Martial Arts: I am in the Ming Cult and I am building a dynasty

Chapter 337: Fear of wife is the tradition of the old Yang family

Yunding Palace, Huixian Palace.

This is a small meeting, administrative and reception hall similar to the Shangshufang of the major dynasties. It is paved entirely with white marble and has a bright dome, a specialty of the Mingjiao. With the blessing of runes, it can realize various functions such as color changing and temperature adjustment, and is extremely luxurious.

When Yang Zhao brought Hu Qingyang into the Huixian Palace, he saw that Huang Rong, Yan Fei and others had already arrived in the palace early. They were all like ladies and good girls, surrounding a beautiful middle-aged woman.

"Auntie!"

"Zhao'er!"

Yang Zhao entered the hall and quickly came to his mother Yuan's divine list and bowed to pay his respects.

Yuanshi was very surprised and pulled Yang Zhao up. She was gentle and caring to him at first, and then, under the instigation of Huang Rong, Yan Fei and others, she began to educate Yang Zhao in various ways.

"Zhao'er, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you've flirted with so many girls, but why don't you even give them a name?"

"Although your father has long passed away, you are still the orthodox of the Sui Dynasty and a descendant of the Hongnong Yang family..."

"Mother knows that you have great ambitions, but there is nothing I can do to help you. I just hope that you can give birth to a child soon. As long as I am healthy, I can take care of your child for a few more years..."

Yuanshi is a gentle person, but she is stubborn at heart.

Otherwise, Yang Zhao's adoptive father Yang Yong, who had married her, would not have had various conflicts and long-term separations with Yang Yong because of some things.

You know, the Yuan family was a first-class family with considerable power in the Sui Dynasty.

As the legitimate daughter of the Yuan family, Yuan was the rightful crown princess.

If she had not had such a bad relationship with Yang Yong, how could she have been unable to control several of the prince's concubines? She even became depressed at one point and nearly died several times.

Yang Zhao knew his mother's character and didn't dare to refute at all.

After enduring more than half an hour of scolding from Yuanshi, Huang Rong, Yan Fei and others, Yang Zhao finally found an excuse, walked out of Huixian Palace in a dusty state, and came to the Dengxian Pavilion next door.

Dengxian Pavilion is a side hall of Huixian Palace, usually used as a place to rest after being tired of handling government affairs.

This place is considered to be a palace like the emperor's bedroom.

But when Yang Zhao came in, he saw Wu Jianzhang, Gao Zuo, He Ruobi, Yin Tianzheng, Xie Xun, Wei Yixiao and others, all looking equally dusty, crowded around a table, drinking alone.

Yang Zhao was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why are you here too?"

Hearing Yang Zhao's question, Xie Xun and Wei Yixiao laughed awkwardly and remained silent.

Yin Tianzheng, relying on his father-in-law status, was not so embarrassed. He smiled and said, "Good son-in-law, I came to discuss some things with you since I saw you return to Islam."

Yang Zhao had a strange expression on his face and said, "Father-in-law couldn't bear it either, so he hid in here, right?"

Yin Tianzheng's face froze, and he said, "Well, it's unfortunate for our family. Ever since that girl Susu followed the leader, my father-in-law, as a father, has become less and less important in the family."

Seeing Yin Tianzheng like this.

Gao Qiu was also filled with righteous indignation and said, "What Father-in-law Yin said makes sense. Your Highness, the Ascension Pavilion is your place of rest and privacy. It is inappropriate and disrespectful to discuss matters here!"

Yang Zhao understood what Gao Zuo meant.

The place where everyone should have discussed matters was in the Huixian Palace, but being driven to the Dengxian Pavilion by a group of women was nothing short of a humiliation for a group of grown men.

Looking at Gao Qiu's indignant expression.

Yang Zhao's expression froze, and he said, "Prime Minister Gao, actually, this Ascension Pavilion is quite large, and it is also very secretive, so it is not easy to leak secrets."

Gao Qiu looked at Yang Zhao with a look of disappointment and wanted to say something.

Wu Jianzhang said with a smile: "Old Gao, it's useless to tell His Highness this. Being henpecked is a tradition of the Yang family. Didn't His Majesty leave the palace because of the Queen's anger and cry for most of the night in the West Hill?"

"I remember that it was us old brothers who comforted His Majesty and coaxed him back."

He Ruobi drank a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Brother Wu is right. It is the tradition of the Yang family to be afraid of wives. We can't break this rule. I think this Dengxian Pavilion is quite good."

Wu Jianzhang and He Ruobi, relying on their seniority and great contributions, talked back and forth like a play, constantly exposing the secrets of the Yang family.

Yang Zhao's face turned black on the spot, and he glared at Wu Jianzhang and He Ruobi in displeasure.

However, it was absolutely impossible to let Yang Zhao go out and fight against his mother Yuanshi, Huang Rong, Yan Fei and others. It was already very difficult for him to escape alive from a group of women.

"Cough cough!"

Yang Zhao coughed twice, straightened his demeanor, and said, "Mr. Wu, Mr. Gao, Mr. He Ruo, and father-in-law, please stop talking about trivial matters. Let's get down to business."

Wu Jianzhang, Gao Zuo, He Ruobi and Yin Tianzheng all looked mocking.

Yang Zhao also knew that his change of topic was a bit abrupt, so he said, "Let's not talk about the Ming Cult. The scale of Bright Summit has reached this point, and it is not appropriate to expand it any further, otherwise it will attract the attention of the Qin, Ming, Yuan and other countries. We can just maintain the status quo, and focus on conquering the runes, alchemy, and weapon refining techniques in the future."

"This time when I return to Guangmingding, I will take some rest and go back to the Great Sui to sort out the world. Bat King, please tell me about the current situation of the Great Sui."

When it comes to the affairs of the Sui Dynasty, Wu Jianzhang, Gao Zuo and He Ruobi finally become serious.

It can be said that Wu Jianzhang, Gao Zuo, He Ruobi, and even Yang Jian, Dugu Qieluo and others who were hiding deep within the Sui Dynasty were all completely disappointed with Yang Guang.

Especially when compared with what Yang Zhao did in the Song Dynasty, Yang Guang's incompetence is even more apparent.

If Yang Zhao hadn't stayed in the Song Dynasty to delay.

As early as two years ago, Wu Jianzhang, Gao Zuo, He Ruobi and others had already intended to bring Yang Zhao back to the right path and turn to the Sui Dynasty to capture cities and territories.

It's a pity that the crown prince of one's own dynasty is so stunningly handsome, but he always works for someone else's dynasty.

Hearing Yang Zhao's words at this moment, the three of them suddenly felt their blood boiling.

Seeing this, Wei Yixiao did not dare to neglect it and said, "Master, according to the report from the Six Bats Hall of the Great Sui Dynasty, from the first year of Daye to the end of the sixth year, Yang Guang started a large-scale construction project after he ascended the throne. He visited Yangzhou three times and supervised the construction of Luoyang City, the Imperial Palace and other countless projects in six years. He also dug a canal for thousands of miles."

"During this period, Yang Guang has mobilized more than 7 million civilians from southern Henan, northern Hebei, western Shanxi, Huaibei, and Jiangnan. In the seventh year of Daye, which is this year, Wang Bo led the people to revolt in Changbai Mountain in eastern Shandong. Liu Badao, Sun Zuan, Zhang Jincheng, Dou Jiande and others have also completed their plans and are on the verge of revolt..."

Chapter 338: The Sui Dynasty on the Crater of a Volcano

The Ming Cult's current power is mostly concentrated in Kunlun Mountain, the Yuan Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, and the southwestern area of ​​the Ming Dynasty, and it has not been able to enter the Sui Dynasty in a large scale.

On the one hand, the martial arts power of the Sui Dynasty was not weak, and there were many aristocratic families.

On the other hand, since Yang Zhao became the leader of the Ming Cult, Yang Guang has been extremely fierce and ruthless in his crackdowns on Ming Cult followers within the Sui Dynasty.

In the Sui Dynasty, only the Five Bats under the Six Bat Hall had some connections and strongholds.

But even so, the data sent back by the Six Bat Hall is shocking enough.

Yang Guang is indeed an example of a person with great ambitions but little talent, and who is fond of ostentation.

In the Sui Dynasty, the power of the aristocratic families was too great. The noble families and the martial arts sects almost controlled more than 40% of the official power of the entire Sui Dynasty.

And in secret, he controlled more than 80% of the power of the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Guang was not without strategy.

After he ascended the throne, whether it was the construction of the imperial palace, the Luoyang city, or the digging of the canal, they were all very sharp conspiracies that could continuously consume the power of the Sui Dynasty's aristocratic families and the martial arts world.

Because only a very small number of those conscripted peasants were under the direct control of the Sui Dynasty court, and the vast majority of them came from the areas controlled by the Sui Dynasty's aristocratic families and martial arts sects.

Don’t you see that the peasants recruited by Yang Guang were all from western Shanxi, northern Hebei, southern Henan, eastern Shandong, Lianghuai, and Jiangnan.

Among them are the Li Clan in western Shanxi, the Yuwen Clan in northern Hebei, the Five Surnames and Seven Families in southern Henan and eastern Shandong, the Xiao Clan in Lianghuai, and so on.

Only in the Guanzhong area controlled by the Yang family, very few farmers were conscripted.

This was an open conspiracy. Officially, the aristocratic families of the Sui Dynasty could not disobey, nor did they have any reason to disobey.

But even so, Yang Guang moved too hastily.

Starting from the first year of Daye, an average of more than one million farmers were conscripted almost every month. The continuous corvee labor not only weakened the aristocratic families of the Sui Dynasty, but also constantly consumed the dignity and national strength of the Sui Dynasty court.

What's more, the former Emperor Wen Yang Jian relied on the aristocratic family to establish his dynasty.

When Yang Jian was in power, he was extremely powerful and scheming. While stabilizing the court, he was also able to weaken the aristocratic families bit by bit.

After several decades of this, Yang Jian felt that he had accumulated enough strength, so he decided to make a plan for the two dragons to compete for the throne. He faked his death and abdicated before he dared to take action against those more powerful aristocratic families.

This is a safe option.

In fact, Yang Jian had laid an extremely solid foundation for Yang Guang. As long as he followed the instructions step by step, within two or three generations, he would be able to corrupt and devour most of those aristocratic families.

Unfortunately, Yang Guang thought he was extremely talented and treated everyone in the world as fools.

When those aristocratic families are pushed into a corner, they become man-eating tigers.

For example, Wang Bo, Liu Badao, Sun Zuan, Zhang Jincheng, Dou Jiande and others were almost all secretly instigated by those aristocratic families in order to test the Sui Dynasty.

Listening to Wei Yixiao's continuous reports.

In the entire Dengxian Pavilion, the faces of Yang Zhao, Wu Jianzhang, Gao Zuo, He Ruobi and others had become gloomy, as if a storm was gathering.

"Yang Guang, you little brat, have ruined our decades-long plan."

"Wei Yixiao, why the hell are you saying this now? My Great Sui Dynasty is about to collapse."

"If I had known this would happen, I should have beaten that bastard Yang Guang to death."

Wu Jianzhang, Gao Zuo and He Ruobi were undoubtedly very familiar with the feelings and various situations of the Sui Dynasty, and naturally knew what Yang Guang's behavior represented.

If we say that Yang Jian faked his death and abdicated, it was like blowing a hole in the towering mountain of the Sui Dynasty's aristocratic families.

Then Yang Guang's behavior was to skip countless preludes and directly dig up the cover covering this high mountain, completely revealing the internal contradictions of the Sui Dynasty that were like volcanic magma, and putting the entire Sui Dynasty on the crater of a volcano.

It can be said that if there are just a few more wrong moves, the internal conflicts within the Sui Dynasty will erupt like a volcano, shattering the entire Sui Dynasty into pieces, and it is even possible that the entire Sui Dynasty will be reduced to ruins.

Just when Wu Jianzhang, Gao Zuo and He Ruobi were furious.

Yang Zhao, however, pressed them hard and said, "Mr. Wu, Mr. Gao, and Mr. He Ruo, things have come to this point. Now is not the time to lose your temper or make a move. Moreover, isn't our great grandfather still in charge of the Sui Dynasty? Since he hasn't made any unusual moves, it means the situation is still under control."

"If we make a big move at this time, it will inevitably cause the internal contradictions of the Sui Dynasty to shift, and even make the situation more complicated. Now is not the time for us to launch a full-scale attack."

There was some truth in Yang Zhao's words, which calmed Wu Jianzhang, Gao Zuo and He Ruobi down a little.

But even so, the atmosphere in the entire Dengxian Pavilion was still depressing.

Yang Zhao waved his hand and said, "Bat King, apart from Yang Guang's past, have the Five Bats heard any other news?"

Wei Yixiao pondered for a moment, then said, "Reporting to the leader, among the Luoyang Five Bats, someone is lurking in the Yuwen clan. I did get some information, but I'm not sure."

Yang Zhao raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the news? Tell me now."

Wei Yixiao took a deep breath and said, "The spies reported that just a few months ago, after Yuwen Shu, the leader of the Yuwen clan, returned from the palace, he flew into a rage and angrily scolded Yang Guang at home for not being a human son."

"He said something like Yang Guang was slippery and wanted to divert the conflict, and even mentioned something like Goguryeo."

Yuwen Shu was the head of the Yuwen clan of the Sui Dynasty. He was very powerful and had great influence.

The information and intelligence that the Inverted Five Bat spies lurking in the Yuwen clan were able to collect were somewhat scattered.

However, when he heard the three words "Goguryeo", a flash of inspiration came to Yang Zhao's mind.

Yes.

As far as Yang Zhao remembers, in the seventh year of Daye, Yang Guang first mobilized troops from all over the country to attack Goguryeo.

Whether it is historical inertia or someone is directing it behind the scenes.

It seems that by this time, Yang Guang had realized that his actions were too hasty, which had caused the internal conflicts of the Sui Dynasty to reach the extreme. If he was not careful, they would erupt completely.

That is why Yang Guang diverted the conflict and prepared to attack Goguryeo at this time.

At this time, Liaodong Goguryeo actually had a large territory and huge interests.

Conquering Goguryeo would not only consume the power of the aristocratic families, but also gain a large amount of land benefits to divert conflicts, and at the same time enhance Yang Guang's prestige, which could be said to kill several birds with one stone.

This is most likely the case of Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, secretly reminding and advising Yang Guang.

Chapter 339: The method by which the army sneaks into the country

Use foreign wars to ease intense internal conflicts and quietly consume the strength of internal enemies.

This is definitely a brilliant move.

But unfortunately, for a person with great ambitions but little talent.

Even the most brilliant plan could not match his impatient and violent character and brain.

According to common sense, with the national strength of the Sui Dynasty, to attack a mere Goguryeo, it would only take an army of 200,000 or 300,000 at most, and send in famous ministers and brave generals to completely conquer it.

But Yang Zhao was clear.

This year, next year, and even in the future, Yang Guang will gather millions of troops three times in a row, and all of them will be placed under the city of Liaodong in a disgraceful manner, making the so-called expedition to Goguryeo a laughing stock.