Time flies, and soon ten days have passed, and the battalion owners will gather in the meeting hall of the Jiedu Embassy to wait for Xiao Jingxuan's military order.

Xiao Jingxuan circulated the holy decree to the camp masters, and after the generals read the content of the holy decree, they began to let everyone speak freely.

Among the generals, the most popular one was Qi Biao, and after reading the holy decree, he immediately became angry.

"Marshal, the court is too indistinguishable from wrong, I am fortunate to have made such a great achievement, and if there is no reward, it will be forgotten, and we will be dismissed, and the general will not accept it."

As soon as Qi Biao's voice fell, the rest of the generals also began to echo him. Especially Yang Xiong, Zhou Tong and several people are the most noisy.

Looking at the commotion of the generals in the audience, Xiao Jingxuan just watched quietly. Silent.

Perhaps sensing Xiao Jingxuan's dissatisfaction, the noisy voices in the entire conference hall gradually became quieter.

After the conference hall was completely quiet, Xiao Jingxuan patted the table and said sternly: "Say, why don't you say it, um......"

Seeing that the generals all bowed their heads. Xiao Jingxuan slowed down his tone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what are we joining the army for, to protect our family and defend the country, not to rebel and cause chaos. Now I announce the military order.

The cavalry battalions will not be replenished for the time being, and will be trained with the current manpower.

As for the infantry battalions, except for the officers and the Chinese soldiers of the battalions, the rest of the soldiers were all sent to the localities to participate in the tuntian.

As for the defense of the garrisons of the various armies, for the time being, the Chinese troops of the battalions are in charge, and the officers of the battalions must not slack off during their stay in Tuntian, and they must be strictly trained. ”

After Xiao Jingxuan finished speaking, he saw that the generals didn't say a word, so he said angrily: "Did you hear that? ”

When the generals saw Xiao Jingxuan angry, they had no choice but to come out of the ranks, and said in unison: "The last general will take the order." ”

After seeing these people receiving orders one after another, Xiao Jingxuan sighed and began to appease the generals.

"Ladies and gentlemen, even if there is no holy decree, I plan to allocate some manpower to the tuntian in the near future.

Fanyang now has almost 500,000 households, and the population is only about 2 million, but how many troops do we have? 120,000, this is not counting the patrol battalions in various places, and the officials of the local yamen are fast. Civilian officials.

This year is good, we have looted a lot of supplies from the barbarians, but the losses of the army are not small, do you know how much silver it will cost to provoke you?

There are also various places to open up wasteland and build city walls, which does not cost money? Ladies and gentlemen, Fan Yang really doesn't have so much money and food.

Therefore, disarmament is imperative. However, although the soldiers of your battalions have gone to Tuntian, the training of each battalion must not stop. It's even harder than the previous training.

When the imperial examination is over, I will inevitably enter Beijing, and you are my talisman in Beijing. ”

Hearing Xiao Jingxuan's heart-to-heart reassurance, all the generals were silent. Xiao Jingxuan stepped down from the handsome seat, came to the generals, and patted the shoulders of several generals.

"Rest assured, as long as you get through this year, next year will be very different. I promise. ”

After pacifying the generals, Xiao Jingxuan continued to be busy with government affairs.

However, at this time, Chen Qinian, the master craftsman who would be the supervisor, that is, the scribe promoted by Xiao Jingxuan, brought good news to Xiao Jingxuan.

That is, the hydraulic lathe is finally ready, and at the same time, the metal ratio of the coin has been found by many blacksmiths.

This is really good news, Xiao Jingxuan looked at the few coins in his hand, and his heart was overjoyed.

These coins are all similar in style, with the words "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang" engraved on the obverse and a peony flower carved on the reverse. The whole coin looks very beautiful.

Playing with the coins in his hand, Xiao Jingxuan looked at the little official in front of him.

"Yes, you can do this well in such a short time, I am very satisfied, in this way, I will play the court and ask for a knighthood for you, and from today on, you will be the young eunuch who will be the prisoner."

"The subordinate officer takes the order."

"How are these coins produced?"

"Lord Hui, at present, we only have one workshop, and we can only make 10,000 copper coins a day. There are currently no dedicated workshops for silver and gold coins. ”

After hearing Chen Qinian's words, Xiao Jingxuan frowned and said, "It's not enough, so let's do it, you select a batch of manpower from the craftsmen, and then, I will select a batch of manpower from the prisoners for you." Yields must be increased.

As for security, for the time being, I'll be deploying a group of people to protect the minting work. I will also arrange for the construction of the new mint. ”

"Yes, after the lower official goes back, he will arrange it immediately, and strive to complete the task arranged by the adult as soon as possible."

"Well, step aside."

Subsequently, Xiao Jingxuan asked people to call Zhao Gang and Lei Ben of the guards. asked Zhao Gang to arrange a group of secret guards to go to the mint to be responsible for the internal defense, and as for Lei Ben, Xiao Jingxuan asked him to select a group of people from the personal guard camp to be responsible for the security of the periphery.

However, the mint had to be relocated, and Xiao Jingxuan originally thought that the development of the coin would take a long time, so he did not arrange it in advance, and now it seems that it will not work.

The location of the mint, Xiao Jingxuan plans to arrange it near Yulin Academy, which can be said to be the safest place in Yingzhou, and there is a water source not far away, which is convenient for the construction of waterwheels.

However, for the sake of safety, it is still necessary to build a small acropolis, thinking of this, Xiao Jingxuan asked people to call Wei Ming and ask him to make unified arrangements.

There has been progress in the minting of coins, which makes Xiao Jingxuan very satisfied.

As the day approached, so did the imperial examination.

Although the imperial examination is only a place in Fan Yang, it has attracted many children from poor families other than Fan Yang.

Although after the current imperial examination, successful ones can only serve as adjutants of the eighth or ninth grades, but after all, this is a career entry.

Because of the fear of insufficient numbers, the exams in each prefecture and county are very simple, and as long as you have a little involvement in the hundreds, you can basically pass the exam.

Only the Yingzhou scientific expedition personally presided over by Xiao Jingxuan is the most important checkpoint for selecting talents.

In order to ensure fairness, Xiao Jingxuan needs to go through all the test papers in person.

Of course, this is because there are not many exam papers. Moreover, Xiao Jingxuan does plan to find out some suitable talents through the imperial examination.

With the end of the exams in various prefectures and counties, many of the scholars who participated in the next one came to Yingzhou.

In order to ensure that these scholars can take the exam with peace of mind, Xiao Jingxuan arranged for people to rent several large inns in Yingzhou to house these students.

At the same time, Xiao Jingxuan also placed the location of the exam in Yulin Academy, in order to keep the examination room quiet, Xiao Jingxuan also planned to give the students of Yulin Academy a few days of vacation before and after the exam.

Soon, the day of the exam arrived. In the examination room temporarily requisitioned by Yulin Academy, Xiao Jingxuan sat in the first place.

At the foot of the stairs were big cases, and these students lay down on the desks and began to answer questions.

The duration of the exam is not long, it starts at the time of the application and ends at the third quarter of the application time.

After all the students handed in the exam papers, Xiao Jingxuan sat in the first place and began to mark the papers.

There are more than 500 exam papers, to be honest, there are quite a lot, but there is no way, now, the political situation of the entire Fan Yangde is a little deformed, and Xiao Jingxuan is unwilling to hand over the right to select talents to his subordinates for the time being.

However, when Xiao Jingxuan spent the night and read all the test papers, he was still a little disappointed in his heart.

Because the whole test paper did not appear to be eye-catching. Moreover, among the more than 500 test papers, Xiao Jingxuan eliminated almost 300 test papers after reading them.

There are less than 200 people left to be admitted, and in order to be able to encourage these people, Xiao Jingxuan also plans to publish the emperor list to encourage these admitted students.

What cross-horse parade in the streets, what shouting congratulations, singing doors, how vain how to come. In short, it is to make these readers feel worthwhile.

Among the more than 100 students admitted, children from poor families accounted for a small half, about 30 people. Although relative to the total number of admissions, it is not very large.

However, Xiao Jingxuan knows that only these poor children are the most staunch supporters of his future.

In fact, the children of wealthy families are not too much looking forward to becoming officials in the imperial examination, because they themselves can enter the official career through recommendation.

But the poor family is different, no matter how talented you are, if there is no recommendation from a wealthy family, their best way out is to become a staff member, and some people even have to go to a shop to be an account office or something like that in order to make a living.

For these admitted students, Xiao Jingxuan did not rush to appoint these official positions, but first sent them all to various houses to observe the government. After these people are familiar with some of the rules of Fanyang officialdom, they will be sent to various prefectures and counties to serve as adjutants.

Now that the imperial examination has ended, the time for Xiao Jingxuan to return to Beijing is getting closer and closer.

As for returning to Beijing, in fact, Xiao Jingxuan is not disgusted, with his current merits, those gate valve families should not dare to embarrass themselves too much.

However, it is only limited to government affairs, and in private, I don't know if the master of the psychic will kill himself.

He is only in the Innate Realm now, and at most he can fight with the masters of the Divine Realm, and he may not be able to escape his life in their hands.

I have to make some preparations, and I don't know if Liang Guogong has prepared for it.

However, when you reach the Divine Realm, all intrigues and tricks are no longer effective, and if you use any tricks, the enemy will break them with all your might.

Moreover, when I return to Beijing this time, I am afraid that I will not be able to return to Fanyang in the short term, so I still have to make more arrangements, otherwise, I am afraid that there will be some variables.

Perhaps Guogong, who was far away in Beijing, knew his difficulties, and soon, the Guogong Mansion sent a letter from Jingshi to give advice to Xiao Jingxuan.

When I opened the letter, I saw that the letter said that Xiao Jingxuan was going to marry again, and with Xiao Jingxuan's merits, he was naturally very appreciated by the family of the gate valve.

As a result, the Dugu family, which has always had some traditional marriages, extended an olive branch to marry Xiao Jingxuan.

Moreover, this time the Dugu family is still very sincere, first of all, the eldest daughter of the family is promised to Xiao Jingxuan.

At the same time, he is willing to let the ancestor of the Tongshen Realm at home guide Xiao Jingxuan and help Xiao Jingxuan step into the Tongshen Realm as soon as possible.

In addition, an exception was made to allow the children born to Xiao Jingxuan and the Dugu family to have the inheritance right of the head of the Dugu family.

Seeing the conditions of Dugu's family in the letter, I have to say that whether it is true or not, it is very tempting.

In the end, I still have to think about it more.