Emperor Sui Yang

Sometimes, things are so wonderful that Yu Wenkai, the first engineer of the Sui Dynasty, did not participate in the Yongji Canal in history.

But this time, Yang Guang hoped that he would still dig the river, but after the court meeting, Yu Wenkai was already full of interest and became unhappy.

Because there is one more Yang Hao and Yu Wenshu, he doesn't want to cooperate with these two people.

Since ancient times, people in charge of super-large projects in China have left their names in history, such as Li Bing in Dujiangyan, and Zheng Guo in Zhengguoqu.

Of course, Yu Wenkai also hopes that he can be included in the history books with these two seniors, and his name will last forever, but here comes the problem. Once Yang Hao gets involved, Yu Wenkai is worried that he will be infamous forever.

In one Guangtongqu, [-] to [-] people died. This was the result of Yang Wei being transferred back to the capital, he and Yang Yue presided over the later period, and he was sympathetic to the people.

If Yang Hao had not been transferred at that time, he estimated that at least 20 people would have died in the canal, at least.

So Yu Wenkai, who returned home, urgently summoned the children in the clan to start discussing how to turn down this job. He didn't want half a lifetime of wisdom to be ruined on a river.

Malingering?It's unrealistic, it's not easy to pretend to be sick, and it's definitely not okay to push it hard. With the character of His Majesty today, if he dares to push, others dare to dismiss him from office.

While Yu Wenkai was thinking about how to turn down this job, Qin Wang's concubine, Chen Shuyi, brought the eldest son into the palace.

Yang Rui, King of Hedong, lived in Empress Xiao's Yong'an Palace, and will be raised by Empress Xiao herself in the future.

Earlier, Empress Xiao's favorite grandson was Yang Zhao's eldest son Yang You, followed by the eldest son Yang Tan, but now, Empress Xiao is very clear that she should give more love to her eldest grandson Yang Rui .

Between mother and child, sometimes it is not just family affection, some small calculations are also inevitable.

Now that Yang Ming's prestige is at its peak, he is the most likely to become the crown prince. Empress Xiao's kindness to Yang Ming's eldest son is also a way to get closer to her son, or in other words, to please her son.

Don't think that the queen doesn't have to please others. In the common people's family, the grandson that grandma loves the most has inevitable reasons for her distress. No grandson is often unwelcome.

Of course, there is also a kind of grandma that all grandchildren want to see. This kind of grandma is very rare and can be called a great woman.

Since Yang Rui was born, the number of times he has entered the palace is actually not many, especially the opportunities to be alone with Yang Guang, which can be counted on ten fingers.

But the most amazing thing is that Yang Rui, who was born with the appearance of his mother, now looks more and more like Yang Guang.

Yang Guang was in the Yong'an Palace, carefully looking at the unfamiliar yet familiar grandson in front of him, only to feel that the other person's facial features were very similar to his own, especially a few inadvertent facial movements, which were almost exactly the same as his own.

This is fucking, definitely a grandson.

Yang Guang was in a good mood, smiled at his grandson and said:

"Is there any reading?"

"No," Yang Rui said honestly, definitely not, he has only just been able to speak fluently this year, so far, he knows no more than twenty characters.

Yang Guang smiled and nodded. He felt that children of the royal family needed early education, and three years old was just right, so he found two teachers for Yang Rui.

One is Wei Cheng of the Imperial College Jijiu, and the other is Xue Daoheng, a doctor of Silitai.

Yang Guang also knew in his heart who had the real talent to learn, so these two teachers were top-notch university students in the Sui Dynasty.

Xue Daoheng and Yang Guang originally wanted to kill him, but Yushitai's report said that Xue Daoheng had been very low-key since returning to Beijing, and had almost no interaction with the courtiers, except Qin Wang Yang Ming.

Xue Daoheng's daughter, Xue Chi, often came and went to Prince Qin's mansion, as if she and her son were childhood playmates. For Yang Ming's sake, Yang Guang's murderous intentions towards Xue Daoheng were temporarily suppressed.

Yang Rui could still play well for a few years, but as soon as he entered the palace, he entered a hard study life.

Yang Jian did not attach importance to the education of his children, but Yang Guang paid special attention to it, because he intended to promote the status of Confucianism. The orthodoxy of Confucianism in the south actually promoted the status of the southern clan.

"How is your mother recently?" Empress Xiao asked with a smile.

Yang Rui shook his head: "I don't know, Auntie doesn't live with me now."

He was talking nonsense, Yang Yinjiang taught him that their mother and son are still in the same bed, but Yang Yinjiang guessed that the father and queen mother would definitely ask this question, so she took a lot of painstaking efforts. Teach your son how to respond.

In the public opinion, it seems that children should not be taught to tell lies, but in fact, among the aristocrats of the Sui Dynasty, telling lies from novels is almost a compulsory course.

This is class difference.

All the theories of Confucianism are teaching people, but those with real vested interests will see a deeper meaning from it, so in their eyes, learning is a tool for people to use.

No matter how good you are at reading, it will not allow you to cross classes, only if you have a thorough understanding of Confucianism.

This is why many middle-class people have been studying "Thick Black Studies", "Letters from Zeng Guofan's Family" and "38 Letters from Rockefeller to His Son", and they want to change their destiny.

Wei Cheng and Xue Daoheng are only Yang Rui's intellectual mentors, but Yang Rui's real life mentors are Yang Guang and Yang Ming.

Guozijian is the highest institution of learning in the Sui Dynasty, and those who can study in it must have at least one waiter at home.

In fact, a child born in the Hou's Mansion was not able to eat and have no status in the Guozijian.

All the teachers and students of Guozijian add up to a fixed number, 21. Except for Jijiu, doctors, teaching assistants, Siye, Jiancheng, etc., there are only seven or seventy-eight students, of which the royal family accounts for 78. one person.

In this way, Yang Rui was ruthlessly thrown into the Imperial College by his own grandpa and grandma, and every afternoon, Xue Daoheng had to come to make up lessons for him.

Most of the day was deprived, and Yang Rui felt that he had no love in his life.

Yu Wenkai came up with an excellent plan, which could make the emperor willingly relieve him of the errand of director of the canal.

On the way back from Jiangdu, Yang Guang summoned Yu Wenkai several times and asked how to demonstrate the great power of the Sui Dynasty and the majesty of the army in front of the Turkic people.

At that time, Yu Wenkai had already started to think about it. He understood the meaning of the emperor, which was to show off his power in front of the Turkic people and deter Saibei.

To put it bluntly, it is pretentious.

Pretending to be aggressive requires face engineering, so Yu Wenkai and the emperor figured out three things at the time.

One is the big tent, which can accommodate thousands of people.

The second is the walking hall, that is, the palace that can be walked.

The third is a walking city, a city that can be walked.

The emperor is about to make a northern tour, and no one else can do these three things in the entire Sui Dynasty except Yu Wenkai. This is undoubtedly the best excuse.

So that afternoon, Yu Wenkai entered the palace with the drawings of these three top-notch projects, and then stated to Yang Guang that I can't do two things with one mind. If I were to build a canal, I wouldn't be able to produce these three things in a hurry.

So Yang Guang thought about it, and felt that face was more important, so Yu Wenkai's construction supervisor was handed over to Yan Pi safely.

And Yanpi will, as recorded in history, be the director of Yongjiqu.

Yan Pi is a man with a very powerful background. He has been married to Yuwen's family in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and has always been a relative.

Yu Wenhu, the minister of power, was Yan Pi's cousin, Yan Pi's daughter-in-law, and Princess Qingdu, the daughter of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yu Wenyong.

His two sons were also very good in the Tang Dynasty. One of them was super famous and contributed two masterpieces handed down from generation to generation.

A collection of the Palace Museum, known as one of the "Top Ten Famous Paintings in China" "Picture of Walking Chariots".

One is now in the collection of the Boston Museum in the United States, the famous "Thirteen Emperors", also known as the "Emperors of Past Dynasties".

These two pieces are both top national treasures, the author Yan Liben, the second son of Yan Bi.

In the Duke's Mansion of Chu, Yang Ming and Yang Yuexuan were moved by them. They first talked about what happened in Luoyang Jiangdu, and then they talked about the fight at the court meeting.

Yang Xuangan exclaimed happily, Yu Shiji and Yu Shinan brothers, don't look at how big the official is, but Xuangan doesn't take it seriously. In his opinion, these two people are called courtiers, that is, they are good at flattering and coaxing the current Your Majesty, the family does not have the strength and background to continue to maintain a high position.

One day, if he falls out of favor, Xuangan will find a way to bring down the Yu family directly. This is not a bragging, they have this strength.

Guanzhong people look down on southerners from the bottom of their hearts, and the world is fickle. Thirty years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, and 30 years later, people look down on them.

In fact, after a few hundred years, Guanzhong will no longer work, especially after Jingbei replaces Chang'an and becomes the capital of China.

Yang Ming slowly sipped the wine in his glass, waved his hand, and signaled all the dancing girls to go down.

In Duke Chu's mansion, maiko performances are a must-have repertoire, and the quality of their maiko is higher than that of the Tai Yue Department.

"You two from now on, don't target the second child again, wait until he builds the canal," Yang Ming said lightly.

Yang Yue heard the meaning of the warning and nodded:

"Your Majesty is very concerned about this river, and after the northern tour outside the Great Wall, he will also go down the river from Zhuojun, so Yu Wenkai will definitely need to rush the construction period. Once the construction is over, Hebei will turn back. There is no need for us to hold him back. , then we will see how Yang Hao ends up."

"Why do you believe that Hebei will definitely rebel?" Yang Ming asked curiously.

Yang Yuedao: "Because of the lack of food supply, don't look at your Majesty's allocation of 200 million shi from Jiangnan. Yan Pi is from Henan, so he must give priority to ensuring the food supply of the people in Henan, so that Shandong and Hebei will not have enough to eat, and this time, Hebei has the most recruits, so who will oppose it?"

"Yang Zhongshu is right," Li Mi said, standing behind Yang Yue, "Hebei is the old land of the old Qi, and the people's hearts have never returned. Coupled with the influence of the Han King's rebellion, in fact, Hebei now urgently needs to send a capable minister to appease it." Governance, this imposition of confiscation may lead to chaos.”

"It's good to be in chaos," Yang Xuangan said, "The chaos is beneficial to His Highness, and it is also an excellent opportunity to bring down King Qi."

Yang Ming pondered for a moment, then frowned and said, "If there is a real chaos at that time, you need to help me to appease the situation quickly, so as not to expand the situation and spread it to a wider area."

"It's natural," Yang Yue said, "Your Highness, although you care, I will arrange everything."

The relationship between Yang Yue and the Qinghe Cui family has always been very good, because the two families are related by marriage, and the second child, Yang Xuanzong's legal wife, was born in the Qinghe Cui family.

In Hebei, Qinghe Cui, Boling Cui, and Fan Yanglu are the three largest.