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Chapter 1354 Counterinsurgency
The impact of Yang Guang's ascension to the throne was, of course, enormous, and it also caused dissatisfaction among many people.

Most of those who disliked Yang Guang were wealthy and powerful people, civil and military officials, and people in Shandong and Hebei disliked him the most.

After all, from Yang Guang's previous series of actions and a lot of things he did, it can be judged long ago that Yang Guang understood his responsibilities as an emperor and found his historical mission, which was to deal with the wealthy families in Shandong and Hebei.

Yang Guang was relatively young and had a smooth growth process. He did not have Yang Jian's ability to cultivate energy and win over others. Therefore, although he had the same goal as Yang Jian, his style of doing things was definitely different. He would undoubtedly be much more direct.

This is a common understanding among the wealthy and powerful.

Especially since Yang Guang had a loyal and capable general under him, Wang Yan, the Duke of Danyang, who had a brilliant record of military success. This was also an important factor that the wealthy families had to take into consideration.

Because Wang Yan had been following Yang Guang loyally for more than ten years and made great contributions in Yang Guang's ascension to the throne, he was even the one with the greatest contribution among Yang Guang's subordinates.

Now that Yang Guang is in power, the long-standing suppression of Wang Yan by the wealthy families will naturally no longer exist.

After all, Yang Guang was the emperor. He insisted on doing what he wanted. With Wang Yan holding a knife beside him, who would dare to have a different opinion? Moreover, Wang Yan had followed Yang Guang for more than ten years and had finally survived until today. If Yang Guang did not arrange a good position for Wang Yan, how would others who were loyal to Yang Guang view it?
There is no need to elaborate on how awesome Wang Yan was. On that night, Wang Yan took the fake imperial edict written by Yang Guang and Yang Guang's personal letter, and single-handedly suppressed the army inside and outside Daxing City and took command.

For such a big event, from beginning to end, there was no news of any trouble from the Daxing army, which explains a lot.

Therefore, the wealthy and powerful families, as well as the civil and military officials, have to submit even more even if they are unwilling to do so.

In addition to these people, there was a small group of people who were dissatisfied, that is, a large number of Yang Guang's brothers who were stationed outside. Yang Xiu, the King of Shu, and Yang Liang, the King of Han, these two good brothers of Yang Guang were dissatisfied.

Originally, only Yang Liang rebelled, and Yang Xiu was called back to Daxing by Yang Jian and placed under house arrest that year.

However, the situation has changed now. Because there are too many things and the forces are too big, Yang Guang actually has no sense of crisis and is not that concerned about the affairs of his good brothers. Although his subordinates will always do bad things when they have nothing to do, they don't do it that hard. So Yang Xiu is still doing well and is very cool in Shu.

Although Yang Liang had never defeated Goguryeo before, he still benefited a lot from the fight against the Turks later and lived a very cool life in Bingzhou.

In addition to these two, there were also some other members of the royal family and local officials who were not very convinced.

However, all the officials who were supposed to come had come, and those who could not come due to official business also wrote letters to explain the reasons. Only Yang Liang and Yang Xiu were courageous enough. After hearing the news of Yang Jian's death and Yang Guang's ascension to the throne, they turned their horses around and ran back to their own fiefdoms.

This is obviously a rebellion.

But before they rebelled, Yang Guang could not take any action, otherwise it would be like he was forcing his two brothers to rebel. So after learning that his two good brothers had returned to their fiefdoms halfway, Yang Guang issued an edict to reprimand them and asked them to give a clear explanation.

"Tell me, these two brothers of mine are the ones who are most likely to cause trouble for me. What do you think we should do?" Yang Guang looked at the drafted edict helplessly and spoke to a group of people who were kneeling and drinking tea beside him.

Yu Wenzhi was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, I think we should make preparations early. Although we don't want to be accused of forcing the two kings to rebel, we should first select the troops and prepare the military supplies. When the two kings raise the banner of rebellion, we won't have to respond hastily."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I think what Yu Wenzhi said is absolutely right." Seeing Yang Guang looking over, Yang Su nodded in agreement.

He somewhat regretted supporting Yang Guang, because the situation after Yang Guang came to power was a dramatic change compared to before he came to power.

Yang Guang nodded, and then looked at someone who was sitting there cross-legged without any manners, drinking tea and eating cakes.

"Wang Yan, tell me."

"I can go to Bingzhou to quell the rebellion. All it takes is a thousand elite cavalrymen. The rebels led by the King of Han can be quelled overnight." Wang Yan had no opinion and directly said to take action.

Yang Guang was very satisfied, so he continued to ask: "Where is the King of Shu?"

Wang Yan drank tea from the covered bowl that he had created and made popular. He glanced around the room and finally landed on Yang Su.

"Mr. Yang has been famous for a long time. He is mature and steady. He helped the previous emperor establish the country. He also destroyed Chen, defeated the Turks, and suppressed the rebellion in Shu. Who else can take on this important task except Mr. Yang?"

"Why doesn't Duke Danyang go?" Yang Su asked back.

"I am familiar with Bingzhou. The generals there all recognize Your Majesty. I also have some connections. As long as I take Your Majesty's edict and kill a few of the prominent ones, the King of Han will be defeated. However, I have never been to Shu. I am not as experienced as Yang Gong, who has fought in many battles throughout his life and has good plans. I will feel at ease if Yang Gong goes there. Do you agree?"

Yang Guang said nothing, just looked at Yang Su with a smile.

Yang Su then let out a long sigh and bowed his hands in resignation: "Your Majesty, I will go!"

"Okay, let's do this..."

Yang Guang clapped his hands in approval, then arranged some logistical matters, said some nice words before the New Year, and ended the meeting.

As everyone walked out, Yang Su glared at Wang Yan, but facing Wang Yan's smiling and expectant eyes, he did not dare to curse out loud. He snorted coldly and walked away, but in his heart he sincerely greeted Wang Yan's ancestors.

Wang Yan smiled indifferently, and walked away leisurely under Yu Wenzhi's gaze full of sympathy for Yang Su, and went back to select the troops and receive military supplies.

The reason why Yang Su was sent to quell the rebellion of the King of Shu was, of course, because Shu was relatively far away and the situation was more complicated. Yang Su was old, and it was undoubtedly a good thing for him to make a trip and tire out his old arms and legs.

However, in this drama, Yang Su's death was actually quite painful, because he let Gao Jiong escape and secretly kept Yang Jian's will. Yang Guang suspected that he had ulterior motives and simply executed his entire family.

At present, it seems that Yang Guang trusted Yang Su and sent him to suppress the rebellion of the King of Shu, but in fact, it was just a last resort. Let Yang Su fight the King of Shu, see Yang Su's network of relationships in the process, and then turn around and catch all of Yang Su's followers.

In general, Wang Yan was just teasing Yang Su on purpose. It didn't matter whether he died in the future, he would just tire himself out first...

It may be because it was the New Year, or it may be that Yang Liang and Yang Xiu found that rebelling was not as easy as they had imagined, and there were not as many followers as they thought.

Moreover, if they want to start an army, they need to prepare a lot of things. At the same time, they cannot plunder wantonly, because they want to succeed in their rebellion. Even if they don’t want to succeed, they cannot kill innocent people indiscriminately, because that is not right.

Of course, because the military discipline was not so strict and the soldiers' ideas were not so high, even if the upper class did not want to harm the people, when the army passed through, the people could not escape the tragic fate. A considerable number of murders, robberies, and harm to women were inevitable...

They didn't start the war, and Wang Yan certainly wouldn't lead his troops to attack them directly. He just wrote some letters to intimidate some people, so that they wouldn't dare to follow Yang Liang in his actions. It would be better to tie Yang Liang up and bring him to Daxing to apologize, instead of letting him go in person. So Wang Yan had a good year, at least better than Yang Su. After all, he only brought a thousand soldiers and could leave at any time, while Yang Su had to recruit some new soldiers, prepare military supplies, etc., and sent some of them to Hanzhong in advance, and he got busy right away.

Yang Guang did not do anything big. He just got up early and went to bed late every day to handle official business and constantly met with various people. He was as busy as a dog.

Ascending the throne was not the end. Yang Guang had only roughly settled the Guanzhong area and roughly gained the support of the Guanlong Group. There were still many local leaders outside who needed Yang Guang to win over, and there were also many key positions that needed Yang Guang to replace with his own people.

This is a big project, and it cannot be completed in a short time. Yang Guang's orders were sent out one by one, and every day a large number of post knights rushed out from Daxing quickly, and delivered them to various places through the post system of the Sui Dynasty. Another large number of knights ran into Daxing from various places and delivered the information from various places to Yang Guang.

At the same time, at the instruction of Yang Guang, Wang Yan also began to purge the troops stationed in Daxing.

Originally, Yang Guang wanted to put the purge of the army on hold, after all, with Wang Yan guarding the city, the army was safe. However, because Wang Yan had to go out in person to quell the rebellion, he had no choice but to start the purge of the army.

Although Yang Guang had just ascended to the throne, the emperor's lack of security was already deeply rooted in his bones. Even Wang Yan, whom he trusted the most, was only half trusted, but just more than half.

This is all because Yang Guang is humane and remembers Wang's kindness, and he has been loyal and hardworking for more than ten years.

Now that Wang Yan is leaving, without Wang Yan guarding the army in Beijing, Yang Guang does not trust others so much. He authorizes Wang Yan to purge the generals at all levels in the army to let them know who they are fighting for and who they eat.

Wang Yan certainly doesn't make things difficult for others and is very efficient and effective.

Previously, in order to appease the majority of people and quickly gain control of the army, he only dealt with senior generals. Except for those who were really looking for death, he basically did not touch the middle and upper-level officers.

This time Wang Yan was like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. He had been in control of the army for more than a month and knew almost everything he needed to know. With Yang Guang's special instructions, he was ruthless in dealing with people.

Those who should be dealt with must be dealt with severely, and those who can be dealt with or not must also be dealt with together. In the short period of one month after the Chinese New Year, including the hundreds of people who were previously arrested or killed, Wang Yan dealt with more than two thousand people in one go.

It can be said that the structure of an army was destroyed and reshaped by him.

However, in this process, it also opened up a channel for advancement in the military and increased the political capital of Yang Guang and Wang Yan.

After all, 2,000 positions were vacant, and Yang Guang would definitely arrange for the senior military officers, which was a benefit Yang Guang could give to others. Wang Yan could make the decision on most of the middle and lower levels, and Wang Yan could recommend and arrange a few middle and senior positions, and Yang Guang would not be stingy with such a small number of positions.

Wang Yan's arrangements were not really arrangements, because he did not have too many selfish motives. He arranged the officers at all levels based on the principle of promoting the most capable. He remembered everyone's resume and military achievements clearly. As long as he tried his best to be fair and just, the officers who benefited from it and the soldiers at the lower levels would all recognize his kindness.

Coupled with the good reputation he has built up through self-marketing, his behavior will be magnified, and he will easily gain the recognition of tens of thousands of people.

What's more, among them, there are also a large number of people who come to show their loyalty to him. Regardless of whether they believe it or not, as long as he has not lost power, if he asks people to do things, they will definitely be able to do it. If he asks them to wave the flag, they will definitely do it without hesitation.

Being able to do this is enough.

At the same time, when cleaning up the army, Wang Yan also carried out some ideological construction. He used the name of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism to bring up the people. He let these soldiers know why they were fighting, so that they would treat their own people better in future wars.

Anyway, Yang Guang was very satisfied with the spirit of his speech. After all, Wang Yan called his Majesty "Your Majesty" all the time, which showed that he had not forgotten his original intention. He was still the Wang Yan he knew before.

By this time, Yang Guang was relieved, so he proposed to build Tokyo Luoyang, conscript one million corvée laborers, and let Yuwen Kai be in charge of it, with the aim of completing it in three years.

This is when the family starts to lose money.

Building Luoyang is a very positive thing. Relatively speaking, Guanzhong is closed and not as flat as Luoyang in the past. The capital is moved 800 miles outward, and the suppression of the aristocratic families is not a matter of 800 miles. It is a huge city that expands the boundaries of power and can suppress the big families in the Central Plains.

At the same time, this is also an extension of the Guanlong Group's power to confront the big families in the Central Plains.

On the other hand, there is the problem of urban supply. Daxing is getting bigger and bigger, and the cost of supporting Daxing is getting higher and higher. It is not as developed as Luoyang's water and land transportation. If the capital is moved to Luoyang, it will be more beneficial to the expansion of the city.

The downside is that it consumes too much energy.

In fact, this was the result of Wang Yan's persuasion, because Yang Guang's original plan was to recruit 2 million laborers and complete the project in one year. So Wang Yan still had some face in Yang Guang's eyes, and it was better to cut it in half.

At the same time, Wang Yan also suggested that corvée labor should be relaxed and not too oppressive, otherwise the people's energy would be over-consumed and eventually there would be widespread rebellion.

He told Yang Guang that he could learn from the advanced experience of governing Yangzhou in the past, pay the corvée laborers, provide them with good food, and give them some warm clothes so that people would not work on an empty stomach.

The conditions are now mature in the Sui Dynasty, and cotton has naturally been brought back for planting. After years of improvement, although the quality is far from what it would be 1,500 years later, there is no problem with cotton's ability to keep out the cold.

At the same time, after years of development, and with Wang Yan's continuous expansion of land overseas and bringing back large amounts of grain, land has been freed up in the country to grow cash crops, and the cotton harvest has become quite considerable.

At present, the only condition missing from carrying out domestic economic circulation instead of relying on various fatal taxes is national-level regulatory measures.

The most direct point, of course, is to vigorously develop the economy, prosper business, and then impose commercial taxes.

The Sui Dynasty had been stable for many years and had vigorously engaged in maritime trade. It had abundant products and prosperous commerce, so it had met these conditions.

This was something Wang Yan had already explained clearly to Yang Guang. Under Wang Yan's persuasion, Yang Guang was of course moved.

So after deciding to build Luoyang, Wang Yan, as one of the largest merchants of the Sui Dynasty, took the initiative to write a letter to the emperor, stating that for the sake of the people of the Sui Dynasty and the country, commercial taxes should be increased, and he would take the lead in supporting it.

Yang Guang took the opportunity to ask for the opinions of his ministers, and unsurprisingly, all of them were against it. So Yang Guang called some people together to study how to collect commercial taxes...

Without waiting for the ministers to greet Wang Yan's ancestors, Yang Liang and Yang Xiu, who had been preparing for two months, finally raised the banner of rebellion and led an army of tens of thousands to attack Yang Guang.

Wang Yan withdrew, took Yang Guang's instructions, said goodbye to his family, and personally led a thousand elite cavalry to quell the rebellion...

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