On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 137 Leaving Youzhou

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 137 Leaving Youzhou

On the twenty-second day of the first month of the seventh year of the Kaihuang reign (587), Cui Che was summoned to the palace by Yang Jian.

"In the past three years, Cui Qing has been governing the place, but has he slacked off in his martial arts?"

Yang Jian was not in a hurry to mention the appointment. He brought Cui Che to the school grounds and asked.

Yesterday I called you "Xian son-in-law" because I was talking about personal affairs. Today I called you "Cui Qing" because I will naturally talk about official matters later.

"Fame and fame are only obtained from horses, and humble ministers dare not neglect them for a moment."

Cui Che replied.

This is not to brag. As Cui Che grows older, his strength gradually increases. When he was thirteen years old, he could only use a six-horse riding bow, but now he can draw a stone bow on a horse.

In the past few years, he not only practiced riding and shooting diligently, but also learned horse riding with Qin Qiong. Although he was not necessarily required to fight in battle, his skills were many and might come in handy one day and save lives.

Yang Jian ordered Cui Che to mount the horse to demonstrate. Cui Che first took a long bow and mounted the horse, hung a pot of arrows, and the guards brought in a royal horse.

The most important thing for a royal horse in the palace is to have a docile temperament. If the temper is too fierce, let alone hurting Yang Jian, even if the prince or princess falls from the horse, it will be a big deal.

Therefore, Cui Che did not need to bother to tame the mount. He got on the horse, and under Yang Jian's gaze, he galloped. As he was going, he freed his hands to pick up the arrows and stretched the bow. After a moment of aiming, he loosened the bow string.

The arrow shot through the air and hit the target fifty steps away.

"good!"

Yang Jian loudly applauded his son-in-law.

Cui Che was greatly encouraged and he kept shooting arrows. In an instant, the arrow pot was empty. There were twenty arrows in the pot, but only one arrow hit the target.

"Cui Qing has really made great progress!"

Yang Jian praised, of course he knew Cui Che's past level.

When Cui Che was wounded by an arrow and took pictures, after returning to the court, he was brought to the school field by Yang Jian to see the so-called magic shot. He was really disappointed that time, as he only hit six out of ten arrows.

Now that he had avenged his shame, Cui Che did not give up. He led his royal horse closer and asked Yang Jian to use a horse instead.

Yang Jian immediately agreed, so Cui Che changed his horse to another one, and danced like a tiger on the galloping horse.

Under Qin Qiong's careful instruction, Cui Che also learned Ma Shan in three years. Although he was still far from a true master in using Ma Shan, he was still capable of bluffing people.

After breaking out in a sweat, Cui Che dismounted his horse and came to Yang Jian to resume his life.

Yang Jian smiled and said:

"With Cui Qing's bravery, I can safely entrust you with the important task of border defense."

Cui Che was overjoyed when he heard this.

The important task of border defense may be Huainan, Handong and other places where there is a stalemate with Nanchen.

Just when he was filled with joy, Yang Jian also announced Cui Che's appointment: General Manager of Youzhou.

In the third year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign (583), the Sui army divided the Eighth Route Army to counterattack the Turks. Yin Shou led Youzhou's elite troops to attack Gao Baoning from a distance. The Turks took advantage of the emptiness of Youzhou to raise troops and plunder.

When Li Chong, the governor of Youzhou at the time, died in battle, Yang Jian sent Duke Zhou Yao to take over. After three years, or to be precise, three and a half years, Zhou Yao was transferred to another place. Yang Jian now intends to let Cui Che take over his post.

The governor oversaw the military affairs of six states and fifty towns.

Cui Che couldn't help but feel regretful that he was not sent to the southern front line and would instead serve in the north. However, he could not refuse Yang Jian's arrangement, so he had to request:

"Your Majesty has an order, and I dare not refuse. However, I would like to ask your Majesty to allow me to participate in the battle against Chen. I dare not call on Youzhou's elite troops. I only need to lead three thousand township regiments from Anping County."

"You can do anything you want!"

Yang Jian agreed.

He also knew that Cui Che was eager to participate in the destruction of Chen Jiangong. After all, he took part in "Ping Chen Ce" at the age of eleven, which shows that he often thinks about destroying Chen Jiangong.

But in Huainan and Handong, Han Qinhu, He Ruobi, Yang Su and others were in charge, so Cui Che's position was really eliminated.

It happened that Zhou Yao was transferred to another important position, and a strategic place like Youzhou was in urgent need of capable confidants to guard it, so today's trial was launched.

Yang Jian never doubted Cui Che's intelligence, but now that he saw that he never slacked off in martial arts, he finally made up his mind to send Cui Che to Youzhou.

When Cui Che saw that Yang Jian agreed, he quickly thanked him.

As long as you don't miss the battle to destroy Chen, Youzhou is actually a good place to go.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying about the elite soldiers of Yan and Zhao, who manage Youzhou with ease. Once there is a change in the world, the elite soldiers of Youzhou can be recruited to cooperate with the Boling cavalry to sweep through southern Hebei and open up the connection with Qingzhou to connect their own forces.

At that time, if we take Hedong from the west and encroach on Henan from the south, we will be like the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi.

As Zhongliang of the Sui Dynasty, after Cui Che left the palace, he drew in his mind the blueprint for supporting the country in the future.

When he returned to his residence, he had no time to inform everyone of his appointment, so he ordered Li Qing to send someone to Dongyang City to inform Cui Zhaorong, who was stranded in Qingzhou, that Mrs. Feng and a group of staff should go to Ji County (today's Beijing), the seat of Youzhou, to wait.

The next day, the appointments of Pei Xiu, Huang Baiji, and Wei Yi were also issued one after another. The three were in charge of the salt affairs of the states and had outstanding political achievements. Although Pei Xiu and Huang Baiji were only long-term historians, the two governors could not serve in the state affairs.

Being mostly represented by them also allowed Yang Jian to see their talents.

Huang Baiji was promoted to the governor of Qingzhou Prefecture. Although they were both governors, he was transferred from Zhongzhou to Shangzhou, so he was naturally promoted.

Pei Xiu was worshiped as Sima of the Qingzhou General Administration Office. Among them, Su Wei, the Minister of Civil Affairs, played a lot of role.

Pei Xiu was from the Pei family of Wenxi, a wealthy family in Hedong, and had served in the Yang Guang shogunate. His official career was naturally much smoother than that of Huang Baiji. Therefore, one served as Sima in the Governor's Mansion, while the other could only serve as Chief Shi in the Governor's Mansion.

As for Wei Yi's appointment, there were no surprises. He was promoted from the governor of Jiaozhou to the general manager of Yingzhou, and became neighbors with Cui Che.

Wei Yi came to the Wucheng Palace just after the appointment was made. Cui Che knew his purpose clearly, and he just wanted to lure him to continue doing business.

The private salt must no longer be sold. The two of them cannot be bold enough to open beach fields in Youzhou and Yingzhou. However, the imperial court has liberalized various businesses and is located on the border, bordering the Xi people, Khitan, and Goguryeo.

Don't be afraid of failing to do business.

Just how to cooperate specifically needs to be rearranged.

The reason why Wei Yi was willing to take on all the work and split the money 50-50 with Cui Che in the first place was simply because he was being pressured to death by a high official, and without Cui Che's approval, he couldn't do the private salt business.

Nowadays, although there is still a big gap between the two, the General Manager of Youzhou is of the upper class, with a second rank, while the General Manager of Yingzhou is only a lower class, with a third rank of Cong, but the two do not belong to each other. Of course, Wei Yi will no longer be like that

A big concession.

Cui Che made an agreement with Wei Yi to make plans to send Wei Yi out of the palace after he took office. He recalled Yang Jian's instructions to him before leaving the palace.

Based on the grand strategy of defending from the north and attacking from the south, Yang Jian naturally asked Cui Che not to initiate provocations, but Cui Che had his own ideas.

He planned to transfer Boling's cavalry to Youzhou to train with the barbarians.

Of course, you have to be careful when doing this.

In any case, those barbarians must have caused the trouble. Cui Che was the most peace-loving person, so he asked the kitchen to stew a pot of pigeon soup that night.

It should be gone today. I will finish the old book this month, so I can’t wait any longer.

(End of chapter)