Chapter Thirteen: The Coming of War
The room was brightly lit, and various documents copied from Gai Jiaojiao's room were piled up like their success today. The intelligence agency in Goryeo in the Great Sui Dynasty was completely destroyed, and 242 members were all killed, no survivors, and no one escaped. From the documents, the Sui army also dug out more than a dozen officials, including the warehouse in Zhuo County, who accepted bribes and provided intelligence.^//^
But how many Sui officials provided information and help to the Goryeo people, and how many merchants smuggled contraband into Goryeo, these secrets were submerged in thousands of various documents.
Yang Yuanqing drew twenty civil servants from the army to participate in the sorting of information, and finally summarized it by his clerk Jia Zhengyi.
Yang Yuanqing also sat in front of the table, with a flat wooden box placed on the table. This was obtained from Guai Jiaojiao. There were only three or four documents in the wooden box, but the content was terrifying. One was the situation of the Great Sui Dynasty garrisons in various places. The content was very detailed, including how many military palaces, including the number of cavalry and infantry. However, with the major mobilization of the Goryeo War, this information had lost its meaning.
Another part is the taxes of various counties in the Great Sui Dynasty and the grain storage situation in several major granaries, which actually has little significance.
What interested Yang Yuanqing was the third piece of information, which was full of five pages. This was the detailed information of twenty important officials of the Sui Dynasty, including positions, titles, backgrounds, backgrounds, resumes and family situations. Yang Yuanqing turned to the last page before finding himself, and he ranked 19th.
‘Yang Yuanqing, whose courtesy name is Huqing, was the grandson of Yang Su, and was the son of Xuangan. He served as the chief supervisor of Fengzhou, the chief supervisor of the censor, Youzhou, the chief supervisor of the prosecutor of the Zuo Xiaowei, the title of Duke of Wuyuan County, was highly skilled in martial arts and had the greatest archery skills. He was extremely prestigious among the Turks. He was cruel and ruthless and respected by the emperor. He relied on the court and had close contact with the gentry of Shandong. His wife Pei was the daughter of Pei. His other wife was unknown and had only one son, and was born to Pei.
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Yang Yuanqing saw the last comment to him: "This man was successful and ambitious, sooner or later he would not be tolerated by the emperor. He died of family burden and should not be used by Goryeo.
Yang Yuanqing nodded, and I have to say that the Goryeo people are still quite eye-catching, but the last sentence, "It should not be used by Goryeo," made him laugh.
Yang Yuanqing fell into deep thought. This information reminded him of something, that is, his own intelligence agency. Of course, he knew the importance of intelligence. Last year, he considered to use the advantages of Italian Puerto wine to establish wine shops in various parts of the world as his intelligence network, but this plan was rejected by him. This chain-like store is very easy to be taken away.
Now that the time has been ripe for his personal forces to establish intelligence agencies, it is time to consider establishing an intelligence network...
At this time, Jia Zhengyi placed an envelope on Yang Yuanqing's table, turned around and left. Yang Yuanqing felt a little surprised. The letter pulled out from the envelope was actually a slave contract: Zhen Lian, a native of Yan County, was born in the 18th year of Kaihuang, and was bought by a Korean merchant in the fifth year of Daye. The following was a seal from Liaoxi County.
Yang Yuanqing smiled and took away the slave contract. Seeing that it was already late at night, he said to everyone: "Everyone go back and rest! Let's continue tomorrow."
Everyone cleaned up and said goodbye. Yang Yuanqing also left the room and walked towards the central hall. Several soldiers were still guarding the door of the wing room. Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, "You guys retreat!"
The personal soldiers retreated, Yang Yuanqing pushed the door and entered the room. The room was pitch black, and the young woman could be seen vaguely squatting in the corner of the wall. Yang Yuanqing lit the light and walked to her and squatted down. A Lian's head was buried deeper.
Yang Yuanqing looked at her for a while, smiled and said, "Your name is Zhen Lian, right!"
A Lian trembled all over, slowly raised her head, and asked timidly: "How do you know?"
Yang Yuanqing took out the slave contract from his arms and handed it to her, "This is your contract to sell your body, and I will return it to you. From now on, you will no longer be a slave."
A Lian hesitated to take the slave contract, not as excited as Yang Yuanqing imagined, nor did she kneel down to kowtow to him. Instead, there was a hint of confusion in her eyes. For her, the word "freedom," is too far away.
"Where are your parents? Brothers and sisters, are you still here?"
Perhaps because of Yang Yuanqing's soft voice, the timidity in A Lian's eyes gradually faded, and she whispered: "I am an orphan, and I have no parents and sisters."
Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "The case of the Goryeo people has been settled and has nothing to do with you. You can leave at any time. I will give you a choice! If you want to leave, I will give you twenty taels of gold. You can make a living by yourself, rely on relatives and friends or anything, I don't care. There is another choice, which is to stay and be my maid, and I won't force you.
After saying that, Yang Yuanqing looked at her. A Lian lowered her head and said nothing. Yang Yuanqing felt the conflict in her heart, so she took out a ingot of gold, stuffed it into her hand, and turned around and left.
A Lian is still sitting in the corner. She is facing her own choice for the first time in her life. She doesn’t know what to do?
Yang Yuanqing returned to the study and immediately ordered: "Let Zhang Sheng come to see me!"
After a moment, Zhang Sheng walked in quickly, bowed and said, "I am not good at ease, see the general!"
"Zhang Sheng, how many years have you been with me?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile.
"Reporting to the general, Bei Zhi was the second year of Renshou and followed the general for ten years."
"It's been ten years, you are a captain, I'll treat you a little unfairly!"
Zhang Sheng quickly knelt down on one knee and said, "General Huizen, trusted by the general, and served as the leader of his personal guard for three years. In Huizen, this is the greatest honor."
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Now I want you to do a bigger career. I will give you some money. If you go to Beijing to buy a big restaurant, you can hire a big shopkeeper, and you will be the boss behind the scenes."
Zhang Sheng is also an extremely smart person. After thinking about it, he said, "Does the General want me to become a spy?"
Yang Yuanqing laughed, "You are indeed very smart, but you can't call a spy. I have already thought of the name, called Baiying Camp, Baiying is a prairie peeper, I officially promoted you to the commander, just like the Goryeo we killed today, I will investigate the information of the capital city for me, and if necessary, I will also be an assassin. I will give you thirty personal guards. The required fees will be provided by Hongrust Winery in Fengdu, Beijing, and you are fully responsible for everything."
Zhang Sheng felt a heavy burden on his shoulders, but he politely said without hesitation: "I am willing to be loyal to the general!"
Yang Yuanqing walked up, patted his shoulder, and praised: "Do it well, one day, you will become a general!"
"I understand, I will return to Beijing overnight tonight."
Zhang Sheng was excited. He stood up, bowed deeply, turned around and left.
Yang Yuanqing leaned on the soft couch, conceiving the intelligence network he laid in his mind, and finally covering the entire Sui Dynasty. Of course, this would take a long time, but several important cities could be built first, including Beijing, Chang'an, Jiangdu, Youzhou, Chengdu, Xiangyang, and these are all major central cities.
Yang Yuanqing first considered Chang'an and Jiangdu. He knew that the Pei family had big business in these two places. Can he use the Pei family's business network to establish an intelligence point? The question is, once the Pei family knows what he thinks, what will the Pei family think? Can they accept their ambitions? Yang Yuanqing felt it necessary to have a good talk with Pei Ju.
"General!"
The voice of the personal guard came from outside the door, "Can the general come out?"
Yang Yuanqing got up and walked out of the room, but saw A Lian standing at the door with her head down.
"What? Haven't you left yet?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile.
A Lian bit her lip and returned the gold to him, "I don't want it!"
Yang Yuanqing took the gold, glanced at her, then turned around and entered the house, "Come in."
A Lian walked into the room and stood timidly in front of Yang Yuanqing. Yang Yuanqing sat down and asked her softly: "Did you decide the second choice?"
A Lian nodded, blushed, and gave him the slave. Yang Yuanqing took the slave and tore it to pieces, and smiled faintly, "You can be my maid, but there is no need to be a slave."
A Lian suddenly knelt down, "A Lian is willing to follow the master and serve the master!"
"Don't call me master, call me master."
Yang Yuanqing smiled gently and said, "I don't have a personal maid around me, so I feel it's inconvenient. I even have to comb my hair by myself. Although there are a few maids in the inner courtyard, I don't like it very much. I feel that you are good, honest and obedient. You can follow me in the future!"
"Yes! Young Master"
A Lian is very brave. She heard the hostess mention Yang Yuanqing more than once, saying that this person is cruel and ruthless and kills people. She also knew that the master failed to assassinate Yang Yuanqing, and she felt a deep sense of fear of Yang Yuanqing in her heart. In fact, she stayed more because of a fear. She was afraid that if she did not agree, she would be killed by Yang Yuanqing.
Of course, Yang Yuanqing tore off her slave contract, and she felt grateful in her heart, hidden deep in her heart.
Seeing that the teacup on Yang Yuanqing's table was empty, she picked up the teacup and said, "I know how to sing tea, I'll go to sing tea for the young master."
Yang Yuanqing laughed, "Where are you going to have tea, where are the tea leaves?"
A Lian stopped suddenly and slowly lowered her head, she knew nothing.
Yang Yuanqing ordered the personal soldiers outside the door to say, "Go and call Qiuju."
The personal soldiers went, and Yang Yuanqing looked at A Lian. In fact, A Lian was very pretty, but on the one hand, Yang Yuanqing really needed a maid who took care of his daily life. Asduo was good as a lover, but he was very unqualified in serving people. He couldn't even comb his hair, and he was even more impatient. Perhaps it was a fate. When Yang Yuanqing saw A Lian at first, he felt that she felt timid in her bones. He liked this feeling.
"Don't mention it from now on, don't mention it to anyone, remember?"
A Lian nodded silently. Although she was timid, she was smart inside. She knew that Goryeo was related to the spy, so she would never tell anyone about it.
After a moment, a little maid rushed in, "Master, are you calling me?"
The three maids were all transferred to him by Cui Hongsheng, and Yang Yuanqing didn't like any of them. Yang Yuanqing pointed at A Lian and said to her: "From today, she will be my personal maid. Take her to get to know the mansion, and clean up the room next to me for her."
"yes!"
The little maid said to A Lian: "Please come with me, girl!"
A Lian bowed to Yang Yuanqingying and went out with the maid.
Half an hour later, A Lian gently placed a cup of fragrant tea on Yang Yuanqing's table, then stood aside, lowered her head timidly.
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Chapter completed!