Chapter 200: Sugar-Coated Shells

A desk with a case, two cups of Spiritual Tea, Wang Chen and Yu Feihong sat facing each other in conversation.

This story, when told, is rather lengthy.

The events that transpired today in this desolate temple in the mountains have a direct relationship with the current state and fortune of Great Qian.

During the sixty years of the former emperor's reign, he consistently favored the literary over the military, bestowing great privilege upon scholars.

To look after these scholars, as long as one had scholarly honors, he would enjoy tax incentives on land and trade taxes.

Scholars, Juren, tribute students, Jinshi— the higher the accolade, the greater the incentive!

This was originally a good policy, since many scholars came from impoverished families, studying hard by cold windows with hunger that reading could not sate, lacking other means to make a living, how could they compete with the progeny of the wealthy and noble?

Many talented individuals were thus buried in obscurity!