"That's nonsense. The imperial examination opens up a ladder for poor students, but in your eyes it's not enough to make a great cause prosperous?
In the eyes of King Wu, what can make the great cause prosperous and prosperous? Is it just relying on His Highness’s tens of thousands of workers? "Song Lian sneered, dissatisfied to the extreme.
"Now that Academician Song has spoken, are you the one discussing matters with this king?"
Song Lian glanced at the others, saw that they all nodded, and said, "Yes!"
"Okay, let's get started!" Zhu Jun said with a smile: "There are many aspects that can make the great cause strong. The imperial examination is one way, but it is not the only way!
Thousands of years ago, the imperial examination came into being. What is its essence?
The essence is to recruit officials for the imperial court, and the candidates for the official positions are not only the nobles of the aristocratic families, but also the children of the lower classes.
Is this my view right? "
Song Lian thought for a while, "These are superficial truths, who doesn't know them, who doesn't know them?
"The great path to simplicity means that later generations have moved from simplicity to complexity!" Zhu Jun said lightly: "But after the imperial examination came out, did there more scholars?
There are more, but many of those scholars are the children of aristocratic families, and it is easier for them to enter officialdom than before.
What is the proportion of children from poor families?
It was not until later that the aristocratic families were eliminated, and the number of scholars in the world really increased.
But even so, it is still not easy for an ordinary family to support scholars.
Does Scholar Song know what makes the world truly more populated? "
"Didn't you already say that the elimination of the family is the fundamental reason. The family members control knowledge and books, own the most fertile land, and each family has tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of tenants. It is comparable to a cracked earth seal. The king's ten thousand households.
It’s hard for them not to prosper! "
"It seems that Scholar Song still didn't understand it!" Zhu Jun sighed, "The creation of the imperial examination gave everyone a hope, a hope that can lead to success, but this hope is too small.
How hard would it be for a family of three to cultivate the land every year, remove taxes, and leave food rations to support a student who is not engaged in production?
There is a high probability that one meal will be full and one meal will be hungry, and even if the weather is good, if there is a disaster and food production is reduced, and even people cannot eat, how can they study?
Reading also has a cost, and what is the cost of reading?
Ask your husband for repairs, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone for writing, and the books for reading. How much did a book cost a thousand years ago, but what about a book now? "
Song Lian frowned, and the others also whispered among themselves.
Li Yanxi smiled, as if he knew what Zhu Jun was going to say.
The same is true for Fang Keqin.
"How does productivity compare with the low productivity of thousands of years ago compared to now?" Song Lian said: "When you say this, don't you mean that you have to eat what you eat?
In ancient times, our ancestors used to eat hair and drink blood. How did we know that our descendants lived like this? "
"If I remember correctly, the Eastern Zhejiang lineage pursues historical philosophy and believes that Tao is in life, emphasizing the pursuit of truth through the study of history and the study of historical figures.
Now Scholar Song is talking about the past and the present, saying that Yin eats Mao grain. Isn't this self-contradictory and self-defeating? "
Song Lian frowned, and Wei Guan and others cursed in their hearts. Madman Zhu was really sinister. He accidentally dug a big hole and waited for them here!
"Today we are talking about the imperial examination. Aren't you going off topic?"
"How can I go off topic when I analyze the current situation from the perspective of the imperial examination?" Zhu Jun teased: "The truth is the truth. Does it mean that Academician Song only has the truth and no reason in his eyes?"
well said!
Li Yanxi and others secretly applauded.
Fang Xiaozhi stopped talking. He had long become a die-hard fan of Zhu Jun. Xie Jin fell into deep thought. To be honest, he had been impressed by Zhu Jun for a long time. Although he never said it, he knew it in his heart.
"In my eyes, there is only justice and no evil!" Song Lian said.
"Oh, the facts are actually unreasonable in the eyes of Academician Song. It seems that Academician Song has been away from the people for too long and can no longer see the lives of the people!" Zhu Jun pointed to the people not far away, "Does Academician Song know that these people live a year? What is your income, what is your annual expenditure, and how much can you spend on supporting your children’s education?
These are the problems that everyone has to face, rather than empty talk about the great development of literature.
The great rise of literature and art was based on the imperial examination, and the great rise of the imperial examination was after the family members were eliminated. In a real sense, the number of scholars increased because the cost of studying became lower.
In the past, it was difficult for ordinary people to read a book. Borrowing a book was like finding a treasure.
Nowadays, a bookstore covers everything and has thousands of books, making it easier for students to read.
In the past, a piece of paper was as good as gold. How could it be affordable by ordinary people?
Let’s not talk about ink. A good pair of ink is so expensive that those country people may not be able to earn it in a year.
But even now, those students in remote areas do not have a good pair of ink or a good pen. They copy and write on the sand with tree branches.
The sages practiced calligraphy and dyed a vat of water black, but this kind of thing cannot happen to ordinary students because they can't afford it!
This is true in prosperous times, but imagine how difficult it is for these people in troubled times! "
Song Lian opened his mouth, how could he not know about this kind of thing?
“Everyone has his own destiny and is born different, but God is fair and has given them the hands and feet to work hard, the eyes to learn and read, and the mouth to debate.
As the saying goes, a son doesn't think his mother is ugly, and a dog doesn't think his family is poor. In my opinion, His Highness's words are no less than words of resentment against a woman! "
"I agree with the first half of your sentence, but I don't agree with the second half, and I don't agree with it either!" Zhu Jun said: "What do scholars rely on if they want to become popular? It's the country, it's all walks of life!
If there is a disaster and food is scarce and the price is high, what will happen to scholars?
If this year, the weather is freezing, clothes are expensive, and you are short of money, will you buy books or will you suffer the cold?
If you are hungry and cold, do you buy firewood to keep warm and have a full meal, or do you hold a book and starve to death in the house?
Ordinary people's top priority is to fill their stomachs. If their stomachs are not filled, everything else will be empty.
Once the people don't have enough to eat, there will be big trouble. "
"I'm off topic. What does this have to do with the imperial examination?" Song Lian said: "Today's discussion is about the imperial examination, and you came up with the question. What does it mean that you took the lead in diverting the question?"
"Did you go off topic?" Zhu Jun shook his head, "No, I just extended the topic. The imperial examination has never promoted the country, only the literati.
It is a good thing that there are many scholars, but it is not a good thing if scholars stick to the books of sages all their lives! "
"It's ridiculous. The civilized world is flourishing, so how can this not be a good thing?" Song Lian said angrily.
Not only him, but everyone behind him also stared at each other angrily!
