Interview With Emperor Song

                       Interview With Emperor Song

 Reporter-Hello Emperor Song, thank you for sparing some of your time to come and answer my questions.

Song-No problem, lets get started

Reporter-Emperor Song you invented many things during your rule as Emperor, what do you feel was the most useful and why? 

Song- I feel that the most useful thing that was invented during my rule was actually just an advancement in the technology that was being used for the output in food, such as new strains of rice, improved method of water transport and ship-building. 

Reporter-Emperor Song, what do you feel was your greatest achievement and why do you feel so? 

Song-My greatest achievement was actually a bunch of different advancements that I made in a diverse group of areas. I improved the area of agriculture by advancing technology used for shipping goods. I improved the area of printing, which lowered the price of books, therefore boosting the numbers of citizens who were educated, and I invented gun powder which increased our strength of our army. 

Reporter-Emperor Song you improved the scholar-official test greatly what made you make that decision?

Song-The scholar-official tests were very hard. They were highly competitive civil service examinations. China's society was highly illiterate and the scholar-offcials had the "gift" of reading and writing. I however just considered it "the ladder to success"  therefore, more people went out to become scholar-officials.

Reporter-Thank you for your time Emperor Song. 

Song-Your welcome, have a nice evening