In the blink of an eye, at the end of December, which is commonly known as the end of the year, led by the Daliang Mansion on the side of the imperial court, the Daliang City began to put up lanterns to prepare for the New Year, that is, the coming of the 22nd year of Hongde. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, the Wei people, especially the people of Daliang, did not know that the "22nd year of Hongde" would be the most difficult year for Wei, and they were still immersed in the joy of "21st year of Hongde".

Because in this year, their Wei people finally defeated their long-standing strong neighbor in the north, Korea, and dispelled the dark clouds that had been hanging over their hearts since the "Wei and Han Shangdang fiasco".

The Wei people could finally straighten their backs, and even when talking about Korea in the past, they could muster up the courage not to be frightened by the rumored hundreds of thousands of cavalry in Korea.

It is precisely because of this that the heroes of the "Second Northern Xinjiang Campaign", who defeated Korea, were all regarded as heroes by the Wei people - Zhao Run, King of Su, Zhao Yuanzuo, King of Southern Liang, Zhao Jiang, King of Yan, Zhao Xuan, King of Huan, General Shaohu, and General Wei Mu of Southern Yan.

Even the general Jiang Wei, who was defeated at the hands of the Han general Taiyuan Shoulian, and Wei Ji, the Lintao monarch, who only led the warship fleet to fight a water chase battle with the Korean giant deer Shouyan Crepe, were also regarded as heroes by the Wei people.

The Wei people generally believe that the reason why the Northern Third Army led by General Jiang Cong was defeated in Jinyang County, Taiyuan County, South Korea, was because the weapons and equipment of the Northern Third Army were far inferior to the Korean army, and it was not General Jiang Cong's problem - in the first Northern Xinjiang Campaign that year, didn't General Jiang Cong win one after another at the hands of the Korean general Jin Di?

In this regard, it seems that Zhao Hongrun and other insiders laughed at it.

After all, the generals of the armies in Northern Xinjiang are clear that General Jiang Cong was indeed beaten a little miserably by South Korea's Taiyuan Shoulian, not only because of the arms gap, but also because of the main general-even Jiang Cong admitted that the Korean general Taiyuan Shoulian was a monster.

There is no way, Jiang Contempt's use of troops and tactics encountered Taiyuan Shou Lian Jie, it was simply a death sentence, whether it was the use of soldiers or the main general's single horse to invite the battle, Jiang Cong was not Lian Jie's opponent.

Of course, these secrets Zhao Hongrun and others will naturally not be revealed, and if they are angry with others, they will also have a grudge against Jiang Cong because of this, why bother?

So the armies of Northern Xinjiang said the word, which saved face for Jiang Yan and the Northern Third Army, and at the same time formed a good fate for himself.

As for Lintao Jun Wei Ji, the Wei people generally believe that Lintao Jun Wei Ji did not have a chance to perform in this battle, and that was because of the physical reasons of this prince - Lintao Jun Wei Ji had resigned as the commander of the Northern Third Army under the pretense of being ill, and assisted Zhao Hongrun in destroying 200,000 Qin troops in Sanchuan County.

Therefore, the Wei people felt that if this prince was in good health at that time, the end of Korea would definitely be even more miserable.

No, even the imperial court and King Su Zhao Run recognized the talent of this prince and asked this prince to sit in Fenyin.

For this kind of argument, Zhao Hongrun is naturally happy to see it come true, after all, in the future, Wei's Hexi strategy and Hetao strategy, he is ready to entrust it to Wei Ji, the king of Lintao, and Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army - with these two sitting in the northwest frontier of Wei, whether it is Qin, Qianghu, or Linhu, don't want to take any advantage.

But then again, after defeating South Korea, the Wei people, who have always been very depressed in front of South Korea, are a little like King Qingwang Hongxin, and their self-confidence will inevitably swell up a little.

It's no wonder, after all, Wei has defeated Chu, Sanchuan, Korea, and Qin, except for the allies' younger brother Wei, the strong neighbors around Wei have been turned around by the Wei army.

Even, as a result, some blind optimism has been raised.

For example, "Break Handan this year, and die in Korea next year", such as "Expedition to Qin, recapture Longxi", and "Crusade against the hatred of the Ba people to repay Fangling", and so on.

For the people's gradually expanding self-confidence, although Zhao Hongrun feels inappropriate, there is no good way, after all, he can teach a growing Zhao Wu a lesson, but the people's inflated psychology, he can't do anything.

You can't just pour cold water, right?

Do you tell them that Korea is very strong, and Wei is only a false strength for the time being?

In the end, the imperial court chose to turn a blind eye, after all, in the eyes of Zhao Hongrun and others, the enthusiasm of the people should only be temporary, and after a few days the enthusiasm in their hearts subsided, they would naturally cool down because of the trivial matters of life, and they would not be idle and pat their chests to guess when the imperial court would raise troops to crusade against Pakistan and destroy Korea.

However, there is also a positive side to the expansion of national self-confidence, for example, the Wei state gradually adapted to foreign wars, and the domestic aristocracy certainly supported foreign wars because of the visible and tangible post-war benefits, while the commoners were more for the sake of getting ahead, after all, killing the enemy on the battlefield and making meritorious contributions was the most dangerous but also the fastest way to improve the status of society.

Based on this situation, the military merit system that Wei had cooled for many years seemed to be full of vitality again, so that when the news of the "Hedong Five Orders" was ready to create a new army came out, both the children of the nobles and the commoners were greatly excited, and they thought that the opportunity to get ahead and shine on the lintel had come.

This national sentiment of longing for foreign wars made Zhao Hongrun and the imperial court bittersweet.

Happily, under this national sentiment of longing for war, the supply of troops for the various armies of the Wei State has been guaranteed, and the combat effectiveness will be improved to a certain extent - recall that the Qin army, which relied solely on the military merit system, was such a terrible opponent.

In particular, Zhao Hongrun knew very well in his heart that when Wei solved Lin Hu, or South Korea solved Dong Hu, there would be a war between the two countries, a big war to determine who could become the hegemon of the Central Plains.

At that time, South Korea will not be as petty as these two times, you must know that in these two national wars, South Korea's most elite northern frontier border guards, only at the last moment only dispatched less than half.

What is shocking is that in this case, the Wei army, which had the participation of King Su's army, failed to take advantage of that "high-wall war".

Of course, in that high-wall war, the Wu'an Han army did not take advantage of anything.

Theoretically speaking, South Korea used about fifty percent of its forces in this war, and about seventy percent of Wei's side - after all, the elite of Wei, such as the Junshui Army, the Chenggao Army, the Dangshan Army, etc., did not all of them this time.

Seventy percent of Wei's strength and fifty percent of South Korea's strength have been tied, and this is the current gap between Wei and South Korea.

Don't look at the Wei army's capture of Handan, the royal capital of South Korea, this is just the result of the internal struggle for power and profit in Korea, if Hou Han Wu, Kang Gong Han Hu and Zhuang Gong Han Geng had reached an opinion earlier, and transferred to the "Shanggu Shouma Luxury" as soon as possible and stationed in Handan, the Wei army might not have been able to take this city.

The worry is that if the military merit system is fully resurrected and replaces the current material selection strategy of Wei, although this can make Wei become a powerful monster again, it will also cause a negative side.

After all, the military merit system needs to be constantly expanded as a nourishment, and it is the most direct embodiment of "fighting to feed war", that is to say, if left unchecked, the will of the imperial court will be kidnapped by the belligerent public opinion, coupled with the fanning of some nobles in the country, when the time comes, even if the imperial court does not want to go to war with powerful countries such as South Korea and Chu, I am afraid that it will be forced to go to war with the other party by public opinion.

For this reason, at the end of the year, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, personally visited Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, and suggested that next year's examination should be held on a larger scale, and the momentum of the examination should be used to suppress the national sentiment that the taste of victory in foreign wars should be suppressed, so that the people can sober their minds and make them understand that if they want to get ahead, they can only rely on military merits, but also rely on the examination to enter the official career.

In this case, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, proposed to Zhao Hongrun the martial arts that had not been taken seriously, as a reference basis for county lieutenants, commanders, and generals in China.

In view of this, Zhao Hongrun naturally put forward the concept of creating a "military academy", circled a piece of land outside Daliang City, created the "Great Wei Military Academy", and added his own private goods on the basis of the Wei army's "scholars are not allowed to be recruited": they will not learn and not take office.

To put it simply, a general who is illiterate and does not know the art of war cannot be promoted to general.

The court gladly accepted this idea, and the nobles also gladly accepted it, but among the common people, it aroused some complaints.

After all, reading and writing was still not popular in the Wei State, and before that, many civilians enlisted in the army, mainly because they needed military salaries to make ends meet and support their families.

I have to say that this policy is very fatal, you know, even in the army of King Su, in the level of a large number of 100 generals, 500 generals, and even 1,000 generals, there are still many illiterate people, Zhao Hongrun's words cut off the possibility of these people being promoted to generals.

In China, those who are illiterate but aspire to become generals are even more like carp crossing the river, and they don't know how many things they are.

Fortunately, it was Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su who had a high prestige in the military, who proposed this policy, and if he were someone else, he would definitely be sprayed to death by a large number of middle and lower-level non-commissioned officers and civilians. Even, even Zhao Hongrun, there are civilians who are resentful of this and complain behind their backs.

In order to avoid being scolded, Zhao Hongrun decided to create a semi-imperial court institution in the nature of a military academy with a full capital of "Military Academy", and did not charge anyone for admission.

Of course, since most of the first batch of students selected for military science are potential talents selected from the non-commissioned officer level of the Suwang Army, that is, between 100 generals and 1,000 generals, it makes little difference whether they are charged or not.

The most important thing is to let the civilians in the country understand that this strategy also treats his Zhao Hongrun's descendant army, Su Wangjun, equally.

As for who to invite to teach these illiterate warriors, Zhao Hongrun discussed with Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and was also ready to be selected in next year's examination.

When the news spread, there was an uproar in the country.

Because Hongde's 22nd year examination was too tempting, not only did the officials publicly say that they would recruit students on the list, but even the newly built military science of Su Wang Zhao Hongrun would also recruit teachers who taught the art of war.

Fueled by the imperial court, Hongde's 22-year examination attracted strong attention from the Wei people in China.

As the chief invigilator personally appointed by Wei Tianzi, Zhao Hongrun was in the study of King Su's Mansion to draft the subjects and test questions for next year's examination when the entire Liang was celebrating at the end of the year.

And, it's fun to do it.