Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 240

The prince, except for the main concubine, side concubine, concubine, and concubine, she has no rank, that is, no status.

Among them, the maids were dowry girls, Yang Yinjiang brought back four, Pei Shuying and Li Xiuqing had none.

The condition Yang Guang gave was that a concubine, under the concubine, should be a woman of the fifth rank. There was no such position in the original regulations, but as long as Chen Shuyi agreed to hide it, adding a prince and concubine was just a matter of Yang Guang's words.

Just like when Yun Zhaoxun was favored as Zhaoxun back then, after Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he directly erased Zhaoxun's title.

From the Sui Dynasty to the present, there are only two emperors, and many laws and regulations still need to be further improved. As Yang Guang's successor, the system must be greatly changed.

For example, in history, most of the members of the Chen family were county magistrates, but the county magistrates during the Yang Guang period were different from the county magistrates during the Yang Jian period.

Because Yang Guanghui abolished the administrative division of the Sui Dynasty and changed it to a neat two-level system of prefectures and counties. Therefore, at the county level, the appointment of officials from the previous bureaucracy was replaced by direct appointment by the emperor, which was tantamount to further strengthening the centralization of power.

After Mrs. Xiurong Chen returned to the palace, she told Yang Guang the truth and mentioned that Chen Shuyi was not wearing filial piety.

The matter of the child was concealed. Yang Guang didn't think anyone would dare to disobey his will, but the third child must have known about the kidnapping, so Yang Guang gave Chen Shuyi a change of her original name in order to further appease her. As Chen Heng, the eldest daughter of Chen Shubao, she kept filial piety and mourned, and was made the concubine of Qin Wang.

Luoyang,

When Yang Ming got the news, he couldn't escape because of his business, so he had to send letters to Prince Yang Zhao and Princess Yang Lihua respectively, asking them to help them.

Afterwards, he sent someone to stop Huangfu Chen who was about to leave Luoyang.

When the king of Qi, Yang Wei, left, he left in batches. There were three groups in total. The first group was Yang Hao and his cronies and staff members who rushed back to the capital, and the second group was her female relatives. Beautiful women abducted from all over the place.

The third group is Huangfu Chen, responsible for escorting property.

This time, Yang Hao moved from Jiangdu back to Daxing completely, so he has a lot of money, because this is all his belongings in Jiangnan, 1000 carriages, more than [-] guards, led by Huangfu Chen, was stopped at the west gate of Luoyang up.

In the prison mansion, Huangfu Chen met Yang Ming.

"Why does Your Highness prevent the minister from going down?"

Yang Ming didn't raise his head, and said calmly: "I got the news that you moved the treasury of King Qi privately, intending to embezzle it, so I stopped you for King Qi."

Huangfu Chen was stunned: "Your Highness, is this a crime you want to impose? The lowly position is to escort King Qi's property to Beijing, how could it be embezzlement?"

"Empty words, I won't believe you," said Yang Mingling, who was beside Du Ruhui, ready his pen and ink, and then someone brought a table and placed it in front of Huangfu Chen.

Yang Ming said: "I say, you write."

Huangfu Chen had an inexplicable expression on his face, he raised his hand to hold a pen, and waited for Yang Ming to write,
"Huangfu Chen, an aide of the King of Qi, took the property of the King of Qi and wanted to escape, so he was arrested at Ximen, and sentenced to three thousand miles."

Huangfu Chen's face changed drastically, he threw away the pen in his hand, and said angrily: "Why did King Qin frame me? Duke Yue, do you want to speak for your servant?"

Yang Su on the side watched his heart, and said flatly, "It's your bad luck."

Yang Ming said directly to Du Ruhui: "He refuses to write it, so you write it. Afterwards, it will be sealed with my king's seal, and you will be exiled to Lingnan immediately."

Next, Huangfu Chen was hit by a few sap sticks behind him, fell to the ground, and was dragged down by two guards.

After Du Ruhui finished writing, he handed it to Yang Ming for reading, and asked:
"Will anyone stay?"

Yang Ming said indifferently: "Leave Luoyang, find a random place, beat him to death."

Now, all of Yang Hao's property in Jiangnan is in Yang Ming's hands. Of course, it's not easy for him to take it for himself, but it's not easy for the second child to go back.

Yang Ming didn't expect that the second child would dare to touch his woman, and Yang Hao would not have thought that the third child would dare to withhold his property.

Yang Su was drinking tea at the side, and said with a wry smile, "Isn't it inappropriate to turn against King Qi so early?"

Yang Ming sneered and said, "He forced me."

Yang Su smiled and said: "It's just a concubine, be careful that you miss a big deal and miss a big deal. The old man was abducted by many people and didn't say anything."

There is one Li Deyan, one Li Jing, and one Li Baiyao. Yang Ming knows this, but there are many others that he doesn't know.

"I'm not as magnanimous as Duke Yue," Yang Ming said with a gloomy face.

capital,

Yang Lihua, who had returned home, came to visit Chen Shuyi at Prince Qin's Mansion after hearing the news.

In fact, as Chen Shuyi, she is not qualified to be visited by others, but Yang Lihua loves the house and loves Wu, and sympathizes with Chen Shuyi's experience, so she avoids the other party staying at the hotel and salutes, and sits aside.

Princess Yang Yinjiang personally served the tea.

Yang Lihua just tasted it, and said lightly: "You are right to choose to be obedient. After all, you are female relatives. Don't get involved in men's affairs. After this incident, the two brothers probably broke up. Your Majesty also knows it well. We don't know how the two will be settled down, so let's just wait and see."

Yang Yinjiang whispered from the side: "Princess, don't worry, we won't leak it."

Yang Lihua nodded, and looked at Chen Shuyi who was on the couch: "If you have any request, you can make it up. If I can do it for you, I will do it for you. This is my extra compensation for you."

How could Chen Shuyi not seize the opportunity, and hastened to say: "I have an uncle named Chen Shuda, who is capable and capable. He used to be the official secretary of the capital in the old Chen Dynasty. He entered Beijing in the 12th year of Kaihuang, and he is currently in the capital. I ask the eldest princess for advice. "

Yang Lihua didn't think that the other party would really dare to make a request, but she had already said her words, so naturally she couldn't take them back, so she nodded and said:

"It's easy to say, I will say hello to the officials."

After finishing speaking, Yang Lihua got up to leave, and Yang Yinjiang hurriedly saw her off.

If Empress Xiao still dreamed of reforming her second child, Yang Hao, then Yang Guang completely gave up.

Because he knew that the temperament of the second child had been fixed for a long time, and he couldn't change it, just like his third brother Yang Jun, who loved money since he was a child, and after becoming a prince, he still thought about how to make money every day.

If it is abolished, it will be abolished. Yang Guang is very pleased with the benevolence of the boss and the appearance of an elder. As for the third son, Yang Ming, he will be of great use within ten years, and will gradually lose power after ten years. Will be missed by the boss, and brothers will inevitably fight again.

Yang Guang didn't really care much about the fight between the second child and the third child, but if the two of them dared to fight with the eldest child, Yang Guang would not spare them.

King Qi's staff also had ranks. Yang Ming would kill as soon as he said he wanted to. On the Luoyang side, officials from the Ministry of Punishment had already reported the matter to the capital.

After Yang Guang read it, he walked out of the hall with his hands behind his back, pacing casually in the corridor of the imperial city, and Yu Wenbi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, followed obediently all the way.

Things seemed to be getting worse and worse, but the third child suffered a loss, and Yang Guang felt that he really couldn't blame anything.

The two brothers were fine at first, but why, after they met in Luoyang, they would become so troublesome?

Yang Guang said lightly: "Go down, don't worry about this matter anymore, call Yang Yue here."

Not long after, Yang Yue, who came from the Ministry of Internal History, took a bowl of sweet jujube water from the servant and handed it to Yang Guang.

After Yang Guang took it with a smile, he frowned and said, "What did Yang Su say? There are some things you keep from me, and I don't mind, but there are things that you can't hide from me. Do you understand?"

"Your Majesty is clear, I am here with Your Majesty, and there is no false word," Yang Yue took the water bowl that Yang Guang drank clean with both hands, put it on the tray of the waiter, and continued:
"What happened is actually very confused. My brother Yu Luoyang is also surrounded by clouds and fog. I can't understand it. I only know that after King Qi arrived in Luoyang, he seemed to be deliberately delaying the renting of grain. King Qin was also anxious about the construction in Tokyo. He was afraid that the construction period would be delayed. , Looking for people to collect food everywhere, the Qinghe Cui family was also invited to Luoyang by the King of Qin because of the lack of food in Changping, and they lowered their status to talk nicely to them, so they got the food."

Yang Guang nodded and said: "I know this. The third child made it very clear in the memorandum that this child is capable and has never disappointed me in anything he does. It's just that I find it strange that the second child is delaying on purpose, or is he Don't have this ability?"

Yang Yue thought for a while, and said directly: "If it's a bad thing, King Qin would not use King Qi's trilogy as a warning, but as far as I know, Yuan Wendu of King Qin's mansion and Li Bai The medicine has already been negotiated with the grain merchants from all over the world, and it stands to reason that King Qi has already saved a lot of effort, so it shouldn't be so time-consuming that even the construction of the palace city will be delayed."

Yan's family was taken into captivity and then rescued, including the fact that Yang Ming sent people to silence him. Yang Su told Yang Yue everything, and Yang Yue naturally would not hide it from Yang Guang.

The two brothers understand best that only the emperor's absolute trust is the only rule for standing at the center.

Yang Guang said curiously: "That's strange. I heard from the prince that the relationship between the second child and the third child was very good before he arrived in Luoyang. The two brothers often exchanged letters. Why did they turn their faces so quickly when they arrived in Luoyang? "

"I think that the matter of becoming a king has some influence. King Qin is more prestigious than King Qi. As an elder brother, King Qi should not be convinced," Yang Yue said.

Yang Guang was taken aback, and couldn't help laughing: "It's because I neglected it. I forgot that the second child is narrow-minded. According to you, the second child is holding back the third child. In fact, he hopes to delay the construction of Tokyo so that the third child will be convicted?"

"Brother Yang Su, this is also the guess," Yang Yue nodded.

Yang Guang shook his head helplessly: "It's about the national policy, he dares to change his mind, the second brother is getting more and more courageous, and the third child is also doing things to extremes, killing people at every turn, I understand that he is impatient and has no choice, so Don't blame him, but you should also remind Yang Su and ask him to persuade the third child more."

Yang Yue quickly agreed.

As for the other scandalous things Yang Hao did, including the robbery of Yang Xiong's granddaughter and the whipping of Du Yan, the emperor knew about it, but if His Majesty didn't mention it, he couldn't mention it again.

After all, Yang Yue didn't want to be alone in the court for the digging of the canal. With the help of King Qi who is messing around, things would go much smoother.

That's why, His Majesty didn't severely punish King Qi, because it was of great use.

(End of this chapter)