A few days later, Yecheng Tsinghua Academy.

The imperial examination officially began in the eyes of the public, and before dawn, more than 30,000 Han scholars gathered in the Tsinghua Academy from all directions.

They all have their own test number, and they can find the test place by checking the test room. The examination room was opened for two days the day before yesterday and yesterday, and the candidates had seen the examination room in advance, and they were all familiar with the road.

Each examination room has a special person to check the entrainment and the like, and then simply check the test number, then let the candidates into the examination room, fast and orderly, less than an hour, more than 30,000 candidates have all entered, and then the number of seats.

Du Ruhui sat down, and found that the desk had pen, ink, paper, inkstone and paste, and there was also a note, which was printed with the examination rules, as well as admission instructions, saying that after the exam, the first 300 people would be admitted, and after two months of training, they could be directly officials, and 3,000 people were also selected to study in the Tsinghua Academy, in addition to free room and board, the imperial court also subsidized two pieces of money every month to support the family, and there was a seal written on it 'The left servant of the Great Sui Shangshu shoots Yang Gongren'.

The examiner explained: "The 300 people with the best results in this scientific examination will be assigned to various counties and counties after training; 301 to 3301, you can go to Tsinghua Academy for further study, of course, if you are not willing to study in Tsinghua Academy, the court is not reluctant, candidates who are willing to study can write their names on the slip of paper, and then hand in together with the answer sheet, those who do not want to study, do not need to hand in the note! However, you had better think about it, the subsidy of two yuan per month does not seem to be much, but the price of my Dasui is very low, only 30 yuan for a bucket of rice, that is to say, these two yuan can buy six stones and six buckets of rice, which is enough for a family of five for a month! After studying in Tsinghua Academy for a year, you can participate in the nearest scientific examination next year! In this year, you will get the guidance of famous teachers, and you will learn much more than you will learn behind closed doors, and your chances of passing the exam next year will be much higher than others, so you must think about it. ”

Du Ruhui immediately realized that the Great Sui was a talent reserve for the territory he would seize in the future. Nominally, it only recruits 300 people, but in fact, it recruits 3,300 people, and the acceptance rate is as high as 1/10!

Although he was confident that he would enter the top 300, he still picked up a pen and wrote his name on the slip of paper: Du Ruhui.

Attitude matters!

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On the other side, in the Chaohui Palace!

Such as the fragrance of musk such as orchid wafts in the air, the small garden outside the window, the osmanthus is in full bloom and blooms, the moment of the floating light, the breeze is melodious, the branches and leaves of the treetops are swaying gently, one after another, the wonders of heaven and earth are layered on top of each other, as if being in a sea of flowers, which makes people feel refreshed and happy.

In the attic, the melodious sound of the river is like a stream, slowly flowing in this elegant courtyard.

Yang Tong sat by the window, admiring the autumn colors outside the window, beside him, Xiao Wu snuggled in Yang Dong's arms, with a bit of maternal brilliance on her beautiful face, and occasionally looked at Yang Dong's eyes, a thick happiness flowed......

Wujian sat on the piano seat not far from Yang Tong, and the beautiful notes jumped out from the slender jade fingers.

The four little women, or delicate and pretty, or beautiful and elegant, or clever and lovely, or heroic and sassy, are beautiful at a glance.

The most beautiful is Xiao Wu sitting next to Yang Tong, she is wearing a light yellow palace dress today, her skin is as bright as clotted fat, pure and lovely but beautiful as a fairy, gentle as water but extravagant, beautiful and delicate but rich in maternal temperament......

Of course, in terms of appearance and temperament, Wuji, Tianji, and Xiuning are not inferior to Xiao Wu, but Xiao Wu is pregnant, and she has a touch of charm that the three side concubines do not have. Looking at the four wives with their own attitudes, the warmth of home rose in my heart.

"Husband, are you going to go on an expedition again?" Xiao Wu saw that Yang Tong was speechless for a long time, a little absent-minded, and asked softly.

"Nope!" Yang Tong shook his head and said with a smile: "If there is no great turmoil and great changes in the world, I will not take the initiative to challenge the battle in the next year." ”

Xiao Wu nodded gently, snuggled up to Yang Tong's chest, and murmured: "It's not that I want to restrain my husband, it's just that my husband is now not only the lord of the Great Sui, but also the husband of our sisters, the father of the child, if anything happens to the husband, I am afraid that the sky of the Great Sui will collapse." ”

Yang Tong nodded, now he really can't go to the front line at any time like before, gently touched Xiao Wu's slightly bulging belly, looked at the three side concubines who came to his side, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, now I have a lot of generals in the Great Sui Army, and there are many generals who are in charge alone!" Even if there is a big war, I, a layman, will not go to bad things! ”

"The husband is invincible, where is the layman general?" Shui Tianji said crisply.

Yang Tong smiled bitterly: "I really don't know how to set up a formation or something!" I've only experienced a few wars, and I don't have any skills at all, and the only secret to victory is lightning sneak attack and strength crushing! Everything else is gone! The only battle that can be regarded as using tactics is the decisive battle against Dou Jiande in Wude Mountain, but the actual commander-in-chief is Yang Yichen, the king of the backer, but at that time I needed military power to deter all kinds of bandits, so he gave me the name! ”

Li Xiuning asked, "I heard that Xue Wanche is still wreaking havoc on the grassland?" ”

"Yes!"

Xue Wanche has grown up, and after disappearing for a while, he brought back a Rouran clan, and then took the remnants of more than 1,800 people, 5,000 Rouran warriors and thousands of recruits, gathered 10,000, and then went to the grassland with Huang Junhan to be a robber. As for Cheng Yanjin and Xie Yingdeng, they were sent by Yang Tong to Baicheng as Qin Qiong's deputy general.

Shui Tianji smiled like a flower, peeled an orange with her slender jade fingers, and put a petal neatly in the jade plate, holding it in front of Yang Tong.

After living in the Central Plains for several years, she has gradually faded the imprint of a grassland woman, her skin has become crystal like jade, and her eyebrows and eyes are a little more gentle, no matter the language or living habits are no different from the Han women.

In terms of identity, she has also changed from a grassland tribal patriarch who is worried about the fate of the tribe to a bright and beautiful young lady, but after all, she is difficult by nature and full of dynamic youthful vitality.

However, when she saw the radiance of happiness after Xiao Wu was pregnant, her feelings were similar to the other two, and she had a sour feeling that couldn't be dissolved for a long time. She grabbed Yang Tong's arm and shook it for a while: "Husband, you are not fair." ”

"What's wrong with me?" Yang Tong was stunned, he was wronged to death in his heart, although he had a little more women, but each of them was regarded as a treasure, and he would not favor one over the other because of the difference between the main concubine and the side concubine, speaking of which, he was the fairest one for his wife in this era.

Shui Tianji pointed to Xiao Wu's belly and said, "Look at it, the eldest sister has a big belly, but my belly doesn't move at all, and I also want to give birth to a baby to play." ”

Xiao Wu's face was shy, pursed her lips and smiled, with a happy face.

"Ahem...... Yang Tong almost choked to death with oranges, "How can I decide this kind of thing?" In a year, you spend the most time with me, and I can't help if you can't conceive. ”

This is really true, Shui Tianji is the main general of the first army, among the four sisters, she has been with Yang Tong for the longest time, but she can't get pregnant, which really can't blame Yang Dong.

The eldest grandson Wujian and Li Xiuning are also full of envy. This kind of luck did not fall on me, and I was a little disappointed in my heart.

Xiao Wu blushed and said, "Anyway, my husband won't go on the expedition, can't my sisters work hard at night?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Shui Tianji was the first to agree, and the eldest grandson Wujian and Li Xiuning were flushed, embarrassed to speak. Since Xiao Wu gave the ridiculous order, this kind of thing has been staged every day, but after a few days, I actually got used to it. Is......

Yang Tong coughed lightly, "It's not for me to do this kind of thing like giving birth, let's talk about it later......"

The more than ten days since returning to Yecheng are the most leisurely and comfortable days for Yang Tong since he was reborn, and they are also the days of harvest.

Counting up, since the beginning of this year, ten months have passed in a blink of an eye, Yang Tong doesn't seem to have stopped much, and now he has returned to Yecheng from Chang'an, catching up with the Tsinghua Academy to open his apprenticeship.

Although I have not seen any of the hundreds of sons settle in, the response is very good.

According to the reports from all over the country, whether it is Liaodong, Youzhou, Jizhou or Mergezhou, this year is a bumper harvest year, especially in Jizhou, where the water network is vertical and horizontal, not only the wind and rain are smooth, but also because of the improvement of the status and treatment of craftsmen, under the stimulation of the invention that is rewarded, the "Kaitianyuan" and the Ministry of Industry have made a lot of good agricultural tools, the farming tools of the people of Jizhou have been renovated, and the application of manure has also promoted the increase in production.

Although Yang Tong lowered taxes, the Yang Dong regime has a very high credibility among the people, and the people are willing to sell grain to the government, and the government uses the taxes obtained from commerce to purchase grain, and the grain and grass in the stock have not only not decreased, but have doubled exponentially.

Guannei Dao is a little worse, because the Turks who were attracted by Guo Zihe and Liang Shidu have been ravaged for several years, the already withered population is even thinner, and there are no people in many areas, but after the recovery, the superior policy has attracted many people in Guanzhong to vote, and the four counties of Lingwu, Yanchuan, Shuofang, and Diaoyin have become increasingly prosperous, and the grain harvested this year can barely be eaten by the garrison, and the grain that blackmailed Li Yuan twice before and after is in Guannei Dao, and raising the army and cashing in for work is not a problem.

Although the Guannai Dao was the latest to start, the promotion of the decree was undoubtedly successful, and because each decree could be well implemented under the supervision of the Imperial Ministry, the Great Sui soon won the support of all the people, and the cohesion of Yang Dong's territory rose a notch.

It's just that with the three major princes of the Central Plains began to implement the system of equalizing land to households, it is difficult for the people to leave their homeland, and now it is difficult to increase the population on a large scale. It's just that Guan Zhong is the concentration of the Guan Long family, Li Yuan didn't dare to offend them, but he would have come over the mountains and mountains, but it was already past the explosion period, and there were not many people, but it was better than nothing. In the future, in addition to the population produced by themselves in the territory, it is difficult to see a rapid increase in population as in previous years, and if you want to continue to increase the population, in addition to encouraging childbirth, you must also fight the idea of the surrounding princes, even if you are not ready to fight for the time being, you must also try to absorb the population, resources and talents of the Central Plains.

However, there is no hurry, because once the next round of the Central Plains War breaks out, the people will still come.

In the next year, unless there is a war that affects the general trend of the world, the Sui Dynasty led by Yang Tong will basically focus on developing itself.

Overall, this year has been a fruitful one.

However, what satisfied Yang Tong the most was the arrival of the little baby in Xiao Wu's womb, the joy of being a father was more fierce than the sum of a year's harvest. Even, with an unprecedented peace, I felt that my heart was settled all of a sudden.

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