The late Han and Jin Dynasties, and even the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
It seems to be an unchanging law that a ruler must rely on the support of his family to govern the country.
Now that Cao Cao wants to govern this big man, he basically relies on aristocratic families. Even if he doesn't use those officials, he still has to use Yingchuan scribes, who are basically people from aristocratic families.
Later, when Cao Pi came to power, Chen Qun proposed the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng, also to serve the noble family.
On the contrary, Cao Cao and Liu Bei had weakened the power of the aristocratic family in the court, but the effect was not very great, and they had to use the aristocratic family later.
Nowadays, except for Yingchuan, those scribes from aristocratic families have come out to oppose Cao Cao's killing of ministers, and they have caused quite a stir.
Cao Cao felt a headache. He had to discuss with Xun Yu and others how to suppress the objections, control prices, etc. After they had almost accomplished what they had discussed, he wanted to oppose the family's monopoly.
This cannot be discussed with Xun Yu and the others.
After all, no matter how much the Yingchuan family supported him, it was still a family. Cao Cao only wanted to discuss with Chen Zhou, who was born in a poor family. Based on his understanding of Chen Zhou, he would definitely be able to give corresponding measures.
After sending Xun Yu and others away, Cao Cao saw that there was still time, so he asked someone to prepare a car and go to Chen's house.
Chen Zhou has nothing to do. Apart from spending time with his wives at home, he is also working hard to create children. He has been married for a while, and there are so many wives at home, but now he doesn't even have children.
It seems necessary to create human beings.
But it was broad daylight, so Chen Zhou didn't create a man in broad daylight. When he saw Cao Cao coming, he invited him to come in.
It's very cold outside.
Snowflakes are falling and the north wind is blowing.
The world is vast.
As soon as Cao Cao came in, Chen Zhou asked someone to bring a stove and boil some wine to entertain him.
After a glass of warm wine, Cao Cao's chill from walking through the wind and snow had almost dissipated.
"Master, if you have anything to do, just ask someone to call me. There is no need to come in person." Chen Zhou said.
"Because of Liu Bei's incident, I feel guilty about Du Zhi. It's cold outside. I know that Du Zhi definitely doesn't want to go out, so I thought that if I can't let Du Zhi come, it's better for me to come and take a walk." Cao Cao said to Chen Zhou, that's true Very preferential treatment.
No matter what, think about Chen Zhou.
He has a good relationship with Guo Jia and Xi Zhong, but his relationship with Chen Zhou is even better. They are still a family.
Chen Zhou said: "My lord said that, I am flattered. I wonder why your lord came to visit today?"
Cao Cao exhaled, which soon turned into white mist, and said helplessly: "You must have heard of the buzz outside, right?"
"What remarks?"
Chen Zhou asked with a confused look on his face.
He hasn't been out in the past few days, and he really doesn't know what's going on outside.
Cao Cao: "..."
"Sometimes I really envy Watanabe, so carefree."
Cao Cao smiled heartily and explained: "I killed many officials and ministers, some of whom were scribes from major families. Now those families say that I am cruel and unkind and oppose my atrocities."
It turned out to be this.
Chen Zhou said: "If you dare to object, just suppress it. It doesn't seem to be difficult."
Cao Cao nodded and said: "It is indeed not difficult. I have asked Wen Ruo and the others to find ways to suppress it. However, there are many ministers in the court who are dissatisfied with me. They have proposed to serve and go home, are not willing to govern the country for me, and want to force me to bow my head. So what? ?”
The ministers who opposed Cao Cao and proposed to serve accounted for half of the Han court in Xudu.
Suddenly half of the people in the court were missing to handle government affairs. The consequences were really serious. Cao Cao and the others could be exhausted to death. This threat was effective against Cao Cao.
"They're all gone?"
Chen Zhou asked.
Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Zhishi submitted his resignation and did not really leave, but he did this just to force me."
Hearing this, Chen Zhou smiled: "Since they want to serve as officials and go home, there is no need for my lord to keep us, let alone be entangled. They all agree to let us go home! If my lord is worried that there will be no one to govern the country, it is not necessary. The aristocratic family objects, but the poor family What do you think? My lord has issued a talent-seeking order to recruit scholars from a poor family. I believe they really want a chance to turn around the poor family."
"this……"
Cao Cao thought for a while, clapped his hands and said, "What Du said is reasonable. The aristocratic family strongly opposed it, but the humble family did not respond. Not long ago, Wen Ruo received several self-recommendation letters from the humble family, so it seems feasible!"
The poor are not really poor people or farmers.
It can be understood as a declining aristocratic family, or a low-end version of the aristocratic family.
They do not have the reputation of the aristocratic family, nor the heritage of the aristocratic family, nor the heirlooms of poems and books from the aristocratic family. They have always been looked down upon by the aristocratic family. The two groups are in opposition.
If the aristocratic family doesn't want to play, then I will play with the poor family.
The ability of a scholar from a humble family is not much worse than that of a noble family.
In history, Cao Cao did issue an order seeking talents to recruit scribes from poor families in an attempt to break the monopoly of aristocratic families. Chen Zhou just advanced the order.
"One word from Du helped me find my direction."
Cao Cao laughed, but thought for a while and asked again: "Recruiting poor families is actually not a long-term solution. If you give poor families fame and power, they will also become aristocratic families in the future. If a court relies on aristocratic families for a long time, it is not a blessing for the court. "
His gaze was vicious.
I have long seen the shortcomings of the late Han Dynasty. In addition to various natural and man-made disasters, it was the exclusive power of aristocratic families.
During his administration, he also thought about breaking this limitation.
Now I can only ask Chen Zhou, thinking that Chen Zhou must have a solution.
I saw Chen Zhou thinking for a while, then remembered that he had discussed the issue of the noble family with Xun Yu and others, and said: "If you want to break this limitation, you have to support another group, which will gradually replace the noble family in the future, but supporting one group will not be enough." It’s a long process.”
Cao Cao asked: "This group should not be from a poor family?"
"no!"
Chen Zhou added: "I come from a poor family, but I will not help a poor family, let alone aristocratic families. This group can only be common people, that is, ordinary people outside farming, or homeless refugees."
Cao Cao asked in confusion: "How can these people govern the country because they have no fixed abode and don't even know a single Chinese character?"
Chen Zhou said: "This is simple, just give them a chance to read and learn. Not all common people are illiterate or have no knowledge. We can select these people to support them in the early stage, which may shorten the process as much as possible."
Cao Cao agreed with Chen Zhou's words.
There are still some capable people among the common people in Li.
It's just that they haven't been able to discover it now.
"What do you think of Duzhi, how can we support him?"
Cao Cao asked again.
"This is simple. Supporting these people is a matter of education, that is, private education."
Chen Zhou said again.
In the late Han Dynasty, private education was more popular.
For example, Yingchuan College, which has trained many scribes, is one of the private schools. Xun Yu, Xun You, Xi Zhong and Guo Jia all came from this college.
It's just that private schools were established by aristocratic families to cultivate talents for themselves.
Those trained are people from aristocratic families.
Only the poems and books of the aristocratic family, as well as the ability and background, etc., can establish a private school and cultivate so many disciples and former officials.
This is an important means for aristocratic families to monopolize knowledge or career.
If you want to break through the game, start with knowledge.
After all, officials can only choose from scholars, not peasants who don't even know Chinese characters.
