Kai Fu Han

Chapter 325 Writing Method
"Indeed, if they didn't have to survive, no one would risk beheading to rebel." Luo Cheng agreed.

"You are talking about ordinary people. As for the gentry, landowners, and mine owners, violating their interests will also make them take risks." Xu Zhong argued: "The rebellion of the mine owners in Wengding is not just around the corner, but they don't have it. Can’t survive.”

Luo Cheng couldn't refute it. Maybe those mine owners felt that money was their life.

There is an idiom that specifically describes this kind of person: Treat wealth as life!

"Go and pick up the banner and let them all disperse." Liu Xinqi ordered Luo Cheng.

"Don't! Leader, I have just escaped from the fierce criticism, and you are asking me to jump into the fire pit again." Luo Cheng repeatedly waved his hands to refuse, and took advantage of the situation to trick Lu Ren: "Let Lu Ren go, say After all, these laws were formulated by their Dali Yuan, and he is the editor-in-chief.”

"No, these are the intentions of the alliance leader. I am just a copywriter." Lu Ren rolled his eyes at Luo Cheng and quickly refused.

Liu Xinqi had no choice. Although he could force the order, it was not a life-threatening matter after all. He could only go forward by himself and expose his face in front of the people.

First, he stopped them from kneeling and worshiped, and then said some words of comfort and hope for a better life, and finally made all the people who presented the banners disperse.

"Where will this banner be hung?" Luo Cheng asked.

Liu Xinqi, who didn't want to make any publicity, looked at the eight characters on the banner, thought about it and replied: "Hang it on the wall of my office so that it can always remind me not to forget my original intention."

"I still have a lot of work there. The mines of the cleared mine owners must be arranged to resume production, and the many mine slaves who have regained their freedom must be properly resettled. I will leave now." Luo Cheng directed the guards to hang up the banners, and then stood up to leave. .

"Go and do your work. One principle must be grasped. No slaves of any kind are allowed to exist in the Xinghan Alliance." Liu Xin said.

"I understand." Luo Cheng responded and turned around to go out.

"I'm going to continue compiling the Civil Code, Criminal Code and other laws." Lu Ren also stood up and left.

"Go."

In the end, only Liu Xinqi and Xu Zhong were left in the office.

"The latest news is that the Southern Zhao court has withdrawn to Hangzhou, and Wanyan Zongbi of the Jin Kingdom has also retreated." Xu Zhonghui reported.

"So, we may face Wanyan Zongbi's army returning south to attack Zhao?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"It's not clear yet, but Wanyan Zongbi's army has been on the expedition for a long time. It also suffered a setback in the south this time. It is possible that it will return to the Kingdom of Jin to rest before coming out." Xu Zhong replied.

"Oh? There are still generals in Southern Zhao who can frustrate Wanyan Zongbi?" Liu Xinqi was surprised.

Wanyan Aguda can be said to be the perfect interpretation of "dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and mice's sons can dig holes." Wanyan Aguda himself is very brave, and his descendants are also capable people, and each of them is an outstanding person.

It was not without this reason that the State of Zhao was suppressed and beaten by the State of Jin.

"I heard that there was a general named Han Zhong who used less to defeat more, which almost prevented Wanyan Zongbi from retreating unscathed." Xu Zhong said.

"I hope that the Emperor of Zhao will not commit trouble again and break his own spine. Otherwise, we will be under great pressure." Liu Xinqi knew that in the Song Dynasty in later generations, the Emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty withdrew and killed all the main battle groups, just like Wan Yan Like the spies lurking in the Zhao and Song royal families. "Should we prepare in advance?" Xu Zhong asked.

"It's not necessary for the time being. There are 6000 people from the 6000st, [-]nd, and [-]rd field regiments in the Jiehui defense line, plus [-] garrison troops from the three counties of Yexian, Jiaoshui, and Jimo. The defensive force is sufficient. We just need to do a good job in logistics. Just wait and see what happens." Liu Xinqi replied, paused, and then added:
"I will ask Liu Xin'ang to go to Yexian later to take charge of the defense of the glue line."

As of now, the field army weapons and equipment of the three frontline regiments have been fully replenished, and the gunpowder reserves are sufficient to support a medium-intensity war.With the improved "Xinghan Type [-] Flintlock Gun", the Jin Kingdom did not have to worry about being breached as long as a hundred thousand troops did not attack.

"Has the reward from the State of Zhao come down to our Xinghan League?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"There is no news yet, but according to reports from Liu Xinkuan in Hangzhou and Zhao Nan in Yangzhou, after the imperial court accepts Wanyan Zongjun, there should be results in the near future." Xu Zhong replied.

Zhao Liang went south a few years ago and brought a golden eagle with him. Contact points were established in Yangzhou and Hangzhou. With the first one, other golden eagles could follow the way and the golden eagle communication line in the south was established. .

The third fleet's latest trip to Japan also brought a golden eagle with it. After this return voyage, the golden eagle communication line between Japan and Goryeo will also be established.

By then, wherever the Xinghan League's current personnel and trade can cover, it will be able to communicate and deliver messages within one day.

……

On the 22nd of the first lunar month, Liu Xinqi was reviewing documents in his office when Luo Cheng, Wu Xinggong and Zhou Xinyuan arrived hand in hand.

"These are the test questions for this official recruitment exam. Take a look."

This time the recruitment examination for civil servants was mainly handled by the Ministry of Personnel, with the Ministry of Rites assisting in supervision. Luo Cheng, as the dean of the Government Affairs Council, was also involved.

Wu Xinggong, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was responsible for arranging the questions for the civil service examination. Several of them had military commander cards. Liu Xinqi was not worried that anyone would leak the test papers.

"How many test questions were given?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"There are four sets of A, J, C and D. You can choose two sets for printing. You will decide which set to use the day before the exam." Wu Xinggong replied.

Those involved in organizing this exam are not all soldiers. There will also be cooperation from local county-level officials and officials, and garrison troops will be responsible for guarding and invigilating the exam.

"You guys sit down and I'll take a look." Liu Xin said.

Liu Xinqi picked up a set of test papers marked "A".

Each test paper is about the size of a later 3A paper. The test questions are printed horizontally and folded in half, resulting in a total of four pages.

Horizontal printing was Liu Xinqi's opinion.

Vertical writing is because the ancients did not have paper, so they wrote on bamboo slips. Bamboo slips are long and narrow pieces of bamboo, so they can only be written vertically.When paper became available during the Western Han Dynasty, habits and conventions had already been formed. The habit of looking to the right when opening a book is not so easy to change.Even if we know that it is more convenient to write from left to right, the actual environment cannot be changed easily.

Liu Xinqi did not intend to force changes among the people. He only planned to start with this civil servant examination, and then gradually over-extend the official document writing and notice format, and finally spread to newspapers, subtly changing the writing from right to left and top to bottom. Way.

(End of this chapter)