Regarding the purchase of cotton and the development of cotton planting areas, Yang Ming left it to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Sinong Temple, and Taifu Temple to coordinate. He himself did not have that much time.
People need to rest. If you don’t rest, you will die quickly.
Although he is only twenty-five years old this year, he still needs to pay attention to physical maintenance. After all, he is traveling into history, not a world of immortals, and there is no panacea to extend his life.
He didn't want to be like Yang Zhao and get seriously ill at a young age, which even Yang Guang couldn't survive.
There are so many subordinate officials in the East Palace, so you have to leave things to them, and you can make the final decision yourself.
Regarding the customs duties in Yiwu City, a rough plan was also discussed.
"What I mean is that the full tax from Yiwu County and the half tax from Zhangye County are combined into a total customs duty, and it only goes through the hands of one special taxation agency. In this way, losses can be avoided," Prince Xian Ma Liu Xuan said :
"Set up the Anxi Governor's Office in Xiping County to lead the Hexi frontier army, and set up the Hexi Governor's Office in Zhangye County to take charge of the local area and supervise foreign trade. The suitable candidate for the Anxi Governor is Yang Xuanting, the Hexi Governor, and it is best for us From the East Palace, I recommend the title of De Yi."
Xiping County was called Liangzhou in ancient times, which later became Xining City, Qinghai Province. To the west is Qinghai Lake, and opposite the lake is Fuqi City, the original royal city of Tuyuhun. Now it has been renamed Weiding City.
The current commander-in-chief of Weiding City is Wang Shuo, a member of He Ruobi's old department, Yang Ming. The commander-in-chief of Qilian City is Wu Jinglong, a subordinate of Xuanting. These two divisions, plus the garrison troops from Zhangye, Wuwei, Xiping, Yumenguan, and Yiwu City, are The Sui Dynasty deployed a total of 24,000 frontier troops in the Hexi Corridor.
What Liu Xuan meant was that Xuanting was in charge of military power, the Protectorate was located in Xiping County, Feng Deyi was in charge of administration, and the administrative office was set up in Zhangye County, while Yiwu City was completely set up as a border town and its trade rights were revoked.
"These two candidates are suitable," Yuan Wendu said: "To defeat Tuyuhun, Xuanting will be the vanguard. The king of Weiding City, Shuo Qilian City and Wu Jinglong are all his subordinates. It would be more suitable for him to take charge of the military affairs." Yi had served as the governor of Heyuan County and was quite familiar with the place, but he suddenly became the general manager of Hexi, so he lacked qualifications."
After Tuyuhun was conquered and defeated, four new counties were established on the original territory of Tuyuhun. At that time, Yang Rui was supervising the country and Yang Yue was assisting the government, so Feng Deyi was sent to Heyuan County as a training experience.
Without experience in local administration, it is impossible for you to be a high official. Although Feng Deyi is currently the right concubine of Donggong Dian Shufang, he is only an official of the fifth rank. Once a road is established in Hexi, the general manager will be at least the third rank and the fifth rank. It doesn't make sense to jump to three grades.
Because the Great Sui Dynasty started from the fifth level. If you want to advance to the first level, it will take four or five years. The first level is not the first level. For example, if you upgrade from the fifth level to the first level, it is the fifth level. If you want to get to the third level, you need someone to support you. , you also need ten or twenty years.
Yang Ming was suspicious. These subordinate officials in the East Palace didn't know how difficult it was to be promoted to the first rank. How did they say this to recommend Feng Deyi?
Yang Ming observed the expressions on everyone's faces and found that Feng Deyi and Li Mi's expressions were a little uncomfortable.
Xuanting was normal and seemed quite happy to go.
Yang Ming couldn't help but laugh: "Is it your own idea?"
Li Gang nodded and said: "It was agreed upon by everyone after discussion. There were some differences during the period, but the majority agreed."
"Just tell me, who doesn't agree?" Yang Ming said.
Li Mi took the initiative and said: "I and my concubine Feng Deyi on the right, Marquis Yu on the left led by Yang Jishan, and Han Shi'e and Yang Sixuan led by the concubines on the left and right do not agree."
He was implying that the result of Yang Ming's negotiation this time was aimed at Duke Chu's Mansion.
This cannot be said clearly. Whoever dares to say that there is a factional dispute in the East Palace will be kicked out first.
It seems that Feng Deyi and Yang Xuanting were entrusted with important tasks, but in fact they were kicked out of the East Palace circle. If Yang Yinjiang knew about it, she would definitely think wildly.
And Yang Ming will definitely not say this explicitly. After all, I was the one who caused the conflict between you two.
Yang Ming smiled and said: "Xuan Ting's arrangement is quite appropriate, but as Feng Deyi becomes the general manager, there is almost no possibility of appointment. Hexi is poor, but it will not let a fifth-grade person be in charge. The result of our discussion is that Do you think the submission to His Majesty can be passed?"
Liu Xuan said: "If the prince recommends it, it is not impossible. There are not many counties in Hexi, so it is not difficult to manage."
He is a relatively upright person. Ever since Yang Ming invited him to be the Prince Xianma, he has been conscientious in his work and has not made any mistakes in major or minor matters. However, there are some factional disputes hidden in the East Palace, among which the Duke of Chu's Mansion is the most powerful. Liu Xuan is easily constrained.
After private discussions with Li Gang, he felt that if Feng Deyi and Xuanting were removed, the East Palace would be much more stable.
This is the disadvantage of scholars, they do not understand politics.
Yang Yue and Xuangan are all in Beijing, and there is also a princess. If you are blatantly messing with someone else, be careful of being plotted against.
The two of them actually had good intentions, and they also wanted the future government affairs of the East Palace to be orderly and organized. However, there were many people in the East Palace who were unhappy with them, so as soon as the proposal came out, most people agreed.
Yang Ming smiled and said: "There is no precedent for this. Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, there has been no precedent for a person without a title to serve as a general manager."
When Yang Xuanting heard this, he was the most unwilling to admit defeat, because among their brothers, the eldest was Duke Guo, the second was Duke Xuanzong of Huainan, the fourth was Duke Qinghe, Xuanzhong, and he was the third and only had one Zhuguo.
why? I have adopted him and am waiting for the Duke of Xiuwu County to attack Yang Yue.
Feng Deyi also let out a sigh of relief and nodded: "I am underestimating my qualifications. If I am granted a border, I might make people laugh at me, and your Majesty will never allow it. I think it is better to choose from someone other than the East Palace. "
It must be suitable outside the East Palace. How many people have titles in the East Palace? None of the people in charge are there.
Yang Ming uses this kind of person who does not have a lord. If you have one, you have nothing to pursue. Only when you have nothing can you make progress every day.
"There is a person who is more suitable," Li Mi said: "Fan Zigai, the former governor of Yuanling County and now the governor of Wuwei County, has the title of Duke of Jibei County and is currently in Wuwei, so he is the most suitable."
In fact, the most suitable thing about Fan Zigai is that he is from Yang Guang.
Historically, when Xuangan attacked Luoyang, Fan Zigai was left behind in the eastern capital. It was he who carried Xuangan and dragged him to protect his children until reinforcements arrived, and destroyed Xuangan.
During the expedition to Goguryeo the year before last, he served as the general manager of the march under Lai Huer's tent, which was a meritorious service. Although he is currently in Wuwei County, he is actually in charge of Zhangye and is called the governor of Zhangye.
From the beginning, Yang Ming's favorite candidate was Fan Zigai. Who doesn't like a loyal minister?
"Just submit it to Jiangdu," Yang Ming said: "Xuan Ting is the Grand Governor of the Anxi Protectorate, and Fan Zigai is the Grand Governor of Hexi Road, with jurisdiction over thirteen counties and supervision of trade in the Western Regions."
Liu Xuan and Li Gang looked at each other and nodded helplessly.
In fact, it is hard to say whether Yang Guang will agree to it or not. Even if he agrees in the future, Yang Ming will need to summon Fan Zigai to explain the stakes clearly.
Giving you such a high position is to help the court block the smuggling business of those wealthy families. If you are greedy, it doesn't matter if you are greedy. If you are greedy too much, it will be regarded as letting the water go to fish.
This is why Yang Ming wants to give power to one person, because it is easy to deal with one person who is greedy, but it is difficult to investigate and deal with many greedy people.
For example, if there is only one person being smuggled, you can capture it directly. But if there are too many people, you cannot go into details. Otherwise, if you dig out a piece of it, will you deal with them, or will they deal with you?
In November, Shibi successfully arrived in Jiangdu and met with Yang Guang.
At the same time, a rebel leader emerged from Lingnan. Where was he? It was in Yulin County, which is in Nanning, Guangxi. The prefect of Yulin County was Qiu He, who was considered a famous general. As a result, he was killed by others. He was beaten away and ran to Shi'an County, where Pei Xuanji was located, in the Guilin area, and urgently recruited troops to prepare for a head-on confrontation with the rebels.
The situation in Lingnan was far more complicated than Qiu He and others expected. Others wanted to help but were unable to do so because the soldiers they had were only enough to protect themselves. Their personal safety was not guaranteed outside the capital.
The rebels appeared in Guangxi, and Feng Ang from the Guangdong direction also quickly organized his troops and prepared to send troops to quell the rebellion.
But Feng An knew very well in his heart that these were not bandits. They were clearly a tribal rebellion supported by the old Ning family. Guangdong was fighting against Guangxi, and the road was difficult. The five thousand vanguard troops sent by Feng An were defeated by others. Ambush, the whole army was wiped out.
The news reached Jiangdu and was temporarily suppressed because Yang Guang was currently entertaining Shi Bi and he could not let Shi Bi know that there was still a rebellion in the Sui Dynasty.
Another reason is that the scale of the rebellion is not large enough to make Yang Guang particularly concerned.
Yang Guang is currently leading Shibi's envoy, wandering around Manjiangdu, and even letting Shibi conduct a military parade.
Military parade is a way to show force. Yang Guang wanted Shibi to see how powerful our Sui soldiers were. After you have seen it with your own eyes, be more honest in the future.
The left and right Bishenfu, the ace among the aces, had his butt pulled with a knife at the beginning and opened his eyes.
He actually had refined weapons in his hand, and Yu Wenshu secretly sent them to him, but their smelting technology was not as good as that of the Central Plains, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't imitate it.
So when Shibi met Li Yuan, he once suggested that he want to go to Hedong to visit the training ground. Can Li Yuan take him there?
Li Yuan himself could not go without the crown prince's decree and the approval from the Ministry of War.
After arriving in Jiangdu, Shibi asked Yang Guangneng to reward him with some refined weapons, and Yang Guang rewarded him.
There are a total of five hundred pairs of armor and eight hundred weapons of various types, which is considered very generous.
If the emperor takes action, it would be disrespectful to be too stingy. Yang Guang is a good-looking person, but he is also a person who likes to laugh.
He asked Shi Bi and Chu Luo to meet.
These two people are both surnamed Ashina, the surname of the Turkic leader, and their ancestors are the same family. (End of chapter)
