This is a palace that looks magnificent and resplendent. It once symbolized the supreme power and status in this land.
Logically speaking, no one would want to go in and take a look. After all, the palace seemed noble and mysterious to ordinary people, but Lin Ye didn't seem to have any interest in it.
It has been half a month since he entered Yangzi City, and he has not even taken a look at it, nor has he even been near it.
Lin Ye chose an inconspicuous place to live in Yangzicheng.
What makes Lin Ye satisfied is that the structure here is very different from his home in Yunzhou City.
A large courtyard has several main rooms and several side rooms. It looks a little empty, but it doesn't look deserted.
Such a yard, as long as there are people around, will never seem devoid of human atmosphere.
Zinai and Xiaohan also like it here very much, as if they are home.
There were no official matters that needed Lin Ye to deal with. Lin Ye seemed to have changed into a different person here, lazy and leisurely, completely letting go.
Before the arrival of Mr. Luening, the Northeast Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Manager arranged by His Majesty, Lin Ye left everything to Qin Junru and Yue Jing.
As for the elimination of the remaining resistance forces, Lin Ye left it to two generals from Qinzhou.
His Wu Lingwei and the soldiers he recruited in Dongbo were resting in Yangzi City.
Lin Ye strictly ordered that no one was allowed to enter or leave the military camp at will. Only during special breaks with his permission, the soldiers could go shopping in the streets.
In Yangzicheng, even the city defense army has not changed. It is still the Lone Bamboo Army.
Lin Ye did nothing and didn't worry about anything.
He stayed at home with Zinai and Xiaohan all day long. If he was diligent, he would go out to buy some vegetables and come back to cook some good dishes for Zinai and Xiaohan to satisfy their cravings.
Qin Junru came here several times and asked him some questions, but Lin Ye's answers were just a few words.
You handle it as appropriate.
This kind of behavior was something that neither Qin Junru nor Yue Jing could understand at first.
Your Majesty has obviously given such a large territory to Lin Ye, and he is the person with the highest official position here, but why doesn't he care about anything?
Later, Qin Junru figured it out.
Lin Ye did it on purpose.
Without entering Guzhu Palace, without even taking a look, he directly ordered all items in the palace to be sealed.
It was Lin Ye who was telling everyone that he was not very interested in the so-called powerful position.
Do not interfere in government affairs, no matter whether it is a big matter or a small family matter, do not participate in it, and delegate all the power.
From this moment on, Lin Ye used actions to express his attitude towards Lone Bamboo's governance.
Separation of military and political affairs.
Fortunately, Ning Weimo arrived not long after, and the first thing he did when he entered Yangzicheng was to pay a visit to Lin Ye.
The two of them sat down and chatted for a while in the courtyard of Lin Ye's residence. It was March and the weather was not that cold.
Lin Ye asked: "Does your Majesty have any decree for me?"
Ning Weimo shook his head: "Your Majesty... didn't say anything."
Lin Ye also understood that Emperor Yu wanted him to stay in Guzhu for a while longer.
Ning Weimo said: "I just arrived as a low-ranking official. I don't know much about the situation in Lone Bamboo yet. Please ask the general for advice."
Lin Ye: "Master Ning, you can ask Qin Junru."
Ning Weimo nodded: "Okay, I will remember it."
He asked again: "What does the general say to his subordinates?"
Lin Ye: "No."
Ning Weimo said: "Then, I will go and perform my duties first. If I encounter any undecided matters, I will come back and ask the general for instructions."
Lin Ye: "No need."
Ning Weimo even felt a headache.
This is Lin Ye's attitude, that is, he doesn't do anything and doesn't take responsibility. How to manage Lone Bamboo and how to restore it are the business of local officials and have nothing to do with him.
"correct."
Lin Ye looked at Ning Weimo and said: "It is true that Lone Bamboo is not at peace now. Some people are still evil and are secretly discussing plans to restore the country. Master Ning should take more guards with him when he travels."
Ning Wei finally thanked her and left.
After he got in the car, he carefully recalled Lin Ye's reaction, and he felt more and more that this young man's city was a bit scary.
Thinking again about Lin Ye's reminder to him, he knew that his life at Lone Bamboo would probably not be easy.
It may not all come from the hatred and hostility of the Guzhu people, but also from the officials who were originally in charge of government affairs here.
He just came over to take over the work that people were working so hard on, which would make them feel a little disappointed.
So after leaving Lin Ye's residence, the first thing Ning Weimo did was to visit Qin Junru.
Qin Junru's influence on Guzhu is so great that even Lin Ye is slightly less influential.
Coupled with Yue Ji, these two people are both civil and military. If they don't have a good relationship, it will be even more difficult for him, a feudal official who does not live up to his name, to do his job.
How can there be any high-ranking official in the border area?
But His Majesty obviously wants to use this attitude to tell the people of Guzhu that you are nothing.
In other places, the feudal officials I selected are all second-grade officials. But Guzhu, you will have a fourth-grade chief official.
But then, a more difficult problem arises.
That is, how should meritorious officials like Qin Junru and Yue Ji be rewarded?
The chief officers of Lone Bamboo are only at the fourth rank, how can they go beyond the fourth rank?
When visiting Lin Ye, Ning Weimo also tentatively wanted to ask Lin Ye what he thought about this issue. Lin Ye's attitude was... I didn't look at it, and I didn't want to look at it.
He didn't even look at things he shouldn't have looked at.
Lin Ye even made it clear that there was no need to discuss anything with him in the future.
This obviously widened the distance between him and the officials from Guzhu. Qin Junru and Yue Jie were not fools, and of course they felt Lin Ye's attitude.
General's Mansion.
Lin Ye was sitting in the study, looking at the names he had just written on the paper.
These are the people he arranged in secret, but Lin Ye is really short of people around him now, so he has to put them back on the bright side.
For example, Mr. Tianji, Monk Hua, and Mu Liuhuo have already arrived.
There were also some names. Lin Ye thought about them again and again, and finally decided to let them go first, so as not to expose everyone.
"From today on, you guys can just follow me."
Lin Ye looked away from the list and handed the list to Mr. Tianji.
"You take these people with you, and I will tell you when you need to do something."
Mr. Tianji nodded: "Understood."
Lin Ye looked at Mu Liuhuo: "I will select a group of elites from Wu Lingwei, and you will form a team of 300 people to be ready at any time."
Mu Liuhuo clasped his fists: "I obey."
Lin Ye looked at Monk Hua again and said: "I have selected five hundred people from the warriors of each tribe. They are all skilled in bow and horse. They are also waiting for my orders. You must lead them in strict training on weekdays."
Monk Hua also responded.
Although the three of them have all taken over the team, they actually don't quite understand what the role of these three teams is in Lone Bamboo.
Lin Ye didn't say anything for the time being, there was a reason not to say anything.
"Mr. Mu and Master Hua, you two will go get familiar with your team first. Mr. Tianji will stay here. I have something to discuss with you."
Mr. Tianji waited for the other two people to go out and asked Lin Yedao: "General, what do you need me to do?"
Lin Ye said: "When I met Ning Weimo just now, I asked him to be careful. I don't know if he understood what I meant. He should have gone to see Qin Junru. I don't know if he would compare my words with Qin Junru.
explain."
Lin Ye raised his hand and rubbed his temples: "I didn't want to interfere with what they were doing, but they didn't seem to understand what they should do."
Mr. Tianji said: "I understand what the general means."
He clasped his fists: "I'm going to keep an eye on it."
Lin Ye nodded.
Mr. Tianji took two steps, turned back, looked at Lin Ye and said, "The general has thought about these things before and after, and only I can do them."
Lin Ye nodded again.
Mr. Tianji clasped his fists again: "General, don't worry, since you leave it to me, I will do the job well."
After Mr. Tianji left, Lin Ye let out a heavy breath, because when making decisions on certain things, Lin Ye would also feel a little more pressure, and this pressure came from deep in his heart.
He glanced at the desk. There was a thick stack of books on one side of the desk.
That was what Mr. Xin gave him before he left, the full list of members of the Cowardly Army.
Mr. Xin said that he specially copied a portion of this thing and sent it to Lin Ye, but Lin Ye knew that it couldn't be Mr. Xin's idea.
The roster of the Ministry of War, no matter how special Mr. Xin's position is, he cannot copy it, even if he is the master of Fengyu Temple.
It is true that Shangyang Palace has a transcendent status, but Shangyang Palace is not allowed to interfere in government affairs, let alone reach into various government offices.
This is a taboo.
Therefore, His Majesty asked Mr. Xin to give this roster to him.
If it were not for the different emotions towards the cowardly army, most people would not be able to read this list from beginning to end.
Those are just names and place of origin one by one, which will probably become more and more boring as you read them.
But Lin Ye had already read it several times.
As soon as Lin Ye received this roster, he was thinking about what Emperor Jade meant.
Why should I give him this list at this time? What do I want him to see from this list?
When Lin Ye looked at it carefully, he understood what the emperor meant.
The Cowardly Army was formed from Geling, and most of the soldiers were from Geling.
Therefore, when His Majesty asked General Liu Jigong to form this army, and the soldiers were all recruited from Geling, what was the purpose?
At the very least, the purpose is not to send this elite group to die in northern Xinjiang.
This cowardly army can be regarded as the most trustworthy team of Emperor Jade. All the soldiers are from Geling and have no external connections.
Unlike Tuoba Lie's Beiye Army, more than half of the soldiers in the Beiye Army were from the old subordinates when Tuoba Lie led the army to escort, and the other part were from Yunzhou.
This team is not His Majesty's cronies in any case. Compared with the Cowardly Army who Liu Jigong was born in Geling, the Emperor will certainly trust the Cowardly Army more.
Thinking about it again, when Liu Jigong went to Yunzhou, Emperor Yu's intention at that time was probably to let him take over Tuoba Lie's position.
If this army, all of whom came from Geling, was stationed in Yunzhou, it would be impossible for them to collude with the local forces in Yunzhou in a short period of time.
Not only will they not collude, but they will shock the local area.
But immediately afterwards, the emperor personally watched the formed team, and the whole army was wiped out in Dongbo.
Lin Ye knew after looking at the roster that Emperor Jade used this way to tell him that the matter about the Cowardly Army was not his intention.
Looking at the roster, Lin Ye couldn't help but take a deep breath.
If we really want to talk about it, His Majesty asked Liu Jigong to train a military camp, and everyone was from the capital, so this team is very pure.
The only reason why this personal military camp did not stay in Geling was that it wanted to stay in the more important Yunzhou.
Lin Ye's hand gently touched the roster.
The emperor asked him to stay in Guzhu, and with the addition of this list, the meaning became clear.