The curtains of the car were kept open. As the car moved forward, the distance between Yang Guang and the kneeling businessmen became closer and further apart. After the team entered the city, they saw another group of kneeling people.

Because Yang Guang had already told him not to waste time by staying here, the officials here did not put up too many complicated welcoming formations. They just gathered all the people in the city and knelt down on both sides of the main road, thousands of them.

Thousands of people imitated the shouts of a few officials, and knelt down to worship.

At a glance, apart from the advancing team, there was no one standing.

Of course, the emperor's guard of honor did not walk at the same speed as galloping on horseback. After walking forward for a quarter of an hour, he reached the halfway point of the city's main road. During the whole process, none of the people who had been passed by behind him stood up.

, the people who had been kneeling in front for who knows how long, when they saw the emperor's ceremonial guard approaching, they lowered their heads even more, put their hands and legs together, and drew in their knees and abdomen.

Most of the people here probably wear the neatest clothes at home. Although most of them are washed and washed a bit white, you can't see many patches on the surface. It's really the kind of house where you can't find any unpatched clothes.

Those who come out will kneel down a little behind and use the bodies of the people in front to cover themselves.

In Yang Guang's eyes, these people who were huddling together suddenly felt that they didn't look like human beings.

His expression became a little gloomy, and the car curtain he raised was tightened between two fingers.

Since Yang Guang traveled through time, he spent most of his time in Ziwei City, Luoyang. If he went to Xiyuan, he would sit on the bus with great fanfare. Most of the people in Luoyang were dignitaries, and the people on the roadside would also be somewhat calm when seeing the drivers. They would take the water route this time.

Or maybe because I was thinking about Buddhism and the Song Dynasty, I deliberately controlled my speed and arrived early on the last day, so I walked more through the mountains and fields without paying much attention to the scenery on the roadside.

He ignored the memories of the tyrant Yang Guang that had nothing to do with government affairs. Most of the people he met had extraordinary status. Even the eunuchs and maids in the palace had their own rules for saluting and would not kneel down easily, so he forgot

, although this era is not an era where even ministers have to call themselves slaves, most of the people who can have self-respect in the face of superiors are from aristocratic families, at least they are squires. The common people who truly make up the majority of the world will eventually come into contact with wealth.

Sometimes he thinks he is humble, and steps his dignity into the mud first, for fear of being seen.

Afraid of being seen by others and unable to see myself.

Eunuch Wei saw that Yang Guang had been keeping the car curtain open, and his face seemed a little unhappy, so he said: "Your Majesty, are these people's unclean clothes too disturbing to the eyes? Do you want to send someone to disperse them?"

"No need..."

Yang Guang's eyebrows relaxed, and although he no longer smiled, he was not gloomy or sad either.

After carefully watching these scenes, he realized how unaccustomed he was to certain things in this era.

After all, the environment where he grew up was very different from this place. Even if class exists with the world and cannot disappear completely, the place where he was really born and grew up, in the country of the 21st century, at least everyone

Everyone knows the word "equality" and everyone understands that mutual respect is a public morality.

At least, the people in that place will first understand why the other person deserves to be feared before being in awe. Instead of being completely unclear about their appearance, name, and identity, they will kneel down just because they see it.

If you are not used to it, you will feel uncomfortable. If you feel uncomfortable, you should change it. This is the simplest way of thinking. It is useless to be sad and depressed.

Yang Guang lowered the car curtain and stopped looking. He sat steadily in the car and said slowly: "Let's change the next itinerary to the route we came from."

Someone outside the car answered.

In such an environment, if the emperor specifically ordered people not to kneel, it might not be a good thing, so just avoid it for the time being.

However, if you want to change, you don't just want to change what you see, but you want to change the entire Sui Dynasty. This requires finding the crux of the problem and adopting new strategies.

Yang Guang fell into deep thought.

The biggest reason for such a serious class division is the gap in the abilities of the people themselves, and the even bigger reason is the solidification of each class.

That is to say, these farmers only think about farming and do not know how to learn new knowledge. The vast majority of them have no motivation to forge ahead, because ordinary people in this era, even if they are educated and literate, can only do some small business or

To serve a businessman and reach the top is to become a staff member of a wealthy family. Moreover, because you learn a lot and know a lot, you may get into trouble at some point, and what you get out of it is not proportional to what you put in.

Of course, there will be some outstanding people who can break away from their original background and climb up in such a society, but it is very difficult and the number is very small.

If Yang Guang wants to change these things that make him unhappy, he must first give those people a motivation. After thinking about it, the first thing that comes to mind is to change the existing imperial examination system.

Although the imperial examination system has been implemented in the Sui Dynasty, tribute scholars from each state still need to be recommended by officials. Although they do not have to come from a noble family, it is far from an opportunity that ordinary people can obtain. If it is changed to Huaidie

You can participate by investing by yourself, allowing more people to see the opportunity.

Moreover, martial arts are prevalent in today's world. Compared with knowledge of literature and history, it is actually easier for people in the countryside to learn some boxing and kicking martial arts. This should also be taken into consideration in the imperial examination.

Yang Guang was thinking about these things, and then thought that all the ministers in the court now came from high-ranking families. If he wanted to implement the imperial examination system after the reform, he could implement it forcefully, but after implementation, in order to prevent trouble, he would have to have manpower available.

Carry out strict supervision.

'Hmm. Of the ones I can mobilize, the one with the least contact with the noble clan's high sect is the Demon Sect.' Yang Guang thought.

Because the Demon Sect was suppressed by the mainstream and spread secretly, it had no choice but to invest more power in the private sector. Moreover, due to the division of power between the two factions and the Six Paths, it was basically all private businesses, such as service industries for men and women, silk merchants, drug dealers, etc.

Although it is not possible to directly become an examiner, it should be possible to select some elites as supervisors.

Yang Guang did things without delay. Since he wanted to do these things, he had already sent some orders back from the carriage and ship before returning to Luoyang, and announced them to the world as soon as possible.

At the same time, Shi Zhixuan was also sent to Yangzhou to join forces with Yu Wenhuaji to speed up the plan for the unification and rectification of the Demon Sect.

When the emperor returned to Luoyang again, news about the reform of the imperial examination had leaked out. On that day, more than a dozen officials jointly protested to stop the matter, and they were dismissed from office and imprisoned that day.

After three groups of officials were imprisoned and sentenced to death for this matter in a few days, all officials fell silent.
Chapter completed!