In the afternoon, Yang Ji's team entered Daxing City from the east gate of Daxing City and separated from Shan Xiongxin and his party at the north gate of the East City. After chatting along the way, Yang Ji learned that in addition to Shan Xiongxin and Cheng Yaojin, their team also included Zhai. Jean, Huang Junhan.
These people were officials of the Northern Qi Dynasty for several generations. Although now due to the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty, their families were suppressed by the Guanlong nobles who were in power, and they became local tyrants who were huddled in the local area. But the family background is there. They have no power now, but they are still rich and powerful in the local area. They learn to ride and shoot after peeing, and everyone practices horse riding.
Although Yang Ji knew that they would be Wagang rebels in the future, they were just ordinary people of the Sui Dynasty. They only wanted to get a good result in the competition, and then serve the Sui Dynasty, fighting for their loyalty and life. It would be too much to kill someone who was granted the title of Yin Zi; besides, if Yang Guang still caused chaos in the world, even if Zhai Rang did not rebel, there would still be thousands of Zhai Rang rebels. Therefore, he never thought of killing these future anti-kings and anti-thieves who were still good citizens.
The team continued to move forward, and when it arrived at the north gate of Pingkangfang, it was divided into three: those with families in the capital, who all separated from Yang Ji here, and dispersed to other villages; those with Liu Rumei and those without families. , or those who planned to arrange it in the capital, they took most of the guards to the palace; as for Yang Ji himself, he had to enter the palace to give orders. In addition, although Yang Liang was escorted into the capital as soon as possible, there were still several large cars The evidence and stolen goods are here in Yang Ji. These are also things that must be delivered today.
Although Yang Ji's clothes were soaked by the drizzle and it was getting late, he had to deliver orders and deliver hot things before he could go home today. This was a detail that Yang Jian taught him based on his own experience as an emperor. , these seemingly inconspicuous details represent the official attitude and the courtier's minimum respect for the king. If a minister is always careless and doesn't care about these details, no matter how favored he is, he will sooner or later be disgusted by the king and his superiors, and it may even become the straw that breaks the camel's back at a critical moment.
Yang Jishen thought so. Isn't He Ruobi the best example? Moreover, when Yang Jian taught Yang Ji these things, he also said frankly that he hated He Ruobi very much. The reason why he could tolerate He Ruobi was because he distinguished between public and private affairs and could not use personal emotions to deal with a minister who had made great achievements. But when He Ruobi was finally executed, it was more or less due to his usual reasons. At the very least, no one said a kind word for him. Even Yu Wenbi, whom he regarded as a good friend, looked on with cold eyes. It was obvious that everyone had had enough of him.
"King Wei!" Just when Yang Ji, Liu Rumei and others separated, a familiar voice came from behind.
Yang Ji looked back and saw a carriage slowly driving out from the square gate. Sitting in the carriage were Gao Jiong and Yu Wenbi. They got off the carriage far away and walked quickly towards Yang Ji. .
"Rumei, you go home first!" Yang Ji said to Liu Rumei.
"Here!" Liu Rumei asked, "Master, do you want to eat in the palace or go home?"
Yang Ji said without hesitation: "Of course I'm going home!"
"Okay!" Liu Rumei smiled slightly and led the large troops towards the square gate.
Yang Ji got off his horse, walked towards Gao Jun and Yu Wenbi, raised his hands and said, "Gao Gong, Yu Wen Gong, why are you here?"
Gao Yan stepped forward and said with a smile: "We went to Yuwen Gong's house for a drink, and we happened to see King Wei come back, how about we come together?"
"No! No!" Yang Ji pointed at the carriages slowly driving forward and said with a smile, "I want to send this evidence to the palace."
"Evidence of crime?" Yu Wenbi's eyebrows twitched and he pretended to be indifferent and asked: "But the evidence of Yang Liang's rebellion?"
"Of course not. He has already rebelled, so why do we need any evidence of guilt? This is the evidence that people in the imperial court collaborated with the enemy before and after Yang Liang's rebellion." Yang Ji looked at Yuwenbi meaningfully: "Someone was there before Yang Liang's rebellion. They handed over their servants and slaves in Bingzhou to Yang Liang as soldiers; some people thought that the court was destined to lose, so they wrote letters of allegiance to Yang Liang; some people saw that Yang Liang was so powerful that they also wrote to Yang Liang The effect; there are also people who sent the imperial court's combat deployment and military information to Yang Liang... In short, every letter is enough to make the head of the writer's family roll and the blood flow like a river. If I remember correctly, Yuwen Gong's family's "Unfilial son," it seems, he also wrote a letter of allegiance, and even gave away many family heirlooms to Duke Yuwen behind his back, hehe..."
"Buzz~"
At this moment, Yu Wenbi felt that his mind went blank, and a feeling of suffocation made his heart stop beating at this moment. He staggered back a few steps, and his face quickly turned pale.
Gao Yan looked at Yu Wenbi's pale face and was obviously confused by Yang Ji's words. At the same time, he also knew that Yang Ji was not talking nonsense, but was indeed true. As for the so-called "unfilial disciple", he was actually Yu Wenbi himself.
He couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, quite disappointed and regretful. Although it was a common tradition of the aristocratic family to make multiple bets, most of them happened when the heroes were divided, and Yang Liang's rebellion in the prosperous age was completely against the people of the world who were living and working in peace and contentment. It is clear that this is an act that loses the hearts of the people, so how can this achieve great things?
Even if Yang Liang is so angry that he can swallow up thousands of miles like a tiger, it is only a temporary success, but Yu Wenbi and others are so impatient, which is really their own fault. I have repeatedly advised Yu Wenbi to be calmer and calmer, but he just refuses to listen. Is this okay?
"King Wei, are all of these?" Gao Qiao pointed to the carriages in front of him, and after counting, there were twelve carriages, and his brows jumped wildly.
What the emperor hates and taboos the most is that the aristocratic families are intertwined and advance and retreat together. The power of the clans in the Sui Dynasty was unprecedented, which led to the emperor's disgust and taboo against the aristocratic families. Otherwise, he would have experienced the Renshou tragedy within a few months. Why did Yang Guang move the capital in such a hurry after the palace coup and Yang Liang's rebellion?
In the final analysis, they were all frightened by the mutiny.
And if everything in the car was as Yang Ji said, Guanzhong would be filled with heads and blood.
From then on, the population of Guanzhong dropped sharply, the food pressure was greatly reduced, and the emperor had no constraints. He happily gave up the idea of moving the capital. It can be said that everything was complete and everyone was happy. As for the collaborators who died as light as a feather, to the people of the world, it was as heavy as Mount Tai to sacrifice their lives for the country, and they were considered to have died a worthy death.
Yang Ji nodded and said truthfully: "It's all letters of collaboration and stolen goods! Mr. Gao should go home first!"
Gao Jiao asked in confusion: "Why do you let me go home?"
"Tomorrow there will be crowds of people, and everyone will approve the meal. You have to prepare the gift money in advance, otherwise, will you be able to come here tomorrow?" Yang Ji laughed, cupped his fists in salute to the two of them, jumped on his horse, and walked away.
Yu Wenbi turned his gaze from Yang Ji's retreating back to Gao Jiong and asked urgently: "Gao Gong, what do you think I should do now?"
"Mr. Yuwen, are you really loyal to Yang Liang?" Gao Jiong's brows almost knitted together. In fact, he was also worried that he would be involved in this inexplicable case.
Yu Wenbi smiled bitterly and said: "I'm not that stupid, but in the officialdom, courtesy exchanges are normal! But after Yang Liang's rebellion, normal courtesy exchanges are no longer normal."
Gao Yan sighed: "With so many letters and objects in King Wei's motorcade, it is inevitable that someone will write to Yang Liang to pledge his allegiance. If this is mixed up, your non-loyalty will become a loyal one."
He glanced at Yu Wenbi, who had no master, and said calmly: "Don't forget, when you went to court in the morning, you were completely unreasonable and opposed for the sake of opposition. If you are a saint, you can kill for the sake of killing if you have the evidence in hand! If you are a saint, We will kill you all as rebels, and the people will not doubt it, thinking that you are rebels who deserve to die."
Yu Wenbi's eyes suddenly opened wide. He stood stunned for a long time and said slowly: "I understand, I understand! The advantage of suppressing the unsealed fifty-two states is profit, and the twelve carts of tokens are Prestige. The saint is waiting for the prestige of these twelve chariots. If our Guanlong nobles give in on moving the capital, the saint may imitate the Wei Emperor and burn the secret letters of Yang Liang secretly communicated by civil and military officials in public, and canonize fifty-two happily. State duties. If you don’t give in...hehe..."
Gao Yan nodded silently: "Since Yuwen Gong understands, it seems that I don't need to say anything more!"
Yu Wenbi's face was full of bitterness, and he said helplessly: "I invited Mr. Gao to drink, and I wanted you to oppose the relocation of the capital together. It seems that now I have made you support the relocation of the capital."
"It's not appropriate for me to come forward in this matter." Gao Qiao shook his head slowly: "If it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to help you, but would involve myself."
"Gao Gong is more thoughtful!" Yu Wenbi understood Gao Jiong's concerns after a moment's thought. Firstly, Gao Jiong was Yang Yong's father-in-law and supporter, and secondly, his prestige was too high. If he came forward, I'm afraid the emperor would Thinking that Gao Jiong was doing everything secretly, it turned out to be self-defeating.
He was going to discuss with Dugu Shun and others at this moment, how could he still think about inviting Gao Jiong for a drink? He bowed to Gao Jiong and said, "Mr. Gao, I'm really sorry. Let's meet again another day."
After all, Yu Wenbi was a veteran for decades, and of course he knew the seriousness of Yang Ji's dozens of criminal evidence. If he was lucky, at most he would be punished for making careless friends and inappropriate behavior, but if Yang Guang used the topic to his advantage, then It is the rebel thief who is a thief. The key is that during the morning court today, the noble officials of Guanlong were unreasonable and had already made Yang Guang angry.
He has already noticed the hidden problems here. This matter is most likely caused by Yang Guang and Yang Ji having colluded for a long time. Therefore, the offensives are wave after wave, and each wave is sharper than the other. First, they use fat positions to disintegrate the unity within the Guanlong nobles, and then they attack again. Destroy some people's will with evidence of guilt. The attack was as fast as thunder. Looking at their posture, it was clear that they planned to defeat the enemy with overwhelming force, without giving the Guanlong nobles a chance to form gangs and discuss countermeasures. Otherwise, how could Yang Ji arrive so coincidentally today? Beijing? Otherwise, why didn't Yang Guang announce the relocation of the capital tomorrow?
But Yang Guangyi has the evidence in hand, and his purpose and intention have been revealed, so the Guanlong nobles now have no choice but to follow the opponent's rhythm and seek self-protection through compromise.
What's more terrible is that even if they compromise, Yang Guang may not let them go, because Yang Guang is the master of the prosperous times, not Cao Cao who wants to unify the world in troubled times. He does not need to fight for internal unity and Compromise to the "surrenders" by burning letters.
. . . . . . .
"Meet the saint!" In the Daxing Palace, Yang Ji, led by several chamberlains, hurried to the Ganlu Hall and bowed to Yang Guang, who had been waiting for a long time and stood up to greet him. As formal as you say, you will be as polite as you say, and as polite as you say!
Yang Guang felt goosebumps rising. He smiled and helped Yang Ji up: "Hey, hey, hey! It's boring to be like this. I'm tired of listening to songs praising virtues and looking at well-behaved ministers every day. If you If it becomes like this, then I will really become a loner.”
Yang Ji took advantage of the situation and found a seat to sit down. He smiled and asked Yang Guang who was sitting down: "Brother, it feels good to be a king with your face facing north and south, doesn't it feel good?"
"So cool? So cool!" Yang Guang shook his head and laughed: "The emperor looks supreme and radiant, but in fact it is very boring. And the hard work is really hard to describe."
"Brother is the master of the world. You can do whatever you want and kill whoever you want. Why can't you just say it?" Yang Ji instantly transformed into a paparazzi.
"I can do whatever I want? Kill whoever I want? You can imagine it. Let me tell you, whatever I want to do now is subject to heavy restrictions and I can't kill anyone. I'm not as comfortable as the King of Jin or the Prince." Yang Guang shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I face a large group of people every day, and any one of these people is the smartest liar in the world; I have to rack my brains every moment to distinguish what they mean. Which sentence is true, which sentence is false, and which sentence is harmful to others and benefits oneself, the feeling is difficult to describe."
Yang Ji lost his voice and said: "Liar? Is it so exaggerated?"
"It's not an exaggeration at all!" Yang Guang sighed: "You don't know something! Every day I have to face countless liars and countless memorials submitted by liars. And these liars will change their tricks every day. Lies came to deceive me. It would be better if the public and private matters were divided equally, but most people and most of the high-sounding memorials are actually for their own selfish interests."
"Those civil and military officials are trying to figure out their intentions even in their dreams; and as the king of a country, I also have to figure out the intentions of these ministers. But behind each of them, there are dozens or hundreds of people who make suggestions, and then they all figure out what I am doing. But I alone have to figure out countless liars with countless advisers behind them every day. It is simply harder than climbing to the sky to see through someone."
Yang Guang glanced at Yang Ji and continued to complain: "You are not an outsider, let me tell you the truth: If I investigate these courtiers to the end and punish them according to law, there will definitely not be more than ten who survive in the end! If you also include those who allowed the clan members to take corruption and bribes and bring harm to the people, not one of these ten people will be left! It is simply a joke to have such a bunch of corrupt officials control the center and the law, and to govern the country according to the law and to be fair and just."
"I'm going to die, but there are so many corrupt officials?" Yang Ji was really shocked this time.
"What do you think?" Yang Guang chuckled: "It's not just corruption. What's terrible is that they form gangs and attack each other. Whenever they encounter a government decree that is not good for them, they will oppose it, regardless of whether the decree is beneficial to the people or not. It is beneficial to the country. In their eyes, I, the emperor, are not a human being, but an indestructible sword that is as sharp as clay. Whoever uses it well can be promoted and make a fortune, and whoever can kill anyone who opposes him or her. "
Yang Ji confessed: "Brother, I confess to you that I am actually a corrupt official. You might as well beat me to the bottom as a warning to others!"
Yang Guang said with a smile: "Did you seek wealth and murder?"
Yang Ji thought for a while and said, "My family is not short of money, so why should I seek wealth and kill myself?"
Yang Guang asked again: "Could it be that you rebelled?"
"That's definitely not the case!" Yang Ji shook his head repeatedly: "I'm too lazy to be a company official, so what's the point of rebelling? Only people with faults would ignore the great happiness and become an emperor."
Yang Guang's face suddenly darkened, and for a moment he wanted to kick him hard, and said angrily: "Then what did you do?"
Yang Ji said: "I resell weapons!"
"I know this! If you remember correctly, I approved it." Yang Guang looked at Yang Ji and continued: "The money you earned has also been invested in the construction of Liangzhou, and it has benefited from Your resold weapons are the reason why the Nipu Chuluo Khan has been able to persist until now. Otherwise, the Western Turks would have been unified by the Shekui Khan long ago. By then, it will be a serious problem for me in the Sui Dynasty. You have merits and demerits. If I put If you do it to the end, won’t there be no distinction between reward and punishment?”
"This..." Yang Ji was speechless. For a while, he couldn't find the reason why he was being spanked to the end.
When he thought about it more carefully, he found that he was neither greedy for money, nor bullying men and women, nor was he corrupt or perverting the law. He was actually a perfectly honest and upright official who was dedicated to his duties, capable but not ambitious.
This is really incredible!
"Haha, there's no reason!" Yang Guang almost died laughing when he saw him dumbfounded and speechless.
Yang Ji nodded numbly and said: "But the power of the state pastor is too great, which is not good for the country. Brother Yiqian is the best example. It should be abolished starting from me."
"I grant you the title of Liangzhou Shepherd. Firstly, it will commend you for your achievements. Secondly, it will make it easier for you to deal with Tuyuhun. Thirdly, it will be easier for you to try out and promote those weird ideas!" Yang Guang said nonchalantly: "When you destroy Tuyuhun , we will discuss the issue of whether to withdraw or not after we have customized all the policies such as how many people are divided into acres and so on.”
"It's okay now anyway. Why don't you lead the troops to destroy Tuyuhun next year!" Yang Ji suggested.
"I won't go!" Yang Guang shook his head: "You have made Tuyuhun half dead. What's the point of me going to fight it? I can't afford to lose face. If you want to fight, fight against a powerful enemy like Goguryeo."
Yang Ji was moved when he heard this. In history, Yang Guang paid great attention to and was very serious when he defeated Tuyuhun. If he destroyed Tuyuhun, Yang Guang might apply this attitude to Goguryeo; if he If Goguryeo is destroyed like Tuyuhun was destroyed, there will be no three conquests of Goguryeo.
Thinking of this, he nodded and said: "It's a deal, after I kill Tuyuhun, brother will evacuate me."
"This is ridiculous!" Seeing that he was interested, Yang Guang immediately laughed and said: "Didn't you talk about rejuvenating the country through science and technology before? I think it makes sense. I asked the young governor and general to be the most senior and experienced The most abundant craftsmen are transferred to Liangzhou and are under your command. I found some things like movable type printing, new paper, and patterned steel coming out! By the way, I will also engage in some things like rationing, arms races, weapons trade, slave trade, etc. Something comes out.”
"I'll try my best!" Yang Ji despised this emperor who spoke so easily from a thousand miles away in his heart. Invent when you say you want to invent? If you say create, just create? Do you really think I am Einstein and the old man who passed away not long ago?
Yang Guang smiled: "Let's talk about the business at hand!"
The fact is that as Yu Wenbi expected, Yang Guang did notify Yang Ji in advance, asking him to return to the capital after he announced the capital move, and Yang Guang indeed arranged the order of sentencing Yang Liang, carding Feiqi, discussing moving the capital, and arriving in Beijing with the evidence. Careful arrangements were made, so Yang Ji decided to enter the city today.
As for Yang Ji, the reason why he told Gao Jiong and Yu Wenbi by chance was that he used their mouths to reveal a mountain of ironclad evidence to the Guanlong nobles who opposed the capital move, causing them to panic and protect themselves. First.
Yang Guang, on the other hand, was not interested in what had happened. He was now waiting for the reaction of the Guanlong nobles. What he was curious about was that Yang Ji went to Youzhou secretly, so why did it become such a big deal in the end?
"What accident happened when I went to Youzhou this time?" Yang Guang asked in confusion.
"To be honest, my trip to Youzhou was very unsuccessful this time, and I almost died in Feihuxing." Yang Ji's only surprise was that his mission and whereabouts were leaked. After several deliberations and discussions with his subordinates, everyone finally decided They all agreed that it was Yu Wenshu who did it. It is true that Yu Wenshu's main purpose was to deal with Yang Su, but Yang Ji was almost killed by him in Bingzhou. How could he not be angry?
"Oh, why is this?" The smile on Yang Guang's face also disappeared.
"This is what happened..." Yang Ji naturally would not protect someone who wanted to kill him, so he sent Yuchi Gong to Jingxing and found that he was being followed. He changed his route to Huxing but encountered enemy troops again. He needed Li Jing's help to sneak into Youzhou. All the other things were told to Yang Guang in detail.
"I will investigate this matter vigorously!" After listening to Yang Ji's story, Yang Guang's face turned livid. He also guessed that it was Yu Wenshu. His purpose was not to help Yang Liang or kill Yang Ji, but to He wanted to take advantage of Yang Ji's failure to attack Yang Su from the side. However, this was the critical moment for him to use Yu Wenshu, and he could not pursue anything for the time being. However, Yang Ji almost died because of this, so he had to express his feelings.
He took out a memorial, threw it in front of Yang Ji, and said, "Take a look."
"Oh!" Yang Ji opened it and looked at it in confusion, his eyes almost glazed over. This was actually the planning map of Luoyang's new capital.
That's all. The key is that all the land above belongs to his family. This means that his mother has really bought dozens of square kilometers of land in Luoyang City. There are fields, villages, beaches, hills... There are good fields and bad fields. Even the land for collecting earth, rocks and bricks was planned to be used as a flood diversion site after the excavation of Xiyuan. However, dozens of miles of this land belonged to their family.
He raised his head and sneered: "I didn't do this."
"I know it wasn't you! But if you don't tell me, why did my aunt buy so much wasteland?" Yang Guang couldn't help laughing when he thought of the female goddess of wealth. The reason why Dugu Min bought so much land was that the previous governor was Yang Zhao. Because he did not know that he wanted to move the capital before, he was deceived by his great-uncle and sold a lot of useless wasteland to her.
Yang Ji said awkwardly: "I'm just talking. I didn't expect my mother to buy so much. At worst, I'll sell it to the court at the original price."
"That's definitely not possible!" Yang Guang shook his head disapprovingly, and said with a smile to the embarrassed Yang Ji: "When they built Daxing City in the past, the Guanlong nobles did the same thing. In the end, the court paid more than ten times the price to get the money from them. I bought it back and built the city, and everyone made a lot of money. If other people had planned to move the capital to Luoyang beforehand, they would definitely have tried to go to Luoyang to hoard land and then sell it at a high price. When it comes to our home, of course it is no exception. Could it be that we The royal family must donate money and land selflessly? This is unfair!"
"Brother, do you mean to redeem it at a high price?" Yang Ji originally thought it would be confiscated, but when Yang Guang said this, he felt relieved.
"Yes!" Yang Guang nodded and said: "We are in business, let's not worry about how the government goes to redeem it from my aunt."
Yang Ji Dale: "Here!"
"In addition, Luoyang will build three cities in the west, south and north. I will reward the minister of civil and military affairs with the land around the south city, while the land around the west city and north city will continue to be dealt with by my aunt." Yang Guang smiled and said to Yang Ji: "Vajra Slave , you know why this is, right?"
"I understand in my heart." Yang Ji knew that this was Yang Guang's compensation for himself. In fact, he didn't expect Yang Guang to punish Yu Wenshu severely at once. However, after this bad thing of betraying the interests of the imperial court, Yuwenshu's impression in Yang Guang's heart dropped drastically. With such a thorn in his side, if Yuwenshu keeps making small mistakes in the future, he will eventually be severely punished.
