As soon as Zhang Xuan returned to the bedroom, Zhang Zhang came to report, and since the morning, many courtiers and magnates have posted to meet him, and they have all been blocked by Zhang Li.

As the head of the palace, Zhang Li knows that his master has just returned to the palace, and today he is afraid that he will be alone with the princess and other relatives, and he will not see outsiders again.

However, Zhang Zhang sent away batch after batch of visitors without humility or arrogance, and a large group of young scholars gathered at the door, and all over the country entered Beijing to participate in the thirteenth year of Tianbao's spring festival.

A group of people stayed outside the gate of the mansion and did not leave, shouting to see King Yongning, and Zhang Zhang had no choice but to report to Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan was born as a scholar, and has a great talent, and his reputation in the Shilin has been raised to a peak because of his world-class meritorious service, and has become an inspirational idol for young scholars to make meritorious contributions.

Zhang Zhang turned around to report this effort, and the number of people more than doubled, almost blocking the small square in front of the Yongning Palace and the memorial arch of merit.

In the Tang Dynasty, when the scientific examination was promoted, someone needed to recommend it, so it was a social atmosphere to rush the examiners to pay homage everywhere.

Zhang Xuan was having lunch with Cui Ying, because he got up late, this breakfast was combined with lunch.

"Lord Wang, there is a large group of scholars rushing to take the exam outside the door, shouting that they have to see the prince, no matter how much they persuade and stop the small ones, they gather outside the gate of the mansion and don't leave-Lord Wang, do you want to send someone out to bang it?" Zhang Zhang said respectfully.

Zhang Xuan put down the chopsticks in his hand, frowned and said, "Don't do this, forcibly drive it away, it will cause trouble." Forget it, I'll go out and see them. ”

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The gate of the Yongning Palace, slowly opened, and first walked out of two columns of heavily guarded guards, Nan Jiyun led the team out, standing on the tall steps of the palace and shouting loudly, "The prince agrees to meet with all the scholars, but please take a few steps back, no noise, be quiet!" ”

Nan Jiyun led the guards as if they were facing a great enemy, and slowly "expelled" the crowd of scholars together, so as not to cause chaos in the crowd and the situation to get out of control.

It's not that Zhang Xuan's shelf is big, but Nan Jiyun's safety, which has to be done.

Zhang Xuan walked out of the mansion slowly, looked around, and couldn't help but be taken aback.

He originally thought that the "big group" in Zhang Li's mouth was just dozens of scholars, but when he looked at the scene, there were at least hundreds of people, and from his point of view, there were still scholars coming in groups of three or five at the corner of the street at the far end.

Zhang Xuan gasped and couldn't help but smile slightly bitterly.

"The King of Yongning is here......"

"King Yongning, Liu Yan, a scholar from Jiangzhou, has come to pay a visit to ......"

"Meet the King of Yongning in Lower Mengzhou Shizi Ma Ping......"

As soon as they saw Zhang Xuan's face, the originally calm crowd of scholars suddenly became a little restless, and all kinds of shouts were endless.

Nan Jiyun led the guards to shout very nervously, "Stand back, stand back, don't go forward, be quiet, be quiet, be quiet!" No noise! ”

"Everyone, don't worry, this king is here!" Zhang Xuan shouted loudly, "You are so crowded with bees, causing Sven to sweep the floor!" Don't forget, you are a scholar, and you must have the demeanor and dignity of a scholar! ”

Zhang Xuan's shouting was far more effective than the deterrence of Nan Jiyun's guards, and the crowd gradually became calm, and as long as it was calm, there was order.

Zhang Xuan took the next step, smiled slightly, and said loudly, "This king can understand your feelings. This king is also a scholar, and he knows that my generation of scholars has been suffering for ten years just to serve the court when he was named on the gold list. However, so many people have come to this king, and this king cannot meet all of your requests...... In the eyes of this king, you should go back and prepare for the exam with peace of mind, as long as xiōng has real talent to learn, there will be a day when you will get ahead! ”

Although Zhang Xuan said this on his lips, he was actually like a mirror in his heart.

Most of the people who can trust their relationships, go through the back door, make friends with powerful people, and finally be admitted are "children of high-ranking cadres", and the imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty allowed these "children of high-ranking cadres" to take advantage of the opportunity and take advantage of it. And for the children of civilians who are "blinded" in the officialdom, it is simply rare to be able to pass the imperial examination and enter the ranks.

But this is the social environment, and Zhang Xuan can't do anything about it☆At least, now he is powerless to change this status quo. Don't say that in this prosperous Tang Dynasty, even if it is the modern life he lived in his previous life, the only way for commoner children to advance can only pass the college entrance examination.

Seeing that Zhang Xuan refused to come forward to recommend him, some good scholars began to be restless and stood in the crowd and made noise.

Zhang Xuan frowned, and shouted in a cold voice, "If someone causes trouble and makes trouble in front of this palace, don't blame the Tang Dynasty for being ruthless!" ”

"You people, this king Nian'er and others are scholars, don't care, if you dare to make noise again, this king will be severely punished!"

Zhang Xuan was awe-inspiring, standing there proudly, waving his hand and angrily, exuding an incomparable majestic aura on his body.

He has been in the top position for a long time, and the body of the prince controls the military power, and at the same time, he has been in battle for a long time, and has already sharpened a kind of bearing and temperament that is not angry and self-imposing.

"As you all know, this king led the Longshuo army to conquer the territory of Tubo repeatedly, and the entire land of Tuyuhun for thousands of miles has been included in the territory of our dynasty. With such a huge area, the imperial court wants to set up state capitals, counties and counties, whether it is development and governance, or Tuntian immigration, it needs a large number of talents. ”

"This king is preparing to play the imperial court recently, and a special opening of Enke for the new two states and three counties will be held before the spring of this year to select talents. If you are interested in making contributions and are interested in rushing to Longshuo Qinghai with this king to govern our frontier, you can sign up for Enke. ”

Zhang Xuan talked angrily, waved his hand and said loudly, "The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband." If you are full of poetry and books, if you have a warm blood, you can follow the example of the former sages and ancients, and this king will be in Longshuo to meet you in the green couch! ”

After speaking, Zhang Xuan didn't talk about it anymore, turned around and strode back to the house. Nan Jiyun breathed a sigh of relief, led the guards back to the mansion, and then ordered his subordinates to close the door of the mansion.

In order to develop and govern the newly occupied hometown of Tuyuhun, Enke was specially opened, which was also a flash of inspiration after Zhang Xuan returned to Beijing.

The imperial court was about to set up two prefectures and three counties (Dongning, Xining, Wuhai, Dulan, and Shaliuhe) in Tuyuhun's hometown, and implement the same governance as the mainland, which required a large number of civil officials to be stationed and build a functioning administrative system.

However, if it is time-consuming and laborious to draw candidates from the current central court and local state capitals, it is better to set up an Enke special candidate, and then the imperial court will appoint them uniformly and send them to Qinghai.

Zhang Xuan briefly mentioned this matter with Li Heng during the banquet in the palace yesterday, and Li Heng agreed in principle, but some specific details of the operation still need to be formulated by the Ministry of Rites.

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After the Hanlin scholar Zhuo Lin got the exact news, he was ecstatic, he was naturally very happy to be able to climb up to Zhang Xuan, a new nobleman, but because Li Qi, the king of Sheng, was there, he didn't dare to offend. And now with Zhang Xuan's support, the pressure of King Sheng is no longer a pressure.

Zhuo Lin did not hesitate, and sent a matchmaker to Zhang Jiuming's house early this morning to ask for marriage, of course, the two sides "hit it off", and quickly completed the first few procedures for concluding a marriage, and determined the marriage contract between Zhang Xuemei and Zheng Jie.

When the news reached King Sheng's mansion, Li Qi was furious and felt a big loss of face.

Although Zhang Xuemei is good-looking, as a member of the royal family, Li Qi, the king of Sheng, has no kind of beauty in the house, and the reason why he is "persevering" to Zhang Xuemei is because of Zhang Xuan. Unexpectedly, despite his great hospitality, Zhang Jiuming politely refused.

Li Qi was dissatisfied, although he couldn't retaliate against Zhang Jiuming, but he put down his words: Who dares to marry a woman that this king can't get? That's pretty much what it means.

"Throwing Lin is so bold...... Li Qi sneered, Huo Ran got up, "This king wants to see, where did his ambitious leopard guts come from?" ”

Li Qi actually didn't know that Zhang Xuemei and Throwing Lin's son Zheng Jie were in love with each other, if he knew this, it would not be difficult to guess that Throwing Lin's courage came from Zhang Xuan's "encouragement".

Li Qi took dozens of eunuchs and palace guards to cross Suzaku Street with great momentum, and went directly to the Zhulin Mansion.

When Zhuo Lin heard that Li Qi was visiting, he was shocked. Although he knew that Zhang Xuan would not care, but Li Qi came to the door to ask about the crime, he was still a little uneasy in his heart - what if Zhang Xuan refused to offend King Sheng because of this? What should they do with the Zheng family?

As soon as he thought of this, he felt that he seemed to be a little too impulsive, but unfortunately he couldn't regret it.

While instructing the house slave to quickly go out of the back door and report to Zhang Jiuming's mansion, he hurriedly greeted him out of the mansion.

"The lower officials don't know that His Royal Highness King Sheng has arrived, and he has missed the welcome, please forgive His Royal Highness King Sheng!" Throwing a big salute to pay homage. Even with the support of Zhang Xuan, the king of Yongning, as a middle- and lower-level civil official, Throwing Lin is not confident enough to face Li Qi.

Li Qi smiled coldly and said indifferently, "Zheng Hanlin doesn't need to be polite, this king also came in a hurry - this king heard today that Zheng Hanlin's son Zheng Jie and Zhang Xuemei, the young lady of Master Zhang's family, have concluded a good relationship, and I am here to congratulate you!" ”

Li Qi said that he was here to congratulate him, but his voice was cold, and there was a hint of congratulations.

Throwing Lin was nervous when he heard this, and he didn't know what to say, so he had to laugh awkwardly, and welcomed Li Qi all the way to the living room of the mansion, serving tea and snacks, there should be no trace of slackness→ for fear that Li Qi would catch the handle and find trouble with the Zheng family.

Li Qi looked at Zhuo Lin silently, and saw that Zhu Lin's heart was raised to his throat, and his face was red and his hands were at a loss.

In fact, it's no wonder that he, he is just an ordinary middle- and lower-level civil official, the Hanlin bachelor is nominally good-sounding but is actually defenseless, in the face of Li Qi, the prince of the current emperor, how can he not be afraid of three points?

"Zheng Hanlin, call your son out, let this king see him, this king wants to see what a handsome person he is, and he can be worthy of Miss Xuemei."

Li Qi waved his hand.

Throwing Lin's heart suddenly, and he said in a trembling voice, "Your Highness, Xiao'er ......"

Before he could say a few words, a young man had already walked into the hall,!。