Twenty thousand combat soldiers, plus 20,000 auxiliary soldiers, a total of 40,000 soldiers and horses are already a very powerful force.

In the Li family army, there have always been magical legends that cannot be defeated. In other words, as long as the Li family army has reached 10,000 troops, it will basically be invincible.

Of course, this is a bit exaggerated confidence. In fact, the Li family army has never lost a battle since its establishment.

Li Zhongyi thinks he is not a top-notch general, but under his leadership, the Li family army's record of winning every battle is also a well-known fact.

Since it is an invincible attack and an invincible battle, Li Zhongyi has become synonymous with the king of victory in people's minds!

After the plan to move west was finally formed, Li Zhongyi went out to the back garden, where all the scholars from Wu Yue Kingdom participated in the re-examination.

This re-examination actually determined the fate of many people. According to Li Zhongyi's plan, the talents selected from these people will be filled with real power positions in various prefectures and counties.

As long as these people taste the sweetness and gain real power, they can only follow Li Zhongyi in one way. To put it bluntly, the so-called selection of talents through the exam is actually the fastest way to find a community of interests.

Li Zhongyi's search for a community of interests from existing officials is actually a very clever means.

If all the selected scholars are all scholars, and just being familiar with the ecology of the officialdom will take years of training.

Now, the talents selected by Li Zhongyi from the original officials of Wu Yue State have a clear understanding of the obvious and unspoken rules of the officialdom. They can go to work and manage their government directly without a long transition period.

When Li Zhongyi arrived in the back garden, Huang Guangqun just finished the test paper. After carefully checking it several times, he immediately got up and handed it in.

Li Zhongyi took Huang Guangqun's test paper and carefully read it from beginning to end, and couldn't help but be very interested in him.

"You used to be the guardian of the Hangzhou Prefecture Office?" Li Zhongyi asked Huang Guangqun in a vain.

The reason why Huang Guangqun submitted the paper in advance was Li Zhongyi's question. He answered calmly: "When I go back to the emperor, the lower officials were indeed the magistrates before. The lower officials thought that according to the emperor's list, the land was not divided into north and south, and people were not divided into high and low, which was a great achievement."

Li Zhongyi nodded slightly. Although Huang Guangqun was just an o'clock player, his conversation was extraordinary.

"I ask you, what is the best maritime trade?" Li Zhongyi put down the test paper and asked casually.

Huang Guangqun bowed deeply to the ground and replied calmly: "When you return to the emperor, the officials thought that it would be the best to build a giant ship that would not sink."

Li Zhongyi said gently: "What is a giant ship that does not sink?" This is a matter of intentional consideration.

Huang Guangqun still replied calmly: "The wind and waves on the sea are unpredictable. You must have a draft depth and be a pointed boat to withstand the strong wind and huge waves."

Li Zhongyi nodded and smiled and said, "Since you have handed in the paper, please go home and rest."

After Huang Guangqun left, Li Zhongyi picked up his special carbon pen and made a prominent mark on Huang Guangqun's test paper.

Exams are just one of the means to select talents. Li Zhongyi believes in his own vision even more. Huang Guangqun is a scheming and courageous person. If he is trained well, he will definitely be an excellent hawk.

Zhang Bennian handed over the paper immediately. Li Zhongyi looked at him deeply, without any expression, and took office and left the back garden.

After Zhang left this year, Li Zhongyi picked up his test paper and read it from beginning to end no less than three times. It is basically confirmed that Zhang is a real official.

In addition to the unsinkable giant ships, water trade also has something that is also crucial, namely the water business practice.

In the test paper this year, Zhang clearly pointed out the trade targets at sea, including Wu Chao and Zhen La in Annan!

Under the current situation, not only are there many talents with an international trade perspective, but there are pitifully few.

So, Li Zhongyi picked up the carbon pen again and drew a prominent mark on Zhang's test paper.

As more and more people handed in the paper, Li Zhongyi also continued to mark it.

In the end, after everyone handed in the papers, Li Zhongyi suddenly discovered that there were more than twenty marking test papers.

"The Wu and Yue Kingdom are full of talents." Li Zhongyi stood up and sighed with a smile.

"Emperor, although there are many talents in Wu Yue, unfortunately, the Qian family cannot make good use of them, which leads to the destruction of the country in a very short time." Zhu Niang said seriously.

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly. His view of employing people has always been based on talent and strengthening supervision. The basic principle of the prince's crime of the same crime as the common people was implemented thoroughly.

After all the test papers were collected, Li Zhongyi seized the time and reviewed all 100 test papers overnight.

There are 100 test papers and 100 people, Li Zhongyi does not intend to dismiss one person, but he just needs to re-rank it.

Zhang’s test paper and Huang Guangqun’s test paper were placed on Li Zhongyi’s desk at the same time. He was a little hesitant. Who would he ask to be the first place?

In terms of qualifications, Zhang naturally has several more achievements this year, and Zhang once served as the Hangzhou Prefecture Promotion Officer, an official rather than an official!

Huang Guangqun’s biggest flaw is that he is just a real and inequality official, and he is still 99,000 miles away from his official level.

If Huang Guangqun was promoted to the top, then Li Zhongyi dared to assert that Huang Guangqun would willingly act as a loyal dog.

Of course, if Zhang is promoted to the top spot this year, he, the former Promoter who has no strong backing, will still be a loyal minister.

Just when Li Zhongyi's decision was impossible, he suddenly heard Zhu Niang scolding the maid outside the door, "I have taught you so many times, but haven't taught you yet? When the emperor reviews the official documents, no one is allowed to go in and disturb me. Do you understand?"

Li Zhongyi's heart suddenly moved, and the allusion of pulling seedlings to help grow came to his mind.

After thinking about it, Li Zhongyi grabbed the carbon pen and drew an extremely eye-catching circle on Zhang's test paper.

As the saying goes, do rice to support your benefactors, and stone rice to support your enemy!

No matter how much Li Zhongyi doesn’t like Confucianism, in this era, Confucian scholars still account for the vast majority of scholars.

The subordinate officials were not allowed to spy on the inherent thinking of the official rank, and still had extremely strong vitality and restraint. Even an emperor as powerful as Li Zhongyi had to choose a certain degree of compromise.

After Li Zhongyi counted the first and second places, the progress of rankings was accelerated several times.

The next morning, Li Zhongyi put down the carbon pen in his hand and ordered someone to copy the emperor's list clearly, and then hang it to the entrance of the palace.
Chapter completed!