Donghai Island is today's Lianyungang Island, the east and west two mountains face each other across a narrow strait, the west is called Qishan, Qishan County is located at the foot of the mountain, the big mountain in the east of the strait is called Xie Lu Mountain, that is, the current Yuntai Mountain, there is a mountain in the northeast, called Yulin Mountain.

But during the Sui Dynasty, Donghai Island was much larger than the current Liandao, with not only mountains, but also large tracts of arable land, forests and a county seat, where tens of thousands of people could live without a problem.

The mountains and hills of the entire Donghai Island occupy most of the part, and the small county town is called Donghai County, and at present, the population of the county has all been migrated to the other side by Meng Haigong, and there are only a few small fishing villages left on the whole island, with less than 500 people.

Donghae Island was well managed by Meng Haigong, who reclaimed thousands of hectares of land and built a huge wharf that could dock 20,000 stone transoceanic boats, and Meng Haigong's war horses were transported from Silla.

Because the island opposite Qishan County is rocky and sandy, big ships cannot moor, and the wharf is built in a natural harbor on the right side of Yulin Mountain in the north, which cannot be seen from the mainland direction and is very hidden.

Zhang Xuan arrived at the wharf in the northeast bay on a big boat, and Wei Chi Gong and Shen Guang, who were waiting on the wharf, stepped forward to salute, "See the general!" ”

"The two generals have worked hard!"

Jang Hyun glanced at the surrounding mountains and asked with a smile, "Where are the brothers stationed?" ”

"General Hui, the brothers are temporarily stationed in the county seat, thanks to the successful negotiation of the military division, the remnants of Meng Haigong's army did not burn the grain when they withdrew, and there are nearly 20,000 stone of grain and a large number of soldiers and armor in the warehouse."

Zhang Xuan nodded, this time Fang Xuanling did a good job of recovering Donghai County, and all plans were successfully completed.

Jang Hyun looked back at the dock and asked, "How many ships are there on the island at the moment?" ”

"There are about twenty or so ships, of which there are eight Thousand Stone Sea Ships, and the rest are small boats. Then there are fishing boats, which are the property of fishermen. ”

"How many fishermen are there?"

"Four small fishing villages, a total of more than 300 people, Meng Haigong also wanted to move them away before, but they refused to live or die, and in the end they had to give up."

Jang Hyun thought for a moment. If you want to keep it a secret, there is no point in moving these fishermen away, as long as they have less contact with the other side.

At this time, Wei Chigong asked in a low voice, "Does the general want to garrison troops on the island?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I plan to garrison a thousand troops on the island, mainly to control the docks. ”

Wei Chigong said with a smile: "It shouldn't be a big problem, anyway, there is enough land on the island, and there is grain in the warehouse, so the army can hoard land on the island." Raising pigs and chickens, grain and vegetables can be completely self-sufficient. ”

Next to him, Shen Guang added with a smile: "You can also set up a commercial bank in Qishan County, some daily necessities are organized by the commercial bank, and it is also an intelligence point, what does the general think?" ”

Zhang Xuan couldn't help but laugh and said: "He is worthy of being the head of the scout, he doesn't leave his bank in three sentences, and he still thinks of engaging in intelligence when he opens a store." ”

The crowd burst out laughing

Emperor Yang Guang of Sui only stayed in Guanzhong for two days, and did not even enter Chang'an City. After only a symbolic walk, the team turned around and headed towards Puguan.

Yang Guang was extremely disgusted with Guanzhong and Chang'an. Although the Sui Dynasty was built on the basis of the Guanlong aristocracy, from Emperor Wen of Sui to Yang Guang, the father and son spared no effort to weaken the influence of the Guanlong aristocracy on the Sui Dynasty, and Yang Guang moved the capital to Luoyang in order to get rid of the control of the Guanlong nobles over the imperial court. Later, Wu Zetian moved the capital to Luoyang for the same purpose.

After crossing the Yellow River from Puguan, they entered Bingzhou, and the inspection team stopped in Hedong County to rest.

Hundreds of large tents were stationed around the royal tent of the Son of Heaven Yang Guang, which covered an area of three acres, and at this time, the tents of the civil and military ministers were thousands of tents of the Xiaoguo army on the periphery. Layers of defense, layers of encirclement.

Yu Shiji's big tent is located on the first floor of the hundred official tents, divided into the inner tent and the outer tent, the outer tent is the place to work and entertain guests, and the inner tent is the sleeping tent.

At the beginning of the night, Yu Shiji was half-lying on the soft couch, his eyes were half-narrowed, and the two concubines were carefully pinching his legs to relax, at this time, an attendant reported outside the tent: "Master, the son is here!" ”

Yu Shiji opened his eyes and said, "Let him in!" ”

He waved his hand, and the two concubines hurriedly helped him to sit up, packed up his belongings and retreated into the inner tent, and after a while, Yu Shiji's stepson Xiahou Yan walked into the big tent quickly, knelt down and saluted, "The child sees his father!" ”

Although Yu Shiji is greedy for money, his family education is very strict, and he never allows his own children to participate in his bribery, so this kind of thing is handed over to his stepson to do, and Xiahou Yan is actually a broker of Yu Shiji's power and wealth transactions.

"Sit down!"

Yu Shiji knew that Xiahou Yan came from Luoyang in a hurry, and there must be a big deal coming to the door.

Xiahou Yan sat down and said in a low voice: "Father, Zhang Xuan sent his henchmen to find the child, and he has something to ask for!" ”

"What is he looking for you for?"

"He first gave 1,500 taels of gold, saying that it was next year's year."

Yu Shiji laughed, this Zhang Xuan is very smart, it's only October now, he will present next year's annual ceremony, and add five hundred taels of gold, he knows how to go with the market!

"And then?"

"Then he offered another two thousand five hundred taels of gold, and he hoped that he would recommend the two positions of Taishou of Donghai County and Cheng of Donghai County."

"And who does he want to recommend?" Yu Shiji asked again.

"Back to his father, he recommended Xu Yannian, the current Cheng of Donghai County, to be promoted to the Taishou of Donghai, and recommended Liu Pu of Suyu County to be appointed as the Cheng of Donghai County."

Yu Shiji's eyes were thoughtful, he immediately took out a copy of the military report, this is the military report on Zhang Xuan's recovery of Donghai County, which strongly commended the merits of Xu Yannian of Donghai County, praised him for having the Great Sui in his heart, forbearance and humiliation to protect the people, it was he who was the internal response, so that the Sui army regained Donghai County without blood, and at the same time exterminated the remnants of Meng Haigong's army.

Yu Shiji laughed and said to Xiahou Yan: "You go back and tell the person sent by Zhang Xuan that this matter is very difficult to handle, but I will try my best to handle it for him, and I hope he will not give this kind of problem next time." ”

Of course, Xiahou Yan understood that this kind of thing was actually a gesture for his father, but he just exaggerated the difficulty a little bit to let the other party understand that the money was not spent in vain.

"The child understands, so go back and tell them." Xiahou Yan got up and saluted and left in a hurry.

Yu Shiji paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands, there were some things he wouldn't tell Xiahou Yan, but his heart was like a mirror, he understood very well the true purpose of Zhang Xuan's entrustment of his help.

Zhang Xuan wants to control Donghai County, this Xu Yannian should be controlled by him, and Liu Pu, who should be the son of Liu Shenggong of Pengcheng County, it seems that Zhang Xuan and the Liu family also have a deal, and they control Taishou and Juncheng, and the entire Donghai County is actually controlled by Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan's intention is obvious, he doesn't want to give up Qingzhou, and Donghai County happens to be the passage between Jiangdu and Qingzhou, this Zhang Xuan's ambition is not small!

Yu Shiji, as a powerful minister of the imperial court, he is very aware of the crisis of the Sui Dynasty, the crisis of the Sui Dynasty is not only in the rebellion everywhere, but also in the fact that the family and the ministers gradually lost their identification with the Great Sui, this crisis began when the first emperor cut the military power of the Guanlong nobles, and the deepening of the crisis was caused by Yang Xuangan's rebellion.

While Yu Shiji is desperately collecting bribes, he also has to consider the future of his children and grandchildren and his family, and he has to leave them a way back

In the king's tent, Yang Guangzheng was sitting in front of the imperial case and was engrossed in reviewing the scrolls, when the eunuch reported at the door of the tent: "Your Majesty, Yu Xiangguo asks to see!" ”

Yang Guang put down the pen and smiled: "Please let him in!" ”

After a while, Yu Shiji hurriedly walked in and bowed, "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

"Hasn't Yu Aiqing rested yet?"

"Your Majesty, Weichen is drafting the official commendation for the Battle of Xuzhou, and there are some appointments that need to be discussed with Your Majesty again."

"Aiqing, please sit down and say!"

Yu Shiji sat down and said slowly: "Regarding the appointment of Pengcheng County Taishou, Your Majesty is considering transferring Shijun Chen Taishou to the post, but Weichen carefully looked at Chen Taishou's family background and found that one of his daughters married He Ruobi's nephew, does Your Majesty know?" ”

Yang Guang was stunned, he really didn't know about it, Chen Ji was actually in-law with the Guanlong nobles? A trace of anger flashed in his eyes, he saw that this Chen Ji's evaluation was good, and he had stayed in Lishi County for eight years before he wanted to transfer him to Pengcheng County, but he didn't expect him to have a background in the Long nobles.

Yu Shiji knows Yang Guang too well, as long as it involves the nobles of Guanlong, Yang Guang will definitely not appoint him, sure enough, Yang Guang waved his hand, "That's it, let's consider other candidates!" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen has a suggestion."

"Yu Aiqing, please speak!"

"Your Majesty, the four counties of Xuzhou were more inclined to the imperial court before this, regardless of taxes, reports and people's livelihood, the local government of the four counties has done very well, this time the rapid decline of Meng Haigong is also related to their secret resistance, Weichen feels that this state should be continued, and Xuzhou officialdom has formed a balance, which is beneficial to the local court, Weichen is worried that once this balance is broken, the final loss is the imperial court!"

The reason why Yu Shiji's plan has been repeatedly adopted by Yang Guang, the Son of Heaven, is that he has insight into the heart of the Son of Heaven, and he knows that the Son of Heaven cares most about the loss of control of the court over the place, so beating from this angle just touched Yang Guang's weakness.

Yang Guang pondered for a moment, "What about Aiqing's opinion?" ”

"Weichen suggested that he should be promoted on the spot, and not transfer officials from the outside, not only Pengcheng County, but also Donghai County, promote the county to Taishou, and the big county order to be promoted to the county Cheng, so as to ensure continued balance, and also ensure the control of the imperial court over the four counties of Xuzhou."

Yang Guang nodded, this is fine, it is much better than transferring to the in-laws of a Guanlong nobleman without knowing it.

"I understand, Aiqing can draft a draft, and if the problem is not big, it will be implemented according to Aiqing's plan."

"Wechen, let's go back and draft!"

Yang Guang remembered something again, and said with a smile: "There is also Zhang Xuan's wife's decree, the queen has issued a decree to make her Mrs. Congsanpin, and she will draft the decree together!" ”

"Wechen obeys!" (To be continued.) )