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Chapter 207 The Closed Loop of Benefits Under the Recommendation System
To win Zhang Yuan's hands, Xin Zhao's purpose of this trip has been achieved. As for this Mr. Ning, it's just a casual question.

Now that Zhang Yuan has tied his hands, it is impossible to kill such a mediocre old man.

Xin Zhao is not a murderer.

Hearing this, Mr. Ning subconsciously glanced at Zhang Yuan, struggling a little, obviously feeling guilty.

Zhang Yuan looked away at this time.

He also saw that Xin Zhao's question was purely for fun.

In any case, I will not embarrass Mr. Ning again.

As for what Mr. Ning said was useful, he couldn't help but secretly smiled wryly when he thought about it at this moment. When he came back to his senses, even he himself was surprised, why did he take such a downtime old man as his confidant in the first place?
Seeing the latter looking at him with guilt on his face, he couldn't help smiling and said, "Don't look at me, what's the use of looking at me.

Your Majesty asks you, this is your good fortune, in the future you and we may be ministers in the same palace.

Even if you say something wrong, His Majesty is merciful and will not embarrass you. "

That's what he said.

It's just that I still have some worries in my heart, this old gentleman don't come again, "My lord, don't worry."

So take a precaution first.

It's just that the old man let out a long breath, as if he also felt that Zhang Yuan didn't blame him, and couldn't help feeling more and more guilty.

But Zhang Yuan's sentence "the same palace is a minister" made him a little moved.

Immediately, he bowed to Zhang Yuan first, which can be regarded as the end of this relationship between monarch and minister.

Then he bowed to Zhao Xin again and said: "Your Majesty, I started from a young age, and I also traveled to study all over the world when I was young. Because of his success and fame in one dynasty, he can be known by the court and the world.

However, today's imperial court employs people based on inspection and evaluation, and their merits and virtues are all from the family. It is not easy for us humble people to get a big name, and it is even more difficult to be known and used by the imperial court. "

When the old man said this, he couldn't help but let out a self-deprecating wry smile, but Xin Zhao couldn't help frowning slightly.

Zhang Yuan also frowned slightly, but there were two reasons for his frowning, one was naturally worried that the old man would say something wrong and offend the emperor.

Also, the topic mentioned by the old man is a bit sensitive.

That is the investigation.

What is the investigation, simply put, it is the system for selecting talents in this era.

The so-called inspection refers to the inspection of low-level officials, also known as "chalian", which means that the upper officials evaluate the low-level officials and then recommend them to the court.

As for judging, compared with the folk, at the same time, the county guards, county magistrates and other local officials will evaluate the folk talents under the rule, and recommend those who feel talented and virtuous to the court.

When this system was first used, there was actually no problem. First of all, there were few scholars in that era, and the scope of evaluation was very small.

The other dynasty was full of vigor at the beginning, and there were basically no shortage of people with integrity in the court, ministers and princes, and they were able to achieve meritocracy to a certain extent.

But slowly with the development of the times, the base of scholars began to expand, and it is not easy for you to be recommended. With so many people, why should people recommend you? How do people know your talents and virtues?

This is about to be famous.

That's why the talents of this era are so famous, so there are so many famous officials.

Its fundamental purpose is very simple, that is, to get into the eyes of county magistrates who are qualified to recommend.

But it is not so easy to be famous. The best way is to let great scholars and famous officials comment on themselves.

That's why there is a bastard like Cao Cao who held a sword around a man's neck at the end of the Han Dynasty in the Chinese world.

There are also so-called madmen who swear everywhere in order to become famous.

There are also some people who have crippled themselves, and actually forgot their original purpose, becoming famous for the sake of being famous, or even deliberately not being an official for the sake of being famous.

Or do some strange behaviors consciously or unconsciously, the so-called unrestrained behavior.

There are also those who go to the limit, such as lying on the ice and begging for carp.

Especially when the Chinese world reached the Jin Dynasty, this style of good name developed to the extreme.

So there is the avant-garde and cool Wei-Jin style.

However, the most mainstream among them is still relying on "bragging", so people in this era always like to say something particularly awesome, especially in the second grade, and by the way, a large number of idioms have been produced, which greatly enriches the language art of Chinese civilization.

It also developed a sub-genre, which is the so-called "clear talk".

But this is from a humanistic point of view. Back to the political level, there is a big problem, because everyone is busy being funny and becoming "Internet celebrities", and it is naturally difficult for the court to select normal talents.

Moreover, everyone is desperately trying to compare "nobleness" and "morality", so everyone dare not talk about practical issues, brag or brag about practical issues, and dare not make profit.

What else can I do if I don't talk about it?
In the end, it is "beginning slowly and ending leisurely, the speaker does not know what to refer to, and the listener does not know what to say."

Another problem is that they rely on bragging to get to the top. After they get to the top, what else can they do besides bragging?
Can't do anything.

So do nothing.

Are these questions understood by no one in this era? No, on the contrary, most people in this era understand.

So why not change it?

Because this involves another issue, that is the chain of interests bound by aristocratic families and famous officials.

It's simple: you can only be famous if you are evaluated by great Confucians, but most of them come from aristocratic families, and will aristocratic families evaluate poor families, or those common people who are not even poor?
So a closed loop gradually formed: "Only aristocratic families can produce great Confucianism, and two thousand stones" and "Only wealthy families that have produced two thousand stones for many generations and have great Confucianism who can study classics are called aristocratic families."

Others, even if they are like Cao Cao who can snatch other people's brides with Yuan Shao, they can only put their swords on other people's necks in order to get the evaluation of "a capable minister in the world, a traitor in troubled times".

But how many Cao Mengde are there in this world?

How many people can play with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu from childhood to adulthood?

Outside the door of every great Confucianist, there are ordinary students who can be photographed ten years later waiting for comments.

There are also countless officials under each of the two thousand stone sects who became officials because of their recommendation. These are their former disciples.

The referrer is the sponsor of those who are recommended, and automatically becomes the person of the other party.

That's why some powerful officials and aristocratic families in this era can always say that their disciples are old officials all over the world.

This is a closed loop of interest ecology.

Its foundation is "inspection", and whoever dares to break it is tantamount to making enemies of all vested interests in this ecosystem.

If Xin Zhao saw such a question before time travel, he would open his mouth and say two words: "Imperial examination, you are stupid, imperial examination!"

But now he can say so easily?

No!

As long as he dares to say it, there will be ten times more people rebelling in this world in an instant.

And even if he has the facts, who will promote the imperial examination system?

Who will host it?
You must know that in the Chinese world, the imperial examination system was not officially proposed and partially implemented until the Sui Dynasty.

Then Sui II died!

Because of this, he frowned slightly when he heard Mr. Ning mention it.

And Zhang Yuan also frowned, but it was because he was also one of the beneficiaries of this closed loop.

(End of this chapter)