The counselor's room is located in the side hall, and there is a huge sand table inside. This is the sand table of Qi State, but it also includes several states of Zhusi in the west. The sand table is two feet long and one foot wide, with mountains and hills on it.
Rivers, forests, cities, official roads, bridges, etc. are very intuitive and are indeed the most powerful tools for deploying troops to fight.
Since the advent of the sand table, generals have abandoned maps and used sand tables.
Two counselors are planting flags on the sand table. The red and black flags represent the Jin army, the white flag represents the Qi army, and the yellow flag represents the Zhu Si army. The flags are planted on the largest wooden city, which governs the states, so that the forces of all parties can be clearly seen.
Judging from the sand table, Li Na's power is the weakest, with only Jeju and Yunzhou left, while Zhu Si has three states, Yanzhou, Yizhou and Mizhou. These three states are all big states and their territory is not small.
The Jin army controlled six states including Haizhou, Qizhou, Zizhou, Qingzhou, Laizhou and Dengzhou.
Li Bing pointed at Jeju and said: "Jeju is bounded by the Yellow River to the north and Qizhou to the east. In fact, it is surrounded by enemies on both sides. I guess Li Na will not stay in Jeju, but will hide in Yunzhou. What do the military advisors think?"
Wang You smiled slightly and said: "General, do you think Yunzhou can support an army of 20,000 people?"
This sentence reminded Li Bing. Li Bing thought for a while and said: "Li Na still owes the army three months of double military salary. An army of 20,000 will cost 120,000 guan, but their money and food are all in Licheng County. Apart from looting,
Li Na has no other way to save civilian food and property, but doing so will inevitably lead to internal divisions in the Qi army. I suggest that we occupy Jeju first, delay the attack on Yunzhou, and wait for the Qi army to collapse without a fight."
Wang You nodded, and he pointed at the Jishui Road in the sand table with a wooden pole: "Jishui River Economic Prefecture and Yunzhou, we have the advantage of warships, we must make full use of it, especially Juyeze in Yunzhou, which can control the battle.
The advantage of the ship was fully utilized. The general wanted to lure the enemy, but instead used Ju Ye Ze as his bow and the warship as his arrow, which was enough to make it difficult for the Qi army to deal with it."
After a pause, Wang You said again: "The attack on Li Na involves Zhu Si. I suggest that we report to His Highness the King of Jin first and let His Highness the King of Jin make the decision."
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After Li Na woke up from the hangover, he remained silent. Since he did not get angry or curse, he just kept looking out the window silently, which really shocked everyone.
Pan Yu gathered together the defeated soldiers who escaped from the city and got more than 2,000 people. He reorganized his team and escorted the King of Qi to escape westward.
At dusk, they entered Jeju and arrived in Changqing County. The county magistrate took other county officials out of the city to greet them, and placed them in the largest private house in the county.
It was only then that Li Na broke the silence, looked at the sky and sighed: "I really don't know how I can explain to my father?"
Wang Chongxin said slowly: "The matter has come to this. It will not help His Highness to think too much. Let's face the reality!"
"Reality?"
Li Na sneered, "I don't understand, what is the reality? The reality is that I believed in him and formed an alliance with him, but he betrayed his trust and took away my country. How can I accept this reality?"
Wang Chongxin was speechless. He had to smile bitterly for a while and said: "This is the reality of the theory of inferiority. The emperor only has the country and the country in his heart, and has no human ties and trust. If Guo Song was a trustworthy person, would he be here today?"
Li Na was silent. He knew that Wang Chongxin was right, but he couldn't accept it in his heart.
At this time, Pan Yu's scolding came from outside, "Go in and tell the prince yourself!"
Li Na was startled and asked, "What's the matter?"
I saw Pan Yu pushing the county magistrate Zhou Wude in. Pan Yu's face was full of anger, and Zhou Wude's face was crying, and he knelt in front of the steps after entering the door.
Wang Chongxin also stepped forward and asked in confusion: "General Pan, what's going on?"
Pan Yu said angrily: "Brothers, we don't have anything for dinner, and this bastard county magistrate actually said there was nothing he could do."
Zhou Wude kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, there are only some black beans and fodder in the county warehouse, but no money or food. I really can't feed more than 2,000 people in my humble position!"
Li Na was very dissatisfied and said: "How come you don't have any money or food?"
But Wang Chongxin understood that all the money and grain had been transported to Licheng County. It was normal that every county in the state had no money and grain. He pondered for a while and asked: "Is there no other way?"
Zhou Wude said helplessly: "Otherwise, we can only ask the grain store in the city to borrow it and return it to them later."
"That's what I meant!"
Pan Yu said bitterly: "But this bastard refused."
"You are not borrowing, you are clearly trying to rob!"
"okay!"
Li Na interrupted their argument, "Whether you borrow it or grab it, hurry up and get the food, some pigs, sheep and wine, so that the brothers can have a good meal."
Li Na knew in his heart that the army was his support now, and he could not control the life and death of the people for the time being.
"Let's go outside and tell him not to bother His Highness with these things anymore!"
Wang Chongxin looked at Li Na, who nodded and turned back to the lobby. He really didn't want to worry about these things.
The three of them walked out of the courtyard. Wang Chongxin said to Zhou Wude: "I know you are afraid that the prince will not admit your debt in the future. I will not make it difficult for you. I will take the responsibility for this matter. You can borrow five hundred shi of grain in the name of the government and another one."
A hundred pigs and sheep, if they still refuse, you can use the official land as a mortgage and pay it back to them when the taxes are collected."
"I understand the humble position!"
Wang Chongxin said to Pan Yu: "Robbing people's wealth is very bad for the prince's reputation. We can't do it if we can. General Pan will go back and wait a moment. I will ask the county magistrate to send the food immediately and bring in some cooks to cook."
Pan Yu respected Wang Chongxin very much. Since the Prime Minister had solved the problem for him, there was no need for him to cause trouble again.
"Thank you, Prime Minister!"
The two of them bowed and left in a hurry.
Wang Chong was confident but became anxious. He realized the biggest problem. All their money and food were in Licheng, and neither Jeju nor Yunzhou had money or food. What should they do?
Wang Chongxin returned to the back hall worriedly, but unexpectedly found that Li Na was waiting for him and did not go to rest.
"My lord, take a rest for a while!"
Li Na shook his head, "As you said, we have to face reality. I want to know how to solve the problem of money and food for our army?"
Wang Chongxin was silent for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, we can seek support from Zhu Si!"
A mocking smile appeared on Li Na's face, "A month ago, Zhu Si fought us to death, but now we have to ask them for help. Don't you think it's funny?"
"This time, that time!"
Wang Chongxin said calmly: "Zhu Si will either face the Jin army alone or support us. Your Majesty, I think he must hope that we can reach the Guo and Song army's attack on his behalf."
Li Na pondered for a moment and then nodded, "Okay! I would like to ask the Prime Minister to go to Luoyang again and win money and food support from Zhu Si as soon as possible."
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The news that the Jin army captured Licheng County, the capital of Qi State, had no repercussions in Chang'an. Everyone was accustomed to this kind of achievement. Together with the news of the recapture of the five prefectures in Quanzhou, it was only published in "Tianxia Xinbao" and "Chang'an Express"
There is no sign out at all.
The sales volume of "Chang'an Express" has exceeded 200,000 copies in Chang'an area. This is due to the literacy night school organized by the government, which is held every three months and has been held for three consecutive years. A large number of middle-class people and women can barely read.
Reported.
Especially for women's education and literacy, Guo Ping successively spent tens of thousands of dollars to establish ten girls' schools. From teachers to students, they were all women. They strictly managed the schools and allowed many middle-class families to send their daughters to study.
Everyone is very realistic. Girls who can read and write tend to marry better than women who are illiterate. Rich families are willing to marry a daughter-in-law who can read and write, so that they can support their husbands and raise children in the future. Middle-class families are also gradually realizing that a literate daughter-in-law can marry well.
A mother can often change her child's destiny.
Many adult women also go to literacy classes together. This is also forced by the situation. If they are not literate, they cannot read newspapers and lose a lot of fun in life. Moreover, it is a specialized literacy class for women, and there are no scoundrels in it.
This created conditions for girls to learn to read and write.
But another reason for the surge in sales of "Chang'an Express" was that a large number of scholars gathered in Chang'an. This imperial examination attracted 80,000 scholars from all over the world to come to Chang'an to take the examination.
The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel jointly organized this imperial examination. The imperial examination had been held for many years and the imperial court had rich experience. In addition, the Jinzou Academy from various states participated. The reception, food and accommodation of the scholars were all arranged in an orderly manner.
Rich families can live better and go to restaurants every day, while students from poor families can accept the government's arrangement, four people live in a room, and then the inn provides meals every day. These are free, the conditions are slightly worse, but they can eat
It's full, which is actually pretty good.
Both Guo Jincheng and Xue Qing will take the imperial examination this year. They live in the Anping Inn in Chongrenfang, which is mid-range and needs to be paid for at their own expense, but the cost is relatively low. They share a room and each person has a daily accommodation fee of 30 yuan, a month.
Always money.
Guo Song did not deliberately let his son crowd with poor children. That was really unnecessary. The key was that it was human nature for his son to make money, eat better, and live better.
After entering March, Guo Jincheng did not go to the newspaper office. Like other Taixue students, he was preparing for the exam with all his strength. However, the exams for Taixue students were basically Mingshu, Mingzi and Mingfa. Xue Qing took the exam.
Although Guo Jincheng studied law at Taixue in Ming Dynasty, he applied for Jinshi.
After passing the Jinshi examination, the lowest level is the ninth-level official. After passing the other subjects, Mingjing, Mingfa, Mingzi, and Mingcalculation, after passing the examination, they will be officials, but the level is higher. Among the nine-level officials, basically
They are all second-level officials. The first-level officials are the Liucao Yasi of Shangxian County or the military officers of the state government, or the officers of various departments of the imperial court. The second-level officials are the Liucao Yasi of Zhongxia County.
Everyone wants to be an official, so it is extremely difficult to pass the Jinshi exam and there are only a few places.
Moreover, starting from last year, the Imperial Examination resumed its joint examination, which was sponsored by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and was also called the Civil Service Examination. Except for the top three in the imperial examination, the rest of the Jinshi were interviewed and inspected, and then the Ministry of Civil Affairs assigned official positions based on their results. In fact, the examination
There is no longer a test of talent and learning, but mainly of character, morality, appearance and conversation. There is undoubtedly a consideration of family background behind this.
The palace examination is still retained, and the top twenty in the provincial examination will participate. After the assessment by the King of Jin, the top three Jinshi will be determined. This does not conflict with the general examination.
The rural examination is to determine whether you are qualified to go to Beijing to take the provincial examination. If you pass the provincial examination and become a Jinshi, you will be qualified to be an official. Then the specific official position will depend on the results of the Ministry of Personnel inspection and interview. As for the palace examination, you are striving for the highest honor.
For interviews, only the best candidates are eligible to participate.
Unless children from poor families are particularly outstanding, they generally will not choose to study for Jinshi. Even if they become the sixth official in the county, their family's life will be greatly improved. The salary of the official is three thousand dollars per month, plus various subsidies.
I can basically earn 50 yuan a year, which is already a high income in a small county, and I can buy a three-acre house.
Near noon, two guests came to Guo Jincheng's room. They were Lu Nan and Xiao Zhenye. Lu Nan was Zuozang Ling, and Xiao Zhenye was the chief registrar of Yushitai. They were both seventh-rank officials and doing well.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that they are descendants of famous families in the south of the Yangtze River. They are all legitimate sons, so they are particularly valued by the court.
Lu Nan was Xue Qing's senior brother, so it was normal for him to visit Xue Qing often. However, Xiao Zhenye mainly went to Guo Jincheng. He said that he admired Jiulang, the writer of "Chang'an Express". In the words of later generations, Xiao Zhenye was a fan of Guo Jincheng.
But this was just a superficial reason. There was actually a huge secret hidden underneath. Xiao Zhenye had discovered Guo Jincheng’s true identity, and he turned out to be the crown prince of Jin Dynasty. This made him so happy that he hid it from other friends.
He devoted himself wholeheartedly to making friends with Guo Jincheng and paving the way for his future career.