When Yang Ming returned to the capital, it was in mid-October, and Comrade Yang Guang also arrived in Luoyang at this time. After he arranged the canal affairs in Luoyang, he would take people back to Daxing, and then go north from Daxing to the border. Yulin County, from here north to the outside of the fortress, inspecting the tents of the Eastern Turks.
In history, no emperor was as restless as him. He did not feel any hardship when traveling from east to west, north and south, and dared to go back and forth wherever he wanted.
This is also a unique personality charm that distinguishes him from other emperors.
After returning to Beijing, Yang Ming didn't know that his father was already preparing to start another huge project.
After conquering Tuguhun, he deliberately requisitioned half of the granaries in the Henan area in order to delay the launch of the Yongji Canal. The granaries were now half empty and were not suitable for launching large-scale projects.
But what he didn't know was that Yang Guang planned to allocate an extremely terrifying amount of grain reserves from the south of the Yangtze River to fill the granaries around Luoyang.
On October 13th, Princess Yang Yinjiang was in confinement and it was not appropriate to come forward. Therefore, Assistant Minister Yang Yue and his son Yang Rui, together with all the civil and military officials, welcomed Master Wang at Mingde Gate.
The people in the city lined the streets to welcome him. Everyone held pots and pots in their hands and sprinkled water on Zhuque Street.
The name of King Qin resounded throughout the capital, flowers bloomed, and drums and drums blared. The people's love for Yang Ming and their welcome to the soldiers of the Western Expedition turned into a city-wide carnival that night.
Within three days of the capital, the curfew was lifted, ten wine bars were set up, and the people could help themselves. A temple fair was added, hosted by the Taiyue Department. Four hundred and thirty people came out of the music house to set up stages in the east and west cities of the city, singing and dancing.
The song of the King of Qin entering the battle spread from then on.
All this was arranged by Yang Yinjiang, who was in confinement. She wanted to build momentum for her husband, but she also had to be careful to avoid going too far and causing the emperor's dissatisfaction.
October 14th, Wanchun Hall, this was the first time Yang Ming hosted a court meeting after returning to Beijing.
Today is of course a good day to reward people based on their merits.
There is almost no way for the generals under his command to advance to the next level, and it is even more difficult for the Lord to give it, especially after the restructuring made it very clear: the scattered honors are merged, and the ministers who have assisted the country and contributed to the peace and stability of the country will be awarded honors as appropriate.
The merger of casual officials and honorary titles has mostly honor components and no real meaning, that is, receiving an extra salary, not to mention the title. Yang Guang will not give titles to people casually, and there will no longer be titles everywhere like during the Kaihuang years.
Among the generals who participated in the Western Expedition, Gao Jiong had no title but could not be granted titles. Shi Wansui was the Duke of Taiping County, Yang Xuanting was the Duke of Huainan County, Qu Tutong was the Duke of Yichuan County, Zhang Dinghe was the Marquis of Wu'an County, and Zhou Fashang was the Duke of Huainan County. Qiaojun Gong.
Those without titles are Changsun Cheng, Mai Tiezhang and Xiao Mohe.
Changsun Cheng’s honorary title is Shangzhuguo, currently in the first class. Mai Tiezhang’s honorary title is Shangkaifuyitongsansi. Xiao Mohe was originally from Kaifuyitongsansi, but now it has been changed to Zhengyi. Doctor, because in the current Sui Dynasty, Kaifu Yi and the Third Division are from the first rank, ranking below the Sangong and the Third Division.
After all the lords who are still alive are dead, only Kaifu Yi and the Third Division can open the government and set up staff. Yang Guang's move is also to weaken the private armed forces of these princes. This is definitely a very good decision.
Therefore, these generals can only reward gold and silver, increase food, and add slaves. The Lord cannot give him anything. They are all ministerial officials with specific duties, so it is not easy for them to move up.
Then the financial reward must be generous. Anyway, Yang Ming received the news and his father asked him to reward him as he pleased.
So with a wave of his hand, he appropriated 200,000 yuan, 40,000 bolts of brocade, and more than 30 boxes of gold, silver, and jade articles from the treasury, specifically to reward these eight people, and the rest of the soldiers would be rewarded separately.
In addition, Su Lie was named a seventh-grade Suide Lieutenant and guarded the treasury of the King of Qin.
After the restructuring, the casual officials of the Sui Dynasty were divided into seventeen ranks, namely the Nine Doctors and the Eight Lieutenants. The Nine Doctors were the former honorary ranks, and the Eight Lieutenants were the Wu Sanguan, ranging from the sixth rank to the ninth rank.
Su Lie's Suide Lieutenant was of the seventh rank, while Prince Kuzhi was a ministerial officer of the sixth rank. They were all called Shou. If the rank of a casual official was higher than the rank of a minister, it was called Xing, and at the same level it was called concurrent.
Because of his meritorious service in defending the city, Wang Shuo was promoted to the rank of Grand Governor of the Hexi Governor's Mansion and took over the military power in Hexi. This sounds really scary, but in fact, life there was very difficult.
After all this calculation, it seems that Wang Shuo is the one who gets the biggest benefit. Who asked Wang Shuo to secretly express his loyalty to Yang Ming in private?
Without He Ruobi, their group of Song Guogong's followers were naturally in urgent need of finding a backer. If Yang Ming wanted to take him in, Wang Shuo would definitely be impatient.
At the court meeting, some people were not satisfied with Yang Ming's arrangement, such as Li Hun. He felt that Yang Ming should not reuse He Ruobi's people, which was a bit taboo.
Yang Ming responded directly to him with one sentence: So who is the Duke of Xi?
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After returning to the palace, Yang Ming was very busy.
Because the princess's second child was born, Li Xiuning's first child was also born. What made him feel very helpless was that it was another son.
Am I not destined to have a relationship with my daughter? They already have four sons. In future generations, what kind of family can afford to support them?
When these two sons were born, Yang Guang did not give them names, nor was he in a hurry to make them kings, so Yang Ming, the father, could finally be the master.
The eldest son was Yang Rui, King of Hedong, and the second son was Yang Jin, King of Xingyang. The third son was born to Yang Yinjiang and was named Yang Qi. The fourth son was born to Li Xiuning and was named Yang Cong (g).
This year is the fourth year of Daye. Yang Ming is only 21 years old and has four sons.
He couldn't live like this anymore. Yang Ming made some calculations. According to the customs of the Sui Dynasty, he might be able to become a grandfather before he was forty years old.
No, the eldest Yang Rui is already three years old and will reach adulthood in twelve years. At that time, Yang Ming will only be thirty-three years old...
But at the moment, Chen Shuyi is the only one who has no children, and she is too old. If she doesn't give birth, she will become an older mother in the future, and it will be very dangerous during childbirth.
"What nonsense are you talking about? How old am I? I'm only three years older than you." In the room, after learning Yang Ming's intention, Chen Shuyi said with a dissatisfied look on her face: "You can give birth before you are thirty, don't worry .”
Yang Ming looked surprised and said: "Weren't you anxious before? Why are you not anxious now?"
"These are extraordinary times," Chen Shuyi said. "Now that the reserve position is unknown, you should focus more on this. Before I went to Jiangdu, I told her in private that she should stay with Your Majesty. I’ll say good things about you in front of you, but at such a critical time, don’t always think about having children.”
Yang Ming smiled and said: "Be careful of self-defeating. My father is extremely intelligent. If there is any metaphor in Mrs. Chen's words, it will definitely be hidden from my father. Maybe he will think that I instigated Mrs. Chen to do this."
"Are you smart? Are everyone else stupid?" Chen Shuyi said angrily: "Don't forget that I was once the queen of a country. There are some things that you don't need to be taught by others."
"I'm overthinking it," Yang Ming nodded: "In that case, when you want a child, just tell me."
"Okay, I get it. I have to go out to see an uncle. You'd better go see the children more. You don't have to come to my place all the time," Chen Shuyi urged Yang Ming to leave.
Yang Ming smiled helplessly and left.
Later, he found Xu Jing and asked him in an empty room:
"What did Shuyi do when I was away from Beijing?"
Xu Jingdao: "At the beginning of May, His Majesty sent an order to Jiangdu, summoning all the Chen family's children to return to the capital, and then discussed their use. Now many of the old Chen clan have arrived in the capital. Chen Concubine has been meeting with them recently. I heard that in With the help of Yang Zhongshu, many of the Chen family’s children have been let go.”
Yang Yue knew in his heart that he intended to support the Chen family, and Yang Yue happened to be assisting the government during this time, so everything went smoothly.
"Besides, is there anything else?" Yang Ming asked.
He felt that something was wrong with Chen Shuyi, because no wife did not want to give birth to a child for her husband. Is it just because she was busy taking care of the children of the family? Not likely.
When they were in Luoyang, Chen Shuyi was very eager to have a child. Every time they had sex, they counted the dates, and there were quite a few times. After all, Shuyi at that time was somewhat insatiable. It's definitely not his fault that he didn't get pregnant, otherwise where did Yang Rui and the others come from?
Is there something wrong with Shuyi's physical condition? So she is deliberately avoiding it?
Xu Jing shook his head and said, "I don't know about this. I can't follow Concubine Chen when she goes out. I heard it later from the slaves in the courtyard."
"Check it out carefully, keep it secret, don't allow anyone to discover it, and report everything to me in every detail," Yang Ming said in a deep voice.
Xu Jing was Yang Ming’s absolute confidant. Hearing this, he was shocked and said:
"Does His Highness think there is something wrong with Concubine Chen? It's impossible, right? She was the first to follow His Highness."
"What are you thinking about?" Yang Ming gave the other party a headache and said with a smile: "I am curious about what she does every day, not that there is something wrong with her."
"So that's it?" Xu Jing chuckled and said, "Then don't worry, Your Highness, I promise to find out everything."
In today's Qin Prince's Mansion, Xu Jing is the housekeeper and has very great power. All the slaves and servants are under Xu Jing's control. It will be easy for him to investigate some things.
In the evening, Yang Ming went to Jinyang Tower again because Gao Yue was there.
The song for the King of Qin to enter the battle requires not only arrangement of music, but also choreography, involving dozens of musical instruments, which is very complicated and complicated. Therefore, Gao Yue has been living in Jinyang Tower since Yang Ming's Western Expedition.
She already had a group of maids who were good at dancing and music, but it was not enough, so Yang Yinjiang transferred thirty musicians from the Taile Department who were proficient in Qingshang music to assist Gao Yue.
At present, the King of Qin's entrance music, the twelve-person dance music, and the twenty-four-person dance music have spread in the capital, but the sixty-eight-person dance music and the largest one-hundred-and-twenty-person dance music have not been heard by Yang Yinjiang. I dare to take it out because it is too ostentatious.
But it had already been arranged. As soon as Yang Ming arrived at Jinyang Tower, Gao Yue immediately arranged for someone to perform it in front of Yang Ming.
Bronze cymbals, festival drums, waist drums, konghou, pipa, plus bells, pans, sheng, and Xiao are all included, and all the dancers are carefully selected, young women who are both heroic and beautiful. , the singer’s voice is also unique, loud and angry.
Of course, the lead dancer is a male actor, after all, he plays the role of King Qin.
The whole process makes the audience feel as if they are really in the military battlefield, with sonorous drum beats and bright rhythm.
It's so ostentatious. With my father's great achievements, he would never allow such grand and exciting dance music to be used to praise others.
Yang Ming smiled bitterly. Was it too much?
So he dismissed everyone early and took Gao Yue to a box alone.
"I'll give you another task, you arrange the music."
Gao Yue was stunned: "What mission?"
"The Sui Emperor's patrol song," Yang Ming said with a wry smile, "I'll give you three months to compose it."
