The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 604 Crazy Before Defeat
Shengwu Hall serves as a side hall for the imperial books.

Yang Tong was sitting behind a royal case, and the memorials on the desk were piled up as high as a hill. He supported his forehead while flipping through the memorials and military newspapers on the desk.At the end of the year, all the counties have sent their yearly summaries and plans for the coming year. There are still some things that cannot be decided. I hope that the court will make a decision as soon as possible, such as the transfer of officials, the transfer of money and food, the deployment of border defenses, the corruption of officials, or inaction. There are too many things to enumerate, and there are also many major events within the court that require the emperor's consent.

Yang Tong finally understood why in ancient times there were few wise rulers and many foolish rulers. It is really miserable to be a wise ruler. The memorabilia is placed in front of you like a mountain.What's even more frustrating is that after you finished one memorial, you immediately sent ten copies. Isn't that killing people?Now he only hopes that his son will grow up quickly, and then throw these things to him, so that he can be a carefree emperor.

He disliked that the hall was too stuffy and hot, so stuffy and irritable, he ordered someone to open the door, and the cold wind blew in, making the congested brain much more comfortable.After a short rest, he devoted himself to this boring memorial again.

"My lord, Princess Lujiang and General Yin are here."

"Xuan!" Yang Tong was so busy that he couldn't even raise his head, watching the Ministry of War's recruiting plan, as well as the arrangement of money and food.

After a while, Yang Qinfang and Yin Mingyue walked into the hall, bowed and saluted: "See Your Majesty."

"Speak up if you have important matters, and sit by yourself if you have nothing to do." It is not a formal occasion, Yang Tong has always been more casual.

"Have you been reviewing for a whole afternoon?" Yang Qinfang asked in shock. At first, she sat quietly watching, but after less than half an hour, she couldn't bear it anymore and ran out to find Wei Fengwu and the others for a snowball fight.

"All counties have plans for the coming year. There are countless projects such as road construction and canal construction. These must be carefully watched, and all political performance projects will be dismissed; as for the real facts, it depends on the details... It will not be possible in a short time. It's done."

"Won't you let the ministers and servants block a batch first?"

"They have already dealt with those within their authority, otherwise there will be more, and these have to be handled by me. Some memorials of the county guards were sent up by manpower, and they have been here for more than two or three months. I also Don't blame them, the Sui Dynasty has a vast territory, and it is snowing everywhere at the end of the year, making it difficult to transmit news. Fortunately, many official roads have been built this year, and many official roads are also under construction. It will be better in the future .”

What Yang Guang said is correct. The infrastructure construction of the Sui Dynasty was generally based on road construction. Last year, the focus was on excavating the Eight Xings of the Taihang. Xing widened and straightened again, which greatly facilitated the communication between Youzhou and Guanwai, Jizhou and Bingzhou, and Jizhou and Bingzhou.

This year, in addition to repairing Luoyang, more slaves built the Chidao from Dingxiang in the north to the Yellow River in Ruicheng County, Hedong County in the south. This spacious and flat Chidao greatly facilitated the transportation from the grassland to Luoyang. The time from Dingxiang to Luoyang has been shortened by more than half a month. If wooden rails are laid on it in the future and horse-drawn trains are installed, the transport capacity will be greater and the time-consuming will be shorter.

"Take a break!"

As Yang Qinfang said, she came straight behind Yang Tong, ignored Yin Mingyue's cold face, put a pair of jade hands on Yang Tong's shoulders, and exerted a little force.

Hundred-smelted refined steel is also afraid of twisting fingers.

This is what a certain person said before, and Yang Qinfang has always kept it in mind.

Facing Yang Qinfang's gentle and ingratiating methods, the emperor enjoyed her slightly unfamiliar massage skills.

"how?"

Yang Qinfang's taste of flattery was not concealed in her words.

"So-so! It's much worse than Mingyue..." Yang Tong, who was telling the truth, suddenly let out a hiss, and said, "The force is too heavy, it hurts."

"I can't. I can't control my strength well. It is said that practice makes perfect, and you will get used to it slowly." Yang Qinfang finished speaking with a coquettish smile, and then twisted hard again.

Yin Mingyue looked at her nose and heart silently, with a look of distress flashing in her eyes from time to time.

"That's enough, that's enough!" Yang Tong told Yang Qinfang to rectify it several times, fearing that he would be strangled to death by this indifferent guy, so he stood up quickly and looked at Yin Mingyue, who hesitated to speak many times: "Mingyue, you What's the matter?"

"Please take a look!" Yin Mingyue submitted a piece of information, and said: "This is from Xiangyang, and it is not a big deal."

"Oh? Let me see."

Yang Tong took it over and saw that it was a letter sent by the Dugu clan through the Ministry of Commerce, and it was written by Duguzheng, the old Patriarch of the Dugu clan. The head of the family, Dugu Cheng, will come to Beijing to seek an audience after the year.

In fact, the Dugu family was not the first Guanlong nobleman to express cooperation with the Great Sui Dynasty. As early as a few years ago, the head of the Wei family had always asked his second son to "public relations" in Yecheng, and he himself asked to see the queen mother many times. It's just that when Empress Dowager Wei and Yang Yu were in the most difficult time, Webster abandoned their mother and son, so Empress Dowager Wei hated this clan brother deeply. If it wasn't for cooperating with Yang Tong, Wei Siqi would never have met Empress Dowager Wei.

The Dugu family has always been determined to reconcile with Yang Tong, but this is the first time that the old patriarch personally wrote a letter and the new patriarch personally entered the court. It is obviously Li Yuan's situation that makes everyone not optimistic. For the benefit of the family, these The nobles of Guanlong had no choice but to speed up the process of cooperating with the Sui Dynasty.

What these people did, Yang Tong was not surprised.

In order to preserve their family wealth and future, it is impossible for the nobles of Guanlong to put their future and destiny on Li Yuan's family, especially when Li Tang was suppressed by the Sui Dynasty, it was even more impossible for them to be buried with Li Yuan.

Yang Tong looked at Yin Mingyue, and asked with a smile, "What else is there?"

"Retire." Yin Mingyue winked at the maids who were grinding ink, and they bowed and retreated.

Yin Mingyue's solemnity made Yang Tong extremely curious, and asked with a smile, "What happened?"

"It is said that Li Yuanwu's authority has been expanded, and his power is higher than that of the Ministry of Punishment, Yushitai and Dali Temple. It has risen to the point of arresting and killing officials."

Yang Tong chuckled: "This is the madness before defeat, what else?"

"Linglingyi sent an eagle letter, saying that Li Yuan is very likely to kill the powerful and powerful in Guanlong."

"Sure?"

"Zero Zero One is deeply relied on by Li Yuanji, and he is his number one confidant. Li Yuanji himself is violent. Apart from killing, hunting, and seizing women from good families, he has no patience to deal with various chores. Everything about Wu Chuansi cannot be avoided. Zero Zero One. As for the statement against the nobles of Guanlong, it is Zero Zero One's conclusion based on the current situation, and I am not sure."

"Then what is Li Yuanji's extraordinary performance recently?"

"Several officials of the Ministry of War were killed, and the others survived by luck and were disabled."

"Where is Li Yuan, what's his performance?"

"Wu Chuansi is the sharp sword in Li Yuan's hands. Li Yuan is instigating everything. He doesn't care about the deaths of these people at all. In addition to adding officials to the deceased, he also ordered three joint trials. It can be said that he attaches great importance to it. Ridiculous Yes, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Yushitai and Dali Temple finally shifted the responsibility to the interrogator of Wuchuan Division, saying that the interrogator used torture privately in order to win Li Yuanji's favor, resulting in the death of several people. Acquiesced to this conclusion, and then killed a few pawns of Wu Chuansi." Yin Mingyue said quickly.

"I know. It is said that Yang Gongren, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Ling Jing came to see me."

"Here."

(End of this chapter)