In the public room, Yang Qing stretched out his sore right hand, stood up and walked around the room: "So, Huo Chang has made everything clear?"
Wu Que fell one position behind, followed Yang Qing, and said with a smile: "I guess it is like this. After three rounds of interrogation, this guy has nothing to say."
Yang Qing nodded: "Well done, Huo Chang's value has been squeezed out. You can use this as a breakthrough to interrogate different information from Huo Jian."
"Yes. We are starting to interrogate Huo Jian." Wu Que replied. Although he knew that Huo Jian had always been stubborn, and the prefect had promised not to impose severe punishment on him for the time being, the task was arduous, but the prefect You can't complain in person.
Yang Qing nodded, stopped, stood at the door of the room, looked at the exquisite courtyard outside and whispered: "Everyone in the world knows that Nanzhong is a remote and desolate place. Only those of us who live in Nanzhong know that Nanzhong Although it is located in a remote area and has dangerous roads, it is rich in gold, copper, fish, salt and other products. The famous surnames such as the Yong family and the Meng family who have lived in Nanzhong for generations are all wealthy families. With such a treasured land, it is no wonder that some people have the desire to separatize themselves. ”
"Hmph. However, Chen Tang, a famous minister during the Yuan Dynasty, once said that Gai Wen and the great righteousness of the world should be combined into one, and Nanzhong cannot be missing from this one."
Ever since Qin Shihuang entered the world, everyone has known that the greatest righteousness in the world is the unification of the world. Although Wu Que is not very knowledgeable, he also knows the truth. When he heard Yang Qing talk about it, he also believed it and couldn't help nodding.
"Okay, Uncle Qi, please go down. You've been tired for the past two days. You should rest early."
"promise."
The next morning, Yang Qingzheng was discussing with Wang Yi Yang Xi about expanding the scale of trade with the Guli tribe. Suddenly Zhou Xing reported outside the door: "Your Majesty, envoys from Chengdu have arrived, and I have arrived at the lobby."
Yang Qing said anxiously: "Oh, Zifu Wenran quickly gathered all the officials and went to the lobby to wait for inquiries."
The envoy was the Commander-in-Chief of Dongcao in the Prime Minister's Mansion, a direct subordinate of Jiang Wan. Yang Qing also knew him, and remembered that his surname seemed to be Dong.
"Dong Lingshi, long time no see." Yang Qing said with clasped fists as soon as he entered the lobby. Dong Lingshi didn't dare to be negligent and quickly returned the greeting: "I have met Mr. Yang Fu."
"Dong Lingshi, there is no need to be polite. Please take a seat quickly." Although this person has a low official position, he is an old friend and represents the Prime Minister's Office this time. Yang Qing also treats him with courtesy.
After the two were seated respectively, Yang Qing said: "Dong Lingshi, I wonder why you came here this time?"
Although Yang Qing asked questions, he still had some vague guesses about Dong Jue's intention. Dong Cao was in charge of the removal of two thousand stone officials and military officials. This person was the official of Dong Cao, the prime minister's office. This visit must be to make arrangements for personnel.
Sure enough, Dong Jue said bluntly: "I hope Lord Yang will know that the Prime Minister was very pleased to hear that Lord Wen defeated the rebels and sent me here to commend him."
Yang Qing nodded, thinking that he had done the right thing by gathering all the officials in advance, and immediately said: "I see, please wait a moment for Dong Lingshi, my officials from Yuesi County will be here soon."
"No hurry, no rush." Dong Jue smiled.
Taking advantage of this free time, Yang Qing asked Dong Jue about the current situation of Zhuge Liang and his old friends in the Prime Minister's Mansion. He was relieved to learn that Zhuge Liang and everyone else were in good health.
Yang Qing couldn't help but feel a little worried when Dong Jue said that Chang Shi Wang Lian had been ill since the beginning of the new year. He spent most of the past two months recuperating at home and rarely asked about official matters.
He remembered that before he left the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wang Lian had been suffering from illness and left most of his government affairs to Zhang Yi. Unexpectedly, nearly three months later, this man's health had not improved. It seemed that this old man had some problems. Not good.
After ignoring this matter, the two talked about some political changes in the DPRK. Dong Jue answered them one by one without much hesitation, which made Yang Qing have a good impression of this person.
In addition, this person talked about state affairs in a clear and insightful manner, which made Yang Qing couldn't help feeling that none of the officials who could enter the Prime Minister's Palace had mediocre talents.
He did not know that although Dong Lingshi had a low official position at this time, he was highly regarded by Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang once commented that Dong Jue was a good man. Whenever he talked with him, he could think carefully and appropriately.
Later in the original history, Gu Jijun also became a high-ranking official such as Shangshu Ling, Fuguo General, and Shangshu Affairs, and became the prime minister in the late Jihan period. Of course, this is a story for another day.
At this time, Yang Qing felt that Dong Jue was a talented person, and he also deliberately made friends with him during the conversation. The two had a good conversation, and they became more familiar with each other than before when they were together in the prime minister's house.
"Master Fu, all the officials are waiting outside the door." The two talked for a long time, and Yang Xi came in to report.
"Dong Lingshi, let's get started." Yang Qing looked sideways at Dong Jue and asked.
"That's fine." Dong Jue replied, stroking his beard.
"Wen Ran, ask all the officials to come into the hall and light the knot."
"No." Yang Xi responded.
The ordering was soon completed, and in addition to the officials who were on duty, all the main officials from the county and county offices were present. Yang Qing asked Dong Jue to take the throne, and went down to the hall and said loudly: "Yang Qing, the governor of Yueqi County, led all the officials in the government office to listen to the announcement."
Dong Jue took the letter in the silk bag from the entourage behind him, took it out, unfolded it and read it out.
It turned out that this was a commendation document personally signed by Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, to commend Yueqi County for its recent victory and to express condolences to the meritorious officials.
Among them, Yang Qing was promoted as a general against the captives because of his merits, and he was allowed to reward Zhang Ni, Liu Yin and other meritorious officials according to their talents.
After receiving the general's seal, Yang Qing was also surprised. He didn't expect that he would have another military position. General Tuulu is one of the miscellaneous generals, and his official rank is also two thousand dan.
Although Yang Qing, as the prefect of a county, originally had the power to command the army, this was only for the soldiers of the Yuexi prefecture. With the position of general officer, even if he no longer serves as the prefect in the future, he can still command the army for some reason. power.
It can be said that Zhuge Liang expanded his power to lead troops and gave him a legitimate military position for future campaigns.
In the award document, Yang Qingke promoted and conferred positions on meritorious ministers such as Zhang Ni, and made it clear that this power was not limited to the power to remove subordinate officials who were already within his scope of authority. He also explicitly stated that he could promote officials such as county magistrates and others. Officials who are not county officials should be appointed first, and then reported to the Prefectural Mufu Office and the Prime Minister's Office for approval.
This power is not small, which is enough to show Zhuge Liang's joy at this victory and the importance he attaches to Yang Qing.
At first, when everyone in the hall heard this, they all thought that after all their eunuch was a confidant of Prime Minister Zhuge, and the Prime Minister actually rewarded him so much.
Of course, Wang Yi Lu Shen and other scheming people were not just thinking about this. They had a longer-term thinking. Prime Minister Zhuge granted rewards and powers to Governor Yang, which must be for the purpose of regaining the remaining counties and even the entire county in Yuexi in the future.
It seems that Zhuge Cheng is very confident in Governor Yang and has determined that Yue Yi County can be recovered by his own strength.
Yang Qing knew this very well, because while reporting his victory to Zhuge Liang, he also reported his next stage of the plan. Today's reward means that Zhuge Liang agrees with his idea, and he is quite happy in his heart.
After the awards were awarded, Yang Qing held a banquet in the side hall for Dong Jue in the evening. The guests and hosts enjoyed the meal thoroughly. It was not until late at night that Yang Qing sent someone to send Dong Jue back to the hotel to rest.
The next day, Dong Jue approached Yang Qing again, hoping that he could send someone to lead him around the city to understand various affairs of Anshang City. Dong Jue made it clear that this move was both his own wish and an order.
Yang Qing had no problem, so he called Yang Xi and ordered him to accompany Dong Jue to inspect everything in the city.
