During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the popular talent recruitment methods were the recruitment system and the inspection and promotion system.
The Eastern Han Dynasty was a dual monarchy, so there were two differences in how to become an official.
Recruitment means that the local chief executive or the central government hears about a person's reputation and specifically orders him to be recruited as an official.
Chaju means that the local government selects some reputable young people every year and recommends them to the central government for appointment after inspection.
Of course, whether it is conquest or investigation, the selected person can refuse. Not only will doing so not make people feel rude, but it will make people feel that they are disdainful to join the powerful and respected by the people of the world.
To put it bluntly, this concept is actually quite strange.
He is obviously a capable person, but he doesn't want to serve the country or benefit the people. He just puts on a show of dignity. What's the point of living? !
But people in this age have this mentality, thinking that noble people are respected and envied.
No matter how you put it, the original intention of the recruitment and examination system is to recruit those who are talented among the people but have no way to become officials, and give them a chance to become officials.
However, as the powerful aristocratic families became more and more powerful in the late Han Dynasty, from the central to the local level, the aristocratic families basically controlled the power of personnel appointments. The so-called conquests and inspections became one-third of the land of the aristocratic families.
To commend a scholar but not know how to read, to commend a man of filial piety and honesty, to say that his father had left his home. Most of what he said was about the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
In the era of Dong Zhuo's chaos and the rise of princes, the authority of the imperial court no longer existed, and the situation became more serious. The aristocratic families further controlled the power of personnel appointments. Later, Cao Pi succeeded to the throne. In order to gain the support of the aristocratic families for him to become emperor, he launched nine The Law of Ranking Officials and People has allowed the family to completely control the channels for talents to rise.
As for the Jin Dynasty founded by the Sima family, its origins were tainted, and its descendants were all weird. It was unable to reverse this phenomenon, which led to a series of civil strife. In the end, the Five Husbands ruined China and moved south in clothes.
Therefore, the disadvantages of the imperial examination system and the levy system have now become obvious. It’s not that Zhuge Liang didn’t know about it, but he just couldn’t think of a better selection system than this for a while. It was also a persona to protect Liu Bei’s Han clan clan. , so it will continue to be used.
Now, Zhang Xi told Zhuge Liang that there is a system called the imperial examination system. Everyone does not look at family background, and the outcome is determined in the examination room fairly and impartially. Whoever is knowledgeable and has expertise in a certain area can pass the examination and become an official.
Zhuge Liang thought for a long time and it was difficult to evaluate this.
The imperial examination system is indeed a good system. The original author of this thing is indeed Li Shimin, not Yang Guang.
Although it was indeed Yang Guang who proposed the concept of "imperial examination", Yang Guang's focus was actually on "selecting scholars by subject". The candidates for his "imperial examination system" were still from Shandong aristocratic families or Guanlong aristocrats This is actually not much different from the previous talent selection method.
Li Shimin, on the basis of Yang Guang's "selecting talents by subject", extended the scope of talent selection to the poorer classes, allowing poorer families to also enjoy the path of advancement.
The real "Being a farmer in the morning and ascending to the emperor's hall in the evening" happened after the Song Dynasty.
The system is a good system, but no matter what Zhuge Liang thinks, he feels that it is not suitable for the current era.
In this era when aristocratic families are so powerful, you force the aristocratic families and the poor to be put together and compete for promotion through examinations. Will the aristocratic families be happy? !
In the past, people only needed someone's recommendation to become an official. Why should he take the exam with a child from a poor family? Is he worthy of a child from a poor family? !
The essence of papermaking and printing is to deprive aristocratic families of their right to interpret scriptures and speak. Now there is an imperial examination system, which wants to deprive aristocratic families of their right to appoint personnel. Yizhou aristocratic families will rebel, and all aristocratic families in the world will They will no longer welcome Liu Bei. In the eyes of this group of people, Liu Bei is most likely to be compared to Jie and Zhou.
Zhuge Liang, who wanted to understand all the consequences, really had a headache. This Zhang Yuanchang was really worried.
Regarding the fish scale album, Zhang Xi has already greatly offended the aristocratic families of this era. Now that there is such a three-game plan, it is possible that Yuan Chang has a grudge against all the aristocratic families in the world and wants to punish them to death. ? !
Zhuge Liang originally planned to rush back to Chengdu immediately after explaining everything to Zhang Xi in Badong County, but now he really doesn't dare to leave.
Strategies are all good strategies, but this should take a hundred or even two hundred years to do. Zhang Xi shouldn't come up with it all at once.
Zhuge Liang now really hopes that Zhang Xi should hurry up to accompany Sun Shangxiang who is about to give birth, and don't cause trouble in front of him.
In this way, Zhang Xi was sent out of the hotel by Zhuge Liang, who was frowning.
But before leaving, Zhang Xi remembered the Yang family's affairs, and told Zhuge Liang that the Yang family was interested in representing Badong County's paper manufacturing business.
Zhuge Liang keenly caught the word "agent" in Zhang Xi's mouth, and then briefly asked Zhang Xi a few questions. As a result, Zhang Xi was captured by Zhuge Liang and taken back to the post.
Zhuge Liang also complained to Zhang Xi. Why didn't he mention some ideas that would take a hundred or two hundred years to be completed? Why didn't he come up with this kind of idea that can be done now?
The so-called "agency" is a word that Zhang Xi subconsciously classified the Yang family's behavior as a set of game rules for future generations of agents.
By the way, Zhang Xi told Zhuge Liang the entire process of being an agent for later generations.
To put it simply, the land is organized and divided into regions. Each region chooses one person to be an agent and pays a certain agency fee every year. People in other regions cannot sell across regions. Five or ten years is the limit. There is a deadline, if you do it well, do it, if you don’t do it, replace it.
In this way, the head office obtains a stable sales channel and does not have to worry about management. However, it can still protect its own interests by changing agents.
Agents can also rely on the support of the head office to conduct exclusive sales in the region. They are not allowed to operate across regions to ensure that they are the only one.
A win-win choice.
When Zhuge Liang heard this, he thought, isn't this a ready-made way for the central government to strengthen local control and at the same time split the power of local aristocratic families? !
If you didn't tell me you had such a good idea earlier, you'd be talking about the imperial examination. Could it be that you also have a grudge against me? !
Zhang Xi said I don’t know. She really didn’t know.
Zhang Xi didn't know at all that this so-called agency system was actually borrowed from the Tang Dynasty's division of the world's supervisory roads. It was a system to strengthen centralization and was not simply used to divide agency areas.
Using this agency system to select papermaking agents can not only meet the current situation, promote paper on a large scale and stimulate the nerves of aristocratic families, but also differentiate the relationship between aristocratic families, thereby creating some Liu Bei Group in each county. agents to strengthen the voice of Liu Bei Group.
The most important thing is that agents have a limited number of years. If someone does not do well, Liu Bei can take back the agency rights and support another family that is willing to cooperate.
As for papermaking, this thing must be under the control of Liu Bei and cannot be left to aristocratic families. This includes printing and ink making. Anyone who dares to reach out will be chopped off.
So, after Zhuge Liang learned about the Yang family's demands, he personally came forward to meet with Yang Ji, the head of the Yang family, and discussed the terms of cooperation with him in detail.
Zhuge Liang said that paper manufacturing can only be completed in Chengdu, but the Liu Bei Group will not interfere with how to distribute the paper locally, how to sell it, and even how to obtain profits. It can be completely left to the local aristocratic family, but the period is only ten years. Chengdu will conduct a re-examination ten years later.
Of course, local paper sales can only be limited to the local area and will only be handed over to local families, not across counties, in order to ensure that everyone's rights and interests are not infringed.
On this condition, if the Yang family is willing to accept it, then Zhuge Liang can take advantage of Zhang Xi's recommendation and make a gentleman's agreement with the Yang family in advance. After returning to Chengdu to consult with Liu Bei, he can formally appoint him.
Of course, it doesn't matter if the Yang family disagrees. Zhuge Liang said that he can talk to the Huang family.
Yan Yan, the head of the Yan family, is now seriously ill and unable to make decisions for the time being. However, Huang Quan, the head of the Huang family, is in Chengdu now, and everyone is a colleague who meets frequently. Zhuge Liang said that it will be easier to talk.
What can Yang Ji say? !
Originally, Yang Ji's idea was to take over the papermaking technology. In this case, even if Liu Bei was defeated in the future, their family would have the papermaking technology to rely on. Once they were forced by the big family, they would hand over the papermaking technology. This way, they could keep the Yang family's current status. The scale will not be ruined.
But Zhuge Liang is not Zhang Xi. He is not easy to fool, and he is also stingy. He will never let go of the chicken that lays golden eggs like papermaking, just to force the Yang family to be tied to Liu Bei's warship.
And there is one thing to say, Zhuge Liang really doesn't need to talk to Yang Ji specifically about this. The Huang family already has half of its foot on Liu Bei's boat, and it doesn't matter if it is tied a little tighter.
not to mention.
"When Liang was in Chengdu, it was common for Yuan Chang to praise his son in his letters. This time when he came to Badong, Liang wanted to take his son to Chengdu and recommend him to the lord for appointment."
Right, they have even arranged your son's future for you in advance. If you don't agree to it, you will be a bit ignorant.
Furthermore, although it is impossible to obtain the skill of papermaking, no one in the Yizhou family can have it. If Zhuge Liang can really ensure that the counties cannot interfere with each other, the Yang family may not be able to become the top family in Yizhou, but in Ba Dongjun will definitely surpass the Yan family and even the Huang family to become the first family.
Moreover, the skill of papermaking was in Liu Bei's hands, but the distribution rights were in his own hands.
In this way, the Yang family can still use the right to issue paper to win over the hearts of small aristocratic families and poor families, so that they can join the Yang family without having to worry about being forced by the big aristocratic families. After all, Liu Bei controls the process, and he, Yang, is just a paper seller. Yes, if you have the ability, go and confront Liu Bei.
You can do this.
Yang Ji high-fived Zhuge Liang and took the oath of alliance on the spot and won the paper agency right of Badong County.
(End of chapter)
