Those aristocratic students were immediately happy when they heard that the poor students were so refuted by Li Junxian that they had nothing to say. They thought that Li Junxian was on their side, so they all smiled. They thought that their side was about to win, and they had already started to celebrate, but Li Junxian should have scolded them next.

"And you, don't think I'm going to approve of you!" Li Junxian turned his head to look at the aristocratic students.

Those aristocratic students all looked surprised, not knowing what was going on.

Li Junxian continued: "After listening to your words just now, I feel that you can only give you one evaluation, that is, you are not grounded!" What you have just done to refute is all your own speculation, and you have not investigated and argued at all. You just imagined it in your own head, and then you just said it? So that's how you rule? ”

Those students immediately asked unwillingly: "General Li, we are all scholars, should we let those who have not studied become officials?" ”

"Huh? Why do you look down on them? If there are no farmers, where will you get the food to eat? If there is no one to weave, where do you get the clothes? Maybe some of you are poor students, but I'm afraid that you also have the financial resources provided by someone to prevent you from being unable to complete your studies, right? So, strictly speaking, you haven't really experienced life at the bottom thoroughly. Since you have not experienced life at the bottom, how do you know what the people at the bottom need? How do you plan to govern the people of the world? Do you manage the money? Li Junxian asked.

The students of the scholar clan said, "General Li, we can let professional people manage it." ”

"Then how do you manage the prison lawsuit?" Li Junxian asked again.

"Let those subordinate professionals manage it." The scholars replied again.

"Then how do you persuade Nongsang?" Li Junxian then asked.

"Let the connoisseurs take care of it!"

"Then what does the court want you to do? You push everything to those professional people, so why does our court want you to be officials? Is it not long before our court directly lets those who can do things become officials? Why do you guys who can't do anything point fingers at the court? Just because you are tall, just because you know a few words more than them? You say, "What else can you do but know a few more words?" I'm afraid that as long as those farmers are literate and can read and understand the content of the book, they may not be worse than you! If one day, everyone in the world is literate, what will you do? Li Junxian asked again.

Those students were shocked, if they really talked about it, most of them didn't really understand what ability it takes to be an official. In this case, isn't it ridiculous to think about being an official without the slightest preparation for being an official? They don't even know what kind of abilities they should have to be an official, so how can they be a good official? They used to study just to be officials, and only to be able to have a step forward. They actually have more than ordinary people, not because they are literate. If you calculate carefully, if all the people in the world can read and write, their so-called abilities will not have an advantage.

Li Junxian's words made them rush to the head for a while, because they didn't have the ability to be an official at all. And they also know how naïve their argument just now is, and it is simply the layman who is judging the insider. The so-called debate they just now relied on their own imagination and brains, and it was not really what the people needed. There is no point in their debate here, and all debates are empty and unworkable.

And what Li Junxian wants is this first-hand effect, because in the later stage, readers focus on reading and don't care about other things at all. And in the end, he is a nerd and can't apply what he has learned. And this situation is very scary, and Li Junxian wants to avoid it as much as possible. And now there is a situation where scholars do not come into contact with the bottom of society, and Li Junxian must try his best to avoid this kind of dead reading situation. If they study like this, it will not be good for them, let alone the country.

In the later dynasties, the thinking of scholars became more and more rigid, which may have something to do with the so-called closed-door work. They are all studying behind closed doors and do not come into contact with society, and as a result, all kinds of academic studies cannot be connected with reality, and they are all conjecturing. And hesitating to read all over the world is like this, and the result is the competition of who is more able to fool. Although many people pushed the ideological rigidity of later generations of scholars to the imperial examination system, Li Junxian believed that the ideological rigidity of scholars was actually caused by themselves, and they devoted themselves to studying in order to become officials and did not contact the society. Doctrines that do not come into contact with society have no vitality and cannot stand the test of history at all. The so-called eight-strand essay of the imperial examination only played the role of a catalyst, and could not really ossify the thinking of the readers.

"Okay, I'm a general, and I don't want to say anything more about your reading. I just want to tell you that you should go and see more, especially around the people at the grassroots level. If you don't even know what the people need, then how can you be a good ruler for the country and the people? What our court needs is not you scholars who are immersed in hard work, but those who can truly understand the people, understand what the people need, and have practical ability. I just want to tell you that you can become an official, but you are just the beginning. If you can't meet the needs of the people, the people will abandon you, and the Tang court will abandon you. Li Junxian said.

Those students bowed their heads and left in shame, because their so-called arguments were meaningless, and they did not understand the people at all, let alone the officials. Li Junxian didn't know how much they could comprehend, anyway, as long as one-tenth of them could really go down to the grassroots level to see, Li Junxian would be satisfied. It might be difficult to get these guys to realize their mistakes if you want to take the test. This is actually an ancient social system, and there are various problems in the system of selecting and employing people. It even involves the problem of Confucian dominance during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which Li Junxian has no way to solve at present. So Li Junxian just wants to make them wake up by being a stick, but this kind of thing can only cure the symptoms but not the root cause, and if you want to cure the root cause, you still need the efforts of the entire Tang Dynasty. This is also the reason why Li Junxian wants to keep grabbing power, because Li Junxian wants to change this society.

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