After Shao Song

Chapter 38 Yang Yizhong in History

Zhao Guan's family led a group of people to the river embankment in a mighty way. The afternoon sun made the river surface golden, and from a distance, they could see a few people not standing on the river embankment, but gesturing on the beach and saying, the leader They were none other than Zhao Zichen and Xiao En, the commander of the Yuying navy.

The most complicated moment for the senses turned out to be not the Zhao Guan family, but Yang Yizhong who never talked much. As the direct commander of the imperial class, his only successful achievement should be the Yanggu-Wushan battle that year. At that time, he cooperated with Xiao Tongzhi, who he considered "a thief who has never changed his nature".

How should I put it, after so many years, although it was difficult to get close to him due to his position, Xiao En's appearance was really impressive and he would not forget it for many years.Youdao has a dark and red complexion and a short stature. He looks like a poor man who lives on the water. He wears a green robe as a magistrate and a hard-winged futou, but he only wears a hemp rope around his waist. When he takes a big step, he reveals his bare eyes. The toed hemp shoes, in the harsh words of his subordinate Zhai Biao, swayed like a wild duck on the shore.

Looking at it after seven or eight years, although this Xiao Tongzhi is still somewhat different from ordinary civil servants and generals, the vicissitudes of life are more serious after all. It is said that he suffered a serious injury in the Battle of Yuancheng. Zhang Rong had already I greeted him and asked him to transfer to a civil service, and I especially begged him, saying that he was too reckless back then and had too many control officials. In fact, this old Xiao was very capable, so I asked the officials to pay more attention to him.

This thought only took a moment, and then he listened to the officials telling them about the hydrological differences, irrigation efficiency, and flood conditions in Hebei and Henan. In fact, the lower reaches of the Yellow River should have five branches, etc., and he seemed to be listening with great interest, but Yang Yizhong dared to use his 11-year driving experience to guarantee that this person must be pretending. It’s just that he has been an official for a long time, and with the continuous blessing of victory and power over the years, for those who don’t know, he thought Zhao Jiuzhen knew this. .

However, although he doesn't understand these things, he understands a principle, that is, "The Yellow River is flooded and the river is blocked, but who has a practical solution? Let me make it clear that the Yellow River stretches for thousands of miles and is the mother river of Chinese civilization. , is of vital importance. As long as it benefits the people, I will not begrudge money, manpower, or officials."

The people around looked at each other in confusion and did not dare to answer first. After all, it was Zhao Zichen who spoke first: "Officials and ministers have observed that the control of the Yellow River in the past dynasties was nothing more than working on rivers and dams. However, looking at it on the ground, I feel that the bigger problem lies in the mud. There is too much sand, how to solve it? I really can’t answer it now. Please allow me to hear the news from the sailors and farmers these days, do some inspections, and then give a reply."

Zhao Guan's family also knew that expecting someone to come up with an effective plan to regulate the Yellow River on the first day would be a dream. If such a person really existed, he would have to be sent to the Imperial Hospital to see if he had any mental problems, so he was not disappointed and continued to pretend to ask. After a few words, he took advantage of the warm winter sun in the afternoon and turned to the river. Then he took a few attachés and Zhang Rong and others to the embankment, inspected the embankment and fortifications again, and asked some military information as usual - although In fact, there is no war anymore, but military power is still necessary.

I have to say here that the Yuying Navy Army has a special origin, that is, this army was originally a peasant army organized by Zhang Rong and had its own internal system.There may be problems like semi-independence during the war, but when it comes to disarmament, it is easier to handle - thanks to Zhang Rong, many low-level officers under him know that they can retain honorary positions (loose officials in the Song Dynasty, paid). After the land was distributed, a large number of them voluntarily returned to their hometowns, and many elderly people simply became village chiefs and settled on both sides of the Yellow River. Therefore, the navy was reduced from 5000 to 1, but there were fewer problems. Wu Jie from the Imperial Rear Army probably cried when he saw it.

However, everything has its advantages and disadvantages. The performance of the imperial navy officers who transferred to become local officials is definitely the lowest among all the armies (the Li Bao Department of the Navy did not participate in this transfer). The literacy rate of each of them is just low. He has his own set of Liangshanbo values. For example, if you want him to be a county captain, whenever there is a lawsuit between two families, no matter the district, the rich will lose and the poor will win.

As far as Yang Yizhong knew, in just a few months, in Wuqing County alone, many wealthy households had gone bankrupt, and many middle-class families had been squeezed out by market scoundrels who took away most of their property, seriously affecting the county's security and food supply.The county magistrate Yue Fan almost got into a fight with one of his subordinates, the former commander of the Yuying Navy and now the county lieutenant of Wuqing County, nicknamed Lao Wu. The lawsuit was brought to Daming Prefecture Lu Dayin.This made Yue Fei and Zhang Rong, two close friends in life and death, very embarrassed and each wrote a letter to reprimand him.This is why Zhang Rong was cautious when applying for a civil service job for a great hero like Xiao En.In the evening, Liu Yan was on duty to guard the imperial chariot. Yang Yizhong gave a few explanations and ordered his men to buy two pots of liquor named "Hengshui Laobaigan" by the officials, and went to Xiao En's residence, which shocked him. But after all, we have experienced life and death together, and he quickly smiled and said: "I heard that you bird officials don't all want to pay homage or something. How can you go into other people's houses at night to scare people? Thanks to my mother-in-law's absence, Otherwise, it will scare her."

Yang Yizhong had his own way of treating anyone. He put down the wine and said, "If I were to do this, Commander Xiao would not be annoyed to death, but you, since you also want to be a bird official, you have to learn from it." Follow the rules, otherwise things like that in Yanggu will happen again. Now that the world is at peace, even though the officials treat the soldiers favorably, they cannot agree to it."

Naturally, this was talking about how Xiao En was saved by others instead of letting the imperial squad go straight into the city. A good man blushed a little when he mentioned it. Fortunately, he had a red face himself. He just said: "I know, King Lu often said that The official is a loyal person, and it is our navy that always causes trouble for him, but I don’t hide it from Brother Yang. My brother thinks that the official position given by the official this time is very suitable for me, and I will definitely do well."

Even Yang Yizhong couldn't help but wonder, "What position?"

Xiao En took a sip of his wine, beckoned him to sit down, and said, "It's called Xunhe Censor. The officials said that I live on the water, so I must know better than others. The management of the Yellow River will cost a lot of money, so I just stare at it." Bird. Whoever dares to embezzle, accept bribes, perfunctory work or beat and scold civilians will be in charge of them."

Yang Yizhong:
The official is worthy of you.

But Xiao En has been around until now, he is also a blushing, thick and thin, and after a few sips of wine, he said: "Okay, Xiao Yang, you have always been careful not to communicate much, what's the matter today? Let’s talk first, if you come to trick Brother Zhang and Prince Lu, don’t blame me for being unkind.”
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Theater dividing line——
When creating "Emperor Jianyan", the most difficult thing for me was actually the portrayal of Yang Yizhong, the king of Jingsai County.First of all, as Tianzi's number one close minister, he is definitely irreplaceable.

As the leader of the Royal Forest Army who had served Song Shizu for more than 30 years, he was undoubtedly highly trusted by Shizu. Judging from Shizu's own martial arts skills and ability to recognize people, he would definitely not be a treacherous minister. , "The Secret History of the Song and Jin Dynasties" and other romance novels or various dramas, he appears as a typical villain.Various documents show that "please kill Yang Yizhong" during the Jianyan period almost appeared in the memorials of most civil servants. This makes me embarrassed, how to portray such a historical figure in a way that is both serious and relevant to the theme.

Later, I combined the low self-esteem of the military generals who had been suppressed for many years at the turn of the Song Dynasty and Yang Yizhong's experience in later taking charge of the Imperial City Division. I wondered whether this was due to the courtiers' natural sensitivity to the secret service, and besides the fact that Shizu was recognized as a wise emperor in history. He was also a rather willful person. Throughout history, no emperor could be found who dared to cross the river to meet Zhang Jun on a snowy night when life and death were on the line. Although this is very touching to our current audience, it scared the courtiers to death at the time. , we cannot criticize an emperor too much, so it is inevitable that an emperor like Yang Yizhong will be used as a target. I adhere to this idea when creating.

——Liu Pinghe, screenwriter of Douban's high-scoring drama "Emperor Jianyan"
　Suddenly I found that the writing method of "Overthrowing the Han" is very good. I plan to have Prince Yue travel to the Shao and Song Dynasties to have a look. Does anyone support it?
　　
　
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