"I've been in Beijing for half a year, and you've worked hard." In the Wude Palace, Li Xin greeted everyone with a smile and said. In the main hall, Wude Hall scholars Pei Shiju, Chu Suiliang, Wei Yuancheng, Xiao Yu, Wude Hall Walking Cen Wenwen, Wuyingdian University scholar Du Ruhui, general Li Jing, etc., Li Xin also just changed into a regular clothes, and greeted everyone with a smile.

"The prime minister fought in the bloody field, and his subordinates were just sitting in Beijing, which was not hard." Pei Shiju and the others spoke one after another, and their faces were full of smiles, and they followed Li Xin's side, but they didn't have to be like the previous dynasty, for fear that His Majesty the Emperor would want his head at any time.

"Master Pei, after the beginning of spring next year, I want to attack Wang Shichong, is there enough money and food in the court?" After Li Xin beckoned everyone to sit down, he said to himself: "Wang Shichong took advantage of the return of our army this time to prepare to attack Nanyang, this is to teach him a lesson." ”

Everyone nodded, in fact, the main reason for Li Xin to attack Wang Shichong was because Li Shimin occupied the land of Hebei, which made the pressure in his heart suddenly increase, and the general trend of the world gradually became obvious, Li Xin and Li Yuan competed for the world, the winner was the king, and the loser was the villain. Li Xin now wants to seize the opportunity, he must seize Luoyang, and look at the land of Hebei.

"If you just seize Luoyang and Henan, it will be more than enough, but if you attack Hebei, I'm afraid it's still a little worse." Pei Shiju hurriedly said. The land of Guanzhong is smooth and rainy, and the Bashu granary is enough for the imperial court to accumulate a lot of grain and grass, if you add the left by the previous dynasty, Pei Shiju's words are still a little conservative, however, because of the land of Jianghuai and Jingzhou, you still need to leave some food to comfort the place, and the imperial court also needs a certain amount of food to do some pacification work after seizing the land of Henan. The food that can really be called is not particularly sufficient.

"In the coming year, we may have to fight on two fronts, or even three fronts." Li Xin ordered someone to open the map behind him, asked someone to take a pole, and said to himself: "First of all, the south, led by Qin Qiong and Du Fuwei, the two armies are going to attack Li Zitong and Shen Faxing. Jiangnan must be pacified, so that we have more places to grow food; The second is the land of Luoyang Henan, where Lone and the general will join forces to send troops to quickly solve the land of Wang Shichong in Henan from Hongnong and Nanyang. The third is Hebei or the Turkic land, which is our greatest enemy. Li Yuan will not watch us subdue Luoyang, he must have made a move, attacking Hedong, or going south along Hebei. Entering Henan, snatching Wang Shichong's territory with us, and even sending troops to Shandong, the Shandong family supported Li Yuan, and it was very likely that Li Yuan would surrender; In the end, there are the Turks, the general burned the steppe with a fire, and the Turks were scared, and Jieli Khan would inevitably settle accounts with us. Therefore, these two forces are the focus of future supervision. ”

"Prime Minister. Wang Shichong is still a little useful for the time being, and he can still drag Li Shimin's Hebei Army, is it too early for us to send troops to Henan at this time? Wei Yuancheng said with some concern.

He just saw Wang Xuanying, and when he heard that Wang Xuanying was here to be a hostage, he thought in his heart that Li Xin was going to let Wang Shichong go, but now it seems. Li Xin just wants to completely eliminate Wang Shichong, which is different from what Wang Xuanying said.

"Wang Shichong is a snake and a rat at both ends, although he surrenders to the prime minister on the surface, but in fact he is hooking up with Li Yuan, and this person should be killed." Du Ruhui shook his head and said: "Today's general trend in the world. Prime Minister is the strongest, Li Yuan is second, Wang Shichong is the weakest, he can only unite with Li Yuan at this time to have a glimmer of life, otherwise, in the end, he can only be swallowed up by us. At this time, the two of them have already colluded, and they are waiting for the right opportunity to send troops! ”

"After Wang Shichong's last war, his strength has not actually recovered, and his subordinates think that this is the best time to attack." Li Jing said loudly: "Prime Minister, we are going east from Hongnong, there are no passes along the way, and it is not like Nanyang, we must go through Xuanyuan Pass, which is enough to catch Wang Shichong off guard." As for Li Shimin, his subordinates believe that although he is powerful, he has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, but most of them are Turks, and the Turks are reckless in Hebei, burning, killing and looting, and I don't know how many Hebei people have been killed. ”

"My subordinates heard that the bandits in the Taihang Mountains of Hebei Province have been unified by the Red Turban Army recently, the leader of the Red Turban Army is Dou Hongxian, she has Xu Jing, He Choupu, Wu has Liu Heimin, Fan Yuan and others, there are about 50,000 soldiers and horses under his command now, Dou Jiande died in the hands of Li Shimin, Dou Hongxian wanted to avenge his father, most of the people under her command are Hebei people, and Li Shimin and the Turks are all blood feuds, Prime Minister, if this person can be used well, it is definitely a sharp weapon." Du Ruhui said.

"Dou Hongxian, it's a strange woman." Li Xin nodded and said with some sighs. This is not the first time he has received news from Dou Hongxian during this time, such a strange woman is not under Li Xiuning at all. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Send someone to contact them and see what they need, and Jin Yiwei can also help them with a thing or two." ”

Li Xin's help to Dou Hongxian is not only based on their location and the role they can play, the key is to admire Dou Hongxian's personality, a weak woman can also make such a career, which is admirable.

"Prime Minister, the test questions for the imperial examination in the coming year will have to wait for the Prime Minister to personally propose." Chu Suiliang stepped forward and said.

"It's okay to leave this matter to Mr. Chu, Mr. Chu is talented, but it's much better than Lone." Li Xin looked around with a smile and said: "The talents obtained from next year's imperial examination will still be flooded with places, and the proposition should also be economical and practical, and the splendid article is not as good as helping the world and the people!" ”

"Prime Minister, my subordinates think that this matter is inappropriate, but the imperial examination pays attention to talents, and the Son of Heaven takes talents, attaches importance to his virtue and talent, and is mostly a turbid official in terms of economy and practicality." Xiao Yu suddenly said: "If the prime minister is at the beginning of the grass, there is nothing to value his talents, and it is a good thing that most of his subordinates are economical and practical officials, but now it is different, the prime minister sits on the four seas and has occupied more than half of the country, and he must be a person who will be determined in the future, if the officials under his command are not virtuous, how can they help the prime minister govern the world." ”

"Oh, how does that tell of his virtue?" Li Xin said with some distress: "Can you see it from the imperial examination?" I'm afraid I can't say for sure! ”

"The subordinates think that after the family and the Zhongding family, there are many handsome heirs, and there are many people with high virtue." Xiao Yu said loudly: "As for those children of the poor family, they can't even eat enough, how can they consider their virtues? If the prime minister takes all the disciples of the family in the imperial examination, these families must be used by the prime minister, especially the Jiangnan and Kanto families, the prime minister has just pacified Jiangnan, if he takes more children of the Jiangnan family, the Jiangnan family will be happy to throw himself into the arms of the prime minister, although the Kanto family takes refuge in Li Yuan, but these families are mostly bets on both sides, and the prime minister promised to wait until the day when my army enters Hebei and Shandong, These people will also be used by the prime minister. ”

"Lord Xiao, this is wrong, the prime minister is now sitting in Guanzhong, the people of Guanzhong love the prime minister, and the families in Guanzhong support the prime minister, if the prime minister only takes it and does not give it, in the long run, the family in Guanzhong will be chilled." Wei Yuancheng glanced at Xiao Yu with disdain, and said: "Jiangnan or the Kanto family, these people are just afraid of the prime minister's soldiers for the time being, if you just give them a little benefit, let them submit, isn't it too much to underestimate these families?" The subordinates thought that after these big families taught them a hard lesson and beat them up, they would get acquainted with each other and truly submit to the prime minister. The imperial examination itself was held in Guanzhong, and the priority was naturally given to the Guanzhong family. ”

Everyone in the hall suddenly stopped talking, the thoughts of these two guys are very simple, one is to speak for the Jiangnan family, and even afraid that their weight is not enough, and they also pulled the Kanto family, although the Kanto family took refuge in Li Yuan, but as Xiao Yu said, these families will not just bet on Li Yuan's side, after learning the news of Li Xin's imperial examination, there must be many people who came to take the exam, and even changed their names, after these people get the news, they will definitely contact the ministers of the DPRK and China, to help Xiao Yu together; And Wei Yuancheng represents the interests of the Guanzhong family, the Guanzhong family may not be as powerful as before, but in terms of money, it has surpassed before, and the strength has even increased a lot, and now that the money is available, if you want to seek a breakthrough in politics, so there is Wei Yuancheng's struggle.

"This, Prime Minister, isn't the imperial examination fair?" Du Ruhui glanced at the two of them with some dissatisfaction and said. How important is the imperial court's talent ceremony, how can it be changed because of the family, these two people are really hateful.

"Lord Du is really joking, aren't these talented people all from the big family? Lord Du thought that those poor families could have many talents, and his subordinates heard that there were many people who had been involved in major families and officials during this time, and I don't know how many Lord Du received? Xiao Yu said with a smile.

"Hehe, as long as the court is talented, it can be absorbed, whether it is a big family, or a child of a poor family, as long as there is talent, the court needs it." Li Xin said with a smile: "What you do, Lone thinks that there is no need for that." What does the scroll say? can only let the other party's name spread all over Chang'an, do we just look at his reputation? This time, we didn't just want to confuse our names, but we also had to send someone to transcribe the test papers, so that we couldn't recognize the other party because of their handwriting. (To be continued......)