500 purple-clad cavalrymen, under the command of an official, drove all 2,000 students from the three schools who had submitted a letter from Fu Que into Chongde Gate. They also announced in public that they had gathered their young men and wanted to organize them into the army and take them there. Fighting a gold thief...and doing it in front of tens of thousands of stunned Kaifeng people!
This is just...crazy!
This official is crazy!
There was a crazy official in the Song Dynasty!
What should I do?
Every Kaifeng citizen who witnessed this scene felt that their officials were crazy!
"He, he, he actually made young men out of 2,000 students who applied for admission? How dare he do this? Isn't he afraid of offending all the scholars in the world?"
In Prince Ding's palace, Zhao Huan's teacher Geng Nanzhong came excitedly near noon and brought the news that "Zhao Kai went crazy".
But Zhao Huan seemed unusually calm and just asked the teacher to eat with him.
"Your Majesty..." Geng Nanzhong looked around crookedly and found no one waiting, so he lowered his voice and said, "What a chance! He has now offended all the scholars in the world!"
"Really?" Zhao Huan gently turned the wine glass in his hand and said calmly, "Where did he make trouble now? Now he just cleaned up a group of third-year students who can play but not play, and they have not abolished the weight-lifting warriors. What's more, The land that was not taken away from the scholar-bureaucrats was distributed to the soldiers."
"Humph," Geng Nanzhong sneered a few times: "He, if he dares to do that, the scholar-bureaucrats in the world will not be able to eat him alive!"
"Hehe," Zhao Huan just shook his head, then pointed to his neck and said to Geng Nanzhong very seriously, "Don't use your neck to test Saburo's sword... His sword is very sharp!"
"Your Highness..." Geng Nanzhong looked at his student, "Are you really willing?"
Zhao Huan smiled bitterly, pointed at his head and said, "Teacher! This is how you become an official with your head in front of you!"
"No, that's not the case, right?" Geng Nanzhong said, "Isn't there still Kaifeng Mansion?"
Zhao Huan sneered: "Teacher, have you forgotten that Qin Shihuang flooded the beams? Have you forgotten how high the new embankment is? Have you forgotten how many mouths are crying for food in Kaifeng City? If the gold thief just attacks hard and beats him hard , Kaifeng Mansion can still be defended, but if they get frustrated after being unable to attack for a long time, dig a dam and flood the city... Can Kaifeng Mansion be defended?"
"This, this...can the officials have a solution?" Geng Nanzhong was still unconvinced.
Zhao Huan nodded and said with a wry smile: "Of course Sanlang has a way, he is a madman! That's why he dares to kill thieves on the battlefield and leads his troops into the battle! Even if Kaifeng Mansion is flooded, he will go out to fight in the city and save the gold at all costs. The thief was killed and retreated. Moreover, he would send countless people from Kaifeng Mansion to the battlefield and turn the area around Kaifeng Mansion into a scorched earth, making the gold thief lose more than he gained. In this way, the gold thief would not dare to come to Kaifeng Mansion again.
Although I know how to do such a thing, I can't do it! "
But...how did you know? Geng Nanzhong is now increasingly suspicious that his good student Zhao Huan must be looking for another teacher outside his back!
But he didn't have the time to ask these questions now. He just asked: "Your Majesty, what should we do?"
Zhao Huan glanced at the teacher and asked, "Is the family ready?"
Geng Nanzhong nodded.
Although he had been an official for many years, he stayed with Zhao Huan for a long time and did not get any lucrative positions, so he did not have much property to deal with.
Zhao Huan said: "Today is the 24th. Tong Guan will bring Liu Yanqing on the 25th, so that we can leave on the 26th...and then we can spend the Spring Festival in Yingtian Mansion. . After the Spring Festival, when the canal resumes navigation, we can take a boat to Jiangning Mansion. When we get to Jiangning, we will definitely find a job for the teacher. "
Geng Nanzhong was still a little doubtful, "Can you really leave?"
What he was worried about was that Zhao Kai wouldn't let them go.
Zhao Huan smiled and said: "Of course! The three students are under control. Without their leadership, the people of Kaifeng Mansion are just a mob and cannot stop us."
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Yanfu Palace, Yanfu Palace, a banquet is in progress!
At this time, more than two hundred square tables had been placed inside and outside Yanfu Hall. There was no room for them inside the main hall, so they had to set up a shed in the garden outside and set up a hundred or dozens of tables.
The servants and palace attendants in Yanfu Palace were coming in and out with wine and food, as busy as little bees.
But the guests who were sitting in the banquet room all had sad faces, as if they were not enjoying the banquet given by the emperor, but eating a decapitated meal.
In the Yanfu Hall, there is a particularly large square table placed in the middle seat. There were thirty people sitting around the table! There were dozens of palace servants waiting around, serving wine and food.
Needless to say, this table is the main table.
Those who are qualified to sit on this table and meet Zhao Kai, an official of the Song Dynasty, are not ordinary students, but the best among the three students...either they have both civil and military skills, or they are famous, Or there is a background in the family.
People like Cao Li, Shen Changsheng, Gao Yaoqing, Chen Dong, Deng Su, etc. are all prominently listed. In addition, there were more than a dozen students from martial arts and Chinese studies who also sat on the important head table under the recommendation of Cao Li and Shen Changsheng.
The reason why this main table is fatal is because, except for Cao Li and Shen Changsheng, two "close friends" of Zhao Kai, the other fifteen people have been awarded official positions... and become fatal ones. official!
These fifteen people, regardless of their origin, were all awarded the title of Xiuzhilang of the ninth grade. This official is the sixth level among the seven levels of selection. People with this official position can serve as trial magistrates.
Don’t be too petty... In the past, students from Taixue, Wushu and Guozixue could not get this official position! You have to be a Jinshi, and you have to be ranked high to become one.
Now there are fifteen students, some of whom have not yet reached the upper house, and some of whom have simply been "expelled", and they have all been directly awarded the title of Xiuzhilang. This is really a majestic favor from the emperor!
Since the emperor's favor was so great, these students would certainly be devastated and repay it with death.
So while Zhao Kai conferred officials on them, he also gave them assignments... All of them were trial magistrates, and they were all trial magistrates of Ji County!
The magistrate of this county must be left in the past. Let alone selecting people, even the capital officials may not be qualified!
Now, if you are working as a job for these students who have never even passed the imperial examination, can you risk your life?
Zhao Kai has already said his ugly words - it is your responsibility to defend your territory! Losing ground and beheading!
Other civil servants did not need to be beheaded when they lost their land, but these officials were different. They all issued military orders and voluntarily blocked their heads to defend the territory of the Song Dynasty.
According to Zhao Kai's plan, the magistrates of the 15 Ji counties around Kaifeng (excluding Kaifeng and Xiangfu counties) will all be replaced by this group of "patriotic students" who have issued military orders.
Well, you don’t want to issue a military order?
No problem, it's not forced...If you don't get a military order, you can be awarded the title of Di Gonglang, who is one level below you. If you have a military order, you can serve as the chief clerk, county captain and town supervisor (to guard a town) under the county magistrate. Losing land does not require beheading, but the possibility of dying on the battlefield is greater than that of a county magistrate who has signed a "decapitation warrant".
Of course, not all students are so "lucky" and are immediately awarded official positions and can immediately go out of the city to defend the country - after all, there are as few as 2,000 third-year students "captured" by Zhao Kai!
Zhao Kai doesn't have that much territory for them to defend!
Therefore, only 15 people were awarded the title of county magistrate, a total of 30 people were awarded the title of chief registrar and county captain, and there were more town supervisors, 72 people were awarded. In total, only 117 people were awarded the title of Di Gong Lang, Xiu Zhi Lang and the important title. Sent.
The remaining more than a thousand people serve as camp officers in the name of generals (this is an official selected below the seventh rank, and should be awarded to officials who have not yet been nominated), that is, various errands and candidate cannon fodder—— If the cannon fodder dies but the territory is not lost, then come on as a substitute!
Zhao Kai's personal expedition camp was created crudely. He only appointed a few military camp envoys and official positions such as governor, governor, and general to fill in some troops. However, the various agencies below the executive branch have not been established, and there are not enough officials to fill them.
Therefore, this group of students who are sent to their doorsteps are just used to fill this gap.
With these sesame officials who can run errands, handle affairs, and serve as cannon fodder, Li Gang and others can recommend some mid-level officials, and the personal expedition camp can really get started.
In addition, there are many martial arts students among this group of students. Although the martial arts students and martial scholars of the Song Dynasty generally had poor military abilities, they at least knew a little about military affairs! For the time being, they can't be asked to go out to fight in the city, but they can be sent to take charge of Minzhuang in Kaifeng Mansion... Minzhuang is also an army when he joins the army. If he is an army, he cannot be left alone. Given time, these martial arts students in charge of the army might be able to develop some military attachés who can lead troops.
It turns out that the 2,000 students who were dragged into Chongde Gate by Zhao Kai are not all unlucky cannon fodder... Even if they are cannon fodder, Zhao Kai will let them be cannon fodder with ambition and thoughts.
Now the cannon fodder has been gathered in the Yanfu Hall. They all have no appetite, have long faces, and look afraid of death. It is really disappointing!
Zhao Kaien coughed and began to cheer up the cannon fodder, feed them chicken soup, and draw pie.
"Confucius said Cheng Ren, Mencius said Qi Yi!" This time Zhao Kai had already thought of his words and did not use a long silence to exert pressure, "All the ministers have read the books of sages, so they should know the truth. And I will never let the blood and sweat of benevolent and righteous people be in vain, nor will I let benevolent and righteous people take risks in vain... As long as you can defend the counties and towns under your jurisdiction, and wait until the golden thieves retreat, I will give you You give me a Jinshi background and transfer you to an official position!
The magistrates of counties and towns will all be transferred to seven officials, and the selected people will be transferred to the capital officials! In the future, you will be appointed as court officials! Those who are awarded the title of Chief Secretary or County Lieutenant will be transferred to five to seven officials depending on their merits... they will definitely be transferred to the capital officials in the future! "
Hearing the promotion reward promised by Zhao Kai, some of the people who were still looking sad just now became brighter... Although this official family is crazy, they are really willing to promote the people below them!
This kind of wealth can be found in danger! There are 15 county towns and 72 town forts, a total of 87 castles. It is impossible for the golden thief to break them all, right? It seems like I can still win some!
