In the afternoon, Qu Duan came to the imperial study and reported the scene of the meeting with the Goryeo envoy.

"Your Majesty, that An Pulin and Li Rui are constantly stirring up the relationship between me and Wang Shu in front of me! They said that Wang Shu belittled me several times, said that Wang Shu looked down on martial artists, and they even said that Your Majesty, you look down on martial artists, and that Your Majesty would remove many generals from their positions. Qu Duan said with a smile.

"The Koreans are just clowns, insignificant! Now that the economy of Liaodong has not fully recovered, let's recuperate for the time being, and they are still jumping around and tossing. Zhao Chen's face showed a mocking expression and said.

"Your Majesty, are we really going to sign a contract with the Koreans?" Qu Duan Dao.

"Naturally not! If we really sign a contract and leave a handle, it will be inconvenient for us to really attack Goryeo! Now we are constantly negotiating with them and paralyzing them! If they have to sign a contract, we'll find an excuse to delay. Zhao Chen said.

"Not bad!" Qu Duan nodded.

"Regarding the military retirement system, how is your staff headquarters researching?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, the retirement system has been formulated, but, Your Majesty, the army is full of elite soldiers, many people have fought all the way from Guanshan to Shangjing, these soldiers have infinite combat power, if they retire, it will have an impact on the combat effectiveness of the army!" Qu Duan Dao.

"You can't never let them retire, can you? Some soldiers were already in their twenties when they followed me, and now they are almost thirty years old, their physical strength is not as good as before, and they have been staying in the army, even if they have rich combat experience, the combat effectiveness of the army will slowly decline! It is better to constantly change some fresh blood, so that the young people of the country can continue to receive training, so that the combat effectiveness of the army will always be strong. Zhao Chen said.

"Many soldiers are certainly reluctant to leave the army." Qu Duan Dao.

"For these veterans, the state will give proper arrangements! Rest assured! They have made a great contribution to the country, and the state cannot treat them badly! You go and bring me the documents related to the retirement system, and I will take a closer look at them. Zhao Chen said.

Qu Duan nodded, and left immediately.

It was not until the afternoon of July 20 that An Pulin and Li Rui left Yanjing City and prepared to return to Goryeo.

Wang Shu saw off the two, and they came to the outside of Yanjing City together.

"Lord Wang, we can draw up a simple treaty first! Wait until we come back to draw up a formal treaty. An Pulin said.

"If you want to draw up a treaty, you Goryeo must be a vassal to my Great Song Dynasty! If you are not willing to submit to our Great Song Dynasty, there is no need for us to negotiate. Wang Shu said lightly.

"This, after we go back, we will persuade our Goryeo monarchs and ministers to make them promise to be vassals to the Great Song Dynasty! The Great Song Dynasty is a big country, we are a small country, and it is normal for a small country to be a vassal to a big country. An Pulin pleaded again.

"It can't be! Unless you bring the credentials of the ministers next time, we will have the possibility of further negotiation and drafting of a contract! Wang Shu said.

"In that case, let's go back first!" An Pulin had no choice but to say.

The two of them took their attendants and headed in the direction of Tianjin Wei again, the sky was overcast, and it seemed that it was about to rain, but both of them had excited smiles on their faces.

"This time, we came to the Great Song Dynasty from Goryeo, and we finally figured out the thoughts of the Great Song monarchs! It turned out to be a civil and military dispute! It seems that the probability of our Koreans getting Liaodong is more than eighty percent! After we really get Liaodong, the Song army will completely slack off, and we will continue to train our troops, and in the future, we may even be like the Khitans and Jurchens, defeating the Great Song Dynasty and conquering the Great Song Dynasty! An Pulin said excitedly.

"This ...... Unlikely, right? Li Rui was stunned and said.

"The Khitans and Jurchens only have such a small population, they can all conquer the Great Song Dynasty, why can't we? You have also seen that the Great Song Dynasty is so prosperous, the Khitan people and the Jurchens all say that the Great Song Dynasty is a piece of fat, and we Goryeo people can't let go of this piece of fat! An Pulin laughed.

"Swallow this piece of fat?" Li Rui's face also showed a hint of excitement.

The two of them walked east for an hour, and a light rain fell in the sky, and the two of them borrowed land to rest in a village, looking at the simple villagers in this village, they actually had a plan in their hearts to enslave these people! The two glanced at each other and laughed together, while the villagers next to them showed surprised expressions in their eyes.

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The reform of education and imperial examinations is still being carried out intensively!

When it was October, a few simple practical books were handed over to Zhao Chen.

These practical books are still too simple, and there are not many systems, and they still need to be improved, but Zhao Chen has already decreed that these newly compiled practical books will be distributed to Confucian scholars everywhere.

Along with these practical books, which were distributed to Confucian scholars, there was also a decree on the imperial examination.

The imperial examination has been completely reformed, and from now on, the imperial examination will no longer be divided into examinations for children, talents, people, jinshi, etc.! After the imperial examination, Confucian scholars no longer have the titles of Xiucai, Juren, etc., and these people no longer enjoy all kinds of privileges! In ancient times, as long as you arrived at Xiucai, you didn't have to pay taxes, and when it came to lifting people, the country had to spend money to worship every year, and now these privileges are all canceled!

From now on, the imperial examination is just an ordinary step into the government, and it will no longer give it the important meaning it used to be!

In addition, the imperial examination is more targeted, and the imperial court has listed some relevant positions, and candidates must report their positions before the imperial examination!

In addition to the preliminary examination, there is also a re-examination in the imperial examination, and it is impossible for the state to recruit some people who are not diligent and do not distinguish between grains and grains to enter the officialdom.

In addition, the imperial examination also has certain requirements for candidates!

In ancient times, no matter how old you are, you could participate in the imperial examination! In ancient China, there were occasional centenarians participating in the imperial examination, which was generally talked about in the world! Emperor Qianlong once personally summoned two hundred-year-old people and rewarded them with a big reward! During the Daoguang period, Lu Yuncong, a 100-year-old boy in Guangzhou Prefecture, participated in the imperial examination, and Emperor Daoguang gave him a gift! In addition, there are some prodigies, who are only eleven or twelve years old, but they are naturally intelligent, and they can also be lifted and praised.

And now, the age of the imperial examination has been set at eighteen to fifty years old! Because after the imperial examination, you have to enter the government to do things, and if you are too young or too old to be incompetent for your position, you naturally cannot participate in the imperial examination! Originally, Zhao Chen wanted to set the upper age limit at forty years old, but Wang Shu thought that the world had been in war for many years, and many talented people had hidden among the people, and these people were not young, and these people should be taken into account in the imperial examination, so Zhao Chen changed the upper age limit to fifty years old! However, after five to ten years, the upper age limit of the imperial examination will be lowered.

On the day when the imperial examination decree was issued, more than 100 Confucian scholars in Yanjing City came to the gate of the palace together and asked to meet Zhao Chen.

These Confucian scholars are not young, some of them have white hair and beards, and they look like they are seventy or eighty years old!

The weather was gloomy and cold, and the more than 100 Confucian scholars knelt at the gate of the palace, and they did not get up from the afternoon until dark.

"Everyone, old people, get up quickly, Your Majesty is busy with affairs and has no time to summon you." Wang Shu came out of the palace, sighed, and said.

"I must see Your Majesty! Your Majesty is young, and he must have been bewitched by traitors, so he changed the ancestral system! Since ancient times, the imperial examination has been from the beginning of the child to the jinshi, and there are champions, bangyan, and tanhua among the jinshi, which are the highest honors for scholars! But now His Majesty has canceled all this, how can this be? Shi Nong Industry and Commerce, Shi Ren has the highest status, but now how do we feel that we are almost like ordinary people? Your Excellency, we want to see Your Majesty, please speak to Your Majesty, and let him summon us! A Confucian scholar in his seventies recognized Wang Shu, and he spoke.

"Your Majesty won't see you, you're all too young to stand the cold, so leave now." Wang Shu smiled bitterly.

"If Your Majesty doesn't come to summon us, we'll always kneel here and never get up again!" The seventy-year-old Confucian Taoist.

"The weather is so cold, and it looks like it's about to snow, and you've been kneeling here, aren't you going to freeze and get sick? Hurry up, please! Wang Shu said.

"If we can't see Your Majesty, we'd rather die here on our knees!" A Confucian Taoist.

The sky is getting darker and darker, the north wind is blowing, none of these Confucian scholars stood up, Wang Shu had no choice, he walked in front of a Confucian student, and wanted to pull the Confucian student up, who knew that the Confucian student actually said sharply: "Lord Wang, there is a treacherous and evil bewitching Your Majesty, I will wait for Your Majesty to see Your Majesty!" If you pull me up, I'll bite my tongue right now!" ”

Wang Shu was stunned and had to stop.

"Lord Wang, what should I do?" Hu Quan came out of the palace, looked at Wang Shu, and said.

"Quickly order their families to be found and persuaded to go back! Also, bring some clothes and put them on. Wang Shu said helplessly.

Not long after, Confucian family members arrived one after another! These Confucian scholars are not young, and their families are basically their descendants, and these people persuaded them to leave, but unfortunately no one listened to them at all! There was a Confucian who was forcibly pulled up by his family, who knew that this Confucian really bit his tongue and committed suicide, and for a while, blood flowed, and his family was stunned.

"Hurry up and report to Your Majesty!" Wang Shu hurriedly said.

After a while, the guards who had gone to report came out of the palace and said, "Your Majesty said that you persuaded them to leave, but Your Majesty has no intention of seeing these rotten people. ”

"These people are very stubborn, and it's so hard to persuade them to leave." Wang Shu smiled bitterly.

The Confucian who "bit his tongue and committed suicide" is almost seventy years old, and his teeth are about to fall out, he is actually not in danger of life, the so-called tongue-biting suicide is only a few teeth lost in the end, so the blood flows, but after such a toss, the old man also fainted, and his family carried the old man back.

The rest of the hundreds of Confucian students were still kneeling there.

The weather was getting colder and colder, and soon a few Confucian students could no longer hold on and passed out on the ground, but some of them came to their senses again after hitting the ground, so they continued to kneel there!

Throughout the night, nearly half of the people were taken to their homes in a coma, and the next morning, these people came here again and knelt down again.

In the morning, they were still kneeling, and all of them were cold and purple! They haven't drunk water since yesterday afternoon and today, and quite a few have chapped lips!

At noon, a light snow fell in the sky, and Zhao Chen finally appeared in front of these people.