After marching for two consecutive days, the team led by Yang Ji arrived at Jicheng County in Qinzhou. In just one more day of march, they would enter Longxi County in Sizhou. Yuchi Gong looked at the Qinzhou Army who had been leading the way, and finally suppressed the doubts in his heart.
He rode his horse to Yang Ji, bowed his hands, and then expressed his doubts: "Sir, please forgive me for being frank. I feel that Yuan Shan, the governor of Weizhou, has no good intentions."
"Why do you see it?" Yang Ji asked with a smile. Speaking of this Yuchi Gong, he is by no means the image of a big boss in the novel. This guy is both civil and military, brave and resourceful. In history, he was the one who urged Li Shimin to launch the Xuanwu Gate Rebellion, and he was the one who shot Li Yuanji to death. He was forced to He was the one who handed over power to Li Yuan. He was the real planner and implementer of the Xuanwumen Incident. From this aspect, Cheng Yaojin in the novel was right to call him Yuchi Gong "Black Charcoal Head".
Yu Chigong said: "In the case of He Ruobi, the Yuan family not only lost a lot of weapons and equipment, but also lost Yuan Yan, the Huangmen servant. This person was the person with the highest position in the Yuan family. Losing him would mean that the Yuan family collapsed. Half of the country has a great influence on the present and future of the Yuan family. Although He Ruobi was involved, the matter is related to the young master after all. I don’t believe that the Yuan family does not resent the young master. However, Yuan Shan’s enthusiasm for the young master is beyond imagination. The young master and the Does his relationship exceed his loyalty to the Yuan family?"
Yang Ji said with a smile: "I only met him a few times. He is just like an ordinary passer-by, not familiar to me."
"This is one of the doubts." Yuchi Gong pointed to the Qinzhou Army guarding them in front, and continued: "The second doubt is that the three thousand cavalry sent by Yuan Shan seem to be loyal to their duties, but they follow the route and when to rest. It is up to them to decide where to stay. Rather than protecting us, it is more appropriate to monitor us. Doubt 3: They did prepare the food and drink, but after passing Shanggui City, no one invited the young master to enter other cities to rest. , although it is said that the young master cannot control Qinzhou, but after all, you are also the king of Wei in the Sui Dynasty, so it is very unreasonable for them to do this. Based on these three doubts, I think Yuan Shan’s enthusiasm is a test and does not want the young master to Seeing the various cities after Shanggui City, as long as they politely send us gifts out of the country, they can cover up some shady things."
Yang Ji nodded slightly, thinking that what Yuan Shan wanted to hide was the so-called "horse thief".
Although it was his first time to walk this road, as he and Yuan Shanshi said, there is only Qizhou across from the capital. There may be a small group of horse thieves, but Yang Ji, who has thousands of horse thieves, will not believe it. If there were thousands of horse thieves, the court would never be as stable as Mount Tai and remain indifferent, and Yuan Shan would not dare to hide it for two to three years.
But why would Yuan Shan still tell such an obvious lie? Do you really think that Yang Ji can't even tell the truth from the lies?
Hao Yuan next to him said: "Qinzhou is not a border state, how can there be a gang of horse thieves with thousands of people? Even the border states of Liangzhou don't have so many horse thieves. This is simply unbelievable. .Unless he turned his troops into bandits and attacked us in the name of horse thieves."
"Isn't that true?" Yu Chigong was shocked and said: "He doesn't think that a few thousand horse thieves can kill more than 10,000 upright warriors of a hundred battles, right? Once the court knows about it, will he be regarded as the governor? He Yuan Can the family bear this price? I don’t think he should be so reckless and stupid.”
Song Zhengben smiled and said: "What Jingde said is absolutely true. Yuan Shan is not that stupid, and the Yuan family cannot bear the consequences of turning his troops into bandits. If I am not wrong, he has other motives."
Yang Ji asked: "What does Song Lord Bo think Yuan Shan is trying to do?"
"Qiang people!" Song Zhengben said: "I think he is trying to instigate a relationship between the young master and the Qiang people, hoping that the young master will continue to fight with the Qiang people."
Yang Ji pondered for a moment and then asked: "What is the purpose? What is the reason?"
"The Qiang people mainly live in the mountainous areas of Hehuang area. Although we have used work-for-relief and hiring manpower methods to make many Qiang tribes take off their guard and integrate into various states and counties, there are still some people, including Dangxiang Qiang. There are many stubborn tribes in the area. If the Young Master and the Qiang people meet each other and fight fiercely, the Hehuang area will not be able to settle down. This will not only be detrimental to the people's livelihood in the Hehuang area, but also detrimental to the confrontation between the Sui Dynasty and Tuyuhun. .When the time comes, the young master will bear the consequences of forcing the Qiang people to rebel and causing chaos in Hehuang."
Having said this, Song Zhengben looked at Yang Ji and said word for word: "Moreover, the Guanlong nobles regard the Hehuang area with fertile land and rich pasture as the general direction of development. If the young master had not opposed the land sale and strongly Distribute the land in the Hehuang area to the victims, which has long been occupied by the Guanlong nobles. Once the tough young master fails to do his job and leaves Liangzhou sadly, the future of the Hehuang area will be decided by others. This is one of them!"
Song Zhengben paused for a moment, and waited for everyone to digest "one" before continuing: "Second, if the Guanlong nobles and the Yuan family want to march into the Hehuang area, they will not be able to conquer the Weizhou Longxi Li family, and the Weizhou governor Master Cui is not only a son of the Cui family in Qinghe, but also the son-in-law of the Li family in Longxi. If there are thousands of horse thieves in Weizhou, if the young master is attacked in Weizhou and Bingzhou beats Weizhou to pieces, then Master Cui will undoubtedly be the first person responsible. , if the Li family’s ancestral home and the Li family’s descendants suffer heavy casualties in the banditry, the obstacles for the Yuan faction headed by the Yuan family to march into the Weizhou and Hehuang areas will be reduced by more than half.”
"The clever thing about Yuan Shan is that he did not shirk responsibility, but took the base camp of the 'horse thieves' in Qinzhou. But if Liangzhou did not implement the 'four-class people' policy, the people in Taozhou, Weizhou, Chengzhou and other places would The Qiang people will not flee to Qinzhou, and he has the ability to wipe them out. In this way, the young master's policy has become the direct cause of the emergence and growth of horse thieves; Cui Shi, the governor of Weizhou, "let the horse thieves" enter Qinzhou, then He was the second person responsible; but he, Yuan Shan, became the victim. Even if he went to the court to argue, he could still say that the horse thieves were too powerful and Qinzhou could not eliminate them, and in the end he shied away the responsibility completely."
"Master Bo hit the mark!" Hao Yuan nodded with deep approval and said in a general way: "Yuan Shan's short-term goal is to squeeze out Young Master and Master Cui, and also use the name of suppressing bandits to eliminate some of the Li family's forces in Longxi. "The long-term consideration is undoubtedly to enter the Hehuang area."
Yang Ji frowned and said, "So, if horse thieves attack our battlefield, Weizhou will appear?"
"That's right." Song Zhengben nodded and said: "As long as we are attacked in Weizhou, no matter whether there are any losses in the end, Master Cui will not be able to serve as the governor of Weizhou, and Yuan Shan's goal will be achieved. In a word: The more chaotic the Hehuang area and Weizhou under Liangzhou are, the more it is in the interests of the Yuan family, the Yuan faction, and the Guanlong nobles. As for how many people died and whether there would be chaos in the northwest of the Sui Dynasty, they are not at all considering it."
Yuchi Gong, Wei Zheng, and Ling Jing also fell silent. They were just ordinary people who were running around for life and study. Although they knew that the officialdom was full of intrigues and intrigues, after listening to the conversation between Yang Ji, Song Zhengben, and Hao Yuan, they Only then did I realize how sinister and vicious the officialdom struggle was, how reckless it was and how it had no bottom line.
"Sir, what should we do?" Yuchi Gong asked in a deep voice, "If someone comes to attack us, how should we prepare?"
Yang Ji glanced at the Qinzhou soldiers in front and said calmly: "Don't worry about Jingde, these attacks are just wild ghosts active at night. As long as the sun comes out, they will disappear without a trace, but I think it will Know these little brats."
"What the young master said is absolutely true!" Song Zhengben smiled slightly and said slowly: "The characteristics of conspiracy are darkness and concealment. The way of expression of power is to use shameful means to make the opponent fall into trouble. But if the opponent is If you notice and take advantage of it, then the unlucky person will be the one who carried out the conspiracy. Now we have guessed that the "horse thief" is related to Yuan Shan, and we have roughly guessed his intentions, but he himself is still unaware of it. It’s something we can take advantage of.”
"What are the young master and the master planning to do?" Wei Zheng, who had been silent, asked.
Yang Ji said leisurely: "As the governor and general manager of Liangzhou, I have no power to manage Weizhou. If I rashly intervene in Weizhou's military affairs, no matter what the outcome, I will be in a thankless predicament. As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. So I decided to tell Master Cui about these matters and let him handle them."
Everyone agreed.
"Young Master, Lord Bo!" Wei Zheng cupped his hands and said, "I remember what Jingde said just now, and it cannot be ignored."
Yang Ji glanced at Yu Chigong, and then asked Wei Zheng, "What are you talking about?"
Wei Zheng said: "Jingde said, 'Yuanshan doesn't want Young Master to see the cities after Guicheng. As long as he sends us out politely, he can hide some shady things.' And what we talked about is all Horse thieves, Weizhou and the like, but ignored Qinzhou itself."
Yang Ji was startled, and then his eyes lit up: "Xuan Cheng is saying that Qinzhou itself also has problems?"
"That's right." Wei Zheng said eloquently: "If we only reveal the news to Cui Shi, we will not hurt Yuan Shan at all in the end, so I think it is better to take the initiative. Although the young master does not take charge of Qin The power of the state, but if the young master discovers anything unusual in Qinzhou and 'accidentally' discovers some evidence of crime, then he can report it to the imperial court and the Yongzhou General Manager, and then the imperial court and Yongzhou General Manager Yang Xiong will conduct a thorough investigation."
"Xuan Cheng's words make sense." Yang Ji nodded with a smile and told Li Daliang: "Daliang, you can stay in Qinzhou with a hundred smart guards to investigate this matter."
"Here!" Li Daliang nodded and asked, "Sir, I don't know where to start?"
Yang Ji pondered for a while and then said: "There are six counties in Qinzhou. You arrange ten guards in each county and ask them to start from the people and collect evidence of Yuan Shan's crime step by step. They must get something useful."
"Yes!" Li Daliang saluted and went to arrange the manpower.
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