Emperor Sui Yang

Cai Wang Yang Zhiji and Teng Wang Yang Lun all followed Yang Guang south.

Yang Zhiji controls the hussars of the clan and has a great influence on the left and right guards, so he must be taken with him. Yang Lun serves as Nayan in Menxia Province and is already the leader of the clan, so he naturally has to follow Yang Guang. .

That night, Yang Guang invited the two of them into the cabin.

"You and I, brothers, rarely have such an opportunity to get along with each other. I was too busy in the past and ignored you. Now that I have retreated to Luoyang, I am in a bad mood. I can only confide the pain in my heart to my brothers," Yang Guang sighed and made an opening statement.

The power of the clan is very huge, because many important positions in the Twelve Guards and Four Houses are held by the clan's children. This is true for any dynasty.

Because only people from the clan do not want the world to change.

The three of them are serious cousins. Yang Guang is the son of the eldest Yang Jian, Yang Zhiji is the son of the second eldest Yang Zheng, and Yang Lun is the son of the third eldest Yang Zan.

Yang Lun was also in a bad mood. He was almost depressed to death when Jiang Nan was beaten like this, so he said:
"Your Majesty should not have given much importance to King Qi. Now it has been proved that the prince's original recruitment policy was in the interest of the court. Wei Xuan and Wei Yunqi's sentence was a bit harsh."

He is straight now. Yang Ming arranged for him to be sent to the province. Yang Lihua and the clan support him. Now Yang Lun cannot be moved by Yang Guang if he wants.

Because the clan did not agree.

Today was a family meeting, so Yang Guang didn't care that Yang Lun's words were inappropriate. On the contrary, the fact that you can say this shows that you are honest and trustworthy in front of me.

Then Yang Guang would naturally be much more generous to people he could trust, and just listened to him:

"After Zhao'er passed away, I only had these two legitimate sons. In order to stabilize the position of the third son, I have suppressed the King of Qi all these years. You have also seen it. On the way back from the Northern Expedition, the King of Qi risked his life to rescue him. This kind of filial piety cannot be tolerated by me. Turning a blind eye, he was eager to make meritorious deeds, so I gave him this opportunity."

"Your Majesty did the right thing," Yang Zhiji said: "The palms and backs of the hands are all flesh. Although the King of Qi is naughty, he is very filial. After sitting in Jiangdu, he made frequent mistakes. I thought that he and Yu Wenshu came to protect the children and could not escape. Related."

It was obvious that Yang Zhiji was playing tricks. He would not be fooled by Yang Guang just because Yang Guang pretended to please him today, because he knew very well who Yang Guang was.

That's why he ignored Yang Jian and shifted the conflict to Yuwen Shu and Lai Hu'er, because these two were now Yang Guang's right-hand men and had military power, which was detrimental to the prince.

Yang Zhiji and Dou Kang were the generals of Yulinwei during the Kaihuang period. They were instrumental in rescuing the Renshou Palace. They would have supported Yang Guang, because Yang Guang at that time was indeed much stronger than Yang Yong.

But things are different now. The things Yang Guang did have turned the great country into such a mess, and the clan is already very dissatisfied.

Don't think that Yang Lun is an honest person. This person has suffered a lot from Yang Guang and has learned well a long time ago. He has just been recalled to the capital and can become the nominal leader of the clan in one fell swoop. Is it possible without any tricks?
Yang Guang could somewhat see Dou Kang's weakness, but Yang Guang didn't notice Yang Lun's weakness at all.

"Brother, what you said is wrong." Yang Lun still focused on Yang Jian, looked at Yang Zhiji and said: "King Qi violated the law and did not respect the decrees. We cannot ignore the evil he did just because of the word filial piety. If I hadn't My surname is Yang, I won’t say this today, but for the sake of my great Sui Guozuo, I will definitely say it even if it offends His Majesty."

You see, he looks so righteous and indignant, as if he is really thinking about the country.

In fact, this is not the case. His disciple, Sheng Nayan, was given to him by Yang Ming when he was supervising the country. After all, he was the leader of the clan, so it was a legitimate position to sit in. Moreover, Yang Lihua had repeatedly told him to take good care of the prince.

Yang Lun will never forget this. Yang Guang has cheated him for so many years, but Yang Lihua is affectionate and righteous to him and has always taken great care of him.

Yang Guang smiled and said: "We are all one family, how can I be angry with you? King Qi is indeed evil, Bin Zhou (Zhou Yang Lun) is right."

One of them mainly attacks Yu Wenshu to protect his son, and the other attacks Yang Jian. Both of them are quite reasonable. Yang Guang must be unhappy in his heart, but now he needs the clan to stand by him honestly, so he will tolerate it.

"Xiangyang Navy, hundreds of ships, did you all know about this before?" Yang Guang asked.

Yang Lun was the first to shake his head: "Brother Chen doesn't know."

He really didn't know before, because he was exiled in Wuwei, but he found out after he came back. After all, the prince didn't deliberately hide it.

Yang Zhiji said: "Fortunately, there is also Xiangyang Navy. The prince has foresight."

Yang Guang smiled and said: "At first, I only knew that he had been asking for money from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and allocated it to the Xiangyang Navy for maintenance. I didn't know that he had built four new five-tooth ships and dozens of high-rise ships. What do you think of him? What do you want to do?"

Yang Zhiji knew that Yang Guang was suspicious of the prince, so he hurriedly said: "The Yangtze River is seriously flooded, and bandits are raging on both sides. The Jiangdu Navy cannot move, the Xiangyang Navy has neglected maintenance, and the ships are almost scrapped. The prince's reconstruction is also to cope with the floods of the river."

"Is it that simple?" Yang Guang said solemnly: "I checked the records of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Half of the money for Laosan's shipbuilding was paid out of his own pocket. Since it is to eliminate the danger of water bandits in the Yangtze River, why spend his own money? ?" "Is there such a thing?" Yang Lun said in surprise: "This is not a small amount of money."

It's rare to have someone who praises it. Yang Guang continued: "It's a very large sum of money. I have been in the capital and haven't been able to supply it for more than ten years. I have built a large fleet. It's hard not to let me think about it."

Yang Zhiji smiled and said: "Your Majesty is really overthinking it. The prince has not been to the south since he resigned from Jingzhou. The navy has not even seen it with his own eyes. He will not have any bad intentions."

"He has never been to the south, but I have been going," Yang Guang said suddenly.

Yang Zhiji and Yang Lun were stunned at the same time and looked at each other.

The two of them knew that the emperor was jealous of the prince, but they didn't expect to be jealous to this extent?Why, do you think he built a naval force because he was running to Jiangdu for you?

Yes, that’s what Yang Guang thought. After the warships of the Jiangdu Navy were modified by him, the Xiangyang Navy would become the dominant force in the Yangtze River. If Yang Ming took advantage of him to go south to Jiangdu, he would let the Xiangyang Navy attack his fleet. , then the third child can ascend the throne in advance. After all, he has been in charge of the country for so many years, and he can cope with the chaotic situation after the emperor's sudden death.

When Yang Guang travels, he must be surrounded by his right and left guards. No one can do anything to him on land, but on the river, it is different.

Moreover, Yang Jian kept whispering in his ears that only the third child could control the Xiangyang Navy and no one else could, which made Yang Guang even more suspicious.

Yang Zhiji hurriedly said: "Your Highness, please do not listen to villains and be suspicious of the prince. The prince has never made any mistakes since he has been in charge of the country. The pacification of Hebei is a great contribution to the country. Those who slander the prince behind his back should be killed."

He knew that the emperor himself was jealous of the prince, but he couldn't say that. He could only say that the emperor was bewitched by others.

Yang Guangdao: "Then what do you think, Yu Wenshu came to protect the children, why didn't anyone listen to him in Jiangdu?"

"Because King Qi's strategy is wrong," Yang Zhiji said: "I heard that King Qi sent Feng An to go north behind the backs of Yu Wenshu and others, leaving Chen Leng defenseless and even escorting him at sea. The defeat of Wang Shichong and Huaji was due to King Qi's insistence. Yuwenshu didn't know about it at all. After learning about the situation, he sent Wei Yunqi to urgently recall the army, but it was already too late."

"You just said it was Yu Wenshu and Lai Hu'er's fault. Why are you coming after King Qi now?" Yang Guang frowned.

Yang Zhiji was suddenly stunned, isn't it because you are targeting the prince, so I can only deflect the conflict?

Yang Guang curled his lips and said: "You guys, don't be afraid of the third child. I'm here to support you. What are you afraid of? Yu Wenshuhe came to protect the children. He was afraid of the third child, so he would obey the second child's words. I'm still alive. , it’s not the third child’s turn to have the final say in this world.”

"This is nature, this is nature," Yang Lun said quickly: "Then what does your Majesty mean?"

Yang Guang said in a deep voice: "Don't listen to him in the future, and don't meet him in private again. My son has strong wings and dares to do some excessive things. If I don't correct him in time, I may go astray. "

Yang Zhiji nodded and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. I have never had any contact with the prince, and I will never have any contact with him in the future."

The corner of Yang Lun's mouth twitched, you don't have it, I have it, so he hurriedly said:
"My younger brother will also be careful and avoid meeting the prince."

Yang Guang nodded with relief, then drank and chatted with his cousins, and each of them gave a beautiful woman as a gift afterwards.

Since many years ago, Yang Guang has only been able to get in and out of beauties, and he has not rewarded them for a long, long time.

After the drunken Yang Zhiji and Yang Lun were helped out of the cabin, they exchanged a look that only they could understand, and then returned to their own ships.

Yang Zhiji once hinted in front of Yang Yue that he wanted to deal with Yang Guang and support Yang Ming's succession. Before he left Beijing this time, Yang Yue sent someone to contact him, saying that it would be a big event in the future, so he could ask for help.

The reason why he hates Yang Guang so much is because Yang Guang also wanted to deal with him back then. If Gao Jun and Yang Lihua hadn't interceded, he, like Yang Lun, would have been exiled.

Historical records: After Yang Guang ascended the throne, Teng Wang Yang Lun and Wei Wang Yang Ji both offended him with slander. Gaoyang Gong Yang Zhiming also used friendship to seize the title, and his accumulated wisdom exceeded his fear.

It means that one slander and one friendship led to the establishment of three clans, which frightened Yang Zhiji.

This was obviously aimed at the clan, but the prince was blindly protecting the clan, and there was no need to think about who to help.

As for Yang Lun, he hated Yang Guang even more. He wished that Yang Guang would die immediately. If it weren't for the fear of being fucked by Yang Guang again after he came back, he wouldn't have spent so much effort to win the support of the clan, because only in this way could Yang Guang It's hard to touch him.

Among brothers, one wants to kill the other, and the other wants to kill the other. This kind of thing is not uncommon in the royal family. (End of chapter)