Chapter 302, the Second Imperial Examination
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The result of Tang Hong's personal expedition was naturally an undoubted victory, and the onmyoji Kikukawa Anyoshi, in front of the heavenly master, had no ability to resist, until after the war, Tang Hong knew that it turned out that this Kikukawa Anyi was only a second-level, compared to the realm of the mage in the fairy realm of the Taoist law, as for those swordsmen, they died tragically under the flintlock pistol.
At this point, the entire Jiuxian Island was included in Tang Hong's control, and at the same time, his fleet blocked the waters around Jiuxian Island.
Tang Hong's style naturally caused dissatisfaction among the people of the Wa Kingdom, but behind this dissatisfaction, there was trembling, and after this battle, the strength of the Wa Eight Banners expanded to more than 4,000 people, first transformed and then taught, first through various cruel means, to wear out their resistance, so that they were willing to be slaves, and then to give kindness and education.
Slaughtering the Japanese and educating the Japanese people, and letting the Japanese people be dogs' legs, between the two, Tang Hong is more interested in the latter.
No matter what the Japanese people say, they are also black-haired and black-eyed yellow people, in the early stage of indoctrination, they can let the Japanese people be slaves, help the people of Qingzhou farm in Duwan, America and other places, and share the pressure of the people of Qingzhou, and in the later stage of indoctrination, Tang Hong can let them merge into Qin nationality and become Qin people.
You don't see, Jin Riyan, a Hun of the Western Han Dynasty, was originally the crown prince of the Xiongnu State, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was loyal, and he could be said to be more Han than the Han people, and even killed his own son because his son molested the palace maid.
Tang Hong is not Su Jing, although he also has a bad feeling towards the Japanese people, but his status is different, and the angle of looking at things is naturally different, and his first thing is to consider the overall situation, not because of his own likes and dislikes, to do something to kill the Japanese people, which will not only provoke the joint resistance of the Japanese people, resulting in an increase in disability, but also will not get any benefits.
After the indoctrination of the Japanese people, Tang Hong almost conquered the body poison, and the low-caste and untouchables there, under the training of the Aryans for more than 100 years, had no heart of resistance and were the best slaves.
With a large number of slaves, in addition to the Zhuxia region, Tang Hong will increase the maximum number of acres that each household can own, of course, the Zhuxia region will naturally expand in the process of conquest, and eventually the entire East Asian region will be incorporated into the Zhuxia region as the mainland.
In July of the first four years, Tang Hong's army united with the Eight Banners of the Wa to conquer the Four Kingdoms and the Middle L Kingdom, and landed in the region strongly, and before landing in the region, Tang Hong canonized the meritorious ministers of the Eight Banners, and canonized them all in the Central L country and the Shikoku region, as for the nine county islands, they were retained by Tang Hong.
In addition, the Belt and Road Party was dispatched to infiltrate the, Chubu, Kanto, and To-l-North regions to publicize Tang Hong's move.
Of course, this canonization is ostensibly calculated according to military exploits, but in fact, it is the most successful part of the people who have been indoctrinated, these people have the blood of the same clan in their hands, and after being indoctrinated, they are the most fanatical part of Tang Hong.
And by Tang Hong's large-scale canonization, among which there is a daimyo with a stone height of more than 1 million koku, the daimyo of the region, who had been in fear, was greatly inclined to surrender, and most of his resistance was eliminated.
The fundamental reason for this is that all the daimyo and wealthy clans who dared to resist were executed by their entire clans.
Originally, they wanted to resist, because even if those daimyo surrendered, they would be deprived of their territory, but Tang Hong's big canonization this time, and even gave a canonization of a million stones, suddenly made most of their resistance gone.
In addition, the persuasion of the samurai under this temptation was also desired by the people, and the daimyo did not dare to disobey too much.
Of course, in this region, there are also people of insight, not to mention, there is also a group of ministers and emperors in the region, for the emperor, those warriors can surrender, but he must not surrender, because he is the emperor.
In the world of Daxu, the emperor still has power, claiming to be a descendant of the gods, and there is no shogunate constraints, and he immediately sent envoys to various samurai, hoping to persuade these samurai to raise troops to resist foreign enemies, and on the other hand, he sent an onmyoji as an envoy to send envoys.
And this onmyoji envoy, after seeing Tang Hong, the original questioning words were indescribable, as a third-order onmyoji, he is already comparable to the realm of real people, with perception, not like the mage who does not know the height of the sky, seeing the four heavenly masters, as well as a room of real people, his cold sweat was secreted on the spot, and he couldn't say a word.
Seeing that he was speechless, Tang Hong took the initiative to ask, and the expression on his face was a smile rather than a smile.
The original question of the Onmyoji was immediately converted into a soft inquiry, and the words were nothing more than how humble he was to Da Xu, and he had never paid tribute in previous years, why did His Highness invade the land of our Wa Kingdom and kill the people of my Wa Kingdom?
And after Tang Hong heard this, he smiled noncommittally, and directly threw the basin that the Japanese invaded the Daxu coast on the emperor's head, and even said that the king of the Japanese country was bold and reckless, and he actually called the emperor, and his wolf ambition was known to everyone, so why should he be coy here, what kind of courtesy?
In desperation, the Onmyoji could only leave, relaying Tang Hong's words to the emperor, and then telling the emperor about the heavenly master, but he never shook the emperor's mind.
In the following month, the remaining lands that had not been conquered by Tang Hong were presented to Tang Hong one after another, wanting to donate the soil to attach, Tang Hong's answer was also very simple, if they made enough military achievements, they could keep this stone high, if the military achievements were enough, Tang Hong could even give more territory, and the source of this territory was naturally those who resisted stubbornly.
All of a sudden, the entire Wa kingdom fell into chaos, there were conquests everywhere, and war reports were presented at every moment.
Tang Hong saw that the overall situation had been decided, but he planned to return to Qingzhou first and hold this year's imperial examination, as for the rest of the matter, Tang Hong entrusted it to Liu Xu, and left a heavenly master and ten real people as a precaution.
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When Tang Hong returned to Qingzhou, it coincided with the influx of a large number of scholars into Qingzhou to participate in the Qingzhou imperial examination, and their number was as high as more than 7,000 people, a large number of scholars from various states, as well as the collateral children of various scholars, came with various purposes.
Of course, what they will have to face is not only the entry into Qingzhou this time, but also a large number of scholars who failed the last imperial examination, among these scholars, most of them accepted the contract of Qingzhou, after accepting the contract of Qingzhou, they accepted the values of Qingzhou, accepted Qingzhou education, they can freely read most of the books in the academy, and it is free.
Even if the scholars who did not accept the contract of Qingzhou have a lot of advantages compared to these people who have just poured into Qingzhou.
Immediately, there were people with ulterior motives who wanted to provoke contradictions between the two sides, so that the scholars left angrily.
Soon, a large number of newcomers initiated 10,000 people to write a book, of course, although they claimed to be 10,000 people, but in fact there were only more than 3,000 people, and these more than 3,000 people strongly demanded that Qi Hou be fair and just, and deduct points from the re-examination personnel.
It's called demeritus, for the sake of fairness, but it's actually a bonus for them.
If Tang Hong refutes it, there will inevitably be a large number of new recruits who leave indignantly, and if Tang Hong agrees, it will naturally cause dissatisfaction among those who re-examine.
In the face of this kind of operation, Tang Hong's response was very simple, he took out the person who caused the trouble, announced his crime in public, and then the executioner swung it down.
After killing a group of people, Tang Hongcai spoke through the newspaper, and he divided the new scholars and the re-examination scholars into two imperial examinations, using two kinds of lists, taking the former from 100 to 200, and the latter from 50 to 200.
After six years of study, even if he did not pass the examination, he could become an official, but he could only go to the countryside to be a small official, but if he had merit, he could also be promoted, and he could even be sent to Duwan and Waguo as officials, responsible for supervision, education and recording matters, or responsible for the affairs of cotton for grain in a place, and people were needed everywhere.
Under Tang Hong's series of methods, these scholars were frightened on the one hand, and attracted by Tang Hong's measures on the other.
And Tang Hong's means are also necessary, if Tang Hong does not kill any and easily makes improvements, it is a compromise, but before compromise, come to a killing, just a combination of grace and power, so that the scholar does not dare to despise and dare not act recklessly.
The insidious methods of the people in the shadows are also a bamboo basket for nothing.
After all, there are more than 10,000 reference scholars in Qingzhou, even close to 20,000, but only 400 people are admitted at most every year.
But as soon as Tang Hong's move came out, he gave them a promise, not to mention that they could be promoted if they had merit, and if they were meritorious, they could be famous for eternity.
In comparison, this cruel method is nothing, but a large group of people sang praises to Tang Hong, calling him wise and powerful, and these vicious villains should be made in awe in this way.
The imperial examination was held as scheduled, and the scholars who stayed in Qingzhou for a period of time fell in love with the city, prosperity and tranquility coexisted, and there were activities to compete for literary talents in various restaurants.
Due to the conquest and construction of the two directions of the Duwan and the Wa Kingdom, Tang Hong also appropriately relaxed the outflow of paper, but most of it was used internally, and the price in the outside world remained high.
Among these scholars, there must be some scholars who are aiming to get an official position, and then seek the way to make the paper through the benefits of power, and those great Confucian means are too much.
And Tang Hong has already had a way to target it, but he is not afraid, and even if it spreads, what can he do? As long as the manufacturing method of saltpeter and flintlock pistol is firmly in Tang Hong's hands, the world will be his sooner or later, these people can escape for a lifetime, and can they escape for a lifetime?
The imperial examination was held as scheduled, and after half a month of imperial examination, and after half a month of review, the list was released when those scholars were feeling uneasy.
Among them, the people who failed the exam couldn't help but complain a little, why did this Qingzhou good guy take the swordsmanship test, isn't this nonsense?
But what can be done?
That's how the game works.
In desperation, among those who aspire to be officials, they can only choose to sign a contract and wait for the next year's imperial examination, or go to the local government to be a small official four years later, after all, under the system of Qingzhou, all officials are supported by officials, not to mention pensions and pensions.
However, after the imperial examination, Tang Hong summoned these scholars and gave them a big show.
In the handling of corrupt personnel last year, those who committed relatively minor cases were cut by 30 percent of their pensions, their pensions were retained, and their official positions were demoted and appointed.
Among them, those who are serious in the case, without exception, will be dismissed from their posts and re-educated their families for a period of five years.
And all the moths involved in embezzlement of public funds, filling private pockets, colluding with businessmen, and giving away the grain, straw, and materials in the treasury at a low price, without exception, even the businessmen punished the nine clans, peeled the skin and grass, and hung them on the side of the court.
Tang Hong did not shy away from these punishments, and let these scholars see the truth from beginning to end, especially the peeling of the skin and grass, and the hearts of those scholars who saw it trembled.
After the process was over, Tang Hong said to these scholars: "If you want to get rich, don't be an official, because sooner or later you will be a Jiu clan, and you will end up peeling off the skin and grass, and the pension and pension will not be corrupt officials, and don't think about it." But if you want to live for a hundred years, glorify your ancestors, and be lonely without stinginess, this pension and pension is enough for you to be carefree for the rest of your life, and the officials will not take it back. ”
Although Tang Hong said this, there were still a large number of scholars who were frightened by Tang Hong's cruel methods, and after leaving, they couldn't sleep all night, and left in a hurry the next morning, not daring to stay for a moment, among which there were some traitors and cowards.
In the first five years of the change, the Duwan, Ryukyu, and Wa kingdoms were initially pacified, and they were officially included under the rule of Tang Hong, among which the Wa kingdom, except for the direct jurisdiction of Kyushu, other regions were canonized by Tang Hong, and the royal family of the Wa kingdom was executed, and the Chinese surrendered.
At the same time, Tang Hong sent a fleet to Central America to find cotton, and his fleet was led by Liu Xu.
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At the same time, Tang Qin in Zhao Hou's mansion is getting thinner and thinner, and Zhao Hou's snub in the past two years, as well as the exclusion of the Li Zhao family, can be regarded as making Tang Qin wake up.
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As you should see, I'm trying to show the world setting of Daxu World in a limited space.
But the pen power is limited, and there are too many private goods, resulting in only a part of the stars, literary atmosphere, merits, ghosts, monsters, and hundreds of schools, so this volume is a failure, which makes me very regretful.
And because of some force majeure factor, I'm speeding up the progress, so I can't completely write out the setting, and even the part of Egypt, I can only delete it, and focus on the extraordinary power of the Hu side, which is almost over.