"Your Majesty...What do you think of these people?"

Zhang Buyi sat next to Liu Chang, holding a list of many promoted officials, and was reporting to Liu Chang seriously that this year's performance exam has ended. Zhang Buyi found those who performed well and recommended these capable officials to Liu Chang. An official with outstanding abilities will play a greater role in the local area than the three dukes.

“All good.”

Liu Chang nodded and then asked curiously: "Why is there an embroidered dress here?"

"Your Majesty doesn't know that among the embroidered clothes, this person has made the most contribution. He is good at severing things, diligent in his work, and strong in others... In the last year, he handled twenty-nine savages..."

Zhang Buyi said seriously.

"Since you are so capable, why did you draw a circle again?"

Drawing a circle on the name on the list means it is up to be discussed and it is not yet certain whether you can be promoted.

Zhang Buyi hesitated for a moment and said, "He is from a wealthy family. At first, the king sold his titles. He and his brother paid for the titles and then recruited people. Those with titles first recruited them, and this person became embroidered clothes... In the eyes of others, his official position was completely bought with money... If such a person is promoted, he is afraid that he will not be good for His Majesty's reputation!"

"No doubt... You have become the third prince, why are you still worried about your reputation?"

"It's enough for me to be a three-monarch to be a devil for thousands of years, so you don't have to worry about these things at all."

Zhang Buyi said unhappily: "Your Majesty doesn't know that there are many traitors in this court. They hate me for being so loyal and kind. Sima Xi and others are just accomplices of traitors. They naturally want to frame Your Majesty and me..."

"If your Majesty is worried, please ask your Majesty to order you, and I will take someone to kill Sima Xi now!"

"I am also well-read in poetry and books, so I can also serve as the Grand Historian. If Sima Xi writes this historical book, I can't write it?"

"You have this ability?"

"Of course, I must be more realistic than Sima Xi, record truthfully, write comments without favoring anyone, and write fair comments!"

Liu Chang glanced at Zhang Buyi, "Okay, don't talk about these useless things, let's talk about this Zhang Shizhi... Send someone to tell Liu Zhang and ask Liu Zhang to take this guy back to Chang'an!"

"only!"

Zhang Buyi introduced several other talents to Liu Chang. Liu Chang was very satisfied with these people. The two were discussing. A close servant walked closer and whispered: "King! Zhao Gong was asking for a meeting outside the hall. He said that he had something urgent to see the king..."

Zhang Buyi was furious and rolled up his sleeves, "How dare this guy urges His Majesty? I must deal with him well!"

"Forget it, who can you beat the ministers of the court? Even Zhao Yao can beat you... and want to deal with Zhao Ping?"

Liu Chang's eyes were full of contempt.

People like Liu Chang usually go to beat the old man, but Zhang Buyi was beaten by the old man or several old man. He never beat anyone in his life and felt embarrassing to say that he was his own sect!

"How can you be a marquis if you are like this?"

"The Han Dynasty is not a military meritorious person... It is impossible for a minister to be a prime minister, so don't you pursue it?"

Zhang Buyi scratched his head, "I am not in a hurry... I will wait a little longer, and I will stay at the Marquis..."

Liu Chang got up and wanted to kick Zhang Buyi. Zhang Buyi hurriedly avoided, "Your Majesty, then I'll go and contact Liu Zhang!"

Zhang Buji passed by Zhao Ping, and the two stared at each other, their eyes almost collided with sparks.

"The king, the county magistrate of the five counties in Hexi, has been arranged."

Zhao Ping sat in front of Liu Chang and said seriously: "In addition to the county magistrate, there are many officials. All scholars from all over the country have arrived. I am planning to hold an assessment the next day. If the king can go there in person, it will definitely be a great encouragement to the scholars."

"The county magistrate has arranged it? When will I come to see me?"

"They are waiting outside the palace at this moment."

"Let them in!"

Liu Chang sat in the upper position, wearing gorgeous clothes, with his hands on his thighs, and his already wide body looked stronger because of his movements. When he frowned, he became more magical. Even if he sat there, he felt a strong sense of oppression, like a tiger or a bear, and his eyes were sharp and dazzling.

Immediately, five ministers came in. They respectfully reported their names, and then walked to Liu Chang one after another and knelt down together.

These five people are Ding Ning, Chen He, Chen Su, Qin Tong, and Yang Wu.

Liu Chang knew them, Fei Hou Chen He, the founding heroes ranked 31.

Chen Su, the Marquis of Yi, ranks fifty.

Peng Jian, Hou and Qin Tong, ranked 70th.

Wu Fanghou Yang Wu, ranked 94th.

These are all Mengren, who are ranked among the top 100 in the Han Dynasty. As for the Yangdu Marquis Ding Ning, his title was inherited, and his father Ding Fu was ranked seventeen.

It can be seen that Zhao Ping is quite concerned about Hexi's affairs. Although ranking cannot determine everything, it is because contributions must be considered in this ranking. For example, Zhang Ao won the third place in the founding hero with his father's surrender, and obviously he was not worthy of his position. As for Xiao He, who won the first place with his great contribution in his logistics, had no objection.

Perhaps the generals who have gained hundreds of people are basically capable. After all, the contributions of the generals come from their achievements and are not very good. The people Zhao Ping has found have their own characteristics. I believe that they can help Luan Bu do many major things in Hexi. When Liu Chang saw that they were a little restrained in his face, he asked someone to bring wine and meat. Faced with these generals who have been fighting for many years, only wine and meat can prevent them from being restrained as soon as possible.

Sure enough, when Liu Chang and they ate meat and drank with them, the people let go and began to talk about their own ideas. Most of them were happy to go to Hexi.

"I thought none of you would be willing to go to Hexi... I didn't expect that those ministers were afraid of Hexi, so why do you seem to be in a hurry to go there?"

Chen He grinned, "King, we are different from them. We are willing to serve the King. Go wherever the King wants us to go, without any complaints!"

"Yes, yes, we are willing to die for the king!"

"So what about the land in Hexi? It can share the worries of the king, why not go?"

The few probably got drunk and started screaming. However, Liu Chang laughed and scolded: "To be honest!!"

Chen He immediately became honest and said, "Military merit."

Needless to say, the importance of military merit in the Han Dynasty is all about it. Liu Chang reduced the difficulty of obtaining low-level titles, but increased the difficulty of obtaining high-level titles. Although these people are already marquis, who would dislike their fiefs? Han Xin made an indelible contribution to the difficulty of improving high-level titles... The previous battle brought more than 60 marquis to the Han Dynasty. How could the Han Dynasty bear this? He hurriedly increased the difficulty of enthroning marquis and increasing the difficulty of increasing the fiefs.

Compared with the peaceful Central Plains, it is obvious that he can obtain military merits the fastest in Hexi. Moreover, the Taiwei guarding there was Zhou Bo, who ranked fourth in the founding heroes. It would be too easy to obtain military merits with him.

Liu Chang ordered seriously: "Hexi is dangerous. You cannot act rashly. You must obey the orders of the Taiwei. You cannot send troops arbitrarily because of your desire for military merits... As long as you can manage Hexi well, that is the greatest contribution. If there are any differences, you can send someone to inform me!"

"only!!"

After seeing off these generals, Liu Chang finally stopped worrying about the matter in Hexi. Although there was Zhou Bo in Hexi, Ji Zhu was too weak and Ji Zhu was not an incompetent person. After Zhou Bo defeated Che Shi, Ji Zhu also led his army to plunder in Hexi, causing a lot of trouble to the Han Dynasty. Ji Zhu also divided his troops to attack Longxi, hoping to target Chang'an and intimidate the Han Dynasty.

Not only was Liu Chang not afraid, he even wanted to laugh.

The strategy around Hexi and the Western Regions will be long and will determine the direction of the Han Empire next. Jizhu's strategy in the Western Regions was very smooth. If it weren't for Zhou Bo's continuous interference, I'm afraid half of the Western Regions would have fallen into his hands. Among them, Kangju Kingdom, as the greatest force in resisting the Huns, had sent people to contact Zhou Bo, and both sides decided to deal with the Huns together.

Jizhu seemed to have carried out a series of reforms within the Huns. There were not many opponents of the reform, and most of the nobles who were qualified to oppose the enemy had been killed by Liu Chang.

Jizhu established a group of military nobles, and the combat effectiveness of the Huns was strengthened.

What Liu Chang didn't know was that in history, Ji Zhu did the same. He set up a standing army, established military aristocrats, valued literati and craftsmen, formulated etiquette and laws, which made the Xiongnu's combat power rise rapidly and even threatened Chang'an for a time. However, this man died early before he could complete other reforms.

Looking at the history of the Huns, the only magnificent and powerful lords were Maodun and Jizhuer, while the rest of them were a little bit different.

Maodun is the pioneer, while Jizhu is the founder. The relationship between the two is like dividing the First Emperor into two, one is responsible for the destruction of the country and the other is responsible for the establishment of the system.

At this moment, due to Liu Chang's reasons, he helped Ji Zhu weaken the power of the opposition within the Huns in disguise, resulting in the progress of Ji Zhu's reforms being several steps faster than in history.

...........

In Ganquan Palace, Liu Xiang changed out of dirty clothes and talked endlessly about today's interesting news.

"There are five generals who come to pay homage to me. They are all generals with marquis. It was Zhongfu who sent them to Hexi to assist me!"

"I have Luan Bu in literature, Zhou Bo in martial arts, and many capable generals under my command. I am not strong, but I will beat Ji Chong!"

Liu Xiang looked very happy. He really wanted to grow up tomorrow and go to Hexi to compete with Najizhu.

Liu Ying listened to her son's boasting with a smile and said to Queen Cao beside her: "This son and his father are simply carved from the same mold... At the beginning, the eldest brother was also yelling to go to Tang State to fight Maodun, oh, no, he was talking about it... Ahem, it's not a bad thing to have such ambition anyway!"

There was no joy on Queen Cao's face.

She helped Liu Xiang change his clothes calmly and whispered: "You should always communicate with the generals and send some gifts to their families on time..."

Liu Xiang changed his clothes and went out to play.

Empress Cao looked at him with a worried look on her face, and then at Liu Ying beside her.

"Queen? What's wrong?"

"Your Majesty...is the title of king. There are so many land in the Central Plains, why should we enfeoff Hexi?"

"Your Majesty should really talk about this with the King."

"The land of Hexi is particularly important. Today, the descendants of the royal family are the oldest. Who else can they be granted if they don't enfeoff? What's more, Hexi is a treasure land..."

"Treasure land? There are less than 10,000 households, more than ten cities, including Qiang and Hu people inside and Huns outside. Why is it a treasure land?"

Liu Ying naturally couldn't say that Empress Cao, he hesitated and said, "Chang looked at Xiang as his own, and would not harm him. Hexi will soon..."

"Your Majesty, let Xiang change his country... Wei, Han, Han, Hanoi, are all OK..."

"How can this work..."

"Didn't King Han change to Wu? Why not?"

"this...."

Liu Ying couldn't speak, Empress Cao sighed and sat aside, "Your Majesty thinks he can't manage a great man well, but should he treat Xiang like this? What's wrong with him? Not being happy by his father, he cannot be loved by his great mother... His Majesty's legitimate son actually went to a place like Hexi to be the king... Why don't An go?"

"Don't say that anymore..."

Liu Ying looked at her seriously, "If my mother finds out, she will be angry again..."

Queen Cao fell silent.

"You value love... I don't know if anyone will show mercy to Xiang in the future."
To be continued...