Liu Heimin was reluctant to ask Dou Jiande to go out of the mountain, which would threaten his position as the leader, but in the past few months, he has visited many old departments, and everyone has stated that unless Dou Gong goes out of the mountain again, they will not rebel again, Liu Heimin has no choice but to invite Dou Jiande out of the mountain, but he also has a backup plan, if Dou Jiande refuses to go out of the mountain, then he will simply kill Dou Jiande and blame the Zhongdu court, then there will also be many old departments willing to rebel for Dou Jiande's revenge. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, Liu Heimin had already seen Dou Jiande's intentions, and he actually wanted to go to Zhongdu, which was obviously to betray himself, and once Dou Jiande spoke in Zhongdu, those old ministries who were unwilling to rebel again would not agree to themselves, Liu Heimin immediately made up his mind that he must kill Dou Jiande and blame Zhongdu.

He led five hundred cavalry to chase all the way, seeing that he was gradually catching up, fifty Sui cavalry appeared on the official road in front, Liu Heimin was extremely cunning, and he immediately ordered the deputy general Fan Yuan: "You lead three hundred brothers to entangle the Sui cavalry, and I will take a detour to kill the prey." ”

Fan Yuan shouted: "The first three brigades will kill me with me!" ”

He took three hundred cavalry to speed up the horse, and instantly killed in front of the Sui cavalry, the two cavalry fought fiercely together, but Liu Heimin waved his hand, and led the remaining two hundred cavalry around the woods, chasing Dou Jiande's carriage in front.

Dou Jiande sat in the carriage and turned his head to look at the situation behind, the dust was flying behind, and the Sui army was fighting fiercely with the pursuers, which made him really uneasy, at this moment, a cavalry suddenly came out of the woods next to him, and the leader was Liu Heimin, who brandished their swords and shouted to kill this side.

Dou Jiande's face turned green in an instant, and he turned around and shouted: "Quick! Faster! ”

The coachman desperately whipped the horse, and the carriage galloped like crazy on the official road, but Liu Heimin led his subordinates to gradually catch up, Dou Jiande pulled out his sword and looked at his son who was sleeping heavily in his arms, he couldn't help but feel like a knife, it was not a pity for him to die, but he never wanted his son to die, could Liu Heimin let his son go?

His wife Li was lying on him and crying loudly, and Dou Jiande sighed, "That's it, it's a hundred deaths!" ”

At this critical moment, countless cavalry suddenly appeared in front, rushing towards this side with murderous spirit, and the coachman shouted, "Master, there are Sui cavalry in front." ”

Dou Jiande also saw it, which made him feel ecstatic in his heart, and shouted urgently: "Don't stop, meet it!" ”

Liu Heimin led the pursuers to be less than fifty paces away from the carriage at this time, and when he was about to catch up, a puff of dust came in front of him, and his men shouted in horror: "It's the cavalry of the Sui army!" ”

Seeing hundreds of Sui cavalry appear a hundred paces away from them, well-equipped and murderous, Liu Heimin was taken aback and hurriedly ordered: "Retreat immediately!" ”

His subordinates turned their horses around and fled, Liu Heimin glanced at the carriage unwillingly, opened his bow and set up an arrow, and an arrow went to the carriage ****, this arrow grazed Dou Jiande's face and inserted it into the wall of the carriage. scared Dou Jiande out of a cold sweat.

Hundreds of Sui cavalry galloped past both sides of the carriage and chased Liu Heimin, Liu Heimin and his men ran desperately, until they ran for more than 100 miles, and gradually got rid of the Sui cavalry pursuit, and at this time his cavalry was left less than 100 people, and the rest of the soldiers died on the way to chase and kill.

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Two days later, Dou Jiande finally arrived in Zhongdu, Captain Wu Zheng led his cavalry to bid him farewell, they got along together for nearly two years, in order to protect him, fifty cavalry unfortunately killed thirteen people, so that Dou Jiande was also a little sad.

Zhang Xuan had already arranged a house for Dou Jiande, and there were special soldiers to protect his safety, and some officials took his family members to the mansion first, while Dou Jiande followed Zhang Xuan's personal soldiers to the Ziwei side hall.

In the side hall, Zhang Xuan is discussing with the important ministers the arrangements for next year's imperial examination, and the big plan has been formulated, and the key is that some details need to be implemented.

Su Wei is still the drafter of the imperial examination plan, he slowly said to everyone: "Next year's imperial examination will be the same as this year, it will be held in early May, and the content of the examination will basically remain the same, because we have expanded the scope of control in the Central Plains and Jianghuai, and may expand to the south next year, so the number of admissions has increased compared with last year, about 200 people, these have been discussed, do you still have any opinions?" ”

There was silence in the side hall, Su Wei looked at Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan nodded, motioned for him to continue, Su Wei smiled: "Since everyone has no opinion, then I will continue, the following is the issue of quota allocation." ”

There was a slight commotion in the side hall, and the first imperial examination in May this year was because of the issue of quotas, and the last two Shangshu were demoted, which is related to the vital interests of various places, so everyone is particularly concerned.

Su Wei glanced at Zhang Xuan and said: "The geographical allocation of quotas is originally a matter of power, and cannot form a convention or system, so starting from this year, the geographical division of admission to the imperial examination will be abolished, and all scholars will compete fairly with their own talents, and it will be the same in the future, and there will be no more special." ”

There was silence in the hall, no one objected or agreed, everyone knew that Su Wei did not have this power to determine the system or practice, which must be the meaning of the King of Qi.

However, everyone has nothing to say about fair competition, and no one wants to admit that their children's talents are inferior to others.

At this time, Zhang Xuan said to everyone: "Last year, we temporarily divided the admission quota according to the region, and it turned out that this decision was not wise, but we do have to take care of some regional scholars, especially the southern scholars, so I consider tilting the quota of Taixue, and if you have no opinion, let Su Xiangguo continue to read it." ”

At this time, Chen Ling, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, bowed and said: "As far as Weichen knows, if you enter Taixue during the Kaihuang period, it is equivalent to stepping into the officialdom with half a foot, are we the same, and will there be preferential treatment in the imperial examination if you enter Taixue to study?" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled: "Let Su Xiangguo answer this question!" He knows best. ”

Su Wei coughed and said: "In the early years of the emperor, because the nine-grade Zhongzheng system was still implemented, the scholars recommended by various places to study Taixue were basically candidates for officials, so there was a saying that entering Taixue would be half a foot into officialdom, but we are not at all now, and now the imperial examination is the official way to enter the officialdom." ”

"Then what's the point of entering Taixue to study?" Chen Ling continued to ask.

"Of course, there are benefits to studying in Taixue, free room and board, and money and rice every month, which is especially tempting for the children of poor families, you can support your family by studying, in addition, you can also get the guidance of famous teachers to study in Taixue, improve your knowledge, whether it is good for him to participate in the imperial examination or serve as a staff member in the future, and a very important point, Tai students will be an important source of county clerks in the future, which will be the way out for most of the Tai students."

At this time, a guard hurriedly came over and whispered a few words to Zhang Xuan, who got up and said with a smile: "Everyone continue, I have something to do temporarily, and I will be back soon." ”

Jag Hyun returned to his official room, and the guards reported: "He is waiting in the council hall." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded and walked into the meeting hall, only to see that Fang Xuanling had already arrived first, and was talking about something with Dou Jiande, Dou Jiande saw Zhang Xuan coming in, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Weichen see His Royal Highness King Qi!" ”

Dou Jiande was named the Duke of Zhangnan County and had a knighthood, so he also performed the courtier's courtesy.

Zhang Xuan smiled: "Duke Dou, please take a seat!" ”

The three of them sat down, and Dou Jiande said gratefully: "Thanks to His Royal Highness for sending troops to pick up Weichen, so that Weichen was spared, Jiande is grateful!" ”

Zhang Xuan said lightly: "Actually, Duke Dou should also know the true intention of Liu Heimin's pursuit halfway, I'm right!" ”

Dou Jiande nodded silently, and said: "Weichen understands in his heart that he wants to blame the court and encourage my former ministry to rebel against him. ”

"If Liu Heimin rebels, it will have a huge impact on the imperial court, and it will also be a disaster for the people of Hebei who have just settled down, I believe that Dou Gong does not want to see this kind of thing discovered, I just hope that Dou Gong can fully cooperate with the army to nip Liu Heimin's rebellion in the bud."

Dou Jiande sighed and said: "I will not refuse His Highness's request in public or private, I will fully cooperate, first of all, I want to tell His Highness that Liu Heimin has the support of Tang Jun behind him." ”

Zhang Xuan and Fang Xuanling glanced at each other, this news was expected by them, if Liu Heimin sought the support of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan would definitely be happy to support him.

Zhang Xuan pondered and asked, "I want to know, where is Liu Heimin hiding?" ”

Dou Jiande said slowly: "Although he didn't tell me where he was hiding, we can deduce the approximate location of his current lair from some clues." ”

Jao Hyun was overjoyed, "I want to hear about it!" (To be continued.) )