The main south gate of the palace city is called Guangyang Gate (Chengtian Gate). Directly in front of Guangyang Gate is the imperial city where all the central government offices are located. There is a horizontal street several miles wide between the two cities. When the courtiers enter the palace to meet the emperor, All the accompanying carriages and horses can park on this crosswalk.
When Yang Ji and several chamberlains walked out of Guangyang Gate, a group of guards, like parking boys, took them to the place where Zhu Can and other personal guards were waiting. It was already the end of Youshi (around 19 o'clock), and the sky was still dark. Under the dim light, Yang Ji declined the kindness of the servant holding a lantern and asked them to return to the palace without seeing each other off.
The group got on their horses and drove east, leaving the palace through Yanxi Gate, the east gate at the intersection of the palace city and the imperial city, and then headed south along the street.
While walking slowly, Yang Ji was still thinking about the conversation with Yang Guang.
Long ago, Yang Ji had a deep understanding of the difficulties under the prosperity of the Sui Dynasty.
In the Sui Dynasty, under the background that the Guanlong aristocrats dominated the military and politics, the Shandong gentry and powerful people influenced the Qi region, and the Guanlong aristocrats and the Shandong gentry were hostile, the late emperor was still able to suppress all the forces with his prestige as the founding emperor. After the death of the late emperor, all the forces Immediately ready to make a move.
On the surface, Yang Liang's rebellion was because he wanted to be the emperor, and this was actually the case. However, further analysis will reveal that it was a powerful alliance between the Guanlong nobles and the Shandong gentry, who worked together to attack Yang Guang, the successor of the late emperor, hoping to kill him. Yang Guang overthrew the late emperor's decrees that were not conducive to them.
Even if Yang Liang wins, he will not be able to restrain these ministers who follow the dragon. Instead, because he wants to stabilize the country, he will compromise with the Guanlong nobles and Shandong nobles step by step, so that the forces of all parties will grow again; if he dies Well, I am afraid that the world will change its surname again, whether it is Guanlong, Shandong, or Nanfang, the other two will not agree, and in the end, the heroes will be divided and the Three Kingdoms will stand together.
Yang Guang was able to secure his position due to his power in suppressing the rebellion, but the situation was still a mess. Issues such as military affairs, officialdom, natural disasters, etc. were all mixed together, affecting the whole body. Even if he wanted to peel off the cocoon, he didn't know what to do. rise.
The current Sui Dynasty is like a man who is rich and beautiful, but is in ruins. He has entered his old age, and shock therapy will only make him die faster. Given the current situation, reform is urgent, but a huge military victory must be used to protect the reform.
Concentrate elite soldiers and generals, capable ministers and officials to reform one state and one region first. After the reform has achieved results, it will grow rapidly like a snowball, and then use the new system to fight the old system. But now there are only a few strong generals for change. If Yang Guang plans to spread the pie like a big pie, attacking from all sides, and let these few strong generals for change go against the huge old bureaucracy, there will be either heavy constraints or over-the-counter restrictions. These people will eventually be annihilated. Among "all living beings".
Fortunately, under his own yin and yang "bewitchment", he came up with such bad ideas as a million-strong army to attack aliens and send a million-strong army to death, which enabled Yang Guang to have a profound and comprehensive analysis and thinking about these tricks, and finally rejected them. .
This is a good thing, and is also the purpose of throwing all kinds of cool operations.
The second good thing is that he has achieved great success in Liangzhou, which makes Yang Guang very convinced of the one-state-one-region reform plan. For now, as long as he continues to adopt the strategy of surrounding cities from rural areas, based on the people's support and steadily advancing, then the reform The likelihood of success is extremely high.
However, Yang Ji never expected that the 700,000 Beijing soldiers would be corrupted to this extent. It is no wonder that Yang Guang established a separate Xiaoguo Army in history, because the 700,000 Beijing soldiers were his army in name, but in fact , he has been ignored here.
Now the key targets of Yang Guang's revolution are the Guanlong nobles who control the Sui army. Reforms often end in bloody conflicts. If Yang Guang does not have a strong and loyal army in his hands, reforming to become stronger will not be easy. ?
Now, although all parties have been suppressed by Yang Jian and Yang Guang with strong means, contradictions still exist. Even if they are suppressed, it is only temporary. Once there is a big problem in the center, all kinds of contradictions will inevitably erupt. If there are more ambitious people connecting with each other... the country is in danger!
Thinking of this, Yang Ji's heart felt heavy and he thought silently: "All reforms are carried out by knowledgeable people in the ruling elite who feel the crisis of the dynasty and try to reform to become stronger. But the current Sui Dynasty has been He leads a group of "mud-legged" people in the fight. It's not that the princes in the court are unaware of the problems in the Sui Dynasty, but they are all beneficiaries of the old system. Therefore, they not only do not support but are trying to drag themselves back. Furthermore, they want to drag themselves back ten or a hundred steps."
"The main reason why the princes are indifferent, stand by and hold back, is that the bureaucratic system is too single. The army is concentrated in the hands of the Guanlong nobles, and is controlled from the bottom up by the children of the Guanlong nobles; large and small official positions It is concentrated among several major political forces. This kind of single-source and weak official system makes the target of the Great Sui Reform very clear. And the degree of difficulty is countless times more difficult than that of King Anshi's reform, because today's The thin and stable bureaucratic structure has not even seen a small number of knowledgeable people who have betrayed their class attributes.”
But now, it has reached the point where it must be changed. If it continues to be delayed, the military and political positions at the top and bottom will be further unified into the hands of several major political forces. By then, the Sui Dynasty will also be in danger.
The Sui Dynasty was only twenty-one years old when it founded the country. It had a lot of shortcomings and could only be done by a powerful ruler. So after all the calculations, Yang Guanglai still had to come, and he had to continue to be the disruptor.
In the past few days, Yang Guang has mentioned the military reform one after another in his reminder letters. This is a good thing, but from the bottom of his heart, Yang Ji does not want to jump into the two quagmires of the court and the Beijing army and lead the army. Changing one thing would really go against his wishes.
Firstly, he is self-aware, he can do things and find troubles, but when it comes to intrigues and court games, he can't beat all the old foxes. In the same way, Yang Lun is also like this. Secondly, there is very little firepower for reform. Before the poor forces supporting reform have yet to rise, it is best to pursue the reform strategy of surrounding the cities from the countryside. This can not only completely win over a state and a region, but also cultivate reform elites; if If I rashly enter the court, I am afraid that 90% of my energy will be spent on intrigues. How can we talk about reform in this way? What else are we talking about cultivating reform elites?
Therefore, it is best to focus on reform at the local level.
But things in the world are like a new chess game. In this big chess game in the world, even the emperor is a tool and pawn for his ministers to make profits, let alone Yang Ji?
If Yang Guang really has this intention, he must be prepared to lead military reforms.
"I hope this is just a guess." Yang Ji's eyes were dark.
The group of people walked forward in the misty night and encountered several groups of patrol troops patrolling the city. Seeing that Yang Ji and others had no obvious signs of identity, they all came forward to question them.
They were their responsibilities, and Yang Ji didn't make things difficult for him. He revealed his identity and moved on.
All the way to the brightly lit door of the house, one can see his mother, baby mother, and three wives waiting in front of the door from a distance. Yang Jizong immediately stepped forward, turned over and dismounted in front of the steps, and was about to climb up the steps when suddenly someone came from behind him. There was a rapid sound of horse hooves, and when I looked back, I saw several knights walking quickly carrying lanterns with the palace logo.
Yang Ji stopped and waited.
The few people stopped in the square in front of the mansion, and one of them swung his stirrup and dismounted. When they got close to the light, Yang Ji realized that it was the young chamberlain who led him into the Manlu Palace.
"As a humble visitor, I am the supervisor of Cao Li's visit to your Majesty." The servant came forward and bowed deeply.
"No courtesy!" Yang Ji raised his hand in vain and asked, "Why is Cao Neiye here?"
"Your Majesty, the saint summons you to the palace to meet the saint?" Cao Li cupped his hands and asked.
"Now?" Yang Ji's head was full of dark thoughts: He hadn't even entered the house yet, and he was called back again. What on earth is this Yang Laoer doing?
Cao Li quickly replied: "The sage asked you to have a family banquet, and then go to the palace to hold candles and talk at night."
"Talking by candlelight at night? Does that mean you won't be able to come back tonight?"
"Probably!"
"Wait a moment." After hearing this, Yang Ji thought to himself: It seems that Yang Guang realized something important from the conversation, and then he allowed himself to enter the palace overnight.
No delay!
After saying that, he walked forward and greeted the two elders one by one.
Dugu Min looked at the palace lanterns of the chamberlains and asked, "Sent by the saint?"
"Exactly!" Yang Ji said what had happened, added his guess, and finally said helplessly: "I'm afraid I'll have to stay in the palace all night tonight."
Although Dugu Min likes to fool around and mess around, as long as his son's life and death are not involved, he will become very understanding of justice. He pondered for a moment and said: "You just came back from the palace, and the saint immediately asked people to chase you. I think it’s really important.”
"State affairs are important, you go ahead." Dugu Min sighed secretly. She felt sorry for her son, and added: "My car is in front of the house. You can take the car there."
"No, just ride a horse." After Yang Ji said this, he bowed to his mother, Su Yunniang, looked at the three wives, smiled, turned around and went down the steps.
He remounted his horse, took Zhu Can and other personal guards, and followed Cao Li away.
Watching his son and his entourage disappear into the vast night, Dugu Min turned around unhappily and entered the house with his sister and three daughters-in-law. As he walked, he asked Xiao Ying: "A Ying, Vajra slave is in Liangzhou. Are you so dedicated to serving the public good?"
"Auntie, Lang Jun is not like this in Liangzhou!" Although Xiao Ying knew that it was not good to say this, she did not dare to lie when her mother-in-law asked her. She said honestly: "During the war, I didn't know Lang Jun." It doesn’t matter to you, but when he was in Liangzhou, he was more leisurely than anyone else. If he didn’t have anything important to do, he would be at home all day long, and at most he would go to order some snacks in the morning.”
"That's good!" Dugu Min breathed a sigh of relief and sighed quietly: "He, Aye, was too hardworking. He was in the wind and rain all day long, eating and sleeping irregularly, and that's why he got the root of the disease and died young. You must take good care of your husbands.”
"Here!" Xiao Ying, Liu Rumei, and Pei Shuying remembered it.
"A Ying, I remember that the families of many officials in Liangzhou are in the capital. You should hold a banquet for them another day. Men's minds are more complicated, but many men are more obedient to their wives. When you are in Liangzhou, you should also do it from time to time. to gather and keep in touch with the families of those officials.”
"Auntie, we have some."
"That's good." Dugumin said to Pei Shuying again: "Aying, you got married in Liangzhou. You go back to see your mother-in-law tomorrow. But I'm afraid that King Kong Slave won't be able to accompany you to meet your mother-in-law and the others. , Fortunately, you, Aye, are not in the capital, and it would not be appropriate for him to go alone as a man. Aying, you accompany Aying there tomorrow to show respect."
Originally there was only one cub for her to worry about, but now there are four!
This doubled her pressure, and Dugu Min felt that she was breaking her heart for the sake of her son and daughter-in-law. Always worried about whether they are well, whether they are warmly dressed, or not taking care of their bodies; always worried about whether they can do this or that well; mostly worried that they will be plotted by others...
That's all. The key is that her little brat still appreciates it.
It is really difficult for her to be a mother-in-law.
What if they gave birth to a few more cubs?
After thinking about it, I felt that it was not a bad thing that they didn't have children yet.
. . . . . . .
About half an hour later, Yang Ji returned to the side hall. Faced with Yang Guang and Queen Xiao, who expected him to come back, they suddenly had a dark look on their faces.
The difference is that there is an extra fat prince Yang Zhao. There are small hot pots on the north, south and southeast sides of the original table. The boiling water in the pot is steaming. In addition, there are several dishes of dipping sauces and three small tables beside it. The plate was full of chopped raw food.
Seeing this scene, Yang Ji felt that he had been cheated.
I put national affairs first and serve the country wholeheartedly, but your family of three actually plans to eat hot pot?
"Vajra slave is here, sit down!" Yang Guang was like a hospitable prairie man. The moment Yang Ji entered the hall, he quickly stepped forward with a smile, put his hand on his shoulder, and invited him Take your seat.
But this time there was a junior like the Fat Prince, so Yang Guang pushed Yang Ji onto the east embroidered pier. As for the south embroidered pier where he sat half an hour ago, it belonged to the Fat Prince.
"What are you..." When the three of them sat down and looked at him in unison, Yang Ji asked Yang Guang with a wooden face: "Aren't you talking about holding a candle and talking at night?"
"Let's talk while eating." Yang Guang casually pushed a wine bottle. The wine bottle clattered softly, slid across the table, and stopped firmly on the table in front of Yang Ji, only three inches away from the edge of the table at most. Then he moved toward Yang Zhao pushed the pot and at the same time stopped steadily three inches away from the table, showing off a wave of superb "control skills".
Yang Ji and Yang Zhao didn't care about this, because anyone with good archery skills could do it, and they happened to be experts at it, so they were naturally not surprised.
"It's not good to talk about state affairs like this, isn't it?" Yang Ji said again.
"Who stipulates that state affairs must be discussed when holding a candle at night?" Yang Guangle said: "You can pour your own wine and eat whatever you want."
"..." Yang Ji finally realized that he had misunderstood, but it was nothing major, so it didn't matter.
After running around for a whole day, he hadn't eaten anything. Smelling the rich aroma from the hot pot, his stomach growled unsatisfactorily.
He first poured a glass of wine, and then looked at the small table next to him, which contained prepared salamander, bear paw slices, bear spine slices, tiger meat slices, shrimps, beef and mutton, tripe slices, mushrooms, vegetables, and tofu. In addition to other ingredients, there are also prepared dishes such as cold cucumbers, bear noodles, sea cucumber soup, etc.
These ingredients are all rare delicacies from the mountains and seas. Of course, they are mainly big fish and meat. This is the Sui Dynasty's meal style, and it also suits Yang Ji's appetite. He picked up a large mesh colander, poured in a plate of thickly sliced bear paws, and then put them into the hot pot to rinse.
Then he took out the prepared dishes such as cucumber salad, bear white rice, sea cucumber soup, etc., and placed the plates in front of him one by one. When he felt that the bear paw slices in the pot were almost ready, he picked up the colander with one hand and poured the bear paw slices into it. into a large empty bowl, and then poured a plate of dipping sauce into it.
He was afraid of burning it, so he picked up another plate of beef, poured it into a colander, and simmered it into the pot together.
After finishing his work, he lifted the bowl, stirred it casually with chopsticks, and ate a large bowl of meat as if eating.
At this time, feeling that the beef was almost done, Yang Ji took the meat into the bowl again, and then poured a plate of mutton into it and cooked it.
Eat beef again.
Yang Guang, Empress Xiao, and Yang Zhao were holding wine glasses and looking at it stupidly. They all know that Yang Ji can eat, especially food, but this is the first time they have seen him eat in this way.
As if in the blink of an eye, he destroyed several plates of meat.
A set of movements seemed to flow smoothly, and he even ate cold cucumbers in the middle, but no time was wasted at all.
The three of them looked at it in awe.
Yang Zhao was so hungry after watching this that he really wanted to have some bowls of meat.
but……
He looked at the table next to him. There was not a single piece of meat on it. Not only is there no meat, but the soup in the pot is clear, watery, and oil-free.
This is his usual meal, and it doesn't matter if he eats it for a long time. But after being treated like this by Yang Ji, he also wanted to eat meat.
but no.
The fat prince was about to cry, but silently stuffed a plate of unknown "vegetables" into the pot.
Seeing his son's movements from the corner of his eye, Yang Guang finally came to his senses and asked Yang Ji, who was beginning to drink the soup: "Vajra slave, do you usually eat like this?"
"Yes!" Yang Ji raised his head and said very matter-of-factly: "There are still millions of people in Liangzhou who are wandering between having enough food and clothing. Since I have become the shepherd of Liangzhou, I have to serve the people. Think about it. As long as I save a moment of time, I can process a few more official documents and benefit countless people sooner."
After looking at Yang Guang, he said calmly: "This is normal. What's so surprising? Aren't all officials who are a little responsible like this?"
"Alas!" Yang Guang thought about all kinds of ghost things and new policies being launched in Liangzhou, so he believed it. He let out a long sigh and said, "I thought I was busy enough, but I didn't expect you to be more..." I'm still busy."
Yang Ji listened more enthusiastically and said: "In fact, it is not that busy. The main reason is that many new policies have no history to learn from. We have to explore and implement everything ourselves. After implementation, many new problems will be reported back. We need to We discussed changes and rearrangements. As a result, there were more things to do. The new policies you see were all worked out by us, and the details...are difficult to describe in words."
Yang Guangshen felt the same way. As an emperor, why didn't he cross the river carefully by feeling the stones? So he is the person who can best understand Yang Ji's difficulties.
"Except for the eastern part of Liangzhou, there are enemies in every aspect, and it is a mess inside. I can understand your difficulties." In addition to being an emperor, Yang Guang is also a poet with a romantic elite. He is very emotional towards the people he identifies with. He looked at Yang Ji quite emotionally: "Vajra slave, we are brothers first, and then we are kings and ministers. If you have any difficulties, don't hide them. Brother will make the decision for you."
"It's not difficult for me." Yang Ji told the truth: "Liangzhou has implemented commercial tax on every store, and taxes arrive at the prefecture's treasury every quarter. In less than two years, it will feed back the imperial court. As for external affairs , we have always bullied others, and we have never been bullied by others."
"Don't hold on!" Yang Guang drank the wine in one gulp, slammed the glass on the table, glared at Yang Ji and said: "In the early days of the Emperor's reign, I fought in Liangzhou, and I didn't care about that damn place. very familiar."
As he said that, he stretched out his hand and gestured: "Zhangye City, as the administrative seat of Liangzhou, only has a two-foot-high earthen wall that can be easily broken by an attack. It is no better than a fortress such as Datong City. In addition, the people of Liangzhou have no food to eat. Not fully clothed... I know all of this."
Yang Ji couldn't laugh or cry: "My good brother, Liangzhou is not what it used to be. It's really, really good now. I didn't lie to you."
Yang Guang sneered: "Vajra slave, we are brothers, not outsiders, so let me tell you straight. I believe in your ability. I also believe you when you say that Zhangye and even Ganzhou as a whole have changed a lot. But you say that Liangzhou is good, I really don’t believe it.”
This is not because Yang Guang is suspicious, but because he is deeply affected by the productivity and means of production in today's world. Under this premise, he has conducted evaluations in various places, and the results of the evaluations are all similar. I instinctively think that even if Liangzhou changes, it won't change much.
The solidification of his thoughts made him think that Yang Ji was holding on to comfort himself.
In fact, Yang Zhao, who had been Shi Ling for many years, didn't believe it either.
After listening to Yang Guang's words, Yang Ji was speechless. To be honest, he didn't believe it. Did he have to cry for poverty? After thinking for a moment, he said: "Liangzhou is not short of money, what is short of food is food. Other than that, everything is fine. If you don't believe it, you can take the time to go and have a look. Then you will be able to see the truth The brand new Liangzhou.”
"What did you say?" Yang Guang asked, staring at Yang Ji.
"That's what I said!" Yang Ji nodded and said, "I dare to swear to God that I will never lie and let you see a real Liangzhou."
Yang Guang smiled and said: "Now that the capital has been moved, I will go to Liangzhou for inspection."
"The ugly words are ahead." Yang Ji thought for a while and said, "You can go, but don't bring tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people with me. Liangzhou really can't afford this."
"That's it!" Yang Guang filled a glass for himself, picked up the wine bowl, and said to Yang Ji: "Come on, come on, drink, drink!"
Empress Xiao also picked up the wine bowl and said with a smile: "Vajra slave, you think about the country all the time, and you are so busy that you don't even care about your family. Sister-in-law, I dedicate this glass of wine to you!"
"Uncle Wang, I respect you too." Yang Zhao held up the cup and said, "We grew up in Daxing Palace and studied together. I hope that Uncle Wang will continue to teach you as he did before, hit him when he should, and scold him when he should. "
After hearing this, Yang Guang was very pleased and looked at him with a smile: Although his fat son is not as handsome as his second son, he is better than him in every aspect. When he smooths everything over, his son will definitely be able to continue the Sui Dynasty very well. Go down.
Yang Ji raised his wine glass and signaled to his brother and sister-in-law, and the four of them drank the glass of wine together.
Putting down his wine glass, Yang Guang said: "King Kong slave, the Beijing army claims to have 700,000 troops, but in the early days of Yi Qian's rebellion, I could only give Yue Gong 5,000 men. After that, I couldn't even gather 100,000 elite troops, so you couldn't Not to take risks again and again, I am also a person who has led soldiers, and I sympathize with your original situation and difficulties."
I'm coming!
Yang Ji put down his wine glass, looked at Yang Guang, and listened quietly.
"I never imagined that 700,000 elites would become like this in just a few years, so I think military reform is imminent. Yue Gong also deeply believes in this. He not only thinks about the problem of Beijing soldiers He was deeply disgusted, but he was still willing to take on the responsibility of military reform. In addition, he also offered good remedies." Yang Guang added.
Yang Ji was overjoyed. Since Yang Su was willing to take it on, it wouldn't be a problem for him.
Yang Guang glanced at him, understood what he was thinking, and said funnyly: "To be honest, my first and first thought was to let you take the lead, but I was afraid of his ability to toss. Since it is so difficult, If the experienced Yue Gong is willing to take on this important task, then you will have nothing to do with it, and Liangzhou cannot live without you, so forget it."
"Brother is wise." Yang Ji complimented him, and then said: "The Yue Gong is both civil and military. He is the military god of the Sui Dynasty. He knows the army far better than anyone else. He is undoubtedly the best and most important person to rectify the army in the capital." What's more, his prestige is there, no matter what he does, those moths in the army will not dare to jump up and down."
"This is one of the important reasons why I agreed to Yue Gong." Yang Guang chuckled: "You are young and energetic, but after all you are just a little short of being a fire lord. For now, Liangzhou is more suitable for you."
"Brother is wise! I respect you." Yang Ji raised his eyebrows with joy, filled a cup for himself, and gestured to Yang Guang: "Sip for deep feelings, lick for light feelings, I will do it first as a token of respect, little brother."
After hearing his words about being drunk, Yang Guang laughed loudly: "Done it!"
Saying that, he drank it all in one gulp.
"But Yue Gong asked you to help him." Yang Guang said again.
Yang Ji was puzzled: "How can Yue Gong need me?"
Yang Guang glanced at the stupid Yang Ji and said with a smile: "Yue Gong has been invincible and invincible in all battles in his life, but the children in the clan have failed to live up to his expectations. No one can inherit his mantle, even Xuan, who has the courage of the overlord." I felt that I was denounced by him as "a common man". But somehow, he spotted you. He told me more than once, "If you are not a prince, I will definitely tie you into the house and give you everything." 'Teach'. This time, he hopes that you will follow his military reform and take the opportunity to teach you some ways of using troops."
"Really?" Yang Ji was a little dumbfounded when he heard this. Yang Su was versatile, versatile, and unrestrained. He was a true military god. In terms of military standards and military contributions, he was among the best in history. At the same time, Yang Su is a complete celebrity and a crazy person. He does look down on people who steal vegetarian meals, but when he meets people with real abilities, he is very sympathetic and convinced.
Yang Ji was deeply surprised that such an arrogant and talented person recognized him and even offered him all his money.
"That's true!" Yang Guang looked at the dumbfounded Yang Ji in a funny way: "Yue Gong admires you very much. He said that you are eclectic in your military use, and you are fluent and arrogant, which is very in line with his taste. Maybe he will do it tomorrow. This is your chance to find you, you really have to learn from him."
"Absolutely!" Yang Ji nodded suddenly.
Yang Su's achievements need no introduction. The reason why he was so badly criticized in later generations was essentially because he followed Yang Guang, who was a loser.
In fact, Yang Su had a high position and initially did not want to participate in the battle for the throne, because no matter who became the prince or the second emperor of the Sui Dynasty, his status could not be shaken.
Everything was because Yang Jian asked him to support Yang Guang.
When Yang Jian first saw that Yang Yong was capricious and had no independent opinions, and would only live and die with a group of literati, he was extremely disappointed with Yang Yong and developed the idea of Yi Chu, and planned to replace him with the talented and resourceful Yang Guang. He immediately approached Gao Jiong, hoping that Gao Jiong would support Yi Chu. However, Gao Jiong was also a human being and had selfish motives, and did not agree with Yang Jian's dismissal of his son-in-law Yang Yong.
Yang Jian saw that Gao Jun had identified Yang Yong, so he took a back seat and chose Yang Su, asking Yang Su to assist Yang Guang and give Yang Guang a "platform".
From that moment on, Yang Su stood firmly on Yang Guang's side.
In history, after the fall of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang was completely hacked. Because Yang Su firmly stood on Yang Guang's side, he was hacked into a treacherous minister who was deeply scheming, loyal to outsiders and traitorous inside.
The evidence is often what he said angrily when he quarreled with his wife, "If I were the emperor, you would never want to be the queen." The second was his son Yang Xuanwei's rebellion against the Sui Dynasty.
In fact, the Sui Dynasty was open-minded and there were not so many taboos at all. Otherwise, how could Yang Jian continue to reuse Yang Su? Otherwise, how could Shi Wansui be called Shi Wansui?
As for Yang Xuangan's rebellion, it had nothing to do with Yang Su. Just because Yang Su died during the prosperous period of the Sui Dynasty, how could he think of rebelling against the Sui Dynasty at this time?
Yang Ji continued: "Actually, I really want to make friends with Yue Bus."
"Why is this?" At this time, Yang Guang was also curious.
"Yue Gong is very grand and generous!" Yang Ji said with a smile: "At first I wanted a female swordsman, but you said there was no female swordsman and asked me to go to Yue. So I went to find him, but he didn't say a word. Give me ten maidservants, including Rumei. If I stay with him for a few more days, maybe I can deceive more than a hundred maidservants. Being friends with him is really a happy thing. "
Yang Guang, Queen Xiao, Yang Zhao: "..."
Yang Guang was jealous and said with a fierce face: "Vajra slave, I seem to have given you a lot, right?"
"You still have the nerve to say that? Take a look at my 'beautiful maids' and say with conscience, do you think the 'beautiful maids' you gave me are really beautiful?" Yang Ji was furious and laughed angrily: "You are so cheating. I, I am embarrassed to expose you."
"Pfft" Queen Xiao was drinking soup. After hearing Yang Ji's words, she couldn't hold back and squirted all the soup on the ground.
"Haha." Yang Guang also felt that what he did back then was a bit unethical. He smiled awkwardly, raised his glass, and said haha to cover up: "Don't mention the past again! Drink, drink!"
The four of them had a drink.
Yang Guang looked at Yang Ji and couldn't help but think to himself. This boy reminded him of a person - Jia Yi of Han Dynasty.
Both of them are young and have unparalleled talents, and they have done things to offend the family members. However, Jia Yi died young. Every time he read this historical fact, he was a little suspicious. Did Jia Yi really die of depression?
Does it have nothing to do with the "Public Security Policy"?
Yang Ji is a staunch reformist, his most powerful arm, and the brother he most identifies with. He does not want Yang Ji to make any mistakes in public or private matters. Although Yang Ji now has many personal guards, , he has been assassinated many times.
Some things have to be guarded against.
After thinking about this, Yang Guang said: "Okay! I admit that it was a bit too much before. I will make up for it another day."
"Forget it, don't mention the past again!" Yang Ji said with a smile: "Although the 'beautiful maid' you gave me is different, I am used to it."
Yang Guang smiled and said nothing more.
Just find some powerful guards and send them there another day.
There is also Yang Lun, that guy is even more stupid than Yang Ji, and he is about to take up a post in the complicated Jizhou, so he has to arrange some experts who are proficient in Jianghu technology.
Yang Jing is doing things step by step in Qingzhou and is fine for the time being.
As for the elder Yang Zhiji, Yang Guangda was disappointed. He didn't know what he was afraid of. He had been the chief administrator of Yangzhou for so long, but he still dared not be diligent in government affairs. He drank and had fun all day long, leaving all government affairs to the chief minister. and Sima.
How could he dare to entrust such a person with great things?
After pondering for a moment, Yang Guang asked Yang Ji: "Vajra slave, how many episodes of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" have you written in total? And Liu Bei, when will he have a foundation?"
Even though he knew a lot about history, Yang Guang couldn't help but ask about Yang Ji.
Queen Xiao and Yang Zhao also looked at Yang Ji.
Yang Ji secretly thought, indeed he still brought in the role of Liu Bei. Of course, "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" itself is a work that respects Liu and demotes Cao.
"I actually don't know how many chapters there are in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". After all, it's not over yet. As for Liu Bei..."
"Okay!" Yang Guang interrupted Yang Ji and said with a smile, "It would be pointless if you said it in advance."
Empress Xiao nodded in deep agreement and said to Yang Ji: "Although what you wrote like this makes people anxious, but if you think about it carefully, you also have expectations, which is actually quite good."
"..." Yang Ji was speechless. You ask me, but you are afraid that I will reveal the story. Isn't this contradictory?
He asked Queen Xiao: "Sister-in-law also likes to read Yishu?"
"I have nothing to do, let's read and kill the time." Empress Xiao looked at Yang Ji and smiled gently: "Although your "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" uses a lot of exaggerated writing techniques, it is far more readable than "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" interesting."
"Aye, what Aniang said is absolutely true!" Yang Zhao added: "Although "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is not finished, the previous content is exaggerated and contains a lot of strategies and strategies for governing the country. Many historical facts have been transformed by Uncle Wang through the story. Presentation, it is easy for people to know the cause of a certain incident. If you think deeply about it based on historical facts, you will find that the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty was not a one-time event. Looking back at the Sui Dynasty, I really feel a lot and gain a lot. "
Yang Ji smiled awkwardly: "Actually, I was talking about these stories when I was talking about the Three Kingdoms. Who would have thought that Aying and Shuying found them interesting, so they polished the outline of the story. I looked at it, and then They picked it up with readers' eyes, and then they changed it. The content you saw was actually compiled by them. I thought they were chatting with it for their own entertainment, but I didn't expect that Aying actually sent it to her sister-in-law."
"You are a family anyway; these details are not important. What is important is that these stories come from you." Yang Guang said: "For now, you think the people who are messing up the world are the Yuan family. I deeply understand So! But at the end of the Han Dynasty, there was chaos among the aristocratic families, and then, the aristocratic families gradually retreated into the background. Why is this?"
Yang Guang was the emperor, and his method of reading and viewing history may not be as systematic as Yang Ji's, but at a high level, he had the same understanding of the rise and fall of the late Han Dynasty.
Because the Three Kingdoms returned to Jin, and wasn't the Sima family of the Jin Dynasty an aristocratic family? Therefore, while Empress Xiao was reading the story with great interest, Yang Guang had already trapped the Sui Dynasty into it.
Yang Ji bit the bullet and said: "The aristocratic family developed in the Han Dynasty and grew stronger due to the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng. Then, during the confrontation between the north and the south, it further grew through war. In our dynasty, my uncle was unable to do so because of the Turks in the north and the Nanchen in the south. Not compromising with the aristocratic family, thus making the aristocratic family powerful."
"That's true." Yang Guang nodded, not asking about the family's status in detail, because it was obvious: "What about the shortcomings of my great Sui Dynasty?"
Yang Ji said: "History has laws to follow. After the turbulent times of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, our clan was finally unified under the Qin Dynasty. Qin Shihuang was so talented and powerful that he unified the world. During the time of the First Emperor, although the remnants of the six kingdoms made changes, they did not dare to go to war. By the time of the First Emperor, On the funeral day, various problems were exposed, and the second Qin II ruled the country unethically, which gave the remnants of the Six Kingdoms an opportunity to rise. After the chaos of the late Qin Dynasty, the remnants of the Six Kingdoms and some new forces were extremely weakened in the war. , thus laying a stable foundation for the prosperous age of the Han Dynasty."
"We, the Great Sui Dynasty, have ended hundreds of years of division. Our situation is very similar to that of the Great Qin Dynasty. Although there are no remnants of the Six Kingdoms, the various clans and clans of the Guanlong nobles who control the army have become terrifyingly powerful. Compared to the remnants of the Six Kingdoms who live in secret, It is particularly terrifying. At the same time, there are the Shandong gentry and the southern gentry who are not willing to sink; although they have lost the power to dominate the center, their influence on the local area is still deep-rooted."
"In addition, the Guanlong nobles, Shandong nobles, and southern nobles have monopolized military and political positions, leaving children from poor families with no way to advance and no hope of promotion. Once the resentment of poor families accumulates to a certain point, it will inevitably explode with unimaginable power. If there are corrupt officials again. The reputation of the imperial court and the people will also be alienated from morality.”
Having said this, Yang Ji looked at Yang Guang and said with a wry smile: "I don't know what brother is thinking, but I think the current situation in the Sui Dynasty is more dangerous than that in the Qin Dynasty. If not, the troubled times at the end of Qin will happen again. "
As a party involved, why doesn't Yang Guang understand these truths? But to be honest, he is neither left nor right now, and he really has no way to break the situation. After a while, he asked: "In your opinion, what should I do?"
Yang Ji said: "First, increase the intensity of anti-corruption so that the people's hearts are always on the side of the court; second, take advantage of the military reform to form a strong army that is loyal to brother and loyal to the court to prepare for emergencies. .”
Yang Guang was silent for a moment and sighed: "It's easier said than done."
"With a strong army and popular support, we will at least be in an invincible position."
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