Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 116
In Yang Ming's hand, he held the "Geography of the Great Sui Dynasty" that he found from Yang Yong's study. When he was bored in the car, he would take it out and read it for a while.

The route he is taking now is from Daxing, heading east all the way, going to Lintong, Xinfeng, Weinan, Zhengxian, Huayin, then turning north to Dali County, passing Pujin Pass, and it is Hedong.

This line is also the only way for Shanxi and Hebei to enter Beijing.

When Li Yuan and his son attacked Chang'an, they originally planned to take this route, but Qu Tutong was stationed in the east of the river, and they were not defeated, so they made a detour to cross the river from Longmen and enter the Guanzhong area.

After entering Guanzhong, they first captured Dali County, and then moved south to Tongguan to block Qu Tutong's return to aid Daxing. As a result, the counties and counties around Daxing were successively captured by Li Shimin, Liu Hongji, and Yin Kaishan, forming a siege of Kyoto.

Pujindu and Longmendu are the key points. Pujindu was saved by Qu Tutong, but Song Laosheng of Longmendu was weak and lost Huoyi, the gate of Longmendu, so that Li Yuan drove straight into Guanzhong.

Pujin Ferry is in Yongji City, Yuncheng, Shanxi, Longmen Ferry is in Hejin, Yuncheng, Shanxi, and Huoyi is in Huozhou, Linfen, Shanxi.

The guards around Yang Ming, except for Pang Ben and others, are all part of the palace. They have participated in many battles with Yang Guang. They are all from the army and have suffered a lot.

On the other hand, Pang Ben and others were all descendants of noble families, and they didn't want to eat and sleep in the wild, so they suggested to Yang Ming to go to the county to find an inn for the night.

But Yang Ming refused. After nightfall, he asked people to use local materials to build a simple tent. After making do with it for one night, he would continue on his way early the next morning.

There were a lot of supplies in the carriage, not to mention that Yang Ming also sent people to nearby villages and towns to buy supplies. There was no shortage of food and drink, but it was a bit cold at night.

Pang Ben is the imperial guard, belonging to Zuo Yulin Guard.

Among the Guanlong descendants of Yishui, the Imperial City Imperial Army, there are many surnamed Yang and Li. For example, among the ten people brought by Pang Ben, there are four surnamed Yang, two surnamed Li, two surnamed Wei, and one surnamed Li. One surnamed Yuan, one surnamed Liu.

These people can live well by relying on their surnames.

On the other hand, there are both Northerners and Southerners and Xianbeiers in the Wangfu trilogy, which is quite mixed.

The road that Yang Ming took was called the gate of the capital, so there were many passers-by on the official road, and you could see one of them every few minutes just passing by.

Three days later, after passing Huayin County, the team began to turn north. To the east of Huayin County was Tongguan, and Yang Ming didn't go there.

After passing Guangtong Canal by ferry, and walking for more than 20 miles, there is a granary named Guangtong Cang.

As we all know, the Guangtong Canal runs from the northwest of Daxing to the east, passes through Tongguan, and enters the Yellow River. There is a granary on the south bank of the Wei River to the north of the Guangtong Canal, called Guangtong Cang. It is the most important royal granary near the capital, mainly stored in the Guanzhong area. Rent rice collected.

Guangtong Canal got its name from Guangtong Cang.

With the Guangtong Canal, the grain stored in the Guangtong Warehouse can flow continuously through the waterway to support the capital. There are 3000 garrisons here alone, and there are military mansions in nearby counties and counties.

In history, Li Yuan and Yang Xuangan rebelled and both captured this warehouse. This place is the lifeblood of the Guanzhong area.

It has been four days since I arrived in Dali County, and the journey is not too slow. More than 30 miles east of Dali County is Pujin Pass, after crossing the river is Pujin Ferry, and further east of Pujin Ferry is Hedong County.

The same is true for Longmen Ferry. The Longmen Gate is in Guanzhong, and the Longmen Ferry is across the river. Of course, this setting is to guard the two major ferries.

When Hedong County was in Qin Dynasty, the government was located in Anyi, and in Sui Dynasty it was in Puban County. Later, Puban County was renamed Hedong County.

Because Pujindu is so critical, the governor of Hedong County will be placed in Hedong County not far from Pujindu.

Pujin Ferry is a Guandu. Officials on official business need not pay any fees to cross the river. Others will pay certain customs duties. This place is known as "Guanzhong Jufang".

Fortunately this time, the water level of the Yellow River did not submerge the pontoon bridge, so Yang Ming and the others could cross the river safely.

When Yang Ming first learned that there was a pontoon bridge here, he also wondered, isn't he afraid of blocking upstream ships?

As a result, after asking Ma Laoliuyi, I found out that the river section between Shuofang County (Yulin, Shaanxi) and Longmendu cannot be used by boats, and the distance between Longmendu and Pujindu is too close, and Pujindu is the main river. Water transport terminal, so there is no navigation between the two ferries.

This is the Yellow River. The water transportation system is limited by the characteristics of the river and is not developed. In contrast, the Yangtze River is unimpeded all the way.

The pontoon bridge is very strong, and it is erected in a rather narrow section of the river. You must not ride a horse across it, because the top is too swaying, and the four hooves of the horse have no grip, so they can only be led slowly by people.

After crossing the bridge, Yang Ming drove all night and arrived in Hedong County at midnight that night.

The city of Hedong County is square, with a city gate in the east, west, north, and south. The city walls are more prosperous, like a grandson meeting his grandfather, but the city walls in Hedong are not bad. After all, this place is too important, and it has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.

Yang Ming had already sent someone to go ahead and call to open the city gate. Under the city gate, Li Jing and Fang Xuanling, who had received the news early, had been waiting here for a long time, and Dou Qing, the prefect of Hedong County, accompanied him.

Dou Qing must feel very unlucky in his heart. When Hedong was not crowned king, he alone had the final say on this place, that is, the so-called governor of all the military forces in Hedong.

But ever since he heard that Yang Guang's youngest son was sealed in Hedong County, he felt very uncomfortable. When Yang Ming came, how much power he had in Hedong depended entirely on how much power Yang Ming gave him.

It's not his turn to be the governor of all the military forces in the east of the river.

Yang Ming got out of the carriage and smiled at Dou Qing who was coming towards him, "But Mr. Dou?"

"It's the servant, Your Highness has been working hard all the way, and the servant has prepared food and wine to welcome His Highness," Dou Qing said with a smile.

Dou Qing has the honor of Shangzhu Kingdom and the title of Duke of Yongfu County, all thanks to his father, Dou Rongding, to be precise, his mother, because his mother is Yang Jian's biological sister.

And Yang Jian was the second child in his family, and he had only one older sister, Dou Qing, who was a relative of Da Sui.

As for the reception banquet, Yang Ming smiled and shook his head: "It's rare for Duke Dou to wait, but I'm quite tired, and I have some things to discuss with Li Juncheng, so I invite Duke Dou to go back to the mansion and go to rest early."

The words are very polite, but in fact they don't give face.

Dou Qing held his breath in his heart, but he continued to invite with a smile on his lips, but Yang Ming repeatedly refused.

This little majesty is not deeply in the world, doesn't know the ways of the world, how could he be so disrespectful?
What else can Dou Qing do?He could only cup his hands to Li Jing and said, "Then trouble the pharmacist to help His Highness."

"It's an honor, Li Jing," Li Jing hurriedly returned the gift.

A prefect and a county magistrate seem to be one level apart, but in fact they are as bad as heaven.

Yang Ming had made up his mind a long time ago, not to show Dou Qing any shame from the start.

Between people, the first impression is very important. Yang Ming wants to tell Dou Qing that I will have the final say on this place in the future. Your face is worthless to me. If you want to blame, you can blame the emperor. I kiss grandpa.

At the beginning, I couldn't hold down the other party, and I didn't know what it would be like in the future.

Yang Ming, led by Li Jing, went to Li Jing's house in the east of the city.

Fang Xuanling followed all the way.

Although this kid is only a recorder of the Prince's House, he is also the number one person in Hedong right now, because he represents the Prince's House in Hedong.

Who made the palace now only have one secretary and one soldier?

The one who joined the army didn't know where to suppress the bandits.

Entering the county town, Yang Ming had the feeling that he had arrived in Cao County from Beijing. The gap was too great. Except for the two- and three-story buildings on the main roads in the city, other places were bungalows.

And now it was late at night, except for the old raven's cry, the city was deadly silent.

However, according to Fang Xuanling, the county town is still very lively during the day. After all, the geographical location is special, and it is the only place for the northern region to enter Beijing. The trade is very developed. Although the local registered population is only [-] households, plus the floating population, The population of Hedong County is around [-] households all year round.

Having said that, Yang Ming felt a lot of comfort in his heart.

Outside the gate, Hong Fu Nu and a group of servants knelt down to welcome Yang Ming's arrival the first time they heard the movement outside the alley.

After Yang Ming arrived, he hurried forward to help Hongfu girl up:

"Please hurry up, Li Jing and I are brothers in private, please don't be polite, Mrs. Sister-in-law from now on."

Hong Fu Nu had already learned about his relationship with King Hedong from Li Jing, and guessed that when he was in Yang Su's mansion, King Hedong probably saved his life from the Eldest Princess because of this relationship.

People are their own saviors.

She is also a cheerful person, upon hearing this, she got up and said: "I have already prepared food and drinks in the mansion, please allow me to serve beside you, Your Highness."

Yang Ming smiled, said nothing, and took the lead into the mansion.

As for the guards he brought, except for Pang Ben and Chen Kui who each took 20 people to stay in the Li Mansion, the rest were settled in the official post in Hedong County by the county government.

Chen Kui is a young boy, 24 years old, because he shot an arrow at Xuancheng King Yang Yu, Yang Ming specially arranged for him to be by his side.

Later, Yang Ming discovered that this kid was not only courageous, but also calm and convincing. After asking, he found out that the other party had also served as a school lieutenant in the army, and he was in charge of [-] sergeants.

So for this trip, Yang Ming simply handed over all the parts of the palace to him.

In this way, there must be dissatisfaction from below, but this is not what Yang Ming cares about. If Chen Kui can't suppress this group of people, then he can only replace them.

This is an opportunity to prove himself, whether he can grasp it depends on Chen Kui himself,
In the main room, as Yang Ming sat down, the food and wine began to be served.

Yang Ming pointed to the left and right sides, motioning for Li Jing and Fang Xuanling to take their seats. When Hong Fu Nu poured him a glass of wine, Yang Ming took the initiative to hold it up, and smiled at Hong Fu:

"I came to Hedong this time for nothing else, but to congratulate Brother Jing and Mrs. Sister-in-law in advance. If Mrs. Sister-in-law is still so polite, I will not drink this glass of wine."

Hong Fu was taken aback when he heard the words, and was very grateful in his heart. He hurriedly took a cup and said:
"For the grace of saving my life, I can only repay it by death. After today, I will no longer be restrained by Your Highness."

"Sister-in-law is not inferior to Haoshi!" Yang Ming watched the other party drink it down, and then he laughed and drank up the wine in his glass.

In his opinion, Li Jing is the biggest card in his hand, and he must hold this card well.

Treating others may require both kindness and power, such as Fang Xuanling,
But Li Jing didn't have to.

Because Li Jing is a smart person, he knows what he should do, and he also knows that no matter how close Yang Ming is to him, there is a difference between superiority and inferiority.

(End of this chapter)