"Yuanhui, what do you think of that Ma Zhi? Can he compare with the Confucian scholars in our dynasty?"

The topic of Wu Haogu and Mi Youren's conversation turned to Ma Zhi again. This Han family member from the Liao Kingdom always left a deep impression on people wherever they went.

"Ma Zhi?" Mi Youren smiled and shook his head, "Teacher, why did you think of him and Confucian scholars together?"

"What? Isn't he a Confucian scholar? He is proficient in the six arts and most likely he has learned from famous scholars of the Northern Dynasties, right?"

"Give a famous scholar?" Mi Youren shook his head, "Teacher, although the Liao Kingdom has also begun to admire Confucianism over the years, their Confucianism is still... still a little different from the Confucianism in our dynasty."

"Oh?" With the dim candlelight, Wu Haogu looked at Mi Youren, as if waiting for his conclusion.

"The Confucianism in our dynasty is the priority, followed by literature, and what we cultivate is the virtue of literature." Mi Youren said, "The Confucianism in the Northern dynasty focused on martial arts, and what they educated was not great scholars, but counselors and generals... These people were naturally talented in governing the country, but talented but not virtuous, which was the foundation for the chaos of the country!

It is probably not a blessing for the country to have a Confucian scholar like Ma Zhi in the Liao Dynasty!”

Wu Haogu nodded. What Mi Youren said was not a false statement. A person like Ma Zhi was indeed not a blessing for the Liao Kingdom!

Mi Youren continued: "In addition, if Confucianism practices both the Six Arts, although the people they educate are civil and military, the cost of studying the Six Arts is too high. How many families can afford it in the world? If Confucianism practices both the Six Arts, how can they bear the principle of educating the masses?

And if the best among the people cannot practice Confucianism, how can they enter the imperial examination? If you don’t have the court as a farmer and climb the ladder to the heaven of the emperor’s hall in the evening, the heroes of the world can…”

The purpose of the imperial examination is not entirely to draw materials, but to build a ladder to make all heroes indulge in the classics.

Only in this way can the internal stability of the Song Dynasty be easy!

Mi Youren smiled and said, "And it is very difficult to enter the imperial examination. Not one of the thousands of scholars can pass the Jinshi. Those Confucian scholars who failed after taking the exam should all be as good as Ma Zhi and have both civil and military skills... can the world be peaceful?"

The answer is definitely not!

A "big Confucian scholar" like Ma Zhi can both resist foreign countries and disrupt internal affairs! If there are not enough opportunities to resist foreign countries to play, then they will be time bombs one by one!

If there were tens of thousands of "Confucians" like Ma Zhi in the Song Dynasty, the Khitans and Jurchens would not be afraid of it. Even Temujin came, it would not be possible to please him, but civil strife was probably coming.

The root cause of the Han Dynasty's demise was probably that "Han Confucians" such as Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Huangshu, and Zhuge Liang were too capable.

"But the Liao Kingdom is about to be in chaos," Wu Haogu said in his thoughts, "The chaos in the Liao Kingdom will sooner or later affect our dynasty. Maybe it will be a chaos in the world. If our dynasty does not have a large number of Confucian scholars who allow civil and military affairs, they can bear the rise and fall of the world.

I’m afraid that there will be no more peaceful days in this great river and country!”

Mi Youren looked at Wu Haogu, who was as old as her, and was a little amused and confused, "Teacher, you really... you really have the common people."

"What?" Wu Haogu looked at his students, "Don't you know the truth that 'every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world'?"

"Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world?" Mi Youren's face suddenly became a little more serious, "This is said well, I wonder which scholar said?"

These eight words are famous quotes by Liang Qichao, a great scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, in Gu Yanwu: "Those who protect the country are the ruler and the ministers who eat meat and eat meat; those who protect the world are the humble and responsible of every man." The above summary is summarized.

However, Wu Haogu could not mention the names of Liang Qichao and Gu Yanwu with Mi Youren, so he thought about it and found an allusion in "Biography of Women" in his memory. He said seriously: "In the past, the daughter of Lu Qishi City also knew that there were patients in the state of Lu, and the monarch, minister, father and son were both humiliated by him, and the disaster affected the common people. Women were alone to avoid it!

You and I are both descendants of officials. How can you not know the connection between the rise and fall of the world and the misfortunes and the good fortune of all the people? If the world is in a difficult situation, will you and I still have to wander around and have free time?"

"What sir teaches me." Mi Youren was sitting and talking to Wu Haogu just now. Now, after hearing what he said, he immediately stood up and saluted.

What Wu Haogu said now is all truth, and it is the great truth of Confucianism!

It can be said that it can be taken to the Imperial College and the Imperial College.

Wu Haogu also felt excited when he saw his students' attitude, so he didn't feel sleepy. He continued to say: "If the situation in Liao Kingdom is really as Ma Zhi said, it would be a big chaos!

If the Northern Dynasties are divided into three parts today, and the two dynasties in the north and south are the main ones. If there is a great chaos in the Northern Dynasties, how can our dynasty be out of the situation? If the Northern Dynasties change their rulers, then they will be a new powerful thief to replace the declining and weak neighbors."

"Three points in the world?" Mi Youren murmured, "The teacher said it is right. If there is no unity today, Yan Yun has not been restored, and Lingxia has not been recovered."

Wu Haogu nodded, "Besides, our monarch and ministers look north at Yanyun for more than a hundred years. If there is chaos in the Northern Dynasties, how can we not take advantage of the chaos in the Northern Expedition? At that time, the Northern Expedition will naturally be the heroes of the Han and Tang Dynasties. If they cannot win, where should the world go?"

"Teacher, do you think I can win the northern expedition of Yanyun?"

Wu Haogu shook his head gently, and the Northern Expedition of Yanyun could not win. It would not work with the imperial guards in Kaifeng Prefecture, but also with the seemingly powerful elite troops of the Western Army.

At least in the original history, they were defeated miserably! The Northern Expedition Army commanded by Tong Guan was not even defeated by the Jurchens, but was defeated by the remaining soldiers of the Liao Kingdom.

With one of the few troops that were crippled by the Jurchens, Yelu Dashi and Xiao Gan easily crushed the army of the Northern Song Dynasty and completely showed a weak Song Dynasty that had completely collapsed militaryally in front of the people of the world.

Therefore, the Northern Expedition of Yanyun could not win, and it would be difficult for a few years to wait for the Jurchens to destroy the Liao Kingdom and take over the land of Yanyun.

The Jurchens who just came out of the snowy land of forests are not Khitans who have been vegetarian and chanted Buddha for many years!

The annual monies of 300,000 yuan cannot be saved. Moreover, the Chanyuan Alliance between the Liao and Song dynasties was also fought by the bloody battle between the soldiers of the Song Dynasty!

And the combat effectiveness of the Song army is still comparable to that of the Zhenzong Dynasty more than 90 years ago?

"Yuanhui, if the Liao Kingdom is really in chaos, it will be a disaster for me, the Song Dynasty! You and I are both scholars, and we are also connected with the fate of the Song Dynasty. We have to prepare early."

"Prepare early?" Mi Youren was silent for a while, "Does sir want to really enter the official career?"

What Mi Youren said about "real entering the official career" is certainly not a "literary and artistic official" or a "nominal official" who cares about the serious business, but a civil servant in the imperial examination who truly took power in the Song Dynasty.

Although the Song Dynasty was known for its "redundant officials" and had a large number of officials (actually only tens of thousands), those who could truly have a huge influence on the government were officials who were from the civil service examinations. The prime minister must be from the Jinshi! If you want to enter the center, you must be from the Jinshi.

To prepare for the future destiny of the country, it seems that there is no choice but to be the prime minister.

"What can I do if I really join the government?" Wu Haogu asked back, "Our dynasty has done a lot since Wang Jinggong reformed the law and strengthened it, and the law has changed a lot. The national use is enough to support the war with the Western thieves for years. The redundant soldiers have also been laid off hundreds of thousands. It is also OK. The "Article of Generals and Military" has been rectified and many generals and imperial guards have been rectified.

Yuanhui, do you think there are any strong moves in our dynasty that can be done and done?"

Everyone in later generations knew that Wang Anshi's reform was a failure, but during the Yuanfu period of the Song Dynasty, people's views were exactly the opposite. Everyone believed that the reform had been completed!

Because under the advocacy of Wang Anshi's followers Zhang Dun, Zeng Bu, Cai Bian and others, and the support of Emperor Zhezong, many new policies advocated by Wang Anshi were restored to be implemented during the Yuanyou, Shaosheng and Yuanfu years. The "Article of War" proposed by Wang Anshi has never been abolished.
Chapter completed!