Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 122 A Safe Journey

I don't know when will be the return date for this foreign assignment, and I have to say goodbye when I should say goodbye.

So Yang Ming went to meet Yang Lihua on purpose, and Yang Lihua had been waiting for Yang Ming.

"Sudifa has been placed under house arrest in the East Palace, and nothing will happen in a short time, not to mention that I am also in Beijing, with me, even if Amo had that idea, he would not dare to do it,"

After Yang Lihua saw Yang Ming, she went straight to the point and said, "But I can't protect Sudifa I, and I have to rely on you in the future."

"Don't worry, aunt, my nephew will definitely do my best to keep it safe," Yang Ming nodded.

On the occasion of parting, Yang Ming finally couldn't help asking:

"During the spring outing, the matter between the second brother and Miss Pei was instigated by the eldest aunt behind the scenes, right?"

Yang Lihua couldn't help laughing and said, "Didn't you know it was me from the beginning? Why do you still ask?"

Yang Ming asked curiously, "But I don't know, what is the relationship between my aunt and Louguantai Qihui?"

"It's all about mutual use. The Taoism is weak. They want to use me to revitalize the Taoism, and I can also be useful to them. It's as simple as that," Yang Lihua said with a smile: "Don't ask any more questions. When the time is right, I will Tell you."

It seems that people won't talk about the specific process.

After Yang Ming left the Eldest Princess Mansion, he went straight to Jinyang Tower, told Chen Shuyi to go home and pack up, then he went up to the high pavilion by himself, and sat face to face with Gao Yue for the first time.

"The king is about to take office in Jingzhou, and you are also packing up, so come with me,"

After speaking, Yang Ming reminded again: "This is not a suggestion."

Yang Ming didn't know what Gao Yue's expression was like at this time, but the other party still nodded and said:

"My concubine is a floating duckweed, and she is happy with whatever happens. Since His Highness is interested, I dare not refuse."

After everything was in place, Yang Ming did not leave the palace in the following days because Concubine Xiao did not allow it.

The youngest son was about to leave, Concubine Xiao cried like a tearful person,
Yang Ming hadn't been by her side for long, but now he wants to part with his mother and son again, how can he not make her not sad.

That's why Yang Ming also knows the fun, and stays with Concubine Xiao every day, enjoying the last tender time between mother and child.

Historically, Yang Ming will have a younger brother named Yang Gao (Gao), who will be born seven years later.

And the younger sister Yang Qi, who is still in her infancy, will become Li Shimin's concubine in history, and she will give birth to Wu Wang Li Ke and Shu Wang Li Yin for the Tang family. In the end, both brothers died in the hands of the eldest grandson Wuji.

Next, Yang Ming entered the palace again and lived in Dugu Jialuo's Yong'an Palace for three days.

Dugu Jialuo cried even harder. After all, Yang Ming was brought up by her alone, and now he was about to go far away. Although she was reluctant to give up, she also knew that sooner or later the child would leave her wings when he grew up.

And Yang Ming was also very sad, because his grandmother who loved him the most would pass away in two years, and he might not come to Beijing in the next two years.

In other words, this time is likely to be the last time the grandparents and grandchildren meet in this life.

And he has never seen Dugu Feng'er until now.

Time flies, Yang Ming is about to leave Beijing.

The vassal king left Beijing, and Suzaku cleaned the streets.

Father Yang Guang and concubine mother have already lived in the East Palace. According to the rules of etiquette, they will only be sent outside the gate of Suzaku in the imperial city.

Concubine Xiao personally sent her son to the carriage, and turned around crying into tears.

The boss, Yang Zhao, also had tears in his eyes, and kept telling Yang Ming to take care of himself.

Yang Guang didn't say anything, just patted Yang Ming on the shoulder, sighed, and returned to the imperial city with his wife and children.

Yang Ming's convoy from Beijing consisted of 2000 people, and with flags flying, they headed south along Zhuque Avenue.

Yuan Wendu, Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, also packed his bags and went to Jingzhou with Yang Ming.

Guo Yilang will promote Pang Ben to Sima of the General Manager's Mansion, and will leave with the team from the fifth rank.

Sima, the master of martial arts, is in charge of military duties, and Pang Ben is equivalent to jumping two levels in a row.

The meeting place agreed by Yang Ming and Yang Yinjiang was on Suzaku Avenue.

Yang Yinjiang would flee the Yuegong Mansion first and hide near the Daxingshan Temple in advance. When Yang Ming arrived, her motorcade would turn into the main street and join the convoy of the Prince's Mansion.

Yang Ming greeted Chen Kui in advance, ordering him to go first, lest the Marquis Wu on the street would prevent Yang Yinjiang from entering Suzaku Street.

Everything went very smoothly. When he arrived near Daxingshan Temple, Yang Ming lifted the curtain and saw Yang Yinjiang's lonely carriage, escorted by Chen Kui, into the convoy.

Now that's all right, you can leave the city with peace of mind.

Yang Ming wasn't afraid of Yang Su's arrest. As long as he denied it, wouldn't he still have the guts to inspect his carriage?
When the convoy approached Mingde Gate, the sound of horseshoes rushed out from one side of the street. Because it was under the banner of the Duke of Yue, the Marquis Wu did not dare to stop it.

Yang Yue took the lead, came to the outside of Yang Ming's carriage, cupped his hands and said:
"Your Highness, please allow Yang Yue to meet."

Yang Ming ordered the car to stop, then walked out of the carriage, and said with a smile, "Is Yang Shaoqing here to see me off?"

Yang Yue got off his horse and cupped his hands with the whip in his hands, "That's right, but there is one thing I want to ask Your Highness."

"Speak!" Yang Ming said.

Yang Yue looked at the carriage with obviously different decoration behind the team, and said with a smile:

"Yin Jiang left without saying goodbye. Elder brother sent people to search around to no avail. I never thought that I would be with His Highness. If you want to come to Yin Jiang, you want to send His Highness out of the city, right?"

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Who told you that Yin Jiang was with me? Yang Shaoqing doesn't like talking nonsense?"

I'm talking nonsense?Nimana's driver is from my house, so I don't know?

Yang Yue laughed and said, "Those two carriages are clearly Yinjiang's car."

Yang Ming said, "What if I say no?"

Good guy, this kid is really hard to deal with, Yang Yue said: "Your Highness says no, then of course it is not, and in that case, let the servants respectfully send His Highness out of the city."

"No need!" Yang Ming said: "This place is close to the city gate, and Yang Shaoqing's farewell to me is appreciated by the king, so please go back."

Yang Yue stood there for a long while, helpless, but he insisted that the carriage of Yang's mansion was not their Yang's mansion's, what else could he do?

Car search?This is presumption,
Yang Yue sighed, nodded and said:
"Then the servant is here to send His Highness off."

Yang Ming nodded with a smile, and then returned to the carriage, allowing the convoy to move on.

On Yang Yue's side, however, he got on his horse and watched the convoy leave. When Yang Yinjiang's car approached, Yang Yue squeezed his horse's belly, leaned over, and whispered into the carriage.
"Uncle can only send you here, you will have to rely on yourself in the future, good boy, have a good journey,"

After all, Yang Yue whipped his horsewhip and went back home.

The general manager of Jingzhou has 22 counties and 120 counties under its jurisdiction.

During the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Kaihuang period, the administrative divisions of prefectures and counties changed frequently. In the Jingzhou area, for example, Mianyang County was once Fuzhou, Yuanling County was once Chenzhou, and Baling County was once Bazhou.

Because in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, part of Jingzhou belonged to Liang State, which is the hometown of mother and concubine Xiao,

Therefore, when the locals call it, they are used to calling it the old county.

Although it has been 20 years since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, the division of local administration was still relatively chaotic. It was not until Yang Guang succeeded to the throne and changed to a two-level system of prefectures and counties that the administrative division of the Sui Dynasty gradually became clear.

Jingzhou is in charge of the town and Fu area, which is roughly equivalent to the entire territory of Hubei and Hunan in later generations. He is also in charge of military and civil affairs.

The division of the four general managers into the four directions is an effective means for Yang Jian to prevent China from splitting up again after Yang Jian came to power.

Later, because Yang Liang, king of the Han Dynasty, rebelled with the soldiers of Bingzhou, Yang Guang abolished the administrative function of the four general managers.

The capital of Jingzhou is Jiangling County in Jiangling County, which is later known as Jingzhou City.

After leaving Daxing, Yang Ming will go south all the way by land, leave Lantian County, pass through Shangluo County (Shangluo City, Shaanxi Province), enter the Central Plains Xi (xi) Yang County (Xichuan County, Henan Province), and then go south to Xiangyang County (Xiangyang, Hubei Province), Jingling County (Zhongxiang City, Hubei), and finally the destination is Jiangling County.

Along the way, only the county guard level was qualified to receive Yang Ming.

After leaving Daxing, Yang Yinjiang got into Yang Ming's carriage and listened to Yuan Wendu's introduction to Yang Ming's itinerary.

Yuan Wendu originally served as Shaoqing in Taifu Temple. For a 37-year-old man, he is not a small official.

Taifu Temple is in charge of the royal family and government handicrafts, and governs Zuo Zang, You Zang, Zuo Shangfang, You Shangfang, Si Ran, Zhangye and other departments.

Left Treasure and Right Treasure are the Left Treasure and the Right Treasure. The emperor's internal treasury is not the national treasury.

The left and right Shangfang Department is in charge of casting weapons, why is there a word about Shangfang Sword, because Shangfang Sword is made by Shangfang Department.

The Department of Dyeing and Dyeing is in charge of making court clothes, and Yang Ming's court clothes come from there.

In charge of the metallurgy department, in charge of smelting gold, silver, copper, iron, and glass and jade.

This is a department that doesn't have much real power, but is very lucrative. It can be understood as the general logistics department.

The Yuan family has long since passed away with the concubine Yuan Zhen, and has drawn a clear line with the deposed prince Yang Yong, and Yuan Wen knows that the concubine Yuan and Yang Ming are close, so he is still happy to go to the place as the assistant officer of Yang Ming this time. .

Yang Ming learned from the other party that Yuan Wendu lived in Jiangling with his father Yuan Xiaoze for a long time when he was a child, so he is quite familiar with the Jingzhou area.

In fact, Yang Ming is also very familiar, because his mother Xiao Fei, although her ancestral home is Nanlanling (Changzhou, Jiangsu), was actually born in Jiangling and lived in Jiangling when she was young, because Jiangling was the capital of the old Liang Kingdom.

The capital of Liang State was originally Jiankang, why did it become Jiangling again?This is about the famous "Hou Jing Rebellion" in history.

The Hou Jing Rebellion dealt an unprecedented blow to the Xiao Clan's regime in Southern Liang. Not only did the Western Wei and Eastern Wei take the opportunity to encroach on a large amount of territory in the Liang Kingdom, but Chen Ba, who rose up during the war, took the opportunity to force the Xiao Clan's regime to a small area around Jiangling with Chen replacing Liang. , and was later destroyed by Yang Jian.

Jiangling is the hometown of Concubine Xiao, and also the home of Yang Ming's grandparents.

However, his grandparents have passed away for more than 20 years. Yang Ming has seven uncles, but only two are direct uncles, that is, the same mother and brother of the concubine.

One is Xiao Jing (jing), who was named a literary official after entering the Sui Dynasty. He invited a doctor to court, and he had no real position and no lord. However, historically, he was named the Duke of Lanling County in the Tang Dynasty.

There is another one named Xiao Yu (yu), who is currently idle and lives in Daxing. He often goes to the palace to meet his mother and concubine. He is only 25 years old this year.

But this kid will do very well in the future, and even sneaked into Lingyan Pavilion.

Among the 24 heroes of Lingyan Pavilion in the Tang Dynasty, he ranked seventh and was granted the title of Song Guogong.

(End of this chapter)