Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 115
"I pay homage to the country!" Zhuge Liang entered the hall and said respectfully.

Liu Chan was sitting in front of the imperial case, gesturing for him to sit down without courtesy, while looking at Zhuge Liang, and found that his complexion was ruddy and he looked more energetic than when he returned from Nanzheng.

Liu Chan looked back, and said in a warm voice: "Father Xiang hasn't seen him for a few days, and his complexion has improved. The southern expedition is still hard work."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern!" Zhuge Liang bowed his hands in salute, straightened his waist and said, "Now that the South China Central Committee has been settled, I think I can talk to Your Majesty about the return to Dajiang from the west two years ago. Your Majesty, please block the left and right sides!"

After hearing this, Liu Chan sat upright with a serious expression on his face.The matter of returning to the Yangtze River from the west refers to the fact that I talked with Zhuge Liang alone in the cabin on the way back to Chengdu from Yong'an about the reform.At the beginning, for the sake of domestic stability, they only dared to slowly take back the military power and personnel power of the inland counties and counties, and did not dare to take other actions, especially to appease the hearts of the people.

Now that Nanzhong has been established, the government and the opposition are stable, and the military power and personnel appointment and dismissal rights of the counties in Ba and Shu are gradually withdrawn, perhaps further reforms can be deepened.

After Liu Chan took a deep breath, he knew the importance of the matter, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone in the hall retreats, and Huang Hao shuts the door tightly."

"Bang!" The door was closed tightly, and the servants from the palace came out in a file.

"Father Xiang has no outsiders, only you and me, Father Xiang can come forward." Liu Chan invited Zhuge Liang to go up to the stage.

Zhuge Liang lifted his skirt, walked up the steps slowly, knelt down before sitting on the desk, and looked at Liu Chan face to face.

Looking at Liu Chan, Zhuge Liang lightly tapped the case with two fingers, and said slowly: "I think we can change the two systems of procuratorial examination and establishment at present."

Liu Chan didn't answer in a hurry, but searched for the system of procuratorate and punishment in his mind.

The Juju system was established in the Western Han Dynasty by Emperor Wu. Under the suggestion of Dong Zhongshu, Emperor Wu ordered all the officials of the Han Dynasty with more than [-] shi to issue a target for the promotion of talents. This is "ju".The indicators require that the recommender must review the level of the recommended person based on the "four subjects" standard. If the central government finds that the recommended person does not meet the requirements, the central government will punish the recommender. This is "inspection".

The probation system is a bottom-up selection method initiated by local governments. Although it increases the central talent pool, it weakens the centralization of power.And there are two recommendation criteria, one is "filial piety", that is, "good parents";

Speaking of the system, you must know the system of levy and system.One is that the emperor recruited famous people in the society called "Zheng"; the other was that senior officials below the San Gong called commoners as their staff and officials called "Pi".The so-called "requisition, evacuation".

Liu Chan pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know how Xiangfu plans to change it."

Zhuge Liang took out a silk scarf from his cuff and handed it to Liu Chan. Liu Chan unfolded the scarf and flipped through it, but saw that it read: "Return to Zuo Xiongyangjia's new system discussion (Note ①)...."

After Liu Chan finished reading, although his face was calm, his heart was turbulent.Zuo Xiong once proposed to change the procuratorate system during Emperor Shun of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and added an examination system to the central interview of the procuratorate system.

After the implementation of the Zuoxiong reform in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the atmosphere of officials was indeed greatly improved, but this reform soon failed; after Huang Qiong took office, he changed the second division into the fourth division.

Liu Chan stared at Zhuge Liang's elegant face, leaned forward slightly, and said in a low voice, "Father Xiang wants to restore the four subjects to the second, good! I just don't know how the gentry in central Shu will react?"

Zhuge Liang raised the corner of his mouth and said in a low voice: "The gentry in central Shu can be divided into big gentry and small gentry. We will win over the middle and small gentry, and the big gentry can be confiscated into the Wudan Academy. In this way, although the big gentry are dissatisfied , but it will not cause chaos."

After hearing this, Liu Chan pondered for a while, squinted his eyes and said, "I think it's a pity that there are only 200,000 people in the prefecture and country, and there is only one Xiaolian. It's better to recommend Xiaolian to Chengdu for every 50,000 people to take the exam and then allow interviews. The central screening Those who are eliminated, those who are eliminated, will be re-examined in the next year. As for the big gentry, I don’t care about it, so I am a big man who wants to win over the small and medium gentry in Yizhou, so there is nothing to be afraid of the big gentry, and besides Wudan Xuegong, I have great expectations.”

Zhuge Liang nodded in agreement, and said slowly: "Your Majesty's words are good, but I think that if there are too many people with Xiaolian, how can I have enough official positions to wait for (Xiaolian reserve officials)?"

Liu Chan heard Zhuge Liang asked, and smiled slightly, how could he not know that this would lead to the spread of filial piety, because that is the purpose.

Liu Chan did not answer directly, but said in a deep voice: "Father Xiang, I think that everyone in the world can be an official of the Han Dynasty. In my opinion, there is not enough filial piety. I want all scholars in the world to be qualified to be officials of the Han Dynasty. In this way, there will no longer be the generation of Yuan Shao, the fourth generation and the third generation. And the more filial piety and honesty there are, the more top-notch people they will screen out."

After Zhuge Liang heard about it, he pondered and said: "Your Majesty's heart, I understand. You can act according to Your Majesty's wishes first."

"However, I have recently thought that the number of students in Wudan Academy has increased this year, and their expenses will inevitably increase in the future. The current task of the Great Han Dynasty is the Northern Expedition. Your Majesty still needs to think about it, so that the children of the Dashi family can enroll at their own expense." Zhuge Liang added.

Liu Chan understood what Zhuge Liang meant, and he wanted the children of the Dashi family to buy a place to enter, so as to subsidize the school.

Liu Chan thought about the business operations of later generations, and said slowly: "There is no mention of fees at the establishment of the school. reduce its costs."

"Good, Your Majesty is merciful." Zhuge Liang returned to the topic, pointing to the scarf and said: "I wonder what your Majesty's opinion is about the appointment of prefectures and counties?"

Liu Chan looked at the words on the scarf and knew what Zhuge Liang meant.Zhuge Liang hoped that except for the land in Nanzhong, the prefect's call-up system would be restricted. Those above county meritorious officers must be directly appointed by the Central Committee of the Han Dynasty, and they would be assessed by the central government every year;

Liu Chan has no objection to this. After all, Dahan currently only has one state, so there is no need to worry about state-level issues. At the same time, compared with Cao Wei and Dong Wu, it is easier to design local government reforms.Moreover, Zhuge Liang took these reforms slowly, boiled frogs in warm water, and did not overly stimulate the local officials of the Han Dynasty.

After Liu Chan reviewed it again carefully, he closed the scarf, looked at Zhuge Liang and said: "The prime minister is old enough to seek the country, so you can act according to the prime minister's words."

"Yes!" Zhuge Liang clapped his hands in praise.

Liu Chan nodded secretly at this, after analyzing the gains and losses of the Later Han with Zhuge Liang on the way back to the west from the perspective of later generations.Zhuge Liang has already aimed at these problems, thinking about the current reasonable solution system, and improving it.

It is worthy of being the first phase of the ages!His words and deeds coincide with the mainstream of the historical trend of later generations.
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①The imperial examination system sprouted from the "Yangjia reform" of the Eastern Han Dynasty's procuratorate system. After its failure, Cao Pi reversed history and launched the Jiupin Zhongzheng System, which finally brought Chinese politics into the politics of the clan in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

(End of this chapter)