Chapter 454: Chapter 231: Hongdao’s Eighth Year

Translator: 549690339

After completing the plan for Zhou Qing’s promotion to the rank of Grandmaster, Lu Yuan personally wrote a letter of apology to his fiancee.

There was no choice. After this Northern Expedition, although the United Army had achieved successive victories.

However, the resistance in Zhou People’s territory was also extremely tenacious.

Although they had lost Tianmen Prefecture and several prefectures in the south and west of Xiangyang.

But even at this moment, within Wushan Prefecture and Xiangyang City, there were still four Inborn Grandmasters and 200,000 troops of the Zhou People.

Without sweeping away and repelling these enemy forces, neither Lu Yuan nor the people in the United Army can be spared the time.

So naturally, the originally planned wedding day for the two could not proceed, and the ceremony could only be postponed.

Yes, it is now the third day of the first month of the 8th year of Hongdao. A new year has arrived.

And at this time last year, it was the day when Lu Yuan and Lan Cai’er got engaged. The wedding was originally agreed to be held today.

However, due to the changing situation and the continuous battles, the wedding had to be postponed, even though it had been arranged in advance.

Fortunately, although Lan Cai’er has a strong and proud personality, she is also a reasonable and sensible person. Moreover, she participated in the Northern Expedition and was aware of the situation at the front, so she could understand the need to postpone the wedding. Although she was a little sad and unhappy, she could still understand the situation.

In fact, when they were ambushing Guining Prefecture together some time ago, Lu Yuan had already discussed this matter with Lan Cai’er, and she expressed her understanding.

At this point, writing another letter was just to show his sincerity and apology and to appease her.

“It’s easy to deal with the Queen, but it’s a bit difficult to deal with the messengers from various countries who have come to observe the ceremony.”

After writing the apology letter to Lan Cai’er, Lu Yuan began to think about the messengers from various countries who had already arrived in Changsha City, causing him a headache.

He had invited messengers from more than 20 countries such as Liang, Yue, Zhou, Southsea, Linhai, Southwest Yi country, East Sea Yi country, etc. for his wedding.

Now the day of the wedding has arrived, and the messengers from various countries have come as invited, but he and Lan Cai’er, the two main parties, are fighting in other places. This is an extremely impolite matter.

Improper handling could easily result in a worsening of his reputation among the various countries and affect his credibility.

This can already be considered a diplomatic incident.

“Fortunately, my absence from the wedding can be somewhat excused.

After all, matters of state and military come first.

Now I am fighting for my country, leading the army. This concerns the survival of the nation’s fortune, and the various messengers should be able to understand.

Especially since my Northern Expedition, I have had consecutive victories, defeated a hundred thousand enemies, and exterminated two Pillar States of Zhou People.

With such prestige and achievements, even though I may have been somewhat impolite this time, the various messengers should be able to understand and accept it based on this reputation.

Therefore, asking them to wait for a while longer should not be too difficult.

However, how to operate these matters depends on my two Prime Ministers.”

Lu Yuan thought to himself, then quickly raised his pen and began to write letters to Cui Changqing and Sun Siwen.

As he went out to fight, the affairs of the entire country, and even some military power, were handed over to the pair of left and right prime ministers.

Naturally, the task of receiving the messengers from various countries was also their responsibility.

Now that his own wedding has been delayed, the task of appeasing the messengers from various countries naturally falls to the two of them.

However, since he himself is at fault, it is necessary to write an apology letter to the two to ask for their help.

In the letter, in addition to mentioning the wedding matter.

He also issued another order, asking the two prime ministers to start preparing for the new round of Enke.

Yes, after the imperial examination in November last year, just two months later, Lu Yuan needed to hold another examination.

There was no other way.

Who would have thought that after the Northern Expedition, the achievements were remarkable, and not only had they taken over the three prefectures of Xiangyang Prefecture, but also the three prefectures of Xichuan Prefecture?

A total of six prefectures, which is already more than half a prefecture’s territory. With such a vast territory, if he were to follow the regulations and appoint officials in the local prefectures and counties, there would be nearly 700 vacancies.

Even if he were to establish a prefecture government in these six prefectures, the vacancies might amount to a thousand.

With so many vacancies for officials, Lu Yuan wants to fill them, of course, only by holding another examination.

However, the examination has not started yet and is still being prepared.

For the newly recovered territories in the north of the river, he plans to conduct military administration for half a year first, and then arrange for officials.

This half-year period will only be used to prepare for the new examination.

Last time, thanks to the absorption of scholars from Ninghai and Southsea, Lu Yuan gained a lot of Qi Luck from the examination.

Therefore, in this examination, he plans to send some more spies to Southsea and Ninghai to continue their activities and promotion.

Last time, although 8,000 scholars from Southsea and Ninghai came for the examination, this is not the limit of the two countries.

There are still 4,000-5,000 qualified scholars in the two countries who have not participated in the examination.

Moreover, after the previous examination, many Southsea and Ninghai scholars who participated in the examination have returned to their respective countries. This time, with the new Enke and the selection of thousands more officials, it is naturally necessary to bring these people back again.

Just watch.

Within less than a year, my Changsha country has held three consecutive examinations and recruited more than 2,000 officials.

This national fortune, this rising momentum, this expectation for scholars, and this opportunity for promotion…