Chapter 219: The Power of the Wealthy
Zhang Heng left Liangshan with some regret, although he got what he wanted, but his cousin Cui Yu was unwilling to leave with him; It made him feel that this trip was a little imperfect. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info thought that it was a little heartbreaking for him to let her show her beauty tricks, so he did everything he could, and was relieved again and again, and then left Liangshan.
After he left, Cui Yu seemed to have a heart disease, not only did he not get lovesickness; On the contrary, the mood is more comfortable, and the enthusiasm for work is high, which makes everyone amazed.
Ten days later, Xu Shiji came to Liangshan, sent a large amount of grain and grass, and also took away some bows and crossbows. Xu Shiji shook his head slightly and said to Cheng Jinjin with regret: "Fifth brother, you are really a good deal, originally I wanted to use these grains and grass to recruit troops and horses; But I was deceived by you all of a sudden. ”
Cheng Yanjin smiled: "Fourth brother, can't you say that?" It's all something you want me to do; How can it be said to be a lie? Besides, with this batch of bows and crossbows, isn't your Wagangzhai a great prestige and a hundred victories? Are you afraid that no one will come to defect? ”
Xu Shiji glanced at him angrily and said, "Nonsense! Those who are forced to come by might are ambitious; Who will really do it for us? ”
Cheng Yanjin said with a smile: "It depends on your secret father, the ministers of the family will definitely be able to suppress these ambitious people, and the fourth brother doesn't have to worry about this." Of course, if you are afraid that your position is unstable, you can come to our Liangshan; How about I let you and my second brother share the helm of the army? ”
Xu Shiji smiled: "Let's talk about it later!" If you have the chance, be sure to remember what you said today. ”
"A gentleman's words are quick and the horse is whipped, I will definitely wait for the vacant position!"
The people who sent away Wagang, Cheng Yanjin just breathed a sigh of relief, and just wanted to relax; accompany Erya and Dongfang Yumei well; suddenly received a report that he was entrusted by the second son, Li Shimin, to be led by Gao Shilian, and the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling were deputies; A luxury exchange team composed of nearly 100 people, including Su Shichang, Yao Silian, Xue Shui, Chu Liang, Lu Deming, Kong Yingda, Li Xuandao, Li Shousu, Cai Yungong, Yan Xiangshi, Liu Hongji, and Changsun Shunde, came to Liangshan.
Cheng Yanjin heard the words and hurriedly brought people out to greet him; Many of these people were later famous ministers, such as Gao Shilian, eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Liu Hongji, and eldest grandson Shunde, all of whom were named Lingyan Pavilion and went down in history.
Of course, the rest is not bad, among which Kong Yingda is the grandson of Confucius, and he later supported the compilation of the "Five Classics of Justice" was awarded by the Tang Dynasty as the standard interpretation of classics, thus completing the evolution process from disputes to unification in the history of Chinese classics; He was a great scholar of Chinese scriptures who had the function of summarizing and unifying Chinese scriptures. This book has become the standard reference book for scientific research in later dynasties; It is the most republished book in Chinese history.
The others are also unique talents, like Lu Deming, who is also a master of scripture in the south, and his status is no worse than Kong Yingda.
Cheng Yanjin secretly smacked his tongue in his heart, in the end, it was a wealthy family, and there were so many people in the outside faction; Look at yourself here, Du Ruhui and Cen Wenwen are definitely not worse than them, and Ma Zhou can too, but he is too young; The others are Cui Xin, who is a little worse than others.
Lao Cheng held a grand welcome ceremony for these people, and then discussed with Gao Shilian, eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling how to arrange these people.
Gao Shilian and the eldest grandson Wuji both have official positions in Taiyuan, this time they just led the team to come, and they will go back when they settle down, and the actual leader here will be Fang Xuanling.
Cheng Yanjin secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, one of these two is the uncle of the eldest grandson Wuji, and the other is the brother of the same brother; It was a lot of thought to arrange, but it was just right for them to leave.
So Cheng Yanjin asked Fang Xuanling to be the deputy minister of Shandong, and assisted Du Ruhui in taking charge of Shandong's affairs, and people like Kong Yingda and Lu Deming joined the education team; Others are scattered to help manage local matters.
Gao Shilian and the eldest grandson Wuji looked at him and his arrangements were reasonable, and they couldn't find anything wrong; He nodded and agreed, and instructed his subordinates to work hard here, and earnestly asked all colleagues in Liangshan for advice and learning.
Cheng Yanjin also instructed his subordinates to get along with them amicably, and if there are differences, they must be resolved through negotiation. Of course, this is under the rule of Liangshan, and everything must be done according to the rules of Liangshan; Don't be intimidated by the other person's reputation, you must stick to what is right.
For this reason, he also specially asked Du Ruhui and others to train these people, so that they could understand Liangshan's system before they could take up their posts. Although Du Ruhui is young, he has extraordinary ability, and these people are still very convinced, but Cui Yu, who is in the education position, made these people frown as soon as he came to power.
Yan Ji Si Chen, this is the image of chaos! Why does Liangshan still use women as officials? And also responsible for the implementation of education! This is to lead everyone astray!
Cui Xindu, who was sitting below, blushed and lowered his head slightly; Cui Yu had never seen this big scene, and she was a little scared; At first, he stuttered a little, and there was a jumbled voice below.
Cheng Yanjin sat in the first row, and next to him were Du Ruhui, Gao Shilian, Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Cen Wenwen. Lao Cheng nodded at Cui Yu and quietly gave her a thumbs up.
Cui Yu took a deep breath, raised her head from the handout she had perfected with Cheng Yanjin, and began to point out the country. He has been talking about the education of antiquity, and at first everyone was still suspicious and exchanged ears; Later, in a huge living room, only the girl's crisp and sweet voice remained.
"Wow! Wow! Cheng Yanjin took the lead in a standing ovation, and everyone else also stood up and applauded; Cui Yu bowed slightly and thanked him, and he was excited in his heart.
Gao Shilian and the eldest grandson Wuji lived for more than ten days, and when they saw that things were on a normal track, they said goodbye to everyone and left.
With personnel and food, Liangshan once again entered the fast track, and by March and April, the land of Qilu was already green, and people's faces were full of happy smiles.
Not only the land of Qilu, but also the land of Liaodong and Goguryeo is also full of good news, not only political stability; And with the hope of harvest, the people of all ethnic groups have also rushed forward, and they are full of confidence in Liangshan.
Liangshan is in a good form here, and the singing and dancing are leveling; Elsewhere there was chaos. First, Yang Yichen and Gao Shida in Hebei fought. Yang Yichen took advantage of the great victory and Zhang Chengjin's morale was booming, and pointed the finger at Gao Shida, the rebel army with the largest power in the river.
He marched to Pingyuan County, preparing to enter Gaojiboli, Dou Jiande said to Gao Shida: "Several times all the generals of the Sui Dynasty, only Yang Yichen can fight. He has just defeated Zhang Jin, saying that their spirit is irresistible when they have traveled a long way to attack us, please let me lead the army to avoid them, so that they want to fight but cannot fight, and drag him for months in vain, and wait for his soldiers to get tired and tired of it, and take the opportunity to catch him off guard. Big victories can be won. If you are competing with him right now, I'm afraid you won't be able to resist it. ”
Gao Shida didn't listen to his advice, so he left Dou Jiande to guard the base camp and led his elite soldiers to meet Yang Yichen. After a small victory in the first battle, Gao Shida indulged in drinking and feasting, and developed the idea of despising the enemy. When Dou Jiande learned about it, he said: "The Duke of Donghai has not yet defeated the enemy, and the disaster will come in a few days. The army of the Sui Dynasty pursued the victory, and it was bound to hit straight here, and the people were shocked and frightened, and I was afraid that I would not be able to hold it. ”
So he left his men and horses to guard the barracks, and he led more than 1,000 elite soldiers to occupy a dangerous position to prevent Gao Shida from losing the battle.
Five days later, Yang Yichen really defeated Gao Shida, killed him on the battlefield, and pursued the victory, and was about to besiege Dou Jiande. There were few guards in the barracks, and when they heard that Gao Shida had been defeated, everyone scattered and fled.
Dou Jiande fled with more than 1,000 people, and when he arrived in Raoyang County, he saw that there was no defense here, so he laid down Raoyang County, pacified the people in the city, and many people were willing to follow him, and there were more than 3,000 horses.
Yang Yichen found that Dou Jiande's power had developed, so he suggested to Emperor Yang of Sui, saying that the local taxes and miscellaneous taxes were fiercer than the tiger, which made the people miserable; The rebel army is even more unclear and invincible. I hope that Your Majesty will reduce taxes, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment, and the world will be peaceful.
These words reached the ears of Yu Wenhua and Yu Shiji, two ministers; They spread rumors and said: "Yang Yichen is asking the emperor for soldiers and food." When we heard that he had captured the rebels, we let them go. Those thieves thanked Yang Yichen for not killing him, and they surrendered one after another. Now he has an army of 200,000 under his command, which is to divide the territory and have a heart of disobedience. ”
Yang Guang is most afraid of the rebellion of his subordinates, he hurriedly issued a holy decree for Yang Yichen to dismiss his subordinates, and transferred him back from Hebei, let him return to Luoyang to serve as the Guanglu doctor, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and lead people to garrison Dongling Pass, the gateway to Luoyang.
Yang Yichen was sad and worried when he received the holy decree, but he did not dare to disobey, but he did not dismiss the troops, but handed them over to his general Yang Sien, and asked him to continue to exterminate Dou Jiande.
Before leaving, Yang Yichen repeatedly instructed Dou Jiande to be scheming, please Yang Sien must not be careless. Yang Sien nodded in agreement.
However, Yang Sien and others all thought that after killing Gao Shida, there was no problem in defeating Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande took advantage of his unpreparedness to return to Pingyuan County, packed up the bodies of the dead who followed Gao Shida, buried them, and held a funeral for Gao Shida, and the whole army wore white mourning clothes. He recruited the scattered soldiers, got a few thousand, the army was invigorated again, and Dou Jiande began to call himself a general.
When the bandits caught the officials and local gentry of the Sui Dynasty, they would usually kill them all, but Dou Jiande would treat them with courtesy.
Song Zhengben, the governor of Raoyang County, was originally regarded as a certain lord and discussed the plan with him. After that, the magistrates of the counties of the Sui Dynasty gradually surrendered to him, and Dou Jiande's army became more prosperous, and the elite army grew to more than 100,000 people.