Chapter 98: Poyang Lake Suppresses Bandits (3)
The pigeon set out early in the morning with the news of the recovery of Nanchang. Zhao Taiwei saw the news that afternoon. The battle to recover Nanchang was so smooth that Zhao Taiwei was not particularly surprised.
When the Ottoman Turkey captured Constantinople, it was said that there was a small gate that was not closed, which finally made the Ottoman army find a breakthrough. However, in the final analysis, the Eastern Romans had already reached the point of extinction. Just as the rebellion of the Ming Cult was impossible to succeed. If the 30,000 rebellions of the Ming Cult were all in the city, they would starve to death due to lack of food. If they did not defend the city, Nanchang would be easily compromised.
Therefore, the idea of Zhao Taiwei turned to the local land reform issue in Jiangxi. Jiangxi is mountainous and the plains are concentrated around Poyang Lake. If we can take the opportunity to solve the land problem in one fell swoop, the situation in Jiangxi can be settled. Who should be responsible for this matter? Zhao Taiwei's first idea was to let Wen Tianxiang, a local Jiangxi province, do it. However, Zhao Jiaren quickly rejected his idea. From which perspective, it was not appropriate to do so.
Just as Taiwei Zhao was considering this matter, the attendant came in to report, "Taiwei, Xiong Shang asked for a meeting."
Zhao Jiaren was stunned. He was not familiar with Xiong Shang, and there were no official arrangements. So Zhao Jiaren asked, "Why is he here?"
"Xiong Shang said, he came to talk about the matter of making the subject." The attendant replied.
Although he frowned, Zhao Jiaren finally asked Xiong Shang to come in. As soon as he met, Xiong Shang immediately said, "Taiwei, do you really have to open a department every year?"
"Yes." Zhao Jiaren answered very simply. The college entrance examination is already a part of the life of the people of New China. Zhao Jiaren believes that the existence of the imperial examination is undoubtedly a matter of natural. Moreover, without the college entrance examination, the existence of the new school will be greatly reduced. Without the college entrance examination, there would be no source of so many government civil servants.
Seeing that Zhao Jiaren was firm in his attitude, Xiong Shang asked with a full mood: "If the Taiwei did this, where would the imperial examination be held?"
Oh! Zhao Jiaren's evaluation of Xiong Shang was immediately improved by this sentence. Of course, the college entrance examination has a lot of constructive effects, and the college entrance examination also has a destructive effect. The way to eliminate the imperial examination is not to prohibit the imperial examination, but to let the people give up the imperial examination by themselves. The college entrance examination is a system. After obtaining the corresponding academic certificate, you can take civil servants, enter state-owned enterprises, and be a teacher. There are so many opportunities to eat financial meals,
The imperial examination is once every three years, and each time there are only a hundred or ten people. Unless a person with a very confident or paranoid person, normal people will choose to do a subject exam instead of an imperial examination. Making a living is not easy for most people.
Zhao Jiaren did not want to intensify the conflict, nor did he want to provoke confrontation. He smiled and said, "The main purpose of setting up the subject is to obtain officials, which is not the same as the subject of the imperial examination."
Seeing Zhao Jiaren so shirked, Xiong Shang became even more angry. He said: "Taiwei, the imperial examination is one in a thousand. Even if the imperial examination is one in a hundred, according to the Taiwei's saying that bad money drives out good money, no one will take the imperial examination in less than ten years."
Puchi, Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but be amused by the "bad money to drive out good money". It must be said that Xiong Shang's application of this theory is quite accurate, which shows that the Jinshi was indeed some of the people with relatively high intelligence and level at that time.
"Taiwei! Do you look down on us Jinshi?" Xiong Shang's voice became even more angry.
Zhao Jiaren's eyes lit up, and he found that Xiong Shang pointed out the blind spot of thinking that he had feelings before but failed to grasp the key points. Although Zhao Jiaren himself was a Jinshi, a Jinshi was just a means of his attempt to seek power. Zhao Jiaren did not have any special respect for the Jinshi himself. As Xiong Shang said, Zhao Jiaren really looked down on the Jinshi.
Seeing Zhao Jiaren's expression, Xiong Shang stabilized his emotions and continued to say: "The Taiwei. When Lin'an surrendered, the Jinshi did not fight to the end. The Taiwei was not able to show his strength and make a living, but the local personnel. Therefore, I don't think it is strange that the Taiwei was dissatisfied with the Jinshi. But the Taiwei was in power at this time, so he should be in charge of the world and tolerant. If he only remembered the places where the Jinshi was not used, the Taiwei might as well just abolish the Jinshi directly, which also made the Taiwei feel open-minded."
The Jinshi were very eloquent when asking others for advice. Xiong Shang's words made Zhao Jiaren feel that 'this is very big in Song'. He smiled and said, "Mr., ministers. Fathers. Fathers., fathers. Sons. I must be open-minded in my position as the Left Prime Minister. But what should all the Jinshi Dukes? Mongolia is still there, and the crisis of destruction of the country has not yet passed. Is it possible to counterattack the Jinshi Dukes?"
After hearing Zhao Jiaren's truth, Xiong Shang said with a sigh: "If the Taiwei is worried about these things, I have a plan to make the Taiwei feel at ease."
"Oh?" Zhao Jiaren responded.
"The Grand Marshal can give orders. If those Jinshi who have been dismissed want to resume their duties, they will be admitted to the CPC first." Xiong Shang said his thoughts loudly.
Hearing this, Zhao Jiaren almost choked by his saliva. After breathing evenly, Zhao Jiaren's heart was also very fluctuating. In order to keep up with the situation, the Jinshi of the Song Dynasty was really amazing. Xiong Shang's plan was actually very simple. He just wanted to counterattack and hoped that the court would be filled with those Jinshi again.
Zhao Jiaren is now able to hold great power, not only because of his financial resources and military strength. If this is the only way, Zhao Jiaren is the head of a military army in the Five Dynasties. Since the Tang Dynasty, various killing kings and brothers, even killing fathers and seizing the throne, became the "Emperor's strong soldiers and horses should be done, but wouldn't he have a genital!"
The reason why Zhao Taiwei was able to have such power now was because he eliminated most of the Jinshi officials in the Song Dynasty. The reason for eliminating them was also very high-sounding. The Song Dynasty raised scholars for three hundred years, and at the critical moment, these scholars did not swear to be loyal to death. Since the scholars were unreliable, then as the Zhao family, they should naturally have great power to save Zhao Jiaren of the Song Dynasty.
If things develop according to Xiong Shang's suggestion, then the first thing is to pardon a large number of "unstubborn members". Perhaps Zhao Jiaren can get some degree of "approval", but compared with holding power, Zhao Jiaren thinks this kind of praise is very harmful.
Since Xiong Shang was so straightforward, Zhao Jiaren also felt that he should have equal respect, so he replied: "Those people cannot be officials again."
Seeing Zhao Jiaren so firm, Xiong Shang said goodbye with a bleak face. Looking at Xiong Shang's back, Zhao Jiaren originally wanted to feel something, but suddenly he thought of another thing. If Xiong Shang was a representative figure, there seemed to be a big difference between his views on the preparation of science exams and Zhao Jiaren's arrangements. For this era, Zhao Jiaren felt that Xiong Shang's views might be more common.
Chapter completed!