Chapter 696: The center of gravity shifts south
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It is inconvenient for Yang Yi to live in Yujin Garden for too long, although everyone in the world knows that he has a leg with the eldest princess of the Qin Kingdom, but this kind of thing is better to keep a low profile.
So he only stayed for one day and left, Zhao Qian also understood this, although he was reluctant, he could only send him away.
Watching him leave, Zhao Qian's thoughts of walking out of Yujin Garden became even stronger, and it was better to go out and do something beneficial to people's livelihood than to wait for his arrival every day in this lonely garden.
The Yang family's manor is about twenty miles away from Nanqingcheng, and it can be reached in less than half an hour on horseback;
The rows of grape trellises were full of falling snow, and Yang Yi walked on the path leading to his own courtyard, and there was no trace on the road.
However, there is another avenue two miles to the left that leads to the Grange, and that avenue is full of traffic.
At the end of the avenue is the Yang family's winemaking workshop, located in a corner of the manor, covering an area of more than 100 acres, in recent years, Yi'an wine is famous all over the world, a bottle of high-grade wine is one or two thousand, is still in short supply.
There is even a supreme limited edition with a bottle of 10,000 guan, but in fact, it tastes similar to that of one or two thousand guan, at least that's what Yang Yi thinks.
But rich people just like the tune of "supreme" and "limited", they don't want the best, but the most expensive, otherwise it is not enough to show that their identity is different.
In the past few years, the wine of the Great Song Dynasty has been monopolized by the Yang family, just this one, the Yang family makes a profit of more than two million guan every year, this number is extremely amazing, at present, the family property in the Great Song Dynasty can be called a rich family of two or three hundred thousand guan, and the one million guan is a huge rich family;
And Yang Jiaguang's annual profit is more than two million, which is calculated into RMB. That's nearly a billion.
Fortunately, Yang Yi is in a high position, and his personality has always been strong enough. No one dared to fight his idea, otherwise it would be the same. It may be because of the guilt that leads to the destruction of the family.
In the past two years, the trade routes of the Western Regions have been unblocked, and the winemaking process is no longer a secret, and the Yang family has gradually lost its monopoly position.
However, Yang Yi had long anticipated this, and from the beginning he spared no effort to work the brand;
Use the name of Qing Niang, the world's first talented woman, as the name of the wine, and then ask Su Dongpo to praise the poem, and ask Cai Jing, a calligrapher, to inscribe the packaging words on the bottle, and the brewing skills are constantly explored and improved;
For the time being, the high-end market of the wine industry is still monopolized by "Yi'an wine".
Those sons and brothers in the capital, if you invite them to drink wine. If it weren't for "Yi'an wine", you would have to be careful, and it would probably be spat on his face.
So now "Yi'an Wine" is no longer an exclusive business, but its annual profits have not decreased.
There is an endless stream of merchants who come to the winery every day to buy wine, and even on such a snowy day, it is full of traffic, and the sound of cars and horses can still be faintly heard from two miles away.
Yang Yice slowly walked towards the courtyard with his horse, and just arrived at the gate of the courtyard. He heard a string of horses' hooves behind him, he didn't see outsiders for a while, and when he took Qingniang out of Beijing to play, others didn't know where to go, he was a little strange. Who will come to the other courtyard at this time?
Yang Yi waited at the door, and soon saw the misty wind and snow, and rode a gallop. The man on the horse wore a fan hat to block the snow, covering most of his face. But Yang Yi can still tell from his body shape that it is Ma Hanqing.
Ma Hanqing actually came back?
"My lord! My lord! Ma Hanqing shouted from afar.
Hear his voice with joy. Yang Yi suddenly put his mind at ease and happily responded: "Han Qing, are you freezing?" ”
"My lord, this little snow is nothing, it's okay." Ma Hanqing galloped closer, helped the Fan Yang hat on his head, and replied with a relaxed face.
The old man was unharmed, Yang Yi was happy in his heart, and saw that he was riding a horse with black hair and a tall body, and he had some trouble with his own dark clouds and snow, and immediately smiled: "Since this little snow is not in the way, then let's race a horse in this wind and snow, damn it, since I returned to Beijing, I haven't been able to let go of my hooves and run wildly, I am not happy, from here along the trail to the west, there is a mass grave ten miles away, let's compare who gets there first." ”
Ma Hanqing couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, this is really something that Yang University can do, this snowy day horse racing is just that, this end point is just a mass grave, just think about it.
What's even more humorous is that after Ma Hanqing was stunned for a while, he didn't make a sound, and whipped on his horse's stock, and his Arab war horse suddenly stood up, neighing and rushing out quickly.
This time, it was Yang Yi's turn to be stunned for a moment, and then shouted with indignation: "Rush? Ma Hanqing, when did you become a fucking scoundrel? Lao Tzu hasn't called the start yet! ”
"Hahaha, my lord, my subordinates are close to the ink black!" Ma Hanqing laughed loudly while whipping the war horse.
"Damn, what kind of world is this? Why do you smear anyone who has done something bad on me! ”
The two horses are like flying dragons across the sea, running wildly in the wind and snow, the whirring wind and snow are blowing in the face, and the face hurts, but people are cheap, Yang Yi has only stayed in the capital for a while, and he actually feels that this can release the depression in his heart, he even tore off one side of his robe, and let the wind and snow blow wantonly.
When they arrived at the mass grave, when the two stopped, they couldn't help but look at each other and laugh.
As he rode his horse back slowly, Yang Yicai began to ask, "Han Qing, when did you arrive in Beijing?" ”
"Yesterday evening, when I went to the adult's house to ask, my wife said that the lord was in another courtyard, and he came today."
"How's the situation in the Western Regions?"
"On the whole, there are no big problems, but there are many small rebellions, and there are more and more chaotic people acting as bandits, most of them are looting everywhere in the name of jihad, and our army is dispatched to kill them, and these bandits have heard of it and fled far away, and some of the bandits are quite supported by the local people, and there are not a few who take the initiative to cover up for them."
Yang Yi had already expected these things, during the war, the army was still in the Western Regions, and there would not be many people who dared to jump out to make trouble, but after the war passed, it was impossible for the Western Regions to garrison so many troops, such as a big city like Shule, the garrison was only two or three thousand people, and those small counties and small posts, some even had only ten or eight people stationed, and the cultural governance was not on the right track, and this time was the easiest to breed rebellion.
Although this is not what Yang Yi wants, but from an objective point of view, the Western Regions are not peaceful, which is not good for the Great Song Dynasty, but it is beneficial to him personally, which is similar to "raising bandits for self-respect", although this bandit is not raised by him, but this reality is objectively formed.
In this way, the imperial court must continue to reuse those generals who can fight habitually, and most of these generals are from Yang Yi's lineage, and the more troops these generals have, the more resources Yang Yi has in his hands, and the deeper the background he has.
Yang Yi said calmly: "These rebellions can't be suppressed by the army alone, when the rule of culture is the mainstay, so that the people's hearts are attached, this is the way to cure the root cause, how is the progress of Buddhism and Taoism?" ”
Ma Hanqing's eyes suddenly flickered, scratched his head and said, "My lord, this .......... is now circulating in the Western Regions......... Well, according to the adult, there is a small rumor circulating that it is the intention of the adult, so that the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism should be preached separately, so as not to cause the evil consequences of mutual demolition......... Well, the Taoists are responsible for Yochang, Khotan, Shule, and other places, and the Buddhists go to Xizhou, Qiuzi, Beiting and other places to preach............"
Where did the gossip come from, does this still need to be asked?
According to Ma Hanqing's approach, the Taoists would have taken advantage of the sky, because Xizhou, Qiuci, and Beiting were originally the land of the Gaochang Uighurs, and the Gaochang Uighurs were originally Buddhists, so did they still need the Buddhists to bother with that?
In other words, according to Ma Hanqing's approach, all the benefits will be taken up by the Taoists, and the number of Buddhists will not actually increase much.
Although Yang Yi really hoped that the two families of Buddhism and Taoism could form this balance of power in the Western Regions, this time Ma Hanqing actually carried him behind his back and pulled the tiger to cover the banner, and this is definitely not just a gossip, Ma Hanqing must have used the strength of the staff pavilion and the garrison in the Western Regions to cooperate.
He, the "director of the CIA", has a lot of power, plus he is Yang Yi's confidant, and he is from the same line as the garrison generals in the Western Regions, and he has an inextricable relationship.
Yang Yi couldn't help but glared at Ma Hanqing and snorted coldly: "Okay, you Ma Hanqing, you dare to play tricks on me!" See that I don't smoke you to death. ”
"Don't don't, don't .......... sir, isn't this the result you want to see? This one...... Subordinate......"
Yang Yi was angry and scolded: "It's a fart, how did the gossip come from?" Dare you say it wasn't from your asshole? ”
"My lord! Alas, there is no other way for the subordinates to do the next time, and the subordinates have to borrow the adult's tiger power in order to complete the adult's entrustment, and ask the adult to punish him. Ma Hanqing was very single, and immediately made a posture of not fighting back and scolding.
"You don't use chicken feathers as arrows, what did Lao Tzu entrust you?"
"This .........."
"Let me tell you, this time your Taoist owes Lao Tzu a big favor, and if you want to use your skin to get beaten up, don't even think about it."
"Huh.......... Adults can rest assured that in the future, where there will be usefulness, Taoists will go to the soup for adults. ”
"I'll settle this account with you later, it's inconvenient for me to meddle in the affairs of the staff pavilion, you quickly transfer the elite soldiers of the original Beihe Group to Dali;
Dali is now in the midst of war, and it is urgent to strengthen monitoring, but don't make any mess, and the other is the small countries of Champa and Zhenla, and send people into it together, if possible, send people to follow the caravan to India through Zhenla, and find out the situation in India for me. ”
As soon as Ma Hanqing heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, all along, Yang Yi has always pursued intelligence first, so that he knows himself and the enemy, and only then will there be further action, and the focus of intelligence means where his focus will shift.
It's just that this time Yang Yi wants to probe his tentacles to India, which Ma Hanqing never expected, does he want to annex even India?
"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will follow my lord's instructions and make proper arrangements."
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