Shangguan Wan'er stood quietly in the pavilion and Taichung, watching Tang Song talking in front of Wu Zetian... her feelings were very complicated.

Over the years, not to mention the white-bodied scholars who were only a teenager, even the officials in the prefectures who had been practicing for a long time in those places must be frightened when they first met the Holy Emperor, and some of them could not even speak in a vain way.

On the one hand, this is because the Holy Emperor has a strong monarchy; on the other hand, it is because the ancients were born with respect for the emperor. Therefore, there are two reasons: if it were not for the fact that people who often saw the emperor would inevitably be nervous and even lose their composure when they first met the emperor.

But Tang Song is a real alien. At such an age and identity, he can hardly see any nervousness when facing the Holy Emperor. Once he speaks, he feels extremely relaxed, or even has a little casual meaning.

Thinking of the way he looked when he was with him, Shangguan Wan'er finally could only sigh that Tang Song was indeed an alien, born with a strong courage, and it would be difficult to explain these abnormalities without this.

In addition, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but sigh at Tang Song's natural intelligence. This is not about those who recite poems and essays, but when Tang Song faced several questions from the Holy Emperor, he had never met the Holy Emperor before, but he unknowingly used the most accurate way to get along with the Holy Emperor and said the truth, and said whatever he thought in his heart.

It should be noted that this is the code of conduct that Shangguan Wan'er had only been with him for many years, but Tang Song seemed to be born to know that in addition to being born with intelligence, how should he explain such actions?

In addition to such emotion, Shangguan Wan'er naturally became worried when she looked at Tang Song who was talking to her.

Since the end of the Han Dynasty, the great family has been going on for hundreds of years. Even the lords of the former dynasty, such a talented and stubborn lord, could not solve this problem. Tang Song, a white-bodied scholar, rashly fell into it, and the danger was really hard to predict.

Some things are not something that everyone can participate in.

Inexplicably, Shangguan Wan'er actually remembered Shangguan Yi again

Alas! Shangguan Wan'er, who sighed in her heart, heard that Wu Zetian had already spoken out clearly, and Tang Song, who was ignorant of life and death, seemed to have the intention to accept the words, so she coughed lightly and interrupted, "Let's retreat..."

As soon as Shangguan Wan'er said this, the eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting inside and outside the pavilion retreated silently. They just took thirty or forty steps away, and they could no longer hear the words in the pavilion and stood up again.

For a moment, only Tang Song, Wu Zetian and Shangguan Wan'er were left in the entire spacious pavilion.

Wu Zetian didn't see this, but Tang Song, who was sitting upright, understood what Shangguan Wan'er meant. So he didn't say anything. He said until the palace ladies retreated far away: "The power of the aristocratic family is far from achieving success overnight. It is said that three feet of ice is not a day. If Your Majesty wants to use the imperial examination to weaken the aristocratic family, it is not enough..."

“Why?”

As early as the month when he was helping with the exam, Tang Song had thought about this question many times.

The reason why the aristocratic family is powerful and has a high reputation is that they have huge power. For example, the Boling Cui family has been passed down for nearly 600 years. In the past six hundred years, it has risen and destroyed many dynasties, but no matter how these kings change, this family can always adapt quickly. In all dynasties, there are a large number of children who have served as officials in different dynasties.

This situation really corresponds to the saying: a family that is strong and a dynasty that flows through water.

It is the generations of children who have served as officials in different dynasties that have supported a family. As time goes by, the family has become more and more profound, its power has become more and more famous among the people.

In the final analysis, it is actually the people who really support these families.

Talent is the "skin" of the gentry families. As for reputation, land, wealth, etc., they are just "hair". Where will the skin be attached if it does not have hair?

By following this point, you can find the most fundamental reason for the prosperity of the gentry families:

educate

Over the past few hundred years, countless aristocratic families have emerged, but countless aristocratic families have also declined. A family like Cui Lu and Li Zheng, which can be passed down for hundreds of years, has one similar thing in common, and can even be said to be the ultimate secret of their prosperity. It attaches great importance to education within the family and literally occupies the most top educational resources in the contemporary world.

There are clans in the family that never recruits students from outside, and even in the outside world, the order of these clans will not be at all chaotic, and will not be interrupted. All direct children in the clan must enter school, even women must enroll at the age of eight, learn to learn literacy, learn basic Confucian classics, and learn the Book of Rites until they are twelve. This is true for women, let alone those men.

The family has a small test every year and a big test every three years. After hundreds of years of development, these families with constant heritage have long formed the most constitutional and strictest education and talent training system of the same era.

In such an amazing era where the official school is often in troubled times, the slackness of the government and even the literacy rate is low, how much wealth is this?

In a chaotic world, if you conquer the world, you must govern the world. Scholars are always indispensable. Therefore, no matter how chaotic the world was in chaos during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, how frequently the dynasty changed, when a new dynasty ended in the world and wanted to govern the world, this aristocratic family with rich talent reserves would enter the court, recover and rise with the trend.

In the nearly 550 years of history, the four hundred years of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties have been almost chaotic. The Sui Dynasty unified the world but died in two lifetimes, and then the world was in chaos again. It was not until the Tang Dynasty settled the Chang'an that the world was officially unified and settled.

In the nearly 100 years from Emperor Gaozong of Tang to Wu Zetian in power, the world was peaceful, civil affairs gradually prospered, and the education system dominated by the court was basically complete. Under such circumstances, these gentry families could still live so well. In addition to the better education in their families, there is another important reason that these gentry families have the best educational resources in the world.

As for books alone, it is no exaggeration to say that if the number of books is stored, the four schools are far inferior to the court. However, if the book is complete and complete, the collection of books in the court is not as good as the four schools. Many classics that were not available in royal libraries have preserved, or even the isolated and rare books from hundreds of years ago.

After four hundred years of troubled times, the Li Tang Dynasty rose for less than a hundred years, but the four families have not yet been passed down for hundreds of years. In terms of the accumulation and inheritance of knowledge, these families have unique advantages in time.

Although papermaking and printing have long been invented, due to technical reasons, the cost of woodblock printing throughout the Tang Dynasty, especially in the early Tang Dynasty, was still extremely high, and was far beyond the burden of ordinary families and ordinary scholars.

At this time, the woodblock printing was mainly used for the engraving of Buddhist scriptures and Taoist scriptures. It can be said that at least half of every ten spoils in this era were either Buddhist scriptures or Taoist scriptures. Because Buddhism and Taoism were prosperous in the Tang Dynasty, these scriptures were sold very well. They could be made in one piece and copied repeatedly, which invisibly reduced the cost of woodblock printing.

The level of development of productivity restricts the popularization of knowledge. Although the monopoly of education has been gradually broken and the education itself has gradually declined, high-end education, especially the top elite education, still has a monopoly that monopolizes a very small number of aristocratic families.

Even if the aristocratic families like Cui, Lu, Li, and Zheng cannot cultivate the top talents, the children they cultivate are indeed better than the poor people as a whole.

The root of this difference is not intelligence, but resources.

In this context, the reform of the scientific examination system will limit the development of these gentry families, but it is hard to say how big it is. Once these giants quickly adapt to the new examination system, they will still make breakthroughs under the new examination system with the advantages they have accumulated over hundreds of years.

Faced with the strictest examination system, the children of these gentry families generally have higher chances of passing the exam than those of poor families. This time Cui Ni's pass is one of the obvious evidence.

Who can guarantee that every scientific examination in the future will be as strict as this time?

The so-called centipede insects die without being stiff. These aristocratic families can survive hundreds of years of ups and downs. They always have their own unique features. If you want to deal with this huge force that regards family interests above everything else, you will never be able to accomplish things simply.

After listening to these thoughts and analysis, Wu Zetian was speechless for a long time. She had thought about what Tang Song said, but she hadn't thought so deeply.

Everyone has their limitations, even Wu Zetian is no exception. At least it is difficult for her to break out of the era she lives in and analyze the rationality and root causes of these aristocratic families from the perspective of productivity development and technological development.

Therefore, Tang Song's analysis was indeed refreshing for Wu Zetian. Although many of them were unprecedented insights, it made sense to think about it carefully.

Also, Tang Song's words "The iron-clad dynasty of aristocratic families..." are really exciting for an emperor.

After walking around the pavilion and Taichung for a long time with his hands behind his back, Wu Zetian finally spoke: "Since you are thinking so deeply, can you have a contract to deal with it?"

This is a system project that is bigger and more troublesome than the previous reopening of the scientific examination. Although Tang Song had some ideas, they were all scattered and unsystematic.

In this case, it is better to hide your weakness than to show off your ugly ugliness. Tang Song did not speak rashly, just saying that he should be more careful.

"Well, it's better to be cautious..." Wu Zetian nodded and returned to the brocade bed to sit. "Since that's the case, you can do this in the next few days. If you have any gains, you can come to the couplet to report..."

At this point, Wu Zetian leaned slightly, "Wan'er, you have a public office for Tang Song in Chongwen Museum. The library's collection is allowed to borrow and read. If he sees Yulian, he will not stop or delay..."

"My daughter leads the gang

Seeing that the matter was almost done, Wu Zetian was willing to condemn him to leave at any time, Tang Song hurriedly followed and asked, "Is there a salary in the Chongwen Pavilion? Can the court arrange a residence?"

The previous topic was really dull, but Tang Song's question made Wu Zetian laugh out loud, and even Shangguan Wan'er behind her pursed her lips.

Tang Song is really doing things like asking for a salary and a house in front of the emperor... It's so easy to be careless about the details.

Although the two of them laughed, Tang Song took it for granted, and there was no hint on his face. He filled his sentence with a sentence, "It is not easy to get a high price in Luoyang..."

This is also the truth. God is not that easy to live in, let alone Tang Song is still a person who doesn’t like to make himself wronged in life. Although he brought a lot of money when he went to Beijing from Xiangzhou, he couldn’t withstand the trouble of only entering and leaving for a long time.

It’s okay to take a step back and use this daily use, but the house is going to be dead. He can’t always live in the back garden of the rental house! He doesn’t want to live in Nancheng, so why is it easy to buy a house in Beicheng? I’m afraid that if a house goes down, he will immediately become a poor person. Food and clothing have become a problem. How can he do things?

"You are not an official, how can you get your salary?" When Tang Song was feeling cold, Wu Zetian chuckled and said, "But although there is no reward, there is a salary. Wan'er, since you are in charge of the inner treasury, you can also hand it over to you for handling this matter. Don't be too conspicuous and don't be petty..."

Zhiguan Wan'er bowed to answer.

When Wu Zetian was about to wave his hand to let him go, Tang Song said, "There is something else below..."

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Wan'er frowned again. It was not a good thing to speak too much in front of the emperor, let alone for these little things that are not worth mentioning.

"Play"

"I want to call someone to help..." Tang Song didn't say nonsense and told He Zhizhang about it.

When Wu Zetian heard that He Zhizhang was actually sent to Longyou County as the county magistrate by the officials, Wu Zetian frowned slightly, but said nothing.

After Tang Song finished speaking, Wu Zetian said lightly, "It's accurate", then turned around and looked at Shangguan Wan'er. Shangguan Wan'er nodded.

All the things that should be said have been said, and Tang Song no longer stayed for a moment.

After watching Tang Songzao leave the pavilion and walk away along the Ningbi Pool, Wu Zetian smiled slightly, "This year, a scientific examination has indeed selected a craftable material..."

I had heard this once when I came back from Chunmingyuan that day, and this time it was the second time. However, Shangguan Wan'er didn't say much, just smiled, "Your Majesty will not be wrong when he sees people, but this person is too tired and despicable. It would be fine if he doesn't know etiquette, how could there be a saint emperor who asks for money and house in front of him?"

"It is precisely because of his unrestrained heart that he can be so aggressive. As for people like Helian, he is more reliable..."

At this point, Wu Zetian waved his hand, "Forget it, let's not talk about him anymore. Wan'er, let's talk about where this trend of attacking Zhuwu began?"

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Wan'er's smile suddenly disappeared, "My daughter is stupid and doesn't know..."

Wu Zetian snorted coldly, and when he lay back on the brocade bed, his face was already cold.

Get off the car that day, the largest accord in Wanfu Wanshou Building was extremely lively. Because of its loud noise, it even affected the two hatchbacks.

Most of the people who can come to Wanfu Wanshou Tower are not ordinary people. Then the Accords on both sides condemned people to come out to check, but after these servants asked and reported clearly, the banqueting people in the Accords on both sides did not blame anything when they smiled.

As the most famous restaurant in Shendu, Wanfu Wanshou Building provides new Jinshi with an opportunity to gather together every year. This time, the new Jinshi did not need to pay any meals and wine, just leave a piece of calligraphy. Of course, only the new Jinshi who can participate in the gathering together are the new Jinshi students.

Today is the time for the 25 new Jinshi students in the current class to gather together. It would be strange if these proud people gathered together without being lively. Who would have been there to argue with them?

Many new Jinshi in the lively Accord were chatting and wandering around, but there were two people who were a little incompatible with the lively atmosphere.

One of the two men had a strong frustration on his face, which was the head of the Jinshi exam, Yuezhou He Zhizhang.

To this day, the new Jinshi have been distributed. Although thirteen of the twenty-five new Jinshis were divided into the capital, seven of them were in Gyeonggi Province, and the other five were also placed in the east and west areas of Jiangnan. After counting, only his head was divided the farthest and the most biased.

After today's gathering, the new Jinshi will go their separate ways. At this time, others are full of energy, but how can Zhuang Tou He Zhizhang be happy.

Fortunately, there was still someone around him to help him, "Ji Zhen, it is a blessing to have a loss of horses. Recently, the court has been quite uneasy, and the dispute over the royal heirs is becoming increasingly fierce. Staying in the capital at this time may not be a good thing, so be more at ease!"

"Tingzhi, you were distributed to Jiangnan East Road, but you can still be said to be a refugee, but you were sent to Longyou like this..." At this point, He Zhizhang smiled lonelyly, "How can you avoid the risks and the risks and the risks and the situation are?"

"What is Jiangnan Dongdao who won't go..." Liu Tingzhi, who chanted "The Sorrow of the White-Headed Old Man" in Taoli Garden that day, said in a faint voice, "I'm sure Brother Ji Zhen has decided to resign..."

"What?"

"The officialdom is dangerous and too conservative, so I really have no intention of this. The world is so big that there are so many beautiful mountains and rivers to appreciate, so why bother to fall into a dangerous situation and fall into a person who is not free..." Although Liu Tingzhi's voice was quiet, he had a decisive intention in it, which clearly had already made up his mind.

This person's surname is Liu, and Tingzhi is just his name, and his name is Xiyi. He has a famous uncle all over the world. This is Song Zhiwen, who is still in prison today.

Liu Xiyi's Xingji was born with a silence, and she had something like Song Zhiwen, so she naturally hated the officialdom even more. He Zhizhang knew what his heart was, but he wanted to persuade him but didn't know how to speak.
To be continued...