Emperor Sui Yang

After sending Li Jing and his wife away, Yang Yinjiang finally had the opportunity to open the letter from her uncle Yang Yue.

The letter stated that the 23-mile canal, divided into 120 sections, had been dug across the board, and a total of 4 million civilians had been recruited. In the past two months, [-] people had died.

Yang Yinjiang was dumbfounded.

Luoyang hasn't died so many so far, and the canal has only been under construction for two months, so how could there be such a large number of casualties?

The letter made it very clear that Yang Ming's earlier sixteen strategies were bullshit, and Yang Hao didn't take it seriously at all. The minister of the Ministry of Industry, Yu Wenkai, almost fell out with Yang Hao, and it was Yang Yue who was the peacemaker in the middle.

What Yang Yue meant was that His Majesty would definitely be unhappy with such a large casualty. After all, with Yang Mingzhuyu in front of him, it was obvious that Yang Hao was abusing the power of the people too much, so he suggested not to poke this matter to His Majesty first, but to send People are building up momentum for Yang Wei in the capital, and when the time comes, someone will come out from Yushitai.

Yang Yinjiang thought this was an opportunity, an opportunity to bring King Qi down from his horse. The Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is not Wei Chong now, and no one will cover Yang Hao for the specific casualties.

The eldest grandson Chi belongs to the prince, and the prince has always been benevolent. I am afraid that after knowing this, he will be furious.

So she hurriedly sent her confidant Cui Wei back to Yue Gong's mansion to tell her grandfather Yang Su about the matter, and his grandfather will make arrangements for himself.

To spread rumors, you need someone, and Yang Su has no shortage of people, and he is familiar with spreading rumors, let alone rumors.

Yushitai is in charge of rumors, and the current Yushi doctor Zhang Heng will definitely not cover up for Yang Hao. Once this matter is revealed in the court, the emperor will be furious. After all, "love the people like a son" is what every emperor gave. Even if the emperor wants to cover up the label he put on, he can't cover it up.

When her husband came back, it was already late at night, and Yang Yinjiang didn't tell him about it. After all, Yang Ming was a little drunk.

Yang Ming was helped to Li Xiuning tonight, and the latter had been serving him carefully all night, without closing his eyes all night.

It is easy to vomit when drinking, and it is easy to choke the trachea if you vomit while asleep, so you need to pay more attention to sleep when you drink too much. Li Xiuning knows this truth, so she has been guarding it all the time.

In the morning, Yang Ming drank a few bowls of gruel and felt much better.

"Don't drink any more tonight. Your Highness's reputation as a drinker is known all over the city. They dared to force you last night?" Li Xiuning complained, "Drunk is very uncomfortable."

Yang Ming sat on the couch and said with a smile, "Have you ever been drunk?"

"No," Li Xiuning shook her head and said, "But father and Jiancheng are often drunk, especially Jiancheng, who often drink too much like a fool."

"Haha," Yang Ming laughed loudly.

Suddenly, Yang Ming stopped laughing and asked, "Shimin hasn't come to see you recently, has he?"

"No," Li Xiuning asked curiously, "Why does Your Highness ask this?"

Yang Ming thought for a while and said, "If he asks you for help in the future, you must not agree, at least let me know first."

Li Xiuning nodded without hesitation and said: "I understand, Your Highness, don't worry, I won't promise him anything."

Marry your husband and follow your husband, in the Sui Dynasty, was the golden rule for every wife and woman. Some people committed crimes knowingly, and some people followed them for life.

Shimin is young and mature, Yang Ming is really worried that he poachs his own corner, although in fact, he is the one who poached Shimin's corner.

Um, first come first served.
The next day's competition started at Chen hour in the morning. After all, there was still a distance between the capital and Zuo Yiwei's camp.

The contestants who had already competed yesterday will also enter the arena to watch the match today. Su Lie, Luo Yi, and Li Xiaogong are seriously injured and cannot come.

The first game was Qin Shubao.

On the sidelines, Yang Xuanting suddenly said to Yu Wenhuaji who was at the side: "Where did you work as a soldier?"

"Which pot doesn't open and which pot should be lifted?" Yu Wenhuaji said angrily.

Both of them are the second-generation top officials, and the Sixteen Warriors are the two of them with the strongest backing, so they have a common word between them, and no one else can get in their mouths.

Yang Xuanting smiled and said: "Don't think too much about it. Before I was included in the trilogy by my father, I was also charged as a soldier in the army. That was the most dangerous time in my life. My life was almost lost in the frontier."

Yu Wenhuaji nodded, it seemed that the surname Yang was not mocking himself, so he said:

"In Wuwei County, it was still called Liangzhou at that time. In the first year of Daye, His Majesty restored Wuwei County. At that time, I was in a military mansion in the north of Liangzhou. There are only 300 people, and a few die every day, and I live in fear."

Yang Xuanting said: "How many people are there in Liangzhou Military Mansion?"

"Four to five thousand," Yu Wenhuaji said, "The population there is small, so many of the garrisons are actually exiled criminals."

Yang Xuanting nodded, and said: "With four or five thousand, Liangzhou can be defended. If there are four or five thousand, I dare to fight Tuyuhun."

"Enough," Yu Wenhuaji whispered, "It looks like my brother also knows that His Majesty is going to attack Tuguhun?"

"I heard that I heard about it, but I'm just expressing my feelings right now." Yang Xuanting shook his head: "I just heard that 5 to 5 people have died on the Huanghuai Canal within two months of starting construction. It’s unbelievable, if you give me these [-] to [-] horses, how great it will be.”

"What? Forty to fifty thousand people died?" Yu Wenhuaji said dumbfounded, "It's been more than a year since Luoyang started construction, and less than [-] people died. The canal can kill so many people in two months, don't you fool me?"

Apart from Yu Wenhuaji, the other warriors have also heard this sentence. Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and look at each other.

Yang Xuanting suddenly elbowed Yu Wenhuaji, feigning anger and said:

"You should keep your voice down."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and looked at Shi Wanbao and the others behind him: "Don't sell me, you all keep your mouth shut."

"Don't worry, I won't say anything," Shi Wanbao and the others nodded hastily.

Yang Xuanting's rank is not high, but his father is high, so everyone let him go, the officialdom of Da Sui is like this, I am not afraid of you, I am afraid of your father.

Yang Xuanting glared at Yu Wenhuaji, and said in a low voice, "If I didn't tell you, how dare you sell me out, and I can't get around you."

"Brother, what are you talking about?" Yu Wenhuaji said, "Little brother has nothing but loyalty."

Yang Xuanting nodded, and continued to look into the arena, watching the competition between the two sides.

In fact, situations like his are happening in countless corners of the stands.

Rumors spread rumors, rumors spread, forty to fifty thousand became seven to eighty thousand, and seven to eighty thousand became one hundred thousand.
So much so that everyone today, in addition to knowing who won and who lost, also knows that many people died on the other side of the canal.

Today's five competitions, four wins and one loss, Qin Shubao, Pei Xingyan, Laizheng, Liang Shidu, all won, the eldest son of Duan Wenzhen, the Minister of War, lost, but he was only seriously injured like Li Xiaogong who lost yesterday, but not dead.

According to the rules of the game, if you raise your right hand to the main stand, you will admit defeat. The two knew that they were no match, so they surrendered early.

This was also Yang Ming's order to them before the game. When they felt that the situation was not good, they quickly raised their hands. It is better to lose face than to lose life.

Duan Ji and Li Xiaogong, these are the sons of officials, it is difficult to explain who died.

Today's Tie Le people lost four games, and only one died. It was not as heavy as yesterday. The main reason was that Yu Wenhuaji made a good start yesterday. Shi Wanbao and Yang Xuanting also killed gods, and they were all fighting for their lives.

Today, both parties have restrained themselves a little.

After eleven games, Tai Sui won nine games, and Tie Le's Qibi Katu had lost all face and lost troops.

Now he is not in the mood to sleep with a woman. He only thinks about how to explain to his father after returning to Tiele.

Under Yang Su's deliberate dissemination, an official from Yushitai entered the palace that night.

"Now the capital is preaching like this?" In the study, Yang Guang put down the brush in his hand and asked with a frown.

Besides him, there are living roomers Yu Shinan and Wang Zhuoling in the study.

Wang Zhuoling has now been named Jieyu.

Today, good news came frequently, and Yang Guang was in a good mood and high interest, copying an authentic painting by Wang Xizhi in his study.

The official said: "It's been spread like this. I heard that people in Daying on the outskirts of Beijing today know about it."

"Is it true or false? There is no such report at the Yushitai in Luoyang," Yang Guang frowned and thought.

The official said: "This minister doesn't know about it. It's my job to play rumors. I also heard too many people mention it, so I reported it to Your Highness overnight."

The Department of Yushitai has been the emperor's eyes and ears since its establishment. Their buttocks must not be crooked, and they can only be loyal to the emperor.

No matter there is any disturbance, they will report it to the emperor as soon as possible. As for the authenticity, the emperor will check it himself.

Yang Guang waved his hand: "I know, let's go down."

After all, Yang Guang returned to the table and started to write again, but he couldn't continue writing after only a few words.

Yu Shinan who was on the side said: "Your Majesty is absent-minded, it is better not to copy today, for fear of losing the standard."

Yang Guang nodded and sighed:
"Bo Shi (Yu Shinan) thinks this is true or not?"

Yu Shinan shook his head and said, "Your Majesty dare not speak nonsense, maybe His Majesty can send someone to Luoyang to investigate and find out."

Yang Guang heheed, and said: "I think it's probably true. If Luoyang really didn't have any dead people, the capital wouldn't be groundless. But I think the rumors must be exaggerated. 4 people? There can't be so many people. .”

Yu Shinan nodded and said, "I also think it's impossible to have so many. It's been a year and a half since Tokyo Construction, and less than [-] people have died. The canal has just started construction, so how could it be as exaggerated as rumored."

"Don't worry about it." Yang Guang sighed, "It is said that the grandson Chi will enter the palace."

The servant Takano nodded and went out to summon him.

Chang Sun Chi has just taken office, and he is not familiar with many government affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so these days, he has never left the official office, and he is always in the imperial city sooner or later.

The recruitment of the canal's people and the supply of food all depend on him, and the burden on him is not light.

There are also officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs resident in Luoyang, so he has two different reports on the casualties.

One report was sent to the capital by Wei Jin, the servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the other was sent to him privately by a small official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

This little official was arranged by Changsun Chi to join the Ministry of Civil Affairs and sent to Luoyang as soon as he took office.

No matter which department you work in, if you don't have your own people, you are doomed to be unable to do anything. With two completely different reports, Chang Sun Chi certainly knows who to trust.

But the matter was very important, and he was not sure for a while, and planned to wait for the prince to get better in a few days, and report to the prince first, and then ask for advice on the next step.

At this time, someone in the porter reported that the Minister of Internal Affairs, Zhang Gaoye, came and said that His Majesty had summoned him.

Chang Sun Chi hurriedly put on his sage crown, straightened his robes, and left the office.