Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 445 Martial Arts (13)

The patriarchal system is a system of connections, and one can become an official and rank among the upper class of society if one has connections.These relationships are blood relatives, cousins, fellow countrymen, the same year, and teachers and students.Political resources have already been controlled by the powerful, unlike later generations, which need to be competed by the people of the world.Before the Tang Dynasty, whoever became an official was basically appointed by a few people in a foolish way. It was not a crime to be nepotistic, and it was the same in the entire court.Xu Qing rejected the rich businessman's request before, firstly because of the thoughts of future generations in his head, and secondly because that person had no relatives and no "affection", so it was too cheap to give him an official position for a little money.Moreover, it is not shameful to be cronyistic, but if you let others take advantage of you, you will be ridiculed.

On top of Xu Qing, there is only one Li Yuan backing him up, and indirectly there is the support of other members of Li Yuan's group.In the court, when Xu Qing saw an official, he called him elder brother, in order to win the friendship of the same year.Now such an examiner, to select extraordinary talents from among the unsuccessful ones, is to build a good teacher-student relationship and give those people the grace of knowing each other.These relationships seem useless now, but in the future, once public opinion is needed to support them, these forces will have the ability to move mountains and fill seas.

Therefore, Xu Qing decided to promote his fellow countrymen.

A teahouse where Xu Qing often goes, there are a few people standing awkwardly, Xu Qing has been observing him for a long time.But seeing a few of them, they were respectful and respectful. Although their faces were a little nervous, they were not agitated.Xu Qing nodded secretly, and asked Zhao Gong to call them in.Xu Qing was thinking, as long as these fellow countrymen are not particularly incompetent, as long as they can pass the three infield exams, it will not be difficult for Xu Qing to teach them the etiquette, even the dignified Si Ge is not too difficult... If it is too weak , you can only blame them for not living up to expectations, at most squint your eyes and choose a halberd for them.However, it is difficult to get ahead in the position of holding a halberd, and it will not be of great help to Xu Qing in the future.Xu Qing originally wanted the people from the dark river to be the halberd holders, so that they could be placed next to the high officials without knowing it.

In the blink of an eye, those people all went upstairs, respectfully bowed down in front of Xu Qing, and knocked their heads firmly on the floor, Xu Qing felt pain when he heard it.Head-sounding is different from kowtow. Even if you kneel down to salute the emperor, you only need to put your face on the ground, but ringing your head is used by the younger generation to show filial piety to the elders.The person who salutes means "I am your son, or I am your grandson", which is generally seen in later generations when asking for new year's money.

Xu Qing nodded and told them to stand up and answer. It wasn't that Xu Qing didn't want them to sit, but because of their consideration, they would feel more uncomfortable sitting.Besides, the reason why Xu Qing likes this restaurant is because it used chairs first, I don't know if these people will use them.

The few people secretly looked at each other, feeling afraid of Xu Qing's silence, one of them turned his eyes and said to Xu Qing: "Wan Sheng has admired Xuan Ping Hou for a long time, and he found Xuan Ping Hou through his relationship, and he has met him now. Wan Sheng waits until he has no regrets in this life, so he won't bother Xuan Pinghou."

Xu Qing smiled when he heard the words, and stopped him with a gesture: "Many, I still want to talk about my hometown with you. I don't know how Luonan is going?" Xu Qing called it an awkward chat. Before today, he and the two I have never met each other, but now I want to talk about my family.

The few people were overjoyed when they heard the words, which meant that Xu Qing recognized them, the people from his hometown.With Xu Qing's friendship, he also has face in Chang'an.So he cupped his hands and said: "The auspicious snow in Luonan heralds a good year. After the beginning of spring, the government and the people are harmonious, the crops are growing gratifyingly, the merchants are in circulation, and the craftsmen are full of goods. Before I set off, I was very happy to hear that Master Xu granted the title of Marquis of Xuanping, and I am very honored to be born late."

Xu Qing nodded and said: "Hehe, since the government and the people are in harmony and the crops are growing well, I don't have any homesickness. Cough cough, you guys have already been separated. Are you a civil general or a military general? After Mabushe ?”

Four of them said they were generals, one said they were generals, and the general who asked was the one who answered Xu Qing's words.Moreover, the military general passed the horse pacing, and the literary general passed another round of written examinations.

Xu Qing started laughing, after passing the outfield, there were only less than 3000 people left in the infield, and some of them went to Wen Jiang's side.And Xu Qing needs to select [-] people from this group of people to add to his Xuanwu Gate defenders. According to this ratio, it means that several people in Luonan have the opportunity to be under his control.Seeing that Xu Qing was happy, those people also laughed along with him.Xu Qing smiled and stopped abruptly, and those people also froze, and stopped laughing.

Xu Qing picked up the tea and took a sip, and those few people said in a humorous manner: "The late students will resign." When they left, they had already made up their minds, and even if they couldn't go to high school in the future, they wouldn't end up inferior.

Thinking about the future layout in the teahouse for a while, Xu Qing stopped dozing off and walked back to Xuanwumen.

Walking into the Xuanwu Gate, Erxiao was there, Xu Qing smiled and went in, but found that Erxiao's face was very serious, and she was there to read the book with peace of mind.

what happened?So serious today?Are you enlightened?
"Hey, what book did you read today?" Xu Qing asked puzzledly, "Why are you still so serious when you see me?"

Er Xiao didn't answer, but shook his head, as if to prevent Xu Qing's interference.

"Uh, what's the matter, could it be that I offended you somewhere? Okay, okay, children don't count adults' faults, can I apologize to you?"

But at this time, a voice suddenly sounded from behind Xu Qing: "Xu Qing, I am here to teach them scriptures, don't make trouble."

Xu Qing's complexion was as colorful as if the dyeing vat had been broken: "Ho Ho Ho, Li Dahei... No, no, old man Li, why are you here!" Shout it out, or today's crime of disrespect will not escape.

Li Yuan snorted and said, "What are you calling me? Old man Li? Okay, okay, I'm going to punish you for this crime of disrespect in front of my two emperors and grandsons today..."

Xu Qing hurriedly waved his hands and said: "How dare I disrespect the emperor, I am honoring you now!"

"You still dare to argue." Li Yuan said with a cold face, "I really shouldn't let you be the master of my emperor's grandson."

Xu Qing explained: "No, no, my majesty, please listen to my explanation...'Old' means longevity, and ten thousand years of longevity is old. Your majesty, as an emperor, should be long live. Among the people in the world, only your majesty should be called 'old' '.'Head' is the head of all things, and the leader of all things in the world is the head. Your Majesty is rich in the world, more expensive than Zhaomin, the head of the country, and all people admire it, of course it is the head. 'Zi' is the name of sages, Confucius, Mencius They are all called Ziyan. They are called 'old man' and even respected!"

The ancient sages were really good at flattering!Xu Qing couldn't help sighing in his heart, Erxiao also lowered his head and laughed after hearing Xu Qing's explanation.I saw their backs arched, obviously wanting to laugh and holding back.Li Yuan couldn't help laughing, and he couldn't even raise his anger to scold Xu Qing, so he said, "Well, your explanation has passed."

After Xu Qing finished explaining, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "I don't know that the emperor is here, and I ask the emperor to forgive me for the crime of collision."

Old man Li waved his hand and said: "I passed by here first, and heard a few slogans shouted outside the Xuanwu Gate, and got interested, so I came here."

Xu Qing said with a smile: "I don't know how to train soldiers. I only know how to let the soldiers develop their aura, but it's actually just a show. Please ask the emperor for advice."

"Fantasy? Xu Qing, why are you still saying these modest words in front of me? I don't know what kind of shit you are?" Li Yuan said with a smile: "Your military order prohibits you, your momentum is majestic, and each of you has practiced Meat, your method of training troops, put it 500 years ago, and other troops in the entire Tang Dynasty are also the best of the best."

Xu Qing clapped his sleeves and cupped his hands and said, "To receive His Majesty's praise, the minister and the soldiers of the minister will work together to make further progress!"

"Well, with a general like you and such soldiers guarding the Xuanwu Gate, I feel very relieved." Li Yuan said again: "It's just that the formation you created is indeed a sharp weapon for cavalry. It is indeed a pity to be able to guard this Xuanwu Gate."

Xu Qing immediately said: "The minister is willing to fight in all directions with His Majesty and crush the Turks!"

Li Yuan waved his hand, pulled Xu Qing to another place and said, "Here, Xu Qing, are there any troubles among the soldiers selected from the Shence Army?"

Xu Qing shook his head, expressing his appreciation that no thorns have appeared yet.However, Xu Qing is not in the barracks these days, he knows that Zhuge Yan has suppressed some things.However, since it can be suppressed, it is not a big problem.

Li Yuan asked Xu Qing to be careful and try to bring out the half-hearted people among them.Xu Qing complained in his heart, how can this be eliminated quickly?Well, try your best, when the people from the dark river enter the barracks, and those failed tributes come, Xu Qing will be able to dilute the people among them.

In the end, Xu Qing found the barracks, gathered everyone together, and started the first match after the Shence soldiers came in.The copper coins rewarded can pile up hills on five tables.However, this time, the people of Xuanwumen let out a sigh of relief.After the people from the Shence Army came in, they saw that the people from Xuanwumen were relatively short, and they practiced some strange things every day. Although they were physically strong, the eyes of the Shence Army still revealed more or less despise.

On this day, except for a few Shence Army soldiers, all the other rewards were veterans led by Xu Qing.Moreover, Xu Qing found that after new recruits came in, his veterans were less lazy.And those soldiers of the Shence Army were more perfunctory about the competition held by Xu Qing, and ended up in the auxiliary queue without paying attention.

They were not happy, Zhuge Yan said "Come here, you still have a lot to learn", and suppressed those rebellious voices.It seems that Zhuge Yan's prestige in this army is not small.Prestige is not something that you can build by being fierce, but that you can build it by being clear about rewards and punishments.

With the rewards and punishments of this competition, the newly formed troops have all started to compete secretly, and no one wants to embarrass their own circle.Xu Qing is just happy to see this situation, there is competition to make progress, as for cooperation, it is necessary to pull out for training.

When returning to Xuanwu Gate, Xu Qing suddenly remembered something. When he first arrived at Xuanwu Gate, Xu Qing found the body of Master Yin.But others don't know that Yin Shishi has a treasure map on his body. In the past, Xu Qing was afraid of causing trouble, so he would easily leave the Xuanwu Gate to the Forbidden Garden, but recently...

Someone's curiosity started to wave.

(End of this chapter)