20,000 soldiers, plus 20,000 auxiliaries, a total of 40,000 soldiers and horses, this is already a very strong force.

In the Li family's army, there has always been a magical legend that is invincible. In other words, as long as the soldiers and horses of the Li family army reached 10,000, it would basically be invincible.

Of course, this is a bit of an exaggerated form of self-confidence. In fact, since its formation, the Li Jiajun has never lost a battle.

Li Zhongyi thinks that he is not a top famous general, but it is also a well-known fact that Li Jiajun has won a hundred battles under his leadership.

Since he is invincible and invincible, Li Zhongyi has become synonymous with the king of victory in people's minds!

After the plan to go west finally took shape, Li Zhongyi went out to the back garden, where the scholars of Wu Yueguo took the re-examination.

This retest actually decided the fate of many people. According to Li Zhongyi's plan, the talents selected from these people will be filled with real power positions in various states and counties.

As long as these people taste the sweetness and grasp the real power, they can only follow Li Zhongyi all the way to the dark. To put it bluntly, the so-called selection of talents through examinations is actually the fastest way to find a community of interests.

Li Zhongyi looked for a community of interests from among the existing officials, which was actually a very clever means.

If the selected students are all scholars, just to be familiar with the ecology of officialdom, it will take many years of training.

Now, the talents selected by Li Zhongyi from among the original officials of Wu Yueguo are well aware of the explicit and unspoken rules of officialdom, and they can directly take up their posts to manage the government, and there is no need for a long transition period.

When Li Zhongyi arrived in the back garden, Huang Guangqun had just finished writing the test paper, and after carefully checking it several times, he immediately got up to hand in the paper.

Li Zhongyi took Huang Guangqun's test paper and carefully read it from beginning to end, and couldn't help but be very interested in him.

"You used to be the chief of the Hangzhou government?" Li Zhongyi asked Huang Guangqun in confidence.

The reason why Huang Guangqun submitted the file in advance was to wait for Li Zhongyi's question, and he replied unhurriedly: "Back to the emperor, the subordinate was indeed the secretary before. The subordinates thought that according to the emperor's list, the land is not divided into north and south, and people are not distinguished from high and low, which is really a great and happy initiative. ”

Li Zhongyi nodded slightly, don't look at Huang Guangqun as just a charger, but he is extraordinary in terms of conversation.

"I ask you, what is the best thing about maritime trade?" Li Zhongyi put down the test paper in his hand and asked casually.

Huang Guangqun shook his head to the ground and replied calmly: "Back to the emperor, the subordinates think that building an unsinkable giant ship should be the most. ”

Li Zhongyi said gently: "What is an unsinkable giant ship? "It's a deliberate test.

Huang Guangqun still replied unhurriedly: "The wind and waves at sea are unpredictable, and you must have a deep draft and a sharp-bottomed boat to be able to withstand the wind and waves." ”

Li Zhongyi nodded and said with a smile: "Since the paper has been handed in, you can go home and rest." ”

After Huang Guangqun left, Li Zhongyi picked up his special charcoal pen and made an eye-catching mark on Huang Guangqun's test paper.

Examination is only one of the means of selecting talents, Li Zhongyi believes in his own vision, Huang Guangqun is scheming and courageous, if he has honed his position, he will be a good eagle dog.

Zhang Bennian handed over the paper one after another, Li Zhongyi looked at him deeply, did not say anything, and left the back garden for Zhang Bennian.

After Zhang Bennian left, Li Zhongyi picked up his test paper and read it no less than three times from beginning to end, and it was basically certain that Zhang Bennian was a follower with real skills.

In addition to the unsinkable giant ships, there is another thing that is also very important in the trade on the water, that is, the trade on the water.

In the test paper, Zhang clearly pointed out the trade objects at sea, including Wu Dynasty and Zhenla in Annam!

In today's situation, there are not many talents with international trade vision, but they are pitifully few.

Therefore, Li Zhongyi picked up the charcoal pen again and drew an eye-catching mark on Zhang's test paper this year.

As more and more people handed in the papers, the number of times Li Zhongyi made marks also increased.

In the end, after everyone handed in the papers, Li Zhongyi found that there were more than 20 marked test papers.

"Wu Yueguo is full of talents." Li Zhongyi stood up and sighed with a smile.

"Your Majesty, although Wu Yue has a lot of talents, it is a pity that the Qian family cannot make good use of them, resulting in the death of the country in a short period of time." Zhu Niang said seriously.

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, his concept of employing people has always been meritocracy, and then it is to strengthen supervision, and the basic principle that the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people is thoroughly implemented.

After all the test papers were collected, Li Zhongyi seized the time and read all the 100 test papers overnight.

100 test papers, 100 people, Li Zhongyi doesn't plan to dethrone one person, he just needs to re-rank.

Zhang Ben's test paper and Huang Guangqun's test paper were placed on Li Zhongyi's table at the same time, he was a little hesitant, who would be the first place?

In terms of qualifications, it is natural that Zhang Bennian is a few points deeper, and Zhang Bennian was a magistrate of Hangzhou Prefecture, and he is an official rather than an official!

Huang Guangqun's biggest flaw is that he is just an out-and-out subordinate, and he is still 99,000 miles away from the realm of officials.

If Huang Guangqun is promoted to the top name, then Li Zhongyi dares to assert that Huang Guangqun must be willing to play the role of a loyal dog.

Of course, if Zhang Bennian is promoted to the first place, he, a former official who has no hard backing, will still be a loyal minister.

Just when Li Zhongyi couldn't decide, he suddenly heard Zhu Niang's voice reprimanding the maid outside the door, "I've taught it so many times, but I haven't taught you yet?" When the emperor approves the official documents, it is strictly forbidden for anyone to go in and disturb them, understand? ”

Li Zhongyi's heart moved violently, and the allusion to pulling out the seedlings came to mind.

After thinking about it, Li Zhongyi grabbed the charcoal pen and drew an unusually eye-catching circle on Zhang's test paper this year.

As the saying goes, fighting rice raises benefactors, and stone rice raises enemies!

No matter how Li Zhongyi doesn't want to see Confucianism, in this era, it is still Confucianism that accounts for the vast majority of scholars.

The inherent thinking that subordinates are not allowed to peep at the official rank, still has a strong vitality and binding force, even if Li Zhongyi is such a strong emperor, he has to choose a certain degree of compromise.

After Li Zhongyi circled the first and second places, the progress of the ranking was accelerated several times.

Early the next morning, Li Zhongyi put down the charcoal pen in his hand and ordered someone to copy the imperial list clearly, and then hang it at the gate of the palace.

This time, the housekeeper of the Zhang family did not make a mistake, and he soon sent back a shocking news: Zhang won the first place again this year!