Fenghou

Chapter 637 Messenger

Pujin Pass, also known as Daqing Pass, is an important passage from Hedong Road to Guanzhong. No matter the merchants or the army in the two places, Pujin Pass is the only way to pass.

This morning, a ferry slowly docked at Pujin Pass. A Jin Guo Han official stepped forward, clasped his fists at the soldiers of the Song Army on the pier and said, "The special envoy of Jin Guo came from Shangjing. I have contacted you before. Please let me go." !"

"Wait a while, you will go ashore after I report!"

The soldiers rushed back, and not long after, Liu Zan, the envoy of Liangguan, walked over quickly. He said to the official of the Kingdom of Jin, "I have indeed received an order from the envoy Xuanfu. The envoy requires that the number of envoys not exceed three hundred. We will count the number of people, more than [-] people will not be allowed to go ashore, please make arrangements yourself!"

The official saluted and went back to report.

An hour later, several large ferries came back and forth, all of which were full of golden soldiers leading horses. On the front big ship, dozens of golden soldiers surrounded a middle-aged man around fifty years old. He is not as rough-looking as other Jurchen generals, with a long thin face, slightly pointed jaw, and a pair of triangular slender eyes, but he is still very strong. Although he is wearing a purple civilian robe, he still has the image of a military general.

This person is Wanyan Xiyin, the deputy prime minister of the Kingdom of Jin, who is currently the fourth most powerful person in the Kingdom of Jin. Entrusted by the court of the Kingdom of Jin, he came to Jingzhao City to negotiate with Chen Qing.

Now that the Jurchen youth is so precious, it is a matter of national destiny, how could they not redeem it?There are also Wanyan Helisa and Wanyan Qi, both of them belong to the Jurchen royal family, and they are very important, so they must be redeemed.

Wanyan Xiyin has never dealt with Chen Qing, but through Wan Yanchang's description, he probably understands some of Chen Qing's characteristics, and he will definitely be able to reach negotiations for the redemption of prisoners of war. The key is the conditions of prisoners of war. Chen Qing is not so Easy to pass.

"The deputy prime minister of Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Xiyin, was appointed by the Jin Kingdom's court to negotiate with Chen Xuanfu, the general, please don't stop me!"

Liu Zan said loudly: "Since I am the negotiating envoy, I will not stop it, let alone make things difficult, but my family's Xuan Fu envoy has ordered that the total number of envoys should not exceed [-] people. Please abide by the rules!"

"We don't have [-] people, there are only [-] people in total, the general can count them!"

"Then please!"

Liu Zan ordered the soldiers to get out of the way. Wanyan Xiyin and his men went ashore. Less than three hundred people led their horses and walked towards the mountainside. Wanyan Xiyin found that they were only walking in a one foot wide passage, with On the high wall, hundreds of soldiers of the Song Army stood on the high wall holding bows and crossbows, watching them coldly.

After passing the Pujin Pass, Liu Zan ordered the deputy general Guan Tao to continue to guard the pass. He personally led a [-] cavalry escort mission to Jingzhao City. It was protection in name, but surveillance in fact. How could they allow three hundred gold? The soldiers wandered around without supervision on the Guanzhong Plain.

The imperial examination has been over for five days. According to the normal process, tomorrow is the day when the results will be announced. All the scholars are full of expectations.

Eighteen thousand were all traveling around Guanzhong, and no one returned home. After all, they couldn't pass the imperial examination, and there was Taixue!Today Jingzhao Taixue recruits [-] students, plus the [-] students admitted by the imperial examination, that is, the top [-] students will be admitted.

All the examination papers have been reviewed and approved. Zhao Fusheng, the official who had just changed its name to the Guozi Department, handed over the list of [-] people to Chen Qing. Originally, it was planned to enroll [-] people. Ten people were added because they were worried that there would be virtue among the [-] people. For those who are not qualified, there will be some people who are unwilling to accept the title of Jinshi from Jingzhaotong and give up.

That’s right, Chen Qing’s decision was made by Chen Qing. The imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty were divided into five top grades, and those who were born in the same Jinshi were the last ones. Outstanding graduates from Taixue were also awarded the same background. It is regarded as the fifth class and the same as Jinshi, and it is also filed with the court's Ministry of Rites. As for whether the court agrees or not, it is actually not important, at least it is recognized in Sichuan and Shaanxi.

In the official meeting hall, Jiang Yanxian, Zhang Xiao, Zhou Kuan, Zhao Miao and Chen Qing discussed the final admission list.

The first place is Wei Ji, the eldest son of Wei Ningyuan, a wealthy family in Jingzhao. The proposal for Hanzhong to develop eastward is to widen the official road along the Hanshui River and dredge the shipping of the Hanshui River so that five hundred stone cargo ships can go directly from Nanzheng to Xiangyang.

More importantly, Wei Ji's countermeasures are well-founded. At present, as long as the rocks from the mountains along the way fall into the river and seriously affect the shipping of the Han River, there are seven sections in one area, totaling more than [-] miles. If the gravel for more than [-] miles has been dredged, there is no problem in navigating a flat-bottomed cargo ship of [-] shi.

Chen Qing is also very clear that if this shipping channel can be opened up, Hanzhong will be revitalized.

The second place is Wang Tuozhi, a scholar from Jianzhou. He is from Nanzheng in Hanzhong. He fled to Jianzhou with his family because of the invasion of Jin soldiers. They were all obsessed with the wealth and comfort of Bashu and did not want to return to their hometowns. In order to prevent Hanzhong from being desolate, he suggested that Hanzhong should be garrisoned by the army, rewarding military exploits with the land in Hanzhong, and gradually resettling the whole family of veterans in Hanzhong.

Wang Tuozhi's suggestion solved a big problem that Chen Qing is currently facing, which is the lack of land to reward military exploits. There is no longer enough land in Guanzhong. If Hehuang land is used to reward military exploits, many soldiers are unwilling. So where is the new source of land? ?

Chen Qing originally considered northern Shaanxi, but the scholar pointed out that Hanzhong is sparsely populated and has a lot of land, so it is better to use Hanzhong land to reward military exploits than northern Shaanxi.

The third place is Chao Qing. He was originally designated as the first place by Jiang Yanxian. His Hanzhong Classics are very grand. He writes Hanzhong from the perspective of integrating Sichuan and Shaanxi. Establishing a group of transit warehouses and establishing a goods trading center in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Nanyang and Xiangyang, he also proposed to open up the Hanshui East Road, and introduce the resources of Jingxiang, Nanyang to Hanzhong.

There are two main reasons why Chen Qing did not rank Chao Qing as the number one. First, his poem titles are too weak, not thick enough, too thin, with nothing to say, so that people can't feel deep emotions. This is related to his youth. ; The second reason is that he is his wife's cousin and must avoid suspicion.

In addition, to Chen Qing's surprise, Lin Jianqing, the cousin of the Yu sisters, actually got the [-]th place in the exam. Although Chen Qing hated this person, he didn't want to ruin the future of others because of his personal likes and dislikes. , so he didn't cross out Lin Jianqing's name.

"Everyone, do you have any other suggestions?" Chen Qing asked everyone.

Zhou Kuan smiled and said, "Isn't there an interview? It's equivalent to the imperial examination."

Chen Qing shook his head and smiled: "It's too sensitive, we can't do it too much, our name is still called the Sichuan-Shanxi Xuanfu Sifu Examination, the outstanding ones are recommended to go to Lin'an to participate in next year's Spring Festival, and they can also stay as officials in Sichuan-Shanxi , This is a scholar's own choice, we didn't force it, right?"

Everyone laughed. Fortunately, there was no coercion. It all depends on whether the scholars are willing to lose their official positions and go to Lin'an to rush for the exam.

Jiang Yanxian said: "Let me make a suggestion! Simply recruit one hundred and ten people, and there is no need for any candidates, just leave as many as you want."

Chen Qing nodded, "Yes! I also agree with this arrangement."

"How about the moral inspection?" Zhang Xiao asked again.

Zhang Miao was ordered by the Intelligence Agency to be in charge of the moral investigation. Everyone looked at him. Zhang Miao smiled wryly and said, "I just saw the list, so I can't investigate it in detail. But recently, I sent people to various brothels, brothels, gambling houses, etc. The library checked and made a list of violators, a total of more than [-] people, but I checked carefully, there are no violators in today's list, and I haven't seen the Taixue list yet."

Chen Qing watched the crowd again, then smiled and said, "If you have no opinion, let's publish the list according to this list!"

(End of this chapter)