Huainan East Road, Yangzhou, with the failure of the Longxing Northern Expedition, Haizhou and other places became the territory of the Jin people, which also made Huainan East Road the smallest road under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty.

Outside Chu, Zhen, Tai, Tong, Si, Chu and other prefectures, only after the Wuhe Army was transferred to Zhenjiang, the remaining Tianchang Army, Huaiyang Army, Gaoyou, Lianshui, and Xuyi Five Armies guarded the Huainan East Road, and their military strength was not weakened much.

However, these are all accounts on the surface, as for whether the five armies have maintained the full strength of the garrison troops in the past few years when Yang Jian served as the pacification envoy, there is still a question mark now.

After all, it is not surprising that the generals of all levels now rely on their heads to make money, and it is not surprising that they are already a routine operation in the garrison armies of the Southern Song Dynasty.

The standing strength of the garrison army along the way should be 5,000 people, and the five-way army on the Huainan East Road, according to common sense, if it is not wartime, then there should be 25,000 people, but in Xin Qiji's opinion, Ye Qing, the pacification envoy of the Huainan East Road, would be good if he could make the five-way army gather 10,000 to 15,000 people.

Xin Qiji was originally supposed to be the prefect of Zhenjiang during this period, but now he has become the general judge of Yangzhou Mansion, of course, this does not affect his pride and patriotism in expressing his heart.

When they passed through Zhenjiang, Xin Qiji still made the eternal poem: Yongyule Jingkou Beiguting Nostalgia: Thousands of years of rivers and mountains, heroes have no way to find Sun Zhong...... I still remember that the beacon Yangzhou Road, can look back, under the Buddha Temple, a crow shrine drum. Who asks: Lian Po is old, can he still eat?

Standing at the bow of the boat facing the wind on the river, listening to Xin Qiji's worries about the situation of the standing army of the Wulu Tun garrison, Ye Qing turned his head and smiled, and said eloquently: "Tianchang Army Hu Jie is Yang Jian's henchman, and now the Tianchang Army he is in charge of is only more than 1,700 people, which is the smallest number in Huainan East Road, so he is also the richest one among the five commanders. As for Li Mu's Huaiyang Army and Lin Zhong's Gaoyou Army, the number is about 4,000 people, but this is not what they intended, but Yang Jian deliberately did it when he was the pacification envoy, as for the military salary of the 2,000 people, Yang Jian never let Li Mu and Lin Zhong see it, because he had already deducted all of them when he arrived at Yang Jian. Zhou Duanchao was sleek, and the Lianshui army in his command was only 3,000 people, and as for the military salary of the remaining 2,000 people, he took 1,000 Yang Jian and 1,000. Among the troops stationed in Wulutun, only Xu Fan's Xuyi army has a standing number of 5,000 people, not because Yang Jian doesn't want to move the Xuyi army, but because Yu Yunwen is now on Lizhou Road, and Yang Jian doesn't want to offend his neighbors. ”

Xin Qiji's face was shocked, but then he was relieved when he thought about it, after all, Ye Qing was the commander of the Imperial City Division before, and he should be very familiar with these news.

But he still said seriously: "Then the lower officials will play the court and impeach Yang Jian......." ”

"It's useless, if it's useful, I will be a saint when I was still the commander of the Imperial City Division, and it will be delayed until now?" Ye Qing didn't care about the situation of the Five Routes army under his control, and said lightly.

"Could it be that adults just let this continue? This is not a good thing for you, if the court is held accountable, ....... Xin Qiji frowned and said, originally thought that he had been considered thoughtful enough to serve as the general judge of Yangzhou Mansion, but he didn't expect that Ye Qing's preparations in private were much more perfect than him.

"There is no way for the court to pursue responsibility, because the accounts are doing very well, and it cannot be found out from the accounts that they are eating empty salaries ......." Ye Qing said.

"Then go to the barracks of the garrison to directly check the number of people, and the imperial history, the Privy Council, and the military department will ......." It is true that Xin Qiji is jealous and hateful, but it is also true that his emotional intelligence is not high.

"When the officials sent by the imperial court arrive in Yangzhou, they have a way to make the garrison troops full at once, do you believe it or not?" Ye Qing smiled mysteriously and said lightly: "To do this kind of deceptive thing, they can be said to have it at their fingertips, and there is no way to find out at all." Otherwise, the Tianchang Army is the garrison army guarding Yangzhou, how can it be the most lacking? This is enough to show that they don't care whether the court will investigate at all, and even the court knows about it, but now the relationship with the Jin people has eased, and there is no war between the two sides, so the court simply turns a blind eye in order to save worry. ”

"Isn't the imperial court afraid that if the Jin people suddenly attack one day, at that time, what will Huainan East Road use to resist? With less than 20,000 people, how can you face the iron horsemen of the golden people? Let alone....... Xin Qijian frowned, because he thought of a more serious problem, since the number of troops can be so short, will there be a shortage of weapons and other materials for the garrison.

"Yes, the Wulu garrison army on Huainan East Road, the bad situation is what you think in your heart, and it is even more shocking than you think." Ye Qing seemed to be able to read minds, and looked at Xin Qiji, who looked a little sluggish, and said.

"Does the imperial court really think that the Jin people have become good, and really think that they will not go south from now on?" Xin Qiji grabbed the railing with both hands, and the green tendons on his arms were exposed, which was enough to imagine how disappointed he was with the court and the officialdom at this time.

"What is the court afraid of?" Ye Qing turned his head to face the wind on the river, and said with a long sigh: "Huainan East Road has never been the center of gravity and defense of the imperial court, and when the Five Rivers Army retreated to Zhenjiang, it was enough to get a glimpse of the imperial court's careful thinking. Huainan East Road is just a strategic buffer zone, in the eyes of the imperial court, Huainan East Road is a trophy that can be given up to the Jin people at any time, because they don't care, because they have the Yangtze River moat guarded by Zhenjiang to rely on. In the eyes of the imperial court, as long as the garrison army in Zhenjiang and other areas of the Yangtze River can remain complete, Huainan East Road is dispensable. ”

"It's no wonder that over the years, the imperial court has always left Huainan East Road alone, and it is really a stepmother." In history, Xin Qiji, who was not able to serve the country wholeheartedly, looked at the river and said.

"Huainan East Road is the best battlefield for the officialdom of the imperial court, see which side of the force is not pleasing to the eye, throw it to Yangzhou, and then let your courtiers make trouble, anyway, it is an insignificant matter for the imperial court, as long as it does not destroy the officialdom balance of the roads south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, if you go to Yangzhou with me, it is a curse or a blessing, and it is even very likely that when you and I return to Lin'an to report on our work, we will be imprisoned, and there will be no career at all. Ye Qing saw that the Yangzhou wharf was already clearly visible, and he also learned to pat the railing with Xin Qiji.

"The top priority is to order the governors of the states on the Huainan East Road to replenish the troops of the Wulu garrison, otherwise, once the Jin people go south, they will ......." Xin Qiji frowned and thought about it and said, at least now that he is about to take office as a general judge in Yangzhou, the patriotic feelings in his heart are still hot.

Ye Qing really couldn't bear to hit him again, he smiled with a little pity in his eyes, sighed silently, and said in his heart: The local officialdom on Huainan East Road is even more chaotic, and it will only become more chaotic with his arrival.

Yangzhou Governor was the first to arrive in Yangzhou than Ye Qing, the Yangzhou Governor, so when Ye Qing took Xin Qiji and others to set foot on the Yangzhou dock, Liu Dexiu, the new Yangzhou Governor, had already led other officials and was waiting for Ye Qing and others.

"Xiaguan Liu Dexiu has seen Lord Ye, the prefect." Liu Dexiu took the lead in saluting and said, and then a group of officials behind him greeted him, introducing themselves to Ye Qing one by one, hoping to leave a good impression in the eyes of the newly appointed pacification envoy and prefect of Huainan East Road.

Although they are not like Liu Dexiu, they can know some things between high-ranking officials in the court, but they still have a little bit of knowledge about Ye Qing.

In their opinion, this young man, who was promoted by the emperor, was able to serve as the pacification envoy and prefect of Huainan East Road at the age of about 30, which can be said to have a deep background and deep favor, and his future officialdom will inevitably rise to the top.

And presumably at this time, to Huainan East Road to be sent, I'm afraid it is to go through the motions, mainly to Huainan East Road, which is like a stepmother's raising, the court has never cared, and the government road gilding of the achievements of the officials in this place is here, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the court will be transferred back to Lin'an to take on the real responsibility.

Therefore, for those officials on Huainan East Road who can't get in touch with the high-level of the court, the easy-going young prefect in front of them is a great opportunity for them to get ahead and climb up.

What's more, at such a young age, I'm afraid that it is better to say more flattering words than to secretly make more silver, after all, this is hand-drawn by the Emperor Taishang, and the relationship with the royal family must be extremely close.

The scale of the pomp to welcome Ye Qing is not very large, but Liu Dexiu also managed not to look stingy, so that Ye Qing could find fault at once.

Ye Qing, who came to the Yangzhou Government Office, didn't need to introduce Xin Qiji, because along the way, these officials on Huainan East Road had already taken the initiative to greet Xin Qiji warmly.

A pacification envoy and prefect, and he also came to his post with a general judgment, and looking at the friendship between this general judgment and the prefect, it is obviously not just a friendship between colleagues, but a very deep friendship, which makes the officials of Huainan East Road, when they look at Ye Qing, they are about to worship Ye Qing as a god.

The general judgment has always had the right to directly perform the imperial court without going through the government road, so the general judgment has always been incompatible with the officials who are sent to the prefect and pacify the envoys, and they look at each other as if they were enemies.

Like Ye Qing and Xin Qiji, it is naturally extremely rare in all kinds of officialdom.

Therefore, for other Yangzhou officials other than Liu Dexiu, Lord Ye has won the trust of the imperial court, and he will surely soar and rise to the top in the future.

Otherwise, how could the imperial court be so laissez-faire to a prefect? And let him himself bring the only official who can supervise the prefect and pacify the envoy?

This is not so much to come to Huainan East Road to serve as the prefect and pacification envoy, but to say that Lord Ye is here to be a prince on Huainan East Road, just like the soil emperor of Huainan East Road, he can cover the sky and do whatever he wants on Huainan East Road, and no one cares!