Chapter 409: Talents emerge in large numbers

"Is your surname?" Li Bi asked with great interest.

The young man bowed slightly to him and replied respectfully: "I am named Bai, named Juyi, and from Xinzheng. This is the first time I went to Beijing to take the exam. I would like to ask the Taoist priest for advice."

When Li Mi heard that he was from Xinzheng, he couldn't help but sigh: "Last year, Cui Qinggong was in chaos in the Central Plains, and I believe you were deeply hurt by it."

"The warlords fought in a melee and were scattered in the Central Plains. My Bai family's house was burned by chaos. I escaped to the Hedong ancestral land with my father and brother to save my life."

Bai Juyi also sighed, but he remembered the new atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty in recent months, and his spirit was also revived: "But the new emperor ascended the throne and changed the name of the country to Dazhi, which also made us see the hope of the Tang Dynasty. Although I am young, I am willing to serve the country as soon as possible."

Li Mi nodded, and he wrote the three words "Bai Juyi" in his heart. At this time, the guy served him a drink and li Mi poured a glass of wine, raised her glass and smiled, "Come on, I'll toast you, I wish you a golden list nomination as soon as possible."

At this moment, someone suddenly laughed and said, "For Brother Bai's wonderful poem, it should be no problem to be named on the Golden List."

Li Mi and Bai Juyi turned their heads together, and saw a young scholar sitting next to them. He had dark skin and bright eyes. Seeing that Li Mi and Bai Juyi's attention were attracted by him, he brought the wine and food over and said with a smile: "In Xia Liu Zongyuan, he is from Chang'an. One of them is bored to drink. You two are willing to drink together."

Seeing that he was also very young, as if he was a little younger than him, Bai Juyi couldn't help but feel a little more favorable. He quickly clasped his fists and said, "I'm in Xinzheng, Bai Juyi, when I first arrived in Chang'an, I would like to ask Brother Liu for more advice."

"It turns out that Brother Bai was the first to Chang'an. Have you been to Yan Pagoda and read the title of Yan Pagoda? Can you go to Qujiang and taste the flowing water in Qujiang? All the famous works in Chang'an, Brother Bai has visited Li Taibai's "Againing Wine"? Can you lie down on the East City Street where He Zhizhang was drunk?"

Liu Zongyuan's words made Bai Juyi look forward to it happily. He sighed and said, "I have never been there."

"What's the problem? I'll take Brother Bai there." Liu Zongyuan smiled heartily, raised his glass and said, "What's the point after drinking this glass?"

"Then I thank you Brother Liu." Bai Juyi drank the wine in the glass in one go, took out more than ten cents and put it on the table, packed up his things, bowed to Li Migong and said goodbye.

Li Mi watched their heroic backs disappear and nodded secretly, "There are many talents in the Tang Dynasty, and your Majesty is lucky!"

He drank a few more glasses of wine and left immediately.

It has been more than two months since Zhang Huan ascended the throne. Two months may be just a moment of life, but Zhang Huan's two months require him to slowly reminisce about it throughout his life. These are the two months of his life turning point and the two months of his great reign on Kaiyuan.

Two months made him gradually get used to the life of the emperor, and his role has changed from the housekeeper of Prime Minister Pepsi to the master who only asks about major issues. Despite this, the Tang Dynasty was vast and when the national strength gradually recovered, all major events that happened every day were still emerging one after another, making him exhausted. However, one thing made him very pleased. Last month, he issued a revelation edict, and imposed a general amnesty on all refugees who were forced to go up the mountain to fight for bandits or enter the water due to warlords. "The past is not blamed, just like Ding Nan gives land." The effect is very ideal. The 57 bandit gangs in the Jianghuai area alone surrendered 55, and together with their parents, wives and children, there were more than 200,000 people. The public security has improved and people are determined, which has created a good start for his next reform.

However, what made Zhang Huan worried about was the Uighurs who appeared two months ago. Although several large-scale investigations were launched, these people seemed to have evaporated in the world without a trace. Zhang Huan also knew that they were actually hiding somewhere in the Tang Dynasty, like a poisonous spider retracting into a gap, waiting for the arrival of an opportunity. These people have become a heart-wrenching problem for him and have been hanging deep in his heart. For this reason, he expanded the National Security Department twice in a row and upgraded it to the National Security Agency, which is the same level as the Supervision Office, and is the Fifth Court of the Censorate, and is officially listed as the imperial court.

At this moment, Zhang Huan was carefully looking at the latest investigation report sent by Cui Lianxing from Luoyang. After two months of careful investigation, Cui Lianxing gradually got a little clear. He had found out that the envoy behind the Zhang Mansion assassination was very likely to be related to a new national teacher in the Uighurs, and this national teacher has a Persian background. In other words, this incident not only involved the Uighurs, but may also involve the big food.

‘I have arrested two criminals in Luoyang. According to their confession, all of them have been broken into pieces and distributed in various parts of the Tang Dynasty with business as a cover. Moreover, they are well organized and have a single-line contact. Their heads may have gone to the Jianghuai area. I have sent capable people to Yangzhou for investigation. If there are any clues, I will go to Yangzhou in person’

Cui Lianxing is now in Luoyang. Luoyang Municipal Bureau found two Turkic merchants from Shiguo who were carrying fake pass certificates and had detained the two. After investigation, they were indeed Uighur spies, but they were low-identities and did not have much valuable information.

Zhang Huan put down the report. Although he was not present at the scene, he still felt that there were some flaws. The last time the Uighur warrior committed suicide left a deep impression on him. If suicide was a necessary training for them, why didn't these two Uighurs commit suicide after being caught by the Luoyang Municipal Administration? He also confessed that their leader might be in Jianghuai, which was different from the person who was arrested in front of him. However, if it was deliberately arranged, it was somewhat inconsistent with their leader's usual cunning and cautious style. Of course, there was another possibility, that is, their leader did not know that the Uighur spy who was arrested last time actually committed suicide after explaining the information.

‘Is this their trick to attack the east and west?’ Zhang Huan felt that things didn’t seem that simple. He had a premonition that the Uighurs might have to act again.

He immediately took a piece of plain paper and quickly wrote a handwritten order. At this time, An Zhongshun walked up and said, "Your Majesty, the news has been heard from the military weapon surveillance, and it is ready."

"I'll go now!" Zhang Huan waited for the ink on the handwriting to dry up, and handed it over to An Zhongshun and ordered: "You go to the National Security Bureau immediately and let them pass this handwriting to Luoyang."

An Zhongshun hurried away, and Zhang Huan also got up and went to the Military Weapons Prison.

Weiwei Temple, Taipu Temple, and military weapon supervisors are all in charge of military and weapons agencies in the Tang Dynasty, all located in the imperial city. Among them, Weiwei Temple is mainly responsible for the custody and dispatch of military weapons and has a huge weapon reserve warehouse; while Taipu Temple is responsible for the policy of stables and pastorals and chariots, mainly responsible for the freeing and management of war horses; military weapon supervisors are various advanced weapons research and development centers in the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty's Modao, Hengdao, Mingguang armor, crossbow arrows, etc. are all developed and manufactured here. However, after the fifteenth year of Qingzhi, the finances gradually became tight. In order to reduce expenses, Pei Jun laid off most of the craftsmen who made weapons, resulting in many excellent craftsmen being recruited by various families, among which Longyou has the most favorable conditions, and almost half of the craftsmen went to Longyou.

After Zhang Huan ascended the throne, the military weapon surveillance that had been neglected began to be valued by the court. The court recalled weapons craftsmen from all over the country to Chang'an and invested a lot of money to develop weapons, making preparations for possible wars.

The original military weapon surveillance has a low status. The military weapon surveillance order is the fourth rank, half a level lower than the heads of other temple surveillances. Now he has been promoted to the third rank by Zhang Huan. The current military weapon surveillance order is Fang Zongyan, the minister of Taifu Temple who was dismissed in the Chuxingshui incident. He was reused a month ago.

The military weapon supervision is currently divided into two fangs, left and right. Zuofang is responsible for the development and construction of weapons; while Youfang is responsible for the customization of various utensils, such as flags, military tents, and other items, and is also in charge of the material warehouse and the leather corner warehouse.

It turned out that there were weapons, Jiafang and Arsenals Departments in Zuofang. Now a new Firearms Department has been set up, which is specifically responsible for the research and development of gunpowder. It was just moved from Longyou a month ago.

About a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Huan arrived at the Military Arts Prison. The Military Arts Prison was originally located on the north side of Jingfengmen. Because of its small area, Zhang Huan divided the Youfang and the warehouse to the west side of the Sinong Temple grassland, where there was a large open space, and the gunpowder test site was arranged on the Waste Stone Platform. In this way, the entire Military Arts Prison became a base for weapon research and development and manufacturing.

"Your Majesty, you're here!" Long Yan stopped, and the Imperial Gun Commander whispered to wake Zhang Huan up from his meditation. He opened a crack in the curtain. The gate of the military weapon surveillance was full of officials. The head of the military weapon surveillance Fang Zongyan stood behind him. Two young prisoners were Qin Xiaowu, who was responsible for the Youfang utensils, and the other was transferred from Longyou. Song Qi, who was the first to propose to apply gunpowder to the military. He was the chief of the weapons agency in Longyou. He is now officially promoted to the military weapon surveillance, responsible for the development of weapons throughout the Tang Dynasty.

"Fang Zongyan led the military and weapons to supervise the ministers to meet with His Majesty the Emperor."

As soon as Zhang Huan got off the dragon chariot, Fang Zongyan led a group of subordinates to greet him. Zhang Huan raised his hand slightly, "All my beloveds are calm!"

He looked back again, but no Du Huan's figure was seen, and then asked Fang Zongyan: "Why didn't Mr. Du see?"

Fang Zongyan was stunned. He turned around and found Du Huan's figure. Then he asked in surprise: "Did Du Huan come out together? Where are others?"

"I'm here!" The voice came from the right side of the gate. Du Huan was holding an extremely thick white robe and was running over sweat. He ran to Zhang Huan and said breathlessly: "I'm going to take off this dress, I'm one step late. Please forgive me."

Du Huan was recommended by Pei Mingyuan because he was very familiar with Dashi's weapons and equipment. He is now in the military weapon supervisor and specializes in weapon research and development. The white robe in his hand is his latest development result.

"Is this the roving alumina garment developed by Mr. Du?" Zhang Huan took the robe from Du Huan with interest. This robe seems very thick, but in fact it is very light in weight. This is why he came to the military weapon supervision today. Du Huan developed the legendary roach.

The raw material for the turtlene service is today's asbestos, which is a protective gear used to prevent fire attacks. Dashi tried to conquer Byzantium several times, but they were defeated by Greek fires. Learning from their mistakes, Dashi also conducted in-depth research on Greek fires while developing fires. In particular, Dashi produced tiny oil. Therefore, large tiny oil weapons were one of their sharp weapons, mainly equipped in the Northern Legion and Egyptian Legion. The Dashi Army that attacked Anxi last year was mainly the Tocharian and Persian army, and did not carry tiny oil weapons.

But if we fight against Dashi in the future, we will inevitably encounter the tincture oil weapons of the Dashi Army. We will prepare for the future, and the Tang army must be on guard.

"Report to Your Majesty, there are two types of fire alumina submissions. This is a fire alumina cloth sewn in the clothes, which can resist ordinary fire burns. However, when faced with the most sharp turbulent oil bombs and fire dragon ships of the Great Food Army, this fire alumina submission is probably difficult to resist. For this reason, I used a small fire-proof board to make fire alumina armor and fire-proof shield. I conducted an experiment and could completely resist the impact of the fire after the fire burst out of the fire.

Huo Huanbu was invented in the pre-Qin period. After Du Huan was captured by Dashi during the Battle of Talas, he was chosen to make a crossbow of the Tang Dynasty. By chance, he proposed that Huo Shelves could prevent fire, and was highly valued by the Dashi military, which was suffering from the pain of Greek fire. He entered the Dashi's military weapon research center, and was specifically responsible for the development of fire armor, and was exposed to many Dashi's weapon secrets.

This time he was recommended by Pei Mingyuan to enter the Tang Army Arms Prison. He first made a hot alkane trophy and hot alkane. Seeing that the emperor was very interested in this, he smiled and said, "I will conduct an experiment soon, and Your Majesty may as well watch it together."

Zhang Huan nodded happily and said, "I am here for this today. Since I have prepared, I can do it immediately!"

The experiment was carried out in an empty field, and a wall was used to build a circle around it for protection, and a stand was set up. Zhang Huan sat down in the stand accompanied by Fang Zongyan.

"Your Majesty, this Du Huan is not simple! I have read the "Jings and Learnings" he wrote, and only then can I know that the world is so great that there are all kinds of wonders." On the stands, Fang Zongyan saw that Zhang Huan attaches great importance to this Du Huan, and he also sighed: "What he wrote in his book is that in a big country called Egypt, there are pyramids made of huge stones with hundreds of feet high, and next to the pyramids there are also high sphinx monsters carved with stones. It makes people really want to see them with their own eyes."

Zhang Huan stroked his beard and smiled: "If Fang Aiqing is interested, I will let Fang Aiqing be the official envoy next time and serve as a mission to Dashi for my Tang Dynasty. How about it?"

Fang Zongyan would also smile, "I am willing to serve Your Majesty."
Chapter completed!