Chapter 1 Return to Taiyuan
...The next day, before Mao was Mao, Yang Yuanqing arrived at Jinyang Palace early. The next day, the sky was not yet completely bright, and the morning light was dim. In front of Jinyang Palace, teams of soldiers in full armor were on duty inside and outside the palace.
Jinyang Palace covers a huge area, with hundreds of acres. The main entrance is called Danfeng Gate. After entering Danfeng Gate, Qifeng Square is the main hall. It is located on the north side of the main hall, Jinyang Hall, which has been renamed Qinzheng Hall. There are dozens of huge buildings on both sides, and this is the main center of the court.
There is a grand attic on both sides of Qinzheng Hall, which is called Julong Pavilion on the left and Qifeng Pavilion on the right. At this time, Julong Pavilion has been renamed as a library library, which is the place where the imperial court placed documents and archives. Qifeng Pavilion was renamed Ziwei Pavilion, which is also the power center of the entire imperial court.
According to the rules agreed in advance, the Great Dynasties are only held three times a year, the New Year, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are held once every ten days, and the main officials and secondary officials of each department will participate in the discussion of major events in the court. The Small Dynasties are held every morning, with the five ministers concentrated on the matters and passed by the majority. Some important matters must be submitted to the Regent for approval before they can be implemented.
Since the five ministers are all ministers, they usually handle court affairs in the officials' offices of various ministries, while the Ziwei Pavilion is permanently stationed by three inner-sermons. In addition, the five ministers will take turns to govern the affairs, and the ministers of govern the affairs will also work in Ziwei Pavilion, and he is responsible for convening and presiding over the daily court meeting.
Yang Yuanqing's carriage slowly arrived at Jinyang Palace. As soon as he got off the carriage, he heard someone calling him behind him, "Yuanqing!"
Yang Yuanqing turned around and saw that Pei Ju got off the carriage not far behind him and walked over with a smile. Two days ago, the Pei family built a mansion in Taiyuan, and Pei Ju had moved to his mansion.
After Pei Minqiu talked about Pei Ju's advice last night, Yang Yuanqing was quite annoyed, although he knew that this was the normal idea of a noble family. Most people would do this. However, Pei Ju used the threat of a deposed queen to threaten his wife to support the Pei family, which made Yang Yuanqing very dissatisfied. This was Pei Ju interfering in his housework.
Yang Yuanqing forced a smile and concealed his dissatisfaction. It was far from the time to turn against the Pei family, and he still needed the full support of the Pei family.
"Pei Xiangguo came so early?"
Pei Ju didn't expect that his granddaughter actually told Yang Yuanqing everything he told him. He was in a very happy mood, so he smiled and said, "Today is the first day, of course we have to come a little earlier. I guess we are still late, so there must be someone who arrives first before us."
Don’t tell me that you are going early, and there are even early travelers. Pei Ju said right. Both of them were late. The other four people in Ziwei Pavilion had already arrived. They were sitting in the meeting hall whispering.
According to the order of yesterday's lottery, the first person to be in charge of the government was Su Wei, who held the writing for ten days. Then he handed it over to the second person Wang Xu, and today's Ziwei Pavilion meeting was presided over by him.
Su Wei saw Yang Yuanqing coming in at a glance and hurriedly said to everyone: "Everyone, you are down."
Su Wei's 'Your Highness' made Yang Yuanqing feel extremely uncomfortable, and he felt a slutty from head to toe. No wonder many people don't like Su Wei. He is indeed good at pleasing to the best. Yang Yuanqing quickly smiled and waved his hand, "I'll call me the general manager in the future, so that everyone can be more comfortable."
Everyone laughed, and Du Ruhui said, "It would be natural for us to ask the general manager to report to Your Majesty and then grant Yuanqing the position of General Manager of Bingzhou."
The four of them said that they would return to their main seats. The meeting hall was filled with a bed and table, forming a circle. The Prime Minister, who was in charge of the affairs of the government, sat in the main seat, convened and presided over the meeting. Yang Yuanqing had a seat on the side, and he could participate in the attendance or not. Today, because it was the first day of the meeting of Ziwei Pavilion, he participated in the meeting.
There are three other positions outside the seat of the Prime Minister, one is the position of the Minister of the Inner History, the other is the position of the Huangmen, and the other is the position of the Inner History Shepherd who is responsible for recording the minutes of the matter.
Seeing that everyone was already here, Su Wei rang the bell behind him, and with the sound of the clear bell, the lobby became quiet.
"Everyone, today is the first day of the new dynasty, and I will preside over the meeting. We will formulate some new regulations according to the rules of the Great Sui Dynasty, and according to the principle of simplicity required by the General Administration Office, and then discuss the matter of sacrifice to the Taimiao and the Heaven. The specific court affairs will not be discussed for the time being."
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Yang Yuanqing sat on the throne of regent three feet away from Su Wei. His seat was five feet higher than everyone. He watched the prime ministers discussing affairs from afar. He felt a sense of condescending and looking down at him. This feeling made him feel a little bit of the feeling of being an emperor, and the power in the world is in his palm.
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The back of Ziwei Pavilion is the regent's official room, which is Yang Yuanqing's handling of government affairs. The lengthy prime minister's meeting continues, but Yang Yuanqing returns to his official room.
His official room is a standard prime minister's house, consisting of seven rooms on the upper and lower floors. The lower three rooms are the record room, the study room and the waiting room. The four rooms on the upper floor are the courtroom main room, the meeting room, the marching room and the rest room. Each room is made of wooden floors and is decorated elegantly and freshly. A faint jasmine fragrance burns in the incense burner, lingering in each room, quiet and refreshing.
Joining the Military Office of the Records is equivalent to a confidential secretary in later generations. He is responsible for document secrets and a fifth official position. It is a very important position. Yang Yuanqing originally considered letting Zhang Liang take office, but Zhang Liang changed his position to serve as a Shiserman in the Neishisan, so he changed his people. Now there are two Records Office of the Records Office, one in charge of the government and one in charge of the military. They are all children of the Dunhuang County family, one in charge of Xiao Guan, one in the Dunhuang Xiao family, one in the Dunhuang Shen family, one in charge of the Dunhuang Shen family.
At that time, 18 children from Dunhuang families joined the army. As time goes by, they gradually emerged in the Fengzhou army. For example, Xie Sili, the Minister of War, Wang Yuan, the Minister of Revenue, Shen Xiangshan, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Luo Bingguo, the Minister of Shaofu, Xiao Guan and Shen Chun, the military officer of the Records Office, etc. These 18 children all became the backbone of the court and army.
Yang Yuanqing sat down at his desk. His busyness these days made him unable to calm down. However, with the establishment of the court, all matters gradually got on the right track, and his mind turned back to the main path of fighting for dominance in the world.
The weather has gradually become colder, and it will be September in a few days. It has been nearly a month since he captured the entire Hedong area. He originally planned to seize Hedong and then march eastward, but the change in Jiangdu disrupted his plan.
Yang Yuanqing walked into the marching senatorial room with his hands behind his back. There was also a sand table here, about 15 feet wide and 26 feet long. It was a sand table map for the entire Central Plains. Yang Yuanqing stood in front of the sand table and looked at Hedong silently. His territory was just a small piece in the entire Central Plains. Although Fengzhou and the six counties in Guanbei were vast, their population resources were very sparse, and there were large deserts. Compared with the strongest people in the Central Plains, his strength was only medium.
First of all, his troops are in the army. His current total strength is about 170,000. He needs to leave 50,000 troops to guard Fengzhou and the six counties in Guanbei, while his troops in Hedong are only 120,000. He also has to divide 40,000 troops to garrison the counties. Taiyuan alone requires 20,000 troops to garrison. In fact, he only has 80,000 combat troops. It is obviously unrealistic to rely on these 80,000 troops to seize Hebei.
He also needed to replenish his troops, but he did not want to plunder the people too much. He needed to resume production and slowly strengthen his strength. At this time, Yang Yuanqing's eyes were on Hanoi County, which was located in the southeasternest of Hedong Road and was blocked by the Taihang Mountains. There were Song Jingang's 30,000 troops there.
At first, he wanted Song Jingang to be a buffer between him and Dou Jiande so that he could concentrate his troops to capture Youzhou. At the same time, Song Jingang could also restrain Li Shimin's rear for him. It was based on these two considerations that he allowed his existence. However, Song Jingang was very cunning. He asked him to send troops to Li Shimin's back three times, but he used the excuse of not being able to control his troops. Since he refused to obey his command, what's the point of staying behind him? Over time, it will become a hidden danger to him.
Song Jingang was originally hiding in Wangwu County, but he took advantage of the opportunity of confrontation with Li Shimin and occupied Jiyuan County again. Yesterday, he received a report that Song Jingang annexed Heyang County to the south. His strategy was obviously to eat it step by step. If he acquiesced, he would swallow the entire Hanoi County.
He can no longer tolerate his presumptuousness, and he just lacks military resources. Isn’t Song Jingang’s 30,000 troops a ready-made supplement?
Yang Yuanqing pondered for a long time, and he walked out of the room and said, "So let Xu Shiji and Luo Shixin come to see me!"
At the door of his official room were eight personal guards, and a soldier ran away immediately.
Half an hour later, Xu Shiji and Luo Shixin rushed over. After the establishment of the court, the army also underwent major reorganization. According to the Sui system, the Eight Guard Generals, Yang Sien, Li Jing, Su Dingfang, Pei Xingyan, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Xu Shiji, Yang Wei and other eight people were divided into command of the Eight Guard Army. The quota for each Guard was 30,000, but now there are only 10,000 troops, and they are unified under the command of Yang Yuanqing, the Grand Commander of the Army and Horses.
Xu Shiji served as the General of the Left Guard, with 10,000 subordinates called the Leopard Cavalry Army, Luo Shixin served as the General of the Right Guard, with 10,000 subordinates called Xiongqu Army.
The two walked into the room and knelt on one knee, "See the general manager!"
"You two follow me."
Yang Yuanqing took the two of them into the sand table of the military office. He picked up the wooden pole and pointed at Hanoi County, and said to the two: "I received an emergency report from the prefect of Hanoi County, Yang Ze, yesterday. Song Jingang had seized Heyang County. In this way, he had seized Wangwu, Jiyuan and Heyang counties. His next goal must be the county seat of Hanoi County, so I decided to wipe out Song Jingang and use his army to supplement my troops."
Luo Shixin and Xu Shiji both showed expectation in their eyes. Yang Yuanqing asked them to come, which must be the important task.
Yang Yuanqing pointed at Taihang Mountain with a wooden pole and continued: "Hanoi County is blocked by Taihang Mountain, but there are three roads to go through. One goes to Zhuguanxing to Jiyuan County, one goes to Taihangxing to Henei County, and the other goes to Baixing to Xinxiang County. Among them, Song Jingang has heavy troops in Zhuguanxing. You two can lead your headquarters to Taihangxing and Baixing. I will give you two two months to take Henei County for me. Song Jingang will be captured and met me regardless of life or death!"
The two of them knelt down on one knee at the same time to salute, "As for the order!"
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[Please give me a monthly ticket for the last seven hours!] To be continued...
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