Chen Qingzhi's worries were not unreasonable, he was guarding the border of Wei and Liang, and he was far more sensitive to the news from the north than Jiankang.

In the past year, both the East and the West have made a lot of moves, imitating and copying each other.

For the reason of even the weak and resisting the strong, Chen Qingzhi was happy to see the Western Wei Dynasty change its strength, but due to the volume gap between the two Wei Dynasty, it was destined to only widen the gap in strength between the two.

The starting point of any reform promoted by the ruling class is to consolidate its rule.

There is no doubt that Gao Cheng, who has temporarily halted the pace of reform due to the preparation of the imperial examination, has done an excellent job, at least for now.

If it is said that the rule of the Gao clan in the Kanto region in the past was a little extensive, it was specifically manifested in the fact that Gao Huan had a heavy army in Jinyang to deter and appoint henchmen to serve as governors of prefectures and counties, but how much control could he really have over the locality?

Gao Cheng carried out reforms with the aim of strengthening the country, and his series of decrees did not show much increase in national strength in less than a year, but they did realize Gao's intensive cultivation of the rule of the Kanto region.

When the Gao clan completely integrated the national power of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, Chen Qingzhi was able to imagine the energy of the Eastern Wei regime, which had a population of more than 2,000 people in the Sanhe region, could explode.

Jiankang magnates are content with pleasure, but Chen Qingzhi, who is sitting in Jiangling, is like a pins and needles, and he asked Xiao Yan several times for the Northern Expedition, not the previous small force to touch the prize, but the whole line of the Liang-Wei border.

As for the consumption of the Great Northern Expedition, this is not something that I should pay attention to, and it is disposed of by the Manchu Dynasty ministers in Jiankang City.

However, when the Western Wei Dynasty was blocked in Guanxi, Xiao Yan was unwilling to shake the Eastern Wei Dynasty alone.

He must have this heart, and he will not let go of the Heyin Change, Er Zhurong's death, Gao's Jianyi, and the opportunity to change power in the north three times in four years.

To use one word to describe Xiao Yan's mentality, he has to get by.

Yuwentai attracted hatred in the north, but he couldn't hold on, so he transfused some blood, replenished a wave, and made some noise on the border of Liang and Wei, so that the Eastern Wei did not dare to go west with all his might.

Xiao Yan, who had made up his mind to sit on the mountain in Jiangnan and watch the tiger fight, how could he agree to Chen Qingzhi's request.

Ambition is difficult to pay, Chen Qingzhi sighed for a long time, but also finally got a good news, Nanjingzhou Thorn Shi Yuanzigong died of illness in Luoyang, and Zhang Liang, who did Nanjingzhou affairs, was corrected and succeeded to the post of Nanjingzhou Thorn History.

Chen Qingzhi doesn't know much about Zhang Liang, and through the information sent back by the northern spies, the most important reason why this person is trusted by Gao Huan and Gao Cheng's father and son is that he is loyal to the owner.

Erzhu Zhao was spurned in the north, but it did not prevent the world from respecting Zhang Liang's loyalty.

Chen Qingzhi didn't know Zhang Liang's ability, he only knew that the other party was ordered by Gao Cheng to form 20,000 salt soldiers, and now he is being trained by Lou Zhao in Jizhou.

But in his opinion, no matter what, Zhang Liang can't compare to the veteran Yuan Zigong.

Yuan Zigong fought all his life, whether it was to pacify the Qiang, the Di rebellion and the civil uprising in various places, and made many meritorious achievements.

After guarding the border of Liang and Wei, he repelled the famous Southern Liang general Xiahou Jian twice, and Hu Zhida and other eight generals of Southern Liang were ordered to invade the border, and it was Yuan Zigong who led the army to kill Hu Zhida and capture the prison army Yan Cihong.

Gao Cheng put such a meritorious veteran in Nanjingzhou, and Hou Jing to resist Chen Qingzhi, so that Chen Qingzhi could only find a breakthrough in Yuzhou, but he didn't expect Yaoxiong to be a hard stubble, on the occasion of the Eastern Wei Dynasty's Western Expedition, Chen Qingzhi lost his troops under the city of Yuzhou (Runan, Henan), and hit his head and broke his blood.

Now that Yuan Zigong is sick and dead, Chen Qingzhi has also turned his attention from Yuzhou to South Jingzhou.

The whole line linkage needs Xiao Yan's approval, but if it is just a small fight in Nanjingzhou, Chen Qingzhi can be completely autonomous.

He did not rush to invade Nanjingzhou, but chose to wait for the opportunity, and at the same time sent a wide range of secret spies to listen to Zhang Liang's news, trying to find out his opponent.

When Genzi Gong was dying, Gao Cheng learned the news and went to Genfu to see him for the last time.

Even if he had been mentally prepared, when it really came to this day and sent Yuan Zigong away, Gao Cheng still couldn't let go.

He personally presided over the funeral for Yuan Zigong, and asked the Son of Heaven to posthumously present the military of the Governor Sanjing and Eryu Zhu, the Hussar General, the Shangshu Zuo Servant Shooting, and the Jingzhou Thorn History.

Yuan Zigong's seventeen-year-old eldest son, Yuan Biao, inherited the founding marquis of Linying County, and recruited Yuan Biao into the General's Mansion as a staff member.

There are also many rewards for the rest of the sons of Yuan Zigong, such as Yuan Wenyao, who was awarded to the male of Xiangcheng County; Yuan Wensheng, awarded Xincheng County male.

Do Gao Cheng and Genzi Gong really have such a deep relationship?

To tell the truth, no, after the Luoyang Change, Yuan Zigong attached himself to Gao Cheng, and immediately sent troops with him to attack Hu Sichun and Dugu Xin, who occupied Sanjing, and then kept guarding Nanjingzhou.

Most of Gao Cheng's sorrows and rewards are for his cronies:

Yuan Zigong can get such a grief, let alone them.

After arranging the funeral, Gao Cheng was not in a hurry to return to official duties, but sent someone to Hujiao Pass to deliver a message, ordering Duan Shao to arrange the military and political affairs of Northern Yuzhou and return to Luo as soon as possible.

The time entered April, and Duan Rong's physical condition was getting worse and worse.

When Gao Cheng came to visit, Duan Rong, who had a majestic figure in his memory, had already described it as withered.

Perhaps, just like history, Duan Rong couldn't survive May, so Gao Cheng was in a hurry to recall Duan Shao.

Letting him accompany Duan Rong on the last journey was the only thing Gao Cheng could do for his uncle and cousin.

The first phase of the county examination was carried out at the end of March, and the results were announced in early April.

As he had predicted, it was also preparing for the state exam at the end of September, and the children of the big families did not bother to enter the county school, and most of the students who enrolled were poor.

The reason why Gao Cheng wants to count the enrollment lists in various places is to distribute meals to the students of the state and county government schools, and each person will be given six buckets of rice per month to supplement their lives.

But his rice grain was not blown by the wind, and the imperial court decree clearly stipulated that he could only receive it in the first year of school.

Gao Cheng didn't need to please these readers, his original intention of distributing the meal was to ease the livelihood of poor students who entered county and state schools, so that they could concentrate on preparing for exams.

After all, there is only half a year between the county test and the state test, and only half a year between the state test and the Beijing test.

Supporting them for a year is enough for these people to support the Beijing test at the end of March next year.

If you don't win, whether you are stuck in the state exam or the Beijing exam, there will be three years before the next one, and the pressure on these talents and lifters is not as heavy as during the scientific examination, and they should also support themselves and support themselves by seeking work.

It is worth mentioning that Gao Cheng let go of the behavior of officials participating in the scientific examination, only this time, and in the future, officials will not be allowed to abandon their posts and retake the examination.

The prevention is that after failing in the Beijing examination, they will immediately seek to be appointed as an official, and then abandon their positions before the examination.

There will be dinner in the evening, so wait for dinner first.

Thanks to book friend Deng Binyi for his reward.

(End of chapter)