The Unjust System and My War-Crazy Self

"The King of Dian is too rude."

"I don't know anything about the scholars."

"If people are rewarded and promoted solely based on their own likes and dislikes, wouldn't the court only be filled with sycophants and fawning followers if this continues?"

Qian Qianyi immediately wrote a letter, pointing out with great righteousness that

King Dian, what you did is wrong!

Change it quickly.

Let's change someone to be the cabinet minister!

For example, Qian...

But unlike the last time when he humbly accepted advice, Shu Yichao directly gave Qian Qianyi a blow.

"ha?

"The water is too cold. Does your scalp itch?"

"You're here to ask me for an official position?"

Shu Yichao glanced at the event that popped up and curled his lips.

"Appoint this guy?"

"I'm mentally ill."

"Get him out!"

So Qian Qianyi's petition was rejected.

Naturally, Shu Yichao's words were also spread by others.

"Dian, the King of Dian, is speaking of me like this?"

Qian Qianyi was stunned, and his old face kept twitching.

"Yes, sir."

The servant who answered knelt on the ground, not daring to look up at his master.

"I heard it with my own ears, and there is not a single falsehood in what I heard."

"..." Qian Qianyi couldn't say a word.

If someone else said this, Qian Qianyi, being so thick-skinned, would just laugh it off.

But the one who said this to him now was the King of Dian who was currently in charge of the Da Meng court!

Shu Yichao's words were enough to end Qian Qianyi's career path.

It’s over.

It's all over.

Qian Qianyi only felt that his eyes went dark, his breathing became tight, and all his strength disappeared in an instant.

"…Mr. Teacher!?" Under Yu Mengke's surprised gaze, Qian Qianyi staggered twice before falling backwards.

“Mr. Teacher!!!”

"boom!!"

"Master, wake up, wake up." Yu Mengke pinched Qian Qianyi's philtrum, but his face was ashen and his breath was barely moving.

"You bunch of slaves, what are you doing standing here like idiots?" She turned around and yelled at the panicked servants.

"Go get a doctor!"

"yes!'

但-

It's still too late.

Qian Qianyi was already on his last legs, and the only reason he was able to hold on until now was his passion for progress.

Since all hopes were dashed, Qian Qianyi's spirit and energy naturally disappeared.

The mind is broken.

The aging body naturally collapses as well.

That night, the Qian Mansion was already in mourning.

"This King of Dian!!"

"It's truly abominable!"

Although Yu Mengke did not think too highly of her mentor,

After all, Qian Qianyi’s previous actions were indeed a bit abstract.

But no one else can say these words!

"The King of Dian is just a brave warrior."

“Even if you are illiterate, you should still admire the teachings of the sages and be tolerant of scholars.”

"How can you be so mean and harsh towards me?!"

"How dare an illiterate layman slander such a great scholar?"

In Yu Mengke's opinion, Qian Qianyi was angered to death by Shu Yichao.

"In the future, I will definitely seek justice for my mentor."

She pursed her thin lips.

Unfortunately, before Yu Mengke could wait for the day to come, even worse news came.

"Ms. Meng Ke!"

“Look, look at this!!”

Some scholars who were on good terms with the Qian family ran into the Qian family's house, waving stacks of newspapers in their hands.

They screamed in extremely shrill voices.

"evildoer."

"Monster!"

"My Da Meng actually gave birth to such a monster!!"

Yu Mengke took the newspaper and read it one by one.

Soon, her expression changed.

The faster he flipped through the pages of Tang Bao, the uglier his expression became.

His chest was heaving violently, and he was obviously extremely excited.

In the end, Yu Mengke threw the newspaper to the ground, causing the pieces of paper to fly everywhere like snowflakes.

"This monster----"

"How could they possibly be so perverse!"

She growled angrily.

"Are you trying to destroy Confucianism?!"

The content of Tangbao is not complicated. It is actually about the examination scope and content of the imperial examination, specifies the teaching materials, and also describes the changes in the rules for the promotion of officials in the future.

The scale of this imperial examination admission was unprecedented.

The number of people admitted in one year exceeded the total number of people admitted in the previous ten years of the imperial examination.

Logically speaking, the scholars in Jiangnan should be happy.

But every piece of content on it was so glaring, as if it was piercing Yu Mengke's eyes with steel needles.

First of all, the eight-legged essay will not be tested in this imperial examination.

This is actually quite acceptable -

After all, the content of the eight-legged essay examination was too narrow.

The Four Books and Five Classics only have so many words, and the questions for exams at all levels are all drawn from them, and questions that have been asked before often cannot be asked again...

The result is that the questions become stranger and stranger as you get further along.

Some people separate the upper and lower sentences of the Four Books and Five Classics and use them to make questions, while others cut off the beginning and end of a sentence and only test the few words in the middle. It's all mixed up and makes no sense.

Therefore, there was no examination on eight-legged essays, and the scholars did not care much about it.

But the problem is that Shu Yichao not only stopped testing the eight-legged essay, but also stopped testing the Four Books and Five Classics.

"arithmetic?"

"Engineering?"

"medicine?"

"Agronomy?"

Recalling the clauses in the newspaper just now, Yu Mengke felt the veins on his forehead throbbing.

The Tong newspaper said with certainty—

The King of Dian believed that these things were professional knowledge for governing the country and maintaining peace, so these were the key points.

Only by letting people with professional knowledge do things that require professional knowledge can the country be governed well.

The Ministry of Industry has no engineers to lead it, and the Ministry of Households has no agricultural talents. Isn't that funny?

As for Confucianism?

Yes, but the Ministry of Rites mainly retained some of it, and it didn’t have any significant real power.

How could Yu Mengke accept such a division?

Yu Mengke couldn't accept it, and neither could the scholars in Jiangnan.

Even if I have less land, I can earn it back slowly.

If you have fewer privileges, you can ask for them later.

They can tolerate any damage to their immediate interests.

But the content of the imperial examination issued by the King of Dian

They can't stand it!

This is destroying everything for them!

"absurd!!"

Yu Mengke angrily denounced the content of the imperial examination issued by Shu Yichao.

“That’s ridiculous!”

"Instead of governing the country according to the words of the sages, they have come up with a bunch of miscellaneous knowledge!"

"These are things that only lowly people learn."

"How could he allow us, scholars who recite the words of the sages, to learn such a dirty and lowly livelihood?"

"If you turn against Tian Gang, the country will no longer be a country!!"

Secondly, what made Yu Mengke and the scholars even more angry was that Shu Yichao did not restrict the sources of candidates at all -

Lowly nationality?

Slavery?

This is nothing.

Confucius said, there is no distinction in teaching.

So, whether it is peddlers, farmers or merchants.

As long as you can read and have no criminal record, Shu Yichao will accept anyone who dares to take the exam.

This made Yu Mengke and a group of scholars even more furious.