【2nd Update】

"What preparation?" Huang Shang sat up a little straighter.

"This is not a villain who can know, and tomorrow the doctor can ask me about my family's participation in politics."

Huang Shang had a little more energy, and Han Gang did not forget himself, nor did he have the idea of giving up.

That's enough for him.

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In the end, how to arrange Huang Shang, Han Gang already has a belly case.

In the case of Huang Shang, if you want to change your image in the eyes of the world, you can only establish meritorious service, especially to establish meritorious service in places where others do not want to go.

And now the place where Dr. Huang Shang can be arranged, in Han Gang's view, one is to go to the overseas Tamna Island, which competes with the Liao State, and the other is to go to Kuizhou Road, where large and small wars are never extinguished.

The land of Bashu, the four roads of Sichuan Gorge, Yi, Zi, Li and Kui have always been called together. Among these four roads, it can even be said that among the roads in the world, Kuizhou Road [mainly near Chongqing] - that is, Yizhou Road [around Chengdu as the core] and Zizhou Road [Nanchong, Ziyang area] to the east, Lizhou Road [Langzhong, Hanzhong area] to the south, west of the two lakes, this area composed of mountains - the poorest, even poorer than Liangguang, that is, Guangdong and Guangxi.

And on Kuizhou Road, it is the world of local officials. In the manors of the local officials, a large number of serfs were raised, and their lives depended only on the mood of their masters. In terms of economic system, it was even a stage of slavery.

These local officials were the heads of large and small tribes, and they were also the local emperors, and they often acted arbitrarily in their domains, and even merchants passing by would be poisoned by them.

However, this is so common that no one will be surprised by this, and the yamen, who nominally control this land, will not deal with it. It will only wait for its actions to kill itself - its behavior of robbing merchants will only make the merchants desperate, and at the end they will not even be able to buy salt.

The officials of the states and counties of Kuizhou Road will only pay attention to which Yi clan is starting to expand into the surrounding area again. The imperial court has always been extremely vigilant against this kind of behavior of forcibly changing the ownership of land and population, and even called it a thief. Troops will be sent to attack the situation every now and then in order to maintain the stability of the situation on the ground.

And since the imperial court has divided some of its attention on the Southwest Yi, if any of the Yi tribes makes too much trouble, without waiting for the surrounding tribes to ask for help from the nearby states and counties, most of the nearby states and counties will start to act, either convening all the tribes to discuss together, or transferring troops from the surrounding states and counties.

The scope of Kuizhou Road is not small, but the area actually controlled by the imperial court is not large, the core area is only in the area of Chongqing in later generations, and its fetters can be extended to Guizhou in later generations.

In Han Gang's eyes, the vast majority of Kuizhou Road has no value at this stage. As long as it can maintain the apparent rule of the imperial court, it is enough. But some of these key strategic points must be captured.

Moreover, with the wide area of Kuizhou Road, it is not that there is no place for resettlement. Although the evaluation of Kuizhou Road today is that there are many miasma and barbarians, whether it is from the perspective of future generations or from the perspective of the present, there is still a lot of land suitable for cultivation on Kuizhou Road.

The Great Song Dynasty and Hangang now both need land and war, and the Detention District south of Kuizhou Road is a good place to get land and war. And the fetters area to the southwest, is the location of Dali.

Han Gang was ready to transfer part of the imperial court's military efforts to the Kuizhou Road. Those local officials were able to be so domineering, or because of the geographical advantage and the unfavorable advance of the imperial army.

Just on Kuizhou Road, there was an army that was accustomed to mountain combat, and although it was a parade sequence, Han Gang still believed that their performance would not be too bad. Together with a part of the western army, it will also go south—mainly the army that once went south to Shu to quell the Maozhou rebellion—and the two sides work together to put down the local officials who have not been submissive.

If Huang Sheng goes to Kuizhou Road, with the help of his own face, he can recover some of the generals of the Western Army first. With these funds, Huang Shang can still achieve something in Kuizhou.

Of course, Zizhou Road, which is adjacent to Kuizhou Road, is about the same level of poverty and chaos. But on Zizhou Road, there is still a Kumamoto, competing for the position with this Kumamoto, and Huang Shang's qualifications are too low.

Among the world-famous marshals today, Kumamoto became famous in one fell swoop in quelling the rebellion of the thieves in Yuzhou.

Although his reputation cannot be compared with Han Gang, Zhang Dian and Guo Kui, he is also a famous marshal who shocks the side. As soon as there is something on the four sides, especially in the southwest, he will be consulted.

Han Gang used a candlestick to shine on the map in front of him.

The southernmost part of the imperial court-controlled area of Kuizhou Road was the Nanping Army [now Nanchuan], and the Nanping Army was Qianzhou a little northeast. The state of Qianzhou is in Pengshui, but under the name of Qianzhou, there are many fetters whose territory is much larger than that of Qianzhou, just like Han Gang was in Yongzhou back then, and there is also a fetter state below.

The state of Qianzhou was far south of the Nanping Army, including part of Guizhou in later generations. And after passing through these fetters, it is Dali.

Emperor Taizu drew a jade axe that year, with the Dadu River as the boundary, and the Song soldiers did not pass the Dadu River since then. It is said that this is the case, but there are still many tribes in Dadu Henan who obey the orders of the imperial court. Those Yi chieftains are proud to be gifted by the imperial court, especially the crown and clothes given by the imperial court, which are most valued by the chiefs.

In the strategic direction of the southwest, Han Gang's ultimate goal is Dali. It's not easy to achieve this goal. However, relative to the northern border, it is possible to maintain a period of peace, and a suitable place for training and expansion is an indispensable need for the Great Song Dynasty.

Putting away the inaccurate map, there are more important things waiting for him to complete in front of Han Gang.

There is a second court push, there are questions for the Jinshi Imperial Examination, and there are also questions for the Imperial Examination for the Imperial Examination.

Originally, the subjects were all exams under the Zhongshu Gate, and the questions were all Zaifu, and then they were changed to Chongwen Academy, so there was a pavilion exam.

This is actually like Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin after the Ministry of Rites test, he forcibly added a palace test. The appearance of the cabinet test came from the Son of Heaven's distrust of the Zhongshu sect, coupled with the idea of weakening the power of the prime minister.

After Jian Zhoufu and other cabinet examiners were expelled, the ten subjects of the system needed to be changed. However, before it can be changed, it will be the imminent issue of the Jinshi Imperial Examination and the Imperial Examination of the Preparation of the Imperial Examination in the near future.

The questions on the exam are very annoying.

It's not just Han Gang who has a headache, but those Gongsheng are even more upset.

Before the results of the ritual examination came out, many tribute students who had a little confidence in themselves began to prepare for the upcoming temple examination.

The questions of the palace examination come from the Son of Heaven. But at the level of the Empress Dowager, of course, it is impossible to give questions to three or four hundred tribute students who have passed the Ministry of Rites exam. According to the past practice, when the Son of Heaven did not plan to write questions for the palace examination, it was the prime ministers of the political hall who submitted the examination questions for the Son of Heaven to choose.

It's just that since Emperor Xizong ascended the throne, he has firmly held the power to solve the problem in his own hands. Although it was a palace examination, candidates from all over the country and different classes were also the only way for the emperor to understand the level of governance outside the capital, in addition to the bureaucratic system. Just to understand the implementation of the new law, Emperor Xizong would not let the prime minister deprive him of the opportunity to understand the local situation.

But Empress Dowager Xiang is by no means at the level of the first emperor, although under her rule, the performance of foreign wars is far more dazzling than that of the first emperor, but in terms of talent, she is indeed far from being comparable to her husband.

Han Gang of Qi and Wang Anshi of Xinxue, who can have the upper hand, and the Queen Mother will be biased to that side, this question has troubled too many people.

In addition, several examiners in the system and science pavilion examination were sent to Xijing because they offended Han Gang, and no one can say whether such a result will affect the evaluation standards of the examiners in the palace examination.

Is there anyone from Han Gang in the Ministry of Rites exam? How many are there? Who are they?

Many people began to look for the tribute students from Kansai among the 5,000 scholars who participated in the Ministry of Rites. I hope to find someone who has a relationship with Han Gang in it, and use him as a breakthrough to get clues about the palace test.

Han Gang naturally knew that those Gongsheng who were waiting for the results of the Ministry of Rites Examination were panicking. But he didn't care about it, and he didn't even have the idea of having fun.

Before the imperial examination of the department, the first thing is to take the entrance examination.

Since the recommended people have all entered the imperial examination, it is impossible for Han Jiang and Zhang Qi to compete with Han Gang for the power to solve the questions. Moreover, in the examination questions of the palace examination, Han Gang also has the power to participate in the questions submitted by the political affairs hall for the imperial review.

After Huang Shang was deposed, Han Gang had no interest in who could pass the imperial exam. And the number of Qi disciples who can pass the ritual test is also extremely pitiful.

What Han Gang is thinking about now is how to reflect the perspective of Qi Science in the exam questions.

The core of Qi science advocated by Han Gang is the four characters of Gewu Zhizhi. For personal ability, pay attention to the use of the world. Emphasizing reality and ignoring words is the bias of qi science. Compared with the scriptures and poetry, more attention is paid to the ability of officials to deal with specific government affairs.

How can the questions reflect the candidate's level of experience? If you don't change the structure of the questions, it will be difficult to achieve this goal. If you want to change temporarily, you have to face the question of whether the candidates can adapt to it.

However, it is not impossible to make major changes to the content of the exam before the exam. The Ministry of Rites test is impossible, but there is a precedent for the temple test.

In the palace examination of Xining for three years, the examiners sent a rhyme book to the candidates, which was to prepare for the test poems during the palace examination, but after Zhao Ji came up, he sent a question as a question.

The provincial test is determined to stay, and the palace test is determined. If you can enter the palace exam, you are basically a jinshi, and changing the exam questions at this time will not cause too much anger.

There are old things in front of him, and Han Gang has some confidence in this.

But how to do it is more appropriate is a difficult problem that requires a lot of thought.

The candle in the lampshade flickered and flickered, and Han Gang finally lifted the pen.