Emperor Sui Yang

In Prince Qin's Mansion, Yang Ming frowned and looked at the two second-generation officials, and said in a deep voice:

"The matter has become a big mess, and the public opinion in the capital is quite unfavorable to me. At this time, you let me pick up the butcher knife. Who should I kill?"

The common people don't understand anything, and there are many old ministers spreading rumors in private, saying that He Ruobi was framed by traitors before he was slaughtered.

They dare not say that the emperor killed heroes, and they dare not say that the king of Qin killed heroes, so there must be a dead ghost, right?Then Yuwen Shiji, who insulted He Ruobi's body, naturally did his part.

Now there are rumors in the capital that it was the Yuwen family who framed Song Guogong. This is undoubtedly a surprise for Yang Ming. Then such public opinion cannot be suppressed. pot.

Zheng Yuanshou could tell that Yang Ming was just evasive. What kind of public opinion does anyone care about?

"It's just rumors that are spreading false rumors. Your Highness will catch a few rumor spreaders and deal with them severely, so the rumors will naturally be quiet."

Yang Ming frowned and said, "Do you think I have killed few people? You Hou Wei has a lord in his body, and they were all conferred by Emperor Gaozu back then. You instigated me to kill heroes?"

"These people are not heroes right now, they are all partisans of the thief," Zheng Yuanshou said.

Yang Ming said indifferently: "Whether you are a party member or not, you don't care."

Zheng Yuanshou and Wei Baoluan looked at each other, and the latter hurriedly said:

"We sympathize with His Highness's difficulties, but if these people in the right guard do not deal with it, the military mansion will still be full of chaos, which is difficult to manage, and it is difficult for the two of us to take over."

"Isn't that enough?" Yang Ming said with a smile, "So, don't talk about party members and non-partners, isn't it because you can't suppress them? I will report the truth to His Majesty. Go back and wait for the news."

Then, Yang Ming said again: "If you don't trust me, you can write your own memorial and send it to Luoyang."

"No, no, no," Wei Baoluan hurriedly said, "It's fine for His Highness to make up his mind, and we will follow His Highness's lead."

Then, the two walked away in desperation.

Zheng Yuanshou, the eldest son of Zheng Yi, the founding father of Zuoming, was born in the Zheng family of Xingyang.

Wei Baoluan is the second son of Wei Shou and the second elder brother of Crown Princess Wei Ying.

Xingyang Zheng and Jing Zhaowei have nothing to do with Yang Ming, so Yang Ming doesn't care about their thoughts at all. Right Hou Wei is now leaderless, and he plans to take over himself. Figure out his intentions.

Yang Ming has military merits. After the rebellion of King Han was put down, his prestige in the military has never been low. Because of this battle, he convinced Yang Su, Shi Wansui, Guo Yan, and Changsun Sheng.

It will be smooth for him to take over the military mansion.

Luoyang, Tokyo.

The extremely luxurious Ziwei Palace gathers the prosperity of civil engineering in the world. It is six times that of the Forbidden City in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is called "the palace of ten thousand palaces" in history. Its plane layout and architectural form have created the basic pattern of Chinese palaces and cities. So much so that later dynasties, including Japan, South Korea, and North Korea, deliberately imitated it.

Yang Guang was undoubtedly very excited to live here, he felt that only such a magnificent palace city was worthy of him.

There are three main halls in the palace, the Qianyang Hall is where the court meeting is held, the Daye Hall is where Yang Guang handles government affairs, and the Huiyou Hall is where Yang Guang cultivates himself, and it can also be used as a place for entertainment.

The current Luoyang City is very lively, with a population of more than 50. Historically, in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the population would exceed one million. It is also the first super-large city in human history with a population exceeding one million.

Although the population is [-] less than that of the capital, most of the people here are rich people who were forced to migrate from all over the world by Yang Guang. The appearance of wealth and prosperity is even worse than that of the capital.

In just half a year, Luoyang has already met all the necessary conditions for the economic center of the Sui Dynasty. The prosperity of boats and vehicles, and the prosperity of trade are unprecedented.

Since Yang Guang moved to Luoyang, almost everyone believed that his move to establish the capital was a long-term plan beyond the times, and Su Wei and the others were convinced.

In Daye Hall, Yang Guang and more than [-] ministers are discussing the matter of touring Jiangdu. This is not a court meeting, but a small meeting of the main central figures. The court meeting is held in Qianyang Hall.

This time, there was no voice of opposition, although Yang Guang's lineup for the southern tour was too large, with a total of more than [-] dragon boats and more than [-] people including emperors, empresses, concubines, noble relatives, bureaucrats, monks and nuns, and Taoist priests.

Is this a parade, or a migration?

Su Wei is an old cunning man. He has roughly figured out Yang Guang's character, and he knew that there was no way to persuade him, so he simply laid flat with Niu Hong. As for the others, most of them were Yang Guang's confidantes, and naturally they would not object.

And Yang Guang's rhetoric of touring Jiangdu is very positive. He wants to let the southerners feel the strength of the Sui Empire, so that they can return to their hearts as soon as possible.

To put it bluntly, it is a show of strength.

At this time, someone presented a report from the capital.

Yang Guang took it and read it roughly, and then handed it over to the ministers for circulation.
"Bi thief's slander of our national policy is really self-inflicted. It has been proved that whether it is building Tokyo or opening the canal, he is not a short-sighted person like Bi thief. It is conceivable that he doesn't understand, but he always thinks he understands it. "

In fact, on these two projects, He Ruobi's complaints were far inferior to Gao Jiong's, but Gao Jiong bowed his head and admitted his mistake, he didn't, and Yang Guang wanted to kill him, the crime was big or small, naturally Yang Guang said Calculate.

After Su Wei finished reading, he nodded and said:

"I think King Qin's worries are not unreasonable. Now that Bi thief is being punished, public opinion in the capital is in an uproar. It is really not appropriate to build a big prison. His crime is to slander the court, but those people who are vassals of Bi thief are not talking nonsense."

In fact, Su Wei didn't care whether to protect those arrogant soldiers or not, but he could see from the lines in Yang Ming's report that Yang Ming wanted to protect and take over, so he followed the trend.

After reading it, Yu Wenshu's complexion changed drastically, he got up from his seat, knelt down in front of Yang Guang, and said:

"Your Majesty is not strict in educating your son, please punish me."

Yang Guang sneered and said, "I didn't know that the scholars were so ignorant? Although I killed the thief Bi, I didn't erase his merits. He had made great contributions to the country, but the scholars insulted his body. You can know that he is a vicious and cruel person. "

Yuwen Shiji is Yang's younger brother, and after arriving in Luoyang, Yang also successfully married Yuwen Chamin as his wife, so Shiji is his brother-in-law, so he hurriedly said:
"Bi thief resisted violently and caused Zuo Xiaowei to suffer heavy losses. It is understandable for the soldiers to do such an unwise move in a fit of anger."

Niu Hong frowned and said, "Liu Chang was punished and Yan Rong bestowed death on him. Moving forward, there were also Wang Yi, Yuan Qian, and Yu Qingze, all of whom were punished for their crimes, but no one dared to humiliate their corpses. They all died because of their crimes." , However, the merit cannot be neglected, and the scholars set this precedent, which is really outraged by humans and gods, I ask your Majesty to arrest him, and the three divisions will question him."

Yu Wenshu was furious, you Niu Hong, why do you want to kill my son?

He was also unlucky. None of the three sons was worried, and they were all causing trouble for him.

Yang Hao was also confused, Niu Hong, a good old man who has always been taciturn and never offended anyone, what happened today?Playing so hard?
At this time, Yang Guang asked: "What do you think about the scholar?"

Pei Yun, who is also the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, spoke:

"If His Majesty does not punish him, it may be difficult to calm people's hearts. Although the matter seems small, it has a great impact and needs to be handled carefully."

"What does it mean to look small?" Yang Xuangan sneered and said, "Is it a trivial matter to humiliate someone's corpse? How can you do such a degrading thing after death?"

As he spoke, Yang Xuangan saluted the emperor and said, "I think it should be punished by death."

Before he came to Luoyang, his daughter made it clear to him that Su Wei Niu Hong should be treated with respect, and that he should give way to his son. Nong Yang's absolute enemy,
Yu Wenshu broke out in a cold sweat in an instant, these bastards, you have seized the opportunity, and they are all screwed to death?

Courtiers fighting each other, in fact, for the emperor, it is very popular, if they are not afraid of them fighting, they are afraid that they will not fight.

So Yang Guang looked at Su Wei and said, "What do you think of Aiqing?"

Su Wei said expressionlessly: "Punish the crime. Your Majesty's original intention did not intend to cut off He Ruobi's title, scholars and officials of the fifth rank, and humiliate the first rank. This is the offense of the next."

This is my negligence, just thinking about killing people, not cutting his title, Yang Guang smiled and nodded:
"Since the king of Qin has already been punished, I will punish you in a small way. The scholars will be reduced to slaves and given to Duke Xu."

Damn, is this called punishment?

Degrade the son into a slave and give it to his father?

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, only feeling that the emperor's move was absolutely perfect.

Yu Wenshu was ecstatic in his heart, and hurriedly kowtowed to thank him. In name, his son was his slave, but could he really treat his son as a slave?
High, Your Majesty is really tall.

Yang Guang definitely wanted to take Yu Wenshu into consideration. After all, the other party was his absolute confidant, but he had to be punished, so he wanted to go through the motions.

It seems that the punishment is quite heavy, and they are all slaves, but it is not serious at all.

Su Wei also looked helpless, and changed the subject:
"Wang Yue committed suicide in fear of crime, and his crime has been eliminated. King Qin has ordered a generous burial and pardoned his relatives. I think that there is no need for the right guard to pursue it."

What he said was implying to Yang Guang that Yang Ming had already made up his mind on this matter, so you should not change it, otherwise King Qin would lose face and lose his prestige, which would not be a good thing for the emperor.

Of course Yang Guang understood what Su Wei meant, and he would never tear down his son's position. As long as He Ruobi died, everything else would be easy to talk about.

Moreover, Yang Ming's actions this time are undoubtedly very beautiful. All parties have calmed down and there is no turmoil, which makes Yang Guang very satisfied.

But some people were dissatisfied, and Yang Hao directly refuted Su Wei:
"What Zuo Pushe means is to let Bi's followers continue to get away with it without any punishment?"

Su Wei frowned and asked back: "Then what does King Qi mean?"

"Kill!" Yang Hao looked at his father Yang Guang, and said, "Bi thief's henchmen are all hidden dangers, and they must hold grudges against the court, and there may be chaos in the future. Here comes Hu."

"Do you think it should be killed?" Yang Guang asked.

Yang Hao's righteousness said solemnly: "I think I should be killed."

"Then go kill it," Yang Guang replied lightly,
Yang Hao froze for a moment, as if swallowing a mouthful of shit