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Xu Shiji picked up the teacup and took a sip, Fang Kan said: "King Zhou, if there are still more than a dozen princes today, such as Li Liang, Liang Shidu, Li Tong, etc., there is no longer any development, Xu expects that they will be destroyed by Li Yuan's hands in the coming year." Xiao Mo will also attack Zhu Cang with all his might, and Du Fuwei will sweep away Li Tong, eliminate his worries, and strive to dominate the world. ”

Wang Shichong, who is located in the center of the world and occupies the eastern capital of Luoyang, is located between several major forces and has a narrow territory, although there are many generals and generals, it is difficult to have any development. Destruction is inevitable. It's just that because Wang Shiquan's strength is not weak, and his position is very sensitive, the surrounding big forces will not take him as a target to attack. ”

But even so, Wang Shichong has little room for development. He would never dare to take the initiative to provoke Da Zhou or Li Tang, that would bring him a catastrophe. Even if Du Fuwei, who attacked a little weaker in the east, or Xiao Miao, who was weaker in the south, he didn't dare to say that he was sure of winning. Moreover, once he sends troops on an expedition, King Zhou and Li Yuan will not give up this opportunity, and they will definitely send a large army to attack Luoyang, which is empty. At that time, Wang Shichong may steal chickens and rice! ”

Speaking of this, Xu Shiji smiled slightly and said, "Wang Shichong is not a stupid person, he will naturally see this." Therefore, if he is really wise, he will choose one of the four surrounding forces that is most likely to get the surrender of the world, so that is the best policy, otherwise the battle for hegemony in the world will come to the end, and he Wang Shichong can only end up in defeat and death. ”

"Oh? Then, according to Xu Junshi's opinion, when will Wang Shichong make such a decision? After hearing this, Yu Ming's eyes flickered.

He obviously wanted to get Luoyang without blood. It is important to know that the location of Luoyang, the eastern capital, is important, and it is in the heart of the world, and its influence is far-reaching. If he captures Luoyang, he will increase his prestige in the land, so that the people of the world and officials from all over the world will think that luck is on the side of the Great Zhou, and it will be easier for him to fight and surrender when he attacks other princes in the future.

Xu Shiji shook his head at this time and said: "Xu is not a roundworm in Wang Shichong's stomach, how can you know what he thinks." But as long as our army fights steadily and is internally united, it will not be able to ...... It must be the strongest of all the princes! ”

"Before King Zhou asked me where I should attack in the coming year, I think that now the Great Zhou is developing too fast, the foundation is not stable, next year should first stabilize the internal, straighten out the relationship in all aspects, and make all the forces in the jurisdiction twisted into a rope, this is the most important thing to do!"

"Oh? According to Xu Junshi's opinion, do you think that my Great Zhou is still unstable? After Yu Ming heard this, he was a little unimpressed, in his opinion, although the Zhou army expanded too fast, it was still very cautious in the selection of officials, and although a group of officials and generals were recruited. But all of them have been intensively investigated and tried. There is a good guarantee in both loyalty and ability.

After hearing this, Xu Shiji smiled slightly and said: "King Zhou, Xu is not saying that there is discord within the Great Zhou court or the Zhou army, but that there are still many forces in the Great Zhou territory that have not been well integrated and utilized. If their forces can be mobilized, then the Great Zhou can immediately start a war next year, whether it is to attack Xiao Mo in the south or Du Fuwei in the east, they have a greater chance of victory. ”

"Xu Junshi, do you mean that there are other forces on my Great Zhou territory? Does it mean the Shandong Shi clan? Yuming is not stupid, when he heard Xu Shiji say this, he immediately reacted.

"Yes! The Pei family, Cui family, Lu family, and Gao family in the Shandong scholar clan were in the former Sui court, but they were the second largest group after the Guanlongmen valve. During Yang Guang's reign, he has always reused the Shandong Shi clan to balance the Guanlongmen valve. If I'm not mistaken, King Zhou had been troubled by the lack of local officials in his jurisdiction. Xu Shiji said.

When Yu Ming heard this, he already understood what Xu Shiji meant, he wanted to use the Shandong Shi clan himself to fight against Li Yuan, who was supported by the Guanlongmen valve.

This can indeed solve the problem of lack of local officials, and at the same time, it will also give you a lot of options in recruiting talents in the future.

Yu Ming took a deep breath, then shook his head lightly and said, "Master Xu, it's not that the method you said hasn't been considered by this king, but there will be several problems that are difficult to solve if you do this. So after the king hesitated again, he still gave up. ”

"Oh? Xu would like to hear about it! After Xu Shiji heard this, he was also surprised. He really couldn't figure out why Yuming would refuse to use the Shandong Shi clan. At present, the territory of Shandong Shi clan activities is almost all in the jurisdiction of Yuming, and if the two sides can be well combined, it is a win-win choice. Even if Yu Ming is jealous, he can act like Yang Guang, and wait for the unification of the world in the future, and then promote the officials of the Guanlongmen valve and the Jiangnan Shi clan, so as to achieve a balance between the various factions in the DPRK and China.

Yu Ming said with a solemn expression at this time: "Xu Junshi, although this king was born in a noble family, he is an illegitimate child, even if he later recognizes his ancestors and returns to his ancestors, he is only a concubine." Although there is no doubt about my ability and person, whether in the Yu family or outside the family, according to the family rules of the family, when the heir is still alive, a concubine like me cannot inherit the position of the head of the Yu family at all......"

"Within the gate valve family, there is such a big prejudice against the same family, let alone between the gate valve families. I was born in the Yu clan, the first major clan in the Guanlong Gate Valve, and in the eyes of those Shandong Shi clans, I am still the spokesperson of the Guanlong Gate Valve, even if I am now on the same page with Li Yuan, and there have been several tragic battles. But in the eyes of the Shandong Shi clan, it is just a battle within the Guanlongmen valve, and they will not participate! ”

"Even if this king is willing to visit these great families in a low spirit, it is estimated that they are more likely to be in disobedience. Even after sending my younger brother to serve as the official general of my Great Zhou, he had different intentions. Yu Ming sighed and said, "Even if some individual disciples are willing to be loyal to me, if they are faced with a choice in the future, I believe that nine out of ten will continue to choose to be loyal to their own family." ”

After Xu Shiji heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he frowned, obviously thinking about Yuming's words.

After a moment, he frowned, nodded and said, "That's true." Those gatekeeper families always think that they are nobles, have paranoid personalities, and attach great importance to a person's origin. Otherwise, when Ling Zun started an incident, he would not have made your eldest brother Yucheng a prince, and you would only be crowned a prince. ”

Yuming could only smile bitterly when he heard it, if Yuhua and he were like a grandson to him, and set him up after the uprising, then he might really raise troops from Liaodong and go south, and join forces with Yuhua and his troops. In this way, Yu's forces will be able to form a line from Liaodong to Jiangnan, and it will be easier to dominate the world.

It's a pity that Yuhua still abides by the conservative family rules of standing long and young, and not standing up. As a result, not only did it harm Yu Chengdu, but also harmed itself and even the entire Yu family. But in this way, it also objectively avoided the internal disputes of the Yu family in the future. Now the surviving Yu family brothers are all based on Yuming, and no one has two hearts.

"Your Royal Highness King Zhou, I understand your hardships, but if you don't enlist the support of the Shandong scholars, and the lack of local officials in the jurisdiction, you will feel that you will be powerless in terms of conscription and food, water conservancy, disaster relief, and city construction. Moreover, the long-term overwork of the existing officials is also greatly detrimental to their health, and it is not a long-term solution! Xu Shiji said worriedly.

At this time, Yu Ming didn't think so, he also picked up the teacup, took a sip and said: "Mr. Xu doesn't need to worry about this matter, this king has already arranged: before going south to attack Li Mi, my Great Zhou announced the resumption of the imperial examination of the former Sui, which will be held in Hedong, Hebei, Shandong, and Liaodong at the same time. It is divided into county examination, county examination and temple examination level. The main content of the examination is the candidate's morality and ability to govern the local area and handle political affairs. After the end of the palace examination at the end of the year, the ranking of the imperial examination can be announced, and the outstanding ones will be arranged to the positions of officials in short supply, so as to make up for the shortage of officials. ”

Xu Shiji suddenly realized that the king of Zhou had already taken a countermeasure. It seems that the imperial examination plan of the former Sui was revised from the content of his proposal. He and Li Mi had also participated in the imperial examination before, and achieved good results. This is also one of the reasons why he admires and convinces Yuming.

He immediately bowed down and thanked: "The subordinates of the four places are grateful to King Zhou." This imperial examination was indeed one of the most popular measures of the former Sui Dynasty. Let me and other people from poor backgrounds also have the hope of becoming officials. It's just that the king of Zhou also has to be wary of other forces sending spies to participate in the imperial examination and sneak into my Great Zhou Dynasty! Spying on our intelligence. ”

Yu Ming nodded and said, "This one will naturally be careful." The last officer hired, our army's intelligence organization Jinyiwei, will conduct a detailed investigation of the origin and will not let the enemy get in! ”

Xu Shiji said reassuringly at this time: "Since this is the case, the subordinates will no longer say anything about this matter." As for pacifying Li Mi's original territory as soon as possible, Xu can mention a few capable people, who are also the old men of the Wagang army, who are highly respected in the Henan area, and they can persuade them to make those righteous troops who are still stubborn resist to surrender to the king of Zhou as soon as possible, so that Henan will become the base for the Zhou army to continue to attack in the future. ”

After that, he proposed the names of a few people he knew, and these people were also very dissatisfied with Li Mi, and they were not so conservative and persistent when it came to allegiance to the new king, and they had to be loyal ministers. Although these people Yuming will not be reused, he will also use their power to stabilize the new territory he has laid as soon as possible and make it his consolidated territory.

Yuming then left Xu Shiji, Niu Jinda, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, Luo Shixin and others to guard Henan, and Du Fuwei of Jianghuai and Xiao Mo of Jingxiang had no changes. Then he led the rest of the men and horses to Hebei, and the class returned to the court.

Calculating the time, the imperial examination determined at the beginning of the year, now that the county examination and the county examination should be over, it is time to hold the palace examination. As the chief examiner of the palace examination, he can't be absent.

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