() It's late at night, and Li Zhongyi is still working at his desk. Han Xianglan frequently looked at the hourglass, it was already the second watch in the morning, she wanted to persuade Li Zhongyi that she should rest early, so as not to hurt the dragon body.

However, Han Xianglan also knew that there were too many examination papers for Wu Yueguo's middle and low-level officials. Moreover, the entire army is about to march west to extinguish the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the time is too tight, and Li Zhongyi must seize the time to read the papers.

The examinations organized in the barracks were in line with the principles of fairness, openness, and impartiality, and the examination papers were written by Li Zhongyi himself, so there was no risk of leakage.

In Li Zhongyi's view, the examination of the unified test paper is already the fairest selection mechanism, everyone answers the same questions in the same time, and the unsuccessful person has nothing to say, even if he is not convinced, he must be convinced.

Not to mention, through this sudden exam, Li Zhongyi actually found several usable talents from the sixth and seventh grade officials.

This exam is just a small test for Li Zhongyi, and it is not a situation where the top candidates are selected, and there is no need to rank them.

In a word, those who did well in the exam were all recorded in a small book by Li Zhongyi alone, which can be described as Jane in the emperor's heart!

Objectively speaking, Wu Yue is a small country after all, and it is a small country that started by trade, and even more about the maritime knowledge of officials than in the Qiang Han Dynasty.

The same example is also in the Southern Song Dynasty. The territory of the Southern Song Dynasty was less than half of that of the Northern Song Dynasty, but the tax revenue of the Southern Song Dynasty was much more than that of the Northern Song Dynasty at its peak. The core factor of this is that the Southern Song Dynasty attached more importance to maritime trade.

Wu Yueguo's grain is enough to eat, however, because of the lack of copper, the amount of copper coins circulating in the market is very small.

As for the wealthy families who were raided, they secretly hid tens of millions of copper coins, which can only be regarded as savings, and cannot be used for circulation, and there is still a shortage of money in the market.

Therefore, most of Wu Yueguo's copper coins were obtained through trade. Among them, the core trade was to transport grain and silk to the Great Zhou in the north, and exchange copper coins for the salaries of officials.

In today's strong Han country, the currency has gradually changed from copper coins to jiaozi, but copper coins cannot be completely banned.

After all, the cost of printing a penny is not much different from that of a hundred. Therefore, small transactions also need copper coins as a supplement.

Now, since he has occupied Wu Yueguo, Li Zhongyi will pay salaries to officials, and he will definitely become mainly based on Jiaozi, supplemented by copper coins.

In addition, after the destruction of Wu Yueguo, the high-ranking officials in the court of the original Wu Yue Kingdom are facing huge unemployment pressure, and how to resettle them has become a big problem.

Therefore, this exam has become the key, and those who do well in the exam can be promoted and reused to serve in the Han court. Those who are not elected, then they can't bear it, no matter what official position they held before, they can only go home and eat their own food.

On the third watch, Han Xianglan really couldn't see it, so she stepped forward and squatted down to salute, and whispered: "Your Majesty, the night is too late, please take care of the dragon body and rest early." ”

Li Zhongyi looked up at Zhong Leak, couldn't help but put down the pen, rubbed his eyes, and said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I've stayed up late like this." ”

Han Xianglan followed Li Zhongyi's words and whispered: "The burden of ten thousand jun is on the emperor's body, but don't burn your body." ”

Li Zhongyi laughed, threw a look at Han Xianglan, and walked to the inner room. Han Xianglan lowered her head shyly, took small steps, and followed.

In the early morning of the second day, Li Zhongyi woke up from his deep sleep, and after a little washing, he led Zhang Sanzheng to the garrison camp in the city.

According to the provisions of the order, the guards of the Li family army are now actually divided into two parts, one part is still the guards, and the other part is the newly formed pro-tooth army.

Specifically, the pro-tooth army is the closest unit to Li Zhongyi's side, except for the guards with knives in front of the emperor.

Since Gao Qiang was sent down, Yang Xiaoyi took over as the commander of the pro-tooth army, and Zhang Sanzheng served as the deputy commander.

Like Gao Qiang, Zhang Sanzheng also fell in love with the maid next to Li Zhongyi, and got Li Zhongyi's acquiescence.

People who know the inside story envy Zhang Sanzheng, not only is it not a shallow blessing, but also the future official fortune is expected.

After all, the husband and wife are the closest people to Li Zhongyi, and according to Li Zhongyi's employment logic, even if they don't want to fly Huang Tengda, it is unlikely.

Employing people on the basis of fairness is just a slogan on the surface. Li Zhongyi's philosophy of employing people is not complicated, that is: employing people should be suspicious, suspicious people should be used, and never listen to and believe partially.

When Li Zhongyi arrived at the garrison camp, it happened to be the time when the morning drill was completed, and the officers and men were allowed to move freely in the camp.

As usual, Li Zhongyi plunged into the pile of soldiers, looked east and west, and greeted each soldier affectionately.

"Brother, you can't wash yourself with cold water when you're sweating hotly." Li Zhongyi saw a soldier who had received a bucket of cold well water and was squatting on the ground scrubbing his body, so he hurriedly stopped him.

"You...... Ah, it turned out to be the emperor...... "The soldier originally thought that Li Zhongyi was too lenient, but when he looked up, he turned out to be the supreme in the world, and hurriedly put back his dissatisfaction, and hung his head in mockery.

Li Zhongyi raised his hand and patted the soldier's shoulder, imparting experience as a person who had come over.

"I also had a bad habit of taking cold showers after morning exercises. However, suddenly one day the joints all over my body were sore, and the cold wind blew and it was extremely sore, so I didn't dare to mess around anymore. Li Zhongyi said in detail, and the soldier subconsciously asked, "Really?" ”

"Of course it's true, will the emperor still lie to you?" Zhang Sanzheng grabbed the conversation and began to count down the soldier.

The soldier didn't dare to talk back, so he had to bow his head and remain silent, but he really believed his expression.

Li Zhongyi patted the soldier's shoulder with a smile and said, "If you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer in front of you, but I am from the Langzhong family." ”

Like Tong Zhongzi, Lang Zhongzi is also a family of Confucian scholars, and because of the heavy damage to his interests, he deliberately gave Li Zhongyi the nickname

Li Zhongyi obviously knew who called Lang Zhongzi from the beginning, but he didn't go to find trouble with that person.

The mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan, which is not what Li Zhongyi wants. His point of view is very clear, as long as he does not incite trouble, even if he scolds him by a nickname, he can be magnanimous and ignore it.

Soon after Li Zhongyi entered the barracks, Ma Guangda learned the news, and he hurriedly sent him to meet Li Zhongyi.

"Minister Ma Guangda, knock to see the emperor." Ma Guangda was armoured, and he was in the barracks, so he just beat his chest and saluted.

Li Zhongyi waved his hand and said, "I have always disliked too many false courtesies, you know. ”

Ma Guangda saw that Li Zhongyi's face was a little wrong, and he couldn't guess the mystery for a while, so he had to be careful, and said: "Your Majesty, how can the courtesy of the monarch and the minister not be shown?" ”

Li Zhongyi said with a smile: "As long as you have me in your heart, what is the red tape on the surface?" ”

Ma Guangda hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Without the emperor's support and reuse, how can there be the glory of his subordinates today?" ”

Li Zhongyi nodded and asked Ma Guangda: "What are you eating for breakfast in the barracks today?" ”

Ma Guangda replied without hesitation: "Pork rib soup, pancakes, and dishes that accompany the meal have three flavors, one is pickled radish strips, one is white siad roast meat, and the other is stewed dog meat." ”

Li Zhongyi nodded with satisfaction, Ma Guangda has a reputation for being considerate of the situation, and it is also the case under spot checks from time to time, which shows that Ma Guangda is indeed a caring person who loves soldiers like a son.

Among the Li Jiajun, Yang Lie's command talent was the highest. However, Yang Lie's shortcomings are also obvious, in order to win a big battle, he can ignore the losses.

Ma Guangda is different, he is able to reduce the losses of measures, the same is not lost, so, after so many years of military leadership, Ma Guangda has earned a good reputation for loving soldiers.

Li Zhongyi likes Ma Guangda's personality of loving soldiers very much, so in this southern expedition, Li Zhongyi said that he was the royal driver, but in fact, it was Ma Guangda who specifically commanded the infantry to fight.

"Soldiers will only risk their lives to follow you if they eat well and eat well, reward them for their merits, and punish them for their mistakes." Li Zhongyi taught Ma Guangda with some emotion.

Ma Guangda said with a smile: "Don't hide it from the emperor, the ministers are in the army, and they have always been ordinary soldiers, and I will follow what they eat, share weal and sorrow with everyone, and never use the privilege to eat fragrant and spicy food." ”

Li Zhongyi smiled and nodded, and praised: "Who can share weal and woe, only I am General Ma." ”

Ma Guangda was embarrassed for a while, waved his hand again and again, and said: "Your Majesty, I think when I was in the forbidden army, I was just an uncle who didn't hurt, and my grandmother didn't like empty deputy commanders. If I hadn't followed you to the east to conquer the Kingdom of Goryeo and come to this day step by step, how could I have raised my eyebrows today? ”

Li Zhongyi nodded, he knew a lot about Ma Guangda's old affairs.

I think that at the beginning, Ma Guangda was divided into the Broken Army, but he was actually excluded by the faction of the forbidden army. Who would have thought that Ma Guangda not only was not killed, but followed Li Zhongyi step by step to the post of a senior general, the world is really unpredictable!

When breakfast was served, Li Zhongyi and Ma Guangda, like everyone, held a large porcelain bowl, lined up to get food, squatted together and ate and chewed wildly.

Eating in the army, Li Zhongyi had an incisive summary. The army may fight anytime and anywhere, how can there be time to chew and swallow slowly, it can only be a quick knife to cut through the mess, three strikes and five divided by two.

Seeing that Li Zhongyi's eating appearance was also ugly, Ma Guangda couldn't help but secretly laugh, who could have imagined that His Majesty, the emperor of the dignified and powerful Han Kingdom, would be like a dumpling, holding a rice bowl, squatting on the ground and chewing nonsense?

After breakfast, Li Zhongyi, accompanied by Ma Guangda, walked around randomly among the major departments of the army.

Among them, Li Zhongyi stayed in the Senate for the longest time, and he came up with the questions one by one in an ingenious way, and he wanted to defeat the senators.

To be honest, the senators would rather take the final examination of the Lecture Hall for n times than be willing to face all kinds of tricky questions raised by Li Zhongyi.