Zhao An was silent, and said after a while: "Going to sea is much more dangerous than on land, there are not many people who are willing to go to sea, what you want is a sergeant, and the main role is to guard, why do you have to ask for the children of a good family, with this restriction, I am afraid that it will be difficult to recruit enough sergeants, I don't think there is a need to mention such a harsh requirement, young and strong can fight, and I am willing to recruit all of them, and then build the army first." ”

Yang Congyi said: "General Zhao, this is not appropriate. The army is the cornerstone of a country's existence and the ultimate reliance on its existence. If the country is to be stable internally and not invaded externally by other countries, the army must be in the hands of the imperial court, and it must be willingly in the hands of the imperial court. What kind of army would willingly be in the hands of the imperial court? Is it a line of homeless people? Is it a line of stabbing prisoners? These people are not willing to join the army in the first place, they will not work hard to fight the war, they join the army only to live, not to resist the enemy, not to earn honor, so when the crisis comes, can they be reliable? I don't think so.

If an army does not have a desire for honor, it cannot win the battle, and how can honor be obtained? Only by winning the battle, only by winning the battle can you get the court's commendation, the people's appreciation, the court's commendation, the people's appreciation, this is the honor, once there is honor, no one will let the honor lose again, no matter how many battles, no matter how difficult the battle, they will not escape, when the honor melts into the blood, this army is the court on the solid barrier, the sharpest swords and guns. This desire for honor is higher than surviving, beyond simply to live, how many children of good families join the army because they can't survive?

Not much, they are more to earn meritorious service, get ahead, glorify their ancestors, these they need can only be obtained through victory, all only they are eager for victory in the face of war, eager for victory to get victory, with victory the court will give them the honor they want, with honor can continue to think about getting greater victories, obtaining greater honor, such an army is an army with a soul, is an undefeated army, is the strong shield and sharp knives and guns of the court.

For an army that wants to win, the sergeants must be the children of good families who are committed to the court, and they have the same heart as the court, one heart for the court, and one heart for the people, so that they can go steadily and have victory. This is the son of a good family who protects the country, and the country is a good family. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Since the imperial court agreed to us to form a new army, named Xuanwei, it is to proclaim the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty to the countries of the open sea, which is a great honor, and the children of the good family cannot ask for it, we must also take this rare opportunity to form a new army to build a mighty army on the sea, and pass the name of the Great Song Dynasty to the Western countries. ”

Seeing that the two of them were speechless, Yang Congyi asked directly: "Lord Huang, General Zhao, what do you think of establishing a new army that is all good people?" ”

Huang Dadao: "What Yang Jianjun said is reasonable, the purpose of forming any army is to win the war, and the beloved person is the obedient people, they obey the emperor and the court, and the army formed by them will definitely obey the command of the court." The Xuanwei Army will build an army with the children of a good family. ”

Zhao An said: "I also agree with the idea of the prison army, I am afraid that I will not be able to recruit people in a short time." ”

Yang Congyi smiled: "General Zhao doesn't have to worry too much, let's divide the work." General Zhao is responsible for recruiting in the forbidden army stationed nearby, with a limit of 4,000 people, the best can be recruited, and if you can't recruit later, you can continue to recruit, and if you recruit two or three thousand people, you can build an army, and you can recruit again if you don't have a quota. If there is no problem, we will take the recruited sergeants to Mingzhou in a month to officially establish the army. ”

Zhao An said: "Okay, I have no objection, no matter how many people are recruited, we will build an army in Mingzhou in a month." ”

Seeing that the two of them had almost talked about recruiting the Jianjun, Lord Huang smiled and said, "Okay, I'll wait for the good news of the two of you in a month, if there are any matters that need to be coordinated, you can send someone to me at any time." You guys get busy first, I'll go first. ”

Saying that, Lord Huang said goodbye and left, he estimated that there were a lot of things, and it was not easy to come out.

There were only the two of them left in the room, Zhao An was more serious, Yang Congyi smiled and said: "General Zhao, I must have told you that Lord Huang has just come out of martial arts, and I have no experience in the army, and there are many affairs in the formation of the Xuanwei Army, from formation, training to management, you need to take a lot of effort, Yang is here, thank you in advance." ”

Zhao An said: "Yang Jianjun doesn't have to be like this, the formation of the Xuanwei Army is extremely glorious, and it is a great honor for me to participate, and it is even more difficult to ask for it when I am given heavy responsibilities and responsibilities." I will do my best to build and train the Xuanwei Army and live up to the trust of the imperial court! ”

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "General Zhao can think like this, I am relieved, as long as we work together, the Xuanwei Army will definitely be built!" ”

Zhao An said: "Since this is the case, then without further ado, I will immediately go to the front of the palace to recruit." Leave. After speaking, he hurriedly got up.

Yang Congyi got up and said with a smile: "I wish the general all the best." ”

When the two went out, Yang Congyi kept sending Zhao An out of the courtyard of the supervision office before staying.

Zhao An has a place to recruit sergeants, what about him, where should he go? There is only one person, it is estimated that he will not be able to recruit people anywhere, and there is no foundation in other places, and the only place to go is An Qingjun, where there are people he knows, who can help somewhat.

The counties of Anqing Army have a large population, have been harassed by the Jin people many times, and are no strangers to the army and war, and may be a good source of soldiers.

These days, Yang Congyi has hardly gone out, and he is really a little bored.

March is a good time, neither cold nor hot, just take a trip to the lake to watch the tide.

Those who came out alone, walked casually, and went up to the royal street.

I saw a crowd of people surging on the royal street, swarming south, and I didn't know what was going on.

Yang Congyi was also curious, stretched out his hand to stop a person, and said with a smile: "This brother, what is the matter with you being in such a hurry?" ”

The man replied impatiently: "Don't you know that the list will be released today?" "Just leave.

Putting the list? Yang Congyi suddenly realized that this year is the year of the triennial imperial examination, and he forgot about it after being busy for a few months.

Although he has been awarded an official, he still can't give up on the imperial examination, after all, the person who came out of the imperial examination is from a jinshi. In the Song Dynasty, people who were not from the imperial examination could also be officials, but those who came out of the imperial examination were more promising, and the era of prosperity and prosperity of literature and fortune, if they did not participate in the imperial examination, they were not born as jinshi, and they would have many fewer opportunities.

Yang Congyi did not participate in the imperial examination, and he will not have a chance in the future, so let's go and see the glorious moment of other people's gold list titles.

As soon as he took a few steps, he suddenly had an idea, why not take the opportunity to advertise and recruit some people? There are so many students when the list is released, and there are always a few people on the list, and today it will be three years after the next test, and it is just right to go to sea to go to sea to go back to the Yi fleet, and it is not right to pick up a few students who have failed the list?

Yang Congyi immediately returned to the supervision office, grinded the exhibition paper, and wrote two characters.

Outside the Donghua Gate, students are everywhere, some people are full of spring breeze, some are depressed, some are talkative, and some are silent. Today is the list of the Ministry of Rites, the provincial test passed, the list is on the list, and soon there will be the palace test, the palace test is set to be the top three successively, the first three are directly awarded to the official, the top few of the second class can also be directly awarded the official, can enter the palace test, all are from the Jinshi background, although it is not appropriate to be awarded the official, and no one will be deposed, waiting for the opportunity to be selected, there is a chance to be an official.

A big list, at a glance, will not be less than 300 people, and the number of people who come to see the list will not be less than 5,000. Those who are not on the list turn around and leave indifferently, just waiting for another try. On the list, call friends, show off. There are many more, and they are on their way to see the list.

Yang Congyi looked at the red list from afar, he couldn't see anything clearly, it was too far, there were too many people, he couldn't squeeze in at all, and of course he didn't want to go in.

He found an open space on the side of the street and hung up the two written characters on the way the students had to turn.

On one piece of paper, only four big characters were written "Ocean Recruitment", and on the other piece of paper was written "There is no name on the list, what is fear, Jiaolong is a real hero when he goes to sea".

The two words were hanging, and Yang Congyi was waiting on the side.

There are a lot of students who come and go, and there are a lot of people who have come to him, but most of them are just a glance, and some of them don't see what is written at all, and they are not interested in just looking at the two words recruitment, recruitment is to find someone to do things, they are students, they want to study and take the imperial examination, where will they go to find something to do, they don't think about it, these two words have never existed in their hearts.

After waiting for half an hour, countless students passed by, curious, they would raise their eyes to take a look, more people, their eyes did not look this way, they went back directly, they fell off the list, where are they still in the mood, hurry back, pack up and go home. No one stopped to take a serious look, and no one stopped to ask a question, as if they were not interested in anything but studying and taking exams.

Yang Congyi was speechless about this situation, didn't the students have a little curiosity, and they didn't care about anything except the imperial examination?

Yes, they don't care about anything, after all, they have studied hard for more than ten years, or even decades, just for the imperial examination, and they all look forward to one day, Jinbang High School, get ahead, and glorify their ancestors, as for what else does it have to do with them. Fame, there will be after the title of the gold list, money, there will be after the title of the gold list, beauty, there will be after the title of the gold list, everything you want, there will be after the title of the imperial examination, there will be all after the title of the gold list, all of them still need to be related? You just need to study hard, read well, pass the imperial examination, have whatever you want, and don't worry about it at all.

But Yang Congyi will not give up, he plans to wait until the last student who looks at the list leaves, he doesn't believe that among these four or five thousand people, none of them care about what the ocean is, there will always be, he firmly believes.