Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 492

There are a lot of troublesome things when the army is going on an expedition. Yang Ming doesn't need to worry about the canal, but he has to take care of those who walk through the pass.

After completing Chidao, Zhang Heng, who had been relegated to Yulin County, went to Jiangdu to be in charge of repairing Jiangdu Palace. Yan Pi became Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Huangfu Yi became Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

But right now there are still a lot of trifles in Chidao, so Huangfu Yi stayed in the capital and spent all day in Shangshu Province, helping with official affairs.

Which army will rest at what time and which post station, the timetable is arranged by the Ministry of War, and the post station is all proposed by Huangfu, so he has to help arrange it, after all, there have been several jokes in the past.

More than 1 people live in a post station that can only accommodate 3000 people. There is no place to sleep in the barracks. People sit on the ground and are crowded. It is really warm. If you fart, dozens of people can smell.

The road is easy to walk, and it is really difficult to spend the night. Either one is missing or the other is missing.

Yang Ming directly asked some officials from the Eastern Palace to go to Shangshu Province to help them deal with one trivial matter after another.

As for him, Liu Xuan, Li Gang, Yuan Wendu and other important officials of the East Palace were watching a military report from the Ministry of War.

Yang Ming already knew about Zhuojun. When the emperor didn't come to Zhuojun, the Goguryeo edict was not announced to the world. There would be no fight ahead. Wei Yunqi could only hold back.

The military newspaper in Yang Ming's hand had nothing to do with the conquest of Goguryeo, but he liked it very much.

Because in Shandong, a rebel appeared. Comrade Wang Bo, who fired the first shot of the uprising at the end of the Sui Dynasty, rebelled under the nose of Zhang Xutuo in Qi County.

That's why, conscription, conscription, the imperial court has always given preferential treatment to Shandong. It's the people in this place who are too stubborn, and they pull up flags to rebel at every turn. A rebellion in one place can soon develop into a rebellion in Shandong.

How do you let the people of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei see you?Are they not more oppressed than you?

"How many people did the Shandong Military Mansion draw this time?" Yang Ming asked.

Fang Xuanling hurriedly said: "There are 11 troops and 30 civilian husbands."

"It's not serious at all," Menxiafang Liu Hongji said with a wry smile, "How much injustice have they suffered, how dare they say those words?"

Wang Bo, he really rebelled. He was not of the same nature as the Hebei civil uprising, and he was not even the same as Gao Yingnian's rebels. It is necessary to collect iron tools, collect iron to make guns, and kill all the dirty officials.

He hasn't had time to compose the famous "Death Song of Wuxiang Liaodong Wave", but with just this sentence, the heart of rebellion is already clearly revealed.

In fact, there were rebels every year in the Sui Dynasty, and most of them were civilians. Only civilians dared to scold the emperor when they rebelled.

The hardest-hit area of ​​the rebellion is in the south, and it is rare in the north. After all, 70.00% of the military mansions of the Sui Dynasty were in the north.

The rebellion in the south will be settled soon, that is, the Ministry of War allocates some money and food. At one time, some people even thought that the generals at the bottom were short of money.

So this time Wang Bo made a fuss, the Ministry of War didn't really take it seriously, they were still wondering why the crown prince took it so seriously.

Yang Ming said: "The Ministry of War has sent a letter to Zhang Xutuo, ordering him to put down the rebellion as soon as possible, but Zhang Xutuo has at most a thousand soldiers under his command now, so he may not be able to suppress it."

"The thief Wang is instigating the people to evade service, and he is known as Zhi Shilang, he is very deceptive." Li Gang frowned and said, "The war is about to start now, and this kind of incident in Shandong needs to be resolved as soon as possible, so as not to become a prairie fire. "

Yuan Wendu smiled and said: "It's not that serious, is it? These people are just a group of bandits who fled into Changbai Mountain. Zhang Xutuo's thousand soldiers are enough to break them."

Xue Shou shook his head and said: "Right now, there are many deserters and laborers in various places, and the government can't arrest them for a while. The Wang thief is the first one to use escape as a slogan to gather people to rebel. If they can't be wiped out sooner, I'm afraid other places will too. Emulate that, and that's the big problem."

"Shandong's affairs can't be passed on, and no one dares to take the risk of imitating the king's thief," Wei Fusi, Guan Ji Sheren, said with a smile.

Li Mi shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, escapers are blooming all over the place right now, no one can say where these people will go, because they are too scattered, so the local government can't control them, not to mention there is really no extra manpower to arrest the escapees. If things go on like this for a long time, I’m afraid it won’t be a good thing.”

Prince Xianma Liu Xuan said: "Your Highness might as well send someone to say hello to the big clan in Shandong and ask them to set up a nursing home to help Zhang Xutuo wipe out the rebels."

Right now, the imperial court can't allocate money and food, so Zhang Xutuo has no way to temporarily recruit soldiers, and can only rely on the established team of the military mansion to fight Wang Bo.

But definitely can't beat it.

In Qi County, there are no refined weapons and armors, and the group of military guards are also poor at the moment, and they may not be willing to work hard, not to mention the disparity in strength, Zhang Xutuo himself may not dare to fight.

According to the official document of the Ministry of War, Wang Bo has already gathered 6000 people, and people from all over Shandong are also responding one after another. I am afraid that Zhang Xutuo's 1000 people have not reached Changbai Mountain, and there are already 1 people.

Even if 1 people are empty-handed, they can kill 1000 of you.

As for what Liu Xuan said about asking the big family to contribute, don't expect it. At this time, they will only protect themselves and will never help, especially that place was originally the former place of the Northern Qi Dynasty. When Yang Liang rebelled, a group of people were implicated. They were all killed by the court, and it is impossible for them to contribute.

But Wang Bo must be suppressed, otherwise, Hao Xiaode, Sun Xuanya, Liu Badao, and Zhang Jincheng are from Shandong, Gao Shida, Dou Jiande, two from Hebei, and Zhai Rang, a Henan banker, are all waiting to rebel.

This year is the seventh year of the great cause, and in February, all these rebels in history all took the lead this year.

Yang Ming thought that he had suppressed his father's harm to a very small extent, but he did not expect that Wang Bo was born.

It can be seen that there are some things that he can't change.

At this time, Yang Ming suddenly frowned and said, "Could it be that the oppression is too hard when you come to Hu'er? Otherwise, Shandong shouldn't be like this this time?"

Fang Xuanling said: "Mr. Rong Guo recruited 20 civilians to repair the ship, all of whom were from Shandong. The casualties should not be light. This time in Shandong, it should be related to the flood last year. The heavy rain flooded a county in Henan. But the six counties in Shandong were flooded, and the people’s harvest last year should not even be enough to pay taxes.”

Yang Ming frowned and said, "The disaster relief in Henan is donated by officials. Isn't there food from Jiangnan in Shandong for disaster relief?"

"This minister is not clear," Fang Xuanling shook his head.

Yang Ming said immediately, "Call me Cui Zhongfang."

After a while, Cui Zhongfang, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, came, and Yang Ming asked directly:

"Last year, Shandong was hit by floods, and 200 million shi of grain was transferred from the south of the Yangtze River. Is it actually used?"

Cui Zhongfang was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly hesitated.

Yang Ming immediately felt something was wrong: "Say!"

"This matter can only be discussed with the prince alone," Cui Zhongfang said helplessly.

Yang Ming was dumbfounded, it's over, this mother must have involved my father.

So he jumped up and entered the apse, Cui Zhongfang hurriedly followed.

"Xingluo warehouse in Luoyang was flooded last year, and nearly 300 million shi was lost. The relief food from Shandong was allocated to make up for the shortfall, and it has already been sent to Zhuojun," Cui Zhongfang whispered.

"Why didn't you talk about such a big thing earlier?" Yang Ming was furious.

Cui Zhongfang said with a bitter face: "His Royal Highness went hunting in Zhongnan Mountain at that time, and the minister did not have time to report, and this was dispatched by His Majesty's approval document. The capital is just preparing files, and has no right to intervene, and the other ministries do not know. Only The Ministry of Civil Affairs knows that it has to go through the Ministry of Civil Affairs to allocate food."

Where the emperor is, the Ministry of Ministers is the Minister of Ministers. Don't look at the Ministry of Ministries in the capital. He is too old to walk, so he stays here. The Ministry of Ministries, which can really coordinate the world's supplies, is in Luoyang.

If Cui Zhongfang hadn't been Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Yang Guang wouldn't have let him know.

Awesome dad, it has to be you, let me just say, how come the good Wang Bo still popped up, you have screwed Shandong with your feelings.

It's no wonder that such a big event, there is no news from Pei Ju, Yang Yue and Xuangan in Luoyang, so they did it without telling the world?
It seems that the old man was also afraid of tarnishing his reputation, so he sneakily embezzled the relief food. Since it is a shameful thing, the less people know about it, the better.

And Cui Zhongfang also knew that this matter could not be said, if Yang Ming was not the prince, he would not have said it.

Yang Ming sighed helplessly: "Understood, you can go back."

"The minister will leave,"

After Cui Zhongfang left, Yang Ming also returned to the front hall, but he didn't mention this matter again. He couldn't expose this shameless thing that his father did in front of so many people.

But everyone in the hall also realized that there must be something wrong with the relief food, otherwise the prince's face would not be so ugly.

But everyone was very knowledgeable and didn't ask questions.

Yang Ming knew that in Shandong right now, it was not about countering the rebellion, but about how to relieve the disaster. If the people affected by the disaster could not be appeased, there would only be more and more rebels like Wang Bo.

Suppressing the rebels is only a temporary solution, not a permanent cure.

But where to get the food?I really can't get it.

Yang Ming returned to Guanghua Hall to discuss raising food with his wife Yin Jiang.

"The common people have no food, but the aristocratic family has plenty, but how can they get it out of their granary?" Yang Ming frowned as he washed his feet in Nuan Dong.

After pondering for a long while, Yang Yinjiang said, "Isn't your husband planning to become a monk in Bashu? Why don't you ask your father to try it in other places as well."

"It won't work," Yang Ming said decisively: "Some methods can be used in Bashu, but they may not be applicable in other places. If this is done in other places now, the chaos will be even greater."

Bashu is closed, and basically does not communicate with other places, so sometimes it’s okay to mess around, but it’s not okay in other places.

Yang Yinjiang nodded and fell silent, thinking of ways to help her husband.

She can spend a little here, but not too much. After all, because of the winter clothes, she has already spent 60 guan, and the East Palace is also short of money right now.

"I think Feng Yuzhi doesn't want to leave this time, I'm afraid Feng An also means the same," Yang Yinjiang said, "It's better to ask Feng Yuzhi to help."

Yang Ming frowned and said, "Lingnan has already worked hard this time. There are not many fields in that area, and I'm afraid there is not much food now."

Yang Yinjiang smiled and said, "Feng An is the only one who contributes in Lingnan, but there is one person who didn't contribute."

Yang Ming frowned and said, "Who?"

"Ning Changzhen, the handsome chieftain," Yang Yinjiang said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)