Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 211 Concubine
When Dou Yan went to Shanxi this time, all the six yamen had to be accompanied by people to facilitate local coordination and deployment.

He is the construction supervisor of Tokyo. Before Luoyang was completed, all the local governors and prefects were appointed by him. Besides, he was still the minister of the Ministry of Industry and the central minister of the third rank.

The stone material has been solved. With a place in Changping County, the supply is sufficient. The top of Taihang is not just for fun. They dig the land for more than ten meters, and it is full of stones.

Changping County consists of six counties: Danchuan, Qinshui, Duanshi, Luize, Gaoping, and Lingchuan. The seat of Danchuan is Gaodu Town, Zezhou County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province.

Among the six counties, only Lingchuan County can guarantee all the materials used in Luoyang, because this county is located at the top of the southern mountain range on Taihang Mountain and directly borders Hanoi County in Henan.

The stone here has the highest hardness and the best material. It will be very laborious for later generations to use heavy machinery to excavate it.

The point is that there is also marble, and laterite and limestone here and there.

The material is collected from here, but the transportation needs to go to Henan from Danchuan County, because there is almost no road between Lingchuan County and Henan.

The famous hanging wall road in later generations was to connect Lingchuan County and Henan area, but there is no such thing now.

Right now, people can cross mountains and ridges slowly, and horses can't get through. This is almost a semi-closed area isolated from the world, and the county was just established in the first year of Emperor Kaihuang.

The next thing to consider is wood.

Yesterday Dou Yan had set off and brought many people to Changping County.

Today's court meeting, the discussion is about where to get the wood.

In fact, in the feudal era like the Sui Dynasty, there was no shortage of wood, and the destruction of vegetation was not serious at all, and aniseed materials could be found everywhere.

But good wood has to be from the south.

Prince Yang Zhao meant that good materials must be used in Miyagi, which is beyond doubt. As for other places, local materials can be obtained from surrounding areas.

During the court meeting, Pei Ju recommended a man named Wu Hua, who was the largest wood merchant in Shanxi. This man could supply part of the wood, and the court didn't pay for it. Afterwards, he could be replaced by an official, which was regarded as making up for it.

Pei Ju is still an upright person. If Yang Su were replaced, would he give you a replacement?Dream on you, just do it honestly and for nothing.

The construction of Luoyang is for the country, so felling trees naturally does not cost money, but this kind of thing is particular, you can't see a big tree, just cut it with an axe.

Professional work should be done by professional people, just like the brick kiln in Changping County, not everyone can do it.

A businessman is a low-level person. No matter how rich you are, you are still a low-level person, but if you spend some money to become an official, and become a high-level person, everyone will be happy.

Wu Hua would definitely be happy too. This person is Wu Zetian's grandfather, whose ancestral home was Wenshui, Shanxi.

"I think it will work," Yang Ming nodded in agreement.

Yang Da also nodded: "This person can give it a try, but we need to send someone to recruit immediately."

Crown Prince Yang Zhao smiled: "The atmosphere of today's court meeting is quite harmonious. Next, let's discuss where the wood used in Miyagi should be transported from."

As it approached noon, it was considered a result of the discussion. The materials for the palace city were supplied by Jing and Yang. There were pine and fir trees that were most suitable for building palaces.

There is also pine in the north, but the material is quite different from the southern tree species. The northern pine is too oily and not fireproof.

There is golden nanmu in some areas of Jing and Yang. In the Sui Dynasty, it was called nanmu, and it is a relatively precious wood. There is also this kind of material in Daxing Palace, but not many.

Sichuan also has good materials, but the transportation is too laborious.

Discussions come and go, and the transportation of Miyagi timber alone will consume 20 manpower.

There are records in history: 2000 people pull a pillar, and the hub under it can only advance thirty or twenty miles all day long.In a rough calculation, hundreds of thousands of kung fu have been used, and the remaining expenses are too much.

Yang Ming had no choice. He dared to raise opinions on this, that would be disrespectful. After all, Miyagi was where his father lived, and Yang Guang was really offended. Whether he could attend the court meeting in the future would be a problem.

So he still moved out the sixteen drafts, luxury is extravagance, as long as there are fewer deaths.

Yang Da is the main person in charge of timber, and Miyagi's timber is handed over to Liu Su, the servant of the Ministry of Industry.

Historically, Yang Da also married the Wu family because of Xiu Luoyang, and became Wu Zetian's grandfather.

Liu Su left immediately and rushed to Yuzhang County, Jingzhou, to preside over the work. If there were any supplements from the imperial court, they would be delivered to him by the official post.

Yang Ming was so busy these days that he was very tired.

Back home, it was already afternoon, after visiting the princess and his son, he called Nuan Dong Liang Xia to massage his body.

At this time, Xu Jing came in again,

"Tang Guogong's eldest son, Jiancheng, asks to see him."

"Just say I'm resting, no see," Yang Ming didn't have time to waste on Jiancheng, and he didn't want to waste the rare afternoon rest time.

After a while, he fell asleep.

Li Jiancheng couldn't see Yang Ming, so he could only return home resentfully.

As soon as he entered the door, Li Yuan asked eagerly, "How is it? Does King Qin agree?"

Jiancheng shook his head: "We haven't seen each other yet. His Highness has been resting since his downfall. I heard from the butler that His Highness is very tired these days. Can we go another time?"

"What do you know?" Li Yuan scolded, "King Qin is now worshiped as the superintendent of construction in Tokyo. If so, there will be no chance in the future.”

With the help of Yang Ming, Jian Jian has successfully paired up with Pei Yun's daughter Pei Xi.

But according to superstition, there is an older sister in Jiancheng, and if the older sister marries, he will only comply with the regulations if he remarries.

So Li Yuan planned to betroth his eldest daughter, Li Xiuqing, to Yang Ming, because under Yang Ming's concubine and concubine, there was still a concubine position vacant, and the concubine was from the fourth rank.

After all, Yang Ming is at the height of his power at the moment. He was named the King of Qin first, and then put an end to the Bingzhou Rebellion. Now there is Governor Tokyo to build it, and his daughter will be a concubine for others, which is not a loss.

With this relationship, Yang Ming can also help his eldest son make arrangements in the future.

The boss is not young anymore, and now he is only an alternate official. If he wants to become an official, he needs to be recommended by someone with weight. Yang Ming is undoubtedly the best candidate.

But after the completion, I'm sorry to go again, I'm so tired, how can I have the time to see him as an idler.

"Oh..." Li Yuan couldn't help sighing: "You are so thin-skinned, what great things can you do?"

But Jiancheng is here with his father, he has a thick skin, no matter how his father bury him, he just won't go anyway.

In the evening, Yang Ming woke up. He only felt that he slept very comfortably, and he felt refreshed after waking up.

So he asked Xu Jing to go to Tang Guogong's mansion and call Jian Jiancheng to see what's going on with this kid.

Li Yuan was overjoyed, and hurriedly sent his son out, and prepared his daughter's portrait before leaving.

As everyone knows, Yang Ming already knew what Li Xiuqing looked like.

"Just for this?" After Yang Ming closed the scroll, he couldn't laugh or cry, Li Yuan was really willing to let go.

However, this portrait was obviously made by a famous craftsman, and it was even more realistic than the one I saw at my grandmother Dugu Jialuo.

Jiancheng nodded embarrassingly: "My elder sister is still beautiful, but she doesn't like to talk, she is quite boring."

"Haha." Yang Ming was amused by his words.

Are you a real brother?How can you expose your sister's shortcomings like this?

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Is that what Tang Guogong meant?"

Jiancheng nodded hurriedly: "Grandma and grandma are willing to say that the brother of the Yang family is a royal nobleman, and my sister promises you, it is not a loss at all."

Yang Ming laughed so hard, of course it's not a loss, Li Yuan really had a good plan, and it's hard for Jiancheng to be so sincere.

But Yang Ming knew in his heart that Jian Jiancheng was sincere in front of him, but not in front of others.

It's fine for Li Xiuqing to be her own concubine, after all, marrying and following her husband, even if Li Yuan really has a chance to rebel in the future, Li Xiuqing has nothing to do with his father.

Just as Liu Shu was convicted, Princess Yang Awu of Lanling would rather turn against her brother Yang Guang than remarry.

"Tell Tang Guogong to send it over on a good day," Yang Ming said with a smile.

Jian Jian was overjoyed, hurriedly agreed, and ran out of the palace all the way.

Although concubine concubine has the word concubine, it is not an ordinary concubine. She has a rank. If Yang Ming is the emperor, then this position is equivalent to concubine.

If you accept Li Xiuqing, then at least for now, you can tie Li Yuan to your own boat. Don't underestimate Li Yuan. His branch is currently the most powerful branch of the Li Clan in Longxi.

Moreover, Li Yuan has now taken over the class of Cai Wang Yang Zhiji and has become General Zuo Yulin Wei, who is directly responsible for the security of Emperor Yang Guang.

But this time, he did not follow to Luoyang, because Yang Guang took away the right feather Lin Wei and Yu Wenshu's left guard, a total of 4 people.

Li Yuan's daughter-in-law Dou's family is also quite powerful, with several princes, and Dou's is the granddaughter of Yu Wentai, the leader of the Guanlong Group in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

It was also out of this consideration that Yang Ming made his decision. Now he needs the support of more people.

Yang Yinjiang, Pei Shuying, and Li Xiuqing are all orthodox Guanzhong Group.

In Tang Guogong's mansion, Li Yuan was overjoyed when he received the news, and he was already preparing for his daughter's dowry.

If Yang Ming was still the king of the county, it would be impossible for Li Yuan to do this. If Yang Ming and the crown prince Yang Zhao had a bad relationship, it would be impossible for Li Yuan to do this either.

Recently, there have been gossip that the crown prince intends to abolish the concubine Cui. Li Yuan originally intended to send his daughter to the East Palace, but after thinking about it, the concubine can be abolished. more miserable?
After all, she was the daughter of a direct relative. Li Yuan couldn't bear this cruelty, so he set his eyes on Yang Ming.

As for Yang Hao, who has been conferred the title of king of Qi, Li Yuan never considered it at all. This person is too sentimental and has a bad reputation.

I am marrying my daughter, not selling my daughter.

(End of this chapter)