Just as Cao Chong was preparing for the second round of cleaning, Cao Chong immediately smelled an unusual smell on the morning court a few days later.

Not long after he firmly sat on the throne, Yecheng Order Xun Yan immediately stood up.

"I heard that Your Highness is going to start preparing for the next imperial examination again?"

Cao Chong glanced at Xun Yan gently and his brows frowned slightly.

He did not expect that the Yingchuan gentry decided to show off with him at this time.

He still has to give Xun Yan some face. After all, he is Xun's third brother and is also considered a member of the Xun family in Yingchuan.

Xun is his teacher and has given him a lot of help. Xun Yan and Xun Zhan have been associated with him, so he still has to tolerate him.

Cao Chong suppressed his irritable mood, looked down at Xun Yan, and asked, "I am indeed going to start preparing for the next imperial examination. I wonder what Yecheng Order has to teach you?"

Although Cao Chong's tone was mediocre, there was something in his words that he was dissatisfied with Xun Yan.

Of course, Xun Yan heard the dissatisfaction in Cao Chong's words, but his words would not stop today's actions just because of Cao Chong's dissatisfaction.

Today's actions are not only about him, but also about the Xun family and the Yingchuan gentry.

"Your Highness uses imperial examinations, but not examinations. If a talented but not virtuous person is appointed, wouldn't it be a disaster for the people of the world?"

A bad person who is uneducated is not a problem, but a bad person who is educated can ruin the world.

Xun Yan said this truth.

After Xun Yan finished speaking, Chen Qun stood up after hesitating for a while.

"Your Highness, I think what the Yecheng Order said is reasonable."

Sima Yi raised his eyebrows. Although Chen Qun kept staring at him, his steps remained motionless and had no intention of coming forward.

Sima Lang stood up.

Although he was not a member of the Yingchuan gentry, he was also a famous and prominent family in Henei County. Moreover, the Xun family in Yingchuan took the lead and there was no reason why his Sima family was incompatible.

"Your Highness, I think what the Yecheng Order said is reasonable."

After Sima Lang stood up, Xun Yun, son of Xun, also stood up.

"I think what the Yecheng Order said is reasonable."

"I think what the Yecheng Order said is reasonable."

The Xun family in Yingchuan took the lead, followed by representative figures of the Yingchuan gentry.

Chen Qun, Cheng Yu, Xun Yun and Xun Yan...

Even the Sima family, and even some people from the Cao family, Xiahou family, were involved.

As the saying goes, the butt determines the head.

Originally, the system of recommendations was led by aristocratic families. Generally, the recommendation persons were recommended as officials according to their virtues and virtues. However, when there are some of your own family members who have not become officials yet, would you recommend other people?

Won't!

Originally, the Western Han Dynasty's recommendation system was pretty good, but in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was a mess.

The aristocratic families formed cliques for personal gain through the system of recommendation.

The big reason for the dispute between the Party and the Prison is that it is the system of recommendation.

As a recommendation person, if you recommend someone to be an official, you are his teacher. Can he not do what you told him?

So, this formed a party prototype.

The deep-rooted network of relationships among the aristocratic families is closely related because of this system of recommendation.

This is also the reason why Cao Cao had to issue an order to recruit talents.

It’s not that he has no talent to use, but that he dares not use this talent.

In the court, more than half of the ministers saluted Cao Chong and knelt down like silent protests.

pity...

This palace did not even compromise on the road construction before. How could he compromise on the imperial examination system?

Cao Chong could not understand the role of the imperial examination system, or the intention of the aristocratic family members.

After thinking for a while, Cao Chong's words slowly spoke.

"In the fifteenth year of Jian'an, the father promulgated the "Order to Seek Talents".

The order said: Since ancient times, the kings who received orders and revived had never been able to be able to govern the world with wise men and gentlemen? They had never left the streets and alleys, how could they meet? The superiors did not seek it. Today, the subordinates have not yet decided, and this is the urgent need to seek talent. "Meng Gongchuo was Zhao, and Wei Lao was superior, so he could not be Teng or Xue Duke." If the honest man must be used, how could Qi Huan dominate the world? Today, there was no one who was brown and jade fishing in Weibin? And there was no one who stole his sister-in-law and had not met ignorant? The two and three sons helped me to be clear and humble, but only my talent was promoted, so I could use it.

Last year, the father promulgated the Order of the Recruiting Scholars.

The order said: A person who practices may not be able to make progress; an enterprising person may not be able to make progress. How could Chen Ping be abide by his faith? How could Su Qin keep his trust? Chen Ping settled the Han business and Su Qin was weak in Yan. From this point of view, if a scholar has a shortage, can the mediocre be abolished? If Si Ming thinks about this, then the scholar will be stagnant and the officials will be slack."

After a moment of pause, Cao Chong continued to say something.

"The two orders of the father and the king are all seeking talent, but do not ask about virtue. If you really seek virtue, nearly half of the talented people in the world will lose."

Xun Yan had known that Cao Chong would say this before, and immediately asked: "If a person without virtue is an official, how could he regard the people as flesh and blood? How could he be loyal to the king and His Highness? Only those who are both virtuous and capable can cultivate moral character and morality internally, and manage the people's customs externally, and plan for the king and His Highness."

hehe.

The words are pretty good.

But Cao Chong was not convinced by Xun Yan's words, but instead showed a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"In the past, Yi Zhi and Fu said it was a bitch; Guan Zhong and Duke Huan were all used to promote it. Xiao He, Cao Shen, county officials; Han Xin and Chen Ping were humiliated and were ashamed of laughing at him, and they could finally achieve the king's career. He was praised by Zai. Wu Qi was greedy for generals, killed his wife, and was confident in scattering the gold to seek official positions, but his mother refused to return to death. However, in Wei, Qin people did not dare to go east, and in Chu, the Three Jins did not dare to plan in the south. Today, there was no one with great virtue among the people, and they were brave enough to ignore them and fight against the enemy. If a civil servant was of high talent and heterogeneous nature, he might be able to be guarded by generals; if he was humiliated, he would be unkind and unfilial, and had the skills of governing the country and using military forces: they all know what they know, and they would not leave anything behind."

Cao Chong used the examples of Yi Zhi, Fu Shuo, Guan Zhong, Xiao He, Cao Shen, Han Xin and others to refute Xun Yan's words.

Can people with bad morals really not be an official?

I'm afraid that's not the case.

According to the examples of the above people, their virtues are detrimental, but what about them after they become officials?

Guan Zhong, a famous prime minister for all ages, Xiao He and Cao Shen, a hero of the Han Dynasty...

If virtue is damaged, how can you not become an official?

Xun Yan didn't expect Cao Chong to be so clever and could argue. He was a little choked for a moment, but he immediately said it.

"Guan Zhong, Xiao, Cao, Han Xin and Chen Ping are the very few of those who have no virtue. If Your Highness recruited countless officials who infringed on the people because of these very few people, is this contrary to Your Highness's original intention?"

Xun Yan's speech changes, turning Guan Zhong's people into a few people, and most of them are what he said.

really...

All literati have a good mouth.

Why was Cao Cao's order to recruit talents hated by aristocratic families, and why was Cao Chong's imperial examination system hated by aristocratic families?

The reason is very simple.

Cao Cao was a master of the great throne. If he wanted to obtain the throne of Liu in the late Han Dynasty and replace him, he would first destroy the spiritual fortress of Boss Cao's great enemy, the scholar-official class, which is the traditional Confucianism of the Han Dynasty, and then he could succeed...

Most of the main scholars and officials in the outer court of the Eastern Han Dynasty came from Confucian clans...

Their moral methods of self-cultivation and family management will also be used to govern the country and pacify the world, and such moral methods are all derived from Confucian doctrines...

But the source of all literati and doctors is very powerful, and they dare not exceed this range or violate this standard.

This scope is family and villages, and this standard is benevolence, filial piety and integrity. Taking this scope standard as the basis, it is promoted to governing the people and the military, and it is the end and use.

In short, both the main and the final must be combined, and the body and function must be integrated.

Boss Cao's order to recruit talents roughly means that those with virtue may not be talented. Talented people may bear the stigma of being unkind, unfilial, greedy, and deceitful, which directly declares that the golden rules that the aristocratic families have followed from the beginning have completely gone bankrupt.

For this reason, the fortress of Confucianism and Zhoukong morality in the Eastern Han Dynasty could not hold on to the fortress of the Confucianism and the morality of Zhoukong, and the things they had settled in were completely lost.

Boss Cao's order to recruit talents has greatly liberated and freed the originally tense society.

It also interrupted the literati's monopoly over officials and the soil and foundation for party formation.

Cao Chong's order to recruit talents gave the final blow to the originally tragic system of recommendation.

This is also the reason why the aristocratic family came to confront Cao Chong.

Because if there is no confrontation, when Cao Chong's forces take charge of the government, they may not have a chance again.

So fundamentally speaking, these people still bully Cao Chong without foundation in the court and bully him young.

If Boss Cao was here, he would not dare to do what he did today with a hundred courages.

But Cao Chong is different.

He is just the crown prince now, and the authority is not determined, and the Xun family is kind to Cao Chong, so Cao Chong will never attack Xun family.

This is Xun Yan's idea, and it is also the idea of ​​most people.

This is also the reason why they dare to follow up.

but...

Cao Chong's eyes gradually became vicious.

Although the Xun family has been kind to me, it is just Xun who has been kind to me. Although I am young, it is not something you can bully!

If you are forced to succeed by you today, you may not need to use your many strategies in the future.

Besides, if Boss Cao saw that he was so incompetent, he would probably not be assured to hand over the position of crown prince to him.
Chapter completed!