Gao Gong showed a smile, took out the list from his sleeve and said: "The Eastern Crusade has nothing to do with you, what I am afraid of is that the Western Turks and Tuyuhun will take the opportunity to make a comeback." Yang Chong, you might as well take a look first. ”

Yang Chong's attitude of refusal was obvious, Gao Gong still had to say, Yang Chong did not reach out to pick it up, and said bluntly: "If the center really has this meaning, you might as well directly issue an edict to appoint it, and this official will not stop it." ”

After the edict, Yang Chong also blocked it, so bad as his brain, Gao Gong was helpless, looked at Yang Chong for a long time and said: "Li Yu is well, this time he came to Jiaohe County with me to take office, I will arrange a deputy supervisor of Bianjiao City in the pressury, as well as the ordnance supervisor and the salt supervisor, and the household department appointed Du Gongcao." ”

Yang Chong said simply: "No problem, I will let the people below cooperate." ”

It's too hard to speak, Gao Gong looked at Yang Yichen, who kept drinking, and was speechless, a fierce general who was obsessed with the battlefield, and he also refused to give up after seeing money; Obviously, the two people in front of him actually knew their intentions, but they were just pretending to be deaf and dumb, one was singing red face and the other was white face. Gao Gong had no choice but to say: "The central center is strengthening the management of the salt industry in the Western Regions this time, and it is preparing to put Qinghai Fang in the salt mill. ”

The salt industry of Shanshan Pu Hai is in the hands of Qinghai Fang, which not only produces green salt, but also launched two condiments of soybean sauce and fish sauce three months ago; The soybean sauce is good, the royal family and the powerful families in Chang'an have it, but the fish sauce is the exclusive secret recipe of Qinghai Fang, which is popular in Chang'an and Luoyang all of a sudden. Through several letters back and forth, the central investigation found out that Qinghai Fang was a money-making tool for the Western Regions Protectorate, so he thought about it and asked Gao Gong to persuade Yang Yichen to hand over Qinghai Fang to the imperial court.

Yang Yichen sneered: "Gao Xiang, even if you deduct the military salary and materials of the Western Regions Protectorate, you still have to pay taxes from the Western Regions Protectorate, isn't it too much?" ”

It's not to pay taxes, it's to Qinghai Fang; Gao Gong wanted to correct Yang Yichen's statement, but he couldn't say it, after the center made this arrangement, Yang Xuangan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said "next" in front of Su Wei, and almost fainted Su Wei. Gao Gong didn't want to cause trouble in Gaochang, Yang Yichen and Yang Chong were not good at stubble, if they let themselves suffer a loss, they would not be able to find a place to reason.

Yang Chong said lightly: "Gao Xiang, Qinghai Fang is the industry of Hongnong Yang's family, but the salt merchants of Shanshan County are no different from the Boling Cui family's industry in Yiwu, is it that the salt mills of the six counties of the Western Regions should be treated like this?" Also, why did the materials of the six counties of the Western Regions be distributed by Yiwu County, when the Son of Heaven arranged it, it was because Shanshan was the front line, and now even Gaochang has been taken down for almost a year, so this process should have been changed a long time ago. ”

Hongnong Yang's industry, Gao Gong understood that he had stepped on the thunder, and said tentatively: "Yang Chong, you can't talk nonsense. ”

Yang Yichen laughed and said: "Gao Xiang, if you don't even investigate this, it's like a mess, Yang Hao, the patriarch of Shenmu Hall, is now in Pu Shihai, and the royal family sent Yang Yuan." I'm a rough person, I don't like to hide it, and to put it bluntly, don't you just see the profit of fish sauce, and some people want the recipe of fish sauce; It doesn't matter, I can come forward to discuss with Yang Hao and them, but Hongnong Yang is not raised by his stepmother, and the Wei family's things directly become tribute, why can't we? ”

Yang Yichen directly provoked the Wei family, Gao Gong immediately guessed that Yang Xuangan and Yang Gongren's fast horses must have arrived before him, Yang Chong's previous attitude was not a momentary mood, it should be the same as Yang Yichen, and he made up his mind not to cooperate. Blocking people's money, like killing parents, this is the enmity of life and death, Gao Gong regretted a little, he shouldn't agree to Su Wei's request for his eldest son Gao Shengdao, otherwise with his own face, arranging a group of officials will definitely not be a problem.

The royal family headed by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty came from the Hongnong Yang family, Gao Gong did not dare to take Yang Yichen's words casually, but fortunately, Gao Gong still had hole cards, Gao Gong persuaded: "Yichen, that's not what you say, the court also hopes that you will put your official affairs on it and don't be distracted; The Son of Heaven knows that you have worked hard and made great achievements, and sooner or later he will transfer you back, and when the time comes, you still can't ask about the affairs of Qinghai Fang. ”

This is the threat of the open flame cane, Yang Chong pretended to understand and said: "It turns out that Gao Xiang has another mission, since it has been arranged, you might as well tell us the time of the handover." ”

Gao Gong really didn't dare to talk nonsense, although Gao Gong was respected and respected, but how could this kind of court event be open to his mouth, and Yang Yichen's status would be known as soon as he asked; If something goes wrong in the six counties of the Western Regions during this period, Gao Gong will not be able to eat and walk around. Gao Gong lowered his posture and said: "Don't you think about improving relations with others, if you want to do something big in the six counties of the Western Regions, it is not possible to unite everyone." ”

Unity is strength, Yang Chong naturally knows this truth, but seeking skin with the tiger is something that cannot be done. Yang Chong stretched his waist and said, "Gao Xiang, today is for you to catch the wind, if there is anything, we will talk about it tomorrow." I am dedicated to the country, as for whether to be an official or not, that is the meaning of the Son of Heaven. ”

Gao Gong felt that his face was hot, Yang Chong was saying, whether he could be this official or not was a sentence from Emperor Yang of Sui, and what others said didn't work; It's so reasonable, but it's not good to say, Gao Gong sneered and said: "Gao Chang's wine is too strong, and the old man is a little drunk." ”

Sending Gao Gong back to the post house to rest, Yang Yichen and Yang Chong discussed, and Yang Yichen left Nanping City overnight; Gao Gong was caught off guard the next day and asked Yang Chong the reason, but Yang Chong only said that Shanshan's military situation was urgent. Gao Gong was almost about to slap Yang Chong twice, there was no sign when he drank last night, and the military situation was urgent in the middle of the night, don't you look at who is standing in front of you, are you fooled?

The matter of Qinghai Fang could not be discussed, and Gao Gong happened to focus on the appointment of officials in Gaochang; To Gao Gong's surprise, Yang Chong accepted the new official very happily as promised at the wine table, and even talked to Li Yu about the situation in Jiaohe County for half an hour. Sun Wunai, deputy supervisor of Bianjiao City, Liu Weiming, ordnance supervisor, and Chen Kui, salt supervisor, are all acquaintances of Yang Chong, and Chen Kui is still Yang Chong's subordinate in the Ministry of Rites; Only Du Gong Cao and Cui Kaiyuan met for the first time.

Cui Kaiyuan looks like he is in his fifties, his eyes are a little cloudy, but he reveals an ardent desire for the future, there is no depth at all, and he looks a little sanctimonious; Yang Chong thought at first that it was a manifestation of hard work, just like Fan Jin went crazy after the middle lift, and after listening to Gao Gong's introduction, Cui Kaiyuan served as the county guard of a county, Yang Chong understood that this was his spare tire, and the people in the center were very proficient in small actions in addition to not knowing how to do things.

The fire in Yang Chong's heart rose up, and he spoke more and more politely, and arranged a place for everyone to go; Knowing that Gao Gong was going to inspect the Kesu Valley Iron Works, Yang Chong agreed, but said that he had business the next day, and asked Liu Weiming, who had just taken office, to accompany him.

(End of chapter)