Emperor Sui Yang

Just like in history, Jiancheng has achieved nothing, Shimin has shown his talents, and Yuanji has not yet married a wife.

At the court meeting, Empress Xiao praised Li Shimin very much. After all, he was his son-in-law.

Then, Li Shimin was granted the title of Duke of Jiangxia. At such a young age, he could have relied on his family, but in the end, he had to work hard to get a title on his own.

Also returning to Beijing with Li Shimin was Lin Shihong (confused with Liu Yuanjin in the previous article).

This man has contributed to the suppression of the rebellion in Jiangnan and turned the overall situation around, but it is impossible to make him a king. The cunning rabbit is dead and the lackey is cooked. Now the court has no need for you. You have been made the Duke of Poyang and the governor of Hejian and let him go. He went to become an official in Hebei Province.

As for his army, it has now been successfully taken over by Xiao Shilian. The military power is gone, but he will not be able to escape wealth in the rest of his life.

After the court meeting, Yang Ming left Lin Shihong to talk, while Li Shimin left the palace in a hurry and went to visit Yang Jin.

"Things in Hebei are still a mess. After you go there, you will have to work hard for several years." Yang Mingling made tea for the other party in Nuandong and said with a smile: "You have a weak foundation. I let you enter the center all at once. I'm afraid you won't get used to it. It would be best to go somewhere and practice for a few years.”

Lin Shihong was born as a landowner with a low level of education and almost no chance of joining the center. Otherwise, when others quoted scriptures, he would be like listening to a book from heaven and have no idea what it meant. How could this work?
The good thing about Lin Shihong is that he is very content. He has a county prince and a prefect, which is quite a lot. The court did not kill the donkey, which is already a good result.

"The prince considers everything for me, and I am very grateful," Lin Shihong said in a polite manner, imitating a scholar.

Yang Ming laughed: "The imperial court will open schools in various places in the future to open up a road to the sky for the world's scholars. You still need to study more. You are too late. Your descendants must pay more attention. As long as you work hard, you can't do it." Sui, Gu will open the back door for you."

Lin Shihong was stunned. It was true that he was illiterate, but he also knew the weight of Yang Ming's words.

It is not that there were no government-run schools in the area during the Kaihuang period, but the schools were all filled with the children of officials, and ordinary wealthy businessmen from aristocratic families could not enter.

Even so, the upward path for these officials' children is blocked. Whether they can become officials in the end depends on their connections. Without those connections, there will be no chance.

Not all second-generation officials can become officials. There is a saying that if you have the right to use it, it will become invalid after it expires.

The person above you does not always have power. When he has power, he will not be able to do anything for you. When he does not have power, you will be useless.

For example, Murong Sanzang followed Jingzhao Wei Xiaoyao's public house and had already reached the end of his life. Wei Yue's ability was not enough to allow Murong Sanzang to go further, but if Wei Chong was still alive, Wei Chong would have this ability.

Therefore, Wei Chong's death had a huge impact on the Xiaoyao Gongfang team. Even his own son Wei Ting did not make arrangements because his power had expired.

But Lin Shihong knew that no word spoken from the prince's mouth could be false. If he said it was to open up a path for the world's scholars to ascend, then he would definitely do so.

In other words, in the future, students in local schools will no longer just be the children of officials.

As a leader, you can analyze it word by word. No matter what happens next, the overall highest policy will never change, and we will work hard to develop in this direction.

Therefore, Lin Shihong was very shocked.

His family is a small landowner. It's not that they don't value reading, but there are no books to read. If the children in the family can go to school, their brains are not necessarily worse than those from aristocratic families, and there is a chance for them to move up.

"The prince is wise," Lin Shihong prostrated himself on the ground.

"I've told you so many times, don't kneel down and worship." Yang Ming waved and asked Xue Shou to bring a stack of thick books and said, "This is the Taoist classic, the Tao Te Ching. I give it to you, study it carefully."

The Tao Te Ching teaches how to be a good person, and Yang Ming just hopes that Lin Shihong will be a good person first. After all, he is a rebel and has a gangster streak in him.

It is especially easy for such people to act recklessly when they are in power. The Tao Te Ching is to restrain them, not to act recklessly, and to be a thoughtful and moral person.

After sending Lin Shihong away, Yang Ming called Dou Jiande again.

This person, Yang Ming, does not intend to stay with him. If he wants to be released, there is only one piece of sky above Dou Jiande's head, and that is Yang Ming. Without Yang Ming, he is nothing, so Yang Ming is not worried that he will be disobedient.

Because the other end of the rope around Dou Jiande's neck was in Yang Ming's hands.

"You are a kind and righteous person, and you are also considerate of the people. Nowadays, Shandong Jiangnan is waiting for prosperity. It is the time to show your talents. You choose a place and let you be the leader," Yang Ming said.

Dou Jiande is from Hebei, and he cannot be allowed to return to Hebei, because many of this kid's old troops are arranged in Hebei. Once he goes, he will immediately form a force.

"I will go wherever the prince tells me to go," Dou Jiande said.

Yang Ming nodded: "Then go to Pengcheng County to be the prefect. There are cotton fields opened by the imperial court. The scale is not small. There is a canal in the county and it is adjacent to the Huaihe River. Sinong Temple intends to expand the cotton area here. The first thing you want to do when you go is to appease the area. , the next step is to cooperate with Sinong Temple to do a good job in cotton planting, I look forward to you showing your talents here."

Pengcheng County is Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. Until later generations, it was one of the main cotton producing areas.

Sinong Temple plans to open up cotton fields here for the sake of convenience. After the cotton is harvested, it can be sent directly to Jiangnan via the canal, where it can be woven into cotton cloth at the Jiangnan Weaving Mill.

After all, Jiangnan's textile craftsmanship is the best in the world, and it can be sold at a better price.

Therefore, for such an important industry, a special department must be set up, that is, the Jiangnan Textile Department, which is affiliated to Sinong Temple. The chief officer is the director. Yang Ming sent Shen Wuhua's younger brother, Shen Shuyi, who was the military advisor next to Xiao Mian.

This position still needs people who can speak effectively in the South. Northerners were not able to do this in the past, and there were barriers to communication.

As for Shen Faxing, he was a prefect-level official before the rebellion, so he was transferred to the Ministry of Works.

Shen Faxing is a talented person in engineering and water conservancy construction, otherwise Xiao Mian would not have let him build ships in the first place, because Shen Faxing's father, Shen Ke, served as an official in Dongxinghou in the Old Chen period, and defeated Hou Jing and Wang Sengbian. Commander-in-Chief of the Military of the Nine Counties, commander-in-chief generals all understand engineering construction.

Shanxi Geng Gong, renovate Datong, see if he understands.

Dou Jiande was sent to Pengcheng County to grow cotton and given to a marquis.

The largest restaurant in the capital is Jinyang Tower, and the largest restaurant in Luoyang is Luoyang Tower.

These are all determined by place names. As we all know, if private industries dare to use national geographical names, they will have great power.

The scale of Luoyang Tower is more than ten times that of Jinyang Tower, accounting for one-sixth of Luoyang South City, with the three major shareholders being the Dugu family, the Yuan family, and the Changsun family.

Among them are the Dugu family of the gambling house, the Yuan family of the restaurant, and the Sun family of the club director.

This industry is divided by sixteen streets criss-crossing Nanshi. It is the most prosperous area in Luoyang. You can't see an ordinary person who comes here to spend money. Ordinary people are just servants of coachmen.

Yang Jin was embarrassed to go to meet her at his house. After all, you hadn't even revealed your birth date yet, and it would have a bad impact on her if you came directly to her house. He didn't know yet that both of them were already his, and he was still thinking about choosing the one he liked.

The first person to meet was naturally Cui Yi, who was picked up by Li Mi.Accompanying me today are Li Mi, Cui Shishu, and Cui Yi's aunt Gao.

After all, when a girl from the family shows up, she must be accompanied by a female family member, and this Gao family is the wife of Cui Zhongfang's second son Cui Mindi, who was born in the old Qi royal family.

Cui Zhongfang's first wife, Mrs. Li, has passed away long ago, and Xu Xian's wife was from Fan Yanglu. His wife had a cousin, the famous empress Hu of the Northern Qi Dynasty, who was also Gao Yue's grandmother.

Cui Mindi's wife Gao is the daughter of Empress Hu's husband Gao Zhan, Emperor Wucheng of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the aunt of Gao Yue.

"Oh? What a coincidence. I have an elder who is a close relative to you," Yang Jin couldn't help but said after learning the origin of the Gao family.

Gao Yue had no status in the East Palace, but she definitely had status. Yang Rui couldn't call her concubine, but he could call her aunt.

Mrs. Gao quickly asked who it was. Just as Yang Jin was about to answer, Yang Rui kicked her under the table, and she stopped talking.

Seeing this situation, Mrs. Gao stopped asking questions, knowing that others wouldn't tell.

Cui Yi always lowered his head, listening to everyone chatting, and occasionally glanced at Yang Jin secretly.

Before coming, Li Mi made it clear to him, which one is King Wei, don't admit it, you can only look at King Wei, don't look at the other three, otherwise King Wei will be unhappy.

Cui Yi was born in everyone, so he naturally knew this truth, but he was also confused in his heart and did not dare to talk to everyone.

Her appearance cannot be said to be ordinary, but it is definitely not stunning. She just gives people a very comfortable feeling. Yang Jin is also a person who is not on the stage. She chatted happily with Gao, but she said No one dared to talk to Cui Yi.

Li Shimin and Yang Rui looked at each other and knew something was right, because the more reserved and shy Yang Jin was, the more it showed that they were interested.

But they definitely won't say it clearly here that this is a blind date. It would be embarrassing if it didn't work out in the end.

Li Shimin stirred up the topic several times, focusing on Cui Yi, hoping to test the other person's character. But Cui Yi was born with few words and cherished words like gold. Apart from um and ah, he just pursed his lips and smiled, which Li Shimin couldn't do anything about. .

After all, she is a girl who has not left the court, so she cannot be caught and let go.

Just like that, the dinner was over. Mrs. Gao took Cui Yi home. Before leaving, Cui Yi bowed slightly to Yang Jin and saluted. Good guy, Yang Jin suddenly blushed like a monkey's butt and quickly stood up to return the salute.

"You're so embarrassed," Yang Rui laughed heartily: "Aren't you usually pretty cool? You always walk with your head raised, but I haven't seen you raise your head today."

Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji also started teasing each other.

In front of them, Yang Jin could never admit defeat: "This girl talks too little, and the atmosphere is very awkward. It's not me who is restrained, but she is too restrained, which prevents me from speaking."

"That means you didn't get it right?" Changsun Wuji laughed.

Yang Jin waved his hand and said, "That's not true. This girl is quite pleasing to the eye."

The crowd laughed again.

Cui Shishu said with a smile: "Ms. Cui is the youngest daughter of Cui Mintao. Her biological mother was born in the Yuan clan. She and His Highness the Second Prince are the same Geng. All three sisters are married, and she is the only one left. Let's go see Mrs. Chen again tonight. "

Cui Zhongfang is 59 this year, and his eldest son Cui Mintao is [-]. Therefore, Cui Yi is an old woman, but she is definitely a legitimate daughter.

Who dares to introduce a concubine to Yang Jin?
Cui Zhongfang is also really awesome. His eldest son is married to the Northern Wei royal family, his second son is married to the Northern Qi royal family, and his third son is married to the Northern Zhou royal family.

Now the only thing left is to marry the Sui royal family.

At night, the East Palace.

Neither Yang Ming nor his wife slept, and it was past midnight now, but they were still waiting for news.

Family matters are also very important. Today is the day of Yang Jin's blind date, so naturally she has to wait for the result before she can sleep peacefully.

Li Mi and Cui Shishu, the two errand runners, returned.

Yang Yinjiang hurriedly asked: "How is it? Which one do you like?"

Li Mi smiled and said: "I don't know, His Highness the Second Highness has not expressed his position, but the Prince Consort guesses that both of them are attracted to each other. One is gentle and the other is delicate. They are both of the highest quality. In terms of looks alone, Chen is better."

"What's the appearance? This is looking for a real wife, who knows the etiquette?" Pei Shuying asked.

Li Min replied: "We are all ladies. We don't try to make too many concessions. They are all generous, graceful and elegant."

Pei Shuying couldn't help but look at her husband and frowned: "It would be difficult to handle both of them as Shimin guessed. Jin'er is a very stubborn person. If he wants both of them, what should he do? ?”

"Then I want both of them," Yang Yinjiang said, "Everyone has come, so it's not appropriate to send either of them away."

"Isn't this inappropriate? Ying Hui is just a concubine," Pei Shuying said.

Yang Ming smiled and said: "It doesn't matter. Mother means the same thing. You have brought them all here. It's not appropriate to leave any of them behind. Cui Weizheng and Chen Weiqi, that's it."

Pei Shuying sighed: "We knew too late at the beginning and should have stopped Ying from returning. This child asked Xuan Sui and the others to bring people back without our consent. Now it seems that this is the only way."

Yang Yinjiang smiled and said: "Nothing is more important than the brotherly love between Ying Hui and Ru Di. If the younger brother has something to do, the elder brother should help. This is what he should do. Ying Hui has done a good job in this matter."

The two of them don't have any grudges now. After all, they have been together for too long. They knew each other before marrying Yang Ming.

Yang Yinjiang is not afraid of Pei Ju or the Pei family, but is afraid of Pei Shuying. If he falls out with her one day, it will be a big deal, because Pei Shuying's status in Yang Ming's mind is equal to hers.

So far, Yang Rui and Yang Jin are still close brothers, and Yang Yinjiang has regarded maintaining their brotherly friendship as a top priority.

Because in the East Palace, no one can suppress Yang Jin except Yang Rui.

And Yang Ming also knew very well in his heart that if he expected Yang Jin to be a straightforward person, he would definitely not say that he liked Cui Zhongfang's daughter. He had never seen her before.

Of course, unmarried daughters from wealthy families usually publicize their daughter's merits to build momentum for her.

Especially in the past two years, the marriage of aristocratic families has been delayed due to the war, especially this year, so Yang Jin also has an excuse. I heard people say that the girl is nice and she likes me, so she can be considered a favorite. (End of chapter)