Chang'an in July is undoubtedly a big furnace.◎,

Therefore, Liu Che hid in Ganquan Palace without moral integrity.

He didn't even return to Chang'an to preside over the examination, but left it to Ji An and Yan Yi.

Now, the examination has ended.

This year, a total of more than 9,100 people have signed up, and about 3,000 of them are twice-cooked pork.

A total of about 4,000 people were admitted.

One thousand of them will be assigned to the army.

The remaining people, except for a few nobles and ministers' sons, will all go to the grassroots level of the county to take up posts.

This is the biggest challenge since the birth of the examination system.

After leaving Guanzhong, the base camp of the Liu family, and going to places where the situation is complicated and the interest classes are entangled, you still have to serve as people-friendly officials who deal directly with local wealthy families and people.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is a process of great waves and waves.

Liu Che felt that among the more than 2,000 scholars assigned to local counties this year, only a few hundred would be able to survive in the officialdom in three to five years.

This is not alarmist, but something that is bound to happen.

But Liu Che was afraid that in the future, these scholars would huddle together for warmth and officials would protect each other.

This is what happened in the practice of the imperial examination system in history.

Classmates, fellow students, same year, same school, and all kinds of messy relationships enveloped the entire officialdom.

Therefore, Liu Che made another patch to the examination system: he stipulated that two adjacent officials were prohibited from coming from the same school of thought. At the same time, if in any yamen, if the chief official was a Legalist, the deputy could only be from Huang.

It emerged from the Lao, Confucian, Mohist and other schools of thought.

As long as this patch is applied, there is no way to avoid the occurrence of officials protecting each other and staying together for warmth in the future.

But at least it makes it more difficult for similar things to happen.

Anyway, judging from the current situation, Liu Che doesn't think that a Legalist magistrate can collude with a Confucian magistrate to deceive superiors and deceive subordinates.

Moreover, similar designs can also allow the entire system to maintain a certain degree of vitality.

There will not be a situation where one family dominates and the court becomes the sole authority of a certain school of thought.

Only with competition can there be vitality.

In terms of recent internal affairs, the examinations deserve more attention from Liu Che.

The rest of the matter will be handled by the Prime Minister and Jiu Qing.

However, the information from the Huns from the north obviously made it impossible for Liu Che to soak in the hot springs in Ganquan Palace with peace of mind.

In the seventh month, King Lu Ta of the East Hu Dynasty continuously conveyed internal news about the Xiongnu to the Han Dynasty.

I have to say that Lu Ta-zhi, a double-agent, had a lot of fun.

Eat the plaintiff and eat the defendant, stepping on two boats.

It may seem like you're walking a tightrope, but it's actually very safe.

If the Xiongnu wanted to touch him, then the Han Dynasty would immediately provide shelter to this loyal minister who was "in the Xiongnu and in the Han", and he could immediately run to the Great Wall to take refuge.

Today, the Han Dynasty's political power is still in Qili, Chang'an. The official residence is reserved for the descendants of this "Marquis of Chang'an, King of Yan".

His cousins ​​were still active in Chang'an and received preferential treatment from the Han government.

And the Han Dynasty would not touch him.

Don't even lay a finger on such a treasure.

I just can’t bear to be punished!

After all, apart from Lu Tazhi, the Han Dynasty had no other channel that could accurately obtain high-level intelligence and information from the Xiongnu.

Moreover, the existence of Lu Tazhi is equivalent to the Han Dynasty inserting an eye into the grassland.

Although this eye sometimes fails, it failed five years ago.

But having eyes is better than having no eyes!

What if it works?

Therefore, as far as the Han Dynasty is concerned, as long as Lu Tazhi comes back, he will at least be in the position of a prince.

Precisely because of this, Lu Taizhi acted as a double agent in both the Xiongnu and Han dynasties.

Oh, no, now, it should be a triple agent.

Holding the information sent back by Lu Tazhi in his hand, Liu Che showed a sneer on his lips.

"The Huns and Wusun people started fighting..."

"Lu Tazhi can't get such a detailed battle report..."

You can tell with your buttocks that the Xiongnu’s military operations in the west were beyond the control and knowledge of Lu Ta, the king of Donghu who was nestled in Munan.

Lu Tazhi may know that there was a conflict or war between the Huns and Wusun people.

But the information that was so detailed that the Huns wanted to transfer the Aries King's capital to the western battlefield was not something that nobles like Lu Tazhi, who were on the fringe of the Xiongnu pyramid, could know.

Only the important figures in the royal court can know the specific details.

Obviously, behind Lu Tazhi, a new betting target has appeared.

It might be Yi Zhixie, or it might be a certain nobleman in Shan Yuting who is unwilling to be left alone, or it might even be a military official who seems to be loyal, reliable, and devoted.

Who knows?

The history of the Huns is a history of betrayal and re-betrayal, mixed with conspiracy and purges.

From Maodun Shanyu to the present, until the Xiongnu nation has completely disappeared from Chinese history, there are endless records of internal coups and mutual strife among the Xiongnu.

There are countless examples of people who were allies one second and stabbed each other with a knife the next.

This is determined by the political system of the Xiongnu.

Although the Chanyu is big and strong, the mountains inside are not weak either.

Not only are they not weak, there are even several of them who can pose threats and challenges to Shan Yuting.

Even in China, when faced with such a situation, the separatist regimes of vassal towns in the late Tang Dynasty and the warlords' melee in the Republic of China would soon appear.

What's more, the Xiongnu who nakedly believed in the survival of the fittest and the survival of the fittest?

Liu Che knew very well that when the Xiongnu's elder Shanyu died, he did not fundamentally change the Xiongnu's system before his death, turning it into a centralized political entity similar to the Liao, Jin or Manchu Qing Dynasties.

Then, the fate of the Huns can never be changed.

Because, I am the last political strongman who can rely on his personal prestige and charm to forcefully bring the Xiongnu back to life.

As for the current military ministers?

Liu Che looked at the information sent back by Lu Taizhi.

"He's just a political roughneck who relies on his father Yu Meng!" Liu Che commented disdainfully.

The information sent back by Lu Ta was very detailed, and it even explained the causes and consequences of the conflict between the Xiongnu and Wusun.

The Wusun people refused to join forces with the Xiongnu in the Western Expedition. At the same time, the whole family gave up the road to the west and migrated to the south of the Western Regions to defend the danger.

This made the military officials furious, thinking that the Wusun people had betrayed and humiliated them.

So he ordered the attack...

Then, the two Wanqi were disappointed in front of the Wusun people.

Although the loss was very small, probably only a few hundred people were lost.

But this was a very serious blow to the Huns.

This can be seen from the fact that the military officials were so angry that they transferred King Aries to the west.

You must know that these two tribes, Aries and Loufan, have always been the Xiongnu's most capable, powerful, elite, and most capable trump cards.

Historically, in the Battle of Rouge Mountain, Huo Qubing faced the main forces of the Aries and Loufan tribes, and in one fell swoop, he completely wiped out the effective forces of these two tribes in a frontal charge.

Thus breaking the backbone of the Huns.

It was after that battle that the myth of one Han acting as the Five Barbarians was born.

The Aries tribe, as the absolute main force in the Xiongnu's double-headed eagle policy of guarding and warning and invading the Han Dynasty, was transferred to the west by military officials.

This is equivalent to the eastern tribe of the Huns, showing its soft belly.

As long as Liu Che is willing, he can launch the Battle of Hetao at any time and regain the Hetao.

only……

"What I want is not just the Hetao..." By sending troops now, there is a more than 70% chance that Liu Che can regain the Hetao in one fell swoop and obtain the horse breeding land and strategic support point that is extremely important to the Han Dynasty.

But this would also be the prelude to an all-out war between Han and Hungary.

Liu Che is not that stupid, and he will not be like the military officials who ignore the strategy and the overall situation for the sake of a little profit and temporary anger.
To be continued...