Chapter 59 If there is any obstacle, I will fight my way out with my sword
Ying Zheng and Fusu, father and son, also looked at the teacher.
A monarch as wise and powerful as King Zhou should not have destroyed his country!
They all hoped to get an answer from the teacher.
After listening to what the teacher said just now, Ying Zheng and others also doubted the so-called "history books" that had been passed down, and felt that what the teacher said was more in line with the truth!
Chen Qilin did not answer immediately. He had just said a lot of things, and his mouth was dry.
He sat on the leather sofa, picked up the coffee, took a sip, took a few puffs of the cigar, and then said slowly:
"The Shang Dynasty had a strict hierarchy. Only aristocrats could be officials. No matter how talented the villains and untouchables from the civilian class were, they could not enter the officialdom.
However, King Zhou Di Xin, because the aristocrats were corrupt and no one was available, not only did he use a large number of lower-class untouchables, but also slaves and criminals.
This naturally caused fierce opposition from the entire aristocracy, and it was inevitable that he would be overthrown in the end!
This is the sorrow of the reformers!
Just like Shang Yang, who made immortal contributions to the reform of the Qin State, laid the foundation for Qin to unify the six countries, but ended up being torn to pieces by a chariot!
Of course, the above is only one of the reasons why Di Xin was overthrown and burned himself in the end!"
Ying Zheng fell into deep thought. How difficult it is for reformers!
Li Si asked again:
"Sir, Emperor Xin could have first destroyed Xiqi and stabilized the internal affairs, and then attacked the south. This would not have destroyed the country! Why did Emperor Xin choose to attack the south first?"
Chen Qilin looked at Ying Zheng and said:
"Good question, this is exactly the second reason why Emperor Xin destroyed the country!
The late Shang Dynasty was in the Little Ice Age, the temperature dropped sharply, the land in the north became colder and colder, food and prey decreased sharply, and many people starved to death.
In order to snatch food for the people to survive, King Zhou launched a war against the south, which had more fertile land, more prey and food.
Of course, Emperor Xin could also choose to stabilize the internal affairs before fighting against foreign enemies, and destroy Xiqi first, which would be safer.
But time waits for no one. The territory where the Shang Dynasty is located is getting colder and colder, and there is a shortage of food, and more and more people are starving to death.
If Emperor Xin really spends a lot of troops to destroy Xiqi If the Shang Dynasty fell, it would basically be unable to defeat the southern tribes.
His people could only starve to death in large numbers... Even the inheritance of Yan and Huang would be cut off!
In order to allow more people to survive, Emperor Xin resolutely chose to attack the south first!
Even if this was done, the rule of the Shang Dynasty might be overthrown!
But Emperor Xin still chose this way. His belief was:
The Shang Dynasty could perish, but the descendants of Yan and Huang and the inheritance of China could not be cut off!
The final outcome was that he was betrayed by his friends and relatives. The nobles such as Xibo Hou Jifa, Jiang Ziya, and Wei Zi took advantage of Emperor Xin's efforts to fight for the people's survival and successfully destroyed the Shang Dynasty from the inside, forcing Emperor Xin to burn himself!
After the Western Zhou Dynasty replaced the Shang Dynasty, it spared no effort to blacken Emperor Xin, making him wear the hat of a fatuous tyrant and be infamous for thousands of years..."
"The despicable villain Jifa, Jiang Ziya, and Wei Zi are hateful! ! ! "Ying Zheng punched heavily on the sofa.
The emperor hated betrayal the most!
Fusu and Li Si were also quite touched!
Chen Qilin said nothing more, stood up and came to the window, smoking a cigar.
After a while, the emotions of Ying Zheng and others stabilized.
"Sir, I want to build a temple for Emperor Xin to prove it! I want to learn from King Zhou, reform the official selection system, and use talents in an unconventional way!"
Ying Zheng stood up and said with great power.
Chen Qilin said: "Your Majesty, doing so will offend the public and will cause many people to oppose, especially Confucianists, big families, and wealthy families! Have you thought about it?"
Ying Zheng built a temple to vindicate King Zhou, which proves that the criticism of King Zhou by Confucius, the Confucian saint, was wrong!
How can Confucian people feel about this?
How can a saint be wrong?
Those sour Confucians must be desperately opposed!
Ying Zheng vindicated King Zhou, and the big families and noble families were unwilling to do so, which means that Ying Zheng wants to change the original rules of the game, and officials are no longer decided by the powerful, wealthy, and well-connected classes such as noble families and noble families.
A large number of civilians and poor families will come in and share this cake with them!
The status of the noble families and the powerful families is unstable!
"Sir, I have made up my mind!"
Ying Zheng said with a solemn face: "I don't believe that if I want to reform the official selection system, who can stop me? If there are thousands of enemies blocking the road to reform, I will raise my sword to kill him and make a bloody road for the reform!!!"
Ying Zheng once again showed the domineering power of the emperor of all ages!
"Father, I will work with you to promote the reform of the official selection system!" Fusu stood up and said solemnly.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to be your vanguard in reforming the official selection system, charging into battle and dying!" Li Si said with a cold face.
"Good, very good!" Ying Zheng laughed heroically.
Chen Qilin also admired Ying Zheng. He has always been a man who does what he says. As long as he is determined to do something, he will never give up even if there are great difficulties or life-and-death crises.
For example, when he unified the six kingdoms, Ying Zheng encountered many assassinations, but he still did not change his original intention!
Chen Qilin said: "Since Your Majesty is determined to do so, I will give you some suggestions on reforming the official selection system!"
"Please speak, sir. I am all ears!" Ying Zheng said humbly.
Chen Qilin turned his eyes and said leisurely: "Your Majesty, you can use the imperial examination system to select officials!"
"Imperial examination system?" Ying Zheng heard this word for the first time and was quite curious.
Fusu and Li Si were the same.
Chen Qilin said: "Yes, the imperial examination system!"
"Sir, tell me in detail!" Ying Zheng was very interested.
Chen Qilin looked at the sky and it was time for dinner.
"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner. How about we eat and talk at the same time?" he said.
"I'd be disrespectful to refuse!" Ying Zheng said.
Fusu and Li Si naturally had no objection.
When Chen Qilin collected money from Ying Zheng and went to the backyard, he also told Wang Ying to cook more food.
Soon, a table of delicious dishes made by Wang Ying was served on the table, including Dongpo pork, West Lake vinegar fish, grilled lamb chops, etc.
Chen Qilin invited everyone to sit down and eat and talk.
"The imperial examination system is the fairest form of talent selection that the feudal dynasty can adopt. It expands the social level of talent introduction in the feudal dynasty and absorbs a large number of talents from the middle and lower classes into the ruling class..."
"The subjects include scholars, Jinshi, Mingfa (law), Mingzi, Mingsuan (mathematics) and other subjects. The examination contents include Shiwu Ce, Tiejing, Miscellaneous Essays..."
"The imperial examination is divided into levels, including Tongshi, Yuanshi, Xiangshi, Huishi, and Dianshi..."
While eating, Chen Qilin roughly told Ying Zheng, Fusu, Li Si and others about the main contents of the imperial examination that he knew.
He has pointed out the direction for Ying Zheng, pointed out the key points, and provided an imperial examination system with great reference value!
As for the specific plan of how Ying Zheng's Qin Dynasty reformed the official selection system, it was up to Ying Zheng, Fusu, Li Si and others to slowly manipulate it!
Ying Zheng, Fusu and others were amazed by Chen Qilin's words and gained a lot.
"Thank you for your advice, sir. If the imperial examination system is implemented in the Qin Dynasty, my talent problem can be solved!"
Finally, Ying Zheng saluted Chen Qilin with his fists.
After that, Ying Zheng prepared to take Fusu and Li Si back to the palace to discuss the imperial examination system overnight.
"Your Majesty, why are you in such a hurry? I also have a business that is compatible with the imperial examination system and I want to cooperate with you!" Chen Qilin said.
