Nanqiangwen chose the spring to attack the Shenghan Empire, which first made a huge temporal mistake, because both herders and farmers were plowing or animal husbandry in the spring. Nanqiang is a country of half-cultivation and semi-animal husbandry, due to its high geographical location and unique defensive terrain, so they have always taken the initiative to provoke others, and others have suffered several times when they attack Nanqiang. But also because of the high terrain of the Southern Qiang Kingdom, the yield of both animal husbandry and cultivated land is not high, so that every autumn they have to plunder the surrounding small countries.

But how could other countries be so stupid, everyone refused one after another, because they didn't want to provoke the powerful Shenghan Empire.

The king of Nanqiang led his army to Xuelong Pass alone, but when he arrived at Xuelong Pass, he was embarrassed to find that his army was unstable, especially many herdsmen wanted to return home for spring ploughing, and deserters appeared from time to time.

When Hu Li personally led the army out of the pass to meet the enemy, the Nanqiang army was shaken. King Nanqiang knew that everyone was afraid of being killed by Hu Li, so he made a request, saying that Hu Li had done all the evil things in the southwest and must not stay in Xuelong Pass again, otherwise there would be no peace in the southwest. Jiang Ai also knew that the king of Nanqiang needed to have a face before he could withdraw from the army, so he transferred Hu Li from Xuewei on the grounds that he ordered Hu Li to protect the Anguo delegation into Beijing.

When the king of Nanqiang learned that Hu Li had left Xuelong Pass, he left satisfied, but after this battle, the hatred of Shenghan in the hearts of the people of Nanqiang became a little more.

After Ruan Qingwen heard this, he laughed: "It turns out that you were driven away?" ”

Hu Li said embarrassedly: "It's too much to drive away, it's just to maintain peace on the border." ”

Ruan Qingwen couldn't help laughing, but this Hu Li was indeed too arrogant, he thought that the form of the southwest region was similar to that of the north, and the two sides were almost mortal enemies, but the relationship between the southwest region and the Central Plains was not like this. Historically, the countries in the southwest region and the Central Plains Dynasty are relatives who are untidy and chaotic, even if Nanqiang, who has been fighting awkward revenge wars with the Holy Han all day long, has married princesses and princesses many times in history, and even if you count in rank, the king of Nanqiang is still the grandson of Emperor Dade......

After the two sides converged, they immediately rushed to Longdu City, at this time Zhang Xiaowu got a field because of the military industry, about fifty acres of land, in the north of Longdu City. Zhang Xiaowu exchanged 50 acres of fertile land for 300 acres of thin fields, and then began to try to grow corn in thin fields.

Although Zhang Xiaowu was born in a small county town in the north, he had no real farming experience, so he was just a junior brother in agriculture, but in order to verify the yield of corn, he personally planted in the field and managed the 300 acres of dry land in every detail. When the people nearby learned that the current Lord of the Central Order had actually farmed the fields himself, they immediately gathered around, watching from a distance as Lord of the Central Order led his men to farm, and pointed their fingers, but they were full of admiration between words. Regardless of whether Zhang Xiaowu is acting or really enjoying with the people, Zhang Xiaowu is the only peasant official who can be seen and touched.

Zhang Xiaowu and his subordinates spent seven days planting the corn, and then returned to Longdu City with a sore back and legs to continue to deal with the government.

In the three years of Dade, the wind and rain were smooth throughout the country, and there were hardly any disasters, and the border countries were also very quiet, and did not bring any trouble to the Shenghan Empire. Of course, foreign countries are not quiet, for example, the Yan and the Beiyi Empire fought, the two sides first continued to test at the edge of the Black Forest, and then the Beiyi people marched south to attack Tucheng, which is Yesha City in the mouth of the Ya Ya. Naturally, the Ya people were reluctant to give up Yesha City, and they fought with the Beiyi people many times, with losses on both sides. Perhaps because the strength of the two sides is equal, the Ya people and the Beiyi people have clashed several times, but they have not taken advantage.

And the most fortunate thing for Zhang Xiaowu was that the assassins of the Wuhuan Empire were attacked by the Western Rakshasa Empire, and the Wuhuan Empire was defeated and retreated, and the Wuhuan people had no choice but to send a large army back to China. This Rakshasa Empire is a small kingdom between the Wuhuan Empire and the Western States, and the Wuhuan people have been ups and downs in the past, but the Rakshasa people took advantage of the Wuhuan people to turn their attention to the east, so they attacked their neighbors, conquered more than 20 principalities, tripled the land area, and consolidated the territory by marriage, formed an army of 200,000 people to attack the Wuhuan, and constantly encroached on the territory of the Wuhuan Empire.

The rise of the Rakshasas made it impossible for the Wuhuan people to focus on the east, and they started a fierce battle with the Rakshasas.

"What is the time of day, this is the time of day." After Zhang Kuan learned about what happened to the Wuhuan people, he smiled bitterly at his students, he was in charge of morale, and the Wuhuan people were thinking about going south to invade the Central Plains all the time, but when he was no longer in the court, Wuhuan encountered a huge threat, which cannot but say that luck was really standing by Zhang Xiaowu's side, and even God was helping him.

Zhang Xiaowu's luck is not only that, his policy of encouraging commerce has made the country's economy recover proudly and quickly, and although there are many profiteers among the merchants, most of them operate in good faith. By May, Longdu City had returned to its prosperity of last year, and the commercial tax payment alone reached 300,000 taels of silver.

The country is recovering in all directions, while the plague in the north is over, and displaced people everywhere are returning to their homes. After a sharp decline in population, the problem of population expansion was broadly addressed, which also alleviated the problem of land annexation. The biggest problem facing Zhang Xiaowu now turned out to be the imperial examination in October.

The three-year imperial examination of the Shenghan Dynasty came as scheduled, and Longdu City has gathered almost all the talents in the world at this moment - after all, everyone knows that after the rebellion of the King of Jin, the current Shenghan court is in urgent need of officials to replenish, and some people even rumored that in previous years, there were 180 people on the three lists of heaven and earth, and this year it can even reach 360 people.

They guessed correctly, Zhang Xiaowu put forward a request to the Ministry of Rites, changing the Tai Academy into the Royal Academy of the Holy Han Empire, first set up five subjects, namely economics, history, literature, science, and art, and each subject recruited 90 people, which means that the imperial examination of the Holy Han Dynasty in three years will enroll 450 people.

In Zhang Xiaowu's vision, the function of the Imperial Royal Academy is to provide all-round talents for the empire, and all officials must be born in the Imperial Royal Academy in the future, and the curriculum of the academy is also from Zhang Xiaowu's hands. One of the most incredible things for everyone is the requirement to take two days off every five days of study, after all, everyone doesn't understand two days of rest, since they want to study, how can they talk about rest?

The dean of the Imperial Royal Academy, Zhang Xiaowu invited Jia Chi to serve as the secretary of the ministry, which undoubtedly shocked all the talents, the official secretary served as the dean of the Royal Academy, doesn't it mean that all the students of the Royal Academy are students of Jia Chi, will there be a Jia party in the future?

Zhang Xiaowu assured Jia Chi: "The Imperial Royal Academy is actually the cradle of imperial officials, and it is also the core of imperial politics. ”