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Chapter 30: Drink Hate Hongnong

According to the agreement reached by Yang Yuanqing and Wang Shichong, after three days of stationing troops in Hongnong County, the Northern Sui army crossed the river and returned to Hedong County. At the same time, the Northern Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty had reached an exchange agreement, and three important officials from Dou Dan, Yuwen Xin and Liu Zhenghui were exchanged for the families of more than 10,000 Tang army prisoners. At this time, the more than 10,000 prisoners of war had been officially organized into the Northern Sui army. Like other Northern Sui army soldiers, their families would also be able to get land and tax preferential treatment.

Just when Yang Yuanqing rested in Hedong County for several days and was about to return to Taiyuan, the large-scale repatriation of the Northern Sui Army's family members began. According to the average of three families of a soldier, tens of thousands of people will be moved to Hedong this time. Of course, not every family is willing to move eastward, but according to the most conservative estimate, 30,000 people will be moved from various parts of Guanlong to Hedong.

The first batch of more than 12,000 military subordinates crossed the river from Pujin. Under the leadership of Northern Sui officials, they drove ox carts, horses and donkeys, and carried their meager family property to help the elderly and young people across the floating bridge.

Just as Yang Yuanqing led his army to fight in Hongnong County, dozens of officials and more than 300 Tai students who came from Taiyuan were ready to accept the military. This time, the military family was fully responsible for the reception. Yang Yuanqing immediately appointed Li Jing, the chief of the Marshal's Office who had just returned to Hedong, to lead 10,000 troops to assist.

Thousands of tents have been set up on the more than ten miles of open space between Pujin Ferry and Hedong City. In front of dozens of tables by the Yellow River, each county in Guanlong was logged in. There was a long queue in front of each table, with an official and a Tai student responsible for a table, among which the officials were registered. The Tai student was flipping through the soldiers' list, looking for the corresponding soldiers, and annotating them after the names.

Under the escort of hundreds of personal soldiers, Yang Yuanqing inspected the eastward movement of his family by the Yellow River. He was about to board the ship and set off. Before leaving, he needed to explain a few more words to Du Ruhui.

Yang Yuanqing turned over and dismounted. He slowly walked to the third table and watched the immigrants register with a smile. The official in charge of the registration was very young. He was only in his early twenties, his surname was Xiao, and he was an employee of the Ministry of Revenue. He and another equally young Tai student were responsible for registering the military families who moved eastward in Guoxian, Chencang County and Mei County.

When the two of them saw Yang Yuanqing standing behind them, they stood up in fear and quickly saluted, "I don't know that the general manager is behind me, so I'm rude."

Yang Yuanqing waved his hand and smiled, "Even though you register normally, don't be affected by me."

The two sat down, and it was an old couple who took their daughter-in-law and grandson, a total of four. The old man bowed and smiled: "My son's name is Song Daowu."

Engaged in the workplace smiled kindly and said, "You don't have to be nervous, please tell me. Which county, township and village are you from?"

"The villain is from Songjia Village, Banqiao Township, Chencang County, and his son is Song Daowu."

He held a pen and wrote a quick letter on a card card. The student turned around the list and looked up. Yang Yuanqing's eyes were sharp and he saw it all at once. He reached out and pointed the name Song Daowu. The student blushed and asked, "The old man is called Song Changdi!"

The old man laughed and said, "It's me, our family of four came to defect to his son."

After completing the registration, he gave him a bronze medal and said with a smile: "Okay, take the bronze medal and go to the big tent behind to rest. This bronze medal must be kept well, and the food supply of all counties along the way must be collected by it."

"It must be kept! It must be kept!"

The old man held the bronze medal close to his body, but his wife beside him muttered, "Just give me nothing?"

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly and raised his voice to all the military subordinates around him, "Everyone will go to the big tent to rest first. When they set off, they will give each family a horse, a tent, three sheepskins, five dou of rice and twenty hang of money. There will be special soldiers guarding everyone northwards."

The family members lined up around were excited and could even give a horse. Everyone was talking about it. The old man had been living for a long time and saw that Yang Yuanqing had an extraordinary identity. He actually had so many followers. He smiled and walked up to him and pulled Yang Yuanqing aside, and asked in a low voice: "Is this general, how much land can the Northern Sui Dynasty give us? I heard that it can be tax-free?"

"The land depends on the place. If you are willing to go to Dingxiang County, each family can get 150 acres of Yongye land. If it is placed in Mayi County, it is 120 acres, Loufan County is 80 acres, Taiyuan County is only 40 acres, and the counties south of Taiyuan only have 30 acres. Anyway, the more land it goes north, the tax exemption is the same. It will be exempted for five years and will be reduced by half in the next five years. If the soldiers are killed, the military family will be exempted for life."

Seeing that the old man was a little hesitant, Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile: "Where is the old man willing to settle down?"

The old man looked embarrassed. He wanted to settle in Taiyuan County. He heard that there were Turkic people in the north, but the land in the northern counties attracted him strongly, 150 acres! That was only one and a half hectares, and the wealthy families were just like this.

"This... I want to discuss with my son. Thank you General. May I ask the general's surname."

"Don't let your surname be Yang." Yang Yuanqing smiled.

"Oh! The surname is Yang, and the same surname as the Northern Sui Emperor Yang Yuanqing."

At this time, a crisp voice came from behind Yang Yuanqing, "Old man, the general in front of you is Yang Yuanqing, but he is not the Emperor of Northern Sui, he is the King of Chu."

When Yang Yuanqing turned around, she saw Princess Danyang Yang Fangxin standing behind him, wearing a shoulder-length hat and a thin veil covering her face. Her face could be seen faintly, but there was no smile or resentment in her tone, but a very plain tone. The little palace maid Yu'er stood behind her, and her face was full of smiles.

When the old man heard that the young general in front of him was Yang Yuanqing, who was famous all over the world, he pulled his arm and was so scared that the old man was so scared that he knelt down, "I don't know, please spare your life when the emperor!"

Everyone around them exclaimed and retreated one after another. Several personal soldiers stepped forward and stood between Yang Yuanqing and his team.

Yang Yuanqing helped the old man up and comforted him with a smile, "Don't be afraid, your son is my soldier, and you are also my elder, but I am not the emperor. Next time I see me, I will call me General Yang."

The old man was grateful and clasped his hands and said, "Thank you, General Manager Yang, for bringing our whole family to reunite us."

Yang Yuanqing patted the old man's arm and ordered a personal soldier to say, "Take the old man's family to the big tent to rest. Tell the officials there, and say that it was my order that their family was all old men, women and children, and give them another donkey to let them carry it."

The old man thanked him so much, and the family followed his personal soldiers to the tent and walked dozens of steps. The old man suddenly turned around and shouted loudly with all his strength: "Long live the Emperor!"

He shouted again: "Long live the Emperor!"

Someone in the team started shouting with him, "Long live the Emperor!"

More and more people shouted, "Long live the Emperor!"

The shouts resounded throughout the sky. Yang Yuanqing smiled and bowed to everyone, expressing his gratitude to everyone.

At this time, Yang Fangxin sneered and said, "Master Yang. Do you seem to be very intoxicated?"

"They must shout, and I can't stop it."

Yang Yuanqing spread his hands and smiled helplessly: "You have seen it with your own eyes, this is not my original intention, Your Highness!"

Yang Yuanqing's eyes fell on Princess Danyang's hat a few steps away, and her sharp eyes seemed to see through the gauze covering her face. Yang Fangxin was not afraid of his sharp eyes and took a step forward. The fire of anger in her eyes became even more intense. Although she was only thirteen years old, the blow of the country's destruction and father's death made her stronger. She was no longer the spoiled little princess she used to be. She glared at Yang Yuanqing and squeezed out a sentence from her snow-white teeth, "What is the difference between you and Yu Wenhua?"

Yang Yuanqing's sharp gaze disappeared. He became softer, with a warm smile on his face, and said to her softly: "The princess should be on the boat, why did she come here?"

Yang Yuanqing quickly glanced at the dozen personal soldiers guarding the princess not far away. The smiles disappeared on his face and his eyes were flashing with dissatisfaction. There were so many people on the banks of the Yellow River. How could they let the princess get ashore at will?

"They are faithfully executing your orders!"

The anger in Yang Fangxin's eyes disappeared. In fact, she also understood in her heart that Yang Yuanqing did not want these common people to shout beyond the rules, but she hated her heart. She hated any man who stole her father's title. They were all the murderers of her father. Yang Yuanqing was no exception. She tried her best to control the hatred in her heart, her voice was still very plain, and her tone was full of chill, "Isn't it? And I'm exercising your promise."

"My promise?" Yang Yuanqing was a little puzzled.

A silver medal appeared in Yang Fangxin's palm, and there was a hint of mockery in her tone, "Did you forget it? This was given to me by you, I can leave at any time, so I gave them an order, I want to leave, and they can only let me go ashore, but I found that you did not keep your promise and they followed me."

Yang Yuanqing smiled. He really forgot that this silver medal was given to her peace of mind when she first came. It was just a toy to coax the child. How could she really let her leave? His eyes gradually became a little sharper. He stared at her and said, "You can leave Hedong, but my personal soldiers will not leave you, and you only have three chances to leave, don't waste it easily."

"Let's talk about it! Maybe I will leave completely for the last time and never come back."

There was finally a smile in Yang Fangxin's tone, but this smile was not pleasant, but a sneer, and annoyed after being fooled. She used this silver medal to test today and found that she was not really able to leave.

Yang Fangxin stopped and said coldly to the little maid Yu'er: "If you smile foolishly at him again, don't follow me in the future. Just follow him and smile foolishly. You can also call him His Majesty the Emperor."

Yu'er's face suddenly turned red and she whispered: "Princess, why do you say this? General Yang is our benefactor!"

Yang Fangxin glanced back at Yang Yuanqing and still said to Yu'er in a cold tone: "I will naturally repay him for the favor I owe him, but there is no need to flatter him and smile foolishly, let's go!"

Yang Fangxin turned around and left. Yang Yuanqing looked at her still delicate and tender back. He always regarded her as a child, but now he suddenly realized that her heart was gradually maturing. In history, she was Li Shimin's Concubine Yang. I wonder what kind of mentality she had when she was facing Li Shimin at that time?

"Master, this princess is a bit too arrogant and really doesn't know how to repay kindness." A personal soldier next to her complained in a low voice.

Yang Yuanqing shook her head, "She is a princess of a fallen country, not an ordinary folk girl. Don't treat her with the idea of ​​ordinary folk girl."

Yang Yuanqing's voice became soft, only he could hear it himself. He said to himself, "She is not arrogant at all. She is under too much pressure. If you experience it carefully, you can feel the fear in her heart."















Back in the cabin, Yang Fangxin pounced on the mattress and burst into tears. Today she finally realized that she was the princess of the destruction of the country. The so-called Northern Sui Dynasty was just a moon in the water and a flower in the mirror. Yang Yuanqing would eventually become emperor, and the Great Sui Dynasty was destined to perish.

She hated her weakness again, why did she come back? Just leave forever, but she really didn't have the courage to leave. She didn't know where she should go? The Sui Dynasty was destroyed, and there was no place for her to stand in the world. She was staring at her eyes everywhere, blood red, greedy, and cruel. She seemed to have been torn into pieces by these gazes. The darkness of the destruction made her suddenly feel extremely scared and had no support. She shrank into a ball, tears burst out from her eyes, and shouted silently, "Father, come and save her daughter!"

















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