Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 151 Topic
January, the seventh year of the Qingli period.

Just one day had passed since the New Year's Eve, and Zhao Xin had already devoted himself to educating his concubine, or to be more precise, educating his son.

However, rather than calling it educating his concubine, it would be more accurate to say that he wanted his concubine to pass on his wisdom.

In order to make people gain wisdom, first of all, we must let them know the logic behind how the world actually operates.

For example, how did the country come about?

Zhao Xin first asked them questions one by one, then stood up, raised his head at a 45-degree angle, and told them his opinions.

Well……

Some words may be a little unorthodox.

But basically speaking, it is quite true.

The concubines were naturally dumbfounded.

Everyone looked at Zhao Xin with strange expressions.

I don’t know what Zhao Xin does.

When Zhao Xin said that if he was gone in the future, they would teach all this knowledge to their son.

The four of them blushed again.

But it is also true.

The young man is really well-informed.

He even knows what the country is and how it came to be. He should be said to be worthy of being the son of an official.

Zhao Xin just let them know it themselves.

Don't tell anyone carelessly.

Or arguing with others.

It's like you have a way to make money, and you are the only one who knows it. You definitely wouldn't be stupid enough to tell others about it.

If you tell others, they will take your money.

And he told four people.

In this world, you either have power or you have money.

otherwise……

None of them can be considered as superior people.

Their goal, of course, is to have both power and money.

And it would be best if you could become a superior person.

This is like, in the Song Dynasty today, in a family, the smartest and most worldly-wise person will always be appointed as an official.

Then, let another person go into business.

Let businessmen give money to support officials so that they don’t have to be greedy for money.

As for the officials, whenever there is any movement in the court, businessmen will be the first to know about it.

With such mutual cooperation and clear division of labor, there is no need to worry about the family not growing stronger.

First of all, we need to understand the operating logic of this world.

Then let them establish their own goals and positioning.

For example...

I just want to be the best.

Next…

It’s just a question of how to do it.

Zhao Xin asked them if they knew what to do next?

The four of them looked confused.

They are just concubines, so naturally they don't understand these things.

Zhao Xin also felt that this was too difficult, but the most basic thing was to let his son study hard and become an official in the future, and study business well and become a big businessman in the future. Such a simple answer should be possible, right?

He already has the reference answers.

But compared to how to do it specifically, being able to set an ambition for your son that no one else has is already a success.

take it easy!

The lifelong dream of children from ordinary families is probably what their elders tell them: to buy a house and a cow so that it will be easier to farm and find a wife in the future.

When a child from an official family is born, his dream is naturally to become a prime minister, second only to the emperor and above everyone else.

……

January, February.

Zhao Xin spent a lot of time educating his concubine.

Late February, early March.

Immediately afterwards...

Zhao Xin then started to get down to business.

To be responsible for the imperial examination. Of course!

Basically, the examination process does not need to be changed, just follow the previous method.

The main thing is that during the final scoring stage, Zhao Xin will probably have to work a bit harder.

You have to look at them one by one.

Early March.

The first examination after the imperial examination reform began.

Looking from outside the examination room, Zhao Xin seemed to see the feeling of the college entrance examination.

Even the way family and friends send off their children to take the exam seems to be exactly the same.

However, compared with students of later generations, their ages vary, and basically most of them are at least 25 years old.

even……

Some are almost 30 or 40 years old and are still taking exams.

"I'm in!"

"Stay!"

After saying goodbye to their relatives and friends, they all walked into the examination room.

Zhao Xin was just taking a look.

Immediately afterwards...

So he returned to the palace.

Those in charge of the exams are the chief examiners from previous years.

Then wait until after the exam.

They are mainly responsible for the first 60% of the content, while Zhao Xin is responsible for 40%.

This year's policy essay question is, if you were a general in Yingzhou during the Wu Zetian period, and Yingzhou had just suffered a defeat and morale was very low, what should you do to boost morale and make the Tang soldiers powerful again?

Many people scratch their heads when they see the first question.

Speaking of...

Whether they can write it or not, Your Majesty should return the throne to the Li family as soon as possible. If this can be done, the morale of the Tang Dynasty will be greatly boosted. Not to mention Yingzhou, even the Mohe in the north can be conquered.

But obviously!

If you write like this, you will definitely fail.

Aren't you making things difficult for me?

Maybe it would be possible to let Fan Zhongyan or Han Qi write it.

after all……

They are both so experienced!

However, of these two people, Han Qi is probably okay, but Fan Zhongyan will probably have to block Empress Wu's door and knock on it to ask her to return power.

As they thought about it, the candidates themselves became happy.

Coke is useless!

Now is not the time to be happy, I have to think about how to answer the questions.

This is a question that at least 70% of the candidates cannot write.

Even Zeng Gong had to scratch his head.

After all, he has no experience with things like this!
but……

You don't have to try something to know the truth. As long as you understand human nature a little and know why the soldiers' morale is low, then the problem will be easy to solve.

Why couldn’t we fight wars during the Wu Zetian period?
Because Wu Zetian let her male favorites lead the troops, and they were all incompetent generals, so you must first persuade Wu Zetian not to use your male favorites.

As soon as your male favorites appear, the soldiers will know that they will be defeated.

Zeng Gong could only write according to his own ideas.

First I make a rough draft, and then I write it bit by bit.

As for the first question, you can still make it up according to common sense.

As for the second question, it is really only possible to answer it well if you are very good at studying history.

Try to discuss the rise and fall of the Han or Tang dynasties, as well as the key turning points, and analyze the root causes of their rise and fall.

Depend on!
Some people can give up treatment without even finishing the book.

……

Because it was an additional imperial examination.

Therefore, the number of people admitted this time will not be too many.

Zhao Xin estimated that only about ten students would be admitted.

There were already many redundant officials in the Song Dynasty, and it was useless to have so many admissions.

(End of this chapter)