Chapter 27 Jinyang Suspicions

"General Yang, I found that the people are working very hard today, and the progress is obviously faster, I think it will only take twenty days to build this one."

On the noisy road construction site, Chai Shao accompanied Yang Yuanqing to inspect the progress of road construction, and Yang Yuanqing also found that today's enthusiasm for road construction is significantly higher than yesterday, and the efficiency has also improved.

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said: "These people are also human beings, give them enough food and make them feel that they can survive, they will be grateful, they will really work hard, and the progress will be accelerated." ”

He glanced at Chai Shao again and said with a slight smile: "What I said yesterday, did Chai join the army have a decision?" ”

Chai Shao sighed and said: "I have decided, I think it is better to be down-to-earth and take it step by step, I am sorry for my humble position, and I have disappointed General Yang's good intentions." ”

Chai Shao had already figured out last night that if he accepted Yang Yuanqing's recommendation to replace Yuan Shangying's position as the Ying Yang Lang general, he would be suspected of conspiring with Yang Yuanqing to Yuan Shangying, so that his father-in-law would not be able to explain this matter to the Yuan family, and he would not be able to accept Yang Yuanqing's 'good intentions' no matter what.

Chai Shao's decision was also expected by Yang Yuanqing, after all, it was also the founding merit in history, if he accepted his recommendation so easily, then he would not be Chai Shao, but whether Chai Shao himself agreed or not, he would recommend Chai Shao to the emperor, no matter what, he wanted to complete this matter, and make the rift between Li Yuan and the Yuan family irreparable.

Yang Yuanqing changed the topic, "Chai joins the army, the Holy Lord estimates that it will come in another ten days, you had better send someone to inform Li Taishou and ask him to return as soon as possible." ”

"The humble duty understands, and immediately send someone to inform Jiayue."

At this moment, there was a quarrel not far away, "Since the rules have been set, they can't be easily changed, and I can't agree to your plan." ”

"Han Shaojiang, this is not a rule changer, this is just a good suggestion, it can save time, why don't we use it, and it can also reduce unnecessary waste."

It was two officials who were going to be imprisoned arguing, one of them was the deputy palace eunuch, Han Shun, who would be the young eunuch, and the other official was in his thirties, with a thin face and dark skin, and it could be seen that he was an official who had been running around for many years.

Han Shun is about forty years old, very tall and fat, is Yu Wenkai's right-hand man, has participated in the construction of Renshou Palace and the capital Luoyang, has rich experience, and is also the project manager of the construction of Fenyang Palace.

Maybe it's because the official has been doing it for a long time, and Han Shun has more or less a little, and when he saw that his subordinates were stubborn, he stretched his face a little unhappily, "Master Li, don't fight with me anymore in this matter, I am a young craftsman, and I am in charge of this matter." ”

Yang Yuanqing immediately stepped forward and asked with a smile: "Is there any good way, let's listen to it!" ”

Han Shun arched his hand to Yang Yuanqing and said, "Yang Gongjian, those so-called methods are all tricks, or do it step by step according to the normal road repair process." ”

"Han Shaojiang, I'm not taking a trick, I think my plan is feasible, why can't I give it a try?"

Han Shun was about to refute, but Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "Young Master Han, can you let me hear what is going on first?" ”

After Yang Yuanqing killed Yuan Shangying yesterday, he invisibly had a deterrent effect when he spoke, although Yang Yuanqing was still full of smiles, but Han Shun had a trace of fear in his heart and didn't dare to say more.

"What's your name, what is your position?"

The official bowed down and said: "I will be the head of the prison Bo, surnamed Li Mingchun." ”

"Li Chun? Is it Li Chun who built the Zhaozhou Bridge? ”

"It's down there!"

Yang Yuanqing nodded and smiled: "Then you can say it!" Any good suggestions? ”

Li Chun hurriedly said: "Back to Yang Gongjian, the general road repair is to tamp the land first, and then pave the road with green bricks, which will take ten days to burn bricks and pave bricks, during which nothing can be done, and the transportation of materials will seriously damage the green bricks, and finally have to be repaved, time-consuming and laborious, the humble duty just inspected this road and came back, and found that the road after tamping is already very flat, I suggest, do not pave bricks for the time being, directly transport the materials up the mountain, and finally wait for the palace to finish repairing and then pave the green bricks, and then pave the green bricks. ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, he felt that this plan was very practical, so he said to Han Shun: "Han Shaojiang, what do you think is wrong with this plan?" ”

Han Shun heard that Yang Yuanqing was more inclined to this plan, so he had to smile bitterly and said, "The plan is good, but it doesn't make any sense."

"Why doesn't it make sense?" Yang Yuanqing asked strangely.

Han Shun sighed: "There are still thirty giant trees left as the main beam, only in the capital, and it will take at least two months to transport them over, so even if the materials are transported up the mountain now, they have to stop halfway through, and it doesn't make sense to lay bricks first or later." ”

"Can't these trees be the main beams?" Yang Yuanqing asked, pointing to the dense forest of the mountains.

"No way!"

Han Shun shook his head and said: "We have all measured these trees, they are far away, the giant trees we want are only produced in the deep mountains of Yuzhang County, and there are still hundreds of them in Hanjiacang in the capital." ”

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart, if it would take two months to transport it from Yuzhang County, he could understand it, but the capital was not far away, at most half a month was enough, why did it take two months?

"Young Master Han, why does it take two months to come to the capital?"

"This ....."

Han Shun didn't dare to say it explicitly, so he had to say implicitly: "Right now, His Royal Highness the King of Qi is sitting in the capital, and transporting wood requires the strong cooperation of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and he replied to us like this, saying that it will take at least two months." ”

Yang Yuanqing snorted coldly, he knew, this was King Qi putting on his own shoes! Said at least two months, it would definitely be delivered in as fast as three months, if he knew that he had killed Yuan Shangying, I am afraid that this wood would never think about it.

At this time, Li Chun next to him said: "I remember that there are still dozens of main beams left when I repaired Jinyang Palace, and I saw it in the treasury of Jinyang Palace, and I saw it two months ago." ”

Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed, "Can you be sure?" ”

"To be sure, I was in charge of materials when I repaired the Jinyang Palace, and I originally planned to build a new palace, but in fact, the old palace of the Northern Wei Dynasty was renovated, so a lot of materials were saved, and only half of the main beam wood was used, and there were more than forty of them in an old warehouse, which I saw with my own eyes two months ago."

Yang Yuanqing's heart that had just been suspended suddenly relaxed, and he immediately said to Han Shun: "I will go to Jinyang Palace immediately, be sure to determine the main beam wood, and return in about five or six days, and I will hand it over to you and Feng Neishi here, or do it according to Li Zhubo's suggestion, transport the materials up the mountain first, and then lay the bricks at the end." ”

Han Shun is a pragmatic master, he also knows that his suggestions are reasonable, but because the main beam wood has not arrived for a long time, he is anxious, now that the main beam wood has hope to solve it, of course he is willing to finish it earlier, and immediately bowed down and said: "Please rest assured, the palace supervisor will start transporting materials up the mountain tomorrow." ”

An hour later, Yang Yuanqing led five hundred cavalry to gallop towards Jinyang Palace.

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Jinyang Palace was built by Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty at the earliest, carried out large-scale expansion after Yang Guang ascended the throne, located in a quiet place in the north of Jinyang County, the palace wall is four zhang high, the circumference is seven miles, it is the palace of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui.

However, due to the important strategic position of Taiyuan, Yang Guang ordered to build a four-zhang high, eight miles in circumference in the west of Jinyang Palace, the city is stored with a large number of important materials such as grain, tents, weapons, etc., this time to repair Fenyang Palace, the food and materials required are all from the Cangcheng of Jinyang Palace.

This kind of arrangement and urging of materials is generally in charge of the deputy palace supervisor Han Shun is in charge of the fortifications, Yang Yuanqing is the palace supervisor, he is only responsible for the overall coordination, and generally does not ask about these specific trivial matters, and this time he came to Jinyang Palace in person, in fact, he wanted to investigate the truth that Yuan Shang should have taken a large number of armor and weapons from Jinyang Palace.

The imperial court is extremely strict with the control of weapons and armor, each piece of armor and weapons has a number, must be exchanged for the new, regularly the military department will come to Jinyang Palace to take inventory, strictly prevent the imperial court weapons from flowing into the people, this is the information that Yang Yuanqing has, then, with such a strict and careful management and audit system, how can a small Ying Yanglang take away 1,500 armor and 2,000 horizontal swords without authorization?

There must be people with extremely high status who are manipulating behind the scenes, considering that Yuan Shang should be the object of the Ying Yang Lang general's former service, this behind-the-scenes manipulator is about to come out.

It is now late March, and Yuan Shangying should write on the record that it is the seventh day of the first month of the first month, that is, two and a half months ago, Yang Yuanqing believes that there should be this record in Jinyang Gongcang City.

Three days later, in the afternoon, Yang Yuanqing and Li Chun, the chief supervisor of the prison, rushed to Jinyang Palace.

The palace supervisor of Jinyang Palace is named Wang Jian, a native of Taiyuan, born in the famous family of Taiyuan Wang, about forty years old, although Yang Yuanqing also served as the palace supervisor of Fenyang Palace, but this palace supervisor and the palace supervisor are completely different things, the palace supervisor of Jinyang Palace is just a big housekeeper who guards the palace, a seven-grade petty official.

And Yang Yuanqing's Fenyang Palace Supervisor is the general supervisor of the construction of Fenyang Palace, there is no rank, just a temporary position, to a certain extent, it is equivalent to the minister of the Qincha, and he has a lot of power, so when Yang Yuanqing arrived, Wang Jian respectfully greeted him and did not dare to slack off.

"General Yang is here to urge food supplies?"

Yang Yuanqing turned over and dismounted, and asked with a smile: "I heard that there are still dozens of main beams left when the Jinyang Palace was repaired, I will come to take a look?" ”

"Is there one?"

Wang Jian was stunned for a moment, "Why don't I have this impression?" ”

Li Chundao, who was standing behind Yang Yuanqing, said: "In an old warehouse in Cangcheng, I saw it two months ago. ”

Wang Jian immediately ordered his subordinates to say: "Go and find Zhao Cangcao!" ”

After a while, a middle-aged man in charge of the management of Cangcheng hurriedly came, this person's name was Zhao Kaiyuan, it was Cangcao of Jinyang Palace, who was responsible for the management of the entire Cangcheng, and was just a minor official of the ninth grade.

Zhao Kaiyuan has a thin body, a small nose and small eyes, a pair of eyes that look very shrewd, and a thick tent under his armpits.

He stepped forward and saluted Wang Jian and said, "Does the palace eunuch have something to do to find a humble position?" ”

"Let me ask you, are there dozens of main beams in Cangcheng, which are left over from the construction of Jinyang Palace?"

This Zhao Kaiyuan knew the situation in Cangcheng well, and he didn't need to turn over the account books, he immediately nodded and said, "Yes!" There are about forty-two or forty-three, and they are placed in the back warehouse, which is too huge. ”

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "I want to go and have a look!"

He said to Wang Jian again: "The palace eunuch doesn't need to accompany him, I just need to confirm it." ”

"Oh well! I won't accompany General Yang. ”

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