Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 401
On the third day after Yang Guang returned to Beijing, there is still no court meeting today.

Both Qin Wang's party and Qi Wang's party, including the neutral faction, did not move around today, but stayed at home, planning to kill the day and welcome tomorrow's Hebei settlement.

This could be regarded as the final decisive battle between the two princes of Qin and Qi, but no one met to discuss strategies.

Because all the discussions in advance are useless. No one can predict what will happen at the court meeting. The rhythm is in the hands of the emperor.

After all, it is about the battle for the reserve position, the master of the East Palace will inevitably be a super-large-scale battle, and bloody scenes will definitely happen.

As Yang Guang who presides over this big dispute, it is the most troublesome thing. He has been thinking since the moment he opened his eyes every morning. His palms and backs are full of flesh. He chose to let Yang Ming come up, but The second child will not be beaten to death with a stick.

So how to confirm the successor safely is something he must think carefully about.

On this day, Yang Guang issued an order to transfer troops, and the Sixteenth Guards Army began a major adjustment. The defense in the capital was temporarily handed over to Guan Wang Yang Xiong and Cai Wang Yang Zhiji.

The defense of Jingzhao was handed over to Duan Da, Guo Yan, Qiu He and Dou Kang.

These few people were either from the clan or neutral. Yang Guang was afraid that his two sons would use their military power to make trouble.

Yang Ming is the general of Youhouwei, and Yang Hao is the general of Youbeishenfu, and they both have soldiers in their hands.

In the morning, he went to King Qin's official office to get everyone ready, and dispatched two hundred troops to be responsible for sending all the dossiers into the imperial city tomorrow.

Zheng Anrao also came to work today, and there is no place for him for the time being, so Yang Ming arranged for him to work under Yuan Wendu, who is also from Henan.

There is also a newcomer, Cui Churen, this kid was originally the gatekeeper of the Mingde Gate, with a lot of money, but now he was recruited by Yang Ming from the city defense, and entered the palace to work as a civil servant for the time being.

The purpose of recruiting this person was to recruit Cui Hongsheng. After Cui Hongdu's death, Cui Hongsheng, as the second child, had now taken on the important responsibility of the family, not to mention that Cui Hongsheng was still General Zuo Wuwei.

Right now, Yuan Wen is both nervous and excited. They have been waiting for this day for a long time. The prince's official and the crown prince's official are two different concepts.

One can only do some trivial matters in the palace, while the other can participate in state affairs.

Today is destined to be a very peaceful day.

Yang Ming stayed at Gao Yue's place for the whole afternoon, because he didn't want to talk about tomorrow with others. Yang Yinjiang, Pei Shuying and the others would definitely not be able to avoid this topic.

"Your Highness seems to be very worried, and is eager to get rid of it?" Gao Yue moved the fire to the edge of the porch, then tightened the cloak around him, and sat beside Yang Ming.

Yang Ming looked at the snow falling outside, rubbed his hands from time to time, and said lightly:

"Don't guess randomly, go play the piano, I want to hear you play the piano."

Gao Yue didn't say anything, but got up and squatted down opposite Yang Ming, stretched out his warm hands in his sleeves to hold Yang Ming's cold hands tightly, and then rubbed them repeatedly,

"It's cold, the strings are stiff, and the timbre is inaccurate. This time, I will reject Your Highness."

The other party's hands were very warm, Yang Ming closed his eyes, and said lightly:

"Have you ever thought about the rest of your life?"

Gao Yue was taken aback for a moment, then frowned and said, "I never thought about it, I just think that this is the most stable time in my life, if I can spend my life like this, what can I ask for?"

Yang Ming couldn't help laughing and said: "A person's life will not be static, especially women, more often they go with the flow, and it is so difficult to make decisions for themselves. Since you like staying here, you should stay here in the future."

Gao Yue forced a smile and said, "My identity and age are my biggest burden, right?"

No, it's Ni's looks. Yang Ming didn't dare to bring Gao Yue into the palace. He was afraid of being watched by his father. He had no choice but to be born with a beautiful face. Although she was a little older, it didn't affect her attraction to men at all. force.

Although Yang Ming felt that his father might not be interested in his woman, he still had to be on the safe side. He had been with Gao Yue for a long time, and he had already regarded her as his slave.

Only I can touch it.

Although Gao Yue stayed at home, she could probably guess from the daily chats with Chen Shuyi that Yang Ming was likely to be made the heir apparent.

The Crown Prince was going to enter the East Palace, and Yang Ming asked her to stay in Prince Qin's Mansion, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Without Yang Ming's answer, Gao Yue let go of Yang Ming's hands with a wry smile. After pondering for a while, she suddenly stood up and threw Yang Ming down.
There is business tomorrow, so Yang Ming won't ask Gao Yue tonight, we'll talk about it another day.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, at a quarter of Yin in the morning, before dawn, the officials of Daxing City had already gone out.

For the emperor's first court meeting after returning to Beijing, all officials above the third rank went to the Daxing Hall, and the third rank was waiting outside the hall.

Members of the clan, as well as those above the marquis who are idle at home, all entered the imperial city and waited for the call in the lower province.

On Suzaku Avenue, the caravans were connected from end to end, and everyone consciously pulled their vehicles aside, and deliberately slowed down their speed, waiting for the high-ranking people to enter the palace first.

Yang Ming changed into his Jiuzhang pro-dynasty uniform, and headed to the imperial city with all his staff.

Outside Suzaku's gate, Yang Hao was already waiting for him.

"In such a cold day, the third child came here on a horse?" Yang Hao was also riding a horse, looking at the carriages in Yang Ming's motorcade, he asked, "What are the carriages filled with?"

Yang Ming answered the question with a smile and said: "After the second brother returned to Beijing, the younger brother didn't have time to pay a visit. Please don't mind the second brother."

Yang Hao laughed, and said, "How can you not mind? You haven't seen your new sister-in-law yet, have you? You must go to my house today, so that your sister-in-law can meet her, who is so powerful Uncle."

Yang Ming said with a smile: "It's really time to see each other. Why don't we make an appointment tonight at Yong'an Palace and pay our respects to the Queen Mother, so we brothers can reunite."

"What? You dare not go to my house?" Yang Hao asked.

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Why don't you dare? I will definitely bother you some other day."

"Ah..." Yang Hao sighed, and looked up towards the city gate: "The third child misunderstood me very much, let's go into the palace."

"Second brother, please," Yang Ming raised his hand and said.

In the Daxing Hall, all the officials gathered, but the hall was surprisingly quiet, and the atmosphere was a bit weird compared to usual.

Everyone's eyes are always looking at Yang Ming and Yang Hao from time to time, trying to catch the changes in their expressions, but today, the performance of these two people is unusually calm.

After Yang Guang entered the hall, he first took a look outside the hall, and then ordered the eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare a stove and put it outside the hall, so that the people outside would not be frozen to death, after all, there were many elderly people inside.

As for Daxing Hall, the door of the hall was directly closed, and the discussions inside could not be heard clearly from outside.

After Yang Guang sat down, he first looked at Duan Wenzhen, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and asked:
"How about Yiwu?"

The Ministry of War actually couldn't control Su Lie's expeditionary army. The Ministry of War in the Sui Dynasty was in charge of the army's logistics, and couldn't control the marching and combat operations. However, as Minister of the Ministry of War, Duan Wenzhen asked the Ministry of War about the specific movements of the army as soon as he returned to Beijing.

"Return to Your Majesty, according to the latest report received by the Ministry of War, Su Lie has just arrived in Zhangye, and it will take about half a month before he enters Yiwu."

It is very far from the capital to Zhangye, and Su Lie's 3000-strong army only has [-] horses, so the marching speed is naturally not very fast.

At that time, Yang Guang didn't come back, and Guanzhong really didn't have any extra war horses for Su Lie to dispatch.

Yang Guang frowned and looked at Yang Ming:

"You are quite bold in employing people this time. Is such a young marching officer reliable?"

Yang Ming said: "Father, don't worry, Yiwu is only in the barbaric land of the Western Yi. Our Sui army is all elite and unstoppable."

At this time, Mai Tiezhang also stood up and spoke for his brother who worshiped him:
"Su Lie uses his troops cunningly and is good at surprise attacks. I think that Su Lie's expedition this time will definitely accomplish everything."

Mai Tiezhang, this is the pure emperor's confidant, Yang Guang laughed and said:

"I know he is your righteous brother. If he loses, will I hold you accountable?"

Mai Tiezhang was taken aback for a moment, nodded and said: "I am willing to accept the crime."

The officials burst into laughter, and everyone could see that the emperor was joking.

Of course, joking is also divided into people. If you say the same thing to different people, it is not a joke.

No one would think that the emperor was helping the King of Qin to shake off the burden, because even if Su Lie was defeated, the King of Qin would not be responsible for anything, at most it would be improper employment, and the emperor would not even complain.

You left it to King Qin to arrange it, and King Qin also arranged it. If you lose, is it your fault or King Qin's fault?
All right.

Next, Yang Guang asked again: "That Qu Boya of Gaochang Kingdom, is he still satisfied with my gift of marriage?"

Yang Ming said: "What qualifications does he have to be dissatisfied? Naturally, he is grateful to His Majesty, and wished to see the sky, so that he returned with regret."

"The third one did really beautifully this time," Yang Hao said with a smile, "The old Zhou's widow was named the concubine princess to show that Gaochang's land is not worthy of my great Sui clan, and there is no reason to use troops against Gaochang in the future." What a taboo."

Yu Wenshu also echoed: "King Qin handles government affairs with ease, and all the officials are called virtuous. For more than a year, King Qin has been in charge of the capital, so His Majesty has nothing to worry about."

As soon as the words came out, many people's faces changed, and Gao Yan frowned instantly. What he said was to retreat as an advance. The capital has Yang Ming and has no worries. Isn't it alluding to the fact that it doesn't matter if there is an emperor or not?

They wanted the emperor to be suspicious and guard against Yang Ming.

May I ask?Which emperor wants his son's prestige to be higher than his own?What is called a virtuous by all officials? Isn't this putting Yang Ming on the fire?

Yang Ming said with a smile: "Gong Xu praised me absurdly. This king at least knows that more than half of the officials are scolding me in their hearts. I just don't know. Is there any Duke Xu?"

Yu Wenshu raised his hand towards Yang Ming and said:
"The sun and the moon can learn from my respect for the King of Qin. No matter who is in front of me or who is behind, I never say a word of disrespect."

"Really?" Yang Ming smiled and said, "I don't believe it."

I don't even believe it myself Yu Wenshu smiled, stepped back and stood up again.

　I changed it many times and was blocked, saying it was vulgar. I don't know if I can pass it this time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)