"Kowtow to Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"

Outside Lin'an City, a group of civil and military officials knelt down to greet him, and the scene was magnificent.

"Pingshen!"

Guan Ning raised his hand.

He glanced at the people in front of him. Some of these faces were familiar and some were unfamiliar.

"Nan Xing, we meet again."

Guan Ning looked at Zhao Nanxing at the front and said with a slight smile.

When Zhao Nanxing went to Beijing, he had already told him about coming to Jiangzhou.

"Welcome Your Majesty."

"good."

Then Guan Ning looked at a general of medium build wearing armor.

He is Ding Quan, the general of the Nanfu Army, who was arranged by Guan Ning when he first came to the south.

Wang Lun, the former Nanfu general, was "executed".

Another general, Fang Jie, also surrendered his military power. He was first assigned to serve as the prefecture prime minister in Jiangzhou. After working there for a year, he was transferred to Huaizhou as the prefecture prime minister.

There was another general named Sun Pusheng. He was highly valued and appointed as General Jinghai by Guan Ning, and he formed the first naval division.

Guan Ning came to the south again for this reason.

He wanted to see how far the naval construction had reached...

The three water transport generals are all talented!

Guan Ning couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Strictly speaking, they all once belonged to Tianyilou, and the original Nanfu Army was mainly composed of them.

Later, Guan Ning reorganized and made a large-scale change of generals.

Now the Nanfu Army has completely returned to the imperial court and has become a local garrison, with a number of 30,000 people...

Thoughts flashed through.

Guan Ning said: "You are indispensable for the six southern states to be as stable as they are now."

"This is my duty."

Ding Quan responded in a deep voice.

Guan Ning was very satisfied with this general from the Zhenbei Army, and he had always paid attention to him.

Ding Quan served as the general of the Nanfu Army and devoted himself to rectifying military governance, changing the bad habits of the original Nanfu Army and turning it into an elite division.

"good!"

Guan Ning exchanged greetings with a few others and then entered Lin'an City.

There were city residents on both sides of the road watching from a distance.

Guan Ning looked around while riding in the car, and it seemed that there was no difference from when he came here.

He knew this was just an appearance.

In fact, the six southern states have become the main source of tax revenue for the imperial court.

This is especially obvious after the implementation of the New Deal.

Both agricultural taxes and newly added commercial taxes take the lead.

This is why Guan Ning attaches so much importance to the six southern states.

This place is rich and has good basic conditions.

In the previous dynasty, the officials and gentry were rich and the court was poor.

He was going to change this situation.

Given the current national economic situation, we must vigorously develop the six southern states.

Especially the Jianghuai area.

Agricultural production is also quite prosperous, which can alleviate the need for food shortages...

A good situation does not come easily.

Guan Ning's personal visit is to consolidate the results again and reach a higher level.

There is a big hurdle now, which is the upcoming scientific examination.

This is the last chance for those people to resist. As long as they can be defeated, everything will be smooth sailing.

Because even the boycott of exams could not change the court's intentions, they could only accept their fate...

Guan Ning went directly to the state government office.

He is quite familiar with this place. When he came here before, he worked here for a long time.

"The current situation is like this. There are very few applicants from all over the country, and there are only eighteen days left before the set time for the scientific examination..."

In order to save time, Zhao Nanxing reported while walking.

"This matter is very troublesome. It may affect other places because of this trend of boycotting exams."

This situation can indeed happen.

"What do you think should be done?"

"It seems that inducements are not enough, so we can only use coercion."

Guan Ning said: "It seems that the southern officials have a broader vision, take a long-term view, and insist on safeguarding their own interests."

He probably knows it too.

In the final analysis, the New Deal was truly implemented here.

Like other places, it has not been implemented yet, and I haven’t had a deep impression of it yet.

"Compromise is impossible."

Guan Ning said: "There must be many officials who will take the opportunity to object. You can pass on the order and let them come to me if they have any ideas. I only accept face-to-face advice and will not read any comments!"

Hear this.

Zhao Nanxing laughed secretly in his heart.

Your Majesty has directly blocked the mouths of those people.

They tried to persuade them with courage, but they couldn't scare them to death.

"The reason why these people are so emboldened is that they think there is nothing they can do against them. As long as they don't sign up, there's no way to determine who will stop taking the exam."

In fact, a normal strike would be to sign up first and then wait until the exam starts if you don’t show up. This is a strike.

Now they don't even register, so they can only count as not taking the exam.

I just don’t take the exam, what can you do to me?

Guan Ning thought to herself, and then said: "In this case, we should use the method we decided before."

"But this may implicate a group of innocent people."

Zhao Nanxing hesitated slightly.

"Other than that, there is no other way. If they are involved, they can only blame their bad luck. If not, blame those who didn't take the exam."

Guan Ning directly ordered: "Immediately issue an announcement and say it is my imperial order. Within two days after the announcement is issued, any students with academic status who do not register for reference will be counted as those who have withdrawn from the exam and will be severely punished."

"yes!"

Zhao Nanxing responded in a deep voice.

The officials present were also shocked when they heard this.

This is truly an indiscriminate attack.

As long as you have a student status and comply with the application requirements, as long as you have not applied for the exam, you will be judged as a person who has withdrawn from the exam.

Nothing is absolute.

Not everyone wants to take the exam. There may be personal reasons, they may know that their knowledge is insufficient and there is no hope of passing the exam, or there may be other reasons why they do not take the exam.

There are such people.

But now he is implicated.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is treating the symptoms but not the root cause."

One official couldn't help but said: "They were forced to refer to it, but they didn't answer seriously and were just going through the motions. This doesn't make any sense."

"Meaningful."

Guan Ning said: "All I want is for them to refer to it and ensure that this imperial examination will proceed normally."
To be continued...