Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, the imperial examination has become a way for the feudal dynasty to recruit talents; During this period, the Song Dynasty opened the most scholars, and the cultural rule of the two Song Dynasty reached the level that there was no one before or after.

However, at the beginning of the establishment of the Song Dynasty, it was faced with a "cat and mouse game" in which there were few domestic scholars and had to start a talent war with the Southern Tang Dynasty.

An interesting phenomenon in the cat-and-mouse game is that the two sides compete to lower the admission standards; Many unqualified talents take advantage of the vacancy.

The emergence of this situation can be traced back to five dynasties and ten countries.

After Zhu Wen, a plague-ridden guy, overthrew the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains was in constant turmoil; Whoever has more soldiers and horses and a large territory, and whose fists are hard and strong can be kings; The frequent occurrence of killing the emperor and his son killing Lao Tzu is a fulfillment of the slang saying that "the prince will have a kind of Xiangning".

The cultural quality of the warlords of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, especially the northern separatists, was generally low, and most of them were big men who could not read a single bag.

For example, Zhu Wen, the founding emperor of the Later Liang, had no culture and could only be a butcher, and Guo Wei, the founding emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, was also an outlaw.

It is only natural that such people advocate force and are not bound by Confucian ethics to despise scholars.

The Qiu Eight warlords of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms believed in: "An court, the spear and sword are needed to determine the chaos and chaos, and they are as good as an awl!" ”

The pen in the hand of the scholar is only a useless hairy awl in the eyes of the warlord, but the ten kingdoms of the man are very different; Especially the three masters of the Southern Tang Dynasty: Li Yu, Li Jing, and Li Yu, all of whom were emperors of art.

The emperors of the three dynasties of the Southern Tang Dynasty attached great importance to cultural construction, set up schools, opened imperial examinations, appointed literati as officials, and recruited people from the Central Plains to come and defect.

The wars in the Central Plains and the contempt of literati led to a large number of literati migrating south, and the recruitment policies of small southern countries made literati useful.

It was at this time that Kuang Shicai entered the Southern Tang Dynasty examination.

Time soon entered the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty inherited the territory of the last of the five dynasties, the Later Zhou; After several generations of construction, the Southern Tang Dynasty even surpassed the Central Plains in agricultural development to become a rich land.

The three generations of emperors of the Southern Tang Dynasty actively resettled refugees from the Central Plains to Jianghuai, and became the most extensive of the Ten Kingdoms. The most powerful country.

At the same time, the Southern Tang Dynasty vigorously established schools and opened courses; To help the war-torn scholars find an ideal place to live.

In the face of such a regime, Taizu of the Northern Song Dynasty had a great headache; If he attacks strongly, the economy and culture of the Southern Tang Dynasty will be ruined, and at the same time, he will lose the support of his readers.

If you don't fight, you won't be able to sleep outside the couch.

Yu Zhao Kuangyin adopted the strategy of first difficult and then easy, first south and then north, and eliminated other small countries in the south one by one; On the one hand, it formed an encirclement of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and on the other hand, cultural construction was carried out to attract readers; Gradually dismantle the pillars of the Southern Tang regime.

When Zhao Kuangyin used a variety of means to attract scholars from the Southern Tang Dynasty, Kuang Shicai did not go north but went south to Siam.

Liu Min smiled and said, "Why don't you be a trendsetter of history but deviate from it?" If you had gone to the Song Dynasty, I am afraid that you would have been a privy envoy and other high-ranking officials! And now look at it, in order to save 100 yuan a day in labor fees, on a hot day, bare-chested and treading water with people! ”

Kuang Shicai laughed loudly and said: "The sky is vast and the earth is vast, and everyone has their own ambitions, so how can they think about it."

The fox god and rat are close to the wall, and the thunder is terrifying, who dares to do it! ”

Liu Min listened to Kuang Shicai reciting the poems of Dongting Longjun in "The Biography of Liu Yi", and couldn't help laughing: "So you really want to be a legendary master outside Kuang Shicai!" ”

The knot is in the human realm, and there is no noise of cars and horses.

How can you ask you? The heart is far away from itself.

Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely see the South Mountain.

The mountain weather is good, and the birds are returning.

There is a true meaning in this, and I have forgotten to distinguish it.

When Kuang Shicai heard Liu Min say this, he recited a poem by Tao Yuanming and laughed: "The old man learned rice planting techniques in Siam, and returned to his hometown from Siam to plant high-yield rice!" ”

Kuang Shicai raised his arm and said: "The rice yield in Siam is higher than that in the Central Plains, and it is all indica rice; Kuang learned planting techniques there for more than two years, mastered a full set of indica rice from planting to harvesting, and returned to his hometown to promote efficient indica rice planting! ”

Liu Min said with emotion: "It turns out that absenteeism is to save the country through industry, and it can be as famous as Zhang Qian in history!" ”

Kuang Shicai saw Liu Min's taste of an adult, smiled and said, "Little girl Gao Shu Kuang!" ”

After a pause, he looked at Liu Min and said, "If the little girl doesn't mind, I invite you to go to the cold house with your grandfather and uncle!" ”

Kuang Shicai said, and casually recited the poems of the Tang Dynasty poet Meng Haoran:

The old man has chickens,

Invite me to Tian's house.

Green Tree Village Bianhe,

Qingshan Guo is oblique.

Kaixuan noodle garden,

Put the wine talk mulberry hemp.

Stay until Chung Yeung Day,

Come back to chrysanthemums.

Liu Min, Grandpa Huo, and the Fire Buffalo came to Kuang Shicai's house, only to know that this was the Hangzhuang Wilderness Beach in the oak forest.

Kuang Shicai's courtyard is very large, and the brick and wood frame houses are dripping with water on both sides; It is often said that the people have a connecting room.

From the outside, the house is very rustic, but when you enter the inside, the dress is simple and elegant; Liu Min was deeply shocked.

The three large houses are all opened into the main hall and main hall, and a landscape painting is hung in the center.

There are mountains and rivers with good scenery, and there are mountains and rivers with wealth flow; This is a kind of pursuit of Chinese style and coquettishness.

The mountains are cornucopias, and the water is flowing gold and silver. The cultural homes of the rich and wealthy people all hang landscape paintings.

The peak of the landscape painting of the main hall of Kuang Shicai is abrupt, and the clouds cover the mist.

A couplet is: There is more fragrance in the court, Xie Cao Zheng Lan Yan Laurel Tree.

The next link is: There is no other situation at home, Tang poetry and Jin character Han articles.

Liu Min is a later generation of medical doctors who love literature and ink, and knows a lot about couplets; When he looked up, he praised it and said: "The absenteeism is full of elegance!" ”

Huo Renfu and Huo Buffalo were surprised when they saw Liu Min's couplet praising the absenteeism; can look back and think about it: what is Liu Min able to drag their father and son back from the line of death and appreciate a couplet? The father and son whispered for a while.

Kuang Shicai heard Liu Min say this, and said with a smile: "My sister is really a prodigy, and she sighs when she sees the couplet!" ”

After a pause, he said solemnly: "There is more fragrance in the court, Xie Cao, Zheng Lan, Yan Guishu." There is no other situation at home, Tang poetry and Jin character Han articles. is respected by literati and scholars, and contemptible people are also elegant; Ask someone to write and paste it into a couplet and hang it! ”

After a pause, he continued: "There are many hangings on the pillars and lintels of the first hall of this couplet, although the vain generation has the suspicion of being conceited and showing off the court; But it's not all vassal elegance, and hanging this couplet can also reflect the owner's interest, taste and elegance! ”

Liu Min laughed and said: "It can be seen that the city government outside the absenteeism is not ordinary but extraordinary, but this joint canon is more esoteric......

Kuang Shicai heard Liu Min say this, and wondered if the little girl was familiar with the meaning of the couplet?

So he clasped his hands into fists and bowed down, and said with a smile: "It seems that my sister is a master, and I hope to guide the maze......"