Regardless of external comments, this selection of talents in Chang'an is definitely the largest talent selection examination in recent decades, and it is an event destined to leave a mark in history.
In the forty-six counties in Guanzhong, there are more than 130 vacancies for grassroots county-level officials. Adding in the chief officials, assistant officials, and staff at the state and county levels, a total of 213 people will be recruited.
Due to time constraints, only 307 candidates rushed to Chang'an from Yizhou, Yongzhou, Jingzhou, and Liangzhou. This admission rate is simply terrifying.
But no matter what, if there is no experienced person to preside over the exam that 300 people take part in, it will be up to Liu Bei alone to judge which of these people are suitable for being officials in which place, and Liu Bei can't do it as any official.
Not to mention that Liu Bei is already sixty-four this year, and his physical condition is getting worse and worse. He even has symptoms of acclimatization after coming to Chang'an. If history were to be considered, Liu Bei would have been buried by now.
Therefore, it is impossible for all this kind of thing to fall on Liu Bei. Even if Liu Bei is willing, Zhang Xi, Pang Tong and others will not be happy.
Under Zhang Xi's strong recommendation, Ma Di, who had five years of experience in recruiting scholars, was named Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites by Liu Bei and was transferred to Chang'an to assist Qin Mi, the Minister of Rites, in handling the matter of recruiting scholars in Chang'an.
In fact, everyone knows that Qin Mi, the Minister of Rites, has a more important matter of ancestor worship etiquette to study. The person who actually organized this recruitment was Ma Di.
Really, as long as you don't let Ma Su touch the military, he will have his own set of ideas and ideas, whether it is managing the people or recruiting scholars, and this set of ideas can be proven to be correct through practical testing.
Moreover, after five years of political training in Yuexun County, Ma Su today has lost a lot of the exaggerated arrogance of his youth and has more pragmatism. At least Liu Bei personally commented on Ma Su after meeting him in person. , is no longer "exaggerated".
"Ma Youchang has a lot of talent and temperament. With more experience, his achievements may not be as good as those of his brother."
This is Liu Bei's latest evaluation of Ma Su. He believes that Ma Su can probably reach the height of Ma Liang if he exercises more.
This is not a low evaluation. You must know that Ma Liang's current status in Jingzhou is second only to Guan Yu and Wang Ji. Especially in terms of government affairs, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the actual leader.
If one day Guan Yu and Wang Ji are promoted to the central court, then Ma Liang will be enough to serve as the governor of Jingzhou.
All in all, Zhang Xi was quite pleased after hearing Liu Bei's evaluation of Ma Di. Ma Di is indeed talented, just don't let him do things in a hurry. If you take it step by step, he will eventually become a pillar of talent.
Zhang Xi felt quite proud that he had changed Ma Su's destiny.
And this time when Chang'an was recruiting soldiers, Ma Di's arrival did help Liu Bei a lot.
Although Ma Di held an examination to obtain scholars in Yuexun County, the largest one was thirty-four people taking the exam at the same time, which was far from comparable to this time in Chang'an.
But Ma Su really has experience and has his own set of mature methods. He made some fine adjustments based on his own experience, and he was barely able to put together the framework for this recruitment and make it decent.
With Ma Su as the host, Zhang Xi can get away from these things and do other things.
There are many things going on in Zhang Xi, which are very directly related to Liu Bei staying in Chang'an.
When Liu Bei stayed in Chang'an, he was not in a hurry to arrange a position like the governor of Yongzhou. In addition, when Cao Wei was defeated and retreated from Guanzhong, he moved half of the people in Guanzhong, and the official in charge of the local area was an incompetent person. All those who remained were moved away.
Therefore, the entire Yongzhou affairs are supported by Zhang Xi, Huang Quan, and Pang Tong.
Huang Quan was in charge of the army, Pang Tong was in charge of military affairs, and Zhang Xi was naturally in charge of government affairs.
Among the three people, Zhang Xi was the only one who had experience in running a political party in Jingzhou.
But Zhang Xi also wanted to complain. When he was in Nanjun, he was just managing a county, but now he is a state.
Moreover, when he was in Jingzhou, Zhang Xi had Ma Liang, Sun Qian, Zhao Lei, Deng Ai, and the Xi brothers helping him, but now, he only had Liu Yin available.
Ma Su's recruitment of scholars in Chang'an has not yet officially begun, and even if it does happen, before these officials take office, the entire affairs of Yongzhou must be handed over to Zhang Xi for decision-making and arrangements. How can this matter be avoided? That's weird.
With no other choice, Zhang Xi had to start shaking people again.
After Liu Bei agreed, Zhang Xi quickly transferred Li Qiu, Zhao Lei, Zhou Tai, Zhang Yi, Jufu, Jiang Wan, Chen Zhi and others to Chang'an to help. At the same time, he appointed Liu Shen as the prefect of Youfufeng County, and Hu Fen As the governor of Zuofeng Yi County, he established the administrative framework of Yongzhou.
After these people were in place, Zhang Xi's things became slightly less busy, but still limited.
There is a lack of officials at the bottom, and all the affairs of a state are burdened on such a few people. It is impossible for these people to finish them all.
Yongzhou's government affairs have temporarily come to a standstill, and the resettlement work for the people who have returned home is not progressing smoothly. This year's farming must be finished. Zhang Xi went to Ma Di three times a day to ask when he would finish the exam. , a place where officials can be decentralized.
If you delay any longer, given the climatic conditions in Guanzhong, you won't even have time to prepare for the winter, and the people will definitely be affected by that time.
Ma Su had no choice. The time was determined by the emperor, and so far, Liu Bei had only given a tone for the selection examination questions, which was to focus on practical matters. After all, these officials must go to the local area for governance as soon as possible. Yes, it’s not possible without practical ability.
But if this is done, Qin Mi will be in trouble. What is the best exam question? !
At this time, Zhang Xi came up with an idea and decided to use the topic "How to govern Guanzhong".
Qin Mi was so angry at Zhang Xi's words that he rolled his eyes! ! !
Thank you, Zhang Yuanchang, for having the nerve to say that his book of scholarship is the "Book of Rites". Listen to what you said, is it consistent with "rituals"? !
Suggestions are good suggestions, but if Qin Mi really uses "how to govern Guanzhong" as a test question, then what awaits him will not be a mark in history, but a source of laughter.
This title is so uneducated.
In these years, the concept of the Four Books and the Five Classics has not yet been fully formed. The mainstream Confucian classics are just the Analects, the Book of Rites, and the Book of Documents.
"The Doctrine of the Mean" was born out of the Book of Rites. At this time, no one had separated "The Doctrine of the Mean" from the "Book of Rites". Although "The Great Learning" is said to have been written by Zengzi during the Spring and Autumn Period, it actually should have been written during the Qin and Han Dynasties. It was written under a pseudonym by a Confucian scholar. At this time, its influence was limited, it was not widely circulated, and it was not known at all.
As for "Shang Shu", what we are talking about here is the ancient "Shang Shu", which is the "Shang Shu" that Chao Cuo was ordered to ask Fu Sheng for advice. It is not the modern "Shang Shu" of later generations. According to research, in fact, the modern "Shang Shu" It was written by Wang Lang's son Wang Su, and at this time, Wang Su was still studying at home.
Therefore, if Qin Mi wants to come up with a topic, he must look for it from The Analects of Confucius, The Book of Rites, and The Book of Documents.
It wasn't originally a difficult task. In these classics, there were principles for both being a person and doing things. It wasn't that difficult to find an article as a practical test question.
But the problem is that the interpretation of classics in this era is not like that of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in later generations. Various collections are everywhere and can be bought on the street. There are interpretations from the ancients to the powerful people of the day.
In this era, even Qin Mi's interpretation of "The Analects" may not satisfy people from other aristocratic families in the Central Plains.
If the exam questions he asked made other aristocratic families think it was wrong and even ridicule him, could Qin Mi's dream of becoming a great scholar in the world still come true? !
Therefore, in order to prevent himself from making a fool of himself, and at the same time to better set questions to test the abilities of the students taking the exam, Qin Mi sent people to the Zheng family in Beihai in March to ask for the "Book of Rites" annotated by Zheng Xuan. "The Analects of Confucius" and "Shangshu" this chapter are for reference.
Even if people in the world oppose Qin Mi's understanding of the classics, no one will question Zheng Xuan's understanding of the classics, right? !
It's a long way from Chang'an to Beihai, and it has to pass through Cao Wei's territory. Even if Cao Wei officials may not take care of this kind of thing, it always takes time. So far, Qin Mi has not received a reply from the Zheng family. Really Don’t dare to ask questions easily.
If Qin Mi couldn't come up with questions for a day, the exam wouldn't be possible, so Ma Di naturally had no choice.
There was nothing Ma Su could do, so Zhang Xi could only sit back and wait to be caught blind, and was persuaded to go back by Liu Yin. If he had time to go to Ma Su three times a day, it would be better to stay in the government office and read more documents. Some.
What can Zhang Xi say about this? Can you say that I just feel dizzy after reading the documents, so I came out to be lazy and fish for an excuse? !
Do you want face anymore? ! !
I had no choice but to follow Liu Yin back and continue to suffer in the sea of books and papers.
(End of chapter)
