Chapter VIII. A fork in the road in history (II).

"In this world, there are countless possibilities in every moment, and under the evolution of countless possibilities, there will be countless historical forks and parallel time and space, and we are only one of them. Mobile Quick Reading: .1. Text Version First Release

Xiao Mo forgot where he saw this theory from, but this theory seems to explain his current situation very well.

After three thousand literates, Xiao Mo couldn't wait to look through the various historical biographies in Xiao Shenyan's study, and came to the conclusion that until the Tang Dynasty, the history of this time and space was exactly the same as Xiao Mo's time and space before, and Xiao Mo didn't know the history of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, but it seemed that even if there was any change, it was not very big, and the most important change was before the Song Dynasty.

In this time and space, the familiar Song Dynasty did not appear at all, not even the character of Zhao Kuangyin, let alone the "Chen Qiao Mutiny" and "Yellow Robe", but by a warlord named Tian Xian, a warlord of five dynasties and ten countries, decades before the appearance of the Song Dynasty, unified the world after the power grew, created the Chu Dynasty, and called himself Chu Taizu!!

According to the founding time of the Chu Dynasty, Xiao Mo speculated that at that time, Zhao Kuangyin was just a child at all.

Although he had been mentally prepared, when he saw this, Xiao Mo still didn't react for a long time.

Sure enough, not only did they cross over, but they also traveled into a completely unfamiliar time and space, and the advantage of the traverser was also lost in an instant with such a little change.

At one time, Xiao Mo doubted whether this Chu Taizu Tian Xian was also a traverser, but after checking all the historical books and biographies, he couldn't find the slightest characteristic of Tian Xian as a modern person, so he could only say that with the realization of one of the countless possibilities, a historical fork in the road was created.

However, in this world, there is always something called law, although there are countless possibilities in this world, but each possibility is stored in the law.

For example, in the original time and space, because of the cultural splendor and cultural inheritance of the Tang Dynasty, after a long period of war and turmoil, the Song Dynasty will inevitably have a situation of attaching importance to the literati, and with the importance of the literati, after a long period of too much emphasis on literature and light on martial arts, the Song Dynasty will inevitably usher in the disaster of ethnic minorities who pay attention to martial arts.

In this time and space where Xiao Mo is at this time, this is exactly the case, or it should be even stricter.

Tian Xian quelled the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms earlier, so he also inherited more Tang Dynasty culture and customs, in addition, Tian Xian, as a generation of warlords, although he fought and killed countless people in his life, but he was average in writing, but because of his nature, he had an extraordinary worship of literati.

"I share the Chu Dynasty with the people of the world!!"

This sentence has been said more than 100 times in Tian Xian's life, and in "Taizu Quotations", similar sentences are even more visible.

The various laws and regulations of the Chu Dynasty have a more realistic description of the privileges of the literati.

For example, if a literati who has received a meritorious name or above is committed, the local officials have no right to try it, and must be escorted to the capital to be tried jointly by the officials of the Criminal Department, the Hanlin Bachelor, and the teacher of the scholar; For another example, the regulations of the Chu Dynasty clearly stipulate that if you want to serve as a Beijing official above the sixth rank or a foreign official above the Taishou of a city, you must have the merit of Jinshi or above......

There are many, many similar regulations and systems.

It is conceivable that under this kind of atmosphere and system, what kind of situation will be produced, but all those who have surplus wealth are not fully committed to their children and grandchildren to read and write, and the previous imperial examinations should be tens of thousands, and under this incentive, countless literary heroes stand out, and their cultural prosperity is not less than that of the Song Dynasty, although there is no Song Dynasty, but there are many achievements no less than Su Shi such coquettish characters who fell from the sky, a word of poetry, has a great influence.

If the Song Dynasty is the most powerful dynasty of literati in China, then this Chu Dynasty is almost an era of literati, and the respect of literati is second only to imperial power!!

However, with the large number of scholars, the special class of "literati" has become more and more difficult to enter, and there is also a special definition in this period, that is, it is necessary to have more than one person to raise a name for himself in order to call himself a literati, and to have all kinds of privileges, otherwise he can only be regarded as a scholar, compared with ordinary people, it is just a little more respect, and there is no privilege.

And the three tests of the Chu Dynasty are also the most difficult in the past dynasties, if the college entrance examination in later generations is regarded as thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge, then at this moment it is undoubtedly equivalent to thousands of troops and horses grabbing a tightrope. And this difficulty of the imperial examination has also caused the dignity of the status of a scholar with meritorious fame on the other hand.

This can also be understood, if it is easy to gain fame, then under the flood of scholars in the Chu Dynasty, the power of literati will inevitably rise, and even irrepressible.

However, if the Chu Dynasty was enlarged in terms of literati dignity, it was not much different from the Song Dynasty in another time and space, then in other aspects, Chu was very different from the Song Dynasty.

For example, Tian Xian was born as a warlord, and his military talent was very different from Zhao Kuangyin's, and he won many wars with the Khitan, and after many active attacks, the Khitan collapsed a hundred years ago.

Under the butterfly effect, the subsequent Jin and Mongolia did not rise like another time and space, which made the Great Chu more stable for more than a hundred years, as if the Tang Dynasty was prosperous.

However, although Liao, Jin, and Mongolia did not rise as in history, with a hundred years of recuperation, another ethnic minority has risen in the northern grasslands - the Di people!!

This horse nation, which was supposed to completely disappear into the river of history during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, not only did not disappear at this time, but became stronger and stronger, and by now, it is almost a unified grassland.

At the same time, with Tian Xian's emphasis on literature and light on martial arts, the Chu Dynasty since Taizu Tian Xian, the emperors of all dynasties called themselves scholars, with weak personalities, the entire Chu Dynasty emphasized literature and light on martial arts, rarely fought battles, the army was slack, the bureaucratic structure was bloated, and the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty in another time and space were also revealed in the Chu Dynasty in this time and space, and even more strict.

In Xiao Mo's view, after the Di people dominate the grassland, the story of Song and Liao in another time and space will inevitably be staged again.

Of course, this has little to do with Xiao Mo, although Changzhi City is located in the north of Great Chu, according to the Di people's sphere of influence is only less than five days away, but Xiao Mo feels that if the Di people want to unify the grassland and rise completely, it will take at least a few years, and the Chu Dynasty has been prosperous for more than 100 years, and the majestic momentum is no less than the prosperous Tang Dynasty in the eyes of foreign people.

And if the biggest difference between Chu and Song is undoubtedly the attitude towards farmers. In another time and space, Song Taizu Kuanren, even if the emperors of the Song Dynasty were incompetent, they were all lenient, treating ordinary people or peasants, although they were not as indulgent as the literati, but at least they could ensure that the common people had no worries about food and clothing, and there was more surplus wealth at home, so from beginning to end, although the Song Dynasty was extremely weak, there were few peasant uprisings.

But Chu is different, the emperors of the Chu Dynasty never seem to have paid much attention to the living standards of ordinary people, and those high-ranking officials of the dynasty are much more interested in a peerless poem than in a certain place in a catastrophe and need relief such government affairs, so although it is still a prosperous era, the life of the people of the Chu Dynasty is only enough to eat, and under this dangerous balance, a little accident may cause twists and turns.

The above is the intuitive impression that Xiao Mo got after reading all the historical books and biographies before and after the Chu Dynasty and even the wild history miscellaneous talks.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"It seems that in this dynasty, if you want to live comfortably, it is necessary to gain fame."

After reading the "Quotations of Taizu" in his hand again, Xiao Mo secretly sighed in his heart and muttered to himself.

Although he has more knowledge of nearly a thousand years in later generations, although Xiao Shenyan has very high expectations for Xiao Mo, Xiao Mo does not think that it will be an easy thing for him to gain fame in this dynasty.

Not overestimating oneself and not looking down on others has always been one of Xiao Mo's few advantages.

It is conceivable that in this world where civil power is second only to imperial power, how many people want to jump into the dragon gate, in order to gain fame and fame, how many intelligent and talented people are studying hard day and night, compared with them, Xiao Mo does not have any advantage, and wants to break out from them......

Xiao Mo remembered the painful time before the college entrance examination in his previous life.

After the crossing, Xiao Mo's idea is very simple, no pursuit, no pressure, just live freely and peacefully for decades, but now it seems that in this era, whether you want to achieve such a small goal as yourself, or revitalize the Xiao family as Xiao Shenyan expects, you must take the test to achieve more than one meritorious name, otherwise, he who has no merit and no officialdom power, guarding the great business of the Xiao family, is just a fat sheep in the eyes of many people.

Xiao Mo did not think that the literati in this era would lose a little cruelty and snobbery when they were in power.

As the saying goes, no pay, no gain......

To be honest, Xiao Mo hated this sentence very much, because it represented the collapse of Xiao Mo's dream of being a carefree gentleman.

Sighing silently again, Xiao Mo put the "Quotations of Taizu" in his hand into the bookshelf, and then sat quietly back behind his low case, silently thinking about the countermeasures, feeling a little helpless in his heart.

Xiao Yi next to him looked at Xiao Mo's actions strangely, and he didn't know where Xiao Mo's expression came from at the moment.

For Xiao Yi, who dresses others all day for three meals a day, he can't understand Xiao Mo's underwhelming thinking of being lazy and shirking responsibility even after being a young master.

Xiao Yi only felt that Xiao Mo had become much more mature, smarter, and weirder since he fell ill.

At this moment, Xiao Mo and Xiao Yi were sitting in Xiao Shenyan's study, waiting for Xiao Shenyan to come to teach, but strangely, this time Xiao Shenyan was delayed.

After waiting for a long time, Xiao Shenyan still hadn't arrived, and just when Xiao Mo was about to let Xiao Yi go out to look for it, Xiao Shenyan pushed the door in, with a rare smile on his face.

Looking at the smile on Xiao Shenyan's face, Xiao Mo, who had been fighting with him for nearly a month, suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

Yes, in order to correct Xiao Mo's cold and lazy bad temperament, after nearly a month of helplessness, Xiao Shenyan finally found a means to rectify Xiao Mo.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

P: Well, I have rushed to the top 20 of the new book list, and my ranking has increased by 10 places overnight, thank you, and please continue to support!!