In another tent, Yang Ming and Wei Zhen sat opposite each other around the fire.
Wei Zhen's level is very high, fourth grade.
Menxia Province is one of the three provinces and has very great power. During Yang Jian's period, many central elders also served as Menxia Province Nayan, who could give advice to the emperor.
Obviously, Yang Guang doesn't like other people's opinions, so there are only two people in Nayan at the moment, Su Wei and Pei Ju.
After the reorganization of Menxia Province, the two original generals actually gave things to Huangmen Shilang. The word "give things" was removed and changed to Huangmen Shilang. They are currently Yang Da and Wei Zhen.
Below there are 4 ministers, 4 regular servants, 4 regular servants, and 7 admonishing officials. These are all admonishing officers.
However, when Yang Guang came to the throne, he said: I don't like people's advice by nature, and I won't tolerate anyone who wants to gain fame by admonishing me.
Therefore, the right of admonishment of the subordinate provinces was deprived.
Wei Zhen's father, Master Wei, was a confidant of Yang Guang and an old man in the Jin palace. From this, it can be seen that Jingzhao Wei had already bet on the prince Yang Yong and the king of Jin Yang Guang respectively during Yang Jian's period.
The conflict between Wei Shikang and Master Wei is also a battle between the princelings and the Jin princes. The two seem to be fighting fiercely, but in fact they are all superficial.
"Your Highness has never seen the Guanfengxing Palace. It is a miraculous craftsmanship. Yuwen Shangshu is truly a great talent in the country," Wei Zhen said with a smile as she took the tea from Yang Ming with both hands.
The Guanfengxing Palace is a walking palace. Yu Wenkai has already built it, which means that Yang Guang's northern tour will be put on the agenda.
"I have received some news," Yang Ming frowned and said, "All the military offices are reorganizing their armies. How many people will your Majesty bring with him on this expedition to the north?"
Wei Zhen stretched out a hand, shook it, and said, "Five hundred thousand."
Yang Ming's mouth twitched...
Wei Zhen continued: "An army of 500,000 people, 100,000 war horses, divided into 24 armies, 3,000 monks, nuns, Taoist priests, and female crowns, 1,600 carriages..."
After a while, Yang Ming said expressionlessly: "Shanxi transferred 150,000, Henan 100,000, Guanzhong 250,000, the capital is completely empty?"
"Yes," Wei Zhen smiled sheepishly and said, "His Royal Highness was not here, and no one dared to raise any opinion. Originally, everyone was hoping that Duke Gao would support him, but who knew that Duke Gao didn't say a word? No one spoke, and no one dared to speak.”
Five hundred thousand, there are only 600,000 people in Daxing city. Yang Guang’s northern inspection tour almost took away one Daxing?
It is also unique in history. No wonder I was asked to host the spring outing. Is this deliberately sending me away? Afraid that I would take the lead in opposition.
As Wei Zhen said, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty were waiting for a leader, but there just wasn't one.
In the past half month, Yang Ming has not attended the court meeting. Although he knows many things here, it is not detailed after all, so he asked again:
"How's the canal going?"
Wei Zhen said: "We heard that Wei Fusi and Wei Yijie from the Ministry of Civil Affairs both went to Hebei. The King of Qi was currently in Luoyang in charge of the project of diverting Qinshui River into the Yellow River. Yan Bi took the people from Taifu Temple and went directly to Zhuo. county."
"What do these two people mean, one in the south and the other in the north?" Yang Ming asked.
Wei Zhen shook her head helplessly and said: "Who knew? Yan Bi was the construction supervisor, but he was not in Luoyang and went to Zhuo County. Instead, the King of Qi took charge of the canal affairs. The ministers also mentioned this at the court meeting , but His Majesty’s attitude is very immodest, and there has been no result after many discussions.”
Yang Ming felt that something was wrong. His father asked Yang Jian to be reinstated as Yuzhou Shepherd just to keep an eye on the canal affairs. This had just begun, and Yan Bi had already given up. Something must have happened.
"What has Yu Wenshu been doing recently?" Yang Ming asked.
When Yu Wenshu was mentioned, Wei Zhen didn't have a good face. Half of it was to show off to Yang Ming, and half of it was because he really couldn't stand Yu Wenshu.
He looked dissatisfied and said: "Here in Menxia Province, memorials from local authorities have never stopped. They appear almost every day. From the prefect to the county magistrate, they are all complaining. Hebei has the most. In Hejian County, I heard that 80,000 civilians would be mobilized, and the memorial from Hejian Governor Yang Wanshi was very rude, and he had already called Yu Wenshu a traitor to the country."
Hejian County is the second largest county in Hebei, and the thirteenth county. The governor of the county, Yang Wanshi, is the son of Yang Su and the younger brother of Yang Xuangan.
Yang Wanshi would not be polite to Yu Wenshu in public or private matters.
"Then, what does Your Majesty say?" Yang Ming asked.
Wei Zhen sighed: "These memorials have been suppressed by His Majesty. There is no meeting at court at all. Only our subordinates know about it. Your Highness only needs to know it well and don't spread it outside."
This was a job application form, telling Yang Ming things that Yang Ming shouldn't know in order to gain Yang Ming's trust and favor.
Yang Ming nodded. It seemed that his father was determined to let Yu Wenshu and Lao Er take the blame this time.
"Cui Hongjun has taken office? How many people will be transferred from Xindu County?" Yang Ming asked.
Cui Hongjun is not only the governor of Xindu, but also the long history of King Zhao Yang Gao. Yang Gao is older and there is no need for a long history at the moment, so Cui Hongjun just puts his name first.
Wei Zhen said: "Seventy thousand people, but Cui Hongjun did not file a complaint. I think it is because of King Qi's face."
"One is 80,000 and the other is 70,000. How can there be so many of them?" Yang Ming asked.
Wei Zhen said helplessly: "There is a woman among them."
All women have been drafted...
Yang Ming took a deep breath. It seemed that chaos in Hebei was just around the corner. Guanzhong, Shanxi, and Henan had almost no troops because of the emperor's deployment to the north. Once chaos broke out in Hebei, what would be done to suppress it?
Rely on Shandong? Thank God if Shandong doesn't follow suit.
Yang Ming suddenly realized that a huge crisis was probably coming.
The civil unrest is different from Yang Liang's original rebellion. One is the common people, and the other is the military guards. Once the former takes hold, it will start a prairie fire.
Since ancient times, there have been many strong men in Yan and Zhao, and it is no joke that people in Hebei have rebelled. China has thousands of years of history, and the people in this place are a tough group.
Seeing Yang Ming remain silent, Wei Zhen, who couldn't see the critical situation, asked tentatively:
"Will you come back to pick up the little girl in six days?"
Yang Ming frowned slightly, but still didn't speak.
Once chaos breaks out in Hebei, Yang Ming will definitely need to step in to quell the rebellion. The second brother has offended the people of Hebei so much that if he quells the rebellion, they will only risk their lives with him.
But where did the soldiers come from? Recruitment was the only way, and recruitment cost money. Yang Ming couldn't touch the treasury's money easily, because the treasury was running out of money.
At this time, Jingzhao Weishi had to win over him because he was rich and well-connected.
"Let's wait until she recovers," Yang Ming said calmly.
Wei Zhen was instantly overjoyed. He was a smart man. There were some words that Yang Ming didn't need to explain clearly. He could understand the meaning.
So from now on, Jingzhao Xijuanfang can confidently and boldly move towards the direction of King Qin.
That night, Yang Ming returned to the capital. He went to Chunming Gate late at night. The guards here were all Li Jing's people, and no one would leak his whereabouts.
After entering the city, he went directly to Gao Jiong's mansion.
Gao Jiong did not sleep, but was alone in his study, lighting a lamp and looking at a map of Hebei.
He also realized that something was going to go wrong.
After Yang Ming came in, Gao Jiong said directly without saying a word:
"Yan Pi must have sensed that the situation was not good, so he ran to Zhuojun. He and Yang Jian must have been very unhappy. Zhuojun is an important frontier town. There are eleven military mansions here that were formerly part of the Youzhou Governor's Palace. Often, There are 12,000 troops stationed, and the Turks are in the north. If something happens in Hebei, he can join forces with Yuan Hongsi, the governor of Zhuo County, to protect himself. As long as the king's division outside the wall arrives in time, he will not have any problems. This man is too shrewd. ”
Zhuojun was the former Youzhou, and its administrative location was Ji County, which was later known as Jizhou District of Tianjin.
After Yang Ming sat down, he nodded and said: "This person's reaction is indeed fast enough. What happened to him and Yang Xian?"
"There is a power struggle, and there are disagreements," Gao Jiong said: "Yan Bi is an expert after all, and he will do the canal affairs. It is not a big problem, but if a layman keeps interfering, the two must have fallen out. Just like King Qi and Yu Wenkai, now that Yan Bi has gone to Zhuojun, it’s really hard to say anything about him, after all, Zhuojun is the northern terminus of the canal.”
Then, Yang Ming told Gao Jiong about the complaint he heard from Wei Zhen.
After hearing this, Gao Jiong smiled bitterly and said:
"Everyone is thinking about themselves. Everyone knows that if they do this, civil unrest will definitely occur in the local area. The local officials in Hebei are worried about this. They are in the center of the whirlpool. It is impossible not to be afraid. When civil unrest occurs, the first to suffer Even for them, it’s not certain whether they can survive.”
Then, Gao Jiong continued: "Yang Jian and Yu Wenshu should also be aware of this. They have now asked Yu Juluo, the prefect of Zhao County, Zhang Xutuo, the prefect of Qi County, and Lu Yongji, the prefect of Shangdang County, to envoy Chijie and Let Yu Wenhua and Ren Dongjun be the prefects and envoys to control the situation, just to be on guard against any eventuality."
Envoy Chijie refers to the imperial envoy Chijie. The person with the highest local military power has the power to kill officials.
Zhaojun is Handan, to the west of Xindu County, Qijun is Jinan, adjacent to Qinghe County in Hebei, Dongjun is Anyang, Henan, and to the north is Jijun (Weihui City, Henan) in Hebei. This place belonged to Jizhou in the Sui Dynasty.
Shangdang County is Changzhi, Shanxi, and to the east are Xiangguo County and Wu'an County in Hebei Province. The prefect Lu Yongji is Yang Jian's cousin, and Yang Jian's mother Lu Kutao is Lu Yongji's aunt.
The four counties in the east, west and south stationed troops to surround Hebei. To the north were Zhuojun and the Wang Division who came from the Turks to support them. The entire Hebei was surrounded.
Since I have to use you to dig canals, I also have to prevent you from rebelling. What the hell is this? Hebei is also in bad luck.
Yang Ming said helplessly: "I'm just afraid that these few of them will be useless."
"The main reason is that there are no soldiers," Gao Jiong said: "People have been deployed to dig canals. They, the envoys and ministers, can only rely on local recruitment. They are afraid that this will cause problems in their jurisdiction, so they have to Relying on Guanzhong, only the Guanzhong family can provide enough troops."
Yang Ming deeply agreed, nodded and said: "We must be prepared now. If Guanzhong cannot recruit even 30,000 to 50,000 people by then, chaos will break out in Hebei."
