Chapter VIII Jiangdu Imperial Examination
The soldiers of the Sui army are fierce and fierce, Chang Yuchun and Xue Rengui are the fierce generals of the three armies, and the Wu army is not at all invincible, and the melee lasted for about two hours, and the entire Liyang City was hung with the banner of "Sui" that hunted and flew and danced.
In the handsome tent, Chang Yuchun dragged the bundled Fu Gongyou into the handsome tent with a spring breeze on his face, and said proudly: "General, the last general will capture the thief king Du Fuwei alive and come to pay the order." ”
"Good!" Xue Rengui was overjoyed when he heard this, "General Chang is really brave, first beheaded Du Fuwei's two righteous sons, Wang Xiongdan and Que Ling, and now captured Du Fuwei alive. ”
After praising Chang Yuchun a few words, Xue Rengui turned his head to look at Fu Gongyou again, and said with a smile: "Du Fuwei, you betrayed the imperial court, do you know that there will be today?" “
Fu Gongyou snorted angrily, held his head high and said: "Sui lost its deer, the world chased it, if it weren't for Yang Guang, a faint monarch, who forcibly recruited strong men and didn't care about the people's feelings, why would I rebel?" “
"Bold!" Xue Rengui stood up and shouted: "Where is the knife and axe hand, drag this thief down and behead it!" ”
"Marshal and slow!" Yang Gongren, who was originally silent on the side, suddenly opened his mouth to stop Xue Rengui.
Xue Rengui was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and looked at Yang Gongren suspiciously, "General Yang, why did you stop me, is it possible for such a rebellious thief to spare his life?" ”
Yang Gongren shook his head slightly, and said in a deep voice: "General, the last general is not trying to stop you from killing thieves, but wants you to understand one thing, who are you killing?" After that, he turned his head to look at Fu Gongyou, and said lightly: "Am I right?" General Fu Gongyou! ”
"What?" Xue Rengui was shocked when he heard this, "General Yang, you said that this person is not Du Fuwei, but his sworn brother Fu Gongyou!" ”
Yang Gongren nodded, "Back then, the first emperor held a hero conference in Luoyang, intending to recruit rebellious bandits. At that time, Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou both came to participate, and at that time, Mojiang would meet these two people a few times, and he would never admit his mistake! ”
Seeing that he was recognized, Fu Gongyou no longer pretended, and laughed loudly: "Yes, I am Fu Gongyou, you Sui dogs, you have fallen for Grandpa's golden cicada shelling scheme, my brother will definitely lead the army back to Huainan in the future to avenge my hatred!" ”
"Bold fanatics, you are looking for death!" Chang Yuchun, who was on the side, was furious because he was hit by the golden cicada's plan to get out of the shell, and suddenly heard Fu Gongyou say this, and immediately became furious, and pulled out his saber on the spot, and was about to cut Fu Gongyou.
Xue Rengui frowned slightly, and shouted in a deep voice: "General Chang is angry!" ”
After Chang Yuchun was furious, he also knew that he was a little out of shape, so he hurriedly withdrew his sword, and arched his hand and said: "The last general was angry and abrupt because he accidentally let go of the thief leader Du Fuwei, and I hope that the general will forgive his sins!" “
Xue Rengui smiled and said: "General Chang is guilty, you don't know Du Fuwei in the first place, whether you have a heart or not, this is not your responsibility." Moreover, although Du Fuwei ran away, he had no soldiers and no generals in his hands, and he could stir up any storms, there was no need to worry at all! “
Chang Yuchun arched his hand and said: "The last general, thank you for the general's understanding!" “
Xue Rengui turned his head to look at Fu Gongyou again, and smiled slightly, "General Fu Gongyou is really a loyal and righteous person, he would rather die himself than save Du Fuwei's life, Xue..."
"Don't talk nonsense, loyal ministers don't care about the second master, kill me quickly, don't waste your tongue!" Before Xue Rengui finished speaking, Fu Gongyou said impatiently and loudly, "Although I Fu Gongyou haven't read any books, I still know the word loyalty!" ”
Seeing Fu Gongyou so resolute, Xue Rengui sighed helplessly, "Someone, escort Fu Gongyou to the city gate, and show the public to set an example!" ”
Fu Gongyou glanced at Xue Rengui deeply, and said lightly, "Thank you!" ”
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Xue Rengui swept Huainan Du Fuwei between two months, Pegasus reported to Yang Gao, and played the first merit of Chang Yuchun. Although Chang Yuchun fell for Du Fuwei's golden cicada to get out of the shell, as Xue Rengui himself said, although Du Fuwei ran away, he had no soldiers and no generals in his hands, and he couldn't make any waves.
In view of the fact that Li Yuan had taken all the Guanzhong, the pressure in the Jingxiang area increased greatly, Yang Gao waved his pen and transferred Yang Gongren to the history of Jingzhou, and Yang Yanzhao who sat in Xiangyang to assist Nanyang to guard Jingxiang.
The original Jiangyang County ordered Di Renjie to govern well after the Xiaoguo Mutiny, and in just three months, Jiangyang County was restored to the state before the mutiny, which was well received in the court.
In terms of military affairs, Yang Gao secretly issued a holy decree to Xue Rengui and Chang Yuchun, ordering the two to reorganize the army on the spot, and recruit soldiers on a large scale, and when the time is ripe, they will take the two as the vanguard to pacify Jiangnan.
On the other hand, the news of Yang Gao's order to select scholars for the imperial examination has spread all over the north and south of the river, and scholars from Jiangnan, Bashu, Central Plains, Hebei and even Guanlong have rushed to Jiangdu to participate in the first imperial examination after Yang Gao ascended the throne.
The main purpose of this imperial examination is to fill the official vacancies caused by the Xiaoguo mutiny, and the personnel arrangements will definitely be better than those held by Yang Guang in the previous times, and the number of admitted people has reached an unprecedented 800, including 300 in the Chinese department and 500 in the martial arts department, and those who do not win the examination also have the opportunity to enter the Hanlin Academy.
There is no doubt that such an imperial examination is the only one, so many scholars with dreams have rushed to Jiangdu despite all difficulties and hardships.
In just three months, nearly 30,000 scholars gathered in Jiangdu City, and the inns in Jiangdu City were full for a while, and many businessmen with vicious eyes had made preparations as early as three months ago.
Originally, the imperial examination was to go through the "township examination", "county examination", and "hospital examination" layers of selection, and finally there were no more than 1,000 people who had the opportunity to go to the capital to participate in the "general examination", but this time the situation was special, and there was no time to prepare for the selection at all levels, so Yang Gao made an exception and ordered that every scholar who came to Jiangdu had the opportunity to participate in the examination, of course, only once.
However, when there are too many people, it is inevitable that there will be a mixed situation, and Wuke is a little better, after all, it is real, and the good or bad kung fu is clear at a glance, and it is difficult to cheat.
But the situation in the liberal arts is different, and cheaters have emerged in an endless stream throughout the dynasties. In order to put an end to this phenomenon, Yang Gao specially appointed Yu Yunwen as the chief examiner of the liberal arts, and as in the later generations of student examinations, each candidate was numbered and randomly assigned to the examination room. The test questions were also edited by Yang Gao himself, and they were sealed and kept, and the examiners in each examination room could not get the test questions until half an hour before the start of the exam.
In terms of the number of admissions, although Yang Gao Ming said on his face that he would admit 800 people, he also issued a holy decree, warning each examiner to rather lack than abuse, and not to select some people with insufficient talents in order to make up the number.