Yan Shuo hurriedly came back to the official office of the Ministry of Scholars located in Zuofang, the official office of the Ministry of Scholars covers an area of about 20 acres, divided into two entrances, the middle is a courtyard, the front yard covers the largest area, there are fifteen acres, all are two-storey, it is the court room of ordinary officials, and the backyard is the court room of high-ranking officials.

There are pavilions and pavilions distributed in the courtyard, dotted with rockery pond fish, it is a place for officials to rest and walk at noon, basically the buildings of all ministries and departments are the same, in fact, it is built with reference to the architectural style of the six official offices of Daming Palace.

Yan Shuo found Meng Jiao in the inner courtyard, Meng Jiao is currently the Wailang of the Tribute Agency, and at the same time serves as Guozi Xuexuezheng, which is equivalent to the Minister of Education under Guo Song, with a high position, he is no longer the down-and-out scholar of the year.

Yan Shuo told Meng Jiao about Guo Song's request, Meng Jiao asked the tea boy to serve tea, and smiled at Yan Shuo: "I heard Pan Changshi talk about this matter a few days ago, and I estimated that there will definitely be a imperial examination next spring, and now the imperial court is going to jump to us." ”

Yan Shuo smiled bitterly: "I'm scared when I hear it, it sounds good, it's called a scientific examination recruiter, what is the difference between this and the imperial examination?" Do you say that we should persuade His Highness to postpone the scientific examination by two months to avoid competition with the imperial court. ”

Meng Jiao thought for a while and said: "How can His Highness not know, I guess he just wants to compete with the imperial court, you don't understand the real purpose of Your Highness, the selection of talents is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is to win the support of the Tianxia Shi clan, he wants to understand the degree of support for us from the Tianxia Shi clan through the imperial examination." ”

Yan Shuo hurriedly closed the door and said in a low voice: "Old Meng, do you say that His Highness wants to establish a new dynasty and replace the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Meng Jiao pointed at Yan Shuo and then at his chest, "All of us know about this matter, but we can't tell it." ”

Yan Shuo nodded, and sighed again: "My father also meant this before he died, Datang has been in turmoil for more than 40 years from the Anshi Rebellion to today, and there has always been constant wars, the Son of Heaven generation is not as good as the generation, Datang gradually sank into darkness, my father said, at this time, only a strong king with great talent can lead the world out of the downfall, he asked me to follow His Royal Highness King Jin to create a great cause, to achieve the reappearance of the prosperous era." ”

Meng Jiao sighed and said: "How can I not be like this, life is like a white horse, either mediocre and inactive, or work hard, choose the Lord and follow, it is you and I lucky to be able to follow His Royal Highness the King of Jin!" ”

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside, Yan Shuo hurriedly opened the door, and someone came in to deliver a paperwork.

Yan Shuo lightly raised his voice, and said to Meng Jiao: "Tell me about the order, what difficulties will we have in the imperial examination next year?" ”

"There are definitely a lot of difficulties, but they can all be solved, I think the biggest problem is the manpower and venue, the chief examiner, the invigilator, the examination room, and two months of room and board, at least 100,000 scholars poured into Taiyuan, where do they live? How are meals served? There are also 100,000 people in the examination venue, which is a big head when you think about it, but the problem is that there are only 12 people in the Tribute Bureau, how to do it? ”

Yan Shuo thought for a while and said: "The shortage of personnel can be solved, the key is the examination room, it is really not good, just like Hexi recruits scribes to build a camp." ”

Meng Jiao smiled bitterly and said: "Let's think about it later, but the top priority, we have to prepare hundreds of thousands of tables for the exam, and we must start customizing them now, otherwise it will be too late then." ”

Yan Shuo was taken aback, this is indeed a big problem, it takes time, he hurriedly said: "You hurry up and find someone to customize, how much does it cost, I'll go to Pan Changshi to apply."

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In the afternoon, Pan Liao hurriedly came to the Tiance Mansion, located in the Jinyang Palace, which is not only the official office of the King of Jin, but also the supreme command organization of the Jin army, and also the intelligence agency, covering an area of about seventy acres, and there are hundreds of officials serving in the Tiance Mansion.

Pan Liao came to Guo Song's official room, which was divided into three rooms, the middle was a small meeting hall, which was the largest, and there were more than 40 staff members engaged in handling various documents, which were also divided into six Cao, in charge of different fields, and there were two people in charge of the army, Du Siye and Wen Ting, Du Siye was responsible for the officials, households, and scholars, and Wen Ting was responsible for the criminal, soldier, and armor Sancao, each with its own responsibilities.

Today is Du Siye on duty, and when he saw Pan Liao coming, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Is Changshi looking for His Royal Highness?" ”

Pan Liao nodded, "Your Highness is here?" ”

"Yes, please wait, I'll report it!"

Du Siye hurriedly came to the inner official room, Guo Song was standing in front of the map with his hands in his hand, staring at Guanzhong silently, Du Siye walked behind him and whispered: "Your Highness, Pan Changshi is here!" ”

Guo Song nodded, "Please let him in!" ”

Pan Liao must have come for the matter of Zhu Jun's envoy, and Guo Song wanted to know Zhu Jun's attitude.

Not long after, Pan Liao walked into the official room, and Guo Song smiled slightly: "Changshi, please take a seat!" ”

Pan Liao's long history is no longer his long history, he used to be the governor of Hexi Jiedu Mansion, and now his official position is the history of the Jin Dynasty, which is equivalent to the right minister, and the former Beiting Jiedu Mansion Minister Shi Zhang Qianyi served as the Sima of the Jin Dynasty, which is equivalent to the left phase.

Pan Liao sat down and said: "Zhu Jun's envoy is called Zhang Yan, he is the original household member Wailang, the current household secretary, he is very shrewd, and he feels that his thinking is also very clear, he is mainly for three purposes, one is to ask us for not abiding by the non-aggression treaty signed before, the second is to come for the prisoners of war, hoping that we will release the prisoners of war, and the third reason is a bit weird, he asked us not to accept the people who fled from Guanzhong, these three requirements were put forward by Zhu Jun, Zhang Yan gave the official negotiation documents of the humble post! ”

After speaking, Pan Liao presented a document to Guo Song.

Guo Song opened the document and read it, and then asked, "How did Changshi answer him?" ”

"The humble post made it very clear to him that the non-aggression pact was signed with the Northern Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty Captain Zhu Zhu who was signed below was also the Tang Dynasty Treasure Seal, and now that the Northern Tang Dynasty is gone, this treaty will naturally be gone, Zhang Yan can't say a word, and it is estimated that they have not thought of this loophole."

Guo Song smiled, he couldn't figure it out, Zhu Zhu didn't see such an obvious loophole, it is estimated that Zhu Zhu himself didn't take this matter to heart.

"Prisoners of war can't be, let them not think about it."

"The humble post also made it clear to him, most of the prisoners of war were incorporated into the Jin army, and they don't want to go back."

"What's the other party's reaction?"

"The other party doesn't seem to care very much about the prisoners of war, the intuition of the lowly position, the real purpose of Zhang Yan's coming is the third requirement."

Guo Song looked at the documents, and the third was to ask himself not to accept the fugitive people in Guanzhong, which made Guo Song really puzzled, why did the other party make the third request?

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At night, Guo Song sat in the study and wrote letters to Dugu Qiu and Xue Xun.

Guo Song's study is in the sub-pavilion of Yuqiong Pavilion, Yuqiong Pavilion is actually a large and a small two pavilions, the second floor is connected by a sky corridor, the big pavilion is Yuqiong Pavilion, the small pavilion is called Feifeng Pavilion, Feifeng Pavilion has only three floors, all of which are Guo Song's study.

Guo Song sat in front of the table and wrote a book, the current situation is very delicate, how will the imperial court think of him seizing Guannei, Li Shi himself can't return to Guanzhong, I'm afraid he will count on himself, at this time, he needs to get support from the Dugu family, especially intelligence support.

As for Xue Xun, Guo Song was persuading him to come to Taiyuan, but he was actually exiled to Banzhou, since he supported Li Yi, it is almost certain that as long as Li Shi is in charge, Xue Xun will not want to turn over again, at most, for the sake of his own face, he will be transferred back to be idle.

Since my father-in-law has no future in Chengdu, it is better to come to Hedong to work.

At this time, his wife Xue Tao came in with a cup of tea, she put down the tea cup and asked, "Are you writing a letter to my father?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "I'm persuading him to come to Hedong to serve as the assassin of Luzhou, so I don't know if he will listen to my advice." ”

Xue Tao sighed and said: "I also wrote to persuade him, he just said to let his mother and Qing'er come to Taiyuan, but he himself did not express his position, my father has always been very stubborn, since he chose to follow Li Yi into exile, he will not easily change his position." ”

"I'll persuade him again! I really can't do it, I sent the warriors of Tiancelou to protect them. ”

When Guo Song said about them, he meant Xue Xun and Han Yun, both of whom had a special relationship with him, and Guo Song didn't want them to encounter misfortune.

Xue Tao said in a low voice: "I heard Youlan say that the Dugu family has already sent the Flying Fox Guard to protect Daddy, and if the husband sends some more people, it will be foolproof." ”

"I'll arrange to go with this letter, they're too far away."

Xue Xun was deposed in Banzhou is today's Zunyi, Guizhou, in the Tang Dynasty is an extremely remote place, the road is far away, the transportation is inconvenient, it is basically the place of exile of prisoners, Guo Song is very worried, Xue Xun will not be able to escape his fate in the end, died in Banzhou, in history he died of illness in Yunnan.

At this time, there were hurried footsteps outside the door, and a maid said outside the door: "Lord Qiqi, Gonggong Li sent a palace maid to deliver a letter, and Pan Changshi has an urgent matter to see!" ”