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Although the vast majority of them do not know soldiers, as long as they have two eyes, they can see that the soldiers and horses of the Xingtian Army are definitely elite soldiers, compared with the officers and soldiers they have seen, they still have a clear distinction between strong and weak, and they are not blind, and when they pass through the areas controlled by the Xingtian Army along the way, they also see that the situation is very calm in most of the areas controlled by the Xingtian Army. A large number of farmlands began to have peasants working in the fields, and there were patrolling soldiers and horses in various places to maintain local law and order. （..)

Although the Xingtian Army was scolded as a thief army by the imperial court, it was very formal, and it was rare to hear that there was a situation where the Xingtian Army would disturb the people, and the people of the Xingtian Army were very regular, and they got along with the people more harmoniously, and the people were not like before, when they saw the soldiers and horses, no matter who they were, they immediately fled, the more they saw the officers and soldiers, the faster they ran, on the contrary, in the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army, there was often such a situation, once the patrol of the Xingtian Army appeared, it could always attract the cheers of the people, and the people who were busy in the fields, They often straighten up and wave to the men and horses of the Xingtian Army on the road with a smile, and the people are not afraid of them and welcome them, which shows that the Xingtian Army is quite popular.

In these aspects, compared with the official army, the reputation of the officers and soldiers in various places is far behind! Who hasn't heard of the saying that bandits are like combs and soldiers are like shavings! Officers and men often cause harm to the common people, and they are more brutal than bandits, and it is common for them to kill good people and take meritorious deeds, and the common people in various places avoid them like snakes and scorpions, and the common people do not want to see the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers basically have little hope for winning the battle against the Heavenly Army.

After seeing these conditions, the soldiers who came to take the exam became more and more relieved, so they began to settle down one after another, and began to read in the house assigned to them. After all, it was the first time for the Xingtian Army to open a department, and no one knew what kind of exam questions they would make.

However, in December, the scholars also got a piece of news, that is, the person who was the main test this time was not an official of the Xingtian Army, but an old official of the previous imperial court, Shanglu Weiqi of the Nanjing Military Department in the early years.

When the Xingtian Army attacked Luoyang City, he accompanied the officials in the city to defend Luoyang, and was captured by the Xingtian Army after the city was broken, Xiao Tianjian thought that Lu Weiqi was a relatively honest official in the face, treated him well, and did not kill him and his family, but properly settled him and his family, and Lu Weiqi hated Xingtianjun and Xiao Tianjian at first, and after the city was broken, he wanted to die to repay the court's kindness to him, but his family watched it closely, I didn't die a few times, and gradually I didn't want to die anymore.

But he also refused to agree to come back to do things for Xiao Tianjian, staying at home all day to watch and practice calligraphy and painting, but he was also very idle, but after a long time, he couldn't bear it, and began to go out occasionally to walk around, out of the city to relax, although he was under supervision, but Xiao Tianjian ordered that as long as he didn't run, don't restrict his movements, let him just walk around and take a look.

After Lu Weiqi went out and looked around, what he saw was that the people around Luoyang were under the governance of the Xingtian Army, and soon began to settle down, and the fields of King Fu were basically distributed to the people who had lost their land, and they were re-cultivated, and the thriving scene began to be restored everywhere, and the soldiers and generals of the Xingtian Army were also strictly disciplined, not at all like ordinary rogues, to harm the people, and the officials were also very honest and capable, and treated the people very well. The life of the people can be said to be getting better and better under the governance of the Xingtian Army, and the local bandits have basically disappeared under the blow of the Xingtian Army, and many places can even be said to be to the extent that they do not close their doors at night, and even the merchants in Luoyang City have gradually increased, and they have begun to flourish again, and an endless stream of merchant ships have begun to appear on the docks of the Yellow River, transporting goods in or out, if it is not for the scene when Luoyang City was broken, Lu Weiqi can hardly believe his eyes, So after returning to the house, he sighed and sighed: "I'm afraid the world is really going to change!" If Xiao Xingtian continues like this, he will win the hearts of the people of the world, and the Ming Dynasty will ...... Finished! ”

Later, with the acquiescence of Lu Weiqi, his two sons later joined the Xingtian Army, became the scribes of the Xingtian Army, and were reused by Xiao Tianjian, one was put in Guide Mansion to do things, and the other was put in Nanyang Mansion to do things, they were not small officials, at this time, Lu Weiqi had nothing to say, although on the grounds of age, he still refused to be an official under the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army, but he also began to subside his hostility towards the Xingtian Army.

This time, Xiao Tianjian wanted to open a branch in Wuchang Mansion, because Li Jinde was not well-known and was afraid that he would not be able to sit still, so in the selection of the person who was the main examiner, Xiao Tianjian finally thought of Lu Weiqi, so he sent someone to Luoyang Mansion to ask Lu Weiqi to come out of the mountain to sit in charge of this opening of the department.

After Lu Weiqi learned the news, he first refused, but He Nai's two sons went to him in person to lobby, and finally considering the future careers of the two sons, he reluctantly agreed, cleaned up in Luoyang, and accompanied by a son, he was equipped with an escort and several large cars by Niu Jinxing in Luoyang, escorting him towards Wuchang.

After arriving in Xiangyang, he changed to take the Hanshui River to Wuchang, along the way he saw a lot of territory controlled by the Xingtian Army, and saw that Henan, which was once dilapidated, is now under the control of the Xingtian Army, not only the population has been restored in large numbers, but all kinds of people's livelihood have also begun to recover significantly, although God is not beautiful, there will still be a major drought from time to time, but under the leadership of the scribes of the Xingtian Army in various places, the people in various places were organized, digging ditches to dredge the river, building waterwheels, etc., and introducing river water into the fields for irrigation, It is not like the previous drought in Henan, where there was no harvest in the fields of the common people.

Especially in the past few years, after the large-scale promotion of sweet potatoes with high yields compared to other crops in the jurisdiction, the yield of grain per mu of farmland has been greatly increased compared with before, although some people are not used to eating sweet potatoes, but after all, they can feed people and make people full. In this way, it greatly made up for the lack of grain production in Henan, so that in the year of the great drought, it was no longer able to cause a large-scale famine in Henan, and it was indeed commendable that the Xingtian Army could do this, Lu Weiqi nodded again and again when he went south to Wuchang, and he became more and more determined that the Zhu family in this world might not be able to sit still!

Erchen? Two ministers are two ministers! He is satisfied that this old bone can do something for the people of the world, and at this time Lu Weiqi doesn't want to think so much, anyway, his family has already been obedient under Xiao Tianjian's rule, and this court obviously can't turn over, so Lu Weiqi, the old man, came to Wuchang City and became the chief examiner of the first scientific examination of the Xingtian Army.

Lu Weiqi was able to become the Nanjing Military Department at that time, which means that he is a very capable person, and his reputation in the early years was quite large, with him coming forward to preside over this scientific expedition, the scholars were even more convinced, and no one underestimated the ability of the Xingtian Army anymore, thinking about the Nanjing Military Department of Daming, which was so big, turned around to do things for the Xingtian Army, they were still afraid of a fart! Dry!

When Lu Weiqi arrived, he personally went to the dock to greet him, and placed it in the former political secretary yamen of Wuchang Mansion, and he can be said to be very respectful to Lu Weiqi, when the two met again, they couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, Lu Weiqi arrived here, and didn't insist on anything, kneeling down to Xiao Tianjian on the dock, so that Xiao Tianjian was busy helping him up, and didn't even dare to say it, personally helped him to send him to a sedan chair, Ride a horse to accompany him into the city.

As soon as Lu Weiqi arrived in Wuchang City, he immediately devoted himself to preparation, and talked with Li Jinde in detail all day behind closed doors, and finally with the participation of Xiao Tianjian, the exam topic was set.

And Xiao Tianjian, in order to appease these scholars, went to the scholars' residences several times to visit these scholars, which made the scholars also very shocked, and at the same time felt flattered, they never thought that Xiao Xingtian was so approachable, and his appearance was so good, and he would be busy and come to visit them, so they were grateful one by one, and surrounded Xiao Tianjian to thank them, but frightened the guards of the iron head, you must know that the scholars gathered here are all from the north and the south, Who knows if there will be a killer assassin sent by the imperial court among them, Xiao Tianjian walked among them so arrogantly, once someone took the opportunity to make trouble, they would not be able to rescue, so they gathered around Xiao Tianjian one by one as if they were facing a great enemy, for fear that something would happen.

But the more he was afraid of something, the more he came, and sure enough, when Xiao Tianjian inspected a house where scholars were placed, he was chatting with a group of scholars who were taking the exam, and when he was preaching his ideas and ideas to the scholars, Xiao Tianjian not only focused on his concept of governing the country, but also focused on the things about Jiannu, saying that once he won the world one day, he would completely exterminate the Jiannu outside the Guan, and recover Liaodong and even the whole of Mongolia, all of which would be in the hands of the Han people. From now on, there will never be any foreign troubles, and the Han nation will never be invaded by foreign captives again.

Hearing this, the scholars were even more excited and praised one after another, but at this time, suddenly from the crowd of scholars, a person rushed out like lightning, this person was dressed as an ordinary scholar, looking weak and weak, no one thought that he would be an assassin, and he was extremely agile, holding a sharp blade glowing with blue light and a little green, with a crazy look flashing in his eyes, he rushed towards Xiao Tianjian, and with the hand of the knife, lightning stabbed Xiao Tianjian's throat...... There was an exclamation of exclamation.