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When Yuming led the army back to Beiping, it was already the twentieth day of the first month. After the Battle of Hedong, these 100,000 Zhou army recruits can be regarded as completely trained. Although their combat effectiveness may not be as good as that of the 200,000 veterans, they are no longer much different from the veterans in terms of psychological quality and adaptability to war. What they lack is physical fitness and martial arts. But this depends on the accumulation of time.

When he walked into his mansion of King Zhou, he saw the four ladies standing on both sides of the gate, looking at him with a smile.

Looking at the four beautiful and moving wives, Yu Ming spontaneously felt a sense of happiness. He immediately strode over, put his arms around the two women, and said with a smile: "Do you think I don't have it?" ”

Fourth girl, you look at me, I look at you, although I love my husband in my heart, but in front of so many people, I am always a little ashamed and embarrassed to speak. It's just that the pretty faces of the women, and the big tearful eyes, have completely betrayed their inner thoughts.

At this time, the eldest grandson Wujian finally said with a slightly red face: "Husband, you are back!" There's good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first? ”

"Oh?" After hearing this, Fang smiled slightly and said, "I've always liked bitter and then sweet, so you can tell the bad news first!" ”

"The bad news is that in order to punish you in Hedong for so long, you didn't even send a letter back home. So our four sisters decided not to share a bed with you for a month! The eldest grandson said shyly.

"Ahh How dare you make such a decision? Doesn't that make everyone uncomfortable? After hearing this, Yu Ming was dumbfounded. He had been busy with war and negotiations in Hedong, and indeed ignored the feelings of the women. It made him feel a little guilty in his heart. But the punishment of the women also made him cry and laugh.

"And what's the good news?" Yu Ming asked with wide eyes.

The eldest grandson Wujian listened, but he looked at Yang Luoqi, then grinned, pushed Yang Luoqi in front of Yuming and said, "It's better for you to ask Sister Luoqi yourself!" ”

Yu Ming hurriedly grabbed Yang Luoqi's soft hair, looked at her slightly bulging lower abdomen, and said with surprise in his eyes: "Luoqi, could it be that you are happy?" ”

After Yang Luoqi heard this, a pair of pretty eyes showed a happy and shy look, and nodded slightly.

"That's it! Now all four of you have a baby! Yuming was also overjoyed.

"Yes! We all have daughters, so it's up to Sister Luo Qi to help her husband have a child! Red Sleeves also said with a look of regret.

"It's okay! It's the same for both boys and girls! I like my daughter even more! Yu Ming knew that Red Sleeves, the eldest grandson Wujian and Li Xiuning all regretted that they couldn't help him give birth to a child, so he comforted them.

"Alright! For the sake of you, husband, you are so good at comforting us! Just change your penalty from one month to one week! The eldest grandson Wujian covered his mouth with his hand, pursed his lips and smiled.

Immediately afterwards, Li Xiuning asked about the war in Hedong. Although they had already learned the outcome of the battle from the war report sent back. But the details of the process are still unclear, especially the burning of the city in Xia County, which makes them even more shocked and worried.

At this time, Yuming led his army into Hedong, joined forces with Song Jingang, recovered Hexia County, captured Hou Junji and Li Xiaogong, and then burned 100,000 Tang troops and Xia County with a fire, forcing Li Shimin to negotiate with himself, and finally the process of signing a truce agreement between the two sides was told in detail.

All the women were surprised when they heard this, they didn't expect that there would be so many twists and turns in this battle, and the risks were so great, but fortunately, the Zhou army finally won.

After Yuming finally finished speaking, and then talked about what he felt most lacking now was the local officials, Yang Luoqifang blinked his eyes and said, "Husband, why didn't you think of reopening the imperial examination?" If you want to be a concubine, you want to be an official, and it's not just a family valve that serves the country! Those poor disciples actually have a lot of talents, but they didn't give them this opportunity in the past. Although the father held the imperial examination, after all, the reform was not thorough enough, and the gate valve family still had a big say in the admission. And now Da Zhou is a new dynasty, which you established from scratch, and you can completely establish a new system of recruiting officials according to your ideas, and put your ideas at the poetry competition into practice! ”

Yang Luoqi's words reminded Yu Ming, and he suddenly realized: "How could I forget such an important thing!" Good thing you reminded me. I will immediately summon Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Eldest Sun Wuji and others to discuss! ”

With that, he hurried back to the council chamber. Let the four daughters, who had just been glad that their husbands had returned, their smiles suddenly stopped.

After a while, the eldest grandson Wufang smiled bitterly: "Sisters, our husband always does things so quickly, we will be offended in the future......"

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For the new imperial examination, Yu Ming had a preliminary idea as early as six years ago at the poetry competition.

In this era, no one has a deeper understanding of the imperial examination than him. After all, he traveled from later generations and knew that the imperial examination would affect China for more than a thousand years. While playing the role of selecting talents for the ruling class, it also suffocates and restricts people's thinking and research directions.

A large number of young people, in order to participate in the imperial examination, get ahead, become officials. He spent his life's time and energy reading the Four Books and the Five Classics, as well as studying poetry and songs. As a result, there is a fault line in the talent structure of the whole society. There was a serious shortage of talents in the fields of military, science and technology, politics, economy, and manufacturing, so that China's scientific and technological development began to be slower than that of Western countries, and finally in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the scientific and technological level of Western countries completely surpassed China. In modern history, China has become a lamb slaughtered by Western powers.

Therefore, Yu Ming believes that the imperial examination is not impossible, but the content cannot be limited to the Four Books and Five Classics and poems. Instead, there should be tolerance, covering arithmetic, chemistry, physics, astronomy, geography, architecture, weapon manufacturing, vehicle and ship design, and other projects.

For those who only knew how to read the Four Books and the Five Classics, and recite poems and lyrics, Yu Ming did not intend to promote them to officials, but intended to let them go to the newly established National Academy to specialize in research.

The officials he is looking for are those who know how to handle local affairs, have management skills, and can establish good communication with the people.

Yuming sent people to call the eldest grandson Wuji, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Hu Sizheng and others to the council room, and before he could explain the reason to them, Wei Zheng bowed to him and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Zhou, now that my Great Zhou has pacified Hedong, Hebei, Shandong and other places, it is the current responsibility of local officials to restore people's livelihood and stabilize the place. Otherwise, even if it is defeated, it will not be able to make it a solid rear of our army. At present, many local officials have fled, and a large number of officials are also needed to resettle displaced people, rebuild local government offices, and organize tax collection. His subordinates suggested that the imperial examination should be reopened, thinking that the imperial court should select talents in order to ensure the stability of my big anniversary! ”

Yu Ming listened, and he was secretly happy in his heart. He secretly thought: This is really the same thing that the heroes see, and the purpose of calling them here is to reopen the imperial examination. Unexpectedly, Wei Zheng also thought of going together.

As soon as Wei Zheng's words came out, all the ministers nodded yes. Now the situation in Liaodong is fine, but Hebei, Shandong, Hedong and other places have just suffered from the disaster of war, the original local officials were either killed or fled, and the local government was completely paralyzed, relying on the Zhou troops stationed there to maintain order. But it is clearly not appropriate for the military to play the role of governing the place all the time.

They had also asked the generals in the army earlier, such as Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, Luo Shixin and others, and they were unwilling to let their subordinate generals play the role of magistrates. This will cause the generals to be seriously distracted, and there will be no time to train the army and study the things of war.

It's just that over the years, the Great Sui has also held several imperial examinations, but most of those who have passed the imperial examination attach importance to poetry, let them recite poems and paint, and export chapters, which is a good show. But if they are asked to govern the locality, develop the economy, and benefit one party, it is certain that most of them are useless.

After Yu Ming heard this, he said with a straight face: "Lord Wei, this king also thinks that there is a shortage of officials at the moment, and holding a imperial examination to select officials is a necessary measure. It's just that if you want to determine the ranking by poetry and scriptures according to the imperial examination of the former Sui Dynasty in the past, this king does not dare to agree! I am afraid that most of the officials who have been selected in this way will be embarrassed and useful! ”

When Wei Zheng heard this, he was a little angry, because he passed the imperial examination and became the champion of the county where he was located, and then won the appreciation of the local officials, so he was able to rise to prominence. Listening to Yuming's meaning, could it be that he has become an unbearable person?

He also didn't care about Yuming's identity, so he immediately objected: "King Zhou, this imperial examination system has been used since the former Sui Dynasty, and it has been tried for five years. The Sui Dynasty also selected a lot of talents from the imperial examinations, how could most of them be embarrassed? ”

As soon as he said this, the other people were all startled, thinking that if he said this in front of Yu Ming, wouldn't he offend King Zhou miserably? Although King Zhou has always been humble, it doesn't mean that he can let his subordinates criticize him!

Although Yu Ming was a little unhappy, he knew that Wei Zheng had always been a straightforward minister. In history, Li Shimin was able to tolerate people, and when Wei Zheng criticized him many times, he still called him a mirror of himself and allowed him to continue to put forward opinions. It is impossible for me not to have a large amount of Li Shimin.

So, Yu Ming smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "It's normal for Lord Wei to have this thought. After all, the imperial examination system has been implemented for so long, and its influence has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and some of its practices should be suddenly rejected. A lot of people who are used to it will feel uncomfortable. But in fact, its disadvantages are also obvious. This king would like to ask Lord Wei: When you participated in the imperial examination that year, what subjects did you take the exam? ”

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