The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 462 Luoyang
After years of turmoil in the Central Plains, Henan County with Luoyang as the center returned to the hands of Yang Tong. At present, apart from Hongnong, Pei Xingyan, and Shen Guang are recovering the Eastern Central Plains and Qingzhou, only a few counties in the Central Plains are still under Li Mi. hands, and the rest belong to the Sui Dynasty.

The atmosphere in Luoyang is still very tense, and the cloud of war has always shrouded Luoyang. However, in the past two days, the streets of Luoyang have been more or less happy, because the emperor of the Sui Dynasty has returned.

The scourge of troubled times lies in the construction of the Grand Canal and the three conquests of Goguryeo. The victims are the people in Guanzhong, Hebei, Qingxu and Jianghuai areas. Wei Wentong gathered [-] people to revolt, but failed'.) From the beginning to the present, in the Central Plains, Hebei, Jiangnan and other areas, in just over ten years, thousands of mob riots broke out.These turmoil have nothing to do with the actual capital Luoyang, so no matter how the world evaluates Yang Guang, in the eyes of Luoyang people, Yang Guang is still very good. At least during his lifetime, Henan County with Luoyang as the center was very stable and peaceful. rich.On the contrary, Wang Shichong, who was based in Luoyang, brought only serious disasters to the people. Therefore, the people did not reject the return of the Sui Dynasty, and even welcomed it.

Compared with Yecheng, which has become a thriving city, Luoyang now looks much more depressed. If you look around on the streets, you can see almost all the people with disheveled faces.

Although Luoyang used to be the capital of the Great Sui Dynasty and the most prosperous place in the world, it has been completely changed after several wars in recent years. Not to mention compared with Yecheng today, even compared with Daxing, Zhuojun, and Taiyuan. a little.

Although Luo Shixin had been a general for several years, it was the first time that he had commanded so many troops to occupy a capital like Luoyang. He was a little nervous, and he didn't know how to deal with many things. He took over the defense in his hand, controlled the defense of each square, and waited for Yang Tong to deal with it.

When he was worrying, he did not expect the Holy Master to come. Luo Shixin was overjoyed, and his heart hanging in the air finally fell to the ground. He hurried out of the city with Deng Hao and led the generals to greet him. Dozens of generals saluted and said: "The last general sees you!" Your Majesty!"

Yang Tong got off his horse, smiled and waved his hands, "Thank you, generals, please stand up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Everyone flattened their bodies, and then surrounded the emperor and walked into the city.

The residences of the past three generations were all between Heluo.

"Husband, is this Luoyang City really my former capital in the Sui Dynasty?" On the way into the city, Shui Tianji wandered around, but her face was somewhat disappointed.It's no wonder that Luoyang is really depressed today, it looks far less prosperous than Yecheng, and the whole city is full of dilapidated atmosphere.

"Yes, this is the city of Luoyang with a population of one million."

"Did my husband grow up here?" Shui Tianji's beautiful big eyes revealed a deep curiosity.

"En!" Yang Tong nodded.

For Yang Tong, it was not a pleasant memory. Although Yang Tong stayed behind in the Eastern Capital and controlled the [-] counties of the Central Plains in name, he was played around by the civil and martial arts under his command. I enjoyed it, but in the eyes of Yang Tong today, it seems somewhat naive.

Of course, it's not that the original owner is stupid, but that he admires his grandfather Yang Guang too much, and feels that Duan Da, Yuan Wendu, Yun Dingxing, Wei Jin, Lu Chu, Huangfu Wuyi, Liu Changgong and others were appointed by Yang Guang' Minister Zuoming, I can safely hand over all government affairs to these people.

His idea is good, if the world is peaceful, it will be fine, but in fact the Sui Dynasty is in a precarious time, and these so-called "Zuo Ming" ministers, except for Huangfu Wuyi, everyone has their own ideas, or Said that the families they represent have their own ideas.

"This is too depressed."

"Not every city is like Yecheng! However, Yecheng can rise from the ground in just a few years and become a city where people come and go, and Luoyang can also recover."

Yang Tong glanced around, and then said, "Next year or the year after, the capital will be better when the capital is moved back to Luoyang. Besides, it is located in the heart of the world, and it will recover faster than Yecheng."

Although it is troublesome to move the capital, Yecheng is indeed not suitable as the capital if one wants to govern the world in the future.

Regardless of news transmission or radiation to Guanzhong, Jiangnan, Bashu and other areas, Yecheng is not as convenient as Luoyang, especially when the transportation is inconvenient.

"Your Majesty's words are very true." Deng Hao, who was closely guarding Yang Tong, said with a smile: "It's just that Ziwei Palace was seriously ruined by Wang Shichong, and it was less than two days after arriving in Luoyang, so it hadn't been cleaned up yet, so we had to Wronging the Holy Majesty to temporarily live in the Qin Palace of the Holy Majesty back then."

Yang Tong wondered, "Hasn't Prince Qin's mansion been destroyed?"

"Your Majesty, Wang Shichong gave some residences of dignitaries to his brothers and nephews, but Wang Shichong didn't dare to reward His Majesty's Prince Qin's mansion. Not only that, even the servants are still the same as before."

"Haha! Wang Shichong has a little bit of self-knowledge, knowing that some people would not dare to mess with them." Yang Tong laughed happily and said, "I will not go to Ziwei Palace. It will not be too late to move in after the Ziwei Palace is fully repaired."

Luoyang Ziwei Palace covers a vast area, and it takes time and effort to repair it. Moreover, rebuilding the palace is a major event for the court. This matter must be taken care of by the general supervisor and the Ministry of Industry. Fortunately, before Yang Tong left Luoyang, he took the model of Luoyang to Hebei. , with the model in hand, it is not difficult to restore, and Yang Tong intends to make Luoyang the capital of the Sui Dynasty, so the Qianyang Hall as the main hall must be rebuilt into a large hall with a height of [-] meters similar to the Chaotian Temple. The main hall of the national capital is not as good as Yecheng, the accompanying capital, and it is too unreasonable.

"In the past few days, General Mo has sent people in disguise to go deep into the people and conduct a survey of people's hearts. Generally speaking, the people warmly welcome the return of our Sui Dynasty." Explaining the situation of Luoyang City.

"Besides, in order to improve my image in the Sui Dynasty, and to calm down Luoyang quickly, I will exempt the whole county of Henan from taxes for two years in accordance with past practice, and I will also promise to donate a farm cow to every household without authorization."

After Deng Hao finished speaking, he took a careful look at Yang Tong.

After all, Deng Hao is a general, not a minister, but everything he does is far beyond his authority.If you really want to pursue it, you will have to be punished for exceeding your authority.

In fact, this is also his helpless move, because Luoyang has been away from the embrace of the Great Sui for too long, and the city is full of spies from various forces, and it is very difficult to clean them up. Back in the embrace of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Tong came. If Yang Tong was assassinated by an assassin here, or if the scene of the night battle at the Daxing Palace happened again, then these generals would be doomed.Therefore, in order to buy people's hearts, he did not hesitate to exceed his authority to make promises to the people, hoping that the people would quickly stabilize and accept the military's arrangements.

Yang Tong saw that Deng Hao was worried, so he understood his worry, he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, "We should do extraordinary things in extraordinary times. If you have to ask me for everything, you will only waste precious time. But since If you promise to be tax-free for two years, you can’t break your trust with the people, contact Hebei as soon as possible, and ask someone to send the cattle over, as long as the people see hope, they will trust the court.”

"The integrity of the Sui Dynasty needs to be rebuilt. At this moment, the credibility of the court must not be damaged. This is more important than real money."

Speaking of this, Yang Tong couldn't help admiring Yang Shanhui's sophistication: Yang Shanhui knew that he didn't have any talents from the state and county, so he sent his top general, Deng Hao, with the intention of helping him handle Luoyang's government affairs.

"Here!" Deng Hao felt relieved.

Yang Tong glanced at Luo Shixin who was smiling, and said with a smile, "In my opinion, General Deng can do better than some people."

Deng Hao explained to Luo Shixin with a smile: "In fact, General Luo also wants to do something, but he has no experience in handling local government affairs, so he doesn't know where to start."

Yang Tong nodded. Deng Hao's words were indeed true. Luo Shixin was a pure soldier, and indeed he had no contact with miscellaneous government affairs. It was indeed difficult for him to clean up the mess in Luoyang. Coercive means to suppress the people in the city.

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(End of this chapter)