Li Ke's order was naturally delivered to the Shangshu Province as soon as possible. After all, the news was announced by the Shangshu Province. It cannot be said that the news was announced. Naturally, this kind of news would not be disclosed directly to these scholars.
To be precise, Li Ke's order was issued directly to Shangshu Province, telling Shangshu Province that these states would be one of the destinations for new officials to be arranged by Shangshu Province tomorrow.
Then, as a work sequence for the Shangshu Province, these places will naturally be assessed by the Ministry of Personnel. When the Ministry of Personnel conducts the assessment, the news will naturally spread.
Because Li Ke did not ask for confidentiality, the news naturally began to spread at an extremely fast speed. It can be said that almost everyone in the yamen of Shangshu Province knew about it within one day.
By the time Xiu Mu got off work in the evening, almost everyone in Shangshu Province knew the news, and many officials began to discuss the impact of this matter in low voices, because everyone knew the importance of next year's imperial examination, which was related to The national unified examination held by His Highness this year seems to be different.
If we can get sufficiently satisfactory results, doesn't this mean that the national unified examination and the imperial examination will be held once a year in the future? Take turns? This is of course good news for the powerful families, because this is a stable way for members of each family to enter the central power structure of the Tang Dynasty.
No one would object to such a lack of access.
Therefore, the discussions among these officials are naturally very intense, because almost all of them come from wealthy families, and this matter is closely related to them.
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Outside the wall of Shangshu Province, there were two people standing here. The imperial guards standing guard around them ignored them. Naturally, it was because someone had issued an order to allow them to come to Shangshu Province, but they could not enter the palace further inside.
At most, you can go to the Imperial City, where all the government offices are concentrated.
"Lord Luo Bai, remember, today our target is Liang Guogong Fang Xuanling. He is Zuo Shangshu of the Tang Dynasty Shangshu Province. It can be said that his words can influence His Majesty and His Highness the Tang Dynasty. In any case, we are here today. I want to plead with Mr. Fang Xuanling." The man in his forties standing on the right said seriously.
"Mr. Yang Lin, I understand. Today is about the fate of my kingdom. I know the importance. I brought a gift here specially." The man called Luo Bai was slightly younger. But the two people are not much different.
That's right, the two of them are the envoys of the Queen's Kingdom to the Tang Dynasty. They have been in Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty for two years. Their names were given to them after entering the Tang Dynasty and following the local customs. Naturally, they are not their original names.
Originally, the relationship between the Queen's Kingdom and the Tang Dynasty was a vassal state and a superior state. They stayed here to be more responsible for some small things, or to deliver some news about the Tang Dynasty to the king of the Queen's Kingdom. Avoid some misunderstandings.
But who knew that this was originally their job, but something unexpected happened, that is, they suddenly heard one day that His Highness King Qin of the Tang Dynasty ordered the Tang Dynasty to send troops to attack the Queen Kingdom and the Piao Kingdom.
When they learned the news, both of them were frightened. How could this be possible? They had no control over the Piao Kingdom, so how could the Queen Kingdom offend the Tang Dynasty? After the two people were frightened, they naturally immediately went to inquire about the cause and effect of the matter.
And this matter was easy to find out. They easily knew the ins and outs of the matter, but after knowing it, they were even more frightened into a cold sweat. They knew what King Qin of the Tang Dynasty meant in the Tang Dynasty.
Although this matter was not directly decreed by His Majesty, nor did it go through the Tang Dynasty court, the more troublesome it was, and their family members were still in the Queen's Kingdom, so naturally they immediately submitted a letter requesting to see His Majesty the Tang Emperor. .
Then they haven't seen them yet. His Majesty said that he didn't have time to see them, or that he was blocked by the officials of Honglu Temple. He said that your Majesty has been busy recently, and their petition did not have this right. In short, you want to see them. It is difficult to reach His Majesty.
Of course they didn't think that His Majesty the Tang Dynasty didn't know about this. Since he knew it, if he didn't want to see them, he must teach the Queen a lesson. So the two of them retreated and wanted to see His Highness the King of Qin. At the very least, they wanted to apologize to His Highness the King of Qin. Then he guaranteed that the Queen's Kingdom would definitely catch the murderer and give an explanation to Datang, and asked Datang to give the Queen's Kingdom a chance.
But... meeting His Highness King Qin seems to be more difficult than meeting His Majesty. Anyway, they have little chance. In the end, they can only squat in the palace. The problem is that most of the ministers don't know them at all and don't want to talk to them. As for the person they want to see , at least not yet.
Although nearly twenty days had passed, they did not think too much, thinking that it was still too late. After all, Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty was so far away from the Queen's Kingdom. The generals of the Tang Dynasty set out from Chang'an to arrive at the Queen's Kingdom. I am afraid they have not arrived yet.
At least that's what they thought. They didn't expect that Hou Junji would directly lead the cavalry and leave day and night.
"Come here, come here, they are taking a bath." Luo Bai saw a lot of officials coming out together. It was already time to take a bath.
"Remember, look for Mr. Liang Guogong."
"knew."
The two of them stood in the corner and had a serious discussion until several officials passed by them: "...I didn't expect His Highness to be so generous. The three states of Zhenwa, Queen, and Piao were included in the Tang Dynasty. Come to train new officials?"
"Who says it isn't? His Highness is the only one who has the courage to do so. However, these places are newly added to the Tang Dynasty, with new places and new atmosphere. It seems reasonable to use them to train new people."
"Although the difficulty is a bit higher, it is also an encouragement to new officials. If they can govern well, it will be a huge achievement. In the future, whether they are in power or return to the court, they will have huge achievements. explain."
"Indeed, hey, but the speed of these generals is really fast. Today, they have already captured three countries..."
A group of officials were discussing and walked past the two people. They didn't notice the two stiff people at all, or rather they didn't care if they noticed them. These two people had been staying here recently.
"Did you hear what they just said?" Yang Lin waited for the officials to leave before asking with a dry tone and a look of disbelief on his face.
"Listen...I heard...this...is this possible?" Luo Bai's face was full of despair. Their country...is gone? But they haven't seen His Highness King Qin intercede yet, so why is it gone?
How long did it take before and after? It only lasted a little over a month in total...why is it gone?
