Xin Er raised his head, facing Zuo's gaze, he unconsciously thought of the hard time on the bank of Inoze a few years ago, thinking about it carefully, from then to now, how long has Zuo's happy days been? He wanted to speak, but he stopped.

Zuo asked, "Ah Gua, why don't you speak?" Don't you have something to tell me? ”

Her age is not much different from Xin'er, only one or two years older than Xin'er, Chinese New Year's Eve this year, to speak, she has also suffered hardships, her past life has also had big ups and downs, experienced great setbacks, but at this moment, she looks at Xin's eyes, or in recent years, every time she is alone with Xin'er, her eyes are always like this, her face is full of ripe beauty, like a peony blooming in March, but the black jewel-like pupils give people a sense of purity, like the warm sunshine after the snow.

Xin Er thought: "Yingluo Nu has suffered too many sins, and it is rare that she can finally feel more comfortable now, so why should I tell her all those messy things, so that she will be angry, worried, and restless?" That's it, Song Xian doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, I'll clean him up! As for the Weitai officials, they did not dare to chew their tongues. …… I won't tell Yingluonu about this! ”

The purpose of his entry into the palace was to give the words that Song Xian said nonsense to the Zuo family, and after thinking about it, he put this idea away, but he had already said that "there is something to start", and it was not good to eat the preface, so he had to take out an official business that he had just discussed with Tang Ai, Yang Chao and others yesterday and prepared to be formally invited at the court meeting in two days, and said: "Queen Mother, the former Tianchen inspected the Pan Palace, compared to the previous years? This year, there are more than twice as many students in the Pan Palace. Get rid of the children of the scholars, the children of overseas Chinese, and the children of the poor families recommended by the state and county? The Xianbei tribes of Beishan, the Qianghu tribes of the eight southeastern counties, and the Zahu tribes along the coast of Lushui, Zhuyeze, and the surrounding areas of the West Sea, etc., are the chiefs and sons of the noble race in their tribes? There are quite a few? It accounts for about 10% of the total number of students. ”

The year before last and last year, Xin Er allocated funds twice? Expand the Pan Palace and increase the number of teachers? Expand the enrollment of students? In the past two years, the results have been remarkable, and the number of students in the palace was only four or five hundred at the most? And among these hundreds? Half of the Tai are the children of the Dingxi Gaomen family, and now, not only the number of students has increased greatly, but there are more than 3,000 students. The source of the students is no longer the same as before, basically from the right surname of the Dingxi Shi clan? The proportion of children of overseas Chinese and Han scholars has been greatly increased, and now they account for more than 40 percent and 20 percent of the total number of students, respectively. At the same time, the proportion of Hu people's children has increased by leaps and bounds? "About 10%"? One percent of more than 3,000 people? That is more than 300 people, so many Hu people children into the study of Confucianism, in the words of the old teachers of the Pan Palace, is unheard of, in the words of the Pan Palace chief teacher Xi Yin Shi, is "the teacher, there is no class, now I Dingxi, the name of the teaching in Wanhu, the barbarian into China, the ancient, the prosperity of the world."

Although it is inevitable that scholars will sometimes exaggerate a little when they speak, "Wanhu" is not completely exaggerated.

It must be known that these more than 300 Hu students are not ordinary herdsmen in the Hu Department of Dingxi, but all the children of the chiefs, adults, and small rates, such as the "righteous brother" Ba Ruo Neng, his eldest son Koji Zhu did not die, after recovering from his injuries, he entered the Pan Palace to study, and such as bald Boye, he also has a brother and two younger brothers into the Pan Palace, with such a "noble" identity of a Hu student, when he finishes his studies, and waits for him to return to the headquarters, as long as he is willing, then he can influence many people in his tribe, in other words, Even if each Hu student only affected a hundred herdsmen of their own tribe, then the total would be more than 30,000.

From this point of view, not to mention "Wanhu"!

The description of Yin Shi "Wanhu" is not an exaggeration, but it is actually a "modest word".

Zuo is slightly aware of the fact that the number of students in Pangong is now increasing and the proportion of students from the children of overseas Chinese, Hanshi, and Hu people has greatly increased. After all, whether it is an expansion, an increase in teachers and students, it all requires money, and as long as it is a large amount of state expenditure, it must be approved by Zuo, at least to inform her, so she is not ignorant of this.

It's just that although education is also a major event of a country, he only met Xin Er in the morning, and in the afternoon Xin Er hurriedly entered the palace, which is rare to enter the palace twice a day, and the importance of Pan Palace's matter does not seem to be so important to him.

Zuo Shi thought: "I thought that Ah Gua had some important military dignitaries to discuss with me, but how could this be the case? Confused in his heart, he followed the words and said, "Really? ”

Xin Er said: "Yes, the Queen Mother, the people are the foundation of the country, the foundation of the people, the Pan Palace is thriving, there are more and more students, the day before yesterday the Queen Mother did not go to the Pan Palace, the minister was in the Pan Palace, Wen Bi in the school, the sound of chanting is in the ears, watching the bustling students, regardless of Tang and Hu, all are Confucian clothes and square steps, such a scene, it is really the joy of the minister! Xin Er bowed down to the ground and said, "Three years later, when this batch of students completes their studies, there will be many people who can be of great use. ”

"Three years of study", this is an approximate number. The school system of Pan Palace, Xin Er stipulates three years, but there are exams every year, if the results are outstanding, you can be out in one year, if the grades are not good, but even if you study for three years, the court will not use it after all.

Zuo said with a smile: "The general not only uses soldiers like gods, but also respects Confucianism and respects soldiers. This general's merit is also enjoyed. Looking at Xin Er's handsome appearance, his heart suddenly moved, and he thought, "The increase in the number of students in the Pan Palace is not an important thing, Ah Gua only resigned from the palace at noon, and came again in the afternoon, he must not have come for this matter,...... Mo is not, Mo is not ....... ”

Her cheeks flushed, and she thought, "Did he miss me?" Under the shyness, his eyes became more and more beautiful, as if he was about to drip water.

Xin Er said: "The matter that the minister wants to give to the Queen Mother is related to this. The former Tianchen was in Pan Palace, and after the inspection, he had a small chat with the Yin Master, and talked about this year's martial arts because of the literature and martial arts.

"Yin Shi thinks that the general will enter the phase, this ancient common thing, but now the generals often despise Confucianism and scriptures, and it is a gradual difference in civil and military affairs, and they are light on each other, and in the long run, or will be detrimental to the country, and they are also generals, out of the country for the conquest, and inside for the country to protect the territory and the people, it is especially when self-cultivation, with the way of loyalty and benevolence, therefore, the Yin master suggested that in the examination of martial arts, it is advisable to add a literary examination."

"Plus the literary exam? General, the system of martial arts was created by generals, and in this martial arts examination, wasn't there originally a literary examination? ”

"The Queen Mother, Yin Shi means that the current literary examination in the martial arts examination, first, the topic is simple, and second, the topic is mainly related to the art of war, and has little to do with Confucianism, so he believes that first, the difficulty of the question should be deepened, and secondly, the examination questions of the literary examination should increase the content of Confucianism, and it is best to choose the examination questions from the Five Classics, and the candidates who refer to the martial arts examination can choose any one of the classics and try its level."

Zuo Shi thought for a while and said: "Most of the candidates for martial arts are poor and white, generals, if you add the content of Confucianism in the literary examination, I am afraid that it will be difficult for a strong man, right?" After a pause, he said, "Furthermore, the purpose of martial arts is to select strong men who are defeated in battle, and not to select scholars and scribes for the country. ”

Xin Er's face showed a look of approval, and said: "The queen mother is wise, and the minister thinks so too." ”

"General, then you confuse me, since you think so too, why do you have to deal with me?" Shicai felt that "Xin Er missed her, so she asked to see her in the palace again in the afternoon", and the thought came back to his mind, and Zuo's mouth was asking, with love in his eyes.

Xin Er said: "What the Yin Master said, the views of the solid scholars, are not enough to take, but the minister thinks that the Yin Master's proposal of 'for the general should be especially self-cultivation, with the way of loyalty and benevolence', this statement is reasonable." The Queen Mother imagined that if the colonel led the country's heavy troops to conquer abroad, if there was no 'loyalty' in her heart, she would not succeed; if she guarded the border in the country, held the soldiers of tigers and wolves, and faced the weak and small leaders, if she had no 'benevolence' in her heart, she would not succeed. ”

"The general's words are reasonable, so, what is the general's intention?"

Xin Er said the results of his discussion with Tang Ai, Yang Chao and others, and said: "In the martial arts examination, there is no need to gain weight and increase the difficulty of the examination questions, but the ministers are brave and invite the queen mother, and then add a literary examination for the candidates who have been selected for the martial arts." ”

"Add a literary exam?"

"Exactly. The Queen Mother, in this supplementary literary examination, if the candidates who have been selected for the martial arts examination have outstanding results, the imperial court can reuse them, not only to be appointed to military positions, but also to change to civilian positions depending on the situation, or when the country needs talents, or after making military merits with them. ”

Xin Er's "recital" seems to be justified, "the way of loyalty and benevolence" is indeed very important, but after thinking about it carefully, Zuo feels that he is doing this too much, the general is transferred to a local civilian position, or concurrently serves as a local civil servant, there are not only many precedents in Dingxi, including now, such as Zhang Shao, isn't it a general who also serves as a guard? Where is the need for them to be examined again?

Although he couldn't figure it out, Zuo believed that Xin Er proposed this proposal because of him, so he didn't think about it anymore, nodded immediately, and said, "The general's proposal is very good." ”

"Has the Queen Mother approved it?"

Zuo smiled gently: "General, whenever you have an invitation, when have I refused?" ”

Xin Er bowed down again and said: "Thank you for the trust of the Queen Mother, the Minister is sincere and afraid, and is willing to die for the Queen Mother!" ”

But it was Xin Er's proposal, but the drunkard's intention was not to drink.

Any "Yin Master's advice" and "the way of loyalty and benevolence" are just excuses.

The real reason for his proposal is not for anything else, but precisely to give him a long-term thought, which can be used to completely destroy the current reactionary situation in which political power is absolutely occupied by the high-ranking scholars, that is, the so-called "high-class people have no poor families, and low-class people have no powerful clans", and reopen up the upper and lower circulation channels, so as to inject vitality into the country's "imperial examination" and pave the way for the final step.

Why is it the "last step"?

The valve clan and the Gaomen have monopolized the political power for a hundred years, and this is a chronic disease, and it cannot be established unless it is broken.

"Great break" not only refers to the collapse of the country, but also the destruction of the country on the surface, resulting in this rigid situation of the valve clan, Gaomen has not been damaged, this is still not possible, change the emperor with a different surname to the throne, the power will still be these valve clans, Gaomen, therefore, we must also carry out a thorough, at least a major blow to the valve clan, Gaomen.

Otherwise, we will not be able to "stand up".

This is also in the original time and space of Xin'er, why the new political system, such as the three provinces and six ministries system, the government military system, the imperial examination system, etc., are all germinated or first created in the northland regime,—— after a long period of war in the north, some of the old gate lords were killed, and the survivors were not cared about by the Hu people in power, and were excluded to the edge of political power, and had no right to speak, so the establishment of the new system is not like in Jiangzuo, which will encounter strong and insurmountable resistance.

Therefore, for this reason, in terms of Dingxi, in front of Xin Er, if he wants to implement the imperial examination system, there is a big problem.

That is, the Song, Fan and other valve clans, although because of the failure of the political struggle, have now lost most of their power, but their influence in Dingxi Shilin is still very large, and in addition to the Song and Pan, those first-class, second-rate Dingxi scholars, now most of them are still active in the political arena and public opinion circles in Dingxi, if you want to implement the imperial examination system, it can be foreseeable that these scholars must be the biggest obstacle, but Xin Er can't be like the rulers of the Hu regime, simply kill the opponents, if you do that, there will be two consequences, one is, Dingxi's talents will wither sharply, after all, in today's era when cultural knowledge is in the hands of a small number of scholars, although the Gaomen and the valve clan have hindered the progress of the times, but the "Chinese civilization" has ironically been inherited by them, and the other is that it is bound to stir up an uproar in Dingxi, regardless of the people, will come out against him, even if the Zuo family, at that time, will probably wonder if he is "crazy"? will no longer support him unconditionally, he can only step down gloomily.

This is the big problem that Xin Er is facing.

So, how to solve this dilemma?

Xin Er had been thinking about this for a few years, and after careful consideration, he thought that there was only one way, that is, to take it slowly, step by step.

The purpose of defeating the Song and Fan families was to strengthen and stabilize his power, and from the aspect of the imperial examination, it was the first step in the implementation of the imperial examination.

The establishment of Wuju, following the story of the former Qin Ju filial piety and other subjects, opened a large-scale national level examination, and carried out the precedent of selecting officials for the country, in order to enhance his reputation among the people and enhance his power in the army, from the aspect of the imperial examination, is the second step.

Through the recommendations of Sun Yan, Tang Ai, Yang Fu, Yang Chao, Huang Rong, Zhang Gui and others, as well as the recommendations of various counties and counties, a large number of overseas Chinese and Han scholars were recruited in order to enhance their political strength, and in terms of the imperial examination, it was the third step.

The first and third steps were to fundamentally shake the situation in which the lords and high-ranking families held power, and created a certain political and civil foundation for the implementation of the imperial examination. The second step is to create a precedent for the implementation of the imperial examination in terms of system.

At present, for the martial arts students who have been selected in the martial arts examination, the fourth step is to supplement the content of the literary examination, which is to use the super-promotion of officials to unite the loyalty of the talents in the martial arts to him.

There is also a fifth step, that is, in Xin Er's plan, through Song Xian's case, to replace the Zhongzheng in the main counties in China, and to replace more than half of the original indigenous Zhongzheng with overseas Chinese and Han scholars, in order to further enhance his political strength, and from the aspect of the imperial examination, it is to further expand the political and civil base of the imperial examination.

When these five steps are completed, Xin Er envisions that he will find another fighter plane to fight a winning battle, and use the power of victory to suppress and deter disobedience, and the imperial examination system can be officially implemented.

The military examination system, the honorable officer system, the athlete system, the government military system, and the release of the camp households for the organization of households and the people, these new military policies, which have been implemented or have just been implemented, have greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness, fighting will, and enthusiasm of the Dingxi Brigade, and Xin Er is confident that after the two policies of the government military system and the release of the camp households for the organization of households and the people can be fully implemented, the combat strength of the Dingxi Brigade will certainly rise to a higher level.

——In the final analysis, although the military strength of the Hu people is strong, but in terms of weapons, the Hu people and the Tang people have no generation difference, and even the Tang people's weapons are more sophisticated.

The system of three provinces and six ministries, the new political policy of Xin'er, greatly improved the centralization of power in Dingxi and the operational efficiency of institutions at all levels, not compared with the Hu regime, compared with the Jiangzuo regime, as mentioned above, Huan Meng is also greatly envious of it, which can be seen to be superior. The system of three provinces and six ministries is already ahead of other countries in Jiangzuo and Beidi, and once this system of imperial examinations is implemented again, hundreds or thousands of officials who have no way to enter the ranks, or even those who are talented, are forced to stay in the lower ranks have a channel to rise, and the combination of the two systems can be predicted that the political arena in Dingxi will definitely take on a new look and burst out with vitality, and it will leave Jiangzuo and the countries in Beidi far behind.

When the time comes, the military and politics are advanced in the world, even the strength of Qin, Pu Mao is to learn the politics of the royal road from the ancient sage of China, although even the Hu people also many admit that the Tang family is the destiny of heaven, only with Dingxi a place, Xin Er also dared to chase the Central Plains, and asked Jiang Zuoding about the importance of it.

Thinking about the prospect of the coming day and the west, looking back at the present, what is Song Xian's floating words? Just like the cicadas in the palace of the four o'clock, it is nothing more than a momentary noise. Xin Er, who decided not to affect Zuo's mood with this matter, calmed down in the conversation with Zuo.

Bidding farewell to the Zuo family, Xin Er went out to the palace and ordered the emperor to drive back to the Xin Mansion.

When he arrived in the mansion and entered the hall, Xin Er summoned Huang Rong and Qi Dali to see him.

Huang Rong and Qi Dali came one after another.

Xin Er buried the documents on the first case, while re-reading the two official documents from Xihai and Shazhou, and contacted Zuo's statement when the matter was reported to Zuo in the morning, and considered how to reply to Suo Gong and Du Ya, and according to the report on the reaction of the local people and the camp households who were released as the household Qi people in these two official documents, whether the government military system and the camp households should be made some improvements in the next step of the implementation of the government military system and the release of the camp households into the household Qi people, he did not raise his head and asked: "Jing Huan, have the criminals involved in Song Xian's case, such as Xijun Chenghong and Qilian Wang Zheng, pleaded guilty?" ”

Huang Rong was not the judge of Song Xian's case, but he was very concerned about the case, and he was also well-informed, and replied: "They have all pleaded guilty." ”

"Now that you have pleaded guilty, don't delay it, and get the verdict as soon as possible. We have decided on the successor candidates in Xijun and other places, you go to inform the Koji Order, ask his opinion, if he has no objections, he will report to the court as soon as possible, and ask the Queen Mother to decide. ”

Huang Rong responded: "No." After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "What if you have any objections to the Koji Order?" ”

"You first see if he can convince him, if not, you try to convince him."

Lu Shuang has a noble status, if he insists on opposition, coercion and temptation are not good, I am afraid that even if he "works hard", it will be difficult to convince him, but Huang Rong is not afraid of difficulties, and happily responded: "No." ”

"Vigorously."

"The villain is here."

"Did those two fat maids send them to Song Xian?"

The beggar didn't know about Xin Er's order to send the fat maid to Song Xian, but he didn't delay him to improvise, and immediately replied: "The villain will check immediately!" ”

"You don't have to check, you go to prison now and ask Song Xian what he wants to eat tomorrow night."

Sending the fat maid to Song Xian is to express his "nonsense", Xin Er "the clear person is self-purifying", he doesn't care, and asks the beggar to ask him what he wants to eat tomorrow night, and his meaning is self-evident.