Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 517 The Second Imperial Examination

November [-]th is the day when the imperial examination results are released.

In addition, it was the fifteenth day of rest, and many ordinary people in Jinling came to watch the "Inscription on the Gold List".

Although there are three lists in the imperial examination, the most important one is naturally the "gold list" that everyone pays most attention to.

The second imperial examination did not have the flood relief effect of the first period, and the gold content of the gold list dropped slightly, but the number of participants increased significantly...

After all, for the scholars in Jingyang and Yangzhou, the truly talented ones had already participated in the first imperial examination three years ago.

The second session...most of them were those who failed in the previous session, or had unsatisfactory results, and who were outside the Chu State. They were encouraged by the first imperial examination, or attracted by the growing national power and Chu learning of the Chu State, and rushed to Chu State. Find a career in the country!
Top talents like Fazheng and Zhuge Jin appeared in the imperial examinations for the sake of gimmicks and flattery in the first session, but no talents of this level appeared in the second session.

But even so, there are still many heroes among the people, many of whom are familiar to Bai Tu...

For example, "Zhuge Jun", the younger brother of Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang; "Yin Mo" who was born in Yizhou, studied in Jingzhou, and was recommended by Sima Hui to take the imperial examination; Ma Liang's younger brother, "Ma Su", the fifth brother of the Wuchang family; Huainan, the "Jiang Ji" who served as the Three Dukes of Cao and Wei in history...

Although each of them is not very famous, if you look at the whole history, they are not outside the "Three Kingdoms Circle", and even Ma Di's reputation is a bit tearful... But during the Three Kingdoms period, they were all temporary choices, and they can be left in the history books. A talent that can become a piece of music or even a biography on its own!

After the seven subjects, the most surprising thing for Bai Tu was the military subject - Hao Zhao, a fellow countryman of Guo Huai who was named on the gold list last year, came from Taiyuan after seeing Guo Huai's fate and won this year's top military subject in one fell swoop.

The most famous battle in history was in Chencang, where Hao Zhao led more than a thousand defenders to fight against Zhuge Liang's [-] troops. He held on for more than [-] days, causing Zhuge Liang's second Northern Expedition to return without success!

At that time, the two countries Wei and Wu fought for control of Huainan in the battle of Shiting. Wei was newly defeated, and the main force was piled in the Jianghuai area. So Zhuge Liang saw the right opportunity, sent his troops out of Chencang, and pointed his sword at Guanzhong...

However, Hao Zhao had garrisoned troops in Chencang a year ago and was diligent in fortifying the city. In the end, more than a thousand people guarded for more than 20 days. After Zhang Xi led troops to help, Zhuge Liang retreated.

To a certain extent, this also dampened the enthusiasm of the radicals led by Wei Yan - Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition has always been inclined to take Longyou, that is, Yongliang to the west of the Guanzhong area as the strategic goal, while Wei Yan advocated taking a shuttle and directly Advance into Guanzhong.

Just like Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, "built a plank road openly and secretly attacked Chencang", he directly attacked Guanzhong from Chencang, first destroyed the Three Qin Dynasties, and then fought against Guandong.

Won by Changan Fuhan, lost by inserting bids and selling out...

Hao Zhao's record in Chencang all shows that Guanzhong is not that easy to advance!

Unfortunately, after this great achievement, when Cao Pi was preparing to marry Hao Zhao, he fell seriously ill and died.

Although it was possible to defend "1000 vs. 20" for more than [-] days when facing Zhuge Liang, a large part of the factor was due to the strength of Chencang itself, but... the reinforcement of Chencang itself was supervised by Hao Zhao.

Even "Three Kingdoms" only mentions "by order", which means to add the sentence "according to Cao Zhen's order to reinforce Chencang", which invisibly flatters the trends of Shu in Cao Zhen's materials. However, other historical materials only say that Hao Zhao and Wang Shuang garrisoned in this……

If he did not "obey the order" and strengthened Chencang on his own, it would be even more obvious that Hao Zhao was cautious and good at guarding. Moreover... Wei Guo's performance at that time can hardly be said to have anticipated Zhuge Liang's movements. Otherwise, why would he go to Huainan and Wu Guo to fight for his life? ?
In any case, Hao Zhao is a good general, and like his fellow countryman Guo Huai - good at defense!
The current Hao Zhao is about the same age as Guo Huai, but only twenty-one. He can just combine it with reality and gradually accept the new strategic thinking after the application of infuriating crossbows and artillery.

Although Quan Cong, No. 2 in military science, is "meat in a bowl", his talents have also attracted the attention of many senior generals in the Privy Council - Quan Cong's father Quan Rou is Sun Ce's general, and Zhou Yu specially asked him to Quan Cong took the imperial examination route and had no recommendation.

Historically, Quan Cong, as a general of the Wu Kingdom, should have never met Hao Zhao, but the two have some indirect connections, that is... In the Battle of Shiting mentioned earlier, the coach of the Wu Kingdom was Lu Xun, and the second of the left and right deputy commanders. One is Quan Cong.

And Quan Cong was very capable of "taking advantage" in the history without the White Rabbit Effect - from Lu Meng's attack on Jingzhou, to Lu Xun commanding the Battle of Yiling, and then to the later Battle of Shiting, Quan Cong had achieved military exploits.

Especially when Lu Meng attacked Jingzhou...

At that time, Lu Meng and Sun Quan had already decided to attack Guan Yu, but in order to keep it secret, no one else was informed. Quan Cong also wrote a letter at this time suggesting that Jingzhou be captured, but naturally there was no response from Sun Quan.

However, after Lü Meng won a great victory, Sun Quan specifically mentioned the matter and believed that Quan Cong also contributed, and made Quan Cong, who had no knowledge before, a pavilion prince!
Later, when Quan Cong was the deputy general, he was able to make many achievements. He not only assisted the coach, but also played a big role. However... in the late period of Wu Guozhong, Quan Cong began to be the coach, especially because he had enough seniority and became the Soochow University. After becoming the governor, his performance was lackluster.

Being able to win second place in the Military Science this time proves that Quan Cong's foundation in military competition is still very solid, and his wealth is clean, so he can be considered a useful person.

What also attracted Bai Tu's attention was that among the Hanoi Sima clan and Sima Bada, Sima Fu, the third oldest after Sima Lang and Sima Yi, actually participated in the Chu State's imperial examination.

Unlike Zhuge Jun, Sima Fu should be regarded as a signal that the Hanoi Sima clan chose to officially transfer part of it to the Chu State!

Sima Fu got the first place in the household subject and the first in the etiquette subject. If Shi Kuang hadn't opened the back door for him, he might have been in the top three in both subjects.

Historically, Sima Fu was considered to be the more honest among the Sima family...or more cautious and cherished feathers. Compared to Sima Lang and Sima Yi, Sima Fu's character was actually more in line with the concept of "aristocratic family".

In history without the White Rabbit Effect, when the Gaoping Ling Incident first occurred, Sima Fu could be said to be the mainstay of the Sima clan, and he had a strong presence before.

However, after Sima Yi gradually took control of Wei's political affairs, Sima Fu began to fade away from the core decision-making level. And after his grandnephew Sima Yan officially usurped the throne, Sima Fu still regarded himself as a Wei minister.

It is difficult to say that Sima Fu was a loyal minister of the Wei State. After all, he did not do anything except verbally. It was just that when Sima Yi and Sima Zhao were in power, Sima Fu restrained himself from doing something.

Sima Yi lived to be 72 years old. Considering the era, he was considered to have longevity genes. But Sima Fu... obviously inherited the longevity genes more obviously than him and lived to be over 90 years old!

For Sima Fu, there is no harm in calling himself Wei Chen - how can his grandnephew Sima Yan be held responsible for this?It was still the same process of promotion and promotion. Every time Sima Fu entered the palace, he would be picked up and sent off in his car and treated like a family member.

At the same time, Sima Fu did have some talent, but... he was not as talented as Sima Yi.

But in terms of temperament, Bai Tu can rest assured. If Sima Yi abandons Zheng Hou Zhang Yan and comes to Chu State, Bai Tu will probably be very conflicted and wary of him!

Of course, Sima Yi didn't dare to come - not to mention that Chu State didn't give him any room to develop, and... Zhang Chunhua was still here!
Who among the "outsiders" doesn't know the relationship between Zhang Chunhua and the King of Chu?Sima Yi was even worried about being blown to death by the pillow wind!

What's more, even if the "scandals" rumored outside are unsubstantiated, would Sima Yi still know Zhang Chunhua's temperament?

Now that he really comes to Chu State, he is afraid that he will be plotted one by one - in terms of talent, Sima Yi will naturally not be afraid of Zhang Chunhua, but in terms of calculation... Zhang Chunhua is at least an opponent that Sima Yi can be careful about.

What's more, Zhang Chunhua is now in the Chu State, already a minister, and behind him is the old poisonous Jia Xu, a bachelor of the palace. Sima Yi will not come to find this unhappy...

And under Zhang Yan, Sima Yi feels that he has room to perform!
Although Zhang Yan was weaker than the King of Wei and the King of Chu, and even inferior to the Marquis of Qi within the auxiliary Han forces, at least Zhang Yan was easy to control.

How easy is it?
Sima Yi has stood up now for the convenience of action - Zhang Yan is convinced that this is a medical miracle.

Moreover, Zhang Yan's power is mainly in Guanzhong, which is the closest to Chang'an among the feudal lords supporting the Han...

Although the Emperor of the Han Dynasty has his own army in Chang'an now, and each of the six auxiliary Han princes has 3000 people stationed in the cities around Chang'an, which can be regarded as mutual restraint, Zhang Yan's control area is closest to Chang'an, which does not mean that he can be like Li Jue, Guo Si, or Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo had such a great influence on the court.

But for Sima Yi, he saw a lot of maneuverability...

However, it can be seen from Sima Fu's arrival in Jinling that Sima doesn't want to "stud" with Sima Yi at all now.

The most eye-catching person now is not Sima Fu or Hao Zhao, but...

Second in etiquette, Shi Kuang!
This "second" is very serious, and it is still reflected in the interpretation of the "Jingyi" of the Li Ke. It is said that the actual gold content is not high.

The biggest role is probably to come out to support Wang Su’s new learning. I, a passerby Confucian scholar who has not been out in Jiaozhou, saw that you were so enthusiastic about the new learning, so I paid special attention to it, and now I have started to become a fan of the new learning. !I have bought many copies of Wang Su’s books!

In fact, everyone is tacitly aware of what is going on.

The reason why it is "attractive" is because of Shi Kuang's identity...

As the son of the second-largest person in Jiaozhou, Shi Kuang came to Chu State to serve as an official, which undoubtedly meant that Jiaozhou was getting closer to Chu State.

Even if the other princes are not happy to see this happen, they can't stop it.

After all, the position of Jiaozhou is destined to be a vassal of Chu State, and there is nothing that other people can do if they want to intervene, unless... they can directly intervene in Jiaozhou by sea like Chu State landed in Liaodong.

It is a pity that neither the Marquis of Qi nor the King of Wei have such perfect navigation skills. Even though the ship craftsmanship has rapidly improved under the leadership of Chu, the navigation skills cannot be smoothed out in a short time.

More importantly, when the Chu Navy was "paying tuition", it had "teaching materials" after all, and it faced a simple sea. But now in the Bohai Sea, the East China Sea, Bohai Port, Donglai Port, Liaodong Port, Zhouhu Port Port...there are also Danzhou Port to the east and Yizhou Port to the south...

There are Chu warships wandering around everywhere!

Even if they had the ability to come to Jiaozhou by sea, they did not have the confidence to fight against Chu's navy, and they were all on guard, lest the [-] navy that Gan Ning took away before would actually be a surprise attack on themselves.

On the contrary, if the Wei State has any thoughts about Yanhou, the Chu State can intervene by sea and gain the upper hand...

It is also worth noting that this year not only the imperial examinations and academic examinations, but also the pure martial arts examination, many more women have signed up to participate - after all, there are a large number of folks who practice zhenqi, and there are many women among them.

The training discounts provided by Chu State are equally effective for men and women, and those Qi tools actually narrow the labor gap between men and women after they practice the same way.

And there is really a woman who won the third place in the martial arts test...

Different from the theoretical assessment of military science, the martial arts test is organized by the Privy Council on its own, and it is a recruiting assessment that only uses personal force and physical fitness as assessment items.

If you only have strong military force, it is difficult to become a general. Naturally, the military test is not taken seriously in comparison.

However, warriors who have passed the martial arts test can be incorporated into some special elite units to serve as grass-roots armor, or sent to martial arts halls to train in military science. After all, at present, the role of armor on the battlefield is not There will be too much weakening.

For a martial artist with civilian background, it is quite an opportunity.

However, the woman who came third in this year's martial arts test is not from a civilian background, but Sun Shangxiang, whom Bai Tu has known for a long time, and she used to often treat her to sweets!

Compared to his scheming second brother Sun Quan, Sun Shangxiang's temperament is closer to that of Sun Ce.

Not only was she careless, but she was also not very interested in reading. However, when the state of Chu was still promoting female officials, Sun Shangxiang still read for a while because of her "ambition".

But in the end it wasn’t really the right material, so I gave up after a few months…

Although the Sun family is a prominent family in Wu County, the family tradition of Sun Jian is still very relaxed, especially because of Sun Ce's special status in Chu State... The other elders of the Sun family not only have no restraints on them, but sometimes even keep a distance to avoid suspicion. .

Although every member of the Chu army in name, whether it is a grassroots general or a soldier of Ji Zao, is a soldier of the Chu State, not a family of soldiers, the team under Sun Ce's command was left behind by Sun Jian. From grassroots warriors to high-level command, everything is covered...

Although Bai Tu made arrangements for Sun Ce's army from time to time, he did not deliberately break up Sun Ce's generals, so Sun Ce's army still had the shadow of a "private army".

If Sun Ce really wanted to form a small circle, that would be fine. The problem is... Sun Ce himself did not use it to obtain any additional benefits. For example, this time, Quan Cong, Sun Ce's department did not recommend him or digest it on his own, but left. In the imperial examination channel, the shadow of the so-called "private army" is also getting weaker and weaker.

In this case, Mrs. Sun naturally did not want to get involved with him, lest he would not be able to catch up with the good things and be suspected in vain.

Therefore, after Sun Ce agreed to Sun Shangxiang's martial arts practice, other people also objected to it and it was invalid.

Even the two Mrs. Wu usually dote on the youngest Sun Shangxiang...

Sun Shangxiang's talent in martial arts is also somewhat similar to that of her elder brother Sun Ce, and because the battle situation is not tight, the top generals of the Chu army have often had the opportunity to return to Jinling in the past year, and Sun Ce has also given her advice several times. Sun Shangxiang, a six-year-old kid, is now wearing a gilt armor!

For this reason, Sun Ce even went to Bai Tu privately, hoping to study the distribution issue for Sun Shangxiang - even Sun Shangxiang was carrying it. After all, Sun Ce knew his sister's temperament and didn't want her to know, so he helped her through the back door...

　Dongdong: There is a bit of lag in checking the information. Today is just over 4000 words. But if I update another 5700 words tomorrow, I can reach the goal of 17~
　　
　
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