[I'm sorry, there are only two chapters today, and I was too excited to watch volleyball yesterday.] Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info]

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After the final decision was made by the Chang'an court, there was no suspense about the situation in Nanjun, Qu Tutong withdrew from Jingling County and retreated directly to Jiangxia County, which was Li Yuan's will, Li Yuan named Qu Tutong as the governor of Jingzhou, and the military government was stationed in Wuchang County, that is to say, Qu Tutong would lead a heavy army to Wuchang, and Li Shimin would immediately return to Chang'an to report on his work.

But Li Xiaogong was still stationed in Yiling County and confronted the Liang army in Nanjun, eight days later, the Tang army's 100 rafts loaded with grain successfully arrived in Yiling County, and finally relieved the food crisis of Li Xiaogong's army, although the food problem was solved, but Li Xiaogong also gave up the posture of attacking Nanjun, and began to turn to Yiling County to make full preparations for the next Eastern Crusade.

As the Tang court in Chang'an abandoned its plan to attack Nanjun, the situation in the south began to cool rapidly, while at the same time, the annual imperial examination gradually came to a boiling moment.

On the first day of the first month of May, there are still five days before the imperial examination, and all the topics in the central capital are inseparable from the content of the "imperial examination", compared with last year, the number of people who participated in the imperial examination in the central capital this year reached 73,000 people, an increase of more than 10,000 people over last year, mainly because the number of scholars in the south increased sharply, of course, the more important reason is that the territory of the Northern Sui Dynasty expanded rapidly this year, and the six counties of the Central Plains, Jianghuai, Jiangnan and Ganjiang have increased far more than the original territory.

There are groups of scholars everywhere in the middle capital, and those who can join relatives and friends are borrowed from relatives' homes, and there are no relatives in the middle, so they can only find another way, almost all the inns are full, and the temples and Taixue are also full of scholars who stay overnight, in order to solve the accommodation of the southern scholars, the imperial court specially vacated the left guard camp in the middle capital, and three thousand tents became the temporary residence of the southern scholars, and the imperial court provided free meals.

The court's care of the southern scholars once caused dissatisfaction among the northern scholars, but the imperial court soon gave corresponding subsidies to the northern scholars' food and lodging, and the dissatisfaction gradually subsided.

That afternoon, in a wine shop near Beishi, nearly 100 scholars crowded the second floor, the noise and the sound of high-pitched talk made the lobby extremely noisy, and in the innermost remote corner, Lu Han was sitting alone at the table and pouring himself a drink.

He came to Zhongdu by boat with a group of Yuzhang scholars a month ago, he rented an attic in a nearby inn called Shunxing Inn for twice the price, and studied hard in the attic every day without leaving home, after a month of review, he gradually returned to the state before last year's imperial examination, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, so he came out for a walk to understand the situation of this year's imperial examination.

At this time, a gentle laugh came from the side, "This brother, can someone sit in the seat opposite?" ”

As soon as Lu Han looked up, he saw a young man standing next to him with a smile on his face, of medium height, about his early twenties, with big ears and a dignified appearance, Lu Han immediately had a good impression of him, waved his hand and smiled: "Please take a seat!" ”

The young scholar sat down and said with a smile: "It's a little late today, and there is no seat in the circle, only there is a vacant seat here in the brother's table, so I took the liberty to come and disturb." ”

"It's okay, it's boring to drink alone, and some people say it's fun to talk."

The young scholar asked the guy to serve a pot of good wine, three dishes, and Lu Han's wine and food, Lu Han saw that he was quite polite, so he asked with a smile: "Listen to the accent, the virtuous brother seems to be a southerner!" ”

"I am a native of Qiantang County, Yuhang County, surnamed Chu Suiliang, and the word Dengshan."

"It turned out to be Brother Chu Xian, and it was also a coincidence, I only went to Qiantang County last month, is Brother Chu Xian from Qiantang County?"

"I'm ashamed, I'm from Luoyang, and I haven't been back to my hometown for several years, brother's surname?"

"My surname is Lu Minghan, the word is silent, and I am from Zhuo County."

"It turned out to be Brother Lu, and the younger brother was polite."

In fact, whether it is Chu Suiliang or Lu Han, as soon as they hear their origins and surnames, they know that they are children of famous families, but most of the children of famous families are modest and self-disciplined, have a rigorous family style, and generally try not to mention their own family when interacting with people, so as not to be mistaken for arrogant children.

What's more, when Lu Han and Chu Suiliang met for the first time, they were naturally cautious and tried not to mention their family history to avoid embarrassment.

Chu Suiliang poured a glass of wine for Lu Han and said with a smile: "It's the first time I've come to Zhongdu, Zhongdu has a good impression on me, not only the city is magnificent, but it has the atmosphere of the imperial capital of the world, although the scale is slightly inferior to Luoyang, but it is more vibrant than Luoyang, especially the people are thrifty, and it is rare to see the phenomenon of luxury and waste, to be honest, even if I can't get famous, I don't want to go back to Luoyang." ”

Lu Han smiled and nodded, "Brother Xian said a lot, people who have been to Zhongdu will feel the generosity of Zhongdu, whether it is the government or the commoners, will accept the people of the world with a generous attitude, although it is not as prosperous as Chang'an and Luoyang, but it is more vibrant, younger, more attractive, and people are willing to grow together with it, I felt this way when I first came to Zhongdu last year." ”

The two laughed together, and Chu Suiliang raised his glass and said, "For our common feelings, drink this cup!" ”

"Good! Cheers. ”

The two of them raised their glasses, and they both drank it all, Lu Han smiled again: "This year is indeed a good opportunity for the southern scholars, although the imperial examination is not taken care of, but Taixue is biased towards the southern scholars, as far as I know, seventy percent of the Taixue places this year have been given to the southern scholars, and the wish of the virtuous brother to stay in the middle capital should have a chance to be fulfilled." ”

Chu Suiliang hurriedly asked: "I have also heard of this statement, but some people say that this is just a rumor, if the imperial court is too partial to the southern scholars, it will cause confrontation between the northern and southern scholars, I don't know if it is true or not?" ”

"What do you think?"

Chu Suiliang hesitated and said: "I think it's more likely, after all, the war in the south has just ended, and the imperial court needs to encircle the southern scholars and take care of them in the Taixue quota, I think it's reasonable to be reasonable." ”

Lu Han gave a thumbs up, "Brother Xian has seen it very thoroughly, this is not a rumor, it was personally set by His Royal Highness King Qi, and the quota of seventy percent of Taixue will not be changed." ”

Lu Han filled the wine glass and asked, "How is the situation in Luoyang now?" ”

Chu Suiliang shook his head and said: "I left Luoyang on the third day after Wang Shichong's usurpation, but the reaction of the people of Luoyang to Wang Shichong's usurpation is relatively calm, perhaps because everyone knows that sooner or later there will be such a day, Luoyang is like a seriously ill person, its only ending is to slowly die, there is no hope, especially this time Xiangyang for Hongnong, Wang Shichong made a strategic mistake, this matter will become the source of Luoyang's turmoil." ”

Lu Han picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Why do I think that Wang Shichong has eased the relationship between Li and Tang, and from now on he can go left and right between Sui and Tang and win the greatest benefits for himself, but it may not be a bad move." ”

Chu Suiliang took out a five-baht coin from his arms and put it on the table, "Brother said this is good money?" ”

Lu Han looked at it and smiled: "It's the emperor's money, it's clean and legible, it should be good money!" ”

Chu Suiliang turned the money over, but the other side was covered with patina, which corroded the entire money surface, and he asked with a smile: "Does my brother still think it's good money?" ”

Lu Han was stunned, he suddenly understood what Chu Suiliang meant, and said with a slight smile: "You mean, on the one hand, Wang Shichong is left and right, and it seems that he has taken advantage, but on the other hand, he is self-destructing the Great Wall, is that what you mean?" ”

Chu Suiliang nodded, "The Tang army's exchange of Hongnong for Xiangyang is nominally to occupy the iron ore in Jiangxia, but on the other hand, if the pig iron is to be transported back to Chang'an, the Tang army needs to go north through Xiyang County, isn't this just opening up the Nanxiang Road?" Although the Tang army said it nicely, it only leased the waterway, but the Tang army had already gained a firm foothold in Xiangyang, and it was easy to seize Xiyang County and Nanyang County. Once Xiyang County and Nanyang County were taken away by the Tang Army, and the Tang Army attacked Luoyang in a big way, who did Wang Shichong ask for help, and Will His Royal Highness King Qi save this faithless and unrighteous person again? ”

Lu Han laughed, "Although Wang Shichong is hateful, I believe that King Qi will definitely save Wang Shichong." ”

"Why?"

"That's because you don't know His Royal Highness the King of Qi, he didn't save Wang Shichong by any means considering Wang Shichong's interests, but from the whole game of chess of the Northern Sui, before the annexation of the state to the Northern Sui, Luoyang must maintain the status quo as a strategic barrier between the Sui and Tang Dynasties."

Chu Suiliang pondered for a long time, then suddenly got up and hugged his fists and said: "Listening to your words, it is better to study for ten years, where does Brother Lu live?" ”

"I live at Shun Hing Inn."

Chu Suiliang was overjoyed, "What a coincidence, I also live there, I live in the fifth room on the second floor." ”

"I live in the attic, and I came late, so I rented the attic so I had to talk about it."

Chu Suiliang waved his hand, "How can the attic be inhabited, I have a spacious room there, and I am alone, Brother Lu might as well move down and live with me, how about it?" ”

There were too many rats in the attic where Lu Han lived, and it was not quiet at night, which made him sleep badly, which made him quite distressed, and he readily agreed after thinking about it, "Then it will be troublesome for the virtuous brother!" (To be continued.) )