Chapter 393 Situation in the Northwest

"How is the scientific expedition arranged?" The comfort of Shuchuan makes it easy to relax, and I spent a week in Chengdu without shame and shame, and accompanied the three concubines to visit the mountains and rivers in autumn. rane?n? r?a?n?? e

Yang Dongfang finally returned to business and threw himself back to national affairs wholeheartedly.

Zhao Liewen stood up and said, "Your Majesty! These days have been announced to the whole country, and I believe that most people already know that the first scientific expedition of the empire will be carried out in the Sichuan capital in October, the flower capital in December, the eastern capital in the middle of spring next year, and the northern capital in early summer.

Your Majesty can rest assured that the timing will be properly scheduled, so that students and talents from all over the country will have time to deal with it, instead of rushing to one place to take the exam. ”

Yang Dongfang nodded, there are still many advantages of the multi-capital system, for example, at least there is no need for people from all over the country to rush to Beijing to rush to Beijing to rush to Beijing to rush to the exam, otherwise it will take three or four months to travel far away.

However, he was still a little worried and said: "That is clear about the content of this scientific examination, and it must be explained clearly to the students who are taking the examination." ”

Zhao Liewen continued to reply: "Back to Your Majesty! It has been made clear that the imperial imperial examination is not based on the four books, five classics and six meanings, but is dominated by the actual life of arithmetic, gewu, agriculture, criminal cases, geography, medicine, historical theory, commerce and trade, etc., and does not take exaggerated and false words, flashy and untruthful techniques.

Old subjects such as poetry collections, policy theories, etc., only account for a small margin.

Regardless of the status of the candidate, anyone between the ages of 18 and 38 can take the exam. ”

In essence, these four scientific expeditions are just a kind of transition, selecting some people to fill in the gaps that were missing because of the war and cleaning up the rotten officials of the Qing Dynasty, so these four scientific expeditions are also the first scientific expeditions of the Chinese Empire, and they are also the last.

In the future, the selection of officials will be based on the methods of later generations, and schools will only be a place for cultivating talents, and school examinations will only be a way to obtain a certain degree, not a way to become an official.

Of course, because this scientific examination can be regarded as opening a wind direction for the Chinese Empire, the future development focus of the empire will also be carried out in the direction of the main examination, guiding students across the country to open their eyes to the world, and not allowing them to be confined to the old world view.

"Zhao Aiqing's scientific expedition in Sichuan still needs you to be distracted, and when this time is over, you will go to the whole country to establish new universities in various provinces, you can ask Rong Aiqing for advice in this regard, okay, you go down, help me invite Rong Aiqing over, it just so happens that I have one more thing to explain it."

"Your Majesty!"

Soon Rong Que came over and reported the bank's affairs, the southern provinces have basically established branches, and also brought a good news, the new coins were successfully minted, and the brand-new silver coins appeared in front of Yang Dongfang.

This silver coin was ordered by Yang Dongfang to Rong Que, as early as when he was attacking the United States, he grabbed a lot of minting machines, and then got them back to China for people to experiment, and the new coin was made according to the proportion and size of Yuan Datou in later generations.

Blowing a breath, sure enough, there was an echo, looking at the front of the silver coin is his own portrait of young and handsome, looking vigorous; On the back is the word China and a winding and majestic Great Wall, which is domineering and full of historical weight, fully expressing the historical heritage of the Chinese Empire and the current open, sharp and innovative atmosphere.

"Good! Just cast at full speed according to this, strive to spread it throughout the country as soon as possible, and completely eliminate the copper plate that replaced the former Qing Dynasty, the financial bill and the management rules Rong Aiqing must have been almost perfected, right? ”

Rong Que replied: "Yes, Your Majesty! The minister has already brought it over, please look at it and give me some advice. ”

Half an hour later, Yang Dongfang was quite satisfied: "Okay! Let's do this first, and the waste will be rebuilt, and the task of enriching the treasury will be handed over to Aiqing. ”

In the following days, Yang Dongfang took care of the major affairs of agriculture and commerce, discussed the abolition or increase of taxes in certain aspects, and then changed customs and removed a large number of bad habits.

In the end, he began to travel west and north, taking the Jianmen Pass to Guangyuan to Hanzhong.

Hanzhong was originally demoralized a lot because of the Taiping Army, but because of the Shaanxi-Gansu Rebellion, the New People's Army entered Shaanxi from the very beginning, and the Han people in the northwest continued to pour into the controlled areas of the New People's Army.

Receiving the displaced people and pacifying it became a major event, and Hanzhong had the unique advantage of influx of more people, and it quickly prospered, and it was thriving and gratifying.

It was easiest to ascend the throne for the fifth time in Xi'an, not because of the military color, because the people present were all generals, and the factions were complex, and they even had fought with each other.

That's why Yang Dongfang said that no one is more suitable than him to be the commander-in-chief of the Western Theater, and no one can suppress the various departments.

"Dashuai, according to the news from the northwest, Bai Yanhu himself has returned to Lanzhou, and after we drove the Manchus out of the Guanwai, he was afraid that we would attack his lair, so he took care of it and didn't dare to expand to the east."

The person who spoke was Zhao Yiliang, a subordinate of Ge Hui of the Northwest Independent Division, who was originally elected by Zhao Men of the Outer Second Gate of Juyi outside Chengdu City, when Yang Dongfang gave the Outer Second Gate an independent brigade and a unified regiment, after two years of running-in and digestion, the Second Gate has been regularized, and the influence of the sect has been faded.

However, they had their roots in the northwest, and their subordinates were all from several provinces, so the task of penetrating into the hinterland of the White Army was entrusted to them.

At this time, getting such a report was also expected by Yang Dongfang, so he affirmed: "You have worked hard, tell the generals about the situation of Bai Yanhu's various departments and the stations of each department, and mark them on the sand table." ”

"Yes!" Zhao Yiliang stood up and said to everyone: "Everyone, please see, according to the information collected by our department, after Bai Yanhu captured Lanzhou, he continued to expand, and attacked us in the south last time, but he was beaten back, and then focused on expanding to the east.

Generally speaking, the White Army now occupies most of Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai, Yan'an, Suide, and Yulin in Shaanxi, then Shuozhou and Datong in Shanxi, Zhangjiakou in Hebei, and finally Baotou and Wuhai in Mongolia. ”

Only then did everyone understand that the scourge of the white bandits was not small, spanning four provinces, almost cutting off the Chinese Empire from the Mongol domain and the Western Regions. This had a serious impact on trade with the Mongol vassal and its impact on the Mongol vassal.

Over time, the Mongol domain's dependence on the Central Plains will weaken, which will be extremely detrimental to the future unification of the Mongol domain and the Western Regions, so it is necessary to step up the attack.

Yue Yiliang then said: "Although the land occupied by the White Army is extremely wide, everyone also knows that the northwest is barren, and the real wealth is in the Yinchuan Plain of Ningxia, as well as around Lanzhou, Xining and other big cities and river valleys, etc., and other places are either loess or yellow sand.

And there are not many places that Yanhu really controls in Gansu, because at the beginning of his regime, he relied on the joint compromise between the scholars and eunuchs in the northwest, which allowed the northwest to settle down most quickly, and it had the opportunity to take advantage of the battle of the Central Plains to attack everywhere and plunder to the east.

And Bai Yanhu is brutal by nature, thirsty for killing, and reuses to win over extremist sects, and all ethnic groups have long hated him, deviated from morality, and secretly hoped that there were not a few people who would go west to level the bandits. ”

After Yue Yiliang finished speaking, he took a small flag and inserted it into the sand table and introduced: "Now there are so many big forces in the northwest, they are also allied with Bai Yanhu, and at the same time they want to take the opportunity to take advantage of the big development to replace them.

This first and strongest one is Ma Hualong, who is based in Jinjibao and finally controls Ningxia Mansion, because of the wealth and geographical location of the area he occupies, and because of the distance from Bai Yanhu, he has the highest reputation in the entire northwest, and he is the most promising to compete with Bai Yanhu.

The second is the Xining and Haidong regions under the jurisdiction of Ma Guiyuan, the brother of Ma Guiyuan, who has been killed by our army in Chencang.

The third is Ma Wenlu, who occupied Suzhou (Sprinkle Spring), because he controlled the main road out of Jiayuguan, he was very attracted and relied on by Bai Yanhu, but he had no other thoughts.

The fourth is Ma Zhanao of Hezhou (Linxia), because it is close to Lanzhou, it is feared by Bai Yanhu, and the White Army has always wanted to get rid of Ma Zhanao and receive his soldiers and horses.

The other places were small and gathered to protect the local tranquility from the erosion of war and the scourge of the White Army, and to make the plan of the Emperor of the Earth to live happily, and he actually did not have a good impression or objection to Bai Yanhu.

The most important thing is that Bai Yanhu, these generals on the bright side, all of them are the eighteenth battalions of Hemingtang and Ren Wu gathered back then, that is, the so-called 18 marshals, and their relationship with Bai Yanhu is not a real lackey of the subordinates, but a mutual benefit and reciprocity, once there is a change, I believe that these people will soon abandon them, so the minister feels that there is a lot to be done in this regard, after all, many of them are Han. ”(。。 )