Zhao Xin's purpose of this trip had been achieved by getting Zhang Yuan to surrender. As for Mr. Ning, it was just a casual question.
Since Zhang Yuan has already surrendered, it is impossible to kill such a mediocre old man.
Zhao Xin is not a murderous devil.
Upon hearing this, Mr. Ning subconsciously glanced at Zhang Yuan with a struggling look on his face, obviously feeling guilty.
Zhang Yuan now looked at things with a more open mind.
He also realized that Zhao Xin asked this question purely for fun.
I will never embarrass Mr. Ning again no matter what.
As for what Mr. Ning said was useful, he couldn't help but smile bitterly when he thought about it at this moment. When he came to his senses, even he himself was very surprised. Why did he rely on such a down-and-out old man as his confidant in the first place?
Seeing the latter looking at him with a guilty look on his face, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't look at me, what's the point of looking at me.
Your Majesty asks you, this is your good fortune, one day you and I may be able to serve as ministers in the same palace.
Even if you are wrong, His Majesty is merciful and will not embarrass you."
That's just what he said.
But I am still a little worried that this old gentleman will come again and say, "My lord, don't worry."
So I took a precautionary measure first.
But the old man let out a long sigh, as if he felt that Zhang Yuan did not blame him, and he felt more and more guilty.
But Zhang Yuan's words "serving as ministers in the same palace" made him feel a little moved.
He immediately bowed to Zhang Yuan, ending the relationship between the monarch and his subject.
Then he bowed to Zhao Xin again and said, "Your Majesty, I came from humble beginnings and traveled extensively to study in my youth. I hope that I will achieve success and fame, and be known by the court and the world.
However, the current imperial court appoints people based on their merits and virtues, and it is not easy for us humble people to gain a great reputation, and it is even more difficult to be recognized and employed by the imperial court."
When the old man said this, he couldn't help but laugh bitterly at himself, but Zhao Xin couldn't help but frown slightly.
Zhang Yuan also frowned slightly. There were two reasons for his frown. One was naturally that he was worried that the old man would say something wrong and offend the emperor again.
Also, the topic mentioned by the old man is a bit sensitive.
That is the recommendation system.
What is "Cao Ju"? Simply put, it is the system for selecting talents in this era.
The so-called "cha" refers to the inspection of low-level officials, also known as "cha lian", which means that superiors evaluate low-level officials and then recommend them to the court.
As for the selection of talents from the people, local officials such as county governors and county magistrates would evaluate the talents from the people under their jurisdiction and recommend those who they thought were talented and virtuous to the court.
When this system was first used, there was actually no problem. First of all, there were few educated people in that era, and the scope of assessment was very small.
At the beginning, the other dynasty was full of vigor and vitality, and there were basically no shortage of people with integrity among the court officials and princes, who were able to promote people based on their talents to a certain extent.
But slowly, with the development of the times, the base of scholars began to expand, and it became difficult for you to be recommended. With so many people, why should others recommend you? How could they know your talents and virtues?
This requires fame.
That is why the talents of this era are so fond of fame and there are so many famous officials.
The fundamental purpose is very simple, which is to catch the attention of the county magistrate who is qualified to recommend.
But it is not so easy to become famous. The best way is to let great scholars and celebrities comment on you.
That's why there were bastards like Cao Cao in the late Han Dynasty in China who put a sword to people's necks and asked them to comment on him.
There are also so-called lunatics who curse others everywhere in order to become famous.
There are also some people who have crippled themselves and even forgotten their original purpose. They have become famous for the sake of fame, and even deliberately choose not to be an official in order to become famous.
Or consciously or unconsciously perform some strange behaviors, which is called being unruly.
There are also some extreme ones, such as lying on the ice to catch carp.
Especially in the Chinese world during the Jin Dynasty, this pursuit of fame reached its peak.
Thus, there was the avant-garde and cool style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
However, the most mainstream one still relies on "bragging", so people of this era always like to say some particularly awesome and particularly childish words, which in turn produced a large number of idioms, greatly enriching the language art of Chinese civilization.
A branch school also developed among them, namely the so-called "Qingtan".
However, this is from a humanistic perspective. If we return to the level of governance, this will be a big problem, because everyone is busy being weird and becoming "Internet celebrities", so it is naturally difficult for the court to select normal talents.
Moreover, everyone is desperately trying to be more "noble" and "moral", so no one dares to talk about practical issues, and no one dares to brag about practical issues or talk about profits.
If we can’t talk clearly, what else can we do?
Finally, it goes like this: "It begins and ends slowly, the speaker does not know what he means, and the listener does not know what he means."
Another problem is that they got to the top by bragging. After getting to the top, what else can they do besides bragging?
I can't do anything.
So they ruled by doing nothing.
Is it true that no one in this era understands these issues? No, on the contrary, most people in this era understand them.
Then why not change it?
Because this involves another issue, that is, the chain of interests that binds the aristocratic families and celebrities.
Simply put: one can only become famous if he is evaluated by great scholars, but most great scholars come from aristocratic families. Will aristocratic families evaluate those from humble backgrounds? Will they evaluate those common people who are not even from humble backgrounds?
Thus, a closed loop was gradually formed: "Only aristocratic families can produce great scholars and two thousand officials" and "Only wealthy families that have produced two thousand officials for generations and have great scholars who can study classics can be called aristocratic families."
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