The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

This year's autumn harvest in various places has brought good news from all over the world, the grain harvest in various places is bumper, the emperor finally has a smile on his face, and the ministers in the court are all relieved in their hearts.The emperor was in a bad mood, and it was their ministers who suffered. It was a small matter to be scolded. If they were accidentally demoted and lost their positions, it was related to their future, but it was a big deal.

The money and supplies to be transported to the border have all been collected. In addition to the salaries and supplies for the soldiers at the border and the supplies for the New Year, there are also a batch of weapons from the arsenal, which are all transported to the border.At this time, who will be sent by the imperial court to escort the things over there is still being negotiated.

In the past, these tasks of escorting money and materials were all fat jobs, and officials from several factions in the court wanted to rush to do them.

Li Wen sighed in his heart, and let out cruel words: Whoever dares to touch this batch of money and supplies, he will have trouble with the whole family!

Male Gobi!

Don't think he doesn't know the twists and turns.Those who dare to touch these things must be prepared to gamble the life of the whole family and the future of the whole family.

If it weren't for the fact that there are too many things going on recently and the capital can't leave here, Li Wen would also like to go to the border to send warmth and care to his master and soldiers. The key is that the emperor's physical condition is not good. Here in Beijing.

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, some officials in the court stopped a lot.

If you want to say that in the entire imperial court, the person these officials least want to offend is that kid Li Wen.Look at the fate of the gang of officials in Xiangzhou, Zhu Guangquan who died in prison, and the large gang of officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Few of them ended well.However, the emperor favors that boy, even His Highness the Crown Prince favors him. With the current state of the Emperor, if His Highness the Crown Prince takes that position in the future, Li Wen asked whether this boy can continue to dominate the court for decades .All of them were half-buried in the soil, and none of their descendants were as capable as that kid Li Wen.They are going to offend that kid Li Wen, and it is guaranteed that the descendants of their entire family will not be able to rise to the top.

This kid, really, can't be provoked, can't be provoked...

It happened that on this day he went into the palace to report the matter to the emperor, and the emperor asked him, "Li Wen, who do you think I should send to escort the money, food and grass to the border this time?"

"Your Majesty, I feel that it is feasible for the generals to send General Wang Hao Wang to be in charge, and for the civil servants to send Zhang Su, the head of the Ministry of Rites, to go back." Usually the emperor asks him this kind of question, but Li Wen seldom directly names who to go to, and most of them just give some advice. A small suggestion, let the emperor make up his mind.

But this time, those people in the DPRK are really too courageous, they dare to take advantage of anything, and they are impatient to live.

Speaking of which, Zhang Suhui was still on the same list as Jinshi. He was the No. 2 scholar at the time, and Zhang Suhui was the second place. If it weren't for Cheng Yaojin, who broke out halfway, Zhang Suhui would be the most likely person to be the No. [-] scholar. Poor Zhang Suhui In order to get the No. [-] Scholar, it was postponed for three years before participating in the examination. In the end, Cheng Yaojin took away the No. [-] Scholar position, and Zhang Suhui took the No.[-] No. [-] spot.

Seeing the friendship between the two of them riding horses through the streets and visiting Yilou together, Li Wen chose Zhang Suhui without even thinking about it.

When the two entered the Imperial Academy together, Zhang Suhui left first to go to the Ministry of Rites. Now Zhang Suhui is doing well in the Ministry of Rites.Zhang Suhui's talent is no less than his. This person is naturally suitable for diplomacy, and going to the Ministry of Rites is his special session.

It's just that under his background, Zhang Suhui's brilliance was completely covered up. The emperor really couldn't remember that besides a champion, he also had a second place and Tanhualang. Not to mention, Zhang Suhui is here in the capital, so it can be seen how badly Li Wen Cheng Yaojin has covered up Zhang Suhui.

After they left the Hanlin Academy, Li Wen went back to drink with Zhang Su a few times, but he stopped going to brothels with that man.Zhang Suhui's character is not bad except for the common fault of being a literati. You can see that this man only drinks flowers and wine when he goes to the brothel and doesn't play with girls, let alone take girls home.

Therefore, the relationship between Li Wen and Zhang Suhui can be regarded as good. Today the emperor asked him, and he put the errand on Zhang Suhui's head without hesitation.Presumably, the second place in the list doesn't mind doing a hard job, right?

"I think it's feasible and successful. I will choose these two as you said." Emperor Zhaozong thought about it for a while. Wang Hao is the son of General Wang, and Zhang Suhui is the son of Zhang Chunli. These young people should be given a chance.

Soon the imperial decree came down, and the military officer sent little general Wang Hao Wang to lead the troops to escort, and the civil officer sent Zhang Su back to the head of Zhang.Wang Hao and Zhang Suhui didn't expect that this job would fall on their heads. After inquiring again, it was Li Liu

Yuan's words to the emperor.

The chief general and ceremony officer responsible for escorting the payment and supplies to the border have all been selected, and the escort team has been prepared and will leave in three days.

In the rain, soldiers on fast horses were heading towards the capital.

A fast horse entered the capital, and the frontier pass sent people to send the news back quickly: the Hu people had assembled an army of 50 outside the pass and were preparing to attack Yanmen Pass.

"Orbit-orbit-orbit--',

The bell on the tower rang, and everyone in the capital could hear it.

Hearing the noise, Li Wen was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Did something happen?"

"Well, the barbarians have assembled an army of 50 to close the gate. This is the news that came back. Take a look." Zhao Xiangyi handed the letter in his hand to Li Wen. This is the news sent back to him from the border. I know the news. Let's go, we are going into the palace."

Li Wen read the letter in his hand and put it away. At this time, the Hu people are sending troops to attack Yanmen Pass?

The bell on the tower rang, and within half an hour after the bell rang, all the ministers in the court would appear in the hall, and small sedan chairs were lifted quickly on the road, and stopped outside the palace gate, one by one. The ministers lined up to enter the palace.

"what?!"

50 troops?

When they knew that the Hu people had gathered 50 troops outside the pass and were preparing to attack Yanmen Pass, all these officials turned pale with fright.The Hu people sent so many people here, what should they do if they break through the Yanmen Pass and come to the capital?Once Hu Jun breaks through the Yanmen Pass, he will be able to march all the way to the capital.

It's not that these civil servants are greedy for life and afraid of death, but that every time they fight with the Hu people, Dacheng suffers heavy losses. What the Hu people have done is killing, burning, looting, and raping women. Wherever they go, even children and the elderly will be spared , do all kinds of evil.At that time, the Hu people broke through the closed gate, and swung their troops all the way down, almost reaching the capital. In the end, the first emperor personally led the army and beat the Hu people back.

The first emperor was capable of both literature and martial arts, but the emperor now?

Now that the emperor's dragon is not in good health, the court still doesn't know what's going on. If something happens to the emperor, it will really be... All the civil servants are anxious, for fear that the barbarians will hit him in the blink of an eye. Beijing is here.

"I summoned you all to the palace today to hear your thoughts and suggestions." Emperor Zhaozong propped up his sick body and sat on the dragon chair above the main hall, and told the news sent by the border gate to the courtiers below. , Now the Hu people have assembled 50 troops outside the pass, and the 50 troops are pressing down on the border, which may be troublesome.

"The barbarians will never stop harassing me. If we don't get rid of their gang of barbarians, we won't be able to rest in Dacheng for a day..."

Most of the military generals in the DPRK are in the main battle, and the civil servants support sending envoys to the peace talks. The officials in the DPRK quickly divided into two factions, one faction for the war, and one for the peace talks. The peace talks must be faced with the same as before. Dacheng gave the Hu people a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, cloth and food every year.

The faction of the main battle will definitely not agree, why should the barbarians be allowed to take away a large amount of food, gold, silver and jewelry every year!

The last time the Hu people sent envoys to Dacheng to ask for money and food, Li Liuyuan made a plan to drive those Hu dogs away. Now the Hu people did not dare to really fight them because of Dacheng, so they gathered so many soldiers to close the door go.

Isn't it just a fight with the barbarians, who is afraid of whom? !It is not certain who cries for father and mother!

The main battle faction and the main and one faction were arguing fiercely. This group of military generals was not as loud as the civil officials, and they were quickly blocked by the civil officials.Emperor Zhaozong, who was sitting on the top, heard the quarrels of the courtiers below, his ears were chewing and buzzing, he held a handkerchief to cover his mouth, suppressing the cough that was about to start in his chest, "Shut up, all...

The officials below all closed their voices one by one.

"Li Wen, tell me." The emperor ordered Li Liuyuan below and came out.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Wen stood up and said, "I believe that maintaining Dacheng's territory and security, defending the border, and protecting the tens of thousands of people behind it is not only the responsibility of the soldiers at the border, but also our responsibility. Everyone, the responsibility and obligation of being a citizen of Dacheng. Blindly giving in will only make the enemy think that we are weak and can be bullied!"

"Anyone who dares to offend my Dacheng will be punished no matter how far away! I will never allow anyone to violate my Dacheng!"

The boy's voice resounded above the hall, sonorous and powerful!

"Anyone who dares to offend my great achievement will be punished no matter how far away!"

"I will never allow anyone to violate my Dacheng!"

The generals shouted in unison, and the voice echoed in the hall.The lips of the officials of the Lord and the First faction twitched, and each of them shrank into a quail, not daring to make a sound.

After the voices stopped, Li Wen continued, "Your Majesty, we still don't know the situation at the border, the purpose and movements of the barbarians. I believe that we should now find out the actual situation at the border and find out The way to deal with it is, if we really fight against the Hu people, how much strength can we have in Dacheng, and what is the actual strength of the Hu army."

The Hu people assembled an army of 50 to come?

Did Dacheng send someone to count them one by one?Is it true that there are 50 troops, or is the opponent just bluffing.What is the strength of the opponent?How many cavalry are there, and how many infantry are there?

As far as he knew, the barbarians outside the pass were divided into several tribes with several commanders. Did all the tribes have the desire to attack Dacheng?If the Hu people were really of one mind, they would have unified the grassland long ago. It is because the Hu people are not of one mind. Not all the herdsmen outside the Great Wall have the desire to invade Dacheng. They like to run around on the grasslands, which is why the herdsmen outside the pass did not establish villages and countries, but only divided into several tribes.

Don't just say that the enemy is about to fight, and then mess up your own position. When the time comes, you don't need the enemy to fight, and you will be in chaos inside yourself.

With Li Wen's analysis, all the officials in the hall became quiet, thinking about these practical issues.Seeing that the officials below had all quieted down, the emperor's face was not so ugly, "Prince, tell me, what do you think about this matter?"

"Yes, father." Yang Shaomu stood up and said, "I support what Li Liuyuan said just now, and we Dacheng blindly backed down. The more Hu people think that we Dacheng can bully us at will. Now the Hu people have assembled an army to Outside the customs, what we should talk about now is how to deal with it... In my opinion, we should collect more information about the situation at the border. If we really fight against the barbarians, Dacheng can have a perfect plan to deal with it. "

The emperor ordered several sons out one by one, wanting to hear the opinions and opinions of each son.

The third prince, Yang Shaokang, belonged to the main and one faction. He meant that Hu Jun was strong and strong, and Dacheng and Hu Jun would fight each other. Dacheng might not be able to please him.

As for the fourth prince Yang Shaojian, he stood in a neutral position, neither advocated war, nor said that he wanted peace, only said that this matter should be discussed in a long-term way, and a perfect plan should be negotiated.

Today, the sixth prince, Yang Shaojun, was also in the main hall, and the emperor specially ordered this son to come out to speak, but Yang Shaojun faltered for a long time, but in the end he didn't say anything. The emperor felt a little disappointed in his heart.

Among the several sons, except for the crown prince who spoke fairly well, the third son was timid and fearful, the fourth son had a ambiguous attitude, and the sixth son did not have his own opinions and ego.The more it is at this time, the more clearly the abilities of the sons can be seen. The emperor is inevitably a little disappointed with his sons.

Among these courtiers, the only thing that made the emperor feel good was Li Wen and Li Liuyuan, but after all Li Liuyuan was still young, had too little experience, and lacked experience.

Knowing that today's discussion could not lead to a result, after sitting for a while, the emperor felt that his body was about to be overwhelmed, so he announced his next court, "Let's postpone the discussion later, and retreat..."

The emperor's guard of honor left, and all the officials sent the emperor off respectfully behind.

On that day, Emperor Zhaozong summoned the crown prince and several princes, as well as several senior ministers in the court, to the imperial study to discuss matters related to the border.On the same day, Li Wen also received the emperor's summons, entered the palace, and participated in this discussion...