That night, Yang Qing held a banquet to welcome the Southern Expeditionary Army. Everyone was overjoyed to join forces. The banquet was filled with people drinking and laughing. Even Zhuge Liang couldn't help but drink a few more glasses of Qiongdu's local water and wine.
Three old friends, Zhao Yun, Guan Xing, and Liao Hua, even pulled Yang Qing to persuade him to drink. Even if the alcohol level was not high at this time, he was still a little overwhelmed by the warm welcome. Fortunately, Yang Xi, Wang Yi and others were by his side. With help, Yang Qing was not drunk by Zhao Yun and others.
In the back garden of the Prefecture, Zhuge Liang and Yang Qing were walking slowly and talking about important military and political matters. The table had already dispersed and everyone went back to their residences to rest. Now the two finally had time to exchange their thoughts.
Of course, Zhuge Liang asked more questions during the conversation between the two people, and Yang Qing told everything about what he had done since he went south to take office.
Zhuge Liang already knew about this important matter, but after hearing Yang Qing's detailed report tonight, he could even see Yang Qing's various efforts over the past year, and he was very pleased with his actions.
"So the county has completely controlled the salt and iron in Dinglu?" Zhuge Liang stopped and asked.
Yang Qing replied: "That's right. The Dingyi handsome man Lang Cen was quite submissive at first, but later he became jealous of the government's profit from boiling salt and cast iron, which was ten times better than theirs. He often sent the Yi people to cause trouble in the salt field and workshop, and later he became jealous. He was frantic and led a large group of barbarian soldiers to besiege and seize the official salt and iron utensils.
Zhang Yi, the Zhonglang general stationed in Dinglu, immediately led his soldiers to intercept and kill him. Later, his body was returned to the tribe to prove Hao Langcen's crime of disobeying the law.
Then he shouted to the dissatisfied Yi people, "Don't move rashly, or kill them if they do." Seeing this, the Yi people did not dare to cause trouble, so they had to apologize and thank them. Zhang Ni held another banquet, rewarded the tribe, and reiterated his kindness. All the barbarians in Dingchang respected him, and there has been no more trouble until now. "
This is what happened after Yang Qing convened the barbarians last year. Although Wei Lang and other powerful commanders were temporarily subdued by Yang Qing in Qiongdu, they were used to being unruly and became disobedient to the government's orders as soon as they returned to their respective tribes. Yang and Yin go against each other.
In particular, Hao Langcen was the most arrogant. After the government took back the iron ore in the salt field in Dinglu, he had the support of Panmu, Suqi and other tribes, but he went out of his way to go against the government and finally took his own life. perish.
After Zhang Yi killed Hao Langcen last winter, he greatly frightened the surrounding tribes. In the past few months, the barbarians in Yuexi have become much more peaceful, and the government's decrees have begun to become more effective.
"This Zhang Yi used to work for the state government, right?"
"Yes." Yang Qing replied.
He remembered that Zhuge Liang also held the official position of Yizhou Mu. Although his focus was not on the state capital, Zhang Yi was still his old official.
"This Zhang Yi is both wise and brave. He can be reused in the future. You have a good vision." Zhuge Liang said with a smile.
Nowadays, the top talents of the Han Dynasty are worthy of those of Wei and Wu. Needless to say, Zhuge Liang himself, Li Yan, Wei Yan, Zhao Yun, etc. can also keep pace with Cao Zhen and Zhang He, but the middle-level officials and generals are a bit indifferent.
Yang Qingqian smiled and said: "These are talents that the Prime Minister has discovered a long time ago. It's just the right time."
"Zhang Yi is still in Dinglu?"
"Yes, if the Prime Minister wants to see him, he can summon him when the army marches to Yizhou and passes by Dinglu." Yang Qing was happy in his heart. It seemed that Bo Qi had really caught the Prime Minister's eye.
The two talked for a while about evaluating strategies. When it came to Ma Su's plan to attack the heart, Zhuge Liang asked: "What do you think of Xiao Chang's plan?"
Yang Qing was stunned for a moment after hearing this, thinking that after all Ma Su had used his stratagem as in his previous life. This strategy had also proven to be effective in his previous life. Although Zhuge Liang pacified the South, Central and North and returned, although there were still rebellions from time to time, the scale of these rebellions was no longer the same. Yong Kai and the others were so powerful that Nanzhong was basically settled, and they provided a large number of soldiers, gold, silver, cattle and horses and other military supplies for the imperial court's Northern Expedition.
Of course Yang Qing agreed with this, and said: "Brother Youchang's plan is in line with the situation in Nanzhong, and so is Qing's intention. There are three main forces that influence Nanzhong, one is the Han people with surnames, the other is the various ethnic groups and tribes, and the third is the Of course they are ordinary people."
"Therefore, the Qing Dynasty believed that if the hearts of these three people could be collected, Nanzhong would be peaceful. However, there are differences. If the prime minister only wanted to stabilize Nanzhong, he could only focus on the powerful and handsome men with the big surname. If he wanted to make Nanzhong peaceful and stable for a long time, This must be done to benefit the Han and Yi people.
Of course, these three forces are inseparable and are not an either/or relationship. Moreover, my Han Dynasty's main focus is still on the north. Wang Huanzhong still needs decades or even hundreds of years of work. I hope the prime minister will look into it. "
Zhuge Liang pondered for a while and then smiled and said: "Good. With Ming's help, my army will have no worries about suppressing the rebellion and subduing the southerners!"
The reason why he asked Yang Qing for his opinion on Ma Di's plan was because he wanted to hear the opinion of Yang Qing, a senior official of the imperial court who had stayed in Nanzhong for a year. horse
Although what he said was very reasonable, it was just too general. With Yang Qing explaining the specific situation, Zhuge Liang became more confident about the subsequent strategy.
"Prime Minister, it's getting late. Your health is important, so you should rest early." Yang Qing saw that Zhuge Liang was getting more and more interested in talking, so he quickly advised him.
Zhuge Liang looked to the left and right and saw that the surroundings were quiet. Only the guards not far away were patrolling back and forth with lanterns. He smiled and said: "That's alright, let's stop here today."
After arriving at Yueqi, Zhuge Liang was not in a hurry to march into Yizhou County. The climate in the south was different from that of Shu and was full of malaria. Although medicine had been prepared to drive away mosquitoes and the soldiers were strictly prohibited from drinking unclean water under Yang Qing's reminder, the army still It takes time to get familiar with the climate.
Moreover, the Lushui River at the junction of Yueqi and Yizhou counties is prone to miasma in March and April, and people who cross it will die. It is not dangerous to cross the river only after May, so Zhuge Liang decided to stay in Yueqi until May.
During this month, we can not only observe the political affairs, people's customs, mountains and geography of Yuexi, but also inquire about the movements of Yong Kai and others. It is best if the thieves can gather the rebels in one place so that they can be defeated in a battle.
"General Zilong, have I made any progress in my swordsmanship?" Yang Qing sheathed his sword and asked after taking a breath.
Zhao Yun walked to the courtyard from the corridor and said with a smile: "Of course there is progress, and the progress is not small." After saying that, he looked at Guan Xing aside and asked: "Does An Guo think so?"
He had seen Yang Qing learn swordsmanship at Zhao Yun's house in Guanxing, Chengdu before. Although Yang Qing's swordsmanship was impressive at that time, it was still too immature. Now he could see that after being tempered by the fire of war, Yang Qing's swordsmanship had become more mature. Not only has his swordsmanship become much more sophisticated, it also contains extremely strong killing intent and can be called a true killing skill.
"That's right, Mingzhi's swordsmanship can now be said to be worthy of being mastered." Guan Xing nodded and replied.
With the relationship and status of the three of them, Zhao Yun and Guan Xing did not need to say any unintentional compliments. Yang Qing was extremely happy to be able to get comments from these two and entered the room. He thought that his swordsmanship was really great. The progress.
"Haha, my meager skills are enough to deal with ordinary people, but if I meet a more powerful general, I will be no match." Yang Qing smiled humbly. He still knew himself.
Zhao Yun touched the tiger's beard and said: "Otherwise, as long as Ming Zhi practices diligently, he may not be able to reach the level of a first-class martial artist in time." After all, Yang Qing's swordsmanship is the result of his fusion of the skills of hundreds of schools. Have this confidence.
Yang Qing nodded and smiled, then asked: "By the way, have General Zilong and Anguo been walking around the city in the past few days?"
Since Zhuge Liang settled in Qiongdu, Yang Qing has become even busier. In the past few days, he has not had time to personally lead Zhao Yunguanxing around Qiongdu to show his friendship as a landlord. Although the two of them did not offer gifts, he could not help but ask. .
Back in the house, Guan Xing sat down and said, "We've been shopping, how can we not stop shopping? Under the rule of Ming Dynasty, it was really different from other places. It was an eye-opener for us. Not to mention that the customs of Nanyi are different from those of Shu, that is, the workshops, The market is also different from the usual ones.”
In the ironware, farm tools, textile workshops and markets where he traded with the barbarians, Yang Qing combined the experience of later generations to re-formulate a set of management regulations, which improved the status of craftsmen and increased output efficiency. Orderliness, standards and speed were the key to Guan Xing’s biggest feeling.
"Well, these places are interesting, but you can also go to Qiongchi outside the city. It has a beautiful scenery there." Yang Qing said.
"Haha, Mingzhi, you make it sound like we are here to play in Yuesi." Zhao Yun took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile: "I am actually interested in your military training method."
Yang Qing wiped out tens of thousands of Gaoding's troops with 3,000 county soldiers and thousands of barbarian soldiers. The generals in the army were naturally very curious about the combat power of the Yueqi County soldiers.
