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Chapter 26 A Record

Chai Shao politely rejected Yang Yuanqing's suggestion to recommend him to General Ying Yanglang. The scene that happened just now made him still feel scared. He never dreamed that Yang Yuanqing killed Yuan Shangying so decisively and rushed into his military camp to take action, which made people feel incredible. ("7*

Thinking of Yang Yuanqing's use of himself, Chai Shao felt a little angry. In this way, killing Yuan Shangying became his accomplice with Yang Yuanqing. This charge made him unable to clear his mind even if he jumped into the Yellow River, making it difficult for him to explain to his father-in-law. Before leaving, his father-in-law repeatedly told him not to participate in the struggle between Yang Yuanqing and Yuan Shangying, but he never expected that mediation would become a co-conspirator.

Chai Shao sighed in his heart, bowed and declined again, "I have a shallow job and qualifications. How dare I be a general Ying Yanglang? My father would not agree. Thank you for your kindness!"

Yang Yuanqing apologized: "Actually, killing Yuan Shangying was just a temporary intention, not a premeditation. I saw that Yuan Shangying was not prepared and wanted to kill him. I didn't have time to notify Chai Jun. I was very sorry in my heart. In order to express my apology, I recommend Chai Jun to replace Yuan Shangying. I think qualifications are not a problem. He is just Qianniu's preparedness for King Qi, while Chai Jun is Qianniu's preparedness for Taihuozi. He can be the general of Yingyanglang. Why can't Chai Jun be able to do it? Don't postpone it if Chai Jun."

Chai Shao was also a little moved. General Ying Yanglang is a fifth-rank, while his record-keeping is only eighth-rank. This will take him many years to survive. Yang Yuanqing is a palace supervisor. If he recommends himself, he will likely succeed. Should he seize this opportunity?

Yang Yuanqing felt that Chai Shao was already moved, and he once again persuaded: "General Chai, the emperor will pass through Loufan County in about ten days. I need to report this to the emperor. At that time, I would recommend Chai Zongjun to replace Yuan Shangying, and to use the relationship between Chai Zongjun's father and the emperor, I think the emperor would happily agree that Chai Zongjun will not encounter this opportunity at all times. If you encounter it, you must seize it. This is what a real man does!"

Chai Shao was moved. Such opportunities were not always encountered. He pondered for a moment: "General Yang, let me think about it again, and I will reply as soon as possible. (")"

"Okay! I'm waiting for your reply."

Chai Shao bowed and went down. Yang Yuanqing gently threw an arrow in his hand on the table. Historical Li Yuan was able to win the world by relying on the support of the Binglong nobles. Even if this arrow could not change the general trend, it could at least make a crack between Li Yuan and Guanlong nobles.

"General!"

Yang Dalang walked in quickly, holding a wooden box in his hand. The wooden boxes were all Yuan Shangying's personal belongings. Yang Yuanqing was excited. He suddenly saw a horse being led outside the tent and asked with a smile: "Is that horse from Yuan Shangying?"

"Yes! It's a good horse."

Yang Yuanqing stood up and walked out of the camp. He saw that the horse outside the tent was 1 zhang long, as black as carbon, without a single hair, and strong limbs. He was a rare Yi Zai BMW, no less than Shan Xiongxin's black horse. Based on his intuition about fighting horses, this horse was at most three years old.

"General, this is a good horse!" Yang Dalang patted the horse's back gently and praised sincerely.

Yang Yuanqing nodded with a smile and threw the reins of the horse to Yang Dalang, "Dalang, this horse belongs to you."

Yang Dalang was stunned, and he waved his hand in a hurry, "General, I don't mean that!"

"I know you don't mean that, but I will give you this horse. Your horse is already fifteen years old. Let it take care of it!"

Yang Dalang's war horse has been with him for more than ten years and is old and is not suitable for charging. Sometimes he also considers changing horses, but he has never found a suitable horse. He really likes this horse. He gently strokes the mane of the war horse, and his heart is moved by the care of the young master.

Yang Yuanqing walked back to the tent and continued to look through the things that Yuan Shangying had in the box. These were Yuan Shangying's personal items. There were not many things, only a few pieces of gold, a dagger with gems, half an ivory round card, and a booklet. (《》7*

Yang Yuanqing picked up the booklet. The booklet was cut into the size of a Western Region parchment paper and bound with thread. It was about a dozen pages. After opening it, I looked around and found that it seemed to record some of the things that Yuan Shang should have been secretly secret. The first page reads: "Taiyuan Wangxing Jidi Shop" Save 35,000 yuan in hangs, which can be obtained with ivory cards...

Yang Yuanqing picked up only half of the ivory, and the two seal characters "Wang Xing" were engraved behind him. It turned out that this was actually a proof of withdrawing money, with a 35,000 hush. Yuan Shangying was still quite rich.

His most urgent task now is to find evidence that Yuan Shangying embezzled military rations. Although half an ivory original card can prove it, it is not sufficient. Yang Yuanqing turned his back on a few pages. He saw that on a certain month and a certain day, he took 4,000 dou of grain, and more than a dozen records in a row. The most recent one was yesterday, who took 8,000 dou of grain.

Yang Yuanqing was excited and immediately ordered: "Sorry the grain officer to come to see me!"

A soldier led the order to run away. Yang Yuanqing flipped through the booklet again. The next few pages were all about Yuan Shangying raising several women in Taiyuan City. Yang Yuanqing was not interested in this, and then turned backwards and it was blank. When he turned to the last page, he suddenly found that there was a line of very small records here: "No Moon Seventh" Jinyang Palace took 1,500 sets of armor, and 2,000 horizontal swords...

This record made Yang Yuanqing feel a little strange. It was not that he could not lead troops from Jinyang Palace, but that this record appeared in the secret booklet of Yuan Shangying's record, which made Yang Yuanqing feel a little strange. Moreover, Yuan Shangying's military residence only had 1,200 people, and the swords and armor he received were obviously more than this number. Why is this?

Yang Yuanqing noticed that the meaning of the word "take" instead of "rein" is very different.

He put down the booklet, and the many suspicions made him think deeply. Is there any hidden secrets hidden in it?

"General, the grain officer is here!" The soldiers' report came from outside the tent.

"Let him come in!" Yang Yuanqing put away the items on the table.

An officer in his thirties walked in and knelt down on one knee to salute, "The low-ranking Cangcao and the military officer Hou Mo Mingzhi met with Yang Gongjian."

Generally, people who are in charge of money, food and supplies are the confidants of the commander. Yang Yuanqing looked at his eyes and saw that he never dared to look up at him. His eyes flashed, and then he smiled and asked him: "Hou Mo joined the army, I want to ask you something, are the armor and weapons in your military mansion made by yourself?"

Hou Momingzhi was stunned for a moment. This question was a bit strange. How could he make his own armor and weapons? Is this the case with the frontier army?

"Report to the palace supervisor, usually if there are weapons and sticks that need to be replaced, the organization needs will be prepared to report to the Ministry of War. After approval by the Ministry of War, the military weapon supervisor will send people to send new weapons and armor. At the same time, the old weapons and armor will be taken away. Numbers must be registered one by one. If there is any loss, you will be responsible."

"When was the last time your military mansion got armour?"

"About two years ago, the humble position had not come yet."

Yang Yuanqing already understood one thing. Yuan Shang should go to Jinyang Palace to get armor, which should have nothing to do with his military palace, but is used in some other place. How could he obtain armor from Jinyang Palace?

Seeing that Yang Yuanqing had been thinking and silent, Hou Momingzhi whispered: "If the palace supervisor has nothing to do, he will leave if he is humble."

"No! I have something to look for you."

Yang Yuanqing temporarily put down the military and armor matter. He glanced at Hou Mo Mingzhi and smiled faintly, "I want to have a good talk with you about food."

As night gradually fell, the lights in the tent lit up. Yang Yuanqing wrote a quick pen under the lamp and wrote a report to Emperor Yang Guang. He had already verified the reason for killing Yuan Shangying. In just ten days, Yuan Shangying had detained nearly 50,000 buckets of corruption in just 10 days. The evidence was conclusive. Although he did not have the power to kill the fifth-rank Ying Yanglang general, the evidence of Yuan Shangying's embezzlement of food was enough to offset his crime of killing in front of Yang Guang.

After Yang Yuanqing finished writing the memorial, he took out the parchment book and carefully cut off the last page with a sharp dagger, then pulled off the parchment paper chips in the gap. Then he put the parchment book and memorial into a large oil paper bag together.

The oil paper bag had already placed the account books, ivory cards, Hou Momingzhi's confession and other items. Yang Yuanqing carefully sealed the bag and handed it over to Yang Dalang who was standing beside him.

"Give this oil paper bag to Pei Ju, along with this letter."

Yang Yuanqing also handed a letter to Pei Ju to Yang Dalang. Yang Dalang took the oil paper bag and the letter, nodded and said, "Go now!"

"Leave overnight, go early and come back early!"

Yang Dalang gave a gift and walked out of the camp with a paper bag. He put the items into the horse bag, turned over the horse, waved his hand, "Let's go!"

Three cavalry followed him to the north and gradually disappeared into the night. Yang Yuanqing returned to the camp. He took out the last page of parchment paper cut by him, and looked carefully for a moment, 'Armor 1,500 sets of horizontal swords and 2,000 mouthfuls..." This number is very large, and he has a sense that this matter may be related to the King of Qi. Shouldn't Yuan Shang be the King of Qi's personal bodyguard?

Before dawn the next day, nearly 200,000 civilians got up at the urging of the supervisors and were about to go to work. The supervisors' attitude did not improve much, and they were still so vicious. They were a little slower and beat them with a whip. However, this time there were a few more rules. If there are more than 30 villagers who are seriously ill, they can rest and do not need to go to work. If the condition is serious, labor can be cancelled and their families are allowed to take them back.

Soon, the civil servants discovered another change that surprised them. In the morning, they could only drink a thin bowl of porridge. This morning, not only did the porridge become very thick, but there were also two more steamed buns. This change made the civil servants ecstatic. Soon, a news from the soldiers who delivered the meal spread among the 200,000 civil servants. Yesterday afternoon, the palace supervisor Yang Yuanqing killed Yuan Shangying, who was corrupt, and no one was allowed to deduct their food.

This news made the 200,000 people excited. They could eat enough and allowed to go to bed sick. This would undoubtedly save their lives and no longer die halfway like the Great Wall. For a time, Yang Yuanqing became a life-saving Bodhisattva in the hearts of the 200,000 people.

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