Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 174 The army is overwhelming!The inside story of the test!

With Lu Zhi's suggestion, Li Qian planned to spend more time in the capital, and make out with these big babies who came from afar.

It's just that after these few days, he didn't meet a few "dream people", but only met Zheng Guan and Yan Zhenqing several times.

Winter is approaching, and the cold wind is blowing from the north, and the weather in the capital is gradually getting colder, but even so, it is a warm early winter compared to previous years.

Wu Guo, Yangzhou, or Dagan, Yangzhou.

After winter, the weather here is getting colder day by day.

The imperial army can no longer wear thin clothes to fight, and now they must distribute cotton clothes, which invisibly puts another pressure on the logistics of the imperial army.

In the center of the city, the county guard's mansion that originally belonged to the county guard of Wu State has now become the place where the generals of the imperial army are stationed.

"It's too ridiculous to attack together like this."

Yuchi Gong looked at the map hanging on the back wall, frowned and said in a deep voice: "To the west of Zhenjiang, there is a canal directly leading to Gusu, the capital of Wu. Why do we need to say more about its importance? Wu Guo will definitely guard against it!"

"And with this canal, it is more convenient for them to deploy troops. To capture Zhenjiang from across the river, the difficulty is certainly not inferior to that of capturing Jinling."

Many generals nodded in approval, and Yang Lin also said in a deep voice: "It's better to make two preparations, on the one hand, cross the river here to divert the attention of Wu Guo's navy."

"On the other hand, we must send a group of people to march eastward all the way, capture Chongzhou, Dongzhou, and reach the seaside, so that the Yue Kingdom can transport grain from the sea."

The generals were silent for a while, but Zhao Kuangyi, who was still present, couldn't help but said, "Didn't it say in the document sent by the Ministry of War? It's best not to transport grain by sea!"

"Even if it's winter, this year's wind and waves will not subside. If you encounter Wu's sailors and wind and waves at sea, most of the grain and grass will be gone by then, so what?"

Because of the 'Battle of Shiliang River', many generals present looked down upon him, or in other words, they were indifferent.

It's just that this guy is responsible for the transportation of grain and grass now, and this issue is within his authority, so there is no way to make him shut up.

But even so, Yu Chigong couldn't help but said: "Director Zhao Liang, are you awake?"

When Zhao Kuangyi heard the word Liang Du, his black face was covered with ashes.

Even darker.

In the past, when the military account was discussing affairs, you called him General Zhao, but now you are the food supervisor, right?

However, Yu Chigong ignored his expression and continued with a sneer: "When winter comes, the wind and waves will gradually subside, this is something that Wu Yue's three-year-old child knows!"

"Your Majesty is just having a dream. If you take it seriously, isn't it because you haven't woken up yet?"

There was a burst of laughter in the hall.

Zhao Kuangyi's dark face was also black and red.

In fact, he didn't really believe in this matter, but subconsciously it was just like exaggerating.

Everyone skipped this topic one after another, as if telling a joke, and didn't care.

Yang Lin noticed the expressions of many generals, and frowned slightly: "No matter what, let the Yue Kingdom transport some food and grass first, and see if the sea is really calm."

"How can this be tried?"

Yu Chigong turned his head and looked at him with a frown: "When transporting grain by sea, the grain ships of the Yue State were supposed to hide from the people of the Wu State."

"What we need is to set off unexpectedly and bring over all the food and grass needed by the army. If we try again, we will definitely be noticed by Wu Guo!"

"If their sailors are alert and blockade at sea, how will the food be transported?"

"Wouldn't that be better?"

It was Han Qinhu who spoke, and he frowned and stared at the map: "Although Wu's sailors are powerful, they are only tens of thousands in the final analysis, not many."

"If they dare to continue to disperse, then we will directly cross the Yangtze River by force!"

All the people present were first-class generals, and they were startled when they heard what he said, and immediately began to diverge their thinking, pondering the possibility, and chattered in a hurry.

"It seems to be possible, or as the document sent by the Ministry of War said, order the tank boats in Hengshan, Jiangxia and other counties to start the shipment. If the Wu Guoshui army gets the news, they will definitely go to stop it."

"We have to worry about both the sea and the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Their strength is bound to be insufficient. Then I will send the imperial army along the coast. As long as we find a loophole, we can directly cross the river."

"Forbidden troops marching eastward can try to cross the river in Jiangyin. As long as they reach Yanling, they will be able to flatten the river and go straight to Gusu City! Wu Guo will definitely not dare not be on guard!"

"Haha, they must be scared to pee!"

"This method is wonderful, and as long as the troops are spread out, the pressure on our food and grass can be relieved a little..."

Listening to the discussion in the field, Yang Lin and Yu Chigong looked at each other with different expressions.

Then Yang Lin turned to the generals in the tent and said, "It seems that everyone agrees with this strategy?"

"That's right." Han Qinhu nodded, and said, "If we divide our troops like this, the damage will be the least."

"And we can cross the river as soon as possible. When the people of Wu see us dividing our troops to the east and west, they will definitely guess our intentions. As long as they divide our troops, we can try to cross the river and make them mess up!" Yang Ye also said in a deep voice.

Subsequently, many other generals expressed their approval one by one.

"it is good."

Yang Lin nodded, and glanced at the generals in the hall: "Since it has been decided, let's deploy it as soon as possible. Before New Year's Eve, we must cross the river!"

All the generals present should agree.

But since we want to divide the troops, everyone has to discuss one, two, three.

In the end, it was decided that the imperial guards of the two guards would go eastward and attack all the way to the East China Sea to meet the food and grass from the country of Yue.

Another imperial guard marched westward to meet the tank boats.

The rest of the forbidden army began to diverge, forcing Wu's sailors to disperse their defenses on the river.

At the end of the deployment, Yang Lin turned his head again, looked at the three special generals here, and said in a deep voice: "Director Zhao Liang, General Yuwen, and General Su, the army is now divided into three groups, each of which has the important task of transporting food. "

"What do you guys think?"

When court officials address each other, they usually call them by their highest title.

Although Yu Wenhuaji and Su Dingfang are also in charge of food and grass transportation, they are generals themselves, so they naturally have to be called generals.

But Zhao Er didn't have the position of a general, so it was normal to call him a food supervisor.

"I'm not going to the East China Sea." Zhao Kuangyi shook his head angrily.

Yu Wenhuaji sneered: "I'll go to the west to meet the imperial court's tank boat."

Taking care of the tank boats is a fat job, so it's easy to take advantage of the situation.

Su Dingfang hesitated for a moment, did not argue with him, and responded: "Then I will lead You Weiwei all the way east to meet the grain ship from Yue."

As long as the grain ships from the Yue country are brought over, it must be good.

Yang Lin nodded, and finally looked at Zhao Kuangyi: "Since that's the case, Zhao Liang will continue to follow the army. After crossing the river, you will be in charge of discussing the land transportation of grain with Yue."

In fact, Zhao Kuangyi had no choice at all, because the other two had their own forbidden army, but he was now a bare "grain supervisor" and could only act with the army.

Maybe the reason why he said that before was to make himself feel better, right?

"General Su, you must go east as soon as possible."

Yang Lin looked at Su Dingfang, and solemnly said: "The food and grass of the imperial army are running out, and the speed of sea transportation is the fastest."

"We must receive the grain and grass from Vietnam as soon as possible and supply it to the army."

Su Dingfang nodded solemnly: "I understand."

Yang Lin exchanged glances with him, and then turned to look at Yu Wenhuaji: "General Yuwen, there was news to report earlier that the rest of the Chu State did not give up, and they always wanted to restore the country and take back Yingdu."

"If those people can really capture Yingdu, they will definitely continue to move westward, intending to take more territory."

"But now those places belong to the state of Wu and belong to the imperial court. They cannot be allowed to take away the land and cities of the imperial court."

"That's natural."

Yu Wenhuaji grinned grinningly and said, "When they come, let them come and go!"

A series of military orders came out of the mansion, and the camp outside the city began to move slowly. The peasants wore thin linen clothes, transported food, grass, and weapons, and moved first...

Dagan capital.

Entering November, this year has gradually come to an end.

But the first snow this winter has yet to come.

Some people are happy about this and some are worried.

The joy is that the people in the lower classes are not too cold this winter, so obviously they don't need to spend too much money on charcoal for heating.

The people below are also worried. If there is no snow, will next year be a drought year?
What about the grain harvest?
In the farming society, eating according to the sky is really not a casual talk.

Li Gan has been running around the capital for the past few days, but he has not noticed these things, because his focus is always on those Juren.

Entering November, it means that the end of the year is getting closer.

Except for Juren who are very close to the capital, most of them will still rush to the capital a few years ago to prepare for the test.

Because in previous years the imperial court had moved forward the examinations in March and moved the examinations from March to February several times, so most people would still come early just to be on the safe side.

Li Gan was sitting in a broad carriage at the moment, wearing a suit-sized ermine coat, which was tailor-made for him by Chen Leyi, and he was wearing a thin black cotton coat under the fur coat.

Along with him are Juren Zheng Guan, Xie Yuan Yan Zhenqing, Lu Bu, and the old eunuch.

"I heard that Bao Zheng really lives in the guild hall in the east of the city?" Li Qian opened the car window, opened the curtain and looked at the situation outside, and a gust of cold wind came in through the gap in the car window.

Since the beginning of winter, he no longer likes to wander around the city on foot, but prefers to ride in a carriage or a sedan chair.

"I also inquired about it, who knows if it's true or not?"

Zheng Guan leaned on the soft tiger-skin chair and shook his head helplessly: "Brother Li, why are you so interested in him? Isn't she some pretty girl?"

"Haha~" Li Qian smiled lightly and shook his head: "If it was a pretty girl, I wouldn't want to find him."

On the other side, the majestic Yan Zhenqing, who had a maroon face with Chinese characters and thick lips, also opened his eyes, looking at the situation outside the car window.

Li Gan's carriage was specially built by the old eunuch for the imperial supervisor in the palace. Even the windows are made of translucent dark colored glass, so you can see the outside situation at a glance from inside the carriage.

When you don't want to see it, just pull the curtain behind the window to block it.

"I heard that Bao Zheng has real talent and learning, and he is very popular. He is highly valued by the adults in the court. A few days ago, when my brother wrote a letter, he said that when Bao Zheng passed Xingyang, he was met by Prime Minister Yan. Your Excellency invited you."

Yan Zhenqing's voice was muffled, as if his throat had been injured recently.

Li Gan nodded and asked curiously, "Then what happened next?"

Yan Zhenqing shook her head: "I don't know, my brother's letter only said this."

Li Gan was silent for a moment, then asked again: "Has Cai Jing searched for him since he came to the capital?"

"Should have?"

Zheng Guan was a little hesitant: "Cai Jing likes to find people to contact us juren, but no one has heard that Bao Zheng appeared near Cai's mansion."

"He only joined the capital in the past two days. It seems that he has been living in the guild hall?"

Li Gan nodded: "No matter what, let's go and have a look."

Zheng Guan also said cheerfully: "I hope he doesn't go to Cai Jing, and doesn't get on that old guy's boat."

"Ok?"

Li Qian was stunned for a moment, then asked again: "Brother Zheng, why aren't you worried that you won't pass the exam?"

Not only that, but also hope that Bao Zheng will not accept Cai Jing's solicitation.

Zheng Guan chuckled, and said to Li Gan: "I asked someone to inquire carefully about the grading of the test, and only then did I know that there are many skills in it."

"Actually, the chief examiner and the assistant examiner decide only the rank of the candidate, and it is the room teacher of each room that decides whether the candidate can be selected. There has always been a saying in the general examination, 'Go to the same test, and refer to the superiority In Examiner'."

"The papers recommended by the same examiners in each room have a chance to be selected by the main examiner, and the papers not recommended by the same examiners can only be dismissed."

He smiled and said: "So, as long as my paper is recommended by the same examiners, they have to let me win. As for the ranking, I don't care."

Li Gan was also taken aback, he also knew about this.

It's just that what Li Gan understands is different from that of Zheng Guan.

Among the Four Books and Five Classics, there are Poems, Books, Rites, Books of Changes, and the Spring and Autumn Five Classics.

In the general examination, after the examinees hand in the papers, the large number of examination papers will be divided into five categories according to the scriptures to be ruled.

However, these five types of examination papers cannot be handed over to only the main examiner and the assistant examiner. There are too many, and it is necessary to see the year of the monkey.

For this reason, many co-examiners, also known as room examiners, were set up.

The number of house examiners in Daqian is basically more than [-], and more than [-] is commonplace.

Among them, the Book of Songs and the Book of Changes are the most popular, and they can be divided into seven, eight, or eight or nine rooms almost every time.

There are also three examiners in each room to help.

When the same examiner is marking the papers in his own room, he should pick out those good ones, and then go to the hall and recommend them to the chief examiner and the assistant examiner.

According to the regulations, a room can produce thirty papers, including twenty main papers and ten secondary papers.

This is also the origin of the so-called "take the same test, and determine the superiority in the main test".

The version heard from Zheng Guan's mouth is like as long as the papers recommended by the same examiner will not be dismissed, so you can sit back and relax.

But as far as Li Qian knew, this was not the case.

The power of the chief examiner and deputy chief examiner is actually very great!
If the assistant examiner likes a certain paper, he will write the word "take" on the paper with ink pen.

And if the examiner likes a certain paper, he will write the word "Zhong" on it with ink pen.

Only when there are "take" and "middle" on a paper at the same time, the paper is considered qualified, and the name of its owner will appear on the apricot list.

Look, as long as one of the main examiner and the assistant examiner disagrees, that person will not pass the test!
Moreover, the allocation of quotas for the test also involves some other distribution of benefits, which is far more dirty than that.

Yan Zhenqing also seemed to know something, he shook his head suddenly, sighed and said: "Brother Zheng, you should have heard of the theory of finding and failing papers, right?"

Zheng Guan was taken aback, and said in a puzzled way: "Naturally, it is because the chief examiner is dissatisfied with the selected papers, and went to each room to check those rejected papers?"

"As long as the papers are found by the chief examiner, they can also be selected."

"But to search for the missing papers is to search for them in a large number of papers. First, it is very troublesome and exhausting, and second, it offends the same examiner."

"That's why very few examiners have done this over the years."

To search for the failed papers is to distrust the same examiner, or to call him blind in a disguised form, so unless necessary, the examiners will not do such thankless things.

Zheng Guan chuckled and said, "Brother Yan, you don't think that Cai Jing would go to so many exam rooms to search for the exam papers just for me, right?"

"I don't have that much face!"

"And as long as they don't deliberately stare at my papers, how can I be dismissed?"

Yan Zhenqing sighed helplessly, and wanted to use this as a hint to him, but Zheng Guan didn't understand the meaning at all.

"Brother Zheng, think about it, if the same examiner is not selected, the chief examiner can choose again, but if the same examiner is selected, the chief examiner can no longer be dismissed?"

He shook his head and said: "No matter what, the right to choose is still in the hands of the examiner. Being selected for the paper only means that there is a possibility of being selected, and it does not mean that it is selected."

"what?"

Zheng Guan was startled: "Really?"

Li Gan shook his head helplessly: "Brother Zheng, didn't you ask your family about this kind of thing before you came to the capital for the exam?"

Zheng Guan blushed, as if he thought of how he pretended to be a master in front of Li Qian before.

"They asked me to take the exam in Yuzhou, but I didn't listen, so I just ran out..."

It turned out to be the young master of a good family.

Li Gan shook his head helplessly: "Brother Zheng, you don't want your family to see you in such a mess, do you?"

"I..." Zheng Guan was speechless, with a bit of annoyance on his face: "Then what do you want to do?"

He came out this time to prove himself, and he came here with the idea of ​​being the champion. If he didn't even pass the exam, it would be a shame.

How will you hold your head up in the clan in the future?

Li Qian smiled lightly and said: "Don't worry, I may have some contacts and can help you."

"Do you have connections?" Zheng Guan was stunned for a moment, then frowned at Li Qian: "Brother Li, you don't know Cai Jing or that Song Qiaonian, and you want me to apologize to them?"

He said stubbornly: "Let's talk first! Even if I don't pass the Jinshi exam, I won't go!"

Li Gan smiled and shook his head: "Brother Zheng, where did you think? I gave you an idea at the Lu Ming Banquet that day, and helped you deal with that Song Qiaonian!"

Zheng Guan was startled, and then suddenly said: "That's right, why did I forget? Then what kind of background do you have?"

Yan Zhenqing also looked at Li Qian curiously.

Li Qian said with a chuckle: "I know an official in the court, and he has something to do with He Shen and your lord from the Ministry of Officials."

"Yesterday, I went to him and asked him to ask your lord to help you communicate, and told Cai Jing not to make things difficult for you in the exam."

Li Gan is a standard borrowing flowers to offer Buddha.

In fact, from his point of view, even if there was no such thing, Cai Jing would not specifically go to depose Zheng Guan's paper.

After all, Zheng Guan is from the Zheng family in Xingyang, and his status is not low.

With Cai Jing's slick and well-connected temperament, how could he specifically get stuck and offend him?

The reason why Zheng Guan was so worried was probably because he was frightened.

Cai Jing found so many Juren in the city, but he was the only one who didn't find him. What does this mean?
Normal people understand that maybe Cai Jing is going to deal with Zheng Guan.

But in Li Qian's view, Cai Jing also had reasons why he couldn't find and recruit him.

Song Qiaonian is not only Cai Jing's in-law, but also one of the mainstays of Cai's party. Right now, the two have just had a conflict, and Cai Jing is lavishly recruiting Zheng Guan. What will Song Qiaonian think?
Cai Jing would never do this for the sake of a mere recruiter, so he couldn't invite Zheng Guan over.

But this does not mean that he gave up recruiting Zheng Guan, it's just that one person has one person's recruitment method.

"With your lord?"

Zheng Guan looked at Li Qian in shock: "Brother Li, you don't use this kind of access yourself, but you want to give it to me instead?"

Yan Zhenqing also had an incredulous expression on his face.

If Li Qian used this opportunity to take the exam, he would almost certainly pass it!
Does he know what Jinshi stands for?How could anyone in this world give up the Jinshi quota to others?

Li Gan chuckled, and patted Zheng Guan on the shoulder: "Brother Zheng, I'm not in a hurry to take the Jinshi exam. It's the same for me three years earlier or later."

"But you are different, you came out to prove yourself, a man, you have to fight for it no matter what."

"Besides, I'm not knowledgeable enough, so I shouldn't have gone astray, but you already have the talent of a mid-level Jinshi. It would be a pity if you were buried and suppressed because you offended a villain."

"Brother Li, this is yours..." Zheng Guan blushed anxiously, "I... how dare I..."

"At this time, we don't need mother-in-law and mother."

Li Qian smiled and waved his hands: "I have already sent someone to pass the message to the adults, and now it is too late for you to regret it."

Zheng Guan tightly grasped Li Gan's arm with both hands, and was moved to tears: "Brother Li... I won't say too much... I really don't know how to thank you..."

This is a ray of light in despair!

He was ready to sit down and go home in despair, but he didn't expect to see hope again.

Yan Zhenqing also said with emotion: "Brother Li, you are a true gentleman, today really opened my eyes."

Zheng Guan has gradually calmed down, suppressing his excitement and said to Li Gan: "You must have spent a lot of money, sir, for your help, right? I will pay you back! You gave up this opportunity, how can I let you pay for it?" ?”

"No, no." Li Gan said with a smile: "It didn't cost money at all, and you don't need to make up for it."

Only he himself knows that this is already the way to intercept Cai Jing.

(End of this chapter)