The 101st chapter of the five-character volume, the wind is rising
When Yang Sichang, Hou Xun, Hou Ke and Shen Zizheng stepped into Feng Mansion, Feng Ziying also welcomed them out happily.
"Wen Ruo, Ruo Gu, Ruo Pu, Jun Yong, happy new year."
"Ziying, Happy New Year." Yang Sichang strode forward, took Feng Ziying's hand, looked up and down, with a smile on his face, "You look very different after your wedding. No wonder I haven't seen you for so long. Even the Hanlin Academy
Bian Du Shao is here, but you have stopped working in the Chinese Book Department a long time ago, why didn’t Mr. Gao ask about your whereabouts?"
"Wen Ruo, you are here to be a bad guest. How can there be a person like you who talks about such boring things in the first month of the year?" Feng Ziying said cheerfully: "Why didn't I go to the Hanlin Academy? I was just compiling history and making imperial edicts.
If I am not good at it, I will not show my shame in front of you and Zhenchang."
"Then you shouldn't be invisible, and still want to talk to you about something." Yang Sichang was majestic, but his tone was full of solemnity.
"Oh? Wen Ruo, you look like you're not going to the Three Treasures Palace for anything. I thought the first group of guests at the beginning of the new year were here to get closer." Seeing Yang Sichang's serious tone, Feng Ziying didn't dare to neglect it.
"please."
After sitting down in the flower hall and waiting for the servant to bring the tea, Feng Ziying waved her hand to others to go down first.
"Wen Ruo, it's rare to see you feeling a little impatient. What's wrong?" Feng Ziying was curious.
This large group of people came to visit. It looked like they were just friends walking around during spring break, but it looked like there were other things going on.
Although Yang Sichang is not as close as he is with several Qingtan Academy classmates, he can still be regarded as one of his close friends. Especially his father Yang He and Qiao Yingjia have a good relationship and are one of the leaders of Huguang scholars, so the relationship is not close.
generally.
"Ziying, I originally made an appointment with Ruogu, Ruopu and Junyong to come to congratulate Ziying on her wedding. I should have congratulated Ziying on her wedding, but I didn't expect that I got some news this year, which made me unable to sit still. It happened that something happened.
I wanted to ask Ziying for advice, so I just came together." Yang Sichang nodded.
"What news made Wen Ruo unable to sit still?" Feng Ziying was also quite surprised.
Logically speaking, these New Year visits always say festive and auspicious words. Everyone drinks and chats and rarely talks about serious matters. Even if they do, it should be a relatively relaxed topic, but Yang Sichang's attitude is obviously not the same.
"A few years ago, several members of the old Wuling family came to Beijing to visit my father. They accidentally mentioned that their people had returned goods to Bozhou and Shuixi. They said that the price of food there had increased a lot in the past two years, and some
Things such as buffalo horns, paint, glue, etc. have also increased a lot, and many things are even more expensive but not marketable..."
"Wait a minute, Wen Ruo, you said the price of food in Banzhou has increased a lot? When did it start?" Feng Ziying was a little surprised.
This is inconsistent with the news he got. The news Wang Yingxiong gave him was that in Bozhou, food prices in Chongqing had only increased slightly, and there was no big clue. However, Yang Sichang said that food prices in Bozhou had increased sharply. This means
Strange.
Yang Sichang smiled, knowing that he couldn't hide it from this guy. He even knew about the sharp increase in grain prices in Bozhou, which showed that this guy had indeed been paying attention to the situation in Bozhou.
Seeing Yang Sichang's expression, Feng Ziying knew that she had been fooled and shook her head, "Wen Ruo, why don't you do this to me?"
"Hey, who told you to hide it and keep silent? If you don't respond to the imperial court on such important military matters, you are doing the country a disservice." Yang Sichang also said with a smile.
"Okay, Wen Ruo, don't blame me for trying to seek political power in my position. Don't the two adults in the Ministry of War know about this? Besides, why do you say that you are rebellious? Maybe it's because of your ability to speak.
What about forcing others to rebel?" Feng Ziying countered.
"Huh, if you don't have any objections, how can you force someone to say the opposite?" Yang Sichang sneered, "Does Ziying still think the situation over there can be stable?"
Feng Ziying was silent for a moment and then asked: "You said that materials such as horns, glue, and lacquer over there have a price but no market, but is it true?"
"How can I lie about such things?" Yang Sichang said seriously: "My family members often go to Chongqing to sell tung oil, and they have always been very concerned about the prices of various materials. In addition, my father has been engaged in military affairs in the past two years, so he has also asked about it.
The selling price of tribe-related materials was so high that the tribesmen in my family had an impression of this. Unexpectedly, since the beginning of last year, the prices of horns, glue and paint materials in Chongqing have increased a lot, and the price of tung oil has also increased a lot.
I complained in front of my father, which aroused my father's attention. Later, I went to the Ministry of War to verify..."
Feng Ziying laughed, "So it involves me?"
"Master Zhang and Master Chai should have known about it for a long time, but I feel that they don't pay enough attention to it. Maybe they think Yang Kedong has always been very obedient? But how can Yang Yinglong kill his ambition with just one son?" Yang Sichang?
He stared at Feng Ziying with burning eyes.
Wang Yingxiong focused on collecting intelligence from the southwest, so naturally he could not hide it from his superiors. Feng Ziying also reminded Chai Ke, but as he just said, with just some intelligence in this area, it would be difficult to convince the chief officials who would conspire to rebel.
After all, I don’t dare to put this word on anyone casually, because it means that it will be a catastrophe of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan, and the other person is also a big chieftain who rules the country.
"Mr. Zhang and Mr. Chai must have made some preparations. I heard Feixiong talk about the domineering chieftains over there. The official officials were bullied there. Of course, many official officials were indeed corrupt and illegal. In the local area,
It aroused people's anger and was also exploited by some chieftains..."
Feng Ziying rubbed the wrinkles on her forehead and often frowned subconsciously when thinking. Feng Ziying was really worried that she would turn into an old man before she was thirty. This was really worrying and she could only use the methods from her previous life to solve it.
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"Ziying, I'm afraid those are two different things, right? If the official is wrong, that should be the matter of the censors. The chieftain can also report it to the court. This has nothing to do with having different intentions." Hou Xun couldn't help but interjected.
"Ruogu, it cannot be said that there are two different things. If the officials sent by our court can clean up the government and support the people, and serve the public with integrity, I think the local public opinion may not be easily manipulated by these chieftains. How many soldiers can there be in Bozhou, and how many soldiers can there be in Shuixi?
Soldiers, how many soldiers are there in Yongning? If no people are coerced by them, how can they dare to rebel?"
Feng Ziying does not agree with Hou Xun’s point of view.
"Yongning? Shuixi?" Yang Sichang was dumbfounded.
He only knew that there was a situation in Bozhou, but he didn't expect Shuixi and Yongning to come out of Feng Ziying's mouth.
Although the chieftain forces in these two places are far less powerful than Yang Yinglong in Banzhou, the problem is that they are almost connected as one and can be each other's horns. Once chaos really breaks out, it will be really out of control.
"What's wrong, Wen Ruo?" Feng Ziying didn't expect that Yang Sichang didn't know that Shuixi and Yongning also had problems.
"Ziying, there are also problems with the chieftains in Shuixi and Yongning? Where did you get the news?" Yang Sichang was anxious. It seemed that even his father had not mentioned the chieftains in Shuixi and Yongning.
"I can't say whether there are any problems with the chieftains in these two places, but you can see how far apart they are. Once Yang Yinglong really rebels, can Shuixi and Yongning be stable?" Feng Ziying asked, "I'm afraid there are some things.
The worst aspect needs to be considered. These chieftains are raising soldiers to respect themselves, and they can always keep a close eye on the court's reality. It's really hard to put people at ease."
"Ziying, there must be a basis for that, right? Why did you say it was Shuixi and Yongning, and there were Shuidong and Sizhou in that area, but you didn't mention it?" Yang Sichang was not fooled so easily, and said in a deep voice
asked.
Feng Ziying did not expect Yang Sichang to be so difficult to deal with. He could say that this was the memory brought to him by the history of his previous life. The She'an Rebellion and the Bozhou Rebellion were the two major rebellions in the southwest of the late Ming Dynasty that he could recall. Needless to say, Yang Yinglong of Bozhou was
The imperial court has long been keeping an eye on it, but the Anshe family in Shuixi and Yongning can only be said to be implicated.
Wang Yingxiong's tip also proved that Shuixi did have close contacts with Bozhou. The Great Zhou Dynasty was no longer the Ming Dynasty, and the relationship between Bozhou and Shuixi could not be characterized by the memory of the previous life, but could only be judged by the interests involved.
More stable.
"It's possible to say that, but analyzing the specific issues, the Sizhou Tian family has long been weak and is very deferential to the court. As for the Shuidong Song family, the situation is similar. You can feel the situation yourself. It looks like
Wen Ruo, are you planning to go to the Ministry of War?" Feng Ziying said with interest.
Like him, Yang Sichang, and Huang Zunsu are now editors of the Hanlin Academy, but after three years, they can either stay in the Hanlin Academy, transfer to the Sixth Ministry or Siyuan Temple, or even go to a local government. Yang Sichang is different from himself, and he will definitely not
For those who wanted to go to the local government, Liubu would probably be the first choice, but Feng Ziying did not expect that Yang Sichang would choose the Ministry of War in the end.
Yang Sichang hesitated for a moment, "I have this idea, but in the end it still depends on the court's decision."
This is just a cover-up. Although the official department will decide where to go based on their performance at the end of the three-year term of the new Jinshi Jinshi, for a second-generation super official like Yang Sichang, not only does his father rise rapidly in the court, but he himself
As he is also a Jinshi, he will naturally make sure arrangements, and it is also appropriate to seek the other party's opinions.
Just like Feng Ziying, Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia would also seek his opinion when they finally decided on their destination.
In previous history, although Yang Sichang was famous for his experience in the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, when he put forward the strategy of "four righteousnesses and six corners, and spreading nets on ten sides" when suppressing the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty, his official career did not start with military affairs, but with the Ministry of Rites.
He Hubu, especially the Hubu, has made great achievements, but now is the Great Zhou Dynasty, so naturally it cannot be the same as the history of the previous life.
In fact, his father Yang He made great contributions in quelling the rebellion in Western Xinjiang and was promoted. It is estimated that this also made Yang Sichang more interested in military affairs, and he began to focus on military affairs.