After a moment, Yu Shiji hurriedly walked into the imperial study and bowed, "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

"Yu Aiqing came just in time, I have something to discuss with you?"

"Your Majesty is looking for Weichen for the sake of returning to the north?" Yu Shiji asked with a smile.

Yang Guang nodded, and handed a copy of the recital to Yu Shiji, "This is a report written by Cui Junsu, the Turkic Shibi Khan invited me to meet in Saibei next spring, this is a big event, I decided to tour the Taiyuan counties by the way, so I must prepare in advance, I plan to return to Luoyang in half a month." ”

"I see, the minister understands."

Yu Shiji knew very well why the Holy Lord was in a hurry to meet with the Turkic Shibi Khan, at the critical moment of suppressing bandits, the northern border of the Great Sui must remain stable, before, the Holy Lord sent Cui Junsu to the Turks to contact the two sides about the meeting, but the Turks have always looked for excuses to delay, and it is not until now that there is finally definite news.

"Weichen fully agrees with His Majesty's decision to return to the north, we really need time to prepare, the Turks are very important, and it is normal to change the plan."

Yu Shiji's consent made Yang Guang very pleased, with Yu Shiji's support, then other ministers may not insist on opposition, at this time, Yu Shiji turned the topic to Donghai County, he smiled and said: "Since Meng Haigong is willing to accept the imperial court's recruitment, how does Your Majesty plan to settle him?" ”

"I plan to make him the Taishou of the East China Sea and the Marquis of the East China Sea, but the military power will not be given to him, which can be regarded as a favor."

"Your Majesty! So has Your Majesty considered how to deal with Sun Xuanya? Yu Shiji naturally turned the topic to Sun Xuanya.

Yang Guang snorted coldly, "I gave him a chance, but he didn't appreciate it, since he is now in my hands, I won't spare him, I will kill him in public." To set an example of the world's bandits! ”

Yu Shiji was startled, if Sun Xuanya died, the two thousand taels of gold that were about to arrive would fly, and he hurriedly smiled: "If Your Majesty kills him, Gao Shida, Dou Jiande and others may not surrender to the court again, in fact, Weichen thinks that His Majesty should be lenient and severe." It may be more effective against the other bandits who have been surrendered. ”

"How can you be lenient and severe?" Yang Guang asked.

"Your Majesty should issue an edict to count Sun Xuanya's crimes, saying that he should be beheaded for his crimes, but at the same time as being severe, he also mentioned that he did not abuse the civilians, and finally helped the imperial army to kill Meng Rang, and had a slight good deed, so he could be exempted from the death penalty and a hundred rods. Three Thousand Miles of Exile"

Yu Shiji understood Yang Guang's thoughts, he saw that Yang Guang was silent, and he knew that his murderous intent had been shaken, and Yu Shiji persuaded Yang Guang with his clever words, "Your Majesty, the bandits think that they will definitely die, so there is no point in killing, the key is not to kill." Let them treat the people well so that they can avoid death, and let them understand that meritorious service and atonement for sins can also be avoided without killing. This can protect the civilians, so that innocent people can also be blessed by the grace of God, and at the same time can also provoke distrust among the bandits, this kind of non-killing is much more meaningful than killing, please think twice, Your Majesty. ”

Yang Guang was persuaded by him and nodded. "Aiqing is right, it is more meaningful not to kill than to kill, I will follow Aiqing's words, a hundred rods, and exile Liaodong. And tell the world! ”

Yu Shiji was secretly happy, and he asked again: "How does Your Majesty plan to reward Zhang Xutuo and Zhang Xuan for their military exploits?" ”

Yang Guang pondered for a moment and said: "I haven't fully thought about it yet, but I don't worry about Yang Qing, and decided to let Zhang Xutuo continue to exterminate the Wagang bandits. ”

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It's early June, and the weather is unusually hot, especially by the Yellow River, where the blazing sun mixes with a lot of water vapor, making people feel more and more stuffy.

Soon after Zhang Xuan returned to Beihai County, he came to Shouguang County to inspect the progress of the restoration of the shipyard, and with the full support of the government, the Shouguang shipyard had recruited the first batch of more than 300 shipwrights and built many houses, although it could not be compared with the thousands of shipwrights in its heyday, but the shipyard was already in operation.

At present, the Shouguang ships are mainly repairing the old ships bought from the Beiping Shipyard and repairing the ships of Wang Shichong taken from Qinghe County, which are relatively old and can be put into use after being repaired.

Zhang Xuan inspected the shipyard, and then came to the Beihai wharf, which is also a major project that he is very concerned about, whether Beihai County or Donglai County, Gaomi County, are relatively far away from the Central Plains, plus the hills of the Shandong Peninsula, the traffic is not convenient, if the waterway can be fully utilized, then it will be able to effectively communicate Beihai County and the Central Plains region of personnel and material contact.

More importantly, the construction of the wharf would strengthen the connection between Qingzhou and Hebei, which is separated by a Yellow River and the Bohai Sea.

I have not come to the Beihai wharf for nearly two months, the construction of the Beihai wharf is progressing very smoothly, the warehouses and official offices have been completed, dozens of large warehouses stand like giants in the south of the wharf, and to the east is a military camp built with bricks and stones, with a garrison of 1,000 people.

The west side of the wharf is the civil area, several big businesses in Beihai County have rushed to the beach, these big businesses are the other side of the major families, although the status of merchants is low, but doing business can make a lot of money This is the consensus, so the major families have their own caravans and businesses in the back, such as the largest business in Yidu County, Luo Fuji is the Teng family's shop, dealing in silk, cloth, grain, tea and other bulk goods.

In just a few months, the value of the large barren land in the west of the original wharf has doubled, and each acre of land is sold to a thousand guan, you must know that the land price of Shangtian in Beihai County is only 20 guan and one mu.

A large area of commercial houses is in full swing to the west of the wharf, and the warehouse in Lofu Chi has been completed first, and a row of more than a dozen civilian warehouses are being built, and two wine shops and an inn have also opened for business.

"Xuan Ling, is that your Fang family's wine shop?" Zhang Xuan pointed to the wine shop with a 'Fang Ji' flag hanging in front of him, and asked Fang Xuanling next to him with a smile.

Fang Xuanling's face was slightly hot, and he nodded a little embarrassedly, "It should be, our Fang family also has a business, there is no way, the family population is large, and we have to maintain family education, and we can't support it with land alone." ”

"When I was in Beiping County, I didn't believe that the family was still doing business secretly, and the son of Luo Dudu said that I was lonely and unheard, and then I slowly learned that the world's families are basically involved in business, and even the royal family has imperial merchants."

"But the family's business is just a partial business, our family"

Without waiting for Fang Xuanling to finish speaking, Zhang Xuan patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "I know that the Fang family's family study is the second in Qingzhou, second only to Qufu's Kong family study. ”

Fang Xuanling smiled self-deprecatingly, then pointed to Fang Ji Liquor Store and said, "I'll invite the general to have a drink." ”

"Then I'll be respectful and obey."

Zhang Xuan happily walked towards the wine store with Fang Xuanling

The Fang family entered the wharf of Beihai County relatively early and grabbed the best piece of land, covering an area of about ten acres, which is also a suggestion of Wei Yunqi, to prevent the wharf from being monopolized by the big family, the upper limit of each family's purchase of land is only ten acres.

However, although the Fang family has four wine shops in Qi County, the Fang Ji business is not famous for being a wine shop, the Fang Fang Ji business is famous for dealing in sea goods, and the largest wine store and inn in Qingzhou is the Jia family in Beihai County, that is, Jia Runfu's family, and the Jia family building in Licheng is the largest wine store in Qingzhou.

At present, the wine shop inn on the wharf, except for Fang Kee Wine Shop, the other two are branches of Jiajialou, and the scale is larger than that of Fang Ji Wine Shop.

Zhang Xuan and Fang Xuanling walked into the wine shop, the business was still relatively cold for the time being, there was basically no one on the second floor, only a few tables sat on the first floor, and all the craftsmen who built the house came here to eat lunch.

The shopkeeper's surname is Wang, and he was transferred from the Fang Ji Wine Store in Zouping County, Qi County, he knew Fang Xuanling, and hurriedly greeted him, "The son is here!" ”

Fang Xuanling introduced Zhang Xuan to him and said, "This is General Zhang, don't you know Fourth Uncle Wang?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Zhang Xuan to be so young, he hurriedly saluted, "The villain has just come to Beihai County, please forgive the villain's rudeness!" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled, "The shopkeeper doesn't have to be polite, just treat my subordinates well." ”

Zhang Xuan turned back to a group of pro-soldiers and said, "You eat downstairs, the wine is not allowed to exceed one jar, and the meat is optional!" ”

The soldiers were overjoyed and found a good seat to sit down, and the shopkeeper hurriedly went over to greet them.

Zhang Xuan and Fang Xuanling went up to the second floor and sat down by the window, Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "The Fang family's plum wine is more famous, has the general tasted it?" ”

"I really haven't drunk it yet, let's talk about it in a pot!"

Fang Xuanling asked the bartender to serve a pot of plum wine, and asked for a few exquisite side dishes, Fang Xuanling poured Zhang Xuan a full glass of wine, and then asked with a faint smile: "The general came all the way, it seems that he has something on his mind?" (To be continued.) )