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Immediately, Jiang Qin and the Guards Battalion started a large-scale manhunt in the city according to the assassin's confession, and at the end of the day, they basically completely destroyed this assassin group, not only seized all kinds of short knives and short swords, but also seized a few short crossbows, these things are good things for assassination, and these swords and crossbow arrows are stained with poison, obviously to kill Xiao Tianjian with one blow, fortunately there is no sniper rifle in this era, otherwise, Xiao Tianjian is really in great danger, but even so, It also made everyone feel scared about it.

When arresting these assassins, these assassins resisted very fiercely, wounding more than a dozen members of the Xingtian Army who went to capture them, and a few of them immediately committed suicide when they saw no hope of escaping.

For this reason, after Xiao Tianjian understood the whole cause and effect, he gritted his teeth and scolded: "Okay! Lao Tzu hasn't provoked you yet, but you have sent someone to assassinate Lao Tzu first! Good! Well done! When Lao Tzu takes the two Huai, I must let you know what Lao Tzu means! ”

After experiencing such a dangerous situation, Xiao Tianjian was much more honest, and his subordinates also added a vigilance, and the iron head was even more frightened to go back and his hands trembled for a few days, you must know that he is the head of the guard responsible for Xiao Tianjian's safety, once Xiao Tianjian has an accident, he can be said to be unforgivable, the last time Xiao Tianjian was injured in Jingzhou City, he was privately scolded by the generals. For those assassins, the iron head was ruthless, and ran to execute them personally, unscrewing off the flesh off their bodies piece by piece with red-hot fire tongs, and tortured them for a long time before they were killed one by one, and then he breathed a bad breath in his heart.

But those scholars in the courtyard, this time they escaped death, one by one was completely impressed by Xiao Tianjian's magnanimity, and when they even talked about it in private, they all said that Xiao Tianjian was the image of Mingjun, and such a major event did not anger them, and gave them a wine banquet to suppress their shock, if he became the Son of Heaven in the future, then how could he be a tyrant? So it's definitely right to do it with him, many people even privately said that even if they can't go to high school this time, then they won't leave, they can't be officials, and they can still do it for Xiao Tianjian if they get an errand for an official in Xingtianjun, and Xiao Tianjian has said publicly that even if he can't make the list this time, as long as he stays to do things, he can continue to sign up for the exam next time he opens a bachelor's office after becoming a clerk, so this gives these scholars a reassuring pill, so that they can do things for Xiao Tianjian on the one hand, While continuing to take the exam, sooner or later, they will also have the opportunity to become officials.

Therefore, Xiao Tianjian's efforts during this period of time have also gained the hearts of a large number of scholars, and even after Lu Weiqi learned the news, he praised him again and again and expressed his approval of Xiao Tianjian's handling method.

Even He Fengsheng, who lived in Wuchang Mansion, and other former officials of the imperial court who were not held accountable by the Xingtianjun also expressed their appreciation for Xiao Tianjian's handling methods this time, after all, they were also born as scholars, and they knew that if such a big thing happened this time, if they were replaced by a tyrannical person, they would spill their anger on these scholars who came to take the exam, and a massacre was not too much, but in the end, Xiao Tianjian was not affected by this at all, and he was angry with these scholars, which won him a lot of people's hearts. Let everyone feel that Xiao Tianjian is doing this to be generous to the scholars, so there is a lot less resistance to Xiao Tianjian in his heart, think about it carefully, this Xiao Tianjian is actually not useless, although he is in turmoil, but he does not have to be the enemy of the world, so even if Xiao Tianjian wins the world one day, they still have a way out.

So on December 15, the much-anticipated Xingtian Army's first examination for opening a department and taking a scholar finally began on time in Wuchang City.

The scholars who came to Wuchang Mansion to take the exam this time, because Xiao Tianjian said that the conditions were relaxed, all the scholars above the talent level could take the exam, rather than only allowing more than one person to take the exam, so the number of scholars who came to take the exam was as high as more than 1,000 people, which greatly surprised the expectations of many people.

At the very least, it also shows that the Xingtianjun is not hostile to all the soldiers in the world, but there are still many people who are already optimistic about the Xingtianjun and are willing to follow the Xingtianjun in the future, which means that the Xingtianjun has quite a lot of appeal in the Shizi group, which is a pretty good thing.

At the beginning, because he did not expect that so many readers would come to take the exam, Li Jinde's preparation for the examination room was a little insufficient, and when he found that there were so many people who signed up for the exam, Xiao Tianjian immediately ordered Li Jinde to clean up the largest Chu Wangfu in Wuchang City and use it as an examination room, so this exam was placed in the Chu Wangfu by Xingtianjun.

Being able to enter the Chu Palace's examination is also a surprise for the scholars, they usually want to go to the palace to see and open their eyes, which is basically impossible, and now they can enter the Chu Palace's palace to take the exam, for them, it is also worth the trip.

So the much-anticipated Xingtianjun's first scientific examination was opened in Wuchang City, but when the test paper was issued, many scholars were dumbfounded on the spot, Xingtianjun's examination questions for taking scholars were too different from the imperial examination questions of the Ming Dynasty, the most important of which is that the examination questions of Xingtianjun are no longer limited to Baguwen, but attach great importance to more practical questions, and there are many test questions that they have never thought of before, including both the study of mathematics and many questions about agricultural economicsThere are even some questions about geography and mining and metallurgy, and of course there are inevitably questions about prisons.

Many of the scholars who came with confidence read the test questions, even if they were blind, they had read the so-called sages over the years, limited to the things in the Four or Five Classics, and more often it was rote memorization, although the Ming Dynasty also had a strategy, but it was not important, but now Xingtianjun suddenly came up with such a set of test questions, many people suddenly didn't know what to do, too many of them only asked about practice, for these people, there was no ideological preparation at all, so many people bit the pen on the spot, Lying on the table, I don't know how to answer.

The time of this exam is two days, and many scholars can be said to beat their chests when they come out, or their faces are like ashes, they have known that the Xingtian Army is taking these things, and they have also made some preparations, but now many people are answering a mess, and many people themselves know that it is over, or they will simply pack up and leave now, go home and learn again, and come back, or simply wait here after the list, and then apply to be a clerk first, and then learn while mixing rice, and come back next time.

And Xiao Tianjian first asked Li Jinde to read the papers, and selected the test papers with better answers for him to see, his literary level is very bad, and he has led the troops to fight all day long over the years, and he has no chance to make up for it, so if he is allowed to read the papers in person, it is estimated that he will immediately be stunned by the articles written by these scholars, so he can only rely on Li Jinde and Lu Weiqi to help him check the gates.

However, he also said first, it doesn't matter if the literary style is not very good, the key is to see whether these scholars have an orderly way of answering the test questions about the policy, and whether the method is feasible, this is the key to his selection of materials, if it is just a good literary style, people who do a good job of poetry and songs, can not be said to brush it off, these people can still do some literary and historical work, after all, he also needs to revise history in the future, and the literati of the Eight Classics are still very needed, not to mention that he is not against China's splendid cultural inheritance, If the classic Chinese literary method of poetry and poetry can be passed on, it is also good, and the future generations of the province only have some so-called literati who deceive the world and steal their reputations, and they will only write some hazy poems to cheat money, but this kind of people can not be elected as magistrates, otherwise they will only read the dead, and it is impossible to govern the place well.

So Lu Weiqi also agreed with him, and devoted himself to reading the papers with some of his subordinates, and after ten days, he really selected dozens of available talents and recommended them to Xiao Tianjian.

After Xiao Tianjian learned about the situation of these selected scholars, and with the help of Li Jinde, he read the answer sheets of these people, in which Lu Weiqi had already indicated the strengths of these people, and gave a certain direction for employing people.

Although Xiao Tianjian is not very satisfied, but after all, the vision of these scholars cannot be compared with him at the moment, many things are just beginning now, and if you want to learn more practical knowledge in the future, you still have to go through a long period of subtle understanding.

So he nodded and approved the report card and ordered that the list could be released.

This time, there are a total of 56 people on the list, all of whom are awarded the name of Xingtian Jinshi, which sounds a little strange, but after all, it is the first Kaike of the Xingtian Army, which is of great significance, and these 56 new list Jinshi were all awarded by the Xingtian Army, according to their answers in the exam, to distinguish their strengths, each awarded is different, among them, some of them have been awarded local official positions such as Zhixian, Zhubo, and County Cheng, and have been sent to serve in various places that have been controlled by the Xingtian Army, and some people have been left in Wuchang Mansion or Luoyang Mansion, In some places that belong to the center, in general, they start with a slightly more basic official position, and then decide whether they stay or stay for promotion according to their performance.

In addition, there are more than 400 scholars, although there is no title on the gold list, but it is also available, so they are also selected, some are awarded low-level official positions, and some go to various places to serve as officials, Xingtianjun does not follow the example of the Ming Dynasty, and the officials who do not enter the stream want to let the officials pay their salaries, but the officials are also paid by the Xingtianjun, so that the officials will have less pressure to support a lot of subordinates, and at the same time give these officials relatively high salaries, and the first thing they want to think about as soon as they arrive in office is to make money to support their families, and soon there will be a collusion between the upper and lower levelsOf course, now because Xiao Tianjian has not yet become king, many departments have not yet been structured, and they are still in the grass-roots period, and the departments that are not needed for the time being will not begin to raise idlers, but in order to manage local officials, it is indispensable to set up a ministry to manage the assessment of officials and the selection of officials in these places, so taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiao Tianjian first set up the shelf of the officials' department, and now because the manpower is too tight, Xiao Tianjian asked Lu Weiqi to serve temporarily, Although Lu Weiqi no longer has the idea of becoming a leader, but now Xiao Tianjian has invited him in front of him, not to mention that he has already made an appearance for this time Xingtianjun opened a department, so he reluctantly agreed, and said to Xiao Tianjian, when Xiao Tianjian will one day ascend to the world, with a suitable candidate, he will immediately return to his hometown again and go home to retire, Xiao Tianjian also immediately agreed.

With this shelf of the Ministry of Officials, many things will be easier to do in the future, although Lu Weiqi is not very capable, but he is still a relatively honest and backbone person, let him do it first, and then gradually talk about the future things, not to mention that many things in the Xingtianjun are in the grass creation period, and the officials have not had time to inherit the corrupt things of the Daming Mansion so quickly, anyway, as long as he Xiao Tianjian is alive in the future, if he wants to engage in these greasy things, he Xiao Tianjian has a knife handle in his hand, so don't worry, There are more people in the world who are willing to be officials, if they can't do it, they will be killed, and no one dares to stretch out their black hands until they are killed! In this regard, Xiao Tianjian hates corrupt officials the most, and for this reason in the past two years, he has ordered the killing of several officials who have unclean hands and feet below, and he will not hesitate to kill a few more in the future.

As for the rest of those who did not make the list, and at the same time had poor ability to eat and drink, Xiao Tianjian did not offend them, each of them sent ten taels of money, let them go home and continue to study, and have the opportunity to take the exam again in the next year, but after this experience, many people should understand what kind of talent he Xiao Tianjian wants to elect officials, at least it will make many readers want to mix an official and a half-position under him in the future, they must pay attention to the direction of this examination, and learn more practical things in the future. Don't read like this anymore, what people learn in an era is not something that people can control by themselves, reading is to be an official, this concept is still deeply rooted in the hearts of readers, and the test questions from the imperial court are what they have to work hard to learn, so Xiao Tianjian also wants to pass this exam, so that these scholars can understand what they should learn in the future, and subtly guide them to learn more useful things.

And among the scholars who took this time, there are a few people on the list who are very unkind, but they belong to the kind of miscellaneous people, many of the off-topic questions they answer well, some people are familiar with the criminal law, and have read some such as Song Ci's collection of grievances, such people are not good even in other aspects, and the literary style is also very average, but they can do some things such as mentioning the criminal department and prison! And there are a few people who can't do anything, but they have a little attainment in agricultural economics, so they let them do some things that are responsible for managing agricultural economics, and they are still arranged for official positions in the gold list.

In this way, as soon as the news spread, the scholars understood another truth, that is, they are not necessarily all-rounders, as long as they are specialized in learning and excelling in seeking a job, then even if the literary talent is limited, there is still a chance to be an official under Xiao Tianjian, which is also an idea of Xiao Tianjian's employment, officials must also be distinguished, and insiders must be allowed to take care of related things, and some people who do not know how to manage it will be saved, and finally make a mess of things.

In short, this time the first session of Wuchang Mansion opened a branch of scholars, although there are still many deficiencies and flaws, there are few high-ranking scholars who come to take the exam, but it has set a precedent, paving a way for the future to open a branch and take scholars, and it can be regarded as a great joy, Xiao Tianjian temporarily alleviated the problem of the serious lack of civil officials at hand, and at the same time let the corporal of the world see that even if he Xiao Tianjian one day wins the world, these scholars are still useful, and they will become the mortal enemies of the Xingtian Army in the future.

However, at this time, Xiao Tianjian still had no time to breathe a sigh of relief in Wuchang and continue to prepare for the attack on Nanzhili after the next year, but he received a message sent by Feng Weihan from the north that surprised him, so he ordered to suspend the use of troops against Nanzhili, and ordered Luo Rucai to temporarily sit in Wuchang, leaving part of the newly formed battalion for his disposal, and ordered Li Xin to immediately hand over the matter at hand to Gao Jian, so that Gao Jian obeyed Luo Rucai's order, and Li Xin returned to his handsome camp to assist his command, And part of the main force under Luo Li and the main force of the Guards Division immediately assembled on the spot and began to set off to return to Henan, because something big happened in the north.

(A 5,000-word chapter!) Today, I would like to thank the two brothers for their rewards! ）