Chapter 367: The Complete Yongle Dadian

Si Wushuang explained: "This move can, firstly, contain part of the Imperial Court's troops; secondly, test the reaction of the defending generals in Jingxiang; and thirdly, let those scholar-gentry and wealthy households in Jiangnan see how close our Western Liang's military front is, accelerating the panic and division within them.

At the same time, ask the Cui Family to continue to increase public opinion in Jiangnan, promoting that 'the Western Liang King's army has strict discipline, only punishes the chief culprits, and protects the territory and pacifies the people', and deepen contact with those interested in Jiangnan.

Once the Shu region is stable, and there are changes in the Imperial Court and Beijiang, it will be the time for our large army to go down the river and collect Jiangnan!"

"Jiangnan..."

Wei Wenlie clapped his hands repeatedly, "Good! Just follow Mr.'s plan! This matter will be coordinated by you, and the contact in Jiangnan will be left to the Cui Family's envoys."

This was still a good thing for the Cui Clan; they were not afraid of having too many things to do, they were only afraid that Wei Wenlie would not use them.

"Ding!"

【Task: You have become a household-name mountain bandit, climb the peak and become the true Mountain Bandit King!】

【Number of people: 522,059/500,000 (Completed)】

【Occupy the land of Beijiang (Completed)】

【Task completion reward: Tailor-made gift package】

Jiang Jinshi looked at the system task and rubbed his hands. This time, with the surrender of 170,000 soldiers, the most difficult task of the number of people was also completed.

"Claim task reward!"

【Ding! Obtained Complete Version of Yongle Dadian * 1】

Jiang Jinshi was dumbfounded looking at this reward. Complete version of Yongle Dadian?

Now, he was missing nothing!

You must know that this contains about 8,000 types of literature, covering almost all knowledge fields such as classics, history, philosophy, collections, astronomy, geography, medicine, agriculture, and craftsmanship.

All added up to about 370 million words, a total of 11,095 volumes!!

Now what else did he need isolated copies for?

There were also books for sale in Li Xinyue's system, but they were modern mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and the span was too large; no one could understand them, let alone find a teacher to teach them.

And now with the Yongle Dadian, the Ming Army only needed to develop step by step, and it would be enough to stand at the pinnacle of the world!

It was just that after this task was completed, the system would no longer issue any tasks.

Jiang Jinshi didn't care. Now there were more important things to deal with. The intelligence on the movements of the Imperial Court's Forbidden Army and the threat of the Western Liang's side army to Jingbei had already been sent.

"Wei Xi Yuan really couldn't sit still." Jiang Jinshi chuckled, "Picking soft persimmons to pinch, it fits his personality. The Western Liang side army going east is putting pressure on Jiangnan and also exploring the way for going east out of Bashu in the future. Wei Wenlie and Si Wushuang are indeed steady and solid."

Han Xiao said: "My Lord, if the Imperial Court succeeds in Jianghuai, its strength may be restored. Western Liang's threat to Jingxiang may also force some Central Plains forces to lean towards Western Liang. Should we also take some action?"

The reorganization of the Shuoning new army had been initially completed, and the increase in combat-ready troops also gave Beijiang enough confidence.

Jiang Jinshi shook his head: "No, the top priority is not to go out and grab territory, but to accumulate grain widely. Western Liang wants to digest Shu, and the Imperial Court wants to pinch soft persimmons; give them time. We just happen to use this gap to do a few more important things."

"What things?" Luo Feng was puzzled. In his opinion, this was a good opportunity to go south.

"First, completely digest the Shuoning surrendered soldiers, truly integrate them into the Ming Army system, and complete the transformation of ideology and tactics; this is our foundation.

Second, in Shuoning and the newly occupied prefectures and counties, comprehensively and deeply implement the new policies of Beijiang. Let the people feel in the shortest time that following the Ming Army is a world of difference from following the Imperial Court!

This is the key to winning hearts and stabilizing the foundation, more important than winning a battle."

"What about the third?" Bai Ting was curious.

Jiang Jinshi looked at the Yongle Dadian in the system and continued: "Accelerate the construction of academies, and organize the books collected by the Yan Family, the Fu Family, and even ourselves. Prepare for the first imperial examination and official selection for the entire territory under the Ming Army, regardless of background, and select people based on talent.

We want to use practical actions to tell the poor scholars of the world, to tell those who have talent and learning but no way, what the path of our Beijiang is like."

With the Yongle Dadian, Jiang Jinshi could safely open academies to recruit people. These were all organized, and they only needed teachers to teach and pass them on.

Added to the fact that the situation was chaotic now, many poor scholars wanted to accomplish something but had no way, so Jiang Jinshi took the opportunity to open this path.

As long as the literati who came to take the exam were all somewhat learned, even if they were not usable, they could go to the academy to teach, or at least teach children to enlighten them.

"The Lord is far-sighted." Xiao Chunqiu praised sincerely: "Not fighting for the gains and losses of a moment or a place, but solidifying the foundation and manifesting the path. When our foundation is deep, the hearts of the people are attached, talents are gathered, and military equipment is exquisite, even if there are storms and waves, it will be unshakable.

By then, whether it is going east to contend with Western Liang, or going south to clean up the rivers and mountains, the initiative will be in my hands."

"Not bad." Jiang Jinshi nodded, "Order all parties! Strengthen the defense of the borders, strengthen training, and implement new policies. Send more scouts to the outside, and just pay close attention to the movements of the Imperial Court and Western Liang.

Right now, let them fight and grab. We need to farm our own land well, train our own troops well, and read our own books well."

The situation of the world being divided into three became clearer and clearer.

Beijiang sat firmly in the north, burying its head in hard work, not in a hurry to expand its territory, but instead wanting to engage in some alternative imperial examinations!

Western Liang swallowed the Shu region, slowly planning for the Jiangnan region, steady and solid, expanding step by step by relying on the alliance between the military and the scholar-gentry.

The Imperial Court was the most miserable, trapped in the middle, wanting to pinch soft persimmons with limited military force to reverse the decline.

The three parties had their own calculations, but all were determined not to be the one to fire the first shot, forming a short-term balance.

Just when both sides were in a stalemate, Beijiang released the "Book to the Scholars of the World", spreading the matter of Beijiang's "imperial examination" across the country.

This matter involved a lot and spread rapidly in various places.

"The Ming King of Beijiang, in order to select true talents and benefit the new policies, specially set up the 'Grand Ceremony of Selecting Talents' in Guangwu, Shuo Fang, and Guansongling next spring.

Regardless of family background, regardless of age, all citizens of our Huaxia who are literate, have a clean family background, and have no evil deeds of violating the law, can come to take the exam."

The Grand Ceremony is divided into four subjects: "Classics", "Policy", "Arithmetic", and "Practical Affairs".

Classics tests the books of sages, which is no different from tradition, but it is not confined to the old papers, simply put, let everyone answer boldly, without fear.

Policy sets questions on current affairs such as Beijiang's new policies, agriculture, water conservancy, and criminal law, asking for strategies to save the world and pacify the people.

Arithmetic tests the ability of calculation and measurement, which in everyone's eyes is also the simplest one.

Practical Affairs tests the knowledge of documents, geography, products, and craftsmanship.

Those who pass all four subjects are the best and can be granted official positions. Those who pass three subjects are the middle and can enter various levels of government offices as clerks or teachers in enlightenment schools.

Those who pass two are the lower and can be recorded in the Wenyuan Pavilion as copyists or proofreaders, or recommended to work in workshops or chambers of commerce.

If you don't make the list, but your arithmetic and practical results are acceptable, you can also be employed as clerks, workshop managers, or chamber of commerce accountants according to the situation, so you won't return empty-handed. ===== CHAPTER 368 =====