Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1694 Chilling

  The Academy Grand Competition lasts for three days in total, which is considered a lot of simplification, but for these students participating in the Grand Competition, it can be regarded as a rather long exam.

   Fei Qian showed his face on the first day, and after expressing his presidency and attention, he quietly evacuated from the academy first. Naturally, he could not be like a god, sitting motionless in the academy for three days, and then left.

In this competition, for most students, most of what they see and think of is probably only thinking that they can get a high starting position if they do well in the exam, and maybe a small number of people will think about Fei Qian The significance of holding a grand competition is definitely not as profound as Fei Qian thought...

   When Feiqian returned to the government affairs hall, Xun Chen was dealing with political affairs. Speaking of which, under Feiqian's shogunate, there are now 1.6 rudiments. Some are in charge of agriculture, some focus on public affairs, some handle household registration, and some are in charge of government officials. A superficial structure of the six parts of later generations.

   Fei Qian sat down, thinking a little.

  The political structure of ancient Chinese dynasties can be summed up in five words, "prefectures and counties plus six departments". This system and its core are actually centralization plus the civil service system.

Many people think that centralization is not good, and that decentralization is democracy and the kingly way. But in fact, there is a big difference in governance between a big country and a small country, and it is unlikely that a small country will have any local segregation or division. It is also difficult to talk about the relationship between the central and local governments, and China has always had a problem that can be roughly described as "the relationship between the central and local governments" at least since the Western Zhou Dynasty enfeoffed the princes.

  The root of centralization is to ensure unity, the unity of the country. Unity and integrity must be the basis for the people of the entire society to live and work in peace and contentment. Otherwise, wars and chaos will definitely cause people to die, and the barren wilderness will be like a chaos in China after the Three Kingdoms.

   Therefore, for the core part of the entire Huaxia Dynasty, whether it can maintain local control and **** is the most fundamental criterion for measuring a central political centralization.

  The civil service system is the ruling means of centralized political power. By dispatching non-hereditary officials to serve as local officials and manage them, before the Tang Dynasty, when the transportation and control methods were immature, these officials who were dispatched to the localities often easily formed vassal states, just like The current Dahan, or the Anlu Mountain in the Tang Dynasty...

However, with the further restraint and regulation of the civil service system, with the north-south transportation, especially the start and completion of various canals, and the further increase of the power of the central government, the situation of local feudal separatism gradually disappeared and became a short-term Rebellion cannot last for a long time.

   It is precisely because of the further standardization and strictness of the civil service system that the civil service has various dislikes for military commanders, who are inherently hereditary...

  At the same time, under the county system, there is another problem, that is, the higher the level, the more mutually restrictive the relationship is, while the lower level, at the level of the township and county, is often just one word. It's like whether it's called a road, a road, or a government, there are several big officials checking and balancing each other at this level, but in the county, it's the county magistrate who has the final say.

As for the county magistrate and the county magistrate, basically although there are mutual constraints, in fact, most of the time the two are in a mutual compromise, because both of them know that the county magistrate will be transferred as soon as the term of office is up, so there is no need Do one as soon as you come, unless you don't know how to work around at all, and it's really impossible to compromise.

  And how can a county magistrate who grew up from such a one-word organization get used to various checks and balances at a higher level? So the more you go up, the more you do things. Cliques and cliques, strife and strife, have become the standard configuration of the civil service system, and there are many in that dynasty.

  At the same time, once this "county plus six departments" model is established, it will reject outward expansion to a certain extent...

Because this kind of system itself was established for the purpose of stability and consolidation, local officials dislike the flow of people, because such flow of people will bring a lot of new problems, which are often impossible for local officials to solve. The church also doesn't like the flow of people, because the flow of people can't be sure to collect taxes, and it doesn't have enough financial and material resources to control the local area...

   Therefore, from top to bottom, people are extremely disgusted with the flow of people. Therefore, suppressing business and strictly controlling population flow, and even equating refugees with slaves and criminals, has become the national policy of many Chinese dynasties. At the same time, because borders are often sparsely populated, they cannot get enough tax revenue when expanding outwards like other places. The dynasties in the "six-part" model eventually castrated themselves and lost the ability to continue to expand externally.

   Now after the Grand Competition, Feiqian will absorb a large number of civil servants and build the entire civil service system at the same time, but how can we better ensure the cohesion and aggressiveness of the entire civil service system?

   That's a really big proposition...

Historically, Confucianism, or Confucianism, tried to provoke this burden, the family, the country, the cultivation of arrogance, etc., were one of the models and solutions, but obviously, these eventually failed, loose, and only It depends on personal accomplishment and self-discipline, and cannot be opposed to the huge interests in daily life and the desire for extravagant life.

  Maybe, like a party in later generations, come up with one?

   Fei Qian gently tapped the table with his fingers, which caught Xun Chen's gaze. Xun Chen knew that this was a habit of Fei Qian, and also knew what the representative Fei Qian was thinking about, so he couldn't help but lower the noise of his actions so as not to disturb Fei Qian's thinking.

First of all, rights need to be checked and balanced to a certain extent, because rights without checks and balances are basically equivalent to poison, which is poisonous to the individual and the dynasty, but the checks and balances should not be too much, otherwise many people will inevitably be It will give birth to the idea of ​​not seeking merit but seeking no fault, and at the same time, too powerful a check and balance force can easily become a tool used by others to attack the enemy...

  And in the midst of this, the balance and development of imperial power and prime minister power is also a very important topic. It's like some emperors relying on Jin Yiwei can handle those ministers who are a bit cautious, but some emperors add the east factory and the west factory together, and they still get more and more chaotic...

  The imperial power is like this, so is the power of the prime minister. Those who are capable have great ambitions, but those who are not capable are a mess. Then the initial examination system was just written articles, and I didn’t know the specific abilities at all. It’s like opening a gashapon to win a prize. On the surface, everything is the same. If you don’t twist your hands, you don’t know what’s inside. .

   "There is a long way to go..."

   Fei Qian couldn't help sighing softly.

   "My lord's words are very true..." Xun Chen interjected.

   "..." Fei Qian was silent, and glanced at Xun Chen, what did I make you understand? Just as he was about to say something, suddenly a soldier rushed over with an urgent report.

   Fei Qian disassembled the information, looked up and down, and couldn't help being stunned...

   "Yuan Benchu...has died..."

  …ヘ(￣ω￣ヘ)（￣～￣;）…

  Autumn is here, the sun has set, but there is still a faint brilliance in the sky.

  Liu Xie stood on the palace wall, looking at the rolling hills in the sky to the north, with a solemn and quiet expression. The night wind blew Liu Xie's robe, and also the lace of the long crown.

  Tiantianguan, a little heavy.

   Liu Xie's father and Liu Xie's elder brother also had such a similar crown...

  Generation after generation of members of the Liu family have worn such a crown for three or four hundred years, but have they felt the weight of this crown like myself?

  Liu Xie let out a long breath. Liu Xie has never met his mother since he was a child, and he also asked Empress Dowager Dong, but Empress Dowager Dong always only had that sentence, when you grow up, you will understand...

   Now that he is older, he gradually understands.

  Today’s court meeting, Cao Cao’s face was gloomy, he didn’t say a word, and ended the court meeting in a hurry…

   It has not been a day or two since I got along with Cao Cao. Liu Xie knew that at this moment, Cao Cao must be planning, and even prepared to dispatch troops...

  On an autumn night, the wind is a little chilly.

  Yuan Shao, hehe, good death...

  Liu Xie still remembers that when he passed by the emperor, Liu Bian's eyes full of hatred were not directed at himself, but at Dong Zhuo and Yuan Huai...

  At that time, Liu Xie didn't know why Liu Bian behaved like that, but now, Liu Xie also understands a little bit.

  Yuan Wei thought at that time that the entire Han Dynasty was in his hands, because Yuan Wei actually participated in every major event of the Han Dynasty, and seven out of ten officials in the world were related to the Yuan family. And Dong Zhuo, in fact, was an official under Yuan Kai's family before, he thought he could control the whole situation, but...

  Hehe, just like Cao Sikong right now.

Since Cao Cao arrived in Yanzhou, he has been in control of everything. Even if the Yanzhou gentry opposed it, Cao Cao would not give in at all. Even if Zhang Miao's chaos was caused, he would not relax. The soldiers directly under him, even because of Liu Xie's move to divide the army, did not hesitate to turn their faces.

   "Yuan Kai...Yuan Shao...Cao Cao..." Liu Xie muttered in a very low voice, "What's the difference between you...and that..."

Although Liu Xie's news is relatively closed, the death of Yuan Shao can't be concealed even if the Jizhou gentry want to hide it, because Yuan Tan has already started to act, and went to Yecheng with his soldiers aggressively, and Yuan Shang brothers The battle between them is imminent. In such a situation, where else could one hide anything?

   These are the moths of the big man!

   The Liu family's world was devastated and crumbling!

  Yuan Shao is dead, hehe, good death!

Liu Xie remembered some words his father had said to him back then, those words remained in his deep memory, and his father would only tell him when he was very young, because his father thought he was still young and could not remember Can't live with those words. Liu Xie really couldn't remember, but for some reason, suddenly in a dream, he recalled part of the situation...

His father touched his head, looked at the cicada on the tree, and said: "There is a tree in the garden, and there is a cicada on it. The cicada lives high and screams and drinks the dew. I don't know that the mantis is behind it! I don't even know that the squirrel is next to it! The squirrel stretches its neck to peck the mantis, but it doesn't know that the bullet is under it! Haha...you know that the bullet is also in the bow handle..."

  At that time, Liu Xie didn't understand at all, but now, he seems to understand a little bit.

  After the sunset, the faint red light in the sky is like a wave of blood churning in the north...

   "Your Majesty..." A thin and weak voice came from behind.

   "Come?" Liu Xie didn't look back, because he was familiar with this voice, it was Fushou's voice, and it was also the voice that accompanied him and brought him warmth in these years of misery and hardship.

  Fu Shou replied in a low voice, and then asked: "Your Majesty, I don't know what is the reason for calling my concubine here?"

   "You and I have known each other for ten years?" Liu Xie said in a low voice, still looking north.

  Fu Shou was silent for a moment, then said: "Eleven years, Your Majesty..."

   Liu Xie sighed, "Ten years are like a snap of the fingers...Ten years...Ten years..."

   "Your Majesty..." Fu Shou didn't know why, but suddenly felt a little panicked, and his heart was beating violently.

   For a moment, neither of them spoke on the palace wall, except for Night Breeze's sobs.

  The red line on the horizon finally disappeared, and the sparse lights were dotted outside the palace wall, and there was a particularly dense spot. Liu Xie knew that that was where the Sikong government office was located.

  Cao Cao, my big man Sikong, what are you planning?

Liu Xie took off the Tongtian Crown from his head, held it in his hand like that, and said in a low voice: "The cicada in autumn, its song is also cold...Queen, you and I are this cicada..." A noble insect that eats food with wind and dew, so there are also images of cicadas on Tongtian crowns and on many occasions.

   "Your Majesty..." Fu Shou didn't know how to answer.

   "I remember, this Tongtian crown was sewn by yourself..." Liu Xie turned around, put the Tongtian crown in Fushou's hand, and said, "But now, this crown is old..."

   "Old?" Fu Shou looked down, but in the dim light, he couldn't see the specific condition of the Tongtian Crown at all.

   Liu Xie was silent, and suddenly said after a while: "I am going to get rid of your queen position..."

   "What?" Fu Shou trembled in fright, he couldn't hold the Tongtian Crown firmly, and fell to the ground, looking at Liu Xie in horror, "What? Your Majesty, what did you say?!"

   "I want to make Concubine Yin my queen..." Liu Xie's voice was a little dull, as if he was talking about a very ordinary thing, "So..."

   "Your Majesty..." Fu Shou cried bitterly, "Why? Why..."

"Sikong will be relieved only when I make Concubine Concubine Yin the empress..." Liu Xie turned his head, stopped looking at Fushou, and said in a deep voice, "Let's go back...someone will send the empress seal...this Tongtian Crown, You just take it away..."

  (end of this chapter)