In the sixth year of Xingping of the Han Dynasty, July 13, 199 A.D., the first edict issued after the descendants of the Son of Heaven were issued, the Son of Heaven unfortunately collapsed, and there is no son to succeed to the throne for the time being. General Liu Yi's military exploits are brilliant as the pillars of the country, and the emperor's edict was added to the king of Yan to assist him in state affairs.

This edict was quickly distributed to all parts of the country to show the people, in addition, several edicts after the Fu Hou were instructed to the hussar general Cao Cao, ordering him to immediately withdraw his troops from Jingzhou and return to Yanzhou, otherwise it would be a private attack on the Han clan, which was a crime of rebellion! At the same time, the Han Emperor's uncle Liu Bei Xuande led the Yangzhou Assassin History for the general of the Che Cavalry, and gave the title Wu Hou, Jiangdong Sun Ce raised troops to attack Yangzhou without his will, causing the heavens to be angry and resentful, and the people were suffering.

These edicts can be said to fully embody the will of Liu Yi, the king of Yan, and first dealt a heavy blow to Cao Cao and Sun Ce in the position of righteousness, after all, at this time, King Yan is the spokesperson of the orthodoxy of the emperor, and every word and deed is the meaning of the imperial court, such a blow can also be described as heavy, it will make Cao and Sun lose the popularity of the people to a certain extent, although there is no substantive performance for the time being, but it can make Liu Yi always stand on the commanding heights of social morality at that time, which is enough for him.

For the opinion of the king of Yan, the support of the queen is extremely thorough, Liu Yu is promoted to one of the three princes, Zhang Hujin is the great Sinon, Guo Jia is the young man and the doctor of the dispersal council, Xi Zhicai is the court captain, Jia Xu is the position of the servant and Guangluxun, in addition, the commander of the Flying Tiger Army Gan Ning was promoted from the general of Pingdong to the former general, plus Xuzhou Thorn Shi'an County Hou, Yibi 2,000 stones, the commander of the Iron Cavalry Battalion Jizhou Thorn Shi Zhao Yun was promoted to the general of Jialin County, Yibi 2,000 stones, the commander of the Longxiang battalion Pingnan General Xu Huang was promoted to the left general, Jiayi County Hou, Yibi 2,000 stones, Zhang He, the commander of the Tiger Guard Battalion, was promoted to the right general, and the county of Jiafan was promoted, and the comparison was two thousand stones! In addition, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Zhang Yan, Gao Lan, Tai Shici, Ju Yi, Yan Gang, Fan Chou, Hua Xiong and other generals have been promoted, added to the Pavilion Marquis, Yi than a thousand stones, and the rest of the generals in the army have been rewarded, and Chen Qun, Zhong Xuan, Er Zhang, Jian Yong, Tian Yu, Guo Tu and even Xu Shu Pang Tong and others have been promoted, which has greatly strengthened the centripetal force of Liu Yi Group!

At this time, Liu Yi, the king of Yan, was full of ambition, and after a little cultivation, he would wave his troops to the south and sweep the territory of the Han Dynasty! After the edict was issued, he was also waiting for his opponents to respond, but it was an indisputable fact that he was in an extremely active position above his reputation.

However, when he was ambitious, Liu Yi also reminded himself in his heart that he must keep a clear head, Cao Mengde's momentum was still on it, but the battle of Chibi became a lingering nightmare for the peerless heroes, and it was rare to see a good opportunity to dominate the world in his life. In Liu Yi's view, Cao Cao's defeat at Chibi is still advancing lightly, perhaps it is the reason for complacency, at that time Jia Wenhe had given the opinion of postponing the attack but was not adopted, presumably at the end of Cao Cao's life, the most regrettable thing in the hero's heart is this battle!

Liu Yi didn't want to go on the same path as Cao Cao, he didn't allow him to have a fiasco like the Battle of Chibi on his journey, so he must always maintain a cautious mentality, not to look down on any opponent, and at the same time to collect good words, recruit talents, and also strengthen the construction and development of his own subordinates. I don't want to have a huge regret when I reach my end.

Zhuge Kongming once said in the Longzhong to Liu Bei: "The general is the emperor's family, the letter and righteousness are written in the four seas, the heroes are generalized, and the sages are thirsty. If there is a change in the world, then a general will be ordered to bring the army of Jingzhou to Xiang Wan and Luo, and the general will lead the people of Yizhou out of Qinchuan. If this is the case, then the hegemony can be achieved, and the Han family can be prosperous. Although later generations have different comments on this, in Liu Yi's eyes, this is at least a feasible strategy to seek the world, but Liu Bei did not implement it, Guan Yunchang flooded the Seventh Army when it shocked China, but did not see the people and horses in Shu attacking Qinchuan, so that Cao Cao could go all out to deal with this one-way biased division, causing the eternal hatred of Maicheng! The reason for this is untraceable.

But Zhuge Liang's Longzhong pair provided Liu Yi with an idea, since his people can send troops in two ways to seek the Central Plains, can't he also do the opposite? At least that's a viable strategy. What Liu Yi has to do now is to stabilize the foundation, develop gradually, and must not be in a hurry, although his subordinate territory at this time is not as good as Cao Cao before the Battle of Chibi, but both the population and productivity will pass, and he will only become stronger and stronger as time goes by, and there is only one premise for this, that is, he must not make mistakes easily, especially not in strategy.

Today in the state capital of the deliberations, Chen Qun proposed to Liu Yi a new system framework for the selection of talents, from the meticulous thinking and full argumentation of the point of view is to spend a lot of effort to do this, at this time this system has not yet been named, but Liu Yi knows that its name is "Nine Grades of Zhongzheng System" or "Nine Grades of Officials Law", in the history of China lasted for nearly four hundred years, until the emergence of the imperial examination system in the Sui and Tang dynasties replaced his role, in the original historical trajectory, this method was not proposed by Chen Qun until Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, But I didn't expect that it was now advanced by twenty years, and I am afraid that it is inseparable from his arrival, Chen Qun has been reused many years in advance, and has accumulated considerable experience, and the development of Youzhou is even more rapid.

The main content of the so-called nine-grade zhongzheng system is to select "virtuous and knowledgeable" central officials to serve as the large and small central officials of the state, county, and county of origin, and to be responsible for inspecting the scholars scattered in various places in the state, county, and county, and to determine the "quality" and "form" based on the political integrity and ability, and the family to determine the "quality" and "form" for the reference of the officials in the selection of officials. The so-called "product" is the grade assessed by the comprehensive scholars' virtue and ability, and the family (family lineage and official position), which is divided into nine grades: upper, upper, upper, middle, lower, but the categories are only upper, middle and lower (the second to third grades are the upper grades; A product is a fictitious and no one can reach it; The fourth to fifth grades are medium grades; Six to nine products are the next grades) three categories. In the moral ability and the door, the product is generally based on the latter, which is called "capital calculation". The so-called "form" is the Zhongzheng official's comment on the virtue and ability of the scholars, generally only one or two sentences, such as "genius Yingbo, brilliant and outstanding", "moral and excellent ability", etc., which is the institutionalization of the evaluation of celebrities and scholars in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Just like Xu Zijiang's sentence "the capable minister who rules the world, the traitor of the troubled times".

It can be said that the talent selection method proposed by Chen Qun at that time was contrary to Cao Cao's meritocracy employment system, and it was also Cao Pi's correction of the mistakes made by his father! Of course, meritocracy is the most correct attitude towards talents in the eyes of later generations, but at that time it was contrary to social reality, because he violated a lot of interests that originally belonged to the scholars, Cao Cao's courage to dare to be the first in the world is admirable, but this law made him lose a lot of scholars' hearts, Cao Pi's implementation of this move is more of a compromise with the scholar class, so as to stabilize his ruling foundation.

Therefore, Liu Yi partially accepted Chen Qun's opinion, he was absolutely unwilling to offend the rights and interests of those scholars who occupied the mainstream of society at this time, at least not now, in his heart he appreciated Cao Cao's idea of meritocracy, but there were also differences, because Cao Mengde's meritocracy did not value moral education, which was also the main reason for his criticism of several meritocracy orders, in a society where Confucianism occupies the mainstream, the standard of talent should be "both ability and political integrity", Of course, Liu Yi felt that Cao Cao's approach was flawed, which did not mean that he blindly appreciated Confucianism's views.

It is true that a person like Zhuge Liang Xunyu who has both ability and political integrity is indeed excellent, but how many people can there be in such an ideal state? People have their own shortcomings, which requires the Lord to have a tolerant heart and tolerance, but also to create an environment conducive to the development of such talents, but it can be said that Cao Cao's approach is too radical and Confucianism is too complete, Liu Yi has to do is to find a balance between the two, and at the same time there is a very critical thing is the "face project". Some things can be done but not said, some things can be said and cannot be done, and some things are fundamentally contrary to the essence on the surface, but this is a tradition in China since ancient times!

In order to consolidate the foundation for dominating the world, Liu Yi must also try his best to maintain the status of the scholars, and at the same time let the rest of the class get real benefits, so that he can get more help, which seems extremely contradictory, but if it is clear that the needs of each class still have a way to integrate, for example, the scholars value reputation more, Liu Yi can let him take on some official positions that sound good but do not have too many substantive rights, and those positions that do practical things can be undertaken by people who are really capable, This characteristic has been reflected in the officialdom of Youzhou, of course, the talents among the scholars are not all flashy, and there are many talented people!

In short, in the face of the inclined to the soldiers, not too much to violate their interests on the premise of the people to benefit, whether it is the talent system or the political system this is Liu Yi's current principle, naturally there are also contradictions in it are difficult to adjust, then he needs to make a compromise after a detailed analysis, although this is a little helpless but can only accept, what he has to do now is always to improve and not reform, as long as it is beneficial to his great cause, everything in front of him can be tolerated, over the years he Liu Yi has not been less involved in selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, At least the effect is still quite good.

In response to Chen Qun's Nine Grades of Zhongzheng Law, Liu Yi's improvement is in the product, he wants to increase the weight of virtue and talent in the product, and reduce the requirements of the door, of course, this must be controlled within a completely acceptable range or slightly encroach on some of their rights, with Liu Yi's prestige, if he can't even do this, he doesn't have to mix! This kind of improvement is like a fool moving mountains, to gradually encroach, and then inch after he slowly gets used to it, so that when he dominates the country, there is no basis for drastic reform, and there is absolutely no room for impatience here.

Governance, military governance, talent selection, this is Liu Yi's hegemony of the three foundations, in the nine products of the system he also sacrificed his magic weapon, continue to hang the sheep's head to sell dog meat, of course, this method he will only be used conditionally in the current transitional period, because it is good for him to win the support of the gate valve clan, and when he ascends the throne, he will abandon it as if he abandoned it, because after the Western Jin Dynasty, the five chaos in China, the darkest moment in the history of the Han nationality, the fundamental reason is in this nine products in the right? law, so that "the upper grade has no cold door, and the lower grade has no soldiers." "Those in power only value their family background and have no ability, and they will only be arrogant and extravagant? How can it not be taken by foreigners?

In Liu Yi's mind, the imperial examination system should be the most in line with the direction of selecting talents for the Han Dynasty in the future, and in terms of the official system, he is also ready to gradually transfer from the "Three Princes and Nine Secretaries" to the "Three Provinces and Six Ministries", which will make the administrative law more effective, of course, these all need a process!