In the Song Dynasty, there was no law or order.

Given the same background as a Jinshi, is it inappropriate for a dog?

When these words came out, there was silence in the hall, and everyone looked at Zhao Jun with strange eyes.

Good guy, even the special title is despised these days. Do you know how many people will grab these places every year if they fall outside?

It's not appropriate to return a dog.

If the dogs in Bianliang City were smart enough to know that the officials were going to give them special titles, they would probably all swarm around and break open the Donghua Gate.

"Jun."

Seeing his unhappy expression, Zhao Zhen coughed twice and said, "I've actually always wanted to ask."

As he spoke, he gestured and raised his middle finger to Zhao Jun. He was very surprised and said: "I have seen you gesture this gesture many times. What does it mean? Does it have any special meaning?"

"It's a greeting."

Zhao Jun said without blushing: "It is a unique greeting culture for young people born in the 1990s and 2000s. It is usually used when expressing objections."

"I see."

Zhao Zhen pointed his middle finger at Zhao Jun again and said: "Then I object to what you said. Being born as a Jinshi and being a Jinshi does not mean anything. In the future, he will be a general and a prime minister. Why can't he do it?"

Zhao Jun gave a middle finger in return and said: "Don't bully me for not understanding. I'm a history student. I was born with a Jinshi, and my official status was low and my promotion was slow. In the Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan felt very inferior because he was born with a Jinshi. His colleagues used names such as Madam, If Tong Jinshi mocks him, he will fall out."

"Haha, you don't understand. In the Song Dynasty, the special title is a great honor. Ordinary people can't get it even if they want it. Although there are some opinions in the official circles, it is actually different from ordinary Jinshi. There’s not much difference.”

Zhao Zhen smiled and continued to gesture with his middle finger: "And since you did not pass the imperial examination, you can only become an official through the imperial examination. However, it is recorded in your household registration that both your parents are dead, unless you are transferred to a certain Zhao. If you have the surname of a senior official, you will not be able to get married, and you will have to take the imperial examination."

"I read a lot, you can't deceive me. It's a great honor, but a great shame. I want to enter the officialdom in the future, but I don't know what status I have as a Jinshi? Then I will be controlled by others."

Zhao Jun changed his hands and gestured together this time: "Even Menyin can't do it. Don't think I don't know. Menyin in the Song Dynasty cannot be a high-ranking official. Everyone here is a Jinshi, including Lao Lu. Isn't it just an exam? Let me take it Just win, I want to be the top pick!"

Do I want to be the top pick?

Everyone looked at each other, and then everyone burst out laughing.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."

"Hahahahaha, Zhao Jun is so happy."

"Boy Jun, are you having fun with me?"

"Zhao Jun."

Yan Shu laughed until tears rolled down his face and said, "I know you are arrogant, but do you know how many top picks there are in ten years?"

"Ten?"

Zhao Jun asked tentatively.

"In our dynasty, the imperial examinations are usually held every two years. In August this year, there will be provincial examinations in February and palace examinations in March. Sometimes they will only be held once every three years. Therefore, within ten years, the number of champions will only be four or five."

Yan Shu said with a smile: "And along the way, this number one scholar had to take part in the interpretation test of nearly 200,000 people, then the provincial test of more than 4,000 to 5,000 people, and finally the palace test of more than 100 people. The selection was layer upon layer. It can be said that It’s one out of two hundred thousand people. How can you get the top prize if you don’t study the scriptures?”

"yes."

Wang Zeng also smiled and said: "You don't know something. Although this special title is only the fifth one, it can also make countless scholars go crazy. You must know that I only recruit scholars once every two years in the Song Dynasty, and each time I recruit no more than There are more than a hundred people, even if they are special names, they are one in a million."

Although Zhao Jun despised the status of a Jinshi named Tong, that was because from the perspective of future generations, he felt that the status of a Jinshi named Tong was too low and not worthy of him.

But from the perspective of people from the Song Dynasty, even if they were born with the same Jinshi, they would be proud of their ancestors.

The reason is the acceptance rate!

According to the "Song Huiyao Collection" records, during the Zhao Kuangyin period in the early Song Dynasty, more than 100,000 people took part in the provincial examination every year. By the Renzong Dynasty, this number had reached 200,000, and by the Lizong Dynasty of the Southern Song Dynasty, it had reached 400,000.

While many people took part in the provincial examination, the admission rate was extremely low. For example, in the fifth year of Chongning, Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty, 180,000 people took the provincial examination, and only 2,334 people passed the examination, with an admission rate of 1.29%.

Although the admission rate from Juren Examination to Jinshi Examination is slightly higher than that of the Provincial Examination, with more than 100 candidates being admitted out of several thousand, it is still very few and far between.

Therefore, in terms of admission rate, the admission rate of Renmin University is really nothing, and even Tsinghua and Peking University cannot compare.

But Zhao Jun still looked disgusted and said: "The problem is that Te Zuoming's status in the officialdom is really too low. It's not that I look down on Te Zuoming, but since I want to do big things, shouldn't my starting point be higher? Some?"

"With us here, are we still worried that your starting point is not high?"

Lu Yijian smiled.

Zhao Jun shook his head: "I don't think it's as simple as Mr. Lu thinks. The identity you arranged for me is that both my parents are dead, right?"

"yes."

"I am an ordinary Bianliang person with no father or mother and no background. I failed many exams and was awarded the title of official with the same background as Jinshi. How low do you think my status is in the officialdom?"

"Forehead"

Everyone looked at each other. Since ancient times, those who entered the officialdom and those who were granted Jinshi status were at the bottom of the chain of contempt in the officialdom.

It would be fine if there was a background, but without a background it would simply be the bottom of the bottom.

It is true that people will look down on you if you hang around in officialdom.

Zhao Jun continued: "And then there are officials and prime ministers backing me? Will rumors spread all over Bianliang the next day? I am afraid that the news that I am an illegitimate son of an official will be spread. Do you believe it?" "

"It's not that exaggerated."

Zhao Zhen scratched his head.

He really didn't know how terrifying the people's chat after dinner in Bianliang was.

Zhao Jun smiled and said: "Whether it's that exaggerated or not, that's what it means. So I hope to have a certain status in the officialdom in the future and not be controlled by others. So getting a relatively high imperial examination ranking is my primary goal."

"What you said does make sense. There is such disdain in today's officialdom. The first-class people discriminate against the second-class people, the second-class people discriminate against the third-class people, the third-class people discriminate against the fourth people, and the fourth-class people discriminate against their subordinates and fifth-class people."

Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "But the problem is that the imperial examination method must not be changed. No matter how much you say, you must pass the examination before you can become an official!"

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "Isn't it just the exam? What we contemporary students are not afraid of the most is the exam. Back then, more than 10 million people took the college entrance examination in a year. In the true sense, thousands of troops crossed the single-plank bridge, but they were different and were admitted to the National People's Congress."

"To put it lightly."

Fan Zhongyan couldn't help but joked at the side: "Do you know the Nine Classics, Five Classics, Kaiyuan Rites, Three Histories, Three Rites, Three Biography, Scholarship, Ming Dharma, Ming Jing? Even if you can pass the policy theory, what about the poems?"

"Poetry? It's simple! Can I just copy it?"

Zhao Jun said happily.

Just kidding, it’s hard to copy poems from the Northern Song Dynasty, but I can’t copy those from the Southern Song Dynasty?

It’s no wonder that the Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty and even the Republic of China all had good poems. I’m afraid of this?

Fan Zhongyan felt paralyzed at that time and said angrily: "You copied that, you can't count it!"

"hehe."

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "What I wrote is mine. I remember Su Shi was born in the third year of Jingyou. He is only one year old this year. Why don't you go to him to confront me and accuse me of copying his poems? And it's not just I will also copy Su Shi’s works.”

Yan Shu was shocked: "You dare to copy ours?"

Zhao Jun stared at Yan Shu maliciously and said: "I remember your most famous work is "Huanxisha", which contains the sentence "There is no choice but the flowers fall away, and the familiar swallows return." "I don't know if I've written it yet."

Yan Shu glared at him and said angrily: "I'm sorry, I wrote it in the second year of Tiansheng."

Zhao Jun thought for a while and said, "You definitely didn't write that song "Mountain Willow: To the Singer". I remember that it was written when you were demoted at the age of sixty."

Yan Shu was shocked and said: "Are those the poems I will write in the future?"

Zhao Jun put his hands on his hips and pointed at his nose with his right thumb: "Of course, if you didn't write it, it's mine. I've traveled through time, why not let me copy it? Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty was a poet, I After copying all of yours, I must be a Ci Immortal."

"You dare, little bastard!"

Yan Shu was furious.

What do literati love most?

Of course it's a name.

In the Song Dynasty, if one wanted to become famous, the first thing to do was to write lyrics.

Everyone knows what a word is.

Wen refers to political articles, such as Su Xun's famous "On the Six Kingdoms".

Yan Shu was a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. He loved writing lyrics most and regarded writing lyrics as more important than his own life.

As a result, Zhao Jun copied the lyrics he had worked so hard to write, which was literally costing him his life.

Let alone Zhao Jun, even his own son would want to roll up his sleeves and beat him half to death.

And it wasn't just him, everyone was furious after hearing this.

Because although people here have their own interests and standpoints, one thing they all have in common is that they are honest and upright as officials and behave like gentlemen.

That's why Zhao Jun was punished for not teaching Japan before, and he was quite critical of some of his conspiracies.

To put it simply, these people consider themselves to be gentlemen and disdain to use those dirty tricks.

Now Zhao Jun has made it clear that he wants to cheat by plagiarism.

Although whether copying poems that have not yet appeared in the future is considered cheating may be open to discussion.

But for these morally obsessed people, it still feels uncomfortable.

Even angrier than when Zhao Jun pointed at their noses and scolded them.

But they didn't know that this was where Zhao Jun was very dissatisfied with them.

Although there are many aspects of Confucianism that are positive, such as establishing correct three views, teaching people to respect the elderly, love the young, and strive for self-improvement.

But sometimes people become dogmatic, rigid and unable to adapt.

There is obviously a top student here, but he still has to be allowed to take the exam openly. Even if he goes through the back door, he can only go through the special test.

He had no idea how much influence his special name would have on his reputation and status in official circles in the future.

This is a battle for the right to speak in official circles, and there must be no compromise.

So in the face of everyone's pedantry, Zhao Jun said half-jokingly: "I am a descendant of the Zhao family. If you call me a little bastard, you are calling Taizu. Lao Yan, you are done. You called Emperor Taizu a rabbit. What are your intentions!" "

"I"

Yan Shu felt numb at that time. He had never seen such a shameless person.

"What a good guy, you copied someone else's poems in front of them and then bit back the words. I've never seen such an arrogant person in my life."

"Yeah, you're too thick-skinned."

"When the First Emperor was building the Great Wall, he was using his face to build it. Why bother with the Xiongnu going south to invade?"

"I have never seen such a brazen person."

King Lu Yijian and the others were also dumbfounded and started talking about it.

This face is comparable to a city wall.

Fan Zhongyan was also dumbfounded, raised his thumbs up, and said speechlessly: "You are really good, but what about the meaning of the scriptures?"

"Are the meanings of scripture important?"

Zhao Jun asked.

"Of course it's important!"

Zhao Zhen said without hesitation.

Zhao Jun shook his head and said: "What can Jingyi do? I have mathematical, physical and chemical knowledge in my head, which can strengthen the country. I have economic, cultural and military knowledge, and I can also strengthen the country. I can also invent and create, reform the system, and predict history. Which one is not better than Jingyi Is it important that all the top scholars in the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties combined are as good as me?"

Wang Zeng was in the third grade at the beginning, but he was not happy at that time and said: "Zhao Jun, don't talk nonsense. The classics and principles can govern the country and stabilize the country. Zhao Pu said: Half of the Analects can govern the world. Have you heard of it?"

"Stop joking, if the Analects of Confucius is useful, will the Northern Song Dynasty destroy the country? Will so many dynasties in the past destroy the country?"

Zhao Jun immediately slapped his face and said: "Since the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has been the only one. As a result, the feudal dynasty in the past two thousand years has only lived for three hundred years. It is because Confucian culture has restricted the progress and development of society. In what age are we still holding on to those things? Old ideas; ideological culture must keep pace with the times and reform the old, this is the true meaning of the scriptures! "

"It's all nonsense! It's all nonsense."

Cai Qi took offense to the case. He was also a scholar and was very unhappy that Zhao Jun belittled Confucianism and the scholar.

"This is not a myth, it is a fact."

Zhao Jun shook his index finger: "Sometimes you have to admit that the times are progressing and society is developing. The stereotypes and traditional ideas you hold every day are completely ignorant and dross, which seriously restricts the development of the country and makes a country always stand still."

"Why was it that in the early Qing Dynasty, China was still ranked first in the world, but Europe could catch up in just one or two hundred years and colonize all over the world?"

“It’s because people’s minds were not constrained that they completed the industrial revolution in a short period of time.”

"But Confucianism will only teach you every day that the king should be the guide for his subjects, the father should be the guide for his son, and the husband should be the guide for his wife. It will make you obey his words and turn the people of the country into slaves of the king."

"Although this did help a lot in the emperor's centralization of power, once society and ideas were solidified, the country would not be able to progress."

"The Song Dynasty was poor in military affairs, but its cultural and economic development was very brilliant. The four major inventions of ancient China that are recognized by the world were basically perfected in the Song Dynasty."

"Gunpowder that appeared in the Tang Dynasty began to be used in the military, papermaking that appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty helped scholars popularize knowledge, Bi Sheng invented movable type printing, and the compass was also widely used in navigation."

"However, Mr. Lu Xun once said that foreign countries use gunpowder to make bullets to defend their enemies, but China uses it to make firecrackers to worship gods; foreign countries use compass needles for navigation, but China uses them to read Feng Shui; paper and printing made European civilization develop and prosper, but you are You have tied up your thoughts and cannot use them to get on the right path.”

"Europe also has emperors, so why can't they complete the industrial revolution but you can't? Isn't it because the dregs of Confucianism have bound people's minds and put the shackles of loyalty and patriotism on people's heads, solidifying classes? No one can make progress.”

"Science, technology, inventions and creations are regarded as strange and obscene skills, non-Confucianism is regarded as cultural heresy, and warriors are factors of instability. If this is suppressed and that is suppressed day by day, how can the country develop and become militarily powerful? ?”

"And I can obviously help you build a strong national industry, develop basic education, and reform the official system. I am more knowledgeable than everyone here, but I can't become an official because of rigid dogma."

"So what is this if not pedantic?"

At the end, Zhao Jun's tone became more and more severe. Although it was true that the old Zhao family was his ancestor, it was undeniable that the Song Dynasty's position in history was indeed embarrassing and very unpleasant.

The imperial examination system itself was created to recruit talents, but they cling to dogmatism and prevent talents from entering official positions with high status. Isn't that putting the cart before the horse?

You must know that Zhao Jun has studied the imperial examination culture. The most important reason why he insisted on taking the Jinshi examination and did not want to be granted the same background as the Jinshi was the issue of the right to speak in the officialdom.

Since he agreed to Zhao Zhen and wanted to contribute to the Song Dynasty, he naturally had to enter the officialdom.

As a Jinshi scholar, not only was his promotion slow and his salary low, he was also at the bottom of the official hierarchy.

In the future, I will not have the confidence to speak in front of my colleagues at the same level, or even those who are lower than me but have passed the first, second, or even third or fourth grade.

For example, when he enters the yamen in the future, his colleagues at the same level will look down on him, and lower-level officials will easily act in a submissive manner, making him subject to control like a little daughter-in-law. Even if he wants to make a difference, he may not be able to exercise power.

No one will take care of you.

This is the importance of the official voice.

Therefore, based on these reasons, Zhao Jun does not want to be at the bottom of the contempt chain. Not to mention being given the number one pick, he should at least be ranked first or second.

So Zhao Jun hoped that they could be flexible and change their ideas, such as allowing himself to plagiarize later poems and songs.

If he continues to be so rigid, Zhao Jun will really consider running away.

After all, he never thought that after traveling to the Song Dynasty, he would have to be obedient to the Song Dynasty's monarchs.

If we can't even make this small change, then what's the point of talking about reform and progress?