Zhao Junsheng has been considering the establishment of a scientific expedition, and he has solicited the ideas and opinions of some ministers and officials in the upper echelons of the Qianguo State on this matter.

Zhao Junsheng didn't expect the news to spread so quickly, and even Liu Song knew about it, and at this time, some ministers of the Qianguo, envoys from all sides, and invited celebrities of the Qianguo in the main hall also pricked up their ears.

Zhao Junsheng pondered and said: "This matter has been thinking about it, and I have also asked some ministers for their opinions and opinions, and most of them still agree with this time!" ”

Xie Lingyun frowned and said: "King, the foreign minister thinks that this kind of scientific examination system is actually just a superfluous move, and the vast majority of knowledgeable people are still people from the scholar clan, and they just change the soup but not the medicine!" ”

"The words of the envoy of the Southern Dynasty, this official does not dare to agree!" Pei Jin stood up and retorted loudly, he said: "Our Qianguo has begun to set up schools in various places, and all school-age children can be enrolled. ”

"That is even more inappropriate, for reading is an elegant thing, and how can a poor child read? If the poor and lowly can study and participate in scientific examinations, and even become officials, wouldn't this world be chaotic? The poor are born poor, and the rich are born rich, if the poor and the lowly are allowed to sit on an equal footing with the rich and noble, will not the world be in chaos? An envoy from the Northern Wei court stood up and shouted loudly.

"The world is in chaos? Isn't it chaotic enough today? No matter how messy it is, it can't be messed up now, right? Liang Lin immediately stood up and retorted.

Zhao Junsheng pressed his hand and said to everyone: "Okay, this matter is the internal affairs of my country, and it is best for your envoys not to interfere, and our country will never allow anyone and force to attempt to interfere in our internal affairs!" Come, go to song and dance".

A group of court women walked into the main hall with small steps to the sound of musical instruments, and danced in the middle of the main hall, and the ministers of the Qianguo State and the envoys of various forces were fascinated by it.

The selection of officials through the scientific examination system was carefully considered by Zhao Junsheng, not a momentary brain fever.

During this period, the gap between the rich and the poor was huge, the contradictions between social classes and various ethnic groups were very large, and the ordinary people had almost no political rights, which was also the reason for the frequent social turmoil during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

In such a social context, Zhao Junsheng believes that the selection of officials through the implementation of the scientific examination system can alleviate social contradictions to a large extent, which gives the children of ordinary people the opportunity to change their fate and provides a relatively level playing field.

And Zhao Junsheng also wanted to completely change the status quo of the Shi clan's gate lords controlling the political structure of the world through this method, because he knew that if the system of selecting officials through the imperial examination was not adopted, it would only take another ten or twenty years for these ministers and military generals to become new gate valves.

In the following days, the envoys left Qianjing one after another.

At this time, the cadres of the newly established state from top to bottom were mainly focusing on agricultural affairs, and the officials at all levels, except for those who remained behind, went down one after another to check on the planting of farmland, hoeing grass, and irrigation; for counties and counties with incomplete water conservancy facilities, the higher-level officials had to severely reprimand and warn the officials in charge at the lower levels; in the case of barren farmland, the government should severely punish the owners of the barren farmland, and in the most serious case, they should deprive them of their ownership rights and sell them to other peasants.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan were concerned about animal husbandry at this time, the loss of war horses in the previous war against the Southern Dynasties was too great, and once the war horses were lost, they must be replenished in time, otherwise the combat effectiveness of the army would be sharply reduced.

In fact, there is no shortage of horses in Qianguo, but there is a shortage of qualified military horses, and it is not an overnight thing to domesticate ordinary horses into military horses, so there must be one or even several horse breeding grounds that can supply military horses to the army at any time.

At present, there is no large-scale horse breeding land in Qianguo, and most of the war horses used in Qianguo are from the barbarian tribes between Dong'e and Wuchuan to Yuyi Town, and the horses provided by these barbarian tribes are trained by the horsemen to supply the army as military horses, after all, the domestication time is too short, and the horses have not been completely domesticated.

However, the quality of these barbarian horses is uneven, and if you want to have qualified military horses, you must have a special horse breeding land and carefully cultivate, which requires a large area of grassland to raise military horses, and also needs horsemen who are proficient in breeding high-quality horses.

As the king of a country, Zhao Junsheng has no shortage of horsemen who are proficient in breeding high-quality horses, but choosing a suitable horse breeding land is the top priority.

First of all, the horse breeding land must be large enough, with a suitable climate and abundant water and grass; Secondly, the location of the horse breeding land is very important, and it should not be too close to the jurisdiction of the hostile forces.

In Zhao Junsheng's view, the most suitable places for horse breeding should be in the northern part of Bingzhou, the Hetao area and the north and south of Yinshan, but at present, except for the area between Wuchuan and Yuyi Town, the Bingzhou and Hetao areas are not under his control.

Although the area between Wuchuan and Yuyi Town is under his control, it is too close to Rouran, and the northern border line is too long, which is impossible to guard against the Rouran people, and it is impossible to guard every border line as impregnable.

On June 20, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan went to Wuchuan Town, and along the way inspected the garrison of the Great Wall, passes, and forts, military drills, morale, weapons and equipment, etc., which were better than Zhao Junsheng expected.

On the first day of July, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan arrived in Wuchuan. the second is to inspect the garrison of the military forts and forts on the northland border; The third is to escape the heat.

Gao Xiu, who had been named the Marquis of Gaoyang by Zhao Junsheng, took a large number of soldiers and generals from Wuchuan Town more than ten miles forward to greet him, and the two sides met fifteen miles east of Wuchuan Town.

"The ministers and all the soldiers welcome the king and princess to come to patrol Wuchuan Town!"

Zhao Junsheng grabbed the reins and stopped, raised his hand and said, "All the generals and soldiers are exempt, go back to the city first!" ”

"Thank you, King!"

The team continued to advance in the direction of Wuchuan City, and Zhao Junsheng motioned for Gao Xiu to go with him.

"What's the situation with Huaishuo and Woye? Is it hostile to Wuchuan's side? Zhao Junsheng asked.

Gao Xiu said: "After coming to Daqian to take charge of Huaishuo Town and Woye Town, although I have not turned against my Wuchuan Town, I am not as close as before, but on the issue of dealing with Rouran, the two sides will still inform each other of the news, but they will not send each other reinforcements!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and asked, "Has the pressure on Wuchuan's side increased in the past two years?" ”

Gao Xiu clenched his fists and said: "The minister is about to report to the king, in the past two years, the small group of rangers of the Rouran people have often appeared in Monan, but after the patrol cavalry of our army arrived, they quickly retreated to the north, and the number of times they appeared became more and more frequent, and the minister felt that the strength of the Rouran people should have recovered a lot in the past seven or eight years!" ”

When Zhao Junsheng heard this, he was not very hopeful about finding a large horse breeding ground near Wuchuan this time.

After arriving in Wuchuan City, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan found that the city was much more prosperous than when they built the city, the population density had greatly increased, the commercial atmosphere was very strong, and the population was large, if it was not effectively managed, it would be chaotic and smelly everywhere.

Zhao Junsheng didn't mention this matter because of Gao Xiu's face, Hua Mulan was an anxious person, and said directly: "Gao Xiu, when we left, we handed over a clean and tidy Wuchuan City to you, look at what you are doing now!" ”

Gao Xiu's face was embarrassed, in the past two years, his main energy has been focused on training troops and keeping an eye on the Rouran people, thus ignoring the construction of the city and the maintenance of sanitation in Wuchuan City.

He said: "The princess has learned a lesson, Wuchuan City should be rectified!" ”

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan rested in Wuchuan City for a day, and the next day they went to the surrounding areas to inspect, and ran through the area under the jurisdiction of Wuchuan Town for five or six days, not only checking all the garrison forts, beacons and outposts, but also inspecting the pastures with lush water and grass.

Wuchuan Town is still very qualified in terms of armament as a whole, at least Zhao Junsheng can't find much fault, and when looking at several large pastures, Zhao Junsheng also found that the locations suitable for military horse breeding and horse breeding are relatively close to the border, and it is easy to be attacked by the Rouran people.

Zhao Junsheng finally gave up the plan to put the horse breeding and breeding land in Wuchuan Town, before leaving Wuchuan, he made a deal with Gao Xiu, within a year, in order to maintain the balance of civil and military, the Qianguo Imperial Court must promote several generals from the border towns and localities to serve in Qianjing, and Gao Xiu is one of the most suitable candidates, so he asked Gao Xiu to arrange things here as well as possible.

On July 18, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan and his party came to the Songdesert area.

Since the Baishan and Sumo tribes of Kumoxi, Khitan and Beji were exterminated by the army led by Hua Mulan, the vast areas south of the West Liao River and on both sides of the East Liao River have been relocated to many Hebei people, but they are still vast and sparsely populated.

At this time, this area has a large area of pasture, and water resources are also very abundant, especially in the former Kumoxi and Khitan activities in the area is suitable for horse breeding.

Zhao Junsheng immediately decided to set up the horse breeding land in the area south of the Liao River Valley, but in order to prevent the problem of desertification caused by large grazing, he divided the horse breeding land into ten areas, and tried to disperse the number of horses per unit area.

The breeding and cultivation of military horses is only one branch of animal husbandry, and the development of animal husbandry is very important for the current Qianguo, and the demand for meat is increasing by the army and the common people, and the Qianguo must also issue corresponding government decrees to support the development of animal husbandry.

The Qianjing side issued a decree stipulating that on the premise of protecting the area covered by soil and vegetation, peasant households can raise one cow and three sheep at a time, and those whose family conditions are not good and cannot afford to buy cattle and sheep can apply to the government for a calf or three lambs, and after three years, they must return one calf and three lambs to the government.

If a farmer does not raise cattle and sheep, he can also raise horses, in principle, each household can only raise one horse, if the horse is suitable for military horses, it can be sold to the army; If private individuals want to breed cattle, sheep and horses on a large scale, they must have a large enough area of pasture and qualified horse herds before they can apply to the government.