Hongwu’s five-year Jinshi was finally taken out!
There were forty people in total, ten more than previously expected. This is not an expansion of Jinshi enrollment, but a "late" imperial examination held in the fifth year of Hongwu. The imperial examination in the fourth year of Hongwu was not held and was postponed to the fifth year of Hongwu. Therefore, the gap between this imperial examination and the last imperial examination was four years instead of three.
Therefore, the quota should also be increased accordingly. Thirty scholars should be obtained in three years, and forty scholars should be obtained in four years.
Compared with the thirty Jinshi who were selected in the first year of Hongwu, the level of this year's Jinshi has been significantly improved - everyone has trained according to Zhao Kai's standards for four years, and some indicators have certainly improved.
For example, the level of solving math application problems - all the Jinshi students got full marks in the arithmetic subject!
It seems that the mathematics application questions equivalent to the fourth and fifth grade of elementary school are not difficult for them, the "national college entrance examination top scorers".
Of course the level of military science has also improved!
Since the seventh year of Xuanhe, the Song Dynasty has entered troubled times, and has been engaged in a long-term war for nearly seven years.
This year's Jinshi were originally wartime Jinshi, so of course they know more about military matters!
And what they have improved the most is, of course, their martial arts. Even the champion Yu Yunwen, a Sichuan native from the south of the Yangtze River, could ride a horse and shoot arrows!
Of course, Yu Yunwen's riding and shooting skills were not all made up by taking extra classes in Luoyang. Before he was sent to Luoyang by his father Dong Qi, he had learned martial arts in Jinling.
Because Wu Jinshi of the Jinling court also began to "involve" - Wu Jinshi had good official luck, so of course there were many people who passed the exam. If more people pass the exam, the admission rate will naturally be lower. In order to eliminate more people, the "powerful officials" of the Southern Song Dynasty had no choice but to raise their demands.
Archery must hit the target to score points!
You can't fall to the ground when riding a horse, and you have to run fast. It would be better if you can jump over obstacles.
The "vegetable horses" purchased through the Ezhou-Hanyang mutual market also gave officials and officials like Yu Yunwen the opportunity to practice riding and archery.
After all, "vegetable horses" are horses, and they can be ridden if they are horses...
In the Qianyuan Hall, there were forty new subjects and more than twenty "old subjects", as well as more than a hundred students from the artillery school, and two hundred who had just been admitted to the artillery, infantry, cavalry, and senior schools. Many new students are all gathered together, waiting for dinner - today is the day when Zhao Kai gives them a banquet!
Before eating, they had to listen to Zhao Kai's instructions.
Sitting on the throne, looking at the less than four hundred talented people who were already standing around dozens of square tables in the hall, Zhao Kai nodded with satisfaction, smiled and said: "A great man." , was born in troubled times, carrying a three-foot green blade, sweeping across the world, sweeping all directions, reestablishing the foundation for the people of the world, and reopening the prosperous age, how lucky it is! You and others are the talents of the country, and they are the talents who can follow me to reopen the prosperous age. I am so lucky to have you and others helping me! I also hope that you and others will not disappoint my expectations!"
What this said... Others "would rather be a peace dog than a troubled person", Zhao Kai is fine, he is still very happy in troubled times!
It seems that this person has no hope of being a benevolent king.
But the talented people below are quite happy now... they get promoted quickly in troubled times!
Is the Northern Expedition about to begin?
After a wave of defeat, everyone will be promoted and make a fortune!
"I must move forward bravely and live up to your kindness!"
The top pick, Yu Yunwen, took the lead in shouting - he didn't expect that he would win the top pick. This position is so conspicuous. I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at it, so he must be more active!
"I am willing to serve as the king's vanguard and sweep away the northern invaders!"
Xiao Buyan, who was second on the list, immediately followed up. He had to be more active... He was from Khitan, he was different, and he was ranked second. If he wasn't active, he would be exposed too easily.
"I will live up to the emperor's kindness..."
Zhao Kai looked very satisfied when he heard a group of people shouting in unison. He raised his right hand to signal everyone to be silent so that he could continue to lecture.
"My plan is to prepare for three years, then go on the Northern Expedition to the East, and take another two years to capture all the lost lands in Hebei, Yanyun, and Jingdong!" Zhao Kai said, "This year is already the second year of three years of preparation... ..In the seventh year of Hongwu, I will swear to send out troops to fight to the death with the bandits!"
Zhao Kai is now playing an open chess game with Jin Guo... There is nothing to hide!
The Battle of Montenegro has shown that Zhao Kai's army can defeat the main force of the Jurchens in field battles in enemy-controlled areas and achieve a great victory.
This already shows that he has the strength to conquer the Northern Expedition and the Eastern Expedition!
The reason why they did not send troops immediately was to accumulate supplies and armaments, especially artillery. Although the technical difficulty of casting bronze cannons was not high, it was by no means low. Even under the strict supervision of Yue Fei, Huang Wubing and others, the yield rate of bronze-cast cannons is still low. Among them, the yield rate of long cannons with a bullet weight of 5 kilograms and a diameter of 20 times can only barely reach one-third.
That is to say, two-thirds of the forged artillery pieces are scrap!
The scrap rate of the 10-pound long cannon is even higher, almost 80%!
Under this situation, Zhao Kai had to spend two or three years to accumulate enough artillery.
In addition, training artillery is also very troublesome... Zhao Kai's "modern education" actually started with the training of artillery officers!
Another thing that takes time is making cold-forged armor, which is also a manual job, and the soldiers below have to pay for it out of their own pockets (Zhao Kai will provide subsidies). Based on the scale of Luoyang's military industry, it is already unparalleled to be able to produce more than 10,000 cold-forged armors in one year, and 50,000 collars can be produced in three years.
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There is really not much time left for Daikin!
There is no need for Xiao Buyan to send news to Daxing Mansion. Wanyan Zongqian can smell the dangerous smell with his keen sense of smell!
The spring mood of the ninth year of Tianhui is gradually getting stronger inside and outside Daxing City. With several precious spring rains, the very dry and cold weather in winter has gradually become warmer and humid.
The Jurchen tribe, who had practiced martial arts and battles all winter long in Daxingfu City, also got a chance to relax, either riding their Jurchen horses out of the city for hunting, or going in groups to patrol them in a ostentatious manner. In the manors in the countryside of Daxing Prefecture, land rents were collected. After the clan collegial meeting that elected Ban Bojie last year, the Jurchen people began a large-scale migration.
The Jurchen dignitaries of Wu Qimai's line began to migrate to the jurisdictions of Andong Jiedushi (stationed in Liaoyang) and Xianping Jiedushi (stationed in Xianping).
The Jurchen dignitaries of Zonghan's line were based on Fuzhou and Hesuguan Road on the Liaodong Peninsula. At the same time, they enclosed a large amount of land in Dengzhou and Laizhou and established manors. Compared with Jinan Prefecture, Dengzhou seemed to be safer, so Wanyan Zonghan moved his base camp on the Jingdong Peninsula there.
In places such as Datong Prefecture, Cangzhou, Dading Prefecture, Huining Prefecture and the Liaoxi Corridor, they have become the settlements of tens of thousands of households belonging to Zongfu, Zongwang, Zongbi, Zongjun, Wanyanquan and others of the Aguda family. .
Wanyan Zongqian and Wanyan Liang, father and son, became the biggest winners at the clan meeting because they won the position of knowing Banbo Jilie, and naturally got the biggest share of the cake. In addition to the ten thousand households directly under the father and son, there will also be Meng'an (these are left by the deceased Wanyan Xieye, Wanyan Xiedai, Wanyan Xiesai, Wanyan Xiezhe, Wanyan Yanmu and others). Meng'an was all managed by their heirs) and all came under the banner of the Jin Dynasty.
Of course, Wanyan Zongqian did not deprive his cousins of their control over Meng'an, as he did not have such authority. Wanyan Zongqian just moved these mengan to Daxing Prefecture, assigned them manors, and also allocated them homesteads in Daxing Prefecture City.
In the past year, more than 20,000 Jurchen households have moved to Daxing Prefecture one after another!
Most of these Jurchens were originally rich peasant soldiers who were engaged in farming and fighting. They served as soldiers during war and managed land in their hometowns during peacetime. Now that they have moved into the densely populated Daxing Prefecture, of course there is no land for them to operate. The manor Wanyan Zonggan gave them was actually cultivated and cultivated by others. The Jurchen people who moved here only received rent. right.
And in order to control these people more effectively, and at the same time prevent them from running amok in the countryside and affecting the tax revenue of the Dajin court. So Wanyan Zongqian allocated a house for them in Daxing Mansion City, so that these Jurchen uncles could stay under his nose, cause less trouble and train more!
In the winter that just passed, Wanyan Zongqian urged these Jurchen uncles to practice hard on the ability to kill enemies every day - not only to practice hand-to-hand combat with bows and horses, but also to practice pot throwing, military formations, and the ability to defend and attack cities.
This kind of training intensity is quite powerful for the newly emerging Jurchen military aristocratic group.
The people below were forced to suffer, so they would inevitably complain a little, but Wanyan Zongqian would give a few words of instruction with a straight face: "We don't have much time left for Dajin. In three years at most, Zhao Kai will definitely overwhelm the country." ..."
In addition to the more than 20,000 Jurchen noble families who were forced to train hard all winter by Wanyan Zongqian, the Bohai Navy households, Khitan military households and Han people in Nanjing Road (Daxing Mansion) and Beijing Road (Linhuang Mansion) The military household was also closely watched by Wanyan Zongqian, who carried out a lot of rectification.
The originally somewhat chaotic Bohai Navy, Khitan Army and Han'er Army were organized by Wanyan Zongqian into Khitan Ten Thousand Households on Beijing Road, Haner Guard Guards and Qinjun on Nanjing Road, and Bohai Ten Thousand Households on Nanjing Road, for a total of three thousand households. Among them, Khitan and Bohai, two families with ten thousand households, also followed the Jurchen method and organized Meng'an and Mouke, and all of them were divided into manors.
The Han'er Army recruited troops. Han Chang from the Han family in Yutian served as the capital commander. He organized the Korean troops affiliated to the Dajin court and formed a new army of 20,000 people.
So now Wanyan Zongqian has 20,000 Jurchen soldiers, 10,000 Khitan soldiers, 10,000 Bohai soldiers, 20,000 Han soldiers, a total of 70,000 soldiers... These are all soldiers who can actually go to the battlefield. The number of soldiers, if auxiliary soldiers are included, will be more than 100,000.
If you include the power in Shi Jiedu's hands, the military strength of the Jin Kingdom is still considerable, at least not less than Zhao Kai in terms of numbers. Not afraid of a war of attrition at all! And their equipment is actually not bad. They definitely have more war horses than Zhao Kai, and there is no shortage of iron armor and cold weapons. The only shortcoming is gunpowder weapons... If they can't make up for this shortcoming before Zhao Kai launches the attack, , Guo Zuo of the Kingdom of Jin will not last long.
