Yang Ming was undoubtedly nervous as he was about to personally participate in the Jin King's seizure of the throne, which was heavily recorded in history.
From the current point of view, Yang Guang can rise to the top. In addition to his own efforts, Yang Yong's lack of a legitimate son is the most critical factor.
Otherwise, relying on Yang Guang alone, even with Yang Su's full help, he would not be able to make much waves.
Yang Jian has left, but Li Yuan, an old boy, is still hanging around. He probably wants to find a chance to meet his aunt and see if he can arrange a position in the capital.
There were two types of officials in the Sui Dynasty: those who wanted to make money and those who wanted to make progress.
Those who want to make money will find ways to work in local places. The sky is high and the emperor is far away, and no one cares.
Those who want to make progress will only focus on staying in Daxing, or if there is a war somewhere, they will risk their lives to gain military glory or something.
Li Yuan undoubtedly wants to make progress because he is not short of money.
But Dugu Jialuo is far away in Renshou Palace and cannot come back until autumn at the earliest, so this old boy will try to delay it until then.
Sure enough, Li Yuan was sick.
When Yang Ming saw Li Yuan with his forehead wrapped in a white scarf and looking helpless, he couldn't help but want to applaud him.
awesome,
Now that everything is like this, Jiancheng will definitely continue to live in his yard. Yang Ming wants to drive him away, but he doesn't know how to say it.
At the royal family banquet that night, Yang Guang told his two sons the news that the Second Saint was about to return to the capital.
The reason why I told them was because their whole family, young and old, had to go to greet them tomorrow, just like when Yang Jian and his wife left Beijing, they went out of the city to see them off.
Yang Ming took this opportunity and said, "When I go out these days, I find that there are so many fewer guards patrolling the streets than usual?"
Yang Guang just smiled and said nothing. Maybe his smile was mocking Yang Yong?
Dad didn't answer directly, but Yang Zhao was puzzled, thinking, didn't I tell you everything that day? Why are you still asking? Are you still pretending to be a fool in front of me?
Yang Zhao had no choice but to repeat the words he relayed to Yang Ming that day from beginning to end in front of his parents.
Yang Ming nodded solemnly and said, "Tomorrow my grandparents will enter the Mingde Gate and walk straight into the Imperial City via Zhuque Street. How would they feel if they saw so few Wuhou patrolling the streets?"
Yang Guang, who was still drinking, was suddenly startled, and his brows furrowed for a moment, as if he was thinking about something.
After a while, he suddenly stood up: "You guys eat, I'll go out."
After saying this, Yang Guang left in a hurry.
Yang Ming smiled. It seemed that his father understood what he meant instantly, so he lowered his head to eat with peace of mind.
the next day,
Yang Ming boarded the carriage with his parents early in the morning and went to Mingdemen to pick him up.
At the same time, officials from the Manchu Dynasty, including the East Palace, would go outside the city to greet the emperor and queen.
For a time, the entire Zhuque Street was filled with motorcades of important people.
The junior official gave way to the senior official, the senior official gave way to Yang Guang, and Yang Guang gave way to Yang Yong.
On the carriage, Gao Jiong lowered the carriage curtain, frowned and asked his second son Gao Hongde:
"Why are there so few Wuhou on the street? When the Second Saint left last time, weren't they at a post every ten steps?"
Gao Jiong did not go out during this period. He could attend the court meeting in the East Palace or not, because his affairs were mainly reported to Yang Jian. This was the old rule.
Gao Yan understood the thoughts of Yang Jian and his wife best. Even if they were not in Beijing, he would not talk to Yang Yong about government affairs.
The same was true for Yang Su, who almost never attended the East Palace court meeting.
Hearing this, Gao Hongde said, "My son has been staying in Prince Jin's Mansion during this period, and Prince Jin seems to have hidden it from me. I didn't know about it until yesterday. I wanted to tell my father, but the housekeeper said that you had gone to bed, so I gave up."
Gao Hongde is the clerk of the Prince of Jin's Palace and is an official subordinate to Yang Guang. His daily work place is at the yamen in the southeast of the front yard of the Prince of Jin's Palace. Instead of going through the main entrance of the Palace, he goes to the east side.
Door.
In the Sui Dynasty, not only princes and princes could open a mansion, but anyone from the third rank and above could open a mansion.
"What's going on?" Gao Jiong's face instantly turned ugly.
Gao Hongde said: "In this defense change, all the people from Zuowei Mansion were transferred to the vicinity of the imperial city. I heard that Yuan Min was ordered by the prince, so the inner city and city defenses were empty. However, King Jin went to see He Ruobi privately. Yang Xiong and others have just transferred some guards from the inner square to supplement the city defense, so the inner city is currently empty and there are not many guards."
In fact, no matter how empty the inner city is, it will not be this empty.
Instead, Yang Guang went to Zuowuwei Mansion and Zuowuhou Mansion last night and transferred all the soldiers from these two guards to the city defense, causing the inner city to become even more empty.
After Gao Hongde finished speaking the first sentence, Gao Jiong had already closed his eyes. By the time his son finished speaking, he had smoothed over the whole thing.
"You shouldn't hide such a big thing from me. If you had told me about this last night, there would have been room for change, but you didn't. You did it on purpose, right?" Gao Jiong said calmly.
Gao Hongde sighed and said, "My father has been scolded by the Queen many times for defending the crown prince. Can't you still see the Queen's intentions?"
"Can I see that? That's my business. Now I'm asking you, why did you hide it from me on purpose?" Gao Jun asked sharply.
Gao Hongde looked like a child who had made a mistake, his head hanging low. After a moment, he gritted his teeth:
"The King of Jin is both civilized and military, and he is courteous and virtuous. He is really a man of heaven. To be honest, he is far superior to the prince. What's more, he has an indescribably noble grandson, the King of Henan, and his third son, Yang Ming, has the second saint and the eldest princess. Long Chong, although he is young, he is very mature in dealing with things, and his way of dealing with others is far different from that of the East Palace..."
"Shut up!" Gao Jiong said in a rare angry tone: "Do you know what will happen if you get involved in a dispute over storage positions?"
Now that he has said so much, Gao Hongde also took the risk: "Of course I know, and my son knows even more. If you make the wrong choice, you will be in doom."
Seeing his father stunned, Gao Hongde choked with sobs and tried to persuade him: "It's not clear who among the officials in the Manchu Dynasty is thinking. The Second Sage has already had the idea of Yi Chu. If my father still insists on defending the prince and resisting the Second Sage, I, Gao, will give him the opportunity." The clan is in danger."
Looking at the always cowardly second son in front of him, Gao Jiong couldn't help but be stunned.
Could it be that the prince has lost his heart to this extent? Even his own son is attracted to Yang Guang?
If Gao Hongde had informed the matter yesterday, he would have immediately entered the palace and advised the prince to transfer the guards back to their headquarters in time, but now it is too late.
The son wanted to hide it from him, so naturally he didn't want him to go to the East Palace again.
As for the Second Saint's sudden return to Beijing, it was probably because of this incident. Now that the Second Saint's chariot was already on the way, it was already too late.
Gao Jun suddenly felt that the prince could not blame anyone until he came to this day, but it was all his own fault.
As for Gao Qiao, he could only do his best.
Zuo Wuwei and Zuo Wuhouwei have been transferred to the city defense last night, and Yang Jian cannot see how many people there are in the city defense, because he can only enter through one city gate, which is the Mingde Gate due south.
I can only walk on one street, and that's Suzaku Street.
After the imperial chariot entered the city, hundreds of officials followed behind.
Dugu Jialuo suddenly stopped the carriage and sent someone to call the prince Yang Yong.
Yang Yong, dressed in court uniform, stood beside the imperial chariot, bowing his head and listening respectfully.
"Where have all the Wuhous in the street gone?" Dugu Jialuo asked in the carriage.
Yang Yong suddenly felt bad. Did that old boy Li Gang really guess it right? Did the father, the queen, and the queen come here because of a defense change?
"Haier transferred some of the palace guards to the vicinity of the imperial city. When his father, the emperor, and his wife left the capital, Yu Lin also followed him to Renshou Palace, leaving the imperial city defense empty, so he made this arrangement."
It sounds quite reasonable. All the imperial guards in the imperial city were taken away, and he transferred some palace guards to supplement the outside. It seems reasonable.
But he ignored one thing. The palace guards were there to protect the emperor, not the prince.
To the left and right of Yulin are the Imperial Palace Guards.
The number of people is around 20,000, and they are basically all descendants of Guanzhong.
Zuo Yulin's army was led by Cai Wang Yang Zhiji. He was the eldest son of Yang Jian's second brother Yang Zheng. Yang Zheng died in Bingzhou when he attacked Northern Qi during the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Yang Zhiji attacked Cai Wang.
The Right Imperial Forest Army was led by General Dou Kang, the eldest brother of Dou Qing, the governor of Hedong County, and the nephew of Yang Jian.
These two men were mainly responsible for the garrison of the palace city. They followed Yang Jian and his wife wherever they went.
In the carriage, Dugu Jialuo's voice sounded:
"The East Palace has the crown prince's left and right guards, and the imperial city also has its own prison guards. What's the matter? You can't even handle it with so many people guarding you?"
The East Palace garrison is called the prince's left guard and the prince's right guard. Their total number is 10,000, and their duty is to protect the prince's safety.
The left and right prison gates belong to the Twelve Guards and are mainly responsible for guarding the twelve gates of the imperial city. The general of the left prison gate is called Yuanwei, and the general of the right prison gate is called Linghu Xi. Each guard has four thousand people.
Yang Yong panicked now. Li Gang's guess was indeed correct. My father, the emperor, and my mother were so anxious to return to the capital. Are they here for me?
Which bastard complained about this?
Yang Yong hurriedly said: "My ministers have improperly arranged their arrangements. Let the guards return to their respective headquarters."
"No," Dugu Jialuo sneered in the car: "There is no need to go back, lest something happens to your Highness the Crown Prince and they cannot bear the responsibility."
After that, the imperial chariot continued to move forward.
Yang Yong froze on the spot, his palms sweating. Past experience told him that his father, the emperor, and his mother were trying to save him face in front of so many people. It was when he returned to the palace that he suffered.
In the carriage, Yang Jian never said a word, but his face was gloomy, as if he was about to kill someone at any time.
As the emperor and the founding emperor, Yang Jian was on guard against almost everyone. He also personally arranged the garrison duties of various ministries in Daxing City.
The palace guards were in the north, so they were called the Bei Ya Prefecture Army, and the garrison guards were in the south of the imperial city, so they were called the Nan Ya Prefecture Army.
From the north to the south, the troops are of equal strength and they restrain each other.
This is why the left and right Generals Habayashi, one is a nephew and the other is a nephew, in order to contain each other.
But now, the prince has mobilized the Nanya government troops to defend the area around the imperial city. What does he want to do?
If King Jin hadn't sent a letter to him in advance, wouldn't he have run into these fortified soldiers head-on when he returned to Beijing next time?
Even though Yang Jian knew in his heart that his eldest son would not have such thoughts, he had always been cautious, fearful of accidents, and always thought of the worst in everything.
Therefore, Prince Yang Yong's mobilization of the capital's garrison does not seem to be a big deal, but in Yang Jian's case, it is almost linked to rebellion.
It was Yang Ming who saw through this and reminded his father to withdraw a large number of guards from Zhuque Street.
Because this will give Yang Jian a more intuitive sense of crisis when he enters the city.
What did the emperor fear most? What he feared most was not rebellion, but the threat to his own safety.
Yang Yong, Yang Yong, how could you be so stupid? Yang Ming really had nothing to say about his dear uncle.
