Zhizhizhi is an official at the second level under the prime minister and censor, with a respectable status. Wang Su could not let them drink together. After taking the prepared liquor, he divided it into two tables in the courtyard. Du Zhongxiao, Su Song, Wu Kejiu, Cao Jucheng and others made one table, and a Wang family's courtyard was accompanied by a house.

After drinking a glass of wine, Wu Kejiu turned around and looked at the officials over there, with envy on his face. How good it would be when he could also reach the status.

Du Zhongxiao felt uncomfortable all over. The grudges and grudges between him and Wu Kejiu were not clear in one or two words. He never thought that he would see him again in the capital of his distant hometown. Sitting there was just drinking and not talking.

Su Song is a steady person and can see that Du Zhongxiao, Wu Kejiu and Cao Jucheng are incompatible, and they don’t know their grudges, so they are even silent.

After about half an hour, Ye Qingchen and others were already drunk and laughing loudly, and they were involved in the government affairs. Now the biggest major event in the court is the northwest, where the front suffered consecutive defeats and the rear was in a mess. At first, Xia Shu was sent to control the situation, and later Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi were sent as deputy, but there was no improvement. Xia Shu was interested in the center and was just a mess in the northwest, which made the officials in the court dissatisfied.

Wu Kejiu was bored and muttered in a low voice: "Dangxiang is a small country, if you want money but no one, why is it so difficult to control it? The ministers in the court were still afraid of difficulties in the northwest and refused to go there to endure hardships, otherwise they would have been pacified long ago-"

Cao Jucheng hurriedly said, "What are you talking about? Are these major policies in the court so much? Are we all talking about it?"

Wu Kejiu was so alert that he didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore. Fortunately, there were no officials here, otherwise some would have thought he was frivolous.

Su Song smiled and said, "We scholars should be concerned about the great affairs of the world. Otherwise, the imperial examination policy is mostly about the current affairs of the court. How should we answer then? As long as there is something to say, no one will say anything."

Wu Kejiu and Cao Jucheng looked at each other and didn't say anything. Su Song's father Su Shen was a master of imperial edicts. He was a senior official in the court. He usually saw him and his knowledge was naturally not comparable to those of scholars from their small places. Of course, such people can discuss the affairs of the court. Maybe the elders would encourage them to do this in normal times, but how could others?

Su Song ignored the two and turned to Du Zhongxiao who was not talking to one side, said, "Brother Xian, everyone in the world is talking about the war in the northwest at this time. This matter is related to the welfare of the people in the world. I wonder if you are familiar with the war in the northwest?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "I am from Linying County. I don't know much about the major events of the court. I only know that Dangxiang rebelled, and the court sent a large army to suppress the bandits, but it was defeated again and again. It was only when I arrived in the capital that in a great battle before the New Year, even the Grand Marshal Liu died in front of the formation and became increasingly uncontrollable."

Su Song sighed: "Yes, Grand Marshal Liu is ranked in the military, respectful, and it is amazing to be trapped in front of the formation. I think this battle will be difficult to end for a while, I am afraid that the next imperial examination will be related to this."

Du Zhongxiao smiled slightly: "How can the imperial examination take these exams? Even the officials in charge can't explain such major events clearly, so what can the exam students say? In my opinion, this imperial examination is still the same as the word "stable", and most of them will not be too far from the last exam."

Su Song was stunned for a moment, pondered for a long time, and nodded silently. His identities were different, and he had many opportunities to contact the officials in the court. After thinking about it carefully, he understood what Du Zhongxiao meant. The battle in the northwest began, and the officials in the court went from shock to furious, from eager to win to defeat again and again, and there was no correct estimate at all. Especially from last year to this year, defeats were one after another, and the direction of the court's stroke had gradually changed.

The rulings have no idea about the war in the Northwest, so how can they take the exam? It is good that the pro-war faction in the court has the advantage, but the pro-polis has always had it. If the war is not good, the pro-polis will become louder and louder. At the tug-of-war situation between the two sides, of course, the word "stability" is the first.

Du Zhongxiao did not have the ability to guess the questioner's thoughts, but he could still grasp the big situation combined with the historical knowledge of his previous life. The Song Dynasty could not destroy Dangxiang, and most of the defeats were defeated, which was a historical fact. Now in the court, he was pursuing quick victory from the beginning with full confidence and was educated to pessimism and despair. At this moment, the imperial examination should not involve the war in the Northwest.

In my previous life, Su Song was a famous figure in the history of science and technology. He said a few more words about Du Zhongxiao's appetite.

Sighing, Su Song said, "Now all the world is watching the northwest, hoping to quell the rebellion soon and make peace and prosperity for the people. According to Brother Xian, he seems to have no confidence in the war in the northwest, but he doesn't know why he thought so?"

"The northwest has been defeated again and again, and the imperial guards are unusable. The imperial guards are unusable. How can we fight this battle? Raising an army is the most expensive thing in the world. But now we have to lack money. If we lack money, we cannot train a new army, so the war in the northwest cannot be optimistic. However, if we really want to threaten the Central Plains, we can't do it. Fighting and stopping, stopping and fighting, and this is nothing more than this in the future. We study and take the imperial examination and know that all these are enough. As for relieving the worries of the country, it is not something that can be done at this time. Brother Xian, do you think so?"

Su Song nodded, Du Zhongxiao's words were good. If you want to take the Jinshi exam, as long as you know that the direction of the government is enough, the strategy of governing the country and ensuring national security was not proposed at this time. It is better to study with peace of mind and get into the Jinshi exam.

Compared with others, Du Zhongxiao had a poor foundation and was always focused on dealing with the imperial examination. The country's major policies were just concerned about the general direction and not to write in the exam. It was enough to have a slight slight difference between the Emperor Zhenzong and the Khitan. The Song Dynasty had been peaceful for more than 20 years, but it was not heard of military wars. After so many years of good life, the military was abandoned. The peace era was not felt, and when it came to use military forces, the imperial guards' external strength and the middle work was exposed. Military is a continuation of politics, and it is not a few tricks to solve this problem.

Before the Dangxiang rebelled, the Song Dynasty seemed prosperous and rich, but in fact it had been hollowed out by the eastern and western sacrifices during the Zhenzong period. The northwest chaos broke out like fire cooking oil, and all contradictions became sharp. It was just the beginning, and life would be harder and harder in the future. If you are not in your position and do not plan your own affairs, Du Zhongxiao is now a small commoner, so how could he care about those things? The most important thing in front of you is to pass the Jinshi and make a future for yourself.

Seeing that Du Zhongxiao and Su Song were having a passionate chat, Wu Kejiu couldn't help but feel jealous and said, "Dangxiang is just a small country with poor people and barren land. How can he support the war? Previously, the imperial court had just used people inappropriately. As long as he chose a capable general, this kind of chaos would not be pacified soon!"

Du Zhongxiao looked at Wu Kejiu and shook his head with a smile. He was too lazy to talk to such a person. Due to the situation, being able to sit together was his biggest bottom line. When he becomes more developed in the future, he must teach him how to be a human being.

Su Song said: "Brother Wu is a bad word. Since Emperor Taizong, Dangxiang has repeatedly rebelled, and now he is too big to lose his tail. If he doesn't die, he will suffer. Now it is the time for Dangxiang to backfire. If he wants to pacify quickly, it is most likely that he will be difficult to accomplish."

Du Zhongxiao stood up and said to several people: "We don't know the finality of these major events in the court, so what's there to discuss? Let's talk about some gossip here, and I'll go and see how the wine is steaming there. I'm the king's man and I'm called to steam it for him, so it's not easy to make any mistakes."

After saying that, he bowed to the few people and walked to the small courtyard where the wine was steaming.
Chapter completed!