"It's great to win the Hetao area. Su Hu did a great job."
Su He saw Su Hu's report that they had recovered the Hetao area.
"Let the newspapers focus on reporting this matter. The Hetao area, which has been separated from the Central Plains for hundreds of years, has been recovered by us.
This is a great thing to enhance the nation's self-confidence. We can bring people's awareness back to the era when one Han was the five barbarians.
As soon as we attacked the Mongols, many people became afraid.
I understand that this situation occurs now, but it will not be good if it occurs again later.
The Hetao has been captured, and we must defend the Hetao area, which is our forward base for attacking the grassland.
The Northern Governor's Office was established in Hetao, responsible for the defense of the entire Great Wall defense line and the Hetao area.
Bring back the Guards and continue to be responsible for guarding Hanzhong.
The Sichuan Governor's Office was changed to the Southern Governor's Office, responsible for guarding the Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan areas."
In Suhe's plan, five governor's offices will be formed to guard five directions and unify the military power of a region.
Combined with the governor's offices in key areas, a vertical command system from the governor's office to the local governor's offices is formed.
Li Fengming immediately wrote down Suhe's arrangements, and said in surprise: "By taking the Hetao area, our power will go deep into the grassland.
We have huge grasslands to raise horses, and this time we purchased tens of thousands of horses from Mongolia.
We should build several large horse farms and rely on horse farms to breed horses.
Raising horses costs a lot of money, so please approve the use of special military expenditures by His Highness the King of Qin."
Li Fengming believes that the most important thing in winning the Hetao area is to win a large piece of grassland.
Grassland can raise horses and cattle at low cost.
If they want to control the grasslands, they must have their own cavalry troops.
The cost of raising horses in the Central Plains is too high, and it is impossible to raise large-scale cavalry.
Su He ordered: "There is no need to spend special military expenditures.
There will be no large-scale war during this period, and military expenditures for this year and next are sufficient.
The cavalry regiment was sent to the Hetao area to absorb the Mongols and expand it into a cavalry division to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.
A government-owned ranch was established to breed not only horses, but also cattle and sheep.
Breeding centers will be set up to breed improved horses, and cattle and sheep will also be bred.
Li Dajiang’s disciple Ma Fu is very skilled, so let him go to the grassland to be responsible for establishing a breeding center.”
Li Fengming asked doubtfully: "Your Highness King Qin, Ma Fu is not a wheat farmer.
Can he breed? The gap between the two fields is too big."
Su He said to Xiang: "The difference is not big, they have similar ideas.
Ma Fu is responsible for the planning of the scientific breeding system, and there is a dedicated person responsible for the specific work of raising horses."
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Su He decided to let Ma Fu go to the Hetao area to establish a breeding center.
Responsible for breeding horses, cattle and sheep, relying on new scientific knowledge to cultivate better breeds.
The new breeding process crushes the old breeding process.
Su He rushed to the Institute of Agriculture of the Academy of Sciences to chat with Li Dajiang and others.
It is now late autumn, and many crops are blooming in the glass greenhouse built by the Academy of Agriculture.
Li Dajiang leads researchers to pollinate peas.
When he was cultivating winter wheat, he was already conducting pea hybridization experiments.
Now, the Institute of Agriculture of the Academy of Sciences has a clear understanding of hybridization.
Su He found Li Dajiang and Ma Fu, informed Ma Fu of his arrangements, and asked for his opinion.
Ma Fu said excitedly: "Your Highness, King Qin, I am qualified for this job.
We have all done pea hybridization experiments.
Know homozygotes and heterozygotes.
Through long-term experiments, we also know that heterozygotes have no way to stably inherit their excellent characteristics.
In order to obtain excellent heterozygotes, the ancestral homozygotes must be kept stable.
I work at the Agricultural Institute and am responsible for the selection and breeding of fine domestic pig breeds.
Take pigs as an example. Find pigs that are not picky eaters, pigs that produce a lot of meat, pigs that are disease-resistant, and pigs that gain weight quickly.
It is necessary to ensure that the populations of these four pigs are not polluted, continue to be bred, and select the best from the best.
At the same time, pigs that are not picky eaters breed with pigs that produce more meat.
As long as the female parent breed is suitable, you will get pigs that are not picky eaters and produce a lot of meat.
Similarly, if disease-resistant pigs breed with pigs that gain weight quickly, you will get pigs that are disease-resistant and gain weight quickly.
This serves as the father of the target pig, and they continue to reproduce as the female parent.
You will get an excellent pig breed, which has all the excellent characteristics of its ancestors.
Pigs bred using this method are not picky about food, produce a lot of meat, are disease-resistant and grow quickly.
Such good traits cannot be inherited.
As long as it is ensured that all the maternal genes of the ancestors are not leaked, this kind of pig is not afraid of other forces stealing it.
This breeding method is also more difficult than traditional breeding methods.
It is not too difficult to find pigs of a single excellent breed.
It is really difficult to find pigs that have all the good traits and are genetically stable.
Now, the Institute of Agriculture of the Academy of Sciences has conducted separate experiments on wheat and pigs, proving that this scientific research idea is correct.
This breeding idea can also be extended to horses, cattle and sheep, and it will take tens or hundreds of years to breed excellent breeds.
But to breed some varieties that are better than before, with this systematic breeding idea, results can be produced in about ten years.
His Highness the King of Qin has asked me to be responsible for horse breeding. I am confident that I can breed better war horses within ten years.
The ultimate goal is to breed horses that are better than BMWs with blood.
At the same time, the breeding of cattle and sheep will also be carried out simultaneously.
Our big oxen are already very good at cultivating the land.
I will breed beef and dairy cattle, meat sheep and wool sheep."
Su He looked at the extremely confident Ma Fu, and he was ready to hand over this work to Ma Fu.
This person is very stable and knows that breeding will not yield results in a short time. This is a project that requires long-term persistence.
Su He also asked Li Dajiang about the situation of winter wheat.
Now the Institute of Agriculture has mastered the technology of hybrid wheat.
They have obtained a large amount of winter wheat seeds this year and are preparing to promote winter wheat on a large scale.
The yield and disease and cold resistance of new hybrid winter wheat have been further improved.
Winter wheat can now be grown further north.
Inspired by this technology, Li Dajiang is now researching cold-resistant spring wheat.
If this research is successful, spring wheat will be planted in the area north of Liaodong in the future.
When Su He heard the news, he provided a large amount of scientific research funding to the Institute of Agriculture.
In later generations, the Northeast was a big granary.
Now the Northeast is not a granary, Houjin is very short of food, which is why they often invade the Ming Dynasty.
Without cold-resistant rice and wheat varieties, they cannot be grown in cold areas.
Planting rice in the Northeast requires mulch film and cold-resistant rice. There are too many agricultural technologies to break through, and this era is too far away.
To grow spring wheat in the Northeast, wheat varieties only need to be cold-resistant.
This technology requires decades of research.
Su He predicted that by the time he conquered the Northeast region, even cold-resistant spring wheat might not be successful.
But this kind of technology is beneficial to the future and must be studied. The sooner it is studied, the better.
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At the Lingyun Palace meeting, Prime Minister Wang Zhongce reported: "His Royal Highness King Qin, during this period we have negotiated peace with the Ming Dynasty through Sun Chengzong.
Ming Dynasty completely rejected our conditions and the peace talks failed."
When Su He heard the news, he was not surprised at all.
The Ming Dynasty is now sunset, and bureaucratic corruption is serious.
But Ming Dynasty never compromised on its integrity.
No territory will be ceded, no marriage will be made, no compensation will be paid. The emperor will guard the country, and the king will die in the country.
Su He was afraid of irritating Daming, so he proposed very loose conditions.
In name, it is not a peace negotiation, but a truce.
It is only necessary to notify the other party in advance of major military actions that may cause miscalculation.
There are no restrictions on non-governmental exchanges, and businessmen from both sides can do business normally.
He didn't even ask Daming to recognize them.
Wang Zhongce said: "Sun Chengzong returned to the Ming Dynasty and left a copy of "Anti-Yellow-Clothed Thieves", and he hanged himself in his mansion.
The Ming court also discussed for a long time regarding the Ming Dynasty negotiating peace with us.
In the end, Yang Sichang and others strongly opposed it, and the Ming court gave up negotiating peace with us."
Li Fengming said: "Your Highness, King Qin, there are benefits in negotiating peace.
If the peace negotiation is successful, we can reduce the troops on the border and reduce the size of the army.
Put more energy into developing agriculture and industry.
Even if the peace talks fail, we can take the initiative to attack the Ming Dynasty at any time and take the initiative in the war."
Su He smiled and said: "This is just a casual move.
We just need to do our own thing and ignore Ming Dynasty."
Su He looked at the civil and military officials and said:
"After we won the great victory, scholars from all over the Ming Dynasty gathered in Hanzhong to prepare for the scientific examination.
Many of them missed the college and rural examinations.
He did not obtain the status of scholar or scholar.
They were unable to participate in this imperial examination.
We have newly occupied five provinces, and grassroots officials have no arrangements.
These scholars should not give up. Do you have any good suggestions?"
The normal imperial examination process is to first take the imperial examination and obtain scholar status.
The scholar took part in the provincial examination and obtained the status of a scholar.
Juren takes part in the examination and obtains the status of Jinshi.
Nowadays, a large number of scholars gathered in Hanzhong, preparing to find an official position, but they were unable to participate in the imperial examination.
Wang Zhongce suggested: "Your Highness, King Qin, I think Enke should be granted.
These talents cannot give up. Once they come to Hanzhong, they are eager to serve as officials.
As long as we give them a chance, these people will work for us wholeheartedly.
But we cannot destroy the entire imperial examination system for these people.
Open Enke, let them be separated from normal scholars, and do not occupy the imperial examination quota of normal scholars.
This will not affect the scholars who have already prepared to take the imperial examination.
And let these talents from the Ming Dynasty realize their ambitions."
Wang Zhongce put forward this opinion, and other officials agreed with it.
Kai Enke's plan is the most complete method after considering all aspects.
Su He also believes that Kai Enke's method can solve the current problems.
"Then we will officially announce that Enke will be added to the imperial examination this year.
Scholars who have not obtained the status of Juren can participate in Enke.
Enke admitted 200 additional Jinshi students.
The imperial examination, Enke, was held together with the normal imperial examination."
Suhe did not offer Enke only to foreign scholars.
In the newly conquered five provinces, except for Hetao, there are not many literate people.
There are many scholars in other places who want to take part in the imperial examination, and we must give them a chance.
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In the restaurant, Song Kangnian entertained friends from all the way from Henan.
He raised a glass of sweet potato wine.
"Brother Niu, this is the specialty sweet potato wine here in Hanzhong.
Erguotou is afraid that you won’t be used to drinking it. Sweet potato wine is a little less strong, so you should get used to drinking white wine first.”
Niu Jinxing drank it all in one gulp and said, "Brother Song is now prosperous.
He is already famous, unlike me now, who has not yet settled down."
Song Kangnian took a sip of wine and said: "As an official, I only care about some religious etiquette, and I don't have that much power.
But it's not as glamorous as it seems. If there is a chance, I still want to find a position in the Sixth Department.
Don’t talk about my affairs, Brother Niu came to see me today, probably because he wanted to ask me something.”
Niu Jinxing smiled awkwardly. He was not used to Song Kangnian's way of asking straight to the point.
Originally, I was waiting for the wine to go through three rounds and the dishes to go through five flavors.
They were thinking about some interesting things from the past and chatting about the next thing. They were more emotional and he was asking questions.
Now Song Kangnian asked directly, Niu Jinxing could only say:
"Brother Song, the Prince of Qin's Palace has issued an announcement that Enke will be opened in the imperial examination.
Scholars like us who have not achieved fame with you can participate in Enke.
I would like to ask, what is the difference between normal imperial examination and Enke examination?
What should I pay attention to when I take the Enke exam?"
When Song Kangnian heard Niu Jinxing's question, he had already prepared for these things.
When the imperial examination was about to take place, Niu Jinxing came to see him for dinner. He had nothing to do except ask about the situation of the imperial examination.
He took another sip of wine and then said slowly: "I don't know much about the imperial examination.
They are all government officials, and most of them are aware of the situation.
The Enke examination is the same as the normal imperial examination, except that it does not occupy the admission quota.
In addition to the Jinshi subject, the imperial examination also has other minor subjects, and the same Jinshi subjects will also be admitted.
You Enke scholars, don’t just take the Jinshi exam.
Most of the Jinshi examinations test your mastery of classics and strategies.
As long as you are really talented, there is basically no way to cheat in the imperial examinations here, and you are not afraid that you will be buried.
But for those who are truly talented, the Jinshi subject is too easy and cannot keep up with other students' scores.
If you have other talents, it is best to take a minor exam.
According to the awarding of officials in the last imperial examination, Jinshi with multiple rankings will generally be awarded better official positions.
Lin Wenjing now manages the Shaofu, an organization that manages all government-owned companies in the Qin Palace.
He controls the largest financial and taxation of the Qin Palace besides agriculture.
Wang Linjiang is now the prefect of Xi'an, and Zhang Shengbei is the fifth-rank censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
They were only the top three in the last imperial examination and had been in office for less than a year.
In the last imperial examination, many successful candidates were awarded good official positions.
This year the King of Qin expanded his territory to five provinces, leaving many official positions vacant.
With Brother Niu's talent, it is not difficult to get a good official position."
Niu Jinxing listened to Song Xiance's introduction, his eyes filled with fire.
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It was the tenth day of the tenth month in the fifth year of Kaiyuan 4329 (the fifth year of Chongzhen).
The second imperial examination of the Prince of Qin’s Palace officially started.
In this imperial examination, more scholars participated in the imperial examination than in the first imperial examination.
The size of the Gongyuan could no longer accommodate the scholars who came to take part in the imperial examination.
King Su He of Qin issued an urgent order to build a shed in the ancestral temple square for scholar's scientific examination.
The proportion of scholars from outside was very small, and most of them were scholars under the rule of the Prince of Qin.
The continuous victories of Qin King Su He gave these people full confidence.
In addition, the first imperial examination scholars were all awarded relatively good official positions.
This has caused many scholars to tilt their minds towards Su He.
They concentrated on participating in the imperial examination, which led to the grand occasion of the imperial examination.