As soon as this edict came out, the court was not quiet again, and everyone looked at Wang Cheng in the hall.

In fact, many of them don't care about the marquis, this is a sure thing, even if it is still 3,000 county marquis, what they are really surprised by is Wang Cheng's new position.

General Zuo!

This is the general of the Fourth Army of Zheng Erpin, and above this, only the general of the Che Cavalry and General Wei of the first product remain, the general of the Hussar of the first rank, and the head of the generals.

However, since the previous general died in the bloody rebellion in Kyoto, it has not been set up again. The hussar general Ning Hou was also relieved of his military power and returned to his fiefdom. The original chariot general Cheng Zhijin led the right prime minister, and the military power was also handed over, leaving only the Wei general who guarded the capital.

But this Wei general is the brother of the current queen, belongs to nepotism, does not have much real power, and the real people in charge are actually Song Huchen and another right guard general under his command.

In other words, above the court, in terms of military power alone, no one can suppress Wang Cheng.

Because Wang Cheng was in charge of the entire left road, that is, the entire western part of the Great Zhou Dynasty, its jurisdiction was not only Huangzhou, but even Lingzhou.

Wang Cheng himself was also a little confused, originally he was just a general of the captives, and he was promoted to General Zuo at once, how many levels did he jump in a row?

The name of the broken general sounds big, in the final analysis, he is still a miscellaneous general, a general who belongs to the fourth grade, after all, it is not as good as the heavy general of the third rank and above, after all, these are generals who can lead 100,000 people.

From a general with a miscellaneous number of the fourth grade to the general of the fourth army with the second grade, this is a jump of four levels!

At this moment, I don't know how many people have a stomach in their hearts, but when they think of the king's previous words, they all hold it back.

"Wu Anhou, take the order!"

Chunming walked up to Wang Cheng with the edict, followed by two little eunuchs.

A little eunuch held a square plate with the general's gold seal, a purple ribbon, and a treasure book on it; Another little eunuch also held a square plate in both hands, on which were placed newly made red official robes, official hats, and jade belts.

Wang Cheng took the edict and saluted Zhou Zhaowu: "Thank you, King!" ”

"Get up!"

Hearing this, Wang Cheng stood upright, and then walked to the ranks of the generals, and the two little eunuchs with plates also followed him to the side.

Zhou Zhaowu turned around and returned to the dragon chair and sat down.

He raised his hand, and Chunming, who was standing in the audience, shouted at the throat of the male duck: "Xuan Liu Qingsheng, Wu Feilong, Zhang Zhiyang, Liu Zixiang, Wang Chenyu, Yin Bo, Zhou Hang are here!" ”

A few impatient people who had been waiting in the side hall for a long time immediately walked out of the side hall, and then entered the main hall according to the pre-rehearsal order, and saluted together.

"Wechen meets the king!"

"Let's get flat!"

After the seven people got up and stood up, Zhou Zhaowu continued: "You are all meritorious heroes, you are iron-blooded men, and the widows have also been on the battlefield and slashed the enemy, and you will not treat meritorious soldiers badly, you should be rewarded." ”

When the words fell, Chunming took out an edict again and shouted: "Liu Qingsheng, Wu Feilong, Zhang Zhiyang, Liu Zixiang, Wang Chenyu, Yin Bo, and Zhou Hang take the order!" ”

The seven of them knelt down in unison and saluted: "Weichen receives the order!" ”

"It is said: There are no weak soldiers under the strong generals, and there is no distance under the horses' hooves. The prime minister must start from the state department, and the fierce general must be sent from the army......"

An edict was read out in about ten minutes.

For the rewards of Liu Qingsheng and others, Wang Cheng also wrote down word for word.

Liu Qingsheng, the long history, was named the commander of the military division, with a bounty of 1,000 taels, 100 silk horses, 10 maidservants, and a mansion.

Wu Feilong, the military superintendent, was named the captain of the Eagle Strike, commanded the 3,000 cavalry of the Royal Forest Army, with a bounty of 500 taels, 100 silk horses, 10 maidservants, and a mansion.

Zhang Zhiyang, the military commander, was named the captain of the tiger army, commanded the three thousand tiger ben of the Royal Forest Army, a bounty of five hundred taels, a hundred silk horses, ten maidservants, and a mansion.

The military marquis Yin Bo was named the military commander of the Imperial Forest Army, with a bounty of three hundred taels, fifty horses of silk and satin, and a residence.

Zhou Hang, the marquis, was named the military commander of the Imperial Forest Army, with a bounty of 300 taels, 50 horses of silk and a residence.

Military marquis Liu Zixiang and Wang Chenyu were awarded captains, with a bounty of 500 taels and 100 horses of silk, which still belonged to the Western Army.

None of them were knighted, and four of the seven people brought were incorporated into the Imperial Forest Army, leaving only three for Wang Cheng, and those four were still his old subordinates.

Wang Cheng didn't expect this to be the result, after all, he didn't even know anything about his future when he came, let alone these people under his hands.

At this moment, Zhou Zhaowu, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked at Wang Cheng and said, "Wu Anhou, are you willing to do it?" ”

Wang Cheng didn't react to who "Wu'anhou" was at first, until he noticed that gaze, he reacted, hurriedly stepped out, bowed down and said: "We are all soldiers of the king, no matter who they are under their command, they are all serving the country!" ”

"Haha! If only you didn't mind! ”

Zhou Zhaowu laughed loudly, and after Wang Cheng returned to the team, he continued: "Today's court discussion, in addition to the reward of Marquis Wu An, there is another important matter, and a result must be come up, that is, the agreed Nine Rank Official Law!" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers in the palace began to discuss fiercely.

Although there was a lot of noise about Wang Cheng's reward in the court before, in the final analysis, it was Wang Cheng's business, and the law of the Nine Grades of Officials was different.

Because this is not only a national policy related to the fortunes of the country, but also a real concern for their own own interests.

Afraid that Wang Cheng would not understand what the Jiupin Guanren Law was, Song Huchen, who was standing in front of him, turned his head and explained to him: "The Jiupin Guanren Law is actually a mechanism for the imperial court to select talents. The content of the evaluation mainly includes family history and behavior, and then he determines the rating, with the grade from one to nine, and the first product is the highest. After the grade, it is reported to the imperial court and submitted to the imperial history for review, which is used as the basis for the selection of officials by the ministry. ”

After Wang Cheng heard this, he felt strange in his heart.

Isn't this the nine-product Zhongzheng system that I learned in middle school, it's exactly the same!

It was just a product of being eliminated by feudal society, and it was far worse than the later imperial examination system.

The imperial examination system began in the Sui and Tang dynasties, went through 1,500 years, and until later generations, there are many shadows of the imperial examination system in the modern talent selection mechanism.

After about ten minutes of discussion, the voice gradually weakened.

Zhou Zhaowu looked at everyone and said, "Do you have any objections?" Or is there something to add? ”

The crowd didn't speak, because they had been discussing this matter for a long time, and basically what should have been said had been said, and what should have been added had been added.

Zhou Zhaowu suddenly looked at Wang Cheng and said, "Wu Anhou, what do you think of this method?" ”

Wang Cheng didn't expect that he would be named, so he came out and said: "The last general is just a martial artist, and if it is right or wrong, please don't blame you." ”

Seeing that everyone didn't react, he continued: "Our soldiers talk about the last word that big fists are the last word, in the army, no matter whose family you are, the strong are on the top, and the mediocre are down, otherwise even if you are in a high position by virtue of your family background, you will not be able to convince the public." If the people under your command don't listen to you, how can you lead troops to fight? Not to mention winning! ”

"Huh? That's a novel idea. ”

Zhou Zhaowu's eyes lit up, he heard the meaning of Wang Cheng's words, and muttered: "What you mean is that there may be a situation where the inspection grade is given and received privately, and there is a lack of a more fair inspection mechanism. ”

Wang Cheng nodded, and secretly said that Zhou Zhaowu's vision was really not something ordinary people had, and he saw the key to the problem at once.

"So what do you think is fairer?" Zhou Zhaowu asked.

Wang Cheng said: "Don't be afraid of the jokes of the adults, Wang Cheng is a person in the rivers and lakes, and the easiest way for the people in the rivers and lakes to decide the strong is to compete." The strongest in the army can be used in competition. ”

"General Wang really deserves to be a fierce general!"

Suddenly, a voice sounded, and I saw a man in a red official robe walking out of the first team of civil officials.

He was fifty or sixty years old, with a thin build, a somewhat dark face, wrinkles on his forehead, at the corners of his eyes, and under his nose, a gray beard under his chin, and a pair of eyes like knives, not angry and arrogant.

Wang Cheng tilted his head slightly to look at this person, he actually knew the new Guanglu doctor-Wei Xu.

Wei Zhen first saluted Zhou Zhaowu on the dragon chair, and then looked at Wang Cheng and said, "General Wang, doesn't he think that all the officials in this world are fought with fists?" ”

"Wang Cheng is just giving an example." Wang Cheng said unhurriedly.

"So, General Wang's methods are not all said?" Wei Zhen said.

Wang Cheng nodded, then looked at Zhou Zhaowu and said, "In the final analysis, martial arts competition is also a method of assessment, compared to the recommendation of others, martial arts competition is more fair." The competition does not look at the family, does not look at the background, but looks at the strength. ”

"Even in the army, relying on fists alone to determine the size of the strength, I'm afraid it will be difficult to compete for a real famous general, right? Throughout the ages, any famous general must be a person who is proficient in the art of war, and a reckless man who only speaks with his fists cannot be a famous general. Wei Zhen said.

Wang Cheng said: "What Lord Wei said is good, the competition can only determine personal bravery, and the real celebrity will be tempered in the battlefield." Whether the people in the army are proficient in the art of war, whether they have the posture of a famous general, give them a part of the soldiers and horses, choose a place, and let them fight. ”

"Huh? That's a good way! ”

This time it was Cheng Zhijin, the right prime minister, who spoke, he walked into the hall, saluted Zhou Zhaowu on the dragon chair, and said: "King, for a long time, the selection of generals has been the most troublesome thing in all dynasties, because it takes too long. But if you use Wu Anhou's method, I dare not say that you will definitely be able to select famous generals, but it is still possible to pick a few qualified generals. Don't do much, pick three or five at a time, once a year, and in the past four or five years, there are about twenty. ”

After hearing this, many people couldn't help but gasp.

Just kidding, if you really want to screen it out like this, within ten years, the number of generals who can be in charge of the big week will usher in a surge, and it will spring up like mushrooms after a rain, more and more.

"Wu Anhou's method is really good!" Zhou Zhaowu nodded and said.

Wang Cheng added at this time: "The art of war and the strategy can be learned, the king and the right minister are both people who lead the troops, and they can completely open a school and teach them the art of war." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Zhaowu couldn't sit still, how could he not understand the meaning of this.

If he had gone and taught the art of war himself, wouldn't those people be his protégés?

In the future, that is his lineage!

The army is what he values the most, and since his accession to the throne, he has been reforming the army and weakening the influence of those nobles in the army, and if he really adopts Wang Cheng's methods, he can dismantle the power of the nobles in the army in one fell swoop.

He is naturally not the only one who can see this, and others have also seen it one after another.

Some people already had extremely resentful eyes in their eyes, staring at Wang Cheng deadly.

This is to cut off their roots!

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

Zhou Zhaowu obviously felt that the atmosphere in the hall was wrong, and coughed twice before diverting everyone's attention and saying: "Wu Anhou's strategy is very good, but if a mixed person enters the army, if he is an ambitious person himself, and he will get a high position in the future, who else in the world can cure him?" ”

"Not bad! This is the court, how can any cats and dogs be mixed in? ”

"The people in the rivers and lakes are all reckless, if these people are allowed to enter the court, then what has become of this Wude Palace?"

"Yes! King! Even if you select talents, you can't let these people in the rivers and lakes get in! ”

"Since ancient times, black and white have been distinct, the court is white, and the rivers and lakes are black, how can they be mixed together?"

……

The more people talked, the more outrageous it became, and the spearhead was soon pointed at Wang Cheng.

thinks that Wang Cheng is from the rivers and lakes, and he is not clean, and he wants to mix the people in the rivers and lakes into the court.

"General Wang, what are your intentions?" A third-grade official in a red official robe pointed at Wang Cheng and said angrily.

Wang Cheng was a little confused, there are so many people in the world, and there are not many children from good families, why do you just hold on to the people in the rivers and lakes?

If you don't choose people in the rivers and lakes, you won't choose, and you can choose those who have a clean background.

Suddenly, he remembered and wanted to slap himself on the head.

He's moving the cake of these families!

If you want to ask what forces the imperial examination system has the greatest impact on, it is naturally those gate valve families.

However, he is obviously not a imperial examination system, at most a martial arts, but he didn't expect it to attract so much malice.

He now wanted to know Zhou Zhaowu's reaction, after all, the implementation of the imperial examination system, the biggest benefit was Zhou Zhaowu himself, so he secretly looked at him.

I saw that Zhou Zhaowu was sitting on the dragon chair, looking at the ministers in the audience with an expressionless face.

He didn't scold, he didn't speak, as if a spectator watched a group of monkeys jump up and down.

Wang Cheng couldn't help but feel a chill, what a deep city!

The words just now must have been deliberately said by Zhou Zhaowu, just to test the reaction of the hundred officials.

It was only at this time that Wang Cheng suddenly understood that it would take hundreds of years from the Jiupin Zhongzheng system to the imperial examination system, and the resistance in it was really too great.

Zhou Zhaowu must have thought of this, so he tried everyone's reaction.

Knowing this, Wang Cheng no longer refutes.

Without Wang Cheng's participation, the ministers who shouted the most were more and more excited at first, but soon realized that something was wrong and gradually closed their mouths.

Zhou Zhaowu spoke at this time: "This is the end of today's discussion, retreat from the dynasty!" ”