Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

In June of this year, the northern wheat harvested again, and the grain output exceeded last year.

It did not take long for Zhao Chen to regain the Central Plains and Yanyun last year. Although the people of Central Plains and Yanyun have obtained the land, the land has been abandoned for too long and the fertility is limited. It was not until this year that the land was completely restored! Moreover, last year farmers didn't have many farm tools in their hands. By this year, the number of farm tools has far exceeded that of last year! Most of the seeds they used last year were Shenliang, but this year's seeds were carefully selected! Therefore, it is not surprising that this year's grain output exceeds last year.

Education and imperial examination reforms have spread to the northern folks. People who are proficient in arithmetic in the south of the Yangtze River and some other "exotic and ingenious" people have come to the city of Yanjing. Regarding this matter, the vast majority of the people are supportive, but there are also some people who don't care about this matter. They only care about what crops they should plant in the fall, and ensure that some crops can be harvested in the fall.

At night, there was a cool breeze. At this moment, in a small courtyard south of Yanjing City, four Confucian scholars were sitting together drinking tea and chatting.

There was a touch of worry on their faces.

"Your Majesty wants to change education and join practical learning. From now on, all students of the world will learn practical learning! This is really good or bad! You and I have not forgotten to study even during the war, but what you read is all about the saints. Learn!" These four Confucian scholars seem to be not young anymore, one of them is humane.

"It is said that imperial examinations should also be added to practical learning, which is really absurd!" There is another humanity.

"You and I were originally going to participate in the imperial examination, but now I join the practical study, which includes agronomy, arithmetic, and so on. I don't know anything about it. How to do the imperial examination?"

"It's better that you and I join up with some other Confucian scholars and write a letter to your majesty, so that your majesty will not change the ancestral system!"

"I'm afraid it won't work! The world has been turbulent for many years, and the number of Confucian scholars I waited for is not as good as before. Some time ago, Li Gang and Li Ruoshui joined the Yanjing Confucian scholars to write to your Majesty. At that time, there were only a few hundred Confucian scholars. Now the four of us are even more. It is impossible to unite with many Confucian scholars. Moreover, the influence of Confucian scholars is not as good as before."

"If you are in Jiangnan, there are slightly more scholars there!"

"Jiangnan is afraid that it won't work. When Emperor Jianyan arrived in Jiangnan, he wanted to contend with his majesty today, and he had no intention of holding imperial examinations! The emperor was unwilling to hold imperial examinations. Who else in the world would like to read? Reading is nothing more than being an official! Jiangnan is now The number of Confucian scholars is not as good as before!"

All four of them sighed there.

"I have a cousin at the military plane. I went to see him at noon. I thought he could reveal some news to me. Who knows he doesn't say anything, hey!"

"I have thought about it carefully. Even if practical learning is added to the imperial examination, there should be no difficult content! Just imagine that your majesty has only ordered people to write practical learning books. There are no books. How can there be difficult content?" A scholar suddenly said.

"Brother Zhao is right! Even if practical learning is added to the imperial examination, it should be very simple! We should be able to handle it!"

"I think we can learn some simple arithmetic and agronomy these days, so that we can cope with the imperial examinations in the future."

"This can only be done!"

The four people discussed for a long time before they dispersed.

To the south of Shanhaiguan, there is a production and construction corps of 100,000 people!

It was originally a deserted place, but after the arrival of the Production and Construction Corps, there were already countless villages and farmland here!

The young people farm during the day and gather together to learn literacy at night.

Some of them were scholars, but the production and construction corps rarely taught some advanced Confucian knowledge, even if they only talked about the Analects, the Book of Songs, and so on.

There are also young people who study by themselves and read some more esoteric history books.

News of the reform of education and imperial examinations has also spread to the Production and Construction Corps!

"Your Majesty should join Shixue! Confucianism is just some ways to behave in the world. It is good to learn those, but Shixue is a real knowledge, which is very good for farming and business!"

"Yes, since ancient times, there have been few scholars who have learned real learning! It is ridiculous that scholars study only for promotion and fortune! Now your Majesty has added real learning to the school. People in the world are no longer studying for officials, but for better handling. In the world, this is the right way! Reading shouldn’t be just for the sake of being an official! I also heard that your majesty reformed the imperial examination. From now on, he will no longer use the imperial examination to determine his life. After the imperial examination, he will no longer be an official. If you do well, if you really have talent, then you can be promoted! If you don’t have the talent and the ability, then even if the imperial examination is good, it will be difficult to be an official!"

"I heard that many Confucian students oppose your Majesty. Those Confucian students only think about themselves and never think about the world! Can they be superior after learning Confucianism? I don't think so!"

Young people are also talking about it, and some young people are interested in the "imperial examination" and are preparing to take the upcoming imperial examination! However, they still don't know the specific form of the imperial examination. Now everything is just speculation. The only thing they know is that the imperial examination will be completely different from before! In the past, imperial examinations were divided into children, scholars, juren, and jinshi, which needed to be examined step by step. However, in the future, the imperial examination may no longer have those divisions. As long as the imperial examination is passed, you can enter the government as a servant! In fact, Zhao Chen's imperial examination is similar to the civil service examinations of later generations. The examination age is set and the relevant positions are listed in advance! As a result, the quality of officials in the government will inevitably be greatly improved, but now the court lacks officials, and if officials are selected from among the officials, the quality of officials will surpass in the past.

There was a lot of discussion among the people, and news from various places continued to spread to the military plane, and then reported it to Zhao Chen.

"Your Majesty, there are not many people in the Central Plains, Yanyun, North, and Liaodong who oppose education and imperial examination reforms! If Wang Jinggong dared to make such reforms, I am afraid that countless scholars and bureaucrats would attack them, but after the war, except Jiangnan Besides, there are not many scholar-bureaucrats in the world, and as expected, now is the best time to implement changes!" Wang Shu came to the Imperial Study Room this afternoon and reported.

"Regarding Jiangnan, you should also pay close attention! Wang De's supervisory department is also in Jiangnan, let him also pay attention to the situation of Jiangnan gentry and Confucian students to prevent unexpected situations!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, the minister has an idea. In Jiangnan, we can use the word'drag' to deal with those scholars and gentry." Wang Shu said.

"Oh?" Zhao Chen was stunned.

"We can immediately send people south to inform the scholars and gentry in Jiangnan that we will not implement imperial examination reforms in Jiangnan for the time being, so that we can appease Jiangnan people! In Jiangnan, we will not imperial examinations at all in the next few years! They are not willing to change, so we just Give them nothing! As for the construction of public schools across the Yangtze River, we don't have to pay for it. The court pays for it, so they can't stop it." Wang Shu said.

"Not bad!" Zhao Chen nodded.

"For a long time, Jiangnan lacks officials, we can put the officials from the northern imperial examinations into Jiangnan officialdom! For some officials in Jiangnan officialdom, we will promote them to the north! In short, with various means. , It is absolutely possible for Jiangnan to receive education safely and reform the imperial examination." Wang Shu said.

"Very well, after discussing with Hu Quan, Wang Shipeng and others, write me a specific countermeasure. That's all for this matter." Zhao Chen said.

The two of them were talking here, and there was a voice of reporting from outside, and after a while, Qu Duan walked in.

"Your Majesty, there is news from the Liaodong battlefield that the Koreans want to negotiate with us." Qu Duan said.

"Negotiating?" Wang Shu showed a surprised expression on his face.

"What is the negotiation?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, this is the case. After you left Liaodong in February this year, the Koreans attacked Liaoyang, Jinzhou and other places several times, but they were easily repelled by us! The military strength of Korea is so different from ours, they are not at all. Our opponent! Now the Koreans have stopped the war, but they have to negotiate with us to determine the border." Qu Duan said.

"Determine the border? Didn't they say to withdraw from Liaodong?" Zhao Chen said.

"They want to evenly divide Liaodong with us, and don't want to go to war with us again." Qu Duan said.

"Korean people are still ridiculous! They have only so little strength, they are so arrogant! What qualifications do they have to negotiate with us? The national strength is not as good as ours, the military is not as good as us, and nothing is as good as us! Unwilling to even despise me, now they still can't see the form!" Zhao Chen sneered.

"Your Majesty, how do you treat these Koreans?" Qu Duan said.

"Follow the established strategy! We only have half a year in Liaodong. Liaodong has just resumed production. We will have to wait at least another year before we can attack Goryeo! When the Goryeo envoy comes, I will go and meet him in person. Let's Negotiating with them can also paralyze the hearts of Koreans." Zhao Chen said.