Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 165
Yang Ming knew very well that he would not stay in Jingzhou for long.

After leaving this time, he had to come back in less than a year. Grandmother Dugu Jialuo passed away in the second year of Renshou as recorded in the history books, so grandfather Yang Jian should not be wrong. died.

The death of the grandmother and the death of the grandfather are two different concepts.

Yang Jian is the emperor, when he was critically ill, a major event would be involved, the transfer of imperial power.

Throughout the history, when the imperial power changes, there will be no accidents. Even if the father is now the prince, he still cannot escape.

In history, there were two people who almost stumbled Comrade Yang Guang. One was Liu Shu, Minister of the Ministry of War, and the husband of Princess Yang Awu of Lanling.

There were two Yuanyans in the Sui Dynasty, both were born in the Yuan family of Luoyang, one was the governor of Yizhou for Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, and died early, and the other was the provincial governor.

So before Yang Ming left, he deliberately found Pei Ju for a secret meeting.

The two were sitting in Pei Ju's study room. After all the servants retreated, Pei Ju frowned and said:

"Your Highness, is there something you need to arrange for me?"

Yang Ming shook his head and said, "I just want to talk to you about something."

"But it doesn't matter," Pei Ju said.

Yang Ming said: "Yue Zhang thinks, what will Yang Su do in the future?"

How could he ask this question?After pondering for a moment, Pei Ju said calmly, "There will be a low point."

It's amazing, I saw it clearly, Yang Ming smiled and said, "How do you say it?"

Pei Ju said: "In today's time, Yang Su is already an extremely human minister, with a combination of Longchong's fame and fame, and there is no one in the court who can match him. This is not a good thing."

"That's right," Yang Ming nodded and said, "Su Wei is conservative and doesn't want to provoke people. He is too tactful and Yang Su, the Minister of the Book, is the only one. As everyone knows, his right servant was originally intended to check and balance Yang Su, but he kept avoiding it. , it is difficult to understand."

This kid is really unusual, he can see the situation so clearly?Pei Ju smiled and said:
"It's intentional. He and Yang Su have been at odds for more than a year or two. Now it's just a different way to deal with Yang Su. This is called retreat."

Yang Ming nodded in agreement: "Although my father is the crown prince, the power of the old prince Yang Yong is still there. If Yang Su loses power, it will be at my disadvantage. However, as Yue Zhang said just now, Su Wei has already put Yang Su on the throne, my lord." We won't allow a dominant family to last too long, so within a few months, Yang Su will definitely go down."

This son is enough to conspire with!As conceited as Pei Ju, he seems to have found a soul mate who can talk to him right now, and he said with a hearty smile:

"Your Highness's prediction is exactly the same as mine. Yushi Dafu Liang Pi, during this period of time, he has been biting Yang Su like a mad dog. It is obvious that there is someone behind him. Who does His Highness think it will be?"

Yang Ming stretched out his index finger and pointed to the sky, Pei Ju suddenly laughed:

"sharp."

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Yue Zhang, don't laugh, you have to be careful of yourself."

"Me?" Pei Ju said in a daze, "Could it be targeted at me too?"

Yang Ming nodded: "After Gao Jiong, Yang Su was able to sit on the left servant, who contributed the most?"

Pei Ju burst out, "Of course it's the Holy Queen."

Ever since Dugu Jialuo had the idea of ​​Yi Chu, it was Yang Su who contributed the most. Although Yang Su's purpose of doing this was to support Yang Guang's leadership, his purpose was the same as Dugu Queen's, so the two were same front.

Empress Dugu also saw that Yang Su had helped her so much, and felt that Gao Jiong was becoming more and more unreliable, so she pushed Yang Su up.

But now, Queen Dugu is gone.

But the languid Su Wei saw the situation, deliberately showed a fear of Yang Su, and put Yang Su on a higher place abruptly.

Now, it is impossible for Yang Jian not to suspect Yang Su.

Yang Ming just smiled without any explanation, because he could see that Pei Ju had gradually come to his senses.

Pei Ju frowned and said, "Your Highness, what do you mean, someone wants to target the crown prince by taking advantage of the Supreme Being's intention to weaken Yang Su?"

Niubi!I'm talking to you about the third floor, but you have already jumped to the fifth floor.

This person is really scary! Yang Ming nodded and said:
"Shangshu Zuopushe is in charge of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites. You are the Minister of Officials, Liu Shu is the Minister of Military Affairs, and Niu Hong is the Minister of Rites. If you want to weaken Yang Su, you must start from these three places."

"Although you have a normal relationship with Yang Su, after all, you and Donggong are related by marriage. For the sake of my father, you two will not have any conflicts. As for Niu Hong, he is the only one in the entire court who is respected by Yang Su." Yes, the two have a good relationship, so there is only one Liu Shu left."

Pei Ju nodded and said, "Liu Shu is the concubine of the court, and he has served as the former crown prince's body, so he is worth using, so you suspect that the problem will lie with Liu Shu?"

"It must be this person," Yang Ming nodded and said, "If my guess is correct, he will be the next one after Liang Pi, the Censor Doctor, appears."

Pei Ju nodded, he still agreed with Yang Ming's statement.

Because Yang Su and Liu Shu didn't deal with each other in the first place.

Hiss. Pei Ju was startled suddenly, and suddenly remembered that during this period of time, Liu Shu had been summoned by the Supreme Being the most times, and when he went to Renshou Palace, Liu Shu also went with him.

How did Yang Ming see through this?He was in the middle of the game, and even if he didn't know it, Yang Ming didn't even go to the court meeting, so how could he see that Liu Shu had a problem?
The more Pei Ju thought about it, the more he felt that Yang Ming's guess was completely correct.

If you want to weaken Yang Su, you must support a newcomer.

Su Weiming obviously didn't want to confront Yang Su, so who would have the courage?
Except for the supreme son-in-law, there is really no suitable candidate.

Moreover, Yang Su and Liu Shu had a big conflict. Last time I heard that after Yang Su came back from the expedition, he ordered the Ministry of War to supervise the manufacture of a batch of armored weapons again, but Liu Shu's reply at the time was: Yu Pu She, Dao Shang Shu refused.

It means: tell Yang Su that I don't want to.

Moreover, Yang Su also mocked Liu Shu's father Liu Ji and uncle Liu Su in the past: two willows are destroyed, and the lonely Yang is alone.

Because when Yang Jian usurped the throne, Liu Shu and his group of Hedong Liu did not express their support clearly, so after the establishment of the Great Sui Dynasty, it has been going downhill.

The two have feuded so far.

Pei Ju suddenly realized: "Do you think that Liu Shu will use the opportunity of punishing Yang Su to target the prince?"

"It's hard to say, but we have to be prepared," Yang Ming said, "You should pay more attention to this person."

Pei Ju nodded: "Did Your Highness tell the Prince these words?"

"No," Yang Ming shook his head and smiled, "If the father knew about it, he would stand up to protect Yang Su, and even punish Liu Shu. Doing so is against the wishes of the Supreme Being, and it is inappropriate."

Nima ah. Abandoned the car to protect the handsome? This is it?Pei Ju couldn't help calling Yang Ming a brat in his heart.

After scolding, I couldn't help laughing, what Yang Ming said was right, the prince shouldn't know, lest there be a crisis of trust between the Supreme and the prince.

Pei Ju said seriously: "I will pay more attention, and I will not let Liu Shu lead the fire to the East Palace."

I don't worry about your business, Yang Ming got up and said goodbye: "If the eldest princess asks you for something, Mr. Yuezhang will help if he can. If it's difficult, there is no need."

"understood."

Of course Pei Ju knew that Yang Lihua was behind the scenes to facilitate her daughter's marriage with Yang Ming, and she also helped her son's official title.

Since there is something to be reported, there is something to be asked for. Yang Lihua will definitely ask him for help.

Before leaving, Yang Ming told Pei Ju that the Ministry of Officials controls the appointment of local officials, and in the eyes of the Supreme, the person in this position must not deal with Yang Su, lest Yang Su continue to arrange his own people in other places, Pei Ju is obviously not the best candidate, So the Supreme might play his mind.

Of course, nothing will be done to Pei Ju, but it is very likely that Pei Ju will be replaced by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials that Pei Ju has just acquired.

Pei Ju was very preoccupied.

After Yang Ming returned to the palace, he began to write letters to Xiao Mahe.

Next year besides the death of Supreme, there will be another major event, that is the rebellion of Han Wang Yang Liang.

Yang Liang was in Jinyang, and if he captured Daxing, he must pass through the east, so Yang Ming had to make preparations early, so in his letter, he asked Xiao Mahe to train an elite team of about [-] people as soon as possible,
Last year Li Jing led his disciples from Hedong to attack the Turks in the north, and he had formed a relationship with the local military government, and because of the huge loss, many generals were lost, so when the military government was replenishing soldiers, Li Jing arranged a lot under Yang Ming's instruction. own people.

So, don't look at Li Jing as just a governor of Hedong County, but he has actually controlled the Hedong Army Mansion.

No matter how much Yang Ming trusted Li Jing, he would not let his family dominate, and Xiao Mahe was the one who checked and balanced Li Jing.

There was no way, Yang Ming was doomed to be wary of everyone around him sitting in this position.

Historically, it was Yang Su who took care of Yang Liang, and Yang Liang rebelled under the banner of eradicating the traitor Yang Su.

Looking through the historical materials, almost all rebellious slogans will not be aimed at the emperor, because if you dare to use this banner, the people below will not listen.

To rebel is to be a rebel army, and to eradicate treacherous officials is to be a rebel army. The soldiers can still tell, but they are easily fooled.

Li Yuan was an exception. Seeing that the Sui Dynasty was hopeless, he rebelled directly, under the banner of "abolishing the emperor and establishing the king (the third son of Yang Zhao), raising righteous soldiers to attack counties and counties, and changing the banner to show the Turks."

That's right, this kid got the support of Turkic Shibi Khan and sent General Ashina Danai to help him.

Shibi Khan is the eldest son of Qimin Khan.

In his letter to Li Jing, Yang Ming specifically ordered: Pujin Pass should be heavily garrisoned.

His current family property is extremely rich, and two-thirds of it will be sent to the Hedong Prince's Mansion, and one-third will be kept in Daxing.

Yang Ming knew that he would be back soon, so there was no need to take all the money away.

Renshou three years, April.

Yang Ming set off to return to Jingzhou. After meeting up with Dugu Feng'er in Shangluo County, he still took the same road as before, and arrived in Jiangling one and a half months later.

Yang Qing was appointed as Jin Cao, the general manager, in charge of currency, salt and iron affairs.

Yang He was appointed as Bingcao, in charge of military equipment, weapons, and defense.

The grade is not high, but the power is great.

Yang Ming also knew that these two people had never participated in government affairs, so it must be difficult to get started, but Yang Ming was patient.

I'm not afraid of you stabbing me, but I'm afraid that you are unreliable.

On the third day after his return, Yang Ming held a meeting in the front office of the general manager's mansion, and all the officials of the general manager's mansion were present.

Yuan Wendu took the initiative and said: "Brother She is still on the way, and it will take about half a month to arrive in Jiangxia."

His younger brother, Yuan Chongzai, was recommended by Yang Ming to fill in the vacancy left by Xuangan after he left office, as Ezhou Governor, and is already on his way.

Yang Ming nodded, and then introduced Yang Qing, Yang and the brothers to everyone.

Yuan Wendu and the others hurriedly stood up to salute.

Even the bastards are several classes higher than them.

"In the future, if there are things that don't make sense, the two brothers still need to ask Yuan Changshi for advice," Yang Ming said with a smile.

The two quickly agreed, with a very humble attitude.

Yang Qing and Yang He have lived in the Prince Jin's Mansion since they were young, and have been ignored and neglected, so they are more easy-going and do not have the arrogance of the sons of princes.

Then, Yuan Wendu, Pang Ben, Pei Xizai, Du Ruhui and others reported their work.

First of all, the issue of water bandits. Yang Ming's departure has been going on for more than half a year, and the water bandits have become more and more serious. Due to pressure from many parties, Yuan Wendu wrote to Yang Ming last year, hoping to send troops to suppress the bandits.

However, Yang Ming's reply was not sent to Jiangling until the approval document confirming the allocation of funds from the Ministry of Civil Affairs came down.

As long as the approval is in hand, the bandits can be suppressed.

But this time the Ministry of Civil Affairs allocated only 64 guan, and Yang Ming reported 110 million guan, which basically gave him a knife in the middle.

Don't think that as long as Yang Ming can cut the budget, those people in the Ministry of Civil Affairs will eat this bowl of food, and the cuts will be even more ruthless.

More money and less money is no longer a problem, because the higher authorities have agreed to rebuild the Xiangyang Navy, so Yang Ming has the initiative on how to build it.

When he was passing through Xiangyang County, he had already sent someone to call Zhou Zhongmou, who was in the hall right now, and Yang Ming had already handed over the blueprint of Yang Su's five-toothed warship to the other party.

Yang Ming said directly: "There are currently three Wuya ships, which are not well maintained. We need to make them able to cross the river as soon as possible. In addition, we will add three more Wuya ships and some auxiliary ships. What the king wants is a ship that can suppress the Jingzhou waterway." Invincible sailor."

The Jingzhou waterway covers the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and is more than [-] miles long, with hundreds of counties on both sides.

Zhou Zhongmou, who had already discussed the development of the navy with Yang Ming, naturally knew what to do, but he didn't have enough money?

Yang Ming also knew that the money was not enough, so he said, "Start the work first."

The total cost of such a fleet should exceed 300 million guns, but there is no need to worry too much.

Because the ship is not so easy to build, it will take at least two or three years for this navy to have real combat effectiveness.

The 64 guan allocated by the Ministry of Civil Affairs this year is enough to start work.

The next thing to discuss is about checking the fields,

Pang Ben seemed to have realized that he would be punished, so he kept his head drooping since he entered the lobby.

According to Pei Xizai, the school inspectors were in the area, causing many deaths and many unjust cases. In the half a year since Yang Ming left, Pei Xizai killed dozens of school inspectors.

This group of people was originally formed by recruiting local hooligans, so it is difficult to manage. Pang Ben's grandson is not good at restraint, so much so that the school inspector in one place actually took advantage of his power to make thousands of dollars in his name. acres of fertile land.

Yang Ming knew from the beginning that these people were not easy to manage, but he didn't expect Pang Ben to manage them so badly. Fortunately, Pei Xizai took a few arrests and dealt with them severely, which suppressed the momentum.

On Du Ruhui's side, he was still capable. He tracked down a lot of problematic acres, and the number was astonishing. When he told the story in the hall, everyone was shocked.

Only Yuan Wendu, who knew the matter in advance, and Yang Ming, who knew it well, were very indifferent.

Yang Ming noticed that Du Ruhui and Pei Xizai reacted the most to such things, and even directly scolded the former governors of the states and counties for their incompetence, bragging about the world's granary.

The treasury's granary is full, but the rice jars of the common people are empty.

It's all right to scold, but the two of them also know that this matter cannot be revealed, at least they cannot be the first to reveal it in Jingzhou.

Yang Ming was quite surprised that the children from two aristocratic families had such awareness, which was much better than Yuan Wen.

The reform of farmland is not something that Yang Ming can change. The current Jingzhou is just a pathfinding stone for him, an experimental field. Only when he has a clearer understanding of the shortcomings can he think of good reform strategies in the future.

And this reform cannot be done by people from rich and powerful families, because it is to reform them.

It's a pity that the Sui's scientific examination has not gone smoothly until now, and those who made it through the scientific examination were still a group of aristocratic families.

"The problematic acres that have been found out will be re-granted. The rest of the work will still be done step by step. As for the inspection of the school and guards, the number of people will be reduced,"

As he said that, Yang Ming looked at Pang Ben and said, "You are my confidant, I brought you from Daxing, so don't let me down again."

Knowing that he had escaped, Pang Ben hurriedly said: "It's a dereliction of duty, Wang Dian will punish you."

"You find a way to punish yourself," Yang Ming said, and left the lobby.

After Yang Ming left, Pang Ben gritted his teeth fiercely, came to the front yard, took off his upper body, and called his subordinates:

"Twenty rods, use all your strength, if you don't slap me to pieces, I will slap you to pieces."

The two guards looked at each other and hit them with sticks.

Today's inner garden of the general manager's mansion can be regarded as full of people. There are 400 servants of Yang Yinjiang and Pei Shuying alone.

Yang Yinjiang is the main concubine, so she will take care of all the servants and servants, and Yang Ming can rest assured that she will take care of her.

Pei Shuying has a soft heart and is not suitable for this kind of thing.

In early May, Yang Ming received a letter from Pei Ju.

Yang Jian switched places between him and Liu Shu. Now Liu Shu is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Pei Ju is the Minister of the Ministry of War.

After reading the letter, Pei Shuying didn't know why. Only Yang Yinjiang felt a slight crisis, but she didn't say it clearly in front of others.

After Yang Ming went to bed at night, in the dead of night, Yang Yinjiang said solemnly:
"Liu Shu had a feud with his grandfather, and the Supreme One's arrangement may have deep meaning."

Yang Ming comforted: "Don't worry, Mr. Yue will deal with it."

"Sigh, it's too strange that Pei Ju was replaced just now when he was concurrently serving as the official department," Yang Yinjiang was smart enough to guess that her grandfather was being targeted.

"No matter who you recommend from now on, I'm afraid Liu Shu will not be able to pass the test. This person has a lot to do with the deposed prince Yang Yong,"

Yang Ming said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it's not the official family that has the final say on who to recommend, and the father and king are on top."

"That's true," Yang Yinjiang smiled, and lay down in Yang Ming's arms: "We have to wait until eldest brother has a son before we can prepare, but sister-in-law always stays in Luoyang, how long do we have to wait?"

Yang Ming said: "Brother should already have the idea of ​​divorcing his wife."

"Ah?" Yang Yinjiang paled, and sat up abruptly: "When did it happen?"

In her opinion, divorcing his wife is a very terrible thing, especially if the prince divorces his wife, it is tantamount to dethroning.

Common people divorced their wives, no matter what the reason was, it was very difficult for the divorced woman to remarry. If it was a prince, it would not be a problem of difficulty in remarrying, but it would be very likely to be convicted.

There must be a valid reason for the prince to divorce his wife. Without such a reason, the Supreme Being will not agree, nor will the Crown Prince.

But Yang Yinjiang knew that Jin Princess Cui had no children, and this was the best reason.

So she was very scared, afraid that she would not be able to give birth to Yang Ming's child.

Yang Ming sighed, and said: "It was the eldest sister who told me. The eldest brother has never been able to find a suitable opportunity to tell his father, queen, mother and concubine that his marriage was originally arranged by his grandmother. Now that his grandmother has passed away, it will not be long before I think about it." , the Cui family will be abolished."

Yang Yinjiang shook her head sadly: "The husband and wife live in different places, how can they have children?"

She didn't think it was a problem with Cui's body, but a problem with the relationship between husband and wife.

In fact, she didn't want to see this kind of thing happen because she was too close to them. He was Yang Ming's elder brother. Once this precedent was set, would Yang Ming follow suit in the future?

I was already four years older than him, and women age quickly. There will always be a day when someone is old. Without a deep enough emotional foundation, I am likely to be treated coldly in the future.

The best way, of course, is to have children as soon as possible, and more boys, the more the better, mothers are more expensive than children.

Unfortunately, there was no movement from Yang Zhao, and they had no way to have children.

Yang Yinjiang was very distressed, this matter had completely covered up her worries about her grandfather Yang Su.

"If we are pregnant with a child now, how will the father, queen, mother and concubine blame us?" Yang Yinjiang asked.

Yang Ming smiled: "Are you in such a hurry?"

Yang Yinjiang couldn't help twisting Yang Ming's waist, and almost cried anxiously: "Having children is the most important thing in a woman's life, thanks to you, you can still laugh?"

Yang Ming sat up and comforted her: "Wait a minute, it should be this year's event. Are you worried? The father, queen, mother and concubine are even more anxious. They don't have any grandchildren yet."

This sentence has a great soothing effect, Yang Yinjiang obviously agrees very much, Jin Wang Yang Zhao is already 19 years old this year, but he has no son and a half daughter, not to mention the prince is anxious, even the Supreme Being is worried.

After thinking about this, she let out a long sigh of relief, got into Yang Ming's arms, and said coquettishly:
"Your first child, leave it to me, okay?"

In fact, it is the same to anyone, after all, only the one born by Yang Yinjiang is the direct descendant.

Pei Shuying was willing to be sideways, which made Yang Ming feel a little guilty. With such a background, if he didn't have true feelings for him, how could he be willing to give in?

"I don't want to see any rift between you and Ah Yun," Yang Ming said seriously.

Yang Yinjiang nodded obediently: "I know her grievances, and it's too late for me to feel sorry for her. Don't worry, I know she's outspoken, but I won't care."

Next, the two newlyweds, who were in their prime, started to get down to business.

As the old uncle Xiao Yu said, you should live up to your youth.

　Two chapters and one chapter. There is a family member who has a fever and needs my care. He has been tested for antigens and is negative. I don’t know if he has been recruited. I am going to the finals.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)