Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Is the imperial examination suspended?

Everyone in the Manna Hall was speechless.

On the light screen, the juniors seemed to have made a simple diagram to make it easier to understand.

With the advancement of the three establishments of schools, the signs of schools gradually appeared in the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty. Until the third establishment of schools in Chongning, the schools were already densely packed.

The role of promoting the three-part method is also shown more clearly through arrows.

The blue signs representing the county school pulled out arrows one by one, pointing directly at the purple state school. Then the purple state school pulled out arrows one by one, pointing directly at the golden Piyong. Piyong still pointed with an arrow. The red Taixue logo formed a dense network of schools that completely covered the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

The little bits and pieces of brilliance within the territory of the Northern Song Dynasty were collected through these universities, passed on layer by layer, and finally transported to Kyoto. It seemed that this big network was breathing.

Li Shimin went straight to the front and looked at it carefully, and finally seemed to admire and sigh:

The pursuit of academic excellence also leads to the advancement of party strife, and when it comes to governing the people, we abandon it...

At this point, Li Shimin seemed to have thought of something and stopped talking, but said suddenly:

This Song Huizong must not know battle formations, nor how to hunt.

Zhenguan Wenwu looked at each other, feeling confused for a moment.

Queen Changsun understood the temperament of the person next to her, so she guessed:

Your Majesty, do you mean that this act of studying and changing politics is like fighting against the enemy in battle, like fighting against tigers and leopards in the mountains for survival, requiring a life-or-death struggle?

Looking at his wife with admiration, Li Shimin nodded and said quietly:

The Emperor of the Song Dynasty lived high in the temple and ordered the prefectures and counties to use Changping's land to facilitate official education, but he did not say how to use Changping's land.

The imperial examination has been abolished and all candidates for official positions have returned to school. How can those who benefited from the imperial examination not have resentments?

The establishment of a school is like marching into an army without food and grass. Uneven rewards before a deadly battle will inevitably lead to chaos.

In this case, there are foreign enemies around...

Li Shimin stopped talking and didn't want to talk any more. The next thing was the Jingkang Rebellion and the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Although this matter was not mentioned in detail in later generations, judging from the sporadic words, it is possible that there are endless books about its tragic events.

Your Majesty's opinion is thought-provoking. Changsun Wuji complimented.

Compared with Changsun Wuji's flattery, Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling frowned and thought about what His Majesty just said.

It is only the fifth year since he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, but looking at the political affairs of the Northern Song Dynasty, His Majesty was able to tell the truth faster than these veterans who were proficient in literary affairs.

The Israeli army was quite methodical in their analysis of the formation, but when they thought about the fight between the two parties in the Song Dynasty, Shi Wenshengyi fabricated accusations and it was a life-and-death situation, the two of them felt heavy for a while.

[It should be noted that Huizong’s edict to cancel the imperial examination does not highlight his wisdom or stupidity. This decision is more like stepping on the accelerator on the road of New Deal reform.

Thanks to the prosperous civil affairs in the Song Dynasty, the issues of the pros and cons and the survival of the Taixue system and the imperial examination system basically ran through all the establishment of schools.

For example, when Qingli established the imperial examination, Renzong ordered his ministers to discuss education. Ouyang Xiu and others came forward to express the shortcomings of the imperial examination, and proposed the three-part method for the first time, but it was not adopted at the time.

During the Xining Xingxue under the leadership of Wang Anshi, the old and new parties were at loggerheads with each other over the shortcomings of the imperial examination and Taixue, without giving in at all.

The most special thing is that during the Yuanyou period when Zhezong succeeded to the throne and Gao Taotao was in charge of politics, the old party almost wanted to abolish the school after it gained power. The abolished school headed by Su Shi had extreme contempt for Taixue, saying that if the sages were resurrected, they must be elected to cultivate talents. If you have the Tao, why should you learn from it? He advocated that the centuries-old imperial examination method is immutable.

In comparison, Su Song, who supported Taixue at that time, also had more down-to-earth views. For the first time, he expressed the opinion that the country should prioritize performance before recruiting scholars and asked the imperial examination: How can we know about practice if we only study prose and poetry?

However, the most far-sighted discussion on the merits of the two was the opinion expressed by Lu Gong when the school was founded for the second time. When Shenzong was at the height of the imperial examination, he wrote a letter of advice, asking Shenzong to build the school first, and then do both. In other words, those who enter the school system will increase with each passing year, and those who will take the imperial examination system will decrease with each passing year. In this way, it would take ten or twenty years to ensure a smooth transition from the imperial examination system to the school system. However, unfortunately, as the struggle between the two parties became more intense, this opinion was shelved.

As for why Huizong chose such a radical approach?

Modern knowledge tells us that reform is the redistribution of interests.

But the top-down reforms in the feudal era were different. The reforms initiated by the imperial power and the court were essentially a compromise of mutual interests.

The reforms and new policies not only wanted to make the country prosperous, but also wanted to satisfy the scholars, and also wanted to seek personal benefits. It was obviously unrealistic. Only the common people were always hurt in the reforms.

And when the people could no longer squeeze out money and water, the new party, which had no room for compromise, could only launch a decisive battle against the old party, and the imperial examination was cancelled.

In fact, looking back at the history of the Song Dynasty, due to the weakness of the reforms in the feudal era, all reforms would eventually turn into demands from subordinates. Corresponding to the three times of the establishment of schools, the first surge in exorbitant taxes and levies in the Song Dynasty occurred during the reign of Renzong.

The second surge in exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the Northern Song Dynasty happened to be during the Huizong period of the Song Dynasty, and this was based on the fact that the miscellaneous taxes of Renzong's dynasty had not been abolished. The miserable life of ordinary people and the grand scene of land annexation by landlords can be imagined. .

The extreme corruption during the reign of Emperor Huizong and Cai Jing of the Song Dynasty can be found in our history textbooks, so we will not go into details here. The most well-known is the outsmarting of birth dates in Water Margin.

The story of Water Margin was compiled by Shi Naian based on the records of the Song Jiang Uprising, but the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes on the birthday card did exist during Huizong's time, and compared to the situation at that time, it was only a drop in the bucket.

Without the constraints of the imperial examination, the Imperial College system also rapidly became corrupt.

In fact, corruption had already occurred in Taixue during Shenzong's Yuanfeng period. In Yufan's lawsuit, Yufan angrily complained that Sanshefa does not gain by power, but by profit. This prompted Shenzong to order an investigation, and finally found out that Lian Shenzhi was involved in political affairs. They were all implicated in Kaifeng Prefecture, forming the shocking Yuanfeng Taixue Prison.

After Huizong abolished the imperial examination, Taixue also quickly deviated from the original intention of selecting scholars based on the three-level system and settled on the Eight Virtues to select scholars. People at the time criticized the idea of ​​benefiting the rich to the detriment of the lowly, benefiting the young to the detriment of the old, and benefiting the rich to the detriment of the poor. .

In the case of relying solely on the three-part method for promotion, the trend of bribery in competitions has increased, and the trend of academic corruption has been difficult to stop. In terms of fairness, it is far inferior to the imperial examination.

The local prefecture and county schools were even more financially challenged, and it was not uncommon for local landlords to unite with officials to embezzle academic fields. Therefore, the imperial examination was held again sixteen years later.

Although the Chongning Xingxue essentially ended in failure, Huizong still inherited the previous two reforms, lifted Wang Anshi to the side of Kong Shengren, and finally promoted the ultimate form of Xingwen in the Northern Song Dynasty.

In fact, looking back on the three establishments of the school, although a hundred shortcomings can be listed, Wang Anshi's time-honored guiding ideology of There is no fear of changes in nature, no fear of ancestors, and no compassion of human words is worthy of recognition.

Wang Anshi was the person who truly ignited the fire of reform and learning in the Northern Song Dynasty, but I am afraid that he himself was not sure how far this reform could go.

After all, the teacher made it very clear that reform is not about treating guests to dinner.

Promoted from the top down by the emperor's imperial edict alone, if you want to complete the distribution of benefits without bloodshed, you are almost doomed to fail from the beginning. 】

Kong Ming felt his mouth was a little dry. He picked up the tea in front of him and drank it all in one gulp, but he still felt it was not enough. In the end, he just held the empty water glass and fell into a daze.

The face was like a flat lake, but in his heart there seemed to be turbulent waves and thunder. Whether it was Wang Anshi's bold words or the views of later generations on the outline and control of changes, Kong Ming found it difficult to calm down.

The rambling conversation that lasted only a moment gave him a much greater shock than the previous sound of the candle shadow and axe.

Everywhere seems to be talking about scholarship, but it doesn’t seem to be talking about scholarship.

The details of the words are intriguing, and the shocking words are worthy of careful consideration, so in the end Kong Ming turned his head and met Pang Tong's eyes with a wry smile.

Is there no perfect way?

Pang Tong asked directly.

Fan Zhongyan has noble aspirations and noble aspirations, and Wang Anshi is also a man who would sacrifice his life for the sake of the world.

Kong Ming said these two names with great emotion, and then said:

But neither you nor I can expect everyone in the world to have the heart of a sage and the noble ambitions of these two.

Pang Tong was silent, but Lu Su beside him was quite excited. Hearing this, he smiled and said:

If everyone in the world is like a sage, then why do we need to work so hard?

At the request of Liu Bei and Kong Ming, he is now in charge of all affairs of the Imperial Academy. Therefore, what he sees now is a new world for Lu Su. Many teaching methods can't wait to return to the Imperial Academy to try out the awarding system now.

Lu Su's smile also made everyone no longer worry about it. After all, judging from this light curtain, asking everyone to become a saint will not be possible in future generations.

Moreover... Kong Ming thought, whether it was the complicated situation and grievances between China and its neighboring countries in the future, or the unpredictable power of technology, I am afraid that these problems would become more complicated.

Fazheng raised his head from copying and said disdainfully:

The emperor will carry out reforms, but it will burden the people and make them miserable.

While talking to the people of the world about the ten thousand years of the Holy King's legacy, he continues to impose excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes that make the people unable to make a living.

Such reforms may be successful in later generations, but they may not be as good as unchanged for the people of that time.

Fazheng's sigh made Zhang Feima Chao understand.

Ma Chao hesitated and said:

In that case, why not let the family of Zhongming Dingshi use their remaining wealth to benefit the world and create a virtuous name?

Zhang Fei laughed, patted Ma Chao on the shoulder and said:

The Song people shouted nicely, but in the end they were not even willing to reduce miscellaneous taxes.

Meng Qi, if you want your money to become a monk, it would be easier to ask him to die.

Liu Bei looked at Ma Chao, who was being photographed staggering around, smiled, and agreed:

What Yide said is vulgar. However, if you read history and see what happened when Emperor Xiaowu calculated the Min order, you can also use it as an analogy.

After saying this, he also said sadly:

We have seen this old incident of the Tang Dynasty before, and we often lamented that it did not take into account the disasters of the previous dynasty.

But now I see this Song Dynasty...

After pondering for a moment, Liu Bei simply tore up another piece of paper and wrote it with a pen, and then Tuan Cheng Wan flicked into the light curtain with his fingers.

〖Liu Bei: When the people of the Song Dynasty are here, don't you realize that Erfeng's words about the king and the people boating and water are still in your ears? 〗

Li Shimin woke up from deep thought and suddenly felt his eyebrows jump:

They have all said that you can just call your majesty, but why is it so difficult?

However, considering that Emperor Zhaolie was the lord of Wuhou, and that Emperor Zhaolie was hundreds of years older than him, Li Shimin chose not to care about it for the time being, but felt it first:

The person who can write Qin Yuan Chun is truly an extraordinary person through the ages, and I am no better.

The person's opinions on change are straightforward but worth recalling. Just the eight characters can reveal the endless replacement of the old with the new.

My own opinion is similar to it, but the words are not uncomplicated.

Fang Xuanling did not have as many emotions as His Majesty, so he chose to start from the basic points and praised:

When the country recruits scholars, deeds are the first priority. Such kind words should be addressed to the Imperial College.

Du Ruhui interjected: If the title is for school, it should be slightly modified. If it is a scholar, practicality should be the first priority, how about it?

If you don't succeed, it's still a bit complicated. In my opinion, this theory of practice is just like what Shang Shu says. It's not the difficulty of knowing, but the difficulty of practice. If you want to practice it, you must know how to practice it.

Wei Zheng also intervened in the discussion.

Both Fang and Du thought it made sense, so they simply asked, What's the point of writing?

Li Shimin, who was listening on the side, immediately said without hesitation:

How about uniting knowledge and action to serve the people?

The three ministers thought about it for a while and decided to approve it.

Du Ruhui even smiled and said:

Your Majesty's inscription can also be used by students to discuss. What is knowledge? What is action? What is reality? What is a citizen?

For the Zhenguan civil and military affairs, it can be said that the founding of the Tang Dynasty is full of waste, and it is useless to think about it now, whether it is reform or the end of the imperial examination.

Comparatively speaking, it would be more practical to take the essence of the Song Dynasty's academic development and strengthen the Tang Dynasty's cultural governance.

…

There was only Liu Bei's solitary sentence on the light screen, which made Zhao Kuangyin a little embarrassed.

After all, everything else is easy to say. The Song and Tang Dynasties were separated by only a hundred years. As a result, the old events of Zhenguan at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty were easily forgotten. This is really not the case.

At that moment, he was also writing on the stone table, expressing that he would never forget Emperor Zhaolie's words.

When Zhao Guangyi saw his brother's diligence, he seemed to be aggrieved for his brother, but in fact he was demonstrating his merits:

Brother, why are you worried? I, the scholar of the Song Dynasty, also said that our ancestors are not worthy of the law!

The old words of Emperor Wen of the Tang Dynasty that Liu Bei said may not be able to be stated in detail.

Zhao Pu opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he chose to shut up and let the officials handle it themselves.

Zhao Guangyi saw his brother turning his head after finishing his work on the stone table.

Although his brother's face was dark, Zhao Guangyi had always been good at observing words and expressions, and he could still read his brother's expression from it.

Some of them were surprised, some wanted to speak but hesitated, some couldn't bear it, and some were relieved. Finally, they spoke:

You are acting so stupidly right now, is it fake or true?

Zhao Guangyi suddenly felt confused, but he still said cautiously:

It's good that my brother is favored by the official family.

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head sincerely and said:

If he wasn't stupid, why would he have said what he just said?

After saying that, Zhao Kuangyin was thinking a lot. Could it be that those fists just now really damaged it?

However, there is no need to take these to heart for the time being. Zhao Kuangyin turned around and ordered:

If Li Yu is captured, he should be treated with courtesy and summon Qian Chu to come to Bianliang with him.

He also briefly summarized what later generations said just now.

Education is very expensive.

Li Yu and Qian Chu should be willing to do their best.