Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 123 Jingzhou Clan
Five days later, the team arrived in Shangluo County, and the prefect Li Yi and a group of local officials greeted them outside the city.

Li Yi was also from the Li family in Longxi. In the Sui Dynasty, most of the governors and county guards came from the Guanzhong Group, and they would choose assistant officials from the local wealthy families, which made it easier to manage the place.

For example, the lowest level of Xiangzheng and Lizheng, these two positions were originally prepared for the most popular characters in the village, that is, local snakes.

Only these people can control the people below, and the nobles in Guanzhong belong to outsiders, and without the help of the locals, they can't do anything.

After a long journey, Yang Ming really should find a place to rest.

That night, the team moved into a place in the city called Li Yuan. The size of the mansion was quite large, comparable to that of the Daxing Jin Palace, and it could fully accommodate the 2000 of them, with some room left.

Li Yuan's housekeeper, named Linghu De, is not young, and he is the one who stayed here with more than a hundred servants in this house.

That is, Yang Ming. Anyone else would not be qualified to live here, including Li Yi, the county guard.

Because the owner of this house is Li Min, and Li Min's wife is Yuwen Eying, Yang Ming's cousin and Yang Lihua's daughter.

Li Min's father, Li Chong, used to be the governor of Shangzhou. Shangzhou is now Shangluo County. This house was the residence of Li Chong when he was the governor.

This is the most suitable place for Yang Ming to settle down as far as Li Yi, the governor of the county, can find.

After dismissing the other party, Yang Ming handed over the security inside and outside the mansion to Pang Ben, while Chen Kui was in charge of the close guard.

Don't think that if he is the king of the county, his personal safety is guaranteed.

Yang Ming knew very well that the Jingzhou area was far away from Daxing, and it was the old capital of the old Liang. In the days to come, he could not leave his guards by his side for a moment.

In this world, there are a lot of bold people. Yang Ming had heard that a county magistrate in a certain place was stoned to death by a local gentry boy. Wei was ordered to patrol the world, passed by this county, and found out the case again, and then chopped that kid down in the street.

Don't be afraid of the common people, the common people have no intention of harming others, what they are guarding against is the gang of aristocratic families, these people have been doted on since they were young, they are very impulsive, they have always been used to domineering in the local area, and they can do anything when they are in a hurry.

That's why Yang Ming never described the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty as a peasant uprising, but called it a chaos.

Was that a peasant uprising?How many of the leaders are farmers?
Yang Ming once heard that in the early years of Emperor Kaihuang, Yang Jian transferred a large number of Guanlong children to other places to control the world, and when these noble children went to the post, they were accompanied by hundreds of thugs, just to deal with the unfavorable situation.

Back then, when his father Yang Guang became the governor of Yangzhou, he killed more than 2000 people in Jiangdu on the first day. Sometimes it is indeed the best way to control violence with violence.

In the evening, Yang Ming and Yuan Wen chatted until very late before letting each other go back to the room to rest.

After Yuan Wen had left, Yang Ming went to look for Yang Yinjiang. He heard that she couldn't bear the pain of running around and felt a little unwell, so he wanted to visit her.

Yang Yinjiang elopes this time, besides bringing a pile of books, there is only one old servant and one maidservant, which is equivalent to abandoning her family and career to follow Yang Ming.

However, Yang Ming has set aside ten of his original maidservants to serve Yang Yinjiang full-time.

After entering the other party's dormitory, Yang Ming found that several maids were boiling water in the courtyard. After asking, he found out that Yang Yinjiang wanted to take a bath.

Not feeling well and taking a shower?Are you not afraid of getting worse?
In the room, Yang Yinjiang couldn't support her chin, she stared blankly at the oil lamp on the table, and turned her head after hearing footsteps:

"I'm so tired. This is my first time traveling far away."

Yang Ming sat down and said with a smile, "I heard that you are not feeling well?"

Yang Yinjiang shook her head, and stretched out her arm towards Yang Ming: "Do you want to touch it?"

What's the meaning?Let me feel the pulse?I can't, Yang Ming tried to pinch his fingers on the other's wrist, and then said curiously:
"The pulse seems to be stable?"

Yang Yinjiang said speechlessly: "I didn't ask you to check my pulse, I asked you to touch my arm."

What happened to your arm?Yang Ming put his hand on her arm and asked doubtfully, "Then what?"

Yang Yinjiang said, "How do you feel?"

Feeling, Yang Ming thought for a while: "It's a little cold, but also a little tender."

"Don't you think it's sticky?" Yang Yinjiang withdrew her arm angrily, rolled her eyes at Yang Ming and said, "I haven't bathed for many days, my body is already sore, and my whole body smells of sweat."

At this time, the hot water was ready, and two maidservants came in to wait for Yang Yinjiang to take a bath. Yang Ming planned to avoid suspicion and leave, but Yang Yinjiang stopped him: "Don't go, I only know you, you go, I am afraid."

What's there to be afraid of?However, Yang Ming returned to his seat and sat down.
After all, through the screen, apart from hearing the sound of water, nothing can be seen.

Yang Yinjiang came from a top-notch family, and since she was born, she has never taken a bath by herself, she must be served by someone, and after washing, she needs to knead her body before she has finished bathing.

Through the screen, Yang Yinjiang said: "This time you are going to Jingzhou, are you planning to dawdle, or do you have other ideas?"

dawdle?Yang Ming was stunned and said, "Why are you messing around?"

Yang Yinjiang said: "Nowadays the world is peaceful and the four seas are united. Apart from the occasional war in the south, there is also the trouble of the Turks in the north. The Jingzhou area is still stable. What I mean by making friends with the local clans is to stabilize the situation in Jingzhou. , so as not to cause chaos, His Highness the King of Han did that in the beginning."

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Then what do you mean by other thoughts?"

Hearing the sound of water splashing, Yang Yinjiang obviously turned over:

"The clan actually controls the area. Although there are 22 counties in Jingzhou, you can really control less than half of them. For the other half, you have to rely on the local wealthy clan. But I think you can't stand them with your personality, so you ask Do you have any idea to clean them up?"

You shouldn't be Yang Xuangan's daughter, you should be Yang Su's daughter, Yang Ming couldn't help laughing and said:
"The position of the general manager is to control the place and strive for stability. If I move them, there will be chaos. I'm afraid I won't be able to explain to the Second Sage."

Yang Yinjiang said: "With the taxation, it is easy to explain to the court. Jingzhou is a land of wealth and wealth. There are two major water transport terminals in Jiangxia and Jiangling. Thousands of boats a day connect Shuzhong to the west and Jiangnan to the east. It is the most prosperous place for water transportation. Land, such a place, really shouldn't be left under the control of those small families."

Yang Ming agreed with this. In the eyes of the Guanzhong Group, the rich families in Jingzhou are indeed small families.

As a matter of fact, there is indeed no clan in Jingzhou that can be sold. Although there are quite a lot of big clans, such as the Jiangxia Huang clan, Jiangxia Fei clan, Xiangyang Du clan, Xiangyang Xi clan, Wuling Gong clan, Changsha Wu clan, Liu clan, Luo clan, and Wang clan. Shi and so on, but none of these will work.

Yang Ming divides the wealthy families of the Sui Dynasty into four classes, from high to low, they are the political family, the traditional family, the scholarly family, and the merchant family.

The political family is the Guanzhong aristocratic group,

Traditional families such as Qinghe Cui, Boling Cui, Taiyuan Wang, Fan Yanglu, these traditional families that have been passed down for a long time and also have a political color, there is still a gap between them and the Guanzhong Group.

The scholarly family is similar to the Anyi Wei family, with profound cultural heritage and respected by people. Most of these families are in Jiangnan.

Most of the worst merchant families gathered in the south-central region of the Sui Dynasty, and the clans in Jingzhou were basically of this kind.

It seems that they are all small people, and few of them work in the capital, but in fact, this kind of family has penetrated deeply in the local area, and many policies of the Sui Dynasty can only be implemented well with the cooperation of these people.

Just like the distinction between prefectures and counties, many prefectures in Jingzhou have already been changed into prefectures, but among the people, everyone is still referred to as prefectures. This is the consequence of the policy not being implemented.

Why?Because of the Great Sui system, the governor of the state was directly appointed by the emperor, and the prefect of the county was directly appointed by the Ministry of Officials.

Regardless of whether the state is the upper state or the lower state, Yang Jian has to nod.

And the people Yang Jian sent to the localities were all ruthless people with strong backgrounds. Basically, when they took office, they suppressed the local wealthy families and beat them.

After a long time, Yang Yinjiang finished her bath, put on a tulle dress and walked out from behind the screen. Two maidservants followed her and dried her long wet hair.

"Before I left, I checked the records about the Jingzhou area in my grandfather's study. Don't look at these small and small households, most of them have backgrounds behind them."

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Your grandfather, whose backstage is it?"

Yang Yinjiang was taken aback, she couldn't help but put her forehead on her forehead and said with a wry smile: "It's only in the Jiangxia area."

Yang Xuangan, the current governor of Ezhou, is located in Jiangxia County, and has four counties under its jurisdiction: Jiangxia, Wuchang, Yongxing, and Puqi.

But in the Jiangxia area, no one calls Ezhou, and they all use the old name of Jiangxia.

Four counties?This should be the middle and lower states, right?Yang Xuan's sense of confusion is also too bad.

If it wasn't because his father was Yang Su, this kid would definitely not have a big future in the future, and Yang Jian rewarded him with the honor of the Zhu Kingdom for Yang Su's sake.

But Yang Ming knew that Yang Yinjiang was modest, and Yang Xuangan's influence in Jingzhou was not limited to Jiang Xia, who didn't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face. give face?
Yang Su is a ruthless person, killing people without blinking an eye. In the current Sui Dynasty Hall, he has killed the most people in his life.

This time, on the southward journey, a [-]-mile detour will pass through Jiangxia County. Yang Yinjiang will have a chance to reunite with her father and daughter, but she doesn't know if she will dare to see her father in her current state of elopement.

Yang Yinjiang didn't seem to be sick, but just disliked her sweaty body and was depressed. Now that she has finished her bath, she is refreshed and looks very good.

"Okay, let's rest early, we will stay in Shangluo County for another day, and leave the day after tomorrow,"

After finishing speaking, Yang Ming got up and left, but was suddenly stopped by Yang Yinjiang:
"I can't sleep alone?"

Yang Ming was stunned, what was he thinking?I'm 13 years old in a month.

But Yang Yinjiang's next sentence made him blush, quite embarrassed:

"You let Nuan Dong Liang Xia accompany me, Chen Shuyi is also fine, I can't sleep alone."

(End of this chapter)