The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 503 Empress Xiao's Experience

Although Luoyang is still being repaired, Yang Tong can't wait to bring his family back for a reunion. Along with him are the family members of civil and military officials. After ten days of haste, they have already arrived.

"Meet the imperial grandmother and queen mother!"

The Sui Dynasty has always had the spirit and arrogance of "a man has gold under his knees". Even if he kneels, he is just kneeling to the sky and kneeling to his elders. When facing the emperor, the subjects only need to bow and bow.As the emperor, Yang Tong kneels and kowtows to his elders in the main hall of the palace at this moment, respectfully and willingly.

"Dong'er, please get up!" After Yang Tong finished saluting, Empress Xiao, with tears in her eyes, left her seat and helped her grandson up with her own hands. If it wasn't for her grandson to turn the tide, the Great Sui Dynasty would have ended long ago. Although the world has not yet been completely unified, But she firmly believes that this day will not be too late.

Yang Tong stood up and returned to his seat. Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit sad, he asked, "Grandmother and Queen Mother have traveled a long distance, it's been a hard journey!"

Empress Xiao understood Yang Tong's thoughts and said with a smile: "We took a horse-drawn carriage all the way to Ji County, then took a dragon boat, and then changed back to a horse-drawn carriage when we arrived in Yanshi. In just a few months, it will be hard work to regain the eleven counties of the Central Plains with Dongdu as the center."

Yang Tong said solemnly: "Actually, I am similar to traveling in mountains and rivers. Since I left Yecheng, I have never fought a battle! Whenever I put on my armor and prepare to go out, the enemy has fallen. What do you say? Is it strange?"

Empress Xiao, Empress Liu and Empress Wei were amused by him, and all laughed out loud!

After a while, Empress Xiao looked at Yang Tong kindly: "Dong, it's not that the emperor's grandmother is nosy. Now you are not the grandson of the emperor, but the emperor who is the king of a country. The emperor should sit in the center and take charge of the state affairs. He should charge forward like a fierce general. Xiang Yu is powerful, powerful. He is the unrivaled overlord of Chu, but why was he defeated by Liu Bang, who is weaker than him and has no martial arts skills? It is because a hero who strives for hegemony needs to include the world Foresight, superhuman strategy, and understanding people and making good use of them, and being tolerant of others. Instead of trying to turn things around with personal courage!"

"The emperor's grandmother taught the truth. In fact, Uncle Gongren also mentioned this issue. In the future, if it is not necessary, I will not go to the battlefield! First, I, the emperor, must not lose." Yang Tong smiled, "Secondly, If the enemy is all wiped out by me, the generals will have no chance to become famous in the world and go down in history, which is very bad."

"Okay, okay, Tong'er has really grown up!" Empress Xiao said happily.

Yang Tong said embarrassingly: "Grandmother, I have already been the father of several children!"

Empress Dowager Liu said angrily: "Even if you are the grandfather of several grandchildren, you are also the grandson of the empress mother, my son!"

"The queen mother's words are so reasonable that I am speechless."

"That's right!" Empress Xiao said with a smile.

At this time, Jiang Fengyi came in and saluted: "My lord, the empress dowager, the empress dowager! The empress leads the concubines, princes, princes, and princesses in the palace to have an audience!"

After Yang Tong visited his elders, it was the turn of the queens and their children to pay homage to him. This is a ritual and custom. Although Yang Tong sometimes finds it cumbersome, he does not dislike these good rituals, and vigorously promotes and advocates them. .He came from an era when the moral system was severely collapsed, and he knew that these beautiful traditions are the most precious treasure and essence of a nation.

"Let them all come in." Yang Tong pretended to be calm and said.

"Here!"

After a while, Wei Fengwu, Shui Tianji, Changsun Wugou, Li Xiuning, Lu Qinghua, and Xiao Yuexian walked into the spacious main hall with their children!

"Greetings to the Holy Majesty, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager!"

"Be flat!"

"Thank you, Lord!"

Yang Tong nodded with a smile, and his eyes shifted from his wives to his children.

"Greetings to my father..." Yang Tong has only five children, Yang Xifang, Yang Hui, Yang Zheng, Yang Wan, and Yang Rong. They were all flushed with excitement when they saw their long-lost father. , saluting like a model!

"Come here! Let the emperor hug..."

Yang Tong was overjoyed, hugged several children one by one, and asked with a smile, "Is the journey fun?"

"Father, riding on a big boat is the most fun! Fang'er still wants to sit on it." Yang Xifang seemed to be unsatisfied, her little face was flushed with excitement, she was really cute.

Yang Tong said with a smile: "It's too easy to take a boat. There is a big fairyland in Ziwei City, and there is Penglai Sanxian Island on it. There are swans and cranes flying here at ordinary times. In the future, my father will make a big boat and put it in the fairyland." Here, Fang'er can sleep and read on it!"

Yang Xifang's eyes widened immediately: "Really?"

Yang Tong laughed and said, "It's absolutely true!"

"Father, I want it too, I want a big boat..."

"I have them all, one for each person, okay?"

"Good good!"

"Don't spoil them."

Seeing the children who broke their kung fu in an instant, Wei Fengwu was speechless. It took a lot of effort to teach the little guys some etiquette, but when they arrived at their father's place, they immediately forgot.

The children didn't care about this, and started talking in a hurry.

"Father, when will the big ship be built?"

"Where is Ziwei City?"

"Is Yao Chi bigger than our Shenwu Lake?"

"..."

Several children shouted excitedly, one question after another followed, and Yang Tong patiently answered them one by one, the whole hall echoed with the joyful laughter of the children.

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It was late at night, and the candles in the bedroom had not been extinguished. At this moment, a stunningly beautiful woman was leaning on Yang Yu's arms, as gentle as water...

"Husband!" Xiao Wu looked at her husband who was one with her, and her eyes were even more tender!
"Huh?" Yang Tong supported his wife's body with both hands, and squeezed his body hard, as if he wanted to rub her into his body without distinguishing between them.

"It's disgusting!" Xiao Wu said coquettishly, "I have something to talk about."

"Say it!"

"You are like this, how can I say that."

"I won't intervene... You say I will listen... Each will go his own way! Non-interference!"

"..." The sound of music like a flute echoed in the room.

a long time!

Calm down!

Yang Tong looked at his angry wife strangely, the playful look in his eyes did not change: "I didn't interrupt, why didn't I talk?"

"Mr. Faint!" Xiao Wu's tone showed deep dissatisfaction.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The sound of the ground shaking and the bed shaking came again.
"If you do this again, I'll break it, don't you believe it?"

Xiao Wu's slightly plump body was dripping with sweat, and she was paralyzed in Yang Tong's arms, her pretty face was stained with a layer of blush, her autumn waves were rippling, her eyes were half-opened and half-closed, gradually becoming blurred, just like the misty sky The sea, but the pride contained in it can't be concealed.

"You won..." Yang Tong got off his horse.

"I'm serious with you!" Under the candlelight, Xiao Wuxiu frowned slightly, and said to Yang Tong, "Husband, when I entered the city, I saw a big construction project in Luoyang, why is that?"

"Luoyang was severely damaged by the battle of Tang and Zheng, and it was repaired, and even the Ziwei Palace was rebuilt."

"This..." Xiao Wu didn't speak for a long time. She looked up at her husband with her fiery red pretty face and blinked her hazy phoenix eyes. Finally, she sighed quietly: "Husband, although the Great Sui Dynasty is said to be in the same line, except for the same name, it is actually the same. It’s different! The old Sui Dynasty has already been buried in the Jiangdu Palace fire, but our new Sui Dynasty is the country that my husband has laid down inch by inch. Everything today contains the blood, sweat and lives of my husband and many loyal ministers and martyrs. I am so afraid that my husband will become If you become extravagant, I hope you are still as thrifty and simple as before! Let the children continue to be like today, proud of their father's unrivaled achievements, instead of fairylands and big ships."

Yang Tong was very moved by his wife's remonstrance. He kissed his wife's soft lips and said seriously: "The emperor's grandfather's experience is a lesson learned from the past. I know the consequences of failure! Don't worry, I will not forget my original intention. Yang Shangshu said, we are not short of money in the Sui Dynasty, and the three kingdoms in the whole country do not cultivate or produce, and the imperial court can afford it! You don't have to worry about the treasury at all!"

"The imperial court could afford to support the tens of millions of people in the Sui Dynasty for three years? Where did we get so much money to support them?" Xiao Wu's brain short-circuited.

"Win the battle!"

"Wars are not gambling, but you can win money? I can't think of it!" Xiao Wu's face was in disbelief!

"If you win the battle, you can receive the enemy's rations and steal the enemy's lair. Isn't the money coming?"

Xiao Wu understood, and asked again: "But what does this have to do with repairing Luoyang and the palace?"

"Luoyang has been in war for many years, and there are refugees and victims everywhere. If the government keeps giving relief, these people will develop a lazy heart of getting something for nothing, so there is the birth of work relief. This method can solve the food and clothing of the refugees and victims, but will not It makes people lazy, and it can also dredge the river, restore the embankment, and strengthen the defense of the city wall!"

Xiao Wu said angrily: "You bite your hand with too much money. Seeing those people are pitiful, you want to help them, but if you give them money directly, it will not only hurt their self-esteem, but also worry that they will become lazy and want to get something for nothing all day long, so you let them work hard. With that money, they can feel at ease and not become lazy, and they can also repair Luoyang and the palace, which is the same as hiring long-term workers, so long-winded."

Yang Tong found that he had been talking in the middle of the night, but Xiao Wu's words were not as clear as Xiao Wu's. He stayed for a while, and smiled wryly, "Yes, that's it!"

"Say it earlier, it made me worry all day!"

"..." Yang Tong was angry and funny, and fell in love with this simple and lovely wife.

"There's more!" Xiao Wu said again: "No matter how you say it, Yuexian is still the few remaining relatives of the emperor's grandmother. After a long time, you don't give him a title!"

Yang Tong suddenly said, "If you don't tell me, I'll forget about it! Let's call her Zhaoyi tomorrow."

"If you are like this, where do you put the face of the emperor's grandmother?"

"One empress and four concubines are ordered by me. You and Concubine Wu, Concubine Xian, Concubine Li, and Concubine Shu are just enough! If you don't call her Zhaoyi, is it Cai Nu?"

Xiao Wu hesitated for a while, then asked, "How about setting up a noble concubine?"

"Don't even think about it! Daydreaming!"

The rank of imperial concubines has always been lower than that of queens. Among women, imperial concubines are below one person and above ten thousand people. Because of its unique status, this thing always bullies concubines with a higher status, or joins a group A concubine, to challenge the queen, has always been the most unstable existence in the palace. Even if Yang Tong really set up a concubine, only the hardworking Shui Tianji is qualified to do so!
In terms of family background, Xiao Yuexian is the daughter of a traitor; in terms of achievements and contributions to the Sui Dynasty, she is not as good as Shui Tianji; Concubine?Why?
Based on her relationship with Empress Xiao?

Ah!
If her father Xiao Mian cared about kissing his aunt Xiao Empress, he wouldn't have rebelled against Da Sui!

Since the Xiao family was unrighteous first, why should Yang Tong care about this shit relative?

What the hell, the most unreliable people these days are relatives.

Li Yuan, Xiao Xian, Yu Wenhua and which one is not a close relative of the Sui royal family?Which one is not someone Yang Guang trusts?The result... isn't it all the other way around?Especially the bastard Li Yuan, who had already rebelled against him, and Yang Tong knew about it a long time ago.

"Husband!" Seeing Yang Tong's sudden hostility, Xiao Wu called out coquettishly in fear.

"Tomorrow, one empress and four concubines will be changed to one empress and five concubines, and Xiao Yuexian will be named... Concubine Hui"

"But, the fourth concubine was ordered by the Holy Majesty, such a change is against the system!"

"I am the emperor, and my words are the royal laws and systems of the Sui Dynasty! Whoever dares to object, I will accept Li Jing as the commander in chief, appoint Yang Gongren, Wei Yunqi, Yang Shanhui, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui as military advisors, and Yang Shidao as the food delivery officer." Let Shen Guang spy on the military situation, and then order Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda, Su Dingfang, and the five tigers of the Xue family to bring the Xuanjia Army, Shurawei, Xiaoguo Army, and the ten major legions to wipe out the nine clans that are so ugly!"

"..." Xiao Wu couldn't help but laugh at her husband's 'declaration'. After many years of husband and wife, how can they not know what kind of person their husband is?In private, especially in front of her, the Great Northern Emperor, who made the princes of the world change their reputation, would often say childish things that made people speechless, and now is the best proof.However, she never said anything about her husband, just because she knew that the responsibility on her husband's shoulders was as heavy as a mountain, but he didn't dare to show it, no matter how hard and tired he was, he had to face it with a strong attitude.Only in front of the people he trusts the most, will he reveal something in a weird way. Maybe he is the only one who can see Yang Tong's appearance in the world today?
She is not as good as Shui Tianji in Weifeng dance, not as good as Lu Qinghua in literary talent, not as smart as her eldest grandson Wugou, and not as strategic as Li Xiuning, but why is she the person Yang Tong loves and trusts?One reason is that she has spent the longest time with Yang Tong and shared weal and woe. The other reason is that she never regarded Yang Tong as a high-ranking emperor or god, but simply regarded Yang Tong as her husband like an ordinary peasant woman. , the father of the child, that's all!

Not long ago, Empress Xiao's words touched her deeply and benefited her a lot: "Parents will go to the beautiful fairyland when they get old. They abandon you, so they are not your close relatives; your children will start a family and start a business on their own. It is not your close relative who is drifting away from you; your husband is your close relative, he shares weal and woe with you, and lives with you through joys and sorrows... He is the most precious one in your life... In front of Emperor Wen, I am Daughter-in-law, it is only natural for a daughter-in-law to respect her parents-in-law; in front of Emperor Wu, I am a little clever wife, I will understand her husband, tolerate her husband, comfort her husband, and help her husband...Xiao Wu, don't take your husband as a high-ranking emperor, just because you worship him There are too many people in him, and if you are alone to worship, it does not affect the authority of the emperor; however, no matter how strong the emperor is, he is still a human being, and as a human being, there are joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys. However, the world regards the emperor as a god, so he is Lonely, in fact, the emperor needs relatives and friends too!But no one dares to be the emperor's relatives and friends!If there is a person who sincerely regards the emperor as a relative and friend, then he will cherish it a hundred times and repay it a thousand times. '

(End of this chapter)