In ancient Chinese history, the only way to obtain a rising channel for the lower-class people and obtain a high-ranking official Houlu is the examination system, if the talent is selected through the various official selection systems of the Han Dynasty and other dynasties, then the vast majority of the lower-class people have no upward passage, even if the lower-class people have both moral integrity and ability, they will be lost in the trend of the times.
This is also why various peasant uprisings have erupted in China's history, and it is precisely because the demands of the lower classes of the people are not met and their rights are not guaranteed, so they rise up and overthrow a feudal dynasty.
But the imperial examination system provided an opportunity for these lower-class people to ascend upwards, and they could not only achieve good results through their own efforts and be recognized by rulers and officials at all levels, but they could also seek a certain degree of life security for themselves by writing poems and articles. Therefore, the prevalence of the examination system not only promotes the prosperity of culture, the prosperity of politics, and the upward mobility of talents, but also maintains the stability and harmony of society.
Yi thought that Hanxing for more than twenty years, the world and harmony, it is advisable to correct Shuo, easy to serve the color system, set the official name, xing li le. It is the grass with its ritual method, the color is yellow, the number is five, and the official name is changed, and it is played. Emperor Wen let Emperor Wei also.
However, not every citizen in the feudal dynasty can obtain a good official position through the imperial examination, just as Pu Songling, who is good at writing strange gods and ghosts, has abandoned this path because many imperial examinations have not been recognized, and for example, Liu Yong, a talented poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, has not made progress in the imperial examination because he has not been recognized by the emperor. These people are talented and ambitious, so they use their resentment and dissatisfaction on the creation of articles. Today we know a famous historical figure who was successful in his career but did not have good results and was not appointed, he is Jia Yi.
Born in 200 BC, Jia Yi was a famous politician and writer in Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but at the time of his birth, the Eastern Han Dynasty had not yet been established. He was a young man, full of poetry and self-style, and good at writing articles, and people in the countryside and outside the countryside knew Jia Yi's name, thinking that this talented teenager would be able to get the ascension to heaven in the future and soar to the top.
During the reign of Emperor Wen of Han, he became an official in the imperial court, but was ostracized and refuted by the ministers, so he was demoted all the way to the Changsha area, although a few years later he was recalled by the imperial court to Chang'an City, but due to the unfortunate death of the prince he assisted, Jia Yi himself also had a deep sense of guilt, and finally died young and untimely.
Therefore, young people can not be too ambitious, will fall and fall, is not an empty word, used in historical figures can also see people's ups and downs. Jia Yi, who was born in Luoyang, was recognized and praised by the local Henan County Shou, who was very important to Jia Yi, believing that strange goods could be lived in, and children could be taught, and under Jia Yi's advice, Henan Junshou successfully managed Henan in an orderly manner.
After Emperor Wen of Han ascended to the throne, it was precisely because of the remarkable achievements of the Henan region in local governance that Emperor Wen of Han promoted the sheriff of Henan to a higher level of officials. And this county sheriff did not forget Jia Yi, a rare young talent, he took this opportunity to recommend to the emperor, Jia Yi also became an official in the imperial court at the age of 21, and was appreciated and recognized by the emperor, step by step to promote and promote, Jia Yi also rose to prominence in the years just reached adulthood.
In the process of discussing the world's major events with Emperor Wendi of Han, Jia Yi proposed to reform various measures of the state, especially the rules and regulations of etiquette and contracts, and Jia Yi believed that Emperor Wendi of Han should carry out a comprehensive reshuffle of various etiquette rules and regulations to achieve unity between the upper and lower levels.
However, at this time, Emperor Wen of Han had just inherited the throne, and he did not think that he had enough prestige and power to revise such an important imperial court foundation, so he did not adopt Jia Yi's strategy.
Sima Qian: "Yu reads away from the troubles, heavenly questions, summoning souls, mourning, and mourning his aspirations." Suitable for Changsha, Guan Quyuan from Shen Yuan, did not hesitate, wanted to see him as a person. And seeing Jia Sheng hanging, he blamed Qu Yuan for his other materials, traveling to the princes, and he state was not tolerated, and he ordered himself to be. Read the bird endowment, with death and life, lightly go, and feel free to lose yourself. ”
In 178 BC, Jia Yi pinpointed the shortcomings of the times, and he lashed out at the behavior of the people at that time, who went through the river to pursue commercial activities like a carp, which he believed was a move that was contrary to morality and affected the development of agriculture, and the development of the commodity economy would lead to the increasing luxury of the people, thus affecting the development of the country. Therefore, Jia Yi believes that we should fully emphasize the life of the peasants, so as to achieve the prosperity and development of the economy and agriculture.
However, when Jia Yigong became famous, he was jealous of others, and Emperor Wen of Han wanted to promote him further, and many ministers in the imperial court thought that this sage was progressing too fast, and at the same time, he wrote to the emperor to advise the emperor not to let this young and smelly child monopolize the power of the imperial court, so Emperor Wen of Han had to alienate Jia Yi.
Reference: The Biography of Jia Yi in the Book of Han