Seeing Xue Rengui and Yang Rengong receiving the order to go on the expedition, the general Lai Hu'er also got up and asked for battle: "Your Majesty, the anti-thief Lin Shihong is entrenched in the area of Tuyang Lake, although the momentum is huge, but in fact it is vulnerable, the old minister is not talented, and he is willing to lead the army to go out to recover the lost land of the sun for His Majesty." ”

Yang Gao bowed his head and said: "What Aiqing said is very true, Lin Shihong, this thief occupies a vast area, and it is undoubtedly like a fish in my throat for me, and this thief will be handed over to the old general!" ”

Lai Hu'er was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, within three months, the old minister will behead Lin Shihong and dedicate it in front of the palace!" ”

"Then I'll wait for the old general's good news!" Yang Gao smiled slightly, looked around at the ministers, and asked lightly: "What else is there to do with your Aiqing?" ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister has a book!" Pei Ju, who had white hair and beard, hugged the wat board in his arms, walked out slowly, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, due to Yu culture and rebellion, hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China have suffered heavy casualties, and now there is a serious vacancy in the DPRK and China, which has seriously affected the implementation of Your Majesty's decree. ”

"What Master Pei said is very true!" Yu Yunwen went out and echoed, "Weichen suggested that Your Majesty hold an imperial examination and sincerely recruit people from all over the world for my Great Sui!" ”

"Lord Yu's words are wrong!"

Pei Ju brought up this matter mainly because his brother Pei Yun died in this mutiny, which dealt a heavy blow to the power of their Pei family in the court, so he hoped to follow the opportunity when there were many vacancies in the court, and more Pei family children were inserted into the court to increase the Pei family's power in the new dynasty.

Unexpectedly, Yu Yunwen was killed halfway and proposed the imperial examination, which was undoubtedly a good thing for Pei Ju, and he immediately stopped him: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the imperial examination involves a lot, and His Majesty Emperor Wu was obstructed in every way when he founded the imperial examination, and now His Majesty has just ascended the throne, and it is still safe!" “

Yu Yunwen sneered, "Master Pei really likes to joke, the imperial examination system is just to give talented people in the world a broad road to enter the official career, benefiting the country and the people, how can there be so many sayings?" The so-called obstruction in every way is even more nonsense, this is just a small means used by some traitors with ulterior motives such as Li Yuan, Yuan Zhou, Dugu Zhen and others for their own selfish desires! ”

Pei Ju muttered: "But right now, even if Your Majesty opens the imperial examination, I am afraid that most of the scholars in Guanlong and other places in the Central Plains will be afraid of the dangerous road and will not come to Jiangdu to participate in the imperial examination!" ”

Yu Yunwen smiled faintly and said: "What Master Pei said is good, but Weichen thinks that the wind knows the strength of the grass, if it is a person who has a heart for the Great Sui, no matter what difficulties and dangers, he will come back here to participate in the imperial examination, such a talent is the most urgently needed talent in my dynasty at present!" “

"What Yu Qing said is extremely true!"

Yang Gao, who was sitting on the dragon chair, nodded when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "I agree with Yu Aiqing's policy of opening up the imperial court, and this Xiaoguo army mutiny, our dynasty has lost not only hundreds of officials in the DPRK, but also many vacancies in the army. Therefore, I decided to open two subjects in the imperial examination, both civil and military, and those with excellent grades in liberal arts will become officials in the court, and those with excellent martial arts will join the army as generals! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China arched their hands and said.

Yang Gao smiled slightly and continued to speak: "As Yu Aiqing said, those who are willing to come to Jiangdu to participate in the imperial examination must have their hearts set to the Great Sui, but after all, the imperial examination is a merit-based admission, and it is inevitable that some people will be defeated. In order to encourage these people who aspire to the Great Sui, I decided to build a Hanlin Academy in Jiangdu City, where all scholars who failed to enter the Hanlin Academy for further study and prepare for the imperial examination next year! ”

Yu Yunwen, Xiao Yu, Pei Ju and others were all bright in front of them when they heard this, and secretly praised Yang Gao for being young and old. As Yu Yunwen said, those who are willing to come to Jiangdu to participate in the imperial examination must be people who have a heart for the Great Sui, even if they fail this time, they are afraid that they will not be successful after studying in the Hanlin Academy for a few years, and the teaching resources in the academy built by the emperor can be poor?

On the other hand, these scholars, who were originally devoted to the Sui Dynasty, received such generous treatment, and they would definitely be more grateful to Yang Gao and do their best to be loyal to Yang Gao.

At the same time that Yang Gao ascended the throne as the emperor in the Jiangdu city, the battle of Guanlong also reached the last moment, the famous general Qu Tutong who guarded Hedong was trapped in the lonely city for several months, the food in the city was exhausted, the army's mind changed, and the deputy general Sang Xianhe and others captured Qu Tutong and sacrificed Hedong. When Li Yuan heard that Qu Tutong was captured, he was overjoyed and went to persuade Qu Tutong to surrender in person, and Qu Tutong was finally persuaded by Li Yuan to surrender to Li Yuan.

The nobles of Guanlong have also overwhelmed Li Yuan at this moment, and the wealthy families of various families have the money to contribute, and they have the strength to contribute, and in just a few months, Weinan, Xinfeng, Gaoling, Fuping, Lantian and other Jingzhao counties have all been lost.

Li Yuan's third daughter, Li Xiuning, persuaded He Panren, Li Zhongwen, Xiang Shanzhi, Qiu Shili and other large and small bandits in the Guanzhong area to raise more than 70,000 troops to march to Chang'an in response to Li Yuan.

So far, Chang'an City has become a lonely city, outside the city is Li Yuan's army of more than 200,000, and there are Guanlong nobles who are ready to move in the city. However, as the capital of the Great Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang still left a lot of heritage, and under the leadership of the veteran general Wei Xuan, the general Yin Shishi, and the Chang'an County Cheng Guyi, he repeatedly thwarted Li Yuan's offensive.

Although Li Yuan had more than 200,000 troops, the real elite was only the 50,000 elites recruited in Taiyuan, and his eldest son Li Jiancheng and second son Li Shimin were in charge of the first army. The rest are bandits from all walks of life in the original Guanzhong, most of whom lack training and have extremely low combat capability. Although the Sui army left behind in Chang'an was only 30,000, they were all elites who had experienced a hundred battles, and the main generals Wei Xuan, Yin Shishi and others were even more loyal to the Sui Dynasty and had a firm will to defend the city.

Li Yuan has been fighting a succession since entering the pass, quite a little fluttering, out of the desire to save his lineage, he used the bandits from all walks of life who had just returned to Shun to attack Chang'an City, which resulted in heavy losses of the siege troops, and even the bandit commander Xiang Shanzhi who had just returned to Shun was unfortunately shot by a stray arrow during the siege.

The fiasco in the past few days was undoubtedly a blow to Li Yuan, which made Li Yuan angry and angry, and he was furious in the tent, "It's been a few days, there are only tens of thousands of defenders in Chang'an City, how many of us have it, and we haven't taken it for ten days, but we have lost nearly 20,000 people!" ”

Under the tent, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Liu Wenjing, Pei Lian, Li Xiuning, Chai Shao, Li Shentong, Changsun Shunde, Liu Hongji, Changsun Wuji and other civil and military generals stood on both sides, tremblingly listening to Li Yuan vent his anger.

Although all the generals knew that the reason for the failure of the siege was that Li Yuan was careless about the enemy, and the siege troops sent were all bandits who had just been recruited, no one dared to come out to accuse Li Yuan, and the people in the tent were either Li Yuan's relatives or his henchmen, and they knew Li Yuan's temper well.

Although Li Yuan is tolerant and kind on the surface, he is vicious and narrow-minded in his heart, if he really touches Li Yuan's bad head at this time, maybe he will not turn his face with you at this moment, and he will put on an open face to accept advice, but soon he will find a reason to wantonly suppress it.

After a long time, Li Yuancai breathed a long sigh of relief, and asked in a deep voice: "The importance of Chang'an City is not to be said by Lao Gu, what good plan do you have to take Chang'an?" ”