With Ye An's reform of the official system in Hexi, many sensitive people can discover its significance.
In the words of the Hexi government, this is a "new exploration" of the Hexi system. To put it bluntly, it is different from the dynasty system. But how can a country have two completely different official systems?
This is especially true for a dynasty like the Song Dynasty that values civility over military affairs. What is Ye An doing? Is he "overturning the table"? Whose "table" is he overturning?
From the old Zhao family!
The imperial examination is a dynasty tradition of the Han Dynasty, and it is also the strongest cornerstone of Confucianism. Now Hexi has begun a new education system and scholar selection system.
The difference is that in Hexi, poor families and wealthy families receive exactly the same educational equality, from elementary school to high school, from high school to university, and then from university to college entrance examination.
The process that all students go through and the knowledge they are exposed to are the same. Confucianism has become a course, a compulsory course that does not occupy a large proportion.
If students want to advance from elementary school to junior high school, they must take the high school exam, and Confucianism only accounts for 100 points. Similarly, arithmetic and physics also account for 100 points. The total score is 300, and Confucianism only accounts for one-third.
This shook the imperial rule based on Confucianism and also affected the traditional feudal thought in Hexi.
For the Song Dynasty, this was by no means a good thing, or even unacceptable, but for Hexi, this reform was a brand new opportunity, giving the people at the bottom greater room for advancement. Those families with a profound foundation in traditional Confucianism and their
Standing on the same starting line...
And the most important thing is that the position of officials is no longer determined by seniority, but by political performance. Various assessments have become an important channel for official promotion.
In this way, it not only breaks the bottleneck and restrictions on official promotion, but also improves the enthusiasm of officials, avoids the muddling policy, and greatly improves the efficiency of the government.
Hexi's reform was in full swing, but Ye An led a group of officials to prepare for a massive military parade.
The military parade is not the focus, the focus is to make Hexi people feel this strong sense of security, which also gives confidence to the market. No one understands better than Ye An and Qin Mumu how powerful confidence can be in boosting the economy.
Nowadays, Hexi's economy is developing rapidly, so that Ye An has to rely on military means to expand the security of the Silk Road. However, for the Song Dynasty, he cannot use military means to achieve political goals, so he can only use them as a deterrent.
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Since the military parade was one of the means to threaten the Song Dynasty, Ye An believed that the spies in Liangzhou City would send everything they saw to Tokyo in detail.
The military parade needs to be prepared early. Liangzhou Prefecture has invested a lot of manpower and material resources for this military parade. Ye An and Qin Mumu participated in the entire planning.
Ye An is mainly responsible for the army's formation training, routes, logistics support and other issues, and personally goes to each military camp to inspect the work.
Qin Mumu's responsibilities are even more detailed and complicated. She has to organize women to decorate the streets, arrange venues, visit military camps, and is also responsible for the daily training of the women's medical team. In her words, the female soldiers are working hard.
To compete with male soldiers.
As for the male soldiers, when they heard that a female soldier wanted to compete with them, every one of them was like a "hungry wolf" with green eyes...
Since it is a military parade, there must be not only soldiers, but also civilians and representatives from all walks of life.
Liangzhou Prefecture is in no shortage of workers and businessmen, so selecting outstanding representatives from them and placing them on the viewing platform has become an indispensable part.
There are not only workers and businessmen, but also craftsmen, scholars and students. Pei Chengwen even invited older people to watch the ceremony. This is true. These old people have seen the original appearance of Hexi and witnessed the development of Hexi over the years.
Witnesses of their history will naturally be invited to come.
Respecting the elderly and loving the young is a Chinese tradition and is in line with Confucian teachings.
Of course, Pei Chengwen still has one important thing to do...arrange Party items, officials from the Liao Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. Naturally, these people are also found in Hexi. They cannot be counted as envoys, but can only be regarded as liaison officers.
In the Liao Dynasty, they were called "commerce envoys", and in the Song Dynasty, they were naturally called "promoting officials" in the field. As for Dangxiang, they were called "trade officers". Although they seemed to be officials who dealt with goods, in fact they were more or less other officials.
Responsibility lies with you.
The appointment officer of the Song Dynasty was due to the lack of the field administrator Yao Songding. He was a smart man. Since Zhang Wenjin died and Qian Jiang fled, he had been responsible for his duties in obscurity.
After the imperial court promoted him, the first thing this guy did when he took office was to meet with Ye An to express that he was content with his duties and would not have any evil intentions.
At the same time, he promised Ye An that he would never make things difficult for the business affairs between Hexi and the Song Dynasty. Not only would the business affairs remain as usual, but he could even favor Hexi merchants within his capabilities. Of course, Hexi would still have to give him the political achievements that Hexi should give him, otherwise
It is difficult to explain to the court and officials.
It is very comfortable to deal with people who know the pros and cons, so Ye An readily agreed.
Seeing that everyone in Liangzhou Prefecture was busy with the military parade, Yao Song naturally paid attention to it and had his secret report sent to Tokyo as soon as possible.
The people from Liangzhou Prefecture came to the door in person to invite the people to watch the military parade on the day of the military parade. Today they will go to the rehearsal first.
Many lucky people have been invited. For example, if someone is recommended by the factory, it is an honorable event.
The auditorium is full of people, all of whom are preparing for the rehearsal. In the past few days, the square in front of Liangzhou Prefecture’s Yamen has been decorated, as have other government offices. All the way to the front of Hou’s Mansion are decorated with
Be decorated new.
The people watching the ceremony came, including some family members of heroes and injured soldiers. Everyone was saying beautiful words, blessings, and praising the prosperity of Liangzhou Prefecture and the government's love for the people.
The common people who were not selected could only lament their bad luck, but in their hearts they blamed themselves for not doing well enough to become the so-called "representatives". Otherwise, they would have gone to the high platform to represent others. How glorious would that be?
The sound of thunderous war drums sounded, and the uniformed Hexi military formations appeared on the cement-paved Xingsheng Street. When the people of Liangzhou City were also invited to the public viewing platform, the entire Liangzhou City seemed to be celebrating the New Year.
boiling.
People have never seen this kind of military parade, and it was even the first time they were invited by the government.
After the military parade, which was respected and had a strong sense of participation, began, the people became the most active and enthusiastic.
Various weapons and equipment were also included in this military parade, ranging from incredibly powerful artillery to small muskets held by the soldiers, and even mortars with amazing calibers, projectile throwers, etc.
The master of ceremonies on the stage shouted loudly: "Who are the parade participants? The parade vehicles are also in formation!"
As the master of ceremonies' voice fell, the giant drum roared with thunder, the horns on the battlefield also sounded, and the shouts of death resounded through the sky, pulling people into the battlefield of blood and fire in just a moment.
The still noisy crowd around them immediately became solemn, but the officials of Song, Liao and Xia tensed up...
The various military formations marched in neat steps and appeared in neat new military uniforms. The dark green military uniforms, golden tassels, and shiny muskets were all shocking.
The troops of a hundred and ten people were uniformly arranged, and they actually showed the momentum and majesty of thousands of troops. The shock of this scene made people's blood boil. Even the officials of the Liao Dynasty and Xixia couldn't help clenching their fists when they saw it.
As for Yao Song, he gritted his teeth and tried his best to hold back, so that he didn't shout excitedly.
Why? The soldiers in these military formations look different at first glance. From their eyes and the movements of holding weapons, you can tell that they are all soldiers who have come down from the battlefield. Ordinary people don't even dare to look at them.