As soon as these words came out, some smart people, including Long Xiaoshi and Li Zhanchun, understood it, but there were still some people who were ignorant.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Li Xin looked carefully one by one.

Finally, his gaze fell on the vicinity of Dragon Thirteen.

For Long Thirteen, Li Xin, who was born in civil and military talent, naturally admires 10,000, although no one dares to find out the origin of Long Thirteen, but in Li Xin's mind, "He is both civil and military, although he is known as a wandering monk, but it is estimated that his family was either like me before, or his family was wealthy"

"It was by chance that he became what he is in front of him"

When he looked at it again, he realized that there was an extra square table behind Long Thirteen today, and two old men were sitting on it and writing hard.

As mentioned earlier, although Long Thirteen has won many battles, the popularity and prestige are good, and he has also obtained several wealthy state and county seats, and it is said that there are county schools and state schools in every state and county in the Ming Dynasty, and there are many rich households in the city, and there are many scholars who are.

But there are still not many truly talented people who have taken the initiative to join him.

Of course, there are naturally many readers who follow him in the end, but most of them are nothing more than these two situations:

At present, only those who have passed the examination presided over by the county order and are eligible to enter the county school to enjoy the free board and lodging of the government can be called Xiucai, or Xuansheng.

Thirty years ago, no matter how old you are, you still have a chance to pass the prefectural exam.

But you can't win if you're over 30 years old, unless you bribe the county order, there's a high probability that you won't win again.

Such a person will naturally be able to read and write, but obviously not a smart person, you know, even if it is an exam-taking exam like Baguwen, if you blindly read to death, you will not succeed, you need to summarize your experience from time to time, and you must read the examiner's articles, poems, etc.

Smart people, whether they are placed in a box or out of the blue, will stand out, but stupid people obviously can't.

Therefore, if you fail to pass the Xiucai examination at the age of forty, the resentment and extremism in the hearts of these people will naturally come out, which will eventually lead to dissatisfaction with society.

However, if a person who has not passed the exam at the age of 60 and continues to take the exam, the prefectural order will most likely allow him to pass for the sake of his old age.

Unfortunately, for the sake of livelihood, there are obviously not many such people, but only one in ten of the students in a county are likely to be admitted, so most of them will no longer study and prepare for exams after the age of 30, but will do other jobs.

As a result, those who are between the ages of 30 and 60 and still persist in taking the imperial examination will not be too few in a county, and it is not suitable to study, and once they pass the examination, they can ascend to heaven, and in the environment of serious solidification of the class in ancient times, reading has become the only way.

After Long 13 took Jiaokou Fort, Jiexiu County, Lingshi County, and Huozhou, he gained a large number of scholars, but it was these people who took the initiative to follow him.

Although they are generally not very smart, the dwarf generals are suitable after all.

Xue Zhiheng, this year, a native of Jiexiu County, is such an old boy, with an ordinary IQ, ordinary emotional intelligence, and ordinary courage, but there is no lack of ability to recognize people, he thinks that Long Thirteen is the "Ming Lord" who can change his fate, and he still followed it ordinarily at first, and after taking Huozhou, he completely returned to his heart.

There are dozens of people like Xue Zhiheng, but they are all headed by Xue Zhiheng, who is also one of Li Xin's two assistants, and in Xiaoqianglu, some people privately call him "chief scribe".

In the land of Shanxi, due to the three major Mongolian tribes of Chahar, Tumut and Yuanerdusi, there are many opportunities for border trade, and the Central Plains Dynasty has always had three hearts, Beijing, Luoyang, and Xi'an, which happen to be next to Shanxi, so Shanxi has a tradition of doing business very early.

In the Ming Dynasty, Shanxi was located in the center of the Nine Sides, and with the implementation of the "Open China Law", it promoted the further development of the Jin merchants.

So, a large number of Jin people, in addition to the study and examination of the imperial examination, is to do business, although the social status of businessmen is low, but can not stand up to money, can still be prosperous, not to mention, with money is very likely to increase the possibility of studying.

As mentioned earlier, the selection rate of Xiucai is less than one percent, that is, one

If there are 100 people in the county who take the exam, no more than 10 people will eventually be able to enter the county school, just like later generations, some people can be admitted to the university of their choice after repeating a year or two, but some people can only be admitted to a junior college or vocational school after repeating their studies.

Some can't even get into a junior college or vocational school.

But you can't say that such people are completely useless, and if they are asked to learn a trade, they may learn it quickly.

As a result, almost half of those old children who failed repeatedly entered major trading houses, starting as apprentices and learning the way of doing business.

Just like the imperial examination, even if you are an apprentice in a commercial house, after a long time, you will be divided into three, six, nine and so on.

Some people can be promoted to the bookkeeper, and then they can be promoted to the shopkeeper, and then there is the big shopkeeper and partner, and some can only be apprentices for a lifetime, commonly known as old apprentices.

Of course, in the same way, compared with the imperial examination, the firm is more interested in integrity, so as long as some people can be the bookkeeper, although there is no possibility of being promoted to the shopkeeper or the big shopkeeper, as they get older, the proprietor will more or less increase their salary.

Such people are obviously the most, otherwise where would there be so many shopkeepers and big shopkeepers for you?

The second big source of scholars absorbed by Dragon Thirteen is such a person.

Commonly known as the old account room.

Compared with the old children, they have one more skill that can plan, make accounts, and calculate.

Shang Ziyi, forty-eight years old this year, has a good calculation and a good account, but he just won't come to things, so it is impossible for him to be a shopkeeper in his life.

Such a person is also resentful, and taking refuge in a person like Long Thirteen is one of the few opportunities in this life, and he must seize it.

Of course, even if it is these two kinds of people, it is because there is a premise - anyway, Long Thirteen will take them all away anyway, even if you escape, the government will despise and even hate you, so it is better to "be a thief".

Therefore, the scene of a shock to the body of a tiger and the influx of all kinds of talents almost does not exist, and some of them are these old children and old account rooms.

Shang Ziyi was Li Xin's second assistant, and the people of Xiaoqianglu privately called him "Shang Master Book".

Of course, Long Thirteen was only twenty years old, so he would not leave everyone to Li Xin, and he would also put some scholars around him from time to time to practice, or record meetings, or write orders, but he was a bit like the "permanent attendant" around the emperor.

In the words of later generations, the first secretary and the second secretary are also.

There are even more people like Shang Ziyi, and there are no less than 100 people in the current small strong brigade.

Although the motives were a little impure, Long Thirteen welcomed them with open arms.

After the end of the battle of Anyi County, the prestige of Long 13 has reached a new high, not only the soldiers, farmers, and craftsmen are grateful and loyal to him, but even the scholars have begun to take the initiative to do things, instead of doing things passively before.

Li Xin looked again.

Behind Long Thirteen stood two people all the time.

Long Xiaoju, Long Xiaohu.

Long Xiaoju is a Mongolian, Long Xiaohu is a Han Chinese, they are all orphans, although Long Thirteen is only twenty years old, not much older than these two people, but in fact, he has already ....... the two of them, no, no, no, and Long Xiaoshi as his own righteous son.

The names of the three of them were all taken by Long Thirteen, and they attached great importance to it, and the people of the Xiaoqiang Brigade could see it.

All three have one thing in common.

Both civil and military.

Let's just say that the Mongolian dragon Xiaoju, he himself is also a little Taiji, he also read books when he was a child, and he is still able to speak Mongolian and Chinese, which is still rare in the entire Omubu tribe.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the entire Yuan'er Dusi Wanhu has produced a great talent who can write the history of the Mongols, and under his guidance, many Mongolian teenagers began to learn Mongolian and Chinese characters.

This person is called Sa Nang, and later generations call him Sa Nang Hong Taiji, and the current Dajinong of the Jacket Dusi is the Elinchen, and the second person is him.

whereas

Long Xiaohu is the youngest student of the martial arts school in Lingshi County, and he was able to take refuge in Long Thirteen in addition to being young and easy to be fooled, naturally because his family did not deal with Wang Dayu's family, one of the eight major Jin merchants in Lingshi County.

"Pay attention to old students and young students, and the big boss is unique."

In fact, in Long Thirteen's heart, "I don't know my heart when I know people, I don't know my heart, and others don't know, but these old and young students are my real cronies."

Yes, these people are the perfect candidates he uses to balance people like Li Xin, Li Zhanchun.

Of course, in between these two kinds of people, there are younger people like Yuan Zongdi and Bai Wenxuan.

If a group is always in a state of winning all battles, there will naturally be no problems, but if there is a slight setback, a bunch of thorny problems will come one after another.

There are no surprises, this is bound to happen.

That's what Dragon Thirteen thought.

Daming, although dying of old age, but still a huge empire, when Li Zicheng came out of the mountain again, there were already hundreds of thousands of horses under his command, especially after defeating Sun Chuanting, it was like a world-like existence, but only second- and third-rate people like Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance took the initiative to take refuge in him. 1

Long Thirteen was able to recruit these people at the moment, and they were already burning high incense.

But Li Xin thought, "The big boss has already reserved these many literati who are only talented as small officials, will they break the routine and reuse small officials in the future?"

"Alright"

Dragon Thirteen continued.

"This is just our long-term plan, we are going to arrive in Nanyang Mansion now, there is still a distance, in front of us is Chen Yongfu's soldiers and horses in the mining city, we want to go south safely and steadily, we must pull out this army of soldiers and horses, you and others will tell me, how to deal with Chen Yongfu?"