It had been more than a month since they annexed Liu Futong's army.
Coupled with the continuous recruitment, Zhang Yang's army had reached a new high, breaking through the 4-digit mark and reaching 5-digit for the first time.
After so many days, the outside world was still calm. Many of the spies sent to monitor the Great Song had also withdrawn. There was no movement at all.
Everything was exactly as Liu Bowen had predicted. He was indeed the god-diviner of the late Yuan Dynasty. Even the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty had to be wary of him.
After this battle, Liu Bowen's ability had been strengthened. Zhang Yang had directly let him take charge of the people's livelihood, managing the matters of the people's livelihood in the city. As long as it was not a major change, he could directly make decisions without Zhang Yang's approval.
This undoubtedly gave him a lot of power. Very few civil officials in troubled times could obtain so much power.
A few days later, Liu Bowen came to find him.
"What's wrong, Bowen? Is there a major problem with the people's livelihood?”Zhang Yang put down the book in his hand and rubbed his forehead.
"Commander, I'm not only looking for you to restore the people's livelihood, I also hope to improve the people's livelihood and establish the imperial examination system so that all the knowledgeable people in the world can pass the examination to change their lives.”Liu Bowen looked serious.
"Bowen, please sit."
" The world is in chaos now," Zhang Yang said with interest." The Revolutionary Army is fighting for supremacy. If we were to hold the Imperial Examination at this time, perhaps no one would participate."”
Liu Bowen seemed to have expected Zhang Yang to say that. He sat on the guest seat and said,""Commander, if it was in the past, perhaps this would have happened. They would have thought that this was a meaningless imperial examination, but now is different from the past.”
"Now that you have me and Li Shan Chang, many people will come to you after we announce our names. With the two of us as the main examiners, even if they are unwilling to follow us, they will still participate in the imperial examination.”Liu Bowen said confidently.
He was originally the top scholar of the Yuan Dynasty, but he was not valued by the Yuan people. This kind of thinking was indeed correct.
Those who participated in the imperial examinations came because they admired Liu Bowen's name. They wanted to achieve the recognition of the Yuan Dynasty's top scholar and admit that they had the talent to be the top scholar.
"Then how do we retain talent?" Zhang Yang nodded.
Liu Bowen had already considered this point."With me as the attraction, I will select the talents. As for the matter of retaining the talents, it will naturally depend on the general.”
"Me?" Zhang Yang was stunned.
"That's right." Liu Bowen nodded and stood up with his hands behind his back.""If those people successfully pass the imperial examination organized by this lowly official, they will be talents who will not fall into the blue clouds. At that time, I will arrange for them to meet with the commander. If they can't keep them after seeing the commander, then there's no need to keep them.”
Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment. He looked at Liu Bowen and saw the conceited look on his face.
Thinking about it, it made sense.
Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang were known as the Crouching Dragons of the world. Their talents were not inferior to Zhuge Kongming during the Three Kingdoms period. If they were willing to follow someone, if others did not like them, it would only prove that others had poor eyesight.
Zhang Yang smiled. It seemed like he had made a good choice.
"Alright, we'll do as you say.”
"Thank you, Commander." Liu Bowen paused for a moment and said,"In this process, I need the commander to give me the corresponding authority. I need to be able to directly mobilize everyone other than the commander, including Li Shan Zhang!”
Zhang Yang's eyes turned cold. This request seemed to be a little too much.
Ever since Liu Bowen came here, he had always been on equal footing with Li Shan Chang. Although he had a good plan, if it wasn't for Li Shan Chang's strategy, he probably wouldn't have been able to obtain such achievements so easily.
Was he going to trample Li Shan Chang under his feet?
"Commander seems to be worried about something." Liu Bowen smiled." I'm only talking about the imperial examination. I don't have any other requests."”
Zhang Yang nodded.”
It was impossible to give Liu Bowen power, but there was no doubt about the investment in the imperial examination. Talent selection was the most important at all times.
After Liu Bowen left, Zhang Yang read the Art of War for a while more. He was so bored that he wanted to go out and take a walk.
Zhang Yang could not help but smile as he looked at the thriving streets.
"Sir, mud howl."
Zhang Yang almost thought that he had gone back to his hometown when he heard that non-standard accent.
Looking closely, it was indeed a few foreigners. They had high noses and big eyes. Their blue eyes were like glass balls. They were wearing black missionary clothes and holding a book in their hands.
Zhang Yang did not even need to ask to know that these people were here to persuade him to believe in Jesus.
"What's the matter?" Zhang Yang stopped in his tracks. He wanted to see what the Clerics were up to.
"Sir, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jason, and I am a believer of God.”The leader introduced himself and then introduced the people around him."The two beside me are Tom and Jerry. They are also devout believers of God.”
Tom and Jerry?
Zhang Yang looked at the two of them with a weird expression on his face. If it was not for the fact that they had transmigrated, the names of these two would definitely be a joke.
Who hadn't seen Tom and Jerry when they were young?
"Hello, I'm Zhang Yang." Zhang Yang extended his hand and shook hands with the Cleric.
"Mr. Zhang, we believe in God and travel the earth to save the common people. When we arrived here, we realized that there was no church. In order to prevent the poor people from suffering in this world, we came to ask for your help.”Jason said sincerely.
Zhang Yang felt that this was nonsense, so he smiled and said,""If you have something to say, just say it. Don't beat around the bush.”
"Alright, Mister is straightforward. I'll say it then.”Jason even showed off his idiom and said bluntly,""Sir, we want to build a church here, but we need your permission.”
"Church?" Zhang Yang smiled." It's not impossible to build a church, but what benefits do I get?"”
The Cleric did not panic at all. He mysteriously took out a package from his pocket and whispered,""Sir, you should know the value of ginseng. This is the ginseng we brought from the other side of the sea!”
Ginseng brought from the other side of the sea?
Wouldn't that mean foreigners were participating?
Zhang Yang accepted the package and opened it. His face turned black.
There was a huge sweet potato in the bag. There was no ginseng. It seemed that these guys were lying to him.
Just as he was about to slap the foreigner, Zhang Yang was stunned. He raised his hand in the air and his eyes lit up.
Yes, sweet potatoes!
Now that there was war and a lack of food everywhere, wouldn't this solve this problem?
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