk The world is so bad that it will definitely become the target of public criticism, the mortal enemy of the world's gentry...what can we do now?" With a bitter face, Ma Chao played a rogue.

But Jia Xu looked at Ma Chao like an idiot and said, "Contingency, contingency, if things don't work, then change!"

Ma Chao suddenly became a little stupid, but when he saw Jia Xu's contemptuous and disgusting virtue, a wave of anger surged in his heart: change your sister, change!If you have something to say, just let it go!Be careful, the young master transforms first and blasts you!
(End of this chapter)