The Idea of Cultural Cohesion in China

The imperial examination system, which was set up by one of the earlier dynasties, I think the Tang in which anyone that could take the imperial exam and score well could get a cushy job in the government. So you had this incentive that would bring meridist people up and give people the reason to keep rooting for the empire to keep this thing going. There's a similar now, pull yourself up by a bootstraps work hard. You'll become a millionaire type narrative that goes on in America, right? And that helps promote cultural cohesion to a degree where it has for a long time. If you just need something like that if you want any, even just a nation