Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 815: Looking for it in the crowd (extra chapter for the turtledove falling in love with the chicken leader)
Western Xia underwent earth-shaking changes overnight.

Without the knowledge of the Heishui Military Commander and Tuoba Hou who was stationed in Suzhou, the entire Hetao Plain had already changed its flag to the Song Dynasty.

Except for handling military affairs in the Qinzheng Hall of the Imperial Palace on the first day, Yang Yuan moved out of the palace on the second day and used the office of the prefect of Kaifeng as his base to continue handling government affairs.

He did not forget Lan Yu's lesson.

Lan Yu led the Northern Expedition against the Mongols and made great military achievements, but he also became arrogant and domineering because of this, and even slept with the Northern Yuan Dynasty's imperial concubine.

All these behaviors were simply lawless, which resulted in Zhu Yuanzhang's wrath, and he ended up being skinned and stuffed with straw.

The current emperor is in his prime, the empress and concubines are all young, and even the Empress Dowager Ren is not very old.

Yang Yuan didn't want to get into trouble without even eating mutton and have people impeach him for something.

However, the analytical intelligence that Ji Xiang passed on to Yang Yuan from the "Inner Records Room" still cast a shadow over Yang Yuan's heart.

But if he put himself in the little emperor's shoes, he could understand the little emperor's feelings.

The reason why he was sent to Tongchuan Road was because the three generals of the Western Army were too powerful to be controlled and gradually became a country within a country.

His current strength even surpasses that of Wu Lin in the past.

Of course, he knew that he had no ambition to become emperor, nor did he have the idea of ​​dominating a region.

But will the little emperor believe that his loyalty will never change?
Put yourself in other people's shoes, so Yang Yuan has become extra cautious during this period.

Whenever he could consult the court before making a decision, he would report to it tirelessly.

However, there are many things that cannot be delayed by lengthy official correspondence.

For example, spring ploughing.

The Hetao Plain is the largest farming area in Longyou, responsible for supplying 80% of the food for the entire Western Xia.

It is now the spring plowing season, and it was also at this time that the Western Xia Dynasty fell.

If we delay this season, we will have no harvest for the whole year.

Therefore, Yang Yuan paid great attention to spring ploughing.

Yang Yuan gathered together several great Confucian scholars in Beijing and some of the Ren family's nephews and nieces, and personally arranged the spring ploughing matters.

Yang Yuan asked them to go to various places to appease the people and organize spring ploughing.

All needs including water conservancy, land reclamation, seeds, oxen, plowshares, etc. were met.

Western Xia originally had two sets of official systems, which actually helped Yang Yuan.

Otherwise, Yang Yuan had no authority to appoint officials and these matters could not be arranged. After all, it would be difficult to make the arrangements without the right name.

But now the system of imperial officials is not working, nor is the system of local tribal leaders.

Therefore, Yang Yuan arranged for some of the Ren family's nephews and nephews to become tribal leaders such as Zu Ru, and sent them to local areas to organize production.

Although Yang Yuan gave them very great power, it did not include military power.

The military power part is now divided into two systems.

One is Yang Yuan’s troops from Tongchuan Road and Lizhou Central Road.

One is the Western Xia troops that are now under the rule of Ren Dejing.

After discussing with Han Jianjun, Yang Yuan jointly wrote a letter to the court, advising the implementation of the Grand Protectorate system in Western Xia.

The Grand Protectorate and the Grand Governor's Office are similar, but there are differences in their specific powers.

The Grand Military Governor's Office was mainly responsible for managing the vassal states and had greater local autonomy power.

The Grand Protectorate had greater vertical management power, so it was relatively more powerful than the Grand Councillor's Office.

What Yang Yuan meant was to appoint Ren Decong, the former Grand Marshal of the Western Xia, as the Grand Protector-General, in charge of all military, political, economic, and legal rights in the former Western Xia region.

There were two deputy grand protectors, one appointed by the imperial court and the other by Ren Degong, the former prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture (Xingqing Prefecture).

Xixia Prime Minister Ren Dejing returned to the court to take up his post.

If we want to stabilize the situation in Western Xia as soon as possible, we must make use of the Ren family.

The Ren family has been deeply rooted in Western Xia over the years, and only by borrowing the power of the Ren family can Western Xia be stabilized quickly.

At the same time, Yang Yuan also released Tuoba Heiyi.

Yang Yuan wanted Tuoba Heiyi to go to Suzhou and persuade Tuoba Hou to surrender.

I don’t know what the two of them talked about during their long conversation that night.

In the end, Tuoba Heiyi changed his attitude drastically and decided to go to Suzhou, saying that he was going to surrender to Tuoba Hou.

Yang Yuan sent people to protect Tuoba Heiyi and rushed towards Liangzhou.

In Xingqing Prefecture, the purge of the Ren family is still going on.

However, ever since Yang Yuan had a long talk with Tuoba Heiyi, the way of cleaning began to change.

The situation of exterminating a whole family no longer occurs, but is replaced by measures such as confinement and winning over.

The purge was no longer bloody, and it became much easier to persuade and win over the Tuoba nobles.

After all, although they are all from the Tuoba clan, not all of them can become emperor.

Seeing that the situation was irreversible, most of the Tuoba nobles softened their attitudes.

……

The room is bright, luxurious and exquisite.

In the brocade tent, Ji Xiang, Hua Yin, Xiao Nai and Yang Yuan, the four of them were entangled together, and the spring scene was endless.

Before they met Yang Yuan, Ji Xiang, Hua Yin and Xiao Nai were just fake and hypocritical friends.

Now that they are serving Yang Yuan together, affectionate actions between them are inevitable.

For Yang Yuan, this is a scene that he would never see in anyone else.

However, Japanese women are indeed good at serving men.

No matter how absorbed in everything the three of them were, serving Yang Yuan seemed to have become an instinct ingrained in their bones.

Yang Yuan would never be left out, but would be the center of service of the three people.

"Hate it, I want a child, I don't..."

Ji Xiang's face was flushed and she was panting.

Before she could finish her protest, Yang Yuan grabbed her and pushed her down, and she grunted unwillingly.

Maybe it's because he has many sons at home now, and female ninjas are so useful in many situations, Yang Yuan doesn't want Ji Xiang to be trapped in the boudoir because of the burden of children too early.

Anyway, women of this era generally get married too early, and Ji Xiang is not too old now, so it won’t be too late to have a child in another three to five years.

As for Huayin, Xiaonai, Qingtang, A'man and others, Yang Yuan was deliberately on guard against them.

Yang Yuan wanted to wait until they were 20 years old before considering this issue.

It’s not good to be too late, and it’s not appropriate to be too early either.

"Master, Prime Minister Ren is here."

Outside the room, a maid's voice was heard reporting.

Yang Yuan pulled over a thin quilt to cover the pink and white bodies of Ji Xiang, Hua Yin and Xiao Nai, hiding the spring scene.

Only the three people's flushed cheeks were exposed outside the quilt.

Yang Yuan dressed hastily and rushed to the study room, where he saw Ren Dejing sitting cross-legged and drinking tea. When he saw Yang Yuan coming, he looked as if his nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes.

"It's so late, why are you here..."

As soon as Yang Yuan walked over, Ren Dejing raised his little finger and pushed him away with a teacup in hand.

"Go away, you smell."

Ren Dejing looked disgusted: "Why don't you take a shower first? Are you really trying to annoy me?"

Yang Yuan laughed dryly and said, "You came so late, I thought something serious had happened, how could I dare to delay."

Ren Dejing curled his lips and said, "In my Yipintang, we have recruited many extraordinary people from all over the world. Some of them are descendants of the 'Jisitang' in the Central Plains during the Tang Dynasty."

"Jisi Hall? I know it."

Yang Yuan nodded. There were also descendants of "Jisitang" in his "Tongzhou Society".

For example, Wang Changsheng, Han Qianchen, Xiao Qianyue and so on.

A force that has completely fallen has left behind some descendants who still have unique skills, which shows how powerful it was in its heyday.

Ren Dejing said: "They said that there is a treasure of 'Ji Si Tang' in the Tianshui area. That is where 'Ji Si Tang' was founded."

Yang Yuan's expression changed: "You want me to allow them to go to Tianshui to search for treasure?"

Tianshui belonged to the Jin Kingdom before. When Yang Yuan entered Shaanxi, the first city he captured was Tianshui, so it is now under Yang Yuan's jurisdiction.

Ren Dejing shook his head and said, "They had been there before and found the treasure. They hid the treasure in a Buddha statue and transported it out of Tianshui and back to Xixia."

Yang Yuan frowned in confusion and poured himself a cup of tea: "Then what is your purpose in telling me this?"

Ren Dejing said, "I was with them and had someone arranged by my side a long time ago. They had just returned to Daxia after transporting the treasure when they were controlled by my people."

"and then?"

"Then, you and I captured Li Renxiao together and overthrew the Great Bai Gao Kingdom. Now, there is another group of people escorting them back to Xingqing City, and that is Murong Qianyu under your command."

Ren Dejing put down his teacup and said, "Your people think that since Xixia has changed its owner, this batch of treasures should be handed over to you. What do you think we should do now?"

Yang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "The treasures left over from the Jisi Hall should be priceless. However, for a country, one more piece won't make much, and one less piece won't make much. If you want it, just take it."

Ren Dejing smiled: "I want to leave here and find that trail. If I'm not myself, life will be meaningless."

Although Ren Dejing was smiling, his smile was indescribably bleak.

He really lives a boring life.

Fame, wealth, and glory are completely meaningless to her.

Ren Dejing said: "The Ren family respects me, loves me, and treats me very well. If I can be myself again after this departure, I will no longer be Ren Dejing.

If I can't be myself again, this old body of mine won't have much time left.

I want to leave more things for the Ren family. That way, at least I will owe them less.”

Yang Yuan nodded and said, "I understand. Where are they now? I'll go with you."

Ren Dejing rolled his eyes and said, "My people were going to take the carriage to the Prime Minister's Residence. When your subordinates heard that you were living here, they naturally brought the carriage here."

Yang Yuan and Ren Dejing rushed to a warehouse in front of the house, where huge Buddha statues had already been moved off the truck.

As soon as he saw Yang Yuan, Murong Qianyu stepped forward as if offering a treasure, and said, "Xuanfu, the bellies of these Buddha statues are all filled with gold, pearls, and jade.

I have checked two Buddha statues, and they are filled with pearls, jade, emeralds, cat's eyes, etc. They are simply dazzling."

Yang Yuan frowned slightly. Now that so many people knew about it, it would be difficult to get rid of it.

Yang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "These treasures are the private property of Prime Minister Ren. Before he surrendered, he was worried that he might be late for business, so he temporarily moved them away. Now they should be returned to their original owner."

Murong Qianyu was stunned, and lowered his voice and said: "Xuanfu, this is a treasure of inestimable value. Even if we didn't take it, the Ren family wouldn't dare to say anything."

Yang Yuan glared at him and said, "Prime Minister Ren has made great contributions to the country, and the court will surely reward him generously.

The imperial court gained the land of Xixia and expanded its territory, which was the greatest wealth it had ever gained. How could it be justified to plunder meritorious officials? "

After Yang Yuan finished speaking, he said to Ren Dejing, "Don't move these things around.

This storehouse is lent to you for use. Ask your people to check the jewels and distribute them to the descendants of the Ren family."

Ren Dejing and Yang Yuan were not polite and immediately ordered the people he brought to take over the warehouse.

These people dismantled the Buddha statues one by one overnight and counted the treasures stored inside.

"Jisitang" is a "white glove" jointly launched by the Five Surnames and Seven Families and most of the forces among the Eight Families of Guanlong.

When it existed, it certainly had great potential power, but it did not have and did not need so many treasures.

In fact, this was at the beginning of the chaotic times at the end of the Tang Dynasty. The leader of "Jisitang" at that time predicted that the world was about to fall into an uncontrollable chaos, so he hastily packed up various treasures and stored them.

His goal was to ensure that the world would be stabilized again one day so that the dormant "Jisitang" could make a comeback.

However, he predicted that a great chaos would occur and that this chaos would be extremely destructive, but the reality was even more serious than he predicted.

The great turmoil caused by the murderous Huang Chao completely destroyed the foundation of the family, and the "Jisitang" also suffered heavy losses in the process.

Later, when peace returned to the world, the "Jisitang" was leaderless and completely disintegrated and disappeared in the internal power struggle.

Today, some descendants of the Jisi Hall have tried their best and finally discovered the treasure, but they don’t even have the power to protect or own it, and have become a tool for others.

Luo Cheng'an, Yan Qingyu and Yue Peiying were tied up and stood aside watching.

This was the capital for them to rebuild the "Jisitang", but now it has all fallen into the hands of others.

The complexity of the three people's feelings is naturally hard to describe.

Out of curiosity, Yang Yuan also accompanied Ren Dejing to take a look.

Those pearls, jade jewelry, various gemstones...

Frankly speaking, Yang Yuan is a vulgar person and didn't feel anything after watching it.

He thought they were just some glowing, colorful, translucent stones.

To him, all these jewels were far less impressive than a wall of gold bars.

Ren Dejing is actually Yan Min, a woman.

Women seem to have a natural interest in jewelry.

She watched with great interest, and from time to time she would pick up something and try it on herself.

However, she forgot that she is now a sixty-year-old woman and a man.

So that action was a bit strange.

Yang Yuan laughed and shook his head, saying, "You keep it for now. I'll go take a rest."

Ren Dejing had just taken a box from a pile of jewels.

So many pearls and jades are all in bulk.

Among them, those that are packed in boxes individually are naturally more valuable.

Hearing Yang Yuan's words, Ren Dejing nodded and opened the box curiously.

Yang Yuan had just turned around and was wondering whether to go to Qingtang or Ermeyisa's room to take a nap for half a night, when he heard Ren Dejing beside him screaming, his voice trembling.

"The belt, this is the belt, Yang Yuan!"

(End of this chapter)