Chapter 13: A long talk ()

The founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty has been 314 years since its founding. 314 years ago, the Zhou Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty launched a war in Hengyang. After four years of war, he defeated the Yang Kingdom at that time. The regime was established, and the country was named Zhou!

"Haha..." He smiled slightly, and then told me some things before: "Twenty years ago, when the father of the prime minister of the current dynasty passed away, according to the tradition of the Great Zhou Dynasty, each generation of Yang family would choose two young heroes to be officials in the court. After the death of the previous prime minister, the new prime minister would be in the Yang family.

The direct direct children were selected. At that time, my younger brother and I, the prime minister today. Compared to me, my younger brother knows better how to govern a country, so I finally withdrew and asked to be the dean of Shangling Academy. I know that relying on my younger brother or the Yang family alone is not good at governing a country, but also relying on many talents. So I chose Shangling Academy to train ordinary assistants for my younger brother, and also for the Yang family. Over the past 20 years, after hard work, Shangling Academy has now reached its peak since its founding. However, I was a little scared!"

He paused for a moment and then said, "It was not until the words you said to me this morning that I understood what I was afraid of. What I was afraid of is that the students I trained became the one who only hangs the saints at the edge of the day you said, and the imperial examination was to glorify the ancestors. I truly became a mediocre person who could not maintain peace in martial arts and cultural affairs. Although my Great Zhou is now singing and dancing, many powerful enemies around me are eyeing me. On the day when foreign enemies invade, what do I rely on to resist the strong enemies? Moreover, now there are signs of decline in national strength. The treasury income of the state was one tenth less than last year. If this continues, don't invade the enemy, my Great Zhou will perish.

I gently patted his back, calming him down gradually. I said, "Actually, it's not your business!" I sighed softly.

"The national policies directly affect the decisions below, and what causes this situation is the country's single imperial examination system, which makes every student think that only the top scorer who is admitted to the court is the top scorer. Therefore, they study hard, take the exam hard, and even do not give up until they are fifty or sixty years old. As the saying goes: Everything is inferior, but only high school students are high. Little do they know that 365 professions will be the top scorer in every profession! What if they get the top scorer? The saints are full of pedanticism, their minds are full of pedanticism, their literary ability cannot be literary, and their martial arts cannot be clearly judged. How can they manage the people well, and how can they argue with the people?"

"Actually, whether it is the emperor or the officials! They have all forgotten one thing, and that is what is the foundation of the country!"

"The country is not the emperor who is high and noble, the prime minister who is powerful, nor the students who are studying. But they are them." I pointed to the workers who are working below. "The people are the foundation of the country. That is the cornerstone of the Great Zhou. The so-called people are rich and the country is strong! Only when they are rich can the country truly be worthy of the title of great power." Speaking of this, I couldn't help but think of a saying from an ancient Chinese king, and I said it without feeling it, "Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn the boat!"

"Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn the boat! Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn the boat!" He murmured to himself, then slapped his knees with his hands, "A good sentence can carry a boat, but it can also overturn the boat! Just by this sentence, you can see that my brother's mind is extraordinary. It turns out that it is a mistake to make friends with you for me. Now I know that the courage in your heart is not comparable to that in my heart! If you are not an official, it would be a pity that talent? If you are willing, I would recommend you strongly to my brother."

"Brother is joking, I just feel it!" I was a little ashamed. "I really don't have the idea of ​​becoming an official!"

"Why?" he asked.

"The officialdom is dark! If I enter the officialdom, I will inevitably fall into party disputes like some people and be stalwart about my greater power. Then, before I stand at a high position, I still have free time to interfere with the people. And when I have time to ask, how many years can I live in the world?"

He was speechless, and the officialdom was dark, and he could not have known that he, a person who had been an official. He resolutely gave the opportunity to inherit the position of prime minister to his younger brother. One reason was that he was more suitable for prime minister than himself, or was better at dealing with officials among all officials. On the other hand, he was not tired of the struggles in the officialdom! For one thing, officials from different factions quarreled in the lobby, and the whole court was like a vegetable market. The emperor was the vegetable buyer who was wandering around in two vegetable stalls, while the officials were like a hawker who was arguing for small profits and relating to each other's shortcomings.

"Then how do you fight?" he asked.

"I don't know yet because I haven't planned it yet! I have planned it because of too many factors. In fact, my plan is also one-sided. I just want them to live a better life!" I sighed. I really don't have the brains to work hard for the country. What I want most now is to let the coolies at the bottom of the country be able to fill their meals.

"I don't know why you care so much about them! But I know, you won't harm them!" He smiled, "What should the academy do if it changes the current situation, according to your opinion?"

I pondered for a while and it was not difficult to change. Although these students were all those who studied hard, it was often best for those who studied hard to change, not to ask them, but to force them! Because studying for the imperial examination is their belief and their weakness. Because there is nothing more important than not allowing them to take the imperial examination? However, even if they have changed, it will take at least 10 years to form a scale across the country. Only after ten years can these students who have been transformed into a force that cannot be ignored in the national Hui Opera.

"In fact, it is not difficult to change the border situation!, but it will take at least 10 years or even longer?" I said.
Chapter completed!