The tea shed was deserted, there were almost no guests, many scholars passed by the tea shed, although they were all sweating profusely, tired, but no one was willing to stop, continued to hurry, a few guys in the tea shed did not bother to greet them, sat aside to drink water and chat.

"You bastards!"

The shopkeeper roared angrily, "There is a guest coming, why don't you say hello?" ”

The man was startled, only to find that more than two dozen cavalrymen had walked into the tea shed, and they hurriedly stepped forward to lead the horses and beckoned them to sit down and rest and drink tea.

Zhang Xuan drank a bowl of herbal tea in one go, and suddenly felt that the heat subsided, he took a pu fan, fanned the wind and smiled: "It seems to be much hotter here than our Beihai County, we are cool at night, but the wind here is hot." ”

The shopkeeper was obviously well-informed, and said to Zhang Xuan with a smile: "General, Beihai County is close to the sea, as long as the sun is not shining, it is cooler, we can't do it here, it is as hot as a steamer in summer." ”

"That's right, what kind of game and wine are there?"

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly and shook his head, "The day before yesterday, a large number of troops walked through and swept our wine and food clean, and the villain only entered more than 100 catties of sauce mutton today, and the wine is gone, only herbal tea, and there are pancakes, which taste good to eat with mutton sandwiched between pancakes." ”

Zhang Xuan took out an ingot of five taels of gold and put it on the table, and said with a smile: "Bring out all the food, we will cover it all, and the rest of the gold will be rewarded to you." ”

The shopkeeper was overjoyed, they met the God of Wealth today, and actually gave gold, he held the gold tightly in his hand, and hurriedly ran to yell at the guy to cut the meat pancakes.

Zhang Xuan beckoned the shopkeeper over again, and said with a smile: "I still have something to ask you!" ”

"General, please!"

"When did the Son of Heaven's fleet pass through here?"

"At noon the day before yesterday, the mighty fleet walked for three hours, and there were more than 100,000 troops, what a magnificence! Within two miles of the river. No one is allowed to approach except the slender man. ”

"Oh! Where do you think the fleet is now? ”

"I estimate that I will soon pass Pengcheng County, and if the general is in a hurry, he will catch up with the fleet in Qian County."

Zhang Xuan nodded, and pointed at the group of scholars on the official road with a horsewhip, "Who are they?" They all look like readers, why are they so embarrassed? ”

The shopkeeper smiled and shook his head. "A group of people who want to be officials and want to go crazy, does the general know about the imperial examination at the beginning of this year?"

"I know, I was also in Luoyang at the time, could they-"

A thought popped up in Zhang Xuan's heart, these people wouldn't be the ones who were on the list in the expansion of the recruitment!

The shopkeeper sighed, "I heard that thousands of people were admitted this year, but only more than 100 people were conferred, and the others all got some 'alternates', I heard from them." is qualified to be an official, but there is no real shortage, and it will take an unknown amount of time to get the turn, no, this is this group of people. ”

Zhang Xuan couldn't help but shake his head, thousands of people were admitted, but there was no official arrangement, and Yang Guang's hot mind caused such a big trouble. What a wickedness!

"But I heard that the imperial court arranged for them to go to Taixue to study and wait, why did they come here?" Zhang Xuan still asked a little puzzled.

The shopkeeper smiled: "The villain just listened to a few people chatting and complaining. It seems that the officials informed them to go to Jiangdu to accept the selection, so thousands of people all ran to Jiangdu, but the Son of Heaven suddenly returned north to Luoyang, and the officials changed their words and said that they would go back to Luoyang for selection, and they had to run back to Luoyang. ”

"Isn't this a toss-up?" Zhang Xuan smiled dumbly.

"So I said they wanted to be officials and wanted to go crazy, and they refused to come in and rest one by one. Why? I am afraid that I will be one step slower and my official position will be snatched away by others, and it is estimated that many people will be tired to death along the way. ”

"The general is from Beihai County?" The shopkeeper asked with a smile again.

"Exactly! Has the shopkeeper ever been to Beihai County? ”

"When I was younger, I spent a few years there, and the dried fish there was delicious, and I still miss it. But does the general know Jang Hyun? ”

Zhang Xuan saw that several pro-soldiers were eager to speak, so he couldn't help glaring fiercely, and said with a slight smile: "Of course I know, how could the shopkeeper think of asking him?" ”

The shopkeeper sighed, "We are all from Xucheng, Huaibei, there is Du Fuwei's power territory, every few months, Du Fuwei will come to apportion, ask for food and money, although it is not enough to kill and loot, but such endless harassment, everyone's life is turbulent, life is difficult, they have to flee, there is basically no one in their hometown, we say, if General Zhang Xuan can go to Jianghuai, why worry about Du Fuwei's immortality?" ”

"I heard that Wang Shichong is suppressing bandits in Huainan, isn't it also very powerful?"

"That Hades, don't mention it, he is a bandit and the people to kill together, I'd rather kill three thousand by mistake than let go of a single person, everyone is killed, of course there will be no bandits, I hope he doesn't come back!"

"I know, I'll go back and tell Zhang Xuan and ask him to apply to come to Jianghuai to suppress bandits."

Zhang Xuan stood up with a smile and said to his subordinates: "Clean up and get ready to go." ”

Everyone used the leftover meatloaf as dry food, filled the kettle with herbal tea, got up and got on the horse, Zhang Xuan also turned over on the horse, and the shopkeeper chased him out and shouted: "General, don't forget to tell Zhang Xuan, we Jianghuai people are looking forward to him coming!" ”

"Don't worry! I'll tell him my leave! ”

Zhang Xuan urged his horse to gallop westward, and the soldiers followed him away like a gust of wind.

At this time, a guy ran over and whispered, "Shopkeeper, I seem to have seen this general." ”

"Fart, when have you been to Beihai County?"

"It's not Beihai County, it's in the capital, I saw him when I watched the hero competition in the capital, and he seems to be Zhang Xuan."

The shopkeeper suddenly became anxious and slapped him away, "You idiot, why didn't you say it earlier!" ”

The five taels of gold in the shopkeeper's arms suddenly seemed to have thorns, which made him a little unbearable

Yang Guang's dragon boat of the Son of Heaven has arrived in the area of Yongcheng County, in the night, thousands of dragon boats are moored in the Tongji Canal, occupying the entire water surface, looking at it from afar, it is like a mountain that stretches for dozens of miles, and the momentum is extremely magnificent.

Yang Guang's dragon boat is four zhang five feet high, twenty zhang long, there are four layers on it, the load can reach 10,000 stones, the hull is decorated with Dan powder, equipped with gold and pearl emeralds, the carving is beautiful, and the luxury is incomparable.

Behind it is the queen's boat, called the Xiang Yan, which is slightly smaller than the emperor's dragon boat and is extremely luxuriously decorated.

Then there are thousands of big ships with various names such as floating scenery, Yangcai, Vermilion Bird, Cangyan, White Tiger, Xuanwu, Feiyu, Qingzhu, Lingbo, Fifth Floor, Dojo, Xuantan, Yellow Scorn, etc.

There are more than 80,000 people in the boat and more than 100,000 Xiaoguo cavalry, guarding the bank on both sides of the Tongji Canal, covering the wilderness with flags, the lights flickering at night, and the tent camp is out of sight.

At this time, Yang Guang stood in front of the window of the boat, looking at the dark fields in the north, the bandits in Shandong had been swept away, except for the Wagang bandits, the entire Central Plains region had been connected, but there were still bandits in the Jianghuai area, Du Fuwei was wreaking havoc, blocking the connection between the Central Plains and Jiangnan.

There is also Hebei, which has become the hardest hit area of banditry, Zhang Jin said that he was only pulled out of a nail by being exterminated, as well as Dou Jiande, Gao Shida, Ge Qian, Lu Mingyue, Wei Dao'er, Wang Bahu, except for Zhuo County, almost the entire Hebei has become a world of bandits.

Yang Guang has been deeply aware that the chaos bandits still need to be fierce, and he has four fierce generals in his hands, how to use them?

Zhang Xutuo is his first fierce general, with him, the Wagang bandits are not to worry, followed by Yang Yichen, who is also a general who can recruit and fight, but Yang Yichen is a descendant of the Weichi family and one of the nobles of Guanlong, especially with the close relationship with the Dou family, which makes Yang Guang a little worried about this person, and he can't let him control the military power too much.

In addition, there are two rising stars, Wang Shichong and Zhang Xuan, Wang Shichong has repeatedly made miraculous achievements in sweeping away the Jiangnan bandits, and can be entrusted with reuse, and Zhang Xuan is the pillar of talent that Yang Guang wants to leave to his grandson, it turns out that Zhang Xuan is indeed the pillar of the Great Sui, although he acts a little arrogant, but it is a young man with strong blood, and he will become stable when he gradually matures.

Now that the bandits in Shandong have been quelled and Wang Shichong is in charge of Hebei, Yang Guang began to consider transferring Zhang Xuan to Jianghuai to deal with Du Fuwei, eradicate Du Fuwei's bandits, and connect Jiangnan and the Central Plains.

Just thinking about it, a eunuch reported at the hatch: "Your Majesty, Pei Shangshu asks to see!" ”

Yang Guang retracted his thoughts, nodded and said, "Please let him in!" ”

After a while, Pei Ju hurriedly walked into Yang Guang's cabin and bowed, "Old minister, see Your Majesty!" ”

"Pei Gong, please take a seat!"

Yang Guang smiled and asked Pei Ju to sit down, and asked the waiter to serve two bowls of iced sour plum soup, and said with a smile: "The weather is very hot, and Pei Gong is still traveling with me for a long time, which is really hard." ”

"Your Majesty Xie cares, the old minister is in good health, I don't feel hard, but I heard that Your Majesty handles court affairs until late every day, and I hope Your Majesty can rest more."

"I'm also used to it, is there something wrong with Pei Gong looking for me?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister is for the selection of new officials, and I would like to suggest that Your Majesty suspend or postpone it."

"Why is that?" Yang Guang asked puzzled.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Officials was originally scheduled to be selected in May, but as a result, thousands of alternate officials rushed from the capital to Jiangdu, but the selection has not yet begun, and we are in a hurry to return to Luoyang, and these alternate palaces will follow back to Luoyang from Jiangdu, complaining, I heard that many people have died of heat stroke halfway."

"And this kind of thing, I don't know yet." Yang Guang couldn't help but laugh.

"Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities, and you don't need to know about this kind of trivial matter, but the old minister is in charge of the ministry. This is the duty of the old minister, and the old minister suggested that His Majesty simply clarify the selection date, or postpone it until autumn, so that they don't have to rush back to Luoyang in such a hurry. ”

Yang Guang pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said: "It is the hard-won that they will cherish, there is no need to postpone it until autumn, Pei Gongke sent someone to tell them that after returning to the capital, they will start the selection, and let them work hard, starve their bodies and skin, and work their muscles and bones, which is only good for them." (To be continued.) )