Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 749: Two Places of Action
As soon as Yang Yuan arrived in Lizhou, he made a division of labor for various government affairs.

The office of the General Manager and Pacification Commissioner now only has Mr. Fan and Mr. Wang.

The subsequent training of trusted officials requires, on the one hand, selection and winning over of existing officials, and on the other hand, waiting for the five great palaces to produce results.

By then, a large number of scholars from the five major academies will flood the local government offices of states, prefectures, military regions, and counties in Tongchuan Road, and the effect will be obvious.

However, even if the General Manager's Office does not have many trusted men now, it does not mean that his control is insufficient.

The officials will still carry out his orders to the letter.

For Yang Yuan, the Office of the Governor-General and Pacifier was equivalent to the outer court.

And his beautiful wives, each with their own talents, belong to the inner court.

This structure is just like the cabinet and inner court of the Ming Dynasty, with one drafting the documents and the other approving them.

In this way, Yang Yuan can free himself from a lot of complicated and redundant tasks.

In fact, this phenomenon was very common during the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, most of the military governors in various places had an inner record room in their inner residences, and the advisers and councilors in the inner record room were all women.

Most of them were also concubines of the governor.

If not, it can only be because although she is talented, she is not beautiful.

During the Song Dynasty, this phenomenon no longer existed among local officials.

However, the emperor did have an internal minister and a group of female officials to help him share the heavy workload of reviewing and processing memorials.

Yang Yuan never thought that women were incapable of doing things, especially since he only cared about the results and not the process. As a result, it was inevitable that there were many things that even the court was not convenient to know.

In this case, it would be most appropriate to use the female relatives who are completely bound to him to do this.

Long before Luxi and the others arrived, Yang Yuan had already figured out how to divide the work in his internal record office.

Luxi, Duozi and Wanrong were responsible for the management, coordination and arrangement of the entire financial affairs of the Yang family, as well as the management of the Yang Mansion.

The Yang family’s mansion is now large, and there are many daily affairs to deal with. Besides, Lu Xi is the mistress and needs to teach the children every day.

Luxi, Danniang and Qingtang are responsible for managing the various businesses of the Yang family left in Hangzhou.

Yuye, Bingxin and Yuchan returned to their old jobs and became the three heads of the Yang Mansion's Intelligence Center, responsible for intelligence processing and analysis.

The three of them, along with Ji Xiang and Duozi, make a total of five people. They are the heads of the Government Affairs Center and are responsible for helping Yang Yuan handle official business.

The Tongzhou Society of Old Man Song and Mr. Qu Da is responsible for gathering intelligence.

The members of the action team that originally belonged to the Tongzhou Society were called to Jixiang, Xiaonai, and Kanon.

In this way, they can be like Fei Tianlu who used to work in the skinning station, and only very few tasks will require them to go out on field work.

Most of the time, they can stay in Jianzhou.

Perhaps, when women reach a certain age, the desire to reproduce becomes an instinct.

Although they never thought of having children to consolidate their favor, they couldn't help but be moved when they saw the warm scenes of family happiness of those women who had children.

In the past, they consciously tried to avoid it because they didn't want to get pregnant.

Now they also want to settle down and have a baby of their own.

Emmanuelle Belle and Ugun Yingge were responsible for participating in the training of the cavalry, especially the methods of attack and defense of cavalry and firearms, and A'man and Alihu were their assistants.

Fan Qing is very capable, but she has a quiet temperament and is not good at dealing with people.

Therefore, Fan Qing was promoted from a bodyguard to the head of the internal security, responsible for the safety of the entire Yang Mansion, especially the safety of Yang Yuan.

As for Li Shishi, Madam Li was a free and easy person. She would occasionally give lectures at the Sword Palace Academy and spend the rest of her time running her own business. She was free and easy.

Fortunately, her mansion was adjacent to Yang's, so Yang Yuan did not need to travel too far to meet her.

As a result, as soon as Yang Yuan arrived in Jianzhou, he left a deep impression on the officials of Jianzhou, both big and small.

The official documents submitted to him were handled quickly and well, with an efficiency that was unheard of.

With so many official documents, it would take a long time just to read through them all, right?

This young commander has such amazing energy and ability!
At this time, they did not know the existence of the recorder in Yang Mansion, and they did not know that almost every woman around Yang Yuan, in addition to being beautiful, had her own abilities.

It was not until the sixth day after Yang Yuan arrived in Ren Jianzhou that he clearly divided the powers and responsibilities. After a period of adjustment, everything was on track.

At this time, the Wu family's wedding procession also arrived in Jianzhou.

Although they sent out the wedding procession on the third day after Yang Yuan left, the journey was naturally slow because they were carrying too much dowry.

Lu Xi knew that Mei Zhen, the concubine, was different from a concubine in the general sense. She was a symbol of his second brother's union with a local tyrant.

Therefore, she gave Mei Zhen as many courtesies as possible, allowing Mei Zhen to enter the Yang family with great fanfare.

When Meizhen got married, she was full of excitement and anticipation.

Even when she thought about the envious and admiring looks of so many women in the city when she left Pengzhou, she felt that this life was worth it.

What's more, the man who could give her such honor was so young and handsome. Mei Zhen really loved him.

But she was frail after all, and in the end she had to call for help from her aunt.

……

Almost all of Yang Yuan's confidantes have strengths in some aspect.

His inner secretariat, the truly confidential office that helped him handle the complicated official business, was staffed by these concubines, each with their own special talents.

Yang Yuan was also good at selecting people and assigning them to the right positions. The five people in charge of the administrative affairs of the Internal Records Office, Ji Xiang, Duozi, Yuye, Bingxin and Yuchan, each had their own strengths.

Ji Xiang is good at reconciling and balancing relationships in all aspects.

This may be related to the fact that when she was in charge of the Whale Sea Palace, she had always needed to balance the two major forces within the palace, as well as the complex relationship between the palace and other forces.

Duozi is better at making decisions from a macro perspective and from the overall direction.

How could her husband, the emperor, who had been frail and sickly since childhood and had not been able to spend the bridal chamber with her for two or three years after their marriage, have the energy to handle government affairs?
The Queen, who was born into an aristocratic family and had received education in this area since childhood, had always handled memorials on his behalf.

Even though she still needed guidance from the empty-headed emperor and his staff from time to time in the early stages, she was soon trained.

This way of growing up is somewhat similar to that of Wu Zetian.

Therefore, she had more say than Ji Xiang in the government office. This made Ji Xiang very angry.

Especially since Duozi was already pregnant, she didn't even want to do anything to him.

Whenever she spoke a little harshly, Duozi would pinch the corner of Yang Yuan's clothes with two fingers, not saying a word, but looking at him with resentment.

Then the stupid man would drag her over...

hateful!

"Woo..."

Compared to this pair of cousins ​​who love and hate each other, Yuye, Bingxin and Yuchan have a very tacit understanding in their cooperation.

Leng Yuchan is calm, sharp and good at discovering problems.

Xue Bingxin is good at reconciling differences and proposing solutions.

Yuye was good at making the best choice from the things provided by the two, writing down the reasons one by one, and then reporting to Yang Yuan for review.

When the three of them work together, there is almost nothing that is difficult for them.

They are always able to quickly grasp the key points of various matters, come up with various solutions, and solve the problems.

It’s just the beginning of summer and the sun is shining brightly.

Yuye sat by the window, eating small sips of rock sugar and green stem porridge with a silver spoon while handling the documents on the desk.

"Erlang is going to Jianmen Pass for inspection next month? Qingtang, tell Xiaonai to send people to patrol inside and outside Jianmen Pass in advance and set up secret sentries. The places along the way should also be investigated in advance."

Qingtang agreed and walked out politely.

Yesterday, she, Ah Man and Mei Zhen formed a women's revenge alliance, challenged Er Lang in defiance of evil, and were defeated.

If it weren't for the mercy of Master Fanqing who came to the rescue, I'm afraid she would not be leaving now in a refined manner, but like a drunk and frivolous person.

There is a small building shaded by green ivy. Downstairs, maids and old women are playing with several young masters.

The laughter reached upstairs.

In the small building, Lu Xi was reviewing requests for permission regarding the farms, businesses, and stores that the Yang family was setting up locally, as well as other correspondence related to the internal affairs of the Yang Mansion.

She opened one and read it carefully, and her eyebrows suddenly raised slightly.

"Has the Dali wedding procession arrived in Wulian? We must start preparing for the wedding."

Lu Xi picked up the pen, made a mark on the notebook, then looked down and paused lightly.

Yang Yuan would not easily leak out some extremely confidential matters while he was planning.

However, Lu Xi knew that Yang Yuan was planning to take over Liangshan Prefecture.

Yang Yuan didn't hide anything from her, and when he told her, it even felt like he was showing off.

Look, look, isn't my second brother awesome? Come on, praise me.

"The Rong people of Xuzhou fought fiercely with the Han people, and there were often casualties. When the bride's escort team passed through Xuzhou, if it had not been for the marriage relationship with the family of the leader of the Mahu barbarians, they would have been attacked..."

Lu Xi frowned and said, "I haven't heard my second brother talk about this. With Xuzhou in such a state, have the local authorities reported it?"

After thinking about it, Luxi was still worried, so he picked up his pen and drew a circle here.

After finishing reading the letter and finding nothing else that needed to be dealt with, he copied down this paragraph separately and asked someone to deliver it to his father immediately.

Father Song is in charge of Yang Yuan's external intelligence gathering. Whether the second brother is aware of this matter or not will be clear once he reports it to Father.

……

At this time, Yang Yuan was entertaining guests in the banquet room.

Several guests came from Longzhou.

Longzhou was originally the territory of Wu’s army in Lizhou West Route.

When the government planned the Sichuan-Gangster region three years ago, it made some adjustments to the jurisdiction areas of the four Sichuan-Gangster routes.

From then on, the northern part of Longzhou still belonged to Lizhou West Road, while the southern part of Longzhou was assigned to Tongchuan Prefecture Road.

The Laojun Mountain saltpeter mine discovered by Han Qianchen is located at the junction of the north and south of Longzhou.

Now that Yang Yuan wants to mine the saltpeter there on a large scale, he cannot do without the support of local powerful people.

Therefore, Yang Yuan invited several of the most influential local tycoons.

That area originally belonged to the Wu family army, so these powerful people had close ties with the Wu family.

Now their place has been placed under the jurisdiction of Tongchuan Prefecture, which makes these powerful people quite conflicted.

Administratively, they belong to Tongchuan Prefecture Road, but geographically they are very close to Lizhou West Road.

Should we join Yang Yuan's side?
This is a major matter that concerns the family's wealth, honor and disgrace for the next few decades, and we must be cautious.

So, Yang Yuan invited them and they came.

But they are still hesitant about whether to take a clear stand.

This is a huge gamble with the vital interests of your own family. How can you not think carefully about it?
Once they choose to be loyal to Yang Yuan, they may one day come into direct confrontation with the gigantic Wu family.

Of course, such a brutal confrontation might not happen as long as Yang Yuan and the Wu family were not in sharp conflict.

But that's not something they can decide.

After all, should we express our stance or not?
This meal made them feel restless and they lost their appetite.

Yang Yuan saw everything and couldn't help but smile.

"Everyone!"

Yang Yuan cleared his throat and smiled, "Since I took office, I have asked all places to form militias to ensure safety and protect the people. Have you also established militias in Longzhou?"

After hearing this, several powerful people in Longzhou nodded repeatedly. This matter did not do them any harm. It just cost some money, so they naturally responded positively.

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "When I was in Tongchuan Prefecture, I personally trained a regiment of soldiers. They have just arrived at Jianzhou for 'training'. Why don't you and I go together to see how the training works?"

(End of this chapter)