If you want to truly understand Yang Lihua's influence, you must first understand how much she is valued.
When Yang Jian was in power, it goes without saying that Yang Lihua was someone no one dared to offend. Even Dugu Jialuo was very polite to his eldest daughter, let alone others.
A princess has no rights of her own. Her influence comes from years of accumulation.
Yang Guang is her biological brother. Although he does not have as deep a relationship with her as Yang Yong, he is not comparable to Yang Jun and Yang Xiu.
This involves a question of time together. Yang Guang is the second eldest, eight years younger than Yang Lihua. It can be said that when Yang Guang was a child, his eldest sister took care of him when he was growing up.
When Yang Jun, the third child, was two years old, Yang Lihua was already married. As soon as Yang Xiu, the fourth child, was born, Yang Lihua left home. As for the fifth child, Yang Liang, there was no mention of it.
Because of Yang Lihua's special status, the five sons and five daughters of Yang Jian and his wife all looked up to Yang Lihua. Therefore, Yang Guang has respected and loved his eldest sister very much since he was a child, and this feeling has continued to this day.
So Yang Ming knew very well that as long as his father was in office, Yang Lihua's influence would remain the same.
Yang Guang would not care about the little things like whipping Yang Yue.
In the following days, Yang Ming heard that his father Yang Guang granted Yang Lihua the privilege of entering and leaving the palace at will so that she could visit the fourth and fifth children who were still alive.
These two people do not pose the slightest threat to Yang Guang at the moment.
The New Year is approaching, and there are more than sixty people participating in the court meeting on this day, with the Ministry of Industry being the largest. In addition to the minister, the chief ministers and minor officials of the four departments of the Ministry of Industry, Tuntian, Yu, and Water are all here.
When Yang Jian was in power, he once mentioned the need to rebuild Luoyang, and Yang Guang also mentioned it when he was the prince.
The topic of today's court meeting is also to repair Luoyang, but this time it is different from the previous one.
This time, Yang Guang proposed the term "Tokyo" for the first time.
In other words, he planned to build Luoyang into the eastern capital of the Sui Dynasty and the political, cultural and economic hub of the Central Plains of the Sui Dynasty.
Those who opposed it were gone.
Why object? Because once Luoyang becomes the capital, it will inevitably weaken the influence of the Guanzhong Group.
Although many of the clans in the Central Plains area still belong to the Guanzhong Group, such as the Yuan clan in Luoyang, the Changsun clan in Luoyang, the Dugu clan in Luoyang, and the Zheng clan in Xingyang, everyone agrees that the Guanzhong area is where the dragon veins of the Sui Dynasty are located, and it is not suitable for changes, which will lead to dragons. Loss of air.
You can build Luoyang, but you cannot make it the capital.
What everyone is arguing about is the word "fixed capital".
For a time, there was a lot of discussion in the court, and all the ministers whispered to each other.
"Has Your Highness received any news in advance?" Gao Qiao came over and whispered.
Yang Ming shook his head: "Like you, I just found out."
"Then are you opposed or supportive?" Gao Jiong asked again.
Yang Ming thought for a while: "Support."
"Why?" Gao Jiong asked.
Yang Ming smiled: "What can we do if we object? If my father has already made up his mind, how can we resist?"
"If something goes wrong, you still have to admonish it. This is the duty of a minister," Gao Jiong said with a frown.
Yang Ming smiled and said: "Take your time and see what everyone says."
There was a lot of noise in the court, and Takano, who was the chamberlain, signaled everyone to be quiet. If they had any opinions, they put them forward one by one.
Yang Guang, on the other hand, was sitting high on the throne with an expressionless face.
Ander Wang Yang Xiong was the first to stand up and said:
"Your Majesty, please report."
Yang Guang nodded and said: "Since it is a matter of discussion, we should talk about everything."
Yang Xiong cupped his hands and said: "The late emperor achieved great success in Guanzhong, overlooking the land of nine states in the world. There are Turks in the north, countries in the Western Regions in the west, and the barbarians in the south. Everyone is a vassal. The capital was only built in twenty-one years. The country is stable and all industries are prosperous. , absorbing the spirit of the emperor, accumulating mountains and rivers, and becoming the cause of kings and hegemons. Luoyang is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, where the Yuan clan of the former Wei Dynasty lived in isolation. How can it be compared with Daxing? "
As soon as these words came out, the man named Yuan in the court was unhappy. Our hometown is in Luoyang, why do we live in seclusion?
Don’t forget, the capital of the Wei Dynasty at that time was in Luoyang. At that time, there was no great prosperity, and Chang’an was nothing.
Yang Guang nodded and said: "I want to establish the capital, but it is actually a companion capital. I cannot compare it with Daxing. You don't have to worry about which one is more important. Daxing is the place where my Yang family established my business, and it will never change."
Yang Xiong added: "Your Majesty is rebuilding Luoyang. I fully support it. It's just a matter of establishing the capital. It's a matter of great importance and requires long-term planning."
This time, Yang Guang didn't say anything, but turned his attention to Pei Ju:
"Shiju will tell you all about it to clear up your doubts."
As soon as this was said, everyone knew that Pei Ju had known about this for a long time and was in favor of establishing the capital.
Pei Ju stood up and said slowly:
"This time the King of Han rebelled, and there were many people in Shandong area (east of the Taihang Mountains) who responded. Although our army has marched eastward, the rebellion has not disappeared yet. The capital is located in the hinterland of Guanzhong, out of reach. However, our elite Sui people are all in Guanzhong. If in the future, If chaos breaks out again in Shandong, will we still mobilize troops from Guanzhong?"
"There are many princes in the court who hold military merits. You should know that water far away is difficult to solve by fire close by. If the King of Qin had not marched straight in during the Bingzhou rebellion and seized the opportunity to capture the rebel king Yang Liang, once the war was delayed, the rebels in Hebei and Shandong would have Sitting high, entering the Central Plains, entering the Pass, and threatening the capital, do you think Luoyang is important?"
Wei Chong stood up, frowned and said, "There is a natural barrier at Tongguan in the southeast of our capital. How can the rebels from the Central Plains enter at their request?"
Pei Ju smiled and said: "There are countless people who have entered Guanzhong from the Central Plains in panic. The minister should know."
Wei Chong retorted: "I, the disciples of Guanzhong, are the elites in the world and cannot be stopped. How can I compare to those mediocre and stupid people in the history books?".
His words were obviously a bit arrogant. Veterans like Yang Su and Gao Jiong, who have been on the battlefield for a long time, naturally knew that there was no place in the world that was unbreakable.
Once the Central Plains is lost, Guanzhong will not even be able to be self-sufficient in food. How long it can resist is a question.
Pei Ju was too lazy to refute Wei Chong, then looked at Yang Su and said:
"During the Kaihuang period, there was a severe drought in Guanzhong. The late emperor led the people of Guanzhong eastward from Tongguan to eat in Luoyang. The past events are still vivid in his mind. The Central Plains region is the granary of the world. His Majesty's move to establish the capital was also to stabilize Guanzhong and restructure the capital. A barrier to the east, Yue Gong should be able to understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts."
Of course Yang Su knew this, so he agreed to rebuild Luoyang, but establishing the capital was too involved.
Since the capital was established, the emperor would naturally go there. Although he would not stay in the Central Plains all year round, it would certainly affect the structure of the court.
For example, if the emperor moves to the Eastern Capital, a group of officials will be taken away from Daxing and a group of officials will be left behind. The remaining people will inevitably become more distant from the emperor and will not be reused.
Those who were taken away were all from Guanzhong, and no one wanted to be so far away from home.
After the emperor moved into Luoyang, he would inevitably recruit some more officials to handle government affairs, which would lead to the rise of aristocratic families in the Central Plains and even Shandong areas, threatening the powerful families in Guanzhong.
This is a struggle of interests. Whoever is close to the emperor will benefit. This is a truth that everyone understands.
Yang Su was extremely smart, but he still didn't expect that Yang Guang's original intention was to gradually change the situation in Guanzhong and build other areas.
The Great Sui Dynasty was from Guanzhong, and this idea was deeply rooted in Yang Su.
But he knew Yang Guang and knew that others could not change Yang Guang's determination.
So Yang Su nodded: "I agree to designate Luoyang as Tokyo."
I'm too old to have a disagreement with the emperor on such a big matter. Let's talk about what happens in the future.
Whether he approves or disapproves, it won't have much effect anyway, because there are too many people who oppose it.
At this time, Yang Guang turned his attention to Yang Ming, hoping that his son, who was always full of scheming, might have something shocking to say.
"My son, do you have anything to say?"
"My son agrees to use Luoyang as Tokyo!" Yang Ming said without hesitation.
Yang Guang smiled and said: "Speak!"
Yang Ming took a deep breath and said: "King Ande just now said that our Sui Dynasty's hegemony was achieved in Guanzhong, and I deeply agree with it. However, my Sui Dynasty has the land of nine states and four seas, how can I rule the world from my position in Guanzhong?"
"The army led by Li Jing is still strangling the rebels in Shandong. According to the military reports from the front, it will take 20 days at the fastest to reach the capital based on fast horses. And when we got the news, the situation in the front had changed, and the court's response was bound to be slow."
"An old saying goes, when you build a capital, firstly, the situation is dangerous, secondly, water transportation is convenient, and thirdly, it is in the middle and responds to all directions. Luoyang is adjacent to Mang Mountain in the north, Yinshui River in the south, and the capital barrier to the west to ensure the food supply. It can be reached from the east. Suppressing Shandong and standing tall in the south of the Yangtze River, using this as Tokyo, we will have peace of mind when it comes to great prosperity."
For a moment, the court was silent.
The reason why no one stood up to refute Yang Ming was because they believed that Emperor Yang Guang was determined, otherwise he would not have allowed King Qin to come forward to suppress them.
This is Yang Ming's role in the court.
This is also the reason why Yang Guang is eager to establish Yang Ming's prestige.
Yang Ming was in favor of naming Luoyang as Tokyo. It is now called Tokyo and will be renamed Dongdu in five years.
China's geographical situation has created Luoyang's innate advantages.
To the west of Luoyang, there are continuous mountains crisscrossing each other, and to the east, there is the gentle North China Plain.
Anyone who has seen a map of China's mountain ranges will know that the entire China is high in the west and low in the east. Only the Sichuan Basin, the North China Plain, the Northeast Plain, and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain are flat. The rest are all mountains.
Judging from the map, there is a relatively gentle terrain between Guanzhong and Luoyang, like a hinterland passage sandwiched between the north and south mountains.
In ancient China, there were no high-speed trains, planes, or trains. It was very difficult to cross mountains and ridges. Everyone liked to walk on a flat road.
When tackling key problems in Shandong, Luoyang is a must-go place and you cannot avoid it.
Making Luoyang the capital will help enhance the status of Luoyang and elevate its strategic importance to the highest level, thereby consolidating the exit channel from the Kanto region.
But historically, it only took Yang Guang one year to build Luoyang. Its shape and scale were completely modeled after Daxing, but the area was a quarter smaller.
Yang Ming knew in his heart that Luoyang would definitely not be able to escape. What he was really worried about was that many people would die during the construction of Luoyang.
Historical records: Emperor Yang built Luoyang and drafted two million men every month. Those who died due to stiffness were fourteen to five years...
After his father Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, the first major project was about to be launched.
