The reason why Yang Ming chose Shen Lun was because he had real talent and learning.
When Yang Liang was the general manager of Jingzhou, Shen Lun worked as a miscellaneous worker in the general manager's office and also worked as a clerk in the Jiangling County government office. He was an authentic scholar and was very business-minded. He was responsible for half of the Shen family's water vessels. Take care of.
Such people basically have no chance of rising up because of their poor background.
But Yang Ming gave him this opportunity.
So when Yang Ming met him for the first time, Shen Lun looked so grateful that he wished he could die in front of Yang Ming to show his loyalty.
This is the problem with literati, especially those trained in Confucianism. Everyone feels that their talents are not appreciated. Once they meet Bole, they feel that they have to make great achievements.
However, this person still has ambitions and appreciates promotion. At the same time, he also knows that this opportunity is rare.
After a brief conversation with him, Yang Ming was quite satisfied. This person had served in the General Manager's Office and the County Government successively. He was familiar with some local affairs and explained things in a clear and logical manner.
It made Yang Ming feel that he had not chosen the wrong person.
In fact, there are talents everywhere, but there is a lack of opportunities. Most of their upward paths are blocked.
Is it true that 1.4 billion people can't choose 11 people who can play football? impossible.
After Shen Lun left, Yang Ming came to Yang Yinjiang's courtyard, where he would have dinner tonight.
Yang Yinjiang handed him Kuaizi with her own hands and said with a smile: "Why don't you adopt my idea?"
"No need," Yang Ming smiled and lowered his head to eat.
Before that, Yang Yinjiang had suggested to Yang Ming to reward Shen Lun with a maid. Since it was Yang Ming's reward, this girl would definitely become Shen Lun's concubine and an informant for Yang Ming to monitor Shen Lun.
But Yang Ming doesn't intend to do this. First of all, Shen Lun is not worth it. What should a small county captain have to worry about?
Furthermore, Yang Ming didn't like this approach very much. Although it was undeniable that it was an effective way to monitor the loyalty of his subordinates, it was still somewhat inferior.
The inferior methods can only be used on inferior people.
However, Yang Ming still told Yang Yinjiang that such a maid should be selected from some beautiful and clever maids, and must be absolutely reliable, so that if she is needed in the future, nothing will go wrong.
During the meal, Yang Yinjiang sighed deliberately,
Yang Ming asked curiously: "What's wrong?"
Yang Yinjiang was waiting for him to ask: "I am already seventeen years old this year. Although you are only thirteen years old, your height is no different from that of a fifteen-year-old. You are almost catching up with me."
"There is no difference, you are still thirteen years old." Yang Ming knew what she wanted to say, so he changed the subject and said: "If you feel that staying in the mansion is too boring, you can go out for a walk. The scenery in Jingzhou is different from Guanzhong, and it is very worth it. Have a good time."
"It's like you've been shopping there?" Yang Yinjiang knew that he was avoiding her topic, so she rolled her eyes and said, "It's already August, and in less than a year and a half, it's time for Dugu Feng'er to come."
Sigh...you still refuse to change the topic,
Speaking of one and a half years ago, Yang Ming suddenly thought that his grandmother Dugu Jialuo would pass away in another year.
Although he sent letters of greetings to Daxing every month, Dugu Jialuo's reply also said that everything was fine.
But Yang Ming knew from the letter from his eldest brother Yang Zhao that his grandmother's health was getting worse day by day.
Yes... In this era, giving birth to ten children would cause great damage to the body. It is said that when the fourth daughter, Princess Yang Wenxuan of Lechang, was born, it was difficult to give birth and she almost didn't survive.
Yang Ming still has true feelings for Dugu Jialuo, so thinking about this makes him somewhat sad.
When Yang Yinjiang saw this, she obediently stopped asking questions and could only sigh in her heart.
.......
In mid-August, Yang Ming received a letter from Li Jing, saying that the Sui Dynasty was about to send troops.
This time Yang Su was the marching marshal and came out of Lingzhou (Wuzhong City, Ningxia). Changsun became the surrender envoy and took Qimin Khan to Shengzhou to attack Bujia Khan.
Li Jing will lead 8,000 troops from Hedong, go north to join Changsun Cheng's army, depart from Shuozhou (Shuozhou, Shanxi), and attack the Turks in the direction of Shengzhou (Yulin, Shaanxi).
It was August now, four months before the end of the year, and Yang Ming knew that he would definitely win this battle. In fact, during the entire Sui Dynasty, he never suffered a loss when facing the Turks.
In this way, it is destined that 8,000 people in Hedong will be exempted from taxes this year, and they will receive rewards for winning battles. This expenditure will be allocated from the taxes in Hedong, and Fang Xuanling will have to find a way to make up for the shortfall.
Qimin Khan of Shuozhou, also known as Tuli Khan, was named Ranqian.
At that time, the Turks fell into Chang Sun Cheng's alienation plan. The Dulan Khan of the Eastern Turks, Yong Yulu, joined forces with the Datou Khan of the Western Turks to attack the Tuli Khan.
Tuli was defeated, and later, under the persuasion of Chang Suncheng, he surrendered to the Sui Dynasty. He was named Yili Zhendou Qimin Khan by Yang Jian, or Qimin Khan for short, and he and his tribe were settled in Shuozhou.
This Qimin Khan Ranqian had five sons, of which three are more famous in history, namely the eldest Shibi Khan Duo Jishi, the second Chuluo Khan Qilifushe, and the third son Jieli Ke You must sweat.
Among them, the third one, Jie Li, was the one who made the Weishui Alliance with Li Shimin in history.
If we look at the historical process, Yang Su's attack on the Turks from the north will return with a great victory, Bujia Khan will flee to the Tuguhun area, and Qimin Khan will regain his tribe and become the leader of the Eastern Turks. Khan.
Qimin remained a vassal of the Sui Dynasty until his death six years later.
Li Jing could indeed gain experience in this battle, and Yang Su also fulfilled his promise.
As for what kind of lord Li Jing would be awarded after this victory, Yang Ming didn't really care. As for lord, it's all a trivial matter.
A few days later, Yang Ming heard something from Xu Jing, so he called Pang Niu and his cousin Pang Tao.
"What's going on with you and Yuan Wen?" Yang Ming asked in a deep voice.
Pang Tao is twenty-seven years old today. He was called your boy by Yang Ming, but he didn't feel it was inappropriate at all. He smiled and said:
"It's nothing, just that he always calls on his subordinates. I had a few words with him, which made it a bit unpleasant. We all followed His Highness out, and we only listened to His Highness. Who is he? Assign us?"
Pang Niu also said at the side: "He is the chief official of the General Palace, and we are His Highness's personal guards. According to the regulations, he really shouldn't use us."
If he doesn't call you, who will he call? The only soldiers in the General Manager's Office are you.
Yang Ming said: "He is also short of manpower. Let's select 200 people from the guards in front of the Yamen and put them at his disposal from now on."
"Your Highness, how did this happen?" Pang Tao frowned.
Yang Ming's face instantly darkened.
Seeing this, Pang Niu hurriedly said: "Just do as His Highness wishes, I will allocate 200 people for him today."
Yang Ming pondered for a moment and said in a cold voice: "You kid, don't stay in the Governor's Mansion. There happens to be a vacancy in the Sheriff's Mansion. You can become a County Lieutenant."
Lieutenant? This is a good job... Pang Tao said with a playful smile: "I accept the order from my humble position."
"Don't be anxious," Yang Ming said solemnly, "If you dare to mess around outside and ruin my reputation, I will kill you."
Pang Tao nodded quickly: "Your Highness, don't worry, you know the importance of your humble position. If I smear you, I will smear myself with a knife."
His cousin Pang Niu also kicked him: "Do it well, if you dare to mess around, your highness doesn't need to say anything, I will chop you up first."
"Okay, okay, let's all go down," he said after sending the two of them away, and Yang Ming sat alone in the hall, meditating.
Less than a year after he arrived in Jingzhou, the General Manager's Office secretly divided into two factions, one was the literati faction headed by Yuan Wendu, and the other was the martial arts faction headed by Pang Niu.
Pang Niu came from the palace. He was a good at flattering his superiors and had a good way of restraining his subordinates, but Yang Ming didn't have high expectations for him.
Because Pang Niu has a disgusting feeling about the disciples in Guanzhong, that is, he doesn't pay attention to people outside Guanzhong, but he is absolutely loyal to the royal family in his heart.
No ability, it doesn't matter, loyalty is the greatest ability.
That's why Yang Ming arranged for Pang Tao to be the Jiangling County Lieutenant. Despite his young age, he was a Wu Sanguan with a Brigade Cavalry Lieutenant, which was two ranks higher than Fang Xuanling's original Yu Cavalry Lieutenant.
Who let people come from the palace?
In the next few days, Yang Ming specially called Yuan Wendu and Pang Niu and scolded them respectively. His attitude was very severe. It probably meant that if they had any disagreements again in the future, they would both get out of here.
After settling the two people, Yang Ming planned to take Yang Yinjiang out.
Where to go? Go to Xiangyang County.
The Xiangyang Huqi Mansion was the Shangfu. The number of soldiers was fixed at 1,500, but since it also commanded the Xiangyang Navy, an additional 1,500 were added.
Yang Ming went there this time mainly because he wanted to see the Jingzhou navy, but mainly because he wanted to meet someone.
When leaving this time, Yang Ming did not take Xu Jing with him. He only asked Chen Kui to take five hundred armors, and he and Yang Yinjiang left the city and went to Jingzhou Port to take a boat.
Jingzhou Port was the second largest port in the Sui Dynasty after Jiangdu, and its waterborne trade was quite developed.
The yamen responsible for managing Jingzhou Port is called the Capital Water Department, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Water, one of the four departments of the Ministry of Industry.
The Ministry of Water governs the world's rivers and lakes, Jinji (ferries), boats, canals (canals and bridges), dikes, ditches (water channels for field irrigation), fishing, canal transportation, mills (water-powered stone mills), etc. thing.
The chief officer of the Jingzhou Port Water Department is called Du Shuiwei. He is sent from the Ministry of Works and belongs to Guanzhong.
After Du Shui Wei Li Heng got the news, he arranged six large ships for Yang Ming early. These six ships were all official ships. Each ship could carry a hundred people. It was the largest ship that could be seen on the Yangtze River.
Wuya and Huanglong are both at Shuijun Pier and are basically invisible.
After boarding the ship, the big ship went south along the river, first to Baling County, and then north along the Yangtze River to Jiangxia County. From Jiangxia to the Han River, westward was Xiangyang County.
If you take the land route from Gangneung, it only takes one and a half days to the north, but if you take the water route, you have to make a big circle and it will take about seven or eight days.
What is there to see on the land? The scenery on both sides of the Yangtze River is the most magnificent. Especially on the Yangtze River at this time, you can see white-fin dolphins jumping out of the water from time to time.
This was the first time Yang Ming saw this kind of Yangtze River spirit.
As for Yang Yinjiang, she was stunned because it was her first time to see the Yangtze River.
From the Sui Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Yangtze River was called the Yangtze River, and from the Northern Song Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was called the Dajiang River.
