Chapter 348 The Four Ambassadors Hold the Festival
In another tent, Yang Ming and Wei Zhen sat opposite each other around the fire.
Wei Zhen's level is very high, fourth grade.
Menxia Province is one of the three provinces and has very great power. During Yang Jian's period, many central officials also served as Menxia Province Nayan, who could give advice to the emperor.
Obviously, Yang Guang doesn't like others to give opinions, so there are only two people in Nayan at the moment, Su Wei and Pei Ju.
After the restructuring of the Menxia Province, the two original generals actually served Huangmen Shilang. The word "give" was removed and changed to Huangmen Shilang. They are currently Yang Da and Wei Zhen.
Below there are 4 ministers, 4 regular attendants, 4 regular attendants, and 7 admonishing officials. These are all admonishing officers.
However, when Yang Guang came to the throne, he said: I don't like people's advice by nature, and I won't be able to tolerate those who want to gain fame by admonishing me.
Therefore, the right of admonishment of the subordinate provinces was deprived.
Wei Zhen's father, Master Wei, was a confidant of Yang Guang and an old man in the Jin palace. From this, it can be seen that during the period of Yang Jian, Jingzhao Wei had already bet on the prince Yang Yong and the king of Jin Yang Guang respectively.
The conflict between Wei Shikang and Master Wei is also a battle between the princelings and the Jin kings. The two seem to be fighting fiercely, but in fact they are all superficial.
"Your Highness has never seen the Guanfengxing Palace. It is a miraculous craftsmanship. Yuwen Shangshu is actually a great talent in the country," Wei Zhen took the tea handed by Yang Ming with both hands and said with a smile.
The Guanfengxing Palace, which is a walking palace, has been built by Yu Wenkai, which means that Yang Guang’s northern tour will be put on the agenda.
"I have received some news," Yang Ming frowned and said, "All military offices are reorganizing their armies. How many people will your Majesty bring with him on this expedition to the north?"
Wei Zhen stretched out a palm, shook it, and said: "Fifty thousand."
Yang Ming's mouth twitched
Wei Zhen continued: "An army of five hundred thousand, one hundred thousand war horses, divided into twenty-four armies, monks, nuns, Taoist priests, three thousand female crowns, and sixteen hundred chariots."
After a while, Yang Ming said expressionlessly: "Shanxi has transferred 150,000 troops, Henan has transferred 100,000, and Guanzhong has 250,000. The capital is completely empty?"
"Yes," Wei Zhen smiled sheepishly and said, "His Royal Highness was not here, and no one dared to raise any opinion. Originally, everyone was hoping that Duke Gao would support him, but who knew that Duke Gao didn't say a word?
No one spoke, and no one dared to speak."
Five hundred thousand, there are only 600,000 people in Daxing city. Yang Guang’s northern inspection tour almost took away one Daxing?
It is also unique in history. No wonder I was asked to host the spring outing. Are you deliberately sending me away? Are you afraid that I will take the lead in opposing it?
As Wei Zhen said, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty were waiting for someone to take the lead, but there just wasn't one.
In the past half month, Yang Ming has not attended the court meeting. Although he knows many things here, it is not detailed after all, so he asked again:
"How's the deal with the canal?"
Wei Zhendao: "We heard that Wei Fusi and Wei Yijie from the Ministry of Civil Affairs both went to Hebei. The King of Qi was currently in Luoyang in charge of the project of diverting Qinshui River into the Yellow River. Yan Pi took the people from Taifu Temple and went directly to Zhuo
county."
"What do these two people mean, one in the south and one in the north?" Yang Ming asked.
Wei Zhen shook her head helplessly and said: "Who knew? Yan Bi was the construction supervisor, but he was not in Luoyang and went to Zhuo County. Instead, the King of Qi took charge of the canal affairs. The ministers also mentioned this at the court meeting
, but His Majesty’s attitude is very immodest, and despite repeated discussions, no result has been achieved.”
Yang Ming felt that something was wrong. His father asked Yang Jian to be reinstated as Yuzhou Shepherd just to keep an eye on the canal affairs. This had just begun, and Yan Bi had already given up. Something must have happened.
"What has Yu Wenshu been doing recently?" Yang Ming asked.
When Yu Wenshu was mentioned, Wei Zhen didn't have a good face. Half of it was to show off to Yang Ming, and half of it was because he really couldn't stand Yu Wenshu.
He looked dissatisfied and said: "Here in Menxia Province, memorials from local authorities have never stopped. They appear almost every day. From the prefect to the county magistrate, everyone is complaining. Hebei has the most.
In Hejian County, I heard that 80,000 civilians were to be mobilized. The memorial from Hejian Governor Yang Wanshi was very rude and he already called Yu Wenshu a traitor to the country."
Hejian County is the second largest county in Hebei, and the thirteenth county. The governor of the county, Yang Wanshi, is the son of Yang Su and the younger brother of Yang Xuangan.
In both public and private matters, Yang Wanshi would not be polite to Yu Wenshu.
"Then, what does Your Majesty say?" Yang Ming asked.
Wei Zhen sighed: "These memorials have been suppressed by His Majesty. There is no meeting at court at all. Only our subordinates know about it. Your Highness only needs to know it well and don't spread it to outsiders."
This was a job application form, telling Yang Ming things that Yang Ming shouldn't know in order to gain Yang Ming's trust and favor.
Yang Ming nodded. It seemed that his father was determined to let Yu Wenshu and Lao Er take the blame this time.
"Cui Hongjun has taken office? How many people will be transferred from Xindu County?" Yang Ming asked.
Cui Hongjun is not only the governor of Xindu, but also the long history of King Zhao Yang Gao. Yang Gao is older, and there is no need for a long history at the moment, so Cui Hongjun just puts up his name first.
Wei Zhen said: "There are seventy thousand people, but Cui Hongjun didn't file a complaint. I think it's because of King Qi's face."
"One is 80,000 and the other is 70,000. How can there be so many of them?" Yang Ming asked.
Wei Zhen said helplessly: "There is a woman among them."
All women have been drafted
Yang Ming took a deep breath. It seemed that chaos in Hebei was just around the corner. Guanzhong, Shanxi, and Henan had almost no troops because of the emperor's deployment to the north. Once chaos broke out in Hebei, what would be done to suppress it?
Rely on Shandong? Thank God if Shandong doesn't follow suit.
Yang Ming suddenly realized that a huge crisis might be coming.
The civil unrest is different from Yang Liang's original rebellion. One is the common people, and the other is the military guards. Once the former takes hold, it will start a prairie fire.
Since ancient times, there have been many strong men in Yan and Zhao, and it is no joke that people in Hebei have rebelled. China has thousands of years of history, and the people in this place are a tough group.
Seeing Yang Ming remain silent, Wei Zhen, who couldn't see the critical situation, asked tentatively:
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Will you come back to pick up the little girl in six days?"
Yang Ming frowned slightly, but still didn't speak.
Once chaos breaks out in Hebei, Yang Ming will definitely need to step in to quell the rebellion. The second brother has offended the people of Hebei so much that if he quells the rebellion, they will only risk their lives with him.
But where do soldiers come from? The only way is to recruit, and recruitment costs money. Yang Ming cannot easily use the money from the treasury, because the treasury is running out of money very quickly.
At this time, Jingzhao Webster had to win over them because they were rich and well-connected.
"Let's wait until she recovers," Yang Ming said calmly.
Wei Zhen was instantly overjoyed. He was a smart man. There were some words that Yang Ming didn't need to explain clearly. He could understand the meaning.
So from now on, Jingzhao Xijuanfang can confidently and boldly move towards the direction of King Qin.
That night, Yang Ming returned to the capital. He went to Chunming Gate late at night. The guards here were all Li Jing's men, so no one would reveal his whereabouts.
After entering the city, he went directly to Gao Jiong's mansion.
Gao Jiong did not sleep, but was alone in his study, lighting a lamp and looking at a map of Hebei.
He also realized that something was going to go wrong.
After Yang Ming came in, Gao Jiong said directly without saying any nonsense:
"Yan Bi must have sensed that the situation was not good, so he ran to Zhuojun. He and Yang Jian must have been very unhappy. Zhuojun is an important frontier town. There are eleven military mansions here that used to be the governor of Youzhou.
There are 12,000 troops stationed in the city, and it is close to the Turks in the north. If something happens in Hebei, he can join forces with Yuan Hongsi, the prefect of Zhuo County, to protect himself. As long as the king's division outside the wall arrives in time, he will not have any problems. This man is too smart.
Already."
Zhuojun was the former Youzhou, and its administrative location was Ji County, which was later known as Jizhou District of Tianjin.
After Yang Ming sat down, he nodded and said, "This person's reaction is indeed fast enough. What happened to him and Yang Xian?"
"There are disagreements over the power struggle," Gao Qiao said: "Yan Bi is an expert after all, and he will be responsible for the canal affairs. It is not a big problem, but he is afraid that a layman will frequently intervene. The two must have fallen out.
Just like the King of Qi and Yu Wenkai, now that Yan Bi has gone to Zhuojun, it’s really hard to say anything about him. After all, Zhuojun is the northern terminus of the canal.”
Then, Yang Ming told Gao Jiong about the complaint he heard from Wei Zhen.
After hearing this, Gao Jiong smiled bitterly and said:
"Everyone is thinking about themselves. Everyone knows that if they do this, civil unrest will definitely occur in the local area. The local officials in Hebei are worried about this. They are in the center of the whirlpool. It is impossible not to be afraid. When civil unrest occurs, the first to suffer
Even for them, it’s not certain whether they can live or not.”
Then, Gao Jiong continued: "Yang Jian and Yu Wenshu should also be aware of this. They have now asked Yu Juluo, the prefect of Zhao County, Zhang Xutuo, the prefect of Qi County, and Lu Yongji, the prefect of Shangdang County, to envoy Chijie and
Let Yu Wenhua and Ren Dongjun be the prefects and envoys to guard against any eventuality."
Envoy Chijie refers to the imperial envoy Chijie. The person with the highest local military power has the power to kill officials.
Zhaojun is Handan, to the west of Xindu County, Qijun is Jinan, adjacent to Qinghe County in Hebei, Dongjun is Anyang, Henan, and to the north is Jijun, Hebei and Weihui City, Henan. This place belonged to Jizhou in the Sui Dynasty.
Shangdang County is Changzhi, Shanxi, and to the east are Xiangguo County and Wu'an County in Hebei Province. The prefect Lu Yongji is Yang Jian's cousin, and Yang Jian's mother Lu Kutao is Lu Yongji's aunt.
The four counties of east, west and south stationed troops to surround Hebei. To the north were Zhuojun and the Wang Division who came from the Turks to support them. The whole of Hebei was surrounded.
We have to use you to dig canals, but we also have to prevent you from rebelling. What the hell is this? Hebei is also in bad luck.
Yang Ming said helplessly: "I'm just afraid that these few of them will be useless."
"The main thing is that there are no soldiers," Gao Qiao said: "People have been deployed to dig canals. They, the envoys, can only rely on local recruitment. They are afraid that this will cause problems in their jurisdiction, so they have to
Relying on Guanzhong, only the Guanzhong family can provide enough troops."
Yang Ming agreed deeply and nodded: "We must be prepared now. If Guanzhong cannot recruit even 30 to 50 thousand people by then, chaos will break out in Hebei."