Seeing that Zhao seemed to not understand, Tong Guan didn't say much and agreed with a smile.

Tong Guan stayed in the palace for decades, and it was not until Zhao Xu took power that he made his mark and became a recognized "Tong Daguan" in the provincial eunuchs. Although he didn't have much time in the palace, his status was second only to Chenpi.

He looked at Zhao Si, who was proud of the spring breeze and imagined the future, and his heart was full of vitality.

This person is a brother of the official family, a mother and a compatriot. No one else can compare with him. Even if the blind prince has been named the prince and has taken charge of the clan mansion and Dali Temple, in terms of future development, Zhao Siyuan is far stronger than Zhao Quan!

In particular, Zhao Xu's training direction for Zhao Si is becoming more and more obvious, and he gives more and more opportunities. He can take on a big task just by waiting for older age!

‘We must establish a good relationship with this little prince!’ Tong Guan thought secretly.

Tong Guan is a skilled person, and his favorite is to study various relationships and seek opportunities.

Li Kui is busier than anyone else at this moment.

He wanted to help Zong Ze form the Governor's Office and expand the rectification of soldiers on Jiangnan West Road. At the same time, he also had to form the Nandaying to recruit new recruits. He was too busy to take care of himself and was so busy that he was not stuck in the ground.

Now he is not on Jiangnan West Road, but in Xiangzhou Prefecture on Jingzhou South Road.

Lin Xi had visited many places before and considered placing Nandaying in Xiangzhou Prefecture on Jingzhou South Road, because it has the best geographical location and it is also good to merge Jiangnan West Road and Jingzhou South Road.

However, this proposal was not unified in the court. The court's idea was to merge the east and west routes of Jiangnan. Then it would be extremely inappropriate to place Nandaying in Xiangzhou Prefecture, and it should be in Nanchang County.

Li Kui came here to conduct an investigation and write a memorial to the court for judgment.

Li Kui was walking in Xiangzhou Prefecture, leading a large group of people and walking around, frightening officials from all over the South Jingzhou Road to extremely panic. He didn't know that many people were chasing him behind him, and wanted to know what this minister wanted to do in such a big formation.

The entire ban on Jiangnan West Road has spread all the news in the Song Dynasty. All prefectures and counties on the side of Jiangnan West Road have been terrified, fearing that they will become the next one.

Li Kui ignored them at all and went to many places. Finally, he formed the Jingzhou Road Governor's Office, one of the Thirteenth Governor's Offices, on Jingzhou South Road, and made some advance arrangements.

At this time, Li Kui stood on a reef, looked at the rolling waves, and said thoughtfully: "I, the Song Dynasty, should indeed have a powerful navy..."

In Li Kui's idea, the navy must be on the sea and on the lake, which is one of the cornerstones of the Song Dynasty, and it is mutually beneficial and restricted with the Nandaying.

Behind him was a group of officials, including military generals and civil servants.

"Shilarious Minister, the governor of Jingzhou South Road is here." A minor official stepped forward.

Li Kui waved his hand to him and said, "No one has seen him. Seeing this lake, I miss homesick."

The little official responded and looked towards the northeast.

Li Kui’s hometown is in Wuxi County, just by Taihu Lake.

While I was uneasy on the south road of Jingzhou, not far from Chengdu Prefecture Road, Lu Huiqing felt the huge pressure from the court. With the cooperation of all parties, he was preparing to attack Tubo.

Zhe Keshi, who was in Lingzhou Prefecture, practiced a lot against Xingqing Prefecture and used tens of thousands of troops, as if he was ready to attack and destroy Xixia at any time.

The whole Xixia was full of tension. Li Gan and a large group of civil servants and military generals appeared on the city from time to time, and discussed countermeasures day and night in the palace.

In the battle of Zhao Xu's personal expedition, Xixia was defeated, and the emperor and empress were almost captured. They barely defended Xingqing Prefecture, but lost their doors to Xiping Prefecture, which is Lingzhou Prefecture, so they were extremely passive.

Xixia experienced a crushing defeat, and Li Ganshun reckoned the party, which seriously weakened the national strength of Xixia. Under the predicament of the Song Dynasty, there was a rumor that Xixia would move its capital to Liangzhou.

The "Three Kingdoms' attack on Song Dynasty" was originally vigorous and they all formed a large army, as if they were going to destroy Song in one fell swoop, but it stopped suddenly and instead faced oppression from Song Dynasty.

The Liao Kingdom is still the most powerful among the Three Kingdoms, especially in terms of military strength, which has maintained a standing army of more than 600,000 yuan all year round.

Although the Liao Kingdom was deeply involved in civil strife and repeatedly retreated on the road to quelling the rebellion, and even died a king in the Nanyuan, he was still powerful and maintained an army of more than 200,000 on the border between Liao and Song dynasties.

Faced with the repeated provocations of the Song army's cross-border, the Liao people could no longer bear it and were actively preparing for the war, just waiting for the beginning of the next spring and the ice and snow melted.

Zhong Jianzhong on Hedong Road led the cavalry to rush forward, and the military exercises on the border never stopped.

The cavalry has expanded from the initial 20,000 to 30,000. The good horses obtained from various places, as well as the latest armor and firearms developed by the Song Dynasty, are constantly being used, trained and run-in.

At this time, even if the iron in Kaifeng City was like a soldering iron pouring into the water, there was still a big event that attracted everyone's attention - Enke in the first year of Shaosheng.

Inside the court.

There were many imperial guards in the Great Inner, and the examiners were inspecting back and forth. The scholars in the examination room were busy taking the exam.

Li Qingchen and Shen Kuo, the examiners of all sizes, walked slowly and whispered.

Shen Kuo's expression relaxed a lot and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, I was worried that less than two thousand candidates will be available, but now it is nearly three thousand, which is really unexpected."

Li Qingchen was tall and saw Meng Tang not far away. He was writing quickly, with a calm expression and said, "This uncle is here too. He has come, so the others can't sit still."

Shen Kuo looked up and saw it, his heart moved slightly, and said, "Grandpa Li, what should I make arrangements for this uncle?"

Meng Tang was Empress Meng's younger brother and the only seed of the Meng family. During the operation to liquidate the Meng family, because Zhao Xu deliberately protected Empress Meng, Meng Tang was protected by the way.

Empress Meng was walking on thin ice in the palace, cautious and did not dare to go beyond the rules at all. Meng Tang was humiliated outside and had no ability to threaten him. In particular, Zhao Xu kept praising Meng Tang, forcing the "New Party" to temporarily hold on and not do anything randomly.

In the past, Meng Tang was honest and able to enter the imperial examinations outside, which was a dangerous move.

Should we be ranked first in the third grade, should we give rankings, and how many rankings are there? How to make up for subsequent replenishment? These are all tests for the "New Party".

They must maintain strong oppression of the "old party" forces and also be concerned about Zhao Xu's attitude. They cannot attack Meng Tang until there is no explicit hint in the palace.

Li Qingchen said lightly: "Look at his test paper first."

Shen Kuo nodded thoughtfully. The future of this uncle was not in them, but in the attitude of the palace.

Empress Meng gave birth to the eldest son. Some things were avoided and not touched within the "New Party", but they were a thorn in everyone's heart.

This thorn will grow up slowly as the eldest son grows up, and will continue to grow in the voice of the founding crown prince that will surely appear, deeply hurting the "New Party".

‘I don’t know if I can see that day anymore.’ Shen Kuo sighed in his heart. He is over 60 years old and may not be able to wait for some things.

"This is the son of Minister Li of the Ministry of War."

Suddenly, Li Qingchen looked at another examination room and said a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old.

Shen Kuo looked at him and smiled and said, "I know, the little guy is quite hardworking, but he hasn't gotten his sense of knowledge yet. He seems to be called Li Gang, and he hasn't picked up the word yet."
Chapter completed!