The imperial examination of the Yuan Dynasty was not there when the country was founded, and the first attempt was during the period of Ogedai Khan, "Taizong began to take the Central Plains, and the Zhongshu ordered Yelu Chucai to use Confucianism to select scholars, and from there." But later, "the world may think that it is inconvenient, and the matter is suspended".

During the period of Kublai Khan, the emperor always disliked the style of Confucian scholars in the Jin Dynasty who advocated poetry, and thought that "the Han people only teach poetry, what will be the use!" Therefore, since the founding of Kublai Khan, the imperial examination has been abolished for half a century.

Until Yuan Renzong ascended the throne, in order to rectify the rule of officials, reform some of the drawbacks brought about by the system of officials entering the office, advocated governing the country with Confucianism, and re-raised the question of "seeking merit and taking people, what law is the best". At the end of the second year of Huangqing (1313), the Yuan court issued an edict to the world. It is held once every three years, and is divided into three courses: the township examination, the general examination, and the palace examination.

In the first year of the reign of Emperor Wonin (1314), the system of taking the imperial examination was finally officially held. In the autumn of this year, the township test was held across the country; In February of the following year, another examination was held; In March, the court examination was held one after another, and 56 people including Du Daer and Zhang Qiyan were admitted to Jinshi, and the first or Jinshi were born.

Emperor Yuan Shun to the first year of the Yuan Dynasty (1335) because of Boyan, the edict to abolish the imperial examination, and only after the restoration of the imperial examination.

The imperial examination is an important part of the Han law, and the full implementation of the Yuan court means that the students who are familiar with the Four Books and the Five Classics have the opportunity to advance, and they have a great advantage over most of the Mongols who have little knowledge of writing and science, and of course as a ruler will not be inflexible in this regard. The Yuan court deliberately divided the Mongolian Semu people into one group, and the Han people and the southern people into another group, the population of the first two is only 3% of the country, and the total number of allocated places is 50%, and the senior officials in the court have always been Mongolian and Semu people, except for a few. At the same time, there is also a huge difference in the range and difficulty of the questions in the Hanmeng exam.

Although it is extremely unequal, but for the Confucian scholars who have no hope for the future of reading the sages and sages, it is still like a long drought and a rainy day, and Gong Bo is very firm in his respect for the detachment of detachment because of the opportunity given to the Confucian students in the world.

Zhang Kai and Yun Dahe knew Gong Bo's intentions and knew that his ambition was unmovable, and the two sighed, after they got out of power, a series of political reform measures were promulgated one by one, and as for the final effect, the government and the opposition were both positive and negative.

Both of them are military generals, they don't know about government affairs, they only know that the world has become more chaotic in recent years, and the people's livelihood has become more difficult. Especially after his henchman Jia Lu died in Haozhou, his temperament was obviously much more irritable, and some of the orders issued became much rougher and simpler, and he became more and more strict with his subordinates. In the past, there were subordinates who made statements to them and discussed their mistakes, but now few people dare to make suggestions anymore.

The Privy Council originally respected Totokh, and in recent years, some of the bureaucrats in the court have been degraded, reformed, or lost a lot because of the guilt of Totoku, and there are many people who are implicitly dissatisfied with Totoku, and there are many people in Zhongshu Province and Yushitai.

In addition to suppressing bandits, the greater purpose of this southern expedition was also to establish authority and win over the hearts of the court. lest there be so many constraints on governance in the future.

Among them, only Gong Bo knows a little bit about it.

At this time, the three of them were speechless for a while, listening to the thunderous laughter in the Yuan army camp, and just stared blankly at the huge city wall of Gaoyou in the distance.

In a beautiful mansion in Gaoyou City, Zhang Shicheng's face was pale, and a group of subordinates around him were silent, and his face was ugly like a hen whose neck was choked.

Slaughter again! This detachment is because the whole city of soldiers and civilians will die without a place to be buried.

Thinking of the tragic situation after Xuzhou was slaughtered, Zhang Shicheng's heart jumped suddenly. If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place! Since he has such a big momentum, he should accept it when he sees it, regret that his heart is higher than the sky, and he dislikes that the official position of 10,000 households is too small, so he has to think about going further.

Now, it's too late!

Looking at his younger brothers Zhang Shide and Zhang Shixin, his subordinates Yu Siqi, Lu Zhen, Pan Yuanshao and others were all stunned and hesitant, Zhang Shicheng couldn't help but feel depressed in his heart. These people had to encourage themselves to continue to fight with the Yuan army and seize the county, but now the Yuan army has surrounded Gaoyou City to the point of iron, and they have repeatedly broken through several times but have not been able to get it, but they have lost many soldiers, and now their morale is low, and the army has no fighting spirit, so what can be done!

After all, Zhang Shicheng is the leader of the figure, his eyes rolled, and he said loudly: "The Yuan thief is incompetent, he only knows the bloody sword soldiers!" My Han family swore to him that there would be no two sides, and now there is no enemy and no me, and I am invincible. On the same day, Xuzhou was slaughtered, and the poor countless people of the Han family in the city turned into dry bones, and a certain is still vivid today, Zhang is determined to oppose the Yuan, which is to reshape the world for my Han family, drive out the Yuan blood, and pay the blood debt! ”

"The eldest husband should be happy and revengeful, and now that he has fallen into a heavy siege, Zhang will live and die with Gaoyou, and kill a few more Tartars to comfort the souls of the ancestors in the sky! If Zhang has a breath left, he will never let the Tartars climb to Gaoyou City. ”

Yu Siqi reacted quickly, and immediately followed: "Since there is no way out, simply fight with the Yuan thief to the death, kill one is enough, kill two to earn one!" Yu is willing to follow King Cheng to live and die together, not to destroy the thief, and to swear not to be a man! ”

The second brother Zhang Shide responded: "What the eldest brother said is that we and the Yuan thief are endless, and I am invincible in today's affairs!" If it's a man, kill him! ”

When a group of people saw that there was no longer a chance to negotiate a turnaround, they completely lost their hearts, and they mustered up courage and decided to live and die with Gaoyou.

Yu Siqi said: "The old thief has gathered hundreds of thousands of horses in the south of the Yangtze River, and the daily consumption of money, food, firewood and wages is huge, and our army has been fighting for more than a month; Guo Zixing, Zhao Junyong and others have been holding back the old thief on the side, and they also fought a few battles with the Yuan thief a few days ago. Now presumably the Yuan Court is already anxious to raise baggage for it, as long as we are united and stick to it for a long time, and then smoke cold and destroy its grain and grass, it will definitely make it difficult for the old thief to sleep and eat, and it is not known if there may be a gap. ”

"Well said!" Zhang Shicheng applauded and praised loudly, "Continue to strengthen the city wall today, and prepare more stones and gold juice!" Inform the whole city that the old thief has issued an order to slaughter the city, and the soldiers and civilians of the city have no chance of survival, and if they want to live, they will follow Lao Tzu to kill the Tartars, and kill all the Tartars outside the city, so that everyone can live! ”

Zhang Shixin said: "Since it is a long-term war against the Tartars, all the rations in the city should be concentrated, distributed and distributed, and all the gold and silver in the army should be taken out to reward the soldiers and people who dare to fight!" ”

"My brother's words are very true, so I will do it according to this." Zhang Shicheng commanded.

Lu Zhen stepped forward and said: "The city should also dig a deep pit behind the wall, place a large urn, and send people to listen to the urn to prevent the Yuan army from entering the burrow." ”

Pan Yuanshao continued: "All the young and strong people in the city should be grouped, take turns to guard the city, and set up a team to supervise the battle, and if you dare to escape in a cowardly fight, you will be killed!" Those who do not respect the order will be beheaded! ”

Zhang Shicheng's side was united in their hearts, summoned the courage to defend the isolated city, and accelerated the reinforcement of the city defense, the inventory and allocation of various materials in the city, and the organization of personnel. If you want to stick to it for a long time, you have a lot to do.

Fortunately, Gaoyou is a big city, not only the city walls are strong, but also the population and materials are very large, so there is no need to worry about the temporary shortage of these materials for the time being.

What Zhang Shicheng, Totok and the others didn't know was that not only the Goryeo army had already received a secret order from the Dadu East Palace, but also some of the generals of the Jingshi Suwei had also received the same order.

Within ten days after that, several secret letters were quietly submitted to Emperor Yuan's desk, all of which were reports on the Yuan court's escape from the prime minister in the court and the war situation in Gaoyou. Since then, the battle of Gaoyou has taken a turn for the worse, and the outcome of the battle between the two armies on the battlefield is no longer determined by the front-line soldiers on both sides.

Linqu City, in Liu Qi's house.

Liu Qi stared at the person in front of him and was speechless for a while. Yu Zhilong waited for a few days and did not return, it turned out that he had the idea of going south! Although there is still no news from us, I don't know what the final result will be. However, the tension is still being felt day by day. Although he has the consciousness of anti-water, but when the matter comes, his heart is up and down, and he has no landing.

"Lord Qianhu, now it's time to see the poor dagger, and this is the time for us to show our skills. When the judgment continues, it will suffer from it! The man's body was straight, his eyes were staring at Liu Qi tightly, and his previous humility was replaced by a grim and unsmiling face.

"Lord Yan, do you really want to launch it today? Is there no other way? Liu Qi's voice was hoarse.

Yidu had already ordered him to take advantage of Liu Zhengfeng's elite absence, just to catch him off guard. As long as thousands of adults respond from it, great things can be accomplished. At that time, Lord Liu Qianhu will be the Lord of Zhenfu, if Liu Zhengfeng, Yu Zhilong, etc. can be captured alive, maybe it is possible to seal the army and ten thousand households! Yan Qilou said word by word.

Liu Sheng, Fat Toutuo and other henchmen surrounded Liu Qi and shouted: "Big brother, let's not be angry with Liu Zhengfeng and Yu Zhilong, and directly tie them up and dedicate them to the official army. ”

"Taking advantage of the fact that the thief is not there, Liu Zhengfeng is defenseless, and he just happened to have an accident, if he really manages the army and thousands of households, the small ones can also touch the light of the general!"

Several people chattered to persuade Liu Qi to make a final decision.

"General Liu doesn't need to hesitate anymore, then Liu Zhengfeng only thinks about recruiting troops and buying horses by himself, how can he ever care about the general's capital? When this recruit was allocated, didn't he pick it first? Huang Pi walked up to Liu Qi and said slowly, "Now that he has transferred hundreds of his Chinese army into the city, but ordered all the soldiers and horses of other generals to leave the city, what does he mean?" Isn't it just to guard against the general! ”

"If the thief really opens a way out in the south, only Liu Zhengfeng and Yu Zhilong will get the benefits, otherwise, how can even the other generals be kept in the dark when they go south this time? This shows that he doesn't trust the general at all! ”

"Yes, big brother, since he is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust. Let's fuck it! Bai Qiu and the others echoed Huang Pi Dao, "Also ask Yu Lan Xiaonizi to see, the general is a figure who does big things!" ”

mentioned Yu Lan, Liu Qi's already hesitant heart finally stopped repeating, and the scene of Yu Lan's disdain for himself that day surfaced in front of him again. He was originally the leader of the word, but he was looked down upon by a little woman, which is unbearable!

"If you do it, you should be an official for yourself!" Liu Qi finally made up his mind.

"Little I wish the adults success!" Yan Qilou smiled and clasped his fists and saluted, "The little subordinates have already infiltrated the city, and they can cooperate with the action as long as the adults give the order!" It's a pity that the thief is not there this time, otherwise he and the thief Liu will be taken down in advance, and the thief will be in chaos! Now is the time of Shen, according to the itinerary, the army of Yidu can arrive in advance. As for how to do it and stay small, one by one. ”