The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 758: Chen Sheng
The sound of reading at the south window is Wuyi, and the moon song and bamboo branches are seen at the north window.

My family's white hair asked Wu Que, and his family's red makeup occupied the spider's silk.

Wu'er danggui cries on Wushan Mountain, and Yuchai screams at the spider man's horse.

When I went there, the lights were in the middle of the first month, and the snow fell before the steps, and the day lilies were all gone.

March [-]rd is the day of the founding of the country, and it is also the National Day set by Xu An. The officials of the court, even the army, have a three-day rest period.

On the National Day of the second year, Xu An did not hold another military parade.

The main purpose of the military parade is to enhance the morale of the army, gather the hearts of the people, and show the power. The power is small, but it also costs a lot. After all, preparations and other things need to spend a lot of time and use a lot of manpower.

The time for the national exam was set on March [-]th and March [-]st.

After the National Day, because the national examination is held in the spring, the national examination is also called "Chunwei".

Xu An was going to preside over the first national exam in the founding of the country, and after several rounds of consideration, the time for the final national exam was set.

Although the national examination was set in spring, it was already March, and it was said that spring had arrived, but the north wind was still blowing in Chang'an City, and the temperature was quite low, so actually keeping out the cold was the top priority for candidates.

However, it is impossible for Xu An not to consider this situation. As early as after the county students entered Beijing, Xu An had already ordered the officials of the Jingzhao Mansion to count the number of students, distribute a set of warm clothes to each student, and A small amount of firewood money was subsidized.

And specially delineated the place for the candidates to make room for the candidates to rest.

The weather is getting colder every year, and the winter is slowly getting longer. Now it's spring, but the temperature is still not high, and the light from the sun above the sky can't warm people's body.

This year's winter is not easy for ordinary people, but most of the people in Taipingdao can still persevere.

The territory of the Ming Dynasty was thriving, but the successive famines in Zhongzhou were all suppressed.

A large number of projects have been started in Zhongzhou, using work as relief. Because of financial problems, although the salary has been reduced a lot, it still allows the relief recipients to obtain the necessary income and the most basic living guarantees to survive this year's winter.

In the land of Zhongzhou, a large number of water conservancy facilities have been built during this year, as well as many warehouses, workshops and workshops have been built.

Although the project of Chang'an City is huge, the foundation of the city wall of the outer city has been laid, and many square cities in the city have been fully constructed.

As winter entered, Tiqi from the Eagle Wolf Guard and government officials from all over the country were visiting, in order to ensure as much as possible that no one would die of starvation or cold this winter.

This time, there were more than 188 county students who went to Beijing to take the national examination. Most of them came from Bingzhou, and they were basically students who officially started studying in the fifth year of Zhongping ([-]). The army entered Bingzhou, opened folk schools in various places, and recruited students widely.

Seven years have passed now, and this is the spring of the seventh year. Qiuwei is the county examination for Mengsheng, which was held last year, and Chunwei is the examination for county students, which was postponed to the second year.

Among them, some students, like Chen Sheng, were admitted to the county school in advance because of their excellent grades, and there were also students who performed well in the county school and crossed grades, and those who were born in powerful families, so this More than [-] county students took part in the national examination at one time.

Most of the powerful families were wiped out, but some powerful families still exist in today's Ming Dynasty.

Part of it is that those powerful families did not do many evils and received punishment, and more of them were powerful families who supported the Taiping Dao.

The families of Yan Zhong, Jia Xu, Yang Ji and others are supporters of Taiping Dao, and Wang Yi's family, the Beidi Wang family, etc., have long been inextricably linked with Taiping Dao.

As a powerful family, they have their own family education, so more people were exceptionally admitted to the county school, and also participated in this national examination.

Naturally, it is impossible for Xu An to rule them out. This kind of situation does not treat people equally, and it will definitely chill the hearts of Yan Zhong and others. They also shed a lot of tears and blood for the progress and development of Taiping Dao.

Not all powerful aristocratic families are opposites, and it is not intended to push all powerful aristocratic families to the opposite side.

Although both the capture of Liangzhou and the capture of Yizhou relied on the powerful combat effectiveness of the Yellow Turban Army to defeat the enemy's large forces.

But to stabilize Liangzhou and Yizhou, those powerful families who belonged to them still made great contributions.

Taking the Wang family of the North as an example, although their purpose is only to look at the interests, it is undeniable that their contribution has given Taipingdao an opportunity to attack Liangzhou, an excellent opportunity.

In the end, Xu An led the Yellow Turban Army to defeat the Liangzhou Allied Army in Gaopingchuan, and with one final decision, the morale of the Xiliang Army was completely disintegrated.

Even if the class is different, as long as the goal is the same, all people can become the same.

Only by uniting the majority can the final victory be achieved.

"Mencius" has a cloud.

The people of the region don't use the boundaries of the frontier, the country doesn't use the danger of mountains and streams, and the power of the world doesn't use the benefits of military revolution.

Those who gain the way help more, those who lose the way help few.

If there is little help, relatives will be with you; if there is a lot of help, the world will follow.

Take what the world obeys, and attack the borders of relatives, so if a gentleman does not fight, he will win the battle.

Moral support from many, scant support.

What's more, now that Xu An has the military power in his hands and the foundation of the Taipingdao, even if there are some spies or people with ulterior motives who want to overthrow the entire Taipingdao regime so easily, then it is really tantamount to nonsense.

There is no filial piety, no recommendation system, and now officials in Taiping Dao have roughly broken away from family and blood ties.

However, it is replaced by regionalism.

As big as a state, as small as a county, or even a county and a pavilion, as long as they are in a place, officials are relatively close to each other.

This kind of relationship is just beginning to take shape. Although Xu An has noticed the problem, there is no good way to solve it.

Since ancient times, the Chinese have attached great importance to the clan and the native land. In ancient times, they paid attention to hiding from relatives, and even after death, they paid attention to returning to their roots. Even if they die, they must return to their hometown.

The progress of the times, the change of concept is not achieved overnight, but subtle.

Although the guild hall was vacated in Chang'an City for students to live in, most of the county students from powerful families did not choose to live in the guild hall, but lived in the inns in the city.

There are four people living in one room in the guild hall, and many of them still maintain a kind of aristocratic dignity.

But it's just aloof, without arrogance and domineering.

In cities and towns, the government is responsible for managing people's livelihood and political affairs, while the police are responsible for maintaining social order.

The police are not under the jurisdiction of the government, but under the jurisdiction of the police headquarters located in Chang'an City, directly under the jurisdiction of the Central Military Government.

In addition to the police, there is also the Eagle Wolf Guard who is in charge of supervision. If there is Eagle Wolf Guard Tiqi who submits evidence to prove that the police in a certain place have not acted, the Central Army will immediately set up a special team to work with the Eagle Wolf Guard and Wolf Guard Township to appease the police. The department and the police headquarters, the tripartite joint investigation.

Now that Taiping Dao is in full swing, under the threat of Eagle Wolf Guards and local police, no one dares to be as arrogant and domineering as before.

Those aristocratic families in the Ming Dynasty have lost their original detached status in the Han court. Their current status is the same as that of everyone else, they are just ordinary citizens.

As time went by, students preparing for the national exam entered Beijing one after another. Although they only had more than [-] people, after entering Chang'an City, it still made Chang'an City much more lively.

In the beginning, these county students who came to Beijing would go out of the guild hall to wander in Chang'an city, and some people went to the east and west cities to buy some things.

However, as the exam date approached, the atmosphere in the guild hall became more and more serious. All the county students stayed in the rooms arranged by the guild hall and began to review the knowledge in the books, and no one left the guild hall in Chang'an City loitering loitering.

They all know the importance of the national examination. They have studied for five or six years, and they are no longer the ignorant children and teenagers who just entered the Meng school.

Compared with the county college, the national college is more important to Taiping Road. The two existing national colleges are located in the inner city of Chang'an City, in Yingtian Mansion.

That is Yingtian Mansion, the place where the government office of the Ming court is located, and the center of the entire Ming country.

Shiqu National Academy and Tianlu National Academy were built on the original sites of Shiqu Pavilion and Tianlu Pavilion, which is enough to see the importance of the two national colleges.

The National Academy is the school for Taipingdao's official candidates and training, and it is the most important school of the three schools.

If they become the first batch of students to enter the school, as long as they follow the steps step by step, their prospects will be bright.

Not to mention that once they pass the national examination, they will enter Yingtian Mansion and Xuanzheng Hall to take the palace examination, and the notice says that this time Xu An will personally take charge of the palace examination.

The moonlight is cold and the breeze is blowing.

Although the weather is cold, it is indeed spring, and new shoots have sprouted on the green trees in the streets and alleys.

It was pitch black in the hall.

Chen Sheng was lying on the bed but he hadn't fallen asleep yet. He stared at the beam above his head. He knew that he had already fallen asleep as soon as possible. There were still a few hours before the national examination day.

In the past few days, the Lifang near the guild hall has been temporarily blocked, and the examination room is said to be set up in Yingtian Mansion, which has also been under martial law.

The person who presides over this test is none other than Yan Zhong, the first cabinet chief assistant of Daming.

Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Wei Lv, and Privy Envoy Gong Du are two as deputies, and two chief officials of the Sixth Ministry are also here.

Chen Sheng had heard of Yan Zhong's name before, and in the county college, he had already entered the Taiping Road.

Apart from Xu An in the Taiping Dao, Yan Zhong has the highest status in the Dao. He is the only one who is a great doctor, and the highest rank of the rest is only Master Fang.

Chen Sheng closed his eyes slowly, and the sound of the wind whispered in his ears.

The cold wind blows from the gap in the window, blows into the dark house, and turns slightly in the house.

Chen Sheng felt the chill coming from his face, and the faint coolness made Chen Sheng's thoughts fly to the sky involuntarily, to the bank of the Zhangshui River, the bank of the Yellow River, and to his former hometown.

……

There were only a few people outside the house, and countless people were roaring.

Chen Sheng didn't know what they were talking about, and why he was angry. He only knew that he was very hungry, but there was no food at home. A few days ago, several people entered the house, injured A Weng, and took away The last bits of grain in the jar.

A Niang protected him and his younger sister, and told him and his younger sister to hide behind a pile of jars in the corner.

After the movement outside dissipated, someone walked into the house, and he saw that those people were wearing yellow scarves on their heads, and his A Weng was also in the crowd, and he was also wearing a yellow scarf on his head.

They have farm tools in their hands, but they don't know why...

There seemed to be something red on those agricultural tools, and the stench filled the air, making it difficult for Chen Sheng to catch his breath.

The expressions on those people's faces made Chen Sheng feel scared.

"Aon, where are we going?"

"Go west."

"Go to Bingzhou."

"Go where there is food."

They followed the men with yellow scarves on their heads.

The place where the sun sets is the west, and Chen Sheng knew that they were heading north.

The leader told them that Bingzhou was in the west, separated from them by a big river, so they walked all the way to the north, crossing the big river first, and then going west.

Later, there were more and more people in their team, and many people Chen Sheng didn't know also walked with them.

After a long time, there were more and more people wearing yellow scarves. Chen Sheng also saw a lot of flags, and saw people wearing armor and holding swords. They were all wearing yellow scarves. They called themselves the Yellow Turban Army. Taoist of the Peaceful Way.

His A Weng and most of the men in the team joined the Yellow Turban Army.

Chen Sheng didn't know what the Taipingdao was, and he knew that his Aunt didn't know what the Taipingdao was either, but his Aunt still joined the Taipingdao and the Yellow Turban Army.

"Aon, are you leaving?"

"right……"

"Follow the person and don't get lost."

"Whether I'm here or not, you must take good care of your mother and little sister, remember?"

"remember."

Chen Sheng always remembered what A Weng said.

They kept walking forward, from dawn to dusk, without stopping.

Along the way, many people fell behind and disappeared, and Chen Sheng never saw them again.

On the road, Chen Sheng saw a lot of people who fell down on the road. Some people's eyes were still rolling, but they had no strength to stand up again. No one helped them, and they couldn't help them. Running for life...

They walked all the way to the north, all the way without stopping.

Even though there were blisters on his feet, Chen Sheng still didn't stop his steps.

Every step is painful, but the pain will become numb in the end. It's not that the pain is gone, but that they are used to the pain, the blisters are popped, and they simply deal with it. Then they still have to move on. Walk.

The younger sister was still too young to walk, so he continued walking with her on his back.

A Niang didn't have the strength, so he helped his A Niang to walk slowly.

He always remembered what he Aon said.

Finally, they crossed the big river, but they still have to continue, continue to go west, go to the place where the sun sets, and Bingzhou is to the west of them.

As they walked towards the west, they met people on tall horses with disheveled hair, who yelled words they could not understand, but did not attack them.

Fu Zhu, who led them all the way, said that those people were Wuhuan people and their allies.

Chen Sheng didn't understand what an ally meant. He only knew that although those people looked fierce, they didn't come to snatch their things.

But they also have nothing to rob.

He didn't know how long he had walked, but Chen Sheng really couldn't remember how long it had passed. He only knew that the weather was getting colder and colder, and the leaves on the trees on both sides of the road were almost gone.

He saw a lot of cavalry, many cavalry wearing armor, countless banners, and groups of people wearing armor and holding swords, and those people also wore yellow scarves on their heads.

When they passed by the city, the leader Fu Zhu pointed to a particularly tall khaki banner on the city wall and told them that it was the banner of the great virtuous teacher. Now the great virtuous teacher came to pick them up with an army. Already safe.

The Fu Zhu who had been leading them along did not lie to them. From that day on, they could have enough food every day, and they were not in danger again. They were indeed safe...

(End of this chapter)