Emperor Sui Yang

With Yang Su's qualifications, achievements, and influence, it seems that he is worthy of enjoying the Taimiao, but he doesn't.

Because Yang Guang can clearly understand who is his own.

He made friends with Yang Su back then in order to use Yang Su's power to compete for the crown prince, and Yang Su's supporting Yang Guang also knew how to overthrow Gao Yu and become the head of the hundred officials himself.

In the end they both got their wish.

But Gao Yan is different. Gao Yan has always had only two sages in his heart, only Da Sui. Although Yang Guang was moved to kill because of the absence of Yang Guang, Yang Guang's killing of Gao Xuan was a personal enmity and did not involve any official business.

Publicly speaking, Yang Guang has only respect for Gao Yan, but Yang Guang has always been a person whose personal affairs are more important than official affairs.

Yang Lihua was very satisfied with Yang Guang's arrangement. In her opinion, only retainers and family members like Gao Yan deserved to enjoy the incense of the Taimiao.

As soon as Gao Yan left, the eldest son Gao Shengdao was immediately transferred from the county magistrate of Chang'an to serve as the governor, the second son Gao Hongde served as the Shaoqing of Sinon Temple, and the third son Gao Biaoren served as the prince Youyu Marquis rate.

The arrangement of the three sons was clear. Among them, Gao Biaoren married Yang Yong's daughter. His official career was considered to be over, but Yang Lihua and Yang Ming couldn't bear it. Yang Guang gave him a chance.

As the saying goes, if you are born in the family, you will know three points. Yu Wenkai's family can do engineering as an individual, and Gao Yan's family, although the three sons are not very popular, they are far better than the children of other families.

What's more, the second child, Gao Hongdao, was originally an old man in Yang Guangjin's palace.

It was the first time in Yang Gongren's life that he left Beijing, and before he left, some social occasions were indispensable.

And the one who went to Bashu with him was his brother-in-law Yan Baoshou, so Yang Gongren took his brother-in-law with him to attend various banquets during this time.

Yan Baoshou also knew in his heart who he had been favored by. In private, his daughter Xiaotang had already sent someone to greet him. After taking office, everything was fine and small. Don't wait for the prince to ask, but learn to report it on your own initiative.

This point was not arranged by Yang Ming, but by Yan Xiaotang's own initiative.

Wei Zheng's wedding was over a long time ago. Yang Ming just teased Wei Zheng and rewarded him with some property, but he didn't take it seriously.

Deliberately alienate a person so that the other person can do everything they can to please you and show their loyalty to you, instead of deliberately getting close.

Wei Zheng is not worthy of Yang Ming's closeness right now, and he still has a long way to go.

Three people have three thoughts, not to mention that there are more than 1 people in the East Palace, so many people are managed not by mouth, but by scheming.

The end of the new year is approaching, what Yang Guang meant was that it would be a kind of gift for the people of Xixixingtai to leave after the new year.

After all, leaving home in the first month is not good according to superstition.

So Yang Ming had time to convene a group of future chief officials from the Bashu region to discuss matters.

Yang Guang handed over this matter to his son, because he, Yu Wenkai, Yan Pi, Huang Duyi and others were planning the Chidao project, and he was going to Luoyang after the Chinese New Year.

Yang Guang can't be idle, and will continue to patrol in the future, so in the future, the affairs of the Southwest Daoxingtai will have to be managed by his son, which is why Yang Ming is the minister.

All the people from the East Palace and the Southwest are here. In fact, Shi Huaiyi is the only one who is not in the capital, and he has come back from a long way to take over the Shangdang prefect that he left behind. His name is Lu Zhang, and he is known by his surname. Whose family, the benefits of taking the initiative to wipe the account are still continuing.

After drinking for three rounds, we began to talk about business.

Yang Ming first looked at Yang Gongren: "The affairs of Bashu will be entrusted to Gongren from now on. You can make the decision if you can make the decision. If you can't make the decision, you can tell me again, and I will make the decision for you."

He was implying to Yang Gongren that Bashu is not up to you, but to me.

Yang Gongren has been Minister of the Ministry of Officials for so many years, can he not understand what this means?Hearing this, he said with a smile:

"Prince, don't worry, when Bashu responds to the affairs, I will ask His Highness for instructions at that time, so as to make sure."

Yang Ming nodded and said: "The general manager's mansion left by Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, is still vacant now. Xingtai Province uses this place as an official office. It can be cleaned up a little. There is no need to build another official office."

"Naturally," Yang Gongren nodded.

Yang Ming looked around the crowd and said with a smile, "Everyone is about to go to Bashu to take up new positions. Do you have any plans in mind for the future of Bashu?"

At this time, Pei Xizai said, "I think that the situation in Bashu is complicated, so Xingtai Province can consider recruiting some local aristocratic children to help with the affairs?"

"Xizai's words are very necessary," Yang Ming agreed.

In fact, this was a private agreement between the two of them, and it was purely for singing oboe. People like Yang Gongren and Wang Shilong have already seen it, but some people can't see it.

Yang Ming continued:
"The root cause of the disease in Southwest China lies in the fact that the aristocratic family secretly fought against the imperial court, did not pay taxes, concealed household registration, falsely reported the number of acres of land, and colluded with local officials to exploit the people's fat and people's anointing and embezzle the state's money. We must focus on this, arrest what officials should arrest, and kill what should be killed by aristocratic families, don't show mercy."

Several people in the hall nodded in response, but each had their own thoughts.

In Bashu, from the prefect to the county magistrate, they are all appointed by the imperial court. Most of these officials are from Guanzhong, and there are also other places, but there are no natives of Bashu.

If some officials are found in the future, will they be caught or not?To arrest is to offend people.

So everyone's eyes were on Pei Xizai and Shi Huaiyi, because one of them was the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, the other was the Secretary of the Ministry of War, the other was in charge of the sentence, and the other was in charge of the arrest.

The Ministry of War in the Sui Dynasty was in charge of the army's logistics, and had almost no military power. It was all in the hands of the generals of the Sixteenth Guards.

That's why Yang Ming let Shi Huaiyi go, because he was purely his own.

Pei Xizai said: "The officialdom in Bashu needs to be rectified. There is no doubt about it. Minor ailments are treated with minor treatments, and serious illnesses are treated with serious ones. In short, let them know the imperial court's determination to rectify Bashu."

However, Yang Gongren put forward different opinions: "The disadvantages of Bashu have been protracted for a long time. The imperial court has always treated them leniently. Some officials were corrupted because of helplessness. Sometimes they can't knock down a boat of people with one pole. Some people, although they have minor faults , but it can be given another chance.”

What he said was implying that Yang Ming, the 36 counties, and the 36 prefects all had backgrounds. If we really need to investigate, they all have problems, but we can't investigate all of them. A wake-up call is all it takes, but if you really want to make a big splash, it won't be easy for them to go down.

"Gongren's old-fashioned words," Yang Ming nodded and said: "The situation is not entirely the fault of officials, some of them can be accommodated as appropriate."

Yang Ming fully agreed with Yang Gongren's point of view. As the saying goes, the law does not blame the public, and the local officials in Bashu are not vegetarians.

Wudu Taishou Yang Wenen, this is the younger brother of Shangshu Zuocheng Yang Wensi, Suining County Taishou Du Heng, Jing Zhaodu's, Xincheng Taishou Li Duan, Li Jing's elder brother, Badong Taishou Liang Yang, Northern Zhou Jiang Guogong Liang Rui's son, Yu Wentai's son Grandson, Tang Jian, prefect of Qianwei County, Tang Jian's father, Yang Ming, deputy head of the right guard of the East Palace, Shi Wugang, prefect of Yicheng County, and his daughter is Li Yuan's concubine.
The prefect of Meishan is not yet Erlang Shen, but his surname is Wei.

As long as you are a county magistrate, you are involved with the imperial court, and it is not suitable for you to handle anyone.

For example, Li Duan, can Yang Ming really do it?Can Li Jing be happy?

So, if the chief officer is fine, then the adjutant will take the blame, and with the addition of some county magistrates, it can basically shake the mountain and shake the tiger.

"I agree with Xizai's words just now," Yang Ming said, "You are all outsiders to Bashu, so to govern Bashu, it is better to govern the local area and select some descendants of aristocratic families to enter the Xingtai government office and various counties, The county government office is very necessary."

On Wang Shilong's side, he completely followed Yang Guang's meaning, so he directly suggested:
"The selection of talents in the Bashu scientific examination has been based on the situation over the years. During this period of time, I have retrieved the list of candidates from Bashu for several years, and found a flaw. None of the candidates reported by the counties came from Bashu. I think it is inappropriate. , it seems that it should be appropriately relaxed, and at least one of the three quotas in each county must be from Bashu."

Yang Ming also checked these records. All the Juren reported in Bashu's scientific examination report for so many years were all of official origin. If they changed their household registration, they would become officials as local Juren, and after becoming an official, they would change their household registration back.

The imperial court is not unaware of this phenomenon, but the imperial court has never picketed it. After all, avoiding Bashu is an old tradition in the Central Plains for hundreds of years.

But right now, Yang Guang wants to correct it.

As for Wang Shilong's suggestion, although it may be suspected of destroying the jobs of local officials in Bashu, it is still mild. After all, one out of three is not a serious injury to them.

So Yang Ming said in a deep voice:
"One is too little. After so many years, they should be full down here. Now that the imperial court is going to rectify Bashu, if they don't cooperate, then I will spit out as much as I ate before. There must be two of the three places." From Bashu, there are 20 officials from the county government, and [-] from the county level, this one, you will do it as soon as you go down."

After everyone looked at each other, they all responded.

Officials had no rank, most of them were temporary workers, and the aristocratic family didn't care about giving them a bowl of food. Yang Ming also opened a gap in the iron gate to avoid Bashu first, and then slowly opened it wider and wider.

Not letting Bashu people become officials will cut off their promotion channels, and if they don't fight against you, who will they fight against?
If the imperial court wanted to reconcile with the local forces in Bashu, it had to give them something sweet first.

Yang Ming thought with his ass, and knew what Yang Gongren and the others would do when they went down, selling an official, even though the assistant official is not an official, he still has to spend money to buy it.

But this, Yang Ming can't stop it, because business is also a kind of social relationship, first make friends with the local family, give some benefits appropriately, and wait until we get closer, and then we settle accounts, which is much gentler than going directly to settle accounts, and suffers There will be much less conflict.

When it comes to facts, it has always been a dark guide. As long as it can benefit the country and the people, whether the officials themselves are good people has never been in the scope of assessment.

Those who make a big deal, don't stick to the little things.