Now all scholars must take the Imperial Examination.
Moreover, without the monopoly of Confucian classic studies, commoners also have the opportunity to participate and succeed in the Imperial Examination, making it difficult to form a strong personal dependency in official paths.
However, ordinary people can hardly distinguish these nuances.
Officials and nobles are weaker than before, but in the eyes of ordinary people, they still represent supreme authority in the locality.
Xu Qing thought to himself, if even his aunt thinks this way, let alone ordinary people.
It seems that his effort to assist the Officials in "changing rice cultivation to mulberry" will be more challenging than anticipated.
Xu Qing felt that this was a good thing; if it were easy, those above him might feel he was dispensable, and then Xu Qing would indeed be in danger.
Xu Qing chatted with the Zhou Family for a while, then returned to the Wutong Courtyard and instructed outsiders not to disturb him.
