In addition to Chi You and Zhu Yuanzhang, Qin Zheng, Xiang Yu, Liu Bei and other princes have also begun preparations. Presumably, it won't be long before they will also implement the imperial examination.
The aristocratic families under the rule of these princes were weak and had limited pressure to implement the imperial examination. Liu Bei's Qingzhou was originally a powerful and powerful family, and the land of Qilu was also a rich and garrisoned place.
However, this place has been an area hit hardest by rebellion against the king for a long time, and all the older aristocratic families have gone to join Lao Yuan next door.
In addition to these princes who wanted to implement the imperial examination system, of course there were also princes who were unwilling to implement the imperial examination system.
For example, the two most typical Yuan princes are the representatives of the interests of the aristocratic families and are based on the power of the aristocratic families. The power of the aristocratic family is their foundation, and promoting the imperial examination is definitely harmful to them now.
After many princes promoted the imperial examination, these two were even more favored by the aristocratic families. Those aristocratic families who wanted to extinguish the flames of the imperial examination expressed their support for the two Yuan.
Of course, even the support was mainly given by Yuan Shao. Yuan Shu did it in private, and it was not as strong as Yuan Shao.
After all, although Yuan Shu's pseudo-dynasty has been strong for several years, the Han Dynasty is still the mainstream. These aristocratic families were willing to allocate some support to Yuan Shu for the sake of the strong vitality of the puppet dynasty, and to prevent Yuan Shu from really becoming powerful one day, so they allocated a small part for investment.
If this had been the case when Yuan Shu had just proclaimed himself emperor, most aristocratic families would have been afraid to avoid him, let alone secretly support him!
Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were unwilling to implement the imperial examination, but Liu Xiu and Zhao Kuangyin were determined to implement the imperial examination, but they were powerless.
The aristocratic families in Jingxu and Xu were very powerful, and Liu Xiu had been busy recovering his strength in the past few years. It was impossible for him to conflict with the aristocratic families under such circumstances.
Zhao Kuangyin also compromised with the aristocratic family in order to deal with Chi You after his death. Therefore, these two people could see the benefits of the imperial examination, but they had no objective environment to put them into practice.
Although Liu Xiu and Zhao Kuangyin could not implement the imperial examination system head-on, they took the path of "saving the country through curves".
For example, Zhao Kuangyin set up Hongwu halls in several important cities in Xuzhou to recruit warriors from all over the world. Anyone who shows talent in the Hongwu Hall can join the military camp as an officer.
Apart from the impact of the imperial examinations, the biggest change in recent years has been the changes in the power of the princes.
Generally speaking, in the past few years, a total of two forces have disappeared in the tide of the world.
On the grassland, the Western Xianbei led by Yelu Abaoji came to an end, while in the Central Plains, the Sun family led by Sun Ce, the little overlord in Yuzhou, withdrew from the stage of vying for hegemony among the princes.
On the grassland, Yelu Abaoji was finally destroyed by Temujin, but Temujin also felt uncomfortable. Yelu Abaoji exchanged cattle and sheep from Li Xiang for a large number of soldiers and armor, and armed a large number of Xianbei herdsmen to provide Temujin with bring huge losses. For a long time, Temujin had to settle down.
There are also generals. Temujin's losses in generals are not small. More than 20 generals, including Wei Lu, Murong Kai, Liu Bao, Hu Chuquan, and Xiang Yunyi, were killed in battle.
In the last battle, Yelu Abao suffered several injuries to his body but still refused to retreat and fought to the death. In the end, he had a battle of kings with Temujin, and was killed by Temujin himself on the grassland.
The one who died in the battle at the same time was the hero Wanyan Wu Qimai. Wanyan Wu Qimai did not want to continue to flee with the others, or maybe he was too tired from bearing the hatred of genocide for so many years, and Tie Mu Zhen continues to grow stronger, making him unable to see hope.
Therefore, Wanyan Wu Qimai chose to settle with Temujin at this time, and eventually died in battle on the grassland along with Yelu Abaoji.
After Yelu Abaoji and Wanyan Wu Qimai were killed in battle, excluding Yelusha, Shuluping, Yelu Deguang, Yelu Wangxiang, Yelu Hongji, Wanyan Jindanzi, Wanyan Xibuxie and others who may have died on the battlefield, Or follow Yelu Abaoji to die.
The remaining people were divided into four. Xiao Siwen, Xiao Guanyin, Hou Mochen Chong, Hou Mo Chenshun, Da Libo, Xiao Jiyuan, Xiao Dalin and others defected to Li Xiang. Yelu Dashi, Yelu Guiyin, Yelu Xidi, Yelu Liuge, Lang Tianbiao, Yelu Bei and others went to the Western Regions, intending to continue the fire of Western Xianbei in the Western Regions.
It was a pity for Wanyan's golden marbles. Faced with many generals of Temujin, he finally broke through his own limit after narrowly surviving several times, and broke through from the peerless peak to the level of a divine general.
You know, even in the sequence of peerless peaks, the former Wanyan Golden Marble was not that outstanding, but he was actually one step ahead of the rest of the peerless peaks and took the lead in taking this step. It can be seen that he has endured all the hardships during this period. How great the pressure is!
Unfortunately, even after breaking through the divine generals, the Wanyan Golden Marble that had just broken through was definitely the weakest among the divine generals, and was still no match for Shalijin. In the end, he was stabbed and seriously injured by Shalijin, and died in the process of escaping. The ancestor of the spear is the hand of Bai Yantuo.
Temujin naturally wanted to take a share of the remaining forces in Western Xianbei, including Yelu Wuzhi, Yelv Renxian, Xiao Orila, Xiao Dilu, Xiao Pai'a, Xiao Xiaomu, Xiao Zhuobu and other large and small ones. All the characters were captured alive by Temujin in the wars of the past few years.
Xiao Tianzuo, Yelu Xiezhen, Yelu Huolu and other remaining generals of Western Xianbei led the remnants of the Western Xianbei army to protect Yelu Abaoji's son Yelu Lihu and passed through Li Xiang's territory and embarked on the road to defect to East Xianbei.
In essence, the Eastern and Western Xianbei are still Xianbei people. Although the Western Xianbei has perished, the determination of the Xianbei people to resist the Mongols will never perish with it.
West Xianbei and East Xianbei are separated by Temujin's territory. If Yeluhuolu and others want to go from the grassland to East Xianbei to join Tuoba Tao, they will have to cross almost the entire Mongolia. If they can pass, Temujin There is really no need to continue messing around.
Therefore, it was impossible for Yelu Huolu and the others to set off from the grassland. If they wanted to arrive safely, they could only pass through Hezhou and Bingzhou, and go from Bingzhou to East Xianbei.
As for Li Xiang, after some consideration, Li Xiang did not stop these people from borrowing the road. On the one hand, they are still in a marriage relationship on the surface, and many people in Xi Xianbei have defected to him.
On the other hand, if these people go to Tuoba Tao, they will continue to be enemies of Temujin anyway.
Now, Temujin has destroyed Yelu Abaoji, and only Tuoba Tao and Nurhachi are left on the grassland. Next, these two people became the main force in preventing Temujin from unifying the grasslands.
These people can also strengthen Tuoba Tao by running over. At this time, it is in Li Xiang's interest for Tuoba Tao to become stronger.
