During these three months, the development of Jiangdong can only be described as terrifying, and the various policy actions are dizzying. But fortunately, the families are busy with the affairs of the southwestern countries, and Liu Bei and Cao Cao are also busy recruiting troops in the autumn harvest, so they have no time to make trouble for Yuan Shu.

During this period, the first imperial examination in Jiangdong was successfully held, and the scale was extremely large, and the process was also very smooth. Countless talents were discovered, and half of the vacant official positions in Da Chu were filled up in an instant after the imperial examination, and a lot of reserve officials were also set aside. If an official has a problem, these people can quickly make up for it.

Because it is the first scientific expedition, the number of participants is very large, and the talents that Da Chu has accumulated for nearly ten years are not only those who have already come out, but also countless children from poor families in the world are basically involved.

It can be said that as soon as this scientific expedition came out, Yuan Shu was completely free from the influence and constraints of the family. In the second month after the imperial examination, he dismissed hundreds of family officials who were not able to eat vegetarian and incompetent, and as for those who were virtuous and corrupt, they had already been opened.

After retreating again and again, the family has no way to resist this matter now, so they can only pinch their noses and admit it temporarily. At this point, the proportion of officials in Jiangdong who are from the family has dropped to about 30%, which can be said to be less than less. The rest are about 30% from Jinling Academy, 20% from Lumen Academy, and the rest from other academies and Hanmen.

This ratio is a bit deformed in Yuan Shu's opinion, and if it goes on like this, it is easy to have a situation like the Donglin Party in the Ming Dynasty. But with the current situation of Da Chu, it can only be done temporarily. However, for this reason, Yuan Shu began to speed up the construction of other institutions of higher learning, and built and supported Yingchuan College in Yuzhou, Chengdu Academy in Yizhou, Chang'an Academy and Luoyang Academy in Sili.

And another beneficiary group of this imperial examination is the people of the hundred schools. Because some official positions involve some professional knowledge, it is useless to just study Confucian classics, and it is necessary to learn some knowledge of a hundred schools. For example, for official positions related to agriculture, you must know some agricultural knowledge, and you can't even have the land that has not been cultivated, and you can't figure out the yield and habits of various crops.

Yuan Shu's scientific expedition this time can be said to be a hard blow to Confucianism, directly pulling it down from the Temple of Heaven, although it is still the first unquestioned among the hundred schools of thought, but it has lost that kind of self-respecting status.

Since then, Legalism has been completely corrected, and it is no longer as before that it can only appear in the cloak of Confucianism, but has stood in the foreground. Confucianism is governed by virtue, law is governed by the legal system, Yuan Shu attaches equal importance to these two, and the Legalists are completely firmly established, which official does not need to understand the law.

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Yuan Shu's side is in full swing, and Yuan Shao's army has advanced to the city of Beiping.

In order to resist Yuan Shao's attack, Gongsun Zhan used Beiping and Yijing as fortresses as a protector of Youzhou. In just three months, the once small county town and small fortress have been completely renewed.

Under the city of Beiping, looking at the towering city wall, Zhang He only felt a wall in his heart.

"Gongsun Bogui's movements are so fast!"

"Yes! However, in March, the once small county town has changed greatly, and it may not be easy to capture such a strong city! Gao Ran's eyes narrowed slightly.

"It's all hateful Gan Xingba, otherwise we would have captured Youzhou a long time ago. Pingbai gave Gongsun Chan three months to deal with it, and now if he wants to capture it, the difficulty has increased several times? Chun Yuqiong said hatefully.

"It's already happened, and there's no point in complaining at this point. Let's figure out how to take this city! Zhang He said.

"Your Majesty has given us a one-month deadline to take this city, judging from the current situation, it may be very difficult to capture it within a month!" Gao Ran Road.

"What's so hard? We have 150,000 troops here, and the defenders in the city are only 20,000 or 30,000, which is enough to take them even if they are attacked. Chun Yuqiong said indifferently.

"Attacking is the next step, Beiping City is so strong, and there are a lot of weapons to defend the city. If the losses are too great, we will not be able to bear them. Gao Ran was speechless at Chun Yuqiong's arrogance, and said in a deep voice.

"What if you don't attack? With such high walls and a moat around it, is there anything better for you? Chun Yuqiong snorted coldly.

"Zhong Jian's words are right, the walls of this city are too high, and our army's siege equipment is not at all... Wait, the walls are too high. Zhang He suddenly seemed to think of something and muttered.

"The walls are too high." Gao Ran also said thoughtfully.

After thinking for a moment, the two of them seemed to have a heart in their hearts, their eyes lit up at the same time, they looked at each other, and the corners of their mouths hooked into smiles.

"I said you two, what kind of dumb riddle are you playing, tell me quickly." Chun Yuqiong looked at the two of them and directly ignored herself, and said with great dissatisfaction.

"Gongsun Bogui is also anxious, but the city wall was built so high in three months that it is difficult for our army's cloud car to hook it. But the city wall was built so high in such a short time, and the quality and foundation of the city wall may be a little problematic. Zhang He said.

"The higher the wall, the more unstable its foundations become. This is especially true of a case like Gongsun Bokyu, who only raises the height of the city wall but does not lay deep foundations. If we send troops to hollow out its foundation little by little by digging tunnels, Beiping City will be self-defeating. Gao Ran added.

"But there is a moat, how can our troops dig into the past?" Chun Yuqiong looked at the water flowing around Beiping City and questioned.

Zhang He observed the width and depth of the moat and said, "It's okay, this moat is not too deep. We dig a hole to bring in the water from the moat, and then we can dig a tunnel. ”

Gao Lanhu frowned and said, "This is indeed the best choice, but Your Majesty only gave you a month, can it be done?" ”

"If it doesn't work out, we have to give it a try, we can't really exchange the lives of our soldiers for a meaningless basis! If something really happens, I will take the responsibility with all my might, and I will report it to Your Majesty when the time comes. Zhang He said firmly.

"Without further ado, let's set it up as soon as possible, and try to drain the moat today." In the face of difficulties, Chun Yuqiong rarely did not contradict Zhang He Gaolan, and said in a deep voice.

"Hmm!" Zhang He nodded, and then immediately began to arrange for his soldiers to divide 20,000 to start digging.

With 150,000 soldiers and coolies, there is naturally no shortage of two people in the hands of people. However, in order to prevent the Yan army in Beiping City from attacking out of the city, it is necessary to keep enough troops to suppress the formation and rotate.