Scientific research is the stairs to the sky for poor people, but this stairs to the sky is not a smooth road, but also a rugged path that is extremely difficult to walk on.

Because this road... is too narrow.

Not to mention that the Great Zhou Dynasty only received twenty or thirty Jinshi exams in a year, even if the Ming Jing exams and other common subjects were included, the emperor's occasional rise in the imperial examinations and the questions he had personally drawn, and the imperial court would only receive a maximum of one or two hundred scholars every year.

Among these people, only those who have passed the Jinshi class can naturally climb up. If the rest of the scholars can make up for the vacancies, they have accumulated virtue in their previous life.

And how many scholars were there in Dazhou?

Nowadays, the literacy rate of Dazhou should be around 10%. Of course, these literate people do not all participate in the scientific examination, but even if only one percent is taken from it, based on the 7 million households in the Great Zhou, the number of people walking this path is almost 300,000 to 400,000.

Three or four hundred people, only one hundred are collected every year!

Therefore, there are countless people who fail in Chang'an every year. In the moat outside the city, many frustrated people fall into the river and die every year.

Therefore, some scholars who failed to get fame and honor in the "big court" of the Great Zhou Dynasty sometimes surrender to the Jiedushi and work in the "small courts" of the Jiedushi and act as staff or as clerks. Some of them are well-informed and will be arranged by these Jiedushi and will be appointed as officials in the prefectures and counties under their rule.

Take Kang Dongping as an example. Although General Kang started his career with military merits, he did not exclude scholars. Instead, he attached great importance to the role of scholars. He first asked his younger brother Kang Donglai to recruit civil servants in Chang'an City, and at the same time, he recruited staff and servants in Shuofang. To this day, Shuofang's Jiedu Mansion has dozens of his staff and thousands of servants.

After all, the Jiedushi was in charge of local military and political affairs, as well as local financial powers. The Jiedushi of Shuofang was under the jurisdiction of Lingzhou, Fengzhou and Xiazhou. With the three states, no matter how many scholars were, they could naturally be raised.

For Lin Zhao, if he did not get the "benefit" of the old emperor in advance, he might be really moved now. After all, whether the Jinshi's fame and honor in Chang'an City can be obtained and when it will be obtained is an extremely unsafe thing. Compared with the illusory Jinshi and the fame of the local emperor who has seized military, government and financial power, it is undoubtedly a future for him to recruit him.

Looking at the 200th anniversary of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I don’t know how many literati and poets were unable to take the imperial examinations, they all went to the palaces of these governors or vassal kings in various places, and worked in their palaces for more than a decade, and asked these great figures to write a letter of recommendation to the court, and most of them could become officials.

But Lin Zhao is different.

He already had the "guarantee" that he would win the Jinshi. He did not abandon the biggest landlord in the world, but instead went to work for a small landlord.

Faced with Kang Dongping's recruitment, Lin Sanlang coughed, stood up and bowed slightly and said, "General, Lin Zhao is still young and has just entered the Imperial Academy. He has to study in the Imperial Academy for three years, and then go to the Ministry of Rites to try it."

He looked serious and whispered: "General Meng personally hired him. If Lin Zhao still fails to win the title of Jinshi when he is young, he will definitely surrender to the general's mansion!"

"A young age..."

Kang Dongping thought about it and asked, "How old is Editor Lin this year?"

"Four years old."

Lin Zhao said in a deep voice: "In a few months, the New Year will be fifteen years old."

"That means there are five years left."

General Kang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Young people have entered the Imperial Academy and it is inevitable that they want to take the Jinshi exam. Young people have ambitions, so I will not force them. Just go to the exam."

"There are also some disciples in the general's mansion. They are from Imperial College. They all went from young people to gray hair and achieved nothing when they were middle-aged."

Speaking of this, Kang Dongping stood up, touched the money from his arms to pay the bill, and smiled and said, "In the next few years, I will probably be stationed in Youzhou. If I am interested in it, I will go to Youzhou to find me."

Speaking of this, he looked at Lin Zhao and said in a deep voice: "There is, in recent times, if someone wants to publish articles slandering my brothers in Chang'an Feng, I hope editor Lin can say hello to my Kang family first."

Lin Sanlang frowned slightly and whispered: "General, I am the nephew of Duke Yuan Da."

Kang Dongping smiled: "Lin Yuanda himself may not be completely towards the East Palace, let alone you? Besides, I only need Editor Lin to say hello in advance, and you don't have to do anything for my Kang family."

General Kang narrowed his eyes and said slowly: "This is just a small task for Editor Lin, and it only takes about the last month. In a month, my brothers and I will leave Chang'an. Everything in Chang'an has nothing to do with me."

"If Editor Lin nodded and agreed, the Kang family will naturally have the benefits of Editor Lin."

Lin Zhao was silent for a long time, but finally shook his head slowly: "General, it's not that Lin Zhao doesn't want to do it, but that he can't do it. The compilation department where I am is nominally owned by the Imperial College, but actually belongs to the palace."

"Lin Zhao is still young and dare not deceive the emperor."

Kang Dongping had paid the tea money now. He looked at Lin Zhao in front of him and asked with a smile: "I never force others. I just asked Lin to write one sentence. If the prince sat in front of you today and said the same thing as you, would you answer the same way?"

“This is nature.”

Lin Sanlang became serious and said in a deep voice: "The East Palace asked me, and I answered the same way."

Kang Dongping nodded with satisfaction. He reached out and patted Lin Sanlang on the shoulder and smiled: "I admire Lin Zhengcheng very much. Unfortunately, you have an uncle who has been the prince's teacher, otherwise I can ask Lin Zhengcheng to go back to his house to have a drink now."

"Should you wait for the future."

General Kang stroked his chin beard and his voice was low: "When the East Palace is no longer an obstacle, I will ask Editor Lin to have a good meal."

Because Lin Zhao was still growing, his head was lowered by Kang Dongping at this time. At this time, he looked up at General Kang in front of him and asked, "I want to ask General why he is so beautiful?"

There is no unreasonable appreciation in this world.

Lin Zhao asked himself that he was born a little better, and that others were not as smart as others. Princess Danyang took care of him because of his old friend with Lin Erniang and his love for Zheng in Xingyang. The people in the East Palace were polite to him because there was a Lin Yuanda behind him.

As for the saint in the palace, the reason why he attached great importance to him was, firstly because Lin Zhao had developed the Chang'an Feng as a public opinion tool, and secondly because Lin Zhao became a suitable person at the right time.

And the General Kang in front of him...

There is no reason to appreciate him like this as soon as we meet.

Is it simply because of Lin Zhao's wisdom? That's too fake.

General Kang was also asked by this question. He stood there and was stunned, and then smiled heartily: "I have to say one reason, maybe it is because of the story book written by Lin, which I like very much."

"Especially the monkey written by Lin Editor, it suits my mind."

Speaking of this, the bearded man reached out and scratched his head, saying with some regret.

"What's a pity is that the monkey has such great ability but has not really touched the people in the Heavenly Court, and he will be recruited so quickly."
Chapter completed!