Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 429 Southwest Daoxingtai Province
The court meeting the next day was Yang Guang's first court meeting after returning to Beijing.

All the ministers gathered in the square in front of the Daxing Hall to watch Yang Guang's harvest from his western tour.

Asana incense, musk skin, brocade, and camel from Kang, five-color salt from Ang, benzoin, salt green, orpiment, and beard powder from Kucha, suet jade from Khotan, lion, white, and white from Persia. Elephant, coral, glass, agate, crystal.
A dazzling array of things piled up half of the square, and the ministers played with their hands from time to time as if they were visiting a market.

These things were not bought by Yang Guang, they were all tributes from various countries. There are many medicinal materials that were not available in the Sui Dynasty, such as ferulica, no stones, acorn sand, green salt, etc. Some are plants, and some can be transplanted. There are two kinds of transplanting, and there are minerals, which can only be bought.

Yang Guang is also a generous person, he rewarded a lot of things on the spot, of course, they were all handicrafts and the like, none of the truly valuable seeds, medicinal materials, minerals, or spices would be given away.

The whole day, Yang Ming wandered around in the square, looking at this and that, but the court meeting was not held in the end, and there was a huge banquet in the square at night, the monarch and his ministers had fun together.

Yang Guang was very satisfied with Pei Ju's arrangement this time. There were 26 countries in the early stage, and the number increased to more than 30 in the later stage. Yang Guang's westward tour of Zhangye was called the World Expo in history.

The dinner program in the palace tonight was full of exotic customs. Many countries presented many beauties of different races to Yang Guang. Yang Guang hid the high-quality ones, and the low-quality ones appeared at the banquet tonight.

If someone is shameless, he asks Yang Guang to reward him with some beauties on the spot. Of course, Yang Guang rewards him generously.

You are about to export it, and if I don't give it to you, won't it refute your face?
Doomed to have nothing to discuss today.

After leaving for half a year, Yang Guang naturally wants to get close to his grandsons when he comes back. Which grandsons are the closest?Of course his father has the most power.

Yang Zhao's son and Yang Hao's son have already fallen from the altar, and the most popular one right now is Yang Ming's son.

But Yang Rui and Yang Jin had injuries on their buttocks, so their sitting postures were very strange. Yang Guang suddenly asked Yang Rui curiously:

"What's wrong with you? It's twisted and twisted, what's the proper way?"

This sentence was a reprimand, blaming Yang Rui for not sitting in front of so many people.

Gao Ye found out about the situation from the Ministry of Internal Affairs as soon as he returned to the palace. He didn't intend to say anything about it, but he couldn't let His Royal Highness be wronged, so he whispered:
"The two Highnesses have stick injuries and have not recovered yet."

"Who dares to hit my grandson!" Yang Guang slapped the table immediately, then looked at Yang Ming.

Needless to say, Yang Ming must have hit him.

There is a saying among ordinary people that the first generation does not care about the affairs of the second generation, but the royal family can't do it. Whoever is in charge, then no matter how many generations below, he has to take care of the affairs of the next generation.

But Yang Ming had already thought of a countermeasure, so Yang Yinjiang and Pei Shuying took the blame.

He can't handle this pot, but Yang Yinjiang and the others are fine.

So the mothers of the two boys hurried forward and explained the matter to Yang Guang.

The square was too lively tonight. Although some people saw the movements on the emperor's side, they couldn't hear what they were saying at all.

After Yang Guang listened, he raised his eyebrows and snorted coldly, "Make a big deal out of a molehill."

It's over, just these four words, there is no more text.

Yang Guang would definitely not blame Yang Ming for such a trivial matter, nor would he blame his two daughters-in-law. He just told Taifu Temple that from now on, Yang Rui and Yang Jin could freely go in and out of the left and right treasuries, and take things from them. Of course, not everything can be taken, but some innocuous ones can be taken.

The left and right treasury are the emperor's internal treasury, which cannot be described simply by money and property.

The banquet that night was held until very late, there was no way, Yang Guang was too energetic, the group of old men below were already sleepy, and many of them fell asleep sitting up, but Yang Guang was still in high spirits.

This nima will have a court meeting tomorrow, let people sleep?
So tonight, most of the officials chose to make do with the night in the official office, because in another hour and a half, the court meeting would be held.

The next day's court meeting, to be precise, is an hour and a half later.

A group of people were all listless, Su Wei couldn't see the bags under his eyes, and Yang Wensi had dark circles under his eyes.

The atmosphere was groggy, that is, Yang Guang was as fierce as usual.

"Now that the national treasury is abundant, I intend to open up a road to reach Zhuo County. What's your opinion?"

In the past, everyone opposed it because there was no money, but now that Yang Guang has brought the money, what can you say?
In addition, many people are confused now, so there is no opposition at all.

Chidao is from Yulin County to Zhuojun County. It is three thousand miles from east to west. It is not complicated. It is just road construction. .

Gao Yan didn't intend to persuade him anymore, he planned to retire, but before retiring, he hoped to understand the matter of Bashu.

So he stood up and said: "This time I went south to Bashu, what I saw and heard was shocking. The mountains and rivers are rich, and there are all kinds of industries, but it is difficult to collect taxes. It is all because the powerful control the place, bribe the officials with wealth, and strip the people with power. I implore Your Majesty to set up another general manager to secure Bashu and control the people."

Gao Yan's sonorous speech woke up many people. Su Wei frowned and said with bags under his eyes:
"The situation in Bashu is complicated. It has always been like this. It is not easy to improve it. It seems that adding a general manager will not change the situation."

Yes, of course Gao Yan also understands, but he can't raise or avoid it, otherwise it will touch the interests of the Guanzhong Group.

But the actual situation is that Yang Guang wished someone would propose avoiding Bashu, because his original intention was to abandon the Guanzhong standard.

So Yang Guang nodded in approval and said:
"Mr. Dugu's words touched my heart. The lands of Bahan and Minshu have been rich and prosperous since ancient times. I obey the will of heaven to rule all people. I can't bear to see the people of Bashu being exploited for every grain and clothing. , and then set up a general manager, it seems that there is no suitable candidate right now."

This high-sounding sentence is actually saying, I can't let Bashu's taxes fall into the hands of those wealthy families, it's the country's money, they have to spit it out for me, but for such an important place, I can only arrange for the prince, but You have also seen that I have only two sons, and there is no one to send.

It is impossible for Yang Guang to let Yang Hao leave the capital, because it will provoke Yang Ming and make Yang Ming murderous.

Many people could hear the flavor of his words, and it could be seen that the emperor wanted to send someone, but he couldn't send anyone who satisfied him.

At this time, Yang Gongren, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, suddenly winked at Yang Ming, and Yang Ming received it.

According to the rules of the Sui Dynasty, the officials of the central government had to be devolved to the local government every four or five years, and some bigwigs from the local government would also return to the central government to serve in the central government. This would help weaken their power and influence without affecting the operation of the country.

Yang Gongren has been in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials for many years. He meets the conditions for release and may be released at any time.

At his level, he must be the prefect of Shangshang County, and it will not be higher, but right now, the emperor obviously intends to set up another governor of Yizhou, so this position is a real feudal official, with 36 counties under him , more than 300 counties.

This is much more awesome than being a prefect, and Yang Gongren is a clan, so he is fully qualified, it depends on Yang Guangle's dislike.

Yang Ming guessed Yang Gongren's intentions, but such a large area was entrusted to one person, and even he was not at ease.

Before he could open his mouth, Yu Wenshu, Lai Hu'er and others had already stood up to object. The two of them knew the emperor's intentions, and they knew that there was really no one available for the emperor right now with such a large territory.

Yang Jian was Pai's own son at the beginning, but Yang Guang didn't have many biological sons.

And Yang Guang also agreed with the meaning of the two, thinking that there is indeed no one to send at the moment.

Yang Gongren was immediately discouraged.

At this time, Yang Ming stood up and said:
"My son thinks that it is really necessary and urgent to re-establish the governor of Yizhou. However, the land of Yizhou is too vast, and the people's conditions are different in different places. I am afraid that it will be difficult for one person to coordinate. In addition, we can set up a Southwest Daoxingtai to be responsible for the local people in Xuanhua and picket government affairs."

Xingtai, also known as Xingshangshutai or Xingtai Province, is a branch of Shangshu Province outside of the country and belongs to a government agency. This thing is generally temporary.

But there is no definition of how long it will be temporary, and it can be temporary for many years, depending on local conditions, or even permanent.

What Yang Ming meant was to directly set up a Xingtai Province in Bashu, connecting to the Shangshu Province, and the chief executive, responsible for the emperor, had a clear division of power.

Yang Guang was a little tempted and fell into silence. After a while, Yang Guang said directly:

"Since there is a platform, why do you need a manager? The prince is the Minister of the Southwest Dao Xingtai. As for the subordinate officials, the prince can draw up a list for my royal review."

This trick is even more unique.

All the establishments of Xingtai Province are exactly the same as those of Shangshu Province, but the number of people is much smaller.

The largest is Shangshu Ling, followed by Left and Right Pushe plus six Shangshu, and Cheng and Langzhong below.

However, the word Xingtai needs to be added in front of these officials to distinguish them from the real Shangshu province.

Yang Guang gave the position with the greatest power to Yang Ming, who could not leave the capital. In fact, it was the right to divide this department. Then the Southwest Daoxingtai will have the greatest power in the future. .

Therefore, the people in these two positions must be usually wrong.

Who did Yang Gongren have trouble with?You must know that this kid is also a non-stick pan, and he doesn't offend anyone very much. Yang Ming felt that it was really hard to choose for a while.

After the court meeting ended, Yang Gongren hurriedly caught up with Yang Ming, and said in a low voice:
"You can go left or right. Your Highness has to help me this time."

"Don't worry, Zuo Servant is none other than you." Yang Ming definitely needed to win over the other party, so he spoke more confidently: "It's just that Right Servant, I'm afraid His Majesty will have to make up his mind in the end."

"Of course," Yang Gongren said in a low voice, "I can tell that although His Majesty asked you to choose an official, after His Majesty's review, there will definitely be a lot of changes. I should be fine, right?"

Yang Ming nodded. Your boy's roots are in good shape, so it's not a big problem.

(End of this chapter)