Traveling through Chenghan Xiandi, fortunately I have a simulator

Chapter 153 Xu Shu's Journey to Chang'an

"Your Majesty, according to the estimates of the commander of the Northern Army, there are already more than 2000 students who have come to Chang'an City. These students have caused some chaos in the city, and more students will come in the future. The number of the Northern Army is not enough now. , it is difficult to manage well." Cui Ming read slightly.

This is because the commander of the Northern Army wants to expand the number of his subordinates, but it is no wonder that the former Northern Army had a high status in the imperial court, especially the Fifth School of the Northern Army, which was the elite among the elite. Lu Zhi, Huangfusong and others It was the Yellow Turban rebellion that was successfully defeated by the five schools of the Northern Army.

Today's Northern Army has undergone many changes, and it only looks like more than 1000 people, which is indeed a bit small.

"Cui Ming, ask Huangfusong to mobilize 1000 people from the military headquarters to join the Northern Army to take charge of the security issues in Chang'an City. I don't want security issues to arise before the general election in Chang'an." Zhang Ming said slowly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Cui Ming replied.

Now that the imperial court has stabilized, it is necessary to increase the strength of the Forbidden Army. The Forbidden Army in the past was too weak. Even the elite of the Forbidden Army, the Habayashi Army, is only equivalent to the elite soldiers of the ordinary army. , which actually does not meet Zhang Ming's requirements.

"During this period of time, have the Jinyiwei organizations in various places discovered anything new?" Zhang Ming asked slowly.

"Your Majesty, yes, although county magistrates and private soldiers have been abolished in various places, the local tax situation has not improved. According to Jin Yiwei's inquiry, the taxes that farmers should pay have not decreased with the abolition of private soldiers." Cui Ming told the information he got.

"Let them continue to collect evidence of crimes committed by county magistrates." Zhang Ming nodded.

"There are also Sanfu areas that will gradually arrange for the Jinyiwei organization." Zhang Ming ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Cui Ming agreed.

Now that he promised to give these Tai students a way out, these officials in the past naturally need to be purged. This kind of thing kills two birds with one stone. It can not only solve the future of Tai students, but also clear up the officialdom.

But in the final analysis, we still have to wait for the Chang'an election.

Of course, for the court, the scale of the Chang'an general election is huge. Although the test questions are given by Sangong Jiuqing, there are more than Sangong and Jiuqing who are watching, and more than Sangong and Jiuqing are reviewing the papers. For fairness, Zhang Ming and Yang Biao designed a whole set of procedures.

Considering the large number of students, the indoor test space is small, and it is easy to cheat, so this time the open-air test was adopted, but the open-air test site should not be too large, so it was divided into nine open-air sites to form a square.

These nine open-air venues are each in charge of a Jiuqing, four Confucian scholars or doctors are on the sidelines, and the Palace Habayashi Army is patrolling. Anyone who cheats on the spot will be asked to leave the examination room on the spot and handed over to the Ting Wei.

As for His Majesty, Grand Tutor, San Gong, Shang Shu Ling, Military Minister Shang Shu and others lived on the highest balcony to watch the grand scene below.

This Chang'an general election is the same as the previous selection. It is divided into two exams. As long as you can answer a few questions about the Five Classics in the first exam, you are basically qualified. It's over.

This time, the students of the Ph.D. will make a basic assessment first, and screen out those who are just making up the numbers. After all, you don’t need to think about it.

After that, let the doctor do the second round of screening to complete the marking work for the recruitment of Tai students.

As for senior officials such as Sangong Jiuqing, they can select 20 people who meet their expectations from the [-] test papers as important training targets. This is Zhang Ming's concession. Only in this way can the general election be carried out without hindrance.

The number of high-ranking officials in the imperial court who are qualified to choose training targets is no more than [-], which means that at most [-] people will be picked away, and the rest of the imperial students are all disciples of the emperor. As for who these high-ranking officials will choose as important training targets, there is no need to use your brain Think, know the result.

The quota of 20 people is not too much. For a big family like Sangong Jiuqing, they will almost only choose members of their own family. After all, these selected Tai students will have more resources and opportunities to work in politics in the future.

So this Chang'an general election, for the imperial court, is still profitable. After all, only [-] fixed quotas were exchanged for [-] imperial court quotas. These aristocratic families can also recruit people from the local area, but the current handling method has weakened the ability of small and medium-sized families to plug people, but improved the ability of big families to plug people.

Zhang Ming doesn't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, but he can't care too much now. The situation of the big man is not optimistic. Now the princes from all walks of life are not strict with the rule, and the court can still attract talents from all over the world on a large scale. After the princes from all over the country began to strengthen the management under the domain, it would no longer be an easy task to recruit talents across the country.

For some things, if you want to benefit from both sides, the end result will only be damage to both sides. Zhang Ming understands this truth.

For the students who came to Chang'an for the first time, the Chang'an they saw was different from what they imagined. Most of these students came from aristocratic families, and they still had a certain understanding of Chang'an, but most of those who knew Chang'an still stayed in Chang'an under Dong Zhuo's rule. .

Of course, if Chang'an is still under Dong Zhuo's management at this moment, it is impossible for these aristocratic families to send students here.

After all, the Son of Heaven has been in power for about three months. Although some remote areas may not know the news of Dong Zhuo's death, similarly, there will be no students from these remote areas coming to Chang'an to participate in the general election. Couriers are hard to reach.

Therefore, in the whole world, most of the aristocratic families' understanding of Chang'an is still in the period of Dong Zhuo, even the aristocratic families in Guanzhong.

In fact, to sum up, the original impression of Chang'an in the minds of foreign students should be that the people are living in dire straits and are extremely chaotic. At least it should not be like this now. It's not strong enough, but it can already be seen.

Xu Shu arrived at the gate of Chang'an City on a horse with luggage on his back. Along the way, he discovered some interesting things, that is, the large-scale construction of water canals in the Jingzhao area. It's not surprising, after all, he can also vaguely feel that Guanzhong will be a year of severe drought this year.

What Xu Shu thought was interesting was the physical condition and facial expressions of these migrant workers. Over the years, he had also seen local expropriation of peasant laborers, but these peasant laborers were all emaciated, with sad faces, and even chained to their bodies. chains, the officials still have to hold whips behind them, but the migrant workers in the Jingzhao area are completely different.

These migrant workers are much stronger than the people in other counties in terms of physical fitness. The biggest credit for this is that the court regularly distributes enough food to these migrant workers, and even has a meal of meat every few days. Food, coupled with the new farm tools in their hands, these peasants dare not procrastinate in doing things.

When Xu Shu arrived outside Chang'an City, he could see some guards standing on the city wall from a distance. These guards were full of energy. Judging from his many years of experience in wielding spears and sticks, these guards were singled out. All of them are comparable to corporal leaders.

The entire city of Chang'an was tall and majestic, exuding a majestic aura, especially when Xu Shu was about to reach the moat, he couldn't help but feel a sense of insignificance.

Although Xu Shu was a little surprised at the majesty of Chang'an City, he did not hesitate and drove straight to the city gate.

Although the gate of Chang'an City is very large, there are too many students who went to Chang'an this time. Few of these students came here alone like Xu Shu. Therefore, in order to reduce the confusion of traveling inside and outside, the captain of the city gate followed His Majesty's wishes. The city gate is divided into two parts, one part is responsible for entering the city, and the other part is responsible for traveling.

While Xu Shu was waiting to enter the city, he heard the noise coming from ahead.

"You guards, do you know who I am? You dare to stop me. I think you guards are going to die." The sharp voice spread far away, and everyone followed the direction of the sound and saw a person around. A rich young master in brocade clothes.

"Your Majesty has ordered that all foreign students who want to enter the city must dismount and undergo inspection." A tall guard said loudly.

"I won't get off my horse today, let me see what you can do?" Where did the young master of the rich family have been checked by such low-level guards in the past.

"Take it down." The tall guard ordered loudly.

Several guards quickly took out their weapons and stood in front of the rich young master. Xu Shu knew at a glance that these guards were all Lianjiazi, and their strength was not weaker than that of a centurion in the army.

However, what Xu Shu didn't expect was that these few guards, who were comparable to centurions, had almost no power to fight back under the attack of the guards, and they were all quickly taken down by the guards.

Of course Xu Shu would not know that many important places in Chang'an City are currently guarded by guards in the palace. These guards were trained by the swordsmanship master Wang Yue in the palace. Their single-body combat capabilities are combined with the new weapons made by Pu Yuan. Comparable to ordinary soldiers.

"Let go of me, I'm Ting Wei's nephew, you have no right to arrest me." The rich young master desperately wanted to take something out of his sleeve, but before he could finish his action, he was firmly controlled by the guards.

This farce came to an end with the arrest of the rich young master. As for his whereabouts, it was naturally a temporary prison set up by the Northern Army.

Seeing the misery of the rich young master, the rest of the people did not dare to take any chances. No matter if they were on horseback or in a carriage, when they arrived at the gate of the city, they obediently got off their horses and accepted the inspection of the surrounding guards.

Soon Xu Shu entered the city. Chang'an city does not prohibit carrying weapons. In this era, almost no one travels far without weapons. After all, on the way to Chang'an, it is inevitable to encounter some bandits and thieves without weapons. I can't move an inch.

After walking a few steps, Xu Shu found a mansion in front of him, where a large number of foreign people gathered there, without asking, he knew that it was the place to receive foreign students.

Sure enough, Xu Shu did not expect that the main task of the officials in this place was to tell the foreign students some precautions, and at the same time, they were also responsible for leading the foreign students to the free residence provided by the court. Xu Shu was lucky and was assigned an official.

The free residence in Chang'an City was built in the Nanxiang area, a little far away from the city gate. On the way to the free residence, the officials kept explaining some rules of Chang'an City to Xu Shu.

"Sir, who are the soldiers along the way?" Xu Shu couldn't help asking, he was a little curious, these soldiers didn't look like ordinary officials.

"These are the guards of the Northern Army." The official glanced at Xu Shu and said, "Chang'an City has a large population, coupled with the recent visits of many students, there will always be problems every day, so His Majesty asked the guards of the Northern Army to maintain the law and order of Chang'an, oh, now There are similar guards in every county in the Jingzhao area.”

The similar guards that the officials said were actually the soldiers left by Xu Shu in the Jingzhao area. These soldiers replaced the private soldiers of the county magistrate and became an organization similar to the guards of the Northern Army.

"But sir, who are those people wearing unusually gorgeous costumes?" Xu Shu was very curious. Although there were not many people wearing unusually gorgeous costumes, the deterrent power on them scared even him.

"Those are Jinyiwei." The official said in a low voice.

"What's the difference between the guards of the Northern Army and the Jinyiwei?" Xu Shu asked suspiciously. If he wanted to say that the guards of the Northern Army were a bit like local officials, he had never heard of the Jinyiwei.

"This Jinyiwei is different from the Northern Army guards. The Northern Army guards are in charge of local security issues, but this Jinyiwei is very powerful. He can directly manage the behavior of officials." The official lowered his voice again.

Xu Shu looked at the street in front of him, and he felt a little emotional. The streets of Chang'an were the cleanest among the many cities he had been to, and it was also the only city that had no peculiar smell. , As for the cleanliness of the ground, it is due to the nearby trash can one hundred meters away.

Soon, Xu Shu, led by the officials, arrived at the free residence provided by the imperial court. This place is actually a temporary Lifang with free housing and surrounded by walls.

The officials took the key of a vacant house from Lizheng, took Xu Shu to the house, opened the house, and handed the key to Xu Shu.

Xu Shu saw at a glance that this was actually an ordinary house, with only a bed, a table and a bench inside, nothing else.

It's no wonder that many disciples from aristocratic families choose to live in restaurants. After all, the accommodation here is not worthy of their status. However, for disciples from poor families, staying in restaurants for several months is really not affordable Yes, so those who stay in Lifang are basically poor students.

After all the explanations were completed, the official left Lifang. He had to receive the next student visiting Chang'an. As for Xu Shu, if you have any questions, you can just ask Lizheng here. Army guard.

After sending off the officials, Xu Shu first tied the horses to the Lifang Racecourse, then returned to the house, took out the clothes and quilts from the salute, where he would spend several months until the general election in Chang'an.

(End of this chapter)