The reason why Zhang Xiaowu felt that the exam questions were difficult was because Xiang Rui's question turned out to be "Qian Yin", only these two short words. And for most students, although they are not ignorant of the world's affairs and only read the books of sages, they have little to do with silver and money.

"Tut-tut." Zhang Xiaowu shook his head, "It's pretty good, but I'm afraid you'll be scolded." ”

Xiang Rui said: "Dead and alive, where is the fear of abuse." ”

As the youngest ruler of the empire, Dade's three-year imperial examination was an important matter, but there were more important things waiting for him, especially the Tatars' pleas for help.

It turned out that after the Tartar melee, careerists and heroes of various tribes continued to appear in the Saibei Wasteland, and they fought each other and clashed constantly, which soon led to the fragmentation and collective weakening of the Tartar Khanate. Today's Tartars, the war that can gather 3,000 people is an unprecedented major battle, and most of the wars between the Tartar tribes are only a few hundred people, which shows the cruelty of the battlefield between the Tartar tribes.

Among them, some of the Tatars hope to destroy their opponents with the help of the Holy Han Empire, not because of the influence of the Holy Han, but mainly because the Wuhuan Empire and the Rakshasa Empire have launched a decisive battle on the coast of the Siberne Sea, and they have no time to take care of the East. The Wuhuan Empire has always adopted a strategy of suppressing the West and invading the East, and the most ruthless ones they suppressed were the Rakshasas who were located in the Eternal Night Ice Field in the northwest of the Wuhuan Empire.

The Rakshasas live in the northern part of the Western Continent, known as the Eternal Night Ice Field, which is covered in snow almost all year round, and only three months of the year can be seen in greenery. Because they have lived on the ice field for a long time, the eyes of the Rakshasa people are even blue, while the Wuhuan people are also Caucasians, but their eyes are black, which is also the biggest difference between the Rakshasa and the Wuhuan people.

Rakshasa means evil spirit, and the barbarians who live in the eternal night ice field are called rakshasas, which is at first a contemptuous term, but later the rakshasas feel that this name can deter their enemies, so they acquiesce in it. They didn't have the concept of a state at first, only tribes, and it was the Wuhuan people who brought them the concept of a state. More than a hundred years ago, a warrior named Alekrov appeared in the Eternal Night Ice Field, and he led the Rakshasas to defeat the Wuhuan ruler and unify the Eternal Night Ice Field, establishing the Rakshasa Kingdom. But soon, the Rakshasa Kingdom was destroyed by the Wuhuan.

After more than 100 years, the Rakshasas finally won the power of the colony from the slave area of Wuhuan and established their own kingdom after repeated struggles. But from the perspective of subordinate status, the Rakshasa Kingdom is still a colony of the Wuhuan Empire.

Five years ago, the Wuhuan Empire went east to the Northern Wasteland to fight a decisive battle with the Holy Han Empire, and they invited many servant states, but the Rakshasas did not listen to the order and did not send a single soldier. A year ago, the plague swept through the Wuhuan Empire, causing the Wuhuan Empire's national strength to weaken rapidly, and even the army was seriously affected. At this time, the Rakshasa Kingdom suddenly attacked, killed the Wuhuan Empire colonial army stationed in the Eternal Night Ice Field, completely obtained the ownership of the Eternal Night Ice Field, and announced the establishment of the Rakshasa Khanate.

The establishment of the Rakshasa Khanate meant that they had transformed from a colony into an independent kingdom, so the Wuhuan Empire once again ordered a northern expedition. Not to be outdone, the Rakshasas who had seen each other again enlisted the help of their other neighbors and fought against the armies of the Wuhuan Empire on the Eternal Night Ice Field. Due to the arrival of winter, the Wuhuan Empire was forced to take a defensive position, but the Rakshasas were particularly fond of winter warfare, and they won many battles and pressed forward step by step, not only to drive the Wuhuan people out of the Eternal Night Ice Field, but even to seize the warm and fertile Wuhuan Great Plains.

The tribes of the Tatar Pagoda saw that the Wuhuan Empire was gradually weakening, so they thought of asking for help from the Holy Han Empire, hoping to kill people with a knife and unify the grassland by themselves, so a letter of help was sent to Longdu.

"No." Zhang Xiaowu sneered after reading these letters asking for help, back then, the Tatars became the vassal state of the Wuhuan people, and attacked the Holy Han together, and even buried the Qinglong Army, how majestic and proud it was at that time. But after Gao Tu, the main force of the grassland, was killed by Zhang Xiaowu, the grassland was not only scattered, but there was not even a single warrior, but it was ridiculous to use the enemy's hand to unify Saibei.

The left squire of the military department, the veteran Lang Cangyu persuaded: "Now is the best opportunity for the empire to expand to the north, among the northern countries, Beiyi is at war with the Ya, the Tatar civil war, the Wuhuan and the Rakshasa are in a decisive battle, and the Yueshi and Uzi are weakened in the eyes of the national strength after the great plague, and no one can stop us from occupying the Raven Gold Granary." Therefore, the old man thought that at this time, he should send 10,000 iron horsemen to quickly occupy the Crowgold granary. ”

However, Steyn, the right attendant of the military department, did not support it, saying: "It is feasible to occupy the granary of Ravenjin, but now is the best time to eradicate the rebels, and only by eradicating the rebels will we have the energy and time to expand outward." Lord Lang, if a person is still seriously ill, can he still fight for territory? What if this serious illness suddenly occurs in the process of scrambling? The imperial court was exhausted in order to support the White Tiger Army in its war, and there was no longer money and troops to expand outward. ”

At this time, Wang Jingzhi suddenly smiled and said: "It's not that there is no money and troops, in fact, in the Western Regions, we still have an army hidden." Everyone was puzzled, Wang Jingzhi said: "Gu Yong and Li Cunyi occupied the country of Lazimo, Qihan and Altai with 3,000 defeated troops, and claimed to be the capital of the Western Regions of the Holy Han Dynasty. Originally, His Majesty planned to send 50,000 people to flood the Western Regions this year, but ......" He shook his head and smiled bitterly, and then said: "But if they are allowed to reoccupy Jincheng, I think it is feasible, after all, Jincheng is closer to the imperial border than the Western Regions." ”

Zhang Xiaowu was overjoyed and immediately said: "Jin Yiwei quickly got in touch with Gu Yong!" Yushuai, you ask Gu Yong if he is willing to return to Longdu, if he is willing, all the previous ones will be written off, and the imperial court will give him an important official position. ”

Wang Jingzhi said: "This person is cunning and may not dare to come back." ”

Zhang Xiaowu asked again: "Does the Gu family know?" ”

"I don't know."

"Tell them the good news."

"Okay."

Seeing that Zhang Xiaowu did not support the war, Lang Cangyu snorted angrily and said: "If I don't fight, I don't have to participate, I will only fight, not peace." He bowed to the crowd and left the central palace. Everyone smiled bitterly, this veteran is really bad-tempered, and he doesn't give anyone face, let alone the Lord of the Central Order, even the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, he doesn't care.