Pei Lian's reaction was very keen, he immediately understood what Li Yuan meant, and Pei Lin smiled and said: "If we talk about fighting against foreign races, we will not be left behind, and our enemy is the Turks, aren't Liang Shidu and Liu Wuzhou just getting Turkic support?" We can also preach to the world that we are fighting against the Turks, and that he is not Zhang Xuan alone fighting against the aliens. ”

"Pick up people's teeth!"

Liu Wenjing next to him muttered quietly, although his voice was very low, Pei Lin could still hear it clearly, Pei Lian's face suddenly darkened, and he said coldly: "Is it?" Then I would like to hear Liu Xiangguo's high opinion. ”

Li Yuan was a little unhappy in his heart, because the method Pei Yuan said was exactly what he thought of in his heart, what is it called picking up people's teeth and wisdom, isn't that just talking about himself?

But Li Yuancheng's mansion was extremely deep, and the displeasure in his heart was not revealed, and he smiled slightly: "What do you think of Liu Xiangguo? ”

Liu Wenjing said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the imperial examination is to select the world's talents, and taking care of the poor children is also to reflect Your Majesty's benevolence, this is our original intention to implement the imperial examination, Wechen feels that there is no need to compete with Zhang Xuan, they are in the imperial examination in April, then we can take the imperial examination in March, if the time is too rushed, it can also be postponed to May, Wechen believes that there will be scholars from all over the world to come to Chang'an, as for the competition, Wechen feels that now our pressure is in Longxi, Hexi and Hetao, not Hebei." ”

Li Yuan nodded, and asked Li Jiancheng again: "What about the opinion of the built?" ”

Li Jiancheng really knows his father, since his father has already mentioned the battle against Goguryeo, he must also want to emulate, and even the imperial examination is held after Zhang Xuan, not to mention the battle with foreign races that can improve his prestige?

However, Li Jiancheng also agreed with Liu Wenjing's opinion, there is no need to make a fuss about the imperial examination, it is better to overwhelm Hebei, if the limelight is overshadowed by Hebei, it will not be self-inflicted.

He pondered for a moment and said: "Erchen thinks that fighting with Liu Wuzhou and Liang Shi really does not reflect that he is fighting against the Turks, Erchen means that Zhang Xuan and Goguryeo will definitely have a far more effect than us, we should not use our weaknesses to compare with the opponent's strengths, but should give full play to our advantages." ”

"What are our strengths?"

Li Yuan was not as polite as Liu Wenjing when he spoke to his son, his tone was obviously cold, of course he understood Li Jiancheng's euphemism, and Liu Wenjing said the same thing.

"Back to my father, our advantage lies in the rich Guanzhong and Bashu, we should recruit the world's talents in the way of building official education, so that they can move to Guanzhong and Bashu, give them land, relieve their worries, they will work for us sooner or later, on the contrary, although the war with foreign races can inspire young people for a while, but for the truly talented people, they will have a more long-term vision"

Without waiting for Li Jiancheng to finish speaking, Li Yuan was already impatient, he didn't want to listen to a word anymore, and asked Li Shimin instead: "What about Erlang's opinion?" ”

Li Jiancheng's words suddenly stopped, with an embarrassed look on his face, his lips moved, and he slowly lowered his head, but Li Shimin said: "Back to my father, my sons only care about the war at present, and I don't know much about the situation of the imperial examination, among all our enemies, Liang Shidu's power is the weakest, he has been defeated by Erchen in Honghua County, Erchen decided to continue the pursuit, completely annihilate him, please ask my father for permission!" ”

Li Yuan couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he saw his second son Gu talking about him, Liu Wenjing and his two sons did not support Pei Lian's plan, and he had to temporarily give up the idea of confronting Zhang Xuan.

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The time gradually came to the end of January, Anyang County, which has been renamed Zhongdu, is also becoming more and more lively day by day, the streets and alleys are full of horse-drawn carriages and ox carts pulling bricks and wood, the boats in the river are also full of wood, tens of thousands of masons from the Central Plains, Hebei and even Guanzhong are looking for opportunities here, one by one big houses are rising from the ground, many dilapidated houses are demolished and renovated, and the entire city has almost become a construction site.

Although the news that Anyang was going to become the central capital spread all over the world a few months ago, the land price in Anyang did not rise much, mainly because a large number of new cities were opened up, which greatly suppressed the land price of Anyang City.

Even so, there are still countless businessmen and wealthy families who come to Anyang to buy land and invest, and many poor Anyang people take the opportunity to sell their land in the city and go to neighboring counties or the countryside to buy land and farm, so the dilapidated houses are demolished and rebuilt after the delivery.

Hebei, Qingzhou, the Central Plains of the county Wang family all want to have their own place in the middle, they can not buy land in the new city, so they buy land in the old city to build houses, especially in the north and south east and west two streets, Xinye Avenue and Xin'an Avenue on both sides, all kinds of new shops rise from the ground, began to present a prosperous scene, just a few months, Anyang City has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The main city gate of the middle capital is called Jiuding Gate, it is also the original south city gate, after rebuilding the city gate is as high as four zhang, the scale is huge, after entering the city is Xinye Avenue, straight to the northernmost face.

The north gate has been demolished, moved to the east of the original site three miles away, opened a small north gate, easy for the people to enter and exit the city, and the original site of the old north gate has become a palace group, here is Anyang Palace.

The central axis is facing the end gate, enter the end gate, cross a dozens of steps wide outer cross river, face the Chengtian Gate up to five zhang, this is also the highest building in the middle capital, more than the Bao'en Temple Tower in the west of the city, the city tower building is magnificent, as if it is a sky tower.

After entering the end gate is the huge Chaoyang Square, on both sides is the government office covering a vast area, the front is the Anyang Palace, is the place where the great court meeting is held, behind the Anyang Hall is two side halls, one is called the White Tiger, the other is called the Vermilion Bird, the White Tiger Hall is the important place to hold a small court meeting and discuss military and political affairs, and the Vermilion Bird Hall is the regent official room of Zhang Xuan.

Behind the two side halls is an inner Heng River, a rainbow bridge connects the north and south of the Heng River, the north side of the inner Heng River is the inner palace, surrounded by high walls, there are Empress Dowager Xiao and several Yang Guang's concubines and hundreds of palace female eunuchs, the inner palace occupies a small area, but it is very delicate and small, covered by the dense shade of trees, the inner palace is heavily guarded, there are soldiers standing guard outside, and there are hundreds of female guards patrolling the palace inside.

In the east of Anyang Palace is the Qi Palace, the size is the same as the Inner Palace, covers an area of about 500 acres, it is full of various exquisite pavilions and pavilions, the flowers and trees are very luxuriant, there is a lotus pond lake covering an area of 100 acres in the back house, although the Qi Wangfu and the Inner Palace are separated by a high wall, but the lake and the jade liquid pool of the Inner Palace are connected as a whole, between the Princess of Qi and the Empress Dowager Xiao can visit by boat.

Although the relocation of the capital has begun, but the early stage is mainly the official office and various documents and materials transportation, Zhang Xuan's wife and daughter and Empress Dowager Xiao will set off a little later, about mid-February to arrive at the new palace, Qi Wangfu and the inner palace are the first to come a group of palace maids and eunuchs to clean up.

Although the palace was deserted, the city was bustling with not only craftsmen and merchants, but also tens of thousands of scholars from all over the world preparing to take part in the first imperial examination of the new Sui dynasty, which was held on April 15.

The news that the imperial examination will be held was announced in October last year, but it will take at least two months for the new Sui to spread all over the world, and it will take a certain amount of time for scholars from all over the country to review and prepare, raise and pester, etc., so although it was announced half a year in advance, the time is still very tight.

Although there are still nearly two months from the middle of April, all the inns in the Zhongdu City are full, and even Lingquan County, which is about 20 miles away from the Zhongdu, is also full of scholars, which is also a common practice.

There is a wine shop covering an area of three acres near the east gate, called Yecheng Old Store, which is also one of the famous wine shops in the capital, at noon, the wine shop is full of guests, and it is very lively.

Most of the guests are scholars who come to China to participate in the imperial examination, they are mainly from Hebei and Qingzhou, followed by scholars from the Central Plains, in addition to Liaodong, Xuzhou, Jianghuai and even Guanlong scholars There are also a lot, the accents of the south and the north are mixed together, the laughter is noisy, and it is particularly lively.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen! ”

On the second floor, by the window, a slightly chubby young gentleman stood up, raised his wine glass and shouted, "I have important news to tell you, please listen to me." ”

The second floor gradually quieted down, and a gentleman in the corner whispered to his companion next to him, "Who is this?" ”

The companion smiled: "His name is Jia Huan, he is from the Jia family of Qi County, and he is the nephew of Jia Runfu, the secretary of Shaofu Temple. ”

"It turned out to be him, I guess there is some inside information!"

Everyone pricked up their ears, and Jia Huan said with a triumphant smile: "I just got the news from Qi County, and our tens of thousands of sailors have set off to kill the Liaodong Peninsula, ready to recover the hometown of the Han Dynasty." ”

There was an exclamation in the restaurant, maybe the southern scholars didn't feel it deeply, but the scholars in Qingzhou and Hebei knew very well that the Liaodong Peninsula was originally part of Liaodong County, and it was invaded by Goguryeo during the melee in the Central Plains, which has always been a shame for the scholars of Hebei and Qingzhou.

I heard that two years ago the Qingzhou army seized the city of Beiluxury, but then retreated, Hebei Qingzhou scholars have a lot of resentment about this, did not expect the beginning of the spring Sui army to fight again, in the fumigation of the wine, the scholars began to get excited, cheers resounded in the wine shop. (To be continued.) )