New Year's Day in the seventh year of Taichang (538), a new year and a new atmosphere.

Eighteen-year-old Gao Cheng Xiumu was at home, and he didn't forget to review the accumulated notes.

For example, when inspecting Hebei, he comforted Gao Cheng, who was reprimanded by Yuan Shanjian, and lobbied Lu Xunzu of the Fanyang Lu family, who was transferred out of the shogunate by Gao Cheng and promoted to the head of the Ministry of Rites.

Last year, while Gao Cheng confirmed that the system of the three provinces and six ministries was the central bureaucracy, he also carried out reforms and established the status of the six ministries as the deputy officials of the six ministries, and he was the same as Shangshu as the officials of the various ministries.

Gao Cheng was promoted to Lu Xunzu, and the reward was one of them, and the most important thing was to appease Fan Yang Lu's family.

Because the Lu clan is far away in Youzhou, the control over it is the weakest among the four surnames and five clans.

This is also a helpless move, the Gao family started in the south of Hebei, and then established the military and political dual system of Jinyang and Luoyang, strictly controlling Xiangzhou, Jizhou, and Dingzhou, which is equivalent to seeing the death of Dingzhou's Qinghe Cui family, Boling Cui family, Yinzhou's Zhaojun Li family and Jizhou's Bohai Gao family, Feng family.

For Fan Yang Lu's family, after all, it is beyond the reach of the whip, and because of this, every time Gao Cheng violates the interests of the Shi clan, Fan Yang Lu is always the last to express his position.

On the other hand, the good brother Sima who was polished in the Ministry of Officials for more than half a year eliminated difficulties, and Gao Cheng was temporarily promoted to Si Xun Shilang Zhong and transferred out of the Wenxuan Division.

The first scientific examination will be held this year, and Gao Cheng is not at ease to hand over the Wenxuan Shilang to the eighteen-year-old Sima to eliminate difficulties, but he can't always let him be a small official in the Wenxuan Division.

So there was such an arrangement, first go to the Si Xun Division to work as a gangster, and then go to the Wenxuan Division to serve when the imperial examination is on the right track.

In the final analysis, as the former Jin clan, Sima Xiaonan did not belong to the Hebei Shi clan or the Xianbei people.

There are many such characters, such as Zhao Yanshen, Du Bi, etc., but they will be reused in the future.

The disadvantage of autocracy is also today's Gao Cheng, who has a good New Year's Day and can't rest.

He also rejected a letter asking for a change in the year name.

There are few era names that can go to the seventh year like Taichang, and the ministers have been sparse at the end of the year, hoping to change the era name and go to the bad luck of the defeat of the Western Expedition.

But none of them could impress Gao Cheng.

In addition to the review, Gao Cheng is also actively preparing for the first imperial examination and the county examination.

The county examination will be held in March, and applicants will be registered according to the Criminal Name Section, Arithmetic Section, Agricultural Affairs Section, Engineering Section, and Classic Section.

The state exam will start in late August and autumn, and the interval between such a long time is also to allow candidates who have passed the county exam to have enough time to either study at the county school or prepare for the exam at home.

If you have not passed the state examination, you can continue to stay in the county school to study, and those who have passed the state examination will receive the status of the lifter, and those who have no intention of taking the Beijing test can rely on this as an official, and those who have the heart to be an official can study in the state school, and then go to Luoyang in March of the next year to get the Jinshi.

It's only New Year's Day, and Gao Cheng already plans to wait for the holiday to start posting lists in various places to announce the exam process and time.

"Husband, let's eat some food, the climate is cold, and we can't let it go for a long time."

Li Changyi, who delivered lunch today.

In this era, in addition to the need for strength when the farm is busy, Yin Shiren may add one meal, generally speaking, two meals a day.

But Gao Cheng eats three meals a day, and he is extremely gentle with his stomach.

Gao Cheng stopped writing when he heard the sound, his eyes shifted from Song Shu to Li Changyi's face, and Li Changyi, who had been in the door for half a year, had already lost the appearance of his daughter's family when he first met.

Whether it is makeup or temperament, it is more and more like a woman.

Just when Gao Cheng wanted to retire the maid and do something in broad daylight, Zhang Liang, who was in charge of the Listening Division, hurriedly ran over.

"You go back to the house and rest first, and I'll go over in the evening."

Gao Cheng persuaded the dissatisfied Li Changyi to leave.

Her dissatisfaction was completely directed at Zhang Liang, usually whoever had his turn to rest in the courtyard would deliver the meal, Li Changyi deliberately dressed up, but she didn't want to wait until the evening to meet again.

I thought that Gao Cheng had already moved, but he was still ruined by this Liang.

Gao Cheng didn't pay too much attention to Li Changyi's dissatisfaction, and Zhang Liang hurriedly came to find him, there must be something important.

"Why is Bird in such a hurry?"

Gao Cheng said and scooped up a bowl of soup and handed it over:

"This is the duck soup that Changyi specially cooked for me, and try it to ward off the cold."

Zhang Liangcheng took it in fear, but he didn't rush to move the soup spoon.

"General, there is information back from Kansai, and Yuwentai is also reminting coins now."

Gao Cheng raised his eyebrows, and he asked:

"Did Yuwentai follow my example of abolishing slaves and maids, ploughing cattle and granting land, and forcing the scholars to release slaves?"

This is what Gao Cheng is most concerned about.

"Not really."

Zhang Liang replied.

When Gao Cheng heard this, his expectations were disappointed.

This Yuwentai is really annoying, if you want to copy it all, you can copy it all, but I jumped over the pit of freeing slaves.

There are pros and cons to recovering the right to mint money and enriching the finances, but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

The persecution of slaves is more harmful than good to Yuwentai, the key is that as mentioned above, slaves and maids are tax groups, and Gao Cheng's persecution of slaves is to inhibit land annexation, and the second is to weaken the strength of the scholars.

As far as Kansai is concerned, it is not the time for them to worry about land annexation, and they need to unite all their forces to fight against the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

It is impossible to force the nobles to release their slaves and turn against them.

The reason is very understandable, the Western Wei Dynasty was blocked and could not enter the Kanto, and even if the Kwantung scholars were dissatisfied with the policy of freeing slaves, they could only swallow tears in their stomachs.

And the Eastern Wei Dynasty can advance westward at any time, and Yuwen Taizhen has pressed the Guanxi Shi clan, and these people may jump back at any time.

"Bird will warm his stomach with soup first, and the rest will be talked about later."

Gao Cheng scooped a bowl of duck soup for himself, and he was still scolding Yuwentai in his heart:

I'll copy one of your "Six Decrees", how many things have you copied from me, why don't you just copy them all, don't you still release the slaves!

Zhang Liang finished eating a bowl with a little excitement, and saw that Gao Cheng wanted to add more to him, so he hurriedly refused.

In addition to feeling Gao Cheng's love in his heart, he also told him about Gao Huan's illness now.

Since the beginning of winter, Gao Huan's head attacks have increased significantly, and he has a headache every time, and even faints several times.

It's only getting better now.

After Gao Cheng heard about it, he also put his mind at ease.

After all, as Gao Cheng has grown older in recent years, Gao Huan has no domestic violence, and he really has nothing to say about him.

In addition to the military power of Jinyang, everything was given, and the two rivers in the land of the three rivers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Henan and Hebei, were all handed over to Gao Cheng, and he only left one Hedong.

He never hindered Gao Cheng's letter request for instructions.

Although Gao Huan has dragged his feet a little in terms of ability, his trust in his son can be regarded as a good use of it.

Gao Huan fell from his horse, and his body was not as good as before, which was not a secret among the Gao Party, and when he was in Xindu, Lou Zhao also mentioned it to Gao Cheng.

said it was a big deal, but in fact, not too many people panicked, after all, the ability of the heir Gao Cheng has been recognized by everyone, and even convinced, with him, he can keep the wealth of the big guy.

Even Hou Jing, who has always been arrogant, thinks more about being jealous of him because he looks down on Gao Cheng when he is young and does not listen to orders.

I don't dare to say anything to Sima Ziru as in history:

'The king is here, I don't dare to be different, the king is not, I can't work with Xianbei Xiao'er. ’

was so frightened that Sima Ziru wanted to cover his mouth.

Regarding Hou Jing's worries, the strategist Wang Wei was relieved:

"The general town of Xiangyang, even if it can't be tolerated by the general, it can also be lowered according to the city, why should the husband have no place to stay."

In fact, Hou Jing doesn't need Wang Wei to remind him, he has already made plans in his heart, once Gao Cheng takes the position, he will be transferred to the hinterland, it will definitely be a sign of revenge, and at that time he will directly rebel in Xiangyang and surrender to his husband Xiao Bodhisattva.

Gao Cheng's main direction of inquiry is still Western Wei, Southern Liang and Jinyang, and he really doesn't care too much about Hou Jing.

It's really not that he holds a grudge against Hou Jing of the Southern Expedition and ignored him, mainly whether Hou Jing surrendered or rebelled, Gao Cheng didn't care.

Even if he rebelled, Hou Jing, who was only in one state, could not be as destructive to the Eastern Wei Dynasty as Henan Daxingtai, who had been in Henan for ten years in the original time and space.

Now Hou Jing, who is only in Jingzhou, doesn't even have the qualifications for Gao Huan to write secret letters and need to be a code.

Even Hou Jing's rebellion may not be a bad thing for the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and because of this, Gao Cheng simply let him go.

Zhang Liang continued to introduce Gao Cheng to many recent events in the Western Wei and Southern Liang.

Comparatively speaking, intelligence from the Western Wei was more difficult to obtain, but it was indeed more valuable than that of the Southern Liang.

After all, the two parties did different things, when Yuwentai was trying to revitalize, Xiao Yan was fortunate to be with the Tai Temple again, casting ten square gold and bronze statues.

The two northern families are desperately melting Buddha coinage, but Xiao Bodhisattva is wholeheartedly promoting his Buddhism, all kinds of preaching and preaching, what is the value of such information.

Xiao Yan was proficient in poetry and calligraphy, Tongyin rhythm, and had a deep study of Buddhism, and under his advocacy, Nanliang's literature, art, and even Buddhism have made great progress.

But, what is the use of all this in troubled times?

Gao Huan, Yu Wentai, and Gao Cheng in the north are all illiterate compared to Xiao Yan, but they are better than literary and artistic coffees like Xiao Yan in troubled times.

Gao Cheng then simply sent more detailed works to the Southern Liang front, such as Jiangling, Huainan and other places, rather than wasting efforts in Jiankang, it is better to carefully understand the movements of Chen Qingzhi, Yang Yaren, Xiahou Kui and others.

Gao Cheng didn't need to inquire about the movement of the court in the Southern Liang to guess, it was nothing more than that the Eastern Wei Dynasty wanted to unify the north, and immediately sent troops to pull the hind legs.

The Eastern and Western Wei temporarily ceased war, and the Southern Liang also followed Ma Fang Nanshan, singing and dancing endlessly.

I never thought that the armistice between the two families was to increase their own strength, but the foundation was on the bright side, and it was just a little bit of increase, and he was messing around.

It was still early when Zhang Liang left, and Gao Cheng continued to bury his head in the case.

When the night was getting darker, Gao Cheng was about to go to the rest of the side rooms to take a turn first, and then go to Li Changyi's courtyard to rest.

An urgent letter from Nanjingzhou disrupted his arrangement:

Nanjingzhou thorn Shi Yuanzi Gong is ill.

Gao Cheng woke up suddenly, this year was the year when Yuan Zigong died.

But what can I do, Yuan Zigong's problem is the same as Duan Rong, they are too old.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are the norm of people, but his successor is worth thinking about by Gao Cheng, after all, Nanjingzhou faces the threat of Chen Qingzhi.

Thanks to book friend Deng Binyi for his reward.

(End of chapter)