Everyone in the world lives for fame and fortune, and all people in the world are ants, but no one has ever been willing to live a good life. Therefore, it is even more painful to let a person give up the fame and fortune that he has had for a long time, and to give up the worship and feeling of superiority given by the world.

This is still the case for a single individual, not to mention that a wealthy family that has enjoyed being worshiped by the world for hundreds of years suddenly gives up the influence and fame of the wealthy family, which is no different from the disaster of extinction for them.

Since Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, adopted the advice of his courtier Chen Qun, abandoned the inspection system during the Han Dynasty, and switched to the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, it completely opened a broad road to fame and fortune for the wealthy families.

The accumulation of more than 400 years is enough for such a system to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, or to flow into the blood and the subconscious of the people, not to mention that this is the system that the wealthy family has been monopolizing for hundreds of years and has to consolidate with their lives.

Because they know more than more people in the world, they know what kind of huge benefits and prestige the Jiupin Zhongzheng system can bring to a big family, and even sometimes, the royal family is like a marionette in their hands, using their thoughts to govern the country and treat the people of the world.

Therefore, in the implementation of the imperial examination system in these years, they have been looking forward to the collapse of the imperial examination system and the reintegration of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system into orthodoxy by the imperial court, for which they have spent two or three generations of hard work to fight against the imperial court.

But as more and more of the resumes of court officials were written from the imperial examination system, rather than from the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, this silent battle, when it was about to end with their defeat, they had to break the kettle and make the final death struggle.

Li Hong understands very well that a reform of the system is far from being something that can be easily accomplished in a few years, after all, what you want to confront and reform is a system that has existed, developed, perfected, and stabilized on the land of China for more than 400 years.

Judging from the time of the change of dynasties in history, this is already the time of a long-lived dynasty for a long time, and in such a long period of time, a system has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and has even been deified into the ancestral law in the hearts of the people, which must not be abandoned.

Just like the education department in the previous generation, sometimes there is another education reform occasionally, which not only attracts opposition from the class, but even the people who do not know what is going on will complain because of the temporary discomfort.

Time is the only criterion for testing the truth, Li Hong can be so determined and tough with the wealthy family, the five surnames and seven wangs openly confronted, break for many years, not because of how strong his courage is, but completely based on the fact that he has more than a thousand years of modern consciousness than everyone in the Tang Dynasty today, and he knows better than anyone that the imperial examination system will become a highly respected official election system in every dynasty of the Chinese nation.

Moreover, this is also the only one that evolved in the laws of nature, when the positive system of the Nine Grades came to an end, and it was the most correct system for electing officials suitable for the current Chinese nation.

He somewhat understood why Father Long and Mother Long, after leaving the platform, ignored the requests of the officials and scholars outside, and went straight to Luoyang Palace.

Because Li Zhi and Wu Mei have a more thorough understanding than Li Hong, who has been fighting against the scholar clan led by the five surnames and seven hopes, the firm attitude of the wealthy family and the five surnames and seven hopes towards their fame, as well as the pain and hysteria about the loss of fame and fortune.

So when Li Hong was suspicious, and still wondered why his father and mother avoided these five surnames and seven hopes, and wealthy families were like poisonous snakes and beasts, he saw the heads of people on the long street.

Li Hong felt that it was not very appropriate to describe the people on the street as far as the eye could see, and even he had never seen such a scene on the battlefield.

The dozens of Li Hong who were trembling and kneeling in front of him couldn't be named at all, and there were not even a few old men in their seventies and eighties who didn't even know each other, all of them knelt on the street with sad faces, painful expressions, and even old tears.

Although he couldn't understand what these tearful old men were saying with painful hearts and sad faces, looking at their sorrow and pleading, and some people were full of righteousness and awe-inspiring appearance, Li Hong was finally able to understand why his father and mother slipped away through the side door just now.

Behind dozens of old people, there is a sound of scholars crying and shouting grievances, and there is no end to the kneeling crowd, and some scholars are bowing to him one after another, and some words are also whining and wailing in their mouths, and the scene looks quite sad, just like the vegetable market after being swept away by natural disasters and man-made disasters, and there are sorrows and lamentations everywhere.

But in Li Hong's opinion, the scene in front of him made him a little dramatic! Because they are not uniform, the action of raising their hands above their heads, and then kneeling down to the ground, makes Li Hong stand on the top of the steps and look at it, always feeling like watching football, the fans play waves, wave after wave.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are ...... petition for the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, the old minister risked his life to give a direct advice, and if he abandoned the nine-grade selection system like this, my Datang is in danger ......."

"Your Majesty, the great country and society in the hands of the first emperor and Taizong cannot be destroyed in one fell swoop."

"Your Majesty, in this life, the minister wants to see the court clear, the people prosperous, and healthy, but Your Majesty can't ignore the hardships and illnesses of the people in the world because ......of personal preferences."

The words that occasionally came into Li Hong's ears made Li Hong can't help but look at the few old tears in front of him, on the sparse white beard, and even stained with dirty dust on the ground, snot and tears told him about his life's wishes one by one, just like the current Tang Dynasty's national strength is strong and the people are rich, as if they are far from their ideals.

Especially their compassionate image, as if Li Hong was an executioner, as if the people of the Tang Dynasty were still living in dire straits, suffering from hunger and cold.

Today's Luoyang Mansion Yin Li Zhaode looked at the scene in front of him in embarrassment, and repeatedly pleaded guilty with a group of other officials in Luoyang behind Li Hong, and said in a low voice and fear: "Your Majesty, such a scene is really the sin of the minister, and the minister has the crime of lax supervision, so that the return date of His Majesty has been leaked. The minister is even more guilty of poor supervision, so that they are allowed to gather here, and your Majesty, the minister will order someone to drive them out ...... now. ”

"No need, drive it away now, wouldn't it make the world laugh at me, and I dare not face the joint invitation of the world's corporal doctors? Doesn't it make people all over the world think that I don't pay attention to scholars and literati? By the way, I remember that you seem to be from the Li clan in Longxi, for the current matter, in addition to driving away, what other ways do you have? Li Hong smiled and waved his hand, then turned his head slightly, looked at Li Zhaode who was three steps away behind him and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister does not dare to agree with them." Li Zhaode saluted and said.

"Why?" Li Hong raised his eyebrows, and then looked around at the crowd who was still wailing, and asked lightly.

"Back to Your Majesty, when Chen Qun, the secretary of the Ministry of Wei State, set up the Nine Grades Selection Method, it was to prevent the clan from interfering in politics, and at the same time to show goodwill to the scholars of the world and various famous families, the original intention was to hope that they could govern the country with the royal family and give advice to the royal family, so as to promote more famous, truly talented and learned scholars to serve the country and benefit the people, not for the fame and prestige of a clan. Moreover, although the minister is from the Li family in Longxi, the minister is not recommended to enter the office, but is admitted to the department by the discipline of the Ming Dynasty. Li Zhaode looked at the black pressure under the steps, and he was faintly worried in his heart, and he didn't know if his father was also mixed in the crowd of invitations.

If your father is also in it, if Your Majesty lets him handle this matter impartially, how should he deal with his old father, is it really necessary to fall into the relationship between loyalty and filial piety, and make a tangled choice.

"Fame and prestige? Oh, yes....... Li Hong hugged his hands and sighed, and continued: "This is like a thing that people have become accustomed to and feel natural, and suddenly it has become unfamiliar, because it is difficult to accept, so I want to argue with each other." ”

Li Hong looked at Li Zhaode, including some other courtiers behind him who had tried their best to listen to him, and continued: "How can it be compared, it is like a smart person and a fool together, it is always the smart person who bullies this fool, so it has become a matter of course, and as time goes by, people not only take this as a matter of course, but even as a natural rule. For example, if you take one thing from a fool's house today, tell two lies tomorrow, and then take another thing from the fool's house, or pretend to do something that seems to be beneficial to the fool, and then make the fool think that he is a good person, and even praise him in front of others and reward him. But one day, the fool suddenly woke up and felt that he should give more people what he could grasp and distribute, but at this time...... The people who have been bullying fools are unwilling, they will think that how can fools do this, it should be a few of us who share these benefits, why do you violate the guidelines and share your benefits with other irrelevant people? This will never work, you have to change it! ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... The minister was ashamed ....... ”

The royal family is like that fool, although it also enjoys fame, fortune and prestige, but more importantly, while enjoying these, the royal family also bears the verbal criticism in the course of history, and bears the heavy responsibility of being written like a fool in the history books, not knowing reform, not knowing how to adapt, and not having the courage and courage to confront that smart man. But after the confrontation is victory or defeat, none of us knows. But...... We must unswervingly believe in ourselves, believe that reform can make Datang more powerful, we must move forward without looking back, abandon the dregs in those cultures, not only the royal family must learn to become smart and not be bullied, but also thousands of poor scholars in the world must also learn to be smart, learn to believe that they have the talent to govern the country and the country. We can have a state of awe and reverence for some famous sages, but it does not mean that everything is right about them, after all...... There is no perfect person in this world. ”

Li Hong's voice is not very big, but the dragon power he has cultivated over the years still makes him naturally look so powerful and domineering when he speaks.

So with Li Hong's words, the streets that were originally wailing, especially the dozens of old people from famous families who were closest to Li Hong and the others, had already stopped crying, but listened to Li Hong in a daze.