A few days later, on the third day of the fifth month of the summer calendar, and on the twenty-fourth day of the first day of March in the first year of Zhangwu of the Han calendar, Liu Bei visited the second batch of electors in Beifu.

This selection of sergeants was more formal than the round 60 days earlier, and the sergeants who participated in the examination were recommended by the officers of the Beifu establishment, and each team recommended two people.

There are four military ranks, namely, non-commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, sergeants, and sergeants, and the first level of non-commissioned officers is explicitly excluded to ensure that non-commissioned officers can receive sufficient training at the grassroots level.

The sergeants recommended by each team are either non-commissioned officers with a talent for learning, or sergeants with deep qualifications and a long study time.

A total of 910 sergeants arrived in Danyang Township, first to go through two rounds of general election, the first round of general election is the physical assessment, long-distance running can best exercise the body, will, low cost, but also convenient; Eliminate 200 slightly weaker sergeants.

In the second round, recite one-third of the thousand-character text, or watch the thousand-character text read; Literacy, writing, and comprehension must be done step by step, and there are only a few scribes who can teach sergeants to literacy, so there is no need to make it more difficult in the selection of sergeants.

In two rounds of universal suffrage, 900 people were eliminated to 400.

This was followed by two rounds of promotion assessment for 200 out of 400 and 100 out of 200, and in addition to the 200 who failed in the first round, the remaining 100 people were promoted to one level in the military rank, and the other 100 people were promoted to two levels.

Although there are two ranks, when promoted to the rank of second lieutenant, it is only counted as one level, and there is no talk of leapfrogging promotion.

He was promoted to second lieutenant after crossing the ranks of sergeant, and stayed in the Northern Shogunate to study with Tian Xin's personal guards, and learned military discipline, horsemanship, arithmetic, observation, and drawing.

Can read a map...... Then you are one step away from a mid-level military officer.

The examiners are a group of disabled military officials transferred by Tian Xin from Maicheng, and after formulating the assessment content and scoring weights, Tian Xin himself does not participate in this process.

Liu Bei watched all this and was silent for a long time.

solemnly transferred people from Maicheng to be examiners, in order to avoid fraud by the examiners selected in the shogunate.

From the beginning of being a second lieutenant officer, the accumulation of military merits depends on seniority and earnings; Tian Xin was promoted so quickly, there were three main reasons, one was that the Han army was advancing vigorously in successive battles, and everyone in the army was being promoted, and Tian Xin was not outstanding.

The second is that Tian Xinjun's achievements are full, and he will be promoted according to the rules.

Before the Battle of Xiangfan, the Jingzhou Army had never experienced such a big victory, and in four or five years, everyone was promoted by seniority, and there were no battle losses among middle and high-level military officials, so too many people were confined to the bottom and had no room for growth.

The third is that Guan Yu did not suppress it, and if he wants to suppress it, there are too many ways to promote Tian Xinming to the real level.

Three days later, the assessment was completed, and Liu Bei personally awarded the ranks to the 200 sergeants who were promoted.

On this day, 200 sergeants were covered with a collar of muslin trumpets, and because of the different affiliations of the original numbers, the engraving and printing on the back of their robes were also different.

Nearly half of them are 'Beifu'; the cavalry, the Banman and Jingman infantry of the Marquis of Wudang are 'Wudang', the Zhaoyangyi Guard is 'Zhaoyang', and the third battalion of Tian Xin's old department is 'Xiahou'.

Liu Bei awarded the ranks one by one, and he never got tired of it.

"Your Majesty loves the two hundred Ruishi selected by Xiaoxian."

Pang Lin was instructed and whispered to Tian Xin's side: "Can you make up two hundred officials here to join the ranks of the tigers?" ”

Tian Xin looked at the change in the mood of the officials after being awarded the rank by Liu Bei, and bowed slightly: "This is the luck of the Northern Mansion." ”

"If there are not enough officials, you might as well do it again after the summer harvest."

Pang Lin comforted and asked: "Xiahou Lian and Xiahou Xian have arrived in Wancheng, and I heard that Yang Zhongheng, the Xia Prime Minister appointed by the rebels, accompanied him. Yang Zhongheng will come to Zhaoyangyi, can filial piety deal with it first? ”

It is inevitable that my aunt's family will be searched out by Cao Wei.

There are archives to check, and there is also the possibility of relocated people to be exposed, and this possibility has been continuously improved with Tian Xin's fame all over the world.

"It's fine."

Tian Xin's tone was conclusive, and there were no emotional fluctuations on his face: "If Princess Gaoyang and Xiahou Xian get married, I only recognize Xiahou Xian, and the rest are enemies." ”

In the Tian clan, he just loves his little sister and gets along with Tian Ji day and night, and even his uncle and grandfather don't want to move around, let alone the second cousin who has been separated for four years.

Pang Lin bowed his head slightly, and warned in a low voice: "Don't give people a handle." Cao Pi established the Principality of Xia, which was only intended to be divisive. The Northern Expedition is imminent, and only when all armies sincerely unite as one can they sweep away the thief army and recover the Central Plains. ”

"Yes, I am always vigilant and dare not slack off."

Now I don't dare to call people 'Brother Shiheng', Tian Xin said and laughed: "Since the beginning of spring, I haven't seen outsiders." ”

Pang Lin breathed a sigh of relief, now the suspicion of collaborating with the enemy is a fatal matter, and the Northern Expedition is imminent, and it is another outpouring of the nest...... Once you collaborate with the enemy, you may be selling the world.

Li Lingzhi is dizzy, at this critical moment, anything strange can happen.

Appeasing the generals has become a thorny issue for Liu Bei and Cao Pi at present.

Since the beginning of the summer, Zhang Liao, who was stationed in Tunwankou, has been continuously rewarded by Cao Pi to 6,000 households, as long as he holds the Central Plains and thwarts the Han army's Northern Expedition offensive, Cao Pi can easily give Zhang Liao a 10,000-household marquis.

Liu Bei is the same here, he has suffered Mi Fang's loss, where do you dare to be careless now?

Not only Tian Xin here, Liu Bei will also visit Ma Chao's left army later, the possibility of Ma Chao collaborating with the enemy is zero, but pre-war condolences are an indispensable link.

Ma Chao also has a little knot, the Ma family originates from Ma Fujun Zhao Hao, and Zhao Hao is a descendant of the ironclad winning surname Zhao.

The Han Dynasty has three ke, but the three kee can also lead to two kings and three ke, the two kings are not princes, but refer to the descendants of the two royal families of the previous dynasties.

During this time, Ma Chao wrote to Tian Xin to discuss the Eastern Zhou and Western Zhou, which made Tian Xin cry and laugh.

I couldn't bear to look at it directly, watching Ma Chao pull the allusions in the letter, and to divide the eight hundred years of Ji Zhou into two dynasties, Zong Zhou and Ji Zhou, and to have an academic debate.

Ma Chao's mind is very direct, Sanke is a little inappropriate, and he should make up two kings and three Ke.

Sanke, naturally it is the Xia Shang Zhou, and this week is the Western Zhou; After the destruction of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the royal family moved eastward to establish the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the Qin State, which dominated the world, should be regarded as the two former dynasties of the Han Dynasty.

In short, Ma Chao wants to get a hereditary golden job for the family to enshrine and win the Qin Sect Temple.

This question is very difficult, not something that Liu Bei can't give, but can't give it.

If you agree with Ma Chao's statement, then referring to Ma Chao's theory, the former Han and the Later Han are the two kings that Ji Han really needs to canonize, and there is no such thing as Eastern Zhou and winning Qin.

This is a contradictory proposal, unless the two kings and three Ke are expanded, and Ma Chao is given another golden job.

Liu Bei wanted to appease Ma Chao in person and explain this matter clearly, Ma Chao really didn't care about insisting on a golden job, so he would find a way to cash it out before the war.

The overdraft is Ma Chao's future military power, Ma Chao wants it, and he will naturally give it; I'm afraid that Ma Chao wants it, but he doesn't say it.

As long as Ma Chao is willing to say what he wants, it is not a big deal and is negotiable.

At this critical moment, it cannot be said that Ma Chao is holding troops and threatening, which can be understood with Wang Jian's allusions.

It can be understood that Ma Chao wants to express his ambition in this way, and he has no interest in splitting the territory, and just wants to be a rich and noble prince in Ji Hannei.

Therefore, the real difficulty is only one point, how to find a duke and marquis title who 'shares weal and woe with the country' to give to Ma Chao, this title must be supported by theory, and will not be overturned by the future turmoil of the government.

Just like Xia Shang Wednesday, no matter how big the matter is in the future, it is necessary to ensure that the three clans of Guan and Zhangtian have children to inherit.

It cannot be abandoned and replaced by another family.

What Ma Chao wants is nothing more than the words 'hereditary replacement'.