After the banquet dispersed, the Murong brothers were sent away, and Yang Chong immediately ordered that Cui Yuanxun was appointed as the county guard of Yuyang, and the county governance was changed to Yongnu County, and 4,000 Turkic prisoners were sent to Yuyang to repair the city; Among the captives, Qi Shanxing and Cao Dan were executed on the spot, and the heads were sent to Chang'an, and He Chou and others were escorted to Zhuo County. Yang Chong left Zhang Jinshu to command 5,000 cavalry to garrison Wuzhong County, and Wang Gong was the pacification envoy of Liaodong, presided over the Zhaoxian Pavilion, and drew a map of the northeast; Yang Chong himself led the army back to Zhuo County with Liu Heimin and joined Xu Shiji and others.

Zhuojun held a grand celebration ceremony, the pacification of Liaoxi meant that Li Tang's army in the north all collapsed, leaving only the territory of Jiangnan and Bashu, Yang Chong took the opportunity to announce that in order to make up for the failure of Hebei scholars to participate in the last imperial examination, a scholar should be added next year, and one hundred scholars in Hebei were authorized to vote for self-advancement, and they did not have to be specially recommended by the minister of state or county governor, but they must take an exam after half a year, and the top 100 can enter the Chang'an examination.

Yang Chong wrote a letter to Chang'an, asking the Ministry of Rites to send a squire to preside over the examination in Hebei; At the same time, Liu Heimin was invited to be the prince of Beiping County, Zhang Jinshu was the prince of Yuyang County, Dong Kangmai was the prince of Zhangnan County, Cao Zhan was the prince of Liting County, Gao Yaxian was the prince of Lishui County, Guo Qing was the prince of Changle County, and Yang Yanshi was the prince of Guantao County.

Chang'an Zhuojun was shocked, Yang Chong used a clear plan, buying people's hearts is only a superficial phenomenon, in fact, it is not trust the Hebei scholars, all the scholars who participate in the Zhuojun and Chang'an examinations, even if no one is promoted in the end, Yang Chong will have hundreds of more scholars who are willing to work for him. At that time, as long as Xu Shiji, Liu Heimin and other upstarts are introduced and recommended, most of them will still flow into the officialdom and become the basis for Yang Chong's ruling in Hebei.

Two years will be the last time for the Hebei Shi clan and Yang Chong to bargain, once Yang Chong creates his own pattern, the room for bargaining will be smaller and smaller. However, most of the scholars in Hebei are scholars, and Liang Cui, as Yang Chong's political ally, does not speak, and it is difficult for others to jump out and accuse, and it is always impossible to say that it is correct not to give the scholar a way out, that is really to be poked in the backbone by the villagers.

Yang Chong decided on a major event, and then he interacted with the Cui family and the Lu family all day long, or asked the businessmen in Liaoxi, Hebei to ask about trivial business matters, and there were three chief and deputy guards in Zhuo County, how to arrange defense and assign officials, Yang Chong no longer interfered. However, Yang Chong told Xu Shiji and the three of them in advance that Linyu Town would be left to the Ministry of Rites, and it was likely to be a crushing farm for trading with the Turks in Beiping County in the future, and it would be handed over to the city supervisor for management.

As for the three eldest grandsons Wuji, Shi Wanbao was sent by Yang Chong to Tianshui to serve as Ma Delai's deputy, and the eldest grandson Wuji and Hou Junji were not arranged immediately by Yang Chong, but brought back to Luoyang. The eldest grandson Wuji is Li Shimin's hardcore confidant, Hou Junji is a dead man, Yang Chong is not sure if it is Li Shimin's bitter plan, so he handed it over to Tianqi to investigate the matter; Yang Chong also wrote to Dingxiangcheng and mentioned Yang Zhengdao's return to Chang'an again.

The Turkic attack on Hexi failed, Li Shimin was eradicated from Hebei, the small court of Dingxiangcheng was in a panic, Yang Shanjing could not stand the urging of Empress Dowager Xiao and Jieli Khan, and finally decided to send Pei Ju as an envoy to Zhuojun to discuss this matter with Yang Chong. The first news that Pei Ju heard when he arrived in Zhuo County was that the eldest grandson Wuji was appointed as the Langzhong of the Criminal Department, and from the five grades, he was in charge of internal and external endowments, funds, salaries, public offices, honors, ransoms, apprenticeship courses, and arrears, as well as military resources, weapons, and revenues.

As a traitor who was on the must-kill list, he only defected at the last moment, and may even have been coerced by Hou Junji, the harvest of the eldest grandson Wuji is real, and the Langzhong of the criminal department is a position that can be raised, as long as the eldest grandson Wuji does not have any dissent; A smile appeared at the corner of Pei Ju's mouth, Yang Chong is learning Liu Bang, but he doesn't know who Zhang Liang is today, and reminded Yang Chong.

Liu Bang was ready to reward the meritorious heroes in the early Han Dynasty, and the people below competed day and night for merit, and could not decide the superiority, resulting in the inability to reward them, and even many people were dissatisfied; Liu Bang asked Zhang Liang, and Zhang Liang told Liu Bang that Yongya should be rewarded. Because Yongya and Liu Bang have a vendetta, they have embarrassed and humiliated Liu Bang many times, and the Manchu Dynasty is known to both civil and military affairs; Sure enough, when the ministers saw that Yongya was named the Marquis of Shifang, they were not worried that they would not be made marquis.

Yang Chong still greeted Pei Ju, the messenger of the Empress Dowager Xiao, in the ten-mile long pavilion according to the number of etiquette, the grass grew and the warbler flew, and the sun was shining; Seeing Pei Ju approaching, Yang Chong took a few steps; When the two met, they talked and laughed, as if they were acting in a play. Yang Chong did not have the slightest frame of the king of Yue, and he was polite and thoughtful; Pei Ju's white hair is elegant, his attitude is amiable, and he is full of the demeanor of an elder.

People who don't know the details still think that this old and young are forgetful friends, only Du Yan and others sighed, Yang Chong is becoming more and more like a politician, Du Yan has just come from Chang'an with Chu Jing, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Fang Xuanling returned to the Privy Council, Hebei and Shandong need an important minister to inspect, Du Yan took the initiative to ask to come over with the military situation in the south.

After entering the city to talk about official business, Yang Chong set up a banquet in Fanyang Palace at noon to entertain Pei Ju, accompanied by Du Yan, Xu Shiji, Liu Heimin, Cui Fengju and others, and the banquet was in accordance with the standards of the palace. Pei Ju and his son found that not only the decoration in the palace had not changed, but even the table and chair furnishings were all from Yang Guang, the son of heaven, which was a bit back to the taste of Yang Guang's luxury, which also showed that Yang Chong's heart was strong, and he didn't care about these, Pei Ju was very satisfied with it, and he was constantly comparing the unsatisfactory of Dingxiangcheng.

Everyone understood that Pei Ju was deliberately complaining, no matter how bitter the conditions were, Pei Ju was the cook of his own family, and the Turks were in awe of him, how could it be as hard as most people. However, they all knew that Pei Ju had no malicious intentions, so they followed the topic and laughed together, and when they were half drunk, Yang Chongxian said a cold joke, and suddenly said: "Pei Lao, since you have come to Chang'an, why don't you go back to the dynasty to do a career, no matter how bad I am, I am better than Dou Jiande." ”

Everyone here laughed Yang Chong has swept the Central Plains, and the unification of the whole country is just around the corner, how can he be compared with someone like Dou Jiande; Yang Chong's meaning is very simple, since Pei Ju can be an official under Dou Jiande, you should be able to stay in Chang'an. It's just that as soon as these words came out, not only a group of escorts were dumbfounded, but even Pei Ju himself didn't know whether Yang Chong was true or false, could it be that Yang Chong's heart was really strong to such a point.

However, Pei Ju was cunning and asked tentatively: "King Yue's words are serious, aren't you afraid that I will agree, duplicity, and backtracking?" ”

Yang Chong smiled confidently: "Don't be afraid, because you are Pei Ju, you only have your own interests, so what you like above, you can do anything, I need a fish that can muddy the waters." ”

(End of chapter)