Xu Dong wiped the hot sweat of shame and said angrily:

"Those water bandits float on the water all the year round, and the soldiers under the command of the last general march on land all the year round, and the water kung fu is no match for the water bandits!"

"The last general is ashamed!"

Xu Dong was ashamed again when he didn't agree, but Yuwen Shihong was still not angry, but felt that Xu Dong's words reminded him.

Earlier, it took a lot of effort to get Yangzhou City, and the reason why the Northern Qi Dynasty was defeated repeatedly was that it could not be extinguished.

Isn't it because of the waterway between the two countries?!

It doesn't matter if the bandits don't succeed, but it makes Yuwen Shihong realize the bigger picture, and he suddenly said heroically:

"Pass on Wei Zhong! Intended! ”

This made Xu Dong startled, this is still reporting the military report, and he hasn't reported the whole department yet!

Only...... Drafted?

A decree to condemn sin?

For a while, Xu Dong's cold sweat was dripping, but he also knew that it was his major failure!

Even if it was the holy decree of killing the head, he did not disobey it in the slightest!

Wei Zhong walked over with broken steps, holding the scroll of the holy decree in his hand, and the tip of the brush was inked, and waited for Yuwen Shihong to speak.

"The secret edict of the Son of Heaven said: Xu Dong has made great contributions to exploring the internal military situation of the enemy army, and he has entered the third grade!"

As soon as these words came out, Xu Dong was directly stunned, what is the situation?

I didn't do a good job of suppressing the bandits, and I was seriously injured, why did I get into the knighthood?

Could it be that the emperor's brain is again!

"Your Majesty! Enter the third grade? was originally a general, so he went straight to the official...... Generals of Terracotta and Horses? ”

"That's it! According to my will, merit will be rewarded! I don't understand it right now! You'll find out in a while! ”

Yuwen Shihong patted Xu Dong's shoulder, who was still confused, and strode away with his hands behind his back.

He went straight to the Xuanzheng Palace, and when he was not in the court on weekdays, there would be many eunuchs in the court to discuss state affairs.

As soon as I came over this time, I saw that Xi was also there!

"Meet the Emperor!"

Seeing Yuwen Shihong coming, all the ministers bowed their heads and knelt down one after another.

He waved his big hand to show his forgiveness, and beckoned Wen Zhixi to leave alone.

"Your Majesty, what is the matter with welcoming the lower officials?"

I heard that the West was grateful for Yuwen Shihong's weight, but the weight was so heavy that he came to find it in person.

This is too torturous for the courtiers!

Smell the sweat oozing from Xi's forehead due to unease.

"I want to take a look at the picture with you!"

Yuwen Shihong made a bold voice and led the person directly to the imperial study.

He took out a scroll from the bookshelf on the side and spread it out on the dragon case, on which was a rough map of the boundary between the Zhou and Qi states, as well as the surrounding countries.

I don't know if I don't look at it, but when I look at the map, Yuwen Shihong is suddenly surprised!

"Wow! Unconsciously, it's a three-legged stand! ”

However, on the map, the Chen State in the south is located north of the Yangtze River, and the Qi State in the east is still occupying the entire coastline although its territory is getting smaller and smaller!

Although the territory of Da Zhou is large, it is all concentrated in the Guanzhong area!

Although Guanzhong has the advantage of raising war horses, Yuwen Shihong's long-term strategy, going to sea is also an extremely important part.

It's still a plan, but it's time to pave the way for that time!

After all, sea trade is the best way to gather wealth!

"It's not okay to squeeze my big Zhou in Guanzhong!"

Yuwen Shihong slapped the table, the coastline! A must-see!

With such a strategy, the status of Yangzhou City is even more important.

Xiongcai roughly circled back to Yangzhou City, and Yuwen Shihong had a headache for a while.

Patiently, he told the west about the coastline, and he nodded again and again when he heard the west.

But he also knows that this is a long-term plan, and he can only plan for the time being!

"Your Majesty, don't worry, this matter is feasible, but the time has not yet come, the minister will formulate a strategy first, and when the time is ripe!"

"Not to mention taking the coastline of one city, five cities are not a problem!"

"And!" Speaking of this, Wen Xi bowed his head respectfully and exclaimed:

"Taking the coastline is equivalent to taking Yancheng County! Yancheng County is an important source of salt for the people! Lost Yancheng County! There will be a salt shortage in Northern Qi! ”

"The emperor is really majestic! If I can really plot like this, my Northern Zhou will go to the next level! ”

Salt shortage?

After being reminded, Yuwen Shihong also suddenly remembered the point of his negligence-

In this era, there were only four cities that produced salt!

On the map, Shuzhou and Luzhou, the two salt producing areas, are all within the Great Zhou Region, and winning Yancheng County is monopolizing three of the four salt producing areas in the Central Plains!

Just a little salt can add another burden to Northern Qi!

The long-term strategy is really more powerful, and it is more powerful than going to war directly!

"Must! Think long-term! ”

Yuwen Shihong patted Wenxi's shoulder hard!

Smell that the west has successively received two direct holy decrees from Yuwen Shihong! This level of reuse makes it difficult not to get excited when you smell the West!

……

In front of the city tower of Yangzhou City, a team of soldiers came in a hurry, posted a row of notices, and hurried away.

As soon as they were gone, curious people immediately gathered around them.

"What's on it?"

"Find someone who can read and see!"

The onlookers surrounded the proclamation three layers inside and three layers outside, and after a while, the literate people read the proclamation aloud.

"It's a holy decree sent directly from the Imperial City! It's a holy decree! ”

"The emperor said that he would edict the virtuous and virtuous to enter the imperial city as an official!"

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding people were shocked and in an uproar.

"Really? What is the edict? ”

In these years, the imperial examination has not yet been born, and those who can be officials are basically from extraordinary backgrounds, and their birth determines the class!

If you are born in a famous family, whether you are a human or a dog, you can become an official!

If you are born in an ordinary family with a bad fate, then you are destined to have no future in your life!

The birth of the imperial examination is to break the mandate of heaven!

Of course, the people don't understand how to edict the virtuous edict, and they chatter with each other, and they understand that the edict is just to be able to write!

If you can pass the three exams of Zhou Law, Nayan, and Law and Economics, you can jump into the office!

The content of the proclamation was passed on by word of mouth, and it spread throughout Yangzhou City in less than a day!

Those literati who practiced literature seemed to see hope falling from the sky!

……

In a mansion with no plaque but unusually magnificent, an old gentleman is leisurely drinking white tea.

"Master, it is said outside that the imperial city should be edicted to be virtuous, as long as you pass the imperial examination, you can enter the imperial city as an official!"

The housekeeper of the mansion hurriedly came back from outside, smiling shyly as if he was invited, and babbled at the old man, explaining what he had heard about the imperial examination.

"Imperial examinations? Is it so simple to be an official?" the old man didn't care at all:

"It's not so easy to be an official, it's better to worry about real money!"

"Sir! That's a mistake! The butler lowered his voice as if he was nervous, and after looking around, he said mysteriously:

"If you can get an official to do it, isn't real money at your fingertips? Have you forgotten the previous Yangzhou Taishou, how long has he been in office, and how much oil and water has been scraped? ”

As soon as these words came out, the old man's eyes lit up:

"In words! Reasonable! ”