Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 136
These days in Xiangyang, Yang Ming deliberately gave Du Ruhui a chance to get close to him, and would ask him about everything, and Du Ruhui's answers were also very specific and detailed.

After a short contact, Yang Ming could probably tell that this person is a very wise person who has his own way of doing things.

Yang Ming asked him what he thought of the Jingzhou navy. Du Ruhui saw that Yang Ming meant to value the navy, so he directly pointed out that the people in the navy should just let them rot here. People have to be replaced from start to finish.

The reason is that they have been really poor and crazy over the years. Once the maintenance fee is allocated from above, these people know where to dig out the money and put it into their own pockets.

Send people to investigate, if no problem can be found out, send supervisors, in the face of huge interests, the supervisors will also be bribed.

So what Du Ruhui meant was, don't spend this kind of wronged money, navy ships are no longer worth any investment.

Indeed, normal people would definitely not throw money into it anymore, but a person like Yang Ming who knows the direction of history cannot ignore the Xiangyang Navy.

In the great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, grandsons such as Du Fuwei, Fu Gong Er, Li Zitong, Zhu Can, Lin Shihong, Xiao Xian, Shen Faxing, etc., were all active in the Yangtze River area.
If Yang Ming could have a huge fleet occupying the Han River, he could enter the Yangtze River from Jiangxia at any time, connect east and west, and then control the entire Yangtze River waterway.

But these, he had no choice but to tell Du Ruhui.

The Xiangyang navy will definitely invest, but when to invest is indeed debatable.

After playing for three days, Yang Ming made a special trip to pass by the naval garrison, but he didn't enter the door, but someone called Zhou Zhongmou secretly.

On the roadside lawn, after listening to Zhou Zhongmou's report, Yang Ming fully agreed with Du Ruhui's statement.

These people are so poor and crazy that they pretend to be water bandits and rob merchant ships. Are you soldiers or bandits?
It can be seen from this that the 11 guan salary allocated every year has not been paid at all.

So, who took the money?

Du Ruhui was listening on the sidelines, feeling a little flustered, because the money was allocated by the imperial court to the General Manager's Mansion, and then the General Manager's Mansion allocated it to the Xiangzhou Government Office, and the Government Office allocated it to the Huqi Mansion.

During this process, three procedures had to be followed. As the governor of Xiangzhou, his father would be able to do well. He must not be greedy. Don't let the King of Hedong follow him because of this small amount of money.

Yang Ming was already planning to return, and he didn't intend to go to the city to ask Du Zha, so he asked Du Ruhui to go back to clean up and salute, and called his father along the way.

Du Ruhui was very grateful, because he guessed that the King of Hedong was giving him the opportunity to collude with his father, and he meant to give his father a break.

Knowing his father is not a son, Du Ruhui knows in his heart that his grandfather is very likely to take money.

In the Governor's Mansion, Du Ruhui said helplessly, "Grandpa, you are so confused, how much is it? Is it worth your time to pluck hair like this?"

Du Zha is also in a panic now, walking up and down the hall, thinking about countermeasures.

Of the 11 guan of the Xiangyang Navy, the general manager's office gave him only [-] guan, but he took [-] guan and handed over the remaining [-] guan to the Hussar's Mansion. He doesn't know how much to play.

"What can I do, what can I do, as a father, if I follow you out of the city to meet the King of Hedong, I'm afraid you won't come back with your life,"

Du Zha was already in a panic at the moment, and he didn't have the guts to leave the city.

Du Ruhui let out a long sigh: "It's not that serious. I suddenly thought that the King of Hedong deliberately asked me to call you, and it was a bit of a test of our family. It depends on whether Grandpa is willing to tell the truth. From my son's point of view, as long as you tell the truth, This is loyalty, and the King of Hedong will definitely not embarrass Grandpa for [-] yuan."

In fact, it's not [-] guan, but [-] guan a year. Du Zha served as governor for seven years and won [-] guan.

He said that he was afraid that he would not come back, but in fact Du Zha knew in his heart that the King of Hedong would not want his life, Jingzhao Du was also from Guanzhong, and the royal family has always been more tolerant to the children of Guanzhong.

After thinking about it, Du Zha gritted his teeth and said, "Go, my father will follow you out of the city."

On the official road outside the city, the Xiangyang official post received an order to drive out of the city with [-] horses and four carriages in the post station for the return journey of the King of Hedong.

When Yang Ming went back this time, he could return to Jiangling in a day and a half by land.

After these vehicles and horses arrive in Jiangling, they will be sent back by the official post in Jiangling.

In the open space by the roadside, after listening to Du Zha's explanation, Yang Ming nodded, without saying anything, he boarded the carriage,
The team set off.

Du Ruhui hurriedly helped his father who was kneeling on the ground up, and said in a low voice, "Grandpa, go back, you're fine."

Du Zha stood up and ordered in a low voice: "When we get to the manager's mansion, my son must remember to say a few good words for my grandfather, and you have to do your duty. You are the eldest son, and our family will depend on you from now on."

"Don't worry, Grandpa." After Du Ruhui knelt down and bid farewell to Naifu, he boarded his carriage and followed the team.

In the carriage, Yang Ming and Yang Yinjiang chatted about the whole process. After speaking, they couldn't help smiling bitterly:
"This is really a lot of hands, 11 guan, and the one that fell on the head of the navy may be less than [-] guan."

Yang Yinjiang also laughed and said: "And this is just a navy item. How much money has been stolen from other places? I only heard that the King of Qin loves money, but I didn't expect the King of Han to do the same."

King Qin and King Han are like this, so what about King Jin and King Shu?I'm afraid none of them are clean.

There is no way to pursue this matter, but to admit it. At most, after next year's allocation, Yang Ming ordered the general manager's office to allocate all the money to the navy.

Du Zha, governor of Xiangzhou, Cai Ju, general of the Hussar's Mansion, and Yang Ming didn't plan to pursue it anymore. The atmosphere is like this, and it can't be solved by just one or two people.

Originally, he wanted to let Zhou Zhongmo bring his five teeth into the navy to pay, but now, he has to spend the money himself.

After returning to Jiangling, Yang Ming asked Du Ruhui to report to Yuan Wendu. Yuan Wendu arranged the specific matters, including reporting to the Ministry of Officials, filing for Du Ruhui and receiving official uniforms.

As for room and board, it's in the general manager's mansion.

There are many vacant rooms in the front office of the general manager's mansion. I only worry about no one living there, and I don't worry about not being able to live.

Back in his dormitory, Xu Jing handed a letter to Yang Ming:

"You are from Daxing. You have just left for Xiangyang, and Xin has arrived."

Yang Ming nodded and sat down beside him. Xu Jing sensiblely handed over the oil lamp and put it aside.

After opening the letter, Yang Ming was stunned.

It turned out to be a letter from Pei Shuying. After reading it, Yang Ming heaved a long sigh of relief. The exhaustion of these days was gone, and his appetite whetted.

"Dinner, I'm starving."

"Okay." Xu Jing smiled and went out to discuss.

Pei Shuying's letter mentioned two things.

Her younger brother Pei Xuanji and Runan Princess Yang Chan are in love with each other, and their relationship is progressing rapidly, and they are likely to get married in October.

This is a good thing, Yang Ming is very happy, sister Yang Chan and Pei Xuanji are both 14 years old this year, although it is a bit early, but it is also within the normal range.

Grandmother Dugu Jialuo married grandfather Yang Jian at the age of 14. The eldest grandson queen in history married Li Shimin at the age of 13.

So like them, it is not considered an early marriage.

In addition, Pei Shuying also mentioned in the letter that since Yang Ming left Daxing, she had gone to the Yuegong Mansion to look for Yang Yinjiang more than ten times, but she was prevaricated by the housekeeper with various excuses.

Therefore, Pei Shuying suspected that Yang Yinjiang followed Yang Ming to Jingzhou and was not in Daxing at all. Otherwise, Yang Yinjiang would not have seen her.

At the end of her letter, she hoped that Yang Ming would reply to her as soon as possible, saying that if Yang Ming lied to her, she would never see Yang Ming again in her life.

What you said is so hypocritical. Yang Ming can't laugh or cry. If you don't see me for the rest of your life, can you do me any harm?

Besides, your brother married my sister, we will be in-laws from now on, how could we not see each other?
So Yang Ming called Yang Yinjiang and showed her the letter.

After Yang Yinjiang finished reading, she rested her cheek helplessly: "Pei Shuying's temperament is straightforward, and she acts in a hurry. If you don't write back to her, she will dare to come to Jingzhou to find you."

Yang Ming lowered his head to eat, and asked, "Then how should I reply to her?"

"You don't have to worry about this, trust me back and forth," Yang Yinjiang put the letter away after finishing speaking.

There is no doubt that besides Dugu Feng'er, another big competitor has appeared.

But Yang Yinjiang didn't take Pei Shuying seriously, because she was very confident that she could handle the other party completely, because Pei Shuying was too honest and thoughtless.

Yang Yinjiang dragged her cheeks and looked at Yang Ming opposite him through the light,
What she likes most is the time when the two of them are alone, even if there is not a single word, she still enjoys it.

Daxing, Pei Mansion.

Pei Shuying had already made up her mind that no matter whether Yang Ming replied or not, she would go to Jingzhou.

She is one year younger than Yang Yinjiang, and she is sixteen this year. In the Sui Dynasty, both of them belonged to older women waiting to be married.

Originally, Pei Ju hoped that his daughter could find a suitable man to marry before his son got married.

It's a pity that things didn't go as planned, the wealthy family in Guanzhong broke the threshold of his family, but none of his daughters looked up to him, and Pei Ju had nothing to do with his own daughter in his life.

What's more, he found out that his daughter already had a favorite person in his heart, and this person was Yang Ming, King of Hedong who had a marriage contract from the Holy Empress.

It seems that my son's eyesight is not bad?What kind of tendon did you have at the beginning, because you fell in love with that kid Li Dewu?
Pei Ju stopped outside his daughter's dormitory for a long time, looked at the flickering lights in the house in the distance, smiled wryly and shook his head.

It was impossible for him to let his daughter be someone's concubine, not even Yang Ming.

Luoyang Dugu family?If it weren't for the Holy Queen, the Dugu family would be useless. There would be no big officials in the frontier, and no central officials. It would be difficult for such a family to survive for a hundred years after the Holy Queen.

Because Dugu's family had no contact with Prince Jin's Mansion before, and now that Prince Jin has become the prince, they still have no contact.

That's easy,
It's all about human effort, I'm just such a legitimate daughter, so I naturally want to find a good home for her in this life.

This kid, King Hedong, is by no means a thing in the pool.

Since the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, the key to the reason why they have not lost the wind in the confrontation with the Turks lies in two people.

One is Changsun Sheng and the other is Pei Ju.

Pei Ju is highly resourceful, and in today's court, he does not think second person.

(End of this chapter)