Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 445 The problem of Dugu's family
The largest royal ranch is in Longxi, where horses from the Western Regions are the main breeders. The next largest ranch is in Shuofang County below Yulin County, where Turkic horses are the main breed.

Shuofang County, which is the area around Dengkou County in Bayannaoer City, Inner Mongolia, has a complex terrain and belongs to the Hetao area. The eastern plain in the county is suitable for grazing. The royal ranch set up here was in the early years of Kaihuang. Fifteen thousand horses, nearly [-] horses in the mid-term, and [-] horses in the later stage.

Not all horses are suitable for war horses, there are survival of the fittest for humans, and there are horses, and pony and old horses cannot be used yet.

Some horses have personalities that are not suitable for war horses, such as timid, easily frightened, dishonest, and horses that do not meet the standards. If they are forcibly incorporated into the cavalry, it will have a counterproductive effect.

As a result, the cracks of corruption came. According to the Sui system, war horses that did not meet the standards would be disposed of and sold to merchants or civilians.

So a large number of high-quality war horses were regarded as low-quality horses and sold by the people of Taipu Temple. Of course, good horses were sold at the price of good horses, but the price reported to the court was the price of bad horses, and the difference between the prices was greedy.

So the Sui Dynasty issued a law that horses between the ages of six and 16 were not allowed to be sold. As a result, there were policies and countermeasures, and they began to falsify the age of horses.

Cui Junchuo, Minister of the Taipu Temple, knew that the matter was of great importance, so he went to Longxi to inspect it early.

Yang Guang is not easy to fool, if someone wants [-] horses, it must be [-] qualified war horses, can't make up?hehe
Yang Guang has a record of how many horses there are in all the royal ranches. No matter how much water there is in it, they will multiply it by three anyway, and they will ask you for horses according to this standard.

The emperor is not a fool, he doesn't know that the people below are enriching their own pockets?Don't forget, people have been enriching their own pockets in Yangzhou all the time, what kind of atmosphere in the officialdom, they are people from experience.

The people in Taipu Temple also know that even if I steal and rob, I still have to make up this number.

Yang Ming ordered the servant Shaoqing Qu Tugai to be in charge of inspecting the Shuofang Ranch.

"I asked Fang Xuanling to go with you. It seems that you are the master, but in fact he is the master. Do you understand?" Dong Gong, Yang Ming said.

Of course Qu Tugai understood that the crown prince was afraid that he would be in cahoots with the local subordinates, so he checked his head and neck, what could he find out?So don't worry about letting him investigate.

"I understand that Xuanling is the one in charge, and try to thoroughly investigate Shuofang's accumulated evils in the past."

Yang Ming snorted coldly and said, "Shuofang Ranch has been in charge of you all this time. It's only been a few years since [-] horses have become [-] horses. How much did you get out of it?"

Qu Tugai was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Prince Mingjian, how dare I embezzle the country?"

"Fang Xuanling will find out if there is any violation of the law," Yang Ming said, "Don't think that Qu Tutong can protect you, he can't even protect himself. , I only ask you."

Qu Tugai plopped down on his knees, sweating and said: "I have never committed any corruption or wronged the law. Your Highness Xuanling's safety can rest assured that I will never allow Xuanling to make mistakes."

Yang Ming nodded: "Remember, the matter is of great importance. The number of horses that are concealed and sold privately must be checked out and must be taken back. If you miss your Majesty's business, you will go to serve as cattle and horses for the soldiers. go."

"Yes, yes, I understand, I understand," Qu Tugai wiped his cold sweat, and left.

The three major pastures of the Sui Dynasty, Longxi, Shuofang, and Yanmen.

There is nothing wrong with Yanmen, after all, this is the border gate, the imperial court is the most closely guarded, and the prefect of Yanmen is also the general of Zuo Yuwei Qiu He, and Qiu He is a sensible person, he dare not make mistakes in the matter of the ranch .

At lunch time, Xu Jing came to report that Dugu Bailou had returned.

Yang Ming went out in person and welcomed the other party in.
"Mammy came just in time, let's have some food together."

Dugu Bailou would not be polite to Yang Ming, after all, when Yang Ming was a child, she even wiped his shit and urine.

"You must have something to do when you come back, right?" Yang Ming said with a smile after the two sat down.

Dugu Bailou said while eating: "You are really interesting, Feng'er hasn't come back for so long, you just reminded me earlier, there is not even a letter in the past two years, what's the matter? Have you forgotten this person? "

Yang Ming smiled wryly and said, "It's because she doesn't want to come back, and it's not because I don't want her to come back. In recent years, government affairs have been heavy and I have indeed neglected them."

Dugu Bailou rolled his eyes, and said: "No matter how busy you are, you won't even have a letter. Although that girl didn't say anything, I know she's been looking forward to you writing to her. She's cold on the outside and hot on the inside. You don't know?"

"If she misses me, she will come back by herself," Yang Ming added, "If she doesn't want to come back, she naturally misses me."

Dugu Bailou frowned and said, "She has reasons, you should understand."

"Why do I need to understand?" Yang Ming said in a deep voice, "The letter he sent me was very clear: She asked me to settle in Zheng Anrao, and I also did it for her. I still need to understand her. What?"

"Why are you two angry?" Dugu Bailou was speechless.

Yang Ming raised his hand: "Sister, don't say any more. I know what you are here for. The Dugu family has already leaked it to me before you, saying that she was locked up. Dugu Zhuan is trying to play tricks on me." , he also knows that no one in the world would dare to take him as a girl, right?"

"Feng'er is yours, who else would dare to take her besides you?" Dugu Bailou said.

Yang Ming slammed his chopsticks and said, "Does she also know that she belongs to me? If she knew, she should have come back two years ago. Do I still have to beg her to come back? Tell her not to come back."

After finishing speaking, Yang Ming got up and left, leaving Dugu Bailou stunned and speechless.

Finally grown up, Dugu Bailou sighed inwardly, now Yang Ming is already a prince, majestic and domineering, he does not allow others to despise him.

Yang Ming walked alone in the sidewalk of the East Palace.

He didn't have any resentment towards Dugu Feng'er, it was just a show just now.

The situation of Dugu's family is more complicated, because during Kaihuang's reign, he was a foreign relative and was covered by Dugu Jialuo, and Dugu Jialuo naturally liked and hated people in his natal family, and those who were more popular would naturally breed arrogance , Those who are unwelcome will be treated coldly.

In this way, the Dugu family is not very united, because they only respect Dugu Jialuo, and others don't take it seriously.

As a result, Dugu Zhuan, the patriarch of the family, only has a superficial appearance, but no real prestige.

Why doesn't Dugu Wynn take Dugu Zuan seriously, because he was raised by Dugu Jialuo when he was a child.

As for Duguzuan, his father, Duguluo, was imprisoned by Gao Huan for 20 years, and his life was so miserable that he couldn’t be more miserable. After he was released, he was poor and miserable, and couldn’t afford three meals a day. Later, Yang Jian and his wife found him and bought a house. Buying fields and sending money, life is considered stable.

So the eldest brother, Dugu Luo, is not close to the other brothers. Although they are close brothers, they haven't seen each other for more than 20 years, so they definitely can't get close.

But no matter what, he is the eldest son, and he was imprisoned by Gao Huan, and he was also tricked by his own father, Dugu Xin.

So after the founding of the Sui Dynasty, Dugu Jialuo let his eldest brother Duguluo attack his father Duguxin's Zhao Guogong, and then Dugu Zhuan attacked again.

This is why Dugu Zhuan loves money so much. It is true that he was afraid of being poor when he was a child.

As for what Dugu Zuan was thinking, Yang Ming could probably guess here that the Dugu family is now in disarray, but the decline has already shown. Dugu Zuan wants to gather the family together and unite them, but the prestige is not enough.

what to do?Use Dugu Fenger.

As long as Dugu Feng'er becomes the prince's woman in a legitimate way, he will be able to rely on Dugu Feng'er's father's status to gather the disorganized family together, and he will also be able to stabilize the position of the patriarch.

The family's ambitions are not big, they just want to be the head of the family with real power.

But people's ambitions are subject to change. As the saying goes, one mountain is as high as another. When Dugu Zuan truly controls the family, he will inevitably get involved in Yang Ming's harem affairs.

The purpose of the marriage that Dugu Jialuo arranged for Yang Ming back then was to support Dugu Zuan to take over the family, but it's a pity that people are not as good as God, and Dugu Feng'er went crazy.

At present, Yang Ming doesn't want to see the Dugu family united as one. In fact, he doesn't want the internal unity of all the aristocratic families.

And the biggest resistance lies in Yang Guang. Yang Ming is almost sure that his father is not willing to let Feng'er come back.

That's why Pei Ju and Pei Yun can be favored at the same time. This is Yang Guang's way to divide the Pei family from the inside with his strength. However, Pei Yun is a branch, and no one in the family supports him. He really can't do Pei Ju. He didn't dare to have such thoughts.

Pei Ju is top-notch smart, and people also saw that Pei Yun was gaining momentum, and Li Yuan and Li Yuan were in-laws, so they simply planned to let Jiancheng's daughter marry his grandson Yang Jin, so as to weaken Pei Yun.

I have to say that Pei Ju is too awesome, and he is very good at conspiracies and schemes.

On the way, Yang suddenly ran over, caught up with Yang Ming and said:

"Your Highness, the Crown Princess is looking for you."

Yang is Yang Yinjiang's dowry daughter, her full name is Yang Yuru, and this year, she is also responsible for raising the elder brother Yang Qi.

Yang Ming never slept with her, mainly because there was no shortage of women.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Yang Ming frowned.

Yang Yuru said: "Princess Concubine received a letter from Second Master's family, and asked me to look for you afterwards."

Yang Yue?Yang Ming raised his eyebrows and said, "Go to Nanny Lou so that she can settle down. She can stay here as long as she wants."

"Okay, I'll go now," Yang Yuru said, and ran away covered in sweat.

After returning to the dormitory, Yang Yinjiang greeted her with great joy,

"There is a good opportunity right now to bring my uncle back to court, but the implications are more complicated, and I still have to make up your mind."

Yang Ming took the letter, read it carefully, frowned and said:
"I'm afraid it's not that easy, Yu Wenshu has this ability?"

Yang Yinjiang said: "Yu Wenshu is now supervising the recruitment of war horses in the Taipu Temple in the name of his father. I also know that he must be uneasy and well-intentioned, but opportunities are always rare. Back then, my uncle was the one who helped me. Even if I fall into someone else's trap this time, I still hope that my uncle can come back."

In fact, Yang Yinjiang knew what kind of trap it was, but she couldn't say it clearly, because she knew that Yang Ming was taboo about it.

She was afraid that Yang Ming would not help this time because of this taboo.

So she knelt down directly to Yang Ming, crying:
"I really can't bear my uncle to be reduced to this, please husband have mercy on my heart."

Yang Ming sighed bitterly in his heart, it is difficult to do things, there are too many people and things you have to worry about.

(End of this chapter)