The Southern Qiang people chose spring to attack the Holy Han Empire. This was a huge timing mistake first, because in the spring both herdsmen and farmers were plowing or raising livestock. The Southern Qiang country was a half-farming and half-livestock country.
The geographical position is relatively high and the advantage is great
Due to the unique defensive terrain, they have always taken the initiative to provoke others, and others have suffered losses several times when attacking the Southern Qiang. However, because of the higher terrain of the Southern Qiang Kingdom, the output of both livestock and farmland is not high, so that
Every autumn they plunder the surrounding small countries.
But other countries are not that stupid. They all expressed their rejection because they did not want to provoke the powerful Shenghan Empire.
King Nan Qiang led his army to Xuelong Pass alone. However, when he arrived at Xuelong Pass, he was embarrassed to find that the morale of his army was unstable, especially because many herders wanted to return home for spring farming, and deserters appeared from time to time.
When Hu Li personally led the army out to meet the enemy, the morale of the Southern Qiang army was shaken. Knowing that everyone was afraid of being killed by Hu Li, the Southern Qiang King made a request, saying that Hu Li had done all kinds of evil things in the southwest.
, not allowed
If they stay in Xuelong Pass any longer, there will never be peace in the southwest. Jiang Ai also knew that the Southern Qiang King was short of face before he could retreat, so he ordered Hu Li to protect the Bo'an Kingdom envoy from entering the capital as an excuse to remove Hu Li from the Snow Guard.
Transfer away.
When the King of Southern Qiang learned that Hu Li had left Xuelong Pass, he left with satisfaction. However, after this battle, the hatred of the Holy Han in the hearts of the Southern Qiang people increased even more.
After Ruan Qingwen heard this, he laughed loudly: "So you were driven away?"
Hu Li said awkwardly: "It's too much to drive them away. It's just to maintain peace on the border."
Ruan Qingwen couldn't help laughing, but Hu Li was indeed too arrogant. He thought that the southwest region was similar to that of Saibei, and the two sides were almost mortal enemies. However, the relationship between the southwest region and the Central Plains was not like this. Historically, the countries in the southwest region and the Central Plains were not like that.
The original dynasty was a family of relatives who were constantly in conflict and chaos. Even the Nanqiang, who had been feuding with the holy Han all day long and seeking revenge and war, had married and married princesses many times in history. Even if calculated in terms of generations, the king of Nanqiang was still the oldest.
The generation of grandsons of Emperor De...
After the two sides met, they immediately rushed to Longdu City. At this time, Zhang Xiaowu got a piece of land for military industry, about fifty acres of land, in the north of Longdu City. Zhang Xiaowu exchanged fifty acres of fertile land for three hundred acres of thin farmland, and then went to
Begin to try to grow corn in Botian.
Although Zhang Xiaowu was born in a small county in the north, he had no real farming experience, so he was just a novice in agriculture. However, in order to verify the yield of corn, he went to plant the fields himself and managed the three hundred acres of dry land in every detail.
.The nearby people learned that the current central commander
He actually farmed the fields himself, and people immediately gathered around them, watching from a distance the central leader leading his men to farm, and they all pointed and spoke with admiration. Whether Zhang Xiaowu was pretending or really enjoying himself with the people, but
Zhang Xiaowu was the only peasant official who could be seen and touched.
Zhang Xiaowu and his men spent seven days planting corn, and then returned to Longdu City with sore backs and legs to continue handling government affairs.
In the third year of Dade, the weather was smooth throughout the country, and almost no disasters occurred. The border countries were also very calm and did not bring any trouble to the Shenghan Empire. Of course, foreign countries were not quiet either. For example, the Mohe and Beiyi Empires started fighting.
, both sides first continued to test at the edge of the black forest.
, and then the Beiyi people went south to attack Tucheng, which is what the Mohe people call Yesha City. The Mohe people were naturally unwilling to give up Yesha City. They fought with the Beiyi people many times, and both sides suffered losses. Maybe the two sides were equally powerful.
The Mohe people and the Beiyi people fought several times, but neither of them took advantage.
What made Zhang Xiaowu feel most fortunate was that the Wuhuan Empire assassins were attacked by the Western Rakshasa Empire. The Wuhuan Empire was retreating steadily. As a last resort, the Wuhuan people mobilized their troops to return to the country. This Rakshasa Empire was the link between the Wuhuan Empire and the Rakshasa Empire.
A small kingdom among the Western countries, the Wuhuan people have been ups and downs in the past.
However, when the Wuhuan people turned their attention to the east, the Rakshasa people attacked their neighbors and conquered more than twenty principalities, tripling the area of the country. They also consolidated the country through marriages and formed a second army.
An army of 100,000 people attacked Wuhuan and continued to encroach on the territory of Wuhuan Empire.
The rise of the Rakshasa people prevented the Wuhuan people from focusing on the east, and they launched a fierce battle with the Rakshasa people.
"What is the time of day? This is the time of day." After Zhang Kuan learned about the experiences of the Wuhuan people, he smiled bitterly to his students. He was in charge of political morale. The Wuhuan people were thinking about going south to invade the Central Plains all the time, but when he was not at court,
Although he was successful, Wuhuan encountered a huge threat. This cannot but be said that luck was really on Zhang Xiaowu's side, and even God was helping him.
Zhang Xiaowu's luck didn't stop there. His policy of encouraging business led to a rapid recovery of the country's economy. Although there were many profiteers among the businessmen, most of them operated with integrity. By May, Longdu City had returned to last year's level.
Prosperity, the business tax payment alone reached 300,000 taels of silver.
The country is recovering in all directions, and the northern plague has ended, and refugees from all over the country have returned to their homes. After experiencing a sharp decline in population, people have widely solved the problem of population expansion, thereby also easing the problem of land annexation. The biggest problem facing Zhang Xiaowu now is actually
It's the imperial examination in October.
The imperial examination for the third year of Shenghan has come as scheduled, and Longdu City has gathered almost all the talents in the world at this moment - after all, everyone knows that after the Jin Dynasty Rebellion, the Shenghan court is in urgent need of additional officials. There are even rumors that in the past years, Tiandi
There are 180 people on the third list, and this year it can even reach 360 people.
They guessed right. Zhang Xiaowu made a request to the Ministry of Rites to change Taiyuan College into the Royal Academy of the Holy Han Empire. First, five subjects were established, namely classics, history, literature, science, and surgery. Each subject enrolled 90 people, that is to say
The imperial examination in the third year of Shenghan will recruit 450 people.
In Zhang Xiaowu's vision, the function of the Imperial Academy is to provide all-round talents for the empire. In the future, all officials must be graduated from the Imperial Academy, and the curriculum of the academy was also designed by Zhang Xiaowu. The most incredible thing about it is that
Yes, it is the requirement to rest for two days after every five days of study. After all, people don’t understand two days of rest. Since you have to study, why do you still talk about rest?
Zhang Xiaowu invited Jia Chi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, to serve as the dean of the Imperial Academy. This undoubtedly shocked the scholars even more. If the Minister of Civil Affairs serves as the dean of the Imperial Academy, doesn't it mean that all the students of the Imperial Academy are Jia Chi's students?
, will there be a Jia Party in the future?
Zhang Xiaowu assured Jia Chi: "The Imperial Academy is actually the cradle of imperial officials and the core of imperial politics. In the future, each student of your school will be awarded a scholarship of three taels of silver per month."