Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 376
The canal was successfully completed. It can also be said that it was not completed smoothly under extremely difficult circumstances.

According to Yang Guang's six-month construction period, Yang Hao postponed it by one and a half months, which is considered very good. Of course, he also paid a huge price.

Leaving aside the civil uprising and the dead, now Yang Hao doesn't have the guts to go to Hebei, he is afraid of dying there.

He offended almost all the families in Hebei. Although he knew that the consequences would be serious, he had no choice but to offend you all. I would offend my father.

You guys are nothing compared to my dad.

Slapping you and giving you a jujube has always been the usual routine of strategists. Yang Hao also made a memorial here, requesting that Hebei be exempted from taxes for five years.

He doesn't care if it can be done, but at least he has to put on a gesture to let the people of Hebei know that he, King Qi, is still thinking about everyone in his heart, which is called fake mercy.

This kind of routine, the family will definitely not be fooled, I don't care what you say, you have to pay me back the food next year, won't you pay it back?OK, let's see.

Don't think that the aristocratic family is easy to provoke, if you really want to provoke them, you will raise a rebel army every minute to add trouble to you.

In Luoyang, since the completion of the canal, Yang Hao used the excuse of His Majesty's return to the south to requisition all the ships from Banzhu Wharf and Luokou Wharf to the north to Zhuojun, so that the emperor could go south by boat.

"The top priority right now is to appease Hebei. We must be one step ahead of the King of Qin, otherwise the hearts of the people will be robbed by him, which is not good for us," Chang Shi Liu Jian said.

Yang Hao agrees with this point of view, and he can now clearly feel that all officials from Hebei will not look good when they see him. It can be seen that Hebei's hatred for him has reached its peak.

Fortunately, there are really not many officials from Hebei, and although they don't give Yang Hao a good face, Yang Hao will not touch them.

Now anyone and anything related to Hebei cannot be handled carelessly.

Yang Hao nodded and said: "The five-year tax exemption is just a cover, and the emperor probably won't grant it, so we'd better find some real appeasement policies, and also, find a way to push the canal issue on Yan Bi. Push, he is the superintendent of construction, if something goes wrong, I can't just let me handle it alone."

"It's not easy to push," Li Xuandao said, "this old fox went to Zhuo County in April, and he never left. , want to push it to him, how easy is it?"

Liu Jianzhi said: "In an extraordinary period, it may be necessary to abandon the car to protect the handsome. The Ministry of Civil Affairs is responsible for recruiting civilian husbands. At this time, it is best to find a few culprits from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Hebei has caused too much trouble this time. Your Majesty Nan After returning home, there must be a settlement."

"That's Wei Fusi and Wei Yijie," Gongcao He Deren said, "But in this way, won't it be too cruel to offend the Wei family?"

Liu Jianzhi said: "We have to say hello to him in advance, and find some way to make up for it. These two people are the direct descendants of the Wei family. How can we do it without paying a price?"

"I don't want to offend the Wei family now, is there no other way?" Yang Hao frowned.

Liu Jianzhi shook his head and said: "This time, someone must be able to share the pressure of His Highness. The King of Qin has been waiting for us for a long time. At that time, it must be a long-planned thunderbolt. If there is no other person to share, His Highness will not be able to bear this burden." Better off."

He Deren hurriedly said: "Let the two surnamed Wei take the blame, we don't need to come forward, find a few people to sue them, it's better to confirm the crimes of those magistrates, such as Yang Wanshi, Chen Junbin, Gao Shengdao, these people have to Bearing the guilt, coupled with that old fox Yan Bi, His Highness will be much more relaxed then, and with the smooth completion of the canal, His Majesty should not blame too much."

"Your Highness, it's best to write the memorial now, and sue Yan Pi first," Liu Jianzhi said, "Sue him as the Grand Supervisor of the Canal, but he has been hiding in Zhuojun for nearly seven months, so that we are stretched. Wang, you are wiping his ass, all the chaos in Hebei is because of Yan Bi's inaction."

"That's a good idea, I can write the memorial immediately," Yang Wei nodded happily.

Then, He Deren said again: "The Dugu family has been urging for the canal's food payment, should we give him some help first, or continue to delay?"

"Are you asking for money?" Yang Yan suddenly said with a downcast face, "Everyone is asking for money from me. Where can I find money for them? Hundreds of people are staring at the dozens of batches of new money in the Yangzhou Mint this year." , it will be divided up as soon as it is released, how can they still have a face for that little money?"

"Let's give some," Liu Jianzhi said, "We don't want to offend the Dugu family. We still expect to do business together in the future. It's inappropriate to turn our faces now."

"Sir, you don't have to worry," Yang Wei said with a smile, "They are not the only ones in Luoyang, and the other families are not vegetarian either."

At the beginning Yang Guang promised him that as long as the canal was built, he would find him a good wife. Yang Wei was afraid that his father would forget, so he took the initiative to write a letter to mention this matter.

And the choice of this good woman was also decided by Yang Hao himself. He had to choose which family to marry with according to his current situation.

Now, his main concubine is Yu Wenshu's daughter Yuwen Hermione, and his concubine is Cui Hongjun's daughter Cui Lingzi, so there are still side concubines and concubines available.

As the side concubine, he was interested in Yuan Aqi, the youngest daughter of Hejian County Gonggong Bao, and the concubine Wang married Liu Jinzhi, the youngest daughter of Liu Dan, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, under the matchmaking of Chang Shi Liu Jianzhi.

Right now Liu Jinzhi is already on his way to Luoyang.

Yang Hao has learned to be smart now. It doesn't matter how she looks when marrying a wife. It's okay to be ugly, as long as you have noodles at home.

The daughter was named Jinzhi, which means golden branch and jade leaf. It sounds a bit big and inappropriate, but Da Sui doesn't pay attention to this, and no one cares about your son's name Liu Tianba, even if he can't be called Liu Guang, even if it sounds the same.

Liu Dan was Liu Shu's uncle, and his nephew made such a fuss, and he was fine. It can be seen that the Liu family in the east of the river is so powerful that Yang Guang didn't dare to move.

But after Liu Shu's troubles, Yang Guang was indeed deliberately suppressing the Liu family, so that the current Hedong Liu has almost no chief officials in the court, and most of them are deputies.

Don't underestimate the deputy position, this is a central deputy position, which is equivalent to a deputy bu level.

Liu Dan also invested very early back then. A daughter married Yang Yong's son Yang Ke, the king of Xiangcheng, and died together with Yang Ke in exile.

As for Yuan Bao, it's interesting, his real name is Yuan Xiaozheng, he is the youngest brother of Yuan Xiaoju, the uncle of Yang Yong's concubine Yuan Zhen, and the most powerful branch of the old Yuan family.

Don't think that this family is no good after the death of the Crown Princess Yuanzhen. First of all, we have to figure out that it is because this family is so good that Yang Jian married his eldest son their daughter-in-law.

This is all planned by Yang Hao, and now he just waits for his father to write back to him, after all, the current Yuan family doesn't take him seriously.

If he came forward, he might be rejected.

In the future, with the help of the Yuan family in Luoyang, there is no need to take the Dugu family seriously. The Holy Queen is gone, and your family is no longer able to do it. Don't worry about it.

Dugu Zuan had already started persuading his daughter to go back to Beijing early and stop staying in Luoyang, you have to go to Yang Ming.

But Dugu Feng'er didn't intend to leave at all, she didn't plan to go back.

Because she knew that Yang Ming's women didn't want to see her, and she would only make trouble for Yang Ming if she went back.

Being idle in Luoyang is also idle, so she spends a lot of money in the gambling house every day, playing very big.

At the beginning, after losing a lot of money, Dugu Zhuan tried to lure his daughter to play in his own gambling house, and lost to himself. In this way, Dugu Feng'er's gambling interest was greatly reduced, and he became obsessed with hunting again. .

Hunting is a thing that takes half a month to go out. After coming back to live for a few days, she goes out again. Gradually, Dugu Feng'er got to know many descendants of Luoyang's aristocratic families. Husbands and dogs hang out in groups and play everywhere. happy.

She is very pretty, but no one from the aristocratic family dares to make a move on her, they can only feast their eyes on her.

Among them was a young man named Zheng Anrao, the son of Zheng Jibo, the governor of Yongjia, the doctor Jin Ziguanglu.

The relationship between him and Dugu Feng'er is very good. He and Dugu Feng'er's second brother, Dugu Xin, also grew up together when they were young. Under the instruction of Dugu Xin, he persuaded Dugu Feng'er to return to Beijing as soon as possible every day. .

"Sister, let's go back, a girl's family must have a home, you stay at home all the time, it's not a long-term solution," Zheng Anrao said with a smile as he handed Dugu Feng'er a roasted rabbit in the outskirts camp.

Dugu Feng'er frowned immediately: "If you keep persuading me, I won't take you on a safari in the future."

"I can't always go out to play with you," Zheng Anrao said with a smile, "There is a quota for me next year waiting for me, and my family has made arrangements. I will probably stay in the capital in the future."

Dugu Feng'er said: "Sister-in-law also go with me?"

"Not only your sister-in-law, but also my mother and younger sister will go with me," Zheng Anrao said, "My father is far away in Yongjia (Lishui City, Zhejiang Province), and I will go to the capital again. Who will take care of my mother? So, our family They are all going to the capital, and if you want to see us again in the future, you can only be in the capital."

"Then you go," Dugu Feng'er said with a smile, "I'm not the only one to play with me."

"Sister Dugu doesn't want to see us again?" The one who said this was a little girl sitting next to Zheng Anrao, this is his younger sister, she is ten years old this year, and she is very good-looking.

Zheng Anrao's name was taken from the "Long Night's Peace of Mind, many benefits" in the "Miaofa Lotus Sutra". His sister's name also has a very strong Buddhist color.

Dugu Feng'er shrugged her shoulders: "Life is a long road, and there will be a day of farewell. Take care of yourself."

"What on earth are you thinking?" Zheng Anrao got a little annoyed: "You are King Qin's woman, if you don't go to him, what's the point of staying at your mother's house?"

Dugu Feng'er said lightly: "The fate between me and him is over, let's send each other some thoughts from now on."

After all, she got on her horse, took her bow and arrows, and galloped towards the wilderness by the woods.

(End of this chapter)