Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 203 A good show

In the past few days when Yang Ming was away, the court only discussed one thing, how to deal with Yang Liang.

Because it is related to the clan, one of the four nobles in the early Sui Dynasty and the spiritual leader of the clan, Ande Wang Yang Xiong, also came back.

Yang Xiong is 65 years old and has been at home for 12 years.

Because in the early years of Emperor Kaihuang, Yang Jian relied too much on Yang Xiong, which caused Yang Xiong to have too much power. Yang Jian was suspicious of him, so he cut power step by step, and finally conferred Sikong, one of the three princes, and let him stay at home.

Of course, Yang Guang also knew that Yang Xiong should not be given too much power, so he was allowed to participate in the court meeting in the future, but he did not have any real job.

With his own father present, Yang Gongren became stiff all of a sudden, and he would not be overwhelmed by Yang Susuwei and others like before.

Yang Xiong's seniority was extremely high, the same generation as Gao Jiong Suwei, and a generation higher than Yang Su. Because he was Sikong, he stood in the first row on the right hand side of Emperor Yang Guang, alongside Yang Su.

Yang Su is the first one near the center of the hall, and Yang Xiong is the side one inside.

Sangong is also ranked, Taiwei is the first, Situ is the second, and Sikong is the third.

Yang Su is Situ, so he is in the first place, and those who stand behind them are those ministers.

To Yang Guang's left hand, Prince Yang Zhao is the only one in the first place, and Gao Jiong is in the back because he is one of the three masters.

If Yang Ming was present, he would be side by side with Gao Jiong, and he would be at the head, Gao Jiong would be on the side, and behind Gao Jiong would be the chief official of the Eleven Temple.

In the past when Yang Jian went to court, there were not many officials participating in the court meeting, basically a dozen or twenty.

However, after Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, the ministers of various ministries, the chief officials and assistant officials of the Eleven Temples, all needed to be present. In addition, there were some more special ones, such as He Ruobi, Yu Wenshu, Guo Yan and other military leaders.

The rest of the yamen officials need to listen to the announcement in the yamen office. As long as your name is called here, you have to sneak over and wait for inquiries.

The increase in the number of people at the court meeting also shows the importance Yang Guang attaches to government affairs.

As for what to do with Yang Liang, the officials almost overwhelmingly believed that he should be executed.

On the clan's side, Yang Xiong's attitude was rather vague. After all, it was inappropriate to confront so many people on the first day back to court.

Furthermore, the emperor's attitude is the most important thing, Yang Xiong couldn't tell what Yang Guang meant for a while, so he didn't dare to express his opinion casually.

Yushitai was the most ruthless, Yushi Zhongcheng Chen Xian knocked on the main hall with blood all over his forehead, begging Yang Guang to execute Yang Liang immediately.

He also said that although His Majesty is sympathetic to the brotherhood, he turned against Wang Liang and committed fratricide. Not long after the death of the first emperor, he raised the flag of rebellion and endangered the country. Forgive all the family members and exile them together in Lingnan.

Chen Xian, according to Zhao Yichen's orders, used Yang Yinjiang as an excuse to provoke the relationship between Yang Zhao and Yang Ming. Afterwards, he took refuge in Yang Zhao and reported against Zhao Yichen.

Anyway, Yang Zhao really likes this person, so he has been using it until now.

This person came forward, and everyone was well aware that the Prince Yang Zhao must have instructed him behind the scenes.

Of course Yang Guang knew it too, but he didn't express his opinion, he just kept sighing.

At the five-day court meeting, there was no discussion about how Yang Liang should deal with it.

On the sixth day, Yang Ming returned to court.

Today's court meeting, Yushitai was holding on tight, still thinking that Yang Liang should be executed as soon as possible.

The imperial doctor of Yushitai is Zhang Heng, who is the absolute confidant of the emperor, so everyone naturally thinks that the emperor is more inclined to kill Yang Liang.

But Yang Ming knew that Yang Liang would not die.

Seeing that the situation was already one-sided, if Yang Xiong didn't stand up and express different opinions, even if the emperor wanted to let the King of Han go, he would have to be killed under the pressure of the officials.

The point is, he could see that Yang Guang was a little hesitant.

So he stood up and said:

"I believe that the king of Han is the closest relative of the two saints. If your majesty's brothers and sisters are executed, it will not be good for your majesty's reputation of benevolence and filial piety. Besides, the king of Han used his troops this time under the banner of the Qing emperor. His majesty has always been kind, so he can strip his title and demote him. For the common people."

Yang Su on the side almost vomited blood angrily, and directly snorted coldly:

"What does King An De mean, is this old man a traitor?"

Yang Xiong said indifferently: "Don't think too much, Mr. Yue. It is an indisputable fact that the King of Han rebelled. The King of Han is a direct lineage of the clan. How to deal with it is up to His Majesty."

The meaning of his words is very clear, what are you meddling with the internal affairs of our clan?
Cai Wang Yang Zhiji, now he is no longer General Zuo Yu Linwei, but took over Yu Wenshu's former General Zuo Wuhou, and he also stood up to speak for Yang Liang.

After all, in the change of Renshou Palace back then, after receiving Yang Ming's reminder, he immediately broke into the palace and welcomed Yang Guang back. This was a great contribution, so Yang Guang treated him very well.

And Yang Ming knew better in his heart that his father would not execute Yang Liang, because he was going to deal with Yang Yong soon, and it was impossible to kill two flesh-and-blood brothers in such a short period of time.

Yang Yong and Yang Liang, choose one to kill, everyone knows how to choose.

So Yang Ming also stood up this time:
"The name of father's kindness is broadcast all over the world, and women and children know it. Although the king of Han has committed a heinous crime, he can be punished lightly if he is regarded as his father's brother. Father's benevolence and filial piety are unparalleled. I can't bear the two sages. It is understandable for you to suggest that Yang Liang should be killed, but who would know about the kinship between father and emperor?"

As soon as these words came out, all the officials in the court looked at Yang Ming, and everyone looked puzzled.

Including Yang Xiong, he didn't expect such a powerful teammate to come out?

One must know that Yang Ming had just returned to the court with a big victory, and his words now carry a lot of weight in the court.

Prince Yang Zhao also frowned, turned his back and gave Yang Ming winks.

Something even more shocking happened,
Only Yang Guang sighed, and said with a sad expression: "Brother Zhen Zhongxian, I can't bear to speak, and I want to bend the law and forgive my death."

A hammer is fixed.

The emperor's attitude is already very obvious. People say that I don't have many brothers and I can't bear it. This time I plan to violate the law to save Yang Liang from death.

Upon seeing this, Chen Xian from Yushitai cried bitterly and knelt down, crying out for His Majesty's kindness.

This kid's ability to steer the rudder when he sees the wind is as good as Yang Yue's.

Although there were still some people who continued to ask for Yang Liang to be executed, the senior bosses remained silent.

Yang Liang was lucky to have escaped.

At this time, Yang Yue saw this, took a deep breath, stood up, holding an apricot yellow scroll in his hand, and said loudly:
"I have something to report to you at the risk of death."

Yang Guang asked suspiciously, "What's the matter, Qing?"

Therefore, Yang Yue explained how to obtain the last emperor's edict and the content of the edict in detail at the court meeting.

This time, Yang Xiong was completely dumbfounded.

He is a veteran boss, so naturally he immediately figured out that the emperor didn't kill Yang Liang, but wanted to save Yang Yong.

According to Yang Yue, the imperial decree was obtained from Mrs. Cai, Mrs. Ronghua, who had become a nun.

But the matter was so important that Yang Yue didn't dare to take it out lightly, but after sending people to verify it, he was sure that the edict of the former emperor was true.

"The first emperor would never have such a will, Ai Qing may have made a mistake?" Yang Guang said with a face of shock.

Yang Yueyi said righteously: "Mrs. Ronghua can testify, and I have also consulted King Cai, and confirmed that it was written by the late emperor."

Yang Zhiji, who had communicated with Yang Yue in advance, also hurriedly stood up and said:

"When the late emperor was alive, he once ordered his ministers and Duke Dou to write the imperial edict with one less horizontal line next to the words, so that it was written by His Majesty. The minister confirmed that it is the late emperor's edict."

This time, Dou Qing was brought out again, so Yang Guang sent people to call Dou Qing, and instead of talking about the will, he asked directly:

"Is there any special explanation for the imperial edict agreed between the Supreme and Qing?"

Dou Qing was completely ignorant, and replied honestly:
"The imperial edict is less than one horizontal line, and the supreme self-proclaimed (zhen) moon word has no hook, and the treasure seal covers the emperor's seal, it should be true."

The emperor's seal generally has six sides, namely the emperor's seal, the emperor's line seal, the emperor's letter seal, the emperor's seal, the emperor's line seal, and the emperor's letter seal.

So Yang Yue unfolded the edict for everyone to see,
Sure enough, the edict on it was missing a horizontal line, and it was also covered with the emperor's seal.

This thing is easy to fake, as long as Yang Zhiji cooperates, I will make another one for you in minutes, not to mention that Liufang Baoxi is currently in Yang Guang's hands, so he doesn't want to cover it anywhere?

There are people who understand in the temple, but no one dares to break it.

Gao Jiong knew that it was useless even if he stood up, so he quietly pushed Yang Ming's arm from below, he wanted to see what Yang Ming meant.

Although Yang Ming gave him a wink, Gao Jiong didn't understand.

Since the edict was true, Yang Su and others stood up one after another, asking Yang Guang to obey the last emperor's last order and execute the abolished prince Yong.

In fact, the voice in the court hall begging to kill Yang Yong has never stopped. Since Yang Jian died, Yushitai played almost every day that day, but Yang Guang always ignored it.

Now that Yang Yue took out the last emperor's edict, it was tantamount to "forcing" Yang Guang to execute Yang Yong.

Although Yang Jian is dead, his will is still very effective. Yang Guang's disobedience is tantamount to violating the last emperor's will, and he will also bear the reputation of being unfilial.

For a while, more than ten ministers knelt down and begged Yang Guang to obey the order.

Yang Xiong was a little afraid to speak, because he dared to speak for Yang Liang, because he saw that the emperor wanted to show mercy, but this time, he knew that Yang Guang really wanted to kill Yang Yong.

"I don't want to bestow courage to death, so don't embarrass me," Yang Guang said with a sad expression.

What he said is tantamount to shifting the responsibility to those ministers, meaning that I don't intend to kill, you are the ones who have been forcing me.

The front foot still said that I am a brother, I couldn't bear to say it, but now my tone changed immediately.

Yang Ming was somewhat hesitant in his heart at the moment. Logically speaking, he didn't need to intercede for Yang Yong anymore, after all, Yang Lihua had already accepted his fate.

If he doesn't help, Yang Lihua won't say anything about him.

But after much deliberation, he still decided to stand up, but this time not to Yang Guang, but to those ministers who knelt down and begged for orders:
"Your Majesty attaches great importance to kinship, why do you force us? You are all courtiers, and you can bear to see your Majesty lose a brother?"

Gao Jiong was stunned. This kid is really unpredictable, every time he does something unexpected, what exactly does he want to do?
What does Yang Ming want to do?Clearly speaking for Yang Yong, he was actually helping Yang Guang to shirk responsibility.

Emperor Yang Guang liked Yang Ming's words very much, he couldn't stop nodding and said:
"What the King of Qin said is in line with my wishes. If I want to forgive you, please don't force me."

Next, it's Yang Yue's business. If he risked his life for this pot, he has to bear it on himself.

After the court meeting, Yang Yue took people to the East Palace.

The will was written by Yang Jian to Yang Shuang. Yang Shuang had already passed away, so Yang Yue took the initiative to take the matter of bestowing Yang Yong to death.

This kid pointed at Yang Guang's nose at the court meeting and scolded Yang Guang for being unfilial and disobedient to the first emperor.

Things have come to this point, those gangsters can't really make Yang Guang bear the reputation of being unfilial, so they all begged for their lives and bestowed death on the abolished prince.

Yang Yue also received twenty sticks because of his disrespect, so he went to the East Palace limping.

what a show
(End of this chapter)