Early the next morning, Li Yanqing came to Jingluo Mansion, and when he walked into the gate, the lord Bo Tangkai smiled and said: "Dutong, Liu Shangshu is here!" ”

Liu Shangshu is Liu Tao, his official position in the imperial court is the school inspection of the military department Shangshu, the actual official position is to serve as a Xuanfu envoy on Xihe Road, in charge of Xihe Road government affairs, to restore the people's livelihood in Xihe Road, he has handed over the defense of Xihe Road to Liu Tie last month, and he concentrates on government affairs. （）

Li Yanqing was in charge of the military and political affairs of the Northwest Third Road, and Liu Tao was of course also controlled by Li Yanqing.

Li Yanqing walked into the compound quickly, and saw Liu Tao sitting in front of the pond feeding the fish, Li Yanqing couldn't help laughing and said: "Liu Shangshu is so elegant!" ”

Seeing Li Yanqing coming in, Liu Tao hurriedly threw the fish food into the water, clapped his hands and smiled: "Recently, I have become obsessed with fishing, and I will sit by the pond and fish a few rods in a little leisure. ”

"In that case, let's talk while fishing!"

Li Yanqing instructed his subordinates to find a few fishing rods, and several people brought a small table and chair, and placed them by the pond, and after a short time, the fishing rods were delivered, and the two sat down, threw the bait into the water, and began to hang the rods to fish, and the tea boy also rushed to bring hot tea to the two.

"What's going on on Xihe Road now?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile.

"The Xixia army actually occupied the Xihe Road for a short time, among the fifteen states of the Xihe Road, the Xixia army only crossed Huangzhou, Lanzhou, Huizhou, Hezhou and Longzhou, in fact, the biggest loss was Lanzhou and Huizhou, Lanzhou 150,000 Han people fled most of the time, Huizhou too, commerce was destroyed, the houses in the city were looted, the autumn harvest was also seriously affected, this year's harvest fell sharply by three percent, and there was no three or five years to recuperate and recover."

"Five years is too long, tax exemption for three years at most!" Li Yanqing began to bargain with Liu Tao.

"Three years is not good, Xihe Road is already barren, and a little of the people's belongings have been robbed, you have to give everyone a breather, besides, the taxes on Xihe Road are insignificant, or five years!"

"Song Min has only been exempt from tax for five years after returning from Western Xia, you are just fleeing, I can't convince the imperial court that the tax exemption will be four years at most, and I can't give in anymore."

"Huh! Then it is a word, Xihe Road is exempt from tax for four years. ”

"Wait! To put it clearly, it is not all of Xihe Road, but the five states that suffered from the war disaster are exempt from taxes, and the other states pay taxes normally, and the tax will be reduced by up to 30% this year. ”

Liu Tao smiled bitterly and shook his head, "You! You know all day long that you are exploiting the people, and you have obtained so much copper and silver in Western Xia, can't you let it benefit the people? ”

"The spoils of war in Western Xia are military expenses or not, and the imperial court has to divide half of them, not to mention that the people of Shaanxi Road and Qinfeng Road are paying taxes, and I have exempted five states such as Lanzhou and Huizhou for five years, and I have done my best."

Liu Tao didn't want to fight with Li Yanqing, so he changed the topic and asked: "I came to Jingzhao this time, mainly for the imperial examination, I heard that the imperial court wants to treat the Northwest Third Road favorably, is it to increase the number of jinshi for us?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly: "Don't think too beautifully, give us an increase in the number of jinshi, don't Hebei and Hedong have to jump?" There is no change in the provincial examination, and the favor we mean to improve the status of Jingzhao Fuxue, which is the same as Taixue, the imperial court promised to increase the number of students in Jingzhao Fuxue to 3,000, and this examination is equivalent to the entrance examination of Fuxue. ”

Liu Tao was overjoyed, "Now the scholars on Xihe Road have hope!" ”

Xihe Road scholars have been in the provincial examination for 20 consecutive years to be wiped bald, 20 years no scholar in the examination in the Jinshi, the imperial court will upgrade the Jingzhao Mansion School to Taixue, undoubtedly to the Xihe Road scholars to bring the hope of being promoted to Jinshi.

Liu Tao suddenly felt something, and as soon as he raised his fishing rod, a fat carp suddenly appeared in mid-air.

"Haha! I caught it first! ”

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The Tang Dynasty left the palace has long disappeared in the war of the late Tang Dynasty and the five dynasties and ten countries, the land of the original Taiji Palace has now lived thousands of ordinary people, Jingzhao Mansion is also located in the northwest corner of the former palace ruins, covering an area of about 500 acres, there are currently 1,000 students studying here, next door to the school is the Confucian Temple and the Tribute Courtyard that covers an area of 200 acres, the Jingzhao Mansion will be held in the Tribute Academy.

There is a restaurant opposite the Gongyuan Square, called Hanlin Restaurant, almost a special restaurant for students, but these days the restaurant is crowded with scholars from all over Shaanxi Road, which is also a feature of this imperial examination, allowing students to take cross-state examinations, the imperial court gave Shaanxi Road 2,300 places to take the exam, and the Jingluo Mansion did not decompose into the states, and changed to the unified admission of Shaanxi Road, which avoided the disadvantages of the uneven outnumbering of the states on Shaanxi Road in the past, such as Jingzhao Mansion is 30 scholars admitted to one person, and to Suizhou, Seven people can admit one.

Of course, Li Yanqing also gave the imperial court a good reason, the war caused a large number of people in Hedong Road and the border states along northern Shaanxi to flee to Guanzhong, and it is difficult to count how many scholars in each state, so Li Yanqing asked for the implementation of the cross-state imperial examination, which was also agreed by the Ministry of Rites, and in addition, considering that a large number of people in Hedong fled to Guanzhong, the Ministry of Rites added 800 places on the basis of the last 1,500 places for the liberation test, which can be regarded as a special care.

As a direct result of this policy, the number of scholars who participated in the Liberation Test in Jingzhao Mansion occupied eighty percent of the entire Shaanxi Road, and a total of more than 30,000 scholars gathered in Jingzhao City.

Therefore, there are not only scholars from Jingzhao Mansion in Hanlin Restaurant, but also scholars from other states on Shaanxi Road and Hedong Road.

This year, the chief examiner of Jingzhao Mansion has been decided, appointed by the prefect Li Guang, these days the scholars are talking about the examiner's interests and hobbies and article style, there are many benefits of lifting people in the examination, even if the provincial examination can not be Jinshi, but at least you can enter the official office as an official, seek a good job, and you can also enter the government to continue your studies, and then take the Taixue exam after three years, and there will be opportunities to be an official in the future.

At this time, a scholar rushed in like a gust of wind and shouted: "Big news, the imperial court has approved the upgrading of Jingzhao Fuxue to Taixue, expanding to 3,000 students!" ”

This news suddenly made the restaurant silent, and then broke out into a cheer, the scholars were very excited, as a person who studied the imperial examination, everyone knows the benefits of Jingzhao Mansion School being promoted to Taixue, which means that after coming out of the Mansion School, he is qualified to be an official, and those who are excellent in their studies can also get the same Jinshi background, Jingzhao Mansion School upgrade, obviously first will benefit the scholars of Shaanxi Road, how can they not be happy.

There were six scholars from Taiyuan Mansion sitting at a wine table by the window, and after hearing the news, they all frowned in shock, and several of them whispered: "I wonder if our Hedong scholars can enter Jingzhao Mansion to study?" ”

"I guess I can!"

A slightly older scholar hesitated and said, "Half of the professors of Taiyuan Mansion School have joined Jingzhao Mansion School, and Taiyuan Mansion School is gone, where can we go to study?" ”

"Don't worry, it's definitely possible!"

Another scholar said with a smile: "The imperial court has added 800 places to Shaanxi Road, isn't it just to give us the scholars of Hedong Road?" Since the number of places in Jingzhao Mansion has also increased, of course, we also have a share, not to mention that Li Taibao was also our Taiyuan Tongzhi! ”

While they were deliberating, a scholar suddenly shouted: "A notice has been posted at the entrance of the school!" ”

The scholars were boiling, rushing out of the restaurant and running towards the gate of the school, and the shopkeeper was so anxious that he stomped his feet, "These little rabbits, leave me the wine money!" ”

There are two latest notices pasted on the notice board in front of the gate of the school, one is a notice about the upgrade of the school to Taixue, the ordinary school system is three years, and the additional school system is two years.

The other is the conditions for registering for the school, of course, everyone is more concerned about the conditions for signing up for the school, first of all, the range of students, the scholars of the Northwest Third Road and Hedong Road can study in Jingzhao School, and the second is that there are three registration conditions, first, you must pass the examination of the Liberation Examination and obtain the qualification to lift people; second, pass the entrance examination of the prefectural school; Third, servicemen who have participated in the anti-gold campaign can directly register for the entrance exam.

Again, this year's enrollment quota will enroll 1,000 people, and the cost of room and board will be fully borne by the government, and each person will be given a monthly subsidy of 500 yuan, which is very attractive to poor children.

The notice is crowded with hundreds of scholars, and there are still scholars who have received the news from all directions to Fuxue, and everyone can understand the admission requirements of Fuxue, after all, the number of places in the Northwest Third Road this year's examination exceeds 3,000 people, and Fuxue only recruits 1,000 people this time, of course, it is necessary to take the entrance exam.

It's just that the gentlemen don't seem to understand the preferential treatment of the soldiers, it seems that the soldiers want to snatch away their quotas, for a while, there was a lot of discussion before the notice, at this time, someone said loudly: "Everyone is too worried, what kind of knowledge do the soldiers who dance with knives and guns know, and the soldiers who can pass the school are simply rare, and the envoy is just making a gesture of loving soldiers, and there is actually no threat to us!" ”

It does make sense for everyone to think about it, there are really few people who are both civil and military, and they can't occupy a few places, and they are worried that they will gradually disappear, and all the scholars have begun to look forward to the dream of being born as a fellow jinshi and being crowned a nine-rank official.

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