The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 480 Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty
The Jiupin Zhongzheng System, also known as the Jiupin Official Personnel Law, divides talents into nine grades and serves as the basis for the government to select officials.The Jiupin Zhongzheng System is a reform in the selection of talents aimed at the disadvantages of investigation and expropriation.Its purpose is to take the selection and use of human rights back to the central government, so that the emperor can control them, re-establish the normal relationship between scholars and the imperial bureaucracy, and gradually weaken the tendency of localization.

It can be said that the Jiupin Zhongzheng system played a certain positive role in the beginning, bringing human rights from the local to the central, and strengthening the centralized rule.On the one hand, it solved the problem of lack of standards in the selection of officials, which clarified the administration of officials at that time; on the other hand, it also eased the tense relationship between the Cao regime and the aristocratic family.

But there is one most critical point in this system, that is how to evaluate a person's grade and who should evaluate it.

According to the suggestions of Chen Qun, Sima Yi and others, the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System implemented by Cao Pi will determine a person's level from the following two aspects.

One is family background, that is, family background and background. A person is ranked according to the seniority and official status of the grandparents and the title of the title. This is the so-called "dragon begets dragon and phoenix" and "old man is a hero."

The other is career status, which is the general evaluation of personal character and ability, which is equivalent to moral evaluation.

So who is responsible for the assessment?Rated by Zhongzheng.

The so-called Zhongzheng refers to the person in charge of evaluating people in a certain area, that is, the Zhongzheng official.Zhongzheng officials are also divided into big and small. The prefecture has a large Zhongzheng official, who is in charge of the evaluation of figures in several counties in the prefecture, and each county has a small Zhongzheng official.After the big and small Zhongzhengs are produced, a talent survey form will be distributed by the central government, in which talents are divided into nine grades, upper-upper, upper-middle, upper-lower, middle-upper, middle-middle, middle-lower, lower-upper, lower-middle, lower-middle, up and down.

In principle, the fixed product is based on the job status, and the family background is only for reference, but after the aristocratic family has mastered the power of the fixed product, it will definitely work for their own benefit.The Zhang family rated the Li family’s son as the best, the Li family rated the Wang family’s son as the best, and the Wang family rated the Zhang family’s son as the best.

If things go on like this, no matter how high the talents from poor families are, they can only be ranked in the lower ranks; the second-generation officials from rich families can be ranked in the upper ranks no matter how poor their conduct and knowledge are.As a result, the situation of "the upper class has no poor families, and the lower class has no nobles" has formed in the future. The class is completely solidified, and the poor families and common people have no way to rise.

But the aristocratic families are really happy, which means that they can be officials from generation to generation, and they are high-ranking officials, and their children and grandchildren can control the highest power of the country.

Therefore, under such a huge preferential policy, the aristocratic families acquiesced to Cao Pi's usurpation of Han and self-reliance.

In August of the first year of Yankang, someone reported that there was a phoenix in Shiyi County, a unicorn in Linzi City, and a yellow dragon in Ye County.This is to create auspiciousness, and it is a common trick used by usurpers to show God's approval and approval of the current ruler.

Small auspiciousness has exotic flowers and plants, such as where rice and wheat have multiple ears, and where ganoderma lucidum is found.Bigger auspicious signs will have some spiritual beasts or special natural phenomena, such as white wolves, white deer or white foxes, auspicious clouds, auspicious snow, and the combination of the sun and the moon.The best auspiciousness is the appearance of five spirits, which are unicorn, phoenix, tortoise, dragon and white tiger.

This Cao Pi was eager to usurp the throne, and he directly brought out the best auspiciousness. If those who reported the auspiciousness had not received Cao Pi's private instruction, it would definitely be impossible.

So Zhonglang discussed with Li Fu, Taishicheng Xu Zhi and others. The appearance of all kinds of auspiciousness is a sign of the contemporary Han Dynasty in Wei Dynasty. They can arrange the ritual of accepting Zen, so that Emperor Han can give the world to King Wei.So together with Hua Xin, Wang Lang, Xin Pi, Jia Xu, Liu Ye, Chen Jiao, Chen Qun, Huan Jie and other civil and military bureaucrats, more than forty people, went straight to the inner hall to play Han Xiandi, and asked Zen to be located in Cao Pi, king of Wei. .

Of course the emperor Liu Xie was unwilling. Although the puppet emperor was boring in public, he was still the emperor after all, and he was still the co-lord of the world in name.Besides, if the great Han country is ruined in his hands, then he will become the king of subjugation, and he will not have any good comments in the history books in the future. How can he meet his ancestors after death?

But Liu Xie can't help it. From the day he became emperor, he has never controlled power. He was either played by Dong Zhuo or Li Jue, and then he was played by Cao Cao for so many years. Now Cao Pi doesn't want to play anymore. Take that seat.

Wang Lang said that since ancient times, if there is prosperity, there must be decline, and if there is prosperity, there will be decline. There is no country or family that will not perish. The Han Dynasty is exhausted, and it should give way as soon as possible.

The emperor cried loudly and couldn't come out when he ran to the apse. Cao Zhen led troops to force the emperor to come out and give way, but was scolded by Empress Cao.I have to say that although Empress Cao is Cao Cao's daughter, after marrying Liu Xie, she really "married a chicken and followed a chicken, married a dog and followed a dog". When Cao Pi was about to usurp the throne, she didn't help her brother and cursed Cao Pi "the emperor will not be Zuoer"!
But Empress Cao was also powerless to stop it, and the emperor was forced to change clothes and come out.

Hua Xin said threateningly, "Your Majesty can follow the advice of the ministers and others yesterday, and avoid a catastrophe. If you don't follow the opinions of the public, there may be a catastrophe sooner or later, and the ministers and others will not be loyal to your majesty."

Liu Xie didn't believe that these people dared to do anything to him. At the beginning, Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Cao Cao, etc. all controlled the government and acted like a power, but they didn't dare to kill him. Could it be that Cao Pi dared to kill him?
"Who dares to kill me?" the emperor said angrily.

But Hua Xin is the loyal running dog of the Cao family, and he just wants to make a great contribution and become a hero who founded the country. Cao Pi also wanted to ascend to the throne in a legitimate way. He wanted to be a bitch and set up an archway.

So Hua Xin threatened again, Cao Zhen and others led more than a hundred soldiers in armor and stood under the steps, Liu Xie was frightened, and it was better to lose the throne than to lose his life.Cao Cao has killed a lot of people these years, including several of his own women and sons. Maybe this Cao Pi is more ruthless than his father, daring to kill the emperor!

Liu Xie wept and said to the officials: "I would like to give the world to the king of Wei, so that I can stay alive for the rest of my life."

Then Liu Xie ordered Chen Qun to draft the imperial edict for the throne of Zen, and ordered Huaxin to present the edict and the Jade Seal of Chuanguo with all the civil and military officials to the Palace of Wei.

Cao Pi played the trick of making three concessions and three resignations with the officials again, and then the emperor Liu Xie ordered people to build a three-story high altar, and chose to give up at Yinshi on Gengwu Day in October.

On this day, the emperor invited Wei Wang Cao Pi to go to the altar to receive Zen. Under the altar, there were more than [-] bureaucrats, big and small, and more than [-] imperial guards.

Cao Pi, the king of Wei, received eight great gifts and ascended the throne. Jia Xu introduced bureaucrats of all sizes under the altar, and changed the first year of Yankang to the first year of Huangchu, and the country was named Wei.Afterwards, Cao Pi issued a decree to amnesty the world, posthumously posthumous father Cao Cao as Emperor Taizu Wu.

After Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, he made Liu Xie Duke of Shanyang, packed up his things and set off immediately, and then Cao Pi made Hua Xin Situ and Wang Lang Sikong, and bureaucrats, big and small, were rewarded one by one.He ordered to build a palace in Luoyang and move the capital to Luoyang.

(End of this chapter)