Xiaoqi

"It's okay, it's the same if you talk about it early or late. As long as you make arrangements in advance, it's fine if there are no problems during the exam." Li Li waved his hand without hesitation.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhuge Liang thanked him, and said without hesitation: "As of noon today, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Officials, there are a total of 720 people who have taken part in the literary examination, and a total of 890 people who have participated in the martial arts examination and the hundred schools of thought. Three thousand and 2 people, with a total of more than [-] civil and military personnel. Among all the literati and warriors who came to participate in the test, [-]% came from Jingzhou under the rule of Liu Biao, about [-] people; [-]% came from the Northern Wei Dynasty under Cao Cao, about [-] people. The remaining [-]% are people from the state of Jin. It is worth noting that more than half of the candidates in the state of Jin participated in the martial arts, and they all came from the four states of Yongzhou, Liangzhou, Bingzhou and Sili; It only accounts for [-]% of the total number of people, and most of them come from the Royal Academy, Yizhou, Xuzhou and Yuzhou."

Before Zhuge Liang finished speaking, Guo Jia answered, "There is another strange phenomenon, that is, it has been 12 years since the establishment of the Chang'an Recruitment Hall. Thousands of diners were recruited. Once the imperial examination was announced, more than 2000 diners in the recruitment hall all signed up for the exam, and more than 1000 literati and warriors from the Southern Han and Northern Wei vassal states went to the recruitment hall to register and make a list. But they also signed up for the test, and it seems that registering at the recruitment hall is just to get some money to meet their urgent needs."

Li Li frowned slightly after hearing the words, and pondered: "There are so many people participating in the test? It seems that the selection criteria I have initially drawn up are not excessive, and can be implemented accordingly. Even so, I am afraid that more than [-] civil and military officials will be hired at one time It’s not easy to arrange after that, the number is too big, there are not so many vacancies!” After a pause, Li Li said again: “As for the recruiting hall, it’s nothing surprising. No one is willing to accept the food that comes from you. This imperial examination is undoubtedly to provide them with an opportunity to become an official official, and they can win everything they want by virtue of their own abilities, so they will naturally not give up and have to give it a try no matter what. This time After the imperial examination, there is no need for the recruiting hall to exist, so it should be removed, repaired, and changed to a military post house under the jurisdiction of the Military Aircraft Department, as a post for lieutenant generals when they return to Beijing to wait for dispatch."

Guo Jia noticed that Li Li was absent-minded when he spoke, and immediately persuaded: "Your Majesty, don't worry. It is true that there are so many civil and military officials in Jin Kingdom, but the world is not peaceful yet. As long as there is a war, everything will be solved."

Zhuge Liang followed suit and said: "Yes, everyone can see that the imperial examination is an excellent opportunity. How could Liu Biao of the Southern Han Dynasty and Cao Cao of the Northern Wei Dynasty not see it? Therefore, they will not let go of the opportunity and will definitely take action. , as long as they move first, this pool of stagnant water will be revitalized, and I will be able to see what happens, wait for the opportunity to send troops, and then fight the Central Plains!"

Chapter 234 Iron Cavalry Dreaming ([-])

The morning mist filled the air, a breeze blew, and the air was cold.

The stars are receding, the east is not yet clear, and the sky is in chaos.

This is the darkest hour before dawn.

It is also the time when people are most likely to get sleepy, and it is best to sleep at the turn of spring and summer.

With the sound of the door opening, the first sound of dawn came from a hut built next to the city wall. The low door opened, and a farmer in his forties came out of it.

His surname is Liu, Fang is middle-aged, his back is bent, and the hardships of life are vividly displayed on his body, so the neighbors call him Old Man Liu.

There was no light in the house, and he was blind when he opened the door, but this did not prevent Old Man Liu from getting up early to work.It's not that there are no oil lamps at home, nor is it that he can't afford to use them, but that he is reluctant to use them and saves as much as he can. Farmers live with savings, and careful planning can last a long time.

Outside the door, there is a not-so-big firewood yard. To the east of the yard is a grass shed, and piles of dry firewood are piled up in the shed.This is the livelihood of a family of four, and old man Liu is a farmer who makes a living by collecting firewood.Their family did not rent any land, nor handed down their handicrafts. Since their ancestors settled here, they have been relying on firewood for a living. It has been passed down from father to son, and it has been passed down to him for three generations.

Two miles in front of the gate is Nanshan Mountain, and the old man Liu's family relies on this mountain forest that stretches for dozens of miles to live.Fortunately, his home is very close to the county seat, so he prepared dry firewood in advance, and dared to send a load of dry firewood into the city every day when the city gate opened.There are several well-to-do families in the north of the city who are regular customers of old man Liu. Yesterday evening, a message came, asking him to deliver the firewood early in the morning.Can't be wrong.So, old man Liu got up before dawn.It is better to get up earlier than the chicken, and there is no need to light the lamp.In the dark, I took two bundles of dry firewood out of the hut, put them in front of the courtyard gate, put a load on them, opened the firewood gate and went out with the load.

"Father, wait for me!" Just two steps out of the yard, old man Liu heard his son's shout, and he didn't need to turn his head to know that his heart had caught up.He didn't let go of his burden, didn't look back, and kept his balance as best he could.Standing where you are and waiting will save you the most effort.If he puts down the burden, it will be very difficult for him. He is no longer young. He has been collecting firewood every day for more than [-] years, and his body has long been exhausted. His back is not good, and he does not have the spirit of a young man. Impulsive, but he has great patience.In contrast, it is still easier to carry the burden.

"Father, I'll walk in front of the dew, or your legs will hurt again (rheumatism)." The seven-year-old son has quick legs and trotted all the way to catch up.Still holding a four-foot-long bamboo pole in his hand, he walked in front of old man Liu and tapped the thatch on the roadside, knocking the crystal dew off the green leaves.

"Be good, dog. Go slowly, don't fall." Seeing her son so young, she knew that she felt sorry for herself.Old man Liu was very relieved that the pressure on his shoulders, which had been sore from the weight of the burden, was gone now.Feeling full of strength all over his body, he followed his son briskly, exhorting him from time to time, for fear that the dog would fall and touch him.

Gou'er is the youngest son of old man Liu, born to his second wife, so he can be regarded as a son of old age.Old man Liu also had a wife and child in his early years, and his daughter was 16 years old. Old man Liu loved his daughter very much and couldn't bear to marry her off. He wanted to find a son-in-law for her, but he couldn't find a suitable one, so he dragged on without getting married. .Unexpectedly, the emperor Liu Xie and hundreds of officials came to Wancheng eight years ago, and the five princes gathered in Nanyang, and Wancheng was in chaos.So the old man Liu's family, who lived outside the south gate of Deng County, suffered a catastrophe. His 16-year-old daughter was ruined by the rebels, and even his wife in her 30s was not spared. The mother and daughter were ruined to death overnight. The old man and his 50-year-old father were bound hand and foot by the rebels and thrown in the yard. They watched their wives and children (daughter-in-law and granddaughter) being ruined by the rebels, but there was nothing they could do.

Under a catastrophe, the old man Liu’s family was destroyed. After burying his old wife and daughter, he felt like dying. He wanted to avenge his wife and daughter all day long, but unexpectedly, his old father fell ill again. Filled with anger, he made ends meet while treating his father.

Maybe God opened his eyes, or maybe it's time for retribution for the princes and soldiers.Not long after the old man Liu's family suffered, the Xiliang army under the command of general Li Li approached Nanyang, forcing the princes and horses to flee in a hurry. The rebellious soldiers in Deng County were the last to escape.That day, old man Liu was chopping firewood on the mountain when he happened to meet three rebel soldiers who ruined his wife and children. At that moment, his anger turned from evil to courageous, and he boldly provoked the three rebel soldiers, leading them into his own trap place.Two of the rebels fell into the trap and were turned into hedgehogs. The other was so frightened that he ran around in the forest like hell, and was chased by the old man Liu and hacked him alive with a hatchet.Afterwards, he himself was slashed by the rebels who were dying to fight back. Fortunately, the wound was on his left arm, and the wound was not deep, so he would be fine after resting for half a month.

After avenging his wife and children with his own hands, old man Liu really cheered up, feeling like a man, and finally let go of the humiliation in his heart.Half a year later, General Li Li sent troops to capture Nanyang, and the deputy general of Wuwei Battalion Jin served as the guard of Deng County, guarding the border county between Nanyang and Jingzhou.In old man Liu's heart, General Yu Jin is a good man, the savior of their family, and is equivalent to his reborn parents.His house was completely burned down by the rioting soldiers, so that he had to hide in the mountains with his old father. However, after General Yu Jin took over the county, he personally led soldiers to rebuild his house and gave him a Home.

Later, Old Man Liu took in a woman with a big arm and a round waist among the refugees. It is said that she was a woman on the grassland. She was Old Man Liu's second wife and the mother of Gou'er.The arrival of the dog's mother gave old man Liu a complete family. At first his step-wife seldom spoke, but old man Liu treated her very well. As long as there were some good things in the house, he would give her all, and there was no need to force him. After getting in touch with her slowly, she finally Accepted the old man Liu.Then there was a dog, and the family lived in harmony. Although they were not rich, they were able to eat and wear warmth, and their lives were quite happy.

The second wife has an average appearance and dark skin, but she has big breasts and fat buttocks, and she is very good at giving birth. If it weren't for the old man Liu's poor health, he would probably have a group of children by now.Even so, old man Liu is also very satisfied, especially watching his son grow up day by day, and his step-wife never complains, raising the child, taking care of the old father, and keeping the house in order. It was a day like a fairy.

"The dog runs slowly, watch the road more, and don't fall." Old man Liu felt warm in his heart as he followed the dog with a burden.The name Gou'er is the baby name of the son, and it was given by his stepwife. She said that the shepherd dog in the grassland is the most intimate partner of the herdsmen. Old man Liu has no objection to this. A cheap name is easy to support. He also hopes that his son will grow up healthy and healthy. In the future, his son will be the "shepherd dog" to protect him and his wife.

Seeing his son bouncing along the city wall towards the east gate, old man Liu would think of his mother.In his heart, she is the most beautiful woman and the most virtuous wife in the world, and marrying her is the blessing that old man Liu has cultivated for several lifetimes.Perhaps, to him, his wife was on par with the dozen or so concubines of Emperor Li Li, not even a little bit worse, or even worse.

Looking at his son walking, the road under his feet seems to be very short. From the south gate of Deng County to the east all the way to the east gate, there are three miles. He rushed to the east gate, but today he didn't feel tired at all, and rushed outside the east gate in one breath.The weight of a load of firewood is still the same as before, because he has been collecting firewood for more than 30 years. Just more and less.It is this honesty and good reputation that gave Old Man Liu's family a relatively stable life.

His family lived outside the south gate, but several regular customers lived in the north city. The distance between the south and the north was very far, and there were so many people in the city that it was very difficult to carry a load.So every time he delivered firewood, he would go around from the bottom of the city wall to the east gate, because there were mountains and forests outside the east gate, and there were not many people entering and leaving the city. In addition, it was very close from the east gate to the north city, only more than three hundred steps back and forth, which was very convenient.

The road at the foot of the city wall was stepped on by old man Liu.Here is next to the mountains and forests, there was no road at first, but after years of walking, a narrow path came out.But he is usually the only one who walks this road, and his neighbors seldom walk here. Standing at the south gate is naturally entering the city from the south gate. He is the only one who lives in the south gate but enters the city from the east gate.

When they rushed to the east gate, just as old man Liu expected, there was no one at the gate, only him and his son, and the load of firewood on the ground.At this time, the east is already white, and after a while, when the first ray of sunlight comes out, the city gate will open.Old man Liu didn't know that when the city gate opened, it was the official opening of the Chang'an Imperial Examination hundreds of miles away. In addition, there were many things he didn't know. in extreme danger

"Father, I want to pee." The naughty son is always restless, standing outside the city gate and can't calm down for a moment, finally tired from playing, sitting on the dry wood for a rest, his buttocks are not hot, and there is something wrong up.

Old man Liu loved his son to the core. He knew that Gou'er came to the city with him because he wanted to eat sweet cakes from Ye's pastry shop. He bought some for his son and wife almost every month.Although four sweet cakes are equivalent to the value of a load of firewood, he still doesn't hesitate. At most, it is a little more effort by himself, and it is not difficult to collect two loads of firewood if he can do it.

"Go, Dad is waiting for you."

When old man Liu agreed, the dog had already run away. He seemed to have known what his father would say, or his father had never refused any of his requests.Let alone something as trivial as peeing?

(Writing and writing can't hold back, and the love is out of control when it gets deep. There are not many pictures of Xiaoqi's warmth. Huben wants to preserve this kind of sincere feeling, and he doesn't want to mix it with other things. Hope you all Sorry.)

Chapter 235 Iron Cavalry Dreaming ([-])

The "squeaking" water poured on the green leaves, knocked off the dew on the green leaves, and moistened a piece of weeds under the leaves.

The lively and active dog is not honest when he urinates. He looks around with his head up, and he doesn't even notice that Xiaonuan splashed on his pants.

He seems to have been holding back for a long time, maybe he didn't take care of it when he got up early in the morning, his mind was full of sweet and delicious cakes, so that he brought all the boy's urine that had accumulated overnight.

Suddenly, a crisp sound of "ding ding" caught his attention, prompting him to withdraw his attention and follow the sound very curiously.But he saw that the dense leaves were full of his "masterpieces", falling on the grass like rain, and there was nothing else.

Seeing that there was nothing jingling, the dog was not discouraged, nor would he give up easily, but became more curious.Immediately, he pointed the "spring eye" at the wide leaf directly in front of him and erupted forcefully, knocking the leaf straight away, and immediately revealing the gleaming object hidden under the leaf.The crisp sound just now was made by it. The first time it saw it, the dog knew it was causing trouble.

As the flow of water ceased and the pot of boy's piss was used up, the leaves turned over and once again covered the shiny object.The dog lifted his pants, but he didn't stop there. Curiosity drove him to investigate. Perhaps in his heart, the glowing things were far more fun than the stick in his hand.

Just do it.But when he picked up the leaves in front of him with the bamboo stick in his hand, he found that the luminous objects hidden under the leaves were gone.Immediately, he became impatient, as if his toy had been snatched away, and walked over quickly without thinking.Stepping on the wet grass, I leaned in front of the dense leaves.Push aside the vines and leaves that block the view with both hands.

All of a sudden, the dog stared at the scene in front of him without blinking: a tall and strong horse appeared behind the vines.Immediately afterwards came cavalrymen in black armor and hoods, as well as spears and halberds in their hands.The luminous thing that attracted the dogs just now was the eucalyptus in their hands. The boy's urine slipped from the leaves and landed on the eucalyptus with a crisp sound.

These cavalrymen lurking in the woods and dense fog are looking at the dull dog with a cold face at the moment, their eyes are extremely cold, and the eyes they look at the dog are like looking at a dead person, without any emotional fluctuations. Not even the slightest mercy.

The cold eyes scared the dog back a few steps.His immature cheeks were pale and pale, and he swallowed the saliva so hard that he was so frightened that he didn't dare to make a sound, let alone scream.Maybe he thought that these vicious people hadn't woken up yet, didn't see him, otherwise, why didn't they move at all?

Just at this time, a ray of morning light appeared in the sky and suddenly shone into the forest.for a moment.The dog suddenly opened his eyes wide, and the sight that jumped into his eyes completely frightened him dumbfounded.

But seeing the morning light, the mist covering the mountains and forests instantly thinned, making the originally foggy forests suddenly open.Suddenly became clearly visible.Almost at the moment when the dawn appeared, the dog's sight was completely occupied by the extremely shocking scene in front of him, which stretched from ten steps away from the dog's eyes to the end of his sight.The huge forest is full of black armored cavalry with tall horses, and the darkness is overwhelming.The number of people is already countless.The number of dogs, at least seven years old, is unknown.Although he could already count to two hundred, the number of cavalry in front of him was completely beyond the range of numbers he knew.It seems uncountable.

"Ah!" Amidst the sudden screams, I saw the dog yelling and running towards the gate of the city: "Dad, dad, dad!" He was frightened, and ran and called old man Liu. Remind Old Man Liu that there are people in the woods, but he can't express clearly in a hurry, and he doesn't know who the person hiding in the woods is, good or bad.So he just yelled and yelled for his father, and ran desperately towards the gate of the city.

"Dog!" The moment the exclamation came, Old Man Liu stood up awkwardly, and without even thinking about it, he was about to step up to meet him, but unexpectedly the gate of the city opened at this moment, and two bundles of people leaning against the gate Gan Chai fell down immediately after losing his support, catching old man Liu's left foot, causing him to fall to the ground sideways due to his instability.

At the same time as he fell to the ground, he saw the dog running towards the gate of the city, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the heart hanging in his throat slowly fell.

"It turned out to be a false alarm. My son is fine, but he is a little timid, and he will get scared if he leaves him for a while. But it is abnormal to yell like this. He didn't do this before. What's the matter today?" Old man Liu muttered to himself. , while getting up.

He casually dragged two bundles of firewood to the side of the city gate, and while beckoning his son to come quickly, Old Man Liu bent down to pick up the load, ready to enter the city.At this time, a group of soldiers came out of the city, and the leader Shi Zhang greeted Old Man Liu: "Old Liu, you are here so early." Hey, the dog is here too! "

Old man Liu said with a naive smile: "My boss is in a hurry, and I can't do it if I don't come!"

Shi Chang nodded and smiled lightly: "You are a hardworking person. These years, you have been the first to enter the city every day. After paying the firewood, you can cook for your wife when you go back. Hehehe? Hey, the dog is here too!"

"This kid is greedy, and he followed me into the city early in the morning. Hehehe!" Old man Liu said with a silly smile.While talking, he walked into the city gate carrying a burden, but looked back at the crying dog running towards him.

Seeing the tears still hanging on Gou'er's flushed face, Shi Chang frowned and said, "Old Liu, why are you willing to beat him with such a precious son? Isn't it just sweet cakes? If you are reluctant to spend money, I'll just buy some sweet cakes for the dog, it's not worth beating a child!"

After finishing speaking, Shi Chang got off the horse, touched the dog's face, squatted in front of him, and said with a smile: "The dog doesn't cry, your father is just a stingy man, in fact, he still loves you very much. Think about it later. When I eat sweet cakes, I come to my uncle. If your father doesn’t buy it for you, my uncle will buy it for you. Be good, don’t cry, okay?”

What Shi Chang said made old man Liu blushed, and he wanted to explain a few words, but saw that the dog was indeed crying, which made him very distressed. He was about to step forward to ask the reason, but was squeezed behind Shi Chang, unable to intervene at all. Let's talk.