Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 382
Ever since Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, Yu Wenkai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, has never been idle and has been traveling all year round.

Normally, the emperor should rest and recuperate with the people, and he can't continue to mess around like this, but the family background left by Yang Jian is so rich that the calculations in Yang Guang's mind never stopped.

The wealth of the family is not only money and food, but also a stable taxation policy, a military system, a sound administrative system, a stable country, and a rich south that is yet to be developed.

If you stop here and do nothing, then Yang Guang definitely belongs to the ranks of wise emperors in history. Just a Grand Canal is enough to make him surpass many emperors.

It's a pity that there is no if, and the matter of Xiu Chidao has been brought up again.

Most of the people are still against it. It’s not a joke that the Chidao is three thousand miles away, and the Chidao is in the north, so if you want to build a Chidao, you still have to recruit civilians from the north. What is the situation in the north?

The reason for Yang Guangxiu's success is very good. Goguryeo did not come to pay tribute to the Great Sui Dynasty, and when he was in Turkic, he issued an ultimatum to Goguryeo's envoys, but they didn't take it seriously.

This made Yang Guang feel ashamed, and the small country of Panyu dared to ignore the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty. This is courting death.

The north-south canal has been opened, named Yongji Canal, which can carry soldiers from the Central Plains and the South to the north, but this is not enough, because the elite of the Sui Dynasty are in Guanzhong.

Therefore, Yang Guang wanted to build a road leading to Guanzhong in the west and Zhuojun in the east, so that the elite in Guanzhong could quickly support the border and use troops abroad.

The name Chidao first appeared in the Qin Dynasty. After Qin Shihuang unified China, he built Chidao with Xianyang as the center, which can lead to all parts of the country, similar to national highways.

Things like road construction have always been determined by politics and economics. A road will not be built for no reason. Since it is built, it must have its usefulness.

But this time, Yang Guang still failed, because all the yamen were crying about being poor, and they really had no money. It doesn’t cost money to recruit civilian husbands, but food supply must cost money, right?
The problem now is that in the north, if you have money, you don't know where to buy food.

At the court meeting, Yang Guang looked at Gao Jiong, hoping that Gao Jiong would stand up and support him.

"Mr. Dugu thinks that my idea is unrealistic?"

It is simply a fairy tale. Gao Jiong stood up and said:

"Your Majesty thinks that the repair of Chidao is beneficial to the country, but isn't the timing right now? Since His Majesty intends to conquer Goguryeo, we need at least three years of preparation time. If Chidao is divided into three years Xiu, the country can barely bear it."

Gao Jiong has learned his lesson now and will never confront Yang Guang hard, but he cannot ignore the current situation, so his answer not only takes care of Yang Guang's face, but also leaves room for the current situation.

"With the strength of my celestial dynasty, does it really take so long to prepare to clean up a Goguryeo?" Yang Guang frowned.

Gao Jiong nodded: "In the conquest of Goguryeo, Hebei must be the rear area, but at present, all industries in Hebei are ruined, people's minds are stable, and it will take time to resume production. The logistics support is unstable, and it is bound to be difficult to deploy troops ahead. It is a safe plan. , really should be fully prepared, and then slowly figure it out."

It is obviously impossible for Yang Guang to hold this breath in his stomach for three years. He even wished to fight Goguryeo now, but the current situation does not allow him to do so.

As Gao Jiong said, Hebei has not yet been appeased. Don't wait for him to conquer Hebei by himself. As a result, Goguryeo has not yet fought, and Hebei has turned against him.

So what urgently needs to be solved right now is to appease Hebei, and to appease, it is necessary to settle accounts.

But Luoyang is not a place to settle accounts.

I saw Yang Guangdao: "Yuan Bao was originally the prefect of Qi County, but he is old. I allow him to rest in Luoyang, promote Zhang Xutuo, the general governor of Qi County, to be the prefect, and take back the festival."

You won't be allowed to hold things like Jingjie all the time. It represents a kind of temporary power, and it will be taken back when it expires. After all, the power of envoys is too great.

Then, Yang Guang said again: "Feng Yuanbao is Doctor Jinzi Guanglu."

This is some compensation for Yuan Bao, after all, he just married his daughter to his second child.

Yang Guang said again: "Yu Juluo made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion. He was granted the title of Dr. Zuo Guanglu, with a thousand households in Shiyi. Qiao Zhongkui and Shi Huaiyi were awarded the title of Dr. Yinqing Guanglu, and awarded [-] bolts of silk."

This time he only has rewards, no punishments, as long as he is not in the reward list, he can basically wait for the emperor to settle accounts with you after autumn.

Yan Pi was already in a panic, the canal was completed, and he had followed the emperor south to Luoyang, and he knew in his heart that he would definitely be punished this time, depending on how serious the crime was.

So he also hoped that after the emperor returned to Beijing, he would discuss the crime again, because the capital had King Qin, and King Qin would definitely target King Qi, and his crimes depended entirely on how much he would bear for Yang Hao.

And Qin Wang is the only person who can help him reduce his charges.

In the Sui Dynasty, the Chinese New Year was not as lively as the Shangyuan Festival, and this year's Shangyuan Festival in Luoyang was an extremely extravagant and wasteful celebration.

what to celebrateTo celebrate the opening of the canal, we must also thank God, the God of Water of the Yellow River.

These things are all done by Taichang Temple.

The war in Hebei did not affect the prosperity of Luoyang at all. Here, what you can see is a scene of extremely prosperous prosperity.

On the third day of the first lunar month, a person came from the east.

This person is called Xiaoyemeizi. He is not a girl, but a man. The Chinese name is Su Yingao.

This person is the Japanese envoy sent to Sui, that is, Little Japanese, he brought a group of Japanese monks this time, as well as the letter of credence of the Japanese lord, hoping to learn some Buddhism from Sui.

As we all know, Japanese Buddhism was passed down from China, and then Confucianism and Taoism were also introduced into Japan. The former was used by the rulers, while the influence of the latter was far less than that of Buddhism.

But Taoism directly changed the title of the supreme ruler of Japan. The word "emperor" is a Taoist term, and the sword and mirror, which represent the status of the emperor, are also influenced by Taoism.

Until later generations, China, Japan and South Korea are still jokingly called the Three Treasures of Confucianism.

Honglu Temple was in charge of receiving foreign guests, and Yang Ming was also in charge of this department. He was not around, so Su Kui and Chen Shuming were naturally in charge of receiving foreign guests.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, Sister Ono was brought into Ziwei Palace to meet the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty.

This kid can understand Chinese, I don't know how he learned it, although he is lame, but everyone can barely understand him, I saw him standing in the hall, holding the letter of credence in his hand, saying:

"The emperor of Haixi Bodhisattva revives Buddhism. I am ordered by the emperor of the Japanese kingdom to see the emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty, and ask the emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty to allow the monks of the Japanese kingdom to study Buddhism here."

"Haixi Bodhisattva, the Son of Heaven revives Buddhism", this is the Japanese name for Yang Guang, because for Japan, the Sui Dynasty is to the west of the sea.

The word Wa country sounds like a curse, but Japan in this period was indeed called Wa country.

Their Japanese pronunciation is the same as "Yamato" in Japanese, so Japan later called itself Heren, Yamato people, and Yamato nation.

We call it derogatory, and the Japanese pirates are talking about them, but they themselves are not derogatory.

Yang Guang knew the purpose of this mission. In name, it was to study Buddhism, but in fact, it was Japan who planned to use soldiers against Silla, that is, sticks.

And Silla is just south of Goguryeo. Now under the pressure of Goguryeo, it is trying to curry favor with Sui. Wa is saying hello to Sui in advance, and they don't want to have a conflict with Sui.

Yang Guang originally agreed that if there was chaos in Silla, Goguryeo would inevitably take advantage of the fire and loot it, and it would also drag down the national power, which would be good for the Sui Dynasty.

But when he opened the letter of credence, his expression turned ugly instantly.

Because the first sentence of the letter of credence is "the place where the sun rises, the emperor sends a letter, and the day is not where the emperor is safe."

Seeing his tone of voice, this Nima also knows that he is the emperor who will never die. My great Sui is flourishing, why is the sun gone?Have you ever spoken like that?
How dare a small country in the middle of the sea call itself the emperor in front of me?
Yang Guang immediately got angry, and said coldly: "The barbarian books are rude, don't hear them again."

It means that this kind of disrespectful letter of credence should not be seen by Lao Tzu in the future.

So Sister Ono felt ashamed and was invited down by the people of Honglu Temple.

After the people left, Pei Ju hurriedly said: "Wa's plan to use troops against Silla is beneficial to me. I think we should send a mission to return to show that the Sui Dynasty is a state of etiquette."

Yang Guang frowned and said, "Why should I be friends with the barbarians? The Wa country is just an island country in the middle of the sea, a corner of the land."

Pei Ju laughed and said, "The purpose of our mission is to tell the lord of Wa that we will not intervene when he attacks Silla. They Wa Kingdom intends to use force against Silla, while we sit back and watch the tigers fight."

Yang Guang was taken aback, and immediately smiled and said: "Shiji is resourceful and decisive. Whenever I solve my worries, I will do as you say, but who will be the messenger?"

Pei Ju said: "Pei Shiqing, Hongluqing's patron, is proficient in the Japanese language. He can lead the mission to cross the sea to the east to convey His Majesty's holy wishes."

"Call this person in," Yang Guang said.

After a while, Pei Shiqing from the old Pei's family came here in a daze. Does he really understand Japanese?Know a thing or two.

If he knows Chinese, he can almost understand the meaning of Japanese.

Dissatisfied with desire and brother's marriage for three days, stepmother's temptation, don't tell me you don't understand?

Chinese characters were introduced to Japan from the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Japan officially integrated Chinese characters with native Japanese to create their own language.

Pei Shiqing is half-level and fully competent. As a native of Hedong, the difficulty of communicating with Japan is about the same as that of communicating with Lingnan people.

When he knew that he was entrusted with this important task, he felt a little bit upset. It was too far to run, and he had to cross the sea. God knows if he can come back.

But he also knew that the lord Pei Ju was giving him a chance, as long as he could successfully complete the task, he would be promoted when he came back.

After all, it is not easy for a powerless intellectual like him to climb up.

So Pei Shiqing said happily: "The minister should fulfill his mission."

(End of this chapter)