"The decline of a country begins first with the decay of education, then from the decay of the rule of officials, and finally from the decay of national defense. Education is the cheapest form of national defense, and only education is the only way for a country to become strong and prosperous, and only education for a country to decline and fall. Whether the education is proper or not is related to the rise or failure of the country in a century! ”

In the main hall, today is the day of the palace examination.

It's just that he didn't take the lead in the opening exam, but Zhao Pu gave a passionate speech.

The palace test, in the eyes of many ministers, seems to be extremely important, but in the eyes of Zhao Pu, it is extremely unimportant.

In this year, the entrance examination for Jinshi is more difficult than the college entrance examination in later generations.

Those who can enter the temple from thousands of troops and horses are not a single waste, and the waste cannot enter the main hall. Conducting examinations, selecting champions, role models, and exploring flowers is of little significance except for obtaining a false name.

At this moment, Zhao Pu is not interested in the palace test, but is interested in brainwashing.

Brainwashing is more important than exams.

Marx said that the working people create history, but he forgot to say that the intellectual elite guides the working people to create history. It is not the so-called working people who determine the trend of social development and the absolute strength of a country, but the intellectual elite.

In the changes of history, the working people play more of the role of cannon fodder, scapegoats, and exploiters.

The intellectual elite, on the other hand, leads the development of the times, and the country is strong, but it may also exploit the working people, and in some cases, sell out the interests of the country.

The brainwashing of the intellectual elite is very important.

Brainwashing should be carried out from morning to night, especially on some key occasions.

History has proved again and again that Ming Jun's eloquence and speeches. More than the strategy, decisive.

A great Ming Jun does not lie in his martial arts, but in his strong eloquence. formed a strong personality charm, gathered a large number of intellectual elites around him, threw his head and spilled blood, and died without regret.

Silence is golden, and it couldn't be more wrong.

"The reason why our dynasty was defeated by the Jin country and almost destroyed the country stemmed from the failure of education. My dynasty is at the height of its literary style. There are many literati, but the military generals withered, and there was a dignified battle to defend Bianliang. I can't even find a suitable general, only Wenchen can go into battle, and there is no shame in losing it! Zhao Pu looked at Li Gang with some sadness on his face.

Li Gang looked excited. The emperor still remembers him.

"The imperial examination is for the country. Naturally, it is necessary to take the talents that are useful to the state. What is a useful talent, and what talent the country needs, the scholars will learn! ”

The ministers present, the candidates nodded in agreement.

"The study of the saint is for the sake of self-cultivation, family harmony, governing the country, and leveling the world. This is important, but it is not enough to learn from all the saints. The prestige of the Confucian saint has spread far and wide, and the holy science has been spread far and wide through the ages. However, he still can't save his motherland Lu State, so he can only sit back and watch Lu State be destroyed! ”

"And I'm at the height of my literary style. But they almost lost the country to the Jurchens, and the root cause is that what the scholars of the world have learned is useless for the country, and their defeat comes from education! If the scholars practice martial arts hard and are familiar with the art of war, how can they allow the Khitan, Jurchen and other Hu Lu to run rampant? ”

"Your Majesty, how can we, as scholars, engage in such vulgar things. These things, naturally, there are generals! At this time, a Wenchen seemed to be a little unconvinced, and stepped forward to say.

Zhao Pu shook his head: "For the benefits of the world, my royal family occupies the third, the scholars occupy the fifth, and the farmers and merchants occupy the second. The benefit of the world lies in my royal family and scholars. Therefore, Taizu said that the emperor and the scholars rule the world together, not only to govern together, but also to share the benefits of the world! ”

"In today's troubled times, if the scholars don't defend it, who will defend it? Do you count on the farmer? Whoever becomes the emperor, the farmer is all farming and receiving grain. To say something that doesn't like it, on that day, my Great Song Dynasty died and was attacked by the Jurchens. At that time, the farmers were still farming, and they were still hungry, so could they be expected to defend the country? ”

The Wenchen was immediately speechless and speechless.

To protect Jiangshan, it is the military generals who are desperate, Wenchen guarantees grain and grass, and the root farmers do not touch a dime.

"If the scholar learns for the prosperity of the world, the world will prosper; If what the scholar learns is not beneficial to the world, the world will die! The success or failure of education is related to the prosperity of the country. I almost lost my country, but what the scholars learned is useless! Saying that, Zhao Pu sighed, "Back then, Wang Anshi changed the law, or the Qingmiao Law, or the recruitment law, or the horse protection law, a series of them, and they became too much, greedy and chewy, and did too many things, and couldn't do anything well." If Wang Anshi and the others had calmed down, they would just reform education, reform too much learning, and let millions of scholars learn more about the skills of playing big swords, archery, and slashing people, and instead of being scribes, they would become warriors, and the imperial examination would also test archery, the art of war, and the ability to cut people, the Khitans, Western Xia people, and Jurchens would have been killed long ago! ”

The ministers and candidates present looked at each other, and the emperor's words were already very clear. What the Great Song Dynasty implemented was that the emperor and the scholars ruled the world together, and in the end, the Great Song Dynasty almost died, in the final analysis, millions of scholars were useless!

For a moment, the atmosphere became awkward.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were silent, they didn't speak, facts speak louder than words, the Song Dynasty implemented the emperor and the scholars to rule the world together, and at this time almost ruled the world to death, what else is there to say? It's better than not being able to say that the emperor is useless!

At this time, Zhao Ding spoke: "Your Majesty, the Great Song Dynasty almost lost the country, and it has nothing to do with our scholars, it is the greed of the six thieves and the incompetence of the generals. ”

Zhao Pu said coldly: "The generals are incompetent, why don't the doctors fight?" There are two kinds of scholars, one is a scribe and the other is a samurai. Instead of picking up girls in the Qinglou to take the time of the girl, it is better to practice archery and cut people's kung fu, as long as millions of scholars and doctors work together to learn the technique of cutting people, the Khitan, Western Xia, and Jurchen will be extinguished early! ”

"I, why do I want to close the Qinglou many times, it's because I think that instead of picking up girls in the Qinglou, it is better to save time to learn archery and cut people. If that's the case, why won't the Kingdom of Jin be destroyed! ”

"Don't accuse the generals of being incompetent, instead of blaming others, it's better to learn more yourself. It's like I, I'm also a scholar, and I haven't even touched a knife, but since the Jurchen invasion of the south, I began to learn archery, began to learn the skills of cutting people, and in this way, I defeated the Jin army in Hedong, defeated the Jin army in Yangzhou, and won the victory in the defense of Xiangyang! I am not late for studying, I am not late for studying, I am afraid of being lazy and too lazy to study! ”

As he spoke, he digressed a bit.

But it doesn't matter if it's off topic; He is the emperor, and more importantly, he is the examiner of today's palace examination. As candidates, the most important thing is not to write a good article, but to figure out the emperor's intentions.

It seemed that he had almost finished speaking, and his mouth seemed to be a little dry, Zhao Pu stopped talking and said, "The topic of today's palace exam is 'Gentleman is not a weapon'!" ”

A gentleman is not a weapon!

A gentleman is not a weapon!

A gentleman is not a weapon!

The candidates of the palace examination carefully recalled these four words, and it was difficult to write for a long time.

The candidates present are all elites, and they are even more reciting for the clouds, and the explanations are thorough. It's just that it doesn't matter if it's backwards, or if it's thorough, if you don't get the emperor's approval, it's all in vain, and thinking about what the emperor just said, and your thinking continues to spread and expand.

It was a long time before someone started writing!

Then someone else began to write.

Gradually, in the main hall, only the sound of writing remained.

At this moment, Zhao Pu began to wander and began to drift thousands of miles away.

…………

The temple examination is over.

And the papers also fell on Zhao Pu's desk.

At this time, Zhao Pu looked at it with great interest, and his mood was extremely happy, among these candidates, literati such as Su Dongpo may be born, scholars like Xin Qiji may be born, and great people of the times such as Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng may be born.

It's just that what is greatness, at this moment, it is on the desk, and he can ravage it to his heart's content, deciding life and death with a word, and determining success or failure with a word.

This is the emperor's treatment!

There are only seventy copies of these test papers, and when he opened the test papers, Zhao Pu carefully checked them and felt that the content was almost the same, and the candidates for these palace exams were quite good.

The content of the test paper mostly caters to his wishes, or belittles Qinglou, or advocates scholars to learn martial arts, or actively resists gold.

When he finished reading it, Zhao Pu picked out the six most desirable test papers, which can be regarded as the top six!

It's just that how to determine the first place!

This is an era of great importance for fame and fortune!

The first place is not called the first place, but the champion; The second place is not called the second place, it is called an example; The third place is not called the third place, it is called Tanhua.

In Zhao Pu's eyes, the first place is about the same as the sixth place, but in the eyes of readers, the gap between the first and sixth places is like heaven and earth.

"How do you know for sure?"

For a while, Zhao Pu was a little difficult to choose.

"Where's the guard?"

"Go, investigate the information of these people!"

"Yes!"

With Zhao Pu's order, the internal guards quickly dispatched to investigate the life experiences of the six people.

Since the level is about the same, the poor are the first; Since the level is about the same, the northerners take the lead; Since the level is about the same, the middle-aged ones are the first............ One standard after another has been set in Zhao Pu's heart. (To be continued......)