Changsha County and Wuling County belong to the territory of the imperial court, but there are almost no Han people, there are still some barbarians in Wuling County, Changsha County does not even have barbarians, there is no tax, Guo Yan and others' troops and their families must grow their own food, relying on the little support sent by Qin Guan every month, a drop in the bucket.

Fortunately, the soil around Changsha is fertile, irrigation is convenient, and it can be harvested at least twice a year and harvested quickly.

The imperial court enjoyed the materials sent by Qin Guan every month, and it was not as difficult as before, and the emperor and ministers had no sharpness, and one day at a time.

In recent years, there has been no war, and there have been no new recruits for many years, many soldiers have served in the army for many years, Gao Shun has the idea of letting them retire, like Xue Yin before, retirement is a relief for him, and he can enjoy his old age in peace.

After discussing with Ma Gui, Li Qiang and others, everyone was very supportive of his decision, but he couldn't retire all at once, he could take his time, and discussed the retirement policy and treatment, etc., and paid attention to treating every officer and soldier fairly.

With the policy set by the three of them, Gao Shun consulted Xi Zhicai and Jia Xu for their opinions.

In order to reduce the burden on the government, and also allow the officers and soldiers to reunite with their families and live the life of ordinary people, neither Xi Zhicai nor Jia Xu raised any objections.

Soldiers who have reached the age of 45 must be discharged from the military and may receive an additional month's salary as a supplement for each year of service in the army.

For officers, the retirement age is 55 years old, the retirement age of other divisions is 53 years old, the retirement age of military horses is 51 years old, the retirement age of military marquis is 49 years old, and the retirement age of tun chiefs is 47 years old.

Gao Shun plans to set a limit on the retirement age of civil officials, and will announce it when the conditions are right.

Some officers and men were happy, and some officers and men were reluctant to give up on the troops, but they were all satisfied with Gao Shun's subsidy standard.

With so many officers and men retiring one after another, and the soldiers under the command of many officers and men who were seriously dissatisfied with the staff, many posts had to be abolished or merged.

According to Gao Shun's meaning, the armies of Yizhou and Pingzhou must be fully formed, and the armies of Guangzhou and Jiaozhou must also be fully formed.

With such a large-scale reduction of troops, Cai Yong couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Duke Wei, if the number of troops is too small, how can we ensure the stability of the world?" ”

Gao Shun explained: "Haha, there are too many troops, the people are overburdened, and the world is more unstable, so it is enough to keep the troops in a stable number." ”

Cai Yong said worriedly: "The number of troops is too large, and there are few opportunities for officers to be promoted, if there is a sudden war, how can it be good?" ”

This made Gao Shun's heart move, and said: "Shun has a solution, select strong and brave people from the world every year, and grant them the position of lifter, which can be used as a standby officer, and when the war comes, the army can be expanded at any time." ”

The person who is recommended refers to the person who is recommended; In the Han Dynasty, there was no examination method, and the imperial court ordered the county and the state to recommend each other to promote talents, because they called the people they were raised by "lifting people".

Cai Yong said reassuringly: "Okay, so good!" ”

Gao Shun felt that if the martial arts selection examination could be carried out smoothly, he could set an example for the civil service examination in the future, and the resistance would be much reduced at that time. Now is the transitional stage, he can use the senior civil officials of the system, but his juniors do not have this advantage, and can only select available people from the world to avoid being monopolized by the scholars in the court.

If he was moved to act, Gao Shun still consulted Li Qiang and Ma Gui first, and after getting their support, he negotiated with Xi Zhicai, Jia Xu and others.

Everyone was very supportive of Gao Shun's decision; In particular, Jia Xu has already seen that Gao Shun has the intention of selecting talents by examination, and if he starts the selection with military generals, the resistance will be much smaller, and a convention will be formed, and there will be almost no resistance when selecting civil officials in the future.

The detailed rules are formulated by Xi Zhicai and Jia Xu.

They divided the selection into three batches: the selection at the county level, the selection at the state level, and the selection of the best in the world, and formulated the standard for the number of recommended people in each state and county according to the size of the population of each state and county.

There are also many regulations on the selection time, identity, age, etc.; The identity of the monitoring and assessment personnel is stipulated, and the measures for dealing with cheating personnel are refined.

Gao Shun made additions, the county selection is the spring of the first year, the state selection is the autumn of the year, and the final selection of the world is set at the turn of the spring and summer of the second year; In this case, the cycle is repeated every two years, and it would be too hasty to select once a year.

For the first place in the world, the title of champion Lang will be awarded; the second is Bangyanlang; The third is Tanhualang.

He also asked Xi Zhicai and others, as well as Li Qiang, Ma Gui, and others to participate in this martial arts selection examination, and to make timely adjustments and changes when they discover shortcomings or deficiencies, and strive to be fair and just, and select available people.

Li Qiang and Ma Gui were also asked to formulate specific assessment methods and procedures, and were asked to consult more opinions on active military generals.

After getting busy, Gao Shun realized the complexity, but he was happy in his heart.

Jia Xu was the most calm, and wanted Gao Shun to consult: "Lord, how many people do you plan to admit each time?" What kind of treatment do I enjoy after admission? How are duties arranged? And how can you be sure that they are qualified military attachés? What are the preferential measures for those who have been eliminated? ”

Zhao Xiaohu smiled: "Haha, Mr. Wenhe is thoughtful, why don't you discuss with Zhicai and formulate a comprehensive approach?" ”

"Yes, my lord!"

This is the first time Jia Xu took the initiative to put forward his opinions to Gao Shun, Jia Xu thought to himself, if the selection examination of Wuju people goes smoothly and becomes a practice, he, as a participant, will definitely leave a strong mark in the history books.

After nearly three months of preparation, everyone finally finished formulating all the rules, reviewed them several times, and found no obvious loopholes.

Each state sends a senior civil officer and a senior military attache to cooperate with the state selection.

The selection of the county is presided over by the county commander and the county lieutenant, and each county can recommend 1 to 2 people to the county to participate in the selection; The county will send people to supervise and ensure justice and fairness.

In each county, the Taishou and the Governor were responsible for selecting the candidates sent by each county; supervised by civil and military officials sent from the state; According to the quota requirements, each county selects suitable candidates from among the candidates nominated by each county to go to the state for re-selection.

The civil and military officials sent by Gao Shun to various states will also randomly go to each county to watch the selection process.

Each state has a fixed number of places; Even if a person nominated by the state is not selected in the national selection, he or she will have the opportunity to hold a certain low-level position when he returns to the state.

As soon as it was announced, the world was shocked.

For local tyrants, this is an unprecedented good thing, they have an extra way to become a leader; For ordinary people, this is the only way for them to change their identity; For those swordsmen and rangers, their opportunities to become prominent are legitimized, without having to be attached to the powerful, to be someone else's general, and to let others control their own destiny.

Those big families were angry in their hearts, which was tantamount to legally depriving them of the opportunity to become military attachés. Even some shrewd people have seen that Gao Shun wants to appoint officials through selection, instead of the previous state and county recommendation, and the substance has undergone earth-shaking changes under the banner of lifting people; They believe that this method will be adopted by the civil servants in the future.

This is a devastating blow to the family, shaking the foundation of their existence, their previous opportunities to become prominent have been completely blocked, and there is no chance to cheat; Therefore, the Duke of Wei no longer lacked generals who could fight well.

Gao Shun is very proud, this is an unprecedented feat in history, and I hope to be able to select people who can be used in the world.