The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

The flames of war gradually spread on the Xiongnu prairie, and the discord between the left and right did not last for a day or two. There was friction between each other, but now with legitimate reasons, the eyes of each other became even more angry.

Most of the people on the right don't know the details, and feel that the left is making trouble for no reason.The people on the left dug out some evidence, but the people on the right didn't admit it at all, so they were very tense with each other.

The flames on the prairie had been ignited, Shan Yu Wang Ting was devastated, but the big man was elated and full of joy.

After being aggrieved and enduring for so many years, the big man finally straightened his spine.

Huns, this is the Huns, and they came to apologize!

This hooligan on the prairie is a barbarian who only knows how to plunder and kill. After so many years of burning, killing and looting on the land of the big man, has he ever expressed any apology?No, not only did they not, but they also laughed at the weakness and incompetence of the men of the Han family.

And now, they came to apologize!

After hearing the news that the Xiongnu envoy came to apologize, many men in Chang'an City ignored the prohibition of "no gatherings for drinking alcohol". Floating a big white.

Happy, how can there be such a happy day?

They naturally knew it well, this was not because the Xiongnu really knew their mistakes, but it was all because the big man was strong enough now, so strong that the Huns could not bear the anger of the big man.

Since then, the big man's refusal to make peace with the Xiongnu has attracted more people to drink and celebrate.Those who do not live in it will never understand how they feel.

Thinking of the past, Qin general Meng Tian built the Great Wall to the north, but the Huns were more than [-] miles away.At that time, the Huns did not dare to graze their horses south, nor did they dare to bend their bows and complain. Even when they saw the Qin army, they bowed and stood, how happy they were.

Then the kingdoms destroyed Qin, Chu and Han fought for hegemony, and the land of the Han was devastated. The Xiongnu took advantage of the situation and rose up. They gathered various ministries to form a collective, and changed from the original scattered tribal forces to a militarized and organized one. structure of the nascent regime.

At that time, the newly established Dahan regime collided with it, causing the emperor to be trapped in Baideng for seven days, and he returned with bribes.After that, the Han Dynasty married a princess and went to the Xiongnu for decades. I don’t know how many gold and silver treasures were “accompanied” to go to that land, and I don’t know how many daughters who looked south frequently closed their eyes on the vast land. He blinked and couldn't go home until he died.

The war between the Han and the Huns has never stopped. For many years, I don’t know how many men have died under the machete of the Huns. It seems that all the big men can do is to defend, defend, and defend until the Huns are really invincible and withdraw. until.

There is no such thing as victory in defending the city.

Every loss of a person is a failure, only this time, it ended with a complete annihilation, and it ended with the Xiongnu Shanyu sending someone to apologize.

Their emperor, the only one who was married to a royal princess, at this time held the Hun envoys for a full month with an extremely tough attitude, and then signed a peace agreement with them, re-defining their equal relationship and expressing their expectations for mutual development , In the end, he politely sent the person away without giving any gifts.

happy!

Even if you are going to be fined, it doesn't matter if you have to be fined to do military service. It's a pity that you can't drink alcohol on such a happy event.

Just drinking and drinking, tears flowed down.

This battle was like a breeze, completely clearing away all the grievances of the Han Dynasty after the founding of the country, it was extremely comfortable, and even the storm caused by this war seemed to be softened a bit.

After the wind and rain, Chang'an City has indeed taken on a new look. After the house signs were put in place, the city's appearance and environment have undergone positive changes.The winding paths in Chang'an alleys are still very difficult to find, but there are signposts in this rather complicated streets and alleys, which is much better than in the past, and the common people said that they can't be so picky.

But the only disadvantage is that those who cannot read will be forced to read, otherwise they will not know the way when they go out to find friends.

Every household is also nailed a door plate free of charge, and the family clan name is written on the door plate.

This kind of operation was initially done for the convenience of finding people, because the streets and houses in Chang'an City were too chaotic, and it was difficult to find out just with the number plate, and it would be much more convenient to add the surname.

When the house number was nailed to the wall next to the door from house to house, some ordinary people cherished their house number very much, and wiped it several times when they had nothing to do, and even touched the surname on the house number from time to time.

This is an unprecedented move. Hanging the surname on the door of the house is used to show one's noble identity and status. Usually it is hung on the porch as a plaque, but now these surnames are officially written on the door plate, just hanging At the door of the room.

The people in Chang'an looked at the house numbers with complicated expressions, especially when they saw the same house numbers hanging on the walls of the nobles' houses, the feeling was even more complicated.

I always feel... It seems that some things are not so unattainable.

What the public has not noticed is that many things are quietly changing.

In August of that year, the emperor of the Han Dynasty announced that he would start a talent selection test. This was the first time that the Han Dynasty turned its attention to selecting talents from the people.

The prefectures and states from all over the country selected ten outstanding talents to enter Chang'an City to be selected, and the three princes and nine ministers of Chang'an City went out to select talents.

When the news of Chang'an was received, counties and states all over the country were blown up.

Recommend ten people, how to choose?What is the standard?The above is unclear, how can the people below operate?Talent or virtue?For a while, everyone scratched their heads.

Only Zhongshan State is very calm about this, and they are very used to the mode of choosing talents to try. The only difference is that the time is more urgent this time, and the test items are somewhat different.

Xia Anran even welcomed this matter a little bit, because Zhongshan Kingdom had been poached by the central government before, and it happened that there was a shortage of manpower, and he was considering whether to launch a special move.

Now that I think about it... Ouch, when the time comes, just push the best ones up, and stuff the rest into the various departments, wouldn't it be good?However, Zhidu reminded him of a problem.

The selection of talents in Chang'an City is not just from the people.The implication is that if one is not careful, those people in the vassal state department will not be able to escape.

Xia Anran shook her hand and tore off a handful of Changchang cat's fur. Changchang didn't understand what happened, and looked up blankly at the shit shovel officer.Xia Anran subconsciously stuffed the handful of cat fur behind her back.

But Changchang still felt that something was wrong there, it jumped off Xia Anran's knee, shook its fur, turned its head and licked the place where the tingling pain just came, Mao Mao... It seems that Mao Mao is missing?

The little king looked innocent. It was summer, and the fur coat with long fur was replaced with a thin blanket, but the amount of fur was still the same, how could there be less, isn't it still so much?He patted the cat's head, patted the cat's buttocks and let him go out to play.The suspicious long cat flicked the tip of its tail, turned around twice, and moved out little by little.

As soon as the cat left, Xia Anran immediately looked at Zhidu with a little sadness and indignation, and there was a line of words written in the small expression - why did you stare at the one who squeezed the wool?Can't it be replaced?

Zhidu was also helpless.Chang'an's information was completely blocked. They didn't know what happened in Chang'an, but judging from the current situation, there must be a lot of problems inside.

The sudden summoning of local middle-level bureaucrats and the recruitment window opened by the emperor for the first time all indicated that there was a serious talent gap in Chang'an City. This gap appeared suddenly, so the emperor had no preparations and had to compromise. Allowing the power of the vassal state to enter the center shows how ruthless the butcher knife raised by His Majesty this time.

Zhidu lowered his eyes for a long time, and suddenly raised his eyes to look at Zhongshan King who was secretly unhappy. He seemed to be hesitant, but he still reminded: "Your Highness, Chang'an City cannot accommodate so many people."

Xia Anran was taken aback when he heard the words, and then suddenly understood.

The opening of the selection window is really urgent. There are more than 60 Dahan counties and ten people in one place, so there are more than 600 and nearly 700 people entering Chang'an.Moreover, these people were pushed up by the counties and states from all over the country. In this situation, the counties and states with knowledge will definitely send someone to escort them on the way out, so naturally there is no need to worry about the safety of the students.

And like this kind of competition, anyone who wants some face will not recommend students who are too bad, and the utilization rate is at least 300%.Even at a low level, Xia Anran estimates that there should be [-] people who can stay in Chang'an in the end.

300 people are enough and more than enough for a central agency, ... Wait!Xia Anran suddenly realized something.

He turned his head to look at his father's decree, the words and sentences on it were more delicate and cautious, it should not be written by Emperor Jing himself but someone else's.

"If..." Xia Anran swallowed the rest of the words.

How exaggerated the selection rate of the imperial examination is, it can be seen from the expansion of the bureaucratic system in the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty was the golden period for the improvement of the scientific examination system, because the banner of respecting scholars had been pulled up, the old Zhao family supported civil servant groups, and the fashion of reading for the whole people was extremely enthusiastic.After the opening of the three-year imperial examination system, the rapidly growing population quickly filled the imperial examination ranks.

Unless the scholars in the Northern Song Dynasty were admitted to the top three, they still needed to be officials, and they waited for the seniors to retire before they could top them. Not to mention the Song Dynasty, which focused on scholars, this was the case in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The country's population base is too large, and everything is low-grade. Only under the atmosphere of high education, the number of students promoted cannot be underestimated.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the whole society was heading towards one, and the whole country revolved around studying and becoming an official.

Either a farmer farms for one child to study, and an official pulls his family to support more children. This is the route of farming and studying; or the businessman makes money to support many students or recruits a son-in-law to gradually wash himself into a scholar; They directly approached the listed candidate to marry him to provide resources to help him gain a firm foothold in the officialdom and then pull back.

In short, the final evil result is that the number of scholars in the country has expanded, especially those who have been admitted to Juzi do not have to pay taxes.

In the end, the collapse of national taxation has something to do with this.

If a few scholars can affect national taxation, one can imagine how exaggerated a force it is.

Zhongshan Kingdom has already had this tendency to issue talent selection tests before, but because the current model is still similar to employment recruitment in the final analysis, as far as possible, one radish and one pit, and coupled with the limited supply of talents in the vassal state, Zhongshan Kingdom itself has no It is relatively poor, and the talent training has just started, so that the surplus of talents will not become a pressure.

But it’s different when it comes to the national level. It is definitely not possible to search for talents with great fanfare, and finally release a large number of them and leave a few scattered ones, otherwise no one will come next time.Talented scholars these days are all rushing to "govern the country", and they have a big temper.

Moreover, Emperor Jing's actions are the same as Zhongshan Kingdom's. The purpose is to dig out talents from the aristocratic family, and at the same time, it is also to give talents a new choice channel, and to minimize the political color of a talent.

Xia Anran is sure that no emperor can ignore the benefits brought by this method, so this will definitely not be the only time to select talents.

It is very likely that Emperor Jing will do it once if he is short of people, so what about the people who choose more?

If it was Xia Anran, he would choose...

Interleave these people into other local forces.

Today, the bureaucrats of the Dahan Kingdom are composed of three two-thousand stones selected by the emperor, and the especially young princes will also bring a Tai Tuo with them when they enter the domain.

The state and county are similar, except that Erqianshi is appointed by the central government, the local officials are all elected by the local government or promoted by Erqianshi when he arrives at the locality. The power to control.

Among them, the independent forces of the vassal kings mostly choose local talents, and if these people are particularly loved and trusted by the vassal kings, and they happen to have this opportunity, they will be promoted to Chang'an soon.

These people are the eyes and ears of the king.

But now, Liu Qi's way of doing things has changed, and the talents promoted by other counties are sent to other places... It is undoubtedly to muddy the water.For the vassals, although their goal of recommending talents has been achieved, they have also inserted nails in their own territory, and they don't even know where these nails came from.

If Emperor Jing made another move and created some "misunderstandings", then some vassal states with relatively strong relationships might also fight each other.

This should be the point that Zhi Du reminded him of - the central government is likely to install some forces in Zhongshan in the near future.

In fact, regarding this matter, Xia Anran thinks it's okay.

He remembered that before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came to the throne, the rights of the feudal kings of the Western Han Dynasty had been cut off a lot, so it was nothing more than a nail inserted.

On the contrary, it is more troublesome that the right to appoint officials belongs to the central government, because if that is the case, there would be no need to hold the talent selection test in Zhongshan, or even if it was held, it would be to screen out the ten talents.

Failure to provide stable employment will be a major blow to basic education in a region.

He thought for a while, unfolded the scroll and picked up the pen, and finished it in one go.

Regardless of whether Liu Qi thought about it so deeply, as a son and vassal king, he had to remind his old father.If Liu Qi thought about it, then he would be doing what he liked and give his father an excuse.If Liu Qi didn't think so... Cough, he was trying to curry favor with his father!

Xia Anran stopped writing and dried the bamboo roll, then rolled it up with a sealing tape to seal it.Under Zhidu's heavy gaze, he handed the scroll to the summoned messenger, and then watched him go away.

Zhi Du's lips moved, but he couldn't say a word in the end.Xia Anran felt pain in her heart when she looked at the overall complicated gaze that didn't even make sense.

Why do you want to please Emperor Jing... The main reason is because of Jiaojiao's marriage.

Xia Anran was [-]% sure that the object of the mission in this world was Chen Jiaojiao, because when he and Chen Jiaojiao were discussing how to overcome the level of Princess Guantao, the mission bar advanced a bit.

In this way, he can basically be sure that the current direction of walking is not wrong. Finding a way to get Chen Jiao and Zhang Tang married is the key to the completion of the mission, although Xia Anran is not sure whether the key point lies in Zhang Tang, or "not Liu Che". condition.

But since Jiaojiao herself has taken a fancy to Zhang Tang, and Xia Anran personally admires Zhang Tang, she will naturally find a way to go this way.

Although he is a beloved younger brother... Xia Anran still has to admit that Liu Che is emotionally... an atypical scumbag.

His younger brother should belong to the type who is sincere and loves vigorously, but at the same time changes his heart very quickly.However, the type he likes in women is quite obvious, that is, he likes the type of obedient and obedient little bird who is good-looking and has no intentions.

Although Chen Jiao was absolutely beautiful in terms of appearance, her beauty still tended to be ostentatious, so Chen Jiao was not Liu Che's type at all.These two people have similar personalities and similar family backgrounds. If they really get together, they will definitely be a bitter couple.

As for Zhang Tang... Cough, Zhang Tang's city chest is much higher than that of Chen Jiaojiao, and what Jiaojiao doesn't like to hear, Xia Anran feels that Zhang Tang is far superior in terms of knowledge, IQ, and EQ. Yu Chenjiao, but Zhang Tang is the kind of existence that doesn't make people feel aggressive.

When the two get along, Chen Jiao often makes up her mind, and Zhang Tang usually plays the one who seems to be submissive and has no opinion but is actually tying the rope.

His younger sister has a strong admiration for the strong, and what she likes most is to conquer the strong.She is like a lioness, and if a male lion wants to win her favor, the first thing is to be strong enough.So meeting someone like Zhang Tang who is capable, good-natured, smart, and able to hold her down at critical moments... In a sense, it is indeed a perfect match.

In fact, Chen Jiao may have loved Liu Che in history. The young emperor was strong and attractive enough from any angle, but it is a pity that they made a mistake at the beginning, and she fell in love too late. This kind of man belongs to the person who will never give you a chance to warm up once his heart is cold.

Even if the right person shows up at the wrong time, the result is a tragedy.

But none of this has anything to do with Xia Anran, his mission goal is to make Chen Jiao happy and healthy, and he is still happy with the couple Chen Jiao and Zhang Tang.

To be honest, although it is difficult to match her and Zhang Tang, it is not too difficult to complete.But if Chen Jiao likes Liu Xiaozhu wholeheartedly, then he will be caught blind - it is difficult for a woman to be happy in Sangong Sixth Courtyard...

And Xia Anran doesn't like to watch a group of women fight for a man, it will make him, an outstanding young man who grew up in the new era, feel that he hates iron and steel, and every girl puts all her thoughts and energy on a man and other women body, how silly that is.

If he was really allowed to watch this kind of palace fighting plot, he might one day lose his temper and knock him out and take him away or simply let him go.

Fortunately, Chen Jiao chose Zhang Tang herself.

Although to a certain extent this is also a difficult MAX progress, but for Xia Anran at least he doesn't have to keep an eye on whether the young couple is happy or not in the future.

Zhang Tang is a smart person, and he is the kind of smart person who is not easy to be blinded by emotion.Historically, he knows exactly how to climb the ladder, and is able to use those resources flawlessly to get there.At the same time, this is a very nostalgic and grateful person.

Although Jiaojiao and him are not too grandiose, it's okay to treat each other like a guest.

Although Xia Anran is not very good at this kind of love and love, he still understands the matter of marriage.The question now is how to pass the level of Princess Guantao.

He was [-]% sure that Liu Qi would not interfere with Chen Jiao's marriage, marrying the lord of the big man to the talented men of the big man... Wouldn't it be an encouragement to the young commoners.

But the premise is that there must be enough momentum, and Zhang Tang himself must be good enough.

Xia Anran asked someone to call Chen Jiao and Zhang Tang, and then he told them his suggestion.He thought that Zhang Tang could go to Chang'an City to try the talent selection test held by the emperor.

Last spring, Zhang Tang passed the Zhongshan Country's talent selection test with a high score, and is now officially working under Han Ying.From this point of view, he fully meets the needs of Zhongshan Country in recommending talents.

There are ten quotas in Zhongshan State. Due to the large number of grassroots staff being drawn out before, there is now a gap in manpower. The little king plans to make up a test, and then it will be handed over depending on the situation.At that time, it shouldn't be a big problem to ask someone to open an intensive cram school for ten people in his family.

"According to Zhang Qing's talent, it shouldn't be difficult to win." Xia Anran said, "If that's the case, then I won't be able to help you."

If Zhang Tang was chosen by Emperor Jing to stay in the center, it would be under the eyes of Princess Guantao. The relationship between the two must be hidden, and Guantao must not find out before the time is right.

If she stayed in Zhongshan, she would at least have Xia Anran's protection. Even if Princess Guantao found out about the situation later, it would be very difficult for her to intervene in her nephew's fiefdom.

But as the so-called wealth and wealth seek in danger, if you can go to the central government, there is no doubt that with Zhang Tang's talent and the current situation, you can climb faster, and you can also get the protection of the emperor.

Chen Jiao and Zhang Tang seemed to have been prepared for a long time. After listening to Xia Anran's thoughts, they looked at each other and nodded at the little king.

Zhang Tang decided to participate in the talent selection test, while Chen Jiao was planning to go to Beijing with Xia Anran during the New Year.Both of them planned to go to Chang'an City to fight. Chen Jiao's attitude was very clear. She believed in Zhang Tang's ability, and she didn't want to become a drag on Zhang Tang because of her own existence.

Zhang Tang also felt that it would be too wronged for Chen Jiao to insist on staying in Zhongshan country. Now that this opportunity is rare, how will he know if he can do it if he doesn't try it?

Now that the women's education in Zhongshan is on the right track, the positioning of Chen Jiao Academy is now from the perspective of public welfare.In the past few years, the little girl has known how naive her previous thoughts were. She gave up the idea of ​​making the girls' school into another university, and instead positioned it as basic education.

The women who are cultivated will also feed back the school. The school that Chen Jiao opened in Beiping had these women as teachers, which can be regarded as providing jobs.

If she really can't take care of her in the future, Xia Anran will include this part in the education system of Zhongshan Kingdom itself.

Women's literacy classes are a good thing. Grandpa Mao said that women hold up half the sky.And now the power of women's literacy has gradually been revealed, and the basic education level of children in Zhongshan has risen sharply.

Moreover, some women have returned home after studying, and besides educating their own children, they also open cram schools to teach other children in the same village. They are not as serious as ordinary schools. Give what you have.

Anyway, teaching one child is teaching, and teaching several is the same.

It wasn't until a few years after the emergence of girls' schools that people gradually discovered that every child today can read and even speak a few clichés.

Others start basic education from the baby, and put it in Zhongshan Country, it starts from the baby's mother.

Another benefit of being a baby mother is the improvement of women's family status.A woman who is literate and can read will always have more face when she takes her out, and her own baby is much smarter than other people's. The men are very satisfied with the changes in their daughter-in-law.

This kind of change is very rapid. It seems that overnight, women who can read and write have become more popular in the marriage and love market, especially if the man's family is relatively well-off, this is more important.

It is impossible to say that no one objected to ladies studying. Although it took a piece of time, many men thought that ladies could help out at home at this time, and they had to hand in embroidery when they went to study. They can all be sold for money.

But "Nymphae" made a big advertisement for girls to go to school. Women say that Yingtai, an unmarried girl, can go to school. Why can't we?

This was beyond Xia Anran's expectations.

Speaking of Nymphae... He stroked his chin and thought about the situation in the capital. He wondered if his mother had succeeded in creating momentum for the puppet show?Before the relationship between Zhang Tang and Chen Jiao is made public, it is best to have a certain mass market, otherwise it will be bad if it is too deliberate.

Huh?In this way, it seems that I haven't heard any news from the capital...

At this time, Mrs. Jia who was far away in the capital was pinching the handkerchief in her hand helplessly and handing it to a concubine beside her to wipe her tears, but she scolded her son eight hundred times in her heart.

The brat told her that he had rehearsed a play for her to watch, and tried to get her to get more people to promote it, but he didn't say it was such a play!

Today's Weiyang Palace is almost flooded by the tears of the women!