Gongsun Du already knew the news of the "Mysterious Heavy Cavalry", and the Fuhan forces had naturally obtained clearer information earlier.

However, compared with before, only Liu Bei, Zhang Yan, Han Sui and the "victim" Yang Feng sent envoys by the auxiliary Han forces.

On the part of the imperial court......

Liu Xie's last time Bai Tu's approach to the imperial court envoy, he was so angry that he was still angry, and he finally practiced the Qi Cultivation Kung Fu, but he almost broke the gong at that time, and finally endured it to vent after the people!

Ma Teng did not show much desire to trade, and Liu Zhang was dismissive of this.

Of course, his "crumbs" are useless, this guy is ostensibly harmonious with Chu Guo, but since half a year ago, he has made every effort to block the horses from Yijing, and vigorously cracked down on the family smugglers, and the Gan family was beaten once because of this......

It's not a big blockage, but it really makes Bai Tu don't want to deal with him!

In fact, the Dian horses and Shu horses produced in Yizhou are not impossible to use to form cavalry.

Historically, there were at least more cavalry in Shu than in Wu, and even when he went to Wu as an envoy, he could send horses as gifts.

However, as far as war horses are concerned, after all, it is the second choice.

Although the Yunnan horse and the Shu horse have strong endurance, they are short and have poor charging ability compared to the northern horse.

Short is not suitable for heavy riding, and lack of explosiveness is not suitable for light riding.

In contrast, in terms of war horses, Bai Tu prefers to transport horses back by sea from Youzhou, even if the survival rate is ...... It is so low that it will be criticized by animal protection people, but in foreign transactions, there are too many products that Chu can "play", and the low survival rate is only equivalent to being more expensive, anyway, there is no animal protection now.

You can't think so about human life, but Tsushima ...... Well, after the world is calm and the people of Chu are well-off, Bai Tu will definitely consider it, and that day should not be out of reach.

As for the Shu horse and the Dian horse, it is mainly used as a transport capacity in the Chu State, in fact, if it is traded normally, the demand is not small, after all, no matter how good the road repair is, the utilization rate is too low without horses.

Bai Tu didn't know if this was Liu Zhang's own idea, or if it was a trick given to him by the imperial court, anyway, this guy is now harming others and not benefiting himself.

And Zhang Lu didn't send any envoys......

After all, the cavalry in Hanzhong rarely did not say that no matter how strong the plate armor heavy cavalry was, it also needed to exert lethality in the field, and Liu Zhang ...... Now he is more focused on defense, and it seems that he is waiting for the Fuhan forces to free up their hands and attack him on both sides!

Returning to Jinling, Bai Tu began to discuss the "Pan True Qi Plan" with the Six Ministries, and on the other hand, he also made final preparations for the imperial examination hall.

The latter, in particular, is less than ten days away—October 30 is about to begin.

From either the recommendation or the county examination channel, there are thousands of people who have obtained the qualification for the palace examination!

This scale has been beyond the expectations of the Ministry of Rites at the beginning, and in recent months, the Ministry of Rites has been working overtime as the counties have been pooled......

It is said to be a "palace test", but it is actually close to the "provincial test" of the Song Dynasty, or the "meeting test" of the Ming and Qing dynasties, that is, the Ministry of Rites test.

In the imperial examination in history, since the time of Song Renzong, the "palace examination" has not eliminated the juzi very much, after all, the palace examination is nominally the emperor's main examination, and those who can pass the Ministry of Rites examination are already elites, and the pass rate has been very small.

At this time, in the palace examination, he was personally eliminated by the emperor, which attracted too much resentment, so basically as long as there were no major problems in the palace examination, at least he could mix with the same Jinshi background......

However, the palace examination of Chu State is a level above the county examination, and it is undertaken by the Ministry of Rites and nominally conducted by the "His Royal Highness the King of Chu".

In the case of the Song Dynasty, the provincial examination can often be thousands of people, and the number of students admitted is as little as one or two hundred, and as many as five or six hundred.

But you must know that the population of Chu State, although it has gradually recovered, is only one-tenth of that of the Northern Song Dynasty due to the times-even the Western Han Dynasty, which won a complete victory, is only half of that of the Northern Song Dynasty!

Moreover, even if the state of Chu promotes township and county learning, it is impossible for the per capita education level to reach the level of the Song Dynasty in just a few years.

Therefore, there can be a scale of 1,000 people, firstly, because this is the first time, and secondly, it is ...... The prefectural test was easy.

Fortunately, the Ministry of Rites has already preached that admission to the palace examination will be quite cruel, and even at Bai Tu's request, it can be said that this message is transmitted to everyone in a brainwashing way.

After all, the candidates have not been admitted to the imperial examination before, and it is always good to make some psychological preparations first, Bai Tu doesn't want to see how many people are throwing themselves into the river in Jinling after passing the exam......

And the admission is also divided into three parts, one is to celebrate with a big banquet, can stay in Jinling, in the six departments to study and try the post, the second can also be lucky, although sent back to the locality, but can also be a local petty official under 300 stones, the third is a consolation prize, you can be introduced back to your hometown, to serve as a clerk.

And specifically emphasized that the on-the-job performance is outstanding, and there are also promotion channels.

After all...... There are a large number of vacancies in the official workshop, and most of them are of the nature of officials.

In order to focus on publicizing this point, the Ministry of Officials has specially observed some outstanding officials, and will then be quickly promoted as role models for the sake of propaganda effect.

Although the "Pan True Qi Plan" is very important to Bai Tu, and he can't wait to collect the "True Qi Tax" tomorrow, it is not a matter of urgency.

Before the imperial examination, it was just to give an account to the six ministries and have a psychological preparation, and then it would be said after the imperial examination.

As for the emissaries of the parties......

Bai Tu didn't have time to see him for the time being, but he just let the Ministry of Rites entertain him first, and they didn't have any complaints about it, after all, observing the imperial examination was also one of the purposes of their coming to Jinling!

Only Cao Cao's envoy was an exception, and Bai Tu was embarrassed to hang others......

Although according to the values at this time, the status of concubines and wives is very different, even if it is different for the owner, after all, it involves the issue of marriage, that is, the concubine also has its own representative power behind it, but ...... There is also an essential difference between the princess and the queen.

However, for Bai Tu, for this reason, he will be even more cowardly, and he feels like he is playing hooligan!

The only good news is that it was only Liu Ye who came, not Xiahou Yuan......

Well, with the current situation, Bai Tu estimates that it will be difficult for him to have the opportunity to meet Xiahou Yuan for a long, long time, after all, one is the king of Chu and the other is the military top3 of Wei, and there seem to be only two possibilities if they meet - one of them was captured.

didn't know that at this time in the post house, Liu Ye was also speechless......

He finally understood who Xiahou Juan had secretly followed Cao Pi to make this kind of behavior before!

And Xiahou Yuan doesn't have to be secret.

Before Liu Ye set off, he wanted to be his guard in a fair and honest manner, what could Liu Ye do? Voluntarily accept!