After saying this, Xiaozhao suddenly yawned and curled up on the chair to sleep.
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Meanwhile, Xu Yun fell into deep thought.
The factional struggles of the Song Dynasty, in fact, were anticipated and alerted by Zhao Kuangyin at the very beginning of the founding of the state.
The third year of Jianlong... which is 962.
Regarding the civil service exam, a crucial source of officials, Zhao Kuangyin issued a strict order:
"Successful advanced scholars shall not address the examiner as gracious master or mentor, nor claim to be his disciple."
A few years passed.
Zhao Kuangyin established the palace examination as a standard, emphasizing that those who passed were personally selected by the Emperor.
This changed from being "disciples of the seated master" to "disciples of the Emperor."
The purpose of this was to attempt to strengthen the presence of imperial power and weaken the influence of the master-student relationship.
