At the beginning of March, Pan Liao led the first batch of officials to arrive in Chang'an, they got off the boat from Pujin Pass, and then rode directly to Chang'an, without taking another boat, Tianbao Canal still has a little finishing work, it will take about ten days, but the government officials can't wait.

Guo Song arranged the officials to live in the post house, and the three official posts in Chang'an were enough for the officials to live.

Everyone put down their luggage, and followed Guo Song to visit the official square of the Jin Palace, the Jin Palace is the Xingqing Palace, which is three times larger than the Jinyang Mansion in Taiyuan, mainly because the lake area is large, and the court house is a lot larger, during the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji once moved back to the Xingqing Palace to live, and the officials also transferred to the Xingqing Palace to the court, and the court room of the Xingqing Palace can accommodate the entire court.

"Your Highness, have the major court rooms been arranged?" Pan Liao asked with a smile.

Guo Song nodded, "These are all arranged, today and tomorrow, everyone will have a good rest first, and then the day after tomorrow will be assigned to the court." ”

Pan Liao pondered, "Last time, His Highness wrote that he was going to build official residences for officials below the fifth rank in the old Chang'an City, I don't know how it progressed?" ”

"It's already under construction, and it may take another month or two to complete, during this time, you can live in the official post first, but officials above the fifth grade can stay in the official residence at any time, and find an opportunity to tell you."

"Humble duty understands!"

"How's the imperial examination going?" Guo Song asked with a smile again.

Pan Liao smiled bitterly and said: "It is even less than originally expected, there are less than 10,000 people here, only 7,200 people, all of whom are from the states and counties under the jurisdiction of the Jin Palace. ”

"What is the reason?" Guo Song also felt that the number of people was too small, and it was expected to be 30,000 people before!

"The fundamental reason is that the scope of the imperial examination was increased last autumn, and His Royal Highness added five articles of "Historical Records", "Hanshu", "Lü's Spring and Autumn", "Han Feizi", and "Xunzi", and many scholars were caught off guard, and everyone was studying hard, so it is normal for the number of people to drop sharply, and the number of admitted students has also been halved."

Guo Song nodded, if a scholar is not proficient in history, he will become a nerd, so the content of this year's imperial examination has begun to be pragmatic.

At this time, Guo Song saw that everyone did not follow, he turned around and saw a large group of officials discussing a pavilion, so he beckoned: "Everyone go here, in front of you is the Xingqing Palace, which is the main hall!" ”

He walked towards the Xingqing Hall with a large group of officials........

Outside the Chunming Gate, a man on horseback came to the city gate, he turned over and dismounted, led the horse and walked towards the city, he was wearing a blue samurai uniform, and he was in the dust, obviously coming from afar.

There are several soldiers on the tower of Chunming Gate who are paying attention to the pedestrians coming and going below, but there are no soldiers guarding under the city gate, which is part of Guo Song's action of demolishing the pass and removing the card, the soldiers are no longer standing at the city gate, but the city wall is still on guard against the city gate to prevent a large number of young people from entering the city.

The man led his horse into the city gate, and when he saw that houses were being built on both sides of the city wall, and an official was standing on the side of the road, he stepped forward and asked, "Where can I find His Royal Highness King Jin?" ”

This official was Cao Wannian, who was inspecting the progress of the official's rented house, but a strange man asked him where he could find His Royal Highness King Jin.

Cao Wannian looked him up and down, and asked suspiciously: "Who are you, why are you looking for His Royal Highness King Jin?" ”

The young man hesitated for a moment and said, "I am here to deliver a letter, and an old friend of His Royal Highness King Jin asked me to deliver a letter." ”

Cao Wannian didn't stop there, he asked again: "Who is the old friend of His Royal Highness King Jin?" ”

"Yes...... The former Han Sang-kook. ”

It turned out to be someone sent by Han Yun, Cao Wannian nodded, "You are from Mingzhou?" ”

"I came from Runzhou, and Han Xiangguo has been reappointed as the assassin of Runzhou."

"I see, you come with me, His Royal Highness the King of Jin is in the palace of the King of Jin, I can take you there."

Cao Wannian instructed the officials a few words, and then took the young man to the Jin Palace, the Jin Palace is next to the Chunming Gate, came to the palace gate, only to see a large group of officials are walking out of the palace in twos and threes, they have visited the court room, and now go back to the post house to rest, there are many officials who have made an appointment to go shopping in the East Market.

Cao Wannian asked the messenger to wait in front of the palace gate, and he hurried into the courtroom.

Guo Song had already led everyone to visit the court room and was chatting with several high-ranking officials in the official room.

At this time, Cao Wannian hurriedly walked in, he greeted everyone, and said to Guo Song in a low voice: "Han Xiangguo sent someone to deliver a letter to the envoy." ”

Guo Song was stunned and hurriedly asked, "Where is the messenger?" ”

"Wait outside the palace!"

Guo Song Lingzhi went to bring the messenger in, and said to Cao Wannian: "If Cao Lingtai has time, take Pan Changshi and them to the old city to have a look, as well as the Guanghuamen Street and the official rented house at the root of the city wall, and also take a look." ”

"No problem, let's take Pan Changshi with me."

Cao Wannian left with a few high-ranking officials, and at this time, he brought the messenger in, and the young man who delivered the letter came in and bowed, "See His Royal Highness King Jin!" ”

Guo Song saw that he had big ears and a bit of Han Yun's shadow, so he smiled and asked, "Who are you from Han Ge?" ”

"The humble position is Han Cha, the grandson of Han Thorn History!"

It turned out to be Han Huang's eldest grandson, Guo Song smiled and asked him to sit down, "How is the ancestor doing now?" ”

Han Cha sat down next to the edge of the chair and bowed, "Thank you Your Highness for your concern, the ancestor is still relatively strong." ”

Han Cha took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Guo Song, "This is my grandfather's handwritten letter, please look at it Your Highness." ”

Guo Song took the letter and read it, his brows furrowed slightly, Zhu Zhu was actually building a ship, preparing to attack Jiangnan in a big way?

"How many troops are there in Runzhou?" Guo Song asked.

"Your Royal Highness, there are only 3,000 sailors and more than 30,000 stone warships in Runzhou, and the 2,000 soldiers recruited by my grandfather are only 5,000 in total, and there are only 18,000 state soldiers in the entire Liangzhejiang Province, the equipment is relatively poor, and the training is insufficient, so they can't compete with Zhu Zhu's army."

Guo Song stood up and walked a few steps, this is more complicated, they are also building ships in Taiyuan, Guo Song is very clear about the progress of shipbuilding, a large shipbuilding workshop can only build five to six thousand stone warships a year, if you want to build a strong naval army, it is impossible to do it without ten years, Zhu Jun is only building a warship now, it is still early for him to attack Jiangnan.

But to seize Jiangnan, it is not necessary to build warships, if it is their own, completely use thousands of trough ships to cross the Yangtze River by surprise in the middle of the Yangtze River, and can send tens of thousands of troops across the Yangtze River in one day and one night, and then sweep all the way to the east, it is meaningless for the Jiangnan army to have more than 30 warships.

Besides, the Huaixi army has hundreds of warships in the Huai River, since it has taken Yangzhou, then attack all the way to the west and annihilate the Huaixi army, you can get hundreds of warships, and you can directly cross the river to the south, why spend years building ships?

Guo Song is really a little confused, but there must be a demon when things go wrong, and it will never take a few years to build a shipbuilding in Zhu Jun's style, this is in the Ming plank road, and the dark Chen Cang, Guo Song faintly guessed Zhu Jun's true intentions, he was doing it for others to see.

So who is Zhu Zhu doing to show it?

Huaixi Wu Shaocheng? It is possible to make Wu Shaocheng think that he is going to attack Jiangnan and relax his vigilance.

Or do it for Jiangnan to see, so that the states of Jiangnan think that he will spend several years building ships.

Or do it for Ziqing Li Na to see, so that Li Na thinks that he is aiming for Jiangnan.

This strategy of repairing ships is indeed more clever, killing three birds with one stone, this strategy is more feminine, very similar to the style of Zhu Zhu's military advisor Liu Sigu.

Guo Song continued to read the letter, and at the end of the letter, Han Rong hoped that Guo Song would help destroy Zhu Zhu's shipyard.

After pondering for a moment, Guo Song asked, "Did your grandfather ask the imperial court for help?" ”

Han Cha shook his head, "Grandfather said that the imperial court didn't even care about the fall of Yangzhou, let alone send troops to support Jiangnan, he thought that it was pointless to ask the imperial court for help, and even Luo Ziyu, the chief general of the navy, was not optimistic about the imperial court." ”

'Luo Ziyu? ’

Guo Song was slightly stunned, he still remembered this Luo Ziyu, when he and Liu Yan went to Yangzhou to do salt tax, and finally got the support of Luo Ziyu, the temporary governor of Yangzhou, he also escorted the ship to Chang'an with himself, but he didn't expect this person to be in Runzhou.

Guo Song wrote a letter and handed it to Han Cha with a smile: "This letter is handed over to your grandfather, since he can trust Guo Song and come all the way to ask for help, how can I disappoint him?" ”

Engaged in taking Han Cha down to rest, Guo Song took out a roll of maps from the cabinet and spread it out on the table, this is the map of Huainan Road and Liangzhejiang Road drawn in the fifth year of the Great Calendar, which is more accurate, Guo Song carefully checked the map, his idea is not wrong, only 5,000 soldiers, it is impossible to stop Zhu Jun's army from going south.

Zhu Zhu's army could completely cross the river by trough boat from the west of Jiangning County, and one trough ship could transport 20 soldiers, and several thousand trough ships could transport 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers to the other side in one day, while it would take at least two days to intercept it from Runzhou.

I can think of it, Guo Song believes that Zhu Zhu and Liu Sigu must also be able to think that they have not crossed the river yet, which shows that Zhu Zhu's next strategic goal is not Jiangnan, either Huaixi or Ziqing, from an intuitive point of view, Huaixi is more likely.

Of course Guo Song would not send the army to Yangzhou to help, he pondered for a long time, this kind of thing is still let the Jin Wei Mansion do it, or Ying Caihe can also take action.

Guo Song immediately ordered: "Find Song Tian for me!" ”

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