In fact, long before, Xiao Rui expected that Wei Huang, who was in a desperate situation, wanted to join forces with Daxia, so Xiao Rui had already sent Wang Feng to support him, how to deal with this situation.

As for Xia Guo's handling, Yan Guo's side is naturally very satisfied.

However, Emperor Wei's schemes failed to fall into his schemes, so in desperation, he had no choice but to fight to the death.

Next, the army of the Yan State will take over the land of Gyeonggi and completely wipe out the State of Wei. According to the situation, it will take half a year if it is slow, and two or three months soon.

Once Wei State falls, only Daxia and Yan State will be left.

......

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, incense curls up.

Xiao Rui was standing in front of the map on the wall, carefully looking at it.

The summoned cabinet scholars sat quietly, and Guo Ziyi stood up as the minister of the Ministry of War, and said, "Your Majesty, Yan State can destroy Wei State in half a year, and now is the best time for Great Xia to dispatch troops. Time. Taking advantage of the fact that the Yan Kingdom has suffered a large loss in military strength, we can directly cross the Yanjiang River and destroy the Yan Kingdom, and then we can unify China!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this opportunity is rare! I will have no regrets in this life to witness your Majesty's unification of China!" Li Mingchong also agreed, his voice trembling with excitement.He has grown to the neck, and he is already an extremely human minister to be able to hold the position of chief minister of the cabinet. He did not expect to witness the dominance of the Great Xia with his own eyes before he became an official. This honor also brought him the opportunity to leave his name in history.

Not only him, but others are also excited.

The mainland of China has never been unified, Xiao Rui has become an emperor through the ages, and the important ministers who witnessed them can also be remembered in history. This honor is greater than the portrait hanging in Lingyun Pavilion.

Xiao Rui nodded and said with a smile: "The two lovers are right! Now that the Yuan Kingdom has nothing to worry about, Temujin's remaining soldiers and horses are powerless to attack Xia. Not to mention the Champion, Zhenyuan, and Changsheng Still stationed in the north, enough to deter the Yuan army. Therefore, Yue Fei, Huo Qubing, Li Cunxiao, and Yang Youji's soldiers and horses can return to defense. In this way, you can discuss a plan and let me have a look. If there is no problem, start dispatching troops General, transfer the troops to the south! But this matter must be kept low-key, so as not to let Yan Guo notice it. In addition, the Yan River is a natural danger, once troops are dispatched, a large number of soldiers and horses ferrying them is the key."

"My minister complies with the order!" Everyone stood up and responded.

Afterwards, Song Yingxing smiled and said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that the latest sea-going ships of Daxia have been cast, which can support tens of thousands of troops to cross the sea. There are also many advanced ships, which are ready."

The only barrier between Yan State and Xia State is the Yan River. As long as the army passes by, the flat terrain will allow Xia's army to drive straight into Yandu.

For this battle, the Ministry of Industry has already made preparations. It built a hidden shipyard at the Fuzhou border and built large-scale ships that can support crossing the sea. They can enter the sea directly from the mouth of the Yanjiang River and become the gateway for the soldiers of the Great Xia to cross the river. rely.

Since Xiao Rui ascended the throne, Zhang Liang, Jia Xu, Xiao He and Guo Jia have formulated a grand plan for Xiao Rui to unify China, taking all the factors that need to be considered into consideration, and only then has everything in place.

In the late afternoon, the cabinet had already drawn up a plan.

Yue Fei, Li Cunxiao, Yang Youji, and Huo Qubing dispatched troops to the south. They first returned to Beijing to report on their duties, and after meeting His Majesty, they went to Fuzhou, Ganzhou, Xiangzhou and other places to station at the border.There are Champion Hou, Changsheng Hou, and Zhenyuan Hou in Anbei Zhuzhou to continue to garrison.

Chen Qingzhi and Gan Ning were stationed in the northwestern part of Anxi, while Zhang Liang returned to Beijing to report on his duties. He will serve as the general army to attack Yan.

Han Xin continued to garrison the counties of Western Qin. With him, even if something happened to the Qin people, it would be quickly suppressed. Xiao Rui didn't have to worry.

To win Qin State, Daxia invested a total of 200 million troops, the scale is the largest in history, but it is completely unnecessary to deal with Yan State, and 70 troops are tentatively dispatched.

After Xiao Rui saw the plan, Zhu Hong immediately approved it, and then sent an envoy holding a tiger talisman to deliver the decree.

When Li Cunxiao and the others lead their troops back to Beijing, it will probably take a month. After all, there is a long way to go, so there is no rush.

During this period of time, Xiao Rui continued to focus on state affairs. For him, it is not easy to unify China and everything will be settled. As the territory grows larger, there will be more trivial matters. It is not an easy task to manage a huge territory .

It is inevitable to move the capital to Zhao. Years ago, Xiao He was asked to start repairing the old Zhao Palace. Because the facilities are all there, it is very convenient to repair.

Xiao Rui plans to complete the capital move this year.

At the same time, the rumors of reforming the imperial examination system that were released years ago have subsided. It seems that His Majesty has not moved, so they all think it is a rumor.

Therefore, Xiao Rui specifically emphasized the importance of the imperial examination system in selecting talents in the morning. At the same time, he also pointed out that the content of the imperial examination was not comprehensive and needed reform.

His Majesty personally said these words, and everyone understood that the content of the imperial examination was really about to change.

Chapter 683 : Guo Jia's success is over, let's go home!

Xiao Rui had long wanted to take action on the content of the imperial examination.

Although it's only been four years since he ascended the throne, Xiao Rui's control over the imperial court has never been firmer.

The first is Dongchang.This is the butcher's knife hanging over the heads of civil and military officials!The current Dongchang has not developed to the point where people can talk about it in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and Wei Zhongxian has not become nine thousand years old, but this does not mean that Dongchang has relaxed its supervision of civil and military officials.Xiao Rui gave Dongchang a lot of spying responsibilities, but it was just a low-key job.

This knife has been hidden in the sleeve, when Xiao Rui is about to take it out, it will be bloody.

Secondly, Xiao Rui still holds the Daxia Daily in his hands.

Don't underestimate Daxia Daily, if Dongchang is a ghost blade that kills secretly, then Daxia Daily is a sword that kills people in the daytime.Especially in the capital, where the five religions and nine streams, scholars, farmers, and businessmen gather together, after a few articles, a bad person can be praised as a good person, and a good person can be condemned as a heinous person.

What's more, now that Daxia Daily is handed over to Jia Xu, this killing sword has become a 40-meter-long killing sword.

Furthermore, the six ministers, the cabinet, and the commanders are all Xiao Rui's confidantes, and he said boldly that even if the Supreme Emperor returns from Yingzhou now and wants to be the emperor again, there are very few people who support him.This is also the reason why Xiao Rui dared to conquest himself as soon as he ascended the throne, and it took him a year to go out.

In the end, under the wise leadership of Xiao Rui, the Qin State was destroyed, the high-level officials of the Yuan State were destroyed, and the Yuan people did not dare to invade the Xia State. Reached a peak, respected and revered by the people.

Therefore, Xiao Rui has the confidence to take action on the content of the imperial examination.

Who dares to object now?

However, Xiao Rui didn't directly resort to tough measures, and also wanted to seek stability, so he released rumors a few years ago and caused a stunt to see who was the first to strongly oppose it.Now that the time is right, Xiao Rui started to promote this matter.

First of all, in the early court, Xiao Rui affirmed the importance of the imperial examination system for the selection of talents in Daxia, and pointed out that the content of the imperial examination was not perfect and comprehensive.

In the next few days, Lu Yuanzheng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, wrote a letter and put forward suggestions for improving the content of the imperial examination.

There was no other way, as Minister of the Ministry of Rites was in charge of major imperial examinations, he had to take the blame for Emperor Xiao Rui and become the target of criticism by scholars.Although everyone understands that this is His Majesty's idea, political affairs are like this.

Xiao Rui expressed high praise and approval for Lu Yuanzheng's perfect opinion, and then announced it to the world to solicit opinions from civil and military officials.

Soon, Lu Yuanzheng's opinions on improving the content of the imperial examination were exchanged and discussed by scholars.

According to the content of the opinion, the content of the imperial examination is not only about classics, writing, and current affairs policy, but also other content, including farming knowledge, legal content, tax rates, etc. Originally, only four books and five classics were studied, but now the four books and five classics only account for 80% portion.

Of course, this is only the first step.

According to Xiao Rui's plan, the imperial court will find someone to write special textbooks. In the future, the imperial examination questions will be selected from these textbooks, and then the weight of the Four Books and Five Classics will be gradually reduced, and examination subjects will be added, divided into literature subjects and professional subjects. No longer only reading rote books, rote books.

After seeing the changes in the content of the imperial examination, most of the scholars opposed it. After all, the content has increased and the difficulty has also increased.

However, Xiao Rui also provided them with convenience, that is, changing the three-year exam to once a year, so that although the difficulty becomes greater, the opportunities are increased, and the difficulty is for everyone, not for individual people.In addition, the number of selected talents is also increasing. After all, the current Great Xia has a vast territory, which is equivalent to the fusion of four countries, which also gives scholars more opportunities.

Of course, there are also a small number of people who agree with it. They are not proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics. Now the weight of the Four Books and Five Classics has been reduced, which is beneficial to them.

Xiao Rui plans to use six years to thoroughly improve the imperial examination system, make the imperial examination system more fair, and select talents who have the basic qualities to be officials.

Although many officials opposed the changes in the content of the imperial examinations, no one dared to express their opinions in person. Do you really think that His Majesty is asking officials for their opinions?

Do not make jokes.

Xiao Rui waited for several days, but no one responded.

So on the new day, when Xiao Rui sat on the dragon chair, Wang Dazhi shouted: "Play early if there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do!"

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