When he came to Zhangye, Ganzhou, Yang Ji was deeply moved. When Yang Jian appointed him as the governor of Liangzhou and the general manager of Liangzhou, he thought Liangzhou was poor and backward and refused to come. Yang Jian was so angry that he asked him to leave Liangzhou. Choose one of three, Youzhou and Jiaozhou. After comparing them one by one, Yang Ji found that Youzhou was too cold and Jiaozhou was too hot, and both were far away from the prosperous Guanzhong, so he came to Liangzhou to take office with great reluctance and dejection.
But when he came to Ganzhou from Daxing again, his mood was completely different. Although Daxing was prosperous, what happened in just a few days made him feel cold all over.
Although it is said that wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes, battles, conspiracies, and battles of wits and courage. However, the people in Daxing City are not only a group of highly intelligent people, but also have behemoths standing behind them; if not for Yang Jian and Yang Guangjin, They all favored themselves and settled He Ruobi's case hastily, otherwise they might not be able to escape unscathed.
However, despite this, the three Guanlong sects lost several big shots, dozens of followers, and several big shots were deposed as civilians in this case. Although this consequence will not make the deep-rooted and flourishing Guanlong nobles It hurts the muscles and bones, but it is also a big injury. They will never put this debt on the dead He Ruobi, let alone reflect on it, and will only blame themselves.
In addition, in the Furong Garden, I had a fight with the descendants of the Fanyang Lu family, the Qinghe Cui family, the Xingyang Zheng family, and the Taiyuan Wang family. It was quite satisfying to ban those dozen people, but the cost was to fight with the four major The gentry were at odds with each other.
In just a few days, he was hated and hostile by so many powerful forces, which made him subconsciously unwilling to live in the same city with those people, so he fled to Ganzhou like a lost dog.
After arriving here, and with my wife by my side, my anxious heart suddenly calmed down!
After a good sleep in the new home full of original fragrance, I got up early the next day, practiced martial arts, riding and shooting, had breakfast, and then came to the official office of the Governor's Mansion.
The official offices of the General Administration are a group of huge buildings that correspond to the official system of the imperial court. In addition to the six departments of officials, civilians, rituals, soldiers, punishments, and workers, there are also the six departments of Sinong, Dianmu, and Chongwen of the Eleven Temples. , Dushui, Sitian, Weapons, Jiangzuo, Shaofu (coin making), prison and other departments, as well as the supervision and internal affairs offices.
These institutions have formed a complete administrative supervision system, with more than 200 officials at all levels. The highest military and political officer is of course the Liangzhou governor and the general manager Yang Ji, followed by the general manager Shi Gaojun and Sima Yinshishi, and then He is the chief officer of Sixth Cao and the chief officer of Department Eleven...
The Qinzheng Hall where Yang Ji worked was a huge courtyard facing north and south; there were two courtyards directly south of it, the Liucao Office on the left, the Eleventh Office and the Supervision and Internal Affairs Offices on the right. The two courtyards plus the middle one The avenue is exactly as wide as Qinzheng Hall. This is also the pattern commonly used in state governance, except that the scale of state governance is far smaller than that of the general government, while Shangzhou is larger than Zhongzhou, and Zhongzhou is larger than Xiazhou.
The news of Yang Ji's return had already spread. Early in the morning, Qinzhengtang officials and soldiers were cleaning the room.
Officials of Qinzhengtang are different from officials of Liucao and Eleventh Department. The former are private staff, and Yang Ji pays his salary out of his own pocket. Most of these staff are responsible for sorting out documents and writing various orders of Yang Ji. They are somewhat similar to later generations of secretaries and royal palace officials. The chief secretary is the chief secretary-general; the military side is headed by Prince Sima Li Dabian, followed by Xue Ju, Hao Yuan, Li Daliang, Dugu Pingyun and others.
The latter are officials appointed by the imperial court.
When Yang Ji entered the Qinzheng Hall, the civil and military staff had already started working at their posts for the day, and the senior officials of the General Manager's Office had been waiting in the main hall for a long time. However, some were still on the way, and some had been sent away by Yang Ji early. Work was done, so the only people in the main hall were Li Cao Yu Shinan, Xing Cao Xiao Yu, Chongwen Liu Xuan, Ganzhou deputy general manager Zhang Dinghe, as well as Li Jing who was recommended as the governor and general manager of Tingzhou, and Yao Junsu, the governor of Tingzhou and Sima. .
As for Gao Jiong's position as governor of Liang, it was just a position arranged by Yang Jian to deceive Tuyuhun and facilitate Gao Jiong's actions. His actual job was actually to be the envoy to the Western Regions who communicated with the Qibi Ministry and other countries in the Western Regions. The old man was very energetic. After returning from a tour in the Western Regions, he left his daughter Gao Ling in Zhangye and returned to Daxing to resume his life. "See the Chief Manager!" When the six of them saw Yang Ji coming in, they all called him by his official official name.
"Long time no see, everyone, please take a seat." Yang Ji glanced at everyone, but found that Xiao Yu had a dark face, which made him look very different. After thinking about it for a while, he could understand why Xiao Yu had a dark face.
Last night, Xiao Yu asked his wife to take Xiao Ying back to the "Xiao family", but Xiao Ying disliked Xiao Yu's pedantry and old-fashioned and refused to leave. Mrs. Xiao happened to be Dugu Luo's daughter and Dugu Min's niece, so I yelled. , Mrs. Xiao has to leave.
Xiao Yu is stubborn and is probably sulking about his sister now.
Although he understood, Yang Ji didn't bother to offend him at all. Just because Xiao Yu was demoted several times by Yang Guang in history, but because Yang Guang's reputation was so bad, Xiao Yu gained a reputation as an upright man. But later, idiot fans touted him as the only one in the world and the emperor for all eternity. Li Shimin also demoted him six times.
Since the "most foolish emperor" in history does not like him, and the "most wise emperor" does not like him, it can be seen that the problem lies with Xiao Yu and has no direct relationship with whether the emperor is foolish or not.
With such a person and his sister unable to escape, what else could Yang Ji have to fawn over?
"General Manager, who is this...?" Zhang Dinghe couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Liu Zhuo behind Yang Ji.
"Let me introduce it to you!" Yang Ji quickly introduced: "Mr. Liu Zhuo and Liu Shiyuan of Xindu are great scholars of the time. Together with Mr. Liu Xuan, they are called the 'Er Liu'. They were originally the Secretary of Taishi and now the Liang Liang." State Jijiu, Liangzhou Sitianling, in charge of Liangzhou's academic affairs and prediction of celestial phenomena."
"The last general has met Mr. Liu." Zhang Dinghe didn't know who Liu Zhuo was, but the "great scholar" was of great value in this era, so Zhang Dinghe bowed solemnly.
"General, there is no need to be polite." Liu Zhuo returned the salute and said with a smile: "From now on, we are all colleagues. Please take care of me, General."
"Don't dare to take it, don't take it." Zhang Dinghe said hurriedly.
"I've met Mr. Liu!" Except for Liu Xuan, who had been his friend for decades and his eyes were red with excitement, everyone else respectfully bowed to Liu Zhuo.
Liu Zhuo returned the courtesy one by one.
Yang Ji saw that everyone was familiar with him and saw the influence of a great scholar in this era. He was very happy. If one day no one uses it, he can completely use the "Er Liu" sign. By then, the talent will not be available. Come rolling?
He said to Liu Xuan: "Mr. Guangbo, you first take Mr. Shiyuan to get familiar with Liangzhou."
"Here!" Liu Xuan knew that Yang Ji was giving them a chance to reminisce about the past, so he bowed gratefully and invited his old friend to the official room.
At this time, the official Cao Yu Shinan cupped his hands and said: "General manager, before the formal meeting, I have an idea to talk about."
Yang Ji smiled and said, "You tell me!"
Yu Shinan cupped his hands and said, "Build the road!"
"Let's talk about it in detail, what kind of road to build? From where to where?" Yang Ji suddenly became interested. Before setting off, he had already sent a fast horse to deliver the court's decisions in advance. The two most important ones were the immigration of 50 people. Wanhu, the straight road from Guanzhong to Tingzhou was built. Yu Shinan, who served as acting governor, obviously got some new ideas from it.
"On the whole, it is the straight road that the court refers to. The court's request is from Guanzhong to Tingzhou, but when I solicited opinions extensively, many businessmen said it was not reasonable, and the concubine even proposed a plan to build two lines. I wholeheartedly agree with it.”
"Which two?" Yang Ji didn't expect that my mother would also participate, and felt a little dumbfounded.
"The first one is the main road mentioned by the court. We can build it directly from Liangzhou to the junction of Guazhou and Shanshan. If we capture Shanshan one day, we can continue to extend westward. After reaching Puchang Sea, we can follow Beihe ( Tarim River) continues westward, reaching the Yanqi Kingdom. Such a straight road is very convenient for transporting troops and trade. If you turn northwest from Guazhou, it will be a bit outweighing the gains and does not meet the strategic requirements of the Sui Dynasty. As for the other one, it is The branch line on the straight road runs from Guazhou through Xingxing Gorge and into Yizhou and Tingzhou. This will not only shorten the time from Guanzhong to the Western Regions, but also closely connect Guazhou, Yizhou and Tingzhou."
Speaking of this, Yu Shinan emphasized: "Actually, these two roads are also the trade routes that Hu merchants have been taking since the opening of the Silk Road. Although some people have wanted to find a more convenient way, it has never been more reasonable and more convenient than this." A convenient road. If we build it in this way, it will not only meet the needs of war preparations in the western Sui Dynasty, but also meet the actual requirements."
"What you mean coincides with mine." Yang Ji said with a smile: "Actually, when I proposed 'Build roads first if you want to get rich', I had the idea of 'Building main trunk lines directly and building more branch lines'. If a Once completed, the road extending in all directions will be like a multi-legged centipede lying on the earth, playing the role of connecting east, west, north and south."
"What the General Manager said is absolutely true." Yu Shinan was convinced.
"I'm just talking about it, but how to repair it specifically requires everyone to work together." Yang Ji said this and asked: "Is there any construction plan?"
"Yes!" Yu Shinan cupped his hands and said, "This road will not be built overnight. We will start with the simplest Hexi Corridor to accumulate experience in road construction."
"The Hexi Corridor still needs to be built?" Yang Ji was stunned when he heard it. The Hexi Corridor starts from Wushaoling in the east, reaches Yumenguan in the west, borders the Qilian Mountains in the south, Longshou Mountain-Heli Mountain-Mazong Mountain in the north, and east to west. It is about two thousand miles long and ranges from a few kilometers to more than four hundred miles in width from north to south. The internal terrain of the corridor is undulating and gentle. It can be regarded as a quasi-plain. How can this be repaired?
"The General Manager doesn't know something." Yu Shinan said with a cup of his hands: "Although the Hexi Corridor has the characteristics of flat terrain, fertile soil, good water diversion and irrigation conditions, and easy development and utilization, its disadvantage is that the width from north to south is too small; and for thousands of years, the traffic between The army and merchants trampled the roads at will, and trampled the roads on such a large scale that many good floors could be used to form roads. If things go on like this, the usable space for corridors will disappear sooner or later. Therefore, I think it is necessary to build a clear road to restrain Troops and merchants come and go, lest all pastures and fertile fields be trampled into roads.”
Yang Ji nodded: "So should this road be built to the north or to the south?"
"Rely on the Qilian Mountains in the south!" Yu Shinan explained: "On the one hand, it is to consider the flatness and straightness of the entire straight road; on the other hand, it is to solve the problem of water supply for pedestrians, because the rivers in the corridor are all from south to north, but Many rivers seep into the ground when they reach the middle of the corridor and cannot reach the Longshou Mountain-Heli Mountain-Mazong Mountain area in the north. If the straight road is built to the north, pedestrians will still wander around without access to water sources."
"In addition, in order to restrain pedestrians to the road, poplar euphratica can be planted on both sides of the road. This kind of tree is easy to survive and has strong sprouting ability. As long as it survives, many saplings will grow from the roots, and some root tillers will It grows for many years and can grow into a dense forest. In this way, the trees blocking the sky on both sides of the straight road not only shade pedestrians from the sun in hot summer, but also strengthen the roadbed. Of course, Populus euphratica can also be planted on straight roads in other places Trees can survive even by simply scattering seeds.”
Yang Ji nodded and said: "It makes sense, it makes sense, just do what you say."
Building a straight road to connect the Western Regions, Liangzhou, and Guanzhong was not only Yang Ji's wish, but also an indispensable infrastructure for Yang Jian and Yang Guang's western strategy. As the territory of the Sui Dynasty increased, roads were built to strengthen regional boundaries. The contact is urgent. Yu Shinan's consideration was very thorough, so Yang Ji fully agreed with his road construction plan.
Yang Ji thought for a while and then said: "I originally planned to send the prisoners to Tingzhou to build a city, but after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was not suitable; first of all, there were too many prisoners. If I sent them to Tingzhou where the terrain is flat, We must have more than 40,000 troops to supervise, but this will increase the pressure on food supply. If there are not so many troops to supervise, they will definitely use the iron weapons in their hands to kill our Sui soldiers and civilians; secondly, the terrain of Tingzhou is flat, even if they Without killing the soldiers and civilians, they can also flee to the Western Turks overnight. Our soldiers have no way of arresting them, and it will increase the strength of the Western Turks. For now, let them build roads in the corridor, and first use heavy work to smooth out their wildness and resistance. will."
He said to Li Jing, who was already the governor of Tingzhou: "As for the five cities and farmland in Tingzhou, they should be left to the people who are coming to repair and cultivate. These people are my people of the Sui Dynasty. They will neither escape nor cultivate. They won't cause trouble and are easier for you to manage than prisoners. As long as you act according to the rules and strictly prevent corruption, the people will not put more pressure on the garrison and officials. After you arrive, implement the work-for-relief and develop slowly. Wait until the city After it is established, the people have a safe place, and the garrison has a wall to defend against the enemy, we will discuss whether to send more prisoners based on the actual situation. As for whether the Western Turks, Xue Yantuo, and Qibi tribes will invade, there is no need to worry too much."
"The general manager is very concerned, so I will follow the words of the general manager." Li Jing nodded. Although the Western Turks are extremely chaotic, they can be divided into four major groups: Nichuluo Khan, Shekui Khan, Xue Yantuo, and Qibi. power; except for the Nipu Chuluo Khan who established himself as the orthodox Western Turk and bordered the Sui Dynasty, the rest were of no concern.
Shekui Khan is far to the west of Nipuchuluo Khan's sphere of influence, and his power is not bordering the Sui Dynasty. What he wants to kill now is the Nipuchuluo Khan sandwiched in the middle, rather than being an enemy of the Sui Dynasty; as for the Xue Yantuo and Qibi tribe, they are the two major Tiele tribes. They are traitors in the eyes of the Turks. The top priority is to contend with Nipu Chuluo Khan and Shekui Khan.
Nipu Chuluo Khan, who borders the Sui Dynasty, is restrained by three major forces. Therefore, these four are now in a chaotic situation of restraining and fighting each other. There is no dominance of one family. At this moment, they all focus on destroying the enemy and fighting against each other. The main goal was to unify the Western Turks, and everyone was too busy to take care of themselves, and would not be stupid enough to provoke the Sui Dynasty, which was at its peak.
It can be said that the current situation in the Western Turks not only keeps Tingzhou safe and sound, but also is the best period for the Sui Dynasty to march into the Western Regions. The only thing that can be worried about is Tuyuhun in the south of the Hexi Corridor, but Yang Ji and the court have to deal with this. So Tingzhou, which is far to the north, naturally has nothing to worry about.
"General Manager!" Yu Shinan cupped his hands and said solemnly: "I can only give some advice on the general direction of this straight road, but I don't know anything about how to build roads or bridges specifically, and Engineer Cao Wang Cong It’s similar to me. So I suggest appointing a person who is good at workmanship and management to take charge of Taoism matters.”
Yang Ji couldn't help but nodded, but then he had a headache. Such a person must not only be good at engineering and internal affairs management, but also know something about military affairs, so that he can suppress the prisoners in time before they make any changes. But it seems that he doesn’t have such a person under his command, right?
Seeing Yu Shinan's restless expression, Yang Ji couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Since you have found a candidate, just tell me and give me the details."
"What do the general managers think of He Tuo, who is in charge of the Liangzhou Water Department?" Yu Shinan looked at Yang Ji and said with a smile.
"What's wrong?" Yang Ji frowned. He Tuo is the uncle of He Chou, a famous craftsman and architect. He is a few years younger than his nephew. This man is capable of literary and military skills, proficient in engineering skills, and has good management skills. Yifang's experience makes him a suitable candidate, but this person is completely a problem official.
Suwei once formulated various rules and regulations, implemented the Confucian Five Standing Orders, and also planned to compile a surplus grain accounting book to allow people to exchange what they had. But He Tuo disagreed. When the two debated, the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty thought that Su Wei was reasonable. Su Wei even said, "There is nothing wrong. Don't worry about Wu Guozi getting a doctorate!" And He Tuo responded: "No Su Wei If you are powerful, you don’t have to worry about having no one to manage the country’s affairs!” The two of them had reached such a level of quarrel that they could no longer get along well with each other.
Later, he and Su Wei's son Su Kui worked in Taichang Temple and participated in the negotiation of the bell law. Su Kui put forward some suggestions, and most of the officials in the DPRK and the Central Government agreed. Only He Tuo did not agree. He often exposed Su Kui's shortcomings and was not as good as others in debates.
He Tuo couldn't help it anymore and immediately said that Su Wei and Lu Kai, the Minister of Rites, Xue Daoheng, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, Wang Tong, the minister Youcheng, and Li Tonghe, the official minister of the Ministry of official affairs, had formed a clique for personal gain. In particular, Wang and Li were like Su Wei's son and brother. At the same time, he also reported several crimes committed by Su Wei. When Yang Xiu, King of Shu, and Yu Qing of Shangzhu State put various materials in front of Yang Jian, Yang Jian ordered Su Wei to be dismissed from all official positions and go home to live leisurely. Lu Kai was dismissed from his official position, and more than a hundred people were implicated at the same time.
Yang Jian temporarily suppressed Su Wei, not for the sake of He Tuo, but for the stability of the Sui Dynasty. When Su Wei was re-employed, it was natural for He Tuo to be suppressed. Not long ago, the imperial court brought King Tuton of Yiwu to Beijing. After being treated as a pig, Yang Jian re-enabled He Tuo and appointed him as the governor of Yizhou, but he refused to leave and later became an official of the Liangzhou Capital Water Department.
This person has high abilities, but he is very bookish and has low emotional intelligence. He dislikes everyone and can criticize anyone he catches. Can he build a team that can get things done and lead a good team?
"Do you think he is suitable?" Yang Jisurong asked after a moment. Although Yang Ji had great doubts about this person's ability to do things, matters related to national affairs cannot be decided based on personal preferences.
"Nowadays, apart from He Tuo who has this ability in Liangzhou officials, I really can't think of anyone more suitable." Yu Shinan naturally knew about He Tuo's problems, so he suggested: "The chief manager can let him give it a try. If If it doesn’t work, it’s not too late to replace him.”
Yang Ji thought for a long time, but couldn't find a suitable person, so he nodded and said: "Forget it, let's follow what Yu Li Cao said. Shiling Hetuo found someone to set up a temporary 'straight road agency' to be responsible for planning the direction of the straight road. , design drawings, and prepare construction plans. If he is a person with high ambitions and low abilities, then we will replace him."
"Here." Yu Shinan accepted the order with his hands raised.
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