At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

He just stared at Jiang Wei, wanting to hear what Jiang Wei could say.

Jiang Wei was not overwhelmed by Guo Peng's huge oppressive force. He took a short breath for a while and adjusted his state.

Then he bowed to Guo Peng.

"Your Majesty, the student is not messing around. The student really understands horses, likes horses, and is willing to get along with horses. Moreover, the student thinks that only by treating a horse with heart can the horse understand and follow orders. , to become an excellent war horse.”

"is it?"

Guo Peng raised the corners of his mouth and smiled: "Then tell me how you treat these war horses and how you train them. Let Gu listen."

"Yes."

Jiang Wei took the order, and then expressed some of his feelings and thoughts in front of Guo Peng.

Regarding horse customs, how to distinguish a good horse from a bad one, how to take care of a horse at different stages of the horse, feed them different foods, how to deal with a horse when it gets sick, how to understand a horse’s emotions, etc. What he said made sense.

It seems that he really knows horses very well, not just playing with tickets casually for children, but has begun to become an expert.

Xian Yuyin stroked his beard and nodded in satisfaction.

After he finished speaking, Guo Peng looked at Xian Yuyin.

"Xian Yuqing, it seems that you agree with what he said, is everything he said correct?"

Xian Yuyin nodded.

"Going back to the Supreme Emperor is basically right. Judging from my 50 years of experience in horses, if you want to train a first-class war horse, that's it. There is no shortcut to training a horse except for putting your heart and soul into it. A horse that takes shortcuts is easily frightened."

Guo Peng nodded and looked at Jiang Wei again.

"You're young, and you know a lot. You probably didn't teach you horses in school, right?"

"Yes, the student likes to read military books since he was a child. When he saw cavalry in the military books, he fell in love with riding and horses. The student's family is rich and has three horses. The student grew up with horses and knows a lot about horses. and feelings."

Jiang Wei replied seriously.

The cowardice just now was gone from his words, presumably he felt that Guo Peng had no malice.

Even so, his ability to adjust his mentality to resist pressure is also very good.

It should be said that he has a big heart, very similar to Xun You. Such a person is very suitable for commanding in battle, has a strong ability to adapt to changes, and has the potential to become a master tactician.

If he enters politics, he will also become a promising official who dares to do things, dares to reform, and dares to break through stereotypes and vulgar customs. It is very meaningful for the senior bureaucrats in the upper echelons of the Wei Empire who are gradually dying.

Guo Peng nodded happily.

"I like reading military books and riding skills. Why don't you go to martial arts and go to school instead?"

"My father said that what is taught in school is some new knowledge, such as mathematics, astronomy and geography, which are not easy to learn and need to be learned and mastered. Moreover, my father prefers that I be in politics rather than in the army."

"Why?"

"Father said that the great enemy of the world has been wiped out by the Supreme Emperor. Now it is difficult to make achievements in the army. In politics, take the imperial examination to become an official, and then govern the local area, so that you can make great achievements."

After hearing what Jiang Wei said, Guo Peng was silent for a while.

"Joining the army is not just about attacking the enemy and making achievements, and if there are no enemies now, there may not be any in the future... Anyway, it may not be bad to be in politics. Are you confident that you will pass the imperial examination and get a good rank?"

"Have."

Talking about this matter, Jiang Wei was immediately full of confidence: "The student has won the first place in the examination for three consecutive times in Longxi County, and there is no rival in Longxi County. The student is preparing for the imperial examination. The student plans to take the imperial examination in advance."

Taking the imperial examination in advance is a way for the Wei government to give talented students. As long as they pass the selection examination before the imperial examination, even if they are under the age, they can also participate in the imperial examination.

It seems that Jiang Wei intends to take this path and become an official in advance.

Guo Peng smiled.

"The invincibility in Longxi County does not mean that there is no opponent in the whole Liangzhou, nor does it mean that you have no opponent in the whole Wei country. You must know that there are people beyond the people, and there is a sky beyond the sky. Gu Shang dare not say that he is No. 1 in the world, Jiang Wei, Don't be too confident."

"The emperor, the students' self-confidence is not without reason."

Talking about this issue, Jiang Wei seems to be very tough, firmly defending his achievements, and does not say that he is not good enough just because Guo Peng is the Supreme Emperor.

He felt that he was very good, just that good, and there was no reason to belittle himself.

Xian Yuyin, who has been low-key and cautious all his life, is very dissatisfied with this.

"Jiang Wei, didn't you understand what the Supreme Emperor said? How dare you contradict the Supreme Emperor? Don't think that you can do whatever you want at a young age!"

Xian Yuyin always liked Jiang Wei very much and took good care of him.

Xian Yuyin's face turned dark, Jiang Wei didn't dare to refute, didn't dare to say more, but he still looked unconvinced.

Guo Peng smiled.

"Hahahaha, what a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. Well, if you feel that you are really good and there is no opponent in Longxi County, then I will find you an opponent."

Guo Peng turned around and looked at Guo Chengzhi who was standing beside him and looked at Jiang Wei curiously.

"This is the eldest grandson of Gu, named Chengzhi. He is fifteen years old, only one year older than you. You can be regarded as the same age. Gu has always brought him by his side to raise him. How about you and him who is better?"

Jiang Wei looked at Guo Chengzhi curiously.

Guo Chengzhi was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, stepped forward, and looked at Jiang Wei proudly.

This gesture immediately dissatisfied the equally proud Jiang Wei.

"Just compare, dare to ask the Supreme Emperor, how do you compare?"

"The imperial examination is divided into civil and martial arts. I, Wei, evaluate talents, and naturally I also evaluate talents from the civil and martial arts. You are from the Jiang family, and your family has a long history. Before you set up a school in isolation, you should have read a lot of books and also practiced martial arts. Yeah?"

Jiang Wei nodded, and told Guo Peng what he had read and what he had learned.

The Confucian classics annotated by Zheng Xuan, as well as the military books handed down by his family.

Jiang Wei has studied Confucianism and the art of war, but he is not just reading in general.

When there was no school, he studied in the ethnology and received enlightenment education. After the Jiang family collapsed, Jiang Jiong personally taught him the classics and was very strict with him, so his basic skills are very solid.

The same is true in martial arts. Jiang Jiong was also very strict with his martial arts education and never relaxed. Jiang Wei had learned knives and spears, learned riding skills, and also learned martial arts on horseback.

A seedling with both civil and military skills.

As expected of the children taught by the big family, they all teach in the aspects of both civil and military skills.

However, the Wei Empire pays attention to the separation of civil and military affairs, and a clear distinction between Wei and Wei. Wen is Wen, and Wu is Wu. The Wei Empire is no longer a traditional classical military country. .

Even so, Guo Peng was very satisfied, and he patted Guo Chengzhi on the shoulder.

"Sun Chengzhi, the orphan, was able to read at the age of three, read at the age of four, and practiced martial arts at the age of seven. What you read, what you learned, and what you practiced, he mastered everything just like you. If you want to compare, how about what you are best at? ?Civil and military education, what you are best at, you can compete with.”

Jiang Wei suddenly felt that he was underestimated.

Although you are the Supreme Emperor, you don't look down on people so much, do you?

Better than my best?

Jiang Wei's youthful ambition was aroused.

Then compare!

He bowed his hands in salute.

"Taishanghuang, what the students are best at is not Confucianism, but arithmetic, and martial arts on horseback."

"Are you best at math?"

Guo Peng felt a little surprised: "Okay, okay, you have a good grasp of arithmetic, and you can use it all over the world. Whether you are marching and fighting, or managing people's livelihood, it is your ability to learn mathematics well. Okay, Chengzhi, what do you think? Woolen cloth?"

Guo Peng looked at Guo Chengzhi.

Guo Chengzhi smiled confidently—how dare the domineering kid in the border land be pretentious?I will teach you a lesson!

"Father, Cheng Zhi can compete with him at any time."

"it is good!"

Guo Peng laughed loudly and said, "Then, I will judge the two of you alone! Fair and just, absolutely selfless!"

Chapter 1523 One thousand four hundred and sixty three horses too many troubles

Jiang Wei looked at Guo Chengzhi, who had a haughty look on his face, and his fighting spirit was even stronger in his heart.

So the two decided to have two competitions in this vast military horse farm, one was a literary fight, and the other was a martial arts fight, which was a martial arts competition.

Fight your head, fight your head and fight your body.

Jiang Wei wants to use what he is best at to hit the arrogance of Luoyang people hard and make him face himself.

Is Luoyang amazing?Can the emperor underestimate us Liangzhou people?

Let me tell you to face reality squarely!

Guo Chengzhi wants to save face for his grandfather, and let this arrogant boy in the borderland recognize his own level and stop talking nonsense.

I am an excellent child educated by the royal family. I have studied hard since I was a child and practiced martial arts hard. Do you want to beat me?

The two faced each other.

In terms of mathematics, Guo Peng wrote the questions himself.

He has checked the assignments of the imperial examinations over the years. He knows those topics better than anyone else. It is not difficult to come up with a few math problems. It can even be said that no one understands math problems better than him.

In order to test the two of them, Guo Peng specially asked questions that required a huge amount of calculation.

As the saying goes, the devil hides in the details, and it is easy to go wrong in the details of a math problem with a huge amount of calculation, especially in such an environment where everyone is watching, in addition to the difficulty of calculation, there is also psychological pressure. If the psychological endurance is not good , as well as errors.

One tiny mistake can lead to a complete loss.

These questions are all, once a small mistake occurs, the final answer will be separated from the correct answer by thousands of miles.

Which of the two is more careful, more resistant to stress, and has a bigger heart depends on the result of this competition.

Guo Peng asked a total of five major questions that were not difficult but involved a lot of calculations. He gave the two of them half an hour to answer, and then he personally reviewed and made a decision.

The two had no objection and believed in the fairness of Guo Peng, who was the Supreme Emperor.

They each had a table and a chair, and they sat facing each other on the grassland a few meters away, burying their heads in the problems and doing a lot of calculations.

Ignoring the many gazes, when the breeze was blowing and the horses neighed, the two young men were immersed in the questions, incarnated as Da Wei as the questioner, and vowed to win the test paper and overwhelm each other.

A group of people watched around, and there was absolutely no possibility of cheating. Guo Peng was also happily idle, drinking a cup of tea slowly, happily waiting for them to finish solving the problem, and chatting with Xian Yuyin about the current difficulties and problems of the military racecourse. target or something.

"Difficulties are not the most important thing. Your Majesty has injected a lot of capital into the military horse farm. If there is a problem, then it should be in the future. The number of horses may be too large to be exhausted."

Xian Yuyin expressed some of his worries about the future.

"Will there be too many horses?"

Guo Peng thought it was a little funny.

Xian Yuyin didn't smile.

"Originally there were not many, but in recent years, His Majesty also knows that there are basically no more wars around, and there are no more wars that require a large number of horses to be consumed. Small fights are nothing, and with harnesses, there are Horseshoes and war horses are also greatly reduced in wear and tear.

This is not like in the former Han Dynasty. After a great battle, the horses would lose at least [-]%, and the officials racked their brains to be able to use the horses, let alone spare some good horses for the people. But now it is different, the most costly way is gone.

In this way, the number of war horses could not be reduced for a while because of the large amount of breeding before. There are really many when it is needed. I am struggling here, and it is easy to keep up, and I don’t need so many Well, a horse is a living thing, it’s not about talking more and saying less. "

Guo Peng put away his smile.

"You mean, our horses are produced too much like weapons?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, in the past, our supply of war horses was supplied according to the highest standard. At that time, there were wars every year, and the demand for horses was 40 to [-]. We managed to keep up with the demand, but now the demand has plummeted... ..."

Xian Yuyin didn't finish his sentence, but Guo Peng understood what he meant.

If this continues, if we continue to maintain this high input and high output, it seems that there is no need for it.

The Wei Empire is already a country that rides at high speed on horseback. It doesn't need so many horses. It is almost enough to maintain it within a certain range, and the extra money can be allocated to other places.

But even so, this is not something that can be done in a short period of time, and those recruited to expand output all live on this job.

Although it is less than a million waterworkers' food and clothing, there are indeed so many people who rely on this job to subsidize their families.

If the output of war horses is reduced, these people will obviously be laid off, and then they will go home to farm or do something, and they will definitely not find such a good job.

Moreover, it is impossible not to have a war horse output system, and even if it is to be reduced, it must be carefully considered and must be maintained within a range.

The Wei Empire is a country on horseback. Not only is there a great demand for military war horses, but there is also a great demand for horses in other industries.