In ancient China, farming was the most important thing!

The king takes the people as the sky, and the people take food as the sky!

Among the eight politics of Zhou Shu, the first place is "farming"!

Shinong industry and commerce, agriculture is second only to scholars in the social profession!

In all dynasties, when spring came, the emperor had to sacrifice to the god of rain, and the emperor had to go to the ground to cultivate it himself! However, in many dynasties, the emperor is just for show, and in the current Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Chen really came to the fields and participated in farming!

For the current Great Song Dynasty, the status of grain is very important! The Central Plains and Yanyun have just solved the problem of food and clothing, and in Shangjing, Zhongjing, and Liaodong, many people are still hungry! In many remote places, starvation still happens! Zhao Chen must set an example to drive the people's enthusiasm for growing grain, ensure that this year's agriculture can be harvested, and ensure that the Great Song Dynasty will no longer lack food!

The ministers of the DPRK and China, except for the necessary left-behind personnel, also entered the fields to help the people plough and hoe the fields! This is true not only in Yanjing, but also in all parts of the country!

Spring has just arrived, and many places are still seizing the time to build water conservancy! Such major projects often mobilize the local people, and by mid-March, Zhao Chen also participated in the construction of water conservancy, digging ditches and repairing ditches with the people!

The entire land of China, from south to north, from east to west, is in full swing!

Even many scholars responded to the call of the imperial court and participated in farming.

In a village more than 20 miles south of Yanjing, as the sun set, two scholars dressed in coarse cloth walked back from outside the village.

They're sweating all over their heads! Today, they are busy in the field.

"Today's imperial court attaches great importance to agricultural affairs, and the emperor is really a wise lord!" A scholar in his forties with a bookish face said while wiping his sweat.

In ancient China, any emperor who valued agriculture was praised by Confucian scholars, so it is not surprising that this scholar said so.

"It's a pity, I've been studying the sage knowledge hard, I originally thought that I could enter the court as an official and benefit the world, but who knew that the Jurchen invasion, until now, the imperial court has not opened the imperial examination!" The other looked a little younger, probably in his thirties.

"The world is in turmoil, and it is impossible to open the imperial examination! However, now the imperial court dominates the world, and even recovers thousands of miles of land in the north, and the emperor attaches great importance to farming, which is a symbol of the world's great determination! After the world is decided, the emperor will inevitably open the imperial examination! When Emperor Taizu established the Great Song Dynasty and ended the war in the world, it took several years to open the imperial examination! The old man said.

"I hope so, otherwise our knowledge will be in vain!" The thirty-year-old man smiled bitterly.

While the two were talking here, a young man in his twenties ran towards here, this young man was very strong and dark-skinned, he came to the two of them and saluted, and said, "Uncle Feng, Uncle Li, I have good news to tell you!" ”

"Oh? What's the good news? Shizi, who is in his forties, said.

"Yesterday, I went to Yanjing City with my father to buy some fabrics, and the news spread in Yanjing City, and the imperial court is going to open the imperial examination!" The young man said.

"Ahh Seriously? The two scholars said with an expression of disbelief on their faces.

"It is said that the emperor has returned from the north and has discussed with the prime minister about the opening of the imperial examination, and then discussed the matter with the lords of the military aircraft department. Young man.

"Great! That's great! The forty-year-old gentleman said excitedly.

"Brother Feng, in the past two years, our knowledge has been wasted, and we need to take a good look at the book during this time!" Shizi Dao, who is in his thirties.

"Yes, yes! The world is in turmoil, we thought that books were useless, just to look at it in our spare time, and now the imperial court is going to open the imperial examination, which is the only way we can advance, and we need to study carefully! Let's go, let's go back and read a book with a candle! The forty-year-old man laughed.

The two of them ignored the young man, and hurried towards the village, and the young man looked at them with amusement.

"At the beginning of the Jurchen invasion, the imperial court attached importance to martial arts rather than culture and education, and many people no longer read books! In troubled times, no matter how much you read, it's useless! Now the imperial court wants to open the imperial examination, but there are not many scholars, and Uncle Feng and Uncle Li will definitely be able to win the examination! The young man said secretly.

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The weather is getting warmer and warmer, and it is already the fourth month of the lunar calendar.

Zhao Chen had been busy outside for more than a month, and finally returned to the palace on this day.

The night was already dark, Zhao Chen stayed in the imperial study, there was a pen and paper on the table, and Zhao Chen was constantly writing there.

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and someone put a bowl of porridge in front of Zhao Chen.

"Stand down, don't bother me again." Zhao Chen said.

"Oh." There was a somewhat indifferent response from the side.

Zhao Chen raised his head suddenly, and saw a girl in white standing in front of him, with a beautiful face, who was it not Qin Yuzhen.

"Is that you? Hurry up, please take a seat! Zhao Chen said with a smile.

"Didn't you tell me not to disturb you?" Qin Yuzhen said angrily.

"I thought it was some palace maids and attendants in the palace, but I didn't expect it to be you! You're not like everyone else. Zhao Chen said.

"How am I different from everyone else?" Qin Yu really said.

"You're the one I like." Zhao Chen said.

"Hugh is talking nonsense." Qin Yuzhen's face was slightly red, and he said.

Zhao Chen smiled, let her stay aside, and continued to write on the paper.

"What is the Emperor writing?" Qin Yu really said.

"Now that we are unified, it is only a matter of time before agriculture and commerce recover, in addition to these, we should also educate the people and promote education, do you think it's right?" Zhao Chen said.

"Yes, that's right." Qin Yuzhen nodded.

"In your opinion, what should you teach the people?" Zhao Chen said.

"They should be taught to cultivate the Tao." Qin Yu really said.

"Cultivation? Don't you eat the fireworks of the world like you? Zhao Chen said with a smile.

"How can I not eat the fireworks of the world? I think Taoism is the most difficult and interesting thing in this event, if everyone in the world cultivates Taoism, there will be a lot less strife in this world, wouldn't it be good? Qin Yu really said.

"The Tao is the Tao, the Tao is not the Tao, and no one can say what this 'Tao' is? Cultivation is to the extreme, even if it is a master, what can it be? Is it really immortal? Who of those Taoist priests in ancient times could achieve immortality? At the beginning, I got a lot of ancient books from the Qin Tombs, and the so-called 'immortals' recorded in them were all dead, and there were disciples in the books! Or, the so-called monasticism in the world today is completely wrong! Cultivation can only cultivate the mind and nature, and it is not of much benefit to the changes in the world and the evolution of society. Zhao Chen said.

"What is Social Evolution?" Qin Yuzhen said curiously.

"It is to make the human race stronger and stronger, and the lives of ordinary people better and better! In ancient times, human beings drank blood, and the average person lived to die at the age of twenty! The vast majority of people live in the bitter cold, living in caves, using stones as tools, and hunting every day for a living! By the time of the Xia Shang Zhou, human beings would grow crops, but the vast majority of people were slaves of others, their lives were under the control of others, and the slaves were nothing more than cattle and sheep in the eyes of the nobles! At that time, they only had bronze ware, only pottery available, no steel, no fine porcelain, no embroidery, and in our opinion, ordinary things were very precious things in the Xia, Shang and Zhou eras! When it came to the Qin and Han dynasties, the world implemented the nine-grade Zhongzheng system, and the descendants of officials will always be officials, and it is difficult for ordinary people from poor families to enter the upper class of society! When it came to the Sui and Tang dynasties, the imperial examination was implemented, and ordinary people finally had the step to advance! These are the evolutions of society. Zhao Chen said.

Qin Yuzhen stood there with a thoughtful expression on his face.

In Zhao Chen's opinion, these are some of the most common truths, but in Qin Yuzhen's opinion, these are extremely profound, and she has never heard anyone say such truths.

"How do you know about the things of antiquity?" After a while, Qin Yu really said.

"After the ancients died, there were bones and relics, and a lot of information can be obtained based on these, and then their living conditions can be judged!" Zhao Chen said.

"I have read a lot of books since I was a child, which only records that the saints ruled the world, and the world is the same, but no one said that the ancients lived like this." Qin Yu really said.

"You follow me in the future, and I will tell you more things." Zhao Chen said with a smile.

Qin Yuzhen nodded, she was still frowning and thinking, but Zhao Chen couldn't help but stand up and hold her in his arms, Qin Yuzhen let out a soft snort, and then closed his eyes and let him hold him......

******

In the next half a month, Zhao Chen was still busy in the farmland.

Water conservancy construction in various localities requires money, which is constantly reported to the imperial court, and the Military Aircraft Department makes overall arrangements.

At present, the organization of the Military Aircraft Department is getting bigger and bigger, and in addition to the Minister of Military Aircraft and Zhang Jing of Military Aircraft, there are also some subordinate organs that specialize in handling affairs, which are led by the Minister of Military Aircraft. The original imperial court structure of the Chinese Book Province, the Privy Council, the Six Ministries, the Imperial Historical Tower, etc., has now existed in name only, after years of development, the Military Aircraft Department finally completely replaced the original imperial court. Compared with the original imperial court, the current military aircraft department is much more efficient, and the emperor's power is much greater than before.

By 18 April, when the busy farming season had completely passed, the Military Aircraft Department finally held another meeting to discuss the matters of education and imperial examinations.

This time, the Minister of Military Aircraft, the Military Aircraft Chapter, Kyoto has arrived. Some time ago, they already knew that the imperial court was going to open the imperial examination, and they were also thinking about it these days, and they all had their own ideas.

Zhao Chen looked at the ministers and Zhang Jing below, thought for a while, and said: "I have heard people say, 'If the youth is strong, the country will be strong, and the wisdom of the youth will be the wisdom of the country, and the youth will be better than the foreign barbarians, and the country will be better than the foreign barbarians, and the youth will be stronger than the world, and the country will be strong in the world. ”

This was originally the words of Liang Qichao's young China at the end of the Qing Dynasty, but Zhao Chen changed at the moment and spoke to the ministers below.

"Your Majesty is right!" Li Gang nodded in agreement.

The ministers of military aircraft below nodded one after another! This is so obvious that you don't need to think about it at all.

"If you want to make my Song Dynasty teenager stronger than foreigners, the best way is to set up education! However, I thought that the previous education was very flawed, and now the education can no longer be the same as before! Zhao Chen said.

"Can't it be the same as before?" Li Gang said strangely.

"What did the people who used to read read for?" Zhao Chen asked rhetorically.

"This ...... Naturally, it is to increase knowledge. Li Gang said.

Zhao Chen shook his head lightly and said, "It's not like this!" Confucius once said, 'If you learn and excel, you will be a scholar', and studying is just to be an official! Ten years of cold window, in the end, the four bodies are not diligent, and the grains are not divided, it is nothing more than hoping to be promoted to be an official, I don't know if what I said is right? ”

"Your Majesty, the scholar also wants to serve the imperial court." Li Gang wanted to refute, but he couldn't refute it, so he could only say it at the moment.

In ancient times, there were indeed some people who studied for the sake of learning, but the vast majority of people studied for the sake of becoming officials! There are countless examples like Fan Jinzhongju, once he can be lifted, he can immediately soar, and his identity and status have undergone earth-shaking changes! It is precisely because of such a huge temptation that countless children from poor families are eager to leap into the dragon gate, study all day long, and never take care of family affairs.

"I want to establish education so that children and teenagers all over the world can study and study, but I don't want all children in the world to become officials! If everyone goes to be an official, then who will go to farm and who will go to business? Zhao Chen said.

Li Gang, Wang Shu and the others all nodded.

"Reading is not only for the sake of becoming officials, but also to help these children and teenagers, and when they grow up, they can apply the knowledge in the book to practice! Therefore, the school should not only talk about Confucianism, but also talk about some other knowledge, such as agriculture, such as arithmetic, or some other ways of the world, which I named 'Shixue'! In the future, Confucianism and practical learning will be promoted simultaneously in the school! Zhao Chen said.

After Zhao Chen finished speaking, the ministers below were in an uproar.