Chapter Eighty-Four: Death in Peace
The imperial examination lasted for three days before it ended, and it was a coincidence that the imperial examination had just ended, and it rained heavily in Chang'an, and the roots of many morale's teeth were itchy, this damn dragon lord, it was not early or late, but it only rained on the day the exam ended, and everyone had made an appointment to go to Peony Lake together after the exam, but now it is good, and the plans are all in vain.
Of course, this imperial examination also exposed a lot of problems, the first is that Li Jun wants to hurry up to build a tribute academy, can not borrow the school of the Beijing army every time, the second thing is to vigorously control the number of candidates in the future, this time more than 3,000 people came at once, Li Jun did not plan to take more, so he had to learn the examination methods of the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations, and eliminated them one by one, and finally those who could enter the Longmen banquet were good talents.
Today is the first day of Li Jun's return to Chang'an, Li Jun convened the ministers to discuss the follow-up of the imperial examination, Li Jun first threw bricks and jade, put these two points out, and was unanimously approved by the ministers, so Li Jun immediately issued a holy decree and set it as a permanent precedent.
Xiao Wangzhi stood up at this time and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister still has something to say. ”
"Oh, teacher, please."
"Your Majesty, can you adjust the days of this imperial examination in the future, this year there are hundreds of scholars who fell ill from heat stroke, regretfully out, fortunately, the hospital treated in time, there are no dead people, if you take the exam at this time every year in the future, I'm afraid there will be a big problem." Xiao Wangzhi said with a frown.
Li Jun replied with a smile: "Teacher, I feel that it is more appropriate to take the exam at this time, Mencius said that only by working hard and working hard can he achieve great talents, these people will be parents and officials in the same place in the future, if they can't bear this hardship, there will be a drought and flood in the local area in the future, how to go to disaster relief?" ”
"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, the old minister is stupid." After speaking, Xiao Wangzhi retreated and kept silent.
Li Jun's idea is very simple, that is, he must not be weak and uncontrollable to become officials, just like those hermits in the Wei and Jin dynasties, if they don't have real skills, they know that they take drugs and brag every day......
On this day, the capital of Goryeo, Pyongyang City, was finally broken because of the betrayal of the traitor, the king of Goryeo committed suicide, and only the prime minister Gao Chichang fled to Seoul alone, and the rest of the royal family, except for Gao An and others, who had already surrendered, were either captured or killed, which was miserable.
After Yan Zongbi entered Pingyang City, he issued the first order: "Don't seal the knife for three days." This order is the same as the order issued by Gao Zhe in Yuyang, Wanyan Zongbi has not dared to act rashly because he has not yet figured out the hole cards of the Tang Dynasty, and he has also sent 130,000 livestock to Li Jun, the little emperor of the Tang Dynasty, who is very unwilling, but in exchange for only a few thousand catties of broken tea, which is like a thorn firmly rooted in Wanyan Zongbi's heart.
That's why Wanyan Zongbi gave this order, and he thought about overwhelming Datang from the momentum and telling the little emperor of Datang: What you can do, I can do after Yan Zongbi.
Su Ji was the second batch of people who followed the reinforcements into the city, after entering the city, I saw that the soldiers of Beijin were burning and looting everywhere like crazy, and then a Goryeo woman came to Su Ji's side in disheveled clothes and shouted: "You are Han, you are different from them, please save my child." ”
After saying that, he took off a package from his arms and put it on the ground, and then he crashed into the stone lion next to him.
A Beijin soldier chased after the woman, and when the soldier saw the woman's body, he spat and scolded: "It's really unlucky." ”
As soon as Su Ji waved his hand, several wolf-like guards tied up the soldier, Su Ji came to the child's side, picked up the child and said lightly: "Kill it." ”
The Beijin soldier shouted with an earthy face: "Who are you? Do you know that my father is from the Dhara tribe......" Before the soldier could finish speaking, Su Ji's own soldier went down with a sword, and a human head rolled to the side of the road.
Su Ji covered the child's ears and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, Uncle protects you, by the way, it's good that Uncle will give you a name, you might as well call Liang'er, in this country of tigers and wolves, with you, my conscience is there." ”
At this time, a group of soldiers ran over and surrounded Su Ji, led by a thousand-commander, who looked at the corpse on the ground and said with an ugly face: "Which bastard dares to kill Uncle Ben's soldiers, is he impatient?" There is a kind of Lao Tzu to stand up. ”
Su Ji sneered: "I killed the person, what's wrong?" ”
This commander had served as Yan Zongbi's guard, so he knew Su Ji, and when the commander saw that it was Su Ji, he secretly complained in his heart and immediately replied: "The last general doesn't know that the military advisor is here, please forgive the military advisor." ”
"Where is the prince?" Su Ji ignored the commander and asked directly.
"Qiyu military advisor, the prince is now in the Goryeo Imperial Palace." The commander replied cautiously.
Su Ji nodded and said, "Lead the way ahead." ”
"The last will obey." The commander didn't dare to slack off and replied immediately.
Su Ji followed the commander to the Goryeo Palace, the former golden and brilliant Goryeo Palace, now it is also ruined by the Northern Jin people, Su Ji sighed in a low voice, this scene should really be shown to His Majesty, the country is not strong, it is the end of Goryeo.
Su Ji entered the main hall and found that Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Zongjun brothers were each holding a beautiful woman drinking and having fun there, Wanyan Zongjun first saw Su Ji and said with a smile: "Military Division, you are here, I really convince you this time, my eldest brother and I have not captured Pingyang City for more than half a year, you took it without much effort, Zongjun admires it." ”
Su Ji's face was very dark, and he didn't pay attention to Yan Zongjun at all, and walked directly to Wan Yan Zongbi and asked, "Lord Wang, who are these two daughters?" ”
Wanyan Zongbi pushed the beauty out of his arms and said obscenely: "Mr. Su, good vision, these two people are the beloved concubines of the King of Goryeo, if Mr. Su likes it, this king will give it to you." ”
Su Ji waved his hand and said: "Lord Wang, I heard that the little emperor of the Tang Kingdom is now working day and night to raise troops and horses, and the Northeast Navy Division of the Tang Kingdom is wandering not far from Seoul, but the prince is having fun here, aren't you afraid that my army will fall short?" ”
"Haha, Mr. is serious, what kind of waves can be stirred up by less than 20,000 sailors, if you want this king to say, it is that the Tang Kingdom is afraid, so he only sent the sailors, and did not dare to send cavalry over." Wanyan Zongbi laughed.
"That's right, military advisor, why worry about nothing? Now that the weather is right, it is important for you and me to enjoy yourself in time. Wanyan Zongjun also echoed on the side, and also stretched out his hand into the arms of the favorite concubine of the king of Goryeo, making the beauty coquettish.
Su Ji knocked all the wine and food on the case to the ground at once, then took out a map from his arms, pointed to a city not far from Seoul, and said angrily: "Lord, tell me, who arranged the grain and grass in this place?" This place is called Yangtan, not far from Seoul, but closer to the sea, and a surprise attack by the Northeast Navy Division can destroy these hundreds of thousands of stone of grain and grass, which are all life-saving food that we took from the Koreans and transported back to China. ”
As soon as Wanyan Zongbi was said by Su Ji, the wine immediately woke up and said angrily: "Wanyan Zongjun, what's going on?" When did the grain arrive? Why doesn't this king know? ”
Wanyan Zongjun scratched his head and said: "Big brother, you went to bed early last night, and my brother didn't inform you, Shatuo of the Dhara Department said that they didn't want to guard the grain road in the back anymore, so they asked for my younger brother here, and my brother agreed, and Shatuo also gave my younger brother an idea, saying that now the Goryeo people also have 50,000 navies, all of which are under the control of Gao An, and it saves labor and people by transporting grain from the sea. ”
After hearing this, Yan Zongbi slammed his fist on the case and roared angrily: "Shatuo damn it, Zongjun, you hurry up and lead the troops over now, if you go too late and the food is gone, you and I will be the sinners of Beijin through the ages." ”
"Don't worry, big brother, I'll go now." Wanyan Zongjun also realized the seriousness of the matter, pushed away the woman beside him, and ran away.
Wanyan Zongbi sent all the women around him away, and saluted Su Ji and said, "Military advisor, this king is confused, and he almost made a big mistake." ”
Su Ji sighed and said, "Alas, Lord Wang, it's not that I almost made a big mistake, I guess it has already made a big mistake." ”
"Strategist, you mean that Tang Guo may have already made a move." Wan Yan Zongbi asked with a frown.
Su Ji nodded and said: "If Zhou Gongjin is incompetent, the little emperor of the Tang Kingdom would never dare to use it so much, this kind of fighter will be grasped by generals who know a little bit about military affairs, so the minister is estimated to be very suspenseful." ”
"Is there any remedy? Please teach me. "Wanyan Zongbi asked for advice.
Su Ji touched the short beard that had just grown and said slowly: "Lord Wang, if the grain and grass are really taken away, then we have to make a choice." ”
"What choice?" Wanyan Zongbi immediately asked.
"Food and population? We can only choose one of them. Su Ji smiled bitterly.
"What do you mean by this? This king doesn't understand much. Wan Yan Zongbi asked with a frown.
Su Ji sighed and said: "With these grains, we in Beijin will be able to survive the winter smoothly, and even have the spare strength to help the people of Goryeo, if we lose these grains, then we have only one way to go, use slaves to find Tang in exchange for food, and we will be halfway through the success of the battle of Goryeo." ”
"Haha, the military advisor is too worried, the Goryeo slaves are not enough to worry about, even if they are all given to the king of the Tang Dynasty, they will not feel distressed." After hearing this, Yan Zongbi replied with a smile.
Su Ji shook his head and said: "Lord, it's not like this, as far as the minister knows, the reason why the Tang people like foreign slaves so much is because the little emperor of the Tang Dynasty is liberating Han slaves, and a Han slave has to pay five times more taxes than foreign slaves, so now the various families and nobles of the Tang Kingdom have released the Han slaves in their families, that is to say, the little emperor of the Tang Dynasty is now liberating the population, the Tang Dynasty is originally a large place, and now the population is increasing, my Dajin will be restricted everywhere, and this first batch of liberated Han slaves, were all arranged by the little emperor of the Tang Dynasty to Liaodong, and with these people in Liaodong, it will be even more difficult for me to capture Liaodong. ”
After Su Ji finished analyzing, Wanyan Zongbi didn't come to his senses for a long time, and only sighed after a while: "Alas, this king is not as far away as Li Jun'er." ”