Chapter 23 Strategizing to Solve the Dilemma The virtuous do not shy away from recommending relatives and nephews
In the big tent, Yang Er was holding his forehead with his right hand in front of the case and fell into deep thought. On the board was a map he had drawn by hand. To be precise, his eyes have been staring at the "several" bends of the "Yellow River" on the map and the surrounding points of Chang'an, Luoyang, and Luzhou. Luzhou is above the last bend of the word "several", not far below is the Yellow River, the north bank is a small Pinglu county with a population of less than 20,000, the opposite bank is Shaanzhou, Henan, that is, Sanmenxia City in later generations, and the official road of Shaanzhou connects Chang'an and Luoyang, and the distance is about the same. Hangu Pass is at the dangerous point of the official road in Shaanxi, which can be called the throat of the east-west passage. The Yellow River to the west of Luzhou is also less than 200 li away, and to the north is a smaller Fen River, about 240 li; To the east, there are the majestic Taihang Mountains and the Qin River, which flows into the Yellow River from north to south. In this way, Luzhou is surrounded by rivers, and almost all the counties in Hedong are valleys and plains, which is really a good feng shui treasure! In addition to the more than ten miles around this Jiechi Lake, there are fertile fields nurtured by large rivers. The north was guarded by Li Yuan, and the Turks could not reach here even if they went south. To the south, Chen is farther away from here and does not have the ability to cross the Yangtze River in the north. This 300-mile radius is a paradise where you can get started. How can my father get the emperor to strip Hedong County, where Luzhou is located, from Li Yuan's hands? Yang Er stood up and walked back and forth, thinking non-stop.
Even if Luoyang, the eastern capital, is not built in the future, Luoyang must be rebuilt, Luoyang is located in the Central Plains is the link between the provinces south of the Yangtze River and Chang'an, and it is also the hub of the north and south. If you want to do something, you must first control the Luzhou Mansion of Hedong County, occupy a place in Shaanzhou, and go east through Luoyang to Jiangnan; To the west, you can go to Chang'an. The control of the throat of Shaanzhou must be based on Hedong County. Yang Er was still thinking about the long term, and no one bothered him.
"Alas! When will I be able to receive a wise and close demon master to help me like Liu Bei! Yang Er sighed in his heart.
Suddenly, there was a rapid neighing of war horses outside, and the curtain was lifted, Yang Er immediately looked over, only to see Zhong Jian coming in from outside to report: "Someone from the palace of the prince Jingshi has sent an urgent letter. β
Yang Er was shocked, and immediately said, "Let him come in." β
After the Sui Dynasty entered the account, Yang Er took a closer look, and with the memory of the original Yang Guang, he immediately recognized this person as Yang Xing, a small servant in the center of the mansion. "Why is Yang Xing so panicked, quickly present the letter to me."
Yang Xingjin immediately knelt down, and at the same time took out a bag from his arms, held it to Yang Er with both hands, and said urgently: "Master, this is a letter written by Mr. Sima Yuwen in the house, so that the villain is in a hurry to send it to the master." The villain didn't dare to delay, and arrived here in three days. β
Yang Er took the bag, knowing that this letter was important, and hurriedly opened it to watch. This is the Jin Dynasty's Mansion left behind by the Great Sima, who is also his own teacher, when the dynasty Taifu Yuwen Shu wrote the book. Yang Er hurriedly finished reading it, put down the letter, and said to the two: "Zhong Jian took Yang Xing out, got some food with him, and let him have a good rest." I'm looking for him about something. The two turned and walked out of the account.
Yang Erfu sat back in front of the case, read the teacher's urgent letter carefully, and became depressed. The letter was to the effect that the queen mother Dugu was seriously ill, and her father was anxious and had no interest in political affairs. All major affairs in the DPRK and China are temporarily represented by the crown prince Yang Yong. The crown prince and his shogunate advisers were ready to move, and many suggested that they take the opportunity to take the throne, and the prince's palace secretly colluded with his foreign relative, Yue Wang Yang Su, to secretly discuss the government from time to time, and the seizure of power and usurpation of the throne became more and more prominent. In the book, Yu Wenshu suggested that the king of Jin should return to Chang'an as soon as possible and see the opportunity to start an incident.
Yang Er searched for this history in his memory, it was now the 3rd year of the emperor's reign, and he remembered that the royal family of the Sui Dynasty should be stable in recent years! Yang Jian has been on the throne for more than 20 years. Queen Dugu only died 3 years earlier than Yang Jian. Even if the queen is seriously ill at this time, it should be a false alarm, and she will definitely get better. From this point of view, even if Yang Yong's group is a little impatient to ascend the throne and become emperor, it is impossible to usurp the throne when both parents are there. What's more, the ministers who were loyal to Emperor Wen of Sui and the veterans of the founding of the country were still alive, and it was far from enough to rely on the support of King Yue, and he didn't dare to make a mistake!
Thinking of this, Yang Er's heart calmed down, and he shouted to the outside world: "Sister Izuchen." The curtain was lifted, and a man dressed in white walked in like a fairy.
"Sister Lao is studying ink for me, and I want to write a letter to my family." Yang Er raised his hand slightly, which was regarded as a gift.
"What? Is there an emergency in the house? Do you want to go back to Chang'an first? Chuchen was a little anxious, but she was eager to make salt quickly. She traveled with her ancestors at a young age and knew the importance of salt to the people. Even she had the experience of falling ill in the inn because she hadn't eaten salt for a few days. Now that she saw the hope of making salt, she didn't want to give up halfway. People like the prince do not understand the pain of salt shortage.
Soon, a letter was written and stamped, and after sealing the mouth of the bag still in a bag of brocade, the guards outside the account were asked to find Zhong Jian and Yang Xing.
"Yang Xing, you trim up for a day, return tomorrow at dawn, hand over this letter to Master Taifu, and let him arrange it according to the letter."
"The prince may change dramatically at any time, isn't the prince going to return to Beijing with the villain?" Yang Xing was very anxious, and Master Taifu sent him to deliver the letter, but he just wanted the prince to return with the letter immediately!
"Huh! My mother was seriously ill, but I expected to be fine, and I would recover in as little as 10 days or as long as half a month. My father is in good health! This time, he was just panicked and lost a little bit, and there were loyal ministers and veterans on his side, so there would be nothing to do in the court. Taifu read the letter and arranged accordingly, so that he would be safe and sound. You will return tomorrow, and you will still be limited to three days when you arrive in Beijing. Go ahead! After listening to this, Yang Xing calmed down, and went to prepare after receiving the letter.
"Brother Zhongjian, I have something to ask you to do, I don't know if you are willing to make this trip." Yang Er turned to Zhong Jian and said.
"Brother Shi has an arrangement, just give orders, Zhong Jian will not fail in his mission." Zhang Zhongjian took a step forward and replied with confidence. He wanted to go out and see it a long time ago, and he stayed in the barracks all day to death.
"I'll give you a token of the Jin Palace, and let you go to the South Mountain, 300 miles south of Jingshi. There is a reclusive Taoist named Sun Simiao in the mountain, and he is also known as the "King of Medicine". I asked you to ask Daoist Sun to go to Beijing to diagnose my mother. I want to go to the house without a doppelganger, would you like to go for me? After Yang Er finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Zhongjian and thought to himself, you are all people who have learned the Tao, you should be able to easily find Sun Daochang when you go to the mountains!
"Oh! It turned out that I was looking for Uncle Sun. My Uncle Sun is a miracle doctor in the world! Izumi is willing to go with Senior Brother Zhang to invite. The dust next to him looked ecstatic.
Zhong Jian was robbed of words by the dust, and opened his mouth without speaking. At this time, he also hurriedly answered: "My uncle doctor also visited my ancestor a few years ago, and he has also seen the two of us, he is very fond of junior sister Chuchen, you might as well let us go together, and I will be able to invite my uncle." "It turned out that I went to find my uncle who was a miracle doctor, and it wasn't easy. Besides, I have long wanted to go to the Taoist holy land Zhongnan Mountain. The errand was easy and easy.
"That's fine, you two go together, it's better to be careful on the road. Once the divine doctor comes out of the mountain, he can first go to the Jingshi Palace, find Master Sima Yuwenshu, and he will arrange for the divine doctor to enter the palace. When things are in order, you two will return quickly. β
"Then my uncle cured the queen and returned to the mountain?" Izumi asked in a whisper.
"Huh! I'm afraid I won't be able to go back. My father is the king of great love, Sun Shenyi hangs the pot to help the world, Pudu sentient beings, the holy hand of the apricot forest, and is well-known in the world. The father will definitely confer the name of the divine doctor Sun as the imperial doctor of the current dynasty in the mansion, and will also open a medical hall for the divine doctor, I think the divine doctor Sun is more willing to carry forward his medical skills! Oh, when the time comes, you two can also help your uncle first, and don't come back in a hurry. Yang Er said with a smile,
"Then the two of us will leave for Zhongnan Mountain early tomorrow morning." Zhong Jian said with his hands out of the dust.
After dealing with this matter, Yang Er was still unable to calm down. He still felt that he was not strong enough now, and there were not many capable people under him. There is no well-known general in this era, and of course, the generals under his uncle Yang Lin can also be regarded as his own people. But now he can't be mobilized, such as the flower knife general Wei Wentong, the four treasure generals Shang Shifu, and the Hongni Pass general Xin Wenli, these people are now about 30 years old, and it is the time to make contributions. It's a pity that it's not for me yet. The well-known heroes on the rivers and lakes are basically between 17 and 8 years old to 25 years old, like the local Lulin Haoqiang Shan Xiongxin brothers, including the second brother Qin who is far away in Licheng, Shandong, who is only 20 years old at most. I don't want to accept this vote first, and I can accept it in the future, and it doesn't matter if I can't. It's just that manpower is tight right now! As soon as the dust leaves, who will take care of the 100 healthy women recruited by Zhai Rang? It's really not good, so I can only let Zhai let this bandit leader take care of it, there are many women and children in his original cottage, and there should be no problem for him to take care of it. Temporary, temporaryγγγγγ
At noon on the second day, Pei Shiju and Li Jing came back together. Li Jing took more than ten guards to wait on the official road to Luzhou early in the morning, and at this time received Pei Shiju and 1,000 people and a large amount of grain and grass to return to the station. After Li Jing led the two Luzhou flag officers to meet Yang Er, he immediately led the officers and soldiers to a clearing to camp and rest. All the people were waiting for the news that Laihu'er and Liang Shitai had come back from surveying Gulu Village, and once they got the news, they could go with the whole army.
In the big tent, Pei Shiju will report to Yang Er in detail, and then hurriedly lead one person behind him to introduce Yang Er. Yang Er had already seen a man about 30 years old behind Pei Shiju, dressed as a literati, and his appearance was somewhat similar to Pei Shiju. Yang Er estimated that this was the reserve talent of his Pei family, but he didn't know which one it was.
"Your Highness, my Pei family lives in Hedong, and they are also famous in the local area. The outstanding people of the Pei family are all over our dynasty, and they all serve in various states to serve the imperial court. But among all the juniors, only this person is the best, and Pei Yun still doesn't greet His Royal Highness the King of Jin? Pei Shiju looked at Pei Yun and said.
"Pei Yun has seen King Jin Chitose!" Pei Yun shook it to the ground and saluted Yang Er.
"Who is my Dao, it turns out that it is the Pei family who has come here. Now is the time for this king to employ people, and it is really a gift in the snow for Pei Gong to send Pei's thousands of horses to this king! Hahahaha! Yang Er heard Pei Yun's name and remembered, this Pei Yun was equivalent to the position of prime minister when Yang Guang was the emperor, this is not important, the important thing is to shout at the rebels in the Jiangdu mutiny, never escape, and also committed suicide and martyrdom after Yang Guang was killed. It can be said that Yang Guang is heartfelt, such a person is now in his own hands, and his loyalty is not doubtful, just use it directly.
"There is still a lack of a marching master book in charge of documents and money and food by the side of this king, and he must also counsel the military aircraft at any time to give advice to this king, I wonder if Mr. Pei can give in?" This is the main book of the march, and he must be the first person who is the chief general's confidant, and he is also a high-level staff member in the Jin Palace. Once the king of Jin becomes the crown prince and becomes the emperor in the future, he will rise as the chief staff officer and rise to the top. Pei Yun was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately returned at the next major gift: "His Royal Highness Domeng values it, Yun will be effective in death, and he has repaid His Highness's grace today!" β
"Okay, let's sit down and talk." Yang Er was very happy, and said a moment ago that he didn't have enough capable people under him, so he didn't immediately accept a virtuous minister, this Pei Yun is still an all-rounder, as a Confucian general, he can lead the army, and he is also proficient in people's livelihood affairs, and he can also manage the financial expenditure of money and grain. In modern terms, the people are good at managing their finances, and they are standard professional managers.