On the eighth day of the ninth month, the sun rises in the east, and the red light splashes the earth.

On the upper floor of Panmen City, the bell reverberates melodiously.

The soldiers on duty opened the water and land gates one by one.

The crowd waiting inside the city gate poured into the urn city like a flood that opened the gates, stagnated slightly, and then poured out of the outer city gate and spilled in the direction of Nandaying.

The canals on the side were full of boats waiting to enter the city, and they had to be inspected and pay taxes, so they had to enter one by one.

At the top were several official ships, and the people on board looked at the scene at the land gate and were inexplicably surprised.

"Why are so many teenagers in a hurry to get out of town? Most of them seem to be scholars."

The one who asked the question was an old man, dressed in a simple and straightforward dress, with an easy-going appearance, but his gestures showed the bearing of being in the top position for a long time.

The commander of the garrison who was inspecting the official notice of the document was full of flattery and courtesy, "Back to the envoy, it was His Royal Highness King Yan who recruited troops today, and these people were all recruited."

After speaking, the commander respectfully presented his hands to the body, the sun was shining, and on the new silk paper, the three words of Ma Guangzu shone brightly.

"Recruitment!?" Ma Guangzu took the confession, and his face was even more puzzled.

The commander was about to explain, but Ma Guangzu smiled and shook his head again, "Forget it, there are still many ships waiting to enter the city behind, you better go and get busy first."

"Be benevolent, the last general will be impressed, and please enter the city."

The commander didn't dare to be verbose, got off the boat, and sent the official ship into the water gate.

Originally, Ma Guangzu was appointed as the secretary of the household department and the governor of Lin'an Mansion and the pacification envoy of western Zhejiang.

The pacification envoy from Zhejiang Province had been sent to Wu Qian two months earlier, and now the imperial court had reassigned him to send it.

The new official position is, "Jiabao Zhangge Zhi Bachelor, Envoy of the System along the Yangtze River, Jiangdong Pacification Envoy, Zhijian Kang Mansion and Xinggong Staying and Temperance and Prefecture, Wuwei Army, and Tuntian Envoy of the Three Counties of Anqing Prefecture."

Just looking at such a long list of official names, you know that he is a powerful person with great power.

To put it simply, Qiu Yue's term of office arrived, and Ma Guangzu went to take over, passing by Gusu City.

After entering the city, he got off the boat in Zicheng, he only brought a few entourages, and then went to the government to post, and did not wait long, Wu Qian personally went out to greet him.

When the two met, they greeted each other with a salute, and then walked to the inner hall with their arms.

"Haha, I saw the Di newspaper last month, and I knew that you were going to work in Jiankang, but I never saw you coming, but today I was pleasantly surprised."

Ma Guangzu smiled lightly, "It's not that Gong Wu has brought up the matter of the meridian realm again, and the household department has to rotate continuously, and it has to drag on for a month to get out......

Entering the inner hall, the two sat down separately, Wu Qian smiled and waved his hand, "This is Father Hua wronged me, this matter is completely His Highness's own opinion."

Ma Guangzu was surprised, but he knew that Wu Qian would not lie, "His Highness's proposition!? Most of the people in the court thought that you instigated it, but many people gritted their teeth with hatred for Wu Gong, and said strange things in front of the officials......

"Haha, let them hate if they hate, I can't ask for this black cauldron for His Highness." Wu Qian smiled very heartily.

Now, the ministers of the court and the central government all admit that King Yan is no longer what he used to be and is very intelligent, but they still think that his age is not enough to think about problems at the level of national politics.

Suddenly, the policy of Qingzhang Jingjie, which has a great impact, was turned out and vigorously implemented, and the deployment was thorough, the measures were effective, and the implementation was in place.

This vision, this means, obviously only old politicians have, King Yan is a raw melon egg, but he was just used as a knife.

Don't think about it, it must be that the former prime minister of Shimono was unwilling to be lonely, and in order to realize his political ambitions, he instigated and coaxed King Yan.

Therefore, some of the dissatisfied people in the court attacked King Yan, but more of the spearheads were aimed at Wu Qian, but Wu Qian also had a protégé, so he naturally would not sit idly by and watch this, so they fought back one after another.

Inadvertently, Wu Qian, an old tree, shielded Zhao Mengqi from countless wind and rain.

For all this, Wu Qian is naturally insightful and even more willing.

Ma Guangzu looked at his smile and instantly understood, no

It was Wu Qian who used King Yan, but King Yan got the willing, thorough, and loyal assistance of this old minister.

This couldn't help but make him sigh deeply, "It seems that King Yan's growth is much faster than I expected."

"If the Great Song Dynasty wants to be revived, it must be on the shoulders of His Highness."

Wu Qian's eyes flashed with relief and hope, and he told Zhao Mengqi what he had done for the past few months.

These things are naturally known to the imperial court, but seeing the flowers in the fog is finally separated by a layer, and many internal information from the mouths of the people involved are extraordinarily shocking.

Ma Guangzu listened like a dream, "The courage is not inferior to Taizu, the power and strategy are comparable to Taizong, innovation and change are like Shenzong, and the talent and romance are better than Huizong, and it is a unique courage and perseverance, and even ...... Be bold."

In the end, it was not a compliment, but Wu Qian did not refute it, but quite agreed, "This is exactly what I am worried about, from the battle of Wujiang, I have found that His Royal Highness is not only not afraid of fighting on the battlefield, but is happy to eave, enjoys it, and likes to take risks in daily affairs, which always makes people's hearts beat."

Ma Guangzu nodded, "This point, as early as in the Heningmen incident, I have already seen the clues, originally it was only a young man's nature, a little frizzy and reckless, now it seems that His Royal Highness is afraid that he is aware of the danger, but he is still fearless, this character, it is difficult to say whether it is good or bad......

Wu Qian's tone was slightly deep, "No one is perfect, what we old bones can do is to pick up the gaps and try our best to help him grow up."

The reason why I talked so much to Ma Guangzu was that the purpose was nothing more than to pull Ma Guangzu into the Baoyan Party.

How could Ma Guangzu not understand, but this kind of thing is not something that can be decided in a hurry, so he opened the topic.

"Duke Wu just said that His Royal Highness is now in the barracks and personally presides over the recruitment?"

"Your Highness is far more enthusiastic about martial affairs than political affairs." Wu Qian smiled bitterly.

In any case, in the traditional concept of these civil servants, even if they know that martial arts are important, they think that it is just a skill, a technique, and a tool, and that culture is the right way.

"His Royal Highness King Yan has a saying, 'Civilize its spirit, barbarize its body', I think it's quite interesting." Ma Guangzu smiled and said, "If Duke Wu is fine, why don't you take me to the military camp to have a look and see what His Highness has to do in martial affairs."

Wu Qian laughed, "Okay, let's go and have a look, Father Hua wait, wait for me to change my clothes."

While the two old ministers were talking, the recruitment of the camp in the south of the city was in full swing.

There were no less than 10,000 people gathered outside the camp gate, but fortunately, they were well prepared, many registration areas were demarcated, and thousands of soldiers were added to maintain order, so nothing went wrong.

At each registration point, a long line is placed, and there are several long queues in front of the long case, where identity information is registered.

Yue Liangmiao came early, and after waiting for half an hour, it was finally her turn, and she walked to the front of the case full of excitement.

The person in charge of registration was Zhao Mengxi, who hurriedly took a sip of water to moisten his throat, "Name."

"The surname is Yue, the name is Sen, the word is Liangmiao, this year is eighteen, he is from Wu County, he lives in Xinqiaofang, Fucheng, and has been studying in Fuxue for more than two years......

Zhao Mengxi was stunned for a moment, hurriedly wrote it down, and after writing it all, he raised his head and looked at the young recruit in front of him very unexpectedly.

"Yes, I'll answer it."

Yue Liangmiao listened to this tone of ridicule, but he was quite kind, so he was not nervous, "When I was queuing up, I listened to the process of the person in front of me and wrote it down."

Zhao Mengqi looked him up and down for a while, and then looked at his school registration certificate, "Didn't you bring your household registration?"

Yue Liangmiao was a little embarrassed, he came from his house without stealing the household registration, "No, I didn't bring it."

In fact, even if you don't have an identity certificate, it doesn't matter, someone will naturally verify it later, and Zhao Mengxi just asked casually.

"You are a scholar, if nothing happens, we will be comrades in the future, come, take this number plate and go to the back tent for a physical examination."

Yue Liangmiao took the number plate and walked into the camp tent happily, and saw a few people who looked like Lang Zhong sitting behind the table.

He found an empty seat and sat down, and then

After some looking, hearing and asking, Lang Zhong made a small mark on his number plate.

"Congratulations on passing the primary, and go to the back of the tent and wait, someone will lead you into the camp for the next step of screening."

Not long after, Yue Liangmiao was led into the camp with twenty or thirty people, and the camp was very large, with seven or eight school fields.

Then some soldiers were taken to different schools according to the marks on their number plates.

Mainly according to the literacy level, the category of completely illiterate, the category of those who can read hundreds of words, and the category of serious readers.

After Yue Liangmiao arrived at the place, he found several acquaintances, so he came over to say hello.

When about a thousand people gathered in this school field, the soldiers wearing blue armbands began to make them form a team, and they did not ask for too neatness, which probably meant something.

After that, someone saw a group of people who looked like generals, surrounded by young men in gold armor, came to this school and boarded the general platform.

"Look, it shouldn't be His Royal Highness King Yan!"

"It must be, how can anyone else have such pomp......

"Tsk, His Royal Highness's military uniform is also heroic and extraordinary, worthy of both civil and military skills."

"Needless to say, when Your Highness was in Wujiang, he personally killed the enemy and fought bloodily."

"Your Highness looks like you're going to speak to us......

A group of scholars were chattering and excited, and some even wanted to improvise a poem to attract the attention of King Yan, but they couldn't hold back for a while, and they were so anxious that they scratched their ears and cheeks.

Immediately, the soldiers blew their bamboo whistles, "Silence! Quiet! Violators will be disqualified!"

After a period of rectification, the scholars had to be quiet and stared at the general's stage.

Zhao Mengqi walked slowly, walked to the front of the point platform alone, stood there, tall as a gun, quietly scanning the crowd that looked a little chaotic under the stage, and was silent for a long time.

The generals behind him didn't know what King Yan was doing, but they all understood that he attached great importance to this group of scholars, otherwise he wouldn't be the first to come here.

Wu Qian and Ma Guangzu stood at the back not far from Dianjiangtai, looking at Zhao Mengqi on the stage with interest.

"Directly recruit scholars as soldiers, and probably His Highness will do it......

Ma Guangzu shook his head, "The value of scholars is not in their hearts, and they are really violent to throw them to the battlefield and fight like wild beasts."

"Father Hua, don't worry, let's see what His Highness has to say." Wu Qian is relatively calm.

When the scholars saw that King Yan was only standing there looking at himself and the others, but he didn't speak for a long time, they couldn't help but muttered in their hearts.

It's just that King Yan's eyes seem to be able to penetrate the golden stone, so that they don't dare to make any changes.

Finally, Zhao Mengqi spoke, and the sound was like a giant drum.

"What is the matter with reading the books of the sages!?"

The scholars' hearts sank, and they subconsciously asked themselves.

After a while, Zhao Mengqi replied to himself, "I think everyone's answer is different, whether it is reasonable, or practical, or seeking fame and fortune, or something else."

"No matter what it is, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it, everyone has their own aspirations and ideals."

"However, Kong said to be benevolent, and Meng said to take righteousness, but his righteousness is exhausted, so benevolence is such."

"Here, I want to send you a word, please go elsewhere for promotion and wealth, don't enter the door if you are greedy for life and fear of death!"