Despite the cost of nearly 50,000 casualties, a hard-fought battle for the defense of the city and the ensuing victory made the Yangguan a joyful and jubilant city, and the people and sappers were busy repairing the south gate, and the cavalry entered the city through the west gate, where they were greeted with heroic cheers and support. In the General Army's Mansion, Gu Yao asked the military doctor to bandage his wounds, and at the same time took over several cavalry leaders to discuss the matter together - Po Yu and Fang Liangzhi, Rong Lin and his forward bosses, Deputy General Pei and Ming Jin of Yumen Pass.

The first thing to read was the battle report of Yumen Pass and Yanmen Pass, and the joy on everyone's face was overflowing, and the units participating in the war should have been asked to talk about the situation next, but the ecstatic little scribe came in with two official expedited documents of the military department, and began to read them stumblingly.

One was the good news of Beiguan, Gu Chong had destroyed the most stubborn Huleqiang tribe, and was preparing to report to the imperial court on how to negotiate with the Hubei tribe, determine the border and deal with the prisoners of war. This good news made many elderly veterans extremely envious of Gu Yao, the son inherited his father's business, and did so well, it is rare. But seeing that General Gu just smiled faintly, it seems that people don't take this seriously.

However, another edict written by the crown prince directly boiled the scene, and the content was the details of the approval of the sergeant's nameplate and the preferential treatment policy. The nameplate is made by the Gongqiao Pavilion in a unified manner, made of half-palm size stainless steel, which can be used as a heart guard, and the list will start work as soon as it arrives. As for the various preferential policies, everyone was very excited and excitedly praised the prince's kindness.

Gu Yao was proud in his heart, what prince, would he think of the orphan camp? It must have been my family's idea!

Everyone's eyes on Gu Yao are extremely enthusiastic, even if the son NB is not, the son-in-law is so strong, this blessing is really speechless!

Now that he knows the specific content of the policy, it is necessary for Gu Yao to knock everyone in the Jingxi Army, "I have led the army for many years, and there are no shortage of empty salaries and impersonations in the army. I didn't want to talk about it more, but please think about it carefully, how old is the prince? Please also earn a blessing for your subordinates, don't chill people's hearts. ”

If Gu Yao first came to Jingxi to say this, no one would have birded him, but this time he defeated the Huns, and even won all three passes, which is not at all comparable to the Jingxi generals of previous dynasties. Moreover, the military appearance and military posture of the Zhenbei Army are here, and it is not okay to refuse to accept it. Therefore, the generals of the Jingxi Army said yes one after another, and they would definitely handle this matter seriously, so that the Jingxi Army would have the same combat power as the Zhenbei Army. The king of the Huns is not dead yet.

The scribe got Gu Yao's approval, and went to read the announcement to everyone with the prince's edict.

While Rong Ba's heart was agitated, he admired His Royal Highness the Crown Prince even more, and he didn't even pay attention to Gu Yao's questioning him, until Mingjin stabbed him, he came to his senses and began to humbly talk about his experience in commanding cavalry.

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Chi Qiyu and Xia Bufan were not qualified to enter the discussion, this time they participated in the defense line of the Northern Army of Ximen Town, although the battle was 108,000 miles away from the fierce, but it was also the first time to kill the enemy with their own hands. Originally, the two of them sat at the gate of the General Soldier's Mansion and exchanged feelings with each other after the war, waiting for a while to invite Gu Yao to fight, and then they saw that Rong Bafeng, who was about the same age as them, was proudly invited in to discuss matters.

It's not scientific! This guy's fists and feet are bowed to Mali, only the 'horse' can handle it, and the others are very weak, and they are still the relatives of the prince stuffed in! Why can you get in?!

So they went to the soldiers at Yanmen Pass to inquire. After listening to Rong Ba's surprise victory, he was speechless.

That's the gap......

Chi Qiyu said very lonely, "What am I doing in Yangguan......

Xia Bufan was aroused, "Everyone has their own strengths, if Rong Ba is not in the cavalry, today's record may not be better than mine." I don't believe it, can I never come out? ”

Xia Ji lost face because he was not strict in governing the army before, but this time the victory at Yanmen Pass also had his great credit, which was regained with prestige, and Xia Bufan's heroic killing of the enemy also received a good evaluation.

“…… It's no wonder that Luan doesn't want to look at me squarely......"

"Make no mistake, are you a man? When I return to Beijing, I will get married, so don't talk about this kind of nonsense in the future! ”

"I'll just sigh! Anyway, you're about to get married, and you haven't regretted it? ”

“…… I met late, and I'm not a childhood sweetheart......"

Chi Qiyu's negative emotions that finally self-reflected once were punctured in this way, "You fucking expose people!" ”

The two of them exchanged fists and feet for a while, and lay exhausted in the shade of a tree in the corner, panting.

"Damn! I wish your wife looks like Ai Aimei in the future! "Ai Mei is Lao Guan's only daughter, Lao Guan's daughter-in-law is the daughter of a rare scholar in Yumen Pass, white and pure, gentle and gentle, but it is a pity that her father Xiao is ......

"Haha, no way!"

"What? Who is in your house? ”

"I don't know, I just don't marry."

"What do you mean?"

"It's not interesting, it's a big deal to learn from you, and I also ran to Beiguan to escape marriage......"

Chi Qiyu scolded and walked towards the camp with him, Xia Bufan let him speak disrespectfully and did not return the favor, and smiled very unruly.

He doesn't want to marry an unsightly woman, it's a big deal to be the second Xinwu uncle!

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The good news of the western front finally reached the capital, that day, the people who were still excited about the 'Mo Nan no royal court' were once again immersed in the joy of the great victory, many old people who had suffered from the war brought their families to the door of the Protector's Mansion to salute, and there were even a lot of recitals in the court to ask Gu Yao to be the general of Jingxi, Gu Chong to be the general of Zhenbei, and there was also a Shangshu Dao 'The father and son of the protector are deep and brave, and have a strategic mind, especially Gu Shunqing with immortal merits, worthy of the Liufang Ancestral Hall'.

Gu Ci, who was so excited that he jumped up holding Yuan Yi's arm, was stunned when he saw the content of this excerpt, and looked at him worriedly, "Brother? ”

A general who has achieved hegemony and is still in the prime of life, mentioning the Liufang Ancestral Hall, is hinting to the emperor that Gu Yaogong is high and can step down and bow? However, thinking that his family is both a minister and a relative, and he currently holds the military power of the two sides, and has won big victories one after another to solve border troubles, ordinary people will be seen by others if they get their hands dirty, not to mention all three.

Yuan Yi snorted, "I've given it all to me, don't worry?" ”

“…… Not all emperors are Han Guangwu Liu Xiu...... "Few heroes and famous generals have died a good death like the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, even after the founding of the People's Republic of China, which has a highly developed civilization and unprecedented unity of the people, is it not the same as the extremely ruthless liquidation?"

"The emperor may stop at clearing the border, but I won't." Yuan Yi didn't say any more guarantees, but only pulled her to see the future boundary of Dayu that he had redrawn after talking to Xiao Lu and Gu Chong.

"Wow!" Gu Ci looked at him with great admiration, occupying most of the territory of Asia, bounded by the dangerous Himalayas, green mountains and horizontal mountains, and the entire eastern part was a great danger. She was so excited that she pointed at the map, "There are also these places, Goryeo, Ryukyu, Dongying, Penghu, Luzon, Java, Johor, etc., as long as we hold the Strait of Malacca, whether it is the Mughal Empire on the other side of Tianzhu or the European powers, we are not afraid." ”

"Haimao is so profitable? Is it worth the months they sailed to us? ”

Gu Ci knew that people who had never been in contact with the navy or maritime trade would have such thoughts, thinking that it was just a way to make money, and they were completely unaware of the progressive significance of the Age of Sail. She said, "Some countries are only the size of our city and county, and the number of people is about the same, but the total profit of maritime trade every year may be higher than the tax we pay in the past year." ”

Yuan Yi's eyes widened, "How can you reach such a number?" ”

"They need our tea, silk, porcelain and other goods, we need their silver and gold and other currencies. But this is only the most superficial benefit of the Age of Sail, what matters is the interconnectedness. 'Master Yi long skills to control raze', how do you know they don't have more violent gunpowder? They have places that we can't compare with in navigation, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, etc., and their products are also different. If the Dingchao hadn't obtained sweet potatoes and buds from the Great Cannibals, we wouldn't have survived so many famines. Gu Ci hesitated for a moment to popularize the concept of colonization, adding, "The most important thing is to exchange information, understand the size of the world, no longer close off the country, people know what the outside world is like, how to position their country in this world, and will not rest on their laurels." Our territory is so big, and there will be more and more people in the future, and the greater the outside place and the greater the threat, the less likely it will be to fight among ourselves. ”

"Just like after Xiangyuan City and Langya City use textile machines, the number of weaver girls needed has decreased sharply, so you will let the people in Wuzhen recruit female workers as much as possible?"

"Yes, the orphan camp plans I am preparing now are going to be run by the palace maids released from the palace. Moreover, male babies under the age of five can be adopted, and female babies are not allowed to adopt, just to give women more outlets. People have other ways out, but those who have brains will not only dwell on immediate interests. ”

"It makes sense, if you go outside, you must first settle inside."

"Not necessarily, indecisiveness in internal affairs can divert everyone's attention from foreign affairs, and sometimes it is convenient."

Gu Ci's casual words seemed to remind Yuan Yi of something, he smiled sinitiously and went out to talk to Yiqing for a few words, and when he returned to the room, he picked up his daughter-in-law and went into the inner room, and rewarded her hard.

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By November, the peace talks between Hubei and Hubei were concluded. I have to say that Jiang Ge is an extremely flexible person, he only planned to draw a clear border at first, mainly to carry out trade, heard the news of the defeat of the Xiongnu on the Western Front, and immediately tentatively put forward the idea of 'guarding the border with the Yu Dynasty'. Immediately, there was a chorus of praise in the court, and the voice of the Hubu was called for the 'incorporation' of the Hubei army into the northern part of the town, and even the captives of the Qianyi and the Xiongnu demanded that they be handled accordingly. Yuan Yi learned from his wife that Hubei had "once" founded the country as "Jin" and had grown so strong that he forced the Central Plains Dynasty to rule the Central Plains Dynasty, and he did not hesitate to signal Gu Chong and Chi Rui to strongly refuse the matter.

The emperor spent a lot of time on the throne watching the civil officials confront Gu Chong and the military department, and the two factions fought with each other endlessly, until the crown prince came out and suggested, "If anyone can guarantee to serve as a border shepherd, and domesticate these beasts into lambs, the Qianyi, Xiongnu, and Hubei under his rule will never rebel after learning to use firearms in the army, and there will be no trouble within five years, and he is willing to serve his own edict to tell the world!" ”

All the civil officials turned off for a while, why was Gu Jian, the younger brother of the protector of the country, kicked back to the capital, and now there is nowhere to go, not because he has less than twenty old and weak people under his rule, and he wants to rebel as soon as he is full of food and drink.

The emperor laughed heartily, and then swept all the impeachment of the protector and the request for co-optation to the ground, "full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but he doesn't even understand the righteousness of the family and the country!" A group of short-sighted and short-sighted people! Then he glanced at Tang Shangshu, "Get rid of these people's positions, stay in Beijing for investigation, and then send them over when the border is cleared." If there is anyone who wants to resign, even if it is folded, it will be approved directly. ”

The hundred officials in the palace were as quiet as a cicada, and many of the people who folded up could not even stand on their faces, but the "benevolent" prince came out to make a round, and felt that the reason for "dismissing officials by words" was insufficient, and proposed to start training the ministries on how to use the calendar, which could be used after the New Year, and then examined once after half a year, and then proposed the appointment and dismissal.

The emperor approved and let the crown prince take charge of the matter, but Yuan Yi refused, saying that the project was huge, and the cabinet should have taken the lead, but the cabinet was currently in charge of the seal Qiao Ge, embarrassed to take this position, it was better to let the emperor first give the six Shangshu a calendar, and then let them co-organize, anyway, except for the criminal department, the other five departments have been tortured by the calendar and have a lot of experience.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the emperor called the crown prince to the Qianqing Palace for a one-on-one chat, "Didn't you plan to build a cabinet first?" Why did you change your mind? ”

"If even the cabinet members are elected by the examination method, there will be no worries about the upward and ineffective. Besides, many people will definitely be in a hurry to perform within half a year, and the performance will be better, and the standards set by this will be more efficient in the future. ”

“…… You've thought it through. "The emperor didn't plan to let Yuan Yi go, he temporarily changed the script, someone must have said something to him.

"In addition, it can also be seen from the request for prisoners that the hundred officials attach too much importance to civil affairs and ignore military force, and if the cabinet ministers are allowed to set the standards of the military department and the army, the result will definitely be laughable and generous, but it will make the examination law a dead talk."

"What's the point that you don't want to take charge?"

"This is the first ......time I've celebrated the New Year with Ah Luan," Yuan Yi glanced at the emperor's father sadly.

The emperor was speechless, and waved impatiently to tell him to get out.

In fact, Yuan Yi changed her mind because of the result of a private night conversation with Gu Ci, in the words of the little girl, that is, 'the rationality and enforceability of standards are the best means to establish authority', because she herself succeeded in doing so. And she is also the most powerful opponent of Wending's military position, who can't even ride a horse for an hour, and sets a standard for daily drills for the soldiers, isn't it funny! Besides, the whole dynasty needs to have an adaptation period to the test method, and it is certain that all kinds of tricks will be used, since you want to cross the river by feeling the stones, then throw the stones down first, see how deep the water is, and then be a referee and decide what to do. Finally, and most importantly, when the imperial court begins to feel the power of the examination method and focuses its attention on it, there will not be much opposition to the proposal to open the official examination. In order to complete the task, who would dare to recruit a bunch of relatives as junior brothers? Of course, it is suitable for people with a diploma! After a year or two of polishing in the examination and the official examination, there will not be so many people in this court!