Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 287 Confessing the Aftermath
The reason why Du Yan knew so much about the situation of the canal was, of course, because of his good friend Wei Fusi.

Wei Fusi was a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Wailang, and he went to Luoyang with Yang Ming to supervise the construction of Tokyo. He thought he could return to the capital after the end of Tokyo, but in the end he started a canal project.

After Changsun Chi took over the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he felt that since you were in Luoyang, you should also watch the canal project. As a result, Wei Fusi was completely chained to death there.

It was different for Du Yan. Back then in Luoyang, he was hung up and beaten by Yang Yan because of his indecent words, almost giving him his life.

He is very vengeful, and after returning to Beijing to recuperate from his injuries, he has been thinking about how to play tricks on Yang Hao, even though he is just a foreigner, and Yang Hao is the king of Qi, as long as a person dares to fight, there is nothing he would not dare to do.

Just like roaring at the court today, in fact, he regretted it afterwards. At that time, he was really hot-headed and impulsive. Once again, he almost gave up his life.

Yang Guang has been on the throne for two and a half years. Some people are not familiar with Yang Guang's character. Such people are very easy to suffer.

Historically, if the officials of Tang Taizong Li Shimin's dynasty were placed under Yang Guang, there would be no direct ministers. If anyone dared to find fault with Yang Guang, Yang Guang would let him go to see his ancestors.

Du Yan was skillful in escaping this time, he scolded Su Wei Niu Hong, but not Yang Guang.

In his words today, if he dared to criticize Huai even a little bit, his elder nephew Du Ruhui would be implicated.

After handing in the robes, crown and belt, Du Yan went to see the gate honestly.

Mingde Gate is the south gate of Daxing, and it is also the gate with the largest flow of people.

In fact, if you are a child of an ordinary background, it is also a good job to be a gatekeeper here, and the benefits are very lucrative.

That's right, if you were born as a commoner, it is impossible for you to watch the gate here, and you have to have a way to see the gate.

On the first day Du Yan took office, he worked a whole shift. After the handover at Youshi in the evening, he followed the others back to the guard, and was directly allocated [-] yuan.

Du Yan was stunned, it's a good job, it's more than my salary in the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

What is the main source of money?It is a commercial tax, and there is a specific term called customs tax. This kind of tax item was only available in some special areas in the Sui Dynasty, and the capital was undoubtedly the most special.

There are two ways to collect customs duties, ad valorem and specific.

If the goods you want to pass through the customs are expensive, you will be taxed according to the total price. If they are all cheap goods, you will be taxed according to the quantity.

The goods from the Guanzhong area are not taxed when they enter the capital, but other places are charged. This way, it is destined to push up the prices of these goods.

So how to avoid tax?
For example, if a businessman brings goods into Beijing, he needs to pay a customs tax of [-] kuai, but if you give [-] kuai to the gatekeeper, they will let you in, but they cannot issue you a tax payment certificate.

The businessman saves [-] cents, the gatekeeper earns [-] cents, and the treasury loses [-] cents. This is how money comes from.

As long as the goods can enter the capital, don't worry about not being able to sell them. As for how to avoid the city's tax inspection, that's a businessman's business, and they can operate.

But this method cannot be used on strangers, because accidents will happen if you are not careful.

The small money is divided among everyone, and the middle one is the head of the guard and the people sent by the Ministry of Civil Affairs to collect taxes here. The big money has to be the general of the military mansion. Without the cover of the general, the subordinates dare not do this.

Of course Du Yan wouldn't be too full to report this kind of thing. The city defense of Daxing did this all the time, and there were not a few people with vested interests involved.

This afternoon, the eldest nephew Du Ruhui came to look for him, and Du Yan was on guard at the time, so he greeted a wine shop next to the city gate and asked them to entertain his nephew. After he got off work, the uncle and nephew would meet again. head.

Du Ruhui was sitting at the side of the shop facing the street, looking at his uncle with a smile. He was dressed in leather armor and a light helmet, which seemed to be the case.

In fact, Du Yan will not be bullied here without being greeted by anyone. The Jingzhao Du family is a local snake in the capital, and some local gangs have to rely on the Du family for food. The captain of the guard, see you Du Yan had to salute.

After only working for a few days, he is already like a duck to water.

After handing over the shift, Du Yan first returned to the guard not far from the city gate, put on his regular clothes, and transformed himself from a gatekeeper to a handsome gentleman.

"Bring out some good wine, drink this thing and drink it." Du Yan had only been working for a few days, and his words sounded like sex.

The boss hurriedly changed the wine for the two of them.

"This shop belongs to the Wei family. I drink here for free," Du Yan said, filling a glass for his eldest nephew.

The shop at the gate of the city is still on Zhuque Street. You can’t open it without background. It’s no exaggeration to say that if you set up a stall on the street to sell mutton noodles, you need someone. Otherwise, why can you sell mutton noodles here? ?
While drinking, Du Ruhui whispered: "You take it easy in the future, don't always make things difficult for yourself, this has happened twice."

One time he insulted King Qi, the other time he yelled at the court, without any background, he died early.

Du Yan laughed, patted himself on the chest, and said: "I am blessed with great fortune, and my fate is very great."

"The words I just said were relayed by King Qin, but you were replaced by you," Du Ruhui said.

Du Yan was taken aback for a moment, and the old man blushed and said with a smile: "Don't be an example, let's not be an example."

Du Ruhui said again: "King Qin has another very strange sentence, let me tell you as well."

"Tell me," Du Yan stared and listened carefully.

Du Ruhui frowned and said, "He said that if we had a fight in the future, he would deal with you."

"What do you mean by that?" Du Yan asked in a daze.

Du Ruhui spread his hands: "I don't know either. These are His Highness's original words. As for why, he didn't tell me."

Du Yan pondered: "Our uncle and nephew, how could we break up? Besides, why did you and I break up, and he wanted to clean me up? I didn't mess with him?"

"Perhaps King Qin thinks that if we break up, it must be your fault," Du Ruhui chuckled.

Historically, Du Yan and Du Ruhui were at odds and induced Wang Shichong to kill Du Ruhui's eldest brother. At that time, Du Yan was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials in Wang Shichong's Zheng State.

Later, Li Shimin destroyed Wang Shichong and planned to kill Du Yan, but Du Ruhui interceded and saved his life.

Yang Ming didn't want to see conflicts between his uncle and nephew, so he gave a warning in advance.

"Forget it, forget it, King Qin is worrying too much, how could the two of us break up and drink," Du Yan raised his glass first.

The reason why Yang Ming asked Du Ruhui to run this trip was to warn the other party. Firstly, he didn't want to wipe Du Yan's ass anymore, and secondly, he was selling favors. After all, it was Yang Ming who came forward to protect him twice.

The two most local snakes in the Jingzhao area, Wei Du, and the Wei family have nothing to do with Yang Ming, so the Du family can no longer lose. If there is any disturbance in the capital, these two families are the easiest to get information on, and they will definitely need it in the future.

Du Ruhui's seniority in the family is low, and Du Yan's words are not as effective, but this does not mean that Yang Ming will trust him.

Because of Yang Ming's status, he had already decided that he couldn't easily trust anyone.

In the past few days, Yang Su's condition has suddenly worsened. Princess Yang Yinjiang has already moved into Chugong's mansion, and Yang Ming is here to check on Yang Su's condition.

That's right, he followed Yang Guang's will.

Yang Guang wanted to know how long Yang Su could last.

"It won't last long, and now I can survive every day." Yang Su lay on the couch, his face was yellow and thin, sometimes he was sober, sometimes he was confused.

Seeing Yang Ming, he didn't even have the strength to sit up.

Yang Ming knew he wasn't pretending, because Yang Su never pretended when he was with him.

Yang Su tremblingly raised his hand towards Yang Ming, Yang Ming hurried forward to hold it, only to hear Yang Su say:
"While the old man is awake now, there are some things that I have to entrust to His Highness."

Yang Ming looked serious, nodded and said, "Please speak, Mr. Chu."

Yang Su raised his eyelids with difficulty, glanced at the juniors in the room, and said weakly:
"Listen well, don't think that I'm scaremongering. From now on, you can only follow the example of the King of Qin, otherwise...otherwise, catastrophe will be upon us."

Yang Xuangan and his brothers, as well as Yang Su's younger brothers Yang Xun, Yang Shen, Yang Yue, and cousins ​​Yang Shi and Yang Hong were all there.

There are also Yang Wensi in the clan, etc., a total of forty or fifty people, all of whom have official positions.

When everyone heard the words, they nodded.

Yang Su somewhat wanted to explain his funeral, because he didn't know when he would wake up next time, or he wouldn't wake up again.

Then, Yang Su held Yang Ming's hand tightly, and said, "There are a lot of talents in my family, and His Highness can use them with confidence. After I die, I hope that something will happen to Yang Yue, and I hope His Highness will spare no effort to protect him."

"Don't worry, I'm here, and Yang Yue is here," Yang Ming nodded in agreement.

No accident will happen to Yang Yue. Although Yang Yue in history has only been alive for a few years, he was not sentenced to death, but died of natural illness.

Die naturally, Yang Ming can't control it.

Yang Su looked at the crowd again: "Anyone who dares to disclose what happened today will be kicked out of the genealogy and will never be re-recorded."

Then, Yang Su began to pant heavily, as if he had no strength left to speak anymore,
Seeing this, Xuangan hurried over and helped his father to lie down. Yang Su stared straight at Yang Ming, as if he still had something to ask, but he couldn't say it anymore.

Yang Yinjiang couldn't bear to look any longer, she covered her face and ran out of the room, she couldn't cry, crying now, according to superstition, is unlucky.

After a while, Yang Ming left the house, found his wife, and comforted him:
"People are mortal, and we both will have this day."

"Don't say such things," Yang Yinjiang threw herself into Yang Ming's arms, trying not to cry, and said:
"If I die, I will die before you, because I can't bear to live without you."

Yang Ming comforted:
"What we have to consider now is, without Duke Chu, what should we do, what should the Yang family do, the building will collapse, and if we don't make thorough arrangements, the Yang family's suffering will come soon."

Yang Yinjiang is not an ordinary woman, but she knows the general situation. She raised her head, pondered for a moment, and said:
"Yang Wensi, the great-grandfather of the family, has a very close relationship with Yu Wenshu. At this time, we should push him up, otherwise relying on uncle alone will not be able to support him alone."

"It's possible," Yang Ming nodded.

Yang Wensi was the patriarch of Yang Su, his father Yang Kuan was the governor of Xiaozhong in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the governor of Otsuka in the Northern Zhou Dynasty was Yang Jian.

This man is very powerful. He was very prosperous during the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but after entering the Sui Dynasty, he was supported by Yang Su.

Historically, after Changsun Chi, this person was the next Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he even managed to accept his words under the door.

Hongnong Yang, a behemoth, how could he fall down as soon as he said it.

(End of this chapter)