I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 383

Liu Sheng did not give in.

Even if the person who came was one of the eight pillars of the Xiongnu, the most loyal arm of the Youxian King, and the most trusted guard captain of Shan Yu himself: the contemporary patriarch of the Huyan tribe, Liu Sheng still rejected all the demands of the Xiongnu Shan Yuting.

refuse to marry

The refusal to recognize the Spring War is a "little misunderstanding" between Han and Hungarians;
Refuse to accept the provocative 'gift' from the military minister;
Of course, he also refused to continue to issue "gifts" in the nature of protection fees to the Xiongnu Shan Yuting.

——If you pay the protection fee, you must be 'covered', right?

In the past few years, the protection fee of the Han family has not been reduced at all, but the incidents of being beaten have not decreased at all!

However, the Han family was beaten, and the culprit was also the recipient of the protection fee: the Huns.

What else is there to say?
If you pay the protection fee, you will be beaten, and if you don't pay the protection fee, you will be beaten, so why pay a club?

Obviously, the entire Xiongnu Shan Yuting was not mentally prepared for the reaction of the Han family.

The Xiongnu Shan Yuting was not prepared for the fact that the Empress Dowager trusted Liu Sheng so much and was willing to delegate power to Liu Sheng to handle this diplomatic negotiation alone;

The Xiongnu Shan Yuting was not prepared for such a tough attitude of the young emperor;
The Xiongnu people are also not mentally prepared for the united will of the Han Dynasty and the respect between the two empress dowagers of the East Palace...

After Liu Sheng clearly expressed his intention of 'you are here for nothing, go back to the grassland', Huyantu did not give up.

Conceding step by step, compromising little by little, from being arrogant at the beginning, to being cautious later, for fear of irritating Liu Sheng, the stunned young man again;

In the end, Hu Yantu's request was only "according to the past practice, make another marriage".

Even for the repertoire: dowry goods, Huyantu made great concessions within his power.

But the end result is that it's the same.

Liu Sheng has made up his mind to close the official negotiation channel with the Huns.

To be precise: Liu Sheng no longer intends to negotiate with the Huns at the negotiating table...
"Your Majesty, he will be the subjugated king of the Han family."

Leaving such a sentence behind, Hu Yantu packed his bags helplessly, and left Chang'an step by step.

It was the same as when they came: the Xiongnu mission came empty-handed, brought nothing, and took nothing away;
The difference from when they came was that when they came, they were proud and eager to gaze at the world with their nostrils. When they left Chang'an, they had the same sad expression.

Some people are worried that if the mission is not completed, they will be hanged in Shanyu court;

Some people worried that if they didn't bring back the results this time, they would incur Shan Yuting's anger and malice for their tribe.

Of course, there are also some people, such as Zhengshi Huyantu, who are worried about a more worrying thing.

"The little emperor of the Han family seems to be different from the past Han emperors..."

"Obviously a stunned young man who can't stand his temper, yet it makes people dare not despise him at all..."

"Such a reckless decision makes people unable to feel the joy of 'the enemy is stupid'..."

With such thoughts in mind, Hu Yantu returned to the Hetao Grassland.

There is no doubt: the future border between Han and Hungary may not be very peaceful.

As the arm of Youxian King and the important executor of Hun Shanyuting's strategy against Han, Huyantu must bring his tribe to prepare early...

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"Your Majesty's desire for a close relationship is really long overdue!"

"Since Emperor Taizu Gao, my Han family has been married every year and dowry every year. The money, food, cloth and silk given to the Huns are not enough for many farmers to worry about food and drink for life;"

"As a result, after eating and drinking enough, the northern barbarian Huns became more energetic and came to my Han's house to burn, kill and loot?"

"What's the point of this?!"

In the western suburbs of Chang'an, outside an abandoned school yard.

Two or three young men who looked like scribes were hiding under the willow trees to avoid the summer heat, and they couldn't bear the loneliness, so they started talking with you and me.

Now, it is the middle of June in summer;

It was the hottest time of the year, and there were not many pedestrians even on the streets of Chang'an City.

--too hot······
This summer in Guanzhong is really too hot...
Even Weibei, where ditches are criss-crossed and has no worries about irrigation water, has organized personnel to dredge the canals several times in the past two months to increase the efficiency of water conservancy facilities.

If this is the case in Weibei, let alone the embarrassment - the Prime Minister's Office has already sent people to investigate and asserted: Compared with last year, the grain production in Weinan this year will drop by at least a quarter!

Such a high temperature naturally made the old farmers extremely anxious, and each cast their eyes on the market closest to them.

The price of food is still stable at [-] yuan a stone.

If there is anything that can make the people in Guanzhong feel at ease this year, it is that the price of food has remained stable at fifty yuan a stone so far.

In a hurry, there is really no good way, and the old farmers can only wander and walk by the fields, and in the end, they have to go home to escape the heat.

Even the most hard-working peasants were driven home by the sweltering heat to escape the heat, and the high-ranking officials and nobles in Chang'an City, of course, needless to say.

——In the past ten years, I have never left Chang'an. Only when the emperor went to Ganquan Palace to escape the summer, the Empress Dowager Dou who stayed in Chang'an to look after Gu Chaotang was all soft-spoken by Liu Sheng, and Empress Jia accompanied her to Ganquan Mountains to escape the heat!
As for the noble relatives of Gonghou and the royal family of the high family, it was as if the entire family had migrated. With a bunch of daily necessities, they scrambled into the manor at the foot of Ganquan Mountain.

Liu Sheng did not leave;

Liu Sheng wanted to stay and look after Gu Chaotang, but he really had no face to go to Ganquan Mountain.

The court officials and officials did not leave;

As for their responsibilities, they need to stay at their jobs and survive the hot summer with Liu Sheng.

But today, the reason why these obviously pampered literati and sons gathered outside the abandoned school in the western suburbs of Chang'an is because of the government document Lubu posted by the Prime Minister's Mansion on the first day of June... ··

"I don't know why the Prime Minister's Mansion set up the examination room here."

"It's so far away from Chang'an, and there are no bushes nearby for shade. If I really want to take the exam here for three to five days, won't I be dried out in the sun?"

Seeing that topics such as the Huns and marriage could not attract the attention of those around him, the slightly shabby-looking scribe turned around again and began to complain about the examination room in front of him.

That's right.

This abandoned examination room is this time, the examination room that will be held on the first day of the seventh lunar month in the first year of the emperor Shengxin.

Obviously, most of the young people who gathered here complained about the dilapidated examination room with nothing but "big"...
"I heard that today, like Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and Emperor Xian Xiaojing, he is a wise emperor who advocates simplicity."

"But I never thought, it's even worse than it is?"

This is still relatively euphemistic;
Since he is a pretentious literati, he also has those crazy students who don't know the heights of the sky and the earth, and use some more intense words to complain about the "disrespect" that they are about to encounter.

Words such as "Today's taxes are tens of millions of dollars per year, and your Majesty treats us so poorly" only made the people around frown, but because of their dignity, they did not interrupt easily.

Until the end, a young man who obviously looked either rich or noble, and had an extremely elegant temperament stood up and interjected without a trace: "I think I can't find such a big place... "

"After all, this exam is unprecedented. I heard that there are thousands of scholars taking the exam in Guanzhong alone;"

"Although the Guandong is farther away, there will be many scholars who can't catch up, but the students from the closer places, such as Liangdi, Hanzhong, Bashu, and Qilu, can barely catch up."

"There are tens of thousands of candidates at once. If the school is not used as the examination room, I am afraid there will be no other place that can accommodate so many people..."

The stunned young man complained for a long time before, which made everyone a little unhappy, but he didn't open his mouth because of his feelings, so he could only bear the unhappiness in his heart;

When the young man uttered such reasonable words, everyone nodded in agreement, and at the same time they did not forget to give the idiot a sneaky look.

As for the elegant young man, he didn't notice that there was a hint of hostility in the eyes of the crowd looking at him, and he just smiled and nodded at the stupefied young man kindly to show that he had no malice.

After the stupefied young man bowed his hands in shame, the young man bid farewell to everyone, got into the car accompanied by his servants, and left this scorching hot 'soil'.

"Look, it doesn't look like he came from a small family?"

"Maybe it's someone's proud student, or the son of a noble relative's family?"

"—Just talking, he said he was from Linyi, Langya County;"

"—It seems that he was also the head of the pavilion in Jinan County..."

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"How many people are there?"

Weiyang Palace, Xuanshi Palace.

Almost at the moment when he saw Liu She, the first sentence Liu Sheng said was this endless sentence: How many people are there?

Liu She was clearly prepared for Liu Sheng's question, and after only a moment's reaction, he hurriedly bowed his hand.

"Your Majesty."

"There are more than 300 scholars who are originally from Guanzhong who have already registered at the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"As for Kanto, Hanzhong, and Bashu, there are already more than 2000 people."

"In the remaining half a month, I'm afraid there will be no less than two thousand."

"If it wasn't for the lack of time, and if all the scholars in the Kanto who are interested in taking the exam have arrived, I am afraid that there will be no less than ten thousand people participating in the exam..."

When this question was asked, Liu Shengben frowned slightly, his eyes were bloodshot, it was obvious that he had not had a good rest for many days;
Hearing Liu She's report of this series of numbers, especially the last mention of "no less than [-] people", Liu Sheng's brows were only tightened in response, and his complexion was visible to the naked eye, and he became more tired.

"There are 2000 in Guanzhong, and there are more than 2000 in Guandong now, and there are still more than [-] who have not yet arrived..."

"Together, at least eight thousand five hundred..."

"Hu~~~~~~"

"I didn't expect so many people..."

As he said that, Liu Sheng kept busy with his hands, kneading the temples on both sides with his thumb and middle finger with one hand, and subconsciously beat his sore thighs with the other hand.

Liu Sheng has been sitting on the imperial couch for three days.

Fall asleep when you are sleepy, sit up when you wake up, and dare not delay eating and drinking.

Except for going to the toilet, Liu Shengling is within three steps of the imperial couch every step.

As for the reason, it was the series of numbers mentioned by Liu She just now.

— Eight thousand five hundred people.

——In this exam, there will be [-] intellectuals participating in the exam in Chang'an.

As the organizer of the exam, especially the initiator, if Liu Sheng wants to successfully hold the first exam in Chinese history, he needs to consider more than just the exam itself.

It can even be said that the exam itself does not require Liu Sheng to worry too much.

Liu Sheng has compiled the exam questions and communicated with the court officials;

In the examination room, Liu Sheng found a suitable place—at least the size was right.

As for the conditions, Liu Sheng can only order the Shaofu to ensure that the venue is hygienic and tidy and the roads along the way are unimpeded during the period between exams.

In addition, Liu Sheng can't do too much - the candidates for the exam are all here to take the exam, not to travel?
What really gave Liu Sheng a headache was the series of problems caused by the gathering of these [-] intellectuals in Chang'an.

It is no exaggeration to say: These 500 people may not be the most talented and knowledgeable people in the Han Dynasty today, but they are definitely the most capable officials.

why?
Because in today's Han Dynasty, being an official requires money.

——Emperor Taizong Xiaowen once said: A family property worth [-] yuan is considered a "middle-class family";
And middle-class families are more often called "good families"; children born in "middle-class families" are also called "good families".

In other words, in today's Han Dynasty, a family fortune of [-] yuan is a ticket, or a prerequisite, for the officialdom, the army, and even the harem.

——Officials, at least need to be from a "good family";

——Conscription is also mainly aimed at the group of "good family sons";
Even in the harem draft, there is an unspoken rule of 'non-virtuous family not to enter the show'.

And these 8000 people, no matter how far or near they live, since they came to Chang'an at this point in time—the summer and autumn when farmers are the busiest, and stayed for several months to take the exam, it is enough to show that their family background is not just Barely enough to be a 'middle-class family'.

To be precise: these 8000 people are basically at least "the stupid sons of the landlord's family".

Since the family background is strong enough, and it is rare to come to Chang'an once, these people are naturally impossible to be like those portrayed in later generations of film and television works: carrying a broken book basket, wading through mountains and rivers alone.

Seven or eight guards, five or six servants, three or two book boys and the like are of course indispensable.

If the family is richer, it is definitely a common thing to invite friends who have played since childhood to go around Chang'an, have a look, and have fun.

This means 'one examinee', often means 'at least twenty migrants';
Combined with this exam, there will be at least [-] candidates, which means...
"Even if each person only brings a dozen followers, that's no less than 10 people..."

"Even the permanent population of Chang'an is only 20 people..."

As the capital of the Han Dynasty, Chang'an is known to be the most prosperous and densely populated city in the world, with 20 permanent residents, which can already be regarded as a miracle of this era.

And on this basis, at least [-] foreigners have poured in in a short period of time...
"Prime Minister, let's go personally."

"Designer Shaofu: open internal funds, keep an eye on Chang'an prices."

"Especially the prices of daily necessities such as grain, cloth, salt, and vinegar must not fluctuate by more than [-]%!"

"As for other non-essential things, especially those related to extravagance and pleasure, the Shaofu can also properly release the inventory and earn a price difference."

"But farmers' money must never be earned!"

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"In addition, Tingwei, Weiwei, and the prime minister also have to go."

"The more than [-] people are too many for Chang'an City."

"In order to run this exam smoothly, both inside and outside the government and the public must unite as one."

"Also be sure to be united!"

　It has been modified to the main text, the next chapter will be at 4 am at the latest

　　
　
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