The big man has a living father

Chapter 217 (Big Chapter) Thousands of Cannons Fire (Happy Holidays)
Go back to two days ago.

The new propeller ship wrapped in iron sheets set sail.

It is more than ninety meters long and more than thirty meters wide.

This shape is more like a postmodern cruise ship, but it is also caused by the limitations of paddle steamers.

Erkuan himself knew very well that the thinner and longer the boat was, the faster it would go.

However, the thinner and longer the ship, the stronger and more exaggerated the vibrations of the steam engine.

This first ship was built to verify the propeller, not for mass production, so a wide-body design was chosen.

It just so happened that the wide-body ship sailed extremely smoothly on the sea, so Huo Hai simply took this brand new propeller ship on its maiden voyage.

Actually, its speed is slower than the previous paddle steamers, but its advantage is that it is stable, very stable.

Huo Hai also looked at several other unfinished ship platforms in the shipyard. One of them was 90 meters long and 10 meters wide. After it started, it actually shook the frame underneath apart!

But Huo Hai also knew that it was the artifact suitable for transportation.

If that kind of slender ship with a nine-to-one ratio could be built, it would be time for the Han people to begin dominating the world's oceans.

But the problem is that that form requires the hull structure to be much more rigid than it is now, so on the one hand, materials science must continue to advance, and on the other hand, the riveting and welding processes of iron sheets and steel frames must continue to improve.

Huo Hai felt that there might be no hope within two or three years.

But once this is accomplished, it means... it can be mass-produced.

Because of riveting, welding and the machinery needed for ship repair and shipbuilding, these structures themselves have a huge impact on industrial production and are also of great use for industrial upgrading in places such as steel mills.

If we reach that point, the entire industry will naturally move forward, and that will mean the Age of Navigation has truly arrived.

But not now.

Huo Hai sailed south on a brand new ship, carrying 188 of the latest-model shrapnel-type rifled cannons produced in Chengdu.

The range of this thing is only one-third of the range of the ones currently in service, which is only about 1,500 meters.

But! It’s light!

If it didn't need to haul artillery shells, this giant ship could pull four hundred rifled cannons at a time!
Why did Huo Hai need this? That was because of Huo Hai's understanding of the Opium War.

For many years, some people have said that the Qing Dynasty was defeated by Britain and France because their high-tech cannons were more powerful than those of the Qing army.

It's complete bullshit.

The Qing army had two main cannons: one was the Red Cannon, which had a maximum range of five kilometers, and the other was the improved Shamen Cannon, which had a shorter maximum range than the Red Cannon but a longer effective range.

In addition, the Qing army also imported a bunch of the most advanced cannons from the West, but in the end many of these weapons never fired a single shot and were taken away by the Eight-Nation Alliance decades later.

And what about Britain and France?

The main gun used by France is still a cannon with a range of 1,700 meters. What kind of thing is that? That is the technology of the Yuan Dynasty!

What about the British? They used the 1826 12-pounder long gun, which was even more rubbish and outdated than the French rubbish cannon!

How did you lose then?
Just one word! More!

There were dozens of guns fired from a British or French ship, and dozens of ships on the sea.

In other words, more than a thousand guns fired at the same time.

What about the Qing army? No matter how powerful your weapons are, you only have two or three cannons on the turret.

What about the ships of Britain and France were not more advanced?

The answer is advanced shit.

It's not even up to the level of the Song Dynasty.

Britain was fighting the Opium War at the time, and although it already had steam-powered ships, it did not have steam-powered warships, let alone ironclad ships.

The only two steam troop transports dispatched by the British were products of the new era, and the rest were sailing battleships.

The sails of this sailing battleship are indeed advanced, but the ship itself is only at the level of a second-rate ship in the Song Dynasty.

Just like this, the Qing Dynasty was completely defeated.

What is this called? Is this technology?
This is called the human wave tactic.

Many people imagine that there should be a huge number of Qing Dynasty people, and they were beaten by the British and French forces who were small in number and equipped with high-tech weapons.

In fact, the truth is, the troops in various parts of the Qing Dynasty were all empty-handed, with no one in the army at all. They were beaten to a pulp by the British and French who used human wave tactics and backward weapons. The rulers were frightened and listened to the boasting of their subordinates who shirked responsibility. They thought that the British and French had superior technology, so they became afraid every time they were beaten and eventually became cowards.

After the First Opium War, although Britain and France failed to conquer the Qing Dynasty, the money they earned from the Qing Dynasty was more than they had earned during the entire Age of Discovery.

After all, during the Ming Dynasty, 70% of the silver mined around the world automatically flowed to the Ming Dynasty, leaving no one with much money left.

With the Qing Dynasty's 2091 million taels of silver, Britain and France were able to truly upgrade their weapons production lines. During the Second Opium War, their weapons formed a generational gap that crushed the other.

The biggest problem of the Qing Dynasty at that time was that the enemy's artillery was carried by ships and could attack any city at any time.

There are hundreds of cities along the coast, and it is impossible to place cannons in every city that can fire against the main fleets of Britain and France.

If the Qing Dynasty had immediately mobilized all its manpower in all coastal areas after losing to Britain and France for the first time, built and collected ships, and then eliminated British and French strongholds one by one along the way, forcing their main fleets to engage in naval battles, or even actively attacked the European mainland, then Britain and France, a country of such size, would have been destroyed by the Qing Dynasty without even a chance to make a splash.

As a result, the lesson the Qing Dynasty learned from the First Opium War was "It seems I should do business too", and then it frantically planted opium and sold it to Britain and France.

The shipment volume is large and the goods are of high quality. More than 20% of the population in the UK now smoke opium, which has completely shocked the UK.

The Qing Dynasty only cared about eating and not fighting. It only learned how to make money, but did not understand that maritime hegemony is the fist.

In the end, the entire nation became addicted to drugs, society collapsed, and finally a cannon shot ended the life of the Qing Dynasty.

Sometimes, punches don't have to be heavy, but they must be numerous.

After all, two fists are no match for four hands.

Therefore, Huo Hai’s requirement for cannons is that no matter how advanced they are, as long as they are easy to use, durable and cheap, just make as many as you can!
One hundred and eighty guns were sent for the ships passing ahead.

After Huo Hai arrived, this new giant ship had to make several more trips to transport more cannons.

Never mind whether these things will explode or not. Even if they do, they will knock down a house and kill someone.

If thousands of cannons fire at the same time, you will die.

Although Huo Hai's strategy is to conquer the Kingdom of Nanyue from all aspects, if it fails, will people be suffocated to death by urine?
Gun compartment.

Huo Hai and Ju Yuan stood beside the cannon and looked at the artillery: "Fire!"

The artilleryman next to the cabin immediately stepped forward and said, "Sir, step back a little. Although the cannon is very safe now, it may still explode."

Huo Hai: "Being killed in a bombing is considered sacrificing one's life for the country."

The probability of a barrel explosion is almost impossible. If you are so unlucky and it happens, you will choke to death even if you drink cold water.

As the artillery operated, the cannon fired with a bang!

The ship is now stopped, and the power of the gun is being tested using a small boat that is specially tied to the side of the ship and lowered into the water.

There were also wooden boxes piled on top.

Ji Yuan looked at the boat with a telescope.

There was a loud bang, and then nothing happened.

Ju Yuan glanced back in confusion, then looked through the telescope again.

Then I saw the boat exploded, and everything including the boxes on it was blown into pieces.

The originally sturdy ships and wooden boxes collapsed like cloth bags.

A raging fire also broke out on the ship.

Ju Yuan turned back in shock: “This!”

Huo Hai: "Remember, from now on, no private ownership of guns is allowed in your jurisdiction. If anything with a gun barrel shape appears and has rifling inside, arrest it."

Huo Hai put his hands behind his back and smiled: "If you can't do it, or if you embezzle, you will be stealing."

"Then I will tie you up and shoot you."

Ju Yuan didn't listen to Huo Hai's joke, but was shocked beyond words by the power of the cannon.

As for why Ju Yuan is here, the story goes back to March six months ago.

……

After the Spring Examination, the marking work lasted for a month.

This is already considered fast. After all, there are many fill-in-the-blank questions in the test paper, and the questions are judged directly according to the answers.

However, many official documents, articles, and topics related to people's livelihood are more complicated.

Needs review.

Not just review, but cross-review.

The names of all candidates were covered on the test papers for review, so it was impossible to tell whether they were good or bad.

The first review is not the final score, but the first basic score.

After the basic scoring was completed, the top one thousand test papers were selected from all the candidates who took the exam and transferred to the second review area.

The staff will typeset and print in standard fonts.

Then it is sent to multiple scoring groups for cross-review.

Then remove the highest score and the lowest score, and take the average of the remaining scores.

Then rank.

This method was thought up by Huo Hai. Huo Hai really couldn't remember how the imperial examination papers were marked, and he didn't quite agree with the modern examination marking methods.

There is no way. Modern exams involve tens of millions of candidates taking the exam and then marking the papers. The probability of a marking teacher being able to recognize the handwriting of someone he knows at a glance is almost zero.

But the imperial examination is not like that.

If the final review team of the imperial examination encountered a familiar person's handwriting, they would be able to recognize it 100%, after all, there would not be that many final test papers.

Therefore, we need to use the copying method.

Obviously copying is not as fast as typesetting and printing.

If it has already been typeset and printed, why does it still need to be reviewed by one person?

Just follow the rules of diving, remove the highest score and the lowest score, then calculate the average score after removing the water, right?
Therefore, the imperial examination and modern examination dual marking were combined into an innovative form.

The final reviewing team was a nine-member group consisting of Sima Xiangru, Zhang Tang, three of the Nine Ministers, Mei Hefu, three retired ministers represented by Wen Weng, and three corporate representatives, Yang Liancheng and Zhao Guobusi.

They also need to review them carefully when they encounter particularly different opinions.

For example, Sima Xiangru and Zhang Tang attached great importance to the form of official documents. Sometimes, for those that Bu Shi and Zhao Guo gave high scores, they would directly give extremely low scores.

The reason is also very simple.

If there is a task assigned to you by your superiors, but you don't even have the ability to write an official document to explain the matter clearly to the public and your subordinates, you need to explain the matter repeatedly in long meetings every three days and short meetings every day.

Then if you are allowed to be an official, wouldn't that delay things?

If every task requires ten meetings to be repeated before it can be done, then if a thousand tasks are done in a year, wouldn't everyone in the yamen have no time to go home?
Are you really treating me like a candle and burning yourself?
All the candles have burned out, leaving only a bunch of idiots in the Han officialdom?
Bu Shi, Zhao Guo and others also felt that what Zhang Tang and Sima Xiangru said made sense.

But sometimes, if Zhang Tang and Sima Xiangru gave high scores, Zhao Guobu Shi would also give low scores and strike back resolutely.

The reason is very simple. Some people's understanding of science is superficial and based on guesswork.

I was not so familiar with Zhang Tang and Sima Xiangru, so I couldn't tell that these candidates were talking nonsense, so I gave them high scores.

After Zhao Guo and others found out, they resolutely gave low scores.

And most of the time, the nine people's opinions don't differ much.

After all, those people who have no talent but can muddle into the top 1,000 in the exam... you know what, they are all talents. Although we cannot let them pass the imperial examination and become Jinshi, we can give them a place in some special departments.

Finally, the review results were sent to Liu Che.

Liu Che was talking to Li Cai about this at the moment: "This time, among those who took the imperial examination, the children of nobles only accounted for 3%, the children of officials only accounted for 8%, and the total was only 11%. The children of generals and soldiers accounted for as high as 45%.

"Do you think the first place winner this time will be from a good family?"

Li Cai was born into a good family and naturally had a good impression of them: "Based on the proportion, I think it is very likely, and I hope so. But when it comes to the specific implementation, it depends purely on luck."

Liu Che nodded: "Indeed."

Wang Nei Shi held the plate and said, "Your Majesty, the results are out!"

According to the rules set at the beginning, the results would be reviewed personally by Emperor Liu Che and then announced after his personal review.

So now the results are written on the list, but they may not be released.

After all, this was the first imperial examination, and Liu Che was very excited. He grabbed the list and opened it to look at it.

This time, Liu Che wanted to select eighty-eight people.

It is not that only eighty-eight people will be retained as officials, but all the first one thousand will be retained as officials, but most of them will be sent to local areas.

This even included going to other marquisate states to serve as a commercial tax collector.

But eighty-eight people must be selected for intensive training.

So, when the list is opened, it is number 88.

"Beber, from Dantu County?"

Wang Nei Shi hurriedly opened the book and said, "This Bei Bo is thirty-six years old. He was a minor official in Dantu three years ago. Didn't His Majesty invite all the young talents in the world to come and watch the hunting ceremony?"

"At that time, Beiber followed the son of the governor of Kuaiji County to Chang'an. After arriving in Chang'an, he simply did not go back, but found a job as a milkman on a ranch."

"The milkman gets up very early every morning and delivers milk to customers before daybreak, so Beiber signed up to learn new skills."

"After finishing primary school, he started to study on his own and worked as an accountant at the Pingyang County Transportation Company."

"About three months ago, he left the Pingyang County Transportation Company and became the Pingyang Marquis's official. He applied for the exam under this name and was selected by the Pingyang Marquis."

Liu Che suddenly realized.

This person must be a very studious person. Everyone at his workplace knew that he was proficient in all the new knowledge. So after the news of the imperial examination came out, in order to improve the score of the person he nominated, Cao Xiang invited this Bei Bo to join the Pingyang Marquis Mansion and take the examination as a nominated student.

So although it was recommended by the Marquis, it can actually be considered a seed of reading born in a small business.

It's a pity that he is too old.

If this had happened five years ago, I would have died after working for a few more years at this age.

But in this day and age, it’s hard to say.

Liu Che nodded and continued watching.

Because it was the first time, Liu Che watched it very seriously. It was not because he was afraid that someone would interfere or cheat, but because he really wanted to know the origins of everyone.

Soon Liu Che discovered that the number of people who had received orthodox education was far greater than those who were self-taught.

The longer you read, the better your writing skills will be.

The new students who were converted from old Confucian scholars are particularly good at quoting classics, and their articles get a lot of extra points.

Those who have worked on the front line have a very solid grasp of the new scientific knowledge.

Although all of these reference people have certainly read all issues of Science Reports, those who have worked on the front line can fully understand and remember them, and may even have actually verified the operations, so they are generally stronger in this aspect.

The entire list was just as Liu Che had expected. Forty-seven of the places were occupied by children from good families, which was more than half!

The reason is simple. The new learning started from the army. The first batch of people to learn it included soldiers and the children of some older soldiers.

Among the final list of eighty-eight people, there were eighteen young soldiers and twenty-nine children of soldiers.

Among them, although there were children of nobles, only those who were currently serving in the army passed the exam, while none of those who were not serving passed the exam.

There were so many people taking the exam, but not a single one passed.

There are also children of officials, only eight in total, and in terms of proportion, they are about the same size as their reference proportion.

If we look at it from a regional perspective, twenty-three people were from the three prefectures of Chang'an, Xianyang, and the rest of the country.

If they stayed in Chang'an for more than two and a half years, the number would be as high as sixty-five.

In addition to Chang'an, there were eighteen people from Chengdu who passed the exam.

Then came Qi County and Lu State, which together numbered seventeen, but unfortunately they were defeated.

Simply put, the more deeply you participate in the new business reform, the more people will win.

If we count them by company, there are 13 people related to Tongguan Coal Mine and 9 people related to the railway!
There are eight people related to the construction industry.

There are fourteen people related to the transportation industry, more than those in Tongguan Coal Mine!
There were three people who had no occupation but devoted themselves to study and prepare for the exam. One of them was a wealthy man from Luoyang who moved to Chang'an five years ago. However, his elders passed away and he didn't know what business to start, so he simply did nothing to avoid wasting all his money.

As a result, he had nothing to do, so he became interested in new studies, found companions in his studies, and eventually passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi.

There are two more, one is a rich person from the relocation of Chang'an New City, and the other is a farmer near Ba Ling, who are considered half-rich from the relocation of the city.

This distribution is the same as what Huo Hai guessed, and completely different from what the officials and nobles guessed.

Liu Che closed his eyes and began to think about Yi Shuo's words.

Yishuo said that she had investigated the performance of new students when conducting various tests.

Yi Shuo discovered that if the groups were divided into aristocrats and non-aristocrats, after a long period of learning new knowledge, the knowledge level and intelligence displayed by both sides were the same!

The nobles are not one bit better than anyone else.

In other words, as long as they are in the same learning environment, the nobles, who are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, have no chance of competing with ordinary people.

If the imperial examination system continues in this way, perhaps in a few decades there will not be a single aristocratic official in the court.

Only then did Liu Che feel that the guarantee that Huo Hai promised to the nobles made sense.

Liu Che finally turned his eyes to the first place.

Liu Che did not like mediocre people, he only liked the most talented people. Liu Che liked to give all his favors and benefits to the best person.

Although there is no palace examination yet, the one selected is not the top scholar but the winner of the imperial examination.

But those who can get first place in this exam are carefully selected talents!

After Liu Che saw his identity, he was even more certain that this was a genius!
It would not be surprising if a son of an official got the first place in the exam, after all, he has been influenced by the environment and has a good understanding of the policies.

But the first one is a coal miner!
"Juyuan, from Tongguan, a miner at the Tongguan coal mine."

Even if he watched it a few more times, Liu Che still found it magical.

First, he was actually a civilian, a fellow prisoner, a miner? !
Liu Che reached out and took the book from Eunuch Wang's hand and began to read it himself.

While looking at him, he asked, "Did you see what this candidate named Ju looked like when you went to see him that day?"

Wang the eunuch carefully reminded: "His surname is not Ju, his name is Ju Yuan, he has no surname."

Liu Che looked up in surprise.

The top scorer is actually a person without a name!!!
Wang, the eunuch: "It is written on the second page, Ju Yuan, his family has never had a house to live in, so they have always lived in a cave on a mountain in Tongguan."

"His father's generation was the first to build a mud house and move down the mountain. A local educated naming master named him Juyuan, which means he was the 'first generation of his family to live in a house.'"

Liu Che turned the page, and sure enough, there was something written on the second page.

Yuan means first, number one, starting point, and initial.

Because it was Huiyuan, there was a lot of information about Juyuan, and Liu Che read it carefully.

As he watched, Liu Che became interested.

This Ju Yuan is also a moral role model.

He was famous far and wide, even Li Cai and the general knew him.

Liu Che looked up and saw that Li Cai didn't say anything.

No wonder he didn't say anything. It turned out that he knew Ju Yuan before. After knowing that Ju Yuan won the championship, he didn't dare to say a word for fear that he couldn't explain himself clearly.

In this material, Ju Yuan was described as a moral saint and a sincere gentleman who actually influenced Li Ji and Wei Kang, two notorious sons of noble families.

There are even many stories about Ju Yuan that can be used as inspirational stories to educate elementary school students.

For example, practicing calligraphy with sand.

For example, when he made money and wanted to buy a house for his mother, his mother beat him and told him to work hard and study hard first.

None of this sounds real.

Liu Che was a person who was used to staged news. After seeing this kind of introduction, he felt it was fake, as if it was arranged.

How amazing is the person who can arrange this kind of resume?

Liu Che raised his head and said, "No one from the first and second examination groups is allowed to leave the examination room."

"All the embroidered robe messengers in the palace are forbidden to leave the palace."

"Prepare the carriage and inform Luo Lie, Lieutenant General Li Du, General Wei Qing, and General Huo Qubing that I want to inspect Tongguan Pass."

"Don't notify anyone else!"

Eunuch Wang went to do it immediately.

Liu Che glanced at Li Cai and said, "My good Prime Minister, please come with me."

Li Cai shuddered, and suddenly realized that this was the only chance since three years ago to bring down Huo Hai.

It’s a pity that those who are secretly hostile to Huo Hai at this time will definitely not seize this opportunity.

Li Cai knew what Liu Che was suspicious of, but Ju Yuan was genuine.

Didn't Li Cai know about Ju Yuan yet? Didn't Wei Qing investigate Ju Yuan yet?
Soon, the emperor boarded the train to Tongguan, but did not take his own special car.

No one knew the emperor had left.

Only the people in the car and those on guard knew.

Of course, if anyone wanted to do anything bad to Emperor Wu of Han when this group of muskets were traveling together, they would be overthinking.

The train did not enter Tongguan Railway Station.

Instead, the train stopped at a small coal supply station halfway along the way, and everyone got off.

Everyone who got off the bus lined up and headed directly to a mountain.

On the mountain, the large army stayed behind to assemble. Liu Che brought Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Li Cai and others to the thatched cottage.

When Ju Yuan's mother saw so many strong men coming with weapons, she locked the door without saying a word.

Unfortunately, this group of people still came towards him.

"Is anyone there? I'm tired from walking and want to buy some water."

Juyuan’s mother: “There’s plenty of water in the river next to it.”

Huo Qubing: "We want to drink boiled water. Please make some for us. You are the only family nearby."

As he spoke, Huo Qubing stuffed a piece of silver into the hole in the wall.

Ju Yuan's mother: "How dare you hit someone with a stone?"

Huo Qubing: "..."

"Look carefully, that's silver!"

The door opened, and Ji Yuan's mother said, "Come in! But my house is too small, so only a few people can come in."

……

After Ju Yuan finished his exams, he quickly returned to his original life.

Mining in the coal mines.

After digging, I read under the oil lamp at night.

Wei Kang, who had already adapted to the life in the mine, no longer considered himself a playboy. Instead, he integrated himself into the miners thoroughly. While doing trivial things, he said, "You have already finished the exam, why are you still reading books?"

The others who were reading also looked up.

Ju Yuan: "I may not pass the exam. If I fail, I will try again next time."

As he was speaking, a man rushed in from outside the door, pushed the door open and gasped.

Although it was March, it was still a bit cold. Everyone was stunned by the wind: "Close the door!"

The man gasped, "Juyuan, a fellow villager came over and said that a large group of armed men went to your house!"

Ju Yuanteng stood up suddenly.

Wei Kang pulled out a knife from under the quilt on the kang: "Let's go!"

Everyone in the room went to get their stuff.

As soon as they left, many people who saw them outside asked why and followed them.

……

It was already dark. At Ju Yuan's house, Liu Che laughed loudly: "So this is how you force your son to study?"

Ji Yuan’s mother: “That’s right.”

"In fact, I just think that people used to scold us, calling us beasts and inhuman beings. Later, our family moved to the foot of the mountain. If we want to talk about human beings, who can be more humane than people who read books?"

"Who can be more impressive than the general manager, chairman, or big boss of Tongguan Coal Mine?"

Liu Che: "Yes, yes, yes."

Huo Qubing interrupted: "That can't be said. The civil and military officials in the court are all human beings."

Wei Qing: “Yes, yes, yes!”

When Ju Yuan's mother heard this, she was worried: "Actually, I also feel a little regretful."

"I forced that kid to study, but what if he's not cut out for it and fails the exam? Even though everyone told me he's a great student, Han is such a big country with so many scholars and talented people, what if he's not the one?"

"I heard that the exam is held at least every three years, and it's possible that it will be held every year. Since being a miner can make money anyway, let him take the exam twice more. But this job can't be done for a long time. Miners will cough after working for a long time, and the mines don't allow people to work there all year round."

Liu Che: "How can you think like that? You should think like this. There are so many scholars, there must be one who is the best. Why can't it be your son?"

Ju Yuan's mother grabbed Liu Che's hand and said, "Master, you are really good at talking. You must be able to make a lot of money with such good talking skills!"

Liu Che laughed: "Not bad."

Who is Liu Che? No one can say so much in front of Liu Che, or they are just acting.

If someone wants to keep Liu Che unaware of his little thoughts, the only way is to pretend to be dead.

But Ju Yuan's mother talked with Liu Che for a long time, and there was no sign that it was arranged at all.

Even during the conversation, they found the cenotaph of Ju Yuan's father.

That place was definitely not forged recently, and the cenotaph with a tombstone was built three years ago. It should have been built after the Tongguan Coal Mine was built and the people nearby became rich.

The timing is right too.

Liu Che was certain that Ju Yuan had really passed the exam on his own and was truly a "moral saint".

In fact, in the words of Ji Yuan's mother, it is not that Ji Yuan is a saint, but that she requires Ji Yuan to live like a human being.

Therefore, Ju Yuan demands the best qualities of himself.

So everyone in the mine liked him, and when he was studying, everyone thought he was a genius and had this destiny.

It’s nothing else, it’s just that Jiyuan is trying hard to be a good person.

There was a voice outside the door.

"How many are there in there? Tell me!"

Wei Qing turned around and opened the door.

Wei Kang put the knife on Luo Lie's neck. He turned around and saw the door open. It was the tall figure of his father. He was stunned for a moment.

Wei Qing: "If Luo Lie didn't know you and knew you were my son, how could you catch him?"

"Let go, His Majesty is inside, retreat immediately."

Liu Che was inside: "Ju Yuan and Wei Kang are here?"

Wei Qing raised his head and glanced outside: "There is still a large group of miners."

Wei Qing took a closer look and saw that the Yulin Guards had already surrounded the miners silently with the help of the night, but the miners didn't know it.

Liu Che: "Let them in."

When Ju Yuan learned that it was Liu Che inside, he did not go in first, but turned around and greeted his fellow workers: "It's a misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding! There is no bad guy!"

"The big boss is here!"

When everyone heard that the big boss had arrived, they dropped their weapons and gathered inside.

At this time, all the Yulin Guards appeared, raised their guns, and a team of people came to the small house as quickly as possible.

Liu Che: "Don't stop them, but there's not enough room for so many people in the room."

Liu Che came out by himself and said, "I am very pleased that the person who won the first place in the imperial examination this time is from our mine, so I came here in person to announce the good news."

Everyone at the scene cheered.

With so many talented candidates, who would have thought that the final first place would be from the coal mine!

Someone shouted, "Boss, is it Ji Yuan?"

Liu Che smiled and nodded.

Someone else shouted, "Boss, is Ju Yuan the first place winner of this imperial examination? The champion? Can he become an official?"

Liu Che: "He is the first in the examination. The top 88 will have to take part in the palace examination in the court. I will personally select the number one scholar at that time."

Unlike in the previous life, here, not all candidates are eligible to submit their petitions. Only the top 88 candidates who have become tribute scholars and the top 1,000 reserve officials can submit their petitions.

You can write down your views on the Han Dynasty, officialdom, or even any aspect, and Liu Che and the three dukes and nine ministers will check them.

The first one selected among them is called the top scholar.

In fact, it is not that different from the previous life.

After the actual examination, could the top spot still go to someone else?

The reason why Liu Che came to inspect was because Ju Yuan was too perfect and too suitable for the position of top scholar, as if he was manipulated by someone.

When it is certain that there is actually no one manipulating it and it is the law of nature, there is no chance that the top spot will fall to someone else.

When the results were announced, he was ranked first.

Half a month later, the palace examination.

The first place in the imperial examination.

After Ju Yuan succeeded, Liu Che immediately sent Ju Yuan to Sima Xiangru to learn what a minister of industry and commerce should learn.

It’s not about letting him be directly ranked among the Nine Ministers, but letting him enter an excellent environment to see how much good things he can absorb.

Just two months later, Liu Che's eyes lit up when he saw the official documents handled by Ju Yuan.

Therefore, Liu Che decided to let Ju Yuan go out and take charge of the situation.

However, this "independent" function cannot be just an ordinary independent function, it needs to be an important part of the new business reform.

When Ju Yuan learned about this, he wrote a letter asking to go to a poor place.

I will never return to Chang'an unless I make this place prosperous.

Liu Che tailor-made a position for Ju Yuan.

Minister of Yangtze River Navigation.

The seat of government was Kuaiji County, and it had an overall overview of the Yangtze River transportation and Kuaiji County's commerce.

That is to say, Lu Bode is in charge of military affairs in the southern naval base, while Ju Yuan is in charge of culture.

At the end of August, Ju Yuan arrived in Qiancheng and became Huo Hai's follower as the new top scholar.

Learn from Huo Hai.

And the current Ju Yuan is also worthy of Huo Hai's guidance.

But Huo Hai’s instructions were all about embargoes, embargoes, and embargoes.

There is absolutely no suggestion on how to develop shipping, how to boost the economy, or how to stimulate the development of Yangtze River shipping.

Facing the doubt, Huo Hai said: "Stimulus? Yangtze River shipping still needs stimulation? Just remember to strictly investigate and ban shipping. You don't need to take the lead in other matters. Just follow the market and learn how to do things."

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