Chapter 2301: Implement imperial examinations to select scholars, and countries follow suit and disarmament
Chapter 2301: Implementing the imperial examination to select scholars, and all countries will follow suit and disarmament
The more Guo Jia talked, the more excited he became, but he also had the sense to stop it in time and did not overly insult the big man and spray everything in public.
The art of language lies in this. You must use it in moderation. If you use too much force, it will be counterproductive.
"The former Han Dynasty perished due to tyranny and corruption, and most of those corrupt officials were selected through the Chaoju system. Doesn't this just show that the Chaoju system is no longer up to date."
Liu Ye was shocked by Guo Jia's momentum and didn't know how to answer for a moment. Wang Xizhi quickly stood up and retorted: "Master Guo's words are wrong..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Di Renjie stood up and retorted: "Master Wang's words are wrong..."
As soon as Di Renjie finished speaking, Qu Yuan stood up and retorted: "Master Di, what you said is wrong..."
Before Qu Yuan finished speaking, Wang Meng interrupted him and made a stern rebuttal.
Although Qu Yuan was extremely dissatisfied with this, Wang Meng was the prime minister and his immediate superior. Naturally, he did not dare to interrupt Wang Meng and could only suppress his dissatisfaction.
Gradually, the debate about whether the Chaju system was suitable for the Qin Dynasty turned into a debate between officials from aristocratic families and officials from poor families.
Ying Hao listened quietly to the civil servant's remarks, but system prompts kept coming to his mind.
[Ding dong, Guo Jia’s skill ‘Ghost’ is activated...]
[Ding dong, Xi Zhicai’s skill... activates...]
[Ding dong, Liu Ye’s skill... activates...]
[Ding dong, Wang Meng’s skill... activates...]
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The officials from the poor family and the officials from the noble family belong to the same faction, and each holds their own opinions. Both sides come and go, constantly refuting each other's opinions, and their skills explode one after another. The generals who are watching on the side are stunned.
Ying Hao himself is from a wealthy family, so he is well aware of the urinal nature of the family. In order to prevent the family from growing bigger and becoming a worm in the country, he has been wary of the family since the beginning of the army, and focused on promoting the children of the poor family in terms of employment, so as to harmonize with the family.
To compete, Wang Meng, Guo Jia, Di Renjie and other ministers all came from poor families.
Generally speaking, in the officialdom of Da Qin, the number of officials from poor families was no less than that of officials from noble families, and many of them occupied extremely important positions.
Seeing that the advantage of this debate was gradually shifting to the side of the poor family, Liu Ye couldn't help but feel anxious, and winked at Xun Yu, who had been silent on the side, hoping that he could speak for the family from the standpoint of the family.
Xun Yu was very conflicted at this time. They were both from aristocratic families and should protect the interests of the aristocratic families, but the imperial examination system was indeed superior to the imperial examination system.
Xun Yu wanted to improve the country's talent selection system, but he also didn't want to harm the interests of the family. Under this conflicting mentality, he simply said nothing and pretended not to see Liu Ye's eyes.
Xun Yu was not only the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, but also the deputy prime minister. He did not speak. The officials of the famous family lost their backbone and naturally found it difficult to resist. Wang Meng, Guo Jia and others pursued and attacked.
Under the tumult of the officials from the poor families, the officials from the aristocratic families were scolded one by one and lost the debate without any suspense.
Officials from poor families, led by Wang Mengxi Zhicai, saw that no official from aristocratic families dared to stand up. They were stunned at first, and then fell into ecstasy.
For many years, the poor family has always been the target of the aristocratic family's push and friction, but now the children of the poor family finally stood up and felt proud for once.
Regarding this first confrontation between the Han family of Great Qin and the aristocratic family, Ying Hao, as the emperor, watched the whole process without expressing any opinions. After it was over, he asked knowingly:
"Since both the Opera Minister and Prime Minister Wang say that the inspection and examination system is no longer suitable for the times, what kind of system should be used to replace it?"
As soon as this statement came out, it also showed Ying Hao's attitude. He also supported the Han family.
"Imperial examination system."
Wang Meng and Xi Zhicai said in unison.
After hearing this, the officials from the aristocratic families said in their hearts that it was true, but no one dared to speak out against it. Officials from poor families have gained momentum, and the imperial examination to replace the gap is also a general trend. It is no longer something they can stop, so the look of defeat on their faces is even worse.
The imperial examination system had already appeared. It was first proposed by King Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty and had been implemented for several years. It helped the Sui Kingdom, which was located in Liangzhou, win many talented people from poor families and solved the problem.
This solved the dilemma of insufficient quantity and quality of Sui officials.
Cao Cao saw that the imperial examination system was so effective, so he followed the example of Sui and implemented the imperial examination system in his own country, which was also a great success.
With the two successful cases of Sui and Wei, it stands to reason that all countries should follow suit and adopt a more advanced imperial examination system. However, the reality is that only three countries have implemented the imperial examination so far.
Only Zhu Di's Ming Dynasty became the third power to successfully implement the imperial examination system.
Are the monarchs of various countries, including Ying Hao, collectively blind and unable to see the benefits brought by the imperial examination system?
Of course not, but the resistance to the implementation of the imperial examination was too great.
Once the imperial examination system is implemented, it means that aristocratic families will lose their dominant position in the selection of officials, which is tantamount to digging up the roots of aristocratic families.
The aristocratic families would never accept it, so they tried their best to obstruct it. Once it was forcibly implemented, it would only plunge the country into turmoil.
The success of the imperial examination system in both the Sui and Wei dynasties was because the power of the country's aristocratic families was so weak that it was almost non-existent.
Without resistance, it would naturally be easy to implement the imperial examination system.
But the Qin, Tang, Shu, Chu, and Wu states were different, especially the Great Qin.
Although the Qin Dynasty placed great emphasis on children from poor families, it also used children from aristocratic families, and the number of aristocratic families was the largest in the country.
Even though Ying Hao has implemented land reform, deprived the family of private soldiers, and severely weakened the family several times, the Qin family still has a lot of energy, and at least the humble family that has not yet grown up cannot resist it.
These aristocratic families did not and did not dare to rebel against Ying Hao, but they did not break the law, they just opposed the imperial examination system with all their strength.
Ying Hao can't just kill all these people just because they object, right?
Wouldn't that make him a tyrant?
It is precisely because of this that Ying Hao delayed it until now and did not forcefully implement the imperial examination system.
He was waiting, waiting for the day when the power of the poor family would surpass that of the aristocratic family in the court of Qin Dynasty, and he would go with the flow and carry out the imperial examination system without any disturbance.
Governing a big country is like cooking small dishes, and this day has finally arrived.
The power of the poor families in Da Qin finally surpassed that of the aristocratic families, and used their own power to defeat the aristocratic families, winning this war without gunpowder and winning the opportunity for the children of the poor families in the world to serve as officials.
Ying Hao witnessed the whole process with his own eyes and was sincerely proud of the officials from poor families. For him, the implementation of the imperial examination system was just a matter of words, but if it was led by poor families, the meaning would be completely different.
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It is no exaggeration to call it epoch-making.
The Han family has now achieved great success, and it has convinced the officials of the family with verbal abuse, and naturally there will be no more troubles after that.
After Xi Zhicai explained the benefits of selecting officials through the imperial examination system, Ying Hao made a direct decision in front of all the officials and announced that from now on, Da Qin would abolish the imperial examination and implement the imperial examination.
Da Qin had the largest territory and the largest population. Although it was not the first country to implement the imperial examination, it would definitely be the country that would benefit the most once it was implemented.
Since then, the Qin Dynasty has also entered an era of vigorous development, with major and important policies such as revising laws, disarmament, and promoting imperial examinations being carried out simultaneously.
When the poor children from various prefectures and counties in Da Qin learned that the imperial examination system was finally going to be implemented in the empire, they all cried with joy. They went out excitedly in the streets and shouted long live His Majesty, and rushed to tell their classmates the good news.
Although the imperial examination system was implemented in the Sui, Wei and Ming Dynasties, giving children from poor families a new channel to become officials, not all children from poor families had the courage to give up everything and risk their lives to go to these three countries to participate in the scientific examinations.
War, distance, travel, etc. are all factors that prevent disciples from poor families from going for scientific examinations.
In addition, the contents of the scientific examinations in the Sui, Wei and Ming Dynasties were different. They didn't know whether they could pass the exam. What if they failed?
Do you want to go home begging?
But if you really do this, you may starve to death on the way before you get home, or be killed by bandits or bandits.
If they had a choice, the disciples from the poor families would naturally want to take the scientific examination in their own country. However, as the overlord of the princes, Da Qin kept delaying and delayed opening the subject to obtain scholars. This would naturally make the disciples from the poor families in Da Qin become hostile to the imperial court and the government.
Ying Hao was disappointed.
Most of the poor people would not care about Ying Hao's efforts to implement the imperial examination. They only knew that the imperial examination was implemented in the Sui, Wei and Ming dynasties, but not in the most powerful Qin Dynasty.
Only a small number of sensible people from poor families knew that the obstacle to obtaining scholars through the imperial examinations did not lie with the monarch, but with the country's aristocratic families. However, the aristocratic families of the Qin Dynasty were still powerful, so they called on their colleagues to be sensible and restrained, and to provide support to the monarch and the ministers in the court.
Give us some time.
This statement was also recognized by the disciples of the poor family. However, after waiting year after year, Da Qin still did not implement the imperial examination. The disappointment in their hearts was evident, and it even turned into resentment.
But when the news came out that the Qin Dynasty was about to implement the imperial examination and open the imperial examination, all the resentment in the hearts of the disciples from the poor families disappeared at this moment.
At this moment, they had only one thought in their minds, and that was: Your Majesty is wise. They must participate in this year's scientific examination, and strive to become the first number one scholar after the founding of the Qin Dynasty, and leave their name in history.
Different from the ecstasy of the disciples from poor families, the disciples from aristocratic families howled when they learned that the Qin Dynasty would select officials through the imperial examination.
Although the children of aristocratic families have more educational resources and a better educational environment, not all children of aristocratic families are talented, and there are also many children who are just messing around and dying to be rich.
Nowadays, we see that generals and children from poor families are placed on the same starting line and are selected fairly through the imperial examination. The children from aristocratic families with real talents and practical knowledge naturally don't care, but those children from aristocratic families without talent are not sure to be able to defeat the disciples from poor families.
This is tantamount to completely ending their career.
How could the children of this lofty aristocratic family accept this? They started to make trouble with the elders of the family who were officials in the court, hoping to use the power of the family to prevent Da Qin from implementing the imperial examination, but what they got was a meal
curse roundly.
Nowadays, the officialdom of the Qin Dynasty is dominated by officials from poor families, and it is no longer dominated by officials from aristocratic families. Moreover, opening up colleges and universities to recruit scholars is the general trend. Let them stop it, rather than let them seek death.
The children of the aristocratic family were scolded, and although they felt aggrieved, there was no other way. Even the elders were helpless, so they just accepted their fate.
Those who still want to become officials can only study hard, improve themselves, and strive to be on the scientific examination list.
If you are self-aware and think you are not the one, you can change your career as soon as possible and take over the family business, and you can also enjoy glory and wealth.
It can also be seen from this that children from aristocratic families have far greater choices than children from poor families.
Children from poor families only have the option of taking the scientific examination, but even if children from aristocratic families fail to pass the scientific examination, they still have many options.
Some people may think this is unfair, but how can there be absolute fairness in this world? Reincarnation is also a technical job.
The Qin Dynasty vigorously promoted the imperial examination, and the news quickly spread to other countries. However, the countries did not pay attention to this. Instead, they attached great importance to the disarmament of the Qin Dynasty.
Under the powerful military power of the Qin Dynasty, the neighbors on the border were frightened and had to follow the footsteps of the army expansion even if it was to save the nation.
Now that the Qin Dynasty would actually take the initiative to disarmament, the kings of various countries were not stupid, and they could see the real purpose of the Qin Dynasty's disarmament at a glance.
That must be to liberate the finances and vigorously develop internal affairs. After the results of the war are digested and completely restored, Great Qin will become even stronger.
Thinking of this, all countries felt a heavy pressure. After all, the Qin disarmament was good news for all countries in the short term, but it was not good news in the long term.
If they are obsessed with their current achievements and continue to stand still, the gap between them and Great Qin will only become wider and wider.
If they want to avoid being widened by Da Qin, they have only two options:
1. Expand externally and annex other countries to strengthen yourself.
2. Vigorously develop internal affairs and strive to develop and tap greater national strength of the country.
Since the development of the New Warring States Period, small countries have been annexed, and large countries have no direction to continue to expand, so the only way to go is to develop internal affairs.
However, huge military expenditures have restricted the development of various countries. Even if they want to develop their national strength, they do not have enough funds to invest in the development of their own internal affairs.
Now that the Qin Dynasty has taken the initiative to disarm, the military pressure on various countries is reduced, and naturally there is no need to maintain so many conventional armies.
Countries can also follow the Qin Dynasty in disarmament, invest the liberated wealth in development, and strive to develop their own national strength. Only in this way can they not be abandoned by the times.
Therefore, shortly after hearing the news that Qin was going to disarm, the six kingdoms of Wei, Ming, Song, Chu, Wu, and Shu all followed suit and spread the news that they were going to disarm.
Especially for the Cao Wei Kingdom, the total military strength in the country was only 300,000, but Cao Cao actually wanted to cut half of the troops at once, retaining only the 150,000 elites with the strongest combat power, and all the military expenditures released were invested in the development of the country.
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It can be said that a lot of money has been spent.