It seems that the Central Plains has not been so calm for a long time.

The cold snap that lasted for nearly half a year seemed to have swept away all the gunpowder smoke that had filled the air.

Li Xiushu still did not return to Western Xia, but she did not cause any chaos in Western Xia.

The old lady Zhongsun Qifu officially assisted the country and took charge of the domestic affairs of Western Xia on behalf of Li Xiushu.

Helian Cheng was named the right minister of Western Xia by Li Xiushuyao, and his status in Western Xia was second only to Zhongsun Qifu.

Only made Li Goxiao the crown prince, and after discussing it with Zhao Dongting, Li Xiushu was not in a hurry to announce it like this.

The territory of Western Xia was also calm.

The people of the four major military divisions and the empress group all knew that there would be a big war in the future, and both sides were suffering heavy losses in the battle of Longzhou City, and both sides were accumulating strength with all their might.

Of course, due to the annihilation of the expeditionary force in Longzhou City, there must be a lot of undercurrents surging in the families within the territory of the four major military divisions.

The major families are vying for power, and many unshakable methods have emerged in an endless stream.

Especially the Yan Military Division of Heishui Town.

Due to the fall of the two pillars of She Tuoli's family, She Tuoli and She Tuoba, its internal struggle is endless.

They don't say that they are accumulating power in order to fight with the Western Xia Forbidden Army in the future, and now they are afraid that they are still in the midst of continuous internal friction.

And this situation, of course, is what Zhongsun Qifu and others in the Western Xia court like to see.

In Changsha City, the imperial examination selection, which has been postponed due to the cold snap and the freezing ground, has finally been put on the agenda again.

Zhao Dongting appointed Wang Wenfu, who was formerly in charge of the Guozijian, as the chief examiner of the imperial examination, and then there were Dean Luo of Yuelu Academy, the palace master of the Guigu School Palace, who was promoted to the Guozijian wine, and others as examiners.

In the Great Song Dynasty, countless talented people gathered in Changsha.

With the gradual rise of the imperial examination, the Great Song Dynasty imperial examination was divided into different categories, and it was no longer the previous Four Books and Five Classics, Eight Strand Texts, etc., which really injected a lot of vitality into the Great Song Dynasty academic circles.

In the past, students did not meet in the context of reciting poems, showing coquettishness, or talking about state affairs, but now they can be quite involved in various majors. The tone of his argument is not as vain as before.

Zhao Dongting was idle, so he accompanied the ladies in the palace and took the children, which was also quite comfortable.

Although he has not experienced any life-and-death struggles, his martial arts cultivation is also steadily improving.

Only to his current state, it is obviously not easy to make another breakthrough.

March 11.

Zhao Dongting was in the imperial study as usual.

The voice of the eunuch suddenly came from outside the door, "Your Majesty, the head of the Military Intelligence Department Xuan asks to see you." ”

Zhao Dongting raised his head on the bookcase and said, "Xuan! ”

Then I saw Xuanxue walking into the house with a warm smile in the spring breeze.

Zhao Dongting was dyed by her mood, and couldn't help but smile, and asked without waiting for Xuan Xue to salute, "Why is Manager Xuan so happy?" ”

Xuan Xue took out a piece of paper from her sleeve, and said at the same time: "There is a list of rivers and lakes in Japan, and the emperor is invited to take a look." ”

Zhao Dongting was slightly stunned and said with a smile: "When did Japan come up with this list?" ”

Xuan Xue said with a smile: "It should have been made two months ago, but our military intelligence department turned into a merchant spy and brought this thing back now." ”

Zhao Dongting nodded, and took the paper from Xuan Xue's hand with great interest.

As soon as I opened it, I couldn't help but laugh, "This small place really regards itself as the center of this world......"

He never thought that since the collapse of the Guigu Academy, even Japan has been thinking of raising up the list of rivers and lakes.

It seems that Japan still knows some about the Central Plains.

However, this is not unusual, after all, Japan has been trading with the Central Plains for many years. In the past, it was barely considered a close relationship.

But the list written by Japan is too funny.

The person at the top of the list is not the Void Eternal of the Extreme Realm, nor the Luo Tuo, Qi Wulie and others of the Pseudo Extreme Realm, but Zhao Dongting has never heard of Quan Yilang.

On this list, Honjoichiro's name is Sword Saint.

I think it's a master of the Japanese bushido or ninja series.

But if you want to say that this Quan Yilang has the cultivation of the True Martial Realm, then Zhao Dongting absolutely does not believe it. It is estimated that it is not even a pseudo-polar realm.

Japan takes him as the top of the list, and it is completely forcibly putting gold on his face.

And what made him even more happy was that the next top five were all Japanese domestic masters.

What sword gods, sword demons, ninja masters, etc., are bizarre.

It wasn't until near the end of the top ten that Zhao Dongting could see Luo Tuo's name. And Qi Wulie, Jun Tianfang, and Chen Yidao were ranked outside the top ten.

This made him shake his head uncontrollably.

Looking at the beauty list again, it is not surprising to him.

At the top of the beauty list, it is the royal princess Mi Qingzi, who ranks third in the beauty list composed by Skynet.

It's just that they ranked Mei Qingzi at the top of the list, after all, Mei Qingzi can be ranked third by Skynet, and her appearance must be national and fragrant.

But immediately after that, there were several women in Japan.

This made Zhao Dongting laugh again.

He really doesn't know where the self-confidence of the person who writes the list of rivers and lakes in Japan comes from, and he thinks that he really has the world's top masters and beauties in China.

After reading it, he then put the paper on the oil lamp and burned it, and said with a smile: "I don't know what it is, I don't know what it is......

His eyes narrowed slightly.

It can be seen from this list that Japan is now self-confident. And he hasn't settled the matter of Lin'an Mansion with them yet!

Xuan Xue looked up at Zhao Dongting's face and said softly: "Your Majesty, according to the report of our military intelligence spies, Japan and the Yuan Dynasty have been very secretive recently. The Japanese ninja assassinated you in Lin'an Mansion, and it was inevitable that it had nothing to do with the Yuan Dynasty. In addition, at the beginning of spring this year, our caravans from Korea to Japan were attacked by pirates one after another, and according to investigations, it seems that they were also instructed by the Japanese shogunate. You see, are you going to knock on them? ”

Zhao Dongting's face became a little ugly, and he groaned.

He didn't expect that this matter still had something to do with the Yuan Dynasty.

Could it be that the Yuan Dynasty planned to save the country by using Japan to attract the attention of the Great Song Dynasty and delay the development of the Great Song Dynasty?

It's just that this is too whimsical, with the speed of the development of the advanced Great Song Dynasty, even if it is in conflict with Japan, can the Yuan Dynasty catch up?

Before the Yuan Dynasty, the war was fed by war, and there was little energy to develop people's livelihood, but now it is far from the Great Song Dynasty.

But he finally shook his head and said, "Don't be in a hurry about this matter, the natural disaster has just passed." There is no surplus of grain and grass in the country, so it is better to wait for the taxes and the collection of grain and grass in various places. ”

"Yes."

Xuanxue nodded slightly.

But Zhao Dongting suddenly said again: "Only since the Japanese shogunate uses such a little trick, then we can't suffer such a dumb loss." ”

He smashed his mouth and didn't say anything more, just asked Xuanxue to retreat first.

Xuanxue retired.

Zhao Dongting moved the folds on the bookcase and said to Li Goudan: "Dog, pen and ink." ”

Li Goudan hurriedly spread the paper on the table.

Zhao Dongting put pen to paper.

After writing, he shook off the ink marks on the paper, and said to Li Goudan: "Send this holy decree to the Ministry of State and let them draft it and send it to Dongsha." ”

Li Goudan took the order and left.

Zhao Dongting looked out the window, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile, "It's not bad to use you to train the navy." ”

Up to now, the navy and amphibious armies set up by the Great Song Dynasty in the Dongsha Islands, Qiongzhou, Zhenguo Military Region, and Xingguo Military Region have also been transformed.

With the help of Ma Yiguo's navigators and naval generals, he can also play well when acting. What is lacking is only actual combat.

Zhao Dongting originally planned to go to Japan to try two catties after the initial results of the training of various armies, but now, those pirates cultivated by the Japanese shogunate can be regarded as an appetizer!

In the holy decree, he appointed the Crescent Island pacification envoy Kongzhu as the main general, and let Kongzhu lead the 5,000 elite soldiers of the Dikui army to Japan.

Only let his army go to Japan, but it was not a war with Japan. Instead, he disguised himself as a pirate and fought against those pirates outside of Japan.

Most of the navies on Crescent Island and the North and South Roundabouts were originally recruited by pirates, and now they are asked to dress up as pirates again, which is easy and true.

On this day, after the Ministry of State had drafted the decree, it was sent to Crescent Island.

It's almost April.

Zhao Da led the Flying Dragon Army, and then Qingshan, Mo Wendao, Tie Liduan and others went to the outside of Longxing Mansion on Jiangnan West Road.

Jiangnan West Road transfer made Wang Yinglin personally greet him at the city gate.

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