I am Li Shimin of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 227 Reopening the Imperial Examination
Others such as Ma Chao's Xiliang Army, the newly formed Xu Rong's Tiger Roaring Army, Bu Xugu's Tiger Leopard Army, and Cheng Lian's Flying Tiger Army have continued to maintain a combat strength of 5 for the time being.

Li Shimin still focuses on building other "special arms", and these arms will also shine in the future war to unify the world.

The original Gao Shun's trapping camp expanded again into a trapping army with a strength of [-], becoming the strongest infantry under Li Shimin's command, and will focus on attacking and defending the city in the future.

Gao Lan's Modao Battalion also continued to expand and became the Modao Army. It will eventually reach 6000 soldiers, forming five Modao battalions, each with [-] people. The cooperation of the main army will greatly enhance the combat capability of the main army.

Li Shimin also allowed Qu Yi, the general of Jizhou who had recently joined the army, to form a new first camp with a force of [-] on the basis of the original camp, all of which were light cavalry. His generosity and generosity were deeply moved.

There is also Yan Xing's dragon and tiger cavalry that shined in Youzhou. Li Shimin also plans to spend a lot of money to build a heavy armored cavalry of 2 people to enhance the assault force in his hands.

In terms of conscription, Li Shimin also adopted a conscription model of localization and subdivision. For example, Zhang Liao's Longwu Army mainly recruited troops in Youzhou, Guan Yu's Longxiang Army and Zhang He's Baotao Army recruited troops in Jizhou, and Zhao Yun recruited troops in Hanoi and Hedong. In the area, Lu Bu was in Sili, etc.

In the next one or two years, Li Shimin will formulate a strategy of recuperating overall and continuing to advance partially. The big battles will not start in the short term, but they will continue to eat away at the surrounding small princes, such as Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, Yuan Shu in Huainan, and Yuan Shu in Jingzhou. Liu Biao and others are the direction of Li Shimin's next use of troops.

As for Liu Bei and Cao Cao, as well as Sun Jian in Jiangdong, Li Shimin continued to infiltrate, constantly dispatching the power of Baiqisi, and continued to pay attention. He did not intend to fight with them in the short term, but continued to provoke their internal struggles and weaken the enemy's strength. strength.

On the other hand, Liu Bei's attack on Qingzhou was smooth and smooth, and he successfully captured Chengyang County and most of Beihai Kingdom, but encountered Cao Zhang's tenacious resistance, and the two sides fought a fierce siege battle in the Pingshou area.

Under Gongsun Ce's sneak attack in the middle of the night, Pingshou was successfully captured by Liu Bei, and Cao Zhang led the remnants to retreat to Linzi.

When Liu Bei was about to take Qingzhou in one go, Zhang Fei quickly reported that Cao Cao had led an army of [-] to Pei County.

Liu Bei had no choice but to withdraw his troops from Qingzhou, leaving [-] soldiers to garrison Chengyang County, and all other main forces withdrew.

Cao Cao was furious at this time, and he must have taught Liu Bei a lesson, so the army attacked the city all the way, and took Pengcheng State in less than a month, and the soldiers pointed directly at the hinterland of Xuzhou.

Fortunately, Liu Bei led the army to arrive in time and stabilized the line of defense. When Cao Cao saw the situation, he accepted it and withdrew decisively. Liu Bei also took the opportunity to shake hands with Cao Cao and make peace. So far, Cao Cao and Liu Bei have almost exchanged a county, and each has gains and losses. .

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After the failure of the war against Li Shimin by the allied forces of the princes, the emperor Liu Xie also died down, and no longer offered to return the capital to Luoyang, and he was much more peaceful.Moreover, some ministers above the court were also frightened by the bloody butcher's knife and did not dare to do right with Li Shimin.

After Huangfusong returned to Chang'an from Cao Cao, Li Shimin didn't embarrass him, but put him under house arrest and prevented him from moving around.After all, Huangfusong's father, Huangfujie, was kind to Li Shimin in promoting him, so Li Shimin didn't drive him to death because of his old man's face.

People's livelihood in Guanzhong, Xiliang, Sili, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou gradually became stable, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. The internal and external opportunities were ripe. Li Shimin decided to discuss with everyone to launch his imperial examination system.

The procuratorial system of the Han Dynasty and the official selection system of promoting Xiaolian actually handed over the power of selecting officials to various aristocratic families. Who can be qualified to elect Xiaolian?If you are not yet a minister in the court, you will definitely recommend your own children or disciples, and rarely recommend children from poor families.

Of course, the benefits of this system are also obvious, that is, the core ruling foundation of the empire, the scholar-bureaucrat class, is stable. Naturally, the ruling foundation is stable. Everyone with vested interests will naturally maintain the operation of the empire and this mechanism.

But the disadvantages are also obvious. The scholar class is no longer mobile and has become a stagnant pool.Power has been flowing at the top, gradually forming a large family, coupled with the intricate in-law relationship, weaving a large interest group, which in turn threatens the safety of the empire.

And this system of selecting talents evolved into the Jiuping Zhongzheng system in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which also led to the rise of big clans, so that it reached its peak in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. When Li Shimin was in power, he also attacked the clans. paid a great price.

Therefore, Li Shimin also has personal experience of the harm of the powerful.

But at this time, after all, the relationship is very important, involving the fundamental interests of the gentry of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Most of the counselors and generals under his command are from aristocratic families, and they are also from wealthy families. If he acts rashly, it may cause his team to fall apart.

Therefore, it is an important reason why Li Shimin has to treat it with caution.

The reason why there are not many military generals or counselors from poor families under his command is also very simple, that is, most of the knowledgeable and knowledgeable teachers are monopolized in the hands of aristocratic families, and the education they receive is often the best, and they are naturally cultivated. There are more celebrities.

If things go on like this, they will fall into a vicious circle. The wealthy families will cultivate more and more outstanding scholars, and the families will become more prosperous. The limited knowledge resources of the poor families will make it more and more difficult for the poor families to cultivate talents.

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that the imperial examination system is fundamentally breaking the unfavorable situation of the monopoly of knowledge and the monopoly of the scholar class.

Therefore, Li Shimin specially summoned Xi Zhicai, Jushou, Tian Feng, Jia Xu, including Xu Shu, to General Tiance's Mansion in Chang'an to discuss the promotion of the imperial examination system.

When Li Shimin systematically explained his creation of the imperial examination system to the counselors again, everyone was shocked by Li Shimin's pioneering work. This great system beyond this era made all the counselors fall into deep thinking.

But no one expressed his opinion easily, you look at me and you.At this time, Xu Shu and Xi Zhicai, who were born in a poor family, really had bright eyes, and said excitedly: "Master, this mechanism for selecting talents is really good. Opportunity, it will also greatly replenish a group of talented young people with infinite white walls."

The two of them naturally agreed with both hands. After all, they are representatives of the poor family. If Li Shimin hadn't given them the opportunity to show their talents, they might be unknown now.

(End of this chapter)