In the fifteenth year of orthodoxy, at the beginning of September, Yushan Town.

After discussing with Hu Dexing, the director of the recruit department, and Zhang Baigui, the director of the equipment department, Liu Juntao went to the Yushan Town Training Camp and the Yushan Town Military War Bureau to inspect it.

Within two days, Liu Zi'an also sorted out the background information of Lan Siqi, Zhao Ling, and Zhang Yuqing and sent it to the Yushan Town Government Office.

Liu Juntao took the various materials of Lan Siqi, Zhao Ling, and Zhang Yuqing and looked at them carefully.

"Lan Siqi, a native of Changqing County, Jinan Prefecture, now has four Chinese New Year's Eve, a teacher in the county, and often criticizes the government with others, especially the military and political affairs of the country and the country, and has a lot of experience in border defense."

"Zhang Yuqing, a native of Changqing County, Jinan Prefecture, now has one, who Chinese New Year's Eve makes a living by selling calligraphy and paintings in Changqing County, and often works with county students, is resourceful and scheming, and has a reputation among students."

"Zhao Ling, a native of Changqing County, Jinan Prefecture, is now 28 years old, familiar with the Han book "The Treatise on Imperial Kou", and has traveled all over Jinan Prefecture all the year round, preaching his thoughts on the border defense of the country and the country on the subject country, and is not despised by officials in various places, and is often excluded by others."

After reading the information of Lan Siqi, Zhao Ling, and Zhang Yuqing, Liu Juntao couldn't help but be very interested in the three of them, and said to Liu Zi'an: "These three people have the style of two Han literati who travel the world to gain prestige!" ”

Liu Zi'an also said with a smile: "General, I think these three people still have some real talents, and none of the three of them have participated in the imperial examination without exception. ”

"And what do you think?"

Liu Zi'an was slightly stunned, and then said: "I think these three people are killing themselves!" Even if there are some students and literati who are in the company of them, they can't make any big waves! ”

Liu Juntao asked curiously, "Why?" ”

"General, although these three people are talented and learned, they advocate replacing the current Four Books and Five Classics with practical learning, isn't this to break the inheritance of Confucius and Mencius? This is an enemy of the Holy Father of Qufu Yan, and an enemy of the literati of the whole world! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Zi'an also persuaded: "General, I think the three of them will be killed sooner or later, even if the general cherishes the talents of the three of them, it is best not to take them under his command, so as to cause unnecessary trouble!" ”

Liu Juntao shook his head and said with a smile: "Zi'an, whether you believe it or not, thousands of years later, what Chinese students will learn will definitely be those practical studies such as medicine, arithmetic, physics, political theory, etc., and the Four Books and Five Classics will also completely become self-cultivation knowledge, not exam textbooks!" ”

Liu Juntao said word by word: "Now it seems that Lan Siqi, Zhao Ling, and Zhang Yuqing are still very prescient, their review has passed, send someone to take them to Yushan Town, I will personally assess the three of them for written tests and interviews!" ”

After listening to Liu Juntao's words, Liu Zi'an nodded suspiciously, but Liu Zi'an still couldn't believe the academic prospects described by Liu Juntao, after all, the study of Confucius and Mencius, the Four Books and the Five Classics have been passed down for two thousand years, how could they lose the role of teaching and educating people?

Two days later, Lan Siqi, Zhao Ling, and Zhang Yuqing were sent by Liu Zi'an to Yushan Town.

The three of them came to the "legendary" Yushan Town for the first time, and in the face of the tall city walls, wide streets, neatly planned houses, and all cement buildings, the three of them only felt that their eyes were no longer enough, and walked on the streets and looked around.

Liu Zi'an has been waiting for the three of them at the gate of the city for more than a long time, and at this time he personally led the three of them to the government office, where Liu Juntao was already waiting.

Along the way, Liu Zi'an kept introducing the three of them to various scenes in Yushan Town.

"Over there is the Yushan Town Recruit Training Camp, and all the recruit drills and veteran rotation training of the battalions of my Yushan Town Guard Team and the battalions of Yanzhou Mansion will be completed over there."

"Many of the shops on both sides of the street are the main stores of shops under the Ministry of Commerce, such as the Zuizhongxian Restaurant over there, which is the highest among all the Zuizhongxian Restaurants, which is nine stories high!"

"The houses in my Yushan Town are basically more than two floors, and there are even many solid people who have built three-story and four-story houses.

Listening to Liu Zi'an's "chattering" introduction, Lan Siqi, Zhao Ling, and Zhang Yuqing were already excited, and the three of them said secretly in their hearts: "It seems that this Yushan Town is really not an ordinary place, and the general Liu Juntao is also a hero!" ”

The sights and experiences along the way strengthened the determination of the three of them to take refuge in Liu Juntao, and at the same time, they were also a little worried about Liu Juntao's written test and interview assessment, and they didn't know what Liu Juntao would test.

It didn't take long for Liu Zi'an to lead the three of them to the government office, and after entering the government office, he took the three of them straight to a room in the wing.

At this time, Lan Siqi, Zhao Ling, and Zhang Yuqing saw that three sets of tables and chairs had been placed in the room, and these three sets of tables and chairs were far away from each other, just like a miniature imperial examination room.

In addition, there are two literati-looking people waiting on the side, and it seems that these two people are "Mr. Invigilators".

Liu Zi'an said with a smile: "Three, my general has already personally produced the test papers, and I also ask the three of you to answer the questions here for one hour, and the three of you can give them to these two gentlemen after answering the test papers." ”

Although Lan Siqi, Zhao Ling, and Zhang Yuqing didn't know how Liu Juntao would assess himself, they also believed in their talents, were ready to answer the questions, and showed their abilities.

Liu Zi'an continued: "The three of you are ready, the exam will start in a while, and after the exam is over, those who pass the three will be announced by the general of my family himself." ”

After Liu Zi'an left, Lan Siqi, Zhao Ling, and Zhang Yuqing began the written examination.

When the scroll was sent down, the three of them saw that there was only one topic on the scroll: On Warat, the Disaster of Tatar and the Frontier Defense of the Ming Dynasty!

The three of them saw that this happened to be the practical study they were good at, not those topics of the Four Books and Five Classics, excerpts and sentences.

As a result, Lan Siqi, Zhao Ling, and Zhang Yuqing all began to write hard, and thousands of words were sprinkled on the paper in a blink of an eye.

"Vwarat and Tatar are both desert hu, enemies who are incompatible with fire and water, the country and the dynasty should be divided and governed, not to merge the two, attack the strong, help the weak, in order to stabilize the situation of the northern frontier defense......"

"Now that the soldiers and horses of the guard post are unbearable, the imperial court should vigorously reorganize the battalion soldiers, set up general troops and military towns in various parts of the nine borders, and reduce the soldiers and horses of the guard post to save military resources......

"The struggle between the Chinese and the military forces of the dynasty is becoming more and more intense, and there is a great tendency of party contention, the imperial court must not let it develop, but should make it check and balance each other, and must not repeat the weakness of the two Song dynasties by the civil and imperial forces, nor can the military unification reappear the chaotic ......times of the five dynasties."

An hour later, the test papers of Lan Siqi, Zhao Ling, and Zhang Yuqing were presented to Liu Juntao.

The three of them analyzed their analysis of the maladministration of the Ming Dynasty, the border defense situation, and the surrounding forces on the test paper very practically, and the solutions they proposed were also feasible, starting from the situation of the dynasty, the military system, the situation and other aspects, and analyzed the relationship between the development of the Warat and Tatar forces and the border defense of the Ming Dynasty, which made Liu Juntao very addicted!

Liu Zi'an saw that Liu Juntao couldn't stop nodding and praising him, and he also had a plan in his heart, so he said: "General, are you inviting the three of them over for an interview and assessment?" ”

Liu Juntao finished reading the test papers of the three of them, and said with a smile: "Okay! Invite the three of them over! ”

After a while, Lan Siqi, Zhao Ling, and Zhang Yuqing came to Liu Juntao, Liu Juntao smiled and asked the three of them to sit down, and Liu Zi'an sat aside.

Then, Liu Juntao chatted with the three of them, and gradually let the three of them relax.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Juntao changed the conversation and chatted with the three of them about the current situation in the north, and everyone forgot the time and chatted until nightfall!

Early the next morning, Liu Juntao summoned Tang Yu, Guo Yongzhong, and Liu Zi'an, who were still in Yushan Town, and announced the establishment of the Yushan Town Praise Painting Department in public, and the minister was Lan Siqi, who had the first assessment results.

The newly established Department of Zanhua consists of the Strategy Division and the General Staff Division.

Among them, the Strategy Department is specifically responsible for the planning of the overall development strategy of Yushan Town, as well as the formulation of the directional policies of Yushan Town to deal with all forces, and Zhao Ling is the secretary;

The staff department is specifically responsible for the on-the-spot planning of the soldiers of each battalion in Yushan Town, as well as providing Liu Juntao with various strategic references, and Zhang Yuqing is the secretary.