In the early Han Dynasty, the literacy rate was not high and the size of the intellectual class was not large.
But this is not big, it refers to the population base of tens of millions in Han Dynasty.
In fact, the number of educated people may be similar to the direct population of the Xiongnu Great Chanyu.
What is the purpose of reading?
Except for a few people, the vast majority of people have a very clear purpose, to become officials.
A nicer way of saying it is, learn civil and martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family.
A more beautiful way of saying it is to carry on the unique knowledge for the past saints, establish a destiny for the people, and create peace for all generations.
But essentially, they are all the same.
In the early Han Dynasty, there were very few official positions in the Han Dynasty, or in other words, official positions that could receive salaries.
In fact, until the Tang Dynasty, there were very few staffed positions, at least equivalent to thousands of people per one.
At that time, a large number of non-staff personnel were used, such as false officials from the Han Dynasty and bad guys from the Tang Dynasty.
After the civil servants completely rose to prominence, they increased their positions on a large scale in order to expand their strength.
Nowadays, it is extremely difficult to become an official in the Han Dynasty. You must have the recommendation of a capable person.
In order to get recommendations, intellectuals from all over the world flocked to Chang'an City, hoping that they could be spotted by some big shot and get recommended.
And these people are just drifting.
In recent days, an explosive news has been widely circulated among the Changpiao community.
The King of Zhongshan State pioneered the imperial examination and used the examination to recruit talents and award them official positions.
Of course, it is an official position in Zhongshan Kingdom.
But even if it is an official position in Zhongshan Kingdom, it is still an official position.
Compared with the pain and despair of running into obstacles in Chang'an City for many years with no hope of future, this is a ray of light that cuts through the darkness.
These days, those who can come to Chang'an City to work as long-term drifters are basically wealthy.
If the family has no money, it will be difficult to raise travel expenses, let alone study.
But the living standard in Chang'an City is too high, almost the highest in the world at this time.
Even if you are a landowner in your hometown, drifting for many years will deplete your family wealth.
Many people were already desperate and even resentful of Han Xinsheng.
The appearance of the imperial examination gave them a ray of sunshine in the darkness, and they rushed towards Zhongshan Kingdom like crazy.
Initially, some people were worried that it would be too late, but then they received news that the King of Zhongshan was too enthusiastic after seeing the large number of applicants, so he decided to postpone the imperial examination for two months.
This rumor is true. Li Yunze indeed postponed the imperial examination for two months.
At the beginning, he just planned to recruit a group of talents through the imperial examination so that he could replace those who were not doing anything in the eight counties of Zhongshan Kingdom.
But I never thought that the enthusiasm of the various schools that stayed in Lunu City would be so high because of the white paper and printing technology.
Not only did they sign up enthusiastically, they also gathered in front of the palace to petition, asking the king to postpone the imperial examination so that they could call their fellow students to participate.
Li Yunze, who quickly realized that he had underestimated the power of the imperial examination, immediately followed suit and postponed the imperial examination for a period of time to allow more disciples of the school to come.
This is not only to find officials for several counties, but also to gain reputation.
After Chang'an City made peace with the Huns in exchange for the Huns' retreat, Li Yunze's mentality changed.
He may not have made the final decision before, but now he has made up his mind. He will no longer wait for Liu Che to grow up, but choose to do it himself! Reading is dull
Now that I have decided to do it myself, things like gaining reputation are naturally indispensable.
Li Yunze's actions also caused an uproar in Chang'an City.
"The eldest princess."
In the palace of Princess Guantao, the ugly Tian Fu opened the box with a smile, revealing the neatly arranged gold cakes inside. "It's a small thought, please accept it with the eldest princess's approval."
Liu Piao is a very pure person, and her favorite is power and money.
Even though Tian Fu's appearance is an eyesore, the gold he brings is dazzling and beautiful.
So Liu Prostitute immediately showed a friendly smile, asked people to carry the gold away, and nodded to Tian Fu with a smile on his face, "I'm interested."
"Where, where."
Tian Fu saluted respectfully, "This is all Mrs. Wang's wish."
The so-called beauty Wang is Liu Che’s biological mother Wang Quan.
As for why Wang Quan and Tian Fu are called siblings but have different surnames, it is naturally because their fathers are different.
Wang Ao's mother's name was Zang'er, and she was the granddaughter of Wang Zang Tu, the founder of the Han Dynasty.
After Zang Tu was killed for treason, he fled to the Huns and was reduced from a noble to a commoner.
Later, he returned to the Han Dynasty, first married Wang Zhong and gave birth to Wang Quan, and later remarried to Tian.
As for Wang Quan, she first married Jin Wangsun and gave birth to a daughter named Jin Su.
Just by looking at the name, you can tell that Jin Wangsun is also a noble, after all, his name is Wangsun.
Later, Liu Qi, who was still the prince, selected a beauty, and Wang Quan immediately kicked the Jin Wangsun into the East Palace. She also gained Liu Qi's love and gave birth to three daughters and one son.
It has to be said that the emperor of the Han Dynasty was really unscrupulous. He could accept even married people and was not afraid of being loose and boring.
According to the custom of the Han Dynasty, after Wang Quan gained power, her brothers and sisters naturally came over to become relatives.
His elder brother Wang Xin and younger brothers Tian Fu, Tian Sheng and others helped him travel abroad.
As for his younger sister, Wang Haosheng, when Wang Quan felt that he was no longer favored, he was decisively sent to Liu Qi's bed to be favored.
I have to say that this woman's skills, scheming and determination are all outstanding.
She knew very well that the relatives of the Wang family had no strength to speak of. After all, Zang Tu, the former King of Yan, had been dead for many years.
If you want to support your son to a higher position, you must have strong power as support.
There is no doubt that Princess Liu of Guantao, who had a huge influence on Queen Mother Dou, was her choice for prostitution.
Historically, Wang Quan trained Liu Che, who was only a few years old, to say good things about Chen Ajiao, thus hooking up with Princess Guantao, who happened to be mad at Li Ji. With the help of Princess Guantao, he successfully supported Liu Che to rise to power.
Now, while he was going all out to deal with Prince Liu Rong and Li Ji, Wang Ao was also eyeing the sudden rise of Prince Sheng.
After a few words of useless nonsense, Tian Fu finally revealed the purpose of his visit, "Eldest Princess, you know that there are rumors circulating in Chang'an City recently."
Although Princess Liu Piao of Guantao was greedy for money, she was a man of his word.
Since I have accepted the gold, I will definitely help you with things.
It is precisely because she has such a good reputation that there is an endless stream of people asking her to do things.
After listening to Tian Fu's words, Liu Piao smiled slightly and asked, "Oh, I don't know what kind of rumor it is?"
Although Tian Fu is ugly, he has a eloquent mouth.
"I dare not hide it from the princess. Recently, there are rumors that the king of Zhongshan Kingdom wants to take the imperial examination, which has attracted countless criticisms. Many people say that this is shaking the foundation of the Han Dynasty."
An exaggerated description described the imperial examination as a scourge that destroyed the rules and order of the Han Dynasty.
This cannot be said to be entirely wrong.
After all, the Han Dynasty practiced a recommendation system. As soon as the imperial examination based on individual merit came out, it immediately posed a fatal threat to the recommendation system based on relationships and relationships.
As the biggest beneficiary of the recommendation system, the Imperial Relatives and Honor Group will naturally suffer losses as well.
It is correct to say that it shook the foundation of the Han Dynasty's rule.
"Oh, is this happening?"
Liu Piao, who looked slightly moved, pretended to be surprised, "I don't know."
In fact, she already knew that she was just acting.
By this time, Liu Piao had understood that this time Wang Ao asked Tian Fu to come over to give gifts, with the purpose of giving eye drops to the King of Zhongshan.
'My hands are quite long.'
Now that Prince Liu Rong has not been defeated, he has begun to prepare to deal with the sudden rise of Prince Sheng. This beautiful lady is really good at using the palace's scheming.
"Isn't that right?" Tian Fu exaggeratedly described, "I heard that the nobles in Chang'an City are very dissatisfied with this."
This is true, even Princess Guantao is dissatisfied.
Because recommending those with long hair is also an important source of income for her.
"If that's the case, I really need to go to Changle Palace to find out what the Queen Mother said." Liu Piao quickly made up his mind and took action to give King Zhongshan a blow. "We have to ask the Queen Mother to make the decision on this matter."
She has no resentment or hatred towards Li Yunze, it is purely motivated by interests.
The imperial examination conducted by Li Yunze damaged the benefits she gained through the recommendation system. This is the only reason.
As for the gold Tian Fu sent, it was just the key to open the box.
Tian Fu was overjoyed and said many nice words again and again, which made Liu Prostitute laugh.
When he left Princess Guantao's mansion, Tian Fu wiped his face and said, "Xie'er, you must become the emperor. Whether your uncle can succeed in the future and be given gold instead of giving gold to others every day depends on you."
Already."
A few days later, Liu Piao brought Chen Ajiao to Changle Palace.
As soon as they entered the palace, they heard Empress Dowager Dou's laughter.
It turned out that it was the sisters Wang Quan and Liu She who were enjoying themselves with Empress Dowager Dou.
'What a hard worker.'
A flash of displeasure flashed across Liu's face, Queen Mother Dou's power could only be used by her!
But she quickly regained her composure, took Chen Ajiao's hand and called out softly, "Mother, my daughter is here with Gillian."
Empress Dowager Dou, who gradually lost her vision due to cataracts, could only see blurry shadows. She read a book
But she still smiled and stretched out her hand to say, "Baby Gillian, come to grandma quickly."
Chen Ajiao trotted forward and threw herself directly into the arms of Queen Mother Dou.
Queen Mother Dou was naturally overjoyed, and her sweetheart kept shouting.
Wang Quan on the side looked at this scene with eyes full of envy.
All the power of Changle Palace rests on this little girl.
She pushed Liu She calmly and asked the still young Liu She to step forward to communicate with Chen Ajiao.
Liu Piao was already sitting aside, chatting with Empress Dowager Dou.
Inadvertently, he and Wang Quan looked at each other. The two of them made eye contact and understood each other's thoughts.
"Mother."
After chatting for a while, Liu Piao finally started to turn the topic to the real thing. "Do you know what is the most widely circulated thing in Chang'an City recently?"
"Um?"
Empress Dowager Dou squinted her eyes and asked casually, "What's the matter?"
Liu Piao chuckled lightly, glanced at Wang Quan on the side, and said with a smile, "Jia Ji's son, Prince Sheng, has made a lot of noise recently. I heard that he held an imperial examination in Zhongshan Kingdom and attracted honors from all over the world.
Everyone looked sideways."
As soon as these words came out, the smile on Queen Mother Dou's face immediately disappeared without a trace.