As the three provinces and six ministries, the Yushitai, and various states and counties sent official evaluations to the central government one by one, the ministries, departments, and temple supervisors in the central government were extremely busy, and the censors and officials in the Yushitai were basically all around. Write memorials and fill in interview records.
For a time, posters, memorials, memorials, and official memorials from all directions flew to various departments in the imperial city like snowflakes.
In the side hall of Xuanzheng Hall, Yang Guang reviewed the memorials all morning. The memorials on the desk were replaced and presented like running water. He was so busy that he didn't even bother to take a few sips of water. He disliked the fact that the palace was too hot and stuffy, so he asked people to open the doors and windows of the palace. The cold wind blew in, which made Yang Guang's groggy mind clearer.
Yang Guang took a sip of the tea soup, wiped his face with a towel, and felt more relaxed; he rested for a while, silently thinking about the current situation. Originally, he had a lot to discuss with the ministers and implement them this year, but the strict annual review brought many problems, so he had to put down those ideas first. It's just that everything has pros and cons. Although the annual review caused turmoil in the officialdom and many problems surfaced, it completed a major purge of the Sui Dynasty's officialdom and also allowed him to win over a wave of public support.
Just as he was working hard, he saw Yang Ji appearing in the courtyard in front of the door. Yang Guang couldn't help laughing when he saw this.
After a while, Yang Ji entered the hall and saluted: "See the saint!"
"No gifts, no gifts!" Yang Guang looked at Yang Ji and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be still in the palace. It's really unexpected." After saying that, Yang Guang asked casually: "Who are you?" Where did it come from?"
"First I went to Zuo Yiwei to meet with Feng Ang, and then I went to the meeting hall to discuss the matter of government administration." After Yang Ji finished speaking, he stepped forward and presented a booklet: "Everyone thinks that the current assessment system is messy and unsystematic. , not only increased the difficulty of the assessment, but also made it easier for people to make a fuss about it, so a relatively complete assessment standard system was established."
The ministers of the meeting hall, the ministers of various ministries, and the ministers were all rare outstanding figures in history. With the outline provided by Yang Ji, they quickly perfected the "four grids and eight methods" evaluation system. After several revisions, this relatively complete standard was finally arrived at. However, whether it can be implemented requires Yang Guang's approval.
"Oh?" After hearing this, Yang Guang's eyes lit up; he couldn't wait to open the memorial and read it carefully one by one, and said with full praise: "Not bad, not bad! If the imperial court uses the 'Four Grids and Eight Methods' 'As a basis, there will be evidence for future assessments. Not only will it reduce a lot of trouble, but officials at all levels will also know what they should do and why they were dismissed... By the way, you came up with this yourself, right?"
Yang Ji shook his head: "I just provided an outline. The details were improved by everyone together. It is not my fault alone."
After hearing these words, Yang Guang admired Yang Ji even more: the higher a person's status, the more likely his behavior will be influenced by interests from all aspects, and even he is no exception. However, even though Yang Ji became the youngest prime minister in the court, he still maintained his original intention, which is really commendable.
He glanced at Yang Ji, immediately wrote the reply, stamped it, handed the memorial to Yang An, and said: "I have something to discuss with King Wei. You can take this memorial to the council hall and let the ministers execute it immediately. "
"As ordered." Yang An took the memorial with both hands and quickly left the side hall.
In the main hall, Yang Guang said to Yang Ji: "I have some ideas to discuss with you and want to hear your opinion."
"Please speak!" Yang Ji nodded and listened quietly.
"I weighed the pros and cons, and I feel that this year and next year we should focus on domestic affairs instead of excessive expansion." Yang Guang finished speaking his thoughts and explained to Yang Ji: "In the next two years, we will work hard to digest Anton At the same time as the Duhufu and the Xihai Duhufu, we focused on consolidating the 'results' of cleaning up the officialdom and streamlining the military government. As for external affairs, we adopted a soft policy as the main line. While we developed and opened up the Silk Road, we attracted the surrounding foreigners. He used the wealth for his own use; while promoting the Sui culture, he indirectly assimilated the foreign races."
"It's just about the Sui Dynasty strategy. I can't make up my mind for a while. What do you think?"
"This is a very good move. I have no objection." Yang Ji pondered for a long time and said from the outside in: "Based on the current military strength and prestige of our Sui Dynasty, even if the northern ministries unite to go south, it will not affect the overall situation of the Sui Dynasty. , cannot shake the foundation of the Sui Dynasty. If some foreign tribes are self-righteous and offend the Sui Dynasty, they only need to send a partial army to annihilate them."
"Under the general premise and background of the Great Sui Dynasty, we can completely focus on the country. As long as the internal military and political affairs of the Great Sui Dynasty are sorted out, we can go into battle lightly and launch unprecedented external expansion."
Yang Guang looked at Yang Ji and asked expectantly: "Then what do you think should be done in the internal affairs of the Sui Dynasty?"
"It's very simple." Yang Ji said with a smile: "In the past, the central government formulated decrees and articles, and then let the states and counties implement them one by one. Although this method can standardize the annual plan. However, the actual situation of each state and county, People's customs and beliefs are different, which means that the government orders issued by the central government are not suitable for local conditions and do not meet the needs of the people. If local officials copy the government orders and act forcefully, it will cause chaos in the place. If not As for what we did, the local governments could not explain it to the imperial court."
"It makes sense!" Yang Guangruo realized something and said, "You mean to do the opposite? Have the local government draft the plan and the court is only responsible for reviewing it?"
"It's not the opposite, but the top and bottom are complementary and the priorities are clear." Yang Ji corrected Yang Guang's statement and continued: "The imperial court is still responsible for formulating decrees, and everything must be controlled by the imperial court; otherwise, it would be easy There is a situation where foreign forces are powerful and internal forces are weak. Each state and county has to draw up an annual plan; after comparing the two, the court will make slight changes based on the actual situation in each place."
Yang Guang understood what Yang Ji meant and said: "As you said, our Sui Dynasty has a vast territory, different places have different customs, and the ideas of the people in different places are also different. And the imperial court did not have a perfect system Laws and many decrees can govern the country perfectly. Only by adapting various decrees to local conditions and not deviating from the control of the imperial court can they play a huge role."
After a pause, Yang Guang talked about the benefits of this method: "In this way, we can avoid overgeneralization and avoid delegating power. It can also allow local officials to exert their due talents, and It’s not like a puppet waiting for government decrees.”
"In addition, there are two benefits." Yang Ji added: "First, with the participation of local officials, the decrees finally formulated by the court are more in line with the needs of the people in various places. Second, it can be seen from them whether local officials are excellent or good." Mediocrity, long-term vision or short-sightedness also provides an important criterion for promotion and promotion in the coming year.”
"Haha, this matter has great potential. We will ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs and History to draft a proposal later." Yang Guang clapped his hands and laughed. He looked at the calm Yang Ji with joy, and then said: "I have appointed Lai Hu'er as the commander-in-chief of the Southern Navy. You should have heard about this in the council hall, right?"
"I have heard about it, and I also saw Zhu Kuan and Chang Jun in the meeting hall." Yang Ji said accordingly: "Everyone plans to recommend Zhu Kuan as the deputy commander of the Southern Navy, and He Man and Chang Jun who have been on an envoy to the Red Earth Kingdom He Wang Junzheng, if they serve in the Southern Navy, they will definitely play a huge role in the development of maritime silk."
"This is a good example of people giving full play to their talents. If you hadn't mentioned them, I almost forgot about them. Later, I will issue an order to seal them." Yang Guang smiled happily. When he heard Yang Ji say that Feng Ang's family had many nautical charts and navigation talents, he was even more excited.
After discussing the matter, Yang Ji stood up and left: "If there is nothing else, I will go back to the meeting hall."
Yang Guang nodded: "Go!"
"Here!" Yang Ji bowed his hands and left the side hall.
Looking at Yang Ji's retreating figure, Yang Guang sighed secretly: He thought he had underestimated Yang Ji very much, but unexpectedly, Yang Ji's intelligence seemed to have no limit, and he could come up with many fantastic ideas at will. I feel lucky that the Sui Dynasty and the royal family have some great talents, but also feel a little depressed and regretful——
Frankly speaking, Yang Guang really wanted Yang Ji to return to Liangzhou, so that he could not only extend and open up the Silk Road, manage the West China Sea Protectorate, but also deter and harass the Turks from the southwest. But Yang Ji's way of thinking is different from everyone else. When he does things, he can often break out of the cage of the times and dare to think what others can't think of. So Yang Guang hopes that Yang Ji will be the prime minister and his own mastermind in the center.
Of course, Yang Ji can also write letters to give him advice while sitting in Liangzhou. But the problem is that Yang Ji's thinking is very fragmented. Although the wonderful ideas he generates are very good, they require other people or Yang Ji seems to be unable to think of other events to trigger without these prerequisites.
If you think about it carefully, this is really a depressing thing.
Just when Yang Guang was thinking about how to maximize Yang Ji's potential, a eunuch's report interrupted Yang Guang's contemplation. He only heard him whisper: "Qi Sage, Sili Tai officials sent from Guanzhong A secret letter.”
Yang Guang said: "Do you know what it is related to?"
The eunuch quickly replied: "Longxi Li family!"
"Hurry up and submit it." Ever since Yang Ji handed over the evidence of treason with the enemy from Fuqi City to Yang Guang, Yang Guang was shocked and angry, and wanted to cut these traitors into pieces. It's just that his thoughts were the same as Yang Ji's. He knew that killing a few scapegoats would not serve as a warning to others, so he secretly collected evidence of Li's crime and prepared to kill the entire Li family in Longxi to scare the monkeys. Only in this way can the family members be restrained. Otherwise, some people will take desperate risks in the future.
He regularly received a secret letter related to the core descendants of the Li family, but the cumulative evidence of these crimes could not constitute the crime of the Yi people. In addition, the death of Li Dewu and others in Fuqi City made the Li family very cautious. After a long time, Yang Guang didn't pay much attention to the insignificant secret messages.
"Here!" The eunuch stepped inside and presented a secret letter with both hands.
When Yang Guang opened the secret letter and looked at it, his eyes suddenly shrank into a line. The content of the letter made Yang Guang not surprised but happy. He saw that it read: "At the beginning of the year, three caravans of the Li family came from Longxi County, Jingzhao County, and Heading north from Beidi County, the three caravans totaled 3,450 carriages and more than 400 camels, with specialties such as silk, porcelain, gold, silver, and jade. However, considering the size of the carriages and the depth of the ruts, they were extremely heavy. pig iron and other prohibited items.”
"Well, the day has finally come." Yang Guang put the letter into the envelope, handed it to the eunuch, and asked, "Is there any other news from Luoyang?"
"Yes!" The eunuch took the letter and bowed and said: "Sage, Li Hun, the general of the Right Xiaowei, and Li Xiaochang, the son of Li Yuantong, the Minister of Punishment, each met privately with the Turkic prince many times in the brothel tavern, and the two sides talked happily. Shi Chao'an, a great Sogdian businessman from the State of Shi, was inextricably linked to Hu Xi of Shu. He successively transferred eight shops in Luoyang's North City, five shops in the West City, thirteen shops in the South City, and two brothels in Wenwenfang. To General Li. In addition, ten shops and five wine shops were ceded to Li Xiaochang. Judging from the information obtained, Shi Chaoan not only took no money from this so-called transfer and cession, but also gave away truckloads of money and treasures. Send him to Erli Mansion and Bieyuan."
Yang Guang pondered for a long time and asked: "Do you know the value of these shops, brothels and wine shops?"
"It can only be said that it is priceless!" The eunuch glanced at Yang Guang and introduced in detail: "Sage, the area where these shops, brothels and wine shops are located is extremely prosperous, and they are all shops that make a lot of money every day. No one is willing to resell the property no matter how much money they pay." He hesitated and then added: "So what Shi Chaoan ceded was by no means bought from others and transferred to Er Li. It can only be said that it originally belonged to him."
"So generous, so generous indeed!" Even though Yang Guang was the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, he couldn't help but take a breath after hearing these words. He snorted coldly, and then said: "As the saying goes, when you are polite to others, you must ask for something. Shi Chao'an gave such a heavy gift, and it must be something big. You must closely monitor every move of both parties, and be sure to find out the contents of the transactions between the two parties. come out."
Yang Guang thought that Dugu Min was the largest real estate developer in Luoyang City. It was actually very easy to find out the direction of these lands. There was no need to look far away. His eyes flashed and he warned: "When you go down, immediately put these Write down the information about the shop, brothel, and wine shop in detail, and then give it to me. Be quick!"
"Yes!" the eunuch responded and left.
Yang Guang originally planned to let Dr. Sili Yang Wei take charge of this matter, but after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly realized that Yang Wei was weak and inexperienced; with his current ability and experience, he was simply unable to coordinate the overall situation. , covering all aspects. Therefore, a coach must be arranged to take charge of this matter.
Thinking of this, Yang Guang walked quickly to the door and said to a eunuch on standby: "Go and call me the Crown Prince, King Wei, King Shu, and King Ande immediately. I have something to discuss with them."
"Here!"
