After the Jin dynasty moved eastward, there was little stability in the north, most of the time it was in the mouth of the melee but it has been growing slowly, after the six years of Jiande (557 AD) Zhou incorporated Qi into its own territory, the population of Qi alone had 3,300,020,000 households, or 20,060,000 people, plus the population of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the population of the north has been as high as more than 35 million.

It has been six years since the Great Zhou Dynasty unified the north, and there is no mutual conquest between the two countries, and the population is growing rapidly, and many hard-working farmers can be seen cutting down the bushes on the plains and clearing the wasteland in some villages along the way.

Despite this, the population of more than 30 million people is not more than a province in later generations, and the population is still sparse in the face of the vast land in the north.

This kind of scenery is undoubtedly more valuable than the high-rise buildings that are all reinforced concrete in later generations, or the bare loess slopes, but Yang Yong does not have much sigh, he has been integrated into this generation for seven years, and he is used to seeing this kind of scenery, and the memories from later generations are remaining less and less in his mind, except for some useful things, Yang Yong has deliberately forgotten other things.

As the weather cooled, the leaves of the trees on both sides of the road turned from green to yellow, and slowly began to fall in patches, and Yang Yong couldn't even remember how many state capitals he had passed, only that there were six more carriages full of plant seeds from all over the country.

On this day, the team was marching, and a scout who had played the front station returned to report to Yang Yong: "Your Highness, the front is Qingzhou." ”

"Qingzhou." Yang Yong couldn't help but sigh. Before I knew it, I had come to the ground in Shandong. Qingzhou is the last stop of his tour, and after Qingzhou, he should return to Beijing.

Qingzhou was one of the nine states in the world in ancient times, covering a large area from the east of Mount Tai to the Bohai Sea. At this time, Qingzhou only refers to the northern area east of the southeast of Shandong, with Bolin in the west, Changle County in the east, Mengshan Mountain in the south, and Lubei Plain and the Bohai Sea in the north. It has always been a battleground for soldiers.

"Your Highness, do you want to notify the Qingzhou Assassin to come to greet you?" Lu Mulin asked.

"How far is this place from Qingzhou?"

"Less than thirty miles." Lu Mulin replied.

"Okay, let's send someone to inform you."

"Yes." Lu Mulin nodded, and the two guards received the order, clamped their legs, and with a loud shout from the mount, they broke away from the brigade and galloped away in the direction of Qingzhou.

All the way. Yang Yong didn't hide his behavior, Qingzhou was afraid that he had received the news that he was coming a few days ago, even if he didn't know that he would arrive today, he could guess that he would not leave ten. There is no need to engage in private interviews with microservers.

Qingzhou was really prepared, as soon as he received the notice from the guards. Qingzhou Rashi Weiyi immediately took Qingzhou's officials and officials out of the city to greet them, and the two sides met seven or eight miles away from the city.

Yang Yong rode at the forefront, after a day's rush, his body was covered with dust, and he was embraced by everyone in the center, and the officials who came from Qingzhou still confirmed the identity of the prince at a glance, and under the leadership of Wei Yi, dozens of officials from Qingzhou bowed down together: "Weichen see His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, excuse me."

"Thank you, Prince." Everyone hurriedly got up and stepped aside, only Wei Yi came to Yang Yong's side with several officials to lead the way. Qingzhou belongs to Shangzhou, Shangzhou Thorn History is a high-ranking official of the third grade, the so-called high-grade has no cold door, Wei Yizheng was born in the Wei family of Jingzhao Duling.

Because Wei Xiaokuan stood on the side of the court during the rebellion of Wei Chi Hui, and became the landlord general who exterminated the Wei Chi Hui rebels, after Wei Xiaokuan's death, Yang Jian did not forget the merits ......of the Wei family, these years, there are not many high-ranking officials of the Wei family, Wei Shikang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Wei Chong, the assassin of Yingzhou, Wei Chong, the hussar general Wei Xun, and Wei Ding, the secretary of the Zhongshu Lang, if it were not for Wei Xiaokuan's early death, the strength of the Wei family in Jingzhao Duling may not be under the Taishi Li Mu and the Taiwei Yuyi two.

Wei Yi, as a disciple of a big family, can be neither humble nor arrogant even in the face of the prince, and accompany Yang Yong all the way, introducing some customs and customs of Qingzhou to Yang Yong as he goes.

Many people in Qingzhou heard the news of the arrival of the prince, and crowded on both sides of the road to watch, and the soldiers on both sides of the prefecture tried their best to maintain order on the official road, and Yang Yong's guards also built a wall on both sides to prevent the people from colliding with the prince.

"Where is the prince? Where is the prince? ”

"Did you see that?"

"What does the prince look like?"

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After the establishment of the Great Sui Dynasty, the court divided the land equally, and the forced labor and rent were lowered, and Qingzhou was originally a very developed city with handicrafts and commerce, and the people's life was much better than that of Qi and Zhou, they were naturally grateful to the court, and when they heard that the prince was coming to Qingzhou, they all wanted to see the prince's demeanor.

For security reasons, when approaching the crowd, the guards of the East Palace had already surrounded Yang Yong in three layers and three layers outside, and most of the people couldn't see the prince's face at all, and many people couldn't help but squeeze forward.

"Stand back, stand back." The Qingzhou soldiers on both sides were so anxious that they were sweating profusely, these people were all Qingzhou people, the so-called villagers, they didn't want to go too far, but if they really wanted people to rush in and frighten the prince, they didn't have enough to cut off even a few heads.

"Master Wei, it seems that the people of Qingzhou are very enthusiastic, didn't this palace tell not to alarm the people?"

His Royal Highness's arrival in Qingzhou is a blessing for the people of Qingzhou, and Weichen did not come to welcome His Highness spontaneously. Wei Yi had lost his composure, beads of sweat were dripping down his face one by one, and he was afraid that one or two bold people would squeeze the soldiers who maintained order away and collide with the prince.

"Forget it, the palace is guarded by guards, you don't have to worry, let everyone pay attention not to hurt the people." Yang Yong traveled all the way, although he did not hide his whereabouts, but basically quietly entered the city, rarely let the people watch so much, but the people were enthusiastic, he couldn't hurt the feelings of the people because the sergeant was too rough.

"Yes." Wei Yi wiped a handful of cold sweat, and finally let go of the heart he was carrying.

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The guards in front had already begun to enter the city, and seeing that most of the convoy had passed the prince's land, there was a sudden loud buzz. The sound of several long arrows slicing through the air was heard. didn't wait for the government soldiers and guards to react, only heard a few sounds of "porphyry, porphyry". Clusters of blood splattered from the chests of several guards, and several long jet-black arrows trembled into the guards' chests.

"There's a thief! There are assassins! A terrible voice shouted.

Wei Yi was so frightened that he almost fell off the horse, who dared to assassinate the prince, just now he was afraid that someone would collide with the prince, but he didn't expect to make a fuss in the blink of an eye.

"Your Highness is in a hurry, Weichen will go and see what happened immediately?"

Wei Yi was trying to turn his horse away from Yang Yong. "Zheng." Several weapons collided, and several East Palace guards pointed at Wei Yi with their weapons: "Don't move." ”

"Let him go and let Wei Qing out." Yang Yong's face was a little bad, he was a rebel along the way, and he didn't expect to encounter another murder in Qingzhou in the end, however, he did not lose his cool and knew that Wei Yi was unlikely to be related to the assassin.

The place where several of the guards had fallen was already in chaos. These people just wanted to see the appearance of the crown prince, but they thought that they would be assassinated, and they saw the living guards fall under their noses, blood splattered everywhere. I have already messed up and fled. Many people were squeezed to the ground, trampled alive, and after a few moments, only a dozen people who had been trampled down in the panic were left in the direction where the bow and arrow had been fired, groaning loudly, and some shoes that had been trampled on.

"What about people?" Wei Yi had already arrived, looking at the open space and asking in a daze.

Several government soldiers pointed cowardly to the front: "My lord, everyone has run over there." ”

Wei Yi looked forward, and saw that many people were far away from the official road, and some of them had already run into the woods next to them, these people's thoughts were actually very understandable, if they stayed in place, they were afraid that they would be charged with the crime of stealing the prince or accidentally injured by the assassins, but as soon as they ran, these assassins must have also run away.

"Quick, surround them, the assassins must be hiding among them."

The government soldiers reacted immediately, and several groups of government soldiers pressed towards the crowd away from the ground.

"Run, the officers and soldiers are going to kill people."

I don't know who shouted in the crowd, and the people, who were a little frightened when they saw the officers and soldiers coming with weapons, ran down in all directions as if they had exploded the cauldron.

"Don't run, don't run, crouch, don't move, or you'll be treated as an assassin." The officers and men shouted and chased, and finally intercepted some of them, but some of them had already run into the dense forest, and it was even more difficult to track them down in the forest.

The guards of the East Palace did not participate in the pursuit, they had already surrounded Yang Yong's location, there were three guards who were wounded by arrows, they were speechless when they were lifted in front of Yang Yong, Lu Mulin checked the injuries of the three people, and shook his head at Yang Yong: "Your Highness, the arrows in them are infected with poison and are hopeless." ”

The entire escort team was suddenly filled with a sense of sadness, although some of these three hundred people were from the East Palace, and some were from the Zuowei General's Mansion, but after several months of getting along with each other, they had a deep affection for each other, but they didn't expect that the three hundred people who went out of Beijing had already died nineteen people when they were in Wanrong County, and with this assassination, twenty-one people had died.

"Bury them well, write down their names, and pay each of them two hundred times when they return."

"Yes." Lu Mulin's voice also became low.

Human life is like grass, if according to the court's pension standard, if the soldier dies, he can only get a maximum of twenty guan, and the government soldiers recruited by the court are killed, and they can't even get the usual money, although two hundred guan can't buy a life, hearing His Royal Highness the prince's words, the guards next to him are still moved.

"Yang Shi, Liu Hu, the two of you each lead a team of men to assist the Qingzhou assassins in tracking down the assassins, you must catch the murderer, and you must not let the murderer who killed the palace guards slip through the net." Yang Yong said solemnly.

"Obey orders." The *** surrounding Yang Yong finally opened, and the two of them each took fifty horses and went in the direction where Wei Yi was.

"Let's go, let's go to the city, and let Yang Shi and Liu Hu be responsible for chasing and killing the assassins."

"Yes." At this time, the people around the people had already walked away, but there was no one in the way of the convoy, just when Yang Yong was about to enter the city, a dispute came from the side, and everyone couldn't help but look in the direction of the dispute, who was so bold and dared to argue so loudly after the assassination of the prince.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, the people arguing next to him were two officials, both of them were dressed in green clothes, and their rank was not high, one of them showed disdain on his face, and the other was impassioned, pointing at the disdainful official and talking loudly. As if to accuse the official.

Yang Yong was stunned for a moment

.Frame. I couldn't bear it anymore, so I didn't care about going into the city, and shouted: "Bring the two of them over." ”

Several guards stepped forward, quickly separated the two, lifted them like chickens, and threw them to the ground with a thud. The two of them were immediately covered with mud, and hurriedly got up in embarrassment, they were arguing, they didn't react, and they were about to ask, when they raised their eyes, they saw the prince staring at them viciously, and they were all startled: "Weichen see His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Why are you making a lot of noise?"

"Your Highness. This man let the assassin not chase after him, and even wanted to send troops to help the untouchables on the ground, but Wechen refused his request, and he chattered about Wechen. He also scolded, Your Highness. This man may have had an affair with the Assassins, so please ask Your Highness to order his arrest, and the first trial will know. The official who had just looked disdainful hurriedly replied.

"Nonsense." Another official saw his colleague loudly slandering him, and he immediately blushed with anger and his neck was thick.

"What kind of nonsense, maybe there are assassins hidden among these people, it's good if you don't arrest them, but let me divide my troops to save them, what are you not an assassin?"

"Your Highness, this person is talking nonsense, these people are all good people, they have to suffer misfortune only to see His Highness's face, if they are not treated in time, I am afraid that their lives will be in danger, and please ask Your Highness to order them to be treated for the sake of human life."

Yang Yong looked in the direction the two of them had said, it was the injury he had received during the trampling, and it would be too stupid to say that there was an assassin lurking inside.

"Do as he says, pass on the orders of the palace, and help the people who trample on them."

"Thank you, Your Highness, Your Highness's kindness has saved more than ten lives." The official hurriedly thanked him and was about to retreat, when Yang Yong hurriedly asked, "What is your name and what position do you hold?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, Weichen Fang Yanqian is the Qingzhou Sima."

"Fang Yanqian, Qingzhou Sima." Yang Yong read it again: "Okay, this palace remembers you, go down." ”

Hearing Yang Yong's words, the rest of the officials immediately envied and admired Fang Yanqian, and the officials who had argued with Fang Yanqian just now regretted it to death, for fear that Yang Yong would punish him, and their hearts suddenly became uneasy.

Yang Yong shook his hand: "You can also go down and assist Fang Aiqing in rescuing the wounded, the palace didn't hear what he said just now." ”

"Yes." The official also hurried down, but he was relieved in his heart, with the prince's order, the rest of the people no longer dared to refuse to send troops and horses, and the more than ten wounded people were quickly supported or carried by the sergeant in the direction of the doctor in the city.

Wei Yi searched for a long time, but the result was naturally in vain, and when he came to the Qingzhou Assassin's Mansion, Wei Yi reported to Yang Yong with a depressed face.

"Since you can't find a clue, you have a rough range."

Wei Yi gritted his teeth: "The minister thinks that this matter cannot be separated from the scope of the high gates in Shandong." ”

Shandong (generally refers to the Northern Qi region) many high gates, the most famous is the five surnames of the seven families, the five surnames refer to Cui, Lu, Li, Zheng, Wang five surnames, of which the surname Li is divided into Zhaojun Longxi two Li, Cui surname is divided into Qinghe Boling two Cui, these families have hundreds of years of history, like the Hedong Pei family can only be ranked in the second rate.

If Zhou was established by relying on the Guanlong aristocracy, then Qi relied on the support of Shandong Gaomendi, and the two sides fought each other for decades when the Eastern and Western Wei were divided, and the Zhou and Qi dynasties fought each other for decades.

Although the final result was the victory of the Great Zhou on behalf of the Guanlong nobles, however, Shandong Gaomen was not completely convinced, in order to weaken the resistance of the Shandong scholars, from the beginning of Emperor Wu of Zhou, he frequently recruited Shandong Gaomen scholars into the court as officials, when Emperor Wu of Zhou destroyed Qi, he recruited Lu Sidao, Yan Zhitui, Li Delin, Xue Daoheng and other eighteen of the most famous scribes of the Northern Qi Dynasty to go to Chang'an with him.

Not only that, the Great Zhou also made the Yiguan clan move to the Guannei, only the first year of the Zhou Dynasty, the sixth year of Jiande, the migration to Guanzhong and the state soldiers reached 40,000, but the effect of this initiative is still not ideal, the various families have already started to disperse, all over the place, many scholars are excellent in the township, do not come back, even to Chang'an is also to do everything possible to turn, such as Xue Daoheng once thought that the Zhou Dynasty gave the official small, and went to hang the official, until Yang Jian usurped the Zhou before re-appearing. Li Zhongju, Lu Changqi, Song Hu and others simply used their mother's illness as an excuse to escape the court's conquest.

When Wei Chi Hui was in turmoil, Zhao and Wei Zhishi were like a stream, and between ten days, more than 100,000 people gathered, these were the results of the support of Shandong Gaomen, with the failure of Wei Chi Hui, there were a number of Shandong Gaoshan also involved, Cui, Lu, Li, Zheng, Wang The Lu family surnamed almost all of them were planted, and there was only one Lu Sidao left in his descendants, and that was because Yang Jian was angry with Lu Sidao and did not implicate Lu Sidao.

Although the Lu family suffered such a blow, don't think that the Lu family will decline, the Lu family has many sons of the Pang family, they are in the same breath as Cui, Li, Zheng, Wang and several other families, and the lineage is gone, naturally there will be another side line to replace it, and in a few decades, the Lu family will still rise again, this is the emperor is helpless, the emperor can not kill all the Lu children scattered everywhere.

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