Chapter 99: Leaving Zhongjing early
It's a pity that Yang Zhi is a Han Chinese, and he is a Han who just defected from the Song Dynasty, although he has now taken refuge in Liao, Yang Zhi did not say that he would completely break with the Song Dynasty, so even if Yang Zhi has repeatedly made military exploits, it is still the current ending. Murong Yuan looked at Yang Zhi carefully, and could not see the slightest frustration on Yang Zhi's face, it seemed that Yang Zhi was very satisfied with this situation now; Murong Yuan was a little curious, no matter what, Yang Zhi should not have this expression.
Yang Zhi invited Murong Yuan to take a seat, Xue Libao served tea, and Murong Yuan Shili asked, "General Yang, what do you think of Yuwenya's case?"
How to look at the case, Murong Yuan is really a cunning guy, since he has locked Yuwen Cliff, it is equivalent to Dading Mansion recognizing Yang Zhi's judgment, Murong Yuan himself is a famous arrest, and he still needs to ask others, but Murong Yuan is still so confused. Yang Zhi guessed that Murong Yuan wanted to ask about the evidence, but unfortunately it was none of his business, Yang Zhi smiled and said, "I have no experience in this area, Murong Tou should be better at it than me." ”
Yang Zhi directly closed the door of chatting, it can be said that he died in one sentence, leaving no vague gaps; Murong Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "General Yang is really modest, now the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, but the case is indeed my own business, thank you General for waking up." ”
Murong Yuan is also an arrogant person, and he came to ask for advice just to avoid trouble in the future, since he can't ask for it, then follow his own ideas, without Zhang Butcher, wouldn't he eat pork. After listening to Murong Yuan's words, Yang Zhi said with an apologetic expression: "Murong Catcher is serious, the main thing is that I still have to go to Youzhou, and the military order cannot be violated; ”
Murong Yuan is also an old oilman in the officialdom, and he knows that Yang Zhi is talking about the scene, if it is just a matter of military orders, King Zhao Yelu Xi Nilie has intervened, the Privy Council and the palace tent army are all in Zhongjing, and any one of them can change the order of the resentful army. In the end, Yang Zhi didn't want to interfere, Murong Yuan wanted to disgust Yang Zhi, and asked teasingly: "If it can't be proved that Yuwenya is the murderer in the end, how will General Yang deal with himself?"
Yang Zhi said disappreciably: "If that's the case, it just proves that there is no problem with Yuwenya, and it is also a good result." ”
Murong Yuan was stunned for a moment, Yang Zhi said this to round all his words, and in the end, no matter what the result was, it had nothing to do with Yang Zhi. Murong Yuan sighed in his heart, there is really no good person who can survive in the cracks, Yang Zhi looks like a big man, and his mind is not under him, just now he wanted to stimulate Yang Zhi, but he didn't expect Yang Zhi to go down the ladder, so that he had no chance to say the words later.
Murong Yuan left depressedly, there were still a lot of files to read in the yamen, and staying in the inn was just a waste of time. Yang Zhi was sent to the door of the inn, watching Murong Yuan's figure disappear into the street, before returning to the room, Hong Rirong's injury was not enough to ride a horse, Yang Zhi could only entrust Liu Kui to stay in the inn to take care of, but Yang Zhi didn't want to waste manpower like this, so he left Liu Kui with a few tasks to investigate the horse and book market in Zhongjing and find a good cook.
Liu Kui patted his chest and agreed, when he was hired by Yang Zhi, Yang Zhi talked to Luo Lu and Liu Kui in detail, and the two knew Yang Zhi's final plan, Yang Zhi was doing business in Liao, and the things currently arranged must be for the future. Afraid that Murong Yuan would go and return, Yang Zhi took Luo Lu and Xue Libao to set off at noon, all the way to Youzhou;
Xiao Lira heard that King Zhao had adopted Yang Zhi's ideas and targeted Yuwen Ya's body, and immediately thought that Yang Zhi must have more detailed observations. Xiao Lili had analyzed Yang Zhi's actions in Xianzhou, and almost all of them found clues in the subtleties, so that they could detect the latent network of the Jin people one after another; only after receiving the report that Yang Zhi had left Zhongjing, Xiao Lili had no choice but to give up.
From Zhongjing to Youzhou, it is the best road in Liaoguo, not only the road is wide, but also every 20 miles there are horse shops and Xiema Pavilion, every 60 miles there is a post station, providing forage, drinking water, food, if the military situation is urgent, there are even spare horses, for the army to replace. Going to Youzhou is just a negotiation, not caring about sooner or later, Yang Zhi and others walked all the way in the ice and snow, and when they encountered a big snowstorm, they rested at the post station or horse shop, stayed at night, and walked during the day.
After passing the Black Bear Ridge, Yang Zhi saw the Liao army's brigade, which was different from the scenery of Shangjing and Zhongjing; it had already reached the jurisdiction of the Southern Courtyard, and even the scenery of the grass and trees in winter was obviously different, and under the cover of ice and snow, you could still see endless fertile fields. There are as many as seven long rivers in the plains from the Black Bear Ridge to the Lightning River, which are not only fertile with water and grass, but also more suitable for planting; the Hu people who came out of the bitter cold land in the north in history have rested in this area for decades or hundreds of years, and when the population increases and the materials are abundant, they begin to invade the Central Plains.
It can be seen that after hundreds of years of operation in the Khitan, the people of all ethnic groups in the Youzhou area live and work in peace and contentment, and the discipline of the army is better than that of Shangjing and Zhongjing; Yang Zhi regretted in his heart that the Liao people mainly valued the land of their ancestors Longxing, so they always held the idea of supplementing the land of materials and dealing with the frontier of the Song Dynasty in Youzhou, and ignored the considerations of the northeast and the Bohai Sea in terms of both the source of troops and the layout, which was also a reason why the Jin soldiers could quickly pacify Yunyan later.
In history, the rise of Youzhou was the fourth year of the Sui Dynasty to open the Yongji Canal, and the Qin River was diverted to Zhuo County in the north, and the Sui and Tang dynasties plotted to the northeast, all of which were in Youzhou to gather soldiers and horses, weapons, and grain reserves. In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the power of the Northeast ethnic groups was strong, and the Tang Dynasty placed Youzhou Jiedu here, in order to control the Xi, Khitan and other ethnic groups, and finally Youzhou became the foundation of the Khitan, which can be seen to make people. Yang Zhi and they went all the way into Youzhou City, Youzhou is more prosperous than Zhongjing, shops gather, wine shops are lined up, rice shops on the street, slaughter shops, oil shops, five ripe shops, fruit shops, charcoal shops, pig iron shops, grinding shops, silk shops, etc., there is everything.
Yang Zhi went to the Privy Council of the Southern Yuan to submit an official document, the matter of resenting the army was not to be seen, Yang Zhi's official position was low, and Li Chuwen, who was in charge of the Privy Council, directly transferred the matter to his younger brother Li Chuoneng, the servant of the Ministry of Rites. Since it was a discussion of materials, there was always some benefit in it, and Li Zhi knew that he immediately sent someone to the Great Song Post House to inform him, and prepared to arrange negotiations between the two sides in the locality; Yang Zhi himself took people to find an inn to live in, and waited for the news attentively.