Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 45

Soon, the day of the imperial examination came.

The imperial examinations of this era were far less formal than those of later generations. Even for Zhao Guangmei, who had watched too many TV dramas, this examination could be said to be very casual, so casual that it was almost difficult to associate it with the imperial examinations.

I just temporarily found a place in the military camp, got some tables, built a shed, and then handed out the papers to do it. It was that simple, and it was almost the same as the exams in high school.

This was also thanks to Zhao Guangmei's proposal to implement the name-blinding and copying methods. Otherwise, several examiners would have wanted to approve the paper on the spot.

Because it was in the military camp, before Zhao Guangmei walked into the examination room holding her Hidden Dragon Sword, she passed by the military camp for a short distance. She never expected that bursts of cheers would erupt in the military camp.

Occasionally, countless soldiers, even with their wives, gathered around to watch the fun. Some of them cheered for themselves loudly, while others were simply curious about what they looked like, and then they were followed by his followers. Protect.

He was no stranger to these people. During the Five Dynasties, soldiers all brought their families with them. Even senior generals like his family were no exception. Each military camp was equivalent to a city within a city in Kaifeng, so he could also be said to be. Born in the military camp, raised in the military camp.

This military camp in the early Northern Song Dynasty was very similar to the state-owned factory in the 90s and [-]s in the previous life. Therefore, among the soldiers who gathered around to watch the excitement, many of them he really knew or looked familiar to him.

Even he himself didn't know that he was still so popular in this military camp. Although his original intention of proposing reform of the imperial examination was not to please anyone, he thought that those supervisors, examinees, etc. Or at least you always have to be grateful to yourself, right?
But it turns out that it didn't seem to happen. They just didn't criticize themselves.

On the contrary, it inexplicably increased a lot of prestige among the Forbidden Army. He thought about it for several days and couldn't figure out the reason for this.

Although he couldn't tell whether these people came to see the imperial examination, to see him, or to see his own imperial examination, he still responded enthusiastically, took the initiative to shake hands with them, and occasionally said something to someone he knew well. Laugh and chat a few words.

"Hey, isn't this the eldest sister of the Li family? Oh, your son is so old. I don't even know when you married. Come, come, come, take my little thought. Take it. Take it. "

At the same time, I also understood why the examination room for the subsequent imperial examinations was arranged in a temple. Even if the monks were just to watch the excitement, at least they could stay quiet.

Until Zhao Guangmei walked into the examination room, these guys were still making a fuss. As the examiner, Fan Zhi couldn't help frowning, then stood up majestically and scolded in a deep voice: "This is an important place for scientific examinations, how can you tolerate this?" Waiting to make a lot of noise and wantonness? No one else is interested, so don’t watch!"

As he said this, he waved his sleeves and the originally chaotic crowd calmed down for a moment.

Then it quickly exploded again as to what to say and what to say.

A prime minister of the previous dynasty was still pretending to be a bird.

Besides, given the atmosphere of the Five Dynasties that valued martial arts over literature, even in the later Zhou Dynasty, Fan Zhi's reputation was probably not that great.

Fan Zhi was so angry that his face turned black and his hands and feet trembled slightly.Seeing this, Zhao Guangmei took the initiative to stand up and bow to everyone, smiled and said loudly: "Thank you all uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters for your kindness. Please keep quiet and don't affect my exam, okay?"

The periphery of the examination room gradually became quiet, and there was really no sound.

Seeing that Fan Zhi's face was full of embarrassment, Zhao Guangmei saluted and apologized to him somewhat apologetically. Fan Zhi said with a dark face: "If the three kings demand fairness, please treat them equally and find your own seat. Wait until the exam.”

"Yes, yes, Mr. Fan, what you said is, calm down, I'll treat you to dinner when I'm in high school."

Then he quickly returned to polishing his ink on his own deeds, still thinking in his mind that there were rumors outside that Mr. Fan had a dark face. Looking at it now, this rumor was indeed true.

Then when he saw the questions in the first subject, Poetry and Fu, he felt a little bad.

Encouraging Learning?

Who came up with this forced question? Could it be intentional?

After thinking about it for a while, he probably figured out what was going on. He couldn't help but glance at the examiner, Fan Zhi, with a resentful look on his face, then glared at Wang Pu next to him fiercely, and raised his middle finger to him.

Whether it's poetry or poetry, this question is really not easy for him to answer. To be honest, this kind of question is not suitable for him in the imperial examination, especially this time's imperial examination.Change the world and establish a new dynasty. My eldest brother finally became the emperor, and he was a businessman. He was the first of his kind in the Five Dynasties. Shouldn't this subject be a test of flattery?
Shouldn't everyone praise the elder brother who is wise, mighty, benevolent and righteous?

I’ve already written all my flattering gifts in advance!
I also chose the wrong question.

But maybe it was a mistake. Although this question was aimed at him, he also happened to know a very long poem, so it is appropriate to copy it:
"Learning can be obtained through hard work, and thousands of books can be read through the window. Three winters have been enough, but who laughs with an empty belly. I have learned a lot since I was a child, and I have a high ambition in my life. Others have swords, but I have a pen like a knife. I am a farmer in the morning, and I am the emperor in the evening. Tang; Generals are innocent, men should strive for self-improvement... (The back part is too long to be watered down)"

To be honest, in the Song Dynasty, poetry was gradually not taken seriously by the imperial examination, and later it was not even taken in the examination at all. As a result, people in the Song Dynasty did not pay much attention to poetry. They could memorize a lot of Song lyrics and not many Song poems, but... He really knows this song.

Mainly when he was studying as a child, his father posted a complete poem like this on his bedroom wall. He kept looking at it and slowly memorized it, and he has never forgotten it over the years.

During the examination, the topic was: "The way to govern a country is to love the people. If you use more corvees to deplete the people's power, you will suffer."

From "Shuo Yuan·Politics", this question is extremely simple. It is almost an explicit invitation for everyone to flatter me, because my eldest brother worked for the river worker last month and received food, and it is always customized.

That is to say, the river workers used to bring their own dry food when they went out to work. The eldest brother saw that their work was really hard, so he decided to take care of his food from now on, and each person was given one liter of rice per day as their reward.

Sure enough, Enke is just trying to flatter him. This question shows that he is from Fan Zhi. He is capable and can answer questions.

What Zhao Kuangyin did was a feat that no emperor in the past had ever done. Of course, there is no denying that he was trying to win people's hearts. To be honest, although this incident actually paved the way for the weakness of the two Song Dynasties in the next 300 years, at least it can be called This was one of the main reasons, but he really felt that his eldest brother had done the right thing. If it was really because the court paid wages to the corvees that he was weak, then he would really admit this weakness.

I have to say that the test questions in the early Song Dynasty were really simple. Taking this as a test question, Zhao Guangmei estimated that as long as the candidates had a certain understanding of current affairs, they would just bring it up and then praise Zhao Kuangyin and flatter him. If you get it right, you can at least get a passing grade.

There are baskets and baskets of these words in the Six Classics about benevolence, love for the people, etc. You can quote them casually without making mistakes.

Zhao Guangmei didn't write about this. To be honest, if you asked him to write a special argumentative essay to flatter Zhao Kuangyin, he would be a little embarrassed, feel numb and disgusting.

Besides, he guessed that there must be a lot of people writing about this matter to flatter him, so he also wrote about it, which was boring. What he wanted was not to pass, but to be excellent.

Well, let’s just copy someone else’s.

Then he wrote Ouyang Xiu's theory of indulgence in prison.

This thing is a Chinese text in high school, so naturally I can’t forget it.

As for the strategy...

"Strategy to level the border? This is really interesting. This thing will actually be admitted to the imperial examination."

Zhao Guangmei couldn't help but be very interested when he saw this. Naturally, there were no famous writers to copy this thing. However, he had really been thinking about this issue for a long time. Immediately, Zhao Guangmei started writing it with a splash of ink and meticulous details. .

This one is really original.

　The protagonist will definitely not take the path of emphasizing civility over martial arts. The essence of elevating the status of the imperial examination is to get rid of the Five Generations.Emphasis on literature and not restraint on martial arts.

　　In fact, if Zhao Song really wanted to say that the pattern of emphasizing culture over military affairs was completely formed, it would have to wait until after the Zhenzong Dynasty, or even the Renzong Dynasty. One thing that few people know is that in the early Northern Song Dynasty, or in other words, Tan Yuan Before the signing of the alliance, the three generations of emperors in the early Song Dynasty had always insisted on the one-general system.That is, in order to ensure the leadership of the army by generals, there are almost no deputy positions. Occasionally there is a deputy commander, usually because of insufficient qualifications. There is no chief commander above him, let alone civilian officials.The power of the military governors in the border areas, especially those in the major towns in the north, was always frightening.

　　However, after the Chanyuan Alliance, because there was no war with the Liao Kingdom, the status of military generals indeed plummeted. Rather than emphasizing literature over military affairs, it was actually more appropriate to kill the donkey and kill the donkey. Renzong and subsequent emperors always called Yan Yun Liuzhou, but in fact there is only one slogan left. The blame belongs to Song Renzong if he really wants to throw it away, and he cannot throw it away with Zhao Dazhen.

　　Of course, the imperial army of the Northern Song Dynasty was indeed weak after Zhao Da. This reason was not actually about emphasizing literature and suppressing military force. I will write about it in the following chapters.The Song Dynasty was a great dynasty that lasted for nearly 300 years. It is actually not appropriate to cut a section from the middle and apply it to the entire Song Dynasty (see my full desire for survival)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)