In the bleak autumn wind, in the Buddhist temple, in front of the Buddha statue, Prince Suito, who was haggard in his face, was talking to Zhang Yu, a Zhou native who visited the capital. This was the birthplace of Prince Suito and was later changed to a Buddhist temple. Because it was surrounded by orange trees, it was named "Juin Temple".

There are monks and abbots from the Nakamoto Temple who preached Buddhism to believers. Prince Shuitou often comes here to worship Buddha when he has time, so the incense in the temple is very popular.

Zhang Yu came here, and was the "agent" of the Beiyang Trading Company of Zhou. He came to Japan to handle trade affairs. Although he had no official position, he was in charge of official affairs. Since he arrived at the capital of Japan, he naturally could not avoid visiting the crown prince of Japan.

Although Zhang Yu did not have any prominent official position, as a close minister of the Zhou emperor, he was an extremely prominent figure in the eyes of the monarchs and ministers of the Japanese kings, so he did not dare to neglect the hospitality at all.

Therefore, Prince Surido received Zhang Yu, who was of extraordinary status at the Honey Temple, and was not rude, but also to express kindness. He chatted and listened to the other party's interesting stories about Nakabara.

Zhang Yu knew the right position and would not rely on his special identity to be domineering. Facing this prince of Japan who was over 40, he would try his best to answer questions and talk to the other party in Japanese.

"Duke Zhang, Zhongyuan is conducting imperial examinations and selecting talents through examinations. Haven't the nobles complained?" Prince Suito asked, looking at Zhang Yu with anticipation, waiting for the answer.

Zhang Yu replied: "General, the nobles certainly don't like the imperial examinations. They are used to being officials based on their origins. If they have good backgrounds, they have good official positions. If they have a slightly inferior background, they can only be a little inferior. It can be said that this is the privilege of the nobles. Now that the privilege has been broken, they certainly have complaints."

"But no matter how many complaints are, they are not easy to stop them, because the exam is not difficult for the nobles."

Prince Suito was appointed as the General of the Conquering Yi by Zhou State, and Zhang Yu, as a "foreigner", was not the other party's subordinate, so Zhang Yu simply called the other party's official position in Zhou State, and the other party called him "Zhang Gong".

Prince Ashido listened to Zhang Yu's words and pondered for a moment, and asked, "Does Zhang Gong mean that the children of nobles are not afraid of exams?"

"Yes, the children of nobles have no worries about food and clothing. As long as they are willing, they can learn. However, poor and humble people run around to fill their stomachs all day long, and their families are all alone. What ability do they have to study? Even if they want to learn knowledge, how can they become teachers?"

"You must know that scholars who are willing to open a library to teach apprentices have to rely on Shu Xiu to support their families. The best choice for scholars is to become teachers of noble children. If there is no way, they will recruit ordinary people."

"Since you are supporting your family, you will naturally deal with it. It is too difficult for ordinary people to do a good job in learning and become an official through exams."

"Not only that, if books and stationery are expensive, how many ordinary people can afford it? Studying hard all day means not having to give birth, how many families can afford to support their sons to study for more than ten years?"

"Even if a genius can learn well by studying hard, once he takes the exam, he finds that the content he is exam is very different from what he usually learns, what should he do?"

Prince Suito thought to himself: "Mr. Zhang means that if you want to conduct the imperial examination, you must first unify the textbooks and then open a school. Students study according to the unified textbooks. Then during the exam, the use of the test should be consistent with the textbooks?"

Prince Suito quickly summarized Zhang Yu's meaning, and saw the other party nodding, and smiled helplessly.

In terms of domestic situation, it is really too difficult to implement the imperial examination system.

Not to mention the others, just talking about formulating unified textbooks, it is very difficult to do.

The most difficult point is that if the imperial examination system is implemented for the examination and selection of talents, if the nobles unite to oppose it, even as kings, they will not be able to resist the public and implement this system.

Seeing that this person was a little sad, Zhang Yu suggested: "General, the examination selection can actually be used as a channel for the children of nobles to enter the government. After all, nobles are divided into different sizes and small nobles, which is also difficult for children of small nobles to enter the government. If there is a fair examination selection system, I think there will be no fewer supporters."

"As for the textbooks, the content can be discussed by well-known scholars, the minority obeys the majority, and then finalize the draft, publish it in a unified manner, and sell it publicly. In this way, there will be a standard. The children of nobles learn from this standard and take the exam according to this standard, and the examination is still fair."

Prince Suito thought the suggestion was good and smiled and said, "This idea is good. Thank you for your advice."

"The general has been awarded too much. Zhang said that there are many shortcomings. If the general wants to try it out, please call on people with knowledge to discuss the order..."

The two of them walked out of the temple while talking. Zhang Yu couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw the prince's back.

Not long ago, the Japanese official army suffered a great defeat in the Eastern Republic area, and the results of years of conquest were destroyed. Prince Surito was greatly hit by this, so it was normal for him to lose his energy.

In fact, Zhang Yu sympathized with the crown prince of Japan.

As the crown prince, Prince Suwato is not the son of the current Japanese king (Queen). The powerful minister Suwomazi is the queen's uncle and Prince Suwato's uncle.

Today, as the crown prince of the Crown Prince, he is in power with his uncle Suwo Mazi. The crown prince has a lot of ideas. Since he came to power, he has vigorously promoted Buddhism, reformed the official system, and implemented the "twelve-level crown" level, striving to hire talents based on the standards of talent regardless of background.

He also made drastic reforms to the old system and tried every means to strengthen the royal power.

The domestic politics of Japan is aristocratic politics, and the nobles are widely involved in the power game. Even the king of Japan is not satisfied with the constraints of many parties. Prince Suito wants to strengthen the royal power, so Zhang Yu can understand it when he wants to learn from the Central Plains imperial examination ideas.

However, the national conditions are different, and Zhou's experience may not work in Japan.

The crown prince had a lot of ideas, but Zhang Yu didn't care about how far the other party would lead Japan to in the future, because the result was already destined.

He talked to the crown prince of Japan here today, just to play the show, because Japanese officials all know that he is close to Suwoshi, but even if he is playing the show, he has to be more serious, at least he cannot show impatientness on his face.

Even though the Suwo family is powerful, they are always the subject of the King of Wa. The master of the Kingdom of Wa was always the King of Wa. Zhang Yu came to his house as a guest and left his master to chat with his servants. It was a very rude behavior.

So it is necessary for him to have a warm conversation with the crown prince of Japan, but that's all.

The Suwo family is the "best partner" of Zhou in Japan. Therefore, how to ensure that the Suwo family firmly controls the Japanese government is a long-term issue that the Zhou country (the emperor) should consider.

In the view of Zhou (the emperor), the various actions of the Japanese royal family that would significantly weaken the Suwo family should not have any effect.

Then, using the general of the conquering the so-called royal parties in Japan (noble who cares about the royal family) as bait, and then through a tragic military failure, they will kill all of these royal parties in one go or damage them, and directly weaken the next generation of the Suwo family's political enemies. This is an excellent strategy.

Back then, the wish that Suwo clan made to the Buddha statue of Zhou (Son of Emperor) has now "appeared". As for Prince Suito who has been constantly releasing goodwill to Zhou, and even has signs of "making a wish", although Zhang Yu understood, he could only "smiled without saying a word".

A Japanese country that was unable to use troops to foreign countries (especially for the peninsula) and could only trade honestly was a Gentile needed by the Zhou country.

A weak (power perspective) king and royal family, a powerful minister and family who hold great power but cannot usurp the throne, is the political structure of Japan that Zhou State most wants to see.

Therefore, even though Prince Suito really wanted to strengthen exchanges with Zhou and wanted to dominate diplomacy and trade with Zhou, it would be difficult for such a wish to "appear".
Chapter completed!