Yuan Xi said: "Don't worry. The Sixth Department has just been formed, and the rules for handling affairs have not yet been formed, and the magistrates do not know much about these two departments. I feel the need to postpone it for half a year and then review the officials. Before that, it was possible to flood the officials of the six ministries and hold a grand recruitment meeting, or a imperial examination. The secretary of the military department arched his hand and said: "Just now the lord said about the imperial examination, what do these two words mean?" ”

"You don't know what the imperial examination is?"

"I don't know..." Yuan Xi was a little surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, he understood. During the Han Dynasty, there was no imperial examination.

If you want to be an official, you have to be filial to your father, and then you are recommended by local officials, and after review, you can become an official.

Therefore, people all over the country, after the death of their father, are desperately buried with copper coins to show their filial piety to their parents.

This is the filial piety of the Han Dynasty. Yuan Xi hated this system of electing officials the most, which was too wasteful of resources. If you bury all your money in the ground, won't the country be poor?

"The so-called imperial examination is to pass the examination and select officials. There is a military examination in the army, and our officials should also take a literary examination, and if they are not qualified, they cannot become officials. This is a matter of the Ministry of Officials, the Book of Rites. ”

"Yes." The secretary of the ministry is frustrated, and he wears two hats. Yuan Xi instructed: "The selection of officials is the same as the selection of generals. The selection of generals is not good, and the three armies are affected. And if the officials are not selected well, it is the people who suffer. Speaking of which, I would like to mention Hu Bingyun again, this thief is an example, for his ambitions, how many North Korean people have suffered and suffered. If we hadn't found out in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable. Therefore, I think that the Ministry of Officials should post an example and recruit from all over the country. Set a date and let them come to Yecheng to take the test. ”

"What the lord said is very true, the officials will do it immediately." Frustrated, he answered.

"Hmm." This is the end of the court. ............... Xun Kan, who went to Xuchang, sent back the news.

Cao Cao had promised to owe 50 million yuan, but he would have to pay it off in two years. In the Xuchang Prime Minister's Mansion, Xun Kan signed an agreement with Cao Cao in the name of Yuan Xi.

In this regard, Yuan Xi was a little dissatisfied. But Xun Kan made it very clear in the letter that Cao Cao really had no money, and no matter how hard he forced, he couldn't force it.

Instead of having a stalemate with Cao Cao, it is better to retreat to the next best. Thinking that he didn't plan to send troops to fight Cao Cao, Yuan Xi had no choice but to agree to this matter.

Xun Kan took the agreement and set off from Xuchang City and returned to Hebei. On the way, he passed through more than a thousand miles, all of which were Cao Cao's territory.

He had the news spread that Cao Cao had signed an agreement with Yuan Xi promising to pay off 50 million within two years.

"I expected him to do this..." Cao Cao lost his temper at the Prime Minister's Mansion. Jia Xu smiled and persuaded: "Isn't it everyone who knows, I think this is a good thing." ”

"A good thing? Do you really want me to give 50 million to Yuan Xi? "Cao Cao didn't have this kind of intention from the beginning, that piece of paper agreement, if it is effective, it will be effective, and if it is not effective, it will not be effective.

Once the war starts, who will admit this piece of paper?

"Of course not. The minister's idea is the same as the prime minister's, 50 million money, and it must not be given to Yuan Xi. Jia Xu said.

"I really don't."

"Yes or no."

"yes..." Cao Cao said: "Give Yuan Xi 50 million, he can buy a lot of resources with this money, isn't that helping thieves?" Jia Xu nodded and said, "What the prime minister said is true." So that paper agreement doesn't mean anything. After the people know about it, they won't dig into it, because it has nothing to do with them, and it's a big deal to say that the prime minister is not trustworthy, which is more important than 50 million? ”

"As for the prime minister's reputation, it can be made up for in the future. issued an essay to refute Yuan Xi and sing praises for the prime minister. ”

"I should have thought that you didn't intend to pay the 50 million from the beginning." Cao Cao said.

"That's nature. There are two skins in people's mouths, whatever you say, we will only do what is beneficial to us, and when the prime minister's strength is enough to counterattack the Central Plains, we will fight with Yuan Xi. The 50 million will be just a joke. Jia Xu said.

"That's what you mean by good?"

"Nope. What the minister means is that if the prime minister signs an agreement with Yuan Xi, and is made such a fuss by Xun Kan, Yuan Xi will unswervingly believe that the prime minister will give him 50 million sooner or later. This will give the prime minister two or three years to expand his strength and prepare his forces for war. During this time, Yuan Xi would not take the initiative to provoke a war, otherwise it would be equivalent to giving up the 50 million money. Jia Xu's analysis makes a lot of sense.

Cao Cao nodded after hearing this. But the look on his face was a little complicated, as if he was thinking about something. Jia Xu looked at his words and asked, "What is the prime minister worried about?" Cao Cao replied: "We only have two or three years to prepare. In such a short period of time, can you accumulate strength and defeat Yuan Xi? His current territory is more than twice as much as mine. There are more than three times as many soldiers and horses as I am. Seriously, I'm not sure. ”

"I'm not sure..." Jia Xu's gaze was a little distracted.

"Huh?" Cao Cao's expression was even more solemn. Jia Xu hurriedly said: "Although we are not sure, we also have to work hard, we can't wait to be killed?" This time in the Central Plains War, although Yuan Xi won a big victory, he didn't pick up the cheap, and we also had two gains. ”

"Two gains? What do you mean? Jia Xu said: "First, Yuan Xi's elites from all walks of life have been hit hard. This gave our soldiers, with great confidence, that everyone said that Yuan's army was not invincible. Second, Yuan Xi's giant beasts Tyrannosaurus Rex and Titan Python were all wiped out by the Shenji Battalion in the Battle of Rencheng. This boosted the morale of our army. ”

"All in all, Yuan Xi is not terrible, and his giant beast is not terrible."

"This time in the Central Plains War, if Ma Chao had not been contained in Chang'an, and Liu Bei had not marched into Jingzhou, would the prime minister have thought that we would still lose? The number of troops we have deployed in the Central Plains will be more than twice as large! ”

"yes..." Cao Cao said in his heart that in two years, he must solve Ma Chao in Xiliang and Liu Bei in Jingnan.

Only then can we better face Yuan Xi. This is a prerequisite for winning against Yuan Xi.

"Report..." Just as Cao Cao was talking to Jia Xu, a guard ran in: "Prime Minister, don't drive Zhang Song in Yizhou, bring several attendants and more than 20 boxes of treasures, come to Xuchang to pay tribute, and now you have entered the city." "Don't drive in Yizhou?

Cao Cao frowned and said: "Liu Zhang, the assassin of Yizhou, has not paid tribute to the imperial court for many years, why did he suddenly send Zhang Song to come, it can't be what happened in Yizhou, right?" Jia Xu smiled and said, "The prime minister is wise." I received a report yesterday that Hanzhong guarded Zhang Lu and sent the general Yang Ren to lead 70,000 elites to attack Jiange Pass. And Liu Zhang is weak, and the 200,000 Yizhou troops under his command are not good at fighting, although they occupy the natural danger, they are no match for the elite of the Hanzhong army. Liu Zhang sent an envoy at this time, called tribute... I'm afraid that I asked the prime minister for help. "The latest chapter of the Super Imperial Beast System of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 443, Zhang Zhangsong was beaten away, and the website: