After hearing Jiang Fan's words, Zhao Xin stood up and walked a few steps in the house. He opened the door and the bitter cold wind blew over him. Seeing that Zhao Xin was wearing very little, A Miao hurried into the house to get his coat and put it on tiptoe to him.

Zhao Xin stared at A Miao, embarrassed to see the other party, blushed and lowered his head. At this time, he only heard him slowly say, "Mr. Jiang, you must have never heard of a sage."

"Oh? Although Jiang didn't dare to read books all over the world, he asked himself "Three Tombs, Five Classics, Eight Scores, Nine Hills," but he read it. I wonder which saint is he who said?"

The "Preface to the Book of Documents" says that the calligraphy of Fuxi, Shennong and Huangdi is called the Sanmeng. The calligraphy of Shaohao, Zhuanxu, Gao Xin, Tang Yao and Yu Shun is called the Five Classics; the calligraphy of the Eight Trigrams is called the Eight Suo; the ambition of the Nine Provinces is called the Nine Qiu.

The "grave" of "Three Tombs" actually means "big", so "Three Tombs" is said to be a book that explains the great way.

The "Dication" of the "Five Codex" means "constant", which means the five principles of behavior: righteousness of the father, kindness of the mother, friendship of the brother, respect of the brother, and filial piety of the son.

"Eight Sou" means the Eight Trigrams, which are metaphors for the "Book of Changes". If you don't understand the "Book of Changes", you won't understand astronomy.

"Jiuqiu" is a classic that introduces the ancient geography of China, that is, geographic land.

Jiang Fan had a very good tone, and he did have this capital. When he was young, he taught the classics of Hui Dong, Jiang Shuying, and Yu Gunong. He was well-versed in many classics and was particularly familiar with historical events. At the age of eighteen, he wrote "Er Ya Zhengzi" and later wrote "Book of the Zhouyi Shu Bu". His most famous works in history were "The Record of the Masters of the Chinese Studies in the Kingdom", "The Origin of the Song Studies in the Kingdom" and "The Record of the Boat and Cars".

"The people, only the people, are the real driving force for creating history."

Jiang Fan keenly noticed that Zhao Xin was talking about the "people" rather than the "people", and then bowed and said, "Oh? I dare to ask King Zhao, what is the 'people'?"

"The first 'people' refers to all the people in the world, regardless of the emperor, grass, and people, and wise and foolish. The second people refer to those who created all this. Confucius and Mencius, the various schools of thought, you, A Miao, Yin Bingwei, those who swept the streets, fight the updates, etc., and the billions of people outside who cultivate land and weave cloth and start machines. Without the labor of these people, the so-called sages are nothing!"

A Miao and Yin Bingwei, who were standing beside him, heard that Zhao Xin compared them with Confucius and Mencius, looked at Zhao Xin in surprise, thinking how could he be comparable to a saint?

Jiang Fan sighed, bowed to Zhao Xinshen, and bowed: "Why didn't King Zhao mention himself? Now, if King Zhao had not worked hard on it, how could this day come?"

"Me?" Zhao Xin touched A Miao's black hair and smiled faintly, "I'm just a trick."

After saying that, he asked A Miao to close the door, walked past the table, sat down and said to Jiang Fan: "Mr. Jiang, I know what you are worried about. Do you have any intention of abolishing the imperial examination? I don't plan to abolish it for the time being."

Jiang Fan was immediately overjoyed after hearing this. He said it for a long time, and the main purpose was this.

"However," Zhao Xin looked at Jiang Fan and saw the other side surprised, and said: "Most of the officials in Beihai Town system will not go to the imperial examination. Administrative officials at all levels cannot only understand the Four Books and Five Classics, do not understand the economy and livelihood, and have a group of yamen runners, and have a group of slaves under their command, and only know how to make money and buy land."

Jiang Fan's face became very ugly. He understood that this was a common problem of gentry and bureaucrats. Since ancient times, there were very few officials who could devote themselves to the people's livelihood economy like Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui and Yu Chenglong.

"In the future, no matter which level the imperial examination in Beihai Town is, a policy examination will be added. There will be one question for economics, law, geography, mathematics, chemistry, etc., and the scholar will choose to answer it. After passing the examination, he will need to conduct at least two years of professional counterpart study before he can work as a affairs officer. After working as a affairs officer for several years, he can become a government official."

Jiang Fan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that King Zhao's breathing was really scary.

As for strategy, this is simple. Like Jiao Xun, you must choose mathematics; Hong Junzhi may choose geography. As for the fact that you have to study professionally after you win, this is even more important.

A scholar also has to go through the stage of tribute student and pass the "scientific examination" before he can get the exam. Even a Shujishi has to go to the Hanlin Academy for three years and has to come for the exam from time to time. He is not allowed to work in a place without attending the school.

I heard Zhao Xin continue: "It is definitely not possible to donate officials in Beihai Town."

Jiang Fan's face suddenly turned red, and he bowed to Zhao Xin in excitement, and stood up and said, "This is a great political charity!"

In fact, Zhao Xin has been thinking about how to treat the imperial examination these days, whether to stay or not.

This thing is impossible to abolish it at once. Not to mention the special significance of the imperial examination system to the scholars, Confucian civilization has always been passed down from generation to generation and ultimately shaped the Chinese civilization in later generations.

Since you want to become an industrialized country, absolute autocracy is the first insurmountable threshold. In this process, the foundation of faith in national construction must be established.

Unlike the Qing Dynasty, which was forced to modernize in another time and space, what cannot be avoided by Beihai Town in this time and space is that Confucian culture is currently at its peak, and its value belief system is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and there is no crisis of identity at all.

One very important reason for the demise of the late Qing Dynasty was that the legitimacy of traditional politics was impacted by foreign civilizations.

The unequal treaty broke the status of "Unified Taoism" and cut off the core logic of the growth of traditional authority. The traditional view of "Unified virtue and power" has changed to the view of "Unified virtue and power".

The basic explanation of the source of authority by Taotong is that "only the emperor is ordered by heaven, and the world is ordered by heaven." The logical chain of authoritative growth contained in it is "Heaven-the emperor-the world-the Chinese-the four barbarians".

It is precisely because of this that the institutional arrangements for dealing with Sino-foreign relations must be "differentiation between barbarians and summer" and the tribute system. The tribute system is an indispensable part of maintaining the "unification of Tao". It not only outlines a "world picture with China as the center" to the world, but also strengthens people's obedience to "the emperor is ordered by heaven."

If the Chinese and foreigners are not distinguished from the Chinese and foreigners, the tribute system will be lifted, then the logic of "the emperor is ordered by heaven" and "the power of the world" will be incomplete. The further influence is that since the "神" can not follow Xia, why should the world follow the emperor?

If the deconstruction of the unity of Taoism by Western religion and natural science introduced by missionaries is somewhat theoretical, then the signing of the unequal treaty undoubtedly makes such a challenge a reality and has legal effect.

The problem is that Beihai Town is a freak!

From a civilizational perspective, what Zhao Xin and others introduced were actually foreign civilizations, but no one knew it; but from a race perspective, Zhao Xin and others were Chinese rather than Westerners, so there was no worry about the destruction of China's country and its race.

So this is very troublesome.

Zhao Xin did not want to follow the old tribute system, which means the collapse of the theory of "monarchy's power and divine authority" established since Dong Zhongshu. Beihai Town established a country with industry, which means that the way of establishing a country with "respecting etiquette and morality rather than power and strategy is in the hearts of the people, not in skills" will no longer stand firm.

If the imperial examinations are to be abolished at this time, it means that the chain of "knowledge power" that has lasted for more than a thousand years will be cut off, which will cause the entire intellectual class to collapse in the national identity and belief.

However, it is precisely during this period of absolute autocracy that from a political perspective, the country needs the assistance of the intellectual class to establish identity and belief, otherwise there will be war everywhere and it will be difficult to guard against.

Someone said he could build a military government and make changes in the future.

From ancient times to the present, the country's power system has nothing but four types: wealth power, military merit power, background power and knowledge power. The first three have been abandoned by the Chinese, and only knowledge power can be considered relatively fair.

What else can be done to learn good and not bad? Besides satisfying personal ambitions? Look at Siam and Latin America in another time and space. Once the military power system is solidified, who will allow outsiders to move the cheese on their plate? All those who want to move will either end up escaping from disaster or the whole family will die.

Emperor? The emperor was just a decoration at that time.

Therefore, the important question is not whether the imperial examination system should be abolished, but whether the new education system can replace the talent selection and educational functions of the imperial examination system, whether it can immediately assume the original political integration function of the imperial examination system, and whether it can enhance the flexibility of the social structure and help the country control the society.

Obviously, the current education system of Beihai Town is far from being able to achieve. Compared with a large country with a population of more than 200 million, Beihai Town, with a population of nearly 400,000, is still ineffective even if everyone knows literacy.

Not to mention 400,000, in another time and space, the total number of students absorbed by the new school before the Xinhai Revolution was nearly three million, and compared with the 20 million scholars of the imperial examination, their social mobilization ability is far from enough. In a word, the gentry said, whether it is the surname De or the surname Sai, I will stand aside!

How turbulent and chaotic was the society in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China?

Of course, it is precisely because of this turmoil that the top-down political integration failed, which led to the victory of the countryside surrounding the city.

In theory, the huge territory of ancient China provided a broad living space for "knowledge power", but the decentralized social management costs and the financial capacity of the small peasant economy limited the scale of the intellectual bureaucracy. In other words, because of the small peasant economy, the national fiscal revenue was monopolized, and the fiscal surplus capacity was too weak to support so many bureaucracies.

Don’t talk about Qin and Han dynasties. There were only a lot of people in China during the Qin and Han dynasties. The territory expansion was not completed, and there were still many wastelands that were not reclaimed! It was different in the Qing Dynasty. The population soared and the terrestrial power was developed to the extreme. All the cakes that should be divided were divided, and there was no extra to take out the imperial power to go to the countryside.

Then again, the imperial power did not want to go to the county. However, the political pattern of "the emperor and the literati and officials" formed since the Northern Song Dynasty led to the central government's need to reach a balance with the gentry group. To put it bluntly, since the emperor ruled the world with the literati, the imperial power had to divide the countryside cake.

What is people-oriented and why don’t you compete with the people for profit! It’s just that people are treated as leeks, and the lives of the people are all my fault! Wang Anshi’s reform forced the literati group to be anxious. Facing Song Shenzong’s questioning, Wen Yanbo took the initiative and simply made the words clear.

In fact, the essence of Wang Anshi's reform was to cut off the leeks of the people, but the range of cutting was a bit large, and even some gentry were brought in, which caused a rebound.

Needless to say, the typical imperial power was divided between gentry and gentry. By the Qing Dynasty, because of inheriting the Ming system, we had to win over gentry and continued to maintain the balanced politics of the county without royal power. It is precisely because of this that the saying "Three years of Qing magistrate, 100,000 snowflakes and silver" was said; Hello, I, Hello, everyone, let's work together to cut leeks.

It was after a long period of repeated consideration, thought and chatting with many people that Zhao Xin understood the problem and made a choice.

At this point, he finally transformed from a greedy "knowledge" to a "politician" who is just starting out. He still has a long way to go to become a "home".

After Jiang Fan left Zhao Xin's house, he did not return to his residence, but went straight to the library. Sure enough, Duan Yukai, Liu Taigong and Hong Liangji were still there, and even Wang Zhong came.

The nearly 80,000 volumes and 2.3 million pages of "Siku Quanshu" can take 27 days even if you print one in a second. From this point of view, Zhao Xin's collection of 100 silver dollars is really a loss of money and vomiting blood.

Hearing the sound of opening the door and footsteps getting closer, Duan Yucai and Liu Taigong didn't say anything. Hong Liangji looked up at Jiang Fan's expression and asked, "How are you talking?"

Jiang Fan took off his hat and threw it on the table, rubbed the braid behind his head with his hands, and after a while, he breathed out and said, "I can't understand."

Duan Yukai asked without raising his head, "What does Ziping mean?"

Jiang Fan did not answer, but looked at Wang Zhong and said, "Senior Rong Fu, how much has King Zhao learned from you? Or, where is his master?"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wang Zhong shook his head and said, "I am ashamed. Wang sat down and talked with King Zhao, and it has been less than ten times in total. Most of them were Wang asking him about the new knowledge. As for the teacher, Wang doesn't know. Ziping, what's wrong with you?"

"Jiang seems to have an illusion that King Zhao must have read the Four Books and Five Classics, and has read a lot of them. However, for some reason, he was very resistant."

"Huh?" As soon as he said this, Liu Taigong and Duan Yukui looked up at Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan recalled the conversation with Zhao Xin and said, "He read the saint's words with no effort. Even if Jiang blew indirectly, he could understand what I mean by thinking for a moment. But why didn't he use his skills to govern the country with etiquette and righteousness?"

"Because the first person who started the family of King Zhao was a refugee from Japan!" Wang Zhong explained: "Knowing small etiquette but not being righteous, fearing power but not being virtuous. If you take such a person to conquer the world, you must use the technique of Xun Guan."

Hong Liangji nodded and said slowly: "Those who are close but not convinced should be troubled by the ground; those who are far but not listening should be threatened by the body."

Wang Zhong continued: "Wang told you before that King Zhao relied on three hundred refugees from the beginning, and then most of them were refugees from Guannei and Japanese countries. Guan Zi said that if you are good at planning, the wishes of the ruler can be obtained and orders can be performed; if you are good at physical form, the land of a great country can be seized, the soldiers of a strong country can be destroyed; if you are good at power, the soldiers of the world can be unified, and the kings of the princes can be paid off."

Hong Liangji and Wang Zhong's words are both from "Guanzi", which means that countries that are dissatisfied with land and threaten with strong deterrence against countries that are dissatisfied with dissatisfied with each other. They lead a group of refugees to live in a bitter and cold place outside the pass and fight against major powers like the Qing Dynasty. It is useless to be polite, moral and moral. They must start with plans, shapes, and power.

"Haha, Rong Fu and Jun can see it thoroughly." Duan Yukuai nodded slowly and praised, looking at Jiang Fan and continued to ask, "Zi Ping, what else has King Zhao said?"

"The imperial examination will not be abolished."

As soon as Jiang Fan said this, he immediately shocked everyone. Even Liu Taigong couldn't hold it in, so he leaned over and said, "Be serious about this?"

"I told me personally. However, King Zhao said that in the future, a policy theory will be added to the imperial examinations at all levels."

Duan Yukui frowned and said, "Plan? Restore the Tang system?"

"No. King Zhao means the theory of skills and strategy. It is a subject of economics, law, geography, mathematics, and chemistry. Each subject is set up with one question, and scholars choose one question to answer it. For example, if Brother Jun Zhi is good at geography, he can choose geography questions; Brother Rong Fu is good at rituals, and he can choose legal questions."

"What if I win?"

"After winning, you have to go through two years of skill learning before you can become a affairs officer, and after a few years of hardship, you can become a government official."

Before everyone could digest what they said just now, Jiang Fan continued: "King Zhao said it even more."

Hong Liangji slapped the table and said, "Hey! Ziping, why are you breathing when you speak? Tell me quickly!"

"No more donations to the government in the future."

"good!"

Duan Yukai nodded and said, "Selling official positions and titles, greed for power and stealing the handle. Although it has been around since ancient times, the court only makes small profits for flies, and grows up the trend of greed and abuse. He leans on his staff and sticks to the official body, and is foolish in the country. He is a little bit of a heart, and is outrageous. However, the officials of the current dynasty used these officials as their hearts, use them as their claws, choose fat and eat them, and only profit is the goal. The customs are deteriorating, and will eventually lead to chaos."

Everyone present knew who Old Man Duan was talking about, Heshen! As for the one behind Heshen, Duan Yukai dared not say it yet.

Selling official positions and titles has been happening since the time of Emperor Wu of Han, with the purpose of generating income for the court. However, once the opening was opened, it never closed again in all dynasties.

The scholars who were in the imperial examination had no choice but to express their opposition, so they started to contempt. First A looked down on Second A, and Second A believed that they were higher than Third A; while Third A and First A, and Second A looked down on "non-A".

The donation in the Qing Dynasty was first opened in the 13th year of the Kangxi reign. Due to the Three Feudal Rebellion, Taiwan was recovered, Junggar was pacified, and the fight against Tsarist Russia and other domestic and foreign wars led to financial tensions, so the price was clearly marked. As for the words "to recruit talents from different paths and make up for the subjects that are not as good as those in the subjects", it was purely a move of "thinking and thinking".

In history, narcissism was like Qianlong, frugality was like Daoguang, and sadness was like Xianfeng. At the beginning of the Great Emperor, it was said that they would not pay donations in the future. However, among them, the longest policy of insisting on the suspension of donations was Daoguang, seven years; the middle one was Qianlong, three years; the shortest one was Xianfeng, who announced that they would stop donations and resumed donations before the Chinese New Year.

In the feudal era, because the government's administrative costs were too high, there were insufficient officials. As a result, this behavior led to many scholars having no official positions to do. Those who donated officials acted according to their own "unwritten rules" and rarely followed the professional ethics that the official should have.

To put it bluntly, it means that you have no appearance. Although everyone wants to "take orders when you have power in your hands", it is very important for people to eat in the officialdom.

After that, several people kept discussing heatedly, and even called Jiao Xun and the other two who were still in class. When everyone was talking dry, the library guard came over and said, "I'm sorry, can you chat tomorrow?" Everyone noticed that it was dark outside.

So a group of literati had to end the discussion and follow Wang Zhong to find a place to fill his stomach before talking about it.

Walking out of the library, Jiao Xun grabbed Jiang Fan and asked curiously: "Brother Ziping, if it were you, which subject would you choose?"

Jiang Fan raised his head and looked south, but unfortunately Sirius had not yet risen at this time. So under Jiao Xun's gaze, he said in a hoarse voice: "When Wanli Guan Ma Fubo, look at the scholar's skills, he has powerful strength tone on the bowstring!"
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