After a day's rest, Yang Ming's team continued to set off. This time, he specially called Yuan Wendu and Yang Yinjiang to ride with him.
These two people have their own opinions on the Jingzhou area. Yang Ming needs to listen to their thoughts to summarize his initial impression of Jingzhou.
The aristocratic families in the Jingzhou area are small households in the eyes of the Guanzhong Group, but in the eyes of the local people, they are undoubtedly giants that cannot be offended.
Behind these aristocratic families, there are backers. Among them, Lanlingxiao, Hanwangfu, Hongnongyang, Jingzhaowei, and Luoyang Yuan have the greatest influence on the Jingzhou area.
These five factions are more or less involved with Yang Ming.
First of all, the Xiao family of Lanling. Although most of the royal family members were abducted to Daxing after the fall of the Liang Kingdom and were not allowed to leave the capital without an edict, the influence of the Xiao family in Jiangling County is not second-guessing. The reason is simple, because Xiao Concubine.
Even though Concubine Xiao was originally just the Princess of Jin, she was enough to cover the entire Xiao family in Lanling. However, Yang Ming heard from his mother-in-law that except for Xiao Jing and Xiao Yu, she did not meet many other brothers, let alone It’s time to talk about the people in your hometown.
Even so, the Xiao family can still use the golden name of Mom to make a name for themselves in Jingzhou and Jiangnan.
As for the Han Palace, it is very simple. Yang Liang once served as the general manager of Jingzhou. Many families in the Jingzhou area were originally attached to the Han Palace, just like the entire south was attached to the Jin Palace.
The influence of the Hongnong Yang family in the Jingzhou area basically came from Yang Xuangan, and Yang Xuangan obviously didn't have much ability, but he had the Hongnong Yang family behind him.
Jingzhao Wei, at the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the first general manager of Jingzhou was Wei Shikang, the eldest brother of Wei Chong, the father-in-law of the second son Yang Jin. It is said that after Wei Shikang took office, he also killed many people in the Jingzhou area, and even killed some families Directly uprooting, not even sparing young children, it is completely killing the families.
Although the methods were cruel, the entire Jingzhou area was indeed suppressed in a short period of time. After Yang Laowu took over, the Jingzhou area was already a land of peace.
As for the Yuan family in Luoyang, of course it was because Yuan Xiaoze once served as the general manager of Jiangling.
Now that Yang Ming has been appointed as the general manager of Jingzhou, he must have absolute control over his jurisdiction. After all, this time, he will stay in this position for a long time.
According to historical calculations, it will take at least four years. After four years, my father will become the emperor, and he will be the prince, and he will probably be transferred to other places.
In Jingzhou, he will live in the General Manager's Mansion, which is where he handles government affairs, not his home. His home is in Hedong and has not yet been built.
And he doesn't plan to build a mansion or buy a big house in Jiangling. It's not necessary.
Six days later, we passed Xiyang County and entered the border of Hubei Province, where we could see waterways crisscrossing the area.
These rivers are either intermittent or shallow and difficult for large ships to navigate. They are all tributaries of the Yangtze River, the first mother river of the Chinese nation, and gave birth to the Chinese civilization that shines in the world.
Further south, Yang Ming could see a broad river stretching across the land. This is the Han River, the fifth largest tributary of the Yangtze River.
The Han River originates from the Qinling Mountains and flows eastward into the Yangtze River in Jiangxia County. Jiangxia County is Wuhan. Wuhan was called Hankou in ancient times because this is the entrance of the Han River.
Yang Ming once asked Yang Yinjiang if she wanted to see her father. Yang Yinjiang shook her head. She really didn't dare to see him because she was afraid that her father would take her back.
It was a very shameful thing for a young girl who had not left the court to elope. The Hongnong Yang family could not afford to lose face, so Yang Yinjiang knew that her grandfather and uncle would definitely keep the secret secret to prevent outsiders from knowing.
During this period, Yang Ming's team stayed in Xiangyang County and Jingling County for several days, and arrived at Jiangling County on December 28th.
The Chinese New Year will be here in a few days.
According to the lunar calendar, the beginning of the first month of the Sui Dynasty was definitely the beginning of the year, also known as the New Year's Day, which was also the Spring Festival in later generations.
The Xia calendar is the calendar of the Xia Dynasty, also known as the yellow calendar. It was changed to the lunar calendar in 1970.
It's really a coincidence that the time has come so fast that I can collect some New Year's money again before the end of the year.
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The prefect of Jiangling County is called Murong Sanzang. His ancestral home is Northeast China and he is a native of Xianbei. He is now fifty-four years old.
This person used to hang out with Wei Guang. Wei Guang was the second brother of Wei Chong, Minister of Civil Affairs. In the ninth year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign, he conquered Lingnan as the military commander, with Murong Sanzang as his deputy. Wei Guang was lost and died on the battlefield. The corpse was carried back by Murong Sanzang.
This old man now has the title of Duke of Yewang County.
Murong Sanzang led a hundred officials to greet Yang Ming at the city gate, and beside him stood an eye-catching middle-aged man in official uniform.
The reason why Yang Ming noticed this person was because the grandson's chin was set very high, which made him look very awkward compared with the bowing officials around him.
Are you diao?
Yang Ming pointed directly at the other person and said, "Who are you?"
The man bowed his hands in greeting and said, "I am under the command of Yang Xuangan, the governor of Ezhou."
It turns out it's you, a little brat... Yang Ming was quite surprised. Aren't you in Jiangxia? Why are you here in Jiangling?
"Oh...it turns out to be Xuangan," Yang Ming nodded, no wonder he was so excited.
In this case, Yang Yinjiang would definitely not dare to get out of the car.
Fortunately, Yang Yinjiang's appearance was not like her father's at all. Yang Xuangan's appearance was somewhat rough and ugly.
Yang Su should have been considered a rare handsome man when he was young. Why is he so ugly after giving birth to a son?
However, you can vaguely see Yang Su's shadow in Yang Xuangan's ugly face. It seems that Yang Su and his wife failed in genetic modification and gave birth to a shoddy product.
This kid had a nickname when he was a kid, called Demented Boy. Looking back at it now, he is indeed a bit stupid.
Welcomed by hundreds of officials, Yang Ming's motorcade entered the city and settled in the General Manager's Mansion.
The scale of Jiangling County is far beyond that of Hedong County. In any case, this place was the capital of the Liang Kingdom twenty years ago.
As one of the four general managers of the Great Sui Dynasty, the Jingzhou General Manager's Mansion was extremely grand and imposing. The two stone lions at the door were as big as the pair in the Jin Prince's Mansion.
Since Yang Liang left the General Manager's Mansion, the place has been vacant, but it is often cleaned, so it is still clean.
The mansion is divided into two parts: the front is the government office, where government affairs are handled, and the back is the inner garden, where people live.
At present, Yang Ming's family has been completely separated. When he goes to Daxing in the future, the Jin Prince's Mansion will be his eldest brother's home, not his parents' home anymore.
Xu Jing will be Yang Ming's housekeeper from now on, and the small treasury left in Daxing has also been brought this time. Yang Ming does not need to worry about the specific matters in the mansion, Xu Jing will make arrangements for them.
The 1,100 members of the royal family in the team will be the guards of the General Palace in the future. The 700 people in the outer courtyard are led by Pang Niu, and the 400 people in the inner courtyard are led by Chen Kui and Ma Laoliu respectively.
There was only one reason why Ma Laoliu was placed by his father's side. Because he had a bad image, he was bald and could not be brought into the East Palace.
As for the remaining 900 servants and maids, Yang Ming left them to Yang Yinjiang to arrange and take care of them. Logically speaking, Chen Shuyi should do this kind of thing, but it was a pity that she couldn't do it.
The courtyard to the north of the inner garden was used as Yang Ming's dormitory. Yang Yinjiang was placed on the east side, Chen Shuyi and Gao Yue were placed on the west side, and the surrounding houses were where the servants lived.
As for Yuan Wendu and his servants, they live in the front office.
After the officials sent Yang Ming all the way to the General Manager's Mansion, they left knowingly. They would not come to congratulate him until the house was cleaned up.
Especially three days later is the New Year's Eve, which is the best time for them to give gifts.
The new General Manager's Mansion is so empty, why don't you fill it up for me?
The governor of the county, Murong Sanzang, was a man who knew how to get things done. He filled the cellar of the Governor's Mansion one day in advance with fruits, vegetables and fresh meat.
Yang Yinjiang is quite nervous now because she is not sure whether her father knows that she is with Yang Ming.
If my uncle sent someone to deliver the letter, he would undoubtedly arrive in Jiangxia before them.
And she really didn't dare to see her father.
Yang Ming saw her worries
, so he first sent a letter to the governor Murong Sanzang, asking him to inform Yang Xuangan and order him to return to his place of responsibility.
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As for whether Yang Xuangan would be obedient, there was no telling. Normal people would definitely be obedient, but Yang Xuangan was obviously not a normal person.
The next day, greeting cards flew into the general manager's office like snowflakes. Xu Jing piled a thick pile of notes in front of Yang Ming, and Yuan Wendu on the side was responsible for sorting them out.
According to Yuan Wendu, some people here are worth meeting and some are not.
But Yang Ming didn’t think so. How could he shut out the gift-giver? There was no discipline in the Sui Dynasty, so no one cared how much he collected.
Besides, collecting your things now will not affect how I collect your things in the future.
So Yang Ming ordered Yuan Wendu to make arrangements. There were only twelve seats for the banquet, and others could be sent away after giving gifts.
The selection of these twelve people was decided by Yuan Wendu himself.
On the day of keeping the New Year's Eve, twenty-four bonfires were set up in the Governor's Mansion for the New Year's Eve. Yang Ming would distribute the food and wine in the treasury, and all the guards and servants would have a share, as well as a share of the New Year's money.
Yang Ming knew very well that how loyal his group of people was depends entirely on how much benefit they could get from following him, so this year's annual salary was quite generous, and each person had a consistent amount of money, such as Yuan Wendu, Pang Niu and others. Ten gold each.
You can't be stingy with this kind of money.
With two thousand people in the General Manager's Office, the expenses are very high, and Yang Ming's main source of income is the taxes from Hedong. In Jingzhou, he only has that salary.
His salary is a bit embarrassing to talk about. In a year, it only amounts to several thousand guan of money and ten thousand shi of food.
The salary was allocated from the local treasury. Yang Ming would not do what Yang Laosan did, misappropriating money from the Bingzhou treasury to feed himself, drink and have fun. He was not greedy enough yet.
To make money, you have to be self-reliant.
Even though he had sent out so much today, he could get it all back that night. When Xu Jing came back, he said that the streets outside the Governor's Mansion were blocked and there was no carriage in sight. He would wait until the hour came and he would come into the mansion to pay his respects. Yang Ming.
As soon as Youshi arrived, the gate of the General Manager's Mansion was pushed open by guards from both sides. New Year greeters flocked in, but 99% of them could not enter the inner garden, let alone see Yang Ming's face.
When the gift arrives, that’s it.
