Chapter 652 (1/2)

Originally, Qin Shuo was going to tell them what he wanted to do with the imperial examination. But if he told them now, it would be too early. After all, at this time, people are not able to accept the imperial examination.

This is also because of the prosperity of aristocratic families. If we put forward the system of ”nine grades in the middle”, it is estimated that many people would agree with it, but more people would oppose the imperial examination system.

Once the imperial examination system was born, in fact, all the talents in the world would have a place to use, but the status of those aristocratic families, including the military generals under Qin Shuo, would be shaken.

At that time, unstable people's minds may be the best result. If someone takes the opportunity to take this as an article, Qin Shuo is not easy to deal with.

So now Qin Shuo also has some tangles, but on the whole, he is ready to push this to the back and wait until his territory is expanded a little bit.

Now Qin Shuo wants to talk about the black mountain army. Although the black mountain army is far away from qinshuo, there is no big threat to Qin Shuo.

However, if Qin Shuo had conquered such a force, it would be self-evident to his own advantage.

After the Yellow turban uprising, the peasants and bandits all over the country revolted and responded one after another. The black mountain army is the largest team in Heishan area of Jizhou. Heishan is the southern tip of Taihang Mountain. The terrain is very complex and suitable for ambush. More than 20 armed forces, large and small, have emerged in this area, known as the ”Black Mountain army”, and the leader of the black mountain army is Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan is a native of Changshan, Jizhou. In fact, he is still a fellow townsman with Zhao Zilong. Zhao Zilong is also a native of Changshan. In the past, Qin Shuo once led his troops to Changshan Zhending, and fought there. Maybe he met this Zhang Yan.

At the beginning, he took advantage of the Yellow turban uprising, so he directly gathered nearly tens of thousands of people. It happened that Zhang Niujiao, a Bolin man, also revolted and attracted many people. Even when the yellow scarf failed later, they did not have much loss.

Later, Zhang Niujiao was also shot by an arrow in a battle, so it can only be killed. Finally, Zhang Yan gave the command of the army to Zhang Yan as commander-in-chief.

Later, Zhang Yan led those subordinates, and then occupied the bottom of Taihang Mountain, and designed Jizhou, Bingzhou and Sili. Because of the terrain of Taihang Mountain, it also gave them a protective role, so that they could make trouble everywhere.

At first, there were only tens of thousands of bandits. Later, more and more of them. Zhang Yan directly gathered with more than 20 shares of evil bandits, and then they united together. She called herself the black mountain army, and the total number of family members and family members even reached nearly 3 million.

Because of the war and other reasons, the number of the black mountain army is also increasing, and the court simply ignored them.

In order to deal with Zhang Yan, the emperor of Han Ling thought of a way with a little bit of mental retardation. He directly summoned Zhang Yan and sealed him a position as a middle general.

But in fact, Zhang Yan is also a little ungrateful, and even put this official position in the body, but the usual behavior and the previous little difference is not.

Moreover, Zhang Yan was indeed a talented person. She began to promote filial piety and honesty within herself, and then appointed Confucian scholars. In fact, a small government that had not yet taken shape was still in full swing, and many scholars even appreciated the black mountain army.

In this way, in fact, things have developed in an interesting direction. Especially this year, Yuan Shao is also preparing to move into Jizhou.