Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 771 Self-compromise

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty abolished the imperial examinations, which was a highly controversial issue. The reasons recorded in later history books are nothing more than the following.

One is personal preference. Song Huizong loved art and luxury. He had little interest in Confucian classics and literati. Instead, he believed in Taoism and called himself the "Taojun Emperor". He appointed the corrupt official Zhu Mian to collect rare treasures from all over the world and built Huashi Gang and other huge projects. Garden palaces consume national financial resources.

Second, he did not pay attention to the imperial examinations. Not only was he often absent, but he sometimes even asked eunuchs to review the examination papers on his behalf. He was also dissatisfied with the content of the imperial examinations. He believed that the examination questions were too rigid and outdated, so he hoped to reform the imperial examination system. , to select some talents that meet his personal preferences and political needs, such as talents who are good at music, epigraphy, Taoism, etc.

Third, he favored the new party in the struggle between the old and new parties, so he decided to abolish the imperial examination system to combat the power of the old party and consolidate the status of the new party.

According to historical records, the consequences that followed were that the school examinations were not based on poetry, but on some strange and boring topics, such as "On Cock Crow", "On Wine and Sex", "On Nose", etc. . Such examinations will not only fail to cultivate and select true writers, but will instead cultivate and select some ignorant, boring, distorted and depraved people.

So from then on, the world was in chaos, treacherous officials were in power, literature declined, and scholars were alienated, which intensified social unrest and crisis and became the direct cause of Jingkang's shame.

All conclusions come down to one point in the end.

Zhao Ji is a foolish king.

Of course, in terms of results, there is no problem with this conclusion. More than ten years later, Zhao Ji also realized that he was not suitable to be emperor under the advice of officials, so when the Jin soldiers went south, he abdicated the throne and gave way to Qinzong of Song Dynasty.

Then, there is the shame of Jingkang, which is extremely absurd and full of incredible plots.

First, the Jin soldiers went south, attacked thousands of miles, and arrived at the gate of Bianjing without any logistics, creating a miracle in military history.

Moreover, having never conquered a fortified city before, they insisted on attacking the outer city for more than a month without making any progress. However, they refused to leave outside the city, and finally waited for an extremely ridiculous miracle to occur.

Guo Jing took the initiative to open the outer city gate, and Jin Bing took the opportunity to occupy the outer city wall.

However, outside the inner city of Bianjing, there were two more heavily defended city walls. The Jin soldiers were unable to attack them for a long time and were in a dilemma.

Then the miracle happened again.

Song Qinzong actually went out of the city to negotiate peace in person when there was no danger of the city being breached. Then, as expected, he was detained. The Jin people not only demanded Song Qinzong's surrender, but also demanded a large amount of gold and silver.

Under the coercion of the Jin people, Song Qinzong wrote a surrender statement to the Jin Dynasty and proclaimed himself a minister, and was then returned to the city to search for the gold and silver he had redeemed.

According to historical records, Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty was frightened because the gold man's price was too high. So after he returned to the city, he not only plundered gold and silver, but also sent women out of the city to offset the money.

Afterwards, before the Jin people entered the city, what did the frightened Song Qinzong do?

He actually plucked up the courage to leave the city again, and then was detained again as expected.

At this time, Song Huizong, who had abdicated many times, actually left the city. Although he didn't know what he was going to do, he was detained as expected.

In order to redeem the second emperor, the loyal ministers continued to carry out the emperor's orders in the city, not only collecting gold and silver, but also sending the second emperor's concubines, sisters and daughters out of the city, with the intention of exchanging them for the second emperor.

A full 100,000 people were sent away.

There are various signs in the history books that until this moment, the inner city of Bianjing has not been breached!

The breakthrough mentioned in later generations was the fact that Guo Jing, the magic stick, took the initiative to open the gate of the outer city and let the Jin soldiers in. The Jin army occupied the wall of the outer city with great difficulty.

But for those who have a little understanding of the structure of the big city, although the outer city is useful, it is only the first line of defense. The inner city is the key. After all, most of the troops and people are located in the inner city. Between it and the outer city, There are at least two city wall defense lines!

This so-called city defeat means that the Jin soldiers were unable to attack the inner city for a long time. In order to cooperate with the Jin soldiers, the second emperor took the initiative to leave the city and became a hostage.

Normally, any emperor in his right mind would not go to the enemy camp alone?

And even so, the Jin army was still unable to enter the inner city, and after hearing the news that King Kang Zhaogou had brought more than 10,000 people to the rescue, they actually left in a hurry north with all the people who were kidnapped.

This is the whole process of Jingkang's shame.

This thing is so absurd and contrary to common sense that even history books cannot justify it, and even novels dare not write about it so outrageously. This is why later generations have given birth to various conspiracy theories.

History books record many extremely absurd things that violate the most basic logic. Most of them are due to two reasons.

The person involved is a madman and a fool.

Or maybe the historical records concealed something.

In view of the precedent of mainstream historians in the Han Dynasty reading historical records as novels, we can only say that there are many hidden stories in the historical books, and they are not as white lotus as the historians themselves were impressed by. Therefore, when many history books were compiled, due to various conditions, the truth of the events was often not fully revealed. It was also mixed with the subjective tendencies of the recorders. As it was passed down from generation to generation, artificial or unintentional distortions and errors occurred. , so what was shown to future generations was shrouded in layers of mystery.

If you want to find out the truth of history, you have to use various methods to wipe away the dust covering it before you can get a glimpse of it. This is the challenge and fascination of reading history.

The standard adhered to is the direction of interests and what people think. Although people have different ideas, motivations, and things they say, their thinking patterns have not changed over thousands of years. It has also become the benchmark for judging inconsistencies in history books.

Just like Zhuge Liang in front of Yuan Xi, although he was very resourceful in later generations, he did not become invincible as soon as he came out. On the contrary, in the early days of following Zhuge Liang, he was limited by Liu Bei's strength and lack of experience for a period of time. In fact, I suffered a lot.

But the great thing about smart people like Zhuge Liang is that they can constantly learn lessons from setbacks, improve themselves, and grow up at the fastest speed.

Although the period of time with Zhuge Liang was short, Yuan Xi clearly felt the gap between him and Zhuge Liang through several things. Some of the gaps here were difficult for Yuan Xi to make up even if he had the knowledge reserves of later generations. Yes, it is simply a difference in IQ.

Yuan Xi's grades in his previous life were not good. When he went to college, the country had not yet expanded its enrollment. He was born in a province where the college entrance examination was extremely difficult, so he tried his best to get into what could only be considered a college entrance examination. A mid-level university, a department that is barely considered unpopular.

After entering the class, he was shocked to find that in this class, which only admitted one person from each province, there were actually some people who had failed to apply for the top two universities and transferred there.

In the days that followed, he felt helpless that his IQ was being crushed. He had to answer ten questions in two hours. When the time was over, he barely finished eight questions for the submission paper. However, an expert had already finished all the submission papers an hour ago.

The senior exam has always only taken half the time, and each subject can get more than 90 points. Yuan Xi's major is famous for its difficulty in this school. Many subjects are like him, and their scores are struggling to be below the passing line. Compared with high-level students, Man, it is simply a disgrace to the family.

However, this expert did not get a postgraduate placement in the end because there were several more powerful people in front of him.

From that time on, Yuan Xi deeply felt the gap between people and the sadness of not being able to shorten this gap. This gap was so big that it could not be bridged by hard work, so later he maintained his attitude toward life. A bit enterprising, but with a bit more helplessness to let nature take its course.

This attitude is not about giving up, but also understanding that people sometimes have to recognize the indifference of reality. There are some gaps, and hard work alone is of no use.

This feeling, as Yuan Xi was reborn into this era, had actually been forgotten by Yuan Xi. He always felt that he should be the chosen one, and he would not be forgiven for any setbacks or failures.

It wasn't until he met Zhuge Liang that Yuan Xi recalled his original intention and realized again that he was actually just an ordinary person.

Ordinary people should do what they can, and leave things beyond their capabilities to smart people.

What he has to do now is to tap out the potential of people like Zhuge Liang as soon as possible, so that he can become a unique talent as soon as possible. He can make the best use of others, and he can just be a competent assistant with peace of mind.

Based on Zhuge Liang's performance in later generations, Yuan Xi would be very satisfied if he could perform half of it in the future. However, Yuan Xi felt that with his own vision and knowledge reserves in later generations, if he did a good job in broadening the horizons of Zhuge Liang and others, who could? Say, it cannot do better than later generations?

Zhuge Liang in later generations was almost a hexagonal warrior. Although he was just starting out, he was greatly impacted after seeing Yuan Xi's internal and military style and thoughts that were completely different from others. Now he and Yuan Xi are fighting What is being discussed is how to select officials.

Zhuge Liang was born in a wealthy family, but that does not mean that he was born in a wealthy family. He always put the interests of his family and class first. For Zhuge Liang, who valued talent and virtue, advocated severe punishments and laws, and had a moral obsession, the idea of ​​selecting officials was obviously harmonious. Cao Cao, who valued talent over virtue, was out of place.

However, because of this, the workload of selecting officials has become much greater. Yuan Xi told Zhuge Liang what he had just thought, and finally said: "I know that I am not as good as Kong Ming in many abilities, so I will feel free to let Kong Ming get through it." Difficulties.”

"But Kong Ming doesn't have everything in his hands. There are some small things that don't require Kong Ming's skill. The military advisor should focus on the most important things."

"Otherwise, if the military advisor gets sick from exhaustion and loses his life, I will be very sad."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "My lord, what you said is as if I will die from exhaustion in the future."

"I've only just reached my twenties now. Is it too early to worry, my lord?"

Yuan Xi hesitated for a moment and patted Zhuge Liang on the shoulder, "Kong Ming, just think of me as a stargazer."

"Everything depends on man-made things. The results of some things may not be changed by manpower, but some things can be changed with the move of a finger."

"I sincerely hope that Kong Ming lives a long life. This is not only my wish, but also the wish of everyone in the world."

Zhuge Liang didn't know why, but from Yuan Xi's words, he could feel the heavy but unreasonable concern. This kind of friendship should only exist between old and young, or between monarchs and ministers who have known each other for many years. .

He bowed and said: "As long as the Lord trusts me, Liang will fulfill his duties and die."

(End of this chapter)