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Chapter 1342 The Crown Prince's Close Ministers
Seeing Wang Yan looking at the letter with a smile on his face, Xiao Mei couldn't help but move closer.

"What good news is this that makes my husband so happy?"

"The crown prince was deposed and imprisoned in the deep palace, and Prince Jin became the crown prince." As he said this, Wang Yan handed the letter in his hand to Xiao Mei.

The latter read it and found that it was written by Yang Guang himself. Yang Guang's calligraphy was very good, but the words on the letter were wild and sloppy, which showed his inner excitement when he wrote the letter.

"That's great, husband. Now that the King of Jin has become the Crown Prince, your life will definitely be much better than before. Even if they try to stop you, you will be able to go even higher."

Wang Yan shook his head with amusement, "How can it be that simple? Even His Majesty cannot make all decisions with one word, let alone the Crown Prince. Besides, maritime trade and the navy are the most important things right now, so I can't leave. I have to work for another two or three years, and let others divide up the navy, and then I will be transferred away."

Speaking of this, Xiao Mei was also very angry: "Husband, are you really just going to watch like this? Not take any action at all? This is our foundation."

"We don't have any foundation. You can see clearly that if we resist and don't cooperate, we will be courting death. But we will definitely not sit there and wait for death. The navy is not so easy to divide. I have my own arrangements, and I will be able to command some of them in the future."

"That's good. Otherwise, we would have made a wedding dress for others for nothing and would have suffered a huge loss."

"It's not like we have to lose money. After all, we have earned a lot of money and food. Moreover, our fleet is the largest and best, and our combat effectiveness is the strongest. Last year, we sent people to explore further afield. When they come back, we may have discovered another treasure land."

Potatoes, sweet potatoes, rice, peppers, etc., all need to be brought back. Importing food from overseas is one thing, but we must always ensure that our own production is sufficient.

And to be honest, even in ancient times when productivity was low, the total grain output was enough to ensure that people living on this land would not starve to death. Even if they were not full, they could always have food to eat, and they would not starve to death after eating a few bites. It was the hoarding of large households, the exploitation of various links, the disadvantages of disaster relief, and the unreasonable allocation that led to people starving to death.

Relatively speaking, importing food from overseas is not a good choice for making money. The wealthy families have no shortage of food, and even have so much that it becomes moldy. Therefore, many wealthy families prefer to get other things, such as spices, seafood, minerals, and local specialties. They will not waste precious space on the ship to load more food, as long as it is enough for the crew.

The Wang family's large fleet was persistent in bringing back food from overseas, and even helped South Vietnam improve its rice varieties so that they could produce more.

Such a huge amount of grain brought back, plus the grain he had purchased in the Great Sui, was already a considerable amount. Not to mention other places, at least in the south, he had almost unified the grain market in the south. With his purchase price and sales price as the benchmark, everyone followed his pace.

The advantage is that he maintained the price of grain in the south. He would not sell it at a low price due to a good harvest, nor would he raise the price due to a decrease in production, causing the people to be unable to afford food.

This will ensure that people who farm can earn some money, and people who don't farm will not spend too much money on buying food.

Of course, he did this only after consulting Yang Guang. He also talked to Yang Guang about grain and economy, so Yang Guang asked him to implement it. At the same time, Yang Guang also gave lectures to Yang Jian.

This time Yang Yong was deposed and Yang Guang took the throne, which can be said to be completely what everyone expected. Wang Yan had done a lot of good things for Yang Guang, including both civil and military achievements.

The grassland won a great victory, a navy was established to go to sea, Yangzhou was also governed quite well, and there was a prosperous atmosphere. The whole of Jiangnan was honest and everyone was in harmony.

In comparison, Yang Yong looked useless. This time, such a big thing happened again, and his parents, who had long disliked him, reached a consensus and directly removed him from the position, letting the more sensible, capable, and filial Yang Laoer take over.

This was a very correct choice. After all, if Yang Guang was not allowed to take the throne, then when Yang Yong came to power, Yang Guang would certainly not have an easy time. Yang Guang obviously would not submit to being killed. In the end, the two would kill each other, ruining the destiny of the Sui Dynasty, which would not be worth the loss.

So Yang Yong, who seemed to be more useless and had more problems, was replaced by Yang Guang, who was more capable, which saved a lot of trouble. This was something that both Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo could see.

After hearing Wang Yan's words, Xiao Mei said, "I think Yang Guang is not a good person. Even if he becomes the crown prince, he will not be willing to be manipulated by others. I am afraid that it will not be long before he will secretly harm Your Majesty. The day when my husband will be the highest official is not far away."

Wang Yan smiled and said, "Whether it's a covert attack or not, we definitely can't get involved in this kind of thing. Let Yu Wenzhi and the others do it. They have bad intentions."

"My husband still won't let Yu Wenzhi go."

"I'll kill him if I get a chance."

Xiao Mei couldn't help but smile. He knew that Wang Yan was a vengeful person. At present, there were only two vengeances that he hadn't taken, one was the Yuwen family, and the other was Yang Su. It was not easy to touch these two families.

Wang Yan waved his hand and said, "No more talking. Don't let Qionghua know. I will write a reply to our Crown Prince and flatter him."

Princess Qionghua is an innocent person who grew up in the deep palace. After marrying Wang Yan, her family lives in harmony. They don't have any other worries and are happy every day.

These messy things should not affect Qionghua's good mood. Wang Yan still takes good care of her. After all, he has always been a good man...

Yang Guang became the crown prince and heir to the throne, and his influence continued to spread.

There is no doubt that this is a great thing for Wang Yan. He has always firmly followed and supported Yang Guang, and has made considerable contributions. He is one of the main driving forces for Yang Guang to ascend to the throne.

Even though he came from a humble background, people would say that he had the ability of Lu Buwei. Coincidentally, he was indeed one of the biggest businessmen in the world.

In just a few years, his business achievements surpassed those of many large households accumulated over hundreds of years.

Of course, it was just business, mainly maritime trade, spirits, skin care, and cosmetics, plus breeding. Now he was the largest breeder and seller of chickens, ducks, geese, cattle, sheep, and pigs in the Sui Dynasty, and no one could beat him.

After many years of development, both the scale of breeding and breeding experience have made considerable progress, and a group of talents who are proficient in breeding and veterinary medicine have been trained. If you hang out with him, you can really eat meat.

However, the wealthy families are not good at business. After all, they don't have much new ideas in doing business. They rely on relationships and do exclusive business. What's more powerful is that they have intermarried for hundreds of years and woven a large network of interests with blood ties. When the sons of the noble families go out for a stroll, they know people everywhere. If they force themselves to get close, they have some relatives everywhere. At the same time, they use land and food to bind the people in the place where the family is located, making the people work hard to farm to support them, while also keeping them safe and not causing trouble, maintaining their supreme authority in the local area.

These are things Wang Yan cannot compare with. They have deep roots and are all political allies, while he really has no allies in the court. The difference is huge.

Of course, after becoming the General of Weihai, in addition to his responsibility of controlling the throat of maritime trade, he also became a leader of the Sui Dynasty. In addition to making friends with those who did maritime trade with him, some people from humble backgrounds also began to show their goodwill to him, not to mention the military, many middle-level officers showed their goodwill to him, hoping to get his protection.

In fact, he now has a very good reputation. Soldiers and farmers alike are all helping to brag about him. Some traveling merchants are also spreading the word, saying how rich the farms under Wang Yan are and how well the farmers live.

The farmers did live very well indeed. They had enough food and drink from growing crops, and they raised a lot of egg-laying pigs at home, so it was no problem to have a chicken every now and then. The pigs raised in a farm were not from the same batch, and not all were slaughtered during the Chinese New Year, so there were enough pigs to slaughter a fat one every month, and everyone could share the money to make up for the loss.

Wang Yan imported food from overseas to make up for the consumption of breeding. At the same time, because everyone ate meat, they ate less food, and everyone's face was glowing with rosy light after receiving nutritional supplements.

At the same time, because Wang Yan persisted in investing in education and finding scholars from poor families to teach the children of farmers, over the past many years, the grown-up children have joined various positions in Wang Yan's business empire and worked loyally for Wang Yan. They regarded Wang Yan's industry as their own.

Wang Yan did give a lot, and apart from the necessary money for expansion and the continuous accumulation of various strategic materials, he also gave a considerable amount of money to his subordinates so that everyone could live a good life.

And that was indeed the case, everyone lived a good life.

It was even simpler in the army. Whether in Taiyuan or Yangzhou, the soldiers had good food and drink. Wang Yan personally extorted money from local wealthy families to give out red envelopes to everyone. Needless to say, the navy nowadays all made a fortune.

At the same time, their families basically all eat with Wang Yan. Anyway, if the family has difficulties, they just need to find Wang Yan, the general. Whether they are short of money or their family members are bullied by local tycoons or officials, Wang Yan will help them out.

Wang Yan's prestige was accumulated bit by bit like this...

Now that Yang Guang is in power, Wang Yan's status has risen even higher as Yang Guang's most trusted person. After all, Yang Guang will be the successor in the future, and Wang Yan, a trusted confidant who can be trusted, will definitely have great power in the court.

It is impossible for Yang Guang to make any big mistakes and be removed like Yang Yong. The big families also know that Yang Jian and Yang Guang want to suppress them. Wang Yan is the most suitable person, and Wang Yan has been playing such a role.

So the situation is very clear now, and everyone will naturally strive to make peace with Wang Yan. At least they can't be too hostile, otherwise Wang Yan will come to power and specifically target them, and no one can stand it.

Yes, they directly believed that Wang Yan was a loyal dog under Yang Guang.

However, Wang Yan did not reject this. After all, "running dog" was still a nice word at that time. He was indeed loyal to Yang Guang, and no one was more loyal than him.

He accepted all the closeness expressed by these people without hesitation.

In fact, the intentions of these people were not so pure. Their purpose was to assimilate Wang Yan. Everyone was in the same camp. On the surface, they were just acting for Yang Jian and Yang Guang to fool everyone.

If Wang Yan had not married the princess, they would have married the noblewoman who was beyond the reach of ordinary people to Wang Yan to establish a marriage relationship. But now it was no longer possible. If their noblewoman was married off as a concubine, wouldn't that bring disgrace upon their family? The noblewoman of a big family would become the head of the family when she married off.

Wang Yan's life became stable. He ignored the actions of officers of various levels who were sent to him, and quietly maintained order at sea, ran his own business steadily, and reserved strength for rebellion.

The external exploration also expanded a lot. Taiwan and Hainan Island became supply stations. Japan and Ryukyu were also taught a lesson. The news that Japan had a lot of silver also spread. The jealous wealthy people were killing like crazy. They were good at enslaving people and dividing people, and everyone made a lot of money happily.

The southernmost part of Australia has been explored. It is a vast land. People are very excited after discovering this news. They are currently looking for mineral deposits there. They want to enslave the locals who are not easy to find to mine and bring civilization to them.

The exploration of overseas lands was carried out step by step. We moved forward along the continent. When we arrived at a newly discovered place, we would make a nautical chart, remember the route, explore the surrounding area, and then build a supply station on land, using it as a base to continue exploring.

This process is very slow, and it progresses in years, but after so many years of development, the results are still very good. At least Southeast Asia has been explored almost completely, and in the west, India has reached India, which is now in the late Gupta Dynasty, which was also a very powerful dynasty.

To the north, they have circled the peninsula, crossed the Bering Strait, and reached North America, and are not far from bringing back those many seeds.

The overall process of setting foot on the ocean was mainly based on Wang Yan's caravan. His caravan, navy and soldiers took on the task of exploration. The wealthy families behind him followed him like gluttons, trying to get benefits everywhere. Of course, they also took on a considerable part of the logistics work, such as building supply stations, etc., all of which were contributed by the noble families.

The vast territory and endless wealth of maritime trade made the wealthy families turn their attention to the outside world, which caused less harm to the people of the Sui Dynasty. In addition, the Sui Dynasty was so wealthy that the country was peaceful and the people were prosperous, and the Kaihuang period was a time of great prosperity.

However, although the country is stable, the border areas are not peaceful.

The Turks, who had been quiet for several years, became restless again. Although Changsun Sheng's strategy of divide and disintegrate was effective, it benefited some but displeased others.

Dulan Khan submitted a petition for marriage to the Sui Dynasty. Zhangsun Sheng suggested marrying the princess to Tuli Khan, who was Princess Anyi. After Princess Anyi died, Princess Yicheng appeared. Dulan was of course unhappy and wanted to make trouble for the Sui Dynasty, so he repeatedly invaded the border.

Goguryeo was not at peace either. In the 18th year of Kaihuang, Goguryeo's Yingyang King Gao Yuan led more than 10,000 cavalrymen to invade Liaoxi, but was repelled by Yingzhou Governor Wei Chong. In February, Yang Jian appointed Han King Yang Liang and Wang Shiji as marching marshals and Zhou Luohou as the naval commander, leading a land and sea army of 300,000 to attack Goguryeo. In September, the army crossed the Liao River during the rainy season, and an epidemic broke out in the army, so the army returned without success.

At that time, Wang Yan also sent 10,000 naval forces to join the battle, but they fought miserably and gained nothing.

In the 599th year of Kaihuang (), King of Han Yang Liang again led three armies and fought against the Turks.

At this time, after two years, the navy had been taken over, and it was time to recruit people for the outbreak of the war. So Wang Yan, who had been in Yangzhou for more than nine years, was finally relieved of his post as the General of Wei Hai and returned to the capital...

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