At this time, Liu Bagou and the others were still immersed in the fact that Su Jiakang was captured and saw Su Jiakang's lifeless situation. After hearing Li Xuan's words, they were slightly stunned before they came to their senses.
Liu Bagou immediately said: "Your Majesty, Cai Chen has just announced that he will make a public announcement to the three counties under Xingquan Mansion to let the scholars in the government know that we are organizing the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty to promote education!"
Li Xuan nodded slightly: "Well, then continue!"
Liu Bagou said: "I obey the order!"
After saying that, he regained his previous demeanor as the chief minister of the cabinet, and said to Li Xuan and everyone: "Our Datang has only occupied Zhengtai for a few months. After occupying the entire Xingquan Mansion, the time will be too short. I'm afraid it will be difficult to conquer."
Let the scholars from all over the world return home, even if we publish an announcement, I'm afraid there won't be many scholars coming to take part in the imperial examination!"
"However, everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as we hold this science and technology event well, and the army wins the victory outside, it will not be difficult for these scholars to truly see the strength of our Tang Dynasty, and it will be reasonable for them to return home by then.
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At this time, the old man Xie, the Minister of Etiquette of the Ministry of Education, also said: "Even though there are not many scholars participating in the imperial examination this time, we must do our best, and we must also make important efforts to select scholars and seek talents."
If you are thirsty, come! In this way, the next time we hold the imperial examination, we will not have to worry about the world’s scholars not returning home!"
When Li Xuan heard what Liu Bagou and Old Man Xie said, he nodded slightly. It seemed that Liu Bagou and Old Man Xie still maintained their basic sanity and were not blinded by the victory and expansion of the Tang Dynasty.
I know that although my Tang Dynasty has occupied a county, and even the entire Xingquan Prefecture in the future, it is just a small force. It has very little appeal to contemporary scholars, and will even be attracted by these scholars.
Considered a rebel.
Therefore, it is already foreseeable how many scholars will come to take part in the imperial examination. There will definitely not be many, and it is even possible that no one will come.
Therefore, Li Xuan himself was mentally prepared in advance. When the time comes, the imperial examination will be a face-saving project, and he does not expect many people to actually come.
Of course, in order not to be too ugly when the time comes, he will still use some means, such as secretly sending some people to take part in the imperial examination, or simply threatening and inducing some scholars to take part in the imperial examination. In short, this imperial examination must be successful on the surface.
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After talking about the imperial examination, they continued to discuss how to govern after arriving at Xingquan Mansion.
Most of these things are trivial, and to be honest, Li Xuan himself may not know more than Liu Bagou, Ma Wei and others, so these half-hearted people refer more to the existing dynasty, that is, the Ming Dynasty.
Although the cabinet of the Tang Dynasty was somewhat different from that of the Ming Dynasty, it was more in terms of name and division of functions, but overall it was similar.
With the Ming Dynasty's cabinet as a reference, it would not be too difficult to improve the cabinet system.
But at this time, Li Xuan was thinking more. He not only wanted a cabinet from the Ming Dynasty, because in this case, the power of the Tang Dynasty's cabinet would be too great.
And Li Xuan would not allow such a situation to happen.
As a descendant, he knew very well that by allowing the civil servants to take complete control, he, the emperor, would become a rubber stamp, and this was not what he wanted.
Therefore, when improving the cabinet system, he also began to improve another department, an institution that did not directly belong to the cabinet but was under his direct control.
This institution is the Hanlin Academy. This Hanlin Academy was established very early. Its initial functions were to imitate the Hanlin Academy in the Ming Dynasty and was mainly responsible for ordinary paperwork such as drafting imperial edicts.
But Li Xuan wanted to make the Hanlin Academy play a more important role, not just a noble place for officials to raise their hopes like the Ming Dynasty. He wanted the Hanlin Academy to become a real assistant to the emperor in handling government affairs.
Private institutions.
For this reason, he carried out certain reforms in the Hanlin Academy and set up various departments, hoping to recruit some practical talents to assist him in handling government affairs.
In other words, he hoped to use the Hanlin Academy to become the chief ceremonial officer of the Ming Dynasty and the military aircraft department of the Qing Dynasty.
After the restructuring, the Hanlin Academy established various departments according to the cabinet and military ministries, such as the civil service department, taxation department, etc.
However, although the names are the same, they are naturally different from those of the Cabinet and Privy Council. The function of each department is only to review the memorials submitted by various ministries and summarize the key points for Li Xuan to review the memorials.
The traditional functions of drafting edicts and other functions remain the same.
If we look at it from the perspective of later generations, then this adapted Hanlin Academy is actually a secretarial agency.
This kind of secretarial agency seems to have no real power, but in fact it has quite a lot of power. Once it develops, it will not hesitate to protest against the cabinet chamber.
Therefore, Li Xuan imposed great restrictions on the Hanlin Academy from the beginning. The upper limit of the section chiefs of the Hanlin Academy was the fourth rank. They could not serve for more than five years and were not allowed to be re-elected. After expiration, they were transferred to local posts.
All he needs is a group of secretaries. At most, he can use the Hanlin Academy to train subsequent cabinet ministers. He does not want to create a new group of "cabinet elders".
The restructuring of the Hanlin Academy was just a small wave in the process of reforming the official system of the Tang Dynasty. In fact, the official system of the Tang Dynasty had to be changed almost every day to adapt to the increasingly large Tang Dynasty.
While Li Xuan and the civil servants were busy making political preparations, the military generals were not idle either. They were preparing to cross the river.
It is not easy to cross the Lanjiang River safely!
There are thousands of Ming troops on the other side of the river. Even if they are just cannon fodder, they are still enough to cause big trouble for the new army of the Tang Dynasty to cross the river.
In order to avoid any accidents, generals such as Wang Shanxu and Hao Bainian were extremely cautious and had been busy preparing the plan to cross the river for several days.
After many days of discussion, these generals finally agreed to Hao Bainian's plan to cross the river, which was to repay the other person with his own way: divide the troops to cross the river.
When Li Xuan saw the plan they submitted, he was a little hesitant for a while.
Hao Bainian's plan seemed to have great benefits. They planned to divide their forces to cross the river from the north. The Lanjiang Ferry was where the Chinese army would be. They would cross the river head-on and contain the main force of the Ming army. At the same time, they would dispatch the first infantry battalion and the second infantry battalion.
The main force composed of the infantry battalion, the first mixed force, and other auxiliary forces crossed the river from Ferry No. 3. After crossing the river, they directly cut off the connection between Xingquan Fucheng and the Ming army at the Lanjiang Ferry, as well as their retreat route.
To prevent the Ming army on the east bank of the Lanjiang River from seeing the new Tang Dynasty troops crossing the river, they retreated to Xingquan Fucheng and defended it.
Yes, the core of this combat plan is not to cross the river, but to encircle and annihilate the remaining Ming army soldiers, and to lay the foundation for the subsequent attack on Xingquanfu City.
Avoid having to face a fortified city after finally crossing the river!
But in this case, the risk will increase. The last time the Ming army divided their forces to attack, wouldn't they be prepared?
If the Ming army ambushed the main force crossing the river from Ferry No. 3, it would be better to force the crossing directly from the Lanjiang Ferry.
This combat plan was a bit risky, and Li Xuan was unable to make a decision for a while!