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The imperial examination in the first year of Yuanyou has ended.

The exams, including the Ming Law Department and the special name, have also been results.

The new science and technology scholars thanked Junen in front of the Xuande Gate, and then went to attend the Qionglin banquet, and then went back to their hometowns to show off, and most of the scholars who were not selected also returned to their hometowns early. All of a sudden, many of the apartments dedicated to scholars in the capital became empty.

The imperial examination for the preparation of the subject starts on time at this time.

The questions of the Imperial Examination are written by Han Gang, and there are no other changes except for the addition of the scoring standard with the 100-point system as the core.

This can be said to be redundant. It is indeed very simple to evaluate the ranking through the 100-point system, but this time only two people passed the cabinet test in the imperial examination, and there was only one question on the imperial examination, so there was no need at all.

However, because the two people who passed the test were recommended by Han Jiang and Zhang Qi, Han Gang wanted to change the scoring method of the exam questions, and evaluate the exam questions in detail from the aspects of rhetoric and reasoning.

The last result is a thirty-five score in the fourth class and a fifteen point in the fifth class.

If you pass on a 60-point scale, such a score is really miserable. Even the Queen Mother whispered to the Zai Fu that this was really untrue. The original grading system, one, two, three, four, and five points does not seem intuitive, but now when converted into scores, it seems that people feel that they can only get one-third out of 100 points, and this kind of performance is really failing.

But since the old practice of the imperial court was that the fourth class was qualified, that one also successfully obtained the background of the system and the same top treatment; The fifth class was dethroned, and the same was done according to the old practice, and the officials were still encouraged.

After this incident, calm was restored in the court for a while.

Without the court tui zaifu, and there is no talent ceremony, Wang Anshi and Han Gang, the son-in-law, have no need to argue for a while.

With the arrival of spring, the land roads are clear, the sea routes are stable, and there is more news from outside the borders.

To the west of the Green Ridge, it is reported that the army of Black Khan has begun to assemble, and on the Ganliang Road, it is stepping up the delivery of supplies to the Anxi Protectorate.

Grain and grass can be collected on the spot, but weapons must be transported from the rear. After the snow melted, the first transportation to the Anxi Protectorate was as many as 10,000 horse bow bows and 20,000 sets of divine arm bows, as well as more than 100 bed crossbows of different sizes, of course, there was no shortage of arrows and crossbows. Iron weapons such as armor, knives and guns, bones, and iron plates were not easily damaged and only needed to be replaced in small quantities, but two or three thousand pieces were sent each as preparations, and the most important armor craftsmen, a total of more than fifty people, also went with them.

At the same time, a new batch of reinforcements of up to nine commanders and more than 3,400 people set out from Liangzhou and began to advance to the Western Regions Protectorate, escorting important weapons, and at the same time to stabilize the newly recovered Xinjiang territory. There has been many experiences in expansion, and it is clear to the people in the court that they have not seen the new territory of Emperor Song Tianwei in the past, and they will not be honestly surrendered without two or three repetitions.

According to the conclusion already agreed in the court, the number of Han troops under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate should reach about 15,000 within two years, while the number of the Fan army was limited to 20,000, plus the private armies of the various subordinate departments, so as to ensure the security of the north and south sides of the Tianshan Mountains. In particular, the land suitable for cultivation in the northern and southern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains can arrange for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, which requires more officials and troops to go to the Western Regions to protect immigrants from the interior.

Just half a month ago, in the south of Jiaozhou, Zhancheng and Zhenla sent envoys to cry again, and they were ignored by the imperial court again as always. The previous time, the envoys of the two countries were sent back directly in Liangguang, and this time, the envoys of Zhancheng and Zhenla prepared to make a detour to Quanzhou, but the result remained unchanged.

In the morality of the world, it is absolutely a sin to drive a slave to disregard his life and death. The people of the Great Song Dynasty still enjoyed the rice, spices, and wood provided by the barbarians, as well as sugar, honey, preserved fruits and other specialties made from the raw materials they provided.

In the past two years, the plantations in Jiaozhou have been expanding, and the number of slave laborers in Jiaozhi has become insufficient, and there is an urgent need for a stable and reliable source of slave labor. A large number of armor and weapons to be scrapped were thus 'lost' to the hands of the Jiaozhou barbarians - although these weapons in the eyes of the Great Song army had reached the time when they had to be replaced, they could be placed in the hands of the southern barbarians, and they were still a magic weapon to defeat the enemy.

The slave catchers, led by spies from the two southern countries, were able to get back thousands of people every month, and behind these thousands of people were a large number of villages destroyed. Zhancheng and Zhenla mobilized large armies to attack and suppress several times, but they always returned in vain. Even if they can occasionally force back the slave catchers, when they pursue to the border, they will inevitably attract the extremely vicious Song people, and they have to stop. In private, Han Gang wrote to Feng Congyi, when Zhancheng and Zhenla figured it out, they switched to the population export trade, and went to foreign countries to catch slaves and sell them to the Jiaozhou barbarians, and they would be able to get free.

It is important to consolidate Xinjiang, and it is equally important to pacify the old region.

Lingwu's hometown welcomed a large number of immigrants in March and April. In the past, most of the soldiers and households located in the mountains moved to the vicinity of Lingzhou. In this winter, the local yamen organized manpower to repair the destroyed irrigation canals, and the rest of the canals were also repaired, and the sluice gates, embankments, and diversion channels were further improved, using the latest engineering design, which was far stronger than the development carried out by the party members on the basis of the Tang people. There are a number of grain-producing places in Kansai, plus the nearby salt ponds, and there are no greedy party nobles, as long as the officials are properly governed, the Lingwu land, which was originally famous for its abundant production in the hands of the party members, will be more prosperous and rich in the future.

And the remnants of the party, although they successfully killed themselves from the Qingtong Gorge, but under the supervision of famous generals such as Chongyi and Zhao Long, they accepted the division of land by the imperial court without the slightest change. The remnants of the party led by the Ye family and the Renjia family all understood that if they dared to disagree, the next battle would be a battle for the party to exterminate the clan.

The arrival of spring also means the beginning of both agriculture and industry, which have been stopped due to the cold of winter.

However, in Hedong, even in winter, the resumption of production has not stopped. After the war, people were displaced, and a lot of land was vacated, and there were fewer obstacles to water conservancy and road construction, which had been blocked by landowners. The water conservancy and road projects in Daizhou, Xinzhou, and Taiyuan are running smoothly in the form of cash-for-work, and countless refugees who have returned to their hometowns have also survived this difficult winter by selling their labor.

As for the track laying of the most important railway parallel line, although there have been repeated times in the middle, it has also entered the most difficult stage. According to the report of Li Jie, who was in charge of the project, if nothing else, the work could be completely ended before June. But that's just the beginning.

Whether this longest-distance rail transportation line in China can operate stably and effectively will be the most important reference object for the Beijing-Si Line parallel to the Bianhe River in the future, the Beijing-Baozhou Line connecting Northern Xinjiang, and the westward extension from Kaifeng to Chang'an and even Qinzhou. A large number of railway officials and craftsmen also need to be trained through this line.

Compared to Hedong, Hebei suffered less damage in the war and recovered a little faster. As long as the harvest can be normal this summer, the situation in Hebei does not need to worry too much. In addition, due to the re-establishment of the peace treaty and the fact that the center of gravity of the Liao State was placed in the east, the forts on the border of Hebei were being intensively repaired, mainly to build forts in conjunction with artillery. After the robbers have made a lot of money, they have to stop for a while. But it would be foolish to be unguarded. The Liao State could only acquiesce to this, and even if it protested, the imperial court would not pay attention to it.

When we talk about Liao, we can't help but talk about Japan.

According to the latest news, there is no emperor left in Japan, and the king of Goryeo is still surviving on Tamna Island. However, the kingdom of Japan and Goryeo under the power of the Khitan did still exist.

Just like Yelu Abaoji once canonized his eldest son Yelu Bei as the king of Dongdan on the land of Bohai State, allowing him to become an independent ruler. This time, Yelu Yixin's second son became the new king of Goryeo, and the king of Japan was also a son of Yelu Yixin, but there were also several county kings and princes below, each occupying a piece of land, which was equivalent to dividing the feud. With such a combination of benefits, Yelu Yixin's prestige has reached a new high, and both north and south are waiting to see when he will usurp the throne.

"Goryeo and Japan are losing too quickly, look at how many days it has only been?" This is what the Empress Dowager Xiang is worried about now.

Not long after the Song-Liao War ended, the Great Song was still trying to recover, and the Liao State had already destroyed two thousand-multiplication countries.

It is said that the Liao army did not take much advantage when it invaded the south, how could it be so devastating in the face of countries like Goryeo and Japan. At that time, the official army attacked Jiaozhi, and it took a year to prepare for war in Guangxi.

The great victories of Goryeo and Japan had an obvious effect on the restoration of the morale of the Khitan army, and it also showed that the combat effectiveness of the Liao State was still strong.

It took Han Gang a lot of time to explain to the Queen Mother.

The leapfrog development of military technology, especially the iron armor that spread to ordinary soldiers, made the armies of Goryeo and Japan completely unable to compete with the Liao army on the frontal battlefield.

Whether the two small countries put together tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops, their core is only one or two thousand, or even only a few hundred elites.

Maintaining morale on the battlefield and opening up the battle situation are the work of the core elite. In a normal war, these elites will be held in the hands of commanders and generals, becoming the backbone of the battle line and the winner of the battle when it is critical.

However, in the face of an enemy composed purely of strong troops, an army with the peasants as the main force could not compete with it at all.

In the several major battles of the Liao army in Japan, there is not much information from across the ocean, and it is enough to piece together the reasons for the crushing defeat of Goryeo and Japan through a few words on the intelligence before and after.

The strength of the Liao people is indeed at a disadvantage, but considering the combat effectiveness, it is still more superior. As long as the Liao army directly rushes to the weak point of the enemy's formation and defeats the enemy in front of it, then it is like a sheepdog driving sheep, letting the defeated soldiers attack other enemy troops, so that the enemy army can completely collapse in a blink of an eye.

With the strength of the Khitan iron cavalry, as long as they play at a normal level, a mere 1,000 armor soldiers can easily overwhelm tens of thousands of peasant soldiers.

Moreover, the way the Liao army fought began to change with the improvement of equipment. In the past, among the Khitan cavalry, the number of heavy cavalry was not large, and its charging formation was always from the flanks, or through the gaps in the array, and when it encountered a strong formation, it avoided the detour, and never fought hard, but in Goryeo and Japan, the tactics changed and dared to break through head-on.

"Even the most elite Japanese soldiers and Korean soldiers can't resist armored cavalry, let alone a group of farmers?"

"Only the rogue will gather peasants as soldiers, so what is the suffice of the rogue even if it is ten times that of the official army? Although the northern captives won, they will not be martial. ”

"The territory of the Northern Captives also traverses thousands of miles from east to west, and the Khitan cavalry can also explore the Western Regions. China can get it, and the North Captives can also get it. But China has Chinese tactics. Armored cavalry is indeed unstoppable, but what can they do in the face of divine arm bows and artillery? Even if it is as thick as a city wall, it can't withstand a few shots, let alone flesh and blood? ”

"So you still have to look at artillery?" The Queen Mother only remembered Han Gang's last sentence.

"Artillery, as well as all the things and things that promote the use of artillery, such as steel, gunpowder, rails, horses, etc., around artillery, should be the focus of development." Han Gang's tone was steady and slow, "If you want to break through Liao, you should attack the enemy's shortcomings with your own strengths." Only better weapons and a well-trained army are the key to defeating the enemy. ”