Emperor Sui Yang

Gao Jiong is undoubtedly very accurate, but he is still optimistic. In fact, within 20 years, Tai Sui will be destroyed.

After the three expeditions to Goguryeo, if his father Yang Guang can stay in Luoyang, formulate a strategy to calm the people, and take a good rest, there is still a last chance.

It's a pity that he went to Jiangdu again. Maybe he was afraid that something would happen if he stayed in Luoyang, so he chose Jiangnan, his base.

Before the Guanzhong standard policy was weakened, you would be looking for death if you left the north. Little people like Wang Shichong could dominate Luoyang and become a generation of heroes in the late Sui Dynasty, which shows how important Luoyang is.

You spent so much money to build Tokyo, but it turned out to be cheaper than Wang Shichong.

In the following days, apart from attending the court meeting step by step, Yang Ming would ask Yang Yinjiang what happened during the year when he was not in the capital.

After Yang Yue fell out of favor, the position of Neishi Ling was still held concurrently, but Gao Jiong's Minister of Taichang Temple was concurrently given by Niu Hong.

In the current court, the most favored person is Lai Huer.

Laihuer's ancestral home is Jiangdu. During the battle against Chen in the Sui Dynasty, he joined He Ruobi as a southerner and participated in the battle against Chen. He made great contributions and was awarded the third division of Yitong in Shangkaifu.

Later, in the tenth year of Kaihuang, Gao Zhizhi, a native of Jiangnan, rebelled against the Sui Dynasty. He rebelled against Jiangnan with Yang Suping and was awarded the title of Duke of Xiangyang County.

Then, Wang Wenjin's rebellion was suppressed, and the title was raised again, and he was named the Duke of Yongning County. In order to show his commendation, Yang Jian called Lai Kai, the eldest son of the future guardian, to be a thousand cattle to prepare for his body.

At the beginning of this year, he was conferred the title of Duke Rong by his good friend Yang Guang, the second guard among the sixteen guards, General You Yiwei.

Zuo Yiwei is Yu Wenshu.

These two people will undoubtedly become the two people with the greatest military power under Yang Guang's command.

Yang Ming also knew in his heart that most of the big bosses he befriended at the moment belonged to the founding emperor's old school, that is, the front waves who would be beaten to death on the beach by the back waves sooner or later.

The Northern Zhou Veteran School was weakened by Yang Jian, and the Kaihuang Veteran School was weakened by Yang Guang.

And the most favored core figures in the dynasty were not familiar with Yang Ming.

Historically, during Yang Guang's tenure, there were seven people with great power, known as Cao Qigui, namely Su Wei, Niu Hong, Yu Wenshu, Zhang Jin, Yu Shiji, Pei Ju, and Pei Yun.

In addition, Yang Guang has a few absolute confidants, Lai Huer, Guo Yan, Zhang Heng, well, Li Yuan is also one, and Yang Yue is now half.

Except for Pei Ju, Yang Yue, and Li Yuan, it is inconvenient for Yang Ming to make friends with these people, and he can't even show acquaintance with them at ordinary times, because he is not an heir. If he has too close contacts with the central ministers, he will be regarded as Clique.

In other words, after Yang Ming came back from Luoyang this time, Yu Chaozhong's influence was no longer that great.

After noon, Yang Ming went to the palace office to discuss matters with everyone.

Fang Xuanling had already been recalled from Hedong, and the affairs of the Prince's Mansion of Hedong County had been handed over to Duan Chou, who was originally in charge of the Governor's Mansion in Jingzhou.

Right now, Yang Ming's palace aides are all gathered, and everyone is there.

"You are all confidantes of this king. In the future, we will be in the same boat. I will lose everything, and I will be honored and honored."

Yang Ming sat on the main seat and said, "Right now, with regard to the matter of King Qi's Director Canal, everyone thinks what this king should do to make things difficult for him."

On the food issue in Luoyang, it was because of Yang Hao's constraints that Yuan Wendu and Li Baiyao almost gave up all their previous efforts. These two people despised Yang Hao very much, and when they heard that they were going to deal with King Qi, they were all excited.

As the saying goes, there is revenge, you held us back, but today it's our turn to bully you. Anyway, Yang Ming will take care of it when something happens, so they are not afraid.

Among them, Du Ruhui was even more resentful towards Yang Hao. After all, his uncle Du Yan was still recuperating at home until now. If Yang Su hadn't been appointed by King Qin to rescue people, his uncle's life might not have been saved.

Du Ruhui said: "The King of Qi does not care about the people and is greedy, so I think that the canal project will never be as smooth as Luoyang. We just need to wait and see the changes, but if there are minor changes, using means to magnify them will definitely affect the project."

They only dare to make minor disturbances, and dare not completely destroy the canal project, after all, this is a national policy.

At this moment, Yuan Wen shook his head:
"I'm afraid it's not easy. The problem we had in Luoyang can be solved in the best way under the help of His Highness. The King of Qi must follow suit, so it will be much smoother. What's more, the general manager Wei Shangshu's collection of food and grass for the people's husbands, Your Majesty Hebei, Shandong, and southern parts of the south of the Yangtze River are also exempted from paying taxes on slaves and maidservants, and the logistics can be guaranteed. King Qi should be able to sit back and relax for this governor's project."

"That's not necessarily the case," Du Ruhui said, "Compared with Your Highness, King Qi's virtue is far from that of His Highness, not to mention that he has a rift with our Highness. I think King Qi may overthrow all sixteen national policies. After all, these sixteen The strategy was proposed by His Highness at the beginning, the predecessors planted trees and the descendants took advantage of the shade, King Qi would not use His Highness's strategy in order to show his own achievements."

Pei Xizai disagreed, and said: "He doesn't need it, but there is still Yuwen Shangshu in Luoyang. During the construction of Tokyo, it has been proved that His Highness's sixteen strategies are the best strategies to cherish the power of the people. Only when the power of the people is not lost can the project be guaranteed. On this point, even if King Qi abandons it, Shangshu Yuwen will not agree to it."

"If it is used, then half of the credit for the canal will still be on His Highness," Du Ruhui said, "King Qi is narrow-minded, and if he wants to monopolize the power of the canal, he must give up this strategy, so I don't think he will listen to Shangshu Yuwen's words. After all, when we were in Luoyang, there was a lot of trouble between Yuwen Shangshu and King Qi."

Yang Ming is happy to see everyone expressing their opinions, because the best way is to argue.
He handed a letter in his hand to Chen Kui, and Chen Kui handed it to everyone in the hall for circulation.

After everyone finished watching, Li Baiyao couldn't help but gasped for the sacrificial wine, and said dumbfounded:
"Is the news accurate?"

Yang Ming smiled and said, "It's absolutely true."

The letter was sent by Yang Yue on the way, and he had already heard from Yang Wei that the other party intended to shorten the construction period to six months.

The [-]-mile canal was completed in six months.

Li Baiyao was shocked and said: "I agree with Keming (Du Ruhui's word). If he dares to do this, it is almost a fact to give up the sixteen strategies. If he does this, big things will happen."

After everyone read it, they were in the same mood as Li Baiyao, and they all found it incredible.

The nine-month construction period set by His Majesty is already very urgent. King Qi shortened it by three months, obviously to match the completion time in Tokyo so as to claim credit.

It is an indisputable fact that the construction period is shortened and people's power will inevitably be abused.

Everyone also knows in their hearts that what His Majesty says is nice, but in fact he doesn't care about people's power.

If Yang Hao can really dig the canal within six months, it will undoubtedly be a great achievement in the eyes of the emperor, but the loss during the period is definitely a very terrible figure.

"This man is nothing but a prince!" Fang Xuanling patted the table directly and said, "His Royal Highness should inform the prince in time so that the prince can mediate and build Tokyo, Shanxi, Henan, and Hebei. , the people are in danger."

The prince's benevolence is well known, on the one hand, it is because of Yang Zhao's nature, and on the other hand, it is Yang Guang's intention to promote it to create momentum for the prince.

Fang Xuanling said so, it can be seen that the prince's prestige has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

People's hearts cannot be lost.

Moreover, for the excavation of the canal this time, civilian husbands will be recruited from Shandong, and Fang Xuanling is from Shandong.

Since ancient times in China, both princes and generals and ordinary people have had nostalgia. Their love for their hometown is as strong as fine wine for every plant, every tree, every mountain and every river.

"Everyone, don't worry, King Qi should not have arrived in Luoyang yet," Yang Ming said, "We have plenty of time to plan, and we must come up with a perfect plan, both public and private, and this king will hold him back this time."

The words "public and private" are undoubtedly the best words for Yang Ming.

In private, these people are his staff, so naturally they have to make suggestions for the Lord, while Yu Gong and Yang Hao are messing around and abusing people's power, which these people who have read sage books cannot tolerate.

This is where the role of Confucianism comes into play, although there are no shocking words like Hengqu's four sentences.

Such a big matter cannot be discussed in a short while, so if Yang Ming wants to give them time and plan it by himself, there will inevitably be loopholes. Brainstorming is the first priority in doing things.

Li Baiyao is a serious literati, a pure cultural person and a great scholar.

After returning home, he heard from the steward that the Prince Qin's mansion sent him a woman, and it was the woman she had longed for day and night.

In fact, Chen He was not very interested in Li Baiyao, after all, no woman likes a lustful man.

But there is no way, her only home now is to be Li Baiyao's concubine, so that when she grows old, she will have a place to live in her old age.

The moment Li Baiyao saw Chen Ho, she was no longer as excited as before. Perhaps only the right time and the right place could arouse this talented man's need for women.

His promiscuous side is evident.

After comforting the other party a little, Li Baiyao returned to the study.

In the past, every night, he would collect the classics and historical materials left by his father Li Delin, and continue to revise the "History of Qi". Everyone who writes history books will leave a name in history, so Li Baiyao has always been obsessed with this.

Although there are a lot of bad things about the Gao family written here, there is no way. The Great Sui succeeded Zhou and was at odds with Qi. Qi is often regarded as "a fake", that is, unorthodox. If Li Baiyao writes too well about the Gao family , the result should be similar to that of Cui Hao.

Cui Hao ate the food of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but when he was compiling the history of the country, he exposed all the scandals of the Tuoba family in the Northern Wei Dynasty, basically seeking his own death.

But tonight, Li Baiyao did not compile the history, but sat alone with the lamp in his hand, thinking about the canal in his mind.

If you want to deal with the king of Qi, Yang Hao, you must attack the opponent's weakness, and Yang Hao's biggest weakness is licentiousness and lust.

And looking at history, the old Qi Gao family's history of promiscuity is definitely the number one.

The father accepts the son's wife, the son accepts the father's wife, the brother accepts the younger brother's wife, the younger brother accepts the brother's wife, and even the queen and the minister have committed adultery. Almost every emperor has done this.

As for Li Baiyao, he knew about a scandalous incident involving Yang Hao. The reason why he knew about it was because Li Baiyao and the victim were good friends.