The beautiful scene in March in spring is always pleasant. Over the years, continuous improvement, especially through the expansion during the construction of Kaifeng City, has risen from the ground next to Jinming Pond, forming a large-scale Royal Garden.
Pavilions, terraces and waterside pavilions are layered in between, and most of them are water buildings. Until the spring of this year, Liu Chengyou issued an edict that no further expansion would be carried out, and the garden was named "Qionglin Garden".
The warm sun is in the sky, the light is bright, the spring breeze is blowing, and the clear waves are rippling. There is still a navy stationed in Jinming Pool, but the scale is not as big as before. Initially, the Tang Dynasty specifically excavated Jinming Pool to train navy troops.
However, facts have proven that without wind and waves, it is impossible to train elite soldiers on the quiet lakes of the inland rivers. Even during the Southern Expedition, the navy seemed to perform well, but that was because the Tang army performed too poorly, and the Han army's land division was too strong , combined with some auxiliary tasks of transporting people and machines, guarding grain roads, and defending ferries.
Because of the consecutive defeats in land battles, the Tang army's naval forces did not have many opportunities to perform from beginning to end. In the few water battles, they never fell behind when facing the Jingjiang army of the Han Dynasty. As for the defeat, they were all Influenced by land battles, the two most significant examples are the Battle of Wukou and the Battle of Shanyang, where the Tang navy was defeated without defeat.
There were many situations where the Tang army had the upper hand, especially when the Sizhou navy gathered by Guo Tingwei was trapped in a city and the Han army won consecutive battles in the east and west battlefields. For a long time, He firmly controlled the Huaihe River hundreds of miles east and west of Xuyi, which caused great trouble to the Han army and even dared not take the initiative to attack and confront it head-on.
After the great victory in Huainan, Liu Chengyou gained a large number of warships, but more importantly, he obtained many naval warfare talents headed by Guo Tingwei, and the naval manpower supply was alleviated.
As for Liu Chengyou, he also knew it well. When he opened Jinming Pool to train the navy, it was just to quench his thirst and had no great use. You must know that even the commander chose to train after a duck.
After returning to the court, after some inspections, it was basically confirmed that Guo Tingwei was willing to be used. Liu Chengyou immediately promoted him as the commander of the Jingjiang military capital, and moved the navy to Mizhou, the center and other places, allocating money and food to build a larger navy. Warships, training in the bay.
Up to now, the various naval forces of the Han Dynasty have a strength of 20,000. They are mainly stationed in four places. The main forces are stationed in Mizhou, Yangzhou, and Ruxukou. However, in order to avoid alarming the Southern Tang Dynasty, there are not many troops left. One is in Dengzhou. In fact, the navy in Dengzhou is what Liu Chengyou likes the most. After all, attacking Liao across the sea seems to be a good strategy, but it still needs to be hidden now.
With the transfer of the main force, the navy in Jinming Pool can only do a superficial job. However, all year round, when visiting the imperial garden, they will take the opportunity to observe some water battle drills, although he can't see any tricks. ...
Liu Chengyou had the idea to imitate Fengchen Camp and build a new "Hengjiang Camp" based on Jinmingchi to train naval officers. However, he still stayed at the idea. Due to the national conditions, the navy was not as good as the infantry and cavalry. receive attention.
Now, after several years of development, Fengchen Camp has become more like a military academy. Many of the new batch of young officers were born here, and Liu Chengyou also specially selected some veterans to teach them how to fight. The method of using troops and training. In the army, a new group of "Fengchen faction" also emerged.
Initially, Liu Chengyou planned to build Fengchen Battalion into a "special force" with extremely high selection standards, but later found that it was not cost-effective. In the subsequent development, the "school" function was gradually developed and increased. After graduation, Liu Chengyou gave instructions to adjust the direction of development and select and train those with outstanding potential from the younger generation.
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On March 22, the eighth year of Qianyou's reign, the Han Emperor blessed Qionglin Garden, which was the first time since the garden was officially completed and named. However, this time, in addition to reviewing the navy's drills as usual, it was the emperor's royal banquet. New Scholars, to celebrate.
Because it was the first time, the officials responsible for the preparations were a little unsure of the specifications. However, under the orders of Liu Chengyou, they vigorously organized it with state banquet standards. The food, ritual music, singing and dancing were extremely grand, and the concubines, third-rank ministers and above, and Several princes who could run attended the banquet together, which was an unprecedented event.
Before the banquet officially started, dozens of scholars in various subjects accompanied the emperor to observe the water battle. Later, they also inspected their riding skills, archery skills, fencing, etc. Of course, some of it was just a formality, but Liu Chengyou revealed an idea. , let the scholars stop reading, and he was also serious about allowing the literati of the Han Dynasty to fully develop their "morality, intelligence, body, art, and labor".
As the sun sets in the west, the sky is covered with clouds, layer upon layer, gorgeous and colorful. Before the sun sets, the light it releases becomes even brighter against the backdrop of twilight.
In Qionglin Garden, the evening breeze constantly brings water vapor to Jinming Pool, which is cool and pleasant. You can feel the ripples of the pool water when you are on the water pavilion. With the lights brightly lit, the excitement has just begun.
Accompanied by soothing ritual music, the atmosphere seemed very harmonious. The ministers had long been used to this kind of scene, and they were all laughing and talking. On the other hand, the dozens of Jinshi who were lucky enough to attend the banquet were embarrassed. They were in the local area. Most of them have participated in the Luming Banquet, but this is the first "Jinshi Banquet" in history, so they can catch up, which can be considered a kind of luck.
Looking at the faces with different expressions on the seats next to him, Li Tao and Fan Zhi had a drink and sighed: "The current appearance of the big man is even more pleasant!"
Fan Zhi also nodded, his face less serious than usual, and said: "It is a major matter for the country to open a subject and select talents for the country. Your Majesty can pay such attention to it, which is not only a blessing to the scholars in the world, but also a blessing to the great men." ah!"
Fan Zhi was also a Jinshi, and of course he also attached great importance to the imperial examination. Speaking of which, He Ning, the examiner of his subject back then, was also the examiner this year, and He Ning recognized Fan Zhi's extraordinary ability and said that he had the talent of a prime minister.
After Fan Zhi became the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, the incident became even more legendary and became a good story. Now, although Fan Zhi's power and position are higher than He Ning's, he still carries out the teacher's etiquette when he sees him.
Perhaps because he saw that the Jinshi were a little restrained, Liu Chengyou held the wine glass and slowly walked to the center of the red carpet, attracting everyone's attention. Although the voices of people stopped, the ritual music continued, and accompanied by BGM, Liu Chengyou took his time, Say something:
"Today's Qionglin Banquet is the first since the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is specially held by me for you Jinshi. It will be held not only this year, but also every time in the future. I want to tell the scholars all over the world that the court treats the virtuous and respects the virtuous. Use virtuous people.
The founding of the Han Dynasty took less than ten years. Since I came to the throne, the country has been in dire straits and difficult times, and I have not dared to slack off for a day. As of this year, I think I have made some achievements. However, now the world is not at peace, the surrounding areas are not at peace, and the old land has not been restored. , various states across the country are still in dire straits and need to be restored, developed and managed.
I can be regarded as an emperor on horseback, but I know very well that peace in the world requires martial arts, while governing the world requires literary talents. Managing affairs, controlling the people, farmland, taxation, and other affairs all require literary talents.
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Liu Chengyou's words were the first time that he affirmed the role of civil servants in a formal occasion and expressed his philosophy of using both civil and military officials. The words were straightforward, but they were great news to the Jinshi who had not officially entered the official career. , it is inevitable that my heart will be surging and my face will be excited.
After the emperor's speech, the atmosphere at the scene became more enthusiastic, and the Jinshi also began to show off their talents. Liu Chengyou took off the jade pendant from his waist, made a lucky charm, and ordered them to write a poem on the theme of Jinmingchi Navy. Judge and the best will be rewarded.
While the Jinshis were performing, Liu Chengyou walked up to He Ning, who was already very old, and said to him with a peaceful face: "He Qing, thank you for your hard work in this exam!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Facing the emperor's personal toast, Mr. He Ning smiled broadly and replied, "I am lucky enough to be able to select talents for the country. It is also a blessing!"
He Ning is also one of the great literary talents of our time. He is actually not particularly old, not yet sixty, but he looks senile. In his character, he has some of the rottenness of a literary man, but his ability to do things is still good, especially in imperial examination affairs. Yes, very experienced.
In the past three subjects, he was the examiner. Because of this, this old man no longer intends to serve as the examiner, and he is easily hated by others. Not to mention other things, on the other hand, in the eyes of Zhao Shanggao and Tao Gu of the Xuanwei Department I was almost dripping with envy.
Furthermore, he couldn't afford it if too many Jinshi came from his disciples. Although the scholars were nominally disciples of the Emperor, they would be stupid if they took it too seriously.