The sky is not yet bright, at the fifth watch, the east gate of Taiyuan City will be slowly opened, more than 20,000 scholars from all directions gathered to the east city gate, mighty out of the city gate, this time they are no longer a parade petition, but to participate in the autumn test they have been waiting for a long time.

The examination room is located in a military camp outside the east city, composed of hundreds of large tents, the big tents have numbers, compared with the examination in the hands of each candidate, a large tent can accommodate 50 candidates to take the examination, yesterday the examination room was open for a day, many candidates have come to see the examination room in advance, has been familiar with the road.

The weather has been very cold, the examination room for each candidate has prepared a small charcoal basin, there is a special person to add carbon to them, in addition to each candidate can also receive a good Jinshan fine sheepskin, after the examination, this sheepskin will be given to the candidates, as they came to participate in the first imperial examination of the Northern Sui Dynasty, some scholars specially went to the North City to inquire, this kind of Jinshan fine sheepskin is very expensive, a skin is worth three thousand dollars, although some scholars want to sell it, but the vast majority of scholars will keep it by their side, as a memorial of their own life journey.

At the gate of the camp, more than 20,000 soldiers discharged a queue of 20 captains, and the examiner simply checked the examiners, and then let the scholars enter the camp, quickly and orderly, only half an hour, more than 20,000 candidates entered the venue one after another.

A young gentleman with big ears quickly found his place, he was very satisfied, it was a double wooden couch, but he sat alone, and there was a charcoal basin next to him, so that he could reach out for warmth at any time, he carefully laid the sheepskin on the couch, sat down, and there was a pen, inkstone and paste on the small table, but the scholar was surprised to find that there was an extra note on the table.

He picked up the note. A text was printed on it, which means that in addition to admitting 200 of the best people directly as officials, it is also necessary to prepare to admit another 2,000 people to study in Guozixue, whether it is a noble family or a poor family, free room and board, and at the same time, the imperial court subsidizes another five buckets of rice and eight hangs of money every month to support the family, and a red seal is stamped below. It is printed with six big characters of 'Da Sui Shangshu Ling Yang'.

The gentleman was astonished, looked up, and saw that all the candidates had been given the same note. They were all equally surprised.

At this time, the invigilator at the door of the tent explained to the scholars: "This note is to solicit everyone's wishes, and they are willing to study Guozi Scholars. You can write your name on the slip of paper, and then hand it in with the exam paper, if you don't want to be a reader, you can take the note away or burn it, you don't need to turn it in, but I advise everyone to think about it carefully, Luoyang Doumi is 8,000 yuan, and not everyone can encounter such an opportunity. ”

This scholar was extremely smart, and he immediately realized that this was actually the Northern Sui reserving talents to prepare for the seizure of the world in the future. He was very excited in his heart, no matter whether he could pass the exam or not, at least there was one more way back, he was very confident in himself, and there would definitely be no problem in getting into the top 2,000.

He immediately picked up the pen and wrote his name squarely under the note: Chu Suiliang.

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With three long bells ringing. The imperial examination began, all the candidates are working hard to write, the examination is the same as the original Fengzhou imperial examination, three exams: pasting scriptures, policy and making poems, two consecutive exams, the first day of the examination of sticking scriptures and making poems. On the second day, all papers must be named.

Yang Yuanqing and more than a dozen important ministers appeared in the examination room not long after the start of the examination, they were inspecting the examination room, Yang Yuanqing was led by an official, came to the examination room of the twenty-fifth A, and an accompanying official said in a low voice: "Report to the director, the fourth candidate in the leftmost column is." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, walked towards the tent, and when he walked to the door, he turned back to a few pro-soldiers and made a look, ordering them not to follow, he walked into the big tent with his hands behind his back, wearing a purple robe, wearing a black cage hat, and black leather boots, completely dressed as a five-grade civil official, he slowly walked past the couch with his hands, and the candidates were all waving their pens, and no one noticed his arrival.

In the end, Yang Yuanqing stopped in front of the fourth-place candidate in the leftmost column, his eyes were sharp, and he saw the name written on the note at a glance: Pei Qingsong.

It was this person, a few ordinary words caused an uproar, Yang Yuanqing thought that Li Yuan or Dou Jiande was making trouble behind his back, and it took two days for the internal guard army to find out the truth, it turned out that it was caused by a few unintentional words of this Pei family disciple, and it had nothing to do with Li Yuan and Dou Jiande.

However, this person is indeed very discerning, and he can actually see through his true intention of holding the imperial examination in order to envelop the Hebei scholars, with this, Yang Yuanqing does not want to punish him, but wants to reuse him, although he is a child of the Pei family, but Yang Yuanqing still wants to be meritococial.

Pei Qingsong was writing a book and meditating on the scriptures, and suddenly felt that someone was standing beside him, and couldn't help but look up at the person next to him, he saw Yang Yuanqing's stern gaze at a glance, Pei Qingsong was suddenly taken aback, he recognized the person in front of him, the last time Yang Yuanqing came to Wenxi Pei's house, he saw it once, and his heart suddenly became chaotic, and he wrote a few wrong words in a row.

Of course, he knew what trouble he had caused, and he had been extremely uneasy for the past few days, waiting for the government to come to arrest him, but everything was safe, so he came to take the exam, and he had a trace of luck in his heart, maybe the government did not find out the reason.

At this time, he was extremely nervous in his heart, from Yang Yuanqing's eyes, he knew that he had been exposed, Yang Yuanqing knew that it was him, at this time, Yang Yuanqing felt his uneasiness, his eyes became soft, he reached out and took the tongs and picked up two charcoals, put them in the brazier, and carefully put them on the burning charcoal fire, he put down the tongs, clapped his hands gently, turned around and walked away with his hands behind his back.

This small move made Pei Qingsong's heart suddenly warm, his nose choked suddenly, his eyes were a little red, he rubbed his sour eyes, immediately erased the words he had written wrongly, and continued to write and meditate.

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Yang Yuanqing walked out of the examination account and saw a messenger waiting for him, so he asked, "What happened?" ”

"Chief Administrator, the Western Qin Liang Division has sent a messenger to ask to see the Chief!"

This news made Yang Yuanqing slightly stunned, and he had a feeling of unoptimism in his heart, and he groaned for a while and said, "Please come and wait at the Gui Sui Pavilion!" ”

As the name suggests, the Gui Sui Pavilion is the place where the former Sui Dynasty officials return to the Northern Sui, as long as they are officials above the seventh rank of the former Sui Dynasty and are willing to work for the Northern Sui, they can first register in this hall and live temporarily, waiting for the notice of the Ministry of Officials.

Gui Sui Pavilion is located in the south of the city, after entering the city gate, you can see this magnificent mansion at first sight, the mansion covers an area of about 80 acres, composed of more than 60 yards, pavilions and pavilions, rockery pond fish, is a beautiful scenery of the official residence, it was originally the original residence of Yang Liang, the king of the Han Dynasty, he thought that this place is close to the city gate, the feng shui is unlucky, so he gave up this mansion, and built a new mansion, his new mansion is now Yang Yuanqing's mansion, and this old mansion was transformed into the Sui Pavilion.

The Gui Sui Pavilion is also a place where Yang Yuanqing meets some important figures, his official room is in Ziwei Pavilion, and ordinary people can't easily enter, so many foreign figures, Yang Yuanqing is in the Gui Sui Pavilion.

The secret envoy sent by Liang Shidu was his brother, named Liang Zhong, who was also Liang Shidu's confidant general, at this time Liang Zhong was sitting in the guest hall of the Gui Sui Pavilion, drinking tea, while thinking about how to talk to Yang Yuanqing about Liang Shidu.

At this time, footsteps sounded in the courtyard, Yang Yuanqing walked in slowly with his hands behind his back, in fact, whether it was Xue Ju or Liang Shi, it didn't have much strategic value for Yang Yuanqing, their strength could not be compared with the Tang Dynasty, the strength here was not how strong his army's combat effectiveness was, but it referred to the long-term combat ability, Xue Ju occupied a sparsely populated land, poor taxes, and no guarantee of military and financial resources, since the last defeat, Xue Ju has not been able to recover his vitality, and Yang Yuanqing also heard that Xue Ju is addicted to wine, had no intention of attacking Tang, and he gave up on himself a little, which made Yang Yuanqing very disappointed in him.

However, for the sake of their independent resistance to the Tang Dynasty, Yang Yuanqing still decided to meet with Liang Shidu's secret envoy and listen to what he wanted to say to himself?

Liang Zhong saw Yang Yuanqing, and when he saw Yang Yuanqing walk into the room, he immediately stepped forward and knelt down on one knee to salute, "The last general, Liang Zhong, the order of General Liang of the Western Qin Dynasty, sent an envoy to the Northern Sui Dynasty, and knocked on His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" ”

This Liang Zhong is quite self-aware, Yang Yuanqing is more satisfied with his attitude, so he nodded, waved his hand and said, "General Liang is exempt, please take a seat!" ”

"Thank you, His Royal Highness the King of Chu, for taking a seat!"

Liang Zhong did not dare to sit side by side with Yang Yuanqing, but sat on the side seat, indicating a kind of respect for his subordinates to see his boss, a personal soldier served him a cup of tea, and another personal soldier brought Yang Yuanqing's teacup, the tea was the Mengding tea of Qingcheng Mountain in Shuzhong, fried with the pearl spring in Jinyang Palace, which was Yang Yuanqing's favorite tea.

Yang Yuanqing took a sip of tea, and then asked unhurriedly: "General Liang came from thousands of miles away, but what happened to the Western Qin Kingdom?" ”

Liang Zhong hurriedly bowed and said: "Back to Your Highness, a major event happened in the Western Qin Kingdom, Xue Ju died of illness, and the King of Jin ascended the throne and inherited the throne of the King of Western Qin. ”

This news was unexpected, Xue Ju has always been strong, how could he suddenly die of illness, Yang Yuanqing is so old and spicy, and suddenly heard the clues in his words, Liang Zhong dared to call the name of the first emperor Xue Ju, which is extremely disrespectful, and the second person who ascended the throne was not the crown prince Xue Rengao, but the king of Jin Xue Renyue, there is a famous hall in this, Yang Yuanqing immediately realized that it must be Xue Renyue, the king of Jin, who killed his father and ascended the throne, and Liang Shidu was actually named the general of Longxiang, and it is estimated that he also played a disgraceful role in this matter.

Yang Yuanqing asked silently: "Why did Liang Shidu send you to see me, but not Xue Renyue, why is this?" ”

Yang Yuanqing's words were to the point, Liang Zhong hesitated for a long time, he finally had to tell the truth, he gritted his teeth and said: "Your Royal Highness, although Xue Renyue ascended the throne as the new king, he is just a puppet of General Liang, General Liang has defeated Xue Rengao's army after leading the army to confront him for ten days, and he already has nearly 40,000 elite troops in his hands, General Liang begged His Highness to support him to replace Western Qin, he wants to establish a new dynasty and continue to fight against Tang for His Highness." ”

After speaking, he took out a letter and presented it to Yang Yuanqing with both hands, Yang Yuanqing took the letter, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Xue Ju perished, but Liang Shidu appeared on the stage.