But when talking about this matter, Zhao Feng looked at Liu Wei with some doubts.
"But then again, why are you so familiar with the laws of the Zhou Dynasty?"
Zhao Feng looked at Liu Wei's eyes with great suspicion. He had long felt that this matter was a bit strange.
You know, this is an era with an illiteracy rate of over 90%. As a government servant in a small county, Liu Wei is not only very knowledgeable, but also familiar with the laws of the Zhou Dynasty. This is somewhat problematic.
If Liu Wei was not only familiar with the laws of the Zhou Dynasty, but also able to read and write, he would have already gone to take the imperial examination. How could he stay in this small county and work as a yamen servant?
Looking at Zhao Feng's very suspicious eyes, Liu Wei couldn't help but open his mouth, thinking that he might have been too close to Zhao Feng during this period, so Zhao Feng had begun to doubt him.
Although Liu Wei had long known that Zhao Feng was very smart and had many different ideas in his mind than others, Liu Wei did not expect that he would be almost exposed because of this.
At this time, facing Zhao Feng's very suspicious eyes, Liu Wei quickly began to think, and quickly came up with an excuse.
"Sir, I am indeed familiar with the laws of the Zhou Dynasty, and I have also read a lot of books, just in order to one day pass the imperial examination and obtain a reputation."
Zhao Feng looked at Liu Wei in surprise, and then couldn't help but laugh.
"I didn't expect that there would be a talent like you around me, so why didn't you take the scientific examination?"
Liu Wei sighed, with a hint of sadness on his face.
"Your Excellency, you don't know. Since all the ways to take the imperial examination are occupied by those wealthy and powerful families, how can people like us who come from poor backgrounds and have no connections pass the imperial examination and become officials in the court?"
Zhao Feng was suddenly a little surprised. He knew that in certain dynasties in the history of his previous life, it was indeed because of the dominance of aristocratic families that poor people had no way to change their origins.
And there are not many such dynasties!
The aristocratic families control a large amount of resources, leaving those poor scholars with no way out. If they want to change their destiny through the imperial examination, they must join these aristocratic families and become their disciples.
But in this way, the power of the aristocratic family will become stronger and stronger by winning over a large number of scholars, and in turn continue to monopolize some other things.
Unexpectedly, the Zhou Dynasty also had such a situation. When Zhao Feng heard these things, he was suddenly curious and asked Liu Wei.
"I didn't expect such a thing to happen?"
Liu Wei nodded and sighed half-seriously.
Liu Wei came to Zhao Feng's side. In addition to monitoring Zhao Feng, he also had another task. It was Zhou Zhen who asked Liu Wei to carefully investigate whether Zhao Feng had any connections with those wealthy families.
Whether it is Zhou Zhen or Zhou Kang, the reason why they value Zhao Feng so much is not just because Zhao Feng is talented. You must know that there are too many talented people in the world, and it is not only Zhao Feng who can come into their sight.
What they value most about Zhao Feng is that despite his talents, he is also a man from a poor background.
If Zhao Feng has no connection with those aristocratic families, then Zhao Feng's foundation is very clean, and he will be able to become a sword for Zhou Zhen and others against the aristocratic families.
But if Zhao Feng is also from one of those aristocratic families, then no matter how talented Zhao Feng is, he will not be entrusted with important tasks by them, because in this way, it will be equivalent to increasing the power of those aristocratic families in disguise.
So Liu Wei sighed at this time and wanted to use this matter to test Zhao Feng.
"Don't you know this, sir? In addition to the royal family, there are four major families in the world!"
Zhao Feng immediately spread his hands and said helplessly to Liu Wei.
"If I knew about this matter, I wouldn't ask you about it. Tell me quickly, what's going on with these wealthy families?"
"If I offend them one day, I can retreat quickly, lest I die without knowing how I died!"
Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but feel a little contempt in his heart.
Liu Wei did not expect that Zhao Feng, whom Zhou Zhen valued so much, turned out to be such a greedy and fearful person. If he did not dare to fight against those wealthy families, what would happen even if he was not from these wealthy families?
But now, Liu Wei could only nod and explain.
"There are four aristocratic families in the world, namely the four major families of Wang, Li, Zhao, and Feng."
"This time, the big family not only controls many important positions in the court, but also controls a large amount of resources!"
"Because of this, if ordinary scholars want to be promoted through the imperial examination, they must become disciples of these four major families. Otherwise, no matter how talented they are, they will not be selected."
Zhao Feng nodded in surprise. It seemed that the aristocratic families in this Zhou Dynasty were the same as those in his previous life.
So Zhao Feng didn't say any more, but said to Liu Wei with some emotion.
"So that's the case, then you are really miserable."
"You are so talented and learned, but in the end you are unable to change your destiny by passing the imperial examination. Then you can be a yamen servant for me with peace of mind. I will definitely give you a hand when I am promoted one day!"
When Liu Wei heard this, he couldn't help but was stunned. He thought to himself that he was a majestic imperial guard with a sword. Do he still need a little ninth-grade sesame official like you to help him?
But there was no other way, so Liu Wei had to make a very touched expression and said to Zhao Feng: "Thank you so much, sir!"
Zhao Feng laughed twice and waved his hand.
The book club run by Chen Rou has been opened. Since Zhao Feng didn't want to provide too much help to Chen Rou, he didn't make it public. Others didn't know that the book club was run by the county magistrate's wife.
On the other side, after Zhou Zhen received what Liu Wei reported, he directly issued orders to make changes to existing farm tools and so on.
At the same time, he also built terraces in mountainous areas according to what Liu Wei reported. In this way, there was more arable land in the Zhou Dynasty.
Perhaps in Zhao County, which Zhao Feng is responsible for, these changes will not be seen yet. After all, Zhao County does not have much land, and most of it is mountainous.
But at this time, after implementing the agricultural tools improved by Zhao Feng in the plain area, Zhou Zhen immediately saw the benefits.
