Three Kingdoms: I, the Emperor of Wei, am loyal and pure!

Cao Cao really had no psychological pressure on his father's support of his son's power.

After all, Cao Cao was most proud that his great son was promising.

Of course, this is also because Cao Ang is the only one beside Cao Cao at this moment.

Even Guo Jia, Xun You, Cheng Yu and others were not present.

Because the father and son have a big plan, which Xun You and Cheng Yu, who are from aristocratic families, cannot know about it now.

Just like what Cao Ang said last night, let Kong Rong, Dong Cheng and others plot secretly, connect the aristocratic families, take the initiative to cause trouble... and then kill all the noble families who participated in the plan... weaken the power of the powerful aristocratic families!

Of course, the strength and weakness of the world is now obvious.

Except for those who are loyal to the Han Dynasty, most of the aristocratic families in the world may not follow Kong Rong, Dong Cheng and others in revolt.

There are also many people who are ready to invest in the Cao family, support the Cao family in usurping the Han Dynasty, and establishing a new dynasty.

However, those families who were prepared to support the Cao family in usurping the Han Dynasty were not necessarily loyal to the Cao family, but were only loyal to their interests.

All they wanted was to maintain their power, wealth, and control over the court and local areas after changing dynasties...

For example, the four hundred years of history of the Han Dynasty were actually composed of imperial power, relatives, eunuchs, noble families, powerful people, etc. The history of competition between forces.

But in fact, relatives and eunuchs rotated like a revolving door, spinning up and down.

Even the emperor sitting on the throne did not know how many rounds of lineage had changed. He was just surnamed Liu.

The only two forces that truly hold the Diaoyutai in this world are the aristocratic family and the powerful.

And in many cases, in some places, powerful families are actually the same family!

The so-called aristocratic families are the aristocratic families represented by the Yuan family of Runan, the fourth generation and the third Duke, the Yang family of Hongnong, where Taiwei Yang Biao was born, and the Xun family of Yingchuan, where Xun Yu and Xun You were born.

These aristocratic families use classics and blood as a link to pass down knowledge and power within their own families almost from generation to generation.

The imperial examination system originally established by the Han Dynasty to select talents, in the hands of these noble families, became a means of hereditary power.

The operation of the inspection and examination system is to use state and county officials as assessors, and let them recommend talented or filial people among the states and counties as reserve officials.

This is to promote talents and promote filial piety.

In the beginning, such as in the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the promotion of talents and promotion of filial piety and integrity still had some effect.

As time went by, the inspection system gradually deviated from its original intention.

The power to recommend talents lies in the hands of state and county officials, so they will naturally give priority to recommending their own people and supporting their own children.

Even if one's own children have no talent and are not very filial, they will still be recommended as scholars and filial piety.

As for the quota for recommendation of state and county officials, there is a certain quota every other year or several years.

Sometimes, if there are no suitable children in the family, they will accept benefits and give the quota to families and individuals who can contribute benefits.

And one can imagine what kind of person is being recommended in this way...

As a result, a proverb has been circulated in the Han Dynasty: if you promote talents, you will not know how to read; if you promote filial piety and honesty, your father will live apart!

That is to say, people who are recommended as scholars actually have no talent.

People who are recommended as filial and honest are actually not filial...

In this way, with the families who have produced state and county officials and court ministers, the tradition of self-respect is passed down from generation to generation.

Basically, the quota of filial and honest scholars and the opportunity to become an official have nothing to do with other people.

Even among the common people from poor families, there are occasionally a few self-taught talents who are not given the opportunity to be recommended, so they can only be buried in the wilderness...

This is the family of the Han Dynasty!

If there is no chaos in the Han Dynasty, then if this trend continues, the Yuan family of Runan will succeed the Fourth Generation and Three Dukes to the Fifth Generation and Three Dukes.

Guys like Yuan Shu can inherit the legacy of the Yuan family and reach the rank of Three Dukes...

Even in a few years, Yuan Shao's son Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, who have no talent or virtue, may also be ranked among the Three Dukes and reach the level of the Sixth Generation of the Yuan Family. Achievements...

As for powerful people, they are much lower than those of aristocratic families. They refer to the rich and powerful people in the countryside under the counties.

These people have money, land, property, and industry, and they have merged with the land and good people, and have become like local emperors everywhere.

It's just that most of them don't have the opportunity to serve as officials in the court, so they can only be called powerful and unable to join the ranks of aristocratic families.

But most of the time, aristocratic families and powerful people are inextricably linked.

Powerful people often attach themselves to aristocratic families, so that they can better annex the population and land...

Fortunately, with Cao Ang now sweeping through the princes, the Yuan family, a high-ranking family with four generations and three princes, has been wiped out. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

The family fortune of the Yuan family in Runan is considered to be over, and it will be difficult to join the ranks of the top aristocratic families in the world.

However, the legacy of the Han family's power has not changed at all.

If no changes are made, even if the Cao family usurps the Han Dynasty and establishes Cao Wei.

The harm caused by the tyranny of aristocratic families only happened in another dynasty.

For example, in the original history, after the establishment of Cao Wei, it was because it was unable to shake the family, so it could only establish the nine-level Zhongzheng system.

The original intention of the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System was to replace the Chaju System and enable the imperial court to select some real talents.

However, he was still controlled by the high-ranking family, and his taste gradually changed...

As a result, the powerful family was not weakened, but became stronger.

The power of the aristocratic families reached its peak at the end of the Western Jin Dynasty and the beginning of the Eastern Jin Dynasty...

Even aristocratic families such as the Wang family of Langya and the Xie family of Chenjun, because of the nine-rank Zhengzhong system and the latecomers came to the top, they lost more than half of their power. The imperial power!

Therefore, there is a proverb in later generations: The king and the horse share the world!

The king here is worthy of being the Langya Wang family!

And Ma refers to the Sima family of the Jin Dynasty royal family...

The Langya Wang family was even ranked in front of the Sima family...

This situation is ultimately because Cao Wei did not shake the foundation of the family after usurping the Han Dynasty, leaving this hidden danger. In later generations...

Thinking of this, Cao Ang's eyes became even more firm and decisive!

Now that he has come to this era (Wang Lihao), what he has to do is not only to end the troubled times ahead of schedule, but also to bring more long-term changes to the world.

Historically, neither Cao Cao nor Cao Pi dared to touch the family's problems. Cao Ang must solve them!

Of course, no matter how strong Cao Ang is, he cannot simply lift the table and forcibly destroy all the famous families in the world.

Then the world will be in chaos.

He wants to destroy the family, but he must do it step by step.

Just like when some Lujiang aristocratic families were eliminated in Lujiang in the name of rebelling against Sun Ce.

In Jizhou, a group of Jizhou aristocratic families were cut out in the name of rebelling against the Yuan family.

This time, Cao Ang will use the help of Kong Rong and Dong Cheng to first get rid of a group of aristocratic families who are obviously at odds with the Cao family and are interested in the Han Dynasty!

In order to maximize the results of the war, Cao Ang thought for a moment, then smiled and said to Cao Cao:"Father, since those Kong Rong and Dong Cheng want to secretly join forces with the aristocratic families to form an alliance against my Cao family, then it is better to help them..！"