Yang Lian laughed and said: "Your Majesty, no matter when, talent is the most valuable wealth, now is a period of war, the civil and military generals are the most important, but with the passing of the older generation of civil and military generals, all aspects are stretched, Weichen thinks that it is imminent to hold the civil and military imperial examination!"

Li Jingsui pondered for a moment and said, "King Wu, do you mean to recruit talents from the people?"

"Exactly, the folk hidden dragon and crouching tiger, there are also people with lofty ideals between the ranks, if they can all be promoted, there is no shortage of people in Datang!" Yang Lian explained. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Li Jingsui pondered for a moment, and hesitated: "But Jinling has just been turbulent, and the imperial brother has died, so I am afraid it is not suitable to hold it at this time." ”

"Your Majesty, the burial of the first emperor is certainly a big deal, but this is only one aspect, Weichen always has a bad premonition, although Datang has set up many checkpoints, but it may not catch Guo Rong. This person's talent is no less than that of Emperor Qin and Han Wu, and when he returns to Kaifeng, he will inevitably become a strong enemy of the Tang Dynasty, and the people of the north have always been stronger than the south, as long as there is a strong and wise monarch, the situation in the world will be like the north. ”

"Your Majesty, imagine that from ancient times to the present, who can unify the north from the south? Even if Liu Yu is like a tiger, he is only close to success!"

Li Jingsui was silent for a while, what kind of person Liu Yu is, he naturally knows that his talent can't be compared with Liu Yu at all, and what Liu Yu can't do, he can't do.

"King Wu, isn't it possible that we can't rule the river with the Zhou State?" Hearing Yang Lian say this, Li Jingsui lost confidence, there are many good generals in the north, and the soldiers are so strong, how can Datang confront them?

Yang Lian shook his head and analyzed, if the Son of Heaven of Zhou is the same as the Son of Heaven of Han or Jin, then the Tang Dynasty is not afraid at all, but Guo Wei, the Son of Heaven of Zhou, is not an ordinary person, this person is from a poor background, in the lower class, has experienced too many joys and sorrows, and has a deep understanding of the people's suffering, so after Guo Wei became emperor, he changed the atmosphere of the court and actively resumed production, and the situation in the north has been very different.

And because the Tang Dynasty actually controls the counties of Shandong, and there are two Huai essence areas, the degree of wealth is not comparable to that of the Zhou State, for the safety of Kaifeng, Guo Wei is impossible to be restrained, he must at least control Shandong, Kaifeng will be safe.

If the Zhou State occupies Shandong, they will read the two Huai, with the two Huai, they will inevitably think about the whole south of the Yangtze River, once the river is drawn and ruled, the Zhou State will see the fragility of the Tang Dynasty, and then have to ask for more. At that time, did Datang really want to cut out the land piece by piece like cutting meat?

Yang Lian's words made Li Jingsui silent for a while, and he had to admit that what Yang Lian said was reasonable, especially which sentence: The general trend of the world will be divided for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time. The historical trend from ancient times to the present day has been exhausted. After the Qin and Han dynasties, the Three Kingdoms were in full swing and there were endless wars. After the brief unification of the Western Jin Dynasty, there were endless wars, foreign invasions, and poor livelihood of the people, until the Sui and Tang dynasties were unified. However, from the middle to late Tang Dynasty, a situation similar to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was formed, and small kingdoms were formed in various feudal towns, ignoring the Tang Dynasty until Huangchao completely broke this situation, Zhu Wen killed the emperor and established the Liang State, and the Tang Dynasty was completely destroyed.

Although the current Tang Dynasty claims to be a descendant of Li Tang, Li Jingsui himself knows that they have nothing to do with the Tang royal family of the previous dynasty.

Now that there has been chaos for so many years, maybe the world will be unified. Is it the unification of the world by the Zhou State or the Tang Dynasty? Li Jingsui naturally hoped that the latter would be killed.

However, as Yang Lian said, the quality of both the generals and the quality of the soldiers in the Tang Dynasty cannot be compared with the Zhou State, so it is imperative to hold the imperial examination.

Li Jingsui thought for a while, and finally nodded and agreed. The two chatted about some details again, and Li Jingsui stood up and walked towards the backyard with Yang Lian.

In the Qingliang Palace, several coffins are placed here, and the candle flame behind the coffin is burning, which is the coffin of Li Jun, Empress Zhong, Li Congjia and others.

Li Jingsui stood still, stared at it for a long time, tears flowed from his eyes, and said: "The Li family, although the population is not much, it is not small, this time Li Hongji rebelled, and so many people died, I am very heartbroken!"

"Your Majesty, this is an irreparable thing, the deceased is gone, and those who are alive must live bravely to live up to the trust of the emperor!" Yang Lian replied.

Li Jingsui nodded and said: "King Wu, the imperial brother treats you very well, Queen Zhong regards Huairou as her own life, and King Wu has a few pillars of incense, which can also be regarded as a tribute to the spirit of the imperial brother in the sky." ”

Yang Lian nodded, took a few pillars of incense from the palace maid kneeling on the side, bent down, bowed a few times to the front, and inserted the incense into the incense burner.

"Alas!" Li Jingsui sighed, and also took the fragrance from the palace maid's hand, lit it, and saluted respectfully.

After inserting the fragrance, Li Jingsui slowly paced with a gloomy expression, Yang Lian followed behind him, and the two of them walked one after the other, talking as they walked.

Li Jingsui has already selected the burial place of Li Junde, which is on the edge of Xuanwu Lake, next to the mountains and rivers, and is a treasure of feng shui. At this time, the weather was still hot, the body could not be put away for a long time, although the cemetery was in a hurry, but it was also about to be buried, Li Jingsui set the time for two days later.

Yang Lian expressed his understanding, he hoped that Li Jingsui could recover from his grief as soon as possible, and he still needed him to take the helm of the huge battleship of Datang.

Li Jingsui agreed with a wry smile, and then he decided to give Yang Lian a mansion, although the original mansion of Wu Hou was not small, but after all, it was only the mansion of Hou Yede. Now with the turmoil, many princes have been killed, and these houses are empty, and it is wasted to keep them. Since Yang Lian has been promoted to the prince, there must be a mansion that matches his status.

Yang Lian thought about it and agreed, this is not only a mansion, but also his face, the face of the Son of Heaven, and at the same time, he is also telling the ministers that as long as they make meritorious contributions, they will be rewarded, and the Son of Heaven will definitely not treat them badly.

Li Jingsui decided to give the mansion of Li Jingda, the king of Hubei, to Yang Lian, and some of the other mansions could be kept, and some could be rewarded to Chen Keyan, Fu Yanqing, Zhou Ye and a group of others.

Yang Lian expressed his gratitude, and then, Yang Lian left the palace city and walked towards the military headquarters.

Fang Jinzhao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was busy, and when he saw Yang Lian coming in, he put down what he was holding

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"King Wu, please inside." Fang Jinzhao said.

Yang Lian smiled and said, "Fang Shangshu, the situation in the city has stabilized, have you figured out the situation of the soldiers of each army?"

Fang Jinzhao turned around, took out two booklets from behind him, and said, "These two are the list of the Shenwu Army that has been counted, and the number of other armies is still being counted, and there will be results in two days." ”

"These soldiers, all those who died in battle, the government uniformly issued pensions, if they rebelled and died, posted a list to warn, their families did not need to be affected, if they absconded, if they were able to turn themselves in, the able-bodied were allowed to wear the guilt and make meritorious service, and those who were old or unqualified were sent home, and they were not to blame for the past. This is also the idea of His Majesty. Yang Lian said.

How could Fang Jinzhao not know that this was the result of Yang Lian's words, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "King Wu's righteousness, the people of Jinling must remember it." ”

Yang Lian glanced at him very seriously and said, "This is the wisdom of the Son of Heaven. ”

Fang Jinzhao laughed, nodded, and then suddenly remembered, and said: "King Wu, General Zhou led his troops to pursue, and found that Guo Rong took the waterway, along the Yangtze River eastward, to Guangling, but abandoned the boat, because it was at night, not known to others, for a while no trace of Guo Rong could be found. ”

It was expected that Yang Lian could not find Guo Rong, he nodded and said: "It is best to be able to capture Guo Rong, but if he can't catch it, there is nothing, if he returns to Kaifeng, let this king defeat him on the battlefield in the future!"

Fang Jinzhao laughed and said, "King Wu is really a hero, if you defeat him on the battlefield in the future, then Guo Rong will be convinced." ”

Yang Lian smiled slightly, and suddenly remembered that the Son of Heaven had agreed to the matter of the civil and military imperial examination, so he told him about it, and Fang Jinzhao listened to it and agreed very much.

Now only the civil and military at the same time, in order to reproduce the grand occasion of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but for so many years, especially after the ancestor took power, rarely waged wars abroad, with the gradual retirement of the old soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the Tang soldiers declined very much, as the secretary of the military department, he is very clear about this situation, especially the battle of Wu Yue, Zhou Zong led the troops to highlight this situation.

Fang Jinzhao put forward a further suggestion, in addition to the martial arts, the formation of a new army is also imminent, anyway, now that the Praetorian Guard needs to be reorganized, then it might as well be done in one step.

Yang Lian agreed with this statement, which at least proves that Fang Jinzhao has an idea, but this suggestion cannot be put forward by Yang Lian, he advocates that the military department should jointly play it, and I think the Son of Heaven will agree, if the Son of Heaven asks Yang Lian, Yang Lian will express his support.

Fang Jinzhao put down his heart, and with Yang Lian's support, the matter was done.

While the two were talking, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps, and a small official came over with a sweaty soldier.

This soldier was dressed in civilian clothes, looking at the clothes, he was from Jiangbei, and he should be a soldier from Guangling.

Fang Jinzhao reacted quite quickly and asked, "Is there any news of Guo Rong?"

The soldier was out of breath and a little speechless, but the little official nodded and said, "Fang Shangshu, he does have Guo Rong's military report, but he said that he can't say it until he sees Fang Shangshu, so he doesn't know the specific situation." ”

Fang Jinzhao saw that the soldier was panting heavily, and big drops of sweat fell on his forehead, so he hurriedly brought tea first, and let the soldier moisten his mouth first.

The soldier drank it all in one gulp, and immediately felt much better, but he was still very thirsty, and the little official next to him filled him with tea. After the soldier drank this cup, he took out an oil bag from his bosom.

There was a letter in the oil packet, which was not wet due to proper protection.

The soldier handed the letter to the secretary of the military department and said: "Just last night, Guo Rong led his troops to raid Yongning Palace, and all the Yang family members in Yongning Palace were killed!"

Fang Jinzhao's face suddenly turned blue, and the hand that was originally stretched out to get the letter suddenly froze, something like this actually happened?!

Yang Lian's smile froze, and his face suddenly became very angry, even if he was not that Yang Lian, he had no feelings for the Yang family in Yongning Palace, but this was related to a face problem, the Yang family was actually killed by Guo Rong! This is really unbearable, unbearable!

Moreover, Yang Lian once swore that he occupied Yang Lian's body, and he wanted to repay this kindness, but Guo Rong didn't give him this opportunity! He originally thought that when the situation in Jinling stabilized, he would try to get Li Jingsui to agree to move all the people in Yongning Palace out, even if he wanted to be imprisoned, at least he couldn't let them marry themselves, because this was in **!

"Guo Rong, this king will definitely kill you!" Yang Lian suddenly snorted, clenched his palms into fists, and hit the desk on the side hard, the case table couldn't bear Yang Lian's anger, and suddenly collapsed, and the folds, books, tea sets and other items on the desk fell to the ground.

Fang Jinzhao glanced at Yang Lian thoughtfully, guessing in his heart, he said that Yang Lian was the old prince of the previous dynasty, and looking at his current demeanor, nine times out of ten.

Yang Lian was angry for a while, and at this time he also found that he had lost his temper, and said: "Guo Rong's guy is really hateful, he not only instigated Li Hongji to rebel and ruined the lives of Jinling, but also killed innocent people, if this person is not removed, it will be difficult for Datang to sleep peacefully!"

Fang Jinzhao felt that Yang Lian had no silver three hundred taels here, but he didn't say anything about it, after all, he had received Yang Lian's great favor, and now he had just been promoted to King Wu, it was the hot time, Fang Jinzhao would not be so stupid to take the initiative to expose Yang Lian's scars and bottoms.

"King Wu, Guo Rong is indeed hateful, Datang must express his attitude. I thought that the north had stationed troops, made an attack posture, and at the same time sent an envoy to Kaifeng to ask Guo Wei to hand over the murderer. Fang Jinzhao said.

Yang Lian pondered for a moment, although now is not a good time to move troops, but there are some things that must be expressed in an attitude, and there must be something that should be there.

Yang Lian said: "Zhou Gou deceived people too much, what Fang Shangshu said is reasonable, and this king feels that this matter still needs to contact the Khitans, even if it is not a real attack, it must put some pressure on Guo Wei!"

Fang Jinzhao nodded and said, "Although Jinling is chaotic, Yelu Xiyin, who lives in Honglu Temple, has not been affected, King Wu might as well talk to him about this matter, I think he is very happy." ”

Yang Lian is actually a little strange, according to the information he has, Yelu Xiyin and Guo Rong have colluded, but in fact, Yelu Xiyin did not have any abnormal movements on the day of the mutiny, which can only prove that Yelu Xiyin and Guo Rong colluded on the surface, in fact, he was also waiting for some opportunity, perhaps waiting for Li Hongji to succeed, and then he jumped out to discuss the alliance with the Tang Dynasty. Because of his direct participation in the mutiny, there was little practical benefit for him.

If so, this Yelu Xiyin is not a fuel-efficient lamp, Yang Lian thought so, and paid attention to it in his heart. The Khitans are using each other anyway, and it depends on who is more skilled.

Yang Lian figured it out, and asked the soldier where Zhou Ye was now.

The soldier only knew that Zhou Ye was in Hailing before he set off, and Zhou Ye got the news and rushed to Yongning Palace to check the situation, and now, maybe he followed Guo Rong.

Yang Lian frowned, it stands to reason that the waterway is the most convenient and fast road, if it is smooth, it will be possible to reach Kaifeng in a few days, but will Guo Rong take the waterway?