Great Song Pirate

Chapter 699
But he is still a man. After being tied up by the guards, he knelt down on one knee and said to Xu Yi: "The young general knows that he has wronged the prince just now. The young general is willing to apologize to the prince for what he said just now, but the young general also has something to say. Since the prince has done so much for the Han people, why not continue to do it?
Today, the young general knows that if he wrongly blames His Highness, he will surely die, but please His Highness to give the young general a chance!I think that since the young general joined the army in Hebei, he was determined to fight to the death on the battlefield with the Jinren. Opportunity for the enemy, since we know that we must die today, I implore Your Highness to give the young general a chance, so that the young general can die on the battlefield!Even if you let the young general be a trap, then he can die without regrets!It's not a disgrace to my father's expectations!I hope His Royal Highness will make it happen! "

After hearing this, Xu Yi immediately stood up, came to Yang Yizhong, suddenly leaned over, stared into his eyes, and asked him: "Is this true?"

Yang Yizhong gritted his teeth and replied: "A real man keeps his promises, how can he be kidding!"

Xu Yi suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, turned around and returned to his seat. This smile touched the wound, and his lungs were almost cramped. He suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and said, "That's good! It's as you wish! Come here, give it to him." Untie, Yang Zaixing obeys orders!"

Yang Zaixing immediately stood up and said, "Your Highness, please give me instructions!"

"Although this person contradicts me, and his crime is unforgivable, but this king thinks that he has the courage to fight the Jinren, and because he is a man, he will be spared. Now I will hand him over to you, and I hope he can do well." Under your command, fight against the Elder and the Golden Man!" Xu Yi pointed to Yang Yizhong and ordered Yang Zaixing.

"My minister obeys the order!" Yang Zaixing immediately accepted the order.

After Yang Yizhong was untied from the rope, he knelt down and thanked Xu Yi: "Young general, thank you for your success!"

Xu Yi waved his hand and said, "You don't need to thank me, you can go to the battlefield to prove your bravery!"

Yang Yizhong was taken down by someone sent by Yang Zaixing, Xu Yi is so happy!Unexpectedly, Zhao Xu actually sent him such a famous general today. He didn't intend to kill Yang Yizhong, but just detained him and subdued him for his own use. Unexpectedly, in such a shock, Yang Yizhong In the middle of the day, I chose to go to the Jinren with myself. This is really hard to find, and it takes no effort!

Xu Yi turned his head to look at the pale Wu Min, sneered at him and asked, "Does Master Wu have any objections to this king's actions?"

Wu Min was so frightened at the moment, how could he dare to say no, so he quickly said: "Yang Yizhong didn't know what to do, offended His Highness, he deserved to die, His Highness treated him like this, it was considered tolerant of him, Wu has already How can there be any objections if the gratitude is endless!"

At this banquet, everyone could see Xu Yi's thoughts, knowing that although Xu Yiming accepted Zhao Xu's canonization, in essence, today, Jinghai Kingdom has been regarded as an equal country to Song Dynasty. Being so strong, it is clear that he will not give the Song Dynasty officials any face.

When the ceremony was over, Wu Min didn't dare to stay for a moment. After bidding farewell to Xu Yi, he led his attendants to Jinzhou City, where he boarded a boat and returned to Song Dynasty. Dading Mansion was on the third day after the ceremony. , The first imperial examination of Jinghai State was held.

There are a total of more than 200 scholars who took the exam this time, far exceeding the expectations of Xu Yi and Ma Zhe. As a last resort, several examination rooms had to be opened before all these scholars were arranged to enter. .

What Xu Yi wants now is not the real exam, but to take this opportunity to buy the hearts of northern scholars, so he doesn't care whether these people have real knowledge, so the atmosphere of the exam is very relaxed, anyway, he doesn't pay attention this time The scriptures and poems are just a test of whether they have a certain ability to manage government affairs. As long as they are not stupid or mediocre, and they can generally know how to handle government affairs, they will be considered as passed. This bottom line Xu Yi has already explained to Ma Zhe up.

And Ma Zhe is now at the extreme. He was originally a very ordinary scholar, but now he has become the chief assistant of the Jinghai Kingdom. His face is so bright that these scholars basically regard him as As a mentor, if it wasn't for Xu Yi's order that no one should be allowed to worship any sect privately, it is estimated that Ma Zhe would be the mentor of a large number of junior officials in Jinghai Kingdom!
But even so, these scholars are very grateful to Ma Zhe, and they are very polite to him when they see him personally taking the exam. Of course, they are most grateful to Xu Yi, the king of Jinghai Kingdom, if Xu Yi did not give them this opportunity If not, then I am afraid that they will not have a bright future in this life.

Although Xu Yi has already made a default decision that most of the scholars will be admitted as officials, the scholars are not clear about this matter, so after the first examination, some scholars fainted in the examination room due to excitement and nervousness. Fortunately, there was someone who was responsible for taking care of these scholars, so no one was killed, but when the scholars got the test papers, they fainted again.

Because they suddenly discovered that the imperial examinations this time were quite different from the previous ones. The classics and meanings only accounted for a small part, and most of the exams were about practical affairs.

After a day of tossing around, the preliminary test was over, and Ma Zhe immediately threw himself into the examination papers. Anyway, everything was kept simple, and he didn’t have time to read it carefully. As long as the fonts were beautiful and the answers to the papers were similar, he would pass them all. The papers of a few people who didn't hold back the fart were picked out and thrown away, and the rest of the people who answered some questions were considered passed.

More than 1000 papers were reviewed by this guy in one day and one night, which shows how rough it is. Even so, hundreds of scholars were rejected in the end, and only more than 700 people passed the re-examination.

Some scholars who were dismissed refused to accept it, and gathered in front of the list to yell, saying that this was unfair, and wanted to ask for an explanation, but Xu Yi came forward in person and spoke to them.

"What the Jinghai Kingdom wants is officials who understand practical affairs, and officials who can do practical things, not gentlemen who only care about others. I hope that those who were unsuccessful this year will learn more about practical affairs after returning home, so that they can take the exam again next year. As for those who don't want to go back Those who are waiting can also go to the Ministry of Officials (temporarily arranged) to sign up, and the Jinghai Congress will arrange internship places for them, so that you can learn practical skills and prepare for better grades in the next year's exam!"

As a result, as soon as these words came out, most of these unsuccessful scholars chose to stay and sign up for internships. Xu Yi's move was even more ruthless, and all the scholars were surrounded by him at once.

However, he did not arrange for these scholars to practice locally, but shipped them all to Liuqiu Island. After so many years of management, with the joint efforts of Jia Qian, Gao Xu and other officials, A set of effective management systems and methods has been formed, and a relatively clean official style has been formed. If these people go there for internships, it will save them from learning anything here, or learning some crooked ways.

As for the first imperial examination this year, the recruitment of officials was actually an emergency measure. Xu Yi didn't expect these people to be good officials, but just asked them to stand up first, and after he cleared up the situation, he was free again. After that, he will use the batch of scholars who have practiced on Liuqiu Island to replace them, and then send this batch of scholars to continue training. Only when these people meet his requirements can they be considered qualified. This group of northern scholars educated by the old system will definitely not be able to handle local government affairs for him.

It's not that Xu Yi hadn't considered this matter before, and he had done some preparatory work in advance, but at the beginning he didn't expect that he would lay down such a large territory in such a short period of time. Ma Zhe came up with such an idea, which is also a problem encountered in the transition from old to new, and it can be regarded as their helpless move.

The re-examination started on the fifth day after the preliminary examination. This time, the examination questions were still mainly practical, with the addition of strategies for governing the country. Hundreds of scholars were arranged to take the open-air examination on the square in front of the Martial Arts Hall in the palace. , although the conditions are not good, but Xu Yi, His Majesty the King, personally took the exam, which made the scholars very excited. No matter how good they are, at least they have the capital to brag about in this life. At least they have participated in it The person who passed the palace examination, if this is passed on to future generations, it will be a matter of glory to the lintel.

So they don't care if the conditions are good or not, they all lie down on the table and write their opinions, and most of the invigilators are military generals. These warriors are also very respectable today, and they all wear helmets Wearing armor, the armor was polished brightly, standing upright around the square, staring at the group of scholars taking the exam.

You must know that this group of people had no status before, and the Song Dynasty has always valued civil servants over military officials. Civil officials have always been in power, and the military officials who bully them have no temper at all. Being called around by civil officials, they are like slaves. Today they are extremely elated. They did not expect that one day, they would actually be able to become invigilators and come to watch a group of literati take the exam. For them, it is also extremely glorious thing.

So these warriors all stared wide-eyed, hoping to catch some cheating villains among the literati and humiliate them, but they obviously made a wrong calculation. For the first time, there are not many books to copy, so there is no room for cheating. They are all based on their real talents and learning, and they play on the spot, so the eyes of these generals are sour. , and failed to find a few cheaters among the scholars who took the exam. After a long time, I couldn't bear the soreness in my eyes, so I went to find a cool place to drink tea. This work is really boring. It's not as good as going to battle to kill people!The excitement at the beginning was gone in no time.

The re-examination is also a one-day period. Some capable people handed in the papers before the end, and those who passed the papers were directly shot to death. Those who handed in the papers in advance were immediately recorded secretly and taken to other courtyards outside the palace for arrangement. People have basically been designated as the first batch of hired people by default.

After the rest of the people announced that it was over, some people felt ashamed, and it was clear at a glance that these people were stumped by the test strategy, and some other people were elated, and these people were also more capable people. In short, most people It's still a blank paper, which is better than expected.

This time, Xu Yi personally presided over the examination papers, and Ma Zhe was already tired. Seeing that he was about to vomit blood, Xu Yi simply called Yiqing and Cuiyu over to help him with the examination papers. Select some insightful papers for Xu Yi, Xu Yi checks it, and then decides the ranking. In short, everything goes super fast.

In two days, the results of the re-examination were announced. A total of more than 700 people participated in the re-examination, and 500 people were recruited at once. There are so many people, it is equivalent to ascending to the sky in one step, from a commoner to an official of the Jinghai Kingdom, and a person of status.

However, the remaining 200 people did not mean being kicked out. They were directly given an internship quota, dragged to Liuqiu Island, and filled in as candidates. In a word, the long-term lack of literati in the Fubo Army was solved Xu Yi believes that after a year of training, these educated people will accept the system established by the Fubo Army on Liuqiu Island very well, and will better serve the Jinghai Kingdom in the future. manage.

Regarding the arrangement of the more than 500 recruited scholars, Xu Yi did not let them rise to the sky in one step. Instead, each of them was given a low-level official position and placed directly in a place within their jurisdiction, allowing them to manage local affairs. Tell them that their political achievements will be assessed every six months, and those incompetent people will be dismissed immediately and returned to their original forms.

This group of people had just started their careers, and each of them was ambitious, so after receiving their appointment, they received their seals and ribbons, and immediately went to their respective jurisdictions to start working.

As for the people who manage them, Xu Yi entrusted some of the scholars he trained in Liuqiu Island to be middle and high-level officials to manage the new officials. Those who are really in power are still his cronies, so for Xu Yi is still confident in controlling his own territory.

The scholars hired by this group are much more sinister and cunning than the military men. When they are cruel, they are ten times more ruthless than those military men. So when they took over the local affairs, they made the generals under Xu Yi grow up. After a long sigh of relief, he finally escaped from these complicated affairs and plunged into the matter of military training.

When Jinghai Kingdom did this, it immediately accepted the hearts of the scholars in the north. Until the end of the imperial examination, some scholars continued to rush to Dading Mansion. Most of these people were delayed due to various reasons. On the way, they failed to catch up with the imperial examination. When they got here, they heard that the exam was over, and they all hit the wall with regret, but there was no way.

It was also impossible for Xu Yi to teach them a subject alone, so he set up an academy to take in these scholars who missed the opportunity first, let them study in Dading Mansion, and found a confidant by the way, Manage them, observe their behavior and conversation on weekdays, find some capable people from them, and add them to the officials at any time. In short, now he wants to catch talents.

As soon as the imperial examinations were over, it was time for the autumn harvest. Because Xu Yi took the Zhongjing Road area very quickly, and there was no major war in this area, so the damage to the local agriculture was not very serious, so the Zhongjing Road area Most of the food crops in the grain fields are still in the fields, but there are some more unowned public lands, which solves a big problem for Jinghai Kingdom. Compared with the Hebei area of ​​the Great Song Dynasty, the situation here is as good as heaven, at least As long as these grains are harvested, this year's military grain will have a preliminary guarantee.

The ordinary people also began to return to their own fields and started harvesting. All the armies drew a large number of manpower and devoted themselves to the harvesting and planting. The mature grains in the fields were quickly harvested, otherwise, the grain reserves in Dading Mansion alone would not be able to cope with this war.

At the same time, after a year of operation, the Liaodong area presided over by Xue Tu has also reached the harvest season. The people in Gaizhou, Liaoyangfu, and Fuzhou were moved southward to the south of Liaodong because of the prevention of the counterattack of the Jin people in the northeastern part of Liaodong years ago. So there is no hope in the north, but the large tracts of farmland in the south have been fully utilized, and food has been sown. Now the land in the southeast of Liaodong is also in the harvest season, so within the scope of the entire Jinghai Kingdom, it is invested When it comes to the matter of rushing to harvest and rush to plant.

This group of newly appointed officials played a very important role in this matter. Because of the three new officials who took office, they immediately began to urge the people to speed up the harvest as soon as they arrived in their jurisdiction, and then began to buy from the people. Although Xu Yi announced at the ceremony that the people in this area would be exempted from taxes this year, he could not let all the food be kept in the hands of the people.

Anyway, they are not short of money now, and they have a lot of money in their hands, so they simply use the money to exchange the surplus grain in the hands of the common people, which will greatly increase their grain reserves, and lay a good foundation for the next long-term war. Base.

The common people are grateful for the tolerance of the Jinghai Kingdom. When the local government announced the purchase of the surplus grain in their hands, most of them enthusiastically sold the grain to the government. Gather them up, let them use their labor in exchange for food for food, go to help the government, harvest and sow those public lands, at least ensure their survival first, and prevent them from becoming displaced refugees, so as to appease these people and make them return to Jinghai Country, now Xu Yi not only needs money and food, but also people to support his Jinghai Kingdom. In the future, Jinghai Kingdom will rely on these people for soldiers and taxes!
With the harvest of grain, a lot of news came from the area under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Jin. If the previous situation was followed, the Kingdom of Jin would definitely send troops to attack the Jinghai Kingdom when the grain was being harvested. They would eat with the army, relying on the land where the army passed, looting food to fill the army, but this time, they did not do so.

The reason is very simple. During this period of time, they were really afraid of being beaten by the Fubo Army. They were afraid that when they were not prepared enough, they would send troops to attack Jinghai Kingdom. They ended up in a dilemma. Once the army was short of food, the end would be miserable. In the end, it could only lead to a complete collapse because of this.

So this time, even though they knew that the grain in the area of ​​Zhongjing Road was ripe, the Jin army still chose to wait for the grain harvest in their own country and prepare enough army food before sending troops to attack Jinghai country.

In this way, Xu Yi's Jinghai country was given sufficient time to rush to harvest and plant. After learning the news, Xu Yi was completely relieved. Originally, what he was most worried about was that Jin Jun took advantage of In this case, his Jinghai country will have to divide its troops to fight against the Jin army's attack along the border. The golden man broke through, and then drove straight in, completely destroying the situation he had managed to stabilize.

Now he can rest assured about this matter. For more than a year, it seems that the Jin people were really scared by his Fubo army, and they didn't dare to come brazenly when the grain in the area under their jurisdiction was ripe. Gong, his previous worries were really a little high on the golden man.

When the local area was busy with the autumn harvest, Xu Yi stopped paying attention to this matter and let the local officials take charge of these matters. He summoned Yang Zaixing, Xiao Jianfeng, Li Bo and other generals to the palace of Dading Mansion , and began to discuss how to deal with Jin Jun in the next step.

After more than a year of war, the Fubo Army... It should be said that the strength of the Jinghai National Army has expanded to an unprecedented level. He has now formed three main combat corps, and the elite soldiers will reach nearly 9. The elite soldiers of each regiment have basically reached the full strength of 3 people. This is not counting the number of local garrisons. If the garrisons from various places are added, the number will double. In terms of numbers, although they are still far behind Jin Guo, they already have the strength to directly compete with Jin Guo.

Moreover, in terms of equipment, they also obtained a large number of spoils of war, which made his army well-equipped. Not counting their unique weapons, in terms of armor alone, they have some advantages over the Jin army. Now it can be said that their combat effectiveness can completely overwhelm the Jin Army. If this battle is fought, everyone, everyone, will be full of confidence. When they first came, more than 1 people defeated the Jin Army in a row. Now that there are so many generals, if they lose to the Jin army, Xu Yi will really lead the group to throw themselves into the sea and bring them down.

Now what they have to consider is not the issue of victory or defeat, but to think about how to end this war as soon as possible!
(End of this chapter)