Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 212
Yang Ming was very tired during this period, so he asked the eunuchs in the palace to copy some of the drafts for Tokyo's initial discussion, and took them back to the official office to hand them over to Yuan Wendu and the others.

They are their own aides, so naturally they have to share some of the burden. You can see how relaxed Yang Su is, just make up his own mind. The specific things are done by the aides and followers.

Pei Xizai had already followed, and he was short of manpower, so Yang Ming sent someone to Hedong to call Li Baiyao back. For the affairs of Hedong, Fang Xuanling was enough.

When Dad returns to Beijing, he will have to go to Luoyang in a month or two at most.

Tired now?I will be more tired later.

After asking Prince Yang Zhao for instructions, Yang Ming went to the court meeting and brought back a witch Zhu from the palace, that is, a witch who knew Zhu Youshu.

She is not young, in her 50s, and she has been treated for Dugu Feng'er before, but it didn't work.

But the witch surnamed Ji, after learning that Dugu Feng'er had improved a lot, directly took the credit for herself, saying that her spell back then had worked.

This stupid Yang Ming originally had some hope for her, but now it's gone.

This woman refused to say her real name, only her surname, so Yang Ming didn't know how to call her, so he just called her by her official name, Wu Zhu.

Wu Zhu was arranged in a room next to Dugu Feng'er's dormitory, and was in charge of treating Dugu Feng'er, but Yang Ming ordered Feng'er to drink less talisman water as much as possible.

Fushui means that after the yellow paper talisman is ignited, it is put into a bowl filled with clear water, and the bowl of water has "magic power", and then the patient is allowed to drink it.

Although it was harmless to the body, Yang Ming really felt panicked.

Yang Ming has been staying with Chen Shuyi these days.

Originally, Chen Shuyi planned to go to Mang Mountain to pay homage to her late father Chen Shubao, but Yang Ming had to go to Luoyang too?So just wait and go together.

People cannot be resurrected after death, and Chen Shuyi has already thought about it. Now she only has Yang Ming to rely on. Perhaps it is for this reason that she has become much more obedient almost instantly.

In the evening of that day, Yang Ming went to Yue Gong's mansion to find Yang Su. He had to rely on others to build the Eastern Capital.

When he sees Yang Su now, he always goes through the back door.

Yang Yue was also there, the old boy had recovered a long time ago, but he didn't dare to go out, he felt cold when he thought of the princess's beating.

After the three sat down, Yang Yue took the initiative to pour wine for Yang Ming,

"It's been more than one hour since the incident, the eldest princess may have calmed down a bit, so can your Highness speak nice words for me?"

Yang Ming frowned and said, "At that time, I promised my aunt that I would punish you after you got better, otherwise she wouldn't have left at the beginning, so if I go to intercede with you now, wouldn't it be a breach of promise?"

Yang Su also snorted coldly, and glared at his younger brother: "Looking at your trembling look, isn't it just a punishment? Take it honestly."

Yang Yue sighed, with a look of lovelessness on his face.

Take the blame for the emperor, that's the end, it's just a beating, the clan is still watching you, your good days are yet to come.

During this period, Yang Su curiously said:

"His Highness seems to be particularly concerned about civilian casualties. You must know that these are unavoidable. Many things are not what we hope, they will be."

"Do your best and know the destiny," Yang Ming said solemnly: "The sage has a saying: the people are the most important, and the country is second. Such a large-scale recruitment will inevitably cause casualties, but I still have to do my best. Didn't your majesty say that?" ?The people are the foundation of the country, and the foundation is solid and the state is peaceful.”

How light are you?Why don't you say it?Yang Su smiled, nodded and said:

"Your Highness benevolent, the sixteen drafts are indeed a strategy for benefiting the people. If we think about building Tokyo this time, the casualties will be greatly reduced."

It is useless to reduce it this time, because there will be a next time.

Luoyang, Tokyo, is just the first project launched by Comrade Yang Guang, the infrastructure madman. The next Sui Dynasty Grand Canal is really a f*cking death.

Therefore, Yang Ming had to let Luoyang make a good start. With the basis of the [-] drafts, he could improve them in the follow-up projects and further reduce the pressure on the people.

Excavate Guangtong Canal, employing more than one million men, excavate Hangou, employ more than 100 men, excavate Yongji Canal, expropriate 100 million strong men, build the Great Wall, more than 100 million, excavate Chidao [-] million, patrol the south of the Yangtze River three times, and conquer three times Goguryeo.
Based on the calculation of the population of 4600 million in the Sui Dynasty, if the old, weak, women, children and disabilities are excluded, then there should be about half of the able-bodied men, that is, more than 2000 million. Continuously launching projects, millions of laborers will die at once. Isn’t this a joke?

Everything is difficult at the beginning, so Yang Ming believes that in building Luoyang, labor casualties must be minimized. This is an attitude.

This attitude needs him to show it clearly in the court hall and in front of everyone.

That's why he was so tough on Dou Yan, just to put on a posture for others to see.

This is also the reason why he met Yang Su today.

If several bigwigs in the court can uphold the same attitude, it is possible to force the old man Yang Guang not to be so radical.

Yang Guang is the emperor. Compared with the officials in the court, he must cherish the power of the people more. This is an indisputable fact. No emperor wants to kill the people every day. Otherwise, who will he be the emperor?
Historically, the reason why so many people died in repairing Luoyang was that the construction period was too tight and Yang Guang forced it, and the other was Yang Su.

In order to deliver the work on time, Yang Su abused people's power and caused huge casualties, just like the Renshou Palace back then. If Gao Jiong hadn't revealed it, Yang Jian and his wife would never have known that so many people had died.

But Yang Su knew how to cater to his wishes, so instead of being punished, he was rewarded.

"Luoyang still needs to rely on Yue Gong to build Luoyang. I am only assisting in various matters. If I can reduce the number of deaths, the number of deaths will be reduced."

The attitude was very clear, meaning that for Yang Ming, casualties were the first priority, and everything else was secondary.

Did dad say one year is one year?Is it okay for me to repair the palace for you in one year?You stay here first, and the others take your time.

Yang Su also probably understood what Yang Ming meant. He somewhat satirized him about repairing the Renshou Palace in the past.

At that time, tens of thousands died, and Gao Jiong entangled him at the court meeting for several months. Fortunately, the Second Sage was satisfied, so the matter was suppressed.

Yang Ming is sympathetic to the workers, so the construction period will inevitably be delayed. Fortunately, he is only a deputy supervisor, so he can't take the blame for Yang Ming.

Of course, Yang Ming also knew in his heart that someone from a high-ranking family like Yang Su couldn't change his inherent ideas, so he could only try his best to suppress him and not let him act recklessly.

Let the other party know your attitude, and you will be more restrained in doing things.

The three chatted for a long time, Yang Su and Yang Yue had forgotten what the emperor Yang Guang had said, and they realized later that Yang Ming had already drank more than a catty of wine, so Yang Su quickly stopped, claiming to be tired , need to rest early, and then send someone to escort Yang Ming back.

But Yang Ming really didn't drink much tonight, but he must have been drunk.

The next day, at the Princess Palace,
"Auntie, Yang Yue is already in good health. You can take care of him after the New Year's Eve," Yang Ming followed Yang Lihua, wandering in the garden.

The weather is getting warmer today, and Yang Lihua, who has been hiding at home for many days without going out, wanted to come to the garden to get some fresh air, and said with a smile:

"His delaying method is quite effective. I'm not as angry as before,"

It seems that she has figured it out, Yang Yue is just a scapegoat, or what her father said when he came to her house that day, which made her feel relieved.

Yang Ming changed the subject and said, "In the near future, I might offend grandpa, and I need my aunt to help me talk about it."

Yang Lihua turned around, frowned and said, "Because of Luoyang?"

"Well," Yang Ming nodded, "I think the project is huge, and I'm afraid it can't be completed in a year."

"It doesn't matter, isn't there Yang Su, Yang Da, and Yu Wenkai below? Let them do things, and you can just go to Luoyang," Yang Lihua said casually.

Yang Ming was speechless.

Yang Lihua, who noticed the change in his expression, said curiously: "Just say what you have, and I won't pass it on to you."

Yang Ming sighed, and honestly expressed his worries,

"This year, the yuan will be changed. The father has only succeeded to the throne for half a year, and he has already set such a big national policy. I fear that he will implement new policies in the future. Therefore, it is not appropriate to spend too much on building Luoyang."

Yang Lihua smiled, lowered her head and stroked the white cat in her arms, and said:
"Over there in Luoyang, there should be an imperial decree to change the name of the first year. Guess what it is?"

Yang Ming knew, but he shouldn't know now, so he said curiously:
"Since the imperial decree has not been delivered, how could my nephew guess it? Grandpa didn't discuss it with the ministers in advance. When someone mentioned it, he didn't talk about it. It seems that Grandpa has already made up his mind."

Yang Lihua smiled and nodded and said: "Show all benevolence, hide all uses, encourage all things without worrying with the saints, the great cause of great virtue is coming, the great cause of wealth, the great cause of daily renewal, and great cause in a few days." It's been a year, what do you see from this year number?"

"Shengde is eternal, great cause for thousands of years," Yang Ming said slowly.

Yang Lihua nodded slightly: "Amo is impatient when he urinates, and this time he is succeeding his elder brother, and he is eager to prove to the world that he is the god-given king, so you are right. After Luoyang, there will inevitably be new ones. national policy."

"So." Yang Ming tentatively asked, "Does aunt agree with nephew?"

Yang Lihua pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "Anyway, remember, I am in everything."

"My aunt loves her, and my nephew will always remember it," Yang Ming was determined.

"Let's not talk about that," Yang Lihua said with a smile, "tell me, what happened to Li Yuan's daughter?"

Chinese New Year,
Red lanterns were hung everywhere in the palace, and the maids and servants were also rewarded with money, and each of them was rewarded with a few bolts of cloth to buy new clothes.

In Yang Ming's mansion, many people come to pay New Year's greetings every day. Some of them know each other, some are familiar faces, and some don't know or have seen each other, but they have heard the names.

Most of them are from the Guanzhong Noble Group.

This kind of entertainment is unavoidable, although everyone is subconsciously avoiding drinking with Yang Ming, but Yang Ming discovered a trick, as long as he raises his glass, the other party will find an excuse to leave.

So he will use this method to deal with people who don't need to deal with.

Of course, he also needs to go out to visit some big bosses, he will go to those who are above the second rank, and pick the third rank.

As for the East Palace, he had already gone.

This year is the first year of Daye, and the second era of the Great Sui Dynasty finally kicked off.

Yang Guangda pardoned the world, and Liu Shu was also pardoned, but Yang Ming knew in his heart that Liu Shu would never come back, and Princess Yang Awu of Lanling was doomed to be happy for nothing.

(End of this chapter)