"At such a young age, you have received such favor from the emperor. Your future prospects will be beyond the reach of those in the court."
Tu Wanxu looked at Yang Qian's figure with a sad expression on his face.
"He's lucky. If he leaves like this, the rest of the war will have nothing to do with him, but we still have to go all the way south and continue to face those cunning Liu thieves."
Duguji also nodded sadly. "The general never thought that Jiangnan would become so corrupt."
"Speaking of which, it is not a good thing that our Majesty has done. In the past few years, he has carried out large-scale construction projects in the south of the Yangtze River and recruited more than one million civilians."
"The construction of Jiangdu Palace and Yang Palace in Jiangdu County cost countless dollars.
Last year's floods in the south of the Yangtze River caused so many charity warehouses but no grain was released. How could the people not be filled with resentment and resentment..."
The two bosses of Zuotunwei, apart from making a few indignant complaints when no one was around, were helpless.
When it was time to suppress the bandits, I continued to suppress them. Although I won several battles in a row, killing nearly 10,000 enemies and capturing nearly 30,000 more of them.
However, more and more people are responding to the rebellion, just like the vigorous leeks, which can be cut and harvested endlessly.
Except for those counties and counties, almost all the countryside was composed of followers of the Liu bandits. This situation really gave Tu Wanxu a headache.
Yang Qian had recently succeeded in quelling the rebellion of Wang Shichong, who had colluded with the Liu bandit, and he had been promoted to a higher position one after another, which really made the Zuotunwei generals quite jealous.
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The imperial edict made it clear that Yang Qian should take office immediately and that the situation in Jiangdu must be stabilized before Yu Wenkai takes office.
Due to this rebellion, a large number of officials were pulled down, leaving Jiangdu County's officialdom in chaos. Regarding the promotion and appointment of officials at all levels, the emperor's intention was to allow Yang Qian to do things easily.
In addition, the previous battle of Jiangdu Palace, the attack on Yang Palace and the night attack on Yangzijin resulted in a large number of casualties among Jiangdu County soldiers and horses.
The emperor ordered Yang Qian to recruit soldiers again to protect Jiangdu County.
For Yang Qian, such authority is naturally useless.
Three days later, Yang Qian led a thousand troops from his headquarters and rushed to Jiangyang County, the seat of Jiangdu, where Yangzhou is located.
After meeting with the officials, Yang Qian couldn't help but feel a little headache when he looked at the big trouble before him.
Not only him, but all the confidants around him also had a headache.
Changsun Wuji clicked his tongue and said, "The official vacancy reaches 30%, and among them, the vacancy in the county lieutenant general school is the most serious."
"There are sixteen counties under the jurisdiction of Jiangdu County. It is the practice of our government that the two counties are one Yingyang Prefecture, and there should be eight Yingyang Prefectures in Jiangdu.
Six of the top houses and two of the middle houses are missing four Yingyang Lang generals and seven Yingyang deputy generals. The Jiangdu palace guard has been escorted to Dongdu, and the Yang palace guard has died in the battle."
Yang Qian smiled bitterly and shook his head, looking at the confidants in the room and said.
"If we are short of officials, we just need to find ways to supplement them. What I am most worried about is the gap in soldiers and horses in Jiangdu..."
Li Jing, the military god's cousin, stroked his long beard and already knew those data very well.
"Based on the 1,500 people in the upper government and the 1,000 people in the middle government, the total number of soldiers and horses should be 11,000."
"It's just that last year, there were four superiors who accompanied His Majesty to conquer Goguryeo, and they returned home at the beginning of this year. After all these battles in Jiangdu County."
"Today, the total number of soldiers and horses from the Eight Prefectures is less than five thousand, and the number of palace guards from Jiangdu Palace and Yang Palace, taken together, is less than seven hundred."
"Yes... Now Jiangdu County has just experienced a war, and the people are not at peace. If we want to recruit young people, won't it cause resentment among the people again?"
"Your Majesty has decreed that you, my dear brother, need to be responsible for all matters in Jiangdu County. Then we should take action and make a final decision as soon as possible."
After Yang Qian thought about it for a while, he raised his head and glanced at all the confidants in the room.
Second brother Qin, senior brothers Cheng Yaojin, Xu Shiji, Niu Jinda, Luo Shixin, and cousin Li Jing.
In addition, there are five reserve guards including Yuan Bin, Li Jun, and Hou Junji.
Of course, Changsun Wuji, who has no choice but to work hard for himself for the sake of his sister Wu Gu, is also indispensable.
Not to mention the two future rebel leaders Du Fuwei and Fu Gong'er.
As well as his future wife Li Xiuning and Li Shimin.
Looking at the people in this room, Yang Qian really didn't expect that he would actually start to have a team of confidants.
Moreover, there are really many famous generals in this team.
But now, all he has to do is to properly place these famous generals who have been in battle for a long time and have great achievements in battle.
"I have an idea. We, this group of people, are new here. As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake."
"The eight Yingyang Mansion in Jiangdu County are not subordinate to each other. Fortunately, these eight Yingyang Mansion are short of major generals, and His Majesty's decree gave Yang the opportunity to integrate the armies."
"So, I decided to gather all eight Yingyang Mansion soldiers and horses to the south of Jiangyang City for integrated training."
"In addition, the vacancies are missing four Ying Yang generals, seven Ying Yang deputy generals, and two palace guards. How to make by-elections..."
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Yang Qian stopped talking, and his eyes fell on this group of confidants. It could be clearly seen that the eyes of the five front and left guards couldn't help but light up.
And Cheng Yaojin and others are also eager to try. You must know that General Ying Yang of Ying Yang Mansion is the fifth-rank official with real power, and even the deputy general Ying Yang is from the fifth rank.
As for their group, they followed Yang Qian through successive battles. Although they all received rewards, the one with the highest official position so far is still Qin's second brother who has been promoted from Zuo Yi Guard Chief Shi Rong to a fourth-rank Tiger Ben Lang General.
However, even though Qin's second brother is already a powerful general, he can only obey Yang Qian's subordinates honestly.
No way, who made Yang Qian gain the trust of Emperor Yang Guang?
At this moment, Changsun Wuji patted his round belly and gave the first suggestion.
"I think it would be better to select the best one from the previous Ying Yang Lang generals to become the palace guard general..."
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other and looked at Changsun Wuji with some surprise.
Cheng Yaojin was immediately unhappy. He patted the table and stood up.
"I said, Fatty Changsun, what do you mean by this? Could it be that my martial arts skills, Lao Cheng's, are not as good as those of General Ying Yanglang?"
Changsun Wuji's face turned dark, he pointed at Cheng Yaojin, shaking his double chin, his face full of anger. "You, you, a brute with vulgar words."
"That's enough!" Yang Qian immediately became anxious, slapped the table with a big palm and shouted. "No personal attacks, or get out of here."
"Yo yo yo...just shut up, I am very good at doing good things."
Lao Cheng was still ready to chirp, but he saw the cold gaze from Li Xiuning, who was sitting behind Yang Qian with his helmet on his head.
I couldn't help but shuddered and shrank my neck, determined to keep growing. As the saying goes, a good man will not suffer the consequences of the moment.
After getting rid of Cheng Yaojin's stinky snail, Yang Qian let out a sigh of relief and motioned to Changsun Wuji to continue.
(The following number of words is free) Happy Chinese New Year, dear book friends, peace and security are blessings.