The news of Ganzhou's great victory not only encouraged the officials of the DPRK and China, but also aroused strong repercussions among the people.

At this time, the imperial examination has ended, and dozens of high-ranking scholars have enjoyed the glory of the streets, while most of the candidates who failed to return to their hometowns have returned to their hometowns, but there are also many scholars who are nostalgic for Chang'an for various reasons and refuse to leave.

This phenomenon occurs every year, and it will not be until summer comes, when the scholars run out of copper coins in their pockets, that they quietly leave.

The news of the Ganzhou army's victory these days also inspired these fallen soldiers.

There is a Luo Shen Restaurant in Pingkangfang, it is also known as Changling Restaurant, this is Wang Changling's favorite restaurant during his lifetime, the walls on the first and second floors are inscribed with Wang Changling's poems, and several famous poems are born here.

The most famous "Out of the Plug" is inscribed on the front wall of the second floor, which was written by Wang Changling when he returned to Chang'an from Anxi and had a party with friends.

In the Qin period, the bright moon and the Han period, the Long March has not been returned.

But to make the dragon city fly will not teach Humadu Yin Mountain.

At this time, the restaurant was full of fallen soldiers, who were drinking and talking about the situation in the northwest.

"I'm afraid the imperial court will not agree to continue northward and recover the Hexi Corridor."

A scholar sighed: "My father is a foreigner in the Ministry of Rites, he once told me that the imperial court is extremely financially constrained, and it is simply unable to raise enough military resources, and Jianghuai's salt tax and other taxes do not dare to enter Beijing easily, at most once a year or two, and a large army will be dispatched to escort it, my father said that it may be possible to build the Hexi Corridor, but the imperial court does not have the financial resources to defend it, let alone cope with the next changes, and the imperial court can only maintain the status quo at present." ”

Another soldier shook his head, "This is a typical stealing life, only hoping that the nomads will not come to attack, only seeking peace in front of them, but not daring to attack." ”

"To be fair, you really can't blame the imperial court, mainly because the feudal towns in the Central Plains of Hebei are divided, and the imperial court is simply unable to deal with them on two fronts, you say that the imperial court is fighting with foreign races in the northwest, and the feudal towns in the Central Plains of Hebei take the opportunity to split the ground and build a country. Datang fell apart, according to my idea, if the feudal town is not quiet for a day, Datang will not want to recover Anxi. ”

The scholar's voice was so loud that the whole restaurant heard it, and everyone fell into silence together, and a monk sighed and said: "Brother Meng is telling the truth, I went to Youzhou last autumn to visit friends, and I was strictly interrogated along the way, and they didn't recognize the official documents of the Tang Dynasty at all, giving me the feeling that Hebei is completely an independent feudal state, not a feudal town." ”

This group of scholars is Meng Jiao and his friends, in addition to Meng Jiao, there are four people, Du brothers, one is called Du Xianxiang, the other is called Du Siye, Du Siye is Du Fu's grandson, and a scholar is called Wang Yong, who is also a talented young man, and finally there is a young monk, he is the famous Huaisu, he is Yan Zhenqing's close disciple, and he is deeply loved by Yan Zhenqing.

At this time, Meng Jiao remembered something, took out a plain note from his arms, handed it to everyone and said with a smile: "How about everyone look at this poem?" ”

Wang Yong took the plain note and read two sentences, "Why don't the men take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures, okay!" Well written. ”

He was immediately stunned, Huai Su hurriedly grabbed it and praised: "This calligraphy is good, Brother Meng, who wrote this?" ”

Meng Jiao smiled: "This is the poem that Guo Song wrote to his wife, my master is the grandfather of Guo Song's wife, who lives in Xue's house, found this poem on the wall of his granddaughter's study, and copied it, and he returned to Luoyang a few days ago, so he gave me this poem." ”

Hearing that it was a poem written by Guo Song, the scholars rushed up to read it, and Meng Jiao was afraid that the paper would be torn, so he shouted: "It's better to write it down, and everyone can enjoy it together!" ”

The scholars applauded, and someone brought the shopkeeper, and when the shopkeeper heard that it was Guo Song's poem, he was a little tempted, and said to everyone: "Either it is written on the west wall, and it happens to be empty." ”

Meng Jiao handed the plain note to Huaisu, "Monk Qian, your calligraphy is the best, you can write!" ”

Huaisu didn't shirk either, took the note and said happily: "Then I'll be ugly!" ”

He came to the Western Wall, drank the wine from his glass, and wrote on the wall:

Why don't the men take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures.

Please go to Lingyan Pavilion temporarily, if you are a scholar and a marquis?

This poem was written in one go, and the calligraphy was written with dragons and phoenixes, heartily, and everyone applauded.

Meng Jiao muttered twice, "Why don't you take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures!" A stream of blood surged above his head, he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, instead of staying here every year until the head is white, it is better to put pen to paper, go to Hexi to join the army, and realize the ambition in our chest." ”

The blood in everyone's chests was also ignited by this poem, Du Siye jumped on the table, waved his arms and shouted: "Brother Meng is right, the army can also display our talents, instead of wasting life here, it is better to go out of the plug and stand on the jade gate to appreciate the tragedy of the expedition to Anxi!" ”

Everyone responded, Meng Jiao struck while the iron was hot, took a piece of paper and wrote down the three big characters of "Out of the Stopper", the first one signed his name, Du Siye was the second to sign, Wang Yong also signed his name, the scholars signed their names one after another, Huaisu hesitated, but he also wanted to go to Hexi to have a look, and also signed the three words "Monk Huaisu".

After signing more than forty names in one go, Meng Jiao said: "I'll go find some entanglement funding, and early the day after tomorrow, we will gather here and set off for Ganzhou!" ”

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What happened in the Luo Shen Restaurant soon spread, and the scholars' desire to serve the country was widely praised, and more scholars came from all over the world and wrote their names on the "Exit Record", and more than 130 people were willing to go out of the country to serve the country.

Knowing that the scholars were not entangled enough, the merchants of the East City helped one after another, and only the East Advocate of the Treasure Pavilion took out 1,000 taels of silver to fund the scholars to travel west.

In the morning, in front of the Luo Shen Restaurant, it has already been surrounded by tens of thousands of people, in a burst of applause and cheers, more than 100 scholars wrote their own heroic words, expressing their determination to serve the country from Rong, Zhang Lei presented Meishou good wine to everyone, everyone drank the wine, put on the sword, and stepped on the horse or donkey.

Under the farewell of tens of thousands of people, he left Chang'an and went to the Hexi Corridor to join the army.

Although the enthusiasm of the people to recover the Hexi Corridor was high, the imperial court remained silent, and it was the political correctness of the imperial court to oppose the use of troops in the Hexi Corridor.

In the imperial study, Li Shi wrote down 'Why don't you take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures!' Two lines of poetry, which were copied to him by his henchman eunuch Huo Xianming, the court officials would not tell him what happened in the Luoshen Restaurant, but Li Shi could know these things from his henchmen eunuchs.

Li Shi looked at these two sentences and let out a long sigh, if he was an ordinary scholar, he would definitely put pen to paper and go to the Western Regions to serve the country, but unfortunately he had no ambitions, but there was nowhere to show them.

At this time, the eunuch reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Li Mixiangguo asks to see!" ”

"Announce him in!"

After a while, Li Mi hurriedly walked in, and when he saw the banner on the table, he couldn't help but be stunned, how could the saint know about it?

"Li Xiangguo, I'm very aggrieved!" Li Shi said in a depressed mood.

Li Mi smiled slightly: "Your Majesty can restrain your emotions, it is the blessing of the Tang Dynasty, Weichen is here to tell Your Majesty a good news, the money and grain in Shu are already on the way to Beijing, a total of more than 25 million yuan in taxes, 3 million stones in grain, and 3,000 troops led by the judge Wei Gao to escort into Beijing, in addition, some of the money and grain from Jianghuai will also be escorted into Beijing next month, Chen Shaoyou has officially sent a message." ”

Li Shi was immediately overjoyed, this is a charcoal in the snow!

"It seems that there is nothing wrong with letting Cui Kuan serve as the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, he still has his heart set on the imperial court, which can solve the urgent need of the imperial court."

"Your Majesty is right, a good festival envoy can not only govern the place, guard the territory, but also be loyal to the imperial court, timely for the court to solve problems, from this point of view, Cui Kuan is more qualified, but the Longyou section makes Zhu Jun unsatisfactory, especially he shielded the former Ganzhou Governor Wang Lianen, deceived the first emperor, should be held responsible, the political hall suggested that Your Majesty remove the acting state governor Wang Lian En from the post, and at the same time ask Your Majesty to also remove Zhu Jun from the post of Longyou Jiedu envoy, and appoint a real virtuous person to serve as the Longyou Jiedu envoy."

Li Shi knew in his heart that this was actually the result of the contest between the Dugu family and the Yuan family, and it was obvious that the Dugu family won, but as the Son of Heaven, he hoped that the two would maintain a balance.

There is no problem in removing Wang Lianen from the post of governor, Guo Song needs to give an explanation to the officers and soldiers of the Ganzhou army, he has made great contributions, this favor must be given, the key is the appointment of the envoy of Longyoujiedu.

Li Shi took a few steps and asked, "I remember that General Dugu recommended Ma Lan to take over as the envoy of Longyoujie, right!" ”

"Exactly!"

Li Shi pondered for a moment and said: "Wang Lianen's dismissal has been approved, there is no need to repeat the request, Zhu Zhu can be removed from the post of envoy of Longyou Jiedu, but Ma Ling needs to sit in the Central Plains to keep the safety of the Caoyun line, and I consider Zhang Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, taking over the post of envoy of Longyou Jiedu." ”

It is a consensus to remove Zhu Zhu from the position of envoy of Longyoujiedu, but Li Shi does not want the Dugu family to gain full power, and needs to frustrate its momentum and give the Yuan family a little explanation, and Zhu Zhu can be appointed separately.

[Note: Du Siye is a little older, and he should be very young at this time]