Time flies by like water and never returns. In the blink of an eye, it is the 30th of the twelfth lunar month. Snow is falling in the sky. Every family lights up lights and colors to welcome the new year. After midnight, the new year is about to begin.
During this year, the situation in the world changed greatly. Du Fuwei, Lin Shihong, Chen Shen, Shen Faxing, Li Zitong and other forces entrenched in the south were all wiped out, and all the forces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were invaded. Climb the red eagle battle flag of the Sui army.
Xue Ju of Guanzhong defeated the Tang army in Qianshuiyuan, and his strength skyrocketed. However, because of the arrival of winter, the weather was cold, the horses were frozen, the armor was bone-breaking, and the horns and bows were difficult to control, so he reluctantly called off a truce with the Tang Dynasty and let the Tang Dynasty redeem himself. Returned to the captured Liu Hongji and other generals.
When Liu Wuzhou of Bingzhou learned that General Zhao Kuangyin had captured Taiyuan, he was overjoyed and immediately led his army to Taiyuan. Unexpectedly, he was mysteriously assassinated and died unexpectedly. Because Liu Wuzhou had no heirs, under the lobbying of Zhao Kuangyin's counselor Zhao Pu, Liu Wuzhou's old generals including Song Jingang, Yuchi Gong, and Xun Xiang were all persuaded to recommend Zhao Kuangyin as the new lord.
After Zhao Kuangyin came to power, he changed the situation of the Liu, Wu and Zhou Dynasties where the city was full of soldiers and the military discipline was chaotic. He cut off hundreds of thousands of troops and placed them in Mayi County and Yanmen County to work in agriculture. Strictly enforcing military discipline and appeasing people's livelihood, Bingbei, which was originally devastated under Liu Wuzhou's rule, gradually regained its vitality.
As for Li Mi of the Central Plains, he who was originally known as the most powerful in the world began to go downhill. Since his attack on Luoyang was repulsed by Wang Shichong, the military power of Wagang was no longer what it used to be, and morale was low. Many Wagang generals were extremely worried about the future of Wagang. pessimistic.
After the death of Zhai Rang, Xu Shiji, Luo Shixin, Wang Junke and others left angrily, and the Wagang army once again experienced a large-scale outflow of talents. A large number of talents with great strategic vision, such as Wei Zheng and Zhang Liang, all saw that Li Mi It was no longer possible to aspire to the world, so they all left without saying goodbye.
The situation in the Central Plains was quickly presented to Yang Gao, and at the same time, Wang Shichong's secret envoy Wang Renze also rushed to Jiangdu City. The arrival of Wang Renze made all Jiangdu officials overjoyed. Whether they were young officials such as Yu Yunwen and Fang Xuanling or veterans such as Pei Ju and Su Wei, they all believed that this would be an excellent moment to march into the Central Plains and return the capital to Luoyang.
However, Yang Gao is a time traveler. He knows very well that Wang Shichong will never be willing to be subordinated to others. But now Wang Shichong can be regarded as his only ally in the Sui Dynasty. What's more, if Wang Shichong sends troops from Luoyang, the difficulty of annihilating Li Mi can be greatly reduced. . Therefore, in order to show his sincerity to Wang Shichong, Yang Gao invited the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty to host a banquet in Jiangdu Palace to welcome Wang Renze on the day Wang Renze arrived in Jiangdu.
Because the armies of the Sui Dynasty had won consecutive battles in recent years and could soon regain the eastern capital Luoyang, the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty were overjoyed. They toasted to Yang Gao from time to time and praised Yang Gao for his civil and martial arts.
Yang Gao was also praised a little too much, and he drank nearly twenty glasses of wine before he knew it.
After the banquet was over, the drunkenness surged up. He felt light-headed and light-headed for a while. He was helped back to the dormitory by Zhan Zhao and several guards, and he immediately lay down on the dragon bed and fell asleep.
Yang Gao lay on the bed and didn't know how long he had slept, and he didn't know what time it was. But in a trance, it seemed that the door of the bedroom was quietly opened, and a gust of fragrant wind blew into Yang Gao's nostrils, irritating Yang Gao's mouth and tongue.
Not long after, Yang Gao felt a figure climb onto his dragon bed. He quickly took off his clothes, and soon felt a warm and moist place wrapping him up, and there was a feeling that seemed to be nothing. The aroma brushed against his cheeks.
Then, Yang Gao lost himself, followed the drive of his body, and fell into sleep accompanied by the sweet and pleasant girl beside him that sounded from time to time.
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The next day, it was just dawn. Yang Gao woke up from his sleep. Before I opened my eyes, I felt a warm body in my arms. I was shocked. I hurriedly opened my eyes and found that the person lying in my arms was not someone else. It was the same person I had known for almost a year. Meet Xiao Yuexian.
"Um......"
Perhaps sensing that Yang Gao had woken up, Xiao Yuexian also opened her eyes hazily. For a moment, their eyes met.
"Yue Xian, what are you..."
Before Yang Gao finished speaking, Xiao Yuexian suddenly squeezed into Yang Gao's arms and said with a tangled face: "I hope your majesty will help my father for the sake of my concubine being your majesty's woman." Bar!"
"Your father?"
Yang Gao was stunned for a moment and said in confusion: "What happened to your father? After I ascended the throne, I named him Duke of Liang. Although he has no freedom, he still has enough food and clothing!"
Xiao Yuexian shook her head helplessly, "Your Majesty doesn't know something. After all, my concubine's father had rebelled before. Some powerful families in Jiangdu City took the opportunity to oppress my father, verbally abusing him, and occupying land cheaply. My father's life was not easy."
"What did you say? Cheap land?" Yang Gao was slightly stunned and asked in a low voice.
Xiao Yuexian nodded without understanding, "My father came to the palace two days ago to ask for help. He said that he and many of Xiao Liang's old ministers were bullied by the powerful in Jiangdu City because they had betrayed the Sui Dynasty before, so their land was taken away from them. After that, most people dare not be angry but dare not speak out!"
"Asshole!"
The more Yang Gao listened, the darker his face became. He stood up and shouted loudly outside: "Pass an order to Qingtian envoy Zhang Juzheng and Shangshu to order Yu Yunwen to enter the palace immediately to see me!"
Xiao Yuexian was startled by Yang Gao's gesture and hurriedly got up, her face pale, "Your Majesty, don't be angry. In fact, I am very grateful that you can spare my father's life!"
Yang Gao helped Xiao Yuexian up and said seriously: "I don't blame you, on the contrary, you have done great service for me. You have a good rest, I am going to deal with state affairs!"
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Half an hour later, Yang Gao, who was neatly dressed, met Zhang Juzheng and Yu Yunwen in the imperial study room and talked about the past with a gloomy face.
After listening to Yang Gao's account, both Zhang Juzheng and Yu Yunwen fell into deep thought.
After a long time, Yu Yunwen sighed and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter is a bit troublesome. According to what Your Majesty said, the land these dignitaries secretly occupied were the officials of Xiao Liang who had followed Xiao Mian. They rebelled once, although they saved their lives. , but deep down in my heart, I am still afraid that we will settle the score later, so when faced with the bullying of the powerful, I will choose to swallow it, settle the matter, and never push myself to the forefront again."
Zhang Juzheng echoed: "What Mr. Yu said is that although Xiao Mian is rebellious, he is the nephew of the Queen Mother after all. Even he was forcibly occupied by the powerful, not to mention other surrendered ministers, but the minor ministers have been Still haven’t received any reports on this matter!”
Yang Gao snorted angrily, "These people are smart. They know that if they seize the people's land, they will easily cause complaints from the people and they will be discovered by me. So they set their targets on the surrenders. Most of these surrenders are afraid of the Great Sui Dynasty." Heart, one thing more is better than one thing less. It really made them a lot of money."
Zhang Juzheng bowed and said: "Your Majesty, this trend must not last long. The Qingtian issue has just begun, and any land annexation must not be allowed. Otherwise, all previous efforts in the Qingtian issue will be wasted."
Yu Yunwen also echoed in a deep voice: "And if this matter spreads, who will dare to surrender to me, Sui Dynasty in the future."
Yang Gao clenched his fists angrily and gritted his teeth and said: "These worms are at the critical moment of the Sui Dynasty. They don't want to serve the country, but they go out of their way to shake the foundation of the Sui Dynasty. It is really not a pity to die."
Yang Gao's anger was not unreasonable. Land annexation was a very serious matter for rulers. The powerful people seized a large number of peasants' land. The peasants had no land to cultivate, and thus lost their source of livelihood. In the end, they had no choice but to embark on the path of rebellion in order to survive.
Although the powerful people occupied a large amount of land, the taxes and grain they paid to the court were pitifully small. During the Tang Dynasty, it was because they acquiesced to the powerful people's occupation of land that the emperor went without food for more than ten days during the reign of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty.
"It seems that in the past two years since I came to the throne, I have been so kind to these guys that they dare to violate my will!"
Yang Gao stood up slowly and said with murderous intent: "Zhang Juzheng, Yu Yunwen, I will give you five days. Within five days, you will find out all the people suspected of this matter. No matter who is found, no matter who he is Let me find out your identity!"
"Wei Chen obeys the order!"
Both Zhang Juzheng and Yu Yunwen felt the strong murderous aura emanating from Yang Gao, and their bodies trembled and their hearts skipped a beat.
As the saying goes, when the emperor is angry, millions of people will be killed. Both Zhang Juzheng and Yu Yunwen realized that there would soon be a bloody storm in Jiangdu City.
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"call!"
After leaving the imperial study room, Zhang Juzheng and Yu Yunwen both breathed a sigh of relief and looked at each other with wry smiles in their eyes.
"I didn't expect that His Majesty's martial arts skills would be so strong at such a young age!"
Zhang Juzheng shook his head and recalled with lingering fear.
After all, Yu Yunwen had been in the army for several years, and his reaction at this moment was much calmer than that of Zhang Juzheng, "Your Majesty once studied martial arts with Xue Rengui. General Xue Rengui was one of the best generals in the Sui Dynasty. It is not surprising that your Majesty has such martial arts." Yes. Mr. Zhang, you and I should consider how to do well what His Majesty has assigned us!"
Zhang Juzheng nodded, "Your Majesty only gave us five days. The time is very tight. I wonder what Master Yu has in mind?"
Yu Yunwen smiled slightly, "In my opinion, surrender ministers like Xiao Mian will most likely be monitored. We will start from now on to see who has visited Xiao Mian recently."
