Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 124

After a day's rest, Yang Ming's team continued to set off. This time, he specially called Yuan Wendu and Yang Yinjiang to ride with him.

These two people have their own views on the Jingzhou area, and Yang Ming needs to listen to the two people's thoughts to summarize his initial impression of Jingzhou.

In the eyes of the Guanzhong Group, the aristocratic families in the Jingzhou area are small households, but in the eyes of the local people, they are undoubtedly giants that cannot be provoked.

Behind these aristocratic families, there are backers. Among them, Lanling Xiao, Hanwangfu, Hongnongyang, Jingzhaowei, and Luoyang Yuan have the greatest influence on the Jingzhou area.

These five factions are more or less involved with Yang Ming.

First of all, the Xiao family in Lanling, although most of the royal family members were abducted to Daxing after the fall of the Liang Kingdom, and they were not allowed to leave Beijing without an edict, but the influence of the Xiao family in Jiangling County should not be second-guessed. The reason is simple, because Xiao concubine.

Even though Concubine Xiao was originally the concubine of Jin, she was enough to cover the entire Xiao family in Lanling. However, Yang Ming had heard from his concubine that, except for Xiao Jing and Xiao Yu, she did not meet many other brothers, especially Let's talk about the people in my hometown.

Even so, the Xiao family can still make a name for themselves in Jingzhou and the south of the Yangtze River under the brand name of mother.

As for the Palace of the King of Han, it is very simple. Yang Liang was once the governor of Jingzhou. Many families in the Jingzhou area were originally attached to the Palace of the King of Han, just as the entire south was attached to the Palace of the King of Jin.

The Hongnong Yang family's influence in the Jingzhou area basically comes from Yang Xuangan, and Yang Xuangan is obviously not very capable, but behind him is the Hongnong Yang family.

Jing Zhaowei, at the beginning of the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, the first governor of Jingzhou was Wei Shikang, the eldest brother of Wei Chong, the second son of Yang Wei’s old man. It is said that after Wei Shikang took office, he also killed many people in the Jingzhou area, and even killed some families Uprooting directly, even if young children are not spared, it is completely extinct.

Although the methods were cruel, the entire Jingzhou area was indeed suppressed in a short period of time. After Yang Laowu took over, the Jingzhou area was already a peaceful place.

As for the Luoyang Yuan clan, of course it was also because Yuan Xiaoze was the governor of Jiangling.

Since Yang Ming has assumed the post of Jingzhou Governor this time, he will have absolute control over his jurisdiction. After all, this time, he will stay in this position for a long time.

According to historical calculations, it will take at least four years. After four years, Dad will become the emperor, and he will be the prince, and he will probably be transferred to other places.

In Jingzhou, he will live in the general manager's mansion, which is the place where he handles government affairs, not his home. His home is in Hedong, which has not yet been built.

And he doesn't plan to build a mansion or buy a big house in Jiangling, there is no need for that.

Six days later, I crossed Xiyang County and entered the border of Hubei, where I saw waterways criss-crossing.

These rivers are either intermittent or shallow and difficult for large boats. They are all tributaries of the Yangtze River, the first mother river of the Chinese nation, and gave birth to the Chinese civilization that shines in the world.

Going further south, Yang Ming could see a wide river stretching across the land. This is the Han River, the fifth largest tributary of the Yangtze River.
The Han River originates from the Qinling Mountains and flows eastward into the Yangtze River in Jiangxia County. Jiangxia County is now Wuhan. Wuhan was called Hankou in ancient times because it is the mouth of the Han River.

Yang Ming once asked Yang Yinjiang if she wanted to see her father, Yang Yinjiang shook her head, she really didn't dare to, because she was afraid that her father would take her back.

It is a very shameful thing for a girl who has not left the cabinet to elope. The Hongnong Yang family can't afford to lose face, so Yang Yinjiang knows that her grandfather and uncle will keep the secret so that no outsiders will know.

During this period, Yang Ming's team stayed in Xiangyang County and Jingling County for several days, and arrived in Jiangling County on December 28th.

Chinese New Year is coming in a few days.

According to the summer calendar, the Kaihuang calendar of the Sui Dynasty set the beginning of January as the beginning of the year, also known as the annual festival, which is the Spring Festival of later generations.
The Xia calendar is the calendar of the Xia Dynasty, also known as the Huang calendar, which was changed to the lunar calendar in 1970.

It was a coincidence that the day was really good, and I was able to collect a sum of New Year's money a year ago.

The current prefect of Jiangling County, named Murong Sanzang, was born in the Northeast, Xianbei, and is 54 years old.

This person used to hang out with Wei Wei (Guang). Wei Wei was the second elder brother of Wei Chong, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. dead, the body was brought back by Murong Sanzang.

The old man now has the title of Lord Yewang.

Murong Sanzang led a hundred officials to greet Yang Ming at the gate of the city, and beside him stood a middle-aged man in official uniform, which was quite eye-catching.

The reason why Yang Ming noticed this man was because the grandson's chin was so high that he looked very abrupt compared to the bowing officials around him.

Are you diao?
Yang Ming pointed directly at the other party and said, "Who is your Excellency?"

The man cupped his hands in salute: "Your servant Yang Xuangan, Inspector of Ezhou."

It turned out to be you, the little bastard. Yang Ming was quite surprised, aren't you in Jiangxia?Why did you come to Jiangling?
"Oh, so it's mystical sense," Yang Ming nodded, no wonder he was so embarrassed.

In this way, Yang Yinjiang would not dare to get out of the car.

Fortunately, Yang Yinjiang's appearance did not follow her father's at all, and Yang Xuangan's appearance was somewhat rough and ugly.

Yang Su should be considered a rare handsome man when he was young, why did he give birth to such an ugly son?
However, Yang Su's shadow can be vaguely seen from Yang Xuangan's ugly face, presumably Yang Su and his wife failed in genetic modification and gave birth to a fake product.

This kid had a nickname when he was a child, he was called Dementia. Looking at it again this time, he was really a little dumb.

Welcomed by all the officials, Yang Ming's convoy entered the city and settled in the governor's mansion.

The scale of Jiangling County is far from that of Hedong County. Anyway, this place was the capital of Liang State 20 years ago.

As one of the four chief managers of the Sui Dynasty, the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion was extremely grand in scale and extremely imposing. The two stone lions at the entrance were as big as their pair in the Prince Jin's Mansion.

The general manager's mansion has been vacant since Yang Liang left, but it is still cleaned by people from time to time.

The mansion is divided into two parts, the front and the back. The front is the government office, which is the place to deal with government affairs, and the back is the inner garden, the living place.

Right now, Yang Ming's family has been completely separated, and when he goes to Daxing in the future, that Prince Jin's mansion will be his elder brother's house, not his parents' house anymore.

Xu Jing will be Yang Ming's housekeeper from now on, and he has been brought to the small treasury in Daxing. This time, Yang Ming doesn't need to worry about the specific matters in the mansion, as Xu Jing will make proper arrangements.

The 700 members of the royal palace trilogy in the team will be the guards of the general manager's mansion in the future. The 400 people in the outer court are led by Pang Ben, and the [-] people in the inner court are led by Chen Kui and Ma Laoliu respectively.

There is only one reason why Ma Laoliu was arranged by his father by his side. Because of his bad image, he is bald and cannot be brought into the East Palace.

As for the remaining [-] servants and maidservants, Yang Ming handed them over to Yang Yinjiang to take care of them. Logically speaking, Chen Shuyi should do this kind of thing, but unfortunately, she couldn't do it.

The courtyard in the north of the inner garden is Yang Ming's dormitory, Yang Yinjiang is placed in the east, Chen Shuyi and Gao Yue are placed in the west, and the surrounding houses are where the servants live.

As for Yuan Wendu and his servants, they live in the front mansion.

After all the officials sent Yang Ming to the general manager's mansion, they left knowingly. They would not come to congratulate the mansion until the mansion was cleaned up.

Especially three days later is the New Year's Eve, which is the best time for them to give gifts.

The new general manager's mansion is so empty, why don't you fill it up for me?

The prefect Murong Sanzang is a person who knows how to do things. He filled the cellar of the general manager's mansion one day in advance, with fruits, vegetables and fresh meat.

Yang Yinjiang is quite nervous now, because she is not sure whether her father knows that she is by Yang Ming's side.

If my uncle sent someone to deliver the letter, he would undoubtedly arrive in Jiangxia before them.

And she really didn't dare to meet her father.

Yang Ming saw her worry, so he sent someone to send a letter to the prefect Murong Sanzang first, asking the other party to inform Yang Xuangan, so that Yang Xuangan could return to his place of duty.

As for whether Yang Xuangan would be obedient, it was uncertain, normal people would definitely be obedient, but Yang Xuangan was obviously not a normal person.

The next day, greeting posts flew into the general manager's mansion like snowflakes. Xu Jing piled up a thick stack of posts in front of Yang Ming, and Yuan Wendu was in charge of sorting them out.

According to Yuan Wendu, some of them are worth seeing, and some are not.

But Yang Ming didn't think so, how could he keep the gift giver away?There was no Ji Jianwei in the Sui Dynasty, so no one cared how much he charged.

Besides, if you collect your things now, it won't affect you in the future.

So Yang Ming ordered Yuan Wen to start making arrangements. There were only twelve seats for the banquet, and the others could be sent away after giving the gifts.

The selection of these twelve people was at Yuan Wendu's own discretion.

On the day of the New Year's Eve, 24 bonfires were set up in the general manager's mansion for the New Year's fire. Yang Ming would distribute the food and drink in the warehouse, and all guards and servants would have a share, as well as a share of New Year's money.

Yang Ming knows very well that the loyalty of the people under his command depends entirely on how much benefits they can reap by following him, so this year's year's money is quite generous, and everyone's money is consistent. Ten gold per person.

This kind of money cannot be stingy.

There are 2000 people in the general manager's mansion, and the expenses are very high. Yang Ming's main source of income is the tax from Hedong. In Jingzhou, he only has that salary.

His salary is a bit embarrassing to say, after a year, it is only a few thousand guan, and [-] shi of grain.

The salary was allocated from the local government treasury, Yang Ming would not embezzle the money from the Bingzhou treasury for his own food, drink and entertainment like Yang Laosan did, he was not greedy for that yet.

To make money, you have to be self-reliant.

Regardless of how much he sent out today, he will be able to take it all back that night. Xu Jing came back and said that the streets outside the governor's mansion are already blocked, and there is no end to the carriage. Yang Ming.

As soon as You Shi arrived, the gates of the General Manager's Mansion were pushed open by guards from both sides, and New Year's greetings flocked in, but 90.00% of them could not enter the inner garden, let alone see Yang Ming's face.

When the ceremony arrives, that's fine.

(End of this chapter)