The faces of the important ministers in the center were quite ugly, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was satisfied with his vanity, the immortal king Ma Zhong was driven to the plateau, and Gaochang County thwarted an attack by the Tiele people, all of which showed Yang Guang's ability to recognize people. Yu Zhongwen and other general generals were elated, and Yang Yichen and Yang Chong, who were the least popular with the center, won in the Western Regions, which showed that Duan Wenzhen's thinking was right, fighting a war was the business of the military department, and let the idle people go away.

Liu Weiming still wrote to Yang Chong about breaking the armor and changing the war horse, Yang Yichen and Gao Gong both proved that Yang Chong was reported, thinking that Yang Chong had done nothing wrong, but Su Wei and others still refused to let go; Pei Ju even pointed out that Yang Chong's new iron factory in Gaochang was an embezzlement of Guiniao's information, and his crime should be punished, and his heart should be punished.

This time, Duan Wenzhen really couldn't bear it, and reprimanded angrily: "After the battle of Hanchuan, you said that Gui Niao did not have contact with Yang Chong, and the paper he got back was to fool the court and get through the test in confusion; Now that Yang Chong has embezzled the information, which sentence is true, no wonder the intelligence network of Sui Hantang and Saibei is like a fictitious one. ”

Pei Ju quibbled: "I haven't made a judgment based on the clues that I keep discovering, and sometimes the information is inaccurate and inevitably wrong." ”

Guan Wang Yang Xiong waved his hand and said: "The craftsmen in Yang Chong Iron Factory are all from Wuchuan Iron Factory and local people from Gaochang County, Zhao Guogong asked the craftsmen who were exchanged to the glass workshop, they were originally the craftsmen of the iron factory over there in Qiuzi. Yang Chong once wrote to renovate the iron plant, but the shareholders did not agree, so the first set of drawings came out and stopped, and did not continue later. ”

Seeing that the debate had been fruitless for a long time, Yang Da sat on the chair and asked Yuwenshu on the other side helplessly: "Xu Guogong, what do you think of the personnel arrangements in the Western Regions?" ”

It turned out that because Yuwenshu was on Su Wei's side, the center had a record, so that Liu Quan could replace Yang Yichen and Cui Kaiyuan replace Yang Chong, and now it can be implemented, the problem is to give Yang Yichen and Yang Chong a place to go. Yuwenshu naturally doesn't want to answer, and this kind of bird doesn't do it; Su Wei was unwilling to plan to give up halfway, but he couldn't come up with a response, how could a prime minister say that he could place a big man like Yang Yichen, and what Su Wei could do was to be able to provide reference advice when Yang Guang asked.

Seeing that he didn't squeak, Yang Guang, the Yang Emperor of the Sui Dynasty who was sitting in the middle, put forward a plan: "The edict cancels the Western Regions Protectorate, transfers Yang Yichen back to Luoyang to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Quan serves as the county guard of Qinghai County, under the jurisdiction of the original three counties of Heyuan and Xihai; Li Jing is the commander of the last county, and has jurisdiction over the original and late county and Pu Shihai; The mud city was assigned to Gaochang County, and Yang Chong served as the county guard; Li Yuan was transferred to the post of guard lieutenant, and Qu Tugai was appointed as the guard of Yiwu County. As for the exchange of broken trophies for war horses, don't worry about it. ”

Yang Guang This is a big move, and the revocation of the Western Regions Protectorate is to indicate to the Western Turks and Tuyuhun that the war has ended, and the change from six counties to four counties is the integration of the front line, forming a situation in which Qinghai County confronts Tuyuhun, Gaochang County faces the Eastern and Western Turks, and Mojun maintains the passage with Kangguo, and Yiwu County faces the Eastern Turks. Yang Yichen and Li Yuan were transferred back at the same time, and it was the practice of hitting fifty boards each of the central and Western Regions Protectorates.

Li Jingyuan was the general of the Right Wuwei, and after attacking Tuyuhun, he was promoted to the rank of Guanglu doctor, and was rewarded with 60 slaves and maids and 2,000 silks; When Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty drove westward to Tianshui, Li Jing was specially approved to sit in front of Yang Xuan, the king of Qi. It's just that in Longchuan Palace, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui wanted to hunt on a large scale, Li Jing and Guo Yan, the general of Zuo Wuwei, were dissatisfied and were sued for blackness, Guo Yan was deprived of military power, and Li Jing was deposed. Before this Eastern Crusade, Li Jing had just been reinstated and was transferred to the Western Regions in a blink of an eye.

Yu Shiji was secretly proud, it was his credit to let Yang Yichen go to work, Yu Shiji only said one sentence to Yang Guang: "It is not appropriate for Yang Yichen to support troops for a long time. ”

As for the reason for leaving Yang Chong and transferring Li Yuan, Yu Shiji knows better that the "Three Character Classic" compiled by Liu Zhuo and Yang Chong has been circulated and has been used as a literacy textbook by many private school gentlemen, that is, the three sons of Yang Zhao, the prince of Yuande, Yang Yu, Yang Tong, and Yang Qi are all reading this book. Gao Gong said in the recital that Gao Chang was promoting the Three Character Classic, and Yang Chong also built two libraries in Gaochang City and Nanping City, both of which were means of restoring sinicization, and Li Yuan lacked this vision in Yiwu County.

Guan Wang Yang Xiong asked: "How does Yang Xuangan, the original secretary of the Ministry of Rites, arrange it?" ”

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty had already planned and replied: "The eldest grandson Chi is now seriously ill in Luoyang, so let Yang Xuangan take over as the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs first." ”

When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty came to Yangzhou Jiangdu Palace, the eldest grandson Chi stayed in the eastern capital of Luoyang, and waited for the military of the guards with the Shangshu of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Wei Xuan sat in Chang'an. Guan Wang Yang Xiong understood what Yang Guang meant, no matter what the condition of the eldest grandson Chi was, whether he could get better in the future, the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs could not be vacant, and there were too many things to coordinate in the conquest of Goguryeo, and there must be someone to take over.

Su Wei didn't expect this result in the end, so he could only make a fuss under the county guard, but fortunately, Emperor Yang of Sui supported the checks and balances, gave Su Wei a trace of spiritual compensation, and sent six military officers to Gaochang County at once, namely Gong Cao Shen Military Gao Sheng Dao, Cang Cao Shen Military He Lanyi, Bing Cao Shen Military Liu Chongli, Riding Cao Shen Military Pei Tao, Armored Cao Shen Military Yuan Renhui, and Shi Cao Shen Military Wang Ting. The wheat iron rod pursed his lips, and the child's cold behavior; Liu Chongli, Pei Tao, and Shi Wansui's younger brother Shi Wanbao are friends with Li Shentong, the cousin of Tang Guogong Li Yuan, and are collectively known as the Four Tyrants of Guanzhong.

Du Yan learned the list and made a special trip to Nanping City. Du Yan knows that he and Yang Chong are grasshoppers on the same rope, one is honorable, and the other is damaged; Du Yan saw Yang Chong and said: "Yang Chong, you have to be careful, this is an unprecedented thing, Cui Kaiyuan and Gao Shengdao are both qualified to serve as county guards, one is a meritorious Cao, and the other is a meritorious Cao to participate in the military, this is a sincere burial person, even if the two of them have no intention of replacing them, they will send a wave of anger to your head." ”

Yang Chong called for tea and comforted: "Brother Du, don't worry, the people haven't arrived yet; You just need to prepare, go to Mud City to serve as the county commander, and if you want to bring someone, just ask. ”

Hunicheng was the original capital of Shanshan, but it is a large county, with more than 1,500 households and more than 14,000 people, which is not comparable to Dongzhen City, which has not yet reached 3,000 people in Puchang County. Du Yan was overjoyed in his heart, and thanked him repeatedly, Yang Chong motioned for Du Yan to sit down, and asked, "Have you ever thought about why the Son of Heaven assigned the Mud City to Gaochang instead of Yiwu?" ”

Du Yan was stunned, but he knew that Yang Chong was targeted on these issues, and there must be some truth in asking this question, Du Yan thought for a long time and said: "Assimilation, Shanshan was originally the founding of the Central Plains, with hundreds of years of war, the Han people have only accounted for a small part, as well as the Qiang people, the Dayue people, and the Great Qin people, so they need to be made to identify with the culture of the Central Plains, although Li Yuan has the ability, he still does not think well in this regard." ”

Yang Chong said with an appreciative eye: "If you can think so, I can rest assured, whether this speculation is right or not, we must do this for the sake of the people of the Central Plains and the peace of the Western Regions, so the first thing you go to is to build a school and a library, Gaochang was originally a country of Han people, and Sinicization is just a return, I hope you can make a model in Hunicheng." I will ask the Turpan Commercial Bank to open a branch, and if you need anything, you can go to them. ”

With the support of money, Du Yan immediately had confidence, and Puchang County's experience from scratch told him that there is nothing difficult in the world, but he is afraid of people with hearts. Du Yan heard the sound of footsteps, and saw Kou Jiuhui coming in with two people, one was Shankuo, and the other was an old man who looked a little like Shankuo, but he was much older. The two had met Yang Chong, and the old man was introduced by Shankuo as his uncle Shanlian, who came today for the Fenghuanggou Iron Mine.

Yan Lian apologized vigorously, saying that he was bewitched and coerced by the emperor to take possession of the iron mine; Now he is willing to return the iron ore and lose another sum of money. Yang Chong waved his hand, first introduced Du Yan, and then said in a consultative tone: "I used the equity of Beacon Mountain to compensate the shareholders of Fenghuanggou, so there is no need to make extraneous branches." Since you have the heart to compensate, sponsor a school and a library, the school belongs to the Turpan Commercial Bank, and rent your property for fifty years; The library is considered to be in the county, and if you want a medium-sized house and a thousand Chinese character books, you can set up a monument for your Shanjia in the library to commemorate this event. ”

Shanlian hurriedly knelt down to thank him, and the Beacon Hill Iron Mine that compensated those shareholders was Yang Chong's own, and now it was not too much for Yang Chong to take away the entire Fenghuanggou Iron Mine, but Yang Chong did not do this, and only needed to provide a school building for fifty years, which was already a very low requirement. As for the library, even if Du Yan opened his mouth, the Shanjia also had to pay for it, and Shanlian calculated in his heart that all the expenses were just half a year's income from the iron mine.

Shankuo felt that Yang Chong was purely giving himself face, and when he learned that the Turpan Commercial Bank was going to open a branch in Hunicheng, he immediately said that the Shanjia had a business to partner; Yang Chong rejected Shan's suggestion and only asked the Shan's family to buy grain from other places, more grain. Du Yan's assistant transferred Li Wenxin to Hunicheng to be in charge of military affairs, commanding a thousand government troops and armor chiefs, and sent Huang Zhen to be in charge of a thousand Tuntian soldiers; The new county order of Puchang County is Fang Yiwu, and Wang Junjun serves as the lord of Liupo City.

(End of chapter)