The implication of this old man's words is to hope that the war between the Zhou army and the Tang army for Hexi can end as soon as possible, Li Jing of course understood what he meant, he smiled lightly: "Except for Wuwei County, there is no army stationed in the counties of Hexi, at most a small number of county soldiers, these are not to worry, our task is not only to seize Hexi, but more importantly to maintain stability in Hexi, which requires the support of all ethnic groups in Hexi, mutual trust and mutual benefit, and work together to maintain the long-term stability and prosperity of the Hexi Corridor." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

The old man said sincerely: "The Great Zhou Emperor annihilated the Turkic army in Bingzhou two years ago, causing the Turks to collapse, and now it is still in the midst of a civil war, that campaign also brought great benefits to Hexi, in the past every spring and autumn, the Turkic cavalry had to run into Hexi to extort sheep and horses, forcing us to pay taxes and sheep, but since the defeat of the Turkic Southern Expedition, the Turkic army has never invaded Hexi, we have lived two years of peaceful life, to be honest, all the tribes in Hexi are very grateful for the kindness of the Great Zhou Emperor, As long as the Great Zhou Dynasty can continue to maintain the previous low taxes and not encroach on pastures after taking over Hexi, then the long-term prosperity of the Hexi Corridor will definitely come. ”

The old man expressed two meanings, one is that they are grateful to the Great Zhou Empire for fighting against the Turks and are willing to become the subjects of the Great Zhou Empire, which is a clear attitude, and the second is the most realistic condition, maintaining the current low taxes and ensuring that the pastures of the tribes are not violated, then Hexi can continue to be stable, otherwise, it will definitely cause the Qiang people to revolt.

Li Jing nodded, "I also hope that you can spread the word to the tribes in Hexi, the Great Zhou Empire will continue to treat the tribes in Hexi well, neither encroaching on everyone's traditional pastures, nor increasing taxes, on the contrary, we will vigorously encourage trade between Hexi and the Central Plains, so that the people of the Central Plains can eat the mutton of Hexi, use the animal power of Hexi, and at the same time, make all ethnic groups in Hexi wear the best silk and satin, and use excellent daily necessities, so that everyone complements each other, and the economy will be more prosperous." ”

Everyone was overjoyed and bowed together, "With the general's words, we can completely put our hearts at ease." ”

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Two days later, after the 30,000 cavalry of the Zhou army had rested, they remounted their horses, and the banners were like clouds, and they were murderous, and they went to the south to kill Guzang.

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Entering February, the capital of China is going to start the annual imperial examination, but from this year, the imperial examination has made several major reforms, in previous years, the imperial examination was recommended by the counties to enter Beijing to catch the examination, which has some unfair factors, after all, most of the scholars who can get the recommendation have a bit of family background.

However, since the beginning of this year, the county examination has been implemented, and the county examination has been awarded the meritorious name of the lifter, also known as the juzi, and only those who have passed the county examination are eligible to enter Beijing to participate in the Jinshi examination, and from next year onwards, the county examination will be further increased, and those who pass the examination are called children, and they can participate in the county examination, so that the county, county, and Beijing three-level examinations have been formed, which is a major reform of the imperial examination system to ensure that the imperial examination is more fair.

Not only that, but martial arts were added to the imperial examination in Zhongdu this year, and nearly 100,000 talented warriors gathered in the capital, making Zhongdu even more lively.

All the inns in the capital have been full, including the inns in Anyang County, there are no hostels, and even the monasteries are occupied by scholars, although the conditions for the imperial examination have been increased this year, but due to the suspension of the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty this year, an important diversion channel has disappeared, so that all the scholars of all counties and counties in the world have gathered in the central capital, and the participation in the imperial examination has far exceeded that of previous years, which is the most in the past.

However, the scholars in the Tang Dynasty area were slightly preferential, they did not implement the county examination, so as long as the recommendation letter of the county official or above can come to the middle school to take the examination, but the number of jinshi left in the Tang Dynasty area is not much, only forty-eight, and this year's admission quota is two hundred.

In addition, in order to meet the special requirements of the soldiers participating in the martial arts, the military department and the military machine station specially set up a large camp covering an area of several thousand acres outside the eastern city, assigned it to the soldiers participating in the martial arts to live, and implemented strict militarized management for them, and the 5,000 soldiers could only take turns to leave the camp on vacation.

The annual imperial examination is not only the harvest of the inn, including the wine shop, the green building also ushered in the hot season of business, at noon, close to the east city gate of the Dongchuan wine shop is full of people, the three floors are full of scholars who come to eat, because this is relatively close to the martial arts camp, so the wine guests are almost all the scholars who participate in the martial arts.

In a corner on the second floor, there were seven or eight martial arts scholars, and it could be seen that they were all from military backgrounds, all of them were burly, their waists were straight, and they were all majestic, and their temperament was completely different from that of the imperial examination scholars.

Most of the soldiers who participated in the martial arts this time were from the Great Zhou army, as long as they were low-level generals and soldiers below the Eagle Strike Lang General were eligible to participate, but they were actually excellent soldiers recommended by various armies, and they came to Zhongdu on behalf of all armies to compete for a quota of 100 Wujin soldiers.

These seven or eight martial arts warriors are all from Wei Chigong's army, because there is a literary examination in the martial arts, which actually limits most of the enthusiastic soldiers, after all, this selection can lead the troops to fight the general, not the selection of the battlefield heads-up generals, but if it is really a brave general of the three armies, you can also come to participate in the martial arts, even if the literary examination is handed in a blank paper, but as long as the martial arts are strong, they will still be admitted to another volume, and they will not occupy the martial arts quota.

"I heard that the chief examiner of this martial arts examination is Li Shangshu of the military department, which is divided into martial arts and liberal arts, martial arts tests strength, cavalry and weapons, and liberal arts is a martial arts strategy.

The person who spoke was called Yang Shiyan, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, a native of Hongnong County, currently serving as a captain in the army, he only joined the army last year, although he was only in the army for one year, but with his strong martial arts, he got Wei Chi Gong's wisdom and wisdom, and was exceptionally promoted to captain.

Everyone laughed, "Brother Yang is too modest, if Brother Yang is still worried about himself, then what should we do?" ”

Yang Shiyan shook his head and said: "The main reason is that the scholars of the imperial examination are also allowed to participate in the martial arts after the end of the imperial examination, and we are much weaker than them in terms of literary talent." ”

Another scholar said: "Brother Yang, don't be presumptuous, saying that this martial arts is martial arts seven and three, or martial arts, as long as you pass the martial arts, I don't think it will be too difficult to pass the exam, after all, the saint doesn't like people who talk on paper, or based on actual combat experience, where do those scholars have any actual combat experience." ”

"Brother Ma is right, as far as I know, this literary examination is not to let everyone write what Sun Tzu's Art of War is, but to use actual combat as the topic, so that the candidates will be the main future to make overall arrangements for the battle, this is the test of actual combat experience, people who have not experienced the war, is not able to understand the drum language and flag language on the battlefield, if you take a scout question, it is estimated that the vast majority of scholars will not, do they know to enter the forest to frighten the birds? Do you know the rule of five miles and one report? Do you know the difference between a chirping dysprosium and a rocket? ”

Everyone gathered around and asked, "Is this true?" ”

"It was General Wei Chi who said it, with his identity, I don't think he will talk nonsense!"

Everyone immediately saw hope, if this was the case, then this martial arts would be beneficial to those of them who came out of the army.

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In the Ziwei Pavilion, the Xiangguo were discussing the specific arrangements for the imperial examination, including the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and important ministers such as the military captain Shi and the Imperial Doctor.

The meeting was presided over by Xiangguo Su Wei, Su Wei's resignation has been approved by Zhang Xuan, but because the battle on the front line is fierce, Zhang Xuan is worried about causing unnecessary fluctuations, so he hopes that Su Wei will hold on for a few more months, and officially change to the position of Taishi after the end of the war, this request is reasonable, Su Wei accepted, but everyone understands that he is old, and the basic heavy government affairs are no longer handed over to him, and Su Wei is not arranged for the court duty at night.

"The thing that is reflected more strongly in this imperial examination is the scholars in the Tang Dynasty, because the Tang Dynasty did not implement the county examination, which makes the scholars in the Zhou and Tang dynasties not very fair, and the scholars of the Zhou Dynasty reacted strongly, and handed over 10,000 signatures, asking for an additional test for the scholars in the Tang Dynasty, do you think there is a need for additional tests?"

After Su Wei finished speaking, he quickly glanced at Zhang Xuan, the son of heaven who was sitting above and listening, Zhang Xuan did not often observe the deliberations of Ziwei Pavilion, and occasionally put forward his own opinions, but under normal circumstances, he did not express his position, and he would only interfere when there were three opposing votes in the vote.

But today Zhang Xuan seems a little absent-minded, he only came back from Bingzhou yesterday, obviously his mind is still in the battle of Bingzhou, and he does not pay enough attention to the imperial examination. (To be continued.) )