" A scholar who excels in his studies will become an official." Cao Cao kept savoring Cao Zhi's words. He felt that it was quite interesting and novel. Cao Cao, who had gained a lot of strength by recruiting the Humble Class, had already seen the great potential behind the Humble Class. That was why he could not stick to one style and choose talents.
And now, Cao Zhi had perfected his policy. Through the establishment of academies and the promotion of education, he could tap into the potential of the Humble Class. Cao Cao could imagine that once Cao Zhi's policy took shape, it would definitely bring about a major change in the world's intellectual structure.
Now, after hearing Cao Zhi's opinion on the Imperial Examination, Cao Cao's eyes lit up. He would conduct an assessment on the students of the Great Wei Academy. According to their examination results, he would conduct a standard test and then appoint them as officials. This method was completely feasible.
Through the selection of talents through examinations, the truly talented, knowledgeable, and talented people could be eliminated and be reused. The other talents could also be sent to various levels to carry out corresponding work that matched their abilities.
This way, it was much more convenient and worry-free than hiring people from those aristocratic families.
After all, when the power of knowledge was in the hands of a few people, as a ruler, you could only accommodate these few people. However, once knowledge entered the homes of ordinary people, the authority of these people would plummet.
This was also why the aristocratic families were particularly troubled in the Han and Jin Dynasties. However, in the Tang and Song Dynasties, after the imperial examination system was fully implemented, their influence gradually declined.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but laugh out loud. He looked at Cao Zhi and praised him with deep relief,""Not bad, not bad. My son's insights have really broadened your father's horizons.”
Hearing Cao Cao's words, the officials who had followed him were unhappy.
Most of these officials were from the aristocratic families and were the cream of the crop. How could they not see that once Cao Cao listened to Cao Zhi's advice and expanded the scale of the academy and even began to implement the Imperial Examination System, then the aristocratic families would undoubtedly suffer the greatest losses.
Therefore, someone stood up and objected.
The first to stand up was Zhong Yao, the Marquis of Dongwu Pavilion. He looked indignant and advised,""Prime Minister, you must not do this. There is a difference between officials and the people. The people are the people, and the officials are the officials. The officials are noble and the people are cheap. Only by raising the ignorant people with knowledgeable officials can we obtain the development of the world. This is the principle that has been followed throughout the dynasties and is also the foundation of our Great Han Dynasty. If there is no distinction between the noble and the cheap, even the commoners can become officials.”
"Therefore, I believe that what Young Master Zhi said is nonsense. If you do this, you will definitely attract the opposition of the aristocratic families. Even the civil and military officials will have some complaints against you. Because of the words of one family, it will cause the hearts of the people to be unstable and disrupt the laws. This is especially disadvantageous to you! Moreover, if this matter were to spread to Sun Liu and the other dukes, they would definitely laugh at Ming Gong! I hope you will think twice before acting."
Zhong Yao's words could be considered to have made it clear.
Once the imperial examination system was introduced, the aristocratic families would definitely not agree.
In this era, thinking was already dead in everyone's mind.
Aristocrats were aristocrats, and commoners were commoners. The social status of the two identities was like two horizontal lines, and basically nothing would change. All things were born with a seed. This was fate and could not be changed. Those who could rise from the ranks of the lowly to the ranks of the aristocrats were either like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, or Zhao Yun, who had extraordinary martial arts skills, or like Guo Jia, who had his own unique views on strategy. Otherwise, it was impossible to change anything.
Hearing Zhong Yao's words, Cao Cao's face turned cold and he looked at Zhong Yao coldly.
"You mean to say that if I insist on pushing the imperial examination system, what will your aristocratic families do to me?”
"I didn't mean that at all. I'm just advising Prime Minister to reconsider.”Zhong Yao was so frightened by Cao Cao's words that he almost lost his soul. He hurriedly explained.
No matter how powerful the aristocratic families were, they did not dare to challenge Cao Cao. His words were a little abrupt.
However, when he saw that Cao Cao only snorted coldly and ignored him, Zhong Yao let out a long sigh of relief.
If he angered Cao Cao, even if he had a thousand heads, it wouldn't be enough!
Thus, he didn't say anything and just retreated into the ranks, lowering his head to speak to Cao Cao.
In fact, Zhong Yao's words did not make Cao Cao give up on the idea of holding the imperial examination. Instead, it made Cao Cao more and more convinced that it was time to take action against the aristocratic families 'monopoly of knowledge.
The aristocratic families nowadays were really too arrogant! He actually dared to threaten him openly!
Obviously, Cao Cao had taken Zhong Yao's words as a threat.
Cao Cao's birth was not very noble. Because of this, Cao Cao had always scoffed at those officials and nobles who claimed to be orthodox. He thought that they were just famous and had no ability. The most famous one was Cao Cao's theory of heroes.
Later generations only talked about cooking wine and discussing heroes. Most of them only saw Liu Bei's wit and forbearance, but they ignored Cao Cao's vision and bearing.
For example, the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were even more powerful than Cao Cao at that time. They even occupied the position of the first and second dukedom in the world at that time. In Cao Cao's eyes, one was a skeleton in a coffin, while the other was a stern, cowardly, and resourceful mediocre man. At that time, Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, was also an empty title in Cao Cao's eyes.
This boldness and insight were impressive, but on the other hand, it also showed Cao Cao's disdain for these noble descendants.
Although Cao Cao was also born into a wealthy family, he was not noble. His biological father, Cao Song, was the adopted son of Cao Teng, the constant attendant. Therefore, Cao Cao was often jokingly called the descendant of eunuchs and was often criticized by others. This was even worse in Chen Lin's "Criticizing the Thief". She directly called his family of three generations to be eunuchs and ugly.
However, a few seconds after Zhong Yao left, a group of scions stood up behind him and bowed."Prime Minister, please reconsider!"
Seeing this scene, Cao Cao couldn't help but laugh out loud. He looked around at the crowd and focused his gaze on Xun Yu."Wen Ruo, what do you think?"
Hearing Cao Cao's question, Xun Yu's heart was filled with bitterness.
Because he was also a member of a noble family, belonging to the Xun family of Yingchuan, now that Cao Cao had thrown this question to him, he naturally felt troubled.
On one side, it was his aristocratic family, and on the other side, it was his lord.
Even with Xun Yu's mature and quick-witted style, he did not know what to say at this moment.
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