The Holy Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty could not bear the wise and the talented people left behind, so he issued an edict to accept the talents in Bian, which spread throughout the entire capital like a gust of wind. It caused a great sensation. For a moment, not only poor scholars, but also ordinary people, but also aristocratic families were shocked by this.

Since ancient times, the world has been recommended by local officials or court officials to the Ministry of Personnel to the emperor. Although they are selected from aristocratic families, they are also asked about their virtues and then decide whether to recommend them. Because if the person you recommend is corrupt, the person you recommend will naturally be implicated.

Besides, is it enough to have virtue and talent alone? Of course not! You have to let others know that you have virtue and talent, otherwise why should you recommend you? So how can you become an official? So you must also have fame. Just like the ancient saying of Ma Jin in his previous life, that is, if you have enough fame and let everyone know you and are sought after by the world, you can be a high-ranking official.

Just like Wang Anshi, the famous prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, had been Yangwang for 30 years, and was called "the world's reputation for 30 years". Once he was appointed as prime minister by Emperor Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty and presided over the reform.

Because of having enough fame and then coming out, you can overwhelm many competitors at once. In this way, Wang Anshi will naturally be unstoppable when he becomes an official. Because Wang Anshi has enough fame and he will be in a high position after coming out, so there will naturally be no extra talk about whether he deserves to be in this position.

Because the remarks that he was a "big sage" have spread before, it is natural for ordinary people to have such a reputation and hold a high position.

The reputation is too high, and others dare not look down on you.

On the contrary, if your reputation is too small and people have never heard of it, then the other party will despise you and think you are a mediocre person. How could you recommend you?

So to be successful, you must first be able to pretend. This is not so much a "virtue and talent", but rather a kind of "momentum" that makes your name spread.

If you have gained a considerable reputation and many people know that local officials have to consider you when recommending officials. No matter whether you are a real celebrity or a fake celebrity, they have to recommend you, because if you don’t recommend you, you will be neglecting talents and you will not want to be despised by the country and others.

The aristocratic families have huge wealth and connections, which can allow their children to cultivate fame without leaving home, making them famous. But the poor people from small landlords do not have such good conditions. What if they can't do that if they are not strong enough in the backstage? They can only study hard for a long time.

After accumulating reputation over the long years, one day I was fortunate to become a great scholar. At that time, let alone aristocratic families, even the court would give you three points of face. But how many people could endure loneliness, keep a low profile for so long, and waste their time?

So it is so difficult to enter the official career without the help of aristocratic families.

But now it is different. The Holy Emperor is in court, giving them a completely different way to advance, that is, the imperial examination!

There is no need to spend money to support fame, no need to connect with those powerful families. This time, the talent is the first, and whoever has talent can become an official. This is simply an opportunity given by God. How could these poor scholars be willing to miss it?

The poor and poor men seemed to have regained their vitality at once, shouting loudly to high-fives to congratulate. On the other hand, the nobles of the aristocratic families and generations looked bad. In their opinion, this is a way to break the rules today, but today's great talents and great powers made them dare not act rashly.

Besides, in the cabinet, except for Changsun Wuji and Kou Zhun, they are all from the aristocratic families. However, they were frightened by Ma Jin's series of actions a while ago, and saw that the current emperor's attitude was extremely tough, so they did not dare to dissuade him at all.

Fortunately, the current emperor only said that the imperial examination would be implemented. If the imperial examination did not work locally, I expected that the current emperor would not force the world to promote it. Moreover, it was only limited to the capital of God and could not affect their great interests, so the great families of aristocratic families would let it go.

Besides, there are a few talented people in this poor family, far from being as good as those trained by the great families of the aristocratic families, so the people of the aristocratic families do not believe that poor families can ride on them. In the end, His Majesty now has to rely on these great families of the aristocratic families.

Thinking about this, they made a decision and quickly picked up their pen and wrote down letters, asking their children in their families to come to God to take the exam.

"Hmph, it's better to open a vocational school to win a scholar. Let those poor and poor families see that the aristocratic families will always be rich families, and poor families will always be poor. Our aristocratic families have been passed down for countless years, and they are not comparable to those poor and poor families!"

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Shendu Bianyifang winery

An old man in gorgeous clothes walked in, looked around and sat down at a window in the lobby. The shopkeeper of the restaurant was also a vicious person. At a glance, he could see that the old man had an extraordinary identity and quickly stepped forward and said:

"This guest official, the lobby is too noisy, afraid it will affect the guest official's atmosphere. Otherwise, the guest official will move to the private room upstairs, which will be quieter..."

"No need for this... I just like lively places."

The old man smiled and refused the shopkeeper's kindness. Seeing that the old man was determined, the shopkeeper stepped down. This wine shop was just an ordinary wine shop in Shendu, but there were people coming and going, and it was very lively. The old man in front of him was Bi Yong, the deputy envoy of the Song State Mission who had just arrived at Shendu of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He was appointed as the governor of the Political Affairs Hall of the Song State, the Grand Secretary and the Grand Tutor of Jixian Pavilion, and was also a prime minister in Song State.

The Great Song Empire is located at the western tip of the Great Zhou Dynasty, across the Star River from the Great Zhou Dynasty. Speaking of which, the Great Song Empire is a prosperous country among the five realms in the world. Because it is close to the inner sea of ​​stars and connected with several countries in the central region, it is connected to market trade and prosperity, commerce and development, and its wealth is well-known in the five realms in the world.

The humanities of the Song Kingdom are also extremely brilliant, with literary styles prevalent and famous scholars and scholars everywhere. It is a famous place in the world. Unfortunately, although the Song Empire is also known as one of the four powerful countries in the Eastern Region, it is only in terms of national strength and economy. Because the Song Kingdom emphasizes culture over military affairs, the status of military personnel is low, and the military has not prospered, and the army is weak. Its military strength is barely comparable to some of the stronger small countries in the Eastern Region, which is far inferior to the other three empires.

This is like a human being. If you have something that you can bear more than you can, it will definitely bring disaster. The Song State is a very big piece of fat, attracting countless hungry wolves to eye it.

Bi Yong had only one purpose in coming to the Great Zhou Dynasty, that is, the fiftieth birthday of the Empress Dowager of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The Empress Dowager of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Xiao, is the only sister of the current Song Dynasty king Xiao Yuanjing, so he naturally had to send envoys to celebrate his birthday.

Bi Yong pretended to drink, but his ears quietly listened to the people around him talking. Soon, the sound of a table talking was noticed by him.

"Gongming, how are you going to prepare these days?" asked only one of them.

The scholar who was asked smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "I dare not say this. I have been wandering in Goddu for a year, and a lot of my knowledge has been wasted. It is really not easy to pick it up."

The scholar who asked the question said politely: "We can see Gongming's talent. I dare not say anything else. I think it is absolutely absolutely true to pass the exam."

Another scholar at the same table sighed and said, "Thanks to the wise emperor, otherwise when will the poor students like me have a day to make a comeback?"

The conversation between the three attracted Bi Yong's attention, so Bi Yong smiled and walked in front of the three people, saying, "The three young gentlemen are obviously well-educated. I have prepared a glass of wine. I wonder if the three young gentlemen can enjoy the glory?"

Seeing Bi Yong's extraordinary demeanor, these three scholars thought it was a noble man who invited him, so they quickly stood up and bowed and agreed.

During the meal, Bi Yong's conversation and knowledge made the three scholars feel disappointed. They looked at each other. One of them asked, "The old man must have come to Shendu this time for the imperial examination...

Bi Yong pretended to be surprised and asked, "Imperial Examination? What is the Imperial Examination?" The three of them were stunned. The old man in front of him didn't know why the Imperial Examination was?

Bi Yong saw the three of them and explained with a smile: "I am from Song. I am just here to the Great Zhou Divine Court today. I really don't know what the three mentioned about the imperial examinations?"

One of the scholars hurriedly said, "It is normal for the old man to come to Shendu for the first time. It is normal for him to not know about the imperial examination. A few days ago, the current saint issued an edict to hold the imperial examination and recruit talents from Bianxian. As long as they pass the examination, they will be granted fame and honor, and enter the court as an official. This is a great thing for us, such as the poor people."

Bi Yong was shocked and sighed secretly: "This Great Zhou Emperor has such a great courage." Bi Yong understood what was going on as soon as he heard it. You should know that the countries in the world are the same, and they are all bureaucratic systems with aristocratic families as the core. The Great Zhou Emperor dared to shake the foundations of these great families, which made Bi Yong say "admiration!"

Bi Yong calmed down and soon started talking to these three scholars again. During this period, he always asked about some things in the Great Zhou court without any trace. He wanted to hear what these scholars thought of the Great Zhou court.

When they talked about the Emperor of Great Zhou, they all gave words such as "the heroic lord", "the heroic lord", and "the unworldly lord".

Bi Yong just showed some doubts, and the three scholars frowned:

"Now the emperor killed the powerful traitor Li Shifang and cleared the court, suppressed the rebellion of the King of Jin, quelled the great troubles of our surrounding areas, and appointed capable ministers and officials. Now it is even more convenient, allowing us poor scholars to have a level of enlightenment, such ability and courage, how can we not be able to be a wise lord?"

Bi Yong smiled bitterly in his heart. The Great Zhou king publicly selected talents in the imperial examination and dared to be the first in the world, and had won all the hearts of these poor scholars. However, Bi Yong still said in confusion: "I have heard that Master Zhou was cowardly and was not enough to guard me..."

"That's totally hearsay, all nonsense!" One of the three scholars immediately denied it, "When there are rumors of the saints today, they have just ascended the throne and were young, and powerful ministers in the dynasty will inevitably be controlled by others. Moreover, there are King Jin and other rioters who always stare at the saints today. If the saints are not careful and careless, they will worry about life. How can they be careless in this situation?"

"That's the reason!" The other two scholars nodded in agreement and said:

"At that time, the current saints are in a low position. If they could not bear the humiliation and bear the burden, how could they calmly arrange to kill Li Shifang with a thunder blow? This shows that the current saints are not stupid and cowardly. On the contrary, I see that what Your Majesty did during this period is a rare wise lord!"

The other two nodded frequently and agreed. Bi Yong smiled bitterly, "It seems that I am ignorant and believe the rumors. I punished myself for three cups to apologize to the three young gentlemen."

Then Bi Yong listened with interest to them what the Great Zhou king did in this month. When he heard that the Great Zhou king killed Li Shifang, he was already very surprised. Later, he heard that the Great Zhou court army quelled the rebellion of King Jin in a month, defeated the famous Liao general Wushuchi and 200,000 Liao cavalry in Bingzhou, defeated hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under the command of the Hanhai king in the northern Youzhou, established the Privy Council, the Lijian, etc., and gathered the power in his hands, which shocked Bi Yong so much that he was the same person as the Great Zhou emperor who was investigated by the Great Song Dynasty imperial prefecture?

He must immediately report what he saw and heard, hoping that the king would not obey those rumors so as not to do anything out of order, which would arouse the dissatisfaction of the Emperor of Great Zhou. Bi Yong thought that he could not sit still and quickly stood up and said goodbye to the three scholars and left.
Chapter completed!