Of course, Li Laiheng understood that Yang Qing was demonstrating to him, telling them not to think about anything else, to expand to the west honestly, and to stop being uncomfortable looking eastward, did you see our new army? If you dare to come, then wait and face them! But you are good friends when you expand westward, and our friendship can last forever, of course, there will be a treasure island in a few years, and this kind of thing does not need to be said.

However, the change in the Ming army did surprise him.

Because he has been in the north, he did not participate in the original battle to the south, and he has not faced the reformed Ming army, but at this moment, these well-trained and high-spirited soldiers in front of him are obviously not the same type as the Ming army in his memory.

Even discipline surpasses that of the Shun army.

At least the Shun army can't do it, and there is no chaos in changing formations so frequently.

And the quality of the soldiers is also superior to that of the Shun army.

The face is obviously ruddy with the taste of starvation for a long time, which is obviously different from the Shun army that is not abundant in food, even compared with the Qing army, it is much stronger, in fact, the Qing army is even inferior to the Shun army, and even the Eight Banners Han army crossed the Taihang Mountain as a deserter to join the Shun army.

This is a consistent flaw in the armies of the North.

Even when he was defending Yanmen Pass, it was difficult for the Mongol cavalry he mainly faced to eat enough.

This defect is irreparable.

He silently watched the Ming army in front of him conduct exercises, sighing amid the sound of gunfire.

At this time, Tengchong, Yunnan Province.

"Jin Yiwei? What are the Jinyi guards doing here, our ghost place where birds don't? ”

Chen Shiren, the hereditary commander of Teng Chongwei, hurriedly changed his official uniform under the service of the maidservant, and said speechlessly at the same time.

The restructuring has not yet been completed.

Because of all kinds of resistance, Ma Shiying, the governor of Yunnan, and Zhu Yujian, the new commander of Yunnan......

It is Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang.

After Yang Qing was released from the confinement of the clan, he not only obtained a fief in Huguang, but he was also appointed as the commander of the Yunnan capital, responsible for the reform of the Yunnan guard as a vassal king. But even if he is a vassal king, it is useless, and the hereditary officers of the various guards led by Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qianguo, still fight against him by various means. Although with the entry of the 14th Army into Yunnan, the speed of reform has accelerated, but it has only completed the defense of Kunming, and places like Tengchong are still early, and the old military household system is still continued!

Before Chen Shiren's clothes were changed, there was already a crowd of chickens and dogs jumping outside, and then the footsteps of a large number of soldiers running came.

He hurriedly put on his official hat and hurried out.

Outside, more than a hundred soldiers dressed in new-style red uniforms poured in with spears and birds, and quickly lined up the yamen under his command, with the spears in the middle and the muskets on the left and right neatly arranged. Immediately after that, the leading officer gave an order to separate from the middle to the left and right, and three brocade guards stepped forward, one of whom was obviously holding a holy decree in his hand.

Chen Shiren subconsciously shuddered.

It is said that this kind of scene is a common nightmare for civil and military officials in the Ming Dynasty.

"The holy decree has arrived, and the Yunnan capital commands Si Teng Chongwei to command Chen Shiren to receive the decree!"

The brocade guard stopped and opened the holy decree and said.

"Chen Shiren takes the order!"

Chen Shiren said with dry lips and knelt down and bowed.

However, he immediately reacted, at this time, Nanjing was actually a princess in prison, and a prison country issued a holy decree!

"Fengtian carried the emperor, the edict said: Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, the imperial examination has been practiced for thousands of years, Taizu expelled the Tartars to restore China, and then established the Ming Sheji, and also established the system of taking scholars for the imperial examination, which has been nearly 300 years so far. However, the omissions of the eight shares of scholars are also revealed, so that the talents are left in the wilderness, and the junjie is sunk in the common people, so at the request of Princess Kunxing of Nanjing, she wants to change the law of the imperial examination in the place under the jurisdiction of Nanjing. I was in Chang'an at this time, far away, and I didn't know what the public opinion was in the place under the jurisdiction of Nanjing, so I summoned the representatives of the four people from all over the country to Nanjing, and if the majority of the four people had no objection, the new imperial examination law would be officially implemented, and there would be no mistake in the cooperation of the prefectures, counties and health offices in various places! ”

The brocade guard read.

"Obey the order!"

Chen Shiren wiped the cold sweat on his head and said.

It turned out that it was none of his business, and he thought that he had attracted Jinyiwei because he signed Mu Tianbo's joint name against the reform of the Wei Institute!

Since it wasn't for him, it didn't matter.

"What is this brother's surname?"

After he finished receiving the order, he asked the brocade guard with a smiling face.

"The brother's surname is Yang, and he is under the Jinyi Guard Division, and he is ordered to select the representatives of the four peoples of the military and the guards in the prefectures and counties of Yongchang Mansion and Yongchang, and Commander Chen, please call all the adult men of the Tengchong Acropolis to gather in the school field, and divide them according to scholars, farmers, industries, and merchants."

Jin Yiwei said.

"Well, it's all military here."

Chen Shiren said.

"The military household system has been abolished, the reforms of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huguang, Shandong, Henan and even Fujian have been completed, and only Guizhou and Yunnan are left.

Jin Yiwei said.

"Quick, immediately summon the order to gather the adult men!"

Chen Shiren said without hesitation.

The brocade guard didn't say much, then turned and walked out, and the group of soldiers with him immediately closed and followed. Chen Shiren's face was gloomy in the back, although this matter had nothing to do with him, but the words of the Jinyi Wei stimulated him, indeed, this Tengchong is not another world after all, and this military household reform will still be implemented here after all.

But the good life of the Chen family is over.

He has been hereditary to the eighth generation of commanders, his ancestors are the generals who followed Taizu, during the orthodox years of his ancestor Chen Sheng participated in the expedition to Luchuan when he led the troops to build the Tengchong Acropolis, until now the Chen family has always been the hereditary commander for two hundred years. It is said that it is the military guard of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact it is the fief of the Chen family, and the land is not so much the imperial court as the Chen family, and the military household is not so much the military household of the imperial court as the domestic slave of the Chen family.

But......

He sighed!

He can't fight it!

"Master, a letter from the prefect of Yongchang Chen."

A house slave walked up to him and quietly handed him a letter.

Chen Shiren took the letter suspiciously, opened it and looked at the contents, and then the expression on his face became even more gloomy, he immediately locked the letter into his drawer, re-brewed his expression, and walked out to get on the horse and chase after the brocade guard.

School grounds.

The adult men of the Tengchong Acropolis arrived in twos and threes.

"Brother Yang, why bother, isn't it just that each of the four people chooses one? Just look for it, or I'll call you four! ”

Chen Shiren said with a smile.

"Where is the duty of the brothers!"

The brocade guard said.

Chen Shiren smiled dryly.

Immediately afterwards, he took out a few silver tickets from his sleeve and quietly stuffed them into the brocade guard.

"In the next few friends, I really want to take this opportunity to visit the Jingshi, it is better to let a few of them go with Brother Yang, this kind of thing is decided by the Prison Country and the Marquis of Zhongyong, why do you need to ask these people, what do they know!"

He went on to say.

The brocade guard looked at him with a smirk.

"See these soldiers? I don't know who is the person who receives the Nanya subsidy, do you know how the Nanya rewards the whistleblower? The report involves three times the amount, you give me these, he can report me and earn three times. Then do you know how Nanya dealt with Jinyiwei's internal crimes? I will cut off my behead, and my women will become the women of my colleagues, and my sons and daughters will become the slaves of my colleagues, and all my possessions will become my colleagues'. ”

Then he said.

"Huh?!"

Chen Shiren embarrassedly withdrew the silver ticket.

At this time, the people had already arrived, and they were separated according to the four people, because the Acropolis was a military cantonment, so the vast majority of them were peasants, but because they had to make some ordnance by themselves, there were quite a lot of craftsmen. There are also many merchants, after all, Tengchong is also a trade route to Burma, and the number of scholars is the least, after all, the scholars must be the first and lowest talents.

As for the scattered people outside the city, they don't need to care.

It is enough to have an acropolis.

The brocade guard again read the decree and gave an introduction to the general contents of the imperial examination reform, which of course was translated by an accompanying interpreter.

It's a must.

In the first few years, a person who spoke Nanjing official dialect went to Tengchong without a translator, and it was definitely not good.

After the translation, the crowd was still confused.

In fact, this kind of reform is also beneficial to those poor talents who are poor but not allowed to advance, after all, the expansion of the scope of the imperial examination has also given them more opportunities.

Immediately after that, the brocade guard beckoned, and the entourage next to him picked up a box, and there were three other boxes of the same kind, and this brocade guard walked to the peasants in line with the box. The way to choose is very simple, that is, to draw lots, if you let the people elect, the final election of the squires is certain, this is no suspense, these people are not the emperors around Nanjing, they can not elect others, the fairest way is to draw lots.

Soon peasant representatives were elected.

This representative was taken aside in a look of bewilderment, followed by the other three people, who were also produced by casting lots.

After the representatives of the four peoples are determined, the others are dissolved.

"This is a representative card, with your name on it!"

The brocade guard said with a little red book.

After the four of them signed up, he filled in their names, and then gave each of them their representative cards, and then he took four stacks of banknotes.

"This is your travel expenses, you must rush to Nanjing before March next year, if you can't catch it, you will abstain, the representative certificate will be invalidated, and you need to compensate the court for the loss. During the period of holding this certificate, you enjoy immunity as representatives of the four peoples, which means that you cannot be arrested even if you commit a crime, and you must first report to the imperial court to withdraw your representative card. In addition, your family is also protected, and each family has two soldiers stationed to help your family, and they will bring their own money to buy food and drink. As for the losses caused to your family during your absence, the imperial court will subsidize them, and they will be paid to you when you return from Nanjing. ”

The brocade guard said.

The four of them were stupid, and they all looked at the little red book in their hands in disbelief.

Then he plopped and knelt down.

"Long live my emperor!"

The representative of the people, a poor Xiucai with many patches on his body, shouted in a trembling voice.