The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 505
Yang Tong lived in the palace of the eldest grandson Wugou, since he became emperor and had a child, Yang Tong didn't mess around like before, occasionally played a melee, and the concubines also went back to different places.

"Husband!"

After seeing off a few sisters, the eldest grandson Wugou felt that Yang Tong belonged to him alone at this time, so he couldn't wait to lie in Yang Tong's arms, and let out a rather emotional call, with a flash of deep nostalgia in his eyes. color.

"What's wrong?" Yang Tong who was thinking silently looked at his eldest grandson Wugou.

"Is your husband going to war again?" Changsun Wugou asked softly. Although it is an iron rule for a woman not to interfere in politics, living in this kind of family, her husband is the state's affairs. Husband's safety, is there something wrong?
"No! The matter of unifying the world is not in a hurry, nor is it in a hurry. We all unanimously decided to take it easy. The southern world will give Li Yuan, Li Mi, and Xiao Xian a headache for a while."

Yang Tong said with a smile, at this moment, the territory of the Great Sui Dynasty is already big enough. If he blindly seeks to expand, he may become the second Li Yuan, causing the foundation to become unstable and completely out of control. For a long time to come, Yang Tong's center of gravity It is to consolidate the territory, not to continue the militaristic campaign.

Second, it is natural to deal with the world's aristocratic families. As he gets to know more about the aristocratic families, Yang Tong becomes more frightened by their power.Yang Tong has full confidence in eradicating the power on the surface of the world's aristocratic families, but it is at the cost of endless assassinations. Yang Tong has the ability to protect himself, but his relatives can't, and even he can't. It is impossible to take precautions all the time; let alone a mere emperor in the world, even becoming the Jade Emperor will not be happy for a day in such a day; relatively speaking, Li Yuan, Li Mi, and Xiao Xian are more aware of the dark forces of the family than Yang Tong. And once these heroes want to wipe out internal enemies, or massacre the family for money and food, these terrifying dark forces of the family will naturally not regard Yang Tong as the primary enemy!
"Husband, I'm very scared." Leaning quietly in Yang Tong's arms, enjoying the comfort and security brought by that spacious embrace, Changsun Wugou felt that the souls of the two were fused together at this moment. An indescribably subtle feeling, but very real.

The eldest grandson Wugou's face was full of tranquility and elegance, and she murmured softly, if not for Yang Tong's keen five senses, he might not have heard her.

"It should be that Luoyang is too close to the battlefield, why don't I send you back to Yecheng!"

Yang Tong hugged his grandson Wugou's gentle body, looked at her stunning face with a deep worry, and felt very sorry. He only wanted to reunite the family, but ignored their anxiety and fear. He should have asked in advance. of.

"No, no, no! That's not the case... I know Luoyang is safe... It's basically impossible for the enemy to get in, and I don't want to be separated from my husband!" Changsun Wugou was a little anxious, fearing that her husband might misunderstand and send him back to Yecheng , Live the days when you miss you every day.

"Then why are you afraid?" Yang Tong smelled the intoxicating fragrance and was quite puzzled.

The eldest grandson Wugou pulled Yang Tong's big hand over his full chest, and said softly: "My husband's enemies before were all visible, and they were all fighting with open swords and spears! But it's different now. Now I The Great Sui is getting bigger and bigger, and the enemy will be more and more afraid of her husband. In order to deal with her husband, they will do everything possible. I am afraid that most of the future enemies will not dare to stand in front of her husband! My father said when he was alive However, the invisible enemy is the most terrifying enemy, they will hide in the dark like poisonous arrows, and launch a deadly attack whenever they have the opportunity...I am worried and panic because of this..."

"At this point, no one can turn back. We can only move forward step by step, and the result of retreating will end in a tragic end... But don't worry, what we occupy in this world is not an empty half of the country, and there are still people The absolute strength to crush all enemies!" Yang Tong put his arms around the beautiful woman in his arms, his eyes brightened, and he said vigorously: "The reason why I stopped fighting is not because I am afraid of failure, but because I am creating an unprecedented great era!"

He is indeed creating an era with like-minded elites of the era, an era that breaks the vicious circle that has been accumulated for thousands of years, and a great era that can allow the nation to be at the forefront of the world... With the current transportation conditions, communication conditions, climate conditions, and medical conditions , The population is basically... It is a joke that global domination cannot be realized. With the tens of millions of people who fill the territory of the Sui Dynasty, even if Yang Tong conquered a large territory like Genghis Khan, it is impossible to actually occupy those places.

But Yang Tong can broaden people's horizons, lead people to break their inherent thinking, use their infinite imagination, and create skills that surpass other races one by one, so as to lay a good foundation for future generations. The world may no longer be dominated by the Yang family for thousands of years , but this nation can throw other civilizations out of a dozen streets in the fields of military, culture, science and technology.Otherwise, there is no difference between him and Bai Laiyi.

The eldest grandson Wugou looked at his heroic and dry husband, his phoenix eyes were rippling softly, his face was so beautiful, his cheeks were burnt with glow, and he became more gentle and charming under the dim candlelight.

A man's high-spirited self-confidence is his most attractive, without these, what is the difference between Yang Tong and ordinary modest sons?Inadvertently, Li Shimin suddenly came to mind. The two of them seem to be very similar, but they are very different. She thought that she would stay with Li Shimin for the rest of her life, but in pursuit of more power...not only did she cruelly divorce her... She even sent someone to kill her to silence her. When she recalled Li Shimin in her thoughts, she suddenly found that Li Shimin's appearance had become a blurred shadow. A piece of memory, and the name Li Shimin, right?Thinking of this, Changsun Wugou couldn't help feeling a little sad.

"Husband, do you think authority is really important?" The eldest grandson Wugou turned over, climbed on Yang Tong's body, and stared at Yang Tong face to face.

"If I don't have the right, can you sleep with the emperor?"

"..." Changsun Wugou rolled his eyes, laughing with anger in his heart.

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To the east of Xiangyang, there is a big mansion. This is the mansion of Pei Ju, who has faded from the eyes of the world.

Pei Ju's life is very regular. Every morning, he practices swordsmanship for half an hour in the backyard, and also practices Taoism that is said to be obtained from a cave in Mount Emei. Friends, or fishing in the back garden of Fuchu.The afternoon is the time for him to read and think.

At this time, Pei Ju was wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, and was sitting on a big rock in the back garden to fish. Now Pei Ju has completely retired, and gradually enjoys fishing in his leisure time.In his words, fishing is the easiest time for him to think quietly.

When fishing, he always dressed up as a fisherman, like a real fisherman, quietly sitting on the rock to fish, regardless of the wind and rain, and sometimes went fishing by the river to enjoy the natural scenery.

Although Pei Ju has retired, he still pays attention to the situation in the world, especially the Sui and Tang dynasties, every day.

He is a very shrewd person, and he retired and returned home very early. At the beginning of Li Tang's establishment, Li Yuan conferred official titles in order to win the hearts of the aristocratic family. The aristocratic family occupied all the important positions in the court, so Li Tang was stable Li Yuan may be able to bear it at the beginning, but as the territory of the Tang Dynasty gradually shrunk, it caused a situation where there were as many officials as dogs. These officials, large and small, amounted to more than [-], among which the positions were repeated. , There are so many repeated responsibilities, these people can make troubles even if they have nothing to do, and when they have something to do, they will shirk responsibility from each other. Not only is it meaningless to the development of our Tang Dynasty, but it also poses a huge hidden danger.In such a situation, it is imperative to remove meaningless, worthless, incompetent, ineffective, and repeated officials to revitalize the government. Otherwise, this inefficient officialdom will cause a heavy burden on the court. , will become the cause of Li Tang's defeat.

If you are sensible, go down by yourself. For example, he, Pei Ju, who is not knowledgeable, probably will not end well, but Pei Ju has heard that Li Yuan is planning to attack high-ranking officials.However, many problems will arise after downsizing: downsizing, how to reduce, and who to reduce?How and how to arrange after cuts?These are headaches that, if not handled properly, can lead to unrest.Facing the phenomenon of hyperbolic officials and officials, even the unified dynasty chose to let it go, so as not to shake the foundation.It is this practice of letting go, which has led to the fact that when the high-ranking officials really endanger the country, they have no way to deal with it.

From Pei Ju's point of view, laying off staff and officials is Li Tang's best way to survive at present. Otherwise, the chaotic court will become the root cause of the army's failure, but this approach will damage the interests of most people. Will you agree?Especially the current situation of the Li Tang Dynasty is quite bad, so Li Yuan must be prepared for chaos.But as a founding king, in the power struggle, he should not only be broad-minded, make the best use of his talents, and accept all rivers, but also ruthlessly eradicate dissidents and incompetent people to make way for loyal and true talents.

In this regard, Yang Guang's ancestors and grandchildren have done quite well. For example, Yang Guang reduced the ninth-class title to the third-class and eliminated [-]% of the incompetent and mediocre. It is too eager for quick success and instant benefit to govern the officials. Given the heyday of the Sui Dynasty, even the Guanlong Group rebelled together, and they could not shake the foundation of the Sui Dynasty. How could there be today's troubled times?But as Yang Guang's important minister, Pei Ju also understood the reason why Yang Guang was anxious at that time. Yang Guang's heirs were weak, two of his four sons died, one was abandoned, and one was young, and the three grandsons were also young. He couldn't live in the Guanlong Group, and the Sui Dynasty was usurped by the Guanlong Group, so he was anxious to abolish the Guanlong Group in his lifetime, but it was also because of his eagerness for success and continuous natural disasters, which led to chaos in the world. The aristocratic families supported the puppets one after another, took them as the vanguard, gradually disintegrated the majesty of the Sui Dynasty, and finally launched Li Yuan to clean up the mess; but the Guanlong Group did not expect that there were such powerful descendants among the Yang family, and they were stunned at the front of the army. At the time when it was happening all over the place, the collapsed building was pulled back, the Sui Dynasty was restored to its right state, and its business flourished day by day.

Pei Ju believes that after this battle, the whole world's aristocratic families will be severely injured and fall into a rather weak dormant period. If Li Yuan wins, then the aristocratic family still has a glimmer of life and can make a comeback within decades, but if Yang Tong wins, Then, the aristocratic family will be severely suppressed by the officials of the Great Sui Dynasty. Even if they can enter the imperial court in a few decades, they will not be able to restore their previous prosperity, because under the education of the Great Sui Dynasty, the poor family will produce a large number of talents. There may be very few talented people, but the huge population base of the humble family cannot stand up. Even if everyone in your family is an elite, there will always be one of the 1 poor people who is as talented as one of your children, right?With such an equal share, how can the aristocratic family, which has lost the support of the court and lost the trick to control the lifeline of the court, be able to continue for thousands of years like before?As long as a family does not have an outstanding talent to carry the tripod within one or two generations, then its decline is a foregone conclusion.

At the same time, the newly born family cannot continue to be discarded. In the face of this general trend, no one can be strong for three generations. The competition is too great. If you are not outstanding, it is normal to be replaced by others.It was an era when the strong were respected. Although there were phenomena of mutual protection between officials and officials, it could not harm the foundation of the entire country. At most, it could only be a disaster for one side. , How long can this kind of person who relies on relationships to hide?Those reserve officials want to kill you so that they can take over the position. Once you have something to fall into his hands, it will be blamed if he doesn't take advantage of it, and give you time to cause trouble?Don't even think about it.

What is potential?In fact, it is a person's heart. If you want to influence a person's mind, it is difficult, even Pei Ju can't do it, and a person's heart can hardly affect the overall situation, and power is the common interest in the hearts of most people, as long as it meets the interests of most people. interests, these people will support you.

Yang Tong's various prescriptions for governing the country and officials are not only in line with the interests of the royal family, but also the interests of [-]% of the population. In this way, the interests of the royal family have also become the common interests of the world, so how can the benefited [-]% of the people be against it?As for the less than [-]% of the population, if you don’t have the support of those who have the same interests as the royal family, you will not be able to rebel, and you will not be able to rebel. This is the general trend.

Pei Ju has explored the ways of the new system of the Sui Dynasty one by one. He found that this system is a contest between people and a competition between people. It has nothing to do with your family, your relationship, or even each other. There is also a competitive relationship between interests. If there are two people in the family competing for the same position, the loser will definitely feel unwilling and unhappy. How can it be possible to run a family with the same heart and mind as the person in victory?How could it be possible to form a family like an iron barrel?At the beginning, we may be able to tolerate each other, but what about later?Who doesn't have his own selfishness?
After sorting it out one by one, Pei Ju found that the previous gameplay was no longer acceptable, at least not in the Sui Dynasty, and even if the Sui Dynasty was defeated, the system he created would be continued, because it was in the interests of any dynasty and royal family, so Don't look at Li Yuan scolding Yang Tong the most cruel, once he unifies the world, he will still move here and use it under a different name.

He has seen through this new routine, so after he became an official, he worked hard to teach the children of the clan, hoping that they will have the ability to compete and survive in the future. If the future generations produce one or two people like him and Pei Yun, Pei's Not necessarily brilliant.

At this time, the buoy of the fishing rod moved, and a fish was hooked.Just as Pei Ju was about to pull up the fishing rod, the butler rushed over and shouted, "Master! The eldest son is here."

"Come here if you come, what's the fuss?" Pei Ju found that the fish that had just been baited had escaped, and rebaited a little unhappy.

"Father!" After a while, the eldest son Pei Xuanji hurried over.

"Why are you panicking? The sky won't fall." Pei Ju glared at the eldest son. This is the eldest son who worked as a doctor in the Li Tang Li Department. The meaning of the father's business, but he is very disappointed with his son, especially at this time, he seems to smell the burnt smell of the eldest son, a man in his forties is still so frizzy, how can such a person inherit his family business?

"Father!" Pei Xuanji tried to calm down the emotions in his heart, and reported in a polite manner: "I got the news that Yang Tong has lifted the ban on the aristocratic family, and many aristocratic families sent people to Luoyang. Make a relationship."

"You mean that my Pei family should also send someone there?" Pei Ju's expression was quite ugly.

Pei Xuanji was stunned for a moment, and said: "The child has this intention, but everything needs to be decided by the father."

Pei Ju snorted coldly: "If you go, then my Pei family will be wiped out."

Pei Xuanji's pale face trembled and said, "Father is talking about the Holy One?"

Pei Ju has served as a high official in the Northern Qi Dynasty, a general, a knife on the battlefield and beheaded people, a Turkic envoy, an envoy to the Western Regions, and a prime minister in the Sui Dynasty. The open and secret battles and the danger of death he experienced, let alone Pei Ju. It's time to announce, even Li Yuan is not qualified to be compared with him.Pei Xuanji himself is not an idiot, and there is a father like Pei Ju who has rich political ability under his influence. He can think of Li Yuan when Pei Ju reminds him. It is embarrassing for him to demand his son at the same level.Pei Xuanji felt that one hundred of himself was not half as capable as his father.If he is so powerful, it will not be the turn of that thief Pei Ji to become the patriarch of the Pei clan.

"Not too stupid."

"Father, please clarify." Pei Xuanji said respectfully.

"The Holy Majesty, on the surface, he is very tolerant, and he tries his best to show his imperial mind. It seems that he is magnanimous, but in fact, he can't rub the sand in his eyes, and he will always reveal the darkness in his heart inadvertently. For example, this time The imperial conquest, he took away all the elite troops, which seems to be necessary for the war, in fact, he has never been to the front line, and the reason for hoarding troops in Xinye is also very high-sounding, saying that it is to prevent the Sui army from fleeing to Xiangyang, you know what he wants do what?"

"Prevent Xiangyang from changing."

Pei Ju said coldly: "To put it bluntly, he is defending against the major families in Xiangyang City. The reason why he evacuated the elite troops is nothing more than to make those monsters think that there is a chance and come out of the hole by themselves, so that he can These people can be cleaned up."

"He, why did he do this?" Pei Xuanji thought that Li Yuan believed in everyone, so he left so simply, but he didn't expect this to be a murderous situation. In other words, all the movements of the aristocratic family are under his supervision. Next, when I thought about my previous thoughts, I broke out in a cold sweat. I was glad that I discussed with my father first, and didn't rush to send someone to Luoyang.

"There are three reasons. One is that the aristocratic families occupy too many official positions. Not only can they not help the court, but they also become obstacles to the promulgation of various government orders, causing the Li Tang Dynasty to lag behind in everything. The Holy One regards these people as Li Tang. The culprit."

"Second, why did the Guanlong Group support Shengshang to overthrow the Sui Dynasty in the first place? It was nothing more than trying to gain more power through this method, but Shengshang's repeated military defeats not only ruined their investment, but also lost their foothold. Now, their dissatisfaction with the Holy Majesty has reached the extreme; the Holy Majesty is afraid that these people will support another person to overthrow himself just like the Guanlong Group supported Emperor Wen to overthrow the Northern Zhou Dynasty and support him to overthrow the Sui Dynasty."

"Three, the Holy Majesty is like a crazy gambler who has lost. He needs a large number of troops to make up his fortune, and a lot of money and food to support the army. Where is the money and food now? It is in the hands of the aristocratic family. The Holy Majesty needs to find an excuse, only the high-sounding ones Beheading kills all the big families, so that in a short period of time, countless money and food can be obtained to supplement the loss of the army. But obviously, everyone is not a fool, so there has been no action for a long time, but at this time, the Sui Dynasty wanted to unify the world. , came up with a move to lift the ban on the aristocratic family. Therefore, the aristocratic family who also lost their minds couldn't hold back, and wanted to hug Yang Tong's thigh and call him father."

This principle is actually the same as the police deliberately let the murderer grab the gun and then shoot him dead. It's just that a person who is in despair suddenly sees life, how can he consider so many consequences?But obviously, Pei Ju saw it quite thoroughly. He knew that his son would not dare to make decisions on such a major matter, so he analyzed them one by one as calmly as a mountain.

"This... isn't he afraid that the big family will rebel together?" Pei Xuanji was stunned by his father's words.

"These people have no soldiers and horses. How can family soldiers and private soldiers resist the upright division? No matter how many dead soldiers the Guanlong family raises, they are scattered. Under the sharp attack of the regular division, the assassination skills are like babies dancing swords."

Pei Ju shook his head, feeling sad for Li Yuan, a good situation turned out to be like this in Li Yuan's hands, making Pei Ju wonder what to say.Thinking about how majestic and arrogance these powerful members of the Guanlong family entrenched in Guanzhong were in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Great Sui Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Wenwu, and how domineering Li Yuan was when he ascended the throne?Now he was killed and fled in embarrassment by a young boy leading a group of civil and military men. He fled from Bingzhou to Guanzhong, and from Guanzhong to Xiangyang. If he still lost, he might have to go to Bashu.Where else is there a foothold?

Pei Xuanji didn't know what to do, so he asked softly, "Father, what should we do?"

"I heard that the price of food in the city is rising steadily. You keep the three-year rations of the whole family and sell them at a fair price to help the court tide over the difficulties."

Pei Xuanji smiled wryly: "We only have about 14 shi, a drop in the bucket."

"You are really, really middle-of-the-road!" Pei Ju gave his son a cold look, and forcibly restrained his dissatisfaction, "It is a great achievement to appease the people of Xiangyang on behalf of the Holy Majesty! As for how much power you contribute, the Holy Majesty doesn't care , what he values ​​is your attitude, as long as you do your best, he will be happy, understand? And do you think we dare to keep so much food after the Holy Majesty returns and slaughters all the families?"

"My child understands!" With such a father on the stand, Pei Xuanji was quite helpless. Among his peers, he was definitely outstanding, but in front of his father, he would always be a substandard child.

He thought for a while, and then said: "Whether it is Bashu or Jingzhou, these two years have been good years! But there is a food shortage in Xiangyang, and my child feels that all of this is under the control of the Sui Dynasty."

"Hey, not too stupid!"

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"Yang Tong promoted Yanhuang Tongbao back then, and bought a lot of materials in the Tang Dynasty with the recycled low-quality and worn-out coins. Food, cloth, silk, and even salt, tea, iron and other materials were bought by the other party. And these years However, although the Holy One promoted the "Kaiyuan Tongbao" of this dynasty, it had already been imitated by others, and used a large number of fake "Kaiyuan Tongbao" in Li Tang territory, making "Kaiyuan Tongbao" useless; It was swept away by the Shang Department of the Sui Dynasty!"

Pei Ju sighed and said: "Yang Tong can even think of such a method, it's really amazing. Although this is not a war, it is invisibly sucking Li Tang's bone marrow. It is more terrifying than a war, and it is even more difficult to deal with. It's normal for Li Tang's people's livelihood to be poor. But what about the Holy One? He is no match for others on the battlefield, and he is no match outside the battlefield. How can this battle be fought? Ever since the loss of Guanzhong, Li Tang's side has lost the chance to win , It's a pity that there are still too many problems here. How can a two people only focus on the interests in front of them, how can this be a Jedi counterattack? Obviously, the Holy One also realized that the internal enemy is far greater than the external, That's why we set up this game, intending to clean up Li Tang's officialdom, but this will inevitably cause great turmoil, how can Yang Tong give him the time to sort it out?"

"Father's words are very true." Pei Xuanji nodded in agreement. It's one thing for Yang Tong to use all kinds of tricks, but what's more important is that Li Tang's internal disunity. The various families wished to take all the money and grain of the Tang Dynasty for themselves. One by one, they sold various materials that Li Tang regarded as their lives to Da Sui through various means. When the country needed them, they were all stingy and reluctant to donate much.With such internal and external collusion to dig out Li Tang's roots, no matter how rich Li Tang is, he is still no match for Yang Tong.Here, of course, they also have a share of the credit.After all, it's normal for people not to kill heaven and earth for themselves.

"Ah!" Pei Ju sighed deeply, and said, "When Emperor Wu went south to Jiangdu, he handed over the two capitals of Daxing and Luoyang, as well as countless stocks and reserves, to his two young grandsons. At that time, I felt that he had given up his dignity as the emperor of the empire, and even lost the basic responsibility of being a grandfather. He no longer had the basic fighting spirit and perseverance of a man. Such a powerful heir, he is really a great Sui."

That is the dynasty to which he has been loyal for most of his life. His blood, sweat and years are dedicated to the Great Sui. It is false to say that he has no feelings, and Yang Guang treated him really well, so after he descended to the Tang Dynasty, he never said Sui Half a bad word about Chao and Yang Guang, this may be the friendship between the monarch and his ministers.After sighing for a while, he confessed to Pei Xuanji: "Luoyang also needs to send people to go, but we can't go, you can let the clansmen represent my line to come forward."

Pei Xuanji asked suspiciously, "What does father mean?"

Pei Ju said: "Pei Yin, who works for Li Mi, is your brother and a relative of the Sui Dynasty. He is more suitable than anyone else to go to Luoyang to explore the way. It is normal for your brothers to communicate with each other. I don't think the Holy One cares about it. It is perceived by others, and because of the contribution of food and grievances, our lineage can escape the catastrophe."

"Boy, go and arrange the manpower."

"Be sure to find someone who is absolutely trustworthy."

"Here." Pei Xuanji saluted and left in a hurry.

Pei Ju didn't know why his son was so stupid, he couldn't even see these things.Shaking his head, seeing that no fish had been hooked, he continued to look at the Daoist book with an incomplete cover.

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