"Apart from these hundreds of lucky people, the rest of the scholars lived a mess and had no big deal."

"Making paper, printing books, etc. are all achievements for a thousand years! Why do everyone despise it and disdain it? But they are proud to be an official!"

Many Confucian scholars bowed their heads in shame and wished they could drill into the cracks in the ground.

Worth reflecting on!

Of course, their heads are a very cruel and realistic question, which is before them.

Failed to pass the exam?

What are they scholars doing?

They can also accept it if they learn from Xiaohunhou to do something big.

Papermaking can also shine the family!

Refining gunpowder can also be called a count.

...

Among the many Confucian scholars.

Dong Xianliang jumped up his heels excitedly and looked at the lonely little Hunhou opposite him, his eyes full of emotion.

He once thought that he had studied Confucianism hard, and took it as his mission to "support wise kings and save the world" as his own, and was the most outstanding talent in the Great Chu.

He never understood why the emperor listed Xiaohunhou as the top-ranked title in the palace examination, and was ranked first in the year of Hai.

I finally understand today.

This is the real responsibility for the rise and fall of the world!

Xiao Hunhou is full of passion for the Great Chu, not beneficial to himself, and specializes in benefiting others. It is not just about assisting the king, but that is the hero of the world.

Those tricks, papermaking, gunpowder, etc. that he despised can also play a huge role in helping the world.

This mind is so grand and this knowledge is so broad.

The gap!

He is so far from Xiaohunhou!

...

Kong Hanyou was stunned by the scolding.

Xiao Hunhou did not follow the routine at all.

He was clearly debating with Xiao Hunhou about the "electing officials for imperial examinations". Since he was the candidate, let's follow which official is the best choice to debate!

He had just talked a lot about the Confucian school, which was most beneficial to the "selecting officials".

Xiao Hunhou did not mention the imperial examination officials, but actually talked about 90% of the scholars who failed to be elected. He said that those scholars who failed to be elected were all a group of waste... wasted food in vain and achieved nothing.

How did he refute this?

"Little Marquis, what we are talking about today is the election of officials. As for the unselected people... we can discuss how to arrange them again."

Kong Hanyou said seriously.

"Mr. Kong, taking the Confucian subject alone means that in order to select the most outstanding one hundred officials, he sacrificed tens of thousands of candidates in Jinling, hundreds of thousands of scholars in Da Chu, and sacrificed the foundation of my Da Chu!

Only by taking the full course can all industries prosper. Ninety-nine percent of scholars can they not become officials, but they still understand the techniques of all kinds of education and all kinds of education."

Chu Tianxiu waved his hand, felt heartbroken, and bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, if you only want to choose an official, you can take the imperial examination and take the Confucianism alone. Confucian scholars can't do anything else, but they are still good at being an official.

However, if you want this great Chu to flourish, money and grain to fill the warehouse, such as "paper making, gunpowder" and other things, there are all kinds of talents everywhere in the world, and you can use whatever you want.

Then this imperial examination will definitely take the full course."

...

Emperor Xiang Yanran looked at Xiaohunhou and fell into deep thought.

The purpose of changing the "Senior Examination" to "Imperial Examination" was indeed to select officials and assist him in governing the world.

The Confucian school of thought advocates "respecting the king and loving the people", which is of course the most in line with this.

But the remaining 99% of scholars cannot be elected as Shangguan, which is indeed a huge waste!

All the talents who read and read in the entire Great Chu Dynasty were here. If they didn’t have to do it well, it would be a waste of resources.

Scholars are extremely difficult to cultivate.

Often, a county town, a wealthy family and a small landlord can support two or three children to study, and it takes ten or twenty years to become a talent.

These scholars should be the most outstanding talents in Dachu.

The entire Great Chu Dynasty had a population of 70 million, and only a few hundred thousand scholars.

The eldest son inherited the family business, and the rest of the sons went out to make a living.

If they only read Confucian books and only understand some principles of governing the country... they are not useful in their daily lives, so they rely on some livelihoods to make a living.

Nowadays, there are princes inside and external troubles in the Great Chu.

It is the time to make all scholars in the world loyal and do their best.

Only by taking the full course of the imperial examination can we exert the power of many scholars.

The emperor, he, already believed in Xiao Hunhou's statement more.

However, he didn't want to directly reject the main minister Kong Hanyou with his authority. It would be better for Kong Hanyou to take the initiative to admit defeat.

"Xiao Hunhou's words make a lot of sense. You can continue to argue. I'm listening!"

The emperor said lightly.

"I won't talk about those who have failed to be elected. I will only talk about the three dukes and nine high-ranking officials here!"

Chu Tianxiu did not give Kong Hanyou the chance to turn the tables, and immediately said loudly: "Mr. Yang Chu, you are in charge of the Great Agricultural Order and are in charge of the world's money, grain and finance. What are you learning?"

In the palace gate, Yang Chu, the farmer sitting on the side of the emperor, was stunned and said slowly: "What I learned from this order is extensive... Taoism, Huanglaozhuang, farming, Yang Zhu, arithmetic, etc., all of them are there, but they do not learn Confucianism."

"Master Wang Xiao, what are you doing with this Taifu Order?"

Chu Tianxiu said again.

The Grandpa Wang Xiao said lightly: "I am in charge of horse politics, animal husbandry, and raise hundreds of thousands of war horses for the emperor!... Raising horses does not require learning Confucianism."

"The Grand Marshal Li Rong learned military strategists and was in charge of the world's military strategists, so there was no need to mention them. Most of the nine ministers and officials here were taught by Huang Lao Zhuang. How many of the other theories are the main subjects of Confucianism?

It can be seen that Confucianism is far from as important as Master Kong imagined. What is the significance of exams in the imperial examination and exams alone?!"

Chu Tianxiu smiled coldly and said.

He was still very proud.

These words can only be said in the Great Chu Dynasty, which was not yet dominant for the Confucians.

If he traveled through time dozens or hundreds of years later, he would never dare to say this.

At that time, there were Confucian officials everywhere, and they regarded other theories as "strange and lewd tricks". It was a search for death for these Confucian officials to respect Confucianism alone!

...

Outside the palace.

Kong Hanyou's face was flushed.

This is very embarrassing.

Who told him that he was the only great scholar who stood up and supported Confucianism.

Among the nine high-ranking officials, there are also doctor Cui Haoran and Shaofu Xiao Gongwang. They are also great scholars of the times. However, as the heads of the top ten clans of Jinling, they all have family interests and will definitely not stand up and fully support Confucianism.

Lian Lao Prime Minister Xie Huyong and Censor Wang Su, a scholarly family that has been passed down from generation to generation, studied Huang Lao Zhuang, but also learned Confucianism. However, they did not admit that they were the main scholar of Confucianism!

Xiaohunhou said that there were not many Confucians among the three dukes and nine ministers, which made sense.

Kong Hanyou fell into silence.

He saw the shame and uneasiness in the hearts of the Confucian scholars.

It was also seen that the tone of Emperor Xiang Yanran in the palace gate seemed to be moved.

Kong Hanyou was long before sighing sadly: "Little Hunhou, what you said makes sense. The imperial examination is mainly based on Confucianism... and the general examination is also taken as a whole. How about it?

In this way, all scholars in the world understand the principle of "respecting the king and loving the people", but they also learn from many schools and will not know anything about others."

This is his final bottom line as the leader of the Confucian school.

This bottom line is acceptable.

Because many Confucian scholars are actually studying Taoism, law, etc., and are trying to integrate the subjects into one.

His disciple Dong Xianliang has tried it for more than ten years.

If he cannot keep this bottom line, he will be ashamed of Confucius and the Confucian school. Only by keeping this bottom line will Confucianism have a chance to turn the tables.

Xiaohunhou refused.

The emperor refused.
Chapter completed!