The spring of the Tang Dynasty kicked off in a burst of spring rain, Li Xin did not go to the invigilation, but let Li Chengzong go, and among the civil and military ministers in the court, there were also many fewer people, and many of the scholars of the Wude Hall and the Wuying Hall died. The ministers knew that the imperial court had been tossing since the New Year.

Many people jumped to try, this was the rhythm of the use of force, and His Majesty the Emperor could no longer stand the repeated provocations of the Turks, and decided to take action against the Turks.

"I, Datang, could actually have done something to the Turks a long time ago, so why wait until now?" Du Yan said to Cui Mingan beside him. There was a hint of arrogance on his face. This is the arrogance of being a Tang Dynastyman, nothing more than a family or a commoner.

"His Majesty the Emperor did it at this time, but also for the sake of insurance, after all, if we did it last year, we Datang could certainly achieve victory, but the impact on the people is still very great, at this time, our grain, grass, and horses have been prepared, and the soldiers can use the military heart." Cui Mingan looked at a large hall in the distance, that place was the Wude Palace, which was different from the Qianyang Hall where he was. Who doesn't want to go to the Wude Hall to discuss matters in the Tang Dynasty?

Cui Mingan thought of what his father said, the Tang Emperor still didn't believe in the Kanto family, and it would be very good to have one or two children of the family in the Wude Hall in the future, but with Du Ruhui and others, it was almost impossible for him to enter the Wude Palace. I have to say that Li Xin's vision of employing people is still very good, and in the Wude Palace, any one who comes out is the prime minister's talent, get rid of Wei Yuancheng. This person from a family has become a shortcoming of Wude Hall in terms of talent.

"I heard that the Ministry of Industry has gathered all kinds of skilled craftsmen to build chariots, in the end it is to fight on the grassland, if you use all the people, it will cause the appearance of the previous Han Wu Emperor period, although we spend more this time, but it is also good to use less people. It's still thoughtful from the emperor! Du Yan said with a smile.

"That's nature." Cui Mingan nodded. Suddenly, I saw that a gentleman in the crowd had finished writing the test paper, looked at the funnel next to him, and said with some surprise: "Who is that person, he actually finished the test paper so quickly, tsk, he is still very young!" ”

"Chen Ziang, the word Boyu." An official beside Du Yan whispered to Du Yan, and Du Yan said with a smile: "Zizhou people, there are still some talents. ”

"Oh, it turns out that he is Chen Ziang!" Cui Mingan's eyes lit up. His eyes flickered, this person from Bashu Zizhou, but he went to Luoyang to participate in the imperial examination, and stepped on the children of the Kwantung family on the ground, without mercy, but there was a big uproar in the Kwantung family recently, this is a naked slap in the face, Cui Mingan still remembers the appearance of his old father writing a letter.

"What? Master Cui also knows this person? Du Yan's eyes rolled. In fact, Du Yan knew about Chen Ziang. is even happy to see this, after all, the Kwantung family thought that they were far above the Guanzhong family in terms of Wen Tao, and this time they were slapped in the face, and a Chen Ziang actually went to Luoyang to participate in the imperial examination. But no one dared to say anything.

Because the number of people participating in the imperial examination in each place is customized, the more remote the place, the smaller the number, and these places are much worse in terms of talent training. There are many candidates such as Luoyang and Guanzhong who try to go to those places to take the exam, so that the chance of winning is much greater, but this situation is not allowed.

However, Chen Ziang took the exam from a remote place to a prosperous place. This situation is acquiesced, now it's okay, this Chen Ziang actually crushed the Luoyang Kanto candidates, making the Kanto family fall a big heel all of a sudden, and it became a joke in the officialdom. For a while, Cui Mingan's complexion was not good-looking.

"I'll go up and have a look." Cui Mingan was about to step forward, but was stopped by Du Yan and shook his head.

"There's already an inner servant coming up, so I won't bother Master Cui." Du Yan smiled and pointed to the distance and said. Sure enough, I saw an inner attendant walking down from Li Chengzong's side and taking away Chen Ziang's test papers.

Cui Mingan's face was not good-looking, but he still nodded and said, "I'm curious about what this Chen Ziang wrote?" can hand in the paper so early, presumably in terms of literary style. ”

"Hehe, those people in the Wude Hall will definitely see it very clearly, but I don't know if Chen Ziang will become the champion in this imperial examination." Du Yan said with a smile, but his eyes were looking at the Wude Hall in the distance, and he couldn't wait to enter it at this moment.

In the Wude Palace, the atmosphere is also very solemn, after all, this is a huge military operation, which directly determines the development direction of the Tang Dynasty in the next few decades, the Tang Dynasty wins, the Tang Dynasty's sphere of influence will cover the entire grassland, if the Turks win, the Tang Dynasty is afraid that the defense line will be shortened again to resist the harassment of the Turks for several years.

"There will be two aspects to this expedition, the first is that the coalition army led by Li Xuanba and Ashina Niyu will take the western front, and the general will personally lead the army to take the eastern front, attack the Turks from the Evil Yang Ridge, and directly attack the Turks' tents." On the map, he drew two marks, and the bright red arrows pointed directly to the location of the tooth tent of Jieli Khan.

"What about Tuli? Is there any news from Tuli? Li Xin said to Shen Qianqiu: "Tuli Ke agreed to join us to fight Jieli Khan?" ”

"Your Majesty, he didn't agree, he just said that he would not get involved in this matter." Shen Qianqiu hurriedly said.

"Hmph, he wants to make a profit. If the Tang Dynasty wins, attack Jieli Khan, and if the Turks win, attack the Tang Dynasty immediately. For such a person, the next target should be him. Eldest Sun Wuji said with a cold snort.

"Can the general's body support a big battle?" Li Xin said with some worry, Li Jing is already old, although he still looks like a dragon and a tiger, but after all, he is old, and Li Xin can't bear to let Li Jing go on the expedition.

Everyone in the hall was silent for a while, everyone knew that Li Jing was one of the candidates to lead the army, but what could not be ignored was that Li Jing was already old, and he didn't know when this war would last, if it was winter, would Li Jing's body be able to support it? Li Xin has already lost one Pei Shiju, and he doesn't want to lose another Li Jing.

"Your Majesty, this is the request of the Great General." Xuan Jing hurriedly said: "The general said that his greatest wish is to destroy the Turks, and that's what he thought when he was in Mayi, so he really wanted to fight this last battle for the empire, so he strongly asked to be the commander of this army's attack." ”

Everyone was silent for a while, Cen Wenwen thought for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should become a great general." Although the general is older, he has been practicing martial arts all year round, and if he is on the march, he will prepare more doctors, and it will not be a big problem. If our side thinks more, the army at the front will lose less, and the general will have enough guarantees. ”

"What Lord Cen said is very true, Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that the general should be allowed to go this way." Du Ruhui said: "This is the wish of the great general, and Your Majesty should not stop it." ”

"Since this is the case, then let the general lead 300,000 troops to the Turks." Li Xin thought for a while and said: "I will personally inspect Taiyuan, sit in Taiyuan to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, I can't kill the enemy side by side with the general, but I must also prepare grain and grass for the general, Keming will assist Chengzong to stay in Beijing at that time, the eldest grandson Wuji you will also stay, Ma Zhou, Chu Suiliang, Wei Yuancheng, Cen Wenwen will follow me to Taiyuan." Jing Jing and Liang Shuo mobilized grain and grass, and Pei Renji sat in Luoyang. ”

"Yes." Everyone nodded hurriedly, and they were even more relieved in their hearts, as long as Li Xin didn't personally lead the army to the expedition, things would be much easier. After all, Li Chengzong, the king of Han, is still young, and he can't take on the heavy responsibility now.

"Military affairs are all on the general." Li Xin waved his hand and said, "Let's go!" I'm afraid that the imperial examination has also been completed in the main hall in front, let's all go over and take a look, I, the emperor, actually didn't go to the imperial examination site, if this spreads, I'm afraid those people will say that I don't attach importance to the imperial examination. ”

"Your Majesty is joking, if Your Majesty doesn't pay attention to the imperial examination, I'm afraid that no one in the past emperors will pay attention to the cultivation of imperial talents." Wei Yuancheng said. The rest of the ministers smiled.

"I heard that there is a person named Chen Ziang in this imperial examination, I don't know if you know?" Li Xin seemed to think of something, and said with a smile: "Bashu people, but they went to Luoyang for the exam and won the first place?" ”

"Exactly. This person is only in his twenties, and his writing is amazing. Wei Yuancheng said with a smile: "The minister has seen this person before, and his thoughts are springing, and if he has divine help in writing, the minister admires it very much." ”

"Oh, yes! Master Wei has seen this person? Li Xin stopped and played with Wei Yuancheng with a smile, and Du Ruhui and the others also showed strange looks. Although Wei Yuancheng is not the person who presides over the big exam, he has seen candidates in private, and he has forgotten the practice of avoiding suspicion.

"When the minister passed by a restaurant some time ago, he saw Chen Ziang and a few scholars composing poems, and watched for a while." Wei Yuancheng said unhurriedly. Of course, he knows how to avoid suspicion, so as not to be caught by the opponent, otherwise, if such a trivial matter is detected by the opponent, it is not a big loss.

"Huh! Let's go, let's see. Li Xin waved his hand and said: "I want to see if this Chen Ziang is as powerful as the legend, and the students of the Kanto family who can kill him bow down and serve as an auxiliary machine, this is a talent you selected, whether he can become the champion or not, it depends on his performance today." ”

Du Ruhui and the others all sighed in their hearts, no matter how Chen Ziang performed, at least he had left an impression in Li Xin's heart, as long as it was a little better, a champion or a leader would not be able to run away. Good luck. The eldest grandson Wuji doesn't know where to find a good candidate, and the Kanto family has suffered a secret loss this time.

"Ministers are selected for the country, no matter who they are, as long as they have literary talents, they can be admitted." The eldest grandson Wuji said indifferently.

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In fact, Chen Ziang was born in 659, and the author is here in advance. (To be continued.) )