Li Shimin wants to open up the imperial examination, but he can't fall behind. After letting these old people leave, the court and the central government soon issued a decree to continue the imperial examination in the coming year.

If you don't fight for the right to speak, it will fall into the hands of others. The DPRK and China are well aware of this point, and this rare opportunity must be seized.

The imperial examination has been held in the DPRK and China for several years in a row, and almost every year, and the whole Chang'an City is discussing this matter.

"Autumn harvest, winter ......" Zhang Yang looked at the accounts and then looked at Li Chengqian,

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, winter is for rest." After settling those old gentlemen, Li Shimin didn't mention the things he promised before, let alone the credit.

It was a disgraceful means, and it was too late for Tian Khan to clean it up, even if he asked about it, he would not admit it, and even dump the pot.

Those old gentlemen have never seen His Majesty from beginning to end, and it is impossible to see them, this kind of thing can only be arranged by the ministers in the court, and the emperor between him and the family must leave room for himself, and he cannot face the family directly.

If there is still room for maneuver in the promises and words of the ministers, a disagreement between the emperor and them may cause greater contradictions with the family.

After sending off those old gentlemen, Zhang Yang thought that his winter vacation life could continue. Who knew that Tian Khan was ambitious, and he wanted to carry out the imperial examination and make the Tang Dynasty rich and strong.

He summoned all the officials of the six ministries back and continued to work in the six ministries. I thought that the holiday would end early, and I would take up my post in the DPRK, and the gags would be mixed up, at least in the winter, the weather was cold, and the early dynasty was exempted.

In the spring of the following year, the early dynasty will be restored. This is the bad thing about being an official for Tian Khan, the emperor is full of ambition, and everyone has to work overtime.

Let's work overtime, Zhang Yang is drinking tea, and His Royal Highness King Jin and Princess Changle can come here with a group of younger brothers and sisters to play, and they can serve tea and water.

After the autumn harvest, Shangshu Province is also quite idle, except for the next year's Yulu is another expense, there is nothing else to be busy.

And at this moment, in addition to the emperor's dedication, there is also a prince of the East Palace. At this moment, Li Chengqian came, and His Royal Highness the Prince, who was dedicated to his career, was anxious for money and interrupted his rest time.

Li Chengqian's expression was solemn,

"The matter of the opening of the imperial examination is difficult, and I think about it day and night, or there is a problem with the crux of the money." In July, he had just been promoted to Duzhilang in Shangshu Province.

At that time, a sum of money had been set aside for the East Palace to be used for the establishment of government schools. But now that he has to take out the money, Zhang Yang made a mistake for a while.

Li Chengqian said anxiously: "Nowadays, the establishment of government schools in various places requires money, and it is often difficult to be alone. Listening to the prince's words, Zhang Yang took down a volume of drawings from the bookshelf of the Chen dossier on the side, opened the map and asked, "What is the main focus of His Royal Highness the Prince's official school now?" Li Chengqian looked up and down,

"Tongguan, Shuofang, Luoyang." There are too many things to deal with to open an official school, Tongguan and Luoyang are big cities and towns, and there are so many scholars in the place.

Zhang Yang pondered,

"There is a suggestion below, I don't know what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thinks?"

"You say, as long as it is not the next step against the old gentlemen that day." I want to have a special function, so that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can forget the memories of the time, the means are disgraceful, and people will draw inferences from one another.

Zhang Yang pointed to the other side of the map,

"The prince might as well go to Liaodong to open an official school first." Li Chengqian frowned and observed,

"Liaodong?"

"Now that Da'an has been named the governor of Liaodong and is governing Liaodong, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may wish to send someone to open an official school.

"Volunteer teaching? What does that mean? Seeing that the prince was still puzzled, Zhang Yang sat down again and drank tea,

"The so-called volunteer teaching is to go to remote and poor and backward places to support the work of teaching, and the prince is not so much gnawing on the two hard bones of Luoyang and Tongguan, it is better to change his concept." Zhang Yang drew a circle,

"His Royal Highness the Prince, please see, the center of the entire circle is Chang'an City, but the surrounding areas of this circle are some remote places, these places are scattered, and they have been sparse for a long time, if you can send people to those places to open official schools, it can not only be used to recover the local people's hearts, but also make the court have a stronger sense of existence in this kind of place."

"If I want to be rich and strong, I will never forget these remote places." Zhang Yang sighed: "My teacher was a volunteer teacher back then, and now I think about it very nostalgic for the friendship between teachers and students at that time, if it weren't for the inspiration given to me by this volunteer teacher, I might be a street gangster now, let alone learn so many skills." Li Chengqian looked at this circle,

"Listening to Zhang Shilang's words, it is like being empowered, so that there is less resistance and it is more conducive to the community." Zhang Yang nodded,

"There are a lot of rich places in the Central Plains, and we can start from the surrounding villages and poor places, some people may make fun of us, but we just have to be afraid of their shame, starting from the periphery step by step to the center and slowly encroaching on those big cities."

"Gradually, everyone will understand the intention of the official school in their hearts, so that it will gradually be accepted by more people, what does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince think?" Li Chengqian bowed and saluted,

"It turns out that government schools can still do this."

"Didn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince think of it before?"

"Lonely...... Ashamed. Zhang Yang said: "After the imperial examination, there are many people who have not entered the official ranks, and they have not left Chang'an City, in fact, this is also an opportunity, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can recruit these people to make eucalyptus." ”

"Gu understood, and when the manpower and charter were arranged, Gu submitted it to Zhongshu Province again, and sent people to various places, so that the official learning will be successful." Zhang Yang took a sip of tea and said with emotion: "His Royal Highness the Prince, it's been a hard work." Li Chengqian said loudly: "For the sake of the community, we should forge ahead alone, even if there are thousands of difficulties." ”

"Very good, His Royal Highness the Prince, please go back, and see how much silver money is needed when the time comes, and I will see if I can squeeze out some of the accounts of the DPRK and China."

"Lone understands, say goodbye first, and wait for news." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has walked in great strides and is very combative.

What a good Datang, Zhang Yang sighed again while holding the tea. Princess Dongyang's cheeks were red from the cold,

"Brother-in-law, the chores outside are all cleaned up."

"Then I'll clean up all the files here."

"Whoa." Li Zhi also came in a hurry,

"Brother-in-law, this is the account book sent by the Ministry of War, and I sent another 3,000 stone of grain." Zhang Yang took the account book and looked at it,

"His Royal Highness King Jin, has the official roster been sorted out this year?"

"Let's sort it out." The palace maid saw that the princess and the princes were busy here, and she didn't know what His Majesty would think when he saw them serving tea and water to Zhang Shilang here.

After a while, Li Zhi returned.

"His Royal Highness King Jin, what's the matter?"

"Brother-in-law, Xu Jingzong is here with a person from the Western Regions." Zhang Yang bowed his head and said: "Bring people in, and His Royal Highness the King of Jin can then go and go about his own affairs." ”

"Okay." Li Zhi left in a hurry. Zhang Yang thought about it, and there were only four years left before his planned retirement age.

There is only one official in Shangshu Province, and no one will take care of him even if he sleeps here.

After meeting Xu Jingzong, he took a nap and went home to pick up his daughter. Xu Jingzong was followed by a Westerner with a big nose.

It's all princesses and princes doing things here, Xu Jingzong walked in all the way and kept saluting, although he didn't know the title and knew how to call it, he had a lot of courtesies.

Until he walked into the main hall.

"It's great to have a place to find Zhang Shilang." Xu Jingzong sighed.

"This is ......" Zhang Yang looked at the Westerner, with dark skin and messy hair.

"This is the Persian monk Araben." Zhang Yang said clearly: "It turned out to be a monk from Persia. Aloben saluted with Persian etiquette, and then said in an unskilled Guanzhong dialect: "The villain Araroben has seen Zhang Shilang of the kingdom." Waiting for Xu Jingzong to sit down, Zhang Yang said again: "You Persians also have their own doctrines? ”

"Zhang Shilang Mingjian, the villain originally followed the big cannibal to speak, these years we have followed the Harrys to fight in the north and south, for several years, after arriving in Persia, I heard that there is a big country in the east, the villain is good at traveling to the straits further west, and now he has finally found this big country in the east." It was not easy for the Persian monk Aroben to come to the Tang Dynasty along the Silk Road.

The identity of this person is somewhat complicated, one is the Great Cannibal, and the place where he was born is located in the later Xulia, and the location of that place has been war-torn several times, and there is a lot of evidence that is no longer available.

It is also said that he was a Persian, because many of his achievements were in Persia. will lead to this complex identity, which has a lot to do with the conquest of the Great Cannibal.

Now is also the time when Da Shi is at its strongest, and the soldiers are in full swing. Zhang Yang was puzzled: "I don't really understand, whether you are a messenger of the Great Food, or a tourist to the Tang Dynasty, or a monk from Persia." ”

"It's all the identity of the villain."

"I like people like you the most, mixing your identity so complicated, pleasing at both ends, and not offending at both ends." Aroben also smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to reply.

This Westerner couldn't understand it, but Xu Jingzong could hear the voiceover, so he almost didn't say that this guy was at both ends of the rat's head.

Seeing this, Aroben is going to sit down. Zhang Yang held the tea,

"Did I let you sit," Aroben had to stand up again.

"Let's talk about it, what are your requirements for this mission to Chang'an City." Aloben bowed down and explained: "The villain heard that the merchant who had my big food was taken down by the Diplomatic Yuan, and now he is in the dungeon of Dali Temple, and he also went to Dali Temple to ask, and they replied that they said that they could only be released with the consent of the Diplomatic Academy." ”

"The villain then found Xu Shilang, and Xu Shilang said that this matter needs Zhang Shilang's nod." Zhang Yang put down the teacup, his face was embarrassed,

"Now we can't let them go, they are privately contacting the magnates of our Datang, what their intentions are is not clear, now the Persian prince Belus is waiting for the help of the Tang Dynasty, Persia and Dashi are at war, we need to consider the concerns of the Persian prince." Aroben's smile was modest,

"The villain does not represent the big food nor the Persian food, but Persia and the big food are at war, and with the demeanor of the above country, I hope not to rush to the aid of Persia."

"Why?" Zhang Yang frowned and looked at him. The man held a parchment in his hand, and his gesture was respectful,

"Persia is not a subject country of the Tang Dynasty, there is no need to rush to help Persia, if the Tang Dynasty rushes to help Persia, the future Dashi will definitely come to attack the Tang Dynasty." Zhang Yang laughed instead, laughed angrily,

"You keep saying that you don't represent either side, but you threaten the Tang Dynasty in and out of your words, is it that once we send troops to aid Persia, you will march eastward?" Aroben saluted again and again,

"Xia Guan just wants to come to Datang to spread Western teachings, and just wants the Foreign Affairs Yuan to give a place and convenience."

"It's inconvenient." Zhang Yang refused very decisively, the matter of Buddhism was like that, and the temples around Chang'an were indeed greatly restricted, but it was a troublesome thing for all parts of the Central Plains to govern together.

Not to mention that there is now a big cannibal who uses the so-called Persian teachings to give alms to the Tang Dynasty. This will only complicate the situation.

Aroben said again: "The villain doesn't understand what Zhang Shilang means. Zhang Yang bowed his head and said: "Lao Xu, if I have the opportunity, I will have a good chat with the Persian prince, and I now want to talk to him about the strategy of aiding Persia." When the words fell, Aloben was silent, looking at this Zhang Yang with a look of regret, regretting that Datang had made a wrong decision.

"This Aroben envoy, please stay in the post house well, don't act rashly, those big cannibals have been imprisoned in the dungeon, maybe because of your misdeeds and deeds caused you to go in, before the court has decided whether to rush to help Persia, we can't let go of those big food merchants." The Prince of Persia is in Datang, and now that the war in the West is anxious, Datang's attitude is very important.

Today, unlike in the past, the Western Regions already has the Anxi Protectorate. No matter how bad it is, you can still lead the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions.

In the face of Zhang Yang's words, Aroben's expression was unfazed,

"Zhang Shilang, when the Tang Army killed a big cannibal, the four big harries of the big food have always remembered this matter."

"Do you think I'm afraid of them?"

"Does Datang want to start a war with Da Shi?" Zhang Yang sighed: "The envoy first threatened, and then wanted the Tang Dynasty not to interfere in the affairs of Persia, as long as our Datang did not make a move, the destruction of Persia seems to be a matter of course in your eyes." ”

"Lao Xu!." Hearing this, Xu Jingzong hurriedly got up,

"What do you command?" Zhang Yang bowed his head and said: "You let the Foreign Affairs Institute draw up a strategy to aid Persia, as for this Western monk after he is sent back to the post house, he will be taken care of, if he dares to do something out of the ordinary, it will not hurt to kill him." Aloben said: "Zhang Shilang can't kill the villain, the villain is the messenger, if he dies in the Tang Dynasty, the four Harries will attack the Tang Dynasty with soldiers and horses." ”

"Then let them come, you can write to the big cannibals, and say that we Datang are waiting for them."

"Zhang Shilang will regret it." Zhang Yang waved his sleeves and said: "Xu Jingzong took people away, I am afraid that I will not be able to control myself and will kill him in the court." ”