After that night, neither Chen Chong nor Pang Tong mentioned the rumor again, as if it had never happened. Everyone in the mansion was still going about business as usual, working on papers after sunrise, and returning home after dusk.
, no one said much to Chen Chong. After all, everyone understood that after completing the application for citizenship in Hebei and the relocation of people from Huaibei, the internal affairs recuperation in the country was coming to an end. The next thing the prime minister had to prepare was to deal with Jiangnan and Liaodong.
It's just a conquest. This is a major matter related to unification, and all other matters are insignificant compared to it.
However, the matter of conquest is not as simple as talking on paper, especially a major event like the Southern Expedition involving hundreds of thousands of troops, which requires considerable mobilization in civil affairs, diplomacy, personnel and other aspects. Chen Chong and the officials in the Prime Minister's Palace calculated that Wu is now
There are nearly 300,000 available troops, and there are 200,000 people on the river front, including about half of the navy. If there is no obvious gap between the generals of the two sides, in order to carry out the southern expedition without any loss, at least 300,000 people need to be mobilized.
Soldiers, especially the navy, must be built. If the Wu people can be defeated in water battles, the Sun shogunate will be vulnerable. But it is difficult to achieve this.
The current Han army's defense in the south is: 60,000 Xifu troops are gathered in the mountains from Baidi to Jiangzhou, 50,000 Nanfu troops are stationed in Fancheng, Suixian and other Miobei plains, 60,000 Dongfu troops and Wu troops
Confront Chaohu and divide Huainan. Compared with the plan to destroy Wu, there is at least a difference of 130,000 troops. Should the Beifu Army be transferred? Considering that the situation in Yunbei has been deteriorating year by year, and the officers and soldiers of the Beifu Army are not accustomed to the acclimatization of Jiangnan, Chen Chong therefore
He gave up this idea and decided to continue training and expanding the army. This meant that the imperial court would nearly double its army in a few years. The generals in charge, the training venues, and the cost of soldiers all needed to be considered in the long term.
By mid-February, Pang Tong, Huan Jie and others drafted a draft to address these issues. Regarding military training and recruitment, the article believed that 40,000 troops could be recruited in Yizhou and Qinzhou, 30,000 in Sizhou, and 30,000 in Yanzhou and Yanzhou.
Yuzhou has 40,000 troops each. Yizhou troops were merged into Xifu, Qinzhou and Sizhou troops were merged into Nanfu, Yanzhou and Yuzhou troops were transferred to Dongfu and trained in Nan'an, Nanzheng and Shouchun respectively. The reason why these three locations were chosen
Because there are rivers passing through the area, the army can cooperate with the local governor to use the water flow to dig out lakes and build ships. Only in this way can it be effective in training boat masters. Until everyone in the army is good at water skills
, can maneuver the boat freely on the river, the time will naturally be ripe for the southern expedition.
There is also a serious shortage of armor and horses needed to expand the army. After rough statistics, the imperial court estimates that it will prepare 9,000 iron armors, 60,000 leather armors, 80,000 long spears, 40,000 horned bows, and 3 million arrows.
There are about 200,000 war horses and pack horses. In addition, there are also baggage such as horse armor, vehicles, flags, etc. It is not possible to gather them together in a short time. The draft is based on Chen Dao's governance in Hebei
Based on his experience, Chen Chong suggested that Chen Chong set up three general managers in Chengdu, Luyang, and Ruyin to specifically supervise the military supplies of the three governments, directly under the Prime Minister's Office.
As for the final specific personnel arrangements, it was the prerogative of Prime Minister Chen Chong, and Pang Tong and others did not say much. After discussion, they only emphasized in the draft that in order not to affect the war with the Wu people, it was not appropriate to transfer a large number of officers from the front line when expanding the army. The suggestion was still
Find another candidate.
After reading through it, Chen Chong generally approved the draft. The next thing to do is to correct the details. Three hundred thousand troops, Chen Chong looked at this number, and he was filled with emotion in his heart. The last time he used 300,000 troops,
Wan Dajun seems to have been in the sixth year of Yanxing, which was an unforgettable turning point in Chen Chong's life. At this time, an impulse surged into his heart, making Chen Chong suddenly want to go to the front line again, because he had not been on the battlefield for more than ten years.
So much so that he felt that those memories of the past were just a dream, as if they had never happened. Moreover, his thoughts had also changed. He used to think that war was cruel, but now he felt that fighting and dying in blood and gold and iron was beautiful and worth remembering.
, their lives are fixed in moments when they are full of courage and vitality, and they will never become old and feeble.
But after the impulse passed, Chen Chong quickly erased the idea. He knew his physical condition, he could no longer ride a fast horse, and was no longer suitable to be the commander of an army. But speaking of it, Chen Chong remembered the last time he went to Jinyang
, Yide complained about himself. He said that he had not led an army of more than tens of thousands, and now it seemed that it was time to use him. Chen Chong immediately wrote a letter to Zhang Fei, asking him to receive the letter.
He handed over the affairs at hand to Wang Gai and immediately went to Luoyang to discuss troop training matters.
As for the remaining officer candidates, Chen Chong plans to transfer Chen Dao, Deng Ai, Wang Ji and others first, and select the remaining vacancies from the Prime Minister's Office. After all, such as Pang Tong, Deng Zhi, Shangguan Sheng, Li Yi and other Prime Minister's Offices
In fact, all the subordinate officials had experience in the military. In addition, they had been in charge of documents in the Prime Minister's Palace for several years and were familiar with various common affairs. It was actually very suitable for them to conduct military training. Chen Chong asked them for their opinions, and they all agreed.
, but Pang Tong asked again: "When we go to the army, who will come to the house to help the teacher?"
This is indeed a problem, but Chen Chong also thought about how to deal with it. He said to Pang Tong: "I plan to promote some Langguan from the Imperial Academy. You are a little tired and will take them for a while. When they are on the right track, you can
It’s not too late to join the army.”
This is not only a response to the expansion of the army, but also an attempt by Chen Chong to resolve the Taixue dispute. In the past two years, the Taixue dispute has become more and more intense, and the two factions are almost at odds. Chen Chong said he doesn't care, but he is still concerned in his heart. He plans to use this election to
It is a good opportunity for someone to fill an official position, and a strategic examination is held in Taixue. The results of the examination will be used to determine the competition for talent.
By late February, the Prime Minister's Office officially announced the matter in Taixue. The notice stated that the Prime Minister's Office would hold a policy examination in late March. The content would be mainly divided into laws, classics and articles, and would be personally reviewed by Pang Tong and others.
Once you pass the policy test, you can be appointed as a Langguan and work in the Prime Minister's Mansion. After the news came out, the Imperial Scholars were in an uproar. The Prime Minister's Mansion is the de facto decision-making center of the imperial court. Once you enter, it will be like stepping into a dragon's gate.
It is impossible to say that we will be rich and powerful in a few years. Therefore, within half a month, everyone in the Imperial Academy plans to participate. In comparison, the Prime Minister's Office only plans to hire fifty people.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! On the day of the examination, there were 5,000 candidates who came to participate in the examination. In order to ensure fairness, Chen Chong personally sat in charge of Taixue, asked the questions in public, and adopted the method of anonymity.
, inspections, partitions and other systems. The examination was carried out from Chen hour to You hour. When all the Tai students left and all the examination papers were collected, it was completely dark. After Pang Tong and others reviewed the two hundred papers for two days and nights,
The top exam papers were handed over to Chen Chong and asked him to determine the final fifty candidates.
Chen Chong took a cursory glance at some of the test papers and found that both Law and Confucian classics were easy to talk about. However, there were very obvious differences in the essays. Chen Chong's question this time was "On Studies", while most people's articles were
Thousands of digressions, some expressing feelings about mountains and rivers, or praising nature. The writing is gorgeous, and the parallel sentences are exquisitely crafted. However, if you look closely at the inner meaning, they are too empty, as if you are trying to become a Taoist. And although the remaining articles, although
The words are meaningful and focused on practical results, but obviously there is not enough accumulation, and most of the words are not polished. Chen Chong thought about it privately, except for three or four articles that took both internal and external considerations into account, whichever style he preferred would be difficult to convince the public, but he still wanted to be a scholar.
Talent must be put first. Officialdom is not a place for mystical discussions. If it cannot be used for the administration of the country, then writing will be as arbitrary as Zhuang Zhou, and it will be useless.
On the day when the list was announced, there were as many students as there were fallen leaves in the mountains, with no end in sight. Although this time they were trying to select only one, most people still had the luck to win, but the result shocked them greatly.
: Those who made the list were basically children from poor families. Apart from them, only seven nobles were selected. This made those noble people extremely angry. Although the two groups of people in the Imperial College often argued, in fact, these people grew up with good clothes and good food.
The young men in the country did not take anyone seriously. As a result, today, they actually let the common people from the pig pen climb on their heads, which made them furious. For example, Donghai Miwei was extremely dissatisfied and trampled on a poor man who was on the list.
On the ground, he swung his sword and slashed his hand, and at the same time raised his back and cursed: "Pigboy, can you still hold a pen and write?" Others also started to boo and cheer for him.
Later, some people gathered in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion to cause trouble. They made noises in the street about the Prime Minister's injustice and suppression of Qingliu. Then many people with good intentions came to watch, and the Prime Minister's Mansion was immediately surrounded. Some old people of the same age as Chen Chong said
, this was a common scene in Luoyang when Emperor Xiaoling was in power, but unexpectedly we saw it again today.
When things got to this point, Chen Chong's tolerance for some people reached the limit. He immediately summoned Wang Chang, the commander of Luoyang, and arrested all the troublemakers and those who hurt others. They were first imprisoned for a month, and then they
An edict was issued on the matter, and the text said: "Everyone in the world should cherish honest, simple, loyal and trustworthy people, and hate those who are hypocritical and untrue, so as to destroy religion and chaos, corrupt customs and harm society."
It changes according to the teachings. Since the war, the study of classics has been abolished, and the later generations can't explain the meaning. How can it be that the teachings are not consistent, and those who are going to use them will not show their talents! His officials have learned a classic before they are appointed as herdsmen. In the doctoral examination,
Those who promote them to high positions are of course urgently needed; those who are flashy and unprincipled must be dismissed!" So all the more than 600 high-ranking scholars involved in the case were sent back to their hometowns, and at the same time they ordered county and township officials to ground them.
Four years, never hired!
The strictness and wide-reaching implications of this edict were beyond everyone's expectations, but Chen Chong had no intention of compromising. He was tired of dealing with people in such a roundabout way anymore. The right and wrong should be determined by the heart. He
I just want to do more of what I need to do before I die. However, many old people who have lived through the four dynasties said that the Prime Minister's actions are inevitably reminiscent of the past under the Party's supervision. It is really difficult to tell whether it is a blessing or a curse.