Chapter 1076

"From birth, they do not need to labor. They only need to study, and the major clans, relying on their immense financial resources, can hire high-quality private school teachers, with tens of thousands of volumes of books in their homes."

"How can children of the poor, or even children of impoverished families, compete with them?"

"There has never been true fairness in the world, and your subject also feels this is normal, because this is how the world is. When impoverished scholars study hard by the window, children of noble families are also studying hard, and they have more resources and a better environment. What can impoverished scholars use to compare with children of noble families?"

"But if this continues, it will bury a disaster of national destruction for our Great Qian!"

These words were resonant and forceful.

It was like a sonic boom, ringing in Wu Zhao's heart.

In an instant, Wu Zhao stared at Gao Yang with her majestic phoenix eyes.

This topic made her somewhat serious.

Shangguan Wan'er came from afar, and feeling such a solemn atmosphere, she lowered her footsteps and stood to the side.

"What disaster of national destruction?"

Wu Zhao asked Gao Yang with a serious expression.

Gao Yang said, "Now it is the disaster of the vassal kings, but if this continues, within a hundred years, local families will dominate, and their harm will far exceed that of the vassal kings!"

"When educational resources are unfair, they will inevitably tilt, and children of noble families will occupy a large number of seats in the officialdom of the world!"

"Not being allowed to serve as an official in one's home region—this certainly has some effect, but the effect is absolutely not great, because the whole world talks about 'matching status' and intermarriage between noble families."

"Through intermarriage and resource exchange, noble families can build a huge network of relationships. They support and recommend each other in the officialdom, cover for each other locally, and intermarry. This will inevitably give birth to factional strife!"

"Furthermore, noble families have countless fields and many industries. They can not only fund their own family members to prepare for exams but also support local impoverished scholars!"

"This is something that will definitely happen if this continues!"

Wu Zhao listened with a serious expression.

Her phoenix eyes flickered, and she took a deep breath, "Lord Gao, how great is the harm?"

Gao Yang said briefly, "If this continues, political corruption will occur, factional strife will exceed the authority of the emperor, and when children of noble families control local areas, nepotism will inevitably prevail, the selling of offices and titles will become common, and local politics will be extremely corrupt!"

"Secondly, in order to maintain their luxurious lives and their status in the local area, noble families will inevitably increase economic exploitation of the common people. In other words, land annexation will inevitably intensify, the lives of the common people will become more miserable, and social contradictions will intensify!"

"At the same time, the opportunities for the imperial examination will be monopolized by noble families, the channel for the common people to rise will narrow, social classes will solidify, and the gap between the rich and the poor will become increasingly extreme. If this continues, it is highly probable that if they cannot get into Changancheng through exams, they will fight their way into Changancheng."

Gao Yang's eyes were deep, his voice passionate, as if he had crossed time and pierced through space, witnessing that scene with his own eyes.

Wu Zhao felt a chill in her heart as she listened.

But with her keen sense, she naturally knew that what Gao Yang said were all things that were highly likely to happen.

As the ruler of a country, she naturally knew how many children of noble families and how many children of impoverished families were produced by the imperial examination!

Impoverished scholars were still families that had been prosperous in their ancestors' time.

There were almost no children of the poor.

This ratio confirmed Gao Yang's words.

"What Lord Gao said has alerted me."

"So, setting up schools and widely accepting impoverished scholars of the world can break this shackle?" Wu Zhao said in a solemn voice.

Gao Yang nodded, "Correct."

"When schools in the world are free, although it is still difficult for children of the poor to get ahead, impoverished scholars will have one more opportunity!"

"The impoverished scholars of the world can be used by Your Majesty and can also check and balance the major noble families!"

"It is just that this move is extremely expensive!"

Wu Zhao's phoenix eyes were deep, and she suddenly thought of the 'first' that Gao Yang mentioned.

Since there was a first, there must be a second!

She looked at Gao Yang and said, "The first was for me, to solve a major problem for me, but what about the second?" ===== CHAPTER 1078 =====