After a period of time, Lu Yuan's daily life became regular again, playing with Lan Caier at night, and working hard for the great cause of giving birth to a baby.

In the morning, he took time out to practice the Dao Method.

In the afternoon, he dealt with state affairs and sorted out domestic political affairs.

Such three points and one line, regular and busy and fulfilling.

Time is like this, a few months have passed in a blink of an eye, and it has come to March of the ninth year of Hongdao.

According to the plan, on the third day of the first month of this month, the imperial court will open another enke and take 800 scholars to supplement the shortage of officials in various places.

After nearly three months of propaganda and preparation, the news of the imperial examination has been transmitted to every corner of the country and county.

Scholars from Ninghai, Nanhai, Dongting, Xiangyang, and Xichuan counties, all those who are interested in scientific research and have their hearts set on Changsha have all flocked to Changsha City, ready to participate in this last Enke.

Well, it's the last Enko.

Or more accurately, it may be the last Enco in the last decade.

Now with the end of the Northern Expedition and the withdrawal of troops from Zhou, Yue and Changsha, all people of insight in the world can see that there should be no war breaking out for a long time on the borders of Yong, Qing and Yang.

After a series of major battles, Zhou and Vietnam lost their troops and lost their ground, and they were in urgent need of recuperation and recuperation.

Although the strength of the Liang State was well preserved, it prevented this early after the Zhou and Vietnam countries negotiated peace.

Therefore, after the end of the Northern Expedition, the envoys of the two countries continued to exchange, and the emperors of each country gave each other's monarchs a little gift from time to time to communicate friendship.

The relationship between the two countries, which had fallen to freezing point because of the war, began to heat up sharply again.

And in addition, the two countries coincidentally began to station heavy troops on the border with Liang.

On the side of the Yue Kingdom, Shangguan Ming, Marquis of Wucheng, led an army of 100,000 and returned to Guangling County in northern Xinjiang and restored the normal size of the local border army.

In this regard, the Liang people had to withdraw another 100,000 soldiers and horses from the 200,000 troops in Jiangxia County, and also returned to the border of Pengcheng County, which was adjacent to Guangling County, to confront it.

Bai Mengyang, Marquis of Wu'an, led 30,000 soldiers and horses and continued to garrison in the three prefectures south of Xiangyang.

On the one hand, he rectified the local Zhou people, built the defense of the three prefectures for the imperial court, and thoroughly digested this territory.

On one side, it confronted the Liang people of Jiangxia County across the river.

Although 30,000 soldiers and horses are a bit less, with the great god Wu'anhou, although there are 100,000 people on the opposite side, they still dare not be careless in the face of Bai Mengyang's threat.

100,000 people are still firmly focused on Jiangxia County, and they dare not go anywhere.

Containing an army of 100,000 with one person is enough to see the weight of Wu'an's prestige in the hearts of all countries.

And when the Yue Kingdom moved repeatedly, the Zhou Kingdom in the north did not stop.

The original 200,000 Zhou troops in Xiangyang began to return north after handing over Xiangyang City with Lu Yuan. On the way, tens of thousands of conscripted people were released and let them return to their hometowns to resume production.

Later, the Zhou people left 50,000 soldiers and horses to garrison in the land of Sanfu north of Hanshui in Xiangyang County, which they controlled.

In order to prevent the northward movement of Lu Yuan in the south, or the threat of the Liang State in the east.

Then the remaining 100,000 troops, led by Li Yanjing, were stationed in Nanyang County to confront Huaiyang County of the Liang people.

In Henan County in the north, the Zhou people also had 100,000 soldiers and horses assembled, threatening the two counties of Hanoi and Yingchuan in the Zhou State.

Zhou and Vietnam tacitly cooperated, and each stationed troops on the border of the two countries, adding up to nearly 400,000 soldiers and horses, all of whom were elite soldiers.

Such a heavy pressure instantly made Liang Guo feel unbearable.

In the end, he had to dispel it, and the last trace of the idea of taking advantage of the chaos began to make the soldiers and horses of Jiangxia, Pengcheng, Yingchuan, and Hanoi counties withdraw, leaving only the original scale of border guards in the local area.

Then he sent envoys to Zhou and Yue, and began to make peace with the two countries, and agreed that they would eliminate the war and restore peace to the land of the three states.

At this point, the civil strife in Vietnam, which was initially invaded by the Jinghai Kingdom, eventually evolved into a three-country war that affected more than 20 counties in three prefectures, 100,000 miles of territory, and millions of soldiers and horses, and finally came to an end.

And with the good of the Triple Alliance, the three largest countries of Yong, Qing, and Yang, the three largest countries, have not moved, and some other small countries, even if they want to move, are powerless.

Therefore, the long-term trend of peace can be seen by everyone.

And the first few times in Changsha, hundreds of people were selected each time, what did they rely on?

Relying on the dividends of constant wars and successive annexation of land.

Now that the war has subsided, countries are stable, and the local situation has become peaceful.

Then, in the environment of great peace, it is impossible for Changsha to expand its territory by war as it originally did.

Therefore, the scale of the territory of the three counties and seventeen prefectures of Changsha should be maintained for a long time, possibly more than ten decades.

In this case, there is naturally no need for large-scale selection of officials.

In the future, a imperial examination will be held at the end of each year to select more than a dozen or dozens of people to fill the shortage of officials

And so it goes.

If you miss this Enke, miss this last express train, and if you want to be an official in the future, you will have to compete with tens of thousands of people, and there will be more than a dozen or dozens of places.

The intensity of this competition is the same as that of tens of thousands of people competing for 800 places today, can it be the same difficulty?

Therefore, after figuring this out, all those who have a long-term vision began to flock to Changsha City.

No one wants to miss the last wave of dividends after the founding of Changsha.

Because of this miss, it may be really difficult to have it in the future, and you will no longer be able to be an official.

Under this general trend, after the wedding of the king, after the celebration, Changsha City began to disturb and the city was noisy again when a large number of scholars flocked to it.

In this atmosphere, the momentum of Changsha has once again been pushed to the top of the clouds.

The House of Parliament.

Lu Yuan was meeting his left minister Cui Changqing at this time.

"Your Majesty, a total of 21,000 people have signed up for this imperial examination. According to statistics, among these people, there are 4,000 scholars from Ninghai and 6,000 from Nanhai.

In China, there are 3,000 scholars from Dongting County, 2,300 from Xiangyang County in Jiangbei, 4,400 from Hanzhong County, and 500 from Xichuan County.

In this way, the scholars of the three kingdoms are combined, and there are more than 20,000 people.

Such a grand occasion is rarely heard of even in the three kingdoms of Zhou, Liang and Yue, and the world is extremely prosperous. ”

Cui Changqing reported on the preparations for the imperial examination, and when he talked about the number of applicants, the whole person was difficult to control, and his face was red with excitement.

20,000 people participated in the imperial examination at one time, and this kind of grand occasion was rarely seen in the three kingdoms of Zhou, Liang, and Yue.

Because the imperial examinations of the Three Kingdoms were all held in various counties, it was basically impossible to gather scholars from all over the country to participate in the imperial examinations in one city.

And Changsha has done this, achieving a leading achievement.

As you can imagine.

After the grand occasion of this imperial examination spreads, the impression of the people of the world on Changsha and the importance of Changsha's strength will inevitably be greatly improved.

This is an extremely beneficial thing to the improvement of Changsha's national character and international status.

Even in addition to these benefits of fame and international status, the fact that there are tens of thousands of scholars in Changsha alone is still exciting.

This means that only relying on the current talent reserve of Changsha is enough for this newborn small kingdom to sustain, and there is no need to worry about the lack of talents.

Watching the younger generations emerge in an endless stream, there is no crisis of inheritance and generational discontinuity.

This is undoubtedly good news for Cui Changqing, who is already an old man and has regarded Changsha as his life's work.

Therefore, the combination of these kinds makes the first civil official in Changsha today, and even the first person in the literary world, particularly happy.

Not only is he more energetic in his work, but even his appearance seems to be a few years younger, and his whole body is full of inexhaustible vitality.

"Since there are so many scholars gathered, then I will wait for this time, and I must be even more careful to do a good job in this imperial examination."

After listening to Cui Changqing's report, Lu Yuan was also quite excited, and said at this time: "In this imperial examination, all countries and counties in the world are all interested in our Changsha country, so they will come eagerly."

These people are all handsome for a while, and they are quite knowledgeable and famous in the local area, and they are the cornerstone of local stability.

So be it.

The previous Northern Expedition of this king caused many scholars to delay time in Changsha City and failed to conduct scientific expeditions.

This is my fault, and I need to make amends to these scholars.

After this Enke, regardless of whether they were selected or not, all the scholars who signed up for the event were given a gift of ten taels in the name of the king, so that they could have a smoother ride home.

Although the money is not much, it can be regarded as my Changsha country, which is a little bit of the king's heart. ”

Ten taels of silver, for Lu Yuan, it is really not much.

The people who participated in the scientific expedition this time were just in their early 20,000s.

20,000 people, even if each person gives 100,000 taels, it is only a small 200,000 taels of silver, which is just a small amount of money.

You must know that at the wedding a year ago, Lu Yuan spent more than four million taels of silver with a stroke of his pen.

200,000 taels of silver, which is really a fraction.

For today's Lu Yuan, it is even more of a drop in the bucket.

Now that the Northern Expedition has returned, the various harvests of Lu Yuan's Changsha army in Xichuan and Hanzhong counties have gradually been counted.

In these two counties, through various seizures and the sale of the assets of local officials and prisoners, Lu Yuan obtained a total of more than 43 million taels of silver.

In addition, a large number of valuable jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, antiques and other goods are being sold. When all of them are sold, it is expected that they will also receive more than 30 million taels.

All of the above gains add up to 77,000,000,000 taels of silver.

Lu Yuan allocated 20 million taels of silver to the national treasury as a special fund for immigrants, allowing the imperial court to settle up to millions of immigrants.

Then he left 50 million taels of silver as military expenses.

Now in Lu Yuan's Changsha, there are 240,000 local government and county soldiers, county soldiers, central forbidden army, palace guards, capital garrison soldiers and horses, and miscellaneous people.

For such a large-scale soldier and horse, a year's pure military salary alone costs 14.4 million taels of silver.

If you include some daily maintenance expenses, the expenses may reach about 16 million taels of silver.

Fifty million taels of silver is actually enough for three years.

Well, although there are 240,000 troops, it does sound exciting, emotional, and proud.

But it's really hard to raise.

Even if Lu Yuan had three counties and seventeen mansions at this time, he still felt very difficult.

Fortunately, according to the estimates of Sun Siwen and Cui Changqing, after three years, as the immigrants from Xichuan and Hanzhong counties settle production locally, and the land of Bafu recovered in the north recovers, then the domestic tax will be doubled.

At that time, it will directly change from today's annual income of more than 5 million taels of silver to an annual income of 10 million taels, or even 12,300 million taels of silver.

The Ninghai and Nanhai sides will also provide 5 million taels of silver and 4 million stone of grain every year.

Combined, these two items can barely meet military spending.

Even if there was really something missing at that time, it was a big deal that Lu Yuan would find other ways, and he would be able to make it up after all.

In this case, the issue of military spending has been topped by the seizures of the past three years. Three years later, with the support of domestic taxes and the aid of Ninghai and Nanhai, it can be regarded as a solution.

In addition to the above two immigration and military expenses, the last remaining seven million taels of silver were collected by Lu Yuan as royal funds and into his private treasury as daily expenses.

However, in fact, in Lu Yuan's private treasury, there were actually more than five million taels of silver deposits.

The 20 million taels of silver that were previously obtained from Danding Dao and the Iron Sword Gate were finally left with 5 million taels of silver after the Northern Expedition and various expenses.

Therefore, Lu Yuan's current private inventory is more than 13 million taels of silver, which is enough to be called a huge amount of money.

It's just that although there is a lot of money, Lu Yuan didn't use it casually.

Like I said before.

Three years later, no one knows whether the military spending will be enough, and if it is not enough, at this time, it will have to be topped by its own private treasury.

It was precisely because he held a private treasury of 13 million taels of silver that Lu Yuan raised an army of 240,000 to himself without panicking at all.

Of course, so be prepared to put your money to good use.

But at this time, it is okay to take out 200,000 taels of silver and use it to buy the hearts of those people in the world.

And seriously, buying the hearts of the people in the world, in essence, money is used on the blade.

It's not.

After Cui Changqing heard Lu Yuan's thoughts, he immediately praised: "The scholars in the city, when they hear that the king is so benevolent, they will be grateful, and they will return to their hearts from now on." ”

Ten taels of silver, for those scholars with solid family backgrounds, although it is not much, it may even be just the money for a meal.

But for those who are really poor, it may be a trip to the imperial examination.

With these gifts from Lu Yuan, after many scholars finish the exam, they don't have to waste time in the city, fly and camp in the market, and worry about earning travel expenses.

Maybe even this money, for some people who are extremely poor, may be tomorrow's next lunch, a life-saving money.

How can such behavior not be called benevolent?

And how could the king not win their gratitude when he cared so much about the scholars?

Lu Yuan smiled: "In that case, let's do it over there, and I'll let someone send the money later." ”

Cui Changqing saluted: "The minister will retire." ”

……

In the next few days, the imperial examination in Changsha City was carried out as scheduled.

In the end, after a round of examinations, the 20,000 scholars who were referred to finally decided the 800 winners, and successfully obtained the status of a lifter, and since then they have the qualification to be officials.

And after the exam, Lu Yuan gave all the reference scholars a gift of ten taels of silver for good governance, and sure enough, in the scholar group, it attracted a voice of praise.

Many people who saved the actual people because of this money were even more grateful to Lu Yuan, and shouted long live.

And with this windfall, many people who failed in the scientific expedition also felt a lot of loneliness and a good mood.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Yuan reaped another wave of people's luck.

After the county examination, it is the general examination, which is the examination for the examination of the people.

Considering the establishment of the two new counties and the lack of high-level officials, there will be a shortage of chief officials in many departments in each county.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Lu Yuan decided to take the exam this time, or to admit 100 Jinshi.

The time was set for five days later.

However, before the examination began, an urgent message from Jinling City took Lu Yuan's heart.

"Wu Anhou has passed away?"

In the hall of the court, Lu Yuan met with the envoy from the Yue Imperial Court, and after listening to the news brought by the other party, his whole face was shocked.

"Yes, King."

The imperial envoy nodded, and then said: "In recent years, the imperial court has been unfortunate, and the place has suffered repeated mourning, and rebellions and thieves have occurred frequently. The neighboring countries have repeatedly become restless and engaged in war with us.

It has been eight years since the Marquis of Wu'an led his troops out in the 28th year of Longqing and returned to the court in January this year.

Since leading the troops, Wu Anhou has led the army to fight every day, and there are many military affairs. Long journey, hard work. Fight against the enemy, and work hard.

In addition, Wu Anhou was already old, under this kind of hard work, he couldn't hold on, and after returning to Beijing for a month, on February 20, the ninth year of Hongdao, he died suddenly at the age of 146.

Now the imperial court has received a report from the family of Wu'anhou, and has begun to prepare for the funeral of Wu'anhou, and the date is set for May 20, the ninth year of Hongdao.

The foreign ministers were entrusted by the emperor to report this matter to the king, and invited your country to come and witness the ceremony. ”

Burial three months after his death is the treatment of a king of a country in today's world.

The imperial court gave Wu Anhou such specifications, which shows the recognition and attention of this military god.

However, with the great military exploits made by the Marquis of Wu Anhou for the imperial court, he has fought for the country for more than 100 years, and he has made outstanding achievements.

Finally, before his death, he personally helped the imperial court to quell the rebellion since Longqing, and now peace has been restored in Yue.

There should be such a mourning.

And after Lu Yuan listened to the envoy, there was only one thought left in his mind.

Da Yue's Optimus Prime is broken.

Yes, it's Da Yue's Optimus Prime, broken.

Without the military god of Wu Anhou, the deterrent power of the imperial court to the outside world can be said to have been reduced by three points out of thin air.

This is undoubtedly great news for the imperial court, which is now in a difficult situation and full of external crises.

It's not Optimus Prime broken, what is it?

Lu Yuan didn't know if the situation that had finally calmed down in various countries would cause any more waves because of the death of Bai Mengyang, Marquis of Wu'an?

If that's the case, then it's really a catastrophe for the common people.

The people of all countries have not enjoyed a few months of peace, and they are about to usher in war again.