Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 108 Recruiting Talent
It's the end of the year.

All projects have been started.

If you work hard now, you might be able to get a big chicken drumstick for yourself and your family during the Chinese New Year.

Compared to his father who preferred to give money to scholars and officials, Zhao Xin obviously preferred to give money to the poor.

Maybe he was a poor man before.

then……

Zhao Xin felt that he had to recruit another group of capable officials to prepare for future development.

Moreover, he always felt that there were really no useful people in the Song Dynasty.

Then the problem is coming!

What method should be adopted to recruit this group of capable officials?

Zhao Xin obviously did not want the increasingly corrupt official atmosphere of the Song Dynasty to affect his future base.

Then he went to his father and said, "Dad! I need a group of capable officials."

Before this, Zhao Xin seldom did anything, and Zhao Zhen was still wondering why he never did anything at all.

But nowadays…

Seeing that Zhao Xin asked him for things every now and then, Zhao Zhen wondered why Zhao Xinglai asked him for things every day.

Zhao Zhen then said, "Then Daddy will find it for you. How much do you want?"

Zhao Xin said, "No! I will make the test papers and find the answers myself. Daddy, you just need to be responsible for holding the test."

Zhao Zhen looked surprised and asked, "Zui Xinglai can also give exam papers?"

Zhao Xin: "How difficult is this! Daddy, look!"

then……

Zhao Xin threw the test paper directly in his father's face.

……

Question 1: Have you ever farmed?

This would probably eliminate at least 90% of the people.

Question 2: What is the sum of one plus ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine?
Are you testing other people's arithmetic?
Question 3: Do you have a certain understanding of the construction of farmland water conservancy facilities?

What’s the matter? Do you still want to develop water conservancy projects?

The fourth question is, do you have a thorough understanding of the production in various parts of the Song Dynasty?

How can you ask about the production in different places?
Question 5: Do you have a certain understanding of Ma Zheng?

Why are you asking about Ma Zheng again?

Question 6: What kind of person do you think you are?

This really confused Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Xin wrote another sentence at the end: Please don’t be complacent and answer truthfully.

……

After Zhao Xin waited for his father to finish reading, he said, "If we ask everyone to come to Kaifeng City to take the exam, this is a bit impractical."

"Therefore, Daddy, you should just issue this edict directly, so that officials and even civilians in the world can respond. When the time comes, seal it and send it to the Jinzouyuan in various places, and then send it from the Jinzouyuan to the capital."

Zhao Zhen also understood, "Zui Xinglai, are you trying to promote talents without any restrictions?"

Zhao Xin thought to himself, "I just don't have much confidence in the officials you selected through the imperial examination."

and……

These students all came for the court, so who would be willing to work hard and follow him to open up wasteland in Xuchang and Nanyang?

Rather than hiring an arrogant person who passed the imperial examination, Zhao Xin would rather hire an old farmer who can work hard and open up new land.

At least the old farmers don’t have such high requirements.

but……

The real old farmers are definitely not like that. There must be some who have received education and have relevant experience, but are just frustrated and unhappy.

Then, seeing his identity as Prince of Yu, he might be interested in following him.

Coupled with this professional match, it is like a perfect match between the ruler and his subjects, just like fish in water.

then……

As if he had thought of something, Zhao Xin asked his father to issue another national decree to recruit craftsmen from all over the country who were skilled in the art of making mechanical devices. They could also submit their works to the Jinzouyuan and have the Jinzouyuan bring the works to the capital.

Zhao Xin either doesn't do it at all, or if he does it, he does it all at once.

The reason he didn't do this before was that he had no money and couldn't pay people their salaries.

nowadays……

He had some money, more or less, so he didn't have to worry about the salary.

Let’s first see if there are any talented people in this world.

...The imperial edict was issued quickly.

of course!

It is definitely the fastest to receive the message around the capital.

Everyone is curious, what is this routine! ?

but……

Look at asking others if they have ever cultivated land. The purpose is very obvious. It is obvious that they just want others to open up new land.

therefore……

Many old bureaucrats just smiled at this.

It is naturally impossible for them to do such a hard task.

However, some students taking the imperial examinations were interested in this.

Since not everyone can pass the imperial examination, this is obviously the government's attempt to recruit talent. Why not take this opportunity to see if you can also gain fame?
The pity is that many people can neither farm nor manage horse farms, let alone build farmland water conservancy facilities.

However, if they add up the number from one to ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine, as well as the production from all over the Song Dynasty, they might be able to challenge it.

then……

Some people also hold a lucky mentality and try to answer these two questions.

For a while...

The capital city became lively without anyone noticing.

……

Yan Shu's side...

"Daddy, what's going on?"

his son asked him.

Yan Shu also replied: "How should I know?"

His son then asked, "Dad, aren't you the teacher of His Royal Highness Prince Yu?"

Yan Shu also stroked his beard. Actually...

He is just the enlightenment teacher of His Royal Highness Prince Yu.

I taught His Royal Highness Prince Yu to learn a few thousand words.

and……

Nowadays, His Royal Highness Prince Yu rarely visits him, unless there is some serious business to deal with.

As the Chief Censor, Wang Gongchen must of course always keep an eye on the developments in the court.

but……

There wasn't much of a reaction.

after all……

As long as it doesn't affect your own interests.

Anyway...

Please submit your petition when you have time.

folk.

Everyone is racking their brains to figure out what the sum of one plus ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine is. Isn't this difficult? You say that adding one to ninety-nine can be calculated slowly.

of course!

This is all for idiots.

A smart person would have known what this equals.

But the problem is...

These people generally already served in the court, especially in the Imperial Observatory.

Is it possible...

You are a person from the Imperial Observatory, and yet you are trying to steal other people's jobs.

In their view, these questions can at most be used to communicate and discuss with colleagues. If a colleague cannot solve the problem, they will laugh at him for the rest of his life.

"Daddy! Do you know how to solve this problem?"

In a certain family, the daughter asked her father.

His father took the question and actually came up with such a tricky question, but...

After all, he had pondered this for many years and realized that it was impossible to add the numbers one by one. He had to use a clever method. What was this clever method? He tried it casually and figured out the method of adding the numbers before and after and then multiplying them by a number. He said, "Is it 4,999,950,000?"

His daughter was dissatisfied at the time and said shyly, "Daddy, how could you figure it out so quickly? It's so boring!"

(End of this chapter)