The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 616 The Battle of Chongqing ([-])

After the court was over that day, when all the civil and military officials returned to their respective yamen, they had to find some lower officials to talk secretly.

Some officials also began to try their best to stuff the children of the clan into Yuelu Academy and Shigu Academy, which are located on Jingnan South Road.

Some people even know that they are afraid that they don't have enough energy, so they send the children of the clan to those private colleges with great reputation among the people.

The schools in the Song Dynasty were divided into government, semi-government, and private. Of course, government schools like Yuelu Academy were the most favored by the court, but the rest of the semi-government and private schools were also qualified to recommend talents.

Of course, now that the emperor has reopened the imperial examination, and has stated that he will no longer accept any recommendation in the future, and will only be judged by the results of the imperial examination, the so-called qualification for recommendation is naturally useless.

But it’s no surprise that those private colleges will follow the example of Yuelu Academy and set up professional classes in the future, so that children can go in and study, which is much better than reading at home, right?
In fact, compared with the retirement system, the new imperial examination system has given these North Korean and Chinese officials more signals.

In the future, if you want to be a high-ranking official in your family, you will have continuous blessings. For generations, there will be children who rely on their brothers-in-law to become officials in the court, which is already impossible.

The emperor used the imperial examination to select talents, and in the future, no matter whether it was a nobleman or a poor student, on the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination, he had to rely on his ability to fight his way out.

These officials can only strive to let the children of their own families win first at the starting line.

On this day, the thresholds of several universities in Changsha City were almost smashed.

The heads of all the deans of the universities were covered with sweat.

In the past, it was rare to have so many officials from the imperial court come to visit. All of them are people who are much higher and more powerful than them.

There was a reading craze in Changsha.

Then, this craze quickly spread to all parts of the Song Dynasty along with the imperial decree.Thousands of poor students all over the world see the hope of entering the court and becoming an official.

If it affects the whole body, it is inevitable that in the next period of time, even the trading of lamp oil will be much more popular in various places.

On this day and night, Zhao Dongting announced Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie to the imperial study.

Xuanlu Xiufu is for those veterans in Changsha.

Although the Song Dynasty was defeated repeatedly under the iron cavalry of the Yuan army, there were many cities in various places that fought to the death like Xiangyang.It is conceivable that there are undoubtedly many old soldiers who are begging for old soldiers in various parts of the Song Dynasty today, struggling to survive. Maybe some people live very well, but they are definitely only a very small number.

They had never been Zhao Dongting's soldiers, but for the Song court, it can be said that they had shed blood for the Zhao royal family.Zhao Dongting has no reason to treat them badly.

It is only necessary to pay pensions to these old soldiers every month. Given the current financial situation of the imperial court, it is undoubtedly impossible to get this money.

Zhao Dongting and Lu Xiufu discussed for a long time, and finally came up with a new policy.The land allocated by the common people in the country may not be bought or sold privately, but they may be contracted or leased by themselves.

In this way, those old soldiers who are unable to plow the fields will not be unable to eat enough.

But what Xuan Zhang Shijie said was much deeper.

The imperial court implemented the retirement system and the system of selecting officials through imperial examinations, and they came and went vigorously, and it was impossible not to cause many undercurrents.

Zhao Dongting was very clear in his heart that although there was a Ministry of Supervision and a Ministry of Law in the middle of the court, and most of the lower-level officials were selected from the people, there must still be many people who were corrupt and perverted the law.They became officials for personal gain, and now that they are going to retire, they will inevitably fill their own pockets, and even try every means to dare to send their children to various yamen before the imperial examination is reopened.

This has to be prevented.

Treating corruption is like killing flies in a bowl. When you want to kill the flies in the bowl, you also need to prevent more flies from entering the bowl.

That night, Zhao Dongting said to Zhang Shijie: "Before the imperial examinations are reopened, you need to put your mind to it and keep an eye on the people below. Any officials who are corrupt and pervert the law and use other methods to force people into the court must be severely punished." Loan. This is a big world, and if there are fewer officials, there will be no chaos, but if too many incompetent people are allowed to become officials in the court, there will be endless troubles."

Zhang Shijie realized the seriousness of the matter, so he didn't dare to neglect in the slightest.

On the next day, dozens of inspection teams from the Ministry of Supervision secretly flocked to various places in the Song Dynasty.

After a few days.

Zhao Dongting convened the chief officials of various ministries of the Ministry of State in the palace to discuss matters.

This time, the discussion is naturally how to develop the domestic economy.

Emphasis on agriculture and commerce.

Agriculture has been divided into fields, and business, Zhao Dongting is to let all departments focus on state-owned enterprises, first develop state-owned enterprises, and then use state-owned enterprises to drive private enterprises.

Only with the rise of enterprises can the country be truly prosperous.

Departments are in full swing.

……

Outside Chongqing.

Li Wangyuan, the new emperor of Xixia, came to the city with an army of more than [-] soldiers.

The city wall of Chongqing Prefecture is more than ten meters high, standing against the mountain, like a barrier, guarding the entire Chongqing Prefecture.

This can be said to be the main road from Kuizhou to Tongchuan Mansion.

If it was an ordinary merchant team, it might be possible to detour through other trails.But the army can never bypass this mountain city that has been rated as an important place for military strategists by successive generations of military strategists.

Because it takes too much energy to go around.

Li Wangyuan stood on the front of the army, wearing a dragon robe, without a pair of swords around his waist, looking majestic and majestic.

The hem of the dragon robe swayed slightly in the breeze.

The old emperor teacher Zhongsun Qifu also had special treatment, sitting on the chariot next to Long Luan.

Among all the old ministers of Xixia, only he was able to join the battle, and he was the only one who could enjoy such an honor.

His prediction of Li Wangyuan was indeed correct.Ever since he was about to be bumped to death in the commander's tent that day, Li Wangyuan did keep alienating him for two days, but after only two days, his favor became even worse.

Li Wangyuan became more and more like an emperor, just as the Xixia ministers expected.

Looking at the towering city of Chongqing Mansion in front of him, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Back then, Mongolian Great Khan Mengge died in Diaoyutai. Today, I am going to destroy this city that even the Mongolian Great Khan hates."

After Thunderbolt and Hot Air Balloon, his ambition and self-confidence grew at the same time.

The weather in Xixia is really different from the past.

Li Wangyuan waved his hand, and soldiers from the Qitian army came out from behind.Before the battle, roll out the hot air balloon.

Countless mushroom-like hot air balloons quickly rose towards the sky.

The remaining [-] Xixia soldiers are ready to go.

In the front is the vanguard army used to attack the city and break through the formation, all of them are thunderbolts hanging from their waists.And full of energy, he looks like a good soldier in the army.

Li Wangyuan was surrounded by dozens of masters of the first grade hall. In terms of posture, he did not know how much more majestic than Zhao Dongting's personal conquest.

Hundreds of hot air balloons also rose on the city wall of Chongqing Prefecture.

learn from mistakes.

This time the soldiers in the White Horse Army who controlled the hot air balloons had obviously learned their lesson. They all carried bows and arrows, and even had small bows and crossbows on the gondolas.

Dots of rockets shuttle through the air, you come and go.

Not long after, a hot air balloon fell downward, just like a meteor falling to the ground.

The [-] Xixia soldiers outside the city just looked up and watched.

Only by destroying the hot air balloons of the White Horse Army, the Qi Tian Army will be able to take down the city wall of Chongqing by throwing mines at the top of the city at the same time.

Hot air balloons are a real weapon in this day and age.

And the development of things did not exceed the expectations of these Xixia generals and soldiers.

The White Horse Army has only two hundred hot air balloons left, facing the Qi Tian Army with nearly a thousand hot air balloons, taking off into the air and fighting is really no different from sending them to death.

Only about half an hour passed, and more than half of the White Horse Army's hot air balloon that fell was surrounded by the Qi Tian Army.

It is naturally much easier to kill the trapped beast next.

Qi Tianjun's hot air balloon was able to fly over the city of Chongqing, and then thundered like rain, falling towards the city.

In an instant, thick smoke billowed from the top of the city, and gravel splashed.

The flags of the White Horse Army were blown to pieces in the smoke.

The humiliation suffered by the Xixia Army in Zhongzhou that day has finally been completely repaid to the White Horse Army.

Li Wangyuan waved again.

There is a flag soldier on the tall female car waving the flag in his hand.

The snare drum beat.

The forward army is about 5000 people, divided into five small formations.Qi Qi pressed towards the gate of Chongqing Fu.

The flags are flying, and the army is full of murderous spirits.

Only 500 meters outside the city, the vanguard stopped again.

Then an army formed by thousands of soldiers suddenly ran towards the gate of the city, shouting and killing loudly.

On the side of the moat, a ladder was erected on the moat with a bang.

There were not many white horse soldiers at the top of the city, and they didn't dare to bring Hong Tianlei to the top of the city. At this time, they could only use bows, crossbows and arrows to fight against the enemy.

And amidst the sound of the rumbling and bombing, there are probably only a hundred or so people who still have the energy to resist the enemy.These arrows will undoubtedly not hinder the Xixia army below.

But soon, Xixia soldiers were able to skim the moat and rush towards the city gate.

At the front of the army, Li Wangyuan, Zhongsun Qifu and others were all smiling.

(End of this chapter)