Han Shizu

Chapter 675 Qionglin Banquet

In the western suburbs of Kaifeng, Jinming Pond.

The beautiful scene in March in Yangchun is always pleasant.Over the years, it has been continuously improved, especially through the expansion of Kaifeng City, adjacent to Jinming Pond, it has risen from the ground, and has formed a large-scale royal garden.

Pavilions, terraces and waterside pavilions are arranged in layers, and most of them are water buildings. Until the spring of this year, Liu Chengyou issued an edict, never to expand, and named the garden "Qionglin Garden".

The warm sun is in the sky, the light is bright, the spring breeze is blowing, and the clear waves are rippling.There is still a navy stationed in Jinming Pond, but the scale is not as good as before.At first, Fatang specially excavated the Jinming Lake to train sailors.

However, the facts have proved that no elite soldiers can be trained on this inland river and quiet lake without wind and waves.Regardless of the time of the Southern Expedition, the naval army seemed to perform well, but that was because the Tang army performed too poorly, and the Han army's land division was too strong, and they cooperated with the auxiliary tasks of transporting manpower, defending grain roads, and defending ferries.

Because of the consecutive defeats on land, Tang Jun's navy did not have much chance to perform from beginning to end.In the few water battles, when facing the Jingjiang army of the Han Dynasty, they never lost the wind. As for the defeat, they were all affected by land battles. In the battle, the Tang Army Navy was undefeated but defeated.

And there are still many situations where the Tang army has the upper hand, especially the Sizhou navy gathered by Guo Tingwei, who has been trapped in a city. Since the Han army has won consecutive victories in the east and west battlefields, for a long time, Firmly controlling the Huaihe River, hundreds of miles east and west of Xuyi, caused great trouble for the Han army, and even dared not take the initiative to confront it head-on.

After the great victory in Huainan, Liu Chengyou harvested a large number of warships, but more importantly, he got many naval warfare talents headed by Guo Tingwei, and the source of naval troops was relieved.

As for Liu Chengyou, he also knew it well. At the beginning, the Jinming Pond was opened to train the sailors, just to quench their thirst.

After returning to the court, after some inspections, it was basically confirmed that Guo Tingwei had no different intentions, and Liu Chengyou was about to make him the commander of the Jingjiang Army, and moved the navy to Mizhou, the center and localities, allocated money and food, and built a larger Warships, drilled in the bay.

Up to now, there are [-] naval forces of the Han Dynasty, mainly stationed in four places. The main force is stationed in Mizhou, Yangzhou, and Ruxukou each.The remaining one is in Dengzhou. In fact, the navy in Dengzhou is what Liu Chengyou likes the most. After all, attacking Liao across the sea seems to be a good strategy, but it still needs to be hidden now.

With the transfer of the main force, the sailors in Jinming Pond are only doing appearances. However, all the year round, when they come to the Royal Garden, they will take the opportunity to watch some water battle drills, although he can't see any tricks. .
Liu Chengyou had the idea to follow the example of Fengchen Camp and build a new "Hengjiang Camp" based on Jinmingchi to train naval officers.However, it still stays in the mind, because of the national conditions, the navy is not as important as the cavalry after all.

Now, after several years of development, Fengchen Camp is more like a military academy.Many of the new batch of young military officers were born here, and Liu Chengyou also specially selected some veterans and veterans to teach the tactics and use of troops, as well as training.In the army, a group of "Fengchen faction" has also emerged.

At first, Liu Chengyou planned to build Fengchen Battalion into a "special force" with extremely high selection standards, but later found that it was not worthwhile.In the follow-up development, the function of the "school" was gradually increased. Liu Chengyou instructed to adjust the development direction and select and train those with outstanding potential from the younger generation.

In the eighth year of Qianyou, on March 22, Emperor Han visited Qionglin Garden, which was the first time since the garden was officially completed and got its name.However, this time, in addition to reviewing the naval drills as usual, the emperor invited the new scholars to celebrate with a royal banquet.

Because it was the first time, the officials in charge of the preparation were a little uncertain about the specifications, and it was Liu Chengyou's order that they vigorously organized it to the specifications of a state banquet.Food, ceremonies, music, singing and dancing, etc. were arranged in a very grand manner. The empress and concubine attended the banquet together with ministers of the third rank and above, as well as several princes who could run. It was an unprecedented grand occasion.

Before the banquet officially started, dozens of Jinshi from various disciplines accompanied the emperor to observe the water battle. Afterwards, they also inspected their riding, archery, and fencing skills.Of course, it's a bit of a formality, but Liu Chengyou just revealed a meaning, so that scholars should not study hard. In order to let the literati of the Han Dynasty develop their "moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor" in an all-round way, he is also caring.

As the sun sets, the sky is covered with clouds, layer upon layer, colorful.Before the sun sets, the light released is even brighter against the backdrop of the twilight.

In Qionglin Garden, the evening breeze constantly brings water vapor from Jinming Pool, which is cool and pleasant. Standing on the waterside pavilion, one can feel the rippling water of the pool.In the brightly lit room, the excitement has just begun.

With the soothing ritual and music accompaniment, the atmosphere seemed very harmonious. For such scenes, the ministers and ministers had long been used to it, and they were laughing and talking.On the contrary, the dozens of Jinshi who were lucky enough to have a feast with them were cramped. They basically all participated in the Luming Banquet in their locality, but this was the first "Jinshi Banquet" in history, which made them catch up. It can be considered a kind of luck.

Scanning the faces with different faces in the next seat, Li Tao touched a glass with Fan Zhi, feeling a little emotional: "The current appearance of the big man is more and more pleasant!"

Fan Zhi also nodded, his usual coldness was gone, and he said: "It is a great matter for the country to recruit scholars and select talents for the country. Your Majesty's attention is not only a blessing for the scholars in the world, but also a blessing for the great man." what!"

Fan Zhi was also a Jinshi, so of course he also valued the imperial examinations. Speaking of which, He Ning, who was the chief examiner of his subject back then, was also this year's chief examiner, and He Ning had seen that Fan Zhi was extraordinary back then, saying that he had the talent of a prime minister.

And after Fan Zhi became the chancellor of the great Han Dynasty, this matter became even more legendary and became a good story. Now, although Fan Zhi has a high power and position ratio, he still holds the teacher's etiquette.

Seeing that the Jinshi were a bit restrained, Liu Chengyou slowly walked to the center of the red carpet with a wine glass in his hand, attracting everyone's attention.Although the human voice stopped, the ceremonies and music continued, accompanied by the BGM, Liu Chengyou said something in a leisurely manner:

"Today's Qionglin banquet is the first time since the founding of the country. It is specially held for you Jinshi. Not only this year, but every exam in the future will be held. I want to tell scholars all over the world that the imperial court is respectful, respectful, and respectful. Use Yin.

It has been less than ten years since the founding of the great Han Dynasty. Since my successor, the country has been in dire straits, and I have never dared to slack off for a day. Up to this year, I think I have made some achievements.However, today, the world is not in peace, the surroundings are not in peace, the old land has not been restored, and the provinces and states across the country are still in need of restoration, development, and governance.

I can be regarded as an emperor on horseback, but I know in my heart that martial arts are needed to level the world, but literary talents are needed to rule the world.Governance, control of the people, fields, taxes, and other affairs all require literary talents to undertake.

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Liu Chengyou's remarks were the first time, on a formal occasion, he so affirmed the role of civil servants, expressing his idea of ​​using both civil and military affairs.The words are plain and straightforward, but for a group of Jinshi who have not officially entered the official career, it is a great gospel, and it is inevitable that their hearts will be full of excitement and their faces will be excited.

After the emperor's speech, the atmosphere at the scene became even more enthusiastic, and the Jinshi began to show their talents. Liu Chengyou took off the jade pendant around his waist to make a lottery, and ordered them to write a poem on the theme of the Jinmingchi Navy Master. Judging, the best will be rewarded.

While the Jinshi were expressing themselves, Liu Chengyou walked up to He Ning, who was already very old, and said to him with a peaceful face, "Heqing, you have worked hard in this exam, you have worked hard!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Facing the emperor's personal toast, He Ning smiled and replied, "It's a blessing for me to be able to select talents for the country!"

He Ning is also a great literary talent in the contemporary era. He is not particularly old, he is not yet sixty, but he looks old-fashioned.In his personality, there are some literati's sourness, but his ability to handle affairs is still good, especially in imperial examination affairs, he is very experienced.

Nearly three subjects are all given by him.Because of this, this old man no longer intends to be the chief examiner, and he is easily hated by others.Not to mention anything else, just looking at the other side, the envy in the eyes of Zhao Shangjiao and Tao Gu from the Xuanwei Department almost dripped out.

Furthermore, if too many Jinshi came from his sect, he couldn't bear it.Scholars, although they are disciples of the Son of Heaven in name, it would be too stupid to take it too seriously.

(End of this chapter)