At this time, Liu Bagou and the others were still immersed in Su Jiakang's capture, and when they saw Su Jiakang's lifeless situation, they were slightly stunned after hearing Li Xuan's words, and they reacted.

Liu Bagou immediately said: "Your Majesty, Fang Caichen said that the three counties under Xingquan Mansion will be widely announced, so that the scholars in the palace will know that I am running the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty and promoting education!" ”

Li Xuan nodded slightly: "Well, then continue!" ”

Liu Bagou said: "Minister, obey the order!" ”

Saying that, he regained the bearing of the previous cabinet chief, and said to Li Xuan and the others: "My Tang Dynasty has only occupied Zhengtai for a few months, and after the subsequent occupation of the entire Xingquan Mansion, the time is too short, I am afraid that it will be difficult to make the world's scholars return to their hearts, even if it is widely announced, I am afraid that there will not be many scholars who will come to participate in the imperial examination at that time!" ”

"However, everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as we do a good job of organizing this time, coupled with the victory of the army outside, it is not difficult for these scholars to really see the strength of our Tang Dynasty, and it is reasonable to return to their hearts when the time comes!"

At this time, the old man Xie Shang, who was in charge of the Ministry of Education and Rites, also said: "Even if there are not many scholars who come to participate in the imperial examination this time, we must do our best, and we must also be important to raise scholars and make a posture of seeking talents!" In this way, the next time we hold the imperial examination, we will not worry about the world's scholars not returning to their hearts! ”

Li Xuan also nodded slightly when he heard Liu Bagou and Old Man Xie's words, it seems that Liu Bagou and Old Man Xie still maintained their basic sanity, and they were not squinted by the victory and expansion in front of the Tang Dynasty.

Knowing that although the Tang Dynasty has occupied a county, and even the entire Xingquan Mansion in the future, it is just a small force, and it is very small for contemporary scholars, and it will even be regarded as a thief by these scholars.

Therefore, it is already predictable how many scholars will come to participate in the imperial examination at that time, and there will definitely not be many, and there may even be no one at all.

Therefore, Li Xuan himself was mentally prepared in advance, and when the time comes, the imperial examination will be a face-saving project, and he will not expect many people to really come.

Of course, in order not to be too ugly at that time, he will still use some means, such as secretly sending some people to participate in the imperial examination, or simply threatening and luring some scholars to participate in the imperial examination, in short, this imperial examination must be successful on the surface.

After saying this, they continued to discuss how to govern after arriving in Xingquan Mansion.

Most of these things are trivial, and to be honest, Li Xuan himself may not know more than Liu Bagou, Ma Wei and others, so these half-hangers refer more to the existing dynasty, that is, the Ming Dynasty.

Although the cabinet of the Tang Dynasty is somewhat different from that of the Ming Dynasty, it is more about the name and division of functions, and the overall is still similar.

With the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty as a reference, the improvement of the cabinet system is naturally not too difficult.

However, at this time, Li Xuan was thinking more, he didn't just want a cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, because in this case, the cabinet of the Tang Dynasty would be too powerful.

And Li Xuan could not allow such a situation to occur.

As a later generation, he knew very well that after letting the civil officials completely control him, his emperor would become a rubber seal, and this was not what he wanted.

Therefore, when he was perfecting the cabinet system, he also began to improve another department, an institution that was not directly under the cabinet, but was under his direct control.

This institution is the Hanlin Academy, which was established very early, and its initial function was to emulate the Hanlin Yuan of the Ming Dynasty, mainly responsible for ordinary clerical work such as drafting edicts.

However, Li Xuan wanted to make this Hanlin Academy play a more important role, not just a noble place used by officials to support their hopes like the Ming Dynasty, and he wanted to make the Hanlin Academy a real private institution that assisted the Son of Heaven in handling court affairs.

To this end, he carried out a certain reform of the Hanlin Academy, and set up various departments, hoping to recruit some practical talents to assist him in handling government affairs.

In other words, he hoped to use the Hanlin Academy to become the master of ceremonies in the Ming Dynasty and the military aircraft department of the Qing Dynasty.

After the restructuring, the Hanlin Academy set up various departments according to the cabinet and military ministries, such as the official department and the tax department.

However, although the name is the same, it is naturally different from that of the Cabinet and the Privy Council, and the function of each section is only to review the recitals submitted by various ministries, and summarize the key points so that Li Xuan can review the recitals.

The traditional functions such as drafting edicts are still the same.

If you look at it from the perspective of later generations, then this adapted Hanlin Academy is actually a secretarial institution.

This kind of secretarial body seems to have no real power, but in fact it has considerable power, and it is not necessary to protest with the Cabinet Chamber after it has been developed.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Li Xuan imposed great restrictions on this Hanlin Academy, and the upper limit of the section chiefs of the Hanlin Academy was four grades, and they could not serve for more than five years, and they could not be re-elected, and they would be transferred to other places after expiration.

All he needs is a group of secretaries, at most, he can use this Hanlin Academy to train subsequent cabinet ministers, but he doesn't want to get a new group of 'cabinet elders'.

The restructuring of the Hanlin Academy is only a small wave in the process of reforming the official system of the Tang Dynasty, in fact, the official system of the Tang Dynasty has to be changed almost every three days to adapt to the increasingly large Tang Dynasty.

While Li Xuan and the civilian officials were busy making political preparations, the generals of the military were not idle, they were preparing for the crossing of the river.

It is not easy to cross the Lanjiang River safely!

There are thousands of Ming troops on the other side of the river, even if they are just some cannon fodder, but it is enough to cause big trouble for the new army of the Tang Dynasty to cross the river.

In order to avoid any accidents, Wang Danxu and Hao Bonian and other generals were extremely cautious, and they had been busy preparing for the plan to cross the river for several days.

After many days of discussion, these generals finally agreed to Hao Bonian's plan to cross the river, that is, to return the way of others: to divide troops to cross the river.

When Li Xuan saw the plan they submitted, he was also a little hesitant for a while.

Hao Bonian's plan seems to have great benefits, they are preparing to divide their troops to cross the river from the north side, and the Lanjiang ferry is where the Chinese army is located, crossing the river head-on and containing the main force of the Ming army, and at the same time sending the main force of the first infantry battalion, the second infantry battalion and the first mixed force and other auxiliary forces to cross the river from the No. 3 ferry, and after they cross the river, they directly cut off the connection between Xingquanfu City and the Ming army at the Lanjiang ferry and their retreat.

After the Ming army on the east bank of the Lanjiang River saw the new Tang army crossing the river, they retreated to Xingquanfu City to defend it.

Yes, the core of this battle plan is not to cross the river, but to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the Ming army, and lay the foundation for the subsequent attack on Xingquanfu City.

Avoid having to face a fortified city after finally crossing the river!

But in this way, the risk will also increase, the last time the Ming army itself was divided into troops to attack, wouldn't they be prepared.

If the main force that crossed the river from the No. 3 ferry was ambushed by the Ming army, it would be better to force the crossing directly from the Lanjiang ferry.

This battle plan is a bit risky, and it is difficult for Li Xuan to choose for a while!