Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 309 There are three kinds of unfilial piety
On July [-]th, worship the Taimiao.

In the Taimiao of Lao Yang's family, Yang Ming also knew his grandfather Yang Jian and his great-grandfather Yang Zhong, and he didn't know any of them. During the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms of Hu, Yang Xuan, the prefect of Beiping in Yan State, was a descendant of Yang Xuan, who was the sixth ancestor of Yang Jian.

Yang Xuan's son, Yang Yuanshou, served as the Sima of Wuchuan Town during the Northern Wei Dynasty. As we all know, the Guanlong Group was the home of the Six Towns Uprising, and Wuchuan Town was one of the six towns.

The core figures of the Guanlong Group were the twelve generals of the Eight Pillar Kingdom during the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Among them, Zhu Guo's generals Yu Wentai, Li Hu, Dugu Xin, Zhao Gui, Hou Mo Chen Chong, generals Hou Mo Chen Shun, Yu Wendao, He Lanxiang, and Yang Zhong all came from Wuchuan Town.

Yu Wentai, the second-generation leader of the Guanlong Group, is Li Shimin's great-grandfather, and Li Hu is Li Shimin's great-grandfather.

And Yang Su is the sixteenth grandson of Yang Zhen, the Taiwei of the Han Dynasty. Their family tree can be traced back to Yang Feng, the son of Yang Zhen.

That's why, it was Yang Yue who presided over the sacrifice on his behalf, because Yang Zhen's tablet on the top of the Taimiao was really his ancestor.

Nothing is as big as ancestor worship, Yang Yue presided over it, Yang Ming led the clan, and started a grand sacrificial ceremony in the Taimiao.

Yang Yue was in charge of the ceremony. It was not him who worshiped the ancestors, but he coordinated Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple, Zongzheng Temple, and Honglu Temple to preside over the sacrificial ceremony.

The emperor is here, so naturally Yang Yue does not need to make overall arrangements, but now, Yang Guang entrusts this task to Yang Yue, and Yang Yue has the power to coordinate various departments, prepare tributes, prepare sacrificial words, clean the Taimiao, and monks and Taoists also set up altars for social sacrifices, advocating There are also gongs, drums and string accompaniment.

This is a very complicated process, and it is Yang Yuelai who is the general manager, almost equivalent to the host of the wedding and funeral.

Yang Ming and the rest of the clan had to wear formal attire, and after entering the Taimiao, under the guidance of the chief priest, there were rules for when to kneel, how many times to kowtow, how many incense sticks to burn, and what words to say.

Almost half a month after the ancestor worship, Yang Guang's reply letter arrived from a palace halfway along the canal.

The letter also asked Yang Ming whether the matter about Yang Yue was true or not, so he had to find out.

But at this time, Guan Wang Yang Xiong, Huang Fenglin and Chen Xiaoyi also found out that the one who worshiped the ancestors that day was indeed Xuan Zong, not Yang Yue.

In Huayin County, some people said that they saw Yang Yue, and some said they saw Yang Xuanzong, but the uncle and nephew were too similar in size and face, so it was easy to confuse them.

But after checking the entry and exit records and conducting a thorough investigation in the city, it was basically confirmed that it had nothing to do with Yang Yue.

Yang Xiong was just going through the motions, he didn't take the whole process seriously at all, Huang Fenglin knew that he could arrange whatever he wanted when he saw this posture, so he was responsible for recording and investigating the whole case, Chen Xiaoyi turned a blind eye, The right is to deal with errands.

Pei Ji was completely stunned now. Although he knew that this was not the case, if he did not admit his mistake at this time, the end would be very miserable. He was afraid that the King of Qin would find an excuse and punish him.

So he took the initiative to plead guilty at the court meeting, saying that he was negligent and deceived His Majesty without investigating clearly, and he deserved death.

This is called a smart person who can bend and stretch.

With his attitude, Yang Ming really didn't make it easy to tease him, because the word "rumor" in Yushitai originally carried the meaning of being difficult to distinguish between true and false, which means that as long as you hear it, you have to play it. As for the authenticity, the emperor will naturally find out.

This was probably the case, so Yang Ming sorted out all the files that Yang Xiong and the others had found, and presented them to the emperor in the form of memorials, and then he wrote a letter in his own name and sent someone to deliver it to his father Yang Guang.

When Yang Guang received these files, it was almost October, because now Yang Guang had successfully arrived in Yangzhou and lived in Jiangdu Palace.

Jiangdu is a county, and the capital is Yangzhou.

On the way to Jiangdu, he also caught a beautiful woman, a married woman named Wu Jiangxian, who was named Mrs. Kongtong by Yang Guang.

At present, Yang Guang is the most fond of this woman. He almost has sex day and night, ignoring government affairs. The file sent by Yang Ming has been put on hold for more than half a month before he escapes from the woman's boudoir.

It has to be said that in some respects, Yang Guang is much better than his third son. As for the second son, it is hard to say, let's call it a brother for the time being.

On this day, Yang Guang, dressed in casual clothes, summoned the ministers to discuss the state affairs in the Hall of Elephants. These days, he was so chic that he didn't even bother to wear a formal dress.

"You know, how can the people of Jiangdu praise me?" Yang Guang said with a smile, he was bluntly asking everyone to flatter him.

Yuwen Shuxi said: "He Chou made the ceremonial guards, lacking feathers, and there were cranes who held their own feathers and offered them. Therefore, it is widely rumored among the people in Jiangdu that the emperor made a feather ceremony, and the birds and beasts offered it themselves. The emperor is actually a saint who came to the world."

"I'm afraid you wove ears to please me," Yang Guangda rolled up his sleeves, laughing loudly, with a very pleased expression.

Yuwen Shudun pretended to be terrified and said: "How dare I make up this statement? Now it is rumored all over the south of the Yangtze River. Your Majesty can send people to hear it, so they can know the truth."

The others also smiled and agreed, saying that they had indeed heard such rumors.

Yang Guang was in a good mood, lazily put his elbows on his knees, dragged his cheeks and said with a smile:
"When I first came to Yangzhou, I exempted Yangzhou from taxes and gave amnesty to prisoners. Such a generous gift is naturally praised by all people."

This is spending money to make money. The first thing Yang Guang did when he came to Yangzhou was to exempt Yangzhou city from taxes for five years, plus three years of taxes in the old general administration area.

The original general manager of Yangzhou, the governor of the 44 military states, and these places are all tax-free for three years.

First of all, such an approach does have a great appeasement effect on the Jiangnan area. No matter the aristocratic family or the ordinary people, they must be very happy. It is definitely a good thing that they will not have to pay taxes for three to five years, so this measure is positive. meaningful.

However, you have exempted too much money, half of the south does not pay taxes, what is this concept?
First you built Tokyo, and then Guangtong Canal. The north is almost being dragged down by you. Now you come to benefit the southerners?

Within three to five years, Jiangnan will not be able to collect a penny in taxes, so Yang Guang's expenses must be provided by the north, but Yang Guang's expenses are really too high.

Right now, all the people in Jiangdu have gone to the riverside to watch your luxury fleet.

One dragon boat (emperor), one Xiangchi (empress), nine floating scenery boats (high-level concubines), 36 rippling watercolor boats (low-level concubines), 52 fifth-floor boats (upper third grade), 120 ships on the third floor (fourth-rank officials, monks, Taoists), 250 ships on the second floor (fifth-rank officials, envoys from various countries), Huanglifang (below fifth-rank), and other ships such as Fengyu, Huanglong, and Chijian , a total of 190 ships.

Regarding the scene of Yang Guangnan's tour of Jiangdu, the Zizhi Tongjian records: The boats and boats are connected for more than two hundred miles, illuminating the Sichuan and the land, and the cavalry walks on both sides of the river, covering the fields with banners.

In fact, until now, there are still more than 1000 boats that have not arrived in Jiangdu.

After everyone flattered and flattered them for a while, Yang Guang asked Gao Ye to pick out some important ones from the files and deal with them briefly.

He is not in the mood to deal with government affairs now, Mrs. Kongtong Wu Jiangxian is wearing a transparent tulle, waiting for him in the back bedroom.

So, what memorials are important?
First of all, look at the person. The person who submits the memorial is important, so the memorial is important.

Yang Ming did his part.

The dossier was very thick, Yang Guang really didn't bother to read it, so he only picked the final summary and browsed through it roughly.

Just after reading it, his brows were tightly knit together.

The youngest's courage is getting bigger and bigger, dare to present such a result to me?Does he think I'm being fooled?
With a snap, Yang Guang threw the memorial aside,
When everyone saw the emperor getting angry, they didn't dare to say anything. Only Lai Huer asked in a low voice: "What is in the memorandum? It made His Majesty angry?"

"Can't you watch it yourself?" Yang Guang said sullenly.

Lai Hu'er got up, picked up the memorial carefully, and after reading it, handed it to Yu Wenshu beside him.

Then, all the ministers circulated it one after another, and Yang Xuangan's expression changed the most.

Damn Pei Ji, I will deal with you sooner or later.

Yu Wenshu was elated, in his opinion, this was an excellent opportunity to add insult to injury, because His Majesty got angry, and only by following His Majesty's fire could he lead to the King of Qin and burn him well.

Yu Wenshu frowned and said, "Yang Yue's disrespect to the emperor is disrespectful. Why did the King of Qin let King Guan take two small officials to do such a big matter? Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment did not participate at all, which is really incredible."

What he said obviously meant to drag the king of Qin into the water. Cai Wang Yang Zhiji formed a friendship with Yang Ming during the Renshou Palace change, and he also received a letter from the capital, saying that Yang Ming reused the clan's children. Look at it this way If so, King Qin is one of his own.

So he glanced at Xuangan first, and followed suit:
"Maybe I really misunderstood it. It is really unlikely that Yang Zhongshu paid homage to the ancestors halfway. After all, he returned to the capital on an order, and the sacrifices were not prepared. How can he sacrifice? I have never heard that one can worship the ancestors empty-handed."

Yang Xuangan didn't expect someone to help, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, my uncle was definitely slandered by a man-made rumor."

"Hehe." Yang Guang sneered, "Can you give me a reason?"

Yang Xuangan said righteously: "Uncle Yang Yue has no sons under his knees, and it would be a great unfilial thing to have no sons. How can we be worthy of the great event of worshiping our ancestors?"

This reason is completely tenable, but even Yang Guang is too embarrassed to mention the fact that Yang Yue has no heir. He never thought that Yang Xuangan would be exposed in front of so many people.

Everyone knew that Yang Yue was not good at that, but no one dared to speak out, because it was exposing others' faults.

Yang Guang nodded and fell into deep thought. It is true that Yang Yue has no heirs, which is a big flaw. You have left your ancestors without successors. What qualifications do you have to worship your ancestors?

Although there is a stepson, Xuan Ting, but a stepson is a stepson after all.

Yu Shiji had already been successfully bought by Yang Hao when he was in Luoyang. At this critical moment, he would naturally stand up and add insult to injury.

"Pei Ji has always been cautious. If there is no definite basis, he will not slander Yang Zhongshu. As Xu Guogong said, the King of Qin should not let the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Justice stay out of the matter. Woolen cloth?"

Su Wei immediately retorted: "On the file, it is clearly recorded that the king of Qin acted in this way because he was worried about the joint trial of the three divisions and the delay in offering sacrifices to the Taimiao. Yu Shilang felt that His Highness would favor Yang Yue's selfishness and ignore the other party's overreaching." For example? If Yang Yue really paid homage to the ancestors halfway, he would not only be disrespectful to His Majesty, but also despise the clan. As a member of the clan, how could King Qin let him go?"

Niu Hong looked at Su Wei, and said with a smile: "What Minister Yu means is that the King of Qin wants to protect Yang Yue regardless of his clan, which sounds ridiculous to me."

"I didn't mean that, don't talk nonsense," Yu Shiji hurriedly shouted.

Yang Gongren snorted even more coldly: "And Yu Shilang's implication is that my father is also suspected of favoritism?"

His father, Yang Xiong, is the chief person in charge of the investigation. All the case files are handled by Yang Xiong. Yu Wenshu and the others suspect that the investigation is tricky, and they undoubtedly involved Yang Gongren's father. Can he be happy?

At this time, Sun Chi, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, looked at the emperor and stated:
"This son, Chen Xiaoyi, is loyal and upright. He keeps himself clean and enforces the law strictly. Since he is also one of the managers, I don't think there will be any mistakes in this result."

Yang Gongren was upset again: "What do you mean by that? My father is not loyal? Qin Wang handed over the case to my father because his old man is loyal to His Majesty and has no possibility of protecting anyone. Chen Xiaoyi is a little It's not his turn to be loyal and upright."

Chang Sun Chi was speechless.

The audience and ministers are fighting, Yang Guang is quite at ease, like watching a play, leisurely and contented, but in his heart, he is still not at ease with his son, the third son's city is too deep, and he does things meticulously, he wants to protect Yang Yue and guarantee others Can't find anything tricky.

At this time, Gao Ye leaned close to Yang Guang's ear and whispered:

"King Qin has a family letter, which was sent together with the dossier. The family letter is now with the queen. Do you want to get it now?"

Yang Guang frowned suddenly: "Since there is a letter, why is it with the queen?"

"Because there are two letters, one for His Majesty and one for the Empress, the Empress thinks that they should be ordinary letters of greeting, so they put them away," Gao Ye said.

"Confused," Yang Guang said in a deep voice, "Get the letter."

He knew his son, if he just wanted to pay his respects, his father and mother wouldn't have to send a letter to each other, and the third child had done this kind of thing before.

When Yang Guang read his son's letter, he was completely relieved.

The bastard Yang Yue did go, but not to worship his ancestors, but to pay homage to his elder brother Yang Su. This is understandable, because when Yang Su died, Yang Yue was not in the capital, but was in Luoyang to supervise the canal.

What's more, the two brothers have always had a deep relationship, and they couldn't see each other before they died. Now that they are on the way, it doesn't matter if they pay homage.

The third child also suppressed the matter in order to minimize the big incident so as not to affect the ancestral temple sacrifices of their Lao Yang family.

Or the old three take care of the overall situation.
(End of this chapter)