The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 276 Chen Qun is a Good Man
Cheng Yuanzhi's heart sank: "What did you say? It doesn't matter if you speak bluntly!"

Jia Xu said: "They all said that King Wei's move is paving the way for the two heirs to replace Han with Wei."

Cheng Yuanzhi's face darkened: "Even if I really have such intentions, what's wrong with it! Scholar seeks the country? It's ridiculous!"

Feeling that this was not enough to relieve his anger, Cheng Yuanzhi emphasized: "They know a lot about chickens!"

Everyone in the hall was completely confused by this sudden dialect. You look at me and I look at you, but you don't know what "know a chicken" means.

Judging by the tone of voice, it shouldn't be a good thing.


Cheng Yuanzhi was condescending, looked into the distance, lost his mind for a while, and sighed: "The merit-only system implemented by the academy before is not perfect, and cheating in exams has been repeatedly banned; and the disadvantages of the nomination system are becoming more and more obvious. The dean's list is all the sons of wealthy families."

"And among those Tu nationality children, there are few real talents and scholars, and most of them are mediocre people who write a thousand words every day, but they are useless in front of the battle. If things go on like this, I, Great Wei, will be worried!"

Chen Qun stood out from the crowd and said with cupped hands: "King Wei, I have a method that may solve this dilemma."

It can't be the Ninth Grade Zhongzheng System. Cheng Yuanzhi looked at Chen Qun with divine light in his eyes and said, "Tell me."

Chen Qun said: "This method is the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System."

"Firstly, small Zhongzhengs are set up in each county and county, and large Zhongzhengs are set up in each prefecture. They are responsible for selecting local talents. Based on the three criteria of 'family background, morality, and talent', they are judged and graded."

"This grade is divided into nine grades. After the local talents are evaluated by the counties and counties, the results are submitted to the state government for review and approval, and then sent to the Ministry of Officials as the basis for selecting officials..."

Chen Qun didn't know that before he finished speaking, Cheng Yuanzhi had already grasped the essence of the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System.

The Nine-rank Zhongzheng System was inherited from the imperial examination system of the Han Dynasty and the imperial examination system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It is one of the three major official election systems in feudal society. a form of expression.

The nine-rank Zhongzheng system generally refers to the election of a Dazhongzheng by each state and county, and the elected Dazhongzheng must be an official in the central government and has a high reputation.The big zhongzheng regenerates the small zhongzheng.

Zhongzheng is the official title for appraising talents.After the big and small Zhongzhengs were created, the imperial court distributed a talent survey form, in which talents were divided into nine grades, upper-upper, upper-middle, upper-lower, middle-upper, middle-middle, middle-lower, lower-upper, lower-middle, lower-middle, Down and down.

In this form, Zhongzheng, big and small, registered all the exiles from all over the place, whether they were in office or not, according to their own knowledge.

Xiao Zhongzheng assisted Da Zhongzheng to review and submit the form to the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Officials carried out the promotion and dismissal of officials accordingly.

The emergence of this system provided a set of strict objective standards for the selection of officials at this time, which has epoch-making significance.

Although this set of standards actually still adopts local mass public opinion and public opinions, retaining the legacy of rural elections in the Han Dynasty.

However, during this period of time, the implementation of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system has more advantages than disadvantages. On the one hand, it solves the problem of lack of standards for the selection of officials and clarifies the administration of officials.On the other hand, it eased the tension between those in power and the aristocratic families.

Although the imperial examination system is better than the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, just as people can stand up and walk after they have learned to crawl, they have to be taken step by step.

Just as the primitive tribal society could not skip the slave society and enter the feudal society, it is also impossible for the examination system to skip the Jiupin Zhongzheng system and directly enter the imperial examination system.

Because the powerful family system is still in the world, and there are so many rich and noble families, simply saying "the family is not allowed to engage in politics" will not solve the problem at all, but will intensify the conflict between the imperial court and the family.

Moreover, if the strategy of "no family members are allowed to participate in politics" is implemented, it is actually the same policy as "the disaster of the party".

The target of the party ban is the aristocratic family, and it is clearly stipulated that the aristocratic family is not allowed to participate in politics.

And this policy has long been proved in Liu Hong's era that it will not work.

Because the energy contained in the aristocratic family is huge, once it is suppressed for a long time, it will be enough to destroy the world when it bursts out.

At the same time, it has been 30 years since the Intercontinental Academy was held, and there is almost no painful revelation from receiving a top talent.

Thinking about this, Cheng Yuanzhi mused: "Although this system is better than the expropriation system, how to select the right officials? If the upright officials are not upright, if they wantonly accept bribes and make random evaluations, wouldn't it be a disaster for the country and the people?"

Chen Qun nodded and said: "Zhongzheng can be recommended by officials at all levels, and a reliable person must be selected. Moreover, the evaluation results of Zhongzheng in various places need to be reviewed by the Ministry of Officials. Immediately remove the middle-ranking post and replace him with a new selection."

Cheng Yuanzhi waved his hand and said: "Although the policy is good, the punishment system is too light and the cost of making mistakes is too low, so it is not appropriate. I think that if there are mistakes found in the review, the party concerned should be investigated for legal responsibility! At least, the property will be confiscated." , exile three thousand; if it is serious, you will be imprisoned, and your head will fall to the ground!"

When this statement came out, everyone was shocked.

With such a severe punishment, who would want to be upright?

Besides, no one has time to look away.

Are you an elector?You are targeting Zhongzheng!
When Cheng Yuanzhi talked about his excitement, he didn't notice that everyone's faces had changed, and he continued to say:

"Also, there is no need for family background to be included in the assessment. I think that virtue is the only thing to do, and talent is the only way to do it. Virtue comes before talent."

"Those who have no virtue and talent cannot be employed as officials; those who have virtue but no talents cannot be employed in the army."

"In this way, it is necessary to implement the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System."

After Cheng Yuanzhi finished speaking, he still thought about it endlessly, repeatedly pondering the loopholes in it.

In the main hall, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, silent, feeling chills down their spines.

As soon as this system came out, although Mingli did not target the children of the aristocratic family, after a few years, the children of the aristocratic family would inevitably disappear from the officialdom.

Because the king of Wei said that those who are talented but not virtuous cannot be appointed to official positions; those who are virtuous but not talented cannot be employed in the military.

Moreover, the assessment criterion of "family background" was also removed.

This knife can be said to have been cut on the waist of the family.

No, it's not one knife, it's a billion knife!
Chen Qun didn't know that the epoch-making system he proposed was changed beyond recognition by Cheng Yuanzhi in an instant, and it became a sharp weapon against the aristocratic family.

In the original time and space, since Chen Qun put forward the "Nine Grades Zhongzheng System", this system has been going on for hundreds of years through the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

After Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty ruled the world, he believed that this system was outdated, so he abolished it and re-established a longer-lasting employment system-the imperial examination system.

Although the nine-rank Zhongzheng system was abolished and not used, the grades were retained. Therefore, the standard for assessing the rank of officials has also changed from a few stones in the Qin and Han Dynasties to a few grades in later generations.It is from this that the first-rank officials and second-rank officials that are often said by later generations come from this.

Of course, the original intention of the establishment of the Jiupin Zhongzheng System is good. Although it does not completely rule out family background, it is mostly based on talents. Therefore, in the original time and space, the talents of Cao and Wei were prosperous, far from comparable to those of Shu Han and Dong Wu. If you die, you will be able to rule the world in the end.

It's just that in the later period, the division of the nine ranks was gradually controlled by the aristocratic families, and there was a situation where "the upper ranks have no poor families, and the lower ranks have no noble families" to monopolize the regime.

Strictly speaking, every system has a good original intention, but in the end it is destroyed by man.

For example, the imperial examination system prospered in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.But in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially the Qing Dynasty, the imperial examination system evolved into a shackle that bound scholars, and stereotyped essays became popular.Is this also a problem with the imperial examination system?
It was a man who destroyed the imperial examination system.


Therefore, Chen Qun is a talented person, and the Jiupin Zhongzheng System is a good system suitable for this era.

(End of this chapter)