Five days later, the team arrived at Shangluo County, and were greeted outside the city by the prefect Li Yi and a group of local officials.
Li Yi was also from the Li family in Longxi. In the Sui Dynasty, most of the governors and county governors came from the Guanzhong Group, and they would select assistant officers from the local wealthy families, so as to facilitate the management of the place.
For example, the lowest level of Xiangzheng and Lizheng are reserved for the most popular people in the village, that is, local cowards.
Only these people can control the people below, and the nobles in Guanzhong are outsiders. Without the help of locals, nothing can be done.
After a tiring journey, Yang Ming really needed to find a place to rest and rest.
That night, the team stayed in a place called Liyuan in the city. The mansion was quite large, comparable to the palace of the Jin Dynasty in Daxing. It could accommodate the two thousand people with plenty of room.
Li Yuan's housekeeper, named Linghu De, is quite old. He stays here with more than a hundred slaves in this house.
That is to say, Yang Ming, anyone else would not be qualified to live here, including the county governor Li Yi.
Because the owner of this house is named Li Min, and Li Min's wife is named Yuwen Eying, who is Yang Ming's cousin and the daughter of Yang Lihua.
Li Min's father, Li Chong, once served as the general manager of Shangzhou, which is now Shangluo County. This house was the residence of Li Chong when he was the general manager.
Yang Yinjiang eloped this time. In addition to a pile of books, she only had an old servant and a maid. It was equivalent to abandoning her family and career to follow Yang Ming.
Yang Yinjiang was stunned, couldn't help but put her forehead on her forehead and smiled bitterly: "It's just the Jiangxia area."
Across the screen, I heard Yang Yinjiang say: "This time you go to Jingzhou, do you plan to hang out, or do you have other ideas?"
This is why Yang Ming never described the troubled times in the late Sui Dynasty as a peasant uprising, but called it a great chaos.
Yang Ming smiled and said: "Whose background is your grandpa?"
Was that a peasant uprising? How many of the leaders were peasants?
Yang Ming had heard that in the early years of the founding of the emperor, Yang Jian transferred a large number of Guanlong disciples to other places to control the world. When these noble disciples went to their posts, they were accompanied by hundreds of thugs, just to deal with the unfavorable situation.
After sending the other party away, Yang Ming handed over the security inside and outside the palace to Pang Ben, while Chen Kui was responsible for the personal guard.
"Don't you feel sticky?" Yang Yinjiang withdrew her arm angrily, rolled her eyes at Yang Ming and said, "I haven't showered in many days. My body is already sore, and I smell of sweat all over my body."
The political family is the Guanzhong aristocratic group.
"I'm so tired. This is my first time traveling far away."
Yang Yinjiang said: "With taxes, everything can be easily handled by the imperial court. Jingzhou is a prosperous place with two major water transport terminals, Jiangxia and Jiangling, with thousands of boats a day. It is connected to Sichuan in the west and Jiangnan in the east. It is the most prosperous water transport."
Land, a place like this really shouldn't be controlled by those small families."
However, Yang Ming has allocated ten of his original maids to serve Yang Yinjiang full-time.
Don't be afraid of the common people. The common people have no intention of harming others. What they are wary of are the aristocratic families. These people have been pampered since childhood and have very impulsive personalities. They are used to being domineering in the local area and can do anything if they get in trouble.
What do you mean? Let me feel the pulse? I can’t. Yang Ming tried to pinch the other person’s wrist with his fingers, and then said curiously:
"The pulse seems to be quite stable?"
But Yang Ming knew that Yang Yinjiang was being modest. Yang Xuangan's influence in Jingzhou was by no means limited to Jiangxia. He looked at the Buddha without looking at the monk's face. His own father was now Shangshu Zuopushe, the head of hundreds of officials. Who dared not to do so among local wealthy families?
give face?
Yang Su is a ruthless person who kills people without blinking an eye. He has killed the most people in the Sui Dynasty in his life.
Yang Yinjiang didn't seem to be sick, she just felt depressed due to the smelly sweat all over her body. Now she was refreshed after bathing and looked in good condition.
Yang Yinjiang shook her head and stretched out her arm towards Yang Ming: "Can you touch it?"
Dangling? Yang Ming said blankly: "Why should you dawdle?"
The people sent by Yang Jian to the local areas were all ruthless people with very strong backgrounds. Basically, as soon as they took office, they suppressed the local wealthy families. But when they were assigned by the official department, they had their own skills.
After Yuan Wendu left, Yang Ming went to look for Yang Yinjiang. He heard that she couldn't bear the pain of running around and was feeling a little unwell, so he thought of going to visit her.
After a long time, Yang Yinjiang finished her bath, put on a gauze dress and walked out from behind the screen. Two maids followed her and wiped her wet long hair.
Yang Ming sat down and said with a smile: "I heard that you are not feeling well?"
After entering the other party's dormitory, Yang Ming found several maids boiling water in the courtyard. After asking, he found out that Yang Yinjiang wanted to take a bath.
Yang Yinjiang asked: "How does it feel?"
Yang Yinjiang comes from a top-notch family. Since she was born, she has never taken a bath by herself. She has to be taken care of by someone. After washing, she still needs to knead her body before the bath is complete.
"The clan actually controls the place. Although there are twenty-two counties in Jingzhou, you can really control less than half. For the other half, you have to rely on the local wealthy families. But I think you can't bear them with your personality, so you
I'll ask you if you have any ideas to deal with them?"
What's there to be afraid of? But Yang Ming still returned to his seat and sat down.
After all, apart from the sound of water, you can't see anything through the screen.
Just like the division of prefectures and counties, many counties in Jingzhou have been converted into prefectures, but among the people, everyone still refers to them as prefectures. This is the result of the policy not being implemented effectively.
Just hearing the sound of water splashing, Yang Yinjiang obviously turned over:
Four counties? This should be Zhongxiazhou, right? Yang Xuangan’s doing was too bad.
Most of the worst merchant families were gathered in the central and southern regions of the Sui Dynasty, and the clans in Jingzhou were basically of this type.
This is the most suitable place for Yang Ming to be settled by County Governor Li Yi.
In fact, there is really no clan that can be used in Jingzhou, although there are many big clans, such as Jiangxia Huang clan, Jiangxia Fei clan, Xiangyang Du clan, Xiangyang Xi clan, Wuling Gong clan, Changsha Wu clan, Liu clan, Luo clan, Wang clan
and so on, but none of these work.
It seems that they are all small minions, with few serving in the capital, but in fact, this type of family has deeply penetrated the local area, and many policies of the Sui Dynasty can only be implemented well with the cooperation of these people.
"Before I left, I went to my grandfather's study to check the records about the Jingzhou area. Even though these small and small households don't have a front office, most of them have a backstage behind them."
"Okay, let's have a rest early. We will stay in Shangluo County for another day and set off the day after tomorrow."
Yang Ming divided today's Sui aristocratic families into four classes, from high to low: political families, traditional families, scholarly families, and merchant families.
Regardless of whether the state is upstate or downstate, Yang Jian's nod is required.
If it weren't for the fact that his father was Yang Su, this kid would never have had much success in the future. The title of Zhuguo was awarded by Yang Jian for Yang Su's sake.
You still take a shower when you feel unwell? Aren’t you afraid that your condition will get worse?
In the room, Yang Yinjiang could not hold her chin up, staring blankly at the oil lamp on the table. After hearing the footsteps, she turned around:
Yang Ming agreed with this. In the eyes of the Guanzhong Group, the wealthy families in Jingzhou are indeed considered small families.
Yang Yinjiang said: "Now the world is at peace and the whole world is unified. Except for the occasional war in the south and the Turkic troubles in the north, the Jingzhou area is still stable. What I mean by hanging around means making friends with the local clans and stabilizing the situation in Jingzhou.
, as long as it doesn’t cause chaos, that’s what His Highness the King of Han did in the first place.”
But in the Jiangxia area, no one calls Ezhou, they all use the old name of Jiangxia.
Yang Ming knew very well that the Jingzhou area was far away from Daxing and was the old capital of Liang Dynasty. In the future, he would not be able to leave his guard for a moment.
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 political overtones, there is still a gap between them and the Guanzhong Group.
Yang Xuangan, the current governor of Ezhou, is located in Jiangxia County, which governs four counties: Jiangxia, Wuchang, Yongxing, and Puqi.
I think back then, when my father Yang Guang took office as the general manager of Yangzhou, he killed more than 2,000 people in Jiangdu on the first day. Sometimes, fighting violence with violence is indeed the best way.
The scholarly family is a family similar to the Wei family in Anyi. They have profound cultural heritage and are respected by others. Most of these families are located in Jiangnan.
Why? Because of the Sui Dynasty system, state governors were directly appointed by the emperor, and county prefects were directly appointed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Feeling, Yang Ming thought for a while: "It's a little cold, but also a little tender."
This time on the way south, a sixty-mile detour will take place through Jiangxia County. Yang Yinjiang has a chance to reunite her father and daughter, but she doesn't know if she dares to see her father in her current state of elopement.
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 general manager is to control the local area and strive to maintain stability. If I touch them, chaos will inevitably occur. I'm afraid I won't be able to explain to the two saints."
Don't think that since he is the king of the county, his personal safety is guaranteed.
At this time, the hot water was ready, and two maids came in to help Yang Yinjiang bathe. Yang Ming planned to leave to avoid suspicion, but he was stopped by Yang Yinjiang: "Don't leave, I only know you. If you leave,
I am afraid."
There are many daring people in this world. Yang Ming had heard that a county magistrate in a certain place was stoned to death by a local nobleman. The perpetrator was even exempted from the government's accountability afterwards. Fortunately, Su
Wei was ordered to patrol the country, passed by this county, and found out the case again, and then killed the boy in the street.
In the evening, Yang Ming and Yuan Wen both chatted until very late before letting each other go back to the house to rest.
What happened to your arm? Yang Ming put his hand on her arm and asked doubtfully: "What then?"
Yang Yinjiang said speechlessly: "I didn't ask you to diagnose my pulse. I asked you to touch my arm."
Yang Ming smiled and said: "Then what do you mean by other thoughts?"
After that, Yang Ming stood up and left, but was suddenly pulled back by Yang Yinjiang:
"I don't dare to sleep alone?"
Yang Ming was suddenly stunned, what are you thinking? I am only one month old before I turn thirteen.
However, Yang Yinjiang's next words made him blush and felt quite embarrassed:
"You can let Nuan Dong Liang Xia accompany me, or Chen Shuyi. I can't sleep alone."