The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 667
The officials selected this time include some candidates with practical ability selected from the original Hanlin Academy, and some of them were selected through Enke last time.

It can be said that this group of officials are all hard-working, not the kind who only know how to talk all day long.

"Mr. Liu Ge, the imperial court is currently in short supply of talents. Even if these officials take office, there are still many gaps. Now that the world is initially settled and all industries are waiting to be flourished, a lot of talents are needed." Xia Junze sighed.

"What Elder Xia Ge said is very true. According to His Highness, every year in the future, we will open a department to obtain a scholar. The situation will refer to last year's Enke and select practical talents. The Ministry of Rites for this year's imperial examination is already in preparation. It's time to officially start the exam." Liu Ji said.

"That's good, that's good. If we still take the test every three years as before, then the imperial court will really be unable to accept it. Moreover, His Highness has vigorously reformed the form of the imperial examination, with practical ability as the main selection criterion, which avoids those who only know how to do it. , the rotten Confucian who only speaks loudly will enter the court and become an official, and he will be much cleaner in the future." Xia Junze stroked his beard and smiled.

"That's the reason. It seems that Mr. Ge was tossed a lot by these rotten Confucian scholars before." Liu Ji laughed.

"That's not it, let me tell you, when I led the troops to suppress the thieves, I failed a little. After returning to the court, those Qingliu went crazy. Alas, let's not talk about these bad things back then, let's get down to business."

Xia Junze realized halfway through his speech that Liu Ji was actually waiting to discuss something serious with him, so he hastily cut off the momentum of wanting to talk.

In fact, there was nothing to discuss about the list. What Liu Ji had decided upon was just going through a process when it came to Xia Junze.

So the two watched quickly, and only stopped when they reached Jining Mansion. After all, Jiang Chuan had done such a big thing in Jining Mansion this time, and he must be deeply impressed by Jining in the future.

Therefore, the officials selected to serve in Jining must be effective, must have enough ability to govern Jining well, and must completely restore the majesty of the government and the prestige of the court, and completely restore the hearts of the people in Jining.

If there is another disturbance, His Royal Highness the Regent will be furious, and they will all be punished by then.

Therefore, we must be cautious in the selection of the prefect of Jining.

"Li Yan?" Seeing the name on the list, Xia Junze frowned slightly.

"Old Liu Ge, is this Li Yan the Li Yan I know?" Xia Junze turned to look at Liu Ji and asked.

"It's that Li Yan."

"He, is that okay? That's Jining Mansion." Xia Junze was a little suspicious.

Because the Li Yan they were talking about was Li Zicheng's general who was captured by the Qin army during the Northern Zhili War last year.

Li Yan was reluctant to surrender at first, but Jiang Chuan didn't make things difficult for him, but instead allowed him to move freely among the Qin army, to see whatever he wanted, and to go to any barracks he wanted.

Two months later, Li Yan took the initiative to find Jiang Chuan and said that he had figured it out and wanted to surrender.

The reason is that in the past two months, he has become more and more aware that the Dashun Army cannot compete with the Qin Army, and Li Zicheng is not the hero who can save the subordinates of the world.

Jiang Chuan agreed to him, and promised that he would not send Li Zicheng to lead the army to attack Dashun Kingdom when Li Zicheng was alive.

Later, in order to examine his talents, Jiang Chuan appointed him as the magistrate of Anxi County in Beizhili to govern one side.

During the war, the population of Anxi County decreased sharply, a large number of fields were barren, and there were many mountains around.

Although after the war, most counties in Beizhili were like this, the situation in Anxi County was obviously the most serious.

Moreover, the former Anxi county magistrate was also killed by rebels, so there has been a vacancy.

In choosing such a county, Jiang Chuan obviously wanted to see what Li Yan was capable of.

Li Yan took his wife Hong Niangzi to take up the post of Anxi county magistrate calmly.

After taking office, the first thing Li Yan did was to suppress bandits.

Using the [-] soldiers Jiang Chuan gave him, Li Yan either persuaded the thieves to surrender or exterminated them directly according to the situation. It took three months to put down more than a dozen groups of thieves, large and small, in Anxi County.

At the same time, organize the people to reclaim wasteland, and reward those unowned lands to the reclaimed people.At that time, although the spring plowing season was missed, it was impossible to cultivate wheat.

However, Li Yan applied for a batch of sweet potato seeds from the imperial household department and organized the people to plant them.At the same time, he planted a large number of vegetables, and applied to the imperial court to pardon the taxes of Anxi County that year.

The next step is to enforce the law and resolve the lawsuit.

Li Yan and Hong Niangzi cooperated tacitly and cleared all the backlog of cases in just half a month. They acted quickly and handled things fairly, which was praised by the people.

Under Li Yan's various measures to calm the people, the people of Anxi gradually settled down, began to live and work in peace and contentment, and the authority of the government was also re-established.

After solving the problems of safety and food, Li Yan organized the people and led the officers and soldiers to repair houses for the people, and moved some people living in remote areas to live near the capital, taking precautions to ensure that the people can have safe and stable houses to keep out the cold in winter .

At the same time, craftsmen were also organized to build stoves for the common people.After the furnace was built, a large amount of coal was excavated to ensure that the people could keep out the cold when the weather was cold.

Sometimes Li Yan even built the stove by himself, making his whole body covered in plaster.

With various measures, Li Yan's status in the hearts of the people in Anxi has become higher and higher, and he has become a serious county magistrate.

Among the official assessment results submitted by the Ministry of Officials at the end of the year, Li Yan's assessment results were at the forefront among all magistrates in the country.

After Jiang Chuan saw it at the time, he only said: "It's a talent, it's worth using."

Liu Ji kept this sentence in his heart at the time, and when the incident in Jining Mansion came out this time, he was the first to think of Li Yan.

After reading Li Yan's files, Xia Junze's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed, "I didn't expect that Li Zicheng's subordinates would have such talents, but it's a pity that Li Zicheng doesn't have the discerning eye for talent and the attitude to employ people."

Liu Ji nodded in agreement and said, "What Ge Lao said is that this Li Yan can lead the army in battle and govern the people below. But he didn't get angry, but let him walk around to get to know our army. Two months later, he found His Highness himself and offered to surrender. His Highness then let him go to Anxi County. Now it seems that Li Yan is talented, Your Highness Being able to recognize people with discerning eyes is the key to making good use of your talents.”

Xia Junze was surprised and said: "There are other things like this? It seems that His Highness is His Highness, I can't wait."

When the two of them said this, they both made a decision to promote Li Yan to be the prefect of Jining.

At this time, Li Yan was like a farmer, with the hem of his official uniform on his waist, holding the plow himself, barefoot, walking, yelling and driving the cattle forward, his face was covered with sweat. Looks like a county magistrate.

And his wife, Hong Niangzi, led a group of women to deliver water and food to the men who were plowing in spring by the field, joking with everyone from time to time.

There is a peaceful and joyful atmosphere between the fields.

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Jiang Chuan brought Ji Biao, together with Bai Jinxiu's master and servant, to the entrance of Shiwan Dashan.

Liu Yong had already gone to Gaoyou County to work, and it was not suitable for Liu Ru to follow Jiang Chuan this trip, so he returned to Gaoyou with his elder brother.

One hundred thousand mountains, as the name suggests, are mountains with overlapping peaks, mountains connecting mountains, mountains and mountains, and mountains are still mountains after passing the mountains.The mountains are lush with vegetation, birds and beasts are everywhere, and canyons and high cliffs can be found everywhere.

And Baiyunzong is hidden in it.

If there is no one to lead the way, even if an army of [-] enters the mountain, it may be difficult to find the location of Baiyunzong.

Jiang Chuan couldn't help but be moved when he saw it.

Under Bai Jinxiu's leadership, the four of them walked for three or four days in a row before Bai Jinxiu said that they were coming soon.

Suddenly, a loud and clear eagle howled pierced the sky, everyone raised their heads, and a golden eagle descended from the sky, quickly swooping towards them.

Ji Biao hurriedly drew his sword, but Bai Jinxiu shouted excitedly: "That's Xiaojin, that's Xiaojin, it's here to welcome us."

Ji Biao was puzzled, and Xiaowen, the servant girl next to her, also said happily: "This is the golden eagle raised by the old suzerain, called Xiaojin. Miss used to feed him often, so she was very close to her. Apart from the suzerain, she was the closest to her. Kiss."

The golden eagle swooped down in front of everyone as he said that.

Bai Jinxiu hastily stretched out his left arm, the golden eagle retracted its wings, landed steadily on Bai Jinxiu's left arm, and rubbed its head against Bai Jinxiu's background, making Bai Jinxiu laugh non-stop.

Jiang Chuan was surprised and curious to see how intimate each of them was, so he watched for a long time.

Seeing that the golden eagle had no intention of hurting anyone, Ji Biao also put down his hand holding the sword hilt.

After making out with each other for a while, Bai Jinxiu finally calmed down, lightly touched the back of the golden eagle's neck and said with a smile, "Xiao Jin, did you come to pick me up because you knew I was back?"

The golden eagle actually nodded and called out to her.

Jiang Chuan was even more surprised when he saw it, and said: "This golden eagle seems to be a spiritual creature, and it can understand your words."

Bai Jinxiu said slightly complacently: "Of course. Master, he is omnipotent, and his ability to tame animals is not bad. Xiao Jin was brought back from the mountains by Master when I was young, and has been brought by my side to tame him. He is the most intelligent and obedient Yes. I fly in the mountains when I have nothing to do on weekdays. Once I find someone entering the mountain, I will notify the master. I am well-behaved. Sometimes I will catch some wild animals such as hares and deer for the master. The master is also very happy. It hurts."

Jiang Chuan and the two were amazed.

Although Jiang Chuan had heard of capable men and strangers who tamed eagles and eagles, he also knew that birds of prey like golden eagles were naturally rebellious and difficult to tame.

Even many will die during the taming process, and the success rate is definitely not high.

Unexpectedly, this old Bai Yunzi had such abilities, and it was really a miracle to tame this eagle so humanly.

Bai Jinxiu looked at Jiang Chuan, smiled, touched the feathers on the golden eagle's back, and said to it: "Xiao Jin, you go back and tell the master that I'm back, and you brought distinguished guests to visit his old man."

The golden eagle seemed to understand what she said, and turned its head to look Jiang Chuan up and down, as if looking at him.

Jiang Chuan was greatly surprised, and said with a smile, "This is to see if my new uncle is qualified enough."

Everyone laughed, Bai Jinxiu blushed and said, "Xiao Jin is very wary of strangers, don't mind."

Of course Jiang Chuan would not mind a flat-haired animal.

"Go, Xiao Jin, tell Master, we'll be there tomorrow." Bai Jinxiu said, and lightly stroked the golden eagle's back.

The golden eagle nodded, fluttered its wings, rushed up to the sky again, circled in the air, let out a shriek, and flew away quickly.

(End of this chapter)