Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 190 Carrying the sun and the moon on the shoulders, carrying the stars on the back

Gao Jiong seemed to have guessed the reason for Yang Ming's visit from the very beginning, so he went straight to the point:

"Any job?"

Yang Ming hadn't brought up the topic yet, but he just said it out, and he couldn't help admiring this powerful official who had been in charge of the Great Sui Center for 20 years.

"Ah..." Yang Ming faltered, embarrassed to speak.

Seeing this, Gao Jiong smiled and said: "It's okay, I have already prepared for it, and I will be below the fifth rank."

"That's not enough," Yang Ming was rather embarrassed. The position of Taichangqing was still very important, otherwise Taichang Temple would not be the top eleven temples.

"It's the actual position of Zheng Sanpin," Yang Ming said.

"Hehe." Gao Hongde was obviously very dissatisfied with this answer, and felt sorry for his father, because from the first year of Emperor Kaihuang, Gao Jiong was from Zuo Pu, the Minister of the second rank, and after he was named Duke of Qi, he was from the first rank.

Only giving a third grade now, still in charge of Taichang Temple, it is tantamount to sending off beggars.

Because Gao Jiong has always been in Shangshu Province, and Shangshu Province is the highest administrative agency with the greatest power.

In other words, Shang Shusheng can take care of everything.

Gao Jiong frowned and stared at his son, obviously dissatisfied with his son's attitude, then he looked at Yang Ming and nodded:
"It's higher than the old man expected. It seems that the purple robe can't be taken off."

Yang Ming hurriedly said, "I definitely can't take it off."

In the Great Sui Dynasty, the court clothes of officials above rank five were purple, those below rank six were scarlet and green, minor officials were blue, soldiers were yellow, and merchants were soap.

Since the fifth rank and above are all purple robes, then how to distinguish the official rank?

The answer is a crown.

The crown worn by civil and military officials in the Sui Dynasty is called Jinxian Crown, which is similar to a tall hat made of wire and fine yarn. There are raised vertical beams on the hat, just like this丨丨丨.

Above the third grade, there are three beams.

Five grades and above and two beams,

One beam below the fifth rank.

So, how to distinguish the first grade, second grade, and third grade?

bead.

There are twelve beads on the Tongtian crown worn by the son of heaven, nine beads for the crown prince and first-rank officials, eight for the second rank, seven for the third rank, six for the fourth rank, five for the fifth rank, and no beads below the sixth rank.

Gao Jiong counted on Tai Changqing, so he could wear a purple robe and seven beads.

But Yang Ming won him a tutor.

Taifu is one of the three masters and three masters. He is of the same level as the prince. He is of the first rank and can wear nine beads.

Moreover, Gao Jiong had a nine-ring gold belt bestowed by the late Emperor Yang Jian, which was very eye-catching when he went to court, because only he and Yang Su had nine-ring gold belts in the entire court.

There is a poem by Deng Su in the Song Dynasty: Who is like a clan alliance with heavy mountains, and the nine-ring gold belt is called the waistline.

That’s what I’m talking about, the emperor won’t give it to you if you aren’t an important minister who has made great contributions to the country.
The crown on Yang Ming's head has eight beads, and when he becomes a prince, there will be nine beads.

As for his court uniform, after his father succeeded to the throne, it has been changed to dark black with nine chapters on it.

The first thing that Yang Guangdeng did was to change his dragon robe and the court clothes of hundreds of officials. According to the weekly system, he put the twelve chapters of the crown on his dragon robe,

He is also the first emperor in the history of China to put the sun and the moon on his shoulders and the stars on his back.

Since then, the emperors of all dynasties in China have followed this.

The so-called twelve chapters are the sun, moon, stars, mountains, dragons, Chinese insects, Zongyi (yì), algae, fire, rice flour, fu (fu), and fu (fu).

Yang Ming only has nine chapters, without the sun, moon and stars.

Zhang means ornamentation.

It was just noon now, so Gao Jiong ordered his servants to bring the food.

The three chatted while eating.

After learning that Yang Ming had won the position of Taifu for his father, Gao Hongde was very excited and toasted Yang Ming frequently.

Only Gao Jiong remained calm.

After 20 years of ups and downs in the officialdom, he knows that all titles are nothing but false names, and his own Duke of Qi has been dismissed, so what is a false position like Tai Tuo?

"Your Highness, have you ever thought about why Your Majesty asked you to invite me?" Gao Jiong chewed slowly.

Yang Ming was also chewing vegetables, and said, "What do you say?"

Gao Jiong swallowed the food in his mouth, took a sip of water and said, "Why do you think His Majesty let me go back?"

Yang Ming pretended to be confused and said, "Of course I respect Mr. Dugu, and I can't bear to let you stay at home."

Gao Jiong smiled and said, "You are a smart person, and I am not stupid at all. Let's not play tricks and tell the truth."

Yang Ming smiled: "Mr. Yue is lonely and lacks a companion."

"Haha." Gao Jiong laughed with his face up, stroked his beard after a while and said:

"Quick talk, my little highness is really easy to be liked by others, no wonder he is as conceited as Pei Ju, who can fall in love with you, and would rather marry his daughter as a side."

Yang Ming also laughed and said: "When the late emperor was around, he taught him that those who touch people with sincerity will be responded to with sincerity."

Gao Jiong shook his head: "Your Majesty wouldn't say such a thing, it should be made up by His Royal Highness, but it's a very good sentence."

Yang Ming chuckled without denying it.

Gao Jiong said again: "Your Highness, have you figured it out now? Why are you here today, not the Crown Prince or someone else?"

I understand, Yang Ming just figured it out, Gao Jiong and Yang Su are two deadly rivals, if you get close to Gao Jiong, you will neglect Yang Su, and if you get close to Yang Su, you will not be able to trust Gao Jiong.

Dad asked him to come today because he wanted to dismantle the relationship between him and Yang Su.

Alas. Why bother?I am your son, what are you planning on me for?
Yang Ming nodded helplessly.

Seeing this, Gao Jiong continued: "From now on, Your Highness will try to seldom come to this old man's place as much as possible. If something really happens, you can ask someone to pass the message in private."

Yang Ming understood what he meant. Gao Jiong was suggesting to him that while staying away from Yang Su, he should also stay away from Gao Jiong. This is the way to protect himself.

But Gao Jiong left him a way out, implying that if he really needs help with something, he can secretly send a message to him.

This is also a kind of gesture, which is rare.
In fact, Yang Ming knew what to do without Gao Jiong's reminder. His role in the court in the future is actually the role of Wei Wang Yang Shuang once.

You don't need to do anything practical, and you don't need much ability. It's still what Yang Lihua said at the beginning: the strong suppress their power, and the weak support their branches.

He, Yang Ming, is a shit-stirring stick in the hall, wherever Yang Guang asks him to stir up, he will.

For the past ten years or so, Chen Shubao lived in Daxing with fear and caution.

When wandering around in the city, even Marquis Wu didn't want to provoke him, and behaved low-key everywhere, without any sense of presence.

But during this period of time, he felt that something was wrong. The General of Zuo Wuwei, Guo Yan, invited him to the house for dinner on very rare occasions.

Chen Shubao pushed it a few times and went there twice.

There must be a reason for showing courteousness for nothing, adultery or stealing, I and Guo Yan just know each other and have no friendship.

Chen Shubao thought that there was nothing worth using in him, so Guo Yan didn't want to use him, but to deal with him.

After falling down, the clever IQ finally returned to the worthless emperor who was criticized by the history books.

Perhaps out of timidity and caution, Chen Shubao felt that Daxing City could not stay any longer.

So he asked people in every possible way, and found Xiao Yu, the younger brother of Empress Xiao.

Thanks to his sister's blessing, Xiao Yu directly took a pole vault, entered the Ministry of Internal History, and became the Minister of Internal History.

Chen Shubao hopes that Xiao Yu can help to speak for him, so that he can leave Daxing, wherever he wants.

The Xiao Clan in Lanling is the largest clan in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are many marriages with the Chen Clan. Xiao Yu is also a happy person, and he agreed immediately. After all, he has received a lot of benefits from Chen Shubao.

In Xiao Yu's view, after so many years, Chen Shubao is already an irrelevant marginal figure, not to mention the emperor, he has almost forgotten the existence of this person.

Everything went well, Xiao Yu was the minister of internal history and the emperor's brother-in-law, so he was able to speak in front of Yang Guang.

Yang Guang was also very happy and allowed Chen Shubao to leave Beijing, but he could not go far, and he could live in Luoyang.

After Chen Shubao got the news, he was overjoyed and immediately started preparing to move.

But before leaving Daxing, he still wanted to meet his biological daughter whom he had always missed.

Chen Shuyi has not returned to Hedong Palace for a while, but stayed with her grandmother Liu Jingyan.

Because of this, she has not had time to go to Renshou Palace to accompany her aunt, Mrs. Xuanhua.

Liu Jingyan is 74 years old this year. This old woman is not simple. Her father, Liu Yan, was quite powerful in the Southern Qi Dynasty. His grandfather Liu Shilong even served as Minister of Southern Qi.

It was the Southern Qi, not the Northern Qi. The Southern Qi royal family was surnamed Xiao, who was born in the Xiao family of Lanling, while the Northern Qi was from the old Gao family.

In history, the Southern Qi Dynasty only existed for 24 years. It was a short-lived dynasty. It took the throne from the Southern Song Dynasty and the old Liu family. The founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty was the famous Liu Yu.

In the Southern Qi Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, Xiao Yan seized the throne and established Nanliang, which is the ancestor of Yang Ming's empress Xiao.

And Liu Jingyan's mother is Xiao Yujing, Princess of the Great Wall, the daughter of Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan, that is to say, Xiao Yan is her real grandfather.

Grandpa is Shang Shuling, grandpa is emperor, husband is emperor, and they have a son, Chen Shubao, who is also emperor.

This woman can be said to be extremely wealthy, no matter in He Dongliu or Lan Lingxiao, she has a lot of influence.

"Your father is about to leave Daxing and move to live in Luoyang. He came here yesterday. Since you refused to see him, I didn't tell him that you are with me."

Liu Jingyan has silver hair all over his head, but his face is rosy, his body is very strong, he is free from illness and disaster.

Chen Shuyi sighed, and said: "He is really good. In order to leave Daxing, he sent both of his daughters out."

Xiao Yu did succeed in helping Chen Shubao leave Daxing, but there was a price.

Chen Shubao's fourth and sixth daughters are famous beauties. Yang Guang has heard of them a long time ago, so he took this opportunity to ask Chen Shubao for them.

These two daughters were born from concubines, Chen Shubao didn't care, so he readily agreed, and of course, he dared not refuse.

Among them, four daughters, Chen Wei, are one year younger than Chen Shuyi, and are nineteen this year, and six daughters, Chen Yu, are sixteen this year.

Comrade Yang Guang understands women, he knows what age women are most attractive.

Now he is already the emperor, without Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo in charge, he can find any woman he wants. Of course, no matter how many he finds, he will not be able to threaten Empress Xiao's status in the harem.

The reason is very simple. Empress Xiao has three sons, and Yang Guang only regards these three sons born by her as his own sons.

Liu Jingyan knew that his granddaughter had a deep prejudice against Chen Shubao, so he didn't persuade him anymore.

She is a person who can think about it, and only those who can think about it can live a long life.

Chen Shubao wasted no time at his mother's place, so he found the Hedong Palace.

Yang Ming had some sympathy for this dying man, and in his opinion, it was only natural for a father to want to see his own daughter, so he asked Xu Jing to go out and bring Chen Shuyi back.

After Chen Shuyi came back, knowing that Chen Shubao was there, she ran back to her dormitory, locked the door behind her, and refused to come out desperately.

Yang Ming had no choice but to find her himself.

"Let's see each other. Maybe this is the last time you father and daughter will see each other. Luoyang is far away from the capital, so we won't be able to see each other again if we want to," Yang Ming persuaded outside the door.

Chen Shuyi was standing inside the door, separated from Yang Ming: "Please, let him go, I don't want to see him."

Yang Ming said patiently: "There is no such thing as a parent in the world. Back then, he had no choice but to do so. Without him, where would you come from? If you really want to hate him, just take it as it is and end this father-daughter relationship."

Chen Shuyi still refused, and begged: "You can ask me to do anything, but this is the only thing, please don't force me."

Yang Ming sighed: "If you give birth to a child for me in the future, and the child asks who is the grandfather, what should I say?"

Chen Shuyi was stunned
After a while, the door was opened, Chen Shuyi wiped away her tears and said:
"Come on, you can always convince me."

Yang Ming smiled, brushed her face lightly with his fingers, and said:
"Your mother, Shen Wuhua, is also here, and her biological parents will soon move to the Central Plains, and they will eventually meet."

Chen Shuyi nodded, and went to the living room with Yang Ming.

In the living room, Yang Ming wanted to leave and create a chance for the family to be alone, but Chen Shuyi refused to let go and grabbed his sleeve tightly.

After seeing their daughter, Chen Shubao and his wife were already sobbing, no matter how much they wanted to say in their hearts, they couldn't say it now.

Chen Shuyi also cried, hiding behind Yang Ming's back, wetting his back.

Yang Ming took the initiative to comfort the three of them, saying:

"It's a rare family reunion, everyone should be happy."

"Yes, yes, what Your Highness said is what your Highness said," Chen Shubao, who was already 52 years old with tears in his eyes, looked at Chen Shuyi and said, "It's all Grandpa's fault, you have to bear the grudge, you just have to bear the grudge against me, don't blame your mother. "

Chen Shuyi, whose real name is Chen Heng, with a small character of Shuyi, has always used the name Chen Shuyi because women do not reveal their real names to others.

Hang, that is, Hang'e, that is, Chang'e. Before the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Chang'e's image was a human head and a snake body. Since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Chang'e was changed to a peerless beauty.

Chen Shubao named his daughter this name, implying that her daughter is a peerless beauty.

After all, Shen Wuhua couldn't help it, and slowly stepped forward, tentatively approaching his daughter. Seeing this, Yang Ming grabbed Chen Shuyi's wrist and pushed her out.

After 15 years, mother and daughter can finally see each other up close.

Shen Wuhua burst into tears, rushed over and hugged her daughter into her arms, Chen Shuyi only symbolically struggled a few times, then hugged her mother and cried bitterly.

Seeing the opportunity, Yang Ming quietly backed out.

　I’m going to have dinner with my friends this afternoon, so I only have this chapter today, please forgive me, and I wish you all a happy new year, good food and drink, and all the best this year.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)