Emperor Sui Yang

In another tent, Yang Ming and Wei Zhen sat facing each other around the fire.

Wei Zhen's level is very high, the fourth rank.

Menxia province is one of the three provinces, and it has great power. During the Yang Jian period, many central leaders also served as Menxia Province Nayan, and Nayan was able to give advice to the emperor.

Obviously, Yang Guang doesn't like other people's opinions, so there are only two people in Nayan, Su Wei and Pei Ju.

After the reform of Menxia Province, the original two general consuls, who were actually responsible for giving things to Huangmen Shilang, removed the word "give things" and changed them to Huangmen Shilang. Now they are Yang Da and Wei Zhen.

There are also 4 Shilang, Sanqi regular attendants, Tongzhi Sanqi regular attendants, and 4 admonishing officials.

But at the beginning of Yang Guang's ascension to the throne, he said: I don't like people's admonition.

Therefore, the right of admonishment and advice from Menxia Province was deprived.

Wei Zhen's father, Master Wei, was Yang Guang's confidant and an old man in the Jin Palace. From this, it can be seen that Jingzhao Webster had already bet on the crown prince Yang Yong and Jin Wang Yang Guang respectively during Yang Jian's period.

The conflict between Wei Shikang and Wei Shi is also a dispute between the princeling party and the Jin royal party. The two seem to be fighting fiercely, but in fact they are all superficial.

"Your Highness, I haven't seen the Guanfengxing Palace. It can be called a supernatural workmanship. Yuwen Shangshu is really a great talent in the country." Wei Zhen took the tea from Yang Ming with both hands, and said with a smile.

Guanfeng Xingdian is a walking palace. Yu Wenkai has already made it, so it means that Yang Guang's northern tour will be put on the agenda.

"I have also received some news." Yang Ming frowned and said, "All the military houses are reorganizing the army. How many people will your Majesty take with you this time to go north?"

Wei Zhen stretched out a palm and shook it, saying, "50."

The corner of Yang Ming's mouth twitched.
Wei Zhen continued: "50 troops, 24 horses, divided into 3000 armies, [-] monks, nuns, Taoists, and women's crowns, and [-] carriages."

After a long while, Yang Ming said expressionlessly, "Shanxi transferred 15, Henan 25, and Guanzhong [-]. Is the capital completely empty?"

"Yes," Wei Zhen smiled shyly, and said, "No one dares to raise opinions when His Highness is not here. Originally, everyone was expecting Mr. Gao to stand up, but who knew Mr. Gao would not say a word. They didn’t speak, and no one dared to speak.”

50, there are only 60 people in Daxing City, and Yang Guang's northern tour almost took away a Daxing?
It is also unique in history. No wonder I was asked to host the spring outing. Is this deliberately dismissing me?Afraid that I will take the lead in opposing.

As Wei Zhen said, all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were waiting for someone to take the lead, but there was none.

In the past half a 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:
"What about the canal?"

Wei Zhendao: "Wei Fusi and Wei Yijie from the Ministry of Civil Affairs heard that they all went to Hebei. King Qi is currently in Luoyang presiding over the project of diverting Qinshui into the Yellow River. Yan Pi took the people from Taifu Temple to Zhuo county."

"The two people are one south and one north, what do you mean?" Yang Ming asked.

Wei Zhen shook her head helplessly and said: "Who knows? Yan Pi was the chief supervisor, but he was not in Luoyang, but went to Zhuojun County. On the contrary, King Qi was in charge of the canal affairs. All the ministers also said this at the court meeting , but His Majesty's attitude is very vague, and the discussions came and went, but there was no result."

Yang Ming felt that something was wrong. His father asked Yang Hao to be the shepherd of Yuzhou, and he wanted him to watch the canal. It had just begun, and Yan Pi had already put down his picks. Something must have happened.

"What has Yu Wenshu been doing recently?" Yang Ming asked.

When mentioning Yu Wenshu, Wei Zhen didn't look good either, half of it was to show Yang Ming a gesture, and part of it was because he really didn't like Yu Wenshu.
I saw him dissatisfied and said: "Menxia Province, the memorials to sue Yu Wenshu from the local government have never stopped, almost every day, from the prefect to the county magistrate, all of them are suing. Hebei has the most, just one In Hejian County, I heard that 8 civilian husbands are going to be transferred, and Hejian prefect Yang Wanshi's memorial is very rude, and he has already called Yu Wenshu a national thief."

Hejian County is the second largest county in Hebei, and the thirteenth county of Tong County. The governor of Hejian County, Yang Wanshi, is the son of Yang Su and the younger brother of Yang Xuangan.

Whether in public or private, Yang Wanshi would not be polite to Yu Wenshu.

"Then, what does His Majesty say?" Yang Ming asked.

Wei Zhen sighed: "These memorials have all been suppressed by His Majesty, there is no court meeting at all, and only our subordinates know about it. Your Highness only needs to know it well, don't spread it to outsiders."

This is a certificate of honor, telling Yang Ming something that Yang Ming shouldn't know, in order to gain Yang Ming's trust and favor.

Yang Ming nodded. It seems that the father is determined to let Yu Wenshu and the second child 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 prefect of Xindu, but also the long history of Yang Gao, king of Zhao.

Wei Zhen said: "7 people, but Cui Hongjun didn't file a memorial to sue, presumably because of King Qi's face."

"One is [-] and the other is [-]. How can there be so many of them?" Yang Ming asked.

Wei Zhen said helplessly, "There are women among them."

All the women were recruited.
Yang Ming took a deep breath. It seemed that chaos in Hebei was imminent. Guanzhong, Shanxi, and Henan were nearly empty of troops because of the emperor's northern tour. Once there was chaos in Hebei, what would be used to suppress it?
By Shandong?Thank goodness for Shandong not following suit.

Yang Ming suddenly realized that a great crisis might be approaching.

The civil unrest is different from Yang Liang's rebellion at the beginning. One is the common people who go to battle, and the other is the military guards. Once the former rises, it will be a prairie fire.

Since ancient times, there have been many strong men in Yanzhao, and the people in Hebei rebelled. It is not a joke. China has a history of thousands of years, and the people in this place are tough.

Seeing Yang Ming's silence, Wei Zhen, who couldn't see the critical situation, asked tentatively:
"Six days later, come and pick up the little girl?"

Yang Ming frowned slightly, but still didn't speak.

Once there was a rebellion in Hebei, Yang Ming would definitely have to come forward to put down the rebellion. The second child offended the Hebei people so much that they would only fight with him if he put down the rebellion.

But where did the soldiers come from?There is only one way to recruit. Recruitment costs money. Yang Ming can't easily move the treasury's money, because the treasury is running out of money.

At this time, Jingzhao Webster must win over, because he has money and people.

"Let's talk about it after she recovers," Yang Ming said lightly.

Wei Zhen was overjoyed in an instant, he is a smart person, some words don't need to be read by Yang Ming, he can understand the meaning.

So from now on, Jingzhaoxi Juanfang can confidently and boldly move closer to King Qin.

That night, Yang Ming went back to the capital. He walked through the Chunming Gate late at night. The guards here were all from Li Jing's people, and no one would reveal his whereabouts.

After entering the city, he went directly to Gao Jiong's mansion.

Gao Jiong didn't sleep, but was alone in the study, looking at a map of Hebei with the lamp on.

He also realized that something was going wrong.

After Yang Ming came in, Gao Jiong didn't say a word of nonsense, and said directly:

"Yan Pi probably sensed that the situation was not good, so he ran to Zhuojun. He and Yang Hao must have had a very unpleasant quarrel. Zhuojun is an important frontier fortress town. There are eleven military mansions that used to be the governor of Youzhou. The garrison has 1 soldiers, and the north is based on the Turks. Once something happens in Hebei, he can join forces with Zhuojun prefect Yuan Hongsi to defend himself. As long as the king's division outside the Great Wall arrives in time, he will have no problems. This man is too shrewd gone."

Zhuojun is the former Youzhou, and Jixian is where the government is located, which is the later 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 Hao?"

"There are differences of opinion in power struggles," Gao Jiong said, "Yanbi is an expert after all, and he will handle the canal affairs. It's not a big problem, but I'm afraid that an outsider will interfere frequently, and the two must have a falling out. Just like King Qi and Yu Wenkai back then, now that Yan Pi has gone to Zhuojun, it’s really hard to say anything about him, after all, Zhuojun is the northern end of the canal.”

Then, Yang Ming told Gao Jiong all the complaints he had heard from Wei Zhen.

After Gao Jiong heard this, he smiled wryly and said:

"Everyone is thinking for themselves. Everyone knows that if you do this, there will be civil unrest in the local area. Those local officials in Hebei are worried about this. They are in the center of the whirlpool. It is impossible not to be afraid. When there is civil unrest, the first to suffer It's them, it's not certain whether they can live or not."

Then, Gao Jiong continued: "Yang Wei and Yu Wenshu should also be aware of this. Right now, they have invited Yu Juluo, the prefect of Zhao County, Zhang Xutuo, the prefect of Qi County, and Lu Yongji, the prefect of Shangdang County, to envoy Chi Jie and Let Yu Wenhua and the prefect of Rendong Commandery, envoys hold festivals, just in case."

Envoy Chijie, that is, Chijie imperial envoy, the person with the highest local military power has the power to kill officials.

Zhao County is Handan, to the west of Xindu County, Qi County is Jinan, next to Qinghe County in Hebei, Dong County is Anyang, Henan, and north is Ji County (Henan Weihui City), which belonged to Jizhou in the Sui Dynasty.

Shangdang County is Changzhi in Shanxi, and to the east is Xiangguo County and Wu'an County in Hebei. The prefect Lu Yongji is Yang Jian's cousin, and Yang Jian's mother Lu Kutao is Lu Yongji's aunt.

The four counties in the east, west, and south stationed troops and surrounded Hebei. In the north, there were Zhuo County and the king's division who came to support from the Turks. The whole of Hebei was surrounded.

Since I want to use you to dig canals, I also need to prevent you from rebelling. What the hell is this?Hebei is also in bad luck.

Yang Ming said helplessly, "I'm afraid that they are useless."

"The main reason is that there are no soldiers," Gao Jiong said: "People are all transferred to dig canals. These envoys can only rely on local forced recruitment. I am afraid that if this happens, there will be problems with their jurisdiction, so they have to Relying on Guanzhong, only Guanzhong's aristocratic family can produce enough soldiers."

Yang Ming agreed deeply, nodded and said, "We are about to make preparations now. If Guanzhong fails to recruit 5 to [-] people by then, chaos will break out in Hebei."