Just after the Spring Festival, teams of soldiers went to various sides and began to arrest people according to the guidelines on the list. Donglai Huang County, Zhao family. Zhao Tuo, the head of the Zhao family, is dining with his family. Zhao Tuo looked at the groups of wives and concubines and children below, and was extremely proud, the Zhao family was in his hands, and it was becoming more and more prosperous. It would be better to wait a few days and send a generous gift to the county commander and Taishou, and send the second son to the county to experience the Cao Cao.

Outside the mansion, a team of armor soldiers broke into the door, went straight to the backyard, and said to Zhao Tuo, who was stunned and had not yet reacted: "Which one is Zhao Tuo?" ”

Zhao Tuo's legs trembled a little, and he mustered up his courage and said: "The old man is, who are you who dares to trespass on my mansion?" You know, I can also speak to Fan Fujun. ”

The leader of the armor sneered and said, "You are Zhao Tuo?" If you have committed a crime, someone will come and take them down and cut them down. The voice fell, and two wolf-like armorers were snatched out of the side, carrying Zhao Tuo out of the door like chickens. only bluffed the Zhao family, and the old and young people were silent, and they didn't even dare to cry.

Such scenes have happened frequently in the counties and countries of Qingzhou. While the heads were rolling to the ground, Liu Bei did not punish him without teaching. For each person killed, a soldier raised a head, asked the local officials to summon the people, and then told them who it was and what laws they had broken and were beheaded for public display.

Countless families in Qingzhou landed on the ground, and at the same time that the family property was destroyed, the whole family was also exiled to Liaodong to enrich the population there, and by the way, Tuntian. The whole of Qingzhou was frightened by Liu Bei's thunderous methods. Liu Bei also used bloody facts to tell everyone that in Qingzhou, give me honesty. Don't do those little moves, otherwise, it's a dead end.

At the same time, Donglai Taishou Fan Ming, Beihai Minister Zhuge Xuan received Liu Bei's letter of reprimand, and Le'an Taishou was swept to the end and dismissed as a commoner. Liu Bei also expressed Guoyuan as Le'an Taishou, and ordered Mi Fang to work for Fa Cao. Then it was announced that the inspection system would be implemented in Qingdao and Xuzhou, and personnel would be sent to the counties and counties from time to time to inspect the people's situation. If the results of the investigation are different from the situation in the previous year, the minor case will be dismissed from the post, and the serious case will be punished.

On this day, Liu Bei invited Xun Yu and Lu Min over, and said: "Wen Ruo, Zida, the county guards are now ordered to confer official positions privately, and the probation system has accumulated and it is difficult to return. I want Yu Qing and Xu to set up another imperial examination, select talents and scholars, and do not check them. What does Erqing think? ”

Xun Yu and Lu Min were both shocked, the lord wants to abolish the inspection? This is the root of the family gate valve, and it is also the root of Qing and Xu Erzhou, how can this be made?

Xun Yu hurriedly persuaded: "My lord, since Emperor Xiaowu, it has become a common practice for my Han to appoint officials. Although there are many unvirtuous people in every move today, it is not comparable to the hereditary line of the pre-Qin period. This system is the foundation of our Han dynasty, and it should not be scrapped. ”

Lu Min also said: "My lord, if you abolish the inspection, the state will inevitably boil." If the lord has tortured and killed, and he has done this kind of government, the state will definitely be uneasy. ”

At that time, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, won the world, and the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms also died and fled. The scholars are hidden in the mountains. It's a huge empire, how can no one govern it. So Liu Bang issued an edict to ask for a virtuous man, and asked the county to nominate a wise man. By the time of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, this system was basically established. In the fifteenth year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty edicted the virtuous and virtuous people who could speak outright, and the palace test and awarded the official, and the first year of Emperor Yuanguang of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to the county every year to inspect one person of filial piety and one person of honesty, which was the beginning of filial piety. Since then, the Han Dynasty has had a history of assassination and a county state to recommend talents to the imperial court every year. It has been along to this day.

I have to say that this kind of system of selecting talents and abilities was very good at the beginning. It provided a large number of administrative and governance personnel for the Han Dynasty, and the style was also very democratic. Those who are capable go up, and those who are mediocre go down. At the beginning, the recommendation is jointly and severally responsible, the person who is recommended is indeed a talent, and the person who is promoted has merit; The person who recommended is a parallel import, and the person who is promoted is guilty. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was even more excessive, and those who did not raise talents in various states and counties were dismissed from office at least and beheaded at worst. Therefore, at that time, the lord and the lifted were really real and real. Otherwise, if you miss the stuffing during the exam, it won't be one or two people who die.

At this time in the later years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, political corruption led to the control of political discourse by the powerful and the gatekeepers, so they began to abuse private individuals. As a result, it has been corrupted to the point of decay. Even if it is Qingzhou under Liu Bei. No matter how much he stressed and reiterated the need to strictly enforce the election law and ensure the transparency and normal implementation of the probationary system. As a result, he went down to check a little, and there were sieves and loopholes everywhere.

Does he dare to believe such an inspection? Perhaps in his shogunate in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, he could rely on his prophet to appoint virtuous people. But what about his children? When he was still there, he dared to teach and accept it privately, and when he died, these families were not allowed to turn the sky upside down?

When I saw the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, as soon as the Jiupin Zhongzheng system came out, the election officials only looked at the door. Whoever has the highest county rank can be a big official. As for the inspection at that time, it was only the scholars of the poor family who relied on the inspection to enter the office. It is undeniable that at this time, the family and the gate lord controlled the inheritance of cultural knowledge, and a large number of outstanding military and political talents did emerge. But this is definitely not what Liu Bei wants.

If the probation system is corrupted, then it will be overturned and restarted. The family controls the inheritance of knowledge, so break their monopoly. Why did you set up a college, isn't that what you want to do?

Xun Yu and Lu Min, one is an important representative of the Yingchuan Group, and the other is the Fan Yang Lu family in the five surnames and seven hopes in the world in the future. I called them here today to see their attitudes. It's a pity that as soon as he showed his attitude of abolishing the probation, Wen Ruo and Zida spoke out against it.

Liu Bei sighed in his heart, and said to Xun Yu and Lu Min with a smile: "I don't want to abolish the inspection, but I want to go hand in hand with the inspection." It has been many years since the establishment of the college, and there are countless students in the college. I would like to divide the various subjects in the college to examine and select officers, so as to make up for the deficiencies in the examination. Then he explained the imperial examination system in detail to the two of them.

The officials who were inspected in the Han Dynasty also had to pass the examination. However, it is generally mainly probationary, supplemented by examinations. Until now, the general exam is just a formality. It mainly depends on the reputation of the recommender and the family history of the person being promoted.

Xun Yu and Lu Zhi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard that Liu Bei was not going to completely abolish the inspection, but just wanted to take the exam and select materials in the academy. The students in the academy include children from poor families and children from families. At that time, as long as the number of officials elected by the academy is not too large, it will be able to shut up all parties.

After Xun Yu and Lu Zhi left, Liu Bei smiled bitterly, Qingzhou was big and strong, and he was washed in blood, such a good time to implement the imperial examination system, he was just a little tempted, but his two arms were opposed at the same time. It seems that the time is really not right. Look at yourself Qingxu Group, people from families abound. I don't have to ask their opinions.

It seems that they want to completely change the employment system and break the monopoly of blood hereditary relations and clans, so as to prevent the recurrence of the four generations and three princes such as the Yuan family and the Yang family. There is still a long way to go. Then spring breeze and rain, take your time.

Xun Yu, who left the house, had countless thoughts in his heart. Deep down in his heart, he actually agrees with Liu Bei's imperial examination candidates, no matter where he comes from, his talent is really good. But my lord, we only have Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and if you do it now, it is tantamount to cutting off the entry level of the children of the family. Do you want the support of the scholar families in other states? Do you still want to...... Based on some vague thoughts, Xun Yu couldn't say it explicitly, so he could only express his opposition first.

Fortunately, Liu Bei is not the kind of person who is stubborn and self-serving.