"Xin'er, how much do you know about Japan?" Zhao Yan, who was thinking about his concerns, suddenly asked Zhao Xin in the carriage. He suddenly thought of the problem of Japan just now. His main energy has been attracted by powerful enemies such as Xixia, Northern Liao and Jin. Although he knows a little about Japan, he does not know the detailed situation. Read the book · 1kanshu ·

"Wa Kingdom? Father, why are you interested in this island country?" Zhao Xin said in surprise when he heard this. He knew very well about Japan because their Imperial City Department sent a detailed inquiries in the countries around the Song Dynasty. In the past, he worked at the Imperial City Department's capital headquarters and often came into contact with information from various countries, including the Imperial City Department's intelligence.

"There are no strong enemies around us. The main task next is to drive the ocean. The South Ocean has almost opened, and the western route has been opened, so I want to open some routes eastward so that I can directly reach North and South America. Japan is located just east of the sea, and as far as I know, there is an ocean current there that can directly reach North and South America, so if necessary, it can also occupy it, and at least some important ports to facilitate future routes." Zhao Yan explained, of course, this is only one of the reasons, and there is another reason he did not say. Read the book · 1kanshu ·

"Father, you're thinking too far. It seems that I will never become a qualified politician." Zhao Xin lamented when he heard this. In fact, his political vision is not bad, otherwise he would not have easily persuaded Yelu Nuzhang to surrender. However, his vision is still somewhat limited and lacks a view of the overall situation, which is much worse than his elder brother Zhao Jia.

"Political vision can be experienced. If you want to develop politics, I can ask your cousin to arrange a position for you, starting with the county magistrate. Maybe he can become a virtuous prime minister in a few decades. Do you want to try it?" Zhao Yan said half-seriously and half-jokingly. In fact, he hoped that Zhao Xin would really be a county magistrate honestly. This is at least much safer than staying around in the Imperial City Department now. However, with his understanding of his son, he would probably not be willing to be a local official honestly even if he died.

Sure enough, Zhao Xin stuck out his tongue when he heard Zhao Yan's words and said very disgusted: "Forget it. I'm lazy to be a county magistrate. And dad, don't think I don't know. Although there are many channels for the source of officials in the Song Dynasty, the most formal one is the imperial examination. If you are not from a Jinshi, you can tell that even if you are not from a Jinshi, even if I am a royal family, you will be discriminated against as an official. I asked myself that I don't have the ability to take the Jinshi exam, so I won't join in the fun."

Zhao Xin's words revealed a hidden rule in the Song Dynasty's officialdom, that is, the origin of an official determines his status. Generally, only by taking the imperial examination is considered to be the right way to become an official. Other officials such as officials who are transferred to officials or those who are well-official, are actually very discriminated in the officialdom. Officials with the same political achievements can be promoted, but other officials of other backgrounds cannot be promoted. Because most of the officials reviewed by the superiors are from Jinshi, this is obviously very unfair to other officials. Zhao Yan also thought of a way to solve this problem, but unfortunately the effect is not great. In the end, he could only find a way to the imperial examination. In addition to exams with Confucian classics, the current imperial examination also requires some natural science knowledge, and current affairs, and try to select some practical talents from the candidates as much as possible. However, this still cannot solve the problem of discrimination in the officialdom.

"Being an official is also a proficient person. Do you think ordinary people can't find a way to become an official?" Zhao Yan said deliberately at his son. Of course, he was not really angry. But it was really strange that no one among his sons was interested in being an official, which was quite similar to him. But he couldn't help it. Even though he didn't like being an official, he was still trapped in the whirlpool of the officialdom in the end.

Zhao Xin didn't want to be a vocal matter with his father, so he changed the topic and began to introduce the current situation of Japan to Zhao Yan. Speaking of which, Japan had just experienced a huge change. The Hiraki, who originally controlled the central power of Japan, was defeated by Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji's Genji was named "General of the Conquest" and established the Kamakura Shogunate, which also marked the arrival of the Japanese Shogunate era.

However, although Genna Raicho established the Kamakura Shogunate, he was suspicious in nature, which was very similar to Zhu Yuanzhang in later generations. After the establishment of the Shogunate, he began to massacre meritorious ministers, including his younger brother Genna Yoshikoshi. There were also many military generals with great military achievements, who were killed or exiled by Genna Raicho in various names.

The way that Yuan Laichao killed the heroes was nothing more than to stabilize his rule. However, his approach seemed to have indeed enhanced his rule over the shogunate, and all the decrees were implemented without fail, but in fact, they greatly weakened his strength.

In addition, at the beginning of the establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate, the Japanese Emperor still held huge power. He could still issue government orders through the Senate and had many troops in his hands. In this way, the Japanese kingdom had a situation where the power of the emperor and the general were coexisting. Moreover, the emperor was worried that the Genji would become the second Hei clan, so he always wanted to control the shogunate. It was just because the strength of the Genji was strong before that they did not dare to act rashly. But now the Genji massacre of meritorious officials has weakened their strength. The emperor was also ready to move, and a major change was brewing in the country of Japan.

"It seems that if we send troops to attack Japan now, it is likely to cause the emperor and the shogunate to unite against our army, and this will help them indirectly once." Zhao Yan said to himself after hearing this.
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