This is what the high-ranking officials of the political hall said to all the tribes from Lingnan, because Yang Chong had accurate information, Feng An's eldest brother Feng Xuan, Ning Daoming, and the slang chieftain Tan Dian, had secretly formed an alliance, and a large number of Han people appeared in the alliance to help with advice and train the army. So no matter how Feng Ang behaves, what should be doubted is still suspicion, Yang Chong privately believes that the rebellion of Ning Changzhen in the history of Li Tang is related to Feng An.

At that time, Ning Changzhen offered Hepu Dazhu, and Li Yuan refused to accept it on the grounds that Daoyuan was laborious, which was a kind of sanctimonious hypocrisy, Feng An, as a key person in contact with Chang'an, could be said to be a custom, but Feng Ang did not say it. As a result, the chieftains of Lingnan were dissatisfied, believing that the imperial court's refusal to accept tribute was a precursor to attacking Lingnan, Ning Changzhen and Tandian, Feng Xuan and others discussed to oppose the Tang Dynasty. In the end, the anti-Tang dynasty failed, and the biggest winner was the Feng family.

Therefore, Yang Chong accepted Ning Changzhen's tribute last time, and also sent people to send ten carts of silk soy sauce and other things as rewards, which has always maintained the balance of the situation in Lingnan. Ning Changzhen's death was full of doubts in itself, and the alliance was even more suspicious, Yang Chong said to Tianqi: "Tell the people of Lingnan not to move before the army arrives in Lingnan, and not to approach any intelligence, Li Xianzhi is in Shi'an County, and they are responsible for normal activities." ”

Tianqi understood what Yang Chong meant, the situation of the various ethnic groups in Lingnan is no different from that in the northwest and northeast, it can be said that the situation is changing, before the main force of the Sui army arrives, all the activities are ineffective, and only when the army arrives, those intelligence can work. Li Xianzhi has been in Lingnan since the Yang Guang period, and once defended alone for two years, and is familiar with the situation of more than 60 major tribes in Lingnan.

Since Yang Chong accepted Lin Shihong's dedication, the main force of the Sui army could go south to Guangzhou, and the Guangzhou assassin sent by Yang Chong was Yuan Renhui, which was opposed by all the people in the court, and the imperial history was even more crazy. The example is in front, at that time, everyone in the Yunzhong Protectorate was not optimistic, but they couldn't bear the fact that the Duhu family had money, so they used the money to buy people to Yunzhong, and finally helped Song Jingang recapture Yanmen County.

Jiang Duo is a general, and has served as a secretary of the military department and a servant of the army; Cui Chuzhi is in charge of Shangshu Province, and Duhu usurps the power of the capital protectorate in the clouds, if Yuan Renhui controls Guangzhou in the south again, the strength of his relatives in the court will increase greatly, which is tolerable and which is unbearable. Yang Chong is good-tempered, and he spreads his hands, and wants to provide a candidate for those who oppose him; There was a sudden silence in the hall, this candidate is really not good to recommend.

Du Yan got up and said: "Han Shige, you can serve as the general of Zuo Yuhou, and concurrently serve as the general of Lingnan East Road and the history of Guangzhou Thorn." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, not only because Du Yan was Yang Chong's best friend, no matter how you said it, the key was the candidate recommended by Du Yan; Han Shige was the general when Yang Chong started his home, and now that the north has been decided, with Li Jing in charge, the Turks can't make big waves at all, Han Shige can withdraw from Taiyuan, and there will be no problem with Yang Chong or the army. Yang Chong thought for a while and said, "Yes, let Cen Wenwen serve as the governor of Zuo Yuhou, and Zhao Deyan serve as the county guard of Guangzhou." ”

Poison, Guangzhou and Dali City are similar, but also Han people and ethnic minorities live together, Guangzhou County guard is definitely a difficult job, the people are fierce, there are differences in concepts, and Guangzhou is the place of Han Shige Lingnan East Road to collect money; But Zhao Deyan is really suitable, as a Han Chinese, he has always served as an executive in a foreign race, and he has done almost a civil service in Turkicism, which is an experience that most officials do not have.

The three candidates were thus approved; For the direction of the two lakes, Wang Xiongtan has begun to transfer troops to Lingnan, and began to arrange in the north and south of Lingnan, and the ministers have no objections. Ning Changzhen is dead, Yang Tong is likely to sneak into Lingnan, the necessary preparations and deterrence are necessary, Liang Shuo put forward a new proposal, it is better not to set up the governor of Qinzhou for the time being, but let Ning Yi serve as the assassin of Qinzhou, and Li Xizhi will act as the governor to control the area around Qinzhou.

Cui Chu thought straight and said: "Most of the local ethnic minority leaders in Lingnan are the leaders of the local ethnic minorities who dominate the local government, and they are nominally subordinate to us, but they do not pay taxes. Naturalization is a shunmin and requires half of the tax, which needs to be preferential with the Central Plains civil tax, but Lingnan is remote and has limited production capacity, and the half tax is also a great burden. Li Xizhi acted as the governor, which would make them worry about the interests of their own clan, and they were not as restrained as Feng An. ”

Wei Zheng came forward and said: "Since it is the first material, it is better to let Uncle Wei and Li Gongyan, the waiter outside the staff, go to Lingnan again with the festival, Uncle Wei condolences to Feng An, and Li Gongyan specially appeases Qinzhou, and by the way, he will bring some materials." Since he was suspicious of Feng An's ambitions, Feng Ang must have known about it, and if we showed him sincerity, Feng would be glad that he would be spared the calamity, so that he would not have to work the army and make him obedient. ”

Yang Chong agreed: "In this way, with Li Xianzhi as the governor of Guizhou, he has the right to deal with the affairs of Qinzhou, and let Li Xianzhi open a school in Shi'an County and prepare for the establishment of a commercial bank." Wei Shuhuan could explain to Feng Ang that the three hundred miles around Shi'an and Guangzhou were areas managed by Li Xizhi and Han Shige, and no one could invade them. ”

This is to draw a boundary, the experience of the Northeast and Qinghai has shown that the expansion of land for thousands of miles, the people first, without the people to expand the land is to look good, labor and money. Yang Chong's policy is clear at a glance, that is, to use Guangzhou and Shi'an to establish a foothold in the south, and then gradually advance, so that no matter whether Feng Ang and others contain evil intentions or are loyal, it will not affect Chang'an's plan, after all, all parts of Lingnan are prefectures and counties of the Great Sui, and the foundation is better than that of the northeast.

Before Feng Zhiji left Chang'an, he heard about the resolution of the imperial court, and decided to go to see Yang Chong, this Yue King was too skillful, and saw through the Feng family's intention to not want to be king, but wanted to dominate Lingnan. Chu Suiliang was ordered to meet with Feng Zhiji, and Chu Suiliang said with a smile on his face: "Lord Feng, I'm really sorry, King Yue is now riddled with everything, and he really has no time, so he specially called the lower officials to ask, is it difficult to go to Longzhong, or is there a situation in Lingnan that needs to be coordinated by King Yue?" ”

Feng Zhiji said unabashedly: "My father is a rough man, I admire King Yue's vision in all aspects, and he is loved by the imperial court, and the official position of the Feng family has reached a peak. ”

The Feng family has more than 10,000 slaves and maids, and the wealth will not be used up in ten lifetimes, Chu Suiliang knows that what Feng Zhiji said is beautiful words, in fact, he wants to get closer to Yang Chong through trade. Chu Suiliang said with confidence: "Lord Feng, don't worry, the next official will return to King Yue, King Yue likes to make friends the most, and in the future Lingnan development, the Feng family will definitely have this opportunity." ”

(End of chapter)