Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 134 The Yangtze River
The reason why Yang Ming chose Shen Lun was because he had real talents and learning.

When Shen Lun was the governor of Jingzhou in Yang Liang, he worked as a miscellaneous worker in the governor's mansion, and also worked as a clerk in Jiangling County. take care of.

Such a person basically has no chance to stand out because of his bad background.

But Yang Ming gave him this chance.

So when Yang Ming met him for the first time, Shen Lun showed a look of gratitude, wishing to kowtow to death in front of Yang Ming to show his allegiance.

This is the fault of literati, especially those cultivated by Confucianism. They all feel that their talents are underappreciated.

However, this person still has ambitions, knows how to flatter him, and at the same time knows that this opportunity is precious.

Instead of having a general chat, Yang Ming was quite satisfied. This person has worked in the general manager's mansion and the county government successively, and is familiar with some local affairs, and he explained it clearly and logically.

It made Yang Ming feel that he did not choose the wrong person.

In fact, talents are everywhere, but they lack opportunities, and most of their upward channels are blocked.

Is it true that 14 billion people can't choose 11 who can play football?impossible.

After Shen Lun left, Yang Ming came to Yang Yinjiang's courtyard, where he would eat dinner tonight.

Yang Yinjiang handed him the chopsticks and said with a smile, "Why don't you accept my idea?"

"No need," Yang Ming smiled and lowered his head to eat.

Before that, Yang Yinjiang had suggested to Yang Ming to reward Shen Lun with a maid. Since Yang Ming rewarded her, this woman would definitely become Shen Lun's concubine and also Yang Ming's informant to monitor Shen Lun.

But Yang Ming didn't intend to do this. First of all, Shen Lun wasn't worth it. What's there to worry about as a small county lieutenant?
Furthermore, Yang Ming didn't like this method very much. Although it was undeniable that it was an effective means of monitoring the loyalty of his subordinates, it was a bit inferior after all.

The methods of the lower vehicle can only be used on people of the lower vehicle,

However, Yang Ming still told Yang Yinjiang that such a maid should be selected from some beautiful and clever maids, and she must be absolutely reliable, so that if she needs to use it in the future, there will be no mistakes.

During the meal, Yang Yinjiang deliberately sighed,
Yang Ming asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Yang Yinjiang waited for him to ask: "I am 17 years old this year. Although you are only 13 years old, your height is no different from that of a 15-year-old. You are almost catching up with me."

"There is no difference, and you are still 13 years old." Yang Ming knew what she wanted to say, so he changed the subject and said, "If you feel that staying in the mansion is too boring, you can go for a walk. The scenery of Jingzhou is different from that of Guanzhong. Have some fun."

"You're talking like you've been shopping?" Yang Yinjiang knew that he was avoiding her topic, she rolled her eyes and said, "It's already August, and there is less than a year and a half left, Dugu Feng'er should come."

Alas, you still refuse to change the subject,
Speaking of a year and a half, Yang Ming suddenly thought that his grandmother Dugu Jialuo would pass away in another year.

Although he sent a letter of greeting to Daxing every month, Dugu Jialuo also said in his reply that everything was fine.

But Yang Ming knew from his eldest brother Yang Zhao's letter that his grandmother's health was getting worse day by day.

Yes, in such an era, giving birth to ten children would have caused great damage to the body, and it is said that when the fourth daughter, Princess Lechang Yang Wenxuan, was born, she had dystocia and almost lost her life.

Yang Ming still has true feelings for Dugu Jialuo, so thinking about this, he feels somewhat sad.

Seeing this, Yang Yinjiang obediently stopped asking, and could only sigh inwardly.

In mid-August, Yang Ming received a letter from Li Jing stating that Tai Sui was about to send troops.

This time, Yang Su was the marshal of the march and went out of Lingzhou (Wuzhong City, Ningxia). Changsun Sheng was the envoy of the surrender, and took Qimin Khan out of Shengzhou to attack Bujia Khan.

And Li Jing will lead [-] soldiers from Hedong, go north to join Changsun Sheng's army, leave from Shuozhou (Shuozhou, Shanxi), and attack the Turks in the direction of Shengzhou (Yulin, Shaanxi).

It is now August, and there are still four months before the end of the year, and Yang Ming knows that this battle will definitely be won. In fact, during the entire Sui Dynasty, he never suffered a loss when facing the Turks.

In this way, it is destined that 8000 people in Hedong will be exempted from tax this year, and there will be rewards for victories. This expenditure will be allocated from the taxes of Hedong, and Fang Xuanling will have to find a way to make up for the shortfall.

Qimin Khan of Shuozhou, also known as Tuli Khan, was named Rangan.

At that time, the Turks fell into Changsun Sheng's scheme of alienation. The Dulan Khan Yong Yulu of the East Turks joined forces with the Datou Khan of the West Turks to attack the Turk Khan.

Tuli was defeated, and later, under the persuasion of Changsun Sheng, he surrendered to the Sui Dynasty, and was named Yili Zhendou Qimin Khan by Yang Jian, referred to as Qimin Khan, and was placed in Shuozhou with his tribe.

This Qimin Khan Rangan has five sons, three of whom are more famous in history. Sweaty.

Among them, the third eldest, Jieli, was the one who made the Weishui alliance with Li Shimin in history.

If we look at it according to the historical process, Yang Su's northern attack on the Turks will return with a big victory, the Bujia Khan will flee to the Tuguhun area, and the Qimin Khan will be brought back to his tribe and become the leader of the Eastern Turks. Khan.

And Qimin had always been a vassal to Tai Sui until his death six years later.

Li Jing's battle this time can indeed gain experience, and Yang Su also fulfilled his promise.

As for what kind of lord Li Jing will be awarded after this big victory, Yang Ming doesn't really care much about it. It's a trivial matter for a lord.

A few days later, Yang Ming heard something from Xu Jing, so he called Pang Ben and his cousin Pang Tao,
"What's the matter with you kid and Yuan Wen?" Yang Ming asked in a deep voice.

Pang Tao is 27 years old today. He was called your boy by Yang Ming, but he didn't think it was inappropriate at all. He smiled and said:

"It's nothing, it's just that he always orders the brothers of the humble staff. I broke up with him a few words, and the quarrel was a bit unpleasant. We all came out with His Highness, and we only listen to His Highness. Who is he? Assign us?"

Pang Ben also said from the side: "He is the chief secretary of the general manager's mansion, and we are His Highness's guards. According to regulations, he really shouldn't order us."

If he doesn't order you, who will he order?The general manager's office is just you soldiers.

Yang Ming said: "He is also short of manpower, so let's pick 200 guards from the front office and send them to him in the future."

"Your Highness, how did this happen?" Pang Tao frowned.

Yang Ming's expression darkened instantly.

Seeing this, Pang Ben hurriedly said: "Just follow His Highness's wishes, I will call 200 people out for him today."

Yang Ming pondered for a moment, then said coldly: "Don't stay in the general manager's mansion, you boy. It just so happens that there is a vacancy in the sheriff's mansion. You can become a county lieutenant."

Sheriff?This is a good job! Pang Tao said with a playful smile, "I take orders from a humble job."

"Don't worry," Yang Ming said solemnly, "If you dare to mess around outside and ruin my king's reputation, I will kill you as well."

Pang Tao nodded hurriedly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, a lowly position knows the seriousness, if I discredit you, I will wipe myself with a knife."

His cousin Pang Ben also kicked him aside: "Work hard, dare to mess around, don't need your Highness to speak, I will chop you up first."

"Okay, okay, let's all go down," Yang Ming sent the two of them away, and Yang Ming sat alone in the hall and meditated.

Less than a year after I arrived in Jingzhou, the General Manager's Office secretly divided into two factions, one was the literati faction headed by Yuan Wendu, and the other was the warrior faction headed by Pang Ben.

Pang Ben came from the imperial palace, he was good at catering to his superiors, and he was good at restraining his subordinates, but Yang Ming didn't have much expectations of him.

Because of Pang Ben's distaste for the disciples in Guanzhong, he just doesn't look down on people outside Guanzhong, but he is absolutely loyal to the royal family in his bones.

No ability, it doesn't matter, loyalty is the greatest ability.

That's why Yang Ming arranged for Pang Tao to be a captain of Jiangling County. Regardless of his young age, he is a military official with a brigade cavalry captain, two ranks higher than Fang Xuanling's original feather cavalry captain.

Who told them to come out of the palace?
In the next few days, Yang Ming specially called Yuan Wendu and Pang Ben to reprimand them respectively, with a very stern attitude, which probably meant that if the two of them quarreled again in the future, they would all get out.

After the two of them settled down, Yang Ming planned to take Yang Yinjiang out for a trip.

Where are you going?Go to Xiangyang County.

Xiangyang Hussar Mansion is the upper mansion, and the number of soldiers is fixed at 500, but because it also leads the Xiangyang Navy, an additional 500 people were added.

Yang Ming went this time mainly because he wanted to see the Jingzhou Navy, and mainly because he wanted to meet someone.

When leaving this time, Yang Ming did not take Xu Jing with him, but let Chen Kui take five hundred armors, and went out of the city with Yang Yinjiang to Jingzhou Port to take a boat.

As the second largest port in the Sui Dynasty after Jiangdu, Jingzhou Port had a well-developed water transport trade.

The Yamen in charge of managing Jingzhou Port is called the Metropolitan Water Administration, which belongs to the Ministry of Water, one of the four divisions of the Ministry of Industry.

The Ministry of Water is in charge of things like Chuandu, Jinji (ferries), boats, Quliang (canal bridges), dikes, ditches (field irrigation waterways), fishing, transportation, milling (stone mills activated by hydraulic power), etc.

The chief officer of the Jingzhou Port Metropolitan Water Administration, called Du Shuiwei, was sent from the Ministry of Industry and belonged to the children of Guanzhong.

After Captain Dushui Li Heng got the news, he arranged six big boats for Yang Ming early on. These six boats were all official boats, and each boat could carry 100 people. It was the largest boat that could be seen on the Yangtze River so far.

Wuya and Huanglong are both at the Water Army Wharf, so they are basically invisible.

After boarding the ship, the big ship went southward, first to Baling County, then along the Yangtze River to the north to Jiangxia County, from Jiangxia to Hanshui River, and to the west is Xiangyang County.

If you go by land from Jiangling, you will arrive north in a day and a half, but if you go by water, it will take a big circle, and it will take about seven or eight days.

What is there to see in the scenery on the land, or the scenery on both sides of the Yangtze River is the most magnificent, especially at this time on the surface of the Yangtze River, you can see Baiji dolphins jumping out of the water from time to time.

It was the first time Yang Ming saw this kind of Yangtze River spirit.

As for Yang Yinjiang, she was dumbfounded, because it was the first time she saw the Yangtze River.

From the Sui Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Yangtze River was already called the Yangtze River, and it was called Dajiang from the Northern Song Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)