There are one hill and eight buildings in the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Chapter 5387: Appoint officials only based on talent and virtue
Chapter 5387: Appoint officials only based on talent and virtue
Xuanwu laughed: "I'm sure that if Liu Yu is mentioned in the history books in the future, they will also say that he used severe punishments and disrespected the noble clan. This can be proved by the slaughter of Wang Yu's family."
Bai Hu shook his head: "I don't agree with Mr. Xuanwu this time, because history books are written by the victors. Another meaning of this writing is that you must be educated, literate, and become the person who writes history books. Cao Cao He was given such a reputation because he offended the big families and upper-class gentry, making it impossible for these people to become officials just relying on their family background and some false reputations like before. Therefore, after the world was at peace, the descendants of these people returned to the throne. With the right to speak and the right to write history, Cao Cao became the famous person he is today."
"But Liu Yu is different. If his plan is truly successful, then literacy will no longer be the exclusive preserve of the gentry, but will be an education that can be received by ordinary people all over the world. Then it will be unlikely that one family will be able to , to write this history, in other words, if everyone in the world can write this history in their own eyes, then the truth will gradually be passed down."
Qinglong said coldly: "This is cutting off the roots of our noble clan, which is not a good thing. Lord Baihu, we'd better not let Liu Yu achieve this goal, just like Cao Cao, has he never considered this? But he considered it After that, his national policy was that those who serve as soldiers are military households, and they have been doing so for generations. They will not receive education, and they will not truly control the power of the upper class. They can only have a piece of land and a home in troubled times. Survive instead of being killed at will. Cao Cao still used the gentry to really govern the country, but he chose the officials among the gentry and distributed power in a meritocratic way, instead of before. The kind of recommendation based on the father-in-law Yin Jue’s method.”
Baihu said calmly: "This kind of private use of public weapons, the power of the country, and the responsibility of governing the people of the world are attributed to a small group of nobles, and then among this small group of nobles, they rely on connections, family background, and ancestors. Allocating credit based on one's own merit rather than one's own ability. This model, whether in the Eastern Han Dynasty or in the Jin Dynasty today, is the source of great chaos in the world."
"Exalting talented people, they don't know how to write; looking at filial piety and incorruptibility, their fathers live apart; Han Su is pure and white as mud, Gao Diliang is as timid as a chicken. This was the situation at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The upper class was corrupt and degenerate; the entire gentry was enjoying themselves; officials were protecting each other. , if you don’t want to make progress, the whole country will eventually become corrupt, the court will lose power, powerful people will become powerful, corruption and bribery will be rampant, and capable and talented people will have no future, so the powerful people in the middle and lower classes will want to rebel and cause chaos. , to seize power, from the Yellow Turban Rebellion, to Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing, to the 18th Route Princes raising armies, to put it bluntly, aren't they all the final result of major problems with the normal order and power distribution in this country? "
Suzaku gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "According to what Mr. Baihu said, would you rather choose Liu Yu's method to eliminate the gentry, so that everyone in the world can learn cultural knowledge and everyone can manage, without the gentry? "
Bai Hu shook his head: "If I completely agreed with him, I wouldn't be discussing things with you here now. We have talked so much before, and my point of view should be very clear. The problem of the noble clan lies in the distribution and inheritance of power.
, if one only relies on family background and title to inherit power, not only ordinary people, but also middle and lower class scholars within the gentry will have no chance of getting ahead."
Having said this, Bai Hu looked at Xuanwu, who had been silent, and said in a deep voice: "The upper-class nobles and nobles take all this for granted because power is obtained so easily and can be passed down from generation to generation.
He felt that all the people in the world were his slaves, cattle and sheep, and regarded the lower-class nobles as servants whom he used to manage these cattle and sheep, but he did not want to think about how he had separated himself from these people at the bottom and had lost the right to govern these people.
Given to the lower-class nobles, who have no way to rise, will these lower-class nobles be willing to be their slaves and stewards forever, just for the sake of their scholar status?"
Xuanwu sighed: "Of course they are not willing to do this. They will use the common people in their hands to incite their dissatisfaction and start rebellions when they have the opportunity. From the Yellow Turban Uprising to Sun Enlu Xun's Rebellion, to put it bluntly,
These middle- and lower-class nobles used religion as a communication tool to create huge waves. But in the final analysis, these were also caused by the excessive greed of the high-class families. Even the high-ranking nobles, and even the clan princes, were fighting for power.
? To put it bluntly, power is a thing that is difficult to share."
Bai Hu nodded and said: "So although Cao Cao has countless shortcomings, I think there is no problem with this approach of meritocracy, appointing talents, and hiring people based on their ability rather than their family background."
Suzaku shook his head: "Of course there is a problem. A person should have both ability and political integrity. People with talent but no virtue are often more terrifying. Cao Cao used many people with talent but no virtue like this, and even he himself was a wicked person.
People who did not think about serving the country with loyalty and justice in troubled times, but thought about taking the opportunity to usurp the throne, and used the emperor of the Han Dynasty as a puppet to issue orders. For those who did not obey him, the nobles were frequently tortured and killed, and the common people were even more punished.
He massacred the city and cleared out the countryside, killing countless people. In this troubled world, not even one out of ten people survived. Isn't it his masterpiece? Isn't it possible that people are not based on virtue, but only on this kind of talent, and even create troubled times and usurp power and throne?
Talent means it’s feasible?”
Bai Hu said calmly: "So, what we need is a stable world. On this basis, we need to have a system that everyone can accept, so that talented people can have a way to rise. As for whether they are virtuous or not,
, then the position that this person has achieved with his talent will naturally show something. At the same time, in order to prevent the emergence of independent thieves, or to prevent the emergence of traitors like Wang Mang who are very good at pretending, we also need our black hands.
Organizations like Qiankun secretly monitor and restrict them. However, generally speaking, as a high-ranking noble and a big family, birth and blood does not mean that you are virtuous."
Xuanwu frowned: "I heard that Liu Yu wants to set up a political affairs hall, and the leader of this organization is to use so-called virtuous people to serve as civil servants and generals to monitor the world. Mr. Baihu, you
How much do you know about this plan?"
Bai Hu smiled slightly: "He didn't tell me about this. It might just be an idea. In my opinion, this is just a temporary organization to merge the legalized Black Hand Qiankun with the Beijing Eighth Party. We are still
We must first find a way to regain control of the army before we can talk about anything else." (End of Chapter)