Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 250 The Warrior

Luoyang,

Yang Hao's family property was so rich that there was no room for it in the warehouse of the Supervisor's Mansion. Yang Ming could only temporarily store it in the treasury of Luoyang City.

Every now and then, he would go over to have a look, pick out a few items he liked and take them back.

Yang Ming was short of money, and the Xiangyang Navy and Xiao Mahe's side were full of big holes, so it was impossible not to covet Yang Hao's property.

What's more, the eldest brother Yang Zhao has already said that he asked himself to withhold some, so what else to say, just withhold it.

When Pei Shuying became pregnant, she lived in the Grand Supervisor's Mansion. Yang Ming took care of her every day. In the Sui Dynasty, or in ancient China, it was almost uncommon for her husband to serve a pregnant woman.

In the homes of rich people, there are naturally slaves and servants to take care of them. In the homes of ordinary people, the men are busy working and earning food, so they have no time to take care of them.

So Pei Shuying was not used to it at first. Her husband was a prince, and he was still burdened with the errands created by Tokyo, but he spent half of the time with her every day. This made Pei Shuying very moved.

It made her feel that there was really no better husband than Yang Ming in this world.

Luoyang New Year's Eve, although it can't compare with Daxing's grand scene, it is second only to Daxing, with lanterns and festoons everywhere, and it is unbelievably lively.

The most wonderful thing is that it is snowing in Luoyang, and it is snowing heavily.

Since it's snowing, the construction site will definitely be shut down, and on the day of New Year's Eve, all workers will have a day off, with meat, and if they're lucky, they can get some bad wine.

Yang Ming put a cloak on his wife, then took Pei Shuying's hand out of the prison mansion, walked on the thick snow, and walked on the snow.

They will go all the way west, at the west city gate of Luoyang, to see off the Guan Wang Yang Xiong.

Yang Xiong was the last one to leave, because his younger brother Yang Da was the deputy supervisor of Tokyo Construction. The two brothers got together for a while, probably discussing something.

Yang Ming had been waiting in a tavern under the west city gate early in the morning. He didn't drink, he just looked for a warm shelter from the wind.

Not long after, Chen Kui, who was guarding outside, walked into the tavern: "Your Highness, King Guan's motorcade is here."

Yang Ming nodded, and together with his wife, he stopped by the city gate,
The convoy stopped after a long distance, and Yang Xiong and his younger brother Yang Da, who came to see him off, walked hand in hand towards where Yang Ming was.

"It's really hard work, Your Highness, to see Yang Xiong off in such weather, the princess is still pregnant, please come in quickly."

Said, Yang Xiong walked up the steps first, looked at Pei Shuying, and made a gesture of please.

Although Pei Shuying was a side concubine, she was appointed by the Second Sage back then, so the entire Sui Dynasty called her Wangfei.

In the tavern, there were no customers, and they had been dismissed long ago. The boss also stood neatly behind the counter, lowered his head with his hands behind his back, and dared not make a sound, until a guard in iron armor came over and said: "Go down and get out of the way."

The boss ran away as if he had received an amnesty.

The guards brought up several stoves and put them aside, before Yang Ming and the others sat down.

"Traveling in heavy snow is bound to be bumpy. Maybe King Guan can wait until the snow stops," Yang Ming said with a smile.

Yang Xiong said with a smile: "The end of the year is approaching, and the juniors in the family are waiting for me to go back to take charge of the overall situation. Taking advantage of the heavy snow, I just walked on the road. If the snow stops and the road is hard and slippery, I am afraid it will be even more difficult to walk."

"That's right," Yang Ming nodded, "Then I wish King Guan a smooth journey."

Yang Xiong said with a smile: "I wanted to see His Highness yesterday, but I guessed that His Highness will definitely come to see him off today, so it is more appropriate to say some things at this time."

"King Guan, please speak, Yang Ming will listen with all ears," Yang Ming said.

"Don't dare, don't dare, don't listen respectfully," Yang Xiong said in a low voice, "I haven't had time to thank Your Highness for the matter of my granddaughter."

Yang Ming shook his head: "I don't understand what you're talking about."

"I mean, after your highness returns to the capital, please be sure to come and visit the palace for a while, Yang Xiong will treat you wholeheartedly," Yang Xiong said with a smile.

Yang Ming nodded with a smile: "I understand this sentence. After returning to Beijing, I will definitely pay a visit."

At this time, Yang Da kicked his elder brother quietly, Yang Xiong turned his head and said to Naidi:
"There's no need to hide, you can say anything in front of the King of Qin."

Yang Da was embarrassed for a moment, smiled mischievously, and turned his head away.

He felt that it was inappropriate for him to say some things, because his face in Yang Ming's place was definitely not as good as his brother's.

Seeing this, Yang Ming was stunned and said, "Could it be that Yang Shilang has some unspeakable secrets?"

Yang Da smiled embarrassedly, and elbowed his elder brother again.

Yang Xiong shook his head and sighed, and said: "My little brother, I have one thing to ask His Highness, since he can't say it, let me say it."

Yang Ming nodded.

Yang Xiongdao: "Wu Hua, a businessman from Bingzhou, is responsible for supplying wood to Tokyo. It's the most appropriate."

"After thinking about it, Shi Da also felt that this was an unfeeling request, so he dared not speak out. Please don't take offense, Your Highness."

Wu Hua, Wu Zetian's grandfather, is currently working under Yang Da. Yang Ming knows that this person is very capable. Yu Wenkai was in front of him and praised him greatly.

After all, it is no ordinary person who supplied three tenths of Luoyang's timber by himself.

Based on this merit alone, it should be given an official position,
So Yang Ming was a little puzzled, because it was difficult for Yang Da to talk about it, which meant that the official position that the other party wanted in his heart must be not small. If it was small, Yang Da would take care of it himself, so why Yang Ming?

Yang Ming pondered for a moment, then said: "Yang Shilang hopes, how can I settle this person down?"

Yang Da was still embarrassed to say so, and turned to Yang Xiong for help.

Yang Xiong smiled and said, "After the completion of Tokyo, Henan County will be changed to Luoyang County. Can Your Highness place a county magistrate or a county lieutenant?"

The highest level of the county is the county prefect. This position is determined by the emperor, and the deputy is the prime minister. This position is determined by the officials. As for the county lieutenant, it is complicated.

Because the county lieutenant is in charge of the judiciary and is responsible for maintaining local stability. Outsiders can't do it because you don't have that connection.

Yang Xiong mentioned two positions, but in fact, the implication is that he is the county magistrate, and the county lieutenant is just used to cover up.

As the superintendent of Dongdu Construction, Yang Ming has the right to recommend these three positions, but the county guard can basically be sure that he must come from Dugu's family, so Yang Xiong didn't dare to mention this position.

Wu Hua is just a businessman, let him be the magistrate of Luoyang, which is equivalent to the mayor of Luoyang.

So Yang Ming pretended to smile deeply, neither agreeing nor refusing.

Yang Xiong could see it, don't worry about it, don't expect help from others, so he felt a little embarrassed.

"I have a niece who is 27 years old this year, but she hasn't married yet. Ahem. The scandal of this family made His Highness laugh."

No wonder the two hesitated, it turned out that was the case,
Yang Xiong's niece, isn't that Yang Da's daughter? If you are 27 years old and unmarried, you can't even be called an old girl. This is all a half-old lady.

This was indeed a very, very embarrassing thing in the Sui Dynasty.

When Dugu Jialuo was 15 years old, he gave birth to Yang Yong. When he was 27 years old, he had already given birth to eight children, leaving only Yang Liang and Yang Awu behind.

Yang Ming didn't ask any more questions, but said, "Then, what does it have to do with Wu Hua?"

In fact, he had already guessed in his heart that these were Wu Zetian's parents and they were going to be paired.

Yang Xiong said embarrassingly: "This Wu Hua has a son named Huo Shi (Huo), who just lost his wife. My niece is not young and can only be a successor for others, so Shi Da wants to find a future for Wu Hua. Good match."

27 years old, a leftover woman, don't expect to marry a boy of sixteen or seventeen, she will either be a stepwife, that is, widowed and divorced, or marry a commoner.

Yang Da definitely wouldn't choose the second option, but Wuhua is no different from ordinary people, so he wanted to elevate the other party's status so as not to humiliate his daughter.

But Yang Ming remembered that in history, Wu Zetian's mother seemed to have given birth to her when she was in her 40s. Now she is only 27 years old, which seems to be very early.

Historically, Wu Zetian was born in 624 AD, that is, 19 years later, when Yang Ming was 36 years old.

When Wu Zetian grows up to the age of marriage, which is 14 years old, then Yang Ming will be 50 years old. Is there a chance to accept it?

Yang Ming fantasized for a while, but still gave up the idea, not daring, he couldn't fight.

So he said with a smile: "Since this is the reason, you two can rest assured that I will always pay attention to the position of Luoyang Juncheng and try my best to do it for you."

The Yang Xiong brothers looked at each other, very satisfied,

As the saying goes, reciprocate, Yang Xiong said: "Where Your Highness needs it in the future, I am absolutely unambiguous here. My granddaughter admires His Highness very much, why not?"

"It's better to avoid it." Yang Ming quickly raised his hand: "Then I wish King Guan a smooth journey back to Beijing."

Yang Xiong was quite disappointed, and nodded.

After sending Yang Xiong away, Yang Ming took Pei Shuying to enjoy the snow scenery in the city.

During the period, Pei Shuying asked: "Since Guan Wang is interested, why didn't he accept it?"

Yang Ming smiled and shook his head: "Father doesn't want me to get too close to Yang Xiong. For various reasons, I might as well test you and let you guess."

Pei Shuying smiled sweetly, leaned on Yang Ming's shoulder, and murmured:

"It's too cold at the heights. My husband's prestige is too high now. The emperor must be wary of you. Before my grandfather left, I asked me to persuade you from time to time. Don't have too close contacts with the courtiers. I have something to say." I didn't want to say that even though Duke Yue is Yin Jiang's grandfather, my husband still has to keep a distance from him, my grandfather once said that my father is the most jealous of Duke Yue."

Yang Ming nodded and didn't say much.

Yang Su didn't have many days left. Historically, the day after Prince Yang Zhao died of illness, Yang Su also died of illness.

Calculate the time, that is, about seven or eight months.

Yang Ming actually respected Yang Su. If Gao Jiong was one-tenth sincere to Yang Ming, then Yang Su was eight-tenths.

"Let's go, Mr. Yue has been bedridden for more than a month, you and I will visit together."

Pei Shuying was taken aback for a moment, then nodded with a smile,

Sometimes, she would try to persuade Yang Ming, but she would never try to change her husband.

In her heart, Yang Ming is the mountain, and she is the river that surrounds the mountain. The river will only follow the mountain, and will never run into the mountain.

(End of this chapter)