Huai'an is an inconspicuous small county in the Central Plains, it is located between Runan and Nanyang, and the south is the famous Tongbai Mountain, where Huaishui originated. Although Huai'an is small, the population is quite a lot, the reason is that it has not suffered from the impact of the war, and when the cannibal king Zhu Cang caused disaster in Nanyang, a large number of people in Nanyang fled to Huai'an for refuge, so that the population of Huai'an once soared; Later, Zhu Cang's army was defeated and Wang Shichong was surrendered, and this became Li Mi's territory, and as Li Mi went south, he gave it to Li Tang, and now it has turned around and fallen into the hands of the Great Sui. Because Nanyang became the main front of the confrontation between the Sui and Tang dynasties, the people of Nanyang were placed in Huai'an and officially became Huai'an people.

To the east of Huai'an is Li Mi's Runan County, which was also given up by Li Mi, because as Li Yuan retreated into Xiangyang, a Sui army was stationed in Huai'an, Li Mi felt that the defenders of Runan were not the opponents of the Sui army at all, plus the north of Runan was Yingchuan, the southern Yiyang was Xiao Milling's, and Yiyang was Du Fuwei's, so it had no strategic value, and in desperation, Li Mi had to order the Runan defenders to retreat to Huaiyang in the north and hand them over to Wang Bodang as the commander.

In other words, Li Yuan's retreat affected not only Li Tang, but also Li Mi to give up the garrison in Runan County, which was also clearly telling Li Yuan that the Sui army was huge, and this time the Wei army could not cooperate with his operations, and was only forced to shrink the vast defense line to achieve the purpose of concentrating forces.

And with Yang Tong leading the Xiaoguo army to the south, the retreat of the Runan Wei army also became quite rapid, which also meant that before the battle was fought, the enemy became a frightened bird, causing the Great Sui to take a county without a single soldier.

Runan is a large county, after Emperor Wen Yang Jian's withdrawal and annexation, there are only eleven counties, at the peak of the year, the population of nearly 500,000, although it has not yet been counted, but the Runan that has not been warped is probably only a lot more than at the beginning. As far as Yang Tong knows, Li Mi has been fighting with Yu Wenhua and Wang Shichong in recent years, although it is not to the point of being reckless, but there are also a lot of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, some people heard that Runan was recovered by the imperial court, and they have migrated, and some people must be just an introduction, the real big head, is the people who follow the trend under the drive of this group of people, in short, population is what Yang Dong wants most, just because the population represents the army, food, taxes, Yang Dong is still quite welcome.

Runan has a vast territory and can eat these people, but it takes a lot of time and money to settle them, but Huai'an and Runan are new territories, and the population and fields need to be surveyed one by one, and the arrival of these migrants can also be resettled together, and in order to be able to smoothly implement the policy of peace and security, Yang Tong specially transferred the very experienced Xingyang Taishou Yin Hongzhi, Xingyang's people's livelihood has been on the right track, Yin Hongzhi has little role there, and it is a waste of talent to continue to stay in Xingyang.

Because Runan came too suddenly, the Sui army could not be in place for a while, Yang Tong could only temporarily become a guard, first let Yingchuan take part of the military rations to come to help the victims, and then let Fang Xuanling and Pei Renji select county-level officials to take up their posts as soon as possible, and the members of the Military Affairs Department also became civilian officials, in accordance with the imperial decree to solve problems for the people, these people are proficient in the law, can speak well, and usually instill the concept of loyalty in the army, teach people to read, and assist the chief general to deal with military affairs, so the level of governance is only stronger than the strength of the officials, not weak, When they started clerical work, they were also comprehensive, saving Yang Tong a lot of trouble.

On this day, Yang Tong was handling official business in Runan County, and saw Yin Mingyue walking in with Yin Hongzhida, and saluted: "See the saint!" ”

"Excuse me! Yang Tong motioned for the brother and sister to take a seat."

"Thank you!"

Yin Hongzhi is twenty-four years old this year, before that, he did a few years of Cangcao military under his father Yin Shishi, after escaping to Yecheng, he started from the county order, and in the year of the severe drought, hundreds of thousands of refugees from Qingzhou were well managed, and then promoted to Jincheng Taishou, which was also very good, and then served as Taishou in Shangdang and Xingyang, not for a long time, but he managed various places in an orderly manner in a short period of time, Yang Tong specially asked him to run to the post-war land, Yin Hongzhi has the ability and potential; The second is to cast a sharp sword for the Great Sui Ministry, with the continuous expansion of the territory of the Great Sui, Yang Shidao, the secretary of the Ministry, has been busy with several cases because of these new places, but he is still fighting on the post, why? is because the Ministry of Civil Affairs does not have a right-hand man, and after Runan Civil Affairs is on the right track, Yang Tong is ready to promote him to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to share the pressure for Yang Shidao. But now it seems that this talented man is also sallow-faced and weak, and it can be seen that he has also worked very hard during this time.

Looking at Yin Hongzhi, who was extremely haggard, Yang Tong shouted: "Mingyue! ”

"The last general!" Yin Mingyue hurriedly got up.

"I remember that the queen stuffed a few ginsengs, you take one and give it to Shao Yi to make up for it, and see what he has lost weight."

"Saint, that is the thousand-year-old ginseng that Gao Jianwu tributed, it is really rare to see, extremely precious, how can it be given to my eldest brother!" Yin Mingyue said unhappily.

Yin Hongzhi's face stiffened, and he glared at his sister fiercely, although he wouldn't want it, but when his sister said this, he was very depressed, and hurriedly refused: "Holy Hongen, Weichen is very grateful, but the thousand-year-old ginseng is a priceless and precious treasure in the market, how can Weichen be eligible to enjoy it, and the saint still keeps it for himself!" ”

"I am a martial artist and have a strong body, and this ginseng is useless to me. If Shao Yi fell ill, it would not only be a loss for me, but also a loss for the people of Runan County. Yang Tong said to Yin Mingyue: "Go quickly." ”

"Whoa!" Yin Mingyue reluctantly took a brocade box.

"Holy Hongen, Weichen is grateful!" Yin Hongzhi saluted to the ground.

"Speaking of which, it was I who pushed the trivial matters to everyone, I was relaxed, but you worked hard, it's really a little sad to think about it!"

Yin Hongzhi suddenly exuded a sharp aura, and said in a loud voice: "The saint concentrates on thinking about the major affairs of the world, these daily trivial matters, let me wait for the courtiers to share the burden for the saint, if everything is cared about by the saint, wouldn't it seem that the ministers are too incompetent?" ”

"Well said!" Yang Tong nodded with satisfaction, "We young people should have this spirit of moving forward." Runan will be handed over to Shaoyi! ”

"Whoa!"

"Runan is a land that comes easily, it is very different from the past, there are many old and young families left here, the rules of the court must be adhered to to the end, no matter who he is, he must abide by the policy of the Great Sui, spit out the fertile land, and if he does not cooperate, mobilize the people to knock it to the ground." Yang Tong is ready to build Runan County into a model and set up an example for Xiao Mian's territory.

"Rest assured, Weichen knows what to do."

Yin Hongzhi replied in a deep voice, Runan County is not a territory that has been repeatedly plowed by the war and the Great Sui army, the situation is more complicated, but the political power, military power, financial power and other initiatives of Runan County are all owned by the imperial court, and the rest of the things will be much easier to do, no matter how much trouble the family in Runan is, there is still the upcoming Criminal Department and the Imperial Department watching from the sidelines, forgive them for not making any trouble, if they dare to get up and make trouble, the violent organization of the Ministry of Military Affairs will not joke with them.

As soon as he thought of this, Yin Hongzhi couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration in his heart, the emperor in front of him was not very old, but his courage was not small at all, since the Han Dynasty, he had not been so directly scolded by the emperor of the family, but the effect was very good.

"Over the years, you have governed well everywhere you go, and in terms of merit, you can enter the center of the imperial court, and no one will gossip." Yang Tong looked at Yin Hongzhi and said with a smile: "But I don't think it's qualified." ”

Yin Hongzhi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "If there is anything inappropriate in Weichen, please punish the saint." ”

"Your ability to be a county guard is more than enough, what I said is not enough, it means that you still have a lot of potential that has not yet been tapped, so I don't want you to enter the center too early, and stifle this potential in countless government affairs, you still have too much knowledge to learn," Yang Tong crossed his hands and put them on his chest, looked at Yin Hongzhi and said: "In other words, your future should not stop at the Taishou of a county." Therefore, I hope that you will accumulate more and more experience in the local area, and as soon as you arrive at the center, you will be able to be a squire and a scholar who is competent to govern the country's government affairs. ”

"Weichen Yin Hongzhi will never live up to the high expectations of the saints." Yin Hongzhi knew that the saint was cultivating himself with all his might, and he had great expectations for himself, and his eyes were filled with tears, and he was extremely moved.

"You brothers and sisters haven't seen each other in a long time! There must be a lot to say, Mingyue will follow me south to Yiyang tomorrow, and I am afraid that we will not be able to meet for a long time. Yang Tong said with a smile.

"Wechen retires!"

"The last will retire!"

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After the two brothers retired, Yin Mingyue took the elder brother to a resting place.

Yin Mingyue looks like a country, if she dresses up a little, she will not be inferior to anyone, but Yin Hongzhi knows that her sister is not interested in dressing up at all, and there is no fat powder jewelry, and the mansion given to her by the saint is full of all kinds of weapons, and the ornaments in her study are either maps, or various military books and history books. However, since last year, Yin Mingyue has changed a little, that is, she has put some poetry collections in her study.

She is wearing a black samurai suit today, a pair of deerskin soft-soled boots on her feet, and carrying the 'Heavenly Sword', she is tall and slender, and she looks particularly chic and elegant.

Yin Hongzhi wondered in his heart, his sister is so beautiful, why didn't anyone come to the door to propose?

Yin Hongzhi didn't understand a little, in his understanding, a woman like his sister who was beautiful and beautiful, powerful, rich and powerful, and had a title, those who tried to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix must be everywhere, how did he get to his sister, and no one came to the door to propose? Could it be that the people of the Great Sui are so indifferent to fame and fortune? It doesn't make sense.

Yin Hongzhi himself is still a bachelor, and he is away all the year round, how can he know that such important ministers as them in the court, how can some small families dare to climb high? As for those with similar identities, they have already had a wife, how can they let a county prince of Dasui be a flat wife and concubine? As for the family with adult children and nephews, in terms of status, they are not worthy of it at all, not to mention that they all want to find a gentle and well-behaved daughter-in-law, and girls like Yin Mingyue who wield knives and sticks are naturally not considered, and they are in a dilemma, which has caused today's embarrassing situation.

However, Yin Hongzhi also heard that some generals in the army have love for his sister, but he is not optimistic, most of the generals are brave and domineering, and his sister is also a martial person, two strong people live together, there will definitely be problems, it is best to marry a civil official, yin and yang is the long-term way.

Just when Yin Hongzhi was worried about his sister's marriage, Yin Mingyue suddenly said: "Big brother! The Holy One thinks very highly of you, and you can't let him down. ”

"That's for sure!" Yin Hongzhi frowned, it didn't feel right, this should be his brother and sister, how could it be the other way around.

"But you also have to pay attention to your body, what has you lost so thin? Sister Gu is still waiting for you to come to the door to marry. ”

"The state affairs are difficult, and this marriage has been delayed again and again, so I'm sorry for her." Yin Hongzhi sighed, and said with great interest: "But the world is about to be unified, and it won't be so busy when the time comes." Without saying that, let me ask you, what do you say about your own marriage? You'll have to give me an explanation. ”

Although Yin Hongzhi is a civil official, he still has the straightforwardness of a military general's son in his bones, so he questioned him directly.

"It's not like I don't get married. Big brother doesn't have to worry about it. "Although Yin Mingyue is not afraid of this brother, Yin Hongzhi is the head of the family after all, and she is still a little jealous.

"Then tell me, when will you get married? Who to marry? ”

"How do I know?" Yin Mingyue replied angrily.

Yin Hongzhi glanced up at his sister, and said in a deep voice: "But year after year, you run out of flowers, it's not a thing." ”

"I know."

"It is said that some generals in the army have a lot of affection for you, why don't I let people hear about it?"

"Don't think about it." Yin Mingyue stubbornly glared at Yin Hongzhi.

Yin Hongzhi also knew that his sister was very assertive, and he couldn't convince his sister, so he smiled bitterly: "Our parents are gone, and you don't listen to what my brother says." Holy is always okay, right? ”

"No matter who it is, I don't listen."

"You!" Yin Hongzhi finally got annoyed, glared at Yin Mingyue angrily and said, "You really don't listen to your brother? ”

Yin Mingyue's temper also flares up, and she retorted loudly: "I'll listen to the rest, but I have to make my own decisions about my life's affairs." ”

Yin Hongzhi roared angrily: "Let me ask again, do you listen?" ”

Yin Mingyue has been the pearl baby of her father and brother since she was a child, how could she have been yelled at like this, her eyes were red, tears were rolling in her eyes, she turned around and ran away, shouting from afar: "If you force me again, I will die for you." ”

"This girl!" Yin Hongzhi sighed, he finally realized that his sister had grown up, had her own opinions, and was no longer a yellow-haired girl who relied on him for everything, and he was extremely helpless in his heart. After thinking about it, he asked his entourage to fetch the four treasures of the study, and wrote a letter to his fiancée in Luoyang, asking her to help inquire about her sister's situation in Beijing and see if there were any close men who had dealings with her sister.

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