Under the holy decree of the imperial court, Yang Chong awarded the seventh grade of Suide Lieutenant, and rewarded another 50 taels of gold and 20 pieces of silk; This year, the imperial court changed the official system, re-changed the grades, abolished the special jin, eight lang, eight lieutenants, eleventh and other honorable officers, and the provincial court doctors, and the dismissed posts after the change were from one to nine grades, and there was no clerical position from the fifth rank or less. Shi Daqiansheng is from the seventh-rank prince to the guard, and Shan Fu Shan Ying is from the eighth-grade prince Yiwei. Tong Ye Hu was also from the personal guard of the seventh prince, and was transferred to the Eastern Capital Luoyang Rite Department on business, and the concert brought by Tong Ye Hu was indeed a request for marriage, and was vetoed by Shangshu Yu Wenbi of the Ministry of Rites.

At the same time, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty finally decided to drive, and the first destination was Liangu. Another edict from the imperial court ordered Yu Wenkai and Yang Chong to accompany him, but what was unexpected was that Yang Chong gave the real shortage this time was the head of the Ministry of War, and his top boss was Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Mingya, the squire of the Ministry of War. Ming Ya, from the Ming clan of the plains, the nephew of the great Confucian Ming Kerang, is similar to Yang Chong, more than elegant, but not powerful enough.

The first thing the two arranged for Yang Chong was to formulate a plan for the economic encroachment of the Western Regions, Duan Wen Zhenrong Ma in his life, the last thing he believed was the Turks, and said to Yang Chong: "I once wrote a book, thinking that King Xuan of Zhou was outside Rong Di, and Qin Shi Huang built a city for thousands of miles, all of which were far-sighted and good plans, and now the country accommodates the Qimin Khan, that is, raising tigers for trouble, Hu people are greedy, and they will take refuge in you when they are weak, and they will bite you back when they are strong, Liu Yao of the Jin Dynasty and Hou Jing of the Southern Liang Dynasty are precedents." What you said, the Son of Heaven and I both think that you can give it a try, and the master is plotting, and the soldiers are treacherous. ”

Ming Ya added with a grin: "Master Yang, at the same time, use your golden finger to get some money for our military department." ”

Yu Wenkai rushed the day before departure, the first knife built in the workshop to Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang tried the knife and was overjoyed, and learned that a large number of iron can be built without importing iron, and he placed an order of 300 at one time and gave the knife a famous knife. Yu Wenkai listened to Yang Chong's suggestion, and the first hundred forged steel blocks were distributed to Yang Chong and Duhu's blacksmith shop to make, with thirty furnaces, and only the final knife process was completed in his own workshop.

The weather in June was a bit hot, the sky was clear, and when you looked up, it was blue. The Son of Heaven traveled, the army was 300,000, 100,000 war horses, the lineup was at its peak, the flags were fluttering, and the cold light of the weapons was trained in the sun, which was extremely dazzling; The army set out from Chang'an City and stretched endlessly, and the leader of the team could not be seen in front of it, and the tail of the team could not be seen in the rear. In the middle of the procession was the 36 gold-ornamented wheels of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, carriages of different models, and the team composed of various departments followed the convoy of the Son of Heaven and drove towards Liangu.

The most conspicuous is the six flags of Tongbo, the green flag is painted with the sun, the moon and the five stars, the blue flag is painted with a dragon that is leaping into the sky, the red flag is a red bird with wings spread, the yellow flag is a unicorn with four dissimilarities, the white flag is a tiger with teeth and claws, and the black flag is a turtle and snake combined with Xuanwu. Decorated with a white yak tail is the six flags used by the commander, closely following the Qilin flag, indicating that the military power is in the place of the Son of Heaven; Flags decorated with only five-colored bird feathers and embroidered with the surnames of their respective generals were scattered throughout the ranks.

Duhu usurped a bright armor, rode a black horse, found Yang Chong on the marching road, dragged Yang Chong out of the team of the Ministry of Industry in front of everyone, pulled him to a forest on the side of the road, and snorted coldly: "Yang Chong, you must compensate me in the wine business and get a plan that satisfies me." ”

Yang Chong smiled bitterly: "I have quit the wine business, what will I compensate you." ”

Duhu usurped a smile and said: "We have renegotiated, Shi Shu Huxi will give you one of the three percent." ”

Yang Chong was creepy with laughter, and asked suspiciously, "So good?" No conditions? ”

Seeing Yang Chong's expression, Duhu raised his horsewhip with satisfaction and said: "It's the meaning of the Yang family, saying that you will definitely be able to pass through the Western Regions, and all the business will be yours at that time." By the way, Shi Shu and Hu Xi have a result over there, he opened his mouth in Xingzhou, and he is willing to swear allegiance to the Great Sui, guess what, which Gao clan is it? ”

Yang Chong closed his eyes, thought for a while and said, "On his line, it should be the Gao family and the He Ruo family, at most, it is illegal smuggling." However, he didn't say everything, he should have known other situations, such as who was in contact with the Turkic tooth tent, Shi Shu Huxi's status was not low, even if it was a Zhaowu person, he should have a backer in the tooth tent, and even had a separate network in the Central Plains. ”

Duhu usurped a big startle, Yang Chongchai's two are not wrong, in the list, the problem is that Gao Gong and He Ruobi are implicated, and they haven't said all yet, how big the network should be. Duhu asked, "Yang Chong, did you really see Guiniao in the Western Regions, or did Meng Kunpeng find something?" ”

Meng Kunpeng's matter was still not hidden from the imperial court, Yang Chong was a little irritable, but there were some things to say, if he couldn't verify it, he would be asking for trouble for himself; Yang Chongchao Duhu usurped Shi Li and said: "I'll tell you the truth, some things are speculation, you can't say it, and if you say it, it's harmful." Zhao Guogong, do you know the mysterious group of Gao Xiang? ”

"No one knows except one or two of them." Duhu said casually, turned his face and said, "You don't mean that Shi Shu Huxi is also a member of it, right?" ”

Yang Chong spread his hands and said: "Guogong, don't scare me, I don't know anything, I haven't said anything, what you need most now is to knock on the walnut of Shi Shu Huxi, and verify whether what he said is true." ”

Duhu Yu had already analyzed Yang Chong with Yang Xiong and Zhou Qian, and knew that this kid not only had luck, but also had extraordinary vision, so he immediately flew away. Yang Chong returned to the ranks of the military department, found Duan Wenzhen, and asked in a low voice how he could meet Yu Wenshu, or Yu Wenshi; Duan Wenzhen expected that something must have happened, and calmly said that he would arrange it. After camping at night, Yang Chong was alone in a tent, and Yuwenshu really came and hurriedly said, "I took the time to come out, tell me something." ”

Yang Chongshili asked: "This time the Holy Shang went north, will he meet with the Qimin Khan?" ”

In May, the Turkic Qimin Khan sent his son Tuo Te Qin and his nephew Viriga Te Qin to the Hajj successively, expressing that the Qimin Khan was willing to enter the fortress and welcome Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui, but they were all rejected by Emperor Yang of Sui. But Yuwenshu, as Yang Guang's first confidant, knew that this time Yang Guang would definitely meet with Qimin Khan when he went to Yulin, but now it was a secret, and many important ministers in the court did not know about it, and it was limited to the small circle of the core.

Yuwen Wuji actually told Yuwenshu a long time ago that Yang Chong wanted to see him, but Yuwenshu always thought that Yang Chong was deliberately ignoring it for the sake of promotion; Later, I heard that Yang Chong had made a deal with Yuhaizhai, the Cui family, and Yuwenkai in a short period of time, and Yuwenshu regretted it a little in his heart. Today it was Duan Wenzhen's message again, and Yuwenshu had no choice but to come over, but he didn't expect Yang Chong to ask such a sensitive matter, and Yuwenshu was a little embarrassed.

Yang Chong saw the answer as soon as he saw Yu Wenshu's expression, and hurriedly said: "Uncle check whether the subordinates or slaves of Hua and Hezhi and the two brothers have engaged in iron business with the Eastern Turks, and if so, someone has deliberately framed them." ”

Yang Chong believes that Yu Wenhua and his brothers have a way to make money, and they should not touch this red line for no reason, but the people below are different, Yu Wenhua and himself are a tight-handed person, and they can be described as widowed, it is not excluded that some people want to make money, and sell ironware under the banner of Yuwen brothers, and finally they are used. Yu Wenshu stared at Yang Chong for a while, didn't ask anything more, patted Yang Chong's shoulder, and turned around.