The Fengle liquor store in Shangxian continues the style of Zhangye store, which is still a little different from the Fengle building in Chang'an, with simple decoration and poplar wood and fur materials; Yu Xuan was not polite, and ordered beef, donkey meat and Shangxian's own millet wine. The two reminisced about the past and drank heartily; The two drank deep and talked about the affairs of Diaoyin County, and Yu Yu said unceremoniously: "Zhang Shilong is for the benefit of the family, and Manager Yang has actually agreed to build a paper mill and a pottery workshop in Diaoyin, Zhang Shilong feels that the money is not as good as the official." ”

Yang Xumi drank wine and said: "Zhang Shilong is afraid that Yang Chong will deceive him. ”

"Lie to him." Yu Xuan said disdainfully: "If Manager Yang wants to have that time, it is better to think about business." Tell you why the workshop is located in Diaoyin County, because the water source in the northwest is tight, and General Manager Yang stipulates that no paper mills are allowed to be opened on the side of the big river, and Funing County is facing the Turks and Liang Shidu, which is not suitable for opening any workshop. What about you, even if you pick it up, because Diaoyin County is small, a few workshops can be exchanged for enough money, and you can do whatever you want when the time comes. ”

Yang Xu stayed alone for a long time, and finally realized that he had thought less, and Yang Chong's original intention might just be to leave a way for Yang Yu to escape when Chang'an could not be defended, and he was not interested in the ruling center. Yang Xu was talking and laughing, saying his guess, his eyes fixed on Yu Xuan. Yu Xuan picked up a piece of donkey meat, didn't seem to notice Yang Xu's intentions, and said casually: "Say something that shouldn't be said, Chang'an is not a place for people to stay, and the Son of Heaven has seen the wrong person." ”

Yang Xu knew that Yu Xuan would not say such a thing for no reason, this should be Yang Chong's original words, Yang Xu asked with wine: "Yang Chong will still support Yang Yu, the acting king?" ”

Yu Yu leaned back in his chair drunkenly and said: "Of course, if Chang'an is captured and Yang Yu, the acting king, flees to the northwest, and the Diaoyin County you manage is one of the few places that can provide him with money." The money and things we should hand over will not be less, but we will not let the people of Chang'an interfere in our affairs. ”

After Yu Xuan finished speaking, he drank a few more glasses of wine, obviously overwhelmed by the wine, and soon leaned back in his chair and fell asleep; Yang Xu screamed softly twice, seeing that Yu Xuan did not react, he called Yu Xuan's entourage to send Yu Xuan home, and he got into the carriage with broken steps. Yang Xu entered the carriage, his eyes suddenly became sober, and he said to a person in the carriage: "Yang Chong gave a reply, you can leave early tomorrow morning, Yang Chong will not reinforce Chang'an, and he will not object to coming to Yan'an on behalf of the king, or Pingliang." ”

Yu Juluo received an order in Longxi, left Xie Yingdeng to suppress the formation in Longxi, waited for Du Yan to take office, and ordered the cavalry of the 9,000 party Xiangqiang and Shatuo tribes and the 5,000 elites of the Baiyu battalion to borrow the road from He Batwei. When He Batwei learned that the plague god was leaving, he not only provided a passage, but also sent 3,000 stone of grain as a reward for obtaining Changchuan County; Yujuluo passed through the county, and arrived in Shangxian in ten days, Wei Yuanzhao, Yu Wencheng, Kong Yingda, Chu Liang, Kou Jiuhui, Yu Qintao and others all arrived almost at the same time.

Yang Chong set up a wine in the Xiazhou Prefecture to celebrate, rewarded the three armies, and after Wudu'er conquered Pingyao, he transported a large number of grain, cloth, and weapons back to Fenyang, and also confiscated a large amount of money from the rich scholars who assisted the Tang army in defending the city, and killed a few Haoqiang with blood debts. Yuwen Chengdu finally arrived at the front line, full of heroism, saluted Yang Chongjiu and asked, "When will I go to the battlefield?" ”

Now Yu Wenhua is Yang Guang's right Tunwei general, and he is in Jiangdu; Yang Chong was still waiting for Yu Wenhua and his brothers to kill Yang Guang, and he couldn't let the two of them have an accident in advance, Yang Chong shook his head and said: "Before Yu Wenhua and rebelled, you couldn't fight a battle, and in the future, like Su Dingfang, stay by my side." You are in charge of the Hundred Cavalry Battalion, Su Dingfang is in charge of the Changjie Battalion, where I go, you go. ”

The Hundred Cavalry Battalion was expanded from the Hundred Cavalry Team, and the Changjie Battalion was composed of Yang Chong's adopted children and Luo Shixin's 300 subordinates, which was a copy of the past youth battalion. This is also the suggestion of Yuan Wei and Wei Zheng, with the expansion of the war, the burden of the army must be heavy, Yang Chong should have a special team to protect, the hundred cavalry battalion and the Changjie battalion, which is equivalent to the left and right guard rate; This also shows Yang Chong's trust in Yuwen Chengdu and Su Dingfang.

Wei Yuanzhao and Yang Chong haven't seen each other for a few years, and there is a strong momentum in their expressions; Wei Yuanzhao asked, "Manager Yang, what are you going to do next?" ”

After a while, everyone was listening, Yang Chong smiled and said, "I have a few important things to do, and we just happened to discuss while drinking." I am going to prepare for the imperial examination in Xiazhou, Hexi, and the Western Regions, next year's township examination, and the next year's unified examination. How to go through the process, you take a plan, and all the candidates in the state are placed in Lishi County, which is difficult for the candidates in Chang'an to handle. ”

Kong Yingda secretly praised Yang Chong's move not only to show a peep into Chang'an and Taiyuan, but also to reserve talents for the expansion of the territory in the future, Kong Yingda smiled: "This matter is simple, you can change Zhangye's recruitment hall into the Overseas Chinese Division, not only Chang'an, but also Jiangzuo and Shandong scholars can also sign up through the Overseas Chinese Division, participate in the imperial examination, or set up a certain overseas Chinese department." ”

Yu Yu agreed: "What Yingda said is very true, and the quota can be divided by region. Emperor Sima Rui of the Jin Yuan Dynasty moved south, and more than 1,000 people crossed the river with Sima Rui, and Huaide County settled these Lang evil expatriates in Jiankang, and later established Lang Evil County. Some things can be prepared in advance, and there are many scholars from Shandong and Jiangzuo in Chang'an and Taiyuan, and there will definitely be people who will serve them. ”

Wei Yuanzhao and Yuan Wei both knew that most of the Shannan Academy were students from Shandong, and Dunhuang County under Yang Chong was the place where the Jiangzuo Shi clan gathered. But it is a good thing for Yang Chong, once he hits Shandong and Jiangzuo in the future, these people will be of great use. Yuan Wei then chimed in: "This matter is feasible, but when discussing the imperial examination, Chief Yang has a request. ”

Chu Liangxin said that doing things under Yang Chong is good at everything, but there are too many flower heads, which makes people unguardable, and they have to devote themselves wholeheartedly; Kong Yingda understood and said: "Manager Yang said in his letter to Lord Fang that he asked to set up a primary school in every county and a middle school in a large county according to the situation. Master Cui and Master Chu are familiar with the etiquette process of the imperial court, and the affairs of the imperial examination are mainly based on the two of them, and I am willing to be responsible for the affairs of running the school. ”

Kong Yingda is now in charge of the recruitment hall, and Yang Chong has a personal relationship, on knowledge and closeness, far above Cui Chuzhi and Chu Liang, and took the initiative to demote himself to the third place, which gave Yang Chong a lot of room for operation. Yang Chong said with satisfaction: "This matter is so decided, the recruitment hall has been changed to the superintendent of school affairs, and the chief supervisor is Kong Yingda; Chu Liang, the supervisor of the examination, the two of them are responsible for assisting Cui Chuzhi, how to divide the labor, the three of you will discuss it yourself. ”

(End of chapter)