Ten days later, three hundred Jinshi, led by Zhang Juzheng, the number one scholar, and Fang Xuanling, the second person, entered the Wenhua Hall in two rows. They respectfully saluted Yang Gao on the dragon chair and said, "Common people see you, Your Majesty."
Yang Gao nodded slightly and said calmly: "Get up!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Yang Gao looked around the people in the hall and said in a deep voice: "You are all well-educated people. Now you all know the form of the Great Sui Dynasty. I hope that all the learned people will fully assist me in revitalizing the Great Sui Dynasty. I will never treat you badly in the future."
"I must do my best to assist Your Majesty in reviving the country!" Three hundred scholars knelt on one knee at the same time and said in unison.
Yang Gao nodded with satisfaction and said: "Except for the top three, the rest will go to the official department to report, and someone will arrange your appointment and whereabouts there."
All the scribes were ordered to retreat, leaving only Zhang Juzheng, Fang Xuanling and Fang Zheng in the palace.
"Tan Hua Lang Fang Zheng stepped forward to hear the seal."
"The grass people are here!"
Wearing a blue Confucian scholar's robe, Fang Zheng, a thin man about twenty-six or seven years old, took a step forward, bowed towards Yang Gao and said.
"Test me the fourth dimension of Fang Zheng?" Yang Gao calmly ordered the system.
"Ding dong, Fang Zheng's current abilities have been detected. Command is 52, force is 60, intelligence is 83, and politics is 87."
"Intelligence is 83, Politics is 87, and his abilities are pretty good. He is definitely more than enough to be a prefect of a county. However, his commander-in-chief is too low, so he cannot be placed as an official on the border." Yang Gao secretly evaluated Fang Zheng in his heart. He said calmly: "Fang Zheng, I have appointed you as the governor of Lujiang County. I hope you will live up to my high expectations and govern Lujiang County well."
"The humble minister will definitely live up to His Majesty's kindness!" Fang Zheng was naturally overjoyed to be promoted from a commoner to a county governor, and he immediately thanked His Majesty for his grace.
Yang Gao turned to look at Fang Xuanling again. Fang Xuanling's four dimensions were also detected by the system, which were 80 for Commander, 63 for Force, 97 for Intelligence, and 96 for Politics. He could be sent out to serve as the governor of a county, or he could serve as an advisor to the army, or he could stay in the court and participate in government affairs.
After hesitating for a long time, Yang Gao said in a deep voice: "Fang Qiao came forward to hear the appointment. I appoint you as Shangshu Youcheng to assist Lord Yu Yunwen in managing affairs."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" Fang Qiao was overjoyed when he heard this. His original unhappiness about not winning the first prize in the imperial examination disappeared immediately. Yu Yunwen was Yang Gao's confidant and a minister of Long Cong. Following Yu Yunwen, he will have a bright future. .
"Zhang Juzheng stepped forward to accept the seal!"
Yang Gao cleared his throat and turned his gaze to Zhang Juzheng in the middle.
"The grassroots are here!" Zhang Juzheng stepped forward and bowed with a calm expression.
Yang Gao smiled slightly and said: "Zhang Juzheng, the one-whip method you proposed in this imperial examination is very much to my liking. I have decided to establish the Department of Land, with Aiqing as the Qingtian envoy, and thoroughly implement the one-whip method in the Sui Dynasty. I will bestow Shang Fang." Sword, as if I were here in person, if anyone dares to obstruct me, I can kill him with this sword!"
Zhang Juzheng trembled when he heard this. He immediately knelt down on the ground, bowed respectfully, and said in a trembling voice: "I accept the decree!"
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Hailing, Palace of the Prince of Chu
Li Zitong raised the letter in his hand and said to Fang La, who was standing next to him: "My sister is indeed a hero among women. She found out such important information not long after she entered Jiangdu!"
Fang La smiled slightly when he heard this, "I wonder what information Baihua found out that made King Chu so excited?"
Li Zitong chuckled and said: "Baihua's letter said that Li Yuan raised 200,000 troops from Guanlong and went south. All the main forces of the Sui army rushed to Jingxiang to fight Li Yuan. Huainan was empty. Gu decided to take advantage of this opportunity to attack Huainan and then threaten Jiangdu."
There was a hint of joy in Fang La's eyes, but he still said with some concern: "King Chu, is there any fraud in this?"
Li Zitong pondered for a moment, then waved his hand and said: "General Fang is overly worried. I heard that Li Yuan in Guanzhong has now proclaimed himself emperor, and the founding name of the country is Tang. There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and Yang Gao's son is Yang Guang's designated successor, so Li Yuan sent troops Jingxiang is very likely."
Fang La nodded, "What the King of Chu said is absolutely true. In this case, the general is incompetent, so I would like to lead an elite army to attack Huainan, go straight to Jiangdu, and capture Yang Gao'er alive!"
Li Zitong looked at Fang La deeply, with a hint of fear in his eyes, then shook his head and said in a deep voice: "This battle is very important for our army. If we capture Huainan and conquer Jiangdu, our army's strength will It will become the most powerful among all the kings in the south of the Yangtze River, so I decided to take charge personally!"
There was a hint of disappointment in Fang La's eyes, but he still raised his hands and said, "General, I obey!" and then slowly exited the hall.
Looking at Fang La's retreating back, Li Zitong sneered, "Fang La, don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. Don't forget what I used to do. Your eyes are so familiar to me, how could I give it to you?" A chance to lead alone!”
Ten days later, Li Zitong swore an oath to fight in Hailing. With General Ye Xiaobian as the vanguard, he raised 80,000 troops and rushed to Huainan.
Li Zitong did have several fierce generals under his command, because Fang La had messed up the system, and Fang Jie and Sixingfang were brought out by him. Among them, Fang Jie had an implanted identity as Fang La's son, and Sixingfang was Fang La's disciple. But the bravest among Li Zitong's men was not the two of them, but Wu Yunzhao, the former commander-in-chief of Nanyang Pass in the Sui Dynasty.
However, Wu Yunzhao's identity is different from that in the novel. His father is not Wu Jianzhang, the loyal and filial king of the Sui Dynasty. He also does not have a sworn brother, Xiong Kuohai, and his cousin Wu Tianci does not exist.
He was just an ordinary Nanyang Pass guard. In the ninth year of the Daye year, he was ordered to participate in the battle to conquer Goguryeo. Unexpectedly, just three days after he left Nanyang Pass, Nanyang Pass fell into the bandits. Yang Guang was not aware of it. Wu Yunzhao was sent to prison to discuss his crime. Wu Yunzhao was so sad and angry that he knocked out the soldiers escorting him halfway and defected to Li Zitong.
The information about Li Zitong's invasion of 80,000 troops was quickly sent to Xue Rengui and Chang Yuchun. The two looked at each other and smiled. Yang Gao had already informed them about Fang Baihua being captured and sending false information to Li Zitong. People had already set up a net and laid a dragnet in Huainan, just waiting for Li Zitong to sneak in.
Huainan's current military strength, excluding Qun Guo soldiers, is about 80,000, of which 30,000 were brought by Xue Rengui and Chang Yuchun from Jiangdu, another 30,000 were prisoners taken during the battle to annihilate Du Fuwei, and the remaining 20,000 were Brought from Jiangdu by Lu Heng, the second best martial arts student who had just arrived in Huainan.
Although the strength of the Sui army was the same as Li Zitong's, the Sui army was far more powerful than Li Zitong's Chu army. In addition, the Chu army was in the Ming Dynasty and the Sui army was in the dark. The Sui army was full of confidence in this war.
After Xue Rengui carefully studied the marching route of the Chu army, he calmly began to follow his troops and said confidently: "The net has been opened and the bag has been laid. Just wait for the birds to pounce on the net and the fish to enter the bag!"
