Military attachés and civil officials are selected separately, and Lin Nan's assumption is that there is no general rule in the selection of military attachés, and you can also go to see the selection of civil officials, so the selection of civil officials will be delayed. However, judging from the number of applicants, the number of people who signed up for the civil service selection far exceeded that of military attachés, and it has reached more than 30,000.

As for how to select civil officials, Lin Nan has not come up with a conclusion so far, so he deliberately postponed the date of the competition, so that all the contestants participating in the civil official selection stayed in Gucheng, which is not far from Xiangnan City, and three meals a day were all funded by the imperial court.

After Lin Nan inspected the military attache selection circle, because there were too many people, he was also dazzled, for him, this time it was just a shape, and he focused on the back. The audition is likely to eliminate the vast majority of people.

Because he saw many wrestlers who could lift 300 catties above their heads, but they couldn't shoot bows and arrows, or couldn't ride horses, which were very normal, because in this era, riding horses was also a very luxurious thing, and some poor people couldn't afford to buy a horse at all.

Therefore, Lin Nan relaxed the requirements for riding skills in a certain distance, as long as he can ride on horseback and run in circles for five laps without falling off, he will be considered to have passed.

Therefore, the first round of auditions was a lot of joy and a lot of worries.

The audition lasted for two days, and after two days, the audition was completely over, and out of more than 15,000 people, only 3,000 were able to pass the first round of auditions. This number is also in Lin Nan's prediction.

On the tenth day of October, the weather gradually became colder, and the sky over Xiangnan City became so hazy, but it did not affect the mood of the contestants in the slightest.

For those who failed in the audition, Lin Nan also made reasonable arrangements, and asked Zhao Yun to set up a recruitment office, as long as they were willing to join the army, they would be arranged according to their results when they participated in the audition. Served in the military. As a result, all the people who failed in the audition came to participate, and some others went to sign up for the civil service selection.

The second round is a formal match, which is played in a one-on-one fashion, with the winner advancing and the loser eliminating. Still according to archery, horsemanship, weapons, strength, fists and feet to compete, each person competes five times, and then the final comprehensive score determines the winner.

Half of the people will be eliminated in this round of selection, and the number of people is small, so it will be over in one day, and the results of the competition will be announced on the spot.

On 11 October, the third round of selection officially began, and more than 1,500 people who won the second round were still selected according to the method of the second round. As a result, half of them were eliminated.

October 12. October 13, October 14, the fourth round, the fifth round, the sixth round of selection, more than 700 people into more than 300 people, more than 300 people into more than 100 people, more than 100 people left in the end only a few dozen people, this kind of knockout is very cruel, the selected people can also be said to be one in a million.

On the fifteenth day of October. Lin Nan held the list of the last seventy-eight people in his hand and hurriedly skimmed through it. In the list, I saw a more familiar name. His eyes lit up, and he immediately looked around at the seventy-eight people standing in front of him, and asked, "Who is Hao Zhao?" ”

A young man in the crowd responded and shouted, "Your Majesty, the grass people are Hao Zhao." ”

Lin Nan followed the voice and looked over, but saw that Hao Zhao's sturdy figure stood out from the crowd. Far taller than others, 1.85 meters tall, a square face can not see beauty and ugliness, it is a purely popular face. He walked straight to Hao Zhao and saw that Hao Zhao was half a head taller than himself. He asked, "Are you really only fourteen?" ”

Hao Zhao didn't look nervous at all in the face of Lin Nan's questioning, and replied casually: "The grass people are indeed only fourteen years old!" ”

"Very good, the next selection will be more strict, I hope you don't disappoint me, I will always pay attention to you." Lin Nan doesn't like to talk about me, although I am a proper noun for the emperor, but it will give people a sense of distance and make it impossible for people to get close. So, he always referred to himself as me, which would be more accommodating, and as it turned out, he was right.

Hao Zhao saw that Lin Nan paid so much attention to him, and he was also very happy in his heart, and said: "Please rest assured, Hao Zhao will definitely live up to His Majesty's expectations of me!" ”

Lin Nan smiled, stretched out his hand and patted Hao Zhao's shoulder, and said, "Very good, strive to win the first place, the position of the general of the chariot is yours." ”

"Why is Your Majesty so eccentric, I Ling Hu Shao is no worse than Hao Zhao at all, why only pay attention to him, not me!" A huge cry suddenly rang in Lin Nan's ears, shaking Lin Nan's ears for a while.

"Bold! How dare you be rude to Your Majesty? Zhao Yun suddenly rushed over with an arrow step, grabbed Ling Hu Shao's chest, and only raised his hand slightly, and lifted Ling Hu Shao's whole person, and then fell to the ground.

Linghu Shao was caught by Zhao Yun's sudden grab, and he couldn't move at all, and he didn't pay attention, so he was lifted high by Zhao Yun. But just when Zhao Yun was about to fall himself, Ling Hu Shao's arm suddenly stretched out, grabbed Zhao Yun's arm, turned his body in the air, and when his feet landed, he pulled Zhao Yun to his side, pulled Zhao Yun's arm and almost threw Zhao Yun aside.

If it weren't for Zhao Yun's strength, this sudden flick would really throw him out, he used his strength to fight, his body floated out, his feet hit the ground, but he grabbed Ling Hu Shao again, and then threw him out directly.

"Boom!"

With a muffled sound, Linghu Shao fell heavily to the ground, and before he could stand up, more than a dozen soldiers with spears pressed the heads of their spears against his body.

Lin Nan saw the whole process, Ling Hu Shao's expression was an eye-opener for him, he didn't expect that there was another person who was not afraid of death, and dared to argue with Zhao Yun, was his head rusty, or was he simply stupid?

"Your Majesty, you're fine, right?" Zhao Yun hurriedly asked.

"It's okay! Let him go. ”

So, the soldiers withdrew their blades. Ling Hu Shao got up from the ground, looked at Zhao Yun viciously, and shouted: "I didn't count just now, I was too careless, let's compare again!" ”

"It's a comparison, but you can't beat my General Huwei, if you want to compete, you can compare with him, I want to see which of you two is more powerful." Lin Nan smiled and pointed at Hao Zhao and said.

"It's definitely me!" Linghu Shao said unyieldingly.

Lin Nan looked at the seventy-eight people. Decide such a number of people, from more than 15,000 people, no matter what, they can be considered elite. So, he decided to change the way he played in the previous knockout round, and said to the crowd: "Then, the seventh round of the tournament has officially begun. However, unlike the previous times, this time, you are cooperating with each other, and I will divide you into two groups, and conduct a formal military exercise between the two groups...... Are you afraid of bloodshed? ”

"Don't be afraid!"

"Very good, Zilong, give them weapons and armor, and let them compare with real swords and guns."

Zhao Yun was stunned for a moment. He asked, "Your Majesty, is this really okay?" ”

"What's not to do? It is normal for a man to shed blood without tears, as a general who charges into battle, his life will be in danger at any time, and only those who put life and death aside and bravely kill the enemy are worthy of this great task. Lin Nan said loudly.

Zhao Yundao: "The minister understands, but the sword has no eyes." If a human life is killed, it will be more than worth the loss. I thought. Or do you use wooden sticks and swords instead of real weapons? ”

Lin Nan thought about it and felt that what Zhao Yun said was right, so he immediately nodded and said, "Compile according to odd and even numbers, separate the two sides, and have a confrontation match." ”

said. Lin Nan walked to the side, pulled down a big flag, and took the big flag to an open space under the ring, and walked a long way before he stopped, and ordered the soldiers to plant the big flag there.

"Listen to me. Today's selection will be the final round, you have to do your best, as long as whoever can run here from the ring first and take off this banner will be the champion of this military attache selection competition, the official position of the general of the chariot cavalry, that is, whoever! Lin Nan pointed to the big flag and shouted.

The contestants gasped when they heard Lin Nan's words, and the seventy-eight people all looked at each other, such a selection undoubtedly made every contestant and the other seventy-seven people enemies, who didn't want to win the championship in one fell swoop and grab a high-ranking official like the general of the chariot cavalry to do it.

"You have a good rest first, and I'll put your weapons and armor in a while." As soon as Lin Nan's voice fell, he returned to the ring and had a chair brought in, and he sat upright overlooking the entire arena.

The soldiers began to put wooden swords and wooden shields for those players, and Zhao Yun walked to Lin Nan's side at this time, bowed down and asked, "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't understand ...... much."

"If there's anything you don't quite understand, just say it."

"Why did His Majesty suddenly give up the selection policy that he had formulated before, is it a bit too hasty to be so hasty? Also, if His Majesty has only set up a great banner there, wouldn't that make one of them and the other seventy-seven enemies against each other? Among these people, although some of them are extraordinary, each of them is the strongest of the strong, and the minister is worried that none of these seventy-eight people will be able to go under that banner in the end. ”

Lin Nan smiled: "I know it in my heart, you just wait to watch the show." By the way, who is the one named Linghu Shao just now? ”

Zhao Yun immediately told Lin Nan: "Linghu Shao, the word Uncle Kong, a native of Taiyuan, my father used to be the captain of Karasuma in the Han Dynasty, and he can be regarded as the queen of the gate. ”

"There are a lot of people in Bingzhou who signed up this time, including more than 1,000 people in Taiyuan alone, which shows that the demeanor of Bingzhou athletes is still the same......" Lin Nan said while looking at Hao Zhao, who stood out from the crowd under the ring.

He is no stranger to this character, in the official history, Hao Zhao was once a general of the Wei State, ordered to defend Chencang, and he was not afraid of the enemy army led by Zhuge Liang who was several times his own, but blocked Zhuge Liang outside the city of Chencang, no matter how Zhuge Liang attacked, he could resolve it lightly.

The reason why he wanted to make such an open selection was to prepare for the establishment of a new army in the future, to control half of the world, and it was time to expand the army.

Under the ring, Hao Zhao stood among the many players, looked around at the other seventy-seven people, and finally set his eyes on Ling Hu Shao's body, he took the wooden sword and wooden shield he had just released, walked straight to Ling Hu Shao's side, and asked, "Brother, are you from Taiyuan?" ”

"Who is your brother? The hairy boy who has not dried up is waiting to go. Ling Hu Shao said impatiently.

Hao Zhao continued as if he hadn't heard it: "My name is Hao Zhao, the word Bodao, and I am also from Taiyuan, we are fellow villagers, I want to ......"

"What if you are a fellow countryman? I've got the top spot today. Linghu Shao exclaimed irritably.

Hao Zhao laughed and said, "Not necessarily. Brother, look, in addition to what I thought, there are seventy-six other people here, each of whom is an extraordinary person, although it is only two miles from here to Daqi, but who doesn't want to be a champion. They will inevitably contain each other, and in this way, they will be equal to one person and all others being enemies. I mean, it's better for the two of us to join forces and work together to reach the banner first, and then we can take the banner and then rely on our own ability. In this way, the pressure on you and me will be greatly reduced, and we will do more with less. Brother Linghu. What do you think? ”

Linghu Shao was not a fool, he naturally noticed the other people's eyes, and listening to Hao Zhao say it so quietly, he was also afraid that others would hear their plan. He didn't answer immediately, but asked, "Even if the two of us join forces, we may not be the opponents of the other seventy-six people, they will definitely not let us be so light-hearted, although this plan of yours is not bad." But it doesn't work. ”

Hao Zhao pondered for a moment, and saw that Linghu Shao was confident. Then he asked, "What about Brother Linghu's opinion?" ”

Linghu Shao said with a smile: "Since they are all bound to win, they naturally won't let anyone go over, you see, when the game starts, they will definitely not move first, but will solve the people around them first." This is a great opportunity! ”

After Hao Zhao heard this, he was like an initiation, and immediately said: "I have an idea, we can stand still and wait and see what happens." When they are all tired, we will rush through those people if we rush up again. However, the premise is that you and I must join forces. I don't know what Brother Linghu thinks? ”

Linghu Shao said: "It's decided, but as long as I'm here, you don't want to take that flag." ”

Hao Zhao smiled but didn't answer, sitting next to Linghu Shao, his eyes kept looking ahead.

On the ring, Lin Nan looked from a distance, and saw Hao Zhao and Ling Hu Shao whispering something there, and thought to himself: "It seems that the champion is going to be produced between the two of them." ”

When everyone was almost rested, Lin Nan ordered someone to blow the horn and announce the start of the game.

Before the sound of the horn fell, the players holding the wooden sword and the wooden shield on the other side immediately started fighting, and the originally divided group was also gone, as long as they saw people, they were entangled and scuffled together, and no one was distinguished, and everyone fell into chaos.

No!

At least two people did not participate in the battle, and those two people sat there motionless, carefully watching the people in front of them who were constantly fighting, looking like they were wandering.

Lin Nan saw this strange scene, and took a new look at Hao Zhao's information, now Hao Zhao is from Taiyuan, and Linghu Shao is a fellow villager, which is not difficult to understand the reason why the two people are crowded together.

The shouting and killing continued, although the players used wooden swords, but it hurt to swing people's bodies.

Hao Zhao and Ling Hu Shao saw that the battle situation in front of them began to become more and more intense, and those people were scrambling with each other, so they forgot who was who, and only cared about fighting.

After a while, more than a dozen players couldn't hold on and fell to the ground.

Hao Zhao and Ling Hu Shao's eyes flickered, they stood up almost at the same time, glanced at each other, and the two of them walked side by side, both shouting loudly: "Kill!" ”

As soon as the two of them rushed over, there was no turning back The wooden sword opened the way, the wooden shield protected the body, and the two people cooperated very tacitly.

"Boom!"

Hao Zhao and Ling Hu Shao suddenly attacked and quickly rushed away from those contestants. The two of them seemed to be together, taking care of each other and rushing forward.

At this time, the seventy-six people were already exhausted, where could they withstand the sudden attack of Hao Zhao and Ling Hu Shao, they were directly rushed open, and the two of them ran towards the banner.

At this time, the rest of the people realized the danger, and all of them abandoned the previous misunderstanding, and chased after Hao Zhao and Ling Hu Shao's butts.

"If this continues, no one will want to get the flag, and they must be stopped from advancing." Hao Zhao said sharply to Linghu Shao.

Linghu Shao grinned as he ran, and said, "Why didn't you go to resist them?" ”

Hao Zhao didn't answer, just ran forward quickly, and soon rushed to the bottom of the banner, and was about to catch it.

Unexpectedly, a wooden sword flew out obliquely, directly blocking Hao Zhao's way.

"You want to be alone?" Linghu Shao jumped in front of Hao Zhao and scolded him in front of him.

"Whatever you want, I'm just taking what I'm supposed to take!" Hao Zhao said.

"Then you pass me first!" Linghu Shao said confidently.

"This is put aside in advance, and after the others are repelled first, we are waiting for the level of force. It doesn't matter who loses when the time comes. At least the first two are ours! As soon as the words fell, Hao Zhao hurriedly turned around and looked at the chasing people with a sideways face.

Linghu Shao felt that what Hao Zhao said was reasonable, so he temporarily put down the matter between the two of them, jumped to Hao Zhao's side, and snorted coldly. said: "I'm not here to save you, I just think what you said is right......"

In the ring, Lin Nan and Zhao Yun really saw it, especially Lin Nan, seeing Hao Zhao and Linghu Shao working together, he said to Zhao Yun beside him: "Do you think which of the two of them will win the final championship?" ”

Zhao Yun frowned and said, "This minister is not easy to estimate, Hao Zhao and Linghu Shao are indeed different, but they can win the championship." The minister was also anxiously waiting. ”

Lin Nan said: "Well, tell me to go down, let me prepare lunch, and when the game is over, I will personally feast on them."

Zhao Yun said "no", turned around and called a few guards, asked them to go to the room for a while, and instructed the back kitchen to prepare thin wine and side dishes.

In the open space below the ring. The fight was too passionate, Hao Zhao and Linghu Shao fought side by side. They used their weapons to meet some others, and because of their recuperation, those people retreated one after another under the combined blow of the two of them, and did not dare to step forward again.

A group of tired and injured players, their eyes full of the gaze that only beasts have. looked closely at Hao Zhao and Linghu Shao under the banner, although they were extremely unconvinced, but no one dared to approach.

Under the Huaxia banner fluttering in the wind, Hao Zhao and Linghu Shao were back to back, clinging tightly together. Holding a broken wooden sword in one hand and a wooden shield full of holes in the other, they were both panting, but their eyes were extremely vicious.

If the tired players are a pack of wolves, then these two people are undoubtedly two tigers roaring in the mountains and forests.

Heaven and earth were slaughtered, and the atmosphere was extremely tense, and the smell of blood was permeated in the air, wafting around and not dissipating for a long time.

"This flag! Our brother is going to decide, and if there is anyone who is not convinced, just come here! Hao Zhao looked at the seventy-six people opposite him and shouted loudly.

Among the seventy-six people, there was no one who was not injured, the wooden sword in his hand had already been broken, and some did not even have a wooden shield.

It wasn't until Hao Zhao and Linghu Shao rushed them away that they realized how stupid they were.

"There is only one banner, but there are two of you, why do you join forces to meet the enemy?" One of the puzzled players stood up, finally couldn't help it, and asked the question in his heart.

"In such a situation, joining forces to meet the enemy is far more likely to win than fighting alone. Although there is only one flag, it will inevitably be taken away by one of us, that is to say, my chance is half, which is more superior than the slim chance before, I think you should be able to figure it out! Hao Zhao replied.

The rest of the people looked at each other, and then there was a look of shame, many of them had brothers, friends, and fellow villagers, but none of them thought of a way to cooperate first and then capture the flag, but regarded those closest to them as enemies.

In the end, the seventy-six people who were in good spirits all sat on the ground one after another, as if they had given up their intention to continue fighting.

After a while, all seventy-six people sat on the ground, and everyone's eyes were on Hao Zhao and Ling Hu Shao, as if they were expecting the two of them to distinguish between high and low.

Hao Zhao saw that the rest of the people were no longer robbing, he squinted at Ling Hu Shao, and seeing that Ling Hu Shao did not go to snatch the flag first, he hurriedly turned around and jumped up, wanting to catch Ling Hu Shao off guard.

"Want to win? There are no doors! You come down for me! Linghu Shao is not a fool, he knew from the beginning that Hao Zhao had a lot of ghost ideas, so he was especially wary of Hao Zhao, and as soon as he saw Hao Zhao jumping up, he immediately stretched out his hands and hugged Hao Zhao's legs directly.

As soon as Hao Zhao's body jumped into the air, his legs were tightly pulled, and then he only felt that his body was forcibly pulled down and fell heavily to the ground.

At the same time, Ling Hu Shao's figure jumped up, seeing that he was about to touch the big flag with his hand. Unexpectedly, a figure suddenly flew out, kicked him out, and ripped off the banner with a hand, and hugged him directly in his arms.

"Boom!"

With a muffled sound, Hu Shao fell heavily to the ground and bumped into Hao Zhao, who had just gotten up. The two of them immediately fell into the mud and a dog gnawed on the mud.

This scene came too suddenly, and no one saw what was going on, and this man, who was obviously covered in bruises, miraculously flew out of the crowd, and instead snatched the big flag in his arms.

"Wow-"

The audience was in an uproar, and the onlookers didn't understand what was going on, Lin Nan, who was sitting in the ring, saw this scene and hurriedly stood up, this dramatic scene was too unexpected. makes the whole game full of suspense.

"Who are you?" Linghu Shao was kicked hard, and there was a huge footprint on his clothes, he got up from the ground, glared angrily at the person holding the big flag, and asked loudly.

The man holding the banner was no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, with big ears and a rough outline. Quite a strong man, the most attractive. It is his demeanor, although it seems to be careless, but it gives people a sense of sincerity and credibility.

His eyes were deep and smart, and just looking at his eyes, you could see that this man was dissolute and uninhibited, and the cold, empty, emotionless gaze that emanated from his black pupils. But it makes people shudder when they see it. This gaze is not insolent, it is not burning, it is even just nothingness, and because of this, it is impossible to fathom. I can't see through it, and I can't understand it.

His long fingers trembled slightly, and the index and middle fingers of his right hand rubbed slightly without anyone noticing, and then replied with a natural and expressionless face: "In Xia Jia Kui, the word Liang Dao, a native of Xiangling, Hedong." ”

"You...... What are you? I saw that you didn't snatch it before, why did you suddenly make a move? Linghu Shao said angrily.

"You're wrong, it's called a soldier who never tires of deceit. And, from the very beginning, I was determined to win. Are you two so conspicuous that you think others won't notice you? When the two of you exchanged ears, I saw it clearly, and then I decided on the strategy of the praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches. There was still not the slightest emotion in Jia Kui's words, and he bowed his hand to Linghu Shao and Hao Zhao, "However, I also want to thank the two of you, if it weren't for the two of you working so hard, I wouldn't have gotten this banner so lightly." ”

"We're talking so quietly, how do you know what we're talking about?" Linghu Shao asked puzzled.

"I'm sorry, but I know how to read." Jia Kui replied.

Hao Zhao slapped the dust on his body, walked to Linghu Shao's side, glanced at Jia Kui, and said, "Oh, I remember you, not long after the start just now, you were the first to fall, it turns out that you have been pretending to be ......"

"Whatever you say, anyway, this banner is mine, this general of the chariot cavalry, I should be decided!" Jia Kui said loudly.

Linghu Shao's face was not angry, his hands clenched into fists, and as soon as he took a step forward, his arm was grabbed by Hao Zhao, he turned his head and shouted: "Let go!" ”

Hao Zhao shook his head and said: "The overall situation has been decided, it is irretrievable, it is only to blame us for being too light on the enemy, but I didn't expect it to become a stepping stone for others." ”

"Is that all? That banner should be mine! Linghu Shao roared.

"It's irretrievable, so why be persistent?" Hao Zhao said comfortingly.

As soon as his voice fell, he let go of Ling Hu Shao, took two steps forward, blocked in front of Ling Hu Shao, and arched his hand towards Jia Kui: "Brother Jia is resourceful, both civil and military, and I Hao Bodao admires it very much." ”

Jia Kui returned a salute to Hao Zhao and said, "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, if I talk about fighting alone, I may not be the opponent of the two of you, so I made this decision, I really can't stand the two of you." ”

"Humph!" Linghu Shao saw that the general trend had gone and it was irreparable, so he snorted coldly, and his lungs were about to explode.

"Bang Bang ......"

At this moment, Lin Nan had already stepped down from the ring, clapping as he walked, and said with a smile: "Wonderful! It's been amazing, you guys showed me a really good game today......"

"Knock to see Your Majesty!" When Jia Kui, Hao Zhao, Linghu Shao and others saw Lin Nan coming, they all knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.

"Excuse me, excuse me, get up." Lin Nan said hurriedly.

When everyone stood up one after another, they saw Lin Nan walking straight in front of Jia Kui and looking Jia Kui up and down. Then he asked, "Little brother, what's your name?" ”

"Returning to His Majesty, the grass people are called Jia Kui, the word Liang Dao, and the people of Xiangling, Hedong." When Jia Kui saw Lin Nan, he said very politely.

After Lin Nan heard it. Carefully recalling the list of the seventy-eight people, he also roughly browsed it, and it was inevitable that there would be misses, probably because he missed Jia Kui's name. This person, Lin Nan also has a little impression, it is recorded in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that he is a courtier of Wei, and he is considered to be the kind of civil and military master, although his martial arts are not outstanding. But in terms of wisdom, the scene just now is enough to prove that he is using his own wits to seize the first place in this military attache selection.

"Hahaha...... Okay, okay very. Now that you have won the first place in this selection, then from now on, you will be the left cavalry general of my Huaxia Kingdom, and the official residence will be from the first rank, and you will be crowned the champion Hou. In addition, you will be rewarded with 1,000 gold coins! Lin Nandao.

After hearing this, Jia Kui was very grateful. Immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, shouting loudly: "Thank you for your reward, thank you for your reward, long live my emperor, long live long live!" ”

After the rest of the people saw it, some were disappointed, and some were envious. Among them, the most uncomfortable are Hao Zhao and Ling Hu Shao. The two of them glanced at each other, with a slight disbelief in their eyes, and a little dislike between their eyebrows.

Lin Nan also knew that his original intention was to give the first place in this military attache selection a General Wei, but then he thought about it. It is ready to divide the general of the chariot cavalry into left and right, and let Xu Huang serve as the general of the right chariot cavalry, and Jia Kui as the general of the left chariot cavalry. Of course, the Han people respect the right, and naturally Xu Huang is greater than Jia Kui, but in terms of official rank, they are all high-ranking officials from the first rank, and they are all the same.

In addition, Lin Nan also noticed the expressions of Hao Zhao and Ling Hu Shao, and immediately said: "Ling Hu Shao and Hao Zhao listen to the seal!" ”

Linghu Shao and Hao Zhao were still in envy, jealousy and hatred, but when they suddenly heard Lin Nan's words, both of them were stunned.

"What are you doing there? Why don't you hurry up and kneel down to receive your reward? Zhao Yun walked over at this time, pointed to Linghu Shao and Hao Zhao and said.

Linghu Shao and Hao Zhao knelt on the ground, grateful, and hurriedly shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

Lin Nan said: "The two of you are also very good, Ling Hu Shao is the partial general, Hao Zhao is the general, both are the officials of the five grades, and each of you will be rewarded with 1,000 silver coins as encouragement." ”

"Thank you." Linghu Shao and Hao Zhao kowtowed together.

Lin Nan turned around and said to the other seventy-five people: "It is not easy for you to come this far, from today onwards, all of you will hold the position of Du Lieutenant, which belongs to the official of my Huaxia Guozheng Seventh Grade, as for how to distribute it, I will ask General Huwei to post the appointment certificate tomorrow." ”

"Hooray! Banzai! Banzai! The crowd shouted with joy.

The selection of military attachés officially came to an end, Jia Kui unexpectedly won the championship, and the rest expressed their willingness to join the army A total of 10,000 people, Lin Nan also made reasonable arrangements, all of them were formed into a new army, and Jia Kui was appointed as the chief general of this army, and Hao Zhao and Linghu Shao were deputy generals.

After the competition, Lin Nan, accompanied by Zhao Yun and others, rode his horse to Gucheng to prepare for the selection of civil officials.

In the evening, Lin Nan arrived in Gucheng, and Lu Zhi and Gai Xun, the lieutenants of the Privy Council of Huaxia, and Guan Ning and Zhong Xuan, the prime ministers of the cabinet, took the officials of Gucheng to welcome Lin Nan into the county government in the city.

As soon as Lin Nan sat down, he asked: "The selection of military attaches has come to an end today, do you have any good opinions on the selection of civilian officials?" ”

Guan Ning first said: "Your Majesty, the selection of civil officials is to serve as local officials, if the selection is not good, it will be self-defeating, the minister thinks that when the excellent ones are selected, and their ability to solve political affairs should be tested, only in this way can they benefit one party." ”

Lin Nan felt that what Guan Ning said was very right, this was exactly what he had a headache about, the selection of civil officials must not be as simple and crude as the selection of military attachés, after all, once selected, but let them govern the place, if their political ability is low, or if they are not right-minded, they will definitely harm one party.

He suddenly thought of the Han Dynasty's inspection system, and had to admit that this system had imported a lot of political talents into the Han Dynasty at a certain level, and as long as every link was fair, it was still a very good set of governance for selecting talents.

He thought for a moment and said, "There are more than 38,000 people participating in the selection of civil servants, and the gap of local officials in our previous budget is more than 500. ”

Zhong Xuan said: "Qi Yu Majesty, because His Majesty said very clearly in the text before, as long as there is talent, it will be hired, regardless of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and other issues, so some unscrupulous people are indiscriminately filled, the minister thinks that when you can first use the previous dynasty inspection system to clear a part, and then brainstorm to come up with a practical and good way is the best policy." ”

Lu Zhi retorted: "No! His Majesty's words are holy decrees, and isn't this a violation of His Majesty's original intention? ”

"What should I do with the words of the Captain?" Zhong Xuan asked.

Lu Zhi said: "Although there are more than 500 available talents in the county government office, there are more than 30,000 people who have signed up, and how to bring all these 30,000 people into the bureaucratic system is really a rare thing." However, officials can be localized, and below each county, there are townships, and the former dynasty townships have ranks, three elders, and wanderers; The pavilion has a pavilion chief, there is a likui, the people have Shiwu, and the border county has a barrier captain. If all the selected officials are appointed to the local level, let alone more than 30,000 people, even more than 30,000 people will not be enough. ”

After Lin Nan listened, he suddenly felt enlightened, he felt as if he saw a big gap in officials in front of him, and immediately said: "Taiwei Lu is reasonable, you can first select the officials you need by selecting the best of the best, and the rest will be all included in the locality, and people will not fall short, so it will be much simpler." But the selection still has to go a way......"

He thought for a while, and then said: "In this way, in the next few days, you will select the best top ten, I will meet them in person, and then test them in public, after all, there will be a champion." ”

"No!"

The discussion has been decided, Lin Nan suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, anyway, as long as he signs up, he will become an official, and he will not be disappointed, so there is nothing to worry about.

In the next few days, the selection of civil officials officially began, presided over by Guan Ning, Zhong Xuan, Lu Zhi, and Gai Xun, and after almost ten days of selection, it finally came to an end.

In the end, Zhong Xuan presented the top ten candidates and handed the list to Lin Nan. After Lin Nan read it, he was quite surprised, because on the list, he actually saw the names of Sima Yi and Lou Ban.

"Are you sure that Sima Yi and Lou Ban have both participated in this selection of civil officials?" Lin Nan looked at Zhong Xuan in disbelief and asked.

Zhong Xuan nodded and said, "Chen is very sure that Sima Yi and Lou Ban are indeed among them. ”

"You didn't release the water?"

"Drain the water?" Zhong Xuan asked incomprehensibly.

"Oh, you didn't neglect your duties, then Sima Yi is an eleven-year-old child, although the building class is older, it is only fifteen or sixteen, how can the two of them stand out among more than 30,000 people?" Lin Nan asked in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have indeed not had the slightest act of releasing water, every qiē is fair, and there is no bending the law for personal gain." Zhong Xuan is now learning to buy it, and said immediately.

Lin Nan also felt that it was unlikely that he would be suspected of releasing water, because he had four examiners this time, Guan Ning, Lu Zhi, Gai Xun, and Zhong Xuan were all models of honesty and honesty in the world. It's just that he was surprised why Sima Yi and Lou Ban were selected into the top ten of the best.

"Your Majesty, what should I do now, do you want to meet them?" Zhong Xuan asked tentatively.

"See! I'd like to see how Sima Yi excels and let them all in. ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhong Miao ordered people to call all ten people in, the ages were uneven, the oldest was in his thirties, and the youngest was only eleven years old. (To be continued......)