For Guo Kang's derivation, she can still figure it out. However, she is still a little skeptical of this conclusion.

"So you mean, you can't do a serious job like me?" She hesitated, "Why is that?" ”

"Because the bureaucracy is too fluid." Guo Kang told her: "Although there are all kinds of shadows, as well as all kinds of corruption such as forming parties for personal gain and cronyism. But on the whole, the bureaucracy is much more open and fair than other systems. ”

"If it's fairer, why are there fewer opportunities to give?" Guo Ponu asked.

"Because there are more people who get the opportunity." Guo Kang replied.

Guo Ponu thought about it and gradually understood the meaning.

"You mean, like the heirs of European nobles, there may be only one of them. Sometimes the nobles will have no heirs, and there will be no male to inherit at all, so the daughter also has the possibility of taking over. She analyzed: "But if the court rules, the local area is not a noble, but a magistrate." These people are chosen from among thousands or hundreds, and the proportion is too low, so ordinary women can't compete. ”

"But that's a problem, right?" She asked rhetorically: "If anyone can really be an official, then the total number of women will not be less than that of men." Why did the government directly prohibit them from becoming officials? ”

"Because the competition for officials is too fierce." Guo Kang replied: "Even if these women compete, they can't compete with men. Therefore, it can only be abandoned. ”

"During the Southern Song Dynasty, there were actually incidents of women participating in the imperial examinations." He told Guo Ponu: "In the first year of Song Xiaozong's Chunxi, a girl named Lin Youyu took the Tongzi exam. ”

"According to the regulations, children under the age of 15 can take this subject, and after passing the preliminary examination of the Zhongshu Province, the emperor himself will preside over the second examination. At this time, the imperial examination system was much more perfect than before, but when the rules were formulated, it is estimated that no one thought of this kind of thing at all, so there was no explicit provision that women were not allowed to participate. ”

The Zhongshu Province didn't know what to do, so he followed the bureaucratic instinct and followed the rules and regulations, and really let her participate, and found that the forty-three scriptures that this person had obtained in the general study test had very good results. Surprised, he sentenced her to pass and sued the emperor. Song Xiaozong didn't know how to give such a girl a job, so he gave her the treatment of a 'widow'. ”

"When I arrived at Song Ningzong, another girl named Wu Zhiduan also signed up for the Boy Science Department. However, this time, some ministers think that even if a girl is admitted and occupies a place, how can she use it? And she appeared in the court wearing makeup and different clothes, which made everyone very stunned and actually destroyed the majesty of the court. The emperor thought that the minister's words were indeed reasonable, and forbade her to continue the examination. After that, there were no similar people. ”

"I don't think this just shows that the government is not fair?" Guo Ponu asked him: "It stands to reason that as long as you have the ability to pass the exam, will you be fine?" ”

"Then you can think about it further." Guo Kang did not refute, but continued along with her words: "Generally speaking, society can only function normally if it is centered on equal rights and responsibilities. Why can this unfair system be maintained? ”

Guo Ponu thought about it, and couldn't think of a reason for a while, so he had to say: "It should be the emperor and others, who are maintaining it by coercive means." ”

"This girl is also from a family of eunuchs, and the ministers who oppose her are also the emperor's subordinates. One of them wanted to let herself take the test, and the other didn't want her to take the test. Then why did the emperor approve of the ministers more when he made a ruling? Guo Kang continued to ask.

"Of course, because the minister and those who hold this view are more powerful." Guo Ponu didn't hesitate much this time.

"Then why is this view more powerful?" Guo Kang asked.

"Uh...... The important ministers of the DPRK and China all support this. Guo Ponu said.

"The important ministers themselves have already finished the imperial examination." Guo Kang pointed out: "And they don't just have sons. Don't the ministers have a daughter? Isn't it good to allow her daughter to also participate in the imperial examination, compete and make the family stronger? ”

"That'...... Because they're all men? Guo Ponu could only guess.

"They're not Greeks either, so why should they like other men." Guo Kang disagreed: "If you really want to say it, their biggest political enemy is also a man, and even outside the Southern Song Dynasty, the biggest enemy country, Jin Guo, is also ruled by men." There are obviously many more men who have enmity with them than women who have enmity with them. So why do they still favor men? Is it any good for them? ”

"Uh......" Guo Ponu couldn't answer, so he had to say: "Maybe it's not for the sake of benefit, it's a ...... Culture? ”

"Then why did this culture come about?" Guo Kang smiled: "And when a person acts, he may act according to his own beliefs and moral code; When a group of people acts, they will generally only seek profit. ”

"Why so many different eras, so many different civilizations, so many different people; From Ireland to Khitan, from the church to the government, they all chose this 'cultural habit'? ”

"This ......" Guo Ponu couldn't answer, and became unhappy: "Why don't you ask all the questions?" ”

"That's one way to discuss philosophy, and that's how Socrates reasoned." Guo Kang explained: "I just want to help you peel off the cocoon and analyze the most essential reasons for this. ”

Hearing him say this, Guo Ponu thought about it, but nodded, looking interested.

"Or, let's go the other way, you can think further." Guo Kang continued: "The imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was not too fair, but the imperial examination system in the Song Dynasty was much more perfect. Do you know why? ”

"I've heard of that." Guo Ponu said: "It is said that the imperial examination is no longer able to recruit talents, and some people simply defect to the feudal towns, so that they can be replenished with talents, and continue to fight against the imperial court openly and secretly." In the end, Huang Chao, who failed the test, directly lifted the table, and the Tang Dynasty also went to ruin. ”

"The future generations will always learn the lessons of the previous dynasty?" She said: "If the Song Dynasty wants to avoid these situations, of course it has to reform the imperial examination system. ”

"Yes, you see, the imperial examination is not fair, and it is very serious for the bureaucratic society." Guo Kang nodded in agreement, and then changed his words: "But you also said just now, female bachelors are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, which is very unfair to them." ”

"But why, when these men encounter injustice, they act quickly to force the government to change its ways. For so many years, I haven't seen a yellow nest in a woman? ”

"In that case...... Because the vast majority of people are just not as good as men who can fight? Guo Ponu had no choice but to speculate again.

"Look, isn't that getting closer to the answer?" Guo Kang summed up with no surprise.

(End of chapter)