Chapter 33: Ninth grade, Sixth section

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, eunuchs served as the post of Zhongchangshi. The Zhongchangshi held great power, and with the emperor's trust, they were even more rampant in the court. Especially at the end of the Han Dynasty, the ten Changshi led by Zhang Rang, who played with power and eliminated dissidents, which made the court even more chaotic.

There is still the official position of Zhongchangshi, but no eunuch dares to hold this position. After all, the matter of the Ten Eunuchs at the end of the Han Dynasty was too sensitive. It is precisely because of this that in the Weiyang Palace today, Zhonghuangmen became the largest among eunuchs from the servants.

Huangmenyong's follower of Pushe was an official of 600 stones. He commanded all the eunuchs in Weiyang Palace. In addition to Zhonghuangyong's follower of Pushe, the one with more real power should be the Xiaohuangshe. Because Xiaohuangshe is an eunuch who specializes in serving the emperor by his side, he is much bigger than ordinary eunuchs when it comes to rank.

The Zhonghuangmenyongmen in Weiyang Palace was an old man in his sixties. He was castrated into the palace since he was a child and served Emperor Huan. He was considered an old-fashioned person in the palace. Emperor Xian fled and took away a large number of eunuchs and palace maids. At that time, the Zhonghuangmenyongmen in the north of the chaos and did not escape with Emperor Xian, but stayed in the Weiyang Palace in Chang'an. After decades of hard work, he slowly became the leader of the eunuchs in Weiyang Palace.

Now, the old eunuch is standing in front of a small square, half-squinted his eyes and sweeping the group of little eunuchs in front of him.

All of these eunuchs were teenagers in their teenage years old. The youngest looked only eleven or twelve years old, while the oldest was only 16 years old. The young eunuchs stood in two rows, lowered their heads, waiting for the old eunuch to speak.

"Cough cough..." The old eunuch coughed a few times, slowly opened his mouth, and spoke in a duck-swallowing voice, "We have heard that you have all been transferred here from the Chengdu Palace. Many of you have served the late emperor. You must know the rules in this palace, so we won't talk about it! But we are uglier. No matter how you were in Chengdu before, you have to listen to me when you arrive in Chang'an... If anyone is disobedient and provokes Your Majesty, don't blame our family for serving according to law! Do you all know?"

"I understand..." The eunuch below answered in unison.

"Yeah, it's very good!" The old eunuch nodded with satisfaction, walked up to everyone, began to patrol these little eunuchs, and said at the same time: "Now, our family wants to select a few smart people to serve His Majesty. If you can make His Majesty comfortable serving you, you will be promoted to a small yellow gate and will accompany the king in the future..."

While the old eunuch was speaking, he just walked to Huang Hao.

"This kid is quite handsome. What's your name?" the old eunuch said.

"Sir, my servant's name is Huang Hao."

"Can you read?"

"Sir, I will read."

"It's good to read, I guess you've read some books, right?"

"Sir, I have read the Analects of Confucius." Huang Hao replied.

"Well..." The old eunuch nodded and said to the little yellow door beside him: "Go and get the pen and ink!"

A moment later, two little yellow doors brought a table with pen, ink, paper and ink.

The old eunuch pointed at Huang Hao: "You go and write a few paragraphs."

"I obey the order." Huang Hao lowered his head, came to the table, picked up his pen, and started writing.

"Yeah, it's not bad, it's very neat..." The old eunuch nodded with satisfaction, then pointed at Huang Hao: "Okay, I'll be the one who serves Your Majesty." After the old eunuch said that, he went to choose the next person.

The housekeeper trotted to Liu Yan and said breathlessly: "Master, Mr. Sun asks for a meeting. I have invited Mr. Sun to the hall."

"I know, I'll go there now." Liu Yan let out a slight breath, but it was difficult to cover up the fatigue on his face.

Since the news of Jingxian Pavilion was released, the scholars of Confucians in Chang'an City were like crazy, and they all went to Liu Yan's mansion to ask for Liu Yan's mansion. At first, they were all people who Liu Yan knew. Later, the people who Liu Yan knew came with some people who Liu Yan didn't know came to visit. Liu Yan's mansion immediately became crowded with various carriages, and just the horse manure left by horses, they cleaned up a lot.

Of course, there is only one purpose for these Confucian scholars, that is, they hope to seek a quota to educate the Di people. At the same time, many people also came to inquire about what conditions are needed to enter Jingxian Pavilion.

Adou gave this matter to Liu Yan full responsibility. The conditions for entering Jingxian Pavilion were naturally Liu Yan decided. After the decision was made, he reported it to Adou. After the approval was made, it could be implemented. Although these literati were well-read, there were many erudites in the ancient capital of Chang'an City, with famous scholars walking all over the ground, and there were also many masters of Confucianism. Several of them were qualified to be famous for the past generations. And this Jingxian Pavilion was undoubtedly a shortcut to the past generations.

Literature has one characteristic, that is, it is a good reputation. Especially those literati from aristocratic families value reputation more. These literati from aristocratic families do not have to worry about food and clothing on weekdays, and what they compare is just a reputation, but this good reputation cannot be bought with money.

Jingxian Pavilion gave these scholars who liked the name of the false and had great skills a good opportunity. Therefore, there were endless people visiting Liu Yan.

Liu Yan cheered up and came to the inner hall. The Confucian scholar named Sun could not wait. He rushed forward with a quick glance and said with a smile on his face: "Brother Liu, I haven't seen each other for many days, and Brother Liu is still full of energy!"

Liu Yan smiled professionally, but said in his heart: "I'm almost exhausted and still full of energy!"

"Brother Liu, I have prepared some small gifts. Come on, come on!" As soon as Mr. Sun finished speaking, the servant came on the stage with several gift boxes.

"It's time for Brother Sun to spend money. Come on, Brother Sun, please sit down." Liu Yan didn't even look at the gift boxes. At this day, none of the people who came to ask for a meeting came empty-handed. The gifts sent by him were piled up in a room, and Liu Yan didn't even have time to check them out.

"Brother Liu, I heard that Your Majesty is going to build a Jingxian Pavilion. I don't know if this matter is true?" asked the Confucian scholar named Sun.

Liu Yan nodded. This incident had already spread in Chang'an, because the gate of Liu Yan's house could not be closed in this Jingxian Pavilion.

"Hey..." Liu Yan sighed with some depression and began to repeat the words that have been repeated on this day.

"Brother Sun, this is true. Seventy or eighty percent of the words passed down in the market are true. Your Majesty wants to promote the prestige of the Han Dynasty, and decided to educate the Hu people and let them bathe in the grace of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, he built this Jingxian Pavilion and planned to sign those who have made contributions to the Hu people as Grand Secretary of Jingxian Pavilion, hang the portraits in Jingxian Pavilion, and write biography for future generations to praise them for learning."

The Confucian scholar named Sun nodded while listening, especially when he heard the last sentence for future generations to praise for learning, his eyes lit up even more.

"Brother Sun, this matter is still under planning. Now the Di people will not arrive in Yongzhou at least half a year, so I am planning to select the first batch of 100 people in three months. Oh, no, two hundred people will go to educate the Hu people."

Liu Yan originally wanted to say a hundred people, but counting, there were seventy or eighty people who came to see him today, and there would definitely be more tomorrow. It would be better to say a little more.

"Why would you like to ask Brother Liu, what are the requirements for this selected person?" asked the Confucian scholar surnamed Sun.

"Those who are familiar with the books of the scriptures and are willing to educate the Di people!"

The Confucian scholar surnamed Sun suddenly stood up, bowed to Liu Yan, and said, "Brother Liu, this matter of educating the Hu people is a major event in promoting the prestige of our great Han Dynasty! Although a scholar, Sun, could not open up territory for our great Han like Huo Cavalry, he was willing to do his best to our great Han Dynasty. Now he educated the Hu people and promote the prestige of our great Han Dynasty, Sun was willing to go through fire and water, where he was..."

"Brother Sun said it well!" Liu Yan next to him hurriedly interrupted the Confucian scholar surnamed Sun. Liu Yan had heard of such loyalty words countless times today. Liu Yan knew that since these literati came, they must have thought of saying anything. Some people could say half an hour just by showing loyalty, so Liu Yan interrupted the literati of Sun as quickly as possible.

"Brother Sun said so well. Since that's the case, when you select someone in three months, you will definitely hurt Brother Sun. With Brother Sun's talent and knowledge, you will definitely make those Hu people obey the teachings of our great Han..."

The scholar surnamed Sun had been waiting for Liu Yan to say this long ago. When he heard Liu Yan agree, he bowed to the ground again and kept thanking Liu Yan.

The scholar surnamed Sun left, and Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Gu..." A strange sound came from Liu Yan. Liu Yan touched his stomach and looked at the sky outside. He realized that it was already time to light the lights, and Liu Yan was busy with social engagements for a day and had not had time to eat.

"Oh...this job..." Liu Yan shook his head helplessly and walked into the house.

Weiyang Palace, inner hall.

This is where A Dou handles political affairs on weekdays, but now there are seven people gathered here.

In addition to Adou who was in the right direction, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Zhang Song, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao sat on both sides. These four people are also the core of power of the civil and military officials of Shu Han today.

These six people have also seen the world, especially Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, who have also developed a slight and delicate heart. When they see this posture, all six people have come, they know that Adou has something important today. So the six people have serious expressions on their faces, and even Zhang Fei, a rash man, is sitting upright and dignified.

Adou looked at the six people sitting below, and they were really different in appearance. The three civil servants on the left, the first one, Zhuge Liang, was over forty years old, but he was still handsome and handsome; the second one, Pang Tong, was about the same age as Zhuge Liang, but his face was still as virtuous as it was, which made people not very proud; as for the third one, Zhang Song, was the oldest of the three, with a fragrant forehead and a slight nose and teeth exposed, and even though he was wearing the court robes of the Taiwei, he still looked full of vulgarity.

The three generals on the right, Guan Yu, had half-closed his eyes. Is it a long beard and wearing a brocade robe? However, this brocade robe is an old robe? A Dou knew that this brocade robe was given to Guan Yu by Liu Bei. When A Dou was a child, Guan Yu wore this robe for more than ten years. In short, Guan Yu cherished this brocade robe. After more than ten years of wearing it, although the brocade robe was old, there was no patch at all.

Zhang Fei, the second one in his right hand, was wearing a brand new official uniform. However, the man's official uniform was a long gown, and Zhang Fei usually dressed up short, so the long gown looked awkward no matter how you looked at it.

Ma Chao, the third in the right hand, sat there expressionlessly. Ma Chao is handsome and looks good in any clothes, but Adou noticed that Ma Chao's eyes glanced back at Zhuge Liang from time to time, with a slight anger in it.

After all the six people arrived and sat down, Zhang Song took the lead and asked, "Your Majesty, you must have something important to call us!"

"Well, the Taiwei said it well. I do have important things." Adou paused, glanced at everyone, and then said, "It has been a few days since I ascended the throne. Since I ascended the throne, the war between the two states of Yongliang has not stopped. Now Cao Zhen has led his troops to retreat into Tongguan, and Cheliji has also been pacified. The Qiang people will not be able to cause great trouble within ten years, and the two states of Yongliang have been settled. In my spare time, I often think about how to govern the country and list the measures of the ancestors. I have benefited a lot from it, so I decided to reform my official positions!"

The six people nodded at the same time, but no surprise appeared on their faces. After all, these six people are important officials of the country, and are outstanding people in the world, and have been in high positions for many years, so it is normal that they do not show their emotions.

"First of all, I am going to divide officials into ninth ranks." Adou continued to speak.

"Which is your Majesty who should use Chen Changwen's plan?" Pang Tong asked.

Chen Changwen is Chen Qun, and the ninth-grade Zhongzheng system was proposed by Chen Qun to Cao Pi. So when Pang Tong heard about the "ninth-grade", he naturally thought that A Dou was also ready to completely imitate the ninth-grade Zhongzheng system.

"Taifu, the nine ranks I mentioned are the ninth rank and eighteenth rank. The first rank is the first rank, the third rank, the general, the cavalry general, the guard general, and the governor of the side, all are the first rank; the second rank is called the first rank, the governor of the state, the young rank, and so on. Until the last rank, the minor officials in the local area can all be the ninth rank officials." A Dou explained.

The six people nodded at the same time. The ranks of officials in the Han Dynasty were mainly distinguished by their salaries. For example, the higher the salaries of officials, the higher the grades.

According to A Dou's division, officials were divided into nine ranks and eighteen levels, which was much more convenient than the original division of salary. Moreover, the official positions were the original officials, and the officials were also the original officials. Some official positions may be slightly transferred, but they will not affect the overall situation.

Seeing that everyone did not object, Adou continued, "The second point is that I am preparing to establish six ministries to assist in political affairs."

"Six ministries?" Pang Tong thought a little, then asked, "What Your Majesty is talking about is similar to the officials like my Six Ministers of Cao?"

"Haha, the Grand Tutor is indeed quick-witted." A Dou smiled and continued, "But these six ministries are just similar to the Six Ministers of Cao, and there is still a gap between the two."

The Six Caos mentioned by Pang Tong were established by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu at that time. The Six Caos were the Three Dukes, the Ministry of Personnel, the Civil Cao, the Guest Cao, the 2,000 Shi Cao, and the Zhongdu official Cao. Speaking of which, these Six Caos were also the predecessors of the Six Departments, but the practicality and rationality of the functional divisions are far less than the Six Departments in later generations.

"Listen to me to explain it." Adou took a breath and continued: "My six departments are from the six officials in the "Book of Zhou", namely the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Works."

"The Ministry of Personnel is a method of managing civil servants across the country, mastering the system of selecting ranks, exams, promotions and demotions, awarding and rewarding, and determining the system of finals. It is similar to the Ministry of Personnel."

"The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the country's territory, land, household registration, taxes, salary and all financial matters, and is better than the current civil servants."

"The Ministry of Rites is in charge of the rituals and guards and foreign affairs. He is kind to him like the guest Cao today..." A Dou said here, and his voice paused. According to A Dou's plan, the Ministry of Rites can only be more than this. The imperial examinations in later generations were under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites. The imperial examinations are a major event for the selection of officials for the country, so the power of the Ministry of Rites is also very great. However, there is no imperial examination yet, so the scope of authority of the Ministry of Rites has been weakened a lot, and it is more like a messenger.

"The Ministry of War is dedicated to the national military guards and military officers' selection and concise political orders. There is no similarity among the six major cadres of our great Han Dynasty."

"The Ministry of Justice is in charge of full-time punishment and the review of the criminal name. As for Dali today, I think the cases tried by the Ministry of Justice can be reviewed by Dali. If the Ministry of Justice is inadvertent in the trial, Dali can be returned to retrial to avoid causing wrong and unjust cases."

"As for the Ministry of Works, it is in charge of civil engineering construction, the use of artifacts, the method of diversion and descending canals and harems, and the provision of billions of tombs. These are the six ministries I am preparing to establish." After A Dou finished speaking, he began to observe everyone's reaction.

The Nine-grade rank just now was just a different way of distinguishing. It was acceptable to everyone to change the soup or not the medicine. However, the gap between the Six Divisions and the Six Caos before was a bit big. In this series of changes, everyone was in deep thought, and everyone weighed the pros and cons.

The six people frowned and thought about it carefully before they found that the six ministries proposed by Adou were much more reasonable than the previous six ministers of Cao Cao. The six ministries could only be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, except for the Ministry of Rites, and the most important of state affairs. At the same time, the division of these six ministries seems simple, but when you think about it, you will find that they are more detailed.

Take the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War for example. It has the function of Cao from the Ministry of Personnel, and the government affairs of Cao from the 2,000-Shi Shi Cao and the Zhongdu official. The original Cao from the Ministry of Personnel was in charge of the selection and appointment of officials, while the management of officials relied on the 2,000-Shi Shi Cao and the Zhongdu official. These two Caosi managed local and central officials respectively. The Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War, combined the functions of Cao from the Ministry of Personnel and Cao from the 2,000-Shi Shi Cao He from the 2,000-Shi Shi Cao and Cao from the 2,000-Shi Shi Cao and Cao from the 2,000-Shi Shi Cao and Cao from the 3 Caos, and divided them into civil and military rule.

Punishment is also a major event for the country. The so-called family has rules, and the state has national laws. Without rules, it cannot be a square or a circle. In the past, the name of the punishment belonged to the Tingwei, which is under the jurisdiction of Dali, which included trial, judgment and verification and execution. It can be said that matters related to punishment are completely a transaction of Dali's family.

Now, the Ministry of Justice is in charge of trial and the Grand Management is in two parts, which can indeed reduce the occurrence of unjust and wrong cases.
Chapter completed!