Youzhou General Administration Office is just a military area, including Zhuo County, Yuyang County, Beiping County, Anle County and Shanggu County, with approximately 45,000 troops under its jurisdiction.
The current general manager is Duan Wenzhen, the former Minister of the Ministry of War. However, Duan Wenzhen suffered a stroke not long after taking office and was basically unable to manage. The Youzhou General Manager's Office was temporarily controlled by Youwuwei General Li Jing.
In early December, the weather was freezing. The land of Youzhou was covered with heavy snow. It was covered with white snow and covered with silver. All the rivers and rivers were frozen. The Yongji Canal also became a world of ice and snow, and ships could not move.
As the New Year is approaching, the official road south of Zhuo County is quite lively with pedestrians coming and going. Although the ground is covered with straw, people and animals will fall over it from time to time, causing a burst of laughter. The driver pulls the ox cart, and the goods man carries the load.
Everyone is careful.
At noon, a group of cavalry came up the official road, about a hundred people. The leader was the new Youzhou Yang Yuanqing. With him were Li Jing, who had just been promoted to the general manager, Pei Jin, who had joined the army, and Huben.
General Han Shi'e was recommended by Yang Yuanqing as the governor of Yuyang.
There is also a tall young woman beside Yang Yuanqing, with blue eyes and fair skin, and a peach-like face. She is Asido who betrayed the Turks and willingly followed Yang Yuanqing. Due to her special status, Yang Yuanqing has not married her for the time being. As Yang Yuanqing's relative
Wei followed. Like ordinary soldiers, she wore an eagle-edge helmet and fine silver armor. She held an embroidered phoenix sword in her hand and rode on a tall horse, looking heroic.
Although the imperial court explicitly stipulated that female soldiers and generals were not allowed in the army, in fact, all the vassal generals had concubines dressed up as personal followers. The imperial court turned a blind eye and acquiesced to this phenomenon, as long as the concubines were not there.
In the establishment of the army, the imperial court did not care.
Despite the cold weather, the group was still in high spirits, talking and laughing along the way. After crossing the Sangganshui Bridge, the city wall of Ji County was faintly visible. Yang Yuanqing pointed with his riding whip to the inn not far ahead, and smiled at Li Jing: "Sima saw
There is no station in that station. I have been there before. I captured Dou Kang, the general manager of Youzhou, in that station. Seven years have passed. It seems like what happened yesterday, and those details are still vivid in my mind.
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Li Jing stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The general's bravery back then made people admire him, but I guess everyone would rather go into the post house and see the furnishings in the dining hall, don't you think so?"
Everyone burst out laughing, "Li Sima is absolutely right!"
Yang Yuanqing chuckled, "In that case, let's go visit the restaurant of the post house."
Although everyone was imagining the hot broth, the ground was frozen and walking was difficult. No one dared to let go of their horses and had to move forward in small steps. Soon, the group arrived in front of the post house.
Yi Cheng had already heard the news, and he looked at the more than a hundred cavalry in surprise. With his professional sensitivity of more than ten years, he immediately judged that this group of people was not ordinary soldiers going to Liaodong.
However, Yang Yuanqing recognized him. He had also found out a lot of information about Dou Kang from this Yi Cheng, and he still remembered that his surname was Wang.
"Wang Yicheng, do you still recognize me?" Yang Yuanqing got off his horse and said with a smile.
"Who are you......"
Yang Yuanqing was still a sixteen-year-old young general at the beginning, but now he is twenty-three years old and has changed a lot. Wang Yicheng only has a vague impression of him, but can't remember who he is.
"Seven years ago, I arrested Mr. Dou at your place, do you remember?"
"You are General Yang!"
Wang Yichen suddenly remembered, and a smile appeared on his face. Suddenly, the smile on his face froze, and his scalp seemed to explode. Isn't this General Yang the new general manager of Youzhou?
He was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down and said, "The villain didn't know that the manager was coming. He was extremely rude. I beg the manager to forgive me!"
Yang Yuanqing smiled and said: "Since you know your crime, why don't you go make a pot of hot soup quickly?"
"Yes! Yes! Manager, please come into the post house and rest."
Wang Yicheng hurriedly invited Yang Yuanqing to enter the post house. He turned around and shouted to a dozen servants: "The manager is here, why don't you go cook quickly?"
Wang Yichen suddenly became busy up and down. Yang Yuanqing and his men entered the post house and sat down to rest in the lobby. A dozen servants had already brought them hot and spicy soup like running water, which was made from the skeleton of a deer.
, minced meat is boiled with ginger, wolfberry and various seasonings. It is an excellent drink to relieve coldness and is also a winter specialty in Youzhou.
Yang Yuanqing took a sip of the soup and smiled at Asdo: "How is it? Are you still used to it?"
The steaming steam made Asido's pretty face even more charming. She smiled sweetly and said, "Actually, there is also grassland, but it's not as spicy. It's pure venison soup with velvet antler stewed in it."
Asido and Yang Yuanqing have been together for more than a year, and they have gradually become accustomed to the life in the Central Plains. The original Turkic accent has completely disappeared. If it were not for her blue eyes, no one would have thought that she was a Turkic woman.
Wang Yicheng said nervously next to him: "Young lady, you don't know. The spicy soup of wealthy families also includes deer antlers and ginseng. Because it is too expensive and there are many people in our post house, we can only provide this ordinary spicy soup. I'm really sorry."
Already."
Yang Yuanqing smiled and said: "There is no problem with the soup. Your spicy soup is very good. I just want to ask you, are there any rebellions near Zhuojun?"
Wang Yicheng sighed, "There are rebellions in counties and counties all over the world. Youzhou is at the center of the Liaodong Campaign. How could there not be others? There are two major rebel bandits in Youzhou. One is Wang Basu of Shanggu County, who calls himself the Mantian King."
, gathered ten thousand people, occupied the mountain as king in Wuhuiling, blocked the Flying Fox Road, and paid all the merchants who came and went. Another one was Lu Mingyue, who came from a wealthy family in Zhuojun, and also gathered more than ten thousand people who had fled from various places to send food.
, in the Yanshan area in the north, but they all live in the countryside, are self-sufficient, and never attack counties, so their impact is not great."
Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment, this Lu Mingyue seemed to be one of the four guards around King Qi. He disappeared after King Qi was imprisoned. It turned out that he ran back to Zhuojun to rebel.
At this time, Pei Jin next to him asked: "Is this Lu Mingyue related to the Fan Yang Lu family?"
Wang Yicheng quickly bowed and said: "We Zhuojun people all say that Lu Mingyue is a distant relative of the Lu family, but the Lu family firmly refuses to admit it."
"Of course the Lu family refuses to admit it. If they admit it, the Lu family will suffer."
Next to him, Li Jing responded with a smile, but what he was concerned about now was not the relationship between the Lu family and the gangsters. He smiled and said to Yi Cheng: "Is there any wine in the post house? If there is, give me a bowl."
"Yes! Yes! I will get it for you."
Yi Cheng turned around and ran to get some wine from the cellar in the backyard. Li Jing smiled apologetically at Yang Yuanqing and said, "It's really hard to get addicted to alcohol. Please forgive me, manager!"
"It doesn't matter if you drink less. Drinking some wine in winter can help with the cold. Everyone will have a bowl later."
All the soldiers were overjoyed, and some were even more impatient. They ran to the backyard to move the wine. At this moment, there was a noise outside the post house, and a servant rushed to report, "The governor is here, General Li."
Here too."
I heard hearty laughter coming from outside the lobby, "Since Yuan Qing has arrived outside the city, why not go directly into the city?"
A burly general appeared in front of the lobby. He was as tall as Yang Yuanqing. He was about forty years old. He was powerful and powerful. He had a pair of pink and phoenix eyes, a red face, and a long beard under his chin. He looked a bit like Guan Yunchang.
Taste, this person is none other than Youwuwei General Li Jing, nicknamed "Little Guan Yu". When Yang Liang was defeated, Li Jing was the governor of Daizhou. Yanmen County was besieged, and Yang Yuanqing led 5,000 Youzhou cavalry to relieve the siege.
Li Jing formed a friendship.
Li Jing also went on an expedition to Liaodong. Because Duan Wenzhen, the general manager of Youzhou, was seriously ill and could not be a director, Yang Guang ordered Li Jing to temporarily take charge of the military affairs of Youzhou, and Yang Yuanqing was mainly responsible for handing over to him.
Yang Yuanqing hurriedly walked out and said with a smile: "It's just that the general is afraid that he won't have lunch, so he doesn't dare to enter the city."
Li Jing laughed, turned back to an old man and said with a smile: "Mr. Cui, this man underestimates Zhuojun. Let's give him a banquet for three days and three nights and let him see whether it is Youzhou who is rich or he who is Fengzhou."
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The old man behind him is about sixty years old. Although he is wearing civil official robes, he has a strong physique. At a glance, he can tell that he is a martial arts practitioner. This man is Cui Hongsheng, the prefect of Zhuo County, the second in command of the Boling Cui family and the head of the Boling Cui family.
Cui Hongyuan is Cui Hongsheng’s brother.
The Boling Cui family and the Qinghe Cui family are two branches of the same lineage, and they are the first among the five famous families in the world. Although the Pei family is now in power, in terms of reputation, the Pei family is still lower than the Cui family.
Cui Hongsheng stroked his beard and smiled, "I don't object to having a banquet for three days and three nights, but the money for the drinks has to be paid for by the military."
Li Jing stepped forward, winked at Yang Yuanqing and said with a smile: "Do you see, this is the governor of Zhuojun you will face in the future, you can learn from his stinginess."
Yang Yuanqing burst into laughter, took a step forward, cupped his hands to Cui Hongsheng and said, "Please take good care of Cui Taishou in the future."
Cui Hongsheng smiled and narrowed his eyes, "If Yuan Qing is the general manager, everything will be easy to talk about!"
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There are some things that Yang Yuanqing knows in his heart. Although Li Jing has a friendship with him and seems to have a close relationship, when it comes to government affairs, Li Jing must be meticulous and unambiguous. He is a loyal and upright general, somewhat similar to his master Zhang Xutuo.
Although Cui Hongsheng met him for the first time, and he seemed to be a moderate person, Cui Hongsheng had an interest relationship with Yang Yuanqing. Cui Hongsheng was married to the Pei family. His brother Cui Hongyuan's eldest granddaughter was married to Pei Jin. Cui Hongsheng actually
He didn't say hello to Pei Jin and pretended not to know him. It was obvious that this person did not distinguish between public affairs and private affairs.
Everyone entered Ji County City. Ji County was the seat of Zhuo County, which was also the former Youzhou City. The city wall was tall and wide, with a circumference of 40 miles and a population of more than 200,000. It was once the second largest city in Hebei Province and served as the capital of Ye.
After it was destroyed, Jixian became the largest city in Hebei. It was not only the seat of the county government, but also the seat of the general manager of Youzhou. There were 20,000 troops stationed outside the city. If the 30,000 troops stationed in Linshuo Palace were added to the city, Jixian would become the largest city in Hebei.
Then 50,000 troops were deployed, guarding the county seat like an iron barrel.
Duan Wenzhen, the general manager of Youzhou, has returned to the capital to recuperate, and his military power has been delegated to Li Jing. At this time, the ultimatum and imperial edict from the Ministry of War have been issued. In the general manager's office, Chief Shi Zhao Yuanzhen presided over, and Yang Yuanqing and Li Jing officially handed over the military power.
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Yang Yuanqing met with more than a hundred officials of the general administration one by one. Zhao Yuanzhen, the chief minister, was the grandson of Zhao Gui, one of the eight pillars of the Northern Wei Dynasty. He was about forty years old. He was also a martial artist. He was tall and thin. He was born four years later in Renshou.
He went to Youzhou to take office, and he has been in Youzhou for eight years since he was appointed Sima.
Zhao Yuanzhen didn't talk much, giving people a sinister and cunning feeling. Perhaps this was Yang Yuanqing's feeling. Zhao Yuanzhen's eyes always showed a complicated look.