Chapter 59

"Chumo, your idea is novel enough! That Hokkaido is near the North Sea, so there's naturally no problem with the name, but aren't the names of the other three circuits a bit too casual?" Qin Huaiyu looked at his good brother and said.

"Hehe... Isn't Kyushu Island near the sea on the west, isn't Shikoku Island near the sea on the east, and isn't Honshu Island near the sea on the south? Anyway, they are all near the sea. If His Majesty feels it's inappropriate in the future, we can just change it then," Cheng Chumo laughed.

Everyone could not deny Cheng Chumo's words at this moment; after all, what Cheng Chumo said was indeed reasonable and well-founded.

Zhangsun Chong heard this and said in a deep voice, "That's right... It's better not to have the names Kyushu and Shikoku in the Wa country. Since ancient times, only our China can be called Kyushu; now that the Wa country has been conquered, it cannot be called Shikoku either."

Subsequently, the Six Young Masters of Changan were busy implementing the Great Tang's latest bureaucratic system and the complete Han culture.

In a few days, with the unremitting efforts of the Liu clan members and the Ezo people, the Six Young Masters of Changan were completely free.

Seeing this, the noble families of the Wa country were also quite good at conducting themselves, one after another scrambling to send Wa female slaves to the Six Young Masters of Changan. Subsequently, the few of them completely let themselves go and began to enjoy the life of being "daddies" in the Wa country...

Just as they were enjoying themselves so much that they forgot to return home, something quite surprising happened to them.

For several consecutive days, a large number of Wa people kept coming to acknowledge their ancestors and return to their clans, claiming to be descendants of China. Some claimed to be descendants of Jizi, some claimed to be descendants of Xu Fu, some claimed to be descendants of Liu Azhi's friends and relatives, some claimed to be descendants of the Xianbei, some claimed to be descendants of those who fled the wars during the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties, some claimed to be descendants of those who came during the Sui Dynasty to spread technology...

In short, there were all kinds of situations.

However, what shocked them the most was that there were even those who claimed to be descendants of Shandong fishermen, whose ancestors had encountered a storm while fishing at sea and drifted to the Wa country, thus settling down there.

This... this... is truly a "Life of Pi" at sea!!

For a time, the few of them didn't know what to do about this matter. In the end, they helplessly dumped this matter to the Liu clan to handle and sent someone to deliver a letter back to the Great Tang, and then they continued to live it up.

At the same time, the Great Tang's immigration plan was also nearing its end.

The Tamna people were ecstatic about the various novel items brought by the Great Tang people.

Not only that, but Su Liang also brought many clothes to gift to the Tamna people; after all, they would all be Great Tang subjects in the future.

"Virtuous son-in-law, can't these Tamna people build houses? Why don't they even have a decent house?" Li Er saw the miserable state of the Tamna people at this moment.

"Hehe... Your Majesty doesn't know this. In summer, the Tamna people can easily build tents with leather to live in, and in winter, they naturally live in the caves on the island."

"This island was formed by a volcanic eruption 1.2 million years ago, and there are many stones and caves on the island," Su Liang explained to Li Er.

Li Er suddenly realized upon hearing this. During this period, Li Er traveled with Su Liang, and Su Liang had been cramming a lot of knowledge for the young ladies, and incidentally brought Li Er along.

"Very well... Virtuous son-in-law, let's go back early today. The Empress and the others are still waiting for us to have dinner," Li Er said happily, too lazy to dwell on this matter. Before long, Zhantang Island would naturally develop better.

Su Liang had been increasingly speechless about Li Er recently. Since returning to Changan last time, Li Er had handed over all matters, big and small, to the Cabinet to handle, letting Crown Prince Li Chenggan supervise the state, while he himself would return before the imperial examinations. If there were any important matters, he would have the Qianniu Guards ride motorcycles to report.

During this time, Li Er was either thinking about eating or pondering how to attack other countries.

Time passed slowly, and Su Liang also spent a sweet honeymoon with the young ladies.

In his spare time, he also designed the overall plan for Zhantang Island and continuously transported infrastructure materials from various workshops to Wendeng, Shandong, and then transported them to Zhantang Island by the Zhenguan.

Su Liang gave Zhantang Island one year of construction time. He didn't ask for speed; he only had one requirement, which was to make the greatest effort to develop Zhantang Island into a better place.

For this matter, Su Liang also specially transferred ten thousand skilled old craftsmen to go over and help.

While Zhantang Island was under construction, Li Er also received a letter from the Six Young Masters of Changan from the Wa country and then found Su Liang, who was catching fish and shrimp by the sea.

"Virtuous son-in-law, isn't what is said in this letter a bit too exaggerated? The Wa country actually has a full million Chinese subjects."

"This is very easy to verify. For those who claim to be Chinese subjects, they must also have retained corresponding genealogies."

"Your Majesty can send people to investigate carefully according to the genealogies they provided, and you will know what is going on," Su Liang said calmly, looking at the shocked Li Er.

As he finished speaking, Li Er immediately had the accompanying Qianniu Guards go to investigate.

At the same time, Li Er also promoted the Six Young Masters of Changan to Generals of Dingyuan.

After Li Er finished handling the government affairs, he immediately looked at Su Liang and said, "Virtuous son-in-law, there is only one month left until the Autumn Examination. Shouldn't we go back? I still need to oversee this year's imperial examination questions."

After more than a month, Su Liang was also a bit tired of playing. It would be better to go back early; after all, he still had other plans.

Three days later, Su Liang, Li Er, and their party returned to Changan City.

Upon returning to Changan City, Li Er was also busy with the imperial examination questions.

At this moment, the imperial examinations of the Tang Dynasty were divided into the Autumn Examination (Provincial Examination), the Spring Examination (Metropolitan Examination), and the final Imperial Examination (Palace Examination).

In August, students who met the requirements signed up for the Provincial Examination, which was held by province. The Provincial Examination consisted of three sessions (Four Books and Five Classics, Policy Questions, Poetry and Fu), each lasting three days. The results were posted in October, and those on the list could rush to Changan to participate in the Metropolitan Examination the following year (the Metropolitan Examination also consisted of three sessions, each lasting three days). Those with excellent results in the Metropolitan Examination also needed to participate in the final Palace Examination. The Palace Examination only had one question, set by Li Er himself, usually a policy strategy, and lasted only one day.

At this moment, the Agricultural Academy, Business Academy, Medical Academy, and Engineering Academy did not participate in this year's imperial examinations. First, the academies had not been established for long, and the knowledge learned would not be much; second, after the students of these four academies completed their studies, they could immediately take office and serve the Great Tang without needing to pass the imperial examinations. Simply put, for now, as long as they completed their studies, they were guaranteed a job.

Su Liang had no objections to this; after all, people who could read and write now were not like those in later generations.

Developing into an education system like that of later generations was not something that could be achieved overnight; it required time.

Just as Li Er was preparing the imperial examination questions, Su Liang in the Furong Garden was also busy building yachts, cargo ships, and other means of transportation. Not only that, but Su Liang also needed to forge a few swords for Li Er, Lady Hongfu, and others. A month ago, the materials for forging had already been prepared.