I can see the book of life and death

The imperial court has civil and military examinations, and has always promoted talents in an eclectic way.

No matter how high or low they are by birth, as long as they can show enough talent and force, the imperial court will win over them.

They may be assigned to serve as officials in various places or join the army.

The literary examination tests talent, while the Wufang examination tests force.

When it comes to reading, there are mountains of books in the houses of wealthy gentry and clans, and anyone with talent in the family can go there.

There are corresponding teachers to teach them how to read and write, so they don't need to do anything else every day, just read.

Those with martial arts talent should have an endless supply of pills and meat every day and just concentrate on practicing martial arts.

For ordinary people, poor in literature and rich in martial arts, studying is their only way out.

They dare not even think about practicing martial arts, and studying every day also requires a lot of effort.

Teachers will not teach them how to read in an easy way, they need to practice accordingly.

What an ordinary teacher with low talent may need is a few pieces of bacon and half a penny of silver, but a truly talented person cannot find a way out even if he has money.

Even if you succeed in becoming a disciple, you still have to burn firewood and fetch water, wash and cook, or herd cattle and harvest rice every day, making it difficult to concentrate on studying.

For wealthy gentry families, relying on their years of accumulation and contacts, they can easily hire famous teachers.

The children in the family can study every day, wholeheartedly, and not be disturbed by mundane things.

Under the circumstances of one ebb and flow, although talents are promoted in an eclectic way, it is often difficult for poor children to compete with the families of wealthy gentry.

The top No. 1 pick, the second pick, and the top pick all come from scholarly families, and it is difficult for ordinary people to stand out from the crowd.

Although the imperial court had related liberal arts and martial arts academies, not everyone could enter, and there were still certain assessment standards.

Talents are also reduced in an eclectic way, but people from aristocratic families have a huge first-mover advantage, so there will always be more talents.

Although the court took precautions, the consequences would be quite serious if cheating in civil or military examinations was discovered, but wealthy families no longer needed to cheat too much in this regard.

With their own innate accumulation, they can crush the vast majority of people.

Over the years, officials from various places, military and political systems, and even existences such as Jinyiwei and Liumenmen have been infiltrated by wealthy families.

Any disturbance above the imperial court would be clearly understood by the wealthy people below.

After listening to these explanations, I finally understood why the situation became so confusing.

Jinyiwei are often the descendants of meritorious nobles, and among aristocratic families, there are many meritorious nobles.

Jinyiwei monitors the world for the royal family, and indeed this system is still running.

The information submitted was not blocked or intercepted midway.

But the person who submitted the report also spread the news.

There are many people who have access to this report, and I don't know which part is wrong.

However, Jin Yiwei's submission is in order, and the relevant suspects can be marked.

I made a suggestion, but Xue Chen didn't respond. He just smiled and told me an old story.

Today's imperial court rankings are divided into north and south, but they were not divided back then.

The most egregious and terrifying thing that the Jiangnan gentry did was that on one year's list, from the beginning to the end, from the first to the last place, they were all Southern scholars.

From the process point of view, there are no problems up and down, and there is no fault in the process.

Under normal circumstances, even the emperor at that time would have to swallow his anger, but unfortunately they were unlucky.

That year, they met the most domineering monarch in Daxia.

All officials responsible for the assessment were put on the spot.

After defeating the foreign tribes in the north and returning the northern homeland, that overlord not only had a domineering temper, but also had first-class domineering strength.

Many tributaries of the Yangtze River where Jiangnan is located are stained red with blood.

But even so, a new group of officials were replaced, and the new officials still had an unpredictable relationship with the Jiangnan gentry.

From the examination room to the test papers to the examiners, Jiangnan gentry is involved in all steps, and they cannot be changed.

Even if the overlord has the power to suppress the world, he still can't change everything, so he created another list.

The literary list is divided into north and south.

"Isn't it possible that the years of war in the north have caused the scholars to have poor academic performance due to their inadvertence?"

I asked out my doubts, but I also knew it was a joke.

No matter how bad it is, it was still a place where literary saints haunted in those days.

How could it be so bad that not even one person is on the list?

"Even in the most chaotic period, when they suffered the harshest blows from foreign races, the top literati in the north were no worse than those in the south. After the situation stabilized, no one was on the list..."

Xue Cheng didn't talk much about this topic, as it was obviously a taboo.

I also deeply realized how tyrannical and terrifying the power and strength of the Jiangnan gentry was.

But Xue Cheng told me not to worry too much. He had already reported the incident.

Official figures were assassinated, and they were suspected to be from Jiangnan tycoons.

This matter not only involves me, but also involves quite a few people, and it also involves the official’s face.

The dignified Jinyiwei is a secret intelligence agency directly under the emperor.

It would be fine if he was retaliated for the problems he caused, but if he was retaliated for checking information for the court, that would never be tolerated.

My mind became much more stable, and I did not encounter too many ambitions in the future. To reward me, I received two more copies of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra.

I don’t know whether it’s because I practice Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s Original Vow Sutra, or because I suddenly started to care about people in Buddhism. When walking in Jianyi, I actually saw many monks.

I heard that they came from Donglin Temple in Jiujiang County, but I didn't pay too much attention because there were more important things happening.

There was a problem with the escort agency, and the escorts were lost several times in a row. The reputation of the escort agency was greatly damaged.

On the contrary, Longmen Escort Agency, a competitor of Weiyuan Escort Agency, has developed vigorously.

The business of the escort agency has been greatly affected, and several signs have had problems during the escort operation.

The black and white characters on the familiar road suddenly lost their friendship.

The patriarch, Zhang Jiji, was in dire straits, and many bodyguards with foreign surnames took the initiative to resign.

They have good discernment and know that the Weiyuan Escort Agency must have offended a certain big shot, otherwise the black and white people who had a good relationship with each other in the past would not have turned against each other at the same time.

The patriarch Zhang was basically confused. I heard that he got angry many times at home and visited all the people he might have offended, bringing with him a lot of money.

It's a pity that it came back without success.

But I vaguely realized that the Zhang family and Weiyuan Escort Agency had indeed not offended anyone.

But I have been offended.

I have offended the Wang family in Jianyi, and there may be more people in the Li family.

I have an official status and it is difficult for them to take action directly, especially after General Xue Chengqi reported the relevant situation.

If I die suddenly during this period, due to the sensitive situation, the Wang and Li families may suffer possible retaliation.

This kind of attack probably won't require all kinds of evidence like the inspector does.

The Zhang family was in ruins, many bodyguards with foreign surnames fled and died, and even their own clan suffered many casualties.

The patriarch, Zhang Jiji, had his hair turn gray overnight.