Tokyo is bustling with people. Outside the Zhaobi of Kaifeng Mansion, many people gathered and blocked the road.

There were two groups of people, one of whom was a large group of men, women, and children, who had gathered there to watch the commotion, and a scribe struck a gong to read the notice. And there is a group of people here, all men in robes and hats, old and young, crowded there to look at the yellow list posted on the wall.

"Apprentice" Yu Liang is also among them, he just came from Hongying's house to see the list. The candidates for the Jinshi examination, one is called Xianggong, the other is called Shengtu, and Yu Liang belongs to the Shengtu sent by the local county school.

At this moment, a man suddenly shouted "hit"! Then he jumped up, and when his feet were lifted, his hands slapped his shoes, and his hands and feet danced red, and he looked up and laughed "hahaha......".

A person next to him who seemed to know him bowed, and said with a complicated expression: "Congratulations to Brother Liang......"

Yu Liang glanced sideways, and continued to look at the list with his head held high. There were not many Jinshike and the first person, and he looked at it many times in a row, and his neck hurt so much that he still didn't see his name.

Sure enough, it didn't hit.

Yu Liang stood there, not knowing where he was for a while, and he didn't know what to do. Do you want to go home and farm? But he doesn't know anything, not to mention that there is really nothing good to grow in the Yue family, and his parents, wife, and brothers are very hard at night, but he usually doesn't even spend money on paper and ink, and he has to rely on the uncles in the clan to help him.

And the red warbler, if she wants to come, treats herself well, but she only sends some pens, inkstones, inkstones, food, and the necessary expenses for the exam, and there is no extra money...... She once said that she couldn't be overfed, and that's probably what she meant.

At this moment, Yu Liang felt a little shameless about seeing his father and elders in the family, just because it had no effect on the family, and now he didn't even have a result...... Continue to take the exam in another three years? Yu Liang even wondered if he was the material.

At this moment, I heard a "sigh", and I saw a thin man with gray temples turning around and leaving the list, walking alone towards the street. Yu Liang looked at the back, and felt for a while that person was his life.

Not far away on the wall, a scribe was occasionally striking a gong, shouting loudly: "There are meritorious people, as long as they are willing to come forward!" is not to seek fame, to buy acres of land with no hands! ”

Yu Liang was slightly distracted by the limerick, and most readers are easily attracted to this kind of thing.

Then I heard the scribe say: "The Privy Council's 'Military Decree', the Great Zhou Dynasty has 350 states, and 200 rich states are elected." Ten states are one army, and there are 100,000 soldiers.

As long as there are good families, farmers, tenant farmers, craftsmen, and scholars, everyone is voluntary. Dig in the county, and every county must be sent to the camp; You can throw away food and clothing when you enter the camp, and you have your own public food and food! There is a generous reward for meritorious service in battle, and you will go home for three years to buy a field and build a house!

Military status is only for three years, and it is not mandatory after three years. As long as the military status is in, there is no conscription of parents and brothers; If there is a grievance, sue to the military government, and ask the official office, can you know whether it is black and white?

Those who are literate and literate can become generals by bringing their fellow villagers into the army, and after going to the army, the official family has a special edict to become an official in the 'system of science'; those who fail to be on the list can directly become officials, and military officials can also take the ...... of 'system of science'."

Yu Liang didn't continue to listen to it, ten years of cold window, and then go to the army, isn't it a joke?

He thought about it, so he could only go back to the red warbler.

The peddlers and pawns on the road were in a hurry, and the pedestrians went their own way, and Yu Liang saw it in his eyes, not for fame, but for profit.

The red warbler is at home, and she is usually at home with bad legs. Yu Liang was an acquaintance in the mansion, so he easily entered the mansion.

When the red warbler met, she asked softly with concern: "Is Yu Lang on the list?" ”

Yu Liang had a dark face, and finally couldn't help asking: "The Red Ying Lady promised to give my poems to Han Xizai, and then Han Xizai recommended them to his friend Li Gu." Why doesn't Li Gu know about me at all? The poems must not have reached the hands of Prime Minister Li Gu! ”

Hongying's gentle face suddenly changed, and she said indifferently: "Then Han Xizai is Venerable Shilin, maybe he forgot about this?" Or is Li Gu incorruptible and didn't give Han Xi a favor? ”

Yu Liang listened to a breath in his throat, and said coldly: "The lady really treats Xiaosheng as a three-year-old child. According to what you said about the relationship between Mrs. Shen (Chen Jiali) and Han Gong, the Han Guild scolded Mrs. Shen in such a trivial matter? And that Li Xianggong, who is the person who can be entrusted to life and death by Han Gong......"

"You're blaming me?" The red warbler's face pulled down.

The grievances in Yu Liang's heart surged up, and he smiled with an ugly face: "You have Yang Ye in your heart, and he is so hot when he comes!" I'm just a cat and a dog in your heart! It's not hard for you, and you're not willing to help me......"

"You're wrong......," Red Oriole sneered, "but you're not entirely wrong. The little woman likes the strongest of a bunch of men. ”

Yu Liang suddenly became annoyed and angry, came up and grabbed Hongying's arm, and stuffed a ** scolding in his throat.

Unexpectedly, the red warbler was not afraid, but said coldly: "I see that you are becoming more and more ignorant, what do you want?" ”

Yu Liang was stunned and at a loss for a while...... He didn't dare to scold the red warbler, this girl knew some powerful characters.

Yes, Yu Liang didn't dare to offend her too much; But what's the point of staying here? This girl got a lot of money out of nowhere and opened a few shops, but it has nothing to do with Yu Liang, he can only get some leftovers and cold rice; Hongying is a weak woman, and she doesn't have two feet yet, but Yu Liang can't do anything about her...... There will always be consequences in doing things, and Hongying saw that he had no family skills, but he also had a family with land and property, and he was still a young man who was studying, and he was completely unwilling to be a traitor and ruin himself.

The two froze there, silent for a long time, and the red warbler smiled.

Yu Liang didn't know any dignitaries, and Hongying was the only person he knew. He thought about it, and the red warbler didn't seem to owe him anything, and gave him food and clothing, and slept with him in vain.

Sure enough, Hongying said softly: "What am I sorry for Yu Lang?" ”

Yu Liang stood there, very hesitant and wandering, his heart was in turmoil.

On the one hand, he felt that this meal was very untasty, even if he was full and dressed in warm beauties, his heart was very blocked! On the one hand, he doesn't know where the road is now, and there is no way out, and this red warbler may be able to give him some help...... It really doesn't hurt to her.

At this moment, Hongying stretched out her hand and put it on Yu Liang's handsome face, and said gently: "I am good to you with my heart, people, and the most reliable thing is what I earned myself." I'll do you harm. ”

Yu Liang's face was blue and white for a while, and he swallowed a breath and said: "People live with a face, and trees live with a skin!" Leave! ”

The red warbler was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Where do you want, I'll entangle you." ”

Yu Liang said loudly: "Please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily, if you are a scholar and a marquis?!" ”

He strode out the door and wiped tears from his sleeve.

Yu Liang walked out of the mansion, asked people all the way, and asked the place where Kaifeng Mansion recruited "Xiangyong", which turned out to be outside Tokyo. Rush over now.

When I went to the camp on the outskirts of the city, I saw a square flag hanging on the camp: Villagers who serve the country loyally and bravely!

Before he reached the door, a scribe and a few sergeants immediately came, and when they asked Yu Liang if he was a soldier who came to join the army, he immediately grabbed Yu Liang's wrist and said, "Brother Yu!" From now on, we will all be brothers in the same country, and we will share blessings and hardships......"

Yu Liang was stunned.

The scribe took him into the camp again, and his mouth didn't stop, "Brother Yu doesn't have to see outside when he comes in, he has clothes to wear, he has food to eat, and he doesn't need to bring anything." Let's arrange a place for you to live first, and then register for your ......"

Yu Liang felt very hot all of a sudden, and he only felt that the people here were very good to him!

On the way to the camp, I saw that the soldiers who came and went greeted him very kindly. Yu Liang finally couldn't help but say, "No, this ...... I don't know martial arts, do you choose soldiers? ”

The scribe smiled and said: "The handsome Cao Gong, the young man who likes to read the most and the son of a good family, it doesn't matter if he can do martial arts or not, as long as the person is good!" He said in his own tone, "Don't hide it, it's not easy to recruit soldiers these days, you have to be voluntary, and you have to be young and strong." The country is the time to employ people......"

Yu Liang's brain was hot, and he hugged his fists and said: "Just rush to the brothers to look down on it, dare not report it?" ”

As for the lobby, a military general looked Yu Liang up and down, and he was also very polite, and asked someone to come up and sit on the bench, and Wen Yan asked his name and origin, etc.

Hearing that Yu Liang was a living apprentice, the military general immediately said: "If you go back to your hometown and bring some young and strong people to farm, I will immediately make you a tenth general!" Mind the people you bring. ”

(Just after this troubled era, people who can still study and test their fame are generally people with a solid family background and a little face in the local area.) ）

"Ten generals?" Yu Liang was a little puzzled about this military position.

The military general talked eloquently: "The ten generals of our township brave army are not ordinary ten generals, there are as many as thirty-six people!" A team of thirty soldiers, six firemen, divided into three fires.

There are some things you don't know, Xiang Yong mainly uses bows, crossbows, firearms, and tactical three-stage shooting, so the army is very different from the forbidden army. Three teams take turns shooting, for one; The two are a regiment with a school captain; The second regiment is one command...... A state conscription command, full of 472 people, all of them are fellow villagers! ”

The military general is a commander, and it seems that he has to recruit someone to become a veritable commander, otherwise he is a light pole. He kept persuading: "Although Brother Yue is an apprentice, it is not easy to be admitted to the Jinshi Scholar; Even if you are admitted to the Jinshi, if you want to be an official, there is still an optional exam!

Now come to join the army, you are a scholar, find some more people to come, and you will be ten generals. In the future, if you make some meritorious contributions on the battlefield, you will be promoted from ten generals to two levels, the head and deputy commander, and you will be given an official position immediately after three years!

If you can't be promoted to a commander, you can go to the 'system of subjects', and only those who go to the officer examination are much easier to get on the list than to directly take the regular subject of the imperial examination. No matter how bad it is, if you mix with a scribe, you also have a mouthful of imperial food to eat, right? Officer scribes, the court will give preferential treatment, but they can be promoted to officials! ”

In order to encourage him, the military general said in a low voice: "There is Cao Gong and others in the court, and we people have been transferred to officials, and it is not that no one takes care of ......."

Yu conscience said: This is also a way out.