The new year began, officially entered the first year of Xingwu, the emperor took the two queen mothers and concubines at the beginning of the new year to move to a summer resort more than 100 miles away from Beijing.

Guo Xing and the ministers were sent out of Beijing for ten miles. After returning to Beijing, the ministers were not idle, the first major event was the election of cabinet ministers, Hu Laoguo Gong was directly appointed by the emperor Guo Xingtong's cabinet, becoming the third cabinet minister, Zhou Tai, the grandson of Lao Lu Guogong, took over as the commander of Gyeonggi, commanding the 80,000 troops of Jingshi.

Before Zhou Tai took office, Lao Lu Guogong repeatedly explained, "Tai'er, you are a lonely minister, only responsible for the emperor, no matter who else is, don't pay attention", Zhou Tai deeply remembered this sentence, and he was conscientious to Guo Xing all his life.

Because of the matter of promoting cabinet ministers, there was a deep rift between Yang He and Zhang Yanyu, the courtiers attacked each other, the two cabinet ministers had their own protégés and former officials, and there were many recitals, Guo Xing was too lazy to watch it, it was nothing more than the impeachment of the other party's cabinet ministers and the lack of morality and so on.

Guo Xing directly announced that the court meeting would be held, and the four cabinet candidates would be debated on the spot, and two cabinet ministers would be determined in one fell swoop, and the ministers would be grinding their fists and palms to prepare for the upcoming big debate.

Early in the morning, the ministers went to the court, and the battle began after the three shouts, Guo Xing really saw the combat effectiveness of the ministers, one by one, it was easy to quote the scriptures, and it was not until noon that Yao Chong, the secretary of the household department, and Liu Bingzhong, the secretary of the ministry, had the upper hand by a slight advantage, seeing this, Guo Xing knew that he should speak and make a decision.

As soon as everyone coughed, everyone quieted down, and Guo Xing announced, "Yao Chong and Liu Bingzhong are good, and they can enter the cabinet", which can be regarded as balancing the opinions of the ministers.

When the ministers saw that the emperor had announced it, they all quieted down, after all, the qualifications of these two people were there, so far the five cabinet ministers had all been completed, and the order of the court had been restored.

According to the edict issued by the Emperor Taishang during his reign, those who participated in the Jinshi examination this year must reach the second level of martial arts, and those who fail to do so are prohibited from taking the exam.

Guo Xing discussed with several cabinet ministers, and after repeated discussions, it was finally decided that the new secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Kou Bo, was the main examiner, and Ouyang An, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, was the deputy chief examiner.

Guo Xing picked out a book of internal exercises and a book of boxing from the inside, and the cabinet carved two stone tablets in accordance with Guo Xing's opinion, and the whole Dajin country, two stone tablets should be set up at the entrance of each county, and towns with a population of more than 3,000 people should also have them, for the people of the world to cultivate themselves and practice the body, and the exercises can only be cultivated to the level of the middle level of martial artists, which can be said to be the foundation of the foundation.

At the same time, Guo Xing issued an order that the minimum requirement for the Jinshi examination after three years was the intermediate level of martial arts, which further improved the rank of martial arts.

The common people used to practice the Kuwu Gong method, this time Guo Xing is public practice is very popular, they have called it Mingjun, although it is a relatively low-level internal exercises, but after all, the common people have exercises that can be practiced, with the population of the Great Jin, there will always be some geniuses born, and the available talents of the imperial court will increase a lot, and the people's physique will be qualitatively improved after many years.

The powerful people of the big clan have pooled their money to carve two stone tablets in the ancestral hall, thanking the emperor for his kindness, a small thing, but the prestige of Guo Xing, the new emperor, has risen in the hearts of the people. This is something that even Guo Xing didn't expect.

If you want to obtain more advanced exercises, there are only three ways left, the first way is to join the army, according to your merits you can exchange for advanced exercises, the second is to participate in the imperial examination, according to the unified assessment, when you become an official, the imperial court will give new exercises, and the third is to join the major sects.

The people are easily satisfied, knowing that all this is given by the imperial court, and when the time comes, they will also tend to the Yu court, whether it is in the army or the imperial examination, the Great Jin will increase a lot of talents, Guo Xing specially took out three sets of exercises specifically for military rewards and imperial examination rewards, now I can't see anything, but the future can be expected.

On this day, Guo Xing discussed this matter with several cabinet ministers in the cabinet, and the second brother Guo Jun came to the palace to resign, Guo Xing said hello to the cabinet, left the cabinet, and met with the second brother Guo Jun in the Taihe Palace.

Guo Jun saw that Guo Xing was paying a big salute, Guo Xing knew what the second brother meant, so he didn't stop him, Guo Xing said, "Thoughtful, move a chair over, and at the same time arrange for the imperial dining room to do more today, I have a drink with the second brother today, which is considered to be practiced for the second brother."

Zhou Quan hurriedly moved over the chairs, and then arranged for someone to go to the imperial dining room to inform him, Guo Xing and the second brother Guo Jun sat down, and asked directly, "Second brother, how many cavalry are there in Yunzhou now."

Guo Xing still called Guo Jun's second brother, but Guo Jun couldn't say this, "If you go back to the emperor, the total number of Yunzhou cavalry will now reach 50,000"

Guo Xing thought about it and said directly, "If the number of cavalry is expanded to the scale of 100,000, there are those difficulties."

Guo Jun was stunned when he heard it, why do you expand the army now, do you want to fight with the grassland, look at Guo Xing's meaning that he won't fight, so what is the expansion of the army for, 100,000 cavalry, it is not so easy to expand.

"Your Majesty, 100,000 cavalry, horses alone are a big hurdle, and the daily consumption of a horse is equivalent to the sum of four soldiers, and it can't be supported by the power of Yunzhou" Guo Jun truthfully said the difficulty.

Guo Xing nodded, yes, now the treasury is not enough, and he is a little anxious, so he asked, "Second brother, there is a suitable place for a horse farm in addition to Yunzhou."

Guo Jun thought for a while and said, "Yizhou can also be, Lanzhou can too," Guo Xing nodded and wrote it down.

"Second brother, since there are 50,000 cavalry in Yunzhou, how many can fight" Guo Xing asked an expert, not that you are a cavalry on a horse, it is necessary to go through considerable training.

Guo Jun thought about it in his heart and said, "There are only about 20,000 people who can fight, and the rest have to be trained," Guo Jun said truthfully.

Guo Xing also thought about it for a while, looked at Guo Jun and said, "Second brother, there are two things you must do when you go back this time", Guo Jun was shocked, and said in his heart You won't let me go to war with the grassland directly.

At this time, I heard Guo Xing continue to say, "First, to understand the distribution of the tribes in the grassland, we must have a detailed route map, sand table and guides, and second, let the cavalry go to the grassland to see the blood, and catch some prisoners for me to come back, I will be useful."

Hearing Guo Xing say this, Guo Junxin said Brother, you really let your father guess correctly, Emperor Guo Wei said before Guo Xing ascended the throne that Guo Xing's war with the grassland will not stop, Guo Jun hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, what do you mean..."

Guo Xing said directly, "I mean, the cavalry is sent out in batches to sweep the edge of the grassland, with a team of 1,000 people, or 10,000 people, and gradually advance, so that the cavalry can see blood, and the cavalry who has not seen blood is not good, in addition, the children of the grassland must be killed, and the women and men can catch everything they can catch for me. The top ten in this competition are all let them participate in the blood, I will be of great use in a few years, Su Hu and Wang Han will drop them to Yizhou and Lanzhou after the year, and form a new cavalry team, the total strength of your cavalry should not exceed 50,000" Hearing Guo Xing say this, Guo Jun has the bottom in his heart.

"Please rest assured, I will arrange it immediately when I go back" Guo Jun said seriously, since Guo Xing has explained, then Guo Jun will definitely implement it, and the brothers said that they will be homely, Guo Jun will eat in the palace and return to Yunzhou the next day.

The Great Jin Dynasty has Yunzhou, Yizhou, Ezhou, Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Qingzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Shuzhou, Jinzhou, Jiangzhou, Guizhou, Minzhou, Nanzhou, Dongzhou, Ganzhou, Wanzhou, Lanzhou, Guizhou, Suzhou, Beizhou, Youzhou for 22 states, each state has six prefectures, each prefecture has ten counties, the imperial examination has to go through, the township examination, the county examination, the government examination, the state examination, and finally the Beijing division to concentrate on the examination of the Jinshi, as well as the final palace examination, it can be said that those who can enter the Jinshi are elites, that is after many tribulations.

Since Emperor Guo Wei ordered the Jinshi exam three years ago to require the middle-level strength of martial apprentices, all the lifters from all over the country have started the road of physical exercise, and it was very bitter at the beginning, most of them are some scholars who are powerless, and all kinds of suffering can be imagined.

However, it changed later, they must be full of poetry and books, after the most difficult period found that their reaction was faster, the progress of reading was also accelerated, the memory is straight up, and the benefits of practicing martial arts began to be highlighted, so Guo Xing decreed that after three years, the Jinshi examination required the cultivation of a martial artist at the intermediate level, and there were not many people in the world who opposed it, after all, everyone has seen the benefits of practicing martial arts.

In May of the first year of Xingwu, the first examination of the Xingwu era of the Great Jin Dynasty was about to begin, and the lifters who had passed the state examination all over the world concentrated on the Beijing division to participate in the Jinshi examination of the new dynasty.

After repeated discussions with the cabinet, Guo Xing issued an order that the Suncheon Prefecture, the Criminal Department, and the Gyeonggi Yamen jointly set up a law enforcement team to patrol day and night to ensure law and order in Beijing.

On May 15, the examination began, and the chief examiner and the deputy chief examiner were stationed in the examination room as early as three days ago, and the Gyeonggi Yamen sealed off the examination room and forbade contact with outsiders to prevent cheating.

Bring their own or the servants are with a big basket, the exam is three days, three days can not go out of the examination room, after heavy inspections to receive the number plate into the examination room, the venue is serious, the soldiers are three steps one person, five steps and one sentry, from the Hanlin Academy, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other departments to draw invigilators are also in the examination room is to patrol back and forth, the national ceremony, solemn and focused.