Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 159 Unsolvable Problem
Three people contributed a lot to Dugu Jialuo's funeral, Yang Su, Pei Ju, and Niu Hong.

I heard that in order to find a blessed place to bury Dugu, Yang Su took people around day and night, traveling hundreds of miles, working tirelessly in the wind and rain. Well done, this moved Yang Jian greatly.

So after Yang Su fell ill, Yang Jian ordered all officials to visit him to show his respect for Yang Su.

Pei Ju and Niu Hong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, formulated the queen's funeral specifications with reference to "Qi Li", and laid the foundation for the future royal funeral system of the Sui Dynasty.

The scale of funerals for Empress Dugu is unprecedented. As for why the "Rituals of Qi" is referred to, it is because Qidi is the hometown of the sage Confucius, who pioneered Chinese etiquette, and "Rituals of Qi" is revered as Confucian orthodoxy.

Pei Ju even referred to the interpretation of the posthumous posthumous method in "Yi Zhou Shu", and dedicated the posthumous title "Xian" to Empress Dugu.

Wisdom and wisdom are called offerings, virtuous and successful are called offerings, and wise and winged kings are called offerings.

Yang Jian agreed, so Dugu Jialuo's posthumous title was the Queen of Documents.

Yang Jian ordered to build the world's largest meditation temple in Yongyang and Heping squares in the southwest corner of Daxing City to commemorate Queen Dugu. This Buddhist temple was built by Yu Wenkai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.

Dugu Feng'er was brought back safely and placed in Yang Ming's private house.

It was inconvenient for him to dispatch manpower from his maidservants, so he asked Yang Yinjiang for help. The latter brought [-] maidservants from the Yuegong Mansion, who would be responsible for Dugu Feng'er's daily life in the future.

Yang Yinjiang had already received definite news from her grandfather, not to mention that when His Royal Highness visited his grandfather, he also hinted at the result, so she now regards herself as Yang Ming's wife.

As for Dugu Feng'er's matter, she was not angry at all, on the contrary, it made her feel that Yang Ming was a man of affection, and she was not mistaken.

So how to arrange for Dugu Feng'er, she arranged it in an orderly manner.

Any maidservant who didn't serve her wholeheartedly would be directly rode to death.

"Before we return to Jingzhou, we have to send her out first, so as not to make mistakes and take care of her too late,"

Standing beside Yang Ming, Yang Yinjiang helped him smooth out the wrinkled sackcloth, and said softly, "The approval document for treasury funding has been sent to Jingzhou. You should say hello to Yuan Wendu in advance."

Yang Ming smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, I won't go back, no one has the guts to touch the money from the treasury."

Yang Yinjiang nodded with a smile, looked at Dugu Feng'er who was screaming madly in the room, and said:

"I have cleared away all the surrounding residents, so no one will be disturbed. I also told Wuhouwei that they should not come here when they are patrolling the city."

"Shibie will look at you with admiration for three days, when will you be able to say hello to Marquis Wu?" Yang Ming laughed.

Yang Yinjiang pursed her lips: "Thanks to you, the news about me has already spread in Daxing. The Marquis Wu who is in charge of Jing'an Square is from Zuowei Mansion, so of course it will be easy."

General Zuowei was originally Yuan Min. After Yuan Min's death, Yang Guang took over first. After he became the prince, General Zuowei fell on the head of the second son Yang Wei.

However, Yang Hao is the remote leader, and it is the following two generals who do practical things.

During the half a year that his father Yang Guang was concurrently in charge of the Zuowei Mansion, many of Yuan Min's former confidantes were taken away, and they were all replaced by his own people. Therefore, in the current Zuowei Mansion, Yang Ming can do whatever he wants.

The matter between himself and Yang Yinjiang was probably caused by that old boy Yang Yue. Yang Ming only just found out about it from Yang Lihua, but within a few days, he found out all about it.

Thinking about Pei Ju's life these past few days, it must be very difficult.

After settling Dugu Feng'er, within a few days, Yang Ming heard the news,
Because of his meritorious service in formulating the funeral system of the Sui Dynasty and offering posthumous titles, Pei Ju also received the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials used to be Su Wei, but Su Wei is now the Minister of the Right Servant, so it is the same whether the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is concurrent or not. Furthermore, the Ministry of Officials is under the control of the Left Servant, and Su Wei is also inappropriate.

In this way, it seemed that Pei Ju was under Yang Su's command, but it was actually very different.

Because at this time, Pei Ju was also the Ministry of Internal History, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Minister of Dali Temple, General Zuo Wuwei, and five positions in the province of Nayan. This Nima is the power of the prime minister.

Apart from Yang Su and Su Wei, he is the one with the greatest power.

Moreover, Yang Jian also appointed Pei Xuanji as a general (rank of honor), transferred from Qianniu Beishen of the East Palace to Shaoqing of Si Nong Temple, from the fourth rank.

Sinong Temple is in charge of state warehouses, forest gardens, markets and charcoal supply, etc. Shaoqing is an adjutant who is in charge of the state treasury.

Yang Ming had no idea that all of this was planned by Yang Lihua.

Because after they met that night, Pei Ju learned the details from his daughter, and after that, he came to meet Yang Lihua in person.

Just as Yang Lihua thought, daughters are not as important as sons after all, and the benefits Yang Lihua gave are too great.

It is rare in other dynasties that Yang Lihua, who does not have any real power, can influence the candidates for a minister.

The reason why Yang Jian readily agreed was because Pei Xuanji married his granddaughter. Without such a relationship, wouldn't it be a joke to be a young minister at the age of 16?
In the Sui Dynasty, only the clan and those who were related to the clan were allowed to play around, and no one else was allowed.

That's why, those powerful families all want to be relatives with the royal family, because they can play around.

When Yang Su fell ill, he actually suffered from the wind and cold, and because of his age, he recovered slowly.

But he fell ill because he presided over the funeral of the queen, so in Yang Jian's heart, this is great loyalty. In addition to rewarding gold, silver, food and silk, he also asked the prince Yang Guang to visit Yang Su instead of him.

Yang Ming didn't intend to go at first, but after the elder brother Yang Zhao visited, he came back and told Yang Ming that grandpa and grandma asked him and the second child to go too.

In the end, Yang Ming found the second child, and after asking, he found out that this kid had already been there.

Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, the second child has also improved, and understands the ways of the world.

So Yang Ming asked Xu Jing to prepare some gifts, and went out by car to visit Duke Yue's mansion.

It was Yang Yue who greeted him outside the door. Maybe it was because the dust had settled and everyone would be his own in the future, so Yang Yue was very close.

"The gate of Duke Yue's Mansion will be open to His Highness at any time from now on."

Yang Ming said hehe: "You mean, the gate of your mansion was closed to me before?"

"Where is your Highness?" Yang Yue said hehe: "Since His Highness was born, this place is for you to come in and out, and you can do whatever you want."

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Then please trouble Yang Shaoqing to send all your treasures to my residence."

Can't understand polite words?The corner of Yang Yue's mouth twitched, and he quickly changed the subject:

"Brother knows that His Highness is coming, and is already waiting in the tea room. Xuangan has received an order from the Ministry of Officials, and will return to Beijing to serve as the Minister of Rites."

Yang Ming stopped suddenly: "Since he was transferred, why didn't he say hello to me? Why? Do you think I can't control him anymore?"

He is your future father-in-law, why do you keep thinking about him?Yang Yue said with a smile:
"It's not that His Highness is not in Jingzhou, he didn't have time to tell you."

Yang Ming said: "Xuangan has done a good job in Jiangxia, I don't agree with his transfer to the Ministry of Rites."

Nima couldn't talk anymore, Yang Yue led the way with a droopy face, and brought Yang Ming into the tea room.

This time, the old boy finally did not accompany him anymore.

Yang Su's illness has not yet recovered, so there are always two concubines serving him, sometimes rubbing his hands for him, and sometimes changing the sweat towel on his forehead.

After seeing Yang Ming, Yang Su pointed to the position in front of him,
Yang Ming nodded and sat down, looking at the chessboard between them.

Don't look for me when playing chess, I don't know how.

Yang Su smiled and said, "A round?"

Yang Ming shook his head: "Don't dare to be ugly."

"It's okay," Yang Su made the first move, and then looked at Yang Ming.

Yang Ming was cheeky and blindsided a few times.

After a while, Yang Su figured out that this kid wouldn't know it at all, so he put his hands back into his warm sleeves and said with a smile:
"Why does Your Highness want to rebuild the Xiangyang navy? It seems that there are other ways to solve the problem of water bandits."

Yang Ming said: "On the big river, if there is no navy, there will be no peace on both sides of the river."

Yang Su smiled and said, "Then there's no need for the Five-tooth Ship?"

When did you stop talking?Yang Ming chuckled, "You can use it, but you can't."

Yang Su smiled, did not continue this topic, and said instead:

"Your Highness needs to be aware of the investigation of the fields in Jingzhou. Don't say anything to the outside world, and don't report it to the court."

It seemed that the other party knew about it, Yang Ming frowned and said, "Is this also the case outside Jingzhou?"

Yang Su nodded: "It's too involved. If this matter is to be reversed, it will affect my Da Sui foundation. Right now, the supreme energy is limited, so it is not appropriate to pierce it at this time. This matter, I can only hope that the prince Do it in the future."

You think highly of him too much. My father is even more overjoyed than my grandfather.

Yang Su's words are very clear, the Supreme Being is old, and his body cannot resist drastic reforms, so he can only rely on the successor.

This is also a common problem of Chinese emperors throughout the history. They will always leave a mess behind them. Some successors will find ways to clean up the mess, and some can't even see where the mess is.

From this point of view, the amount of acres of land in the entire Sui Dynasty was falsely reported. If the situation in other places was similar to that in Jingzhou, at least half of the amount was falsely reported.

In other words, the tax on the common people has been increased by half.

If things go on like this, there is no need for Dad to mess around, as long as there is no reform, big things will happen.

Yang Ming agrees with Yang Su's point of view, this matter can't be broken now, so he said:

"In Duke Yue's mind, is there a good solution?"

"Difficult!" Yang Su said slowly: "There are too many people involved in this bad debt, and it has been a long time, not to mention that the national treasury has been abundant these years, and the place is still peaceful. At this time, no one will pierce the windows on this floor Paper."

Yang Ming understood, as long as nothing happens, everyone will treat it as if nothing happened.

The current peace and prosperity of the Sui Dynasty is actually very fragile. It has been 23 years since the founding of the country, and many things have not been done well.

At this time, the Sui Dynasty urgently needed a capable and courageous successor.

Comrade Yang Guang possesses both these points, but he possesses them too much.

His courage far exceeds his ability.

The most frightening thing is that in Yang Guang's mind, his ability is far greater than his courage, which is almost an unsolvable problem.

(End of this chapter)