In the distant Shang and Zhou dynasties, there was no mature talent selection mechanism.
Since the slave-owning aristocrats control the political power, officials at all levels implement the "Shiqing Shilu" policy, that is, the descendants of the slave-owning aristocrats rely on blood relationships to serve as officials for generations and occupy a dominant position. If rulers want to obtain talented people to assist them, there is a more direct and effective way.
He tried every possible means to find him on the spot, so there are many stories handed down about wise kings visiting wise men, such as Yi Yin.
Yi Yin's rise fully proves the correctness of this sentence: a cook who doesn't want to be the prime minister is not a good slave...
Yi Yin was born in the late Xia Dynasty. According to legend, he was born in Yishui and took Yi as his surname.
"Yin" is the official name, that is, the prime minister. He was originally a domestic slave of King Youshen in the late Xia Dynasty and served as the king's personal chef. However, this man was so talented that he actually understood the way of governing the country from his cooking skills.
It coincides with the principles of the sages Yao and Shun...
Seeing that Xia Jie was nearing his end, he had already expressed his ambition.
Shang Tang didn't know how he learned that Yi Yin was a talented person, so he tried a trick to save the country and decided to marry the daughter of the Shen family as his concubine. In fact, it turned out that he was not interested in drinking, but only for Yi Yin'er! And Yi Yin'er!
He also volunteered to be a dowry official and accompanied him to the Shang Dynasty. He carried a tripod on his back to cook for the soup. He used cooking and five flavors as a guide to analyze the general trend of the world and the way to govern. He gained Tang's high trust, exempted him from his slave status, and appointed him "
Yin", the Right Prime Minister, became the most powerful minister in power around Shang Tang, helped Shang Tang finally destroy Xia, established the Shang Dynasty, and became the founding father who assisted Shang Tang in conquering the world.
“If you want to govern a big country, this is the person who will do the cooking.
Of course, there is another celebrity who has a similar experience to Yi Yin, but is even more famous, named Jiang Shang...
Gradually, with the development of social economy and culture and changes in class relations, the original "Shiqingshilu system" lost its due foundation, and three new systems for selecting scholars emerged: "military merit", "nurturing scholars"
" and "Ke Qing system". The so-called "military merit" means to obtain salary and title based on merit. Among them, Qin's military merit system has the most far-reaching influence. Qin's military merit system highlights two points. One is that anyone who has achieved military merit will
Regardless of family origin, class or stratum, everyone can enjoy the title and salary; secondly, the clan aristocrats can no longer obtain high-ranking officials, salary, titles and titles based on blood relationships as in the past, which resulted in the Warring States Period that "the prime minister must start from the state."
The characteristics of "strong generals must be defeated by soldiers".
The so-called "nurturing scholars" are high-ranking nobles who use their power to cultivate guests from all over the world in order to serve them. The most famous ones are the four young masters of the Warring States Period, and among them, the most famous one is Mengchangjun, who has three thousand guests...
From the Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, a variety of talent selection methods appeared in parallel. There were actually four methods for selecting officials: "paying money", "appointing children", "inspecting and promoting", and "conscripting".
Beginning with the Cao Wei Dynasty, Cao Pi accepted the suggestion of Chen Qun, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and implemented the "Nine-Rank Officials Law", that is, the "Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System".
In prefectures and counties, there are officials, both large and small, who are responsible for evaluating local scholars according to their family background and moral ability, and collecting public opinions. They are divided into nine grades from top to bottom for the imperial court to appoint officials according to their grades.
The Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System is the development of the "Inspection and Examination System". It transfers the power of selecting officials from the localities to the central government. The nine-grade system is an innovation in the classification of talents, and the selection criteria tend to be more rigorous. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the power of selecting officials was transferred to the central government.
With the strengthening of rule, after the Eastern Jin Dynasty, this system became full of disadvantages. The center was given too much weight and criticism was random. The nobles controlled the center and controlled the elections. This eventually led to the situation that "high-ranking and powerful families have the glory of being in the world, and common people with the surname Han have no way to advance."
The nine-level Zhongzheng system has become a tool for powerful families to rule the country...
In a sense, the imperial examination system is actually a perfect employment system, which completely breaks the hereditary relationship and the monopoly of the family. "In the morning, I am a farmhouse minister, and in the evening, I ascend to the emperor's hall." Most of the capable students from poor families entered the upper class of society and mastered the Political resources and opportunities to display talents.
The imperial examination system was conducive to fairness and justice to a certain extent, breaking the monopoly of political resources by aristocratic families, and curbing the development of the power of aristocratic families.
But its most significant role is to expand the source of officials and consolidate the foundation of feudal rule...
Of course, in the later period of the imperial examination system, the content and form of the imperial examination system seriously restricted the candidates, causing many people to not pay attention to practical knowledge and restricting their thoughts, which became a cancer that hindered the development of science, technology and society.
In today's Tang Dynasty, the biggest hidden danger does not come from the frontier areas, but from the internal aristocratic families. Over the past dynasties, whenever the world was in chaos and the imperial power was unstable, these aristocratic families would jump out to protect their own interests, and they would even abolish them. King, establish a king, and more importantly, join hands to change the dynasty and plunge the Central Plains into a situation that will never be restored...
It was precisely because he was familiar with the trend of history that Fang Jun knew that His Majesty Li Er would definitely put the imperial examination on the table and use it as a tool to counteract the powerful families. It was also because of this that Fang Jun showed his movable type printing skills and burned it for His Majesty Li Er. With fire and strength, he handed over a sharp knife, and by the way, he also sought merit and used it as capital to bargain with His Majesty Li Er regarding the marriage.
But who would have imagined that His Majesty Li Er accepted the gift with a smile, and when he turned around, he sold Fang Jun carelessly...
Be an examiner for the imperial examination?
If placed in the Ming and Qing dynasties, this position would be a top contender! Because this means that all the students in this imperial examination will theoretically become the "students" of the examiner, and they will compete for it in the court situation where cliques are involved in fraud and personal gain. A large number of high-quality troops have been formed. As long as one or two of these students become successful in the future, it will be enough to satisfy the examiner.
But now is the Tang Dynasty...
Not to mention the fact that in the same year, the terms "seat master" and so on are not yet clear, and the factions based on region and year have not yet appeared. There is no benefit at all from being the examiner. Just those aristocratic families who hate the imperial examination to their bones will regard this examiner. The examiner sees it as a thorn in the side!
Nowadays, the outside world is still talking about the issue of movable type printing, which makes the family members want to behead Fang Jun alive. If he takes over this thankless job of examiner again, he is afraid that when he goes home at night, an assassin will come to him and want to cut him alive. head...
Only a fool would do this!
Fang Jun immediately shook his head like a rattle: "How can a humble minister be qualified for such an important task if he has little talent, little knowledge, and despicable moral conduct? Your Majesty, please choose another wise man to preside over the imperial examination. Otherwise, if your Majesty's death is caused by the incompetence of the humble minister, The great cause of the great cause has been damaged, and the deaths of thousands of humble ministers will not be able to escape the blame!"
His tone was sonorous, his will was firm, and his expression was resolute. There seemed to be no possibility of changing his mind.
Whoever wants to do this shit can do it, but we won’t do it anyway!
His Majesty Li Er was really angry. He narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth: "Are you serious about not doing this?"
Fang Jun shook his head firmly: "It's not that I won't do it, it's that I can't do it."
"Haha!" His Majesty Li Er laughed angrily: "Is there anything else that Fang Jun thinks he can't do? When Mao Sui proposed for the position of chief military officer of Canghaidao March, wasn't he so arrogant that there was nothing in this world?
Is it so difficult to keep you alive? This mighty Tang Dynasty would simply be incapable of functioning without you?"
Hearing this, Fang Jun was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother!
You say you are a wise king after all, why are you always thinking about threatening your ministers?
If we don't work as the examiner, the Canghaidao Marching Chief will be ruined again?
This is simply unreasonable!
If the tiger is not powerful, do you really think it is a sick cat?
Fang Jun was angry in his heart. He straightened up immediately, looked at His Majesty Li Er with stern eyes, and said with emotion: "You asked me to die, but I had to die! Since Your Majesty has to ask me to be the examiner, I dare not violate your order."
, then Wei Chen has only one way to go! Wei Chen...just follow your orders!"
The last sentence was made out of grief and anger. After saying it, his straight back bent down...
His Majesty Li Er was very angry by the first half of his words. How could he want to play with me like a critic and refuse to obey his orders? However, even though he was angry, there was also something cunning and cunning about this young man in his heart. Little did he know that he also had such toughness.
Tough temper!
Unexpectedly, the last sentence made His Majesty Li Er stunned, and he could not recover for a while.
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How about being neither humble nor arrogant? What about being tough and tough? What about being tough and stubborn?
But it turns out that he is just a sycophant who is greedy for life and afraid of death. As long as he gets benefits, all principles are gone...
His Majesty Li Er was furious. As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. He rolled up his sleeves, sprinted up to Fang Jun, and kicked Fang Jun hard.
"Coward, fearful person, villain, sycophant...Mother, you coward, why don't you be tougher for a while? If you toughen up a bit longer, I will really appreciate your strong points, and I really don't need you to be the examiner...
...You worthless thing, I will kick you to death..." 8