On the ninth day of the third month of the seventh year of Tongguang's reign, the saint held an additional examination in Hanyuan Hall and selected four number one candidates.
Han Zhaoyin had better luck and won the top prize in Jinshi.
Shao Shude granted him the post of Secretary Lang, and the former Secretary Lang Chen Ti was appointed as the Order of Jurong.
Jurong is in Ji County, and the county magistrate is in the sixth rank, which is equivalent to being promoted two levels in a row.
Because Xu Yin participated in the fiscal and tax reform, which satisfied Shao Shude, and he was an agricultural student, he was awarded the post of Ten Thousand Years Order.
There are eight counties in the four capitals of Daxia: Luoyang, Henan, Chang'an, Wannian, Youdu, Ji, Jinling, and Shangyuan. The county magistrates are all in the fifth rank. Xu Yin is promoted this time.
Zhao Ying, a native of Huazhou who was the top scholar in agriculture, also became a secretary.
The career prospects of this kind of Kansai native with good roots are beyond the reach of Chen Ti and Xu Yin, two Fujianese, even though they started out as secretaries.
After the palace examination, it was natural to have some fun and outing.
This kind of exam itself does not involve deposing anyone, it just determines the ranking. Unless you make it too much and make people uncomfortable, you can end the exam peacefully and wait for the award.
Of course, there were actually deposed people in the Tang Dynasty, and the number was relatively small.
During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Yuan was deposed due to the palace examination. Angry, Zhang Yuan defected to Xixia and was re-employed by Li Yuanhao as a military advisor. The most outrageous thing is that his family was detained in Suizhou by the Song court. As a result, they were infiltrated by Xixia spies, and they were released under the imperial edict.
, return to Xixia.
This was a very successful "rescue behind enemy lines". Xixia spies first falsely conveyed the imperial edict, and then brought a family of men, women, old and young from Hubei to northern Shaanxi, passing through many checkpoints and more than thousands of miles! When entering the Xixia border, they played music vigorously.
He severely humiliated the people of Song Dynasty.
After the Battle of Haoshuichuan, Zhang Yuan, who had become the Grand Master of the Western Xia Dynasty, Zhongshu Ling and Shangshu Ling, wrote a poem on the wall of Jieshang Temple, which is the insulting sentence: "Xia Song has never stood up, Han Qi has not been enough."
strange."
The response of the Northern Song Dynasty to these many humiliations was that no one would be deposed in the imperial examination...
After the banquet and a whole set of procedures, the only thing left is to wait for the official appointment.
The official position was determined by Shao Shude himself. He was very concerned about the miscellaneous scholars. Among the 32 people who performed outstandingly in Tongguang four years, a group of them were promoted to chief registrar or county magistrate. Those who were awarded county magistrates from the beginning were even more
I have been transferred to the state to serve as an official for a transitional period, and I will look at it in a few years.
This year there are a total of 82 miscellaneous subject reserve officers.
Most of the people in the Mingshu Branch served as customs officers at sea and land ports (ranging from the eighth to the ninth grade), or as city magistrates of Dazhoufang City (from the ninth grade), and a few outstanding ones entered the tax superintendent and held positions at all levels.
This arrangement basically allows everyone to make the best use of their talents.
It is difficult for these people, below the fourth rank, to be transferred to local administrative officials. They are in a vertical management system, because they are too professional. Only after reaching high positions can they serve as Taoist or Liubujiu temple officials.
However, for scholars studying mathematics, this is still the first time they have experienced such a generous treatment. The existence of the tax supervisor has given them hope, and at the same time they have a strong backer to protect them. After all, the head of the tax supervisor is the political affairs hall.
One of the members.
Agricultural Science, Ming Law Science and Technology are similar to Jinshi Science and Technology, serving as grassroots county-level officials.
Shao Shude patiently read the last name on the list and was very satisfied.
He knows that the situation has changed subtly. If he continues to persist for a few terms, the power will gradually become apparent. After all, this is a process of quantitative change leading to qualitative change.
The Jinshi Department, which was once dominated by me, will inevitably be impacted and disgraced as time goes by.
Three years later, the construction and medical departments will also start to take quotas according to the track, admitting 24 and 22 people respectively.
Shao Shude once planned to reduce the number of Jinshi, but after careful calculation with the prime ministers, he found that the admission quota of more than 200 people per subject (three years) can be arranged without causing redundant officials, so he gave up. Anyway
By then, the proportion of Jinshi Branch has fallen below 50% and is moving towards 40%. Its dominant position has been seriously weakened and there is no need for it.
After dealing with these matters, Shao Shude was ready to head east.
On the tenth day of March, he worshiped heaven in the southern suburbs, inspected the horse and infantry sergeants of the Forbidden Army, and distributed rewards.
On March 12, Wang Puxi, the Minister of Rites, resigned from the court for three days. Yang Zhu, the minister, took over his post, but he was not qualified to enter the political hall.
On March 15th, Yin'anzhi commanded Zhong Yanyou and led 5,000 people to the west to the Western Regions.
More than 10,000 people from various departments of the Forbidden Army were gradually dispatched to Anxi Road to take over the squadron of Long Xiang and other army officers and soldiers.
The successful peace negotiation with Persia does not mean that the war is completely over, nor does it mean that we can take it lightly.
Shao Shude was not so naive. He reduced the number of imperial troops transferred to the West for the third time, but did not completely stop the garrison. The five armies of Yin'anzhi and Tielin totaled more than 10,000 people, and they were the Dinghai Shenzhen he sent to the Western Regions.
This garrison behavior may continue for several years, during which the number of personnel will be further reduced to reduce expenses.
This is not only a precaution, but also a way to maintain the combat effectiveness of the Forbidden Army.
At the same time, he ordered more than 3,000 elite soldiers from the Hengye, Pinglu, Luoyan, and Guangjie armies to be transferred into the Forbidden Army, together with thousands of recruits from the five courtyards, to supplement the vacancies.
The miscellaneous troops, with about 60,000 people left, are getting closer and closer to being completely "annihilated".
The number of people in the five major recruit camps has basically been reduced to less than 100,000, with an average family of less than 20,000. In a few years, the number will be further reduced to around 15,000.
The sergeants in training have been vigorously rectified by the Privy Council, especially the Shaanzhou Academy, which has been repeatedly criticized in recent years because the quality of the soldiers transported cannot meet expectations. If there is no improvement after the rectification, this recruit, who is between the East and the West, will
The hospital will face the bad luck of being abolished.
After finishing all this, on March 16th, Shao Shude left the prince to supervise the country, and personally led tens of thousands of officials, palace servants, concubines, guards and accompanying soldiers to the east to Huaihai Road.
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In April, the Yellow River became a transportation artery again.
On the way eastward, Shao Shude would sometimes climb hillsides and towers to look into the distance.
The Yellow River at this time is gentle, quiet and far away.
It tamely provides people with various conveniences, including irrigation, transportation, fishing and even drinking water, and has nurtured countless people on both sides of the strait. It can be called the mother river of Henan and Hebei.
Since the late Tang Dynasty, the Yellow River has only burst its banks once, in Huazhou, excavated by Zhu Quanzhong.
The raging river flooded the earth and caused serious damage. Although he denied it in every possible way, as time passed, the debt was still firmly pinned on Lao Zhu's head.
There is retribution for digging the Yellow River.
After Zhu Quanzhong dug once, his son also dug once, and then he suffered retribution.
When Li Cunxu, with less than 20,000 cavalry cobbled together in various ways, made a desperate gamble and fought from the direction of Yunzhou to Bianzhou, the main force of the 50,000 Bianliang Forbidden Army led by Duan Ning was blocked in Heyang by the overflowing Yellow River.
, unable to return reinforcements, in the end they could only watch as Li Cunxu led 5,000 vanguards into Bianzhou and destroyed Houliang.
Since the middle Tang Dynasty, local vassal towns have managed the Yellow River.
The main task is to strengthen the embankments on both sides to prevent them from breaking when floods break out. At the same time, we build water gates and vigorously dredge the tributary systems connected to the Yellow River and the Pichi Reservoir. When the water level of the Yellow River rises and reaches the warning line, the water gates are opened to drain the Yellow River water.
It is introduced into Bianhe River and Yongji Canal.
River management in the Xia Dynasty was largely the same.
The Ministry of Industry allocates money and food every year to recruit slaves to the river. The sediment inside and outside the water gate is cleaned over and over again, and the water system connecting the Yellow River is given special care, such as Putianze, Shahai, Fuyuanchi and other reservoirs.
It needs to be dredged and deepened every winter so that there will be sufficient flood discharge area when floods come in summer.
As for the Yellow River itself, there is not much need to control it. To be more precise, the amount of work is too large. If there is no obvious disaster, don't move it yet to avoid trouble. To be fair, there were three hundred years of the Tang Dynasty.
The Yellow River is relatively respectable, and there have been no problems. In other words, there is nothing wrong with the Yellow River for the time being, as long as you don't play with it.
When passing through Putianze, Shao Shude stayed for two days.
In this commercial town where people come and go, there are many masts and ships of all sizes almost fill the river.
While Shao Shude was talking to the prime ministers, he was reading the business data over the years sent by the market order.
"I don't want to do this. It's not necessary." Shao Shude flipped through the ledger in his hand and said, "My name has been engraved on the highest peak of Mount Alai. Who can compare with the ancient kings?"
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His words are not an exaggeration. There are indeed several stone tablets erected on the highest peak of the Alai Mountains (Samani Peak), engraved with his holy edict, and the name of the peak is directly called "Supreme Emperor Peak".
With such a card, why bother with Fengchan Taishan? It’s a bit petty.
"Your Majesty is wise." Upon hearing this, the prime ministers knew that the holy will had been decided and stopped dwelling on the matter.
"The Lord of Tamluo was a deputy lieutenant of the accompanying army in the Tang Dynasty, right?" Shao Shude continued to read through it with concentration, and at the same time said: "Now that the envoy has been sent to the throne, he can be canonized as a captain of the accompanying army."
The rank of Lieutenant and Deputy Lieutenant, one is from the ninth rank, and the other is from the ninth rank, they are the lowest rank of military official, which makes people laugh even if I mention them.
But the chief of Tamna Island is worthy of this.
If the countries on the Korean Peninsula are civilized, then the residents of Tamna Island are semi-civilized and semi-ignorant people. Silla privately called them "savages", and the Xia Dynasty looked down upon them even more.
I really think highly of you if you are given the official position of a military captain.
Ping Haijun built a temporary port here, which was used as a sheltered anchorage and ship maintenance dock. Ships from the Bohai Trading Company sometimes docked here, and even rented land on the island to build a warehouse to dry and store goods.
It is a small place that not many people care about. It has basically been divided between Ping Haijun and Bohai Trading Company. All the islanders work for them and even provide a source of some low-level sailors.
"Is there any news from Silla?" Shao Shude put the account book aside and asked, "Which port are they planning to donate?"
"Your Majesty, after hearing that the Privy Council wanted to send nine thousand cavalry, the people of Silla seemed to be suspicious and fearful. The envoy from Honglu Temple just returned from Silla, but the emperor and his ministers hesitated and talked about him." Zhao Guangfeng, the minister of Zhongshu, said:
said.
"How brave." Shao Shude laughed and said: "I sent someone to urge me again and told them that I was looking at Donglai County and asked them to find a way to allocate land and build a military camp."
"According to the order." Zhao Guangfeng responded.
Dongnae County was the Busan of later generations. For Silla, it was actually a barbaric land, and because of the threat of pirates, it was sparsely populated and could not even be called a small fishing village.
It was actually not difficult for the Silla people to accept Daxia's request for such a piece of wasteland. The problem now was that they were afraid and worried that the Xia army had any unfavorable intentions against them, so they were in a dilemma.
But is there any use in being afraid? What comes is what has to come, and what cannot be escaped.
"Follow the messenger and rush to Dengzhou. Send an order to the Ping Navy to dispatch warships to patrol the waters off Donglai County. I will decide on this piece of land." Shao Shude looked at the map and said.
The courier set off quickly and headed five hundred miles to Dengzhou.
