Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 23
Zhongnan Mountain is located at the end of the Qinling Mountains, with beautiful scenery.

Especially the northern foot of Nanshan Mountain, the center of this spring outing, is even more pleasant.

Of course Yang Ming wasn't in the mood to look at the scenery. After all, standing at the foot of the mountain and standing on the top of the mountain were two different things, and he couldn't climb those steep mountains without a cable car.

Walking around for a few days gave him a deeper understanding of the current powerful family of the Sui Dynasty.

More shocking than what he saw from history.

Here, ordinary people are just sheep at the mercy of others, and even those ordinary gentry are just puppets attached to big families and manipulated by others.

Take an example:
In the 16th year of Emperor Kaihuang, Yang Jian promulgated a decree: Those sentenced to death must go through three performances before execution.

Historically known as the triad.

That is to say, if the local yamen wants to sentence a person to death, it needs to report to Dali Temple first, and then to the Ministry of Internal History and Menxia Province for review.

The three departments all felt that this person deserved to be killed before he was sentenced to death.

It sounds like a very good law to avoid unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.

Yang Jian's original intention was good.

But in fact, the target of this law will never be ordinary people. If ordinary people commit crimes, they will be chopped off in the street after the first trial.

The triad only provided three chances for the gentry who broke the law to survive.

What the hell is fairness?Fairness is not for you.

The reason why Yang Ming felt this emotion was because he received a letter from Jiangdu's family.

Yang Guang's personal letter.

The letter was written to Yang Wei, asking him to find Yang Da, the servant of Huangmen, who was in charge of the province, and help him to excuse one person.

help who?Yuwen Zhiji is the second dog among Yuwen's three dogs.

What did this kid do, the letter didn't say clearly, but it must not be a trivial matter, otherwise he wouldn't have gone through the procedure of triple play.

The first step of the triplex is Dali Temple, which is Zhao Chuo's site, and oil and salt are not allowed to enter. The second step is that the Ministry of History is Pei Ju's site, and has nothing to do with Lao Mao.

And the last step of the trio was even more ruthless,
The highest officials in Menxia Province are those Nayans, and Nayans are all concurrent, such as Shangshu Zuopushe Gao Jiong and Nayan, Shangshu Youpushe Yang Su and Nayan, Pi Guogong Su Wei and Nayan, Wei Wang Yang Shuang etc.
Since it is a part-time job, it must not do practical things. Those who do practical things are called Huangmen Shilang, and there are four of them.

The Yang Da mentioned in the letter is not well-known, but when he mentions his granddaughter, everyone will definitely say "oh".

Yang Da was born in the imperial family of the Sui Dynasty, the younger brother of Yang Xiong, the king of Guangping, and the grandfather of Wu Zetian.

After resealing the letter and sending away the servants from Jiangdu, Yang Ming fell into deep thought.

Yuwen Sangou is on his must-kill list, and now is undoubtedly a very good opportunity.

But the father has not ascended the throne yet, killing Er Gouzi at this time may cause a butterfly effect.

After all, the No. 1 father relied on to ascend the throne is Yang Su, and Yu Wenshu is next.

From the bottom of his heart, Yang Ming didn't want to excuse Er Gouzi, aside from this person's crime of murdering the king in the future, just hearing from Chen Shuyi, he wished Er Gouzi would die immediately.

Forget it, let Ergou live for a few more days.

Sending someone to call Yang Hao back, Yang Ming handed the letter to the other party: "Second brother, if you don't know the location of Yang's residence, I will ask Xu Jing to take you there."

"Need not!"

Yang Hao waved his hand:
"Third brother, please run for me. Miss Pei and I have made an appointment to go to the mountains together, and she is still waiting for me outside. Let's not talk, that's it."

After Yang Hao put down these words, he left in a hurry.

Are you hanging up the phone?Yang Ming looked helplessly at Xu Jing beside him: "Elder Sister hasn't come back yet?"

Xu Jing shook his head.

A few days ago, Yang Chan was invited away by the Xiao family in Lanling. There were a few close friends of hers over there, and they seemed to want her to be a guard.

I haven't figured out what to do with myself, but I've always been considerate of others.

There is no way, it seems that I can only make a trip myself.

When he left this time, Yang Ming didn't want to take the nanny upstairs, but his words were like farting in the eyes of the other party, so he simply stopped talking.

What kind of thing is it that you are doing such a shameful thing, and you are accompanied by Queen Dugu's confidants?
Fortunately, Yang Ming knew that Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo had always turned a blind eye to such things. After all, Yuwen Zhiji was not like Liu Jushi, who dared to go to Weiyang Palace to speak out.

What's more, Yu Wenshu is currently also holding the post of General Zuo Wuhou.

His great general was earned by military merit, and Liu Chang's great general was earned by his good relationship with Yang Jian.

In short, as long as the Guanlong nobles are not rebellious, everything is easy to discuss.

After leaving the spring outing station, it took a day to return to Daxing.

It happened to be evening, so Yang Da should be off work too.

Xu Jing took the greeting card and handed it to the housekeeper of Yang's house. After a while, Yang Da, who had just changed into casual clothes, came out to greet him.

Yang Ming is the king of the county. According to the etiquette of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Da, who was born in the clan, also needs to salute, but this does not mean that he will take you seriously in his heart.

But since the father asked him to find the other party, it shows that the relationship between the two is still good.

After being led into the mansion, Yang Ming asked Xu Jing and the others to wait outside the door, while he explained the purpose of his visit to Yang Da in the reception room.

"I see,"

Yang Da, who was nearly fifty years old, stroked his beard and smiled after listening to it:

"Yuwen Zhiji's case file, I haven't seen it yet, but please rest assured, Your Highness, once the file arrives at the door, the lower official will definitely hold it down, and if it drags on for a few months, no one will ask about this matter again. "

Hmm. It is in line with the national conditions of the Sui Dynasty. The authentic society of human relations and the hidden rules of vested interest groups.

"Then it's Mrs. Yang." Yang Ming didn't procrastinate, got up and left.

He doesn't like doing this kind of thing very much. If it's really to clear up the grievances of those who have been wronged, he is more than willing to help. As for Er Gouzi, I'm sorry!
That night, Yang Ming stayed at Prince Jin's Mansion, thinking he'd go to bed early after a day of driving.

Who knew that Li Jing would come to her door.

As a meritorious officer in Chang'an County, Li Jing was well informed, so he naturally knew that Yang Ming had returned to Daxing in the evening, so he came over on a fast horse.

"Master You Pushe means to let me go out to Mayi to be a county magistrate. I nodded and was thinking about how to go to Nanshan to say goodbye to His Highness, but I didn't expect you to come back."

In the study room, there were only Yang Ming and Li Jing, a 12-year-old boy and a 27-year-old boy. It seemed that they shouldn't have such a serious conversation.

Yang Ming frowned and said, "Has the Ministry of Officials made a decision?"

"That's not true, it's just that Master You Pushe told me about it verbally." Li Jing sipped his tea and said, "But I've already agreed, it should only be a matter of a few days."

Mayi County (Shuozhou, Shanxi) is on the border, basically bordering on the Turks, so it is not a good place.

Yang Ming agrees with Li Jing's choice, although the transfer from Chang'an County to the border is like transferring from Xi'an Weiyang District to Shanxi Shuozhou City, which is definitely a downgrade.

But Li Jing continued to stay in Daxing, and it was not easy to get promoted. The officials in Daxing were a radish and a hole, and how many children were waiting in line.

And Li Jing's father had passed away. Although the two uncles were powerful, they belonged to the military after all. If they could find him a real job in the army, they would have nothing to say administratively.

"You are a student of Yang Su, and the local officials are appointed by the Ministry of Officials. Did Gao Jiong get through that?" Yang Ming asked.

Li Jing shook his head: "I don't know yet, but Mr. Niu Hongniu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, has a good impression of me."

Yang Ming nodded slightly. He knew that Yang Su and Gao Jiong were rivals, and their jurisdictions were different.

The left servant of the Shangshu shoots Gao Jiong, who is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials.

The right servant of Shangshu shot Yang Su, who was in charge of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Punishment.

According to the law of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian directly appointed the governor above the prefecture.

The county prefect, county magistrate, and county lieutenant are directly appointed by the Ministry of Officials.

The chief bookkeeper, meritorious officials and other assistant officials are all appointed by the prefect of the county.

If Gao Jiong didn't nod his head, Li Jing wouldn't be able to go anywhere.

Since it's released, it's better to go to your own territory, Yang Ming will not let Li Jing go easily,
"Brother Jing, can you consider going to my Hedong County?"

Li Jing said: "Hedong County already has a county magistrate, how can I get there?"

"It's a trivial matter," Yang Ming said with a smile, "I'll immediately repair the book and send it to the Ministry of Officials. Please transfer the Prime Minister of Hedong County to another place. Isn't this free for you?"

Li Jing smiled and said: "Since Your Highness has this intention, how can Jing not follow?"

"That's it." Yang Ming was overjoyed, "Brother Jing is waiting for my news."

(End of this chapter)