The period of the establishment of the Song Dynasty and its background are very special, the Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin seized the Power of later Zhou, and the Yellow Robe was added to establish the Song Dynasty. After this, he was afraid that the incident of chen qiao's mutiny would be staged again, so he began to implement the policy of "emphasizing literature and suppressing military force".
In such a bureaucracy, the system of reserve talents was valued by the rulers of the country. The Song Dynasty was also the era of the fastest and most perfect system development in this regard.
Unlike the previous generation of reserve talent system, in order to ensure the normal operation of the huge bureaucracy in the country, the reserve talent system of the Song Dynasty developed to the extreme.
During the Song Dynasty, the talent reserve system of ancient China truly reached the complete "Song Dynasty, on the basis of inheriting the Tang Dynasty, has a new development and has more characteristics of the times."
First, from the central government to local organizations, vertical reserve talent system
The Song Dynasty reserve talent system was a top-down, systematic spread from the central and local areas, covering the whole country, and also provided favorable conditions for development in many remote areas.
1. The central reserve talent system is clear, the classification is detailed, and the culture and martial arts are complete
Judging from the central reserve talent system, the Song Dynasty had high requirements for talents, and it also attached great importance to talent training. The Song Dynasty set up many public schools, from school education to the cultivation of intermediate institutions such as the Sixth Academy, and then to the senior level, and the layers of screening were gradual, and only after reaching the standards could they go to the examination.
Starting from the most basic school education, the central government of the Song Dynasty paid more attention to this aspect, and set up talents selected by various educational institutions to directly participate in the examination system and train them in the official institutions of the state.
Similar to our current experience in the college entrance examination, screening a group of talents to enter senior universities, and then studying, we can have the opportunity to enter the state organs and units. They are all the best of the best. This provided a very high-energy and systematic screening system for the Song Dynasty to reserve useful talents.
The reserve talents of the Song Dynasty were carried out from the two levels of civilian officials and military generals, and there were different regulations. Although it was the song dynasty's policy to "emphasize literature and suppress martial arts", the treatment of military generals was not worse than that of civilian officials, and they were only limited in power.
For the cultivation of military generals, the Song Dynasty has not slackened off. According to historical records, the Song Dynasty attached great importance to the training and supervision of military generals.
2. Local government reserve talents come from a wide range of sources
The Song Dynasty government's talent reserve was also reflected in the rich form of local government, and county and state schools were also the most important public training institutions at that time, directly connecting with the central Tai Academy.
Talents are selected by local governments and then selected by the central Taixue for screening, and the span from the local to the central government can absorb outstanding talents from all over the world and remote areas, providing strong talent support for the central bureaucracy.
In addition to the basic selection system, the Song Dynasty also had local official schools. The lower threshold is mainly based on the development of young people, and if the performance is outstanding, it is also possible to have the opportunity to enter the work of state institutions. Official positions were no longer the prerogative of the sons of the nobility.
Second, improve the system, the reserve talent system has a positive effect on society
Only when the system of talent reserve was perfected did the bureaucratic system of the Song Dynasty get normal operation, and all aspects of society, such as culture, politics, and economy, could develop.
1. Increase the source of talents and develop in many aspects
The improvement of the talent system provides the most basic source of talent for the bureaucracy. Under such a brilliant system, the number of admissions in the Song Dynasty was much higher than that of previous dynasties, and it was increased many times. Because the system is perfect, the quality of talents is also higher.
According to historical records, the number of people in the Song Dynasty reached more than 600, six times higher than that of the Tang Dynasty, and the number of talents increased significantly. The imperial examination system is not perfect, and it may not be possible to detect a person's character, but this system does elect a lot of talents for the Song Dynasty. It laid a solid foundation for the rapid economic development of the late Song Dynasty.
In the Song Dynasty, there were many talents, and under the improvement of the system, the opportunities for ordinary people to enter state-owned enterprises increased, the threshold for enrollment was lowered, and a very large number of literati and inkers emerged in society. In this way, culture and institutions have developed, which is the biggest difference from previous dynasties.
2. It has played a role in promoting social development
The talent pool has a direct impact on the bureaucracy and also plays an important role in socio-economic, cultural and technological aspects.
The Song Dynasty was the most economically developed dynasty in the history of ancient feudal society, and the culture also reached its peak, and the innovation in science and technology also saw innovation from agricultural production and commercial development, and the economy advanced by leaps and bounds, becoming the country with the highest gross national product in the world at that time.
The talents of the Song Dynasty were not limited to official positions, but also included merchants, teachers, writers, etc., all of whom were talents. All aspects of the Song Dynasty have developed and promoted the progress of society.
The talent reserve system of the Song Dynasty has greatly innovated and developed compared with previous dynasties, which can truly solve the phenomenon of monopolizing talents by the children of the nobility at that time.
From the central to the local, and then from the local to the central, to complete a circle of talent reserves, no longer feel the stones to cross the river, with a real selection standards, with unique selection characteristics.
The song dynasty reserve talent system not only provided the reserve military force for the bureaucratic system, but also provided a source of talent for the development of all aspects, forming a scene of a hundred flowers blooming.
The reason why the economy of the Song Dynasty was able to reach the peak of history was also because of the improvement of the reserve talent system, which also had a very significant reference significance for the development of future generations.
bibliography:
The Ancient Chinese Way of Being an Official
Historia
"Continuation of the Zhizhi TongjianChang"