"Company commander, it worked, we finally succeeded in pulling! This attack can be written into a script...... "A confused figure rushed to the side of another tall figure, shouting happily.

"Hidden!" The tall figure shouted, and pushed the person next to him to it, and then, a "bang, bang, bang" Makqin machine gun rang out......

"Company commander! Captain! The fallen figure sprang to its feet and pounced, criing out with a bleeding body, followed by a beastly howl, "Hygienist! Hygienist!! ”

……

"Battalion commander, you have made a mistake! Wrong! That's not what we want! In the midst of the rumbling cannons, a voice shouted, "The regimental commander wants us to take a detour!" Circuitous! ”

"What a fart! I can smell Tartar Command with my nose......" another, louder voice insisted......

"It's great to have the command, isn't it?! It's hard to catch a big official, isn't it?! Those who died in the second battalion, you are responsible for them! You are responsible for them! You are responsible for them......" a voice accused, words of indescribable anger.

……

With an "ah" sound, in the dark military tent, Major Lu Wan woke up from his nightmare again. Knowing that it was another dream, his extremely nervous body finally relaxed, and then moved his sore shoulder and turned around. When the quilt was arched, a lot of cold air outside was inhaled, which only made him a little drowsy and his head much clearer. Stretched out his hand and molded a cigarette indiscriminately, and while polishing the match and lighting the cigarette, he looked at his pocket watch. At 6:24, no wonder it was so dark.

Just as the fireworks are extinguished with the breath, Lu Wan's heart is also dim with the memory. What's even more terrifying is that these unhappy past events often linger in his dreams, making him linger and remember them forever.

"Remember, the most important thing on the battlefield is decision! Whether it's the right decision or the wrong decision, you have to make a quick decision! The words of an instructor with a disability in the training class made Lu Wan a guide. And his distress also comes from this. I don't know why, as soon as he enters the battlefield, the sound of gunfire, shouts, smell, wind direction, temperature, terrain, fortifications, and the situation of friend and foe ....... All kinds of information will be reflected in his mind in an instant, giving him a unique grasp of the battlefield, which is so clear and so ineffable. As a result, he often made decisions that were contrary to the original plan. And these decisions, while proven right in hindsight, often turn out to be tragic.

"What a fucking tragedy!" Lu Wan, who lit a cigarette again, said to himself, the word tragedy was the word he read from the newspaper, which said that China was getting rid of a tragic fate, but he only felt that he was a tragic fate. When Lu Wan thought of the tragedy, the gentle wake-up call of the troops sounded, over and over again. Like a mother calling out to her sleeping child.

At this time, the orderly Sixi came in with a lantern. As soon as he saw Lu Wan smoking on the bed, he laughed, "Battalion commander, are you awake?" ”

Lu Wan didn't answer, just snuffed out the remaining half of the cigarette, and then lifted the quilt to get up. However, when he saw that Sixi had brought in a regular uniform instead of a training uniform, he asked in surprise, "This is ......"

"Battalion commander, have you forgotten? You're home today! Sixi smiled, "I'll help you pack it up, the train ticket was also bought yesterday afternoon, it's a noon car, if you want, you can go to the West Lake for a walk before leaving." No matter how you say it, there is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou are downstream......"

In the words of the four happy and happy soldiers, Lu Wan was only completely pulled from the remnants of the dream into reality - in the last encirclement and annihilation of the Qing army, because Lu Wan made a quick decision, the command of the enemy's fifth town was raided by him, which made the fifth town give up resistance earlier, and the siege and annihilation campaign ended one day early, and he, the culprit who killed the friendly army, was also promoted afterwards, he was no longer a major, but a lieutenant colonel.

After freshening up, looking at the epaulettes with a thick bar, Lu Wan put it on with his eyes closed, and with the help of Sixi, he pinned the two Double Dragon Medals and four commemorative medals on his left chest...... As soon as he cleaned up and Sixi used the mirror to show him, a heroic officer appeared in the mirror, strict and sharp, like a sword that had just come out of its sheath and glittered with cold light.

"Our military uniforms are just good-looking!" Sixi nagged again, and every time he saw Lu Wan wearing a ritual or regular clothes, he would sigh like this. The dark green nickname coat is different from the soft cotton coat, worn on the young and strong body looks extremely capable and straight, the erection of the tight neckline, the five-color dazzling medal of the medal, the bright and neat copper buckle and collar medal, as well as the incomparably spiritual belt and exquisite sword, all have to make people sigh at the ingenuity of the military uniform designer.

Putting on the military hat in a dignified manner, Lu Wan said: "I'm going home, you can go home too." ”

"Ahh Battalion commander, you can't leave me alone, I'm going to follow you. When Sixi heard that Lu Wan wanted him to go home, his face suddenly became bitter, and the quilt that he was packing up was also put down.

Seeing him like this, Lu Wan smiled and said, "What, you want to go back to Shandong with me for the New Year?" …… Good! Just follow it, there's no one left in your house anyway. When he said this, he suddenly remembered another thing, and said with a restrained smile, "However, you must remember to bring the old company commander's things with you, and this time I just brought his things back to him." ”

"Yes! Battalion commander. Sixi smiled and groaned, and then began to pack up his things quickly.

When Lu Wan arrived at Hangzhou City Station, the train was already about to leave, and the huge locomotive was only spitting white air on the platform, and the whistle sounded from time to time as if urging the pedestrians who had not yet arrived. Because he was dressed in military uniform, Lu Wan was respectfully introduced to the platform by a bitter gourd-faced ticket checker, but when he saw that their tickets were third-class, he looked at the two of them carefully, only to see the Double Dragon Medal hanging on Lu Wan's left chest, and the bitter gourd face smiled bitterly: "Big... People, with... Zhi, comrade, this car is full, and I really can't arrange a first-class seat, so why don't I wait until tomorrow to leave......"

"No need, it's the third class." Lu Wan said quietly. In my heart, I scolded Sixi who was greedy for buying tickets.

"Yes, we're in the third class." Sixi echoed with a white breath, the luggage on his back and hands. I also took advantage of this effort to move, so that my back was tighter.

"Yes! Be! "Bitter gourd face only thought that these two revolutionary army adults were hillbillies who had never been out, and they didn't appreciate it if they wanted to help, so they had to lead them to the car.

The third-class carriage is the lowest class, with a hardboard seat and extremely small space, leaning against the locomotive in the summer. Soon after sitting down, the whole body was covered in soot, and in the winter, it was at the back of the train, and the water in the heating pipe was not hot at all. The passengers can only be heated themselves. As soon as Lu Wan entered the carriage, he was frightened by the people inside, and of course, he also scared the people inside. These third-class carriages are only a quarter of the price of first-class cars. It is the poor who sit the most. Towards the end of the year, the train station not only sells seat tickets, but also station tickets.

Following an old man selling tea, Lu Wan and the two finally squeezed into the seat, already sweating. The train was about to leave at this time, and just as the two were glad that they were the last to get on the train, several voices came from the noisy carriage, "Xiu." You can't go wrong this time, right? ”

"You can't be wrong, this is the bus to the north...... Kitten. Big cat, follow along, follow along! A female voice came, and it seemed to be a mother telling her child, but the carriage was so crowded that after a while a child screamed, as if something had been pulled down.

The carriage was extremely noisy, crowded, and chaotic, but Lu Wan didn't care, this was still in the train, even in the winter in the snowy field, he could stay well. After the train left, he took out a book to read, but Sixi next to him kept looking sideways at the family who had just gotten on the train: an aunt in her sixties, with an awe-inspiring expression and wearing homespun clothes; a young Peugeot, but a young daughter-in-law with a conspicuous black veil on her shoulders; Finally, there were two children, one twelve or thirteen years old, with short haircuts for the children's group; The other is only five or six years old, still in the traditional attire of children in western Zhejiang, and several people are also wearing black gauze, walking in a hurry.

Lu Wan, who was dressed in the uniform of a lieutenant colonel of the Fuxing Army, sat at the back of the train, and the passengers next to him did not dare to speak loudly, or even look at it. And when these four people squeezed over and saw him, their eyes suddenly tightened, the aunt and the child wanted to turn around, but they were secretly pulled by the little daughter-in-law, and the four of them sat opposite Lu Wan quietly, but they didn't dare to say anything.

"What are you doing?" Sixi, who mixed with a Shandong accent, couldn't see through the people opposite, and asked nosy questions. When he asked, Lu Wan just smiled secretly, he looked at the little daughter-in-law and wanted to talk.

"With... Chi, we... are good people and we support ...... Revolution! In the face of Sixi's question, three of the four people opposite were startled, and in the end, only the woman named Xiu opened her mouth to reply, and when she spoke, her hand was put under her waist, as if there was her dependence.

"Of course I know you're good people," Sixi smiled, "I mean, where are you going?" ”

"We, we're going... I'm going to Jingshi ......" The woman's words only made Lu Wan, who was looking at the book, curious.

After the occupation of Beijing, the Manchu courtyard was cleaned up, and at the same time, there was no martial law in the inner city, and many Manchus were still afraid of being killed, so they dragged their families to Tianjin, and only waited for the truce in the northeast, and these people went to Fengtian, where Zhang Rong was in charge, and he himself was a banner man.

When the Manchurians moved out of Beijing, the military martyrs in the southern base areas, especially in Yanzhou, began to go north under the arrangement of the troops. However, the difference is that Zhu Di moved north mainly from wealthy businessmen and nobles, while all those who moved north from the Fuxing Society were military martyrs. According to Yang Rui, Beijing is the capital, but the previous breaches of the city have turned all the people inside into obedient people, and he wants the military martyrs to go north, just to make the city more heroic. For most of the year, the families of military martyrs have already gone north, and these people with Yanzhou accents on the other side are going to the capital for the New Year? Is it also a martyr?

"Are you martyrs? Why didn't the troops arrange for you to go, and you still sit in this kind of carriage? Lu Wan put down the book and said a little angrily, he saw that the family on the opposite side suddenly thought of the family of the old company commander, he was from Chaoyang, the non-commissioned officer who came from the northeast to support during the uprising in Hangzhou, and he was a hero who had fought with the real sword and gun of the little Japanese Russian Maozi.

"We ......" Lu Wan's anger obviously startled a few people on the other side, the train was too crowded to avoid, otherwise these people would have run away, and the woman said for a long time, "We had a meeting with ... Scattered... I still have to go to the Beijing Division......"

The woman's words were incoherent, and she couldn't figure out what she said for a long time. The martyr's certificate was not taken out, Lu Wan only thought that he had misunderstood, and they estimated that they had relatives in the capital. Yesterday, I was separated from my relatives, so I had to go to Beijing alone.

He didn't care about these people, these people were afraid of him, when the train arrived at Haining Station, these people hurriedly moved to other places, but Sixi still seemed to be thinking about the woman named Xiu, but his reason was weird. "Battalion commander, I think there is something wrong with these people, why are they so afraid of us?"

"Afraid of us? I'm afraid of you! Lu Wan said angrily. He felt that his orderlies were still a little stupid, otherwise he would not have taken this third-class carriage.

Hangzhou and Shanghai are only more than 200 kilometers, starting from Hangzhou in the morning, you can get to Shanghai Zhabei Railway Station at six or seven o'clock in the evening. Lu Wan wanted to read quietly. But the carriage was too noisy. Especially when I arrived at the station, there were all kinds of voices on the train and on the platform, especially those newsboys who sold newspapers, shouting the news in the newspaper: "Sell newspapers!" Sell newspapers! The legation directly denounced China's illegal borrowing from the United States, and Premier Yang bitterly criticized the legation for interfering in internal affairs...... Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! Next year, Enke will take the exam and get the 600 county magistrates! If you want to be an official, apply as soon as possible! Sign up now! …… Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! Kang Nanhai advocates respecting Confucius. Chapter Madman's Tongue Criticizes Confucianism...... Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! Kang Nanhai advocated respecting Confucius, and Zhang Lunatics criticized Confucianism ......"

"Go. Buy a newspaper," Lu Wan was happy when he heard that Zhang was crazy, among the leaders of the Revival Association, he respected a lot, but the favorite was Mr. Zhang Taiyan, and now when he heard him make some tricks, he couldn't help but be very curious, wondering how he criticized the Confucianism.

"Yes! Battalion commander. Sixi got up and prepared to fight, but he didn't say to give way, the passengers next to him got out of the way in awe, he easily leaned out of the window, bought a few newspapers at the moment, and bought a few Jiaxing zongzi, which was already to Jiaxing.

Unfolding the large China Times, skimming through the headlines that were not very interesting, Lu Wan found the news that the newsboy had just read on the second page, only to see that it read: "...... Chen Huanzhang, the prime minister of the Confucian Church, and others wrote to the Extraordinary National Assembly for the fourth time, once again stating the necessity of respecting Confucius and demanding that the Constitution clearly establish Rite and Religion as the state religion. The reason for this submission is that Master Cai Yuanpei, the secretary of the Faculty of Education, deleted Confucius from the national educational purpose on the grounds that 'learning Confucius is contrary to freedom of belief' in the order of educational purposes last month......

The Confucian Church's mention of the Ministry of Rites made the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Zhang Taiyan sneered again, saying that Confucianism deceived the world and stole his name, and vainly respected Confucius to protect his own authority, which is not only hateful, but also shameful, and the rules of the school are a good policy for our great China to make materials, if it is implemented, then after 30 years, our country will have a new look......"

Lu Wan only read this article of a few hundred words in one go, and read other articles after careful reading, in addition to the disputes between the provisional cabinet and the legation, and then the matter of Enke's examination next year is the most concerned to him. The former is a country-to-country entanglement, although he is a lieutenant colonel, but this level of things is not something he can influence, only Enke takes the exam, and this matter affects millions of readers.

On the left side of this line, there is a list of things related to the exam, such as the registration conditions, the time of the exam, the content of the exam, the location of the exam, and the enrollment procedure.

Lu Wan looked at this because he thought that there was an elder brother at home, he was also a student, but he was weaker, not as bold and strong as himself, and he was afraid that it would be useless to only study at home.

Application conditions: 1. All kinds of two-year secondary schools at home and abroad must have graduation certificates; 2. Those who have won the fame of middle school children and above in the former Qingxiang trial; 3. Those with the same academic ability, the so-called equivalent academic ability, and those who do not have the graduation certificate and child qualifications, can participate in the equivalent academic ability examination held by each county, and those who pass the guò have the qualifications to register. 4. Candidates must be over 25 years old and under 50 years old (subject to the registration age of the household registration office issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the county and township introduction letter shall prevail for the counties that have not yet registered.) ）

Examination time: The examination time of Enke is the fourth day of May in the second year of Greater China, and the time for candidates with the same academic ability is the third day of February in the second year of Greater China. Test content: one is the practical test, that is, the administrative ability test, which is language comprehension and expression, common sense judgment, quantitative relationship, judgment reasoning and data analysis; The second is policy.

Perhaps because he understood that the imperial examination of the new dynasty was different from the examination, the newspaper actually printed a set of mock exam questions. I thought that the newspaper was doing this redundantly, but after a closer look, Lu Wan found that this question was indeed different from the past, such as the general knowledge part of the test, which is all multiple-choice questions, what is a multiple-choice question? That is to say, there are four answers on the test paper, A, B, C, and D, and the test taker can choose one of these four.

Just when he thought that this exam was too simple, Lu Wan was taken aback by the questions above, this test is no longer Confucian scriptures and meanings, but all-inclusive, everything. Even if it is the simplest common sense question, there is actually a question about traditional Chinese medicine: about traditional Chinese medicine, the following classification is correct: A, pungent medicine: forsythia, apricot Ren; B, sweet medicine: angelica, ginseng; C, sour medicine: tangerine peel, Coptis chinensis; Ding, bitter medicine: Huang Bo, black plum.

In addition to language and expression, it is even more difficult to analyze the quantitative relationship, judgment and reasoning, and data analysis. After reading all the test questions roughly, Lu Wan felt that he might not be able to be sure of the test if he went to the test, and if his brother went, he might not be able to pass the test.

He lit a cigarette and thought about it, and then went to look at the following policy part, this exam is different from the practical test, it is no longer a multiple-choice question, but the same as the policy question of the earlier imperial examination, it is a sentence or a question, and then the test taker uses this as a basis to make a countermeasure article. As with the test, the newspaper also gave examples of the title, which said: The prime minister must start from the state and county; The policy is: ask the district field drought prevention, the Han to the Qing Dynasty have been effective, is it still feasible today?

Drought prevention in the district field, at a glance, you know that this is practical knowledge in agriculture, and it is very difficult for candidates who have not really practiced it to write articles, but this 'prime minister must start from the state and county', Lu Wan has never heard of it at all. While he was meditating hard, the voice of an old scholar on the other end of the carriage was echoing, "I know wow, this imperial court's Enke is different from the imperial examinations of previous dynasties, not to mention the difference in the examination, even the examination is different from before, this is to be an official immediately." Although there are such good things, you can't read a lot of books, I'm afraid you won't even understand the topic! In the line test, you can choose any one of A, B, C and D, and you can be blind, this policy is not like this, look at this question, ah! Look at this question, 'The prime minister must start from the state and county', who only reads the books of the sages have heard this sentence, and how have they heard this sentence? Yes? Don't know, do you? Haha......"

The narrator is righteous, although he is in the third-class carriage, he has the momentum of a first-class carriage, and his words only lift the strength of the people next to him, and then explain: "This prime minister must start from the state and county from Han Feizi's Xianxue chapter, and its text says: Therefore, the official of the Ming Lord, the prime minister must start from the state and county, and the fierce general must be sent from the army." You know? You illiterate people know what? ”

The old pedant flaunted his knowledge, which only made half of the people in the carriage laugh, and the carriage was full of happy air, but after everyone laughed, someone who knew the old pedant shouted, "Old Master Kong, why don't you go to the test?" ”

As soon as this person spoke, the others echoed, and one of the loudest voices shouted, "Yes, Master Kong, why don't you take the test?" If you go to the exam, once you go to high school, you will be a county magistrate, and don't insult Sven by selling tea in this third-class carriage. ”

As soon as the man said this, the others laughed too. This old pedant only said the policy theory in the back, but he didn't say a single question about the test question in the front, and I am afraid that most of them will not understand. The crowd stirred up, and the old master's tea maker did not answer the questions of the people, and everyone immediately understood that what he understood was in fact only that, and they laughed again, and the whole carriage was filled with a cheerful air.

"A tea seller knows so much, it seems that this exam is difficult." Lu Wan put down the newspaper and couldn't help but sigh.

Lu Wan sighed, Sixi is holding a newspaper and scratching his head, he doesn't read the news, he reads novels and the like, but he is not highly educated, although he has attended a short-term literacy class, but he still doesn't know some words, so the story can only be read by jumping, and the plot above is often guessed, so that when you see it, you don't know what to do. (To be continued......)