Chapter 435: Bao Zheng offers suggestions

In the end, after taking advantage of the battle between the four factions and successfully won the position of governor for the Yingchuan family, Chen Qun had no choice but to accept the fact that the Zhang faction Yu Yunwen entered Yingchuan County. At this moment, Chen Qun understood clearly that the four factions had never underestimated the Yingchuan family. His wishful thinking of taking advantage of the battle between the four factions and taking the opportunity to win more benefits for the Yingchuan family was dashed. Although he had won a governor for Xun Yu, he lost the dominance of the Yingchuan County base camp, which was not very cost-effective. But now the four giants have reached an agreement, and even if he is unwilling to accept it, he can only choose to accept it.

Yu Yunwen was transferred to the prefect of Yingchuan County, but the prefect of Shangyong was empty, and none of the ten prefects were missing, so there were still a lot of trouble.

"Everyone, I wonder if you have any ideas about these ten prefecture positions?" Su Hong asked everyone. These ten prefecture positions are a hot spot. Each faction hopes to go up and take a bite, but no one speaks now. Cui Hao and Zhang Bin stop talking because in these ten prefecture positions, their faction can only win one or two at most. The rest is probably likely to fall into the hands of the Jiang faction, so they are particularly cautious. As for Jiang Wan, he knows that as long as he speaks, Cui Hao and Zhang Bin will definitely snipe him, so he dare not speak casually.

Several giants remained silent, and the other little brothers did not dare to speak casually. Suddenly, the atmosphere was very quiet. After a long time, Bao Zheng, who was still without desire, could not see it and said with a sudden inspiration: "Since you all can't make up your mind for a while, then there is a way, maybe it can be done!"

"What method? Bao Jingshi might as well say it straight!" Cui Hao heard that Bao Zheng had a solution and asked quickly. No one was willing to speak now. Jiang Wan was afraid of being criticized. Cui Hao, Zhang Bin and Su Hong were also unwilling to personally support the Chiang clan, so the atmosphere was very awkward. Now Bao Zheng said he had an idea, maybe this was a good way to break the deadlock.

Bao Zheng smiled and said, "Everyone, I am a great man and a talented person, and I have countless talents. Even those here cannot know everything. If I decide it based solely on my impression, it would be a bit sloppy!"

When everyone heard this, they thought that Bao Zheng was right. There were countless people in Deng State with more than tens of millions of people. Even if they were the top bosses in the court, they would not have heard of them all. So they nodded and asked Bao Zheng: "What do you think Bao Jingshi thinks?" Since Bao Zheng was able to say this, it means that Bao Zheng had already had an idea in his heart, so everyone asked Bao Zheng.

Bao Zheng said: "Do you still remember that when the King first decided on the Guard system, he looked at the national selection of talents. In the world martial arts competition, my top powerhouses were like crucian carp across the river, and our army also gained a lot of good talents. I think we can completely imitate the way the King selected generals in the army, look at the national selection of talents. I wonder what you think?"

When everyone heard this, they looked different and looked good. It was good to select talents nationwide, but in this way, people from their faction or children of their disciples needed to compete with talents from all over the country. Although Deng State has always believed in the policy of talent-only selection, most of the officials were selected from the outstanding children of each family. Now they suddenly face the whole country. You must know that the position in the officialdom is limited, and one carrot and one pitfall, and there are more people competing. Although some children with outstanding abilities can still get a position, some people with poor abilities may lose their reputation.

"What do you think of Bao Jingshi's idea?" As the leader of the Three Prime Ministers, Cui Hao was the first to ask everyone after careful consideration. Bao Zheng's idea can be said to be unheard of. For a long time, all the officials in the officialdom were from nobles. Although there were occasional emergencies, they were only a very small number. Most of these very small numbers were promoted by the king himself. This was like an exam in the country, and he had never seen it before.

"The idea of ​​Bao Jingshi is good, but no one has done such a thing since ancient times. Moreover, it is facing the whole country. In addition to the aristocratic families in various places, there are also some poor families who can also participate in the selection. If poor families emerge and occupy an important position, I am afraid that major aristocratic families in China will be dissatisfied!" said Hu Weiyong, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Once Bao Zheng's idea of ​​selecting officials across the country will definitely attract many poor children to participate. If there are so many poor children occupying several positions, those aristocratic families may have objections!

"So what if you have any opinions? Only talent is always the court's employment policy. This is what the king said in person. This selection method ensures fairness to a great extent. Moreover, we are not prohibiting the participation of aristocratic families. They are all well-educated people. If they are not as good as the poor children, they are incompetent and no one else's fault!" Su Hong was the first to be unhappy when he heard Hu Weiyong's words.

Su Hong is not a native of Deng. He comes from Lu, which is now the Lu County of Zhao. Su Hong was a poor family. At that time, Su Hong was also full of ambitions and planned to do his part to stand among the nations of Lu. However, because of his background, he was excluded by the nobles of Lu. Although he was outstanding in his ability, he was never valued. So when he left Deng, he finally knew the heroes with a keen eye and entrusted important tasks to Su Hong, which gave him a giant. Otherwise, Su Hong would have been destroyed by everyone long ago and would not have the glory of today. So when he heard Hu Weiyong say that such a selection method would probably cause dissatisfaction among the aristocratic families, Su Hong was the first to be unhappy.

After Hu Weiyong was slammed by Su Hong like this, although he was determined to refute a few words, he immediately took back the words in his heart when he saw Su Hong's face was unhappy.

After confronting Hu Weiyong, Su Hong said to everyone: "Everyone, we are all officials of the Great Deng, ministers of the King, not vassals of the aristocratic families. What we think in our hearts is how to strengthen the Great Deng and make the Great Deng stronger. As long as it is beneficial to the Great Deng, we do not need to worry about the ideas of the great families. To put it bluntly, as long as the king supports us, even if the great families have any opinions, it will be useless. After all, they cannot, and they do not have the ability to confront our great Deng hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers. Therefore, I think Bao Jingshi's method is feasible!"

Jiang Wan thought about it and thought that this method was feasible, but this matter was very involved. If you are not careful, it would cause a lot of discussion in the court. You must be very cautious. Moreover, it would definitely not work without Deng Sheng nodding. So Jiang Wan said: "Since that's the case, why not report this matter to the king and ask the king to decide!"

When everyone heard Jiang Wan's words, they nodded. This was a bit big. If something really happened, let alone a minister, even Cui Hao and others could not stand it. Only Deng Sheng had the confidence. After all, hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers of the Deng army were all in the hands of Deng Sheng. In the face of absolute strength, even if the aristocratic families were dissatisfied, they could only bear it.

In Ganyang Palace, after listening to the reports of Cui Hao and others, Deng Sheng frowned and faced the national selection of officials. Isn’t this the imperial examination system in later generations? Although Bao Zheng could not compare with the perfect imperial examination system in later generations, it has already taken shape. The imperial examination system is a problem that Deng Sheng has been considering since he ascended the throne.

In later generations, the imperial examination system was created in the Sui Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty developed vigorously. It was finally improved during the Song Dynasty, becoming the only way for scholars to enter the officialdom. By the late Qing Dynasty, it was abolished. In the history of China, it was the main system for selecting talents for more than a thousand years.
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