Three Kingdoms: The blind box draws Da Qiao at the beginning

Chapter 245 Imperial Examination
Yan Liang's head was directly trampled by the chaotic horse's hooves!
His body rushed far away with the horse before falling under the horse.

Behind him, Tian Yu was holding a big knife and roaring excitedly.

Successfully killed the enemy general!

Become famous!
From the moment he followed Liu Bei out of Youzhou, his wish has finally come true!
Behind Tian Yu, Zhang Xiu and Hu Che'er were on the left and right, chasing Yuan Shao's fleeing cavalry while loudly reminding him: "Guo Rang, be careful!"

Tian Yu calmed down and hurriedly chased after Yan Liang's crushed head, picked up the knife, hung it on his waist, and continued to chase the other fleeing Yuan Shao cavalry.

As Yuan Tan fled and Yan Liang was beheaded, the entire battlefield fell to one side.

The cavalry can still escape a little.

Except for a few of the archers and infantry of Yuan Shao's army who broke out of the encirclement, most of them either surrendered directly on the spot, or were divided into pieces and surrounded and killed.

Lu Su, who was beating the war drum on the city wall, looked at this scene, threw down the drumstick, slumped on the ground, and laughed until he burst into tears.

Won!

Xuzhou was saved in this battle!

Zhang Zhao, Lu Xun and others were also extremely excited.

Lu Xun stood on the city wall, overlooking the scene of Yuan Shao's army being defeated like a mountain, with his fists clenched and his eyes shining.

This is the battlefield!
This is winning!
Anything can happen!

As long as the strategy is right, defeating the many with less and defeating the strong with the weak is not impossible!

And I witnessed this scene with my own eyes today.

Xu Shu was still standing at the rear of the Chinese army.

Seeing the situation on the battlefield reverse, he immediately collapsed.

Independently led the first battle and won a great victory!

He can hold his head high and go back to see Wu Hou and get married!

The Jiangdong defenders pursued Yuan Shao's retreating army for nearly forty miles before stopping.

After taking a short rest, Xu Shu ordered Tian Yu to lead the cavalry, and veteran Song Qian to lead [-] armored soldiers to cooperate with Zang Ba's army to pursue and eliminate Yuan Shao's remaining soldiers along the way.

As for the others, Xu Shu divided five thousand archers and infantry, with Huang Gai as the commander, Pang Tong as the military advisor, Xu Sheng, Wei Yan and Gan Ning as generals, and marched from Pengcheng to Guandu to support Cao Cao and prevent Cao Cao from being defeated by Yuan Shao.

Zhang Zhao serves as Xuzhou Mu and Zhao Yun serves as Xuzhou Cavalry Captain and continue to be responsible for the subsequent affairs of Xuzhou.

Lu Su took the Guangling reinforcements and retreated to Guangling.

Xu Shu led the reinforcements from Jiangdong to clear the battlefield.

In this battle at Xiapi, more than 5000 and 4 Yuan Shao's troops were killed, more than 590 were seriously injured, more than 320 archers were captured, [-] cavalry were captured, and [-] horses were obtained.

There are countless loads of grain and grass.

I have to say that Yuan Shao's cavalry is really powerful.

In addition to the powerful cavalry itself, each cavalry is basically equipped with three war horses.

Xu Shu, Zhang Zhao, Zhao Yun, Zhang Xiu, Lu Bu and others were all crazy with excitement.

They had never dared to imagine that they had obtained so much supplies from this war!
However, the Jiangdong defenders also suffered huge losses this time.

In this battle, nearly 6000 people were killed, more than 300 were seriously injured, and more than [-] suffered minor injuries.

Sima Zhoutai of the other department was seriously injured, with more than ten wounds all over his body, two of which were deep enough to show bones.

Ling Tong was seriously injured and fell unconscious.

Zhu Ran was seriously injured and fell unconscious.

Jiang Qin, who was the captain first and was responsible for commanding the chariot convoy, was seriously injured and fell into a coma.

Ding Feng, who was appointed captain first and was responsible for commanding the chariot fleet, died in battle.

There were also hundreds of casualties among officers of all ranks.

Among Zhang Xiu's 150 Wancheng soldiers, 350 were killed, [-] were seriously injured, and more than [-] were slightly injured.

Gao Shun's 420 soldiers were trapped in the camp, and 35 and [-] people were killed in the battle, [-] were seriously injured, and the others were slightly injured, and no one was intact.

Even Gao Shun, the commander of the trapped camp, was slightly injured.

After clearing the battlefield, Xu Shu left Zhang Xiu and the remaining Wancheng soldiers in Xuzhou, and also left [-] prisoners of war and [-] horses with Xuzhou.

More than 3 other prisoners of war, as well as 2 remaining reinforcements from Jiangdong, as well as [-] war horses, and most of the food, grass and baggage, were all commanded by Huang Zhong and transferred to Lujiang to be handled by the Right Governor Taishi Ci and the Hefei Commander Zhang Liao.

All the seriously injured people stayed in Xiapi, Xuzhou for treatment.

There were other minor injuries, as well as [-] Jiangdong soldiers. The skeletons of all the soldiers who died in the battle were all returned to Wu County.

Before setting off, Xu Shu personally wrote a battle report to Wu Hou Lu Yi, explaining all the circumstances of the battle in the letter.

Wu County Wu County.

morning.

Government office hall.

Lu Yi summoned Chen Deng, Chen Gong, Yan Xiang, Liu Ye, Jia Xu, Gu Yong, Zhang Hong, Sun Shao, Yu Fan, Wang Lang, Sima Hui, Pang Degong, Huang Chengyan, Bu Zhi and other important civil servants.

That's right, Mr. Haohao, Mr. Shui Jing as the world calls him, Sima Hui is also here!
He still didn't want to become an official.

But Lu Yi asked Pang Degong and Huang Chengyan to take turns lobbying.

In the end, he couldn't stand these two people and compromised. Now, he rushed from Xiangyang to Wujun and served as the deputy dean of Wujun University with a doctorate.

They were summoned this time because a month ago, paper craftsmen at Wujun University finally made a breakthrough.

This time, these paper craftsmen worked together and successfully made paper from rice straw and bamboo.

Rice straw and bamboo can be seen everywhere.

Compared with various previous materials such as rattan and hemp, rice straw and bamboo are not only more abundant, more common, and cheaper, but the quality of the paper they produce is also much higher than before.

Especially the paper made from bamboo is very smooth, even comparable to Saeki paper.

Lu Yi asked paper craftsmen to make the first batch of paper and let various officials in Wu County try it out.

All feel very good.

However, for ordinary people, the price of this new batch of paper is still an expense that they dare not expect.

Nowadays, the common people in Jiangdong, Jingzhou, Yangzhou and other places have had various taxes reduced by Lu Yi. Especially the counties and counties in Baiyue such as Kuaiji have been exempted from taxes for three years.

However, after more than half a year of recuperation, the vast majority of ordinary people still have not solved the problem of food and clothing.

At most, you won’t be starving for two or three days like before.

But even so, Lu Yi decided to slowly introduce the imperial examination system.

It will be tested in Wu County first, and then slowly extended to other counties in his territory.

Lu Yi explained the concept of the imperial examination, glanced at Chen Deng, Chenggong, Yan Xiang, Jia Xu, Sima Hui, Pang Degong, Huang Chengyan and others, and said with a smile: "I know that the recommendation system has been implemented for hundreds of years, and now If there is a change, everyone will definitely decide not to adapt and worry about problems.”

"It's cute, you have to make progress, right?"

"Now that new paper is cheaper and of better quality, more people will be able to read and write."

"With the emergence of more and more talents, the previous recommendation system is still used. Is this going to exhaust the officials in each county?"

"Of course, the number of inspection personnel can also be increased."

"However, now that our territory is so large and taxes have been reduced or reduced, our finances are stretched thin. We need to save everywhere so that we can't add too many temporarily unnecessary officials."

"Another one, the emergence of the imperial examination is also beneficial to the major gentry and families."

"In the past, a county could only recommend one or two, even for big families."

"Others, no matter how talented they are, don't have a chance."

"But now, as long as young people from major noble families and families can pass the exam, we will hire them no matter how many there are. Isn't this a great convenience?"

"Perhaps, there will be a beautiful scene of four generations of the same dynasty."

After a pause, Lu Yi smiled and said, "Gentlemen, what do you think?"

Chen Deng, Chen Gong, Yan Xiang, Liu Ye and others looked at each other, not daring to speak first.

Naturally, they felt the benefits of the imperial examination.

However, there are also great disadvantages.That is, in the past, all talents were in the hands of the major noble families.

Now, once the imperial examination is implemented, they seem to see other families, big and small, and even some humble people "entering the palace".

Some noble families, especially some families that have been around for hundreds of years, may be reduced to this.

Who dares to speak about this?
Lu Yi saw that everyone was silent and his eyes fell on Jia Xu.

This wise and protective old man has always spoken relatively little.

He won't say anything unless asked.

Moreover, when asked, he would only agree.

And this is something that can be exploited.

Lu Yi raised his eyebrows at Jia Xu and said, "Wen He, what do you think? I have always thought that you are one of the smartest people, and I definitely value your ideas."

Jia Xu:"."

Everyone looked at Jia Xu.

Although Jia Xucai came to seek refuge not long ago, few people dared to despise him.

This is an outstanding person who also served as Doctor Guanglu in the imperial court.

Jia Xu faced everyone's gaze, especially Lu Yi's meaningful gaze, stood up, rolled up his sleeves, and said: "Wu Hou has always been extremely intelligent and far-sighted, and he has always considered matters higher than the rest of us. . Although I haven’t thought too clearly about this imperial examination yet, given Wu Hou’s ability, he must have thought it through carefully, and I think it is wonderful.”

Lu Yi nodded with satisfaction, looked at Gu Yong and said, "Yuantan, you are a role model for all the major families, and you are Cai Yong's disciple. Your ideas must be brilliant. Please tell me."

Gu Yong glanced at Lu Yi and felt speechless.

What else can I say?
Do you want me to go against you?

What's the relationship between us?
Even if you ask me to eat shit, I have to bite the bullet.

Gu Yong stood up and said seriously: "Very good."

Lu Yi laughed, looked at Huang Chengyan, and said to his father-in-law: "Father-in-law, what do you think?"

Huang Chengyan stood up and said, "Wu Hou has a very good idea!"

Lu Yi looked at the good gentleman Sima Hui again, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shui Jing, you are a genius in this world. Come and tell me your opinion."

Sima Hui stood up and said: "Okay, okay!"

Lu Yi laughed twice, and finally looked at Bu Zhi and said, "Zishan, tell me, you represent the younger generation of officials."

Bu Zha came from Lu Yi's hands.

At first, he and the Bu family were reduced to Shu County in Lujiang and almost starved to death.

It was Lu Yi who brought him and everyone in the Bu family to Wu County and fed and clothed them.

He swore that in this life, he would only be loyal to Lu Yi.

Seeing Lu Yi's question, Bu Zhi stood up and said, "I think it's very good. I think all the young officials will agree with it. I have talked with them on weekdays and they all hope to reform the selection of officials."

Chen Deng: "."

Chen Gong: "."

Yan Xiang: "."

other people:"."

What is this doing?
Who are these people named by Marquis Wu?

But I still can't refute it.

Each of these people has a great reputation.

Everyone sighed secretly.

Wu Hou Lu Yi almost pointed at their names and forced them to agree.

have to.

Even Jia Xu, Gu Yong, Huang Chengyan, Sima Hui and other celebrities who are famous all over the world agree. No matter how much they disagree, there is nothing they can do.

Chen Deng hurriedly stood up and said: "Wu Hou Yingming, we all agree!"

Everyone agreed: "Wu Hou is wise!"

Only Yan Xiang stood up, frowned and said, "Wu Hou, is this inappropriate?"

Lu Yi smiled and said, "What's wrong?"

Yan Xiang pointed at Jia Xu, Gu Yong, Huang Chengyan, Sima Hui and Bu Zhi and said: "They either only agree with each other on weekdays, or they only know how to do well, or they are your cronies, Marquis Wu! Just point to them, Marquis Wu, They will naturally say yes.”

Lu Yi asked back: "Then Mr. Yan, please point out one and let him express his opinion. If more than half of the people are against it, we will discuss it again."

Yan Xiang looked at Chen Deng, Chen Gong, Yu Fan, Wang Lang and others.

Everyone: "."

Seeing Yan Xiang look over, everyone looked away.

This old man.

What are you doing?
We don’t know what Wu Hou is doing?

If you dare to point me out, I can't spare you!

Yan Xiang watched everyone avoid looking, sat back depressedly, and cursed: "A bunch of sycophants!"

Lu Yi smiled and said: "Since Yan Gong can't find anyone who opposes it, then the imperial examination will be decided like this."

"Each county will announce the imperial examination."

"Anyone who is willing to take part in the imperial examination can come to Wu County, Wu County to take the exam on the first day of February next year."

"We will discuss the specific test subjects, venue, etc. in the next few days."

"Dismiss!"

Everyone stood up and wanted to leave.

Lu Ji quickly ran in from outside and ran towards Lu Yi.

Since Lu Xun went to the Xuzhou front line, Lu Ji took over Lu Xun's position and worked in Liu Ye's Qilin Pavilion.

He found Lu Yi and Liu Ye was also here, which meant that there was urgent information and Liu Ye could not wait until he returned to Qilin Pavilion.

Everyone stopped and looked at Lu Yi.

Lu Ji held a bamboo tube in both hands and handed it to Lu Yi respectfully: "Brother, there is an urgent letter from Xuzhou."

The hall fell silent instantly, and everyone held their breath.

Lu Yi was also a little nervous.

Has Xuzhou changed?

Lu Yi took the letter and quickly pulled out the strip of cloth.

This time the strip of cloth was very long, and it was densely filled with words. There were actually more than a thousand words.

Lu Yi glanced at the cloth, with a smile on his face.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Lu Yi's smile gradually disappear, everyone's expressions gradually became nervous again.

After reading everything, Lu Yi sighed and said to everyone: "The great victory in Xuzhou, Xu Shu led the army to defeat the army led by Yuan Tan, and joined forces with the bandit commander Zang Ba to capture Qingzhou. However, Xu Shu promised Zang Ba to let He is the shepherd of Qingzhou and has the power to appoint and remove officials and recruit military personnel."

"In other words, let him separatize Qingzhou."

"In addition, in this war, we Jiangdong Erlang killed 6000 people and seriously injured more than 300 people."

"Their remains are already on their way back."

Looking at Yan Xiang, Lu Yi said in a hoarse voice: "Yan Gong, let the craftsmen be ready. When the names of these Jiangdong sons arrive, they will be engraved into immortal monuments."

"They died fighting for us Jiangdong, and their heroic souls will live on forever."

"Also, prepare officials. As soon as the list comes, let these officials go to the homes of these sons and daughters immediately, take their families to the district, and welcome these sons and daughters back to their hometown."

(End of this chapter)