Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 236
"You decide for yourself? What's your majesty's intention?" Liang Bi frowned.

In the room, Yang Xiong and the other three sat down, referring to the meaning of these four words in the emperor's decree.

Yang Xiong looked at Yang Wang and asked, "What do you think?"

Yang Wang thought for a moment, and replied: "Two days ago, King Qi was transferred back to Beijing. His Majesty may be saying that he will handle this matter by himself, and we can just give an explanation."

"Yang Zhuguo should be guessing right this time," Yang Xiong nodded and smiled, "The king of Qi, who is the rightful lord, has left, so how can we investigate this matter? So Yang Zhuguo is right, this case should come to an end." .”

Liang Bi frowned and remained silent. In his opinion, in this case, it is not clear who was ambushed by King Qi's trilogy, but King Qi must have meant to frame King Qin. Now that His Majesty has transferred King Qi back, it is probably condemn.

Now that His Majesty has already accused the crime, there is no need for the three of them to pursue the matter further.

So he said: "Then how should we explain to His Majesty?"

"That's simple," Yang Xiong said with a smile: "Just find some grassroots bandits in Yuzhou and kill them to make up the number. They say that they were the ones who attacked and killed King Qi's convoy. Your Majesty just wants a result, not the truth."

"Perhaps His Majesty already knows the truth, but we are the ones who don't," Yang Wang said.

Yang Xiong nodded and said, "What do you two think?"

"Listen to the king,"

"Just do as you say,"

The two responded at the same time.

Without Yang Hao's restraint, Luoyang Construction had to speed up the process, and Yang Ming had no reason to procrastinate any longer.

Right now, the highest ranking person in Yuzhou is Yang Ming, who can do whatever he says.

So he ordered the yamen of all ministries to go down to take over the mess left by Yang Hao, and transfer the grain to Luoyang as soon as possible.

After more than two months of delay, many projects had problems. Although the civilian husband couldn't get enough to eat every day, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Some projects that have been delayed will waste a lot of time if they start again. After discussing with Yu Wenkai, Yang Su and Yu Wenkai came to a conclusion that even if there are no problems in the future, the construction period in Tokyo will be delayed by at least six months. It will be in September next year that Luoyang will be completed.

Yang Ming liked this answer very much.

There are more than 30 varieties of peonies brought in from all over the country, but it is already approaching September, and the survival rate of transplanting at this time may not be optimistic.

Yu Wenkai has never had a smiling face these days. Peonies are the signature decoration of the entire Xiyuan. If they are not planted well this year, they will not bloom next year. His Majesty will come here, how can he explain?

The Purple Myrtle Palace in the imperial city is the most important thing. The big materials brought in from the south are ready, and these woods must be tenoned and used early, otherwise it will be a very troublesome thing to delay until winter. When the weather is cold, the wood will shrink. If it is built in winter, the weather will be warmer in the coming year, and the pillars and beams will inevitably expand. At that time, the whole palace will be useless.

Therefore, all wooden structures of the palace must be completed before winter.

In this way, Yu Wenkai will need to recruit a large number of manpower to concentrate on the construction of the imperial city. If there are some problems in other places, it will be harmless. There must be no problems in this place.

A lot of people's power in Guocheng was transferred away by Yu Wenkai, so that the speed of Guocheng's construction slowed down. What Yu Wenkai meant was that he hoped that Yang Ming would recruit another [-] people from Henan.

But Yang Ming refuted it with one word: It's Maiqiu now, and everyone has been recruited. Will the food still be harvested?

At present, Luoyang has basically stabilized. Yang Ming is not a professional, so the number of times he goes to the construction site is less.
On this day, he sent someone to find Yun Dingxing, the Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, who was Yun Zhaoxun's father.

"I heard that Yun Shaoqing has several private kilns in Guanzhong?" Yang Ming asked the other party to sit down very politely, and asked with a smile.

Yun Dingxing turned pale with shock, and hurriedly said: "Return to Your Highness, I"

"It's okay, I'm just asking, and I'm not blaming you." Yang Ming pointed to the tea on the other side's table: "Let's drink tea."

In the Sui Dynasty, one item of smelting was under the control of the state, that is, Taifu Temple among the eleven temples, and the smelting kilns in mines all over the country were all official kilns.

However, Yunding Xing's ancestors worked in the same line, and they belonged to professional technicians. Back then, he was Yang Yong's father-in-law, so he opened several smelting kilns privately. Although it was illegal, no one cared about it.

Because many princes and princes bought from Yun Dingxing, Yang Yong's best armor in the world was built by Yun Dingxing.

Xiao Mahe's 5000 people have returned to Hedong County after helping Li Jing fight a few tough battles, but the ordnance wasted a lot and needed to be replenished.

Yang Ming's trilogy was oversubscribed, so he couldn't report it to Taifu Temple for them to allocate more.

Then he can only buy it with his own money. This is the purpose of his coming to find Yun Dingxing today, and Yun Dingxing is also able to make a comeback because of his excellent professional skills.

"For my side, I want two thousand pairs of cavalry armor and one thousand pairs of horseshoes. Both the horse spear and the Mo knife must be made of iron."

Yun Dingxing was dumbfounded by the list of numbers reported by Yang Ming, but he felt relieved, as long as he wasn't being held accountable for opening the kiln privately, then he could say anything.

"I can't make so many of my smelting kilns. Does Your Highness need them urgently?" A smart person would not ask Yang Ming what to use.

But Yang Ming took the initiative to say: "I'm not in a hurry, I just want to prepare some ordnance for the guards of the palace. How long will it take Yun Shaoqing to build it?"

Yun Dingxing thought for a while: "Your Highness's figure, judging by your ability, will take at least two years. To tell you the truth, I have always had noble people ordering from me. Although I must be close to Your Highness first, other people , I can’t push it either.”

"It's understandable," Yang Ming said with a smile, "You just do it, and when it's done, send it to the Prince's Mansion in Hedong. Afterwards, you can go to the concubine to get money, whatever you want."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I only take the cost here, and I dare not overcharge you for any extra money," Yun Dingxing said.

Yang Ming nodded: "If others ask about this matter in the future, you don't have to say it. If your majesty and the prince ask about it, you can't hide it. Do you understand?"

Buying ordnance in private, and the quantity is huge, must not be exposed, so Yang Ming dare not hide this kind of thing from his father and brother, so there is no need for others to know.

"This subject knows that this subject will never leak out unless His Majesty asks the prince," Yun Dingxing said seriously.

When doing business, of course, you must learn to keep the confidentiality of your customers. In fact, even if Yang Ming asked him who had orders from him, Yun Dingxing would not tell.

Yang Ming asked curiously again: "Can my uncle's Shu armor still be made?"

"I can't," Yun Dingxing shook his head and smiled wryly: "The Shu craftsman who was in charge of making this Baokai has passed away. Although I know the craft, I still can't make it. For a long time, I don’t even think about making a second one in my lifetime.”

Forget it. Yang Ming said: "Since that's the case, Yun Shaoqing should go to work."

"Yes, I'm taking my leave," Yun Dingxing left with his hands in his hands.

On the side of the capital, Princess Yang Yinjiang sent a letter, and the Xiangyang navy was about to run out of money. The prefect of Xiangyang, Du Zha, reported to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, wanting to allocate some more money, but Wei Chong did not agree.

This is how people deal with things. Yang Ming was able to ask for money from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but Du Zha couldn't.

Although the appropriations of the Sui Dynasty to the local area were very strict, there were also many unfinished ones. In Wei Chong's view, the Xiangyang navy was of little use. With the current scale, it could definitely deal with the Yangtze River water bandits. Therefore, the Ministry of Civil Affairs here One piece, the loss must be stopped, and no more money can be allocated, and the money has been taken away by Luoyang.

What Yang Yinjiang meant was to get 20 guan from the account of the palace to guarantee the construction of the Xiangyang navy, and then find a way to raise money later.

This is called a virtuous wife, 20 guan, and spend as much as you want, because Yang Yinjiang knows in her heart that the Xiangyang Navy is the hard work of her husband, although it is really useless at the moment, like a bottomless pit that cannot be filled.

In addition, Yang Yinjiang also mentioned one thing. She hoped that Pei Shuying could come to Luoyang. As for the reason, of course, it was because Pei Shuying did not have Yang Ming's heir.

Yang Ming agreed.

These days, he has been busy with official duties, so Chen Shuyi and his mother Shen Wuhua left Luoyang some time ago, and he didn't have time to see them off.

After arriving in Luoyang, Chen Shuyi joined her mother and went to Mang Mountain to pay homage to her biological father Chen Shubao.

Yang Ming couldn't go, because Chen Shubao wasn't qualified for him to pay homage, and Chen Shuyi was neither a princess nor a side concubine, so it was inappropriate for Yang Ming to go.

If the father knew that he was going to pay homage to Chen Shubao, he would scold at least, or slap his ears in severe cases.

Now that the rebellion in Shandong has finally subsided, Li Jing will go to Jinyang, join up with Shi Wansui, Changsun Sheng and others, and then return to the capital to claim meritorious service.

On Yang Ming's side, he had already greeted Shi Wansui early, asking him to fight for Li Jing more. At the same time, he also wrote a letter to Prince Yang Zhao, hoping to keep Li Jing in the capital.

Because there will be no major wars in the short period of time in the Sui Dynasty, and the national power will be mainly concentrated on engineering, Li Jing stayed in the capital to help Yang Ming find out some news that Yang Yinjiang couldn't find.

Chen Shuyi returned to Beijing by land, and she was reluctant to leave Yang Ming, but her mother needed comfort, so after returning to Beijing, she would stay at her mother's house for a while.

She is the daughter of Chen Shubao's concubine, and she has to keep a filial piety for three years.

And Qi Wang Yang Hao also returned to Beijing by land. He left Luoyang a few days later than Chen Shuyi, but he traveled much faster, so in Huayin County, the two convoys met.

This place is already very close to the capital. After Yang Hao learned that the convoy of Chen Shubao's widow Shen Wuhua was in front of him, he didn't take it seriously at first, but when he knew that Chen Shuyi was there, a thought arose in his heart.

In fact, ever since he saw Chen Shuyi for the first time, Yang Hao was astonished as a man of heaven, but at that time the brothers were in harmony, so naturally he would not ask Yang Ming for it.

But now, it's different.

(End of this chapter)