To the north of Zuoying is a relatively open place, with a three-foot-high flag standing in the middle and hundreds of large tents. It is the management center of the entire Zuoying. Many Liangzhou University students are sitting behind a row of desks, registering in detail basic information such as people's names, ages, place of origin, tribes, family members, etc. In addition, they also register their skills one by one in accordance with government requirements.
Since these people came from the grasslands, their names were completely different from Han Chinese names. Therefore, when registering, most of them were Chinese names transliterated by students, so many different names appeared.
In front of the rows of tables, there were dozens of columns lined up by thousands of people, all waiting to register. After each person in line representing a family registered, they received a piece of paper with a number engraved on it, representing their family number. wooden sign.
Yang Ji slowed down his horse and rushed to the registration office along the straight and spacious passage vacated in the middle. As he was looking around, he suddenly heard someone on the right shouting: "Your Majesty, I am here!"
Yang Ji followed the sound and saw Pei Ju sitting behind a long table waving to him. There was a thick stack of "family resumes" on the table in front of him. He was holding a pen in his hand and was helping people register. When he saw him, he lowered his head and asked the registrant in front of him.
When Yang Ji saw that Pei Ju, the prime minister, actually went to the "front line" and "not doing his job" to personally register the victims' information, Yang Ji was greatly surprised. At the same time, he immediately got off his horse and walked quickly to Pei Ju. He didn't bother him, just waiting for Pei Ju to finish what he was doing.
Pei Ju nodded to Yang Ji and said in fluent Turkic to the man moving forward: "The names of you and your family have been registered, so which tribe are you from? Are you from the Tongluo tribe in your surname?"
"Yes, I am from the Tongluo tribe." The strong man replied.
Pei Ju wrote the words "Tongluo tribe in the Great Lakes Region" in the place of residence in the register, and asked: "I see you have parents, a son and two daughters, and three children who are underage. You and your two women Besides grazing, what else do you do and what do you do?”
"In addition to herding herds, I also follow the tribal warriors to kill wild wolves. If there is a war, I will go to the battlefield. My women graze during the day and weave blankets and tan leather goods at home at night." The man thought for a while and added: "If it's too late, the three of us will sleep together and try to have a baby."
"Haha!" As soon as he finished speaking, bursts of laughter arose.
He knew what everyone was laughing at, and he couldn't help laughing either.
Pei Ju couldn't help laughing, and he said while laughing: "There is one last thing to register, which is what other skills do you have? For example, you can blacksmith, or you can make leather armor, etc."
The man said: "I know how to forge iron. My sword, spearheads, and arrows are all made by myself."
Pei Ju registered, put his resume in a green box, and handed him a green sign. He smiled and said, "Liangzhou needs a lot of blacksmiths who are good at blacksmithing, and being a blacksmith is more profitable than herding or farming. Since you know how to blacksmith, you don’t need to go to the fields. After you and your family get together, take this token and report to Dongying with your family."
"Do you know about Dongying? It's the camp near the big blue flag. The officials there will re-arrange your family's residence. In the future, your family will live in Zhangye City and there is no need to separate."
"Thank you, uncle!" The man was overjoyed when he heard that he didn't have to go to farm and the family didn't have to be separated. Under the envious eyes of some excluders, he took the cyan sign and left happily.
Pei Ju gave up his seat to a student, stood up and said to Yang Ji, "I've kept the king waiting for a long time."
Yang Ji said with a smile: "People often say that overachieving is overkill, but today I have seen the best overachievement."
"Actually, it's nothing!" Pei Ju smiled: "I have done similar things before. I was so moved by the scene that I couldn't help but experience it."
Yang Ji said with emotion: "There must be very few high-ranking officials in the court who are willing to put down their bodies to do such small things."
Pei Ju knew that Yang Ji was just speaking out of his feelings, but he would not accept such words that could easily offend others. He pointed to a tent in the distance and said, "I have something to tell you. Go and talk over there." ?”
"Okay!" Yang Ji nodded and walked towards the big tent with him.
"What you did in Liangzhou and the Northern Expedition to the Great Lakes region aroused criticism from the whole court. However, the saint was not dissatisfied. Instead, he tried his best to help you suppress all kinds of rumors. It can be seen that the saint recognized everything about you. behavior." Pei Ju looked at the people who came to exclude them, and then said to Yang Ji: "Thank you for fighting this battle, otherwise, many officials would not know that the East Turks have grown to this extent; if the East Turks were allowed to grow, , will be another powerful enemy in the future. Because of this battle, many knowledgeable people have complained to the court, hoping that the court will re-evaluate the relationship between the Sui Dynasty and the Eastern Turks. Therefore, your victory is of great significance now. "
Yang Ji pondered for a long time and said with a smile: "Judging from this incident, it shows that there are many knowledgeable people in our Sui Dynasty who have great righteousness, but they know too little about the outside world."
"That's right!" Pei Ju nodded: "This is also one of my important missions as envoy to the Western Regions."
As they spoke, the two entered the big tent.
This was a large tent for students to rest. There was no one inside, so Yang Ji's soldiers guarded the door and no one was allowed to enter.
After the two sat down, Pei Ju wiped away his indifference and asked Yang Ji seriously: "When I came home from the Prefectural Mufu Mansion yesterday, I met Sikong Dugushun. Why is he here?"
"Dugu Sikong came to Zhangye for two purposes. One is to open the Silk Road so that the Dugu family's caravan can travel to and from Liangzhou." Yang Ji said to Pei Ju, "The Prime Minister also knows that I have had trouble with the Dugu family.' Dugu Tuo even went so far as to lure wolves into his house for the sake of the golden trade route of the Silk Road. Now that the Dugu family has seen that many caravans can travel freely on the Silk Road, they also want to get a share of the pie, but they are worried that I am deliberately making things difficult for them, so they go to Liang When the state is short of food, we transport a large amount of food to sell, which solves Liangzhou's urgent needs. Dugu Sikong's coming here means that the Dugu family wants to improve relations with me."
"The second is for the career of his grandson Dugu Xianyi. Dugu Xianyi was once the magistrate of Changsong County, Liangzhou, and has now been promoted to the general secretary of the Neishi Province (Zhongshu Province). However, Liangzhou's reputation and comments It is extremely important to his official career, so Dugu Sikong hopes that I will let him go."
Speaking of this, Yang Jiman said to Pei Ju nonchalantly: "Actually, they were worrying too much. Although 'Dugu Tuo' did cause me a lot of trouble, it also made me famous. Afterwards, 'Dugu Tuo' also received a lot of attention." With some punishment, this matter can be considered a turning point."
"Although I still feel a little uncomfortable in my heart, public is public and private is private. As long as the Dugu family caravan does not carry prohibited items out of the customs and pays the full commercial tax in accordance with the law, I cannot deliberately make things difficult. In the same way, Dugu Xian's intentions are good. Anyway, it’s not me who has the final say, but public reputation and political performance.”
Almost all of these words were true, but he ignored the fact that Yang Ji and the Dugu family had secretly reconciled.
Of course, Yang Ji would not be so stupid as to believe that the Dugu family would let go of everything.
"Have you met him?" Pei Ju asked silently. Pei Ju knew that Liangzhou's rules were to act in accordance with the law. Yang Ji admired it, and he was famous for being "cold and ruthless". Naturally, he would not break the rules. , Deliberately making things difficult for the Dugu family. Of course, Pei Ju did not expect Yang Ji to tell the truth; but the main news that the Dugu family came to Yang Ji was true and worthy of his attention.
"We met yesterday. After all, in addition to being the current Sikong, he is also the former head of the Dugu family and my nominal uncle. There is nothing we can do!" Yang Ji paused and said with a smile: "But it's not without gain. Dugu Sima heard that there was a shortage of food here, so he planned to donate 200,000 shi of food to Liangzhou to resettle new residents."
Pei Ju's expression suddenly turned serious, and he asked in a deep voice: "Does your Majesty accept it?"
"No!" Yang Ji smiled bitterly: "It's not that I don't want to, but I'm worried about being tricked."
"It's okay, it's okay! If you accept it, you are really tricked." Pei Ju breathed a long sigh of relief. The wedding date of Yang Ji and Pei Shuying has been decided. As long as Pei Shuying becomes the wife of the Yang family, Yang Ji and their Pei family will be outsiders. In the eyes, it is a relationship of honor and disgrace. Pei Ju didn't want anything to happen to Yang Ji, whether it was from a personal emotional point of view or from a family interest point of view.
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"Is there any secret in this?" Yang Ji was accustomed to the later generations' thinking of "when one party is in trouble, all parties will support", and almost accepted the kindness of the Dugu family, but in the end he was still criticized by the view of "showing courtesy for nothing, committing adultery or stealing" He was defeated, so he refused Dugu's donation of food with great difficulty and reluctance. Now seeing Pei Ju's expression, he knew that he had done something big and important.
Pei Ju suddenly discovered something serious, that is, Yang Ji did not understand Jun Wang, so he asked in a deep voice: "Do you know Jun Wang?"
Yang Ji nodded and said: "Understood! The county king is the most famous and famous family in the area. For example, your Wenxi Pei family is not only the largest family in Jiangzhou, but also the largest family in Hedong."
Pei Ju shook his head and said, "It's all fictitious, but what about the truth?"
"Actually, it's the local emperor..." Yang Ji only knew this much.
"The metaphor of the Earth Emperor is very appropriate, but there is an agreement between the Earth Emperor and the Earth Emperor. No one can enter the other's territory without permission, otherwise it will be regarded as an invasion..." Pei Ju shook his head with a headache and patiently introduced: " The same is true for each county. No county will provide cross-county assistance. When there was a flood in Bingzhou, our Pei family could only work with the southern counties of Bingzhou to provide relief to the southern part of Bingzhou. If we went to the north to provide relief, the Wang family and Wen family of Taiyuan, etc. The county magistrate will think that we have taken away their popularity and regard our actions as an invasion. For the same reason, they cannot go south to provide relief. If anyone breaks this rule, it will be regarded as a declaration of war, and the two will go to war in official circles and local areas. .”
"That's it! I've learned a lesson." Yang Ji suddenly realized. He knew that competition among famous families was fierce, but he didn't expect it to reach this stage. These famous families are clearly ancient gangsters. A family is a gang. They each have their own territory and are wary of each other. No matter whether it is good intentions or evil intentions, they do not allow each other to engage in various activities within their own sphere of influence. However, , which was approved by the government.
Pei Ju smiled: "The traditional sphere of influence of the Guanlong nobles included Yongzhou, Yizhou, Liangzhou, Jingzhou and most of Yuzhou in Guanzhong. After the Sui Dynasty unified the world, they took advantage of the situation to compete with the Shandong gentry for mergers, Hebei, You, and Yan and Qing competed with the southern gentry for Jing, Yang and Xu."
"The Dugu family is one of the three major sects of the Guanlong nobles. In addition, the Guanlong nobles are not as divided as the famous county commanders. Therefore, the Dugu family is on the territory of the Guanlong nobles and can move anywhere."
"Tch!" Yang Ji said contemptuously: "No wonder those so-called thousand-year-old nobles can't defeat the Guanlong nobles. Let alone their strength, their magnanimity alone is not as good as others. They deserve to be forced to give in every step of the way."
"..." Pei Ju's smile suddenly froze on his face. Although he knew that Yang Ji was not scolding him, what difference did it make?
Yang Ji saw that Pei Ju's expression was wrong and said quickly: "Thank you, Xiangguo Pei, I understand everything!"
He really got it.
Although Liangzhou didn't have much of a county title, it was managed as a royal territory by him. If the Dugu family came here to do business, it would be normal trade behavior. Once he, a Liangzhou talker, accepts food donations from the Dugu family privately or openly, in the eyes of Yang Guang and other Yang family disciples, it will be an act of betrayal that leads the wolf into the house.
Even if Yang Guang didn't cause trouble for him, I'm afraid people in the royal family would look at him "differently".
This is not a problem of any one person, but a deep-rooted sectarianism and local protectionism!
Fortunately, I would rather die poor than eat the food of complaining, otherwise things will be very serious. But this kind of unspoken rule that ignores the urgent needs of the people is really abominable, but so what?
He couldn't die for these new people, could he?
“Is there a way to have the best of both worlds?”
"Yes!" Pei Ju said: "For example, these grains were donated by Dugu Xianyi in his own name before he resigned. That is for him to gain fame and political achievements. It is a private act that has nothing to do with you and the Dugu family. What you are doing here If you come up with something like the Ten Thousand People Umbrella, this matter can be dealt with."
"..." Yang Ji said with a pun: "If the children of the Pei family come to donate, I would welcome it!"
Pei Ju was stunned for a moment, and said equally meaningfully: "My daughter is about to become the Yang family's wife, what else do you want?"
"You said she was the wife of the Yang family. What will Shuying have to do with the Pei family in the future?" The warning in Yang Ji's words was very obvious.
The implication is that a married woman is like water thrown out. Your Pei family will never try to control my little wife in the future.
When Pei Ju heard this, he even ignored Pei Shuying. He smiled bitterly and said: "If you need donations from the Pei family, then I will actually arrange for a descendant to come over."
"Welcome!" Yang Ji said with a smile: "In Liangzhou, military generals have more opportunities to perform meritorious service and be promoted; it's a pity that the Pei family has no decent military generals except Xiangguo."
Cooperation must be a win-win situation. Otherwise, how can we continue to cooperate? If Pei Ju sends capable children of the Pei family, Yang Ji is willing to help Pei Ju lead the area and make a name for himself.
Pei Ju naturally knew that military generals were popular in Liangzhou, but Yang Ji actually said that the Pei family did not have decent military generals, which was really annoying. He snorted coldly: "Who said that my Pei family has no military generals? Don't underestimate me. people."
"Who is it?" Yang Ji chuckled and winked, "The one who plays well with Li Yuan?"
Pei Ju said with a dark face: "Pei Ji was born in the Sangquan Pei family in Puzhou. Although the Sangquan Pei family was descended from the Wenxi Pei family, and was separated from the Xijuanfang. However, because it has been branched for too long, it has little relationship with the main sect. Well, the Sangquan Pei family not only has their own head and their own ancestral hall, but they no longer even perform sacrifices together."
"Is it because of Pei Ji? But then again, that guy is quite beautiful and more feminine than a woman. No wonder..."
"It's none of your business!" Pei Ju said angrily when he saw that Yang Ji always attacked the Pei family's sore spots, "In short, my Pei family has many generals."
"Then tell me, among your Pei family generals, who is the best at fighting?"
"Anyway, just wait..." Although Pei Ju said it confidently, he was secretly sad in his heart. The Pei family used to be a family with bright generals, but now, they really don't have any good generals.
One aspect that caused this phenomenon was that the children of the Pei family increasingly valued culture over martial arts. On the other hand, the Pei family likes to hedge their bets. Although they make a lot of money by following the winning side, a large number of talents who follow the losing side die in wars or purges. No matter how deep the Pei family's background is, they can't withstand such a torment. .
This habit of hedging one's bets is no exception even in this dynasty, but in this dynasty, the Pei family "overturned" again.
When Yang Liang rebelled, his soldier Cao Pei Wen'an was the leader of the Pei family's martial arts department, and many martial arts disciples followed him in the rebellion. After the rebellion was put down, Yang Liang was fine, but Pei Wen'an and other important accomplices were dead. The children of the Pei family either died on the battlefield or were purged afterwards, which led to the Pei family's "martial arts" problems. Talent is so dead.
Since Pei Wen'an, the Lu Doushi brothers, Qiao Zhongkui, He Dangui, Wang Dan and others were specially sent to Bingzhou as generals after Yang Jian could not transfer Yang Liang, Pei Ju often suspected that Yang Jian deliberately raised tigers to cause trouble. The purpose of strengthening Yang Liang was to encourage him to rebel; and then let Yang Guang use this war to establish the authority of the king and at the same time have an excuse to weaken the strength of the major clans.
Because after Yang Liang was pacified, the Wenxi Pei family, Taiyuan Wang family, Guanzhong Ludou family, Guanzhong Qiao family, Guanzhong Heshan family and other clans were all purged by Yang Guang, although the objects he purged were only "thieves". "The rebels did not involve anyone else, but it was still a huge and heavy blow to the families involved.
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