Chapter 14: The Prefect's Master

The next morning, under the escort of a team of soldiers, Asduo went to Jianhe in the far north. Yang Yuanqing was about to set off to Jiuyuan County and have a good talk with the prefect Yang Shidao. Unexpectedly, before he set off, Yang Shidao took the initiative to come to Dali County. (")

Yang Shidao was about 27 or 28 years old and did not serve as an official for a long time. Before that, he worked as a military officer in the Left Guard for several years. He became the prefect for the first time as an official. However, in the Sui Dynasty, where the children of noble families were able to become prefect at the age of fourteen or five, Yang Shidao became the prefect at the age of twenty-eight.

Yang Shidao was handsome, six feet tall, full of knowledge, and had good cultivation and temperament. Although he was a noble royal family, when he came to Wuyuan County, he quickly adapted to the environment here, inspected everywhere, visited ordinary households, and cared about the widows and were praised in Wuyuan County.

Today he came to find Yang Yuanqing, and there was something big about it, and he seemed a little worried. Yang Shidao and his entourage came to the General Administration Office and turned over and got off the horse, and quickly walked up the steps.

Although Yang Yuanqing moved the General Administration to Dali County and obviously did not want to be monitored by him, it was also a good thing for Yang Shidao, which also prevented him from being controlled by Yang Yuanqing and could use his talents and exert his skills. Therefore, Yang Yuanqing and him were not in the same city, so he accepted it with pleasure without any complaints.

As soon as Yang Shidao walked up the steps, Yang Yuanqing came out after hearing the news and laughed: "I was still in Jiuyuan County to meet the prefect, but I didn't expect the prefect to come by himself. I am ashamed!"

Yang Shidao smiled and said, "Is there anything wrong with the general manager going to Jiuyuan County to find me?"

"Something is a matter, go and talk to the house!"

Yang Yuanqing led Yang Shidao into his office room. The two of them sat down with guests and guests. Yang Yuanqing ordered someone to serve tea again, and then asked with concern: "Wuyuan County is very cold in winter. Can the prefect adapt?"

"It's indeed much colder than the Central Plains, especially at night, the chill would almost freeze and crack human bones, but......"

Yang Shidao changed his words and said with a smile: "Millions of people can live here safely, but my dignified county parents can't support it. This is too funny. Mr. Yang said, right?"

Although Yang Shidao and Yang Yuanqing are not very close to each other, they have no personal grudges. However, he is a royal family after all, and he always has a sense of superiority in his bones. However, he hides it well and does not reveal it normally, and there is no need to express it. However, when talking to a senior official like Yang Yuanqing, his tone and expression will unconsciously reveal this sense of superiority. The latest chapter of the Temple

In the past, he envied Yang Yuanqing for being valued by the emperor, and even felt a little jealous, but the feng shui changed. Now the emperor trusted him more than Yang Yuanqing. Before leaving, he summoned him and told him to pay attention to Yang Yuanqing's ambitions.

This made his sense of superiority overpower Yang Yuanqing, and his tone was a little condescending.

Yang Yuanqing also felt Yang Shidao's sense of superiority, but he was not displeased. On the contrary, he thought this was very good, at least it showed that Yang Shidao was not the kind of treacherous and slick person, and he had a little bit of a young man's aura.

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "I plan to go to Wuyuan County to find the prefect to discuss winter defense. Every winter, this is the top priority of Wuyuan County, and almost the whole people mobilize."

Yang Shidao smiled bitterly on his face. He also came to Dali City to find Yang Yuanqing for the sake of mobilization of the whole nation, but not for defense.

Yang Yuanqing saw the bitter smile on his face and was stunned, "Why, does the prefect think something is wrong?"

Yang Shidao pondered for a moment and said, "Do you know the civil unrest in Qi County?"

"I heard something."

"Now the six counties in Shandong have successively submitted a letter to the court, saying that the disaster was serious and hungry people were everywhere, so they asked the emperor to temporarily suspend the transfer of Shandong local grain warehouses. When they heard that the emperor agreed, they changed the transfer of Luokou, returned to Luo, and Liyang's grain to Liaodong. In this way, the grain reserves of the official warehouse were greatly reduced. I got the news from my brother that the court was preparing to set up a new official position in the border towns. Can the general manager hear the mysterious meaning of this?"

Yang Yuanqing nodded slightly, "What you mean is that the court may reduce the supply of food to the border towns, that's it!"

"That's true!"

Yang Shidao sighed, "A battle of Goryeo, against a small country, actually used one million and two million troops, which was almost a huge army of troops, and countless logistics civilians. How much food is needed will increase or decrease. The imperial court's intention to subsist on the border is already very obvious."

"But a piece of land needs to be reclaimed for at least one year. After becoming mature fields, it will take two years to grow crops. It's only time to cultivate the farm now. Isn't it too late?"

Yang Shidao waved his hand, "We don't care about him elsewhere. I just said Wuyuan County. I have inspected him specially and consulted many old farmers. They all said that the land in Wuyuan County is very fertile and can grow grain directly after a little tillage. The biggest problem now is water shortage. If we can use this winter to promote water conservancy and dig rivers and canals, then the grain output will increase by at least 30% next year. In this way, the problem of grain self-sufficiency will basically be solved. If we can build water conservancy for three consecutive years and increase farmland output, not only can the grain be fully self-sufficiency, but also can stockpile grain to prepare for the disaster year, what does the general manager think?"

Yang Shidao's ideas made Yang Yuanqing quite admire him. He is worthy of being a famous minister in history. Although he is a royal family, he is very capable, especially young and energetic. Although this person was ordered to monitor him, if he handled it well, this person could become his right-hand man.

Yang Yuanqing originally regarded Yang Shidao as his enemy, but during this period, people kept telling him that Yang Shidao was good, so he had an idea in his mind. He originally wanted to go to Jiuyuan County to have a good talk with Yang Shidao, but he didn't expect that he came to the door in person and asked for the winter water conservancy repair.

Yiye can tell Qiu that from the fact that he fully advocated the cultivation of water conservancy, we can see that Yang Shidao is a capable and pragmatic person, the kind of talent he needed by Yang Yuanqing. At this moment, he changed his mind and decided to win over Yang Shidao and become his own person.

But Yang Yuanqing also knew that Yang Shidao was sent by Yang Guang to monitor him. If you want to win him over, you must not be in a hurry. You need to take it slowly. The first thing is to establish a mutual trust relationship with him first.

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing sincerely said: "The prefect is ready for the future and wants to support the farming and self-sufficiency. Yang Yuanqing should strongly support it. Let Wuyuan County become a place to enrich the people. What do I need to do? The prefect makes any requests and I should cooperate with it with all my strength."

Mr. Yang was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "I came to the general manager this time for the sake of the militia. Can you......?"

Every winter is the slack season, but it is also the time when the defense and combat readiness are the most stressful. The training of militia is carried out almost every day, and it takes ten days to practice within twenty miles, and time is very tight.

The existence of the militia was actually the most depressing thing that Yang Shidao had. At first he didn't quite understand, but soon he discovered that although Yang Yuanqing was the general manager and according to regulations, he controlled the military and did not control the people, the militia system made him indirectly control the young and strong people in Wuyuan County.

A month ago, Yang Shidao wanted to build a warehouse and requisition three thousand young and strong people. Unexpectedly, a transfer order for a militia group to transfer all the three thousand civilians whom he had finally collected was transferred. The warehouse has not been built yet, which made him both angry and helpless. This is the frontier. The establishment of militia groups on the frontier was specially approved by the emperor, but he could not apply for revocation.

Not only was the militia system restricting his power to prefect, but there was also a military household system. More than 20,000 military households were directly managed by the military and did not belong to the local government. Although the edict was issued for the local management of military households in the sixth year of Kaihuang, it was only the mainland of the Central Plains, and the border was still under the direct jurisdiction of the military.

It was these systems that forced him to come and ask Yang Yuanqing for his condescending superiority at the beginning, which had completely disappeared.

Although Yang Yuanqing had decided to support Yang Shidao, he could not agree so easily. He pondered for a moment: "I can understand the difficulties of the prefect, but this year's situation is indeed very special. The Western Turks have been unified by the Shekkeng Khan, while the Eastern Turks are newly established and their footholds are not stable. Although the Turks have the practice of not sending troops in the winter, winter is a good opportunity for sneak attacks. I am very worried that the Western Turkic Shekkeng Khan will use this winter to sneak attacks on the Eastern Turks or attack Fengzhou to establish his prestige, so the defense this winter is particularly heavy. Moreover, the Ministry of War's transfer order has arrived yesterday, and 10,000 troops are needed to be transferred to Liaodong to prepare for war. Fengzhou is insufficient, so I dare not be careless."

Yang Shidao showed disappointment on his face. Yang Yuanqing's words made sense, which made him unable to refute. Unexpectedly, Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly and turned the topic back.

"But the construction of water conservancy is equally important and urgent. This is the case! This winter, militia will not need training and will be devoted to the construction of water conservancy canals. However, the army is still alert. Once a threatening alarm comes, militia will immediately stop water conservancy construction. How about it?"

Yang Shidao did not expect that Yang Yuanqing finally agreed to his plan, which made him not run away in vain. This made him breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time, a hint of emotion surged in his heart. Yang Yuanqing did not make things difficult for him, and still fully supported him in major issues involving people's livelihood.

"I fully agree, and I would like to thank General Yang for his understanding and cooperation!" Yang Shidao expressed his gratitude sincerely.

Yang Yuanqing looked into his eyes and said slowly: "Actually, like the prefect, I hope that the Hetao Plain can restore its prosperity in the Western Han Dynasty and will no longer be ravaged by Huma. With me, Yang Yuanqing, for one day, I will never let Huma step into Wuyuan County."

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