Emperor Sui Yang

"Book of the Sui Dynasty - The Second Annals of the Emperor": In the 14th year of the founding of the Emperor, at the end of the eighth month, there was a severe drought in Guanzhong and people were hungry, so I went to Luoyang for food.

It means that in the 14th year of the founding of the Emperor, a severe drought occurred in the Guanzhong area. Yang Jian took the people of Guanzhong to Luoyang to eat. This is where the reputation of "Emperor Chasing Food" comes from.

At that time, Yang Jian took away all the hungry people, and the old and weak were supported by the guards on the road. Although the journey was in embarrassment, Yang Jian's actions were regarded as a wise king and he was highly supported.

After learning this lesson, Yang Jian built four major national granaries, located along the Yellow River, Liyangcang (Liyang County), Heyangcang (Yanshi), Guangtongcang (Huayin County), Changpingcang ( Hangu Pass, Shaanxi County).

Among them, the Guangtong warehouse is mainly to ensure the food supply in Guanzhong area. Since the establishment of this warehouse, Guanzhong rarely goes hungry.

"Are you also involved?" Yang Lun visited Prince Cai's Mansion and had an interview with Yang Zhiji.

Yang Zhiji shook his head: "Why should I get involved in this? Is it possible that I dare to sell official food?"

"I'm afraid your second son won't be able to escape this time," Yang Lun said in a deep voice:

"In this situation, even if the prince wants to protect him, he can't protect him, otherwise the new policy will be a joke. If you want to keep Erlang, go find Pei Ju quickly. He is the only one who can save Zhiming now."

Yang Zhiji sneered and said: "Count on him? I'm afraid he will even want to mess with me. Pei Ju was quite low-key when he was young. Why does he become more public as he gets older?"

"Don't worry about other people's publicity or not. You should take care of your own one-third of an acre first," Yang Lun said: "When Pei Renji goes down, he must conduct a thorough investigation. You can only ask Pei Ju to help him say hello and help cover up. Otherwise, , 1000 million stones of grain, how many people will be involved? With the prince’s thunderous methods, I’m afraid it won’t all be done.”

"Hmph!" Yang Zhiji said: "I don't believe he dares to do it. Others don't know about the affairs of Huiyou Palace, but you and I know it very well. He wants to touch me? Unless he destroys my clan, he still expects us now. I don’t have the guts.”

Since Yang Xiu came out, the two people's words have no weight in the clan.

All clans in the Sui Dynasty recognized their eldest brother, and Yang Jian was both the eldest brother and the emperor. Naturally, his biological son was not comparable to Yang Zhiji and others.

If he did not contribute to the founding of the country, his own merits would not stand up at all. Within Yang Jian's clan, only Yang Xiong and Yang Shuang contributed, and the others were all dragging down.

Yang Zhiji's father, Yang Zheng, died during the Northern Zhou Dynasty. At that time, Yang Jian and his four younger brothers went to the grave of his father Yang Zhong and planted a cypress tree. Only Yang Zheng's seed did not survive. He was also the earliest among the brothers to die. of.

"Be careful, Zheqian (Yang Xiu's nickname) has not been very good towards us recently," Yang Lun said: "Except for Guanwangfang, most of the clan members have taken refuge with him. The prince is still worried about us. Once the emperor As courtiers, if we are not careful, we may not be far from getting out of the center."

Yang Zhiji said coldly: "The cunning rabbit is dead and the lackey is cooked. Yang Ming wants to deal with me? I will tell the world the truth about the incident in Ziwei Palace. Then we will see who of us dies first."

Yang Lun suddenly frowned. He now felt that he had to draw a clear line with Yang Zhiji. He used to be a very stable person, but why is he so confused now?

Just you, you want to fall out with someone?Don't take a pee and look at yourself.

Yang Lun said goodbye and left.

On the road inside Lifang, a gust of cold wind blew, and Yang Lun suddenly broke into a cold sweat.

That's not right. I also know the truth about the incident in Ziwei Palace. I am afraid that I will become a target of liquidation in the future, right?

It's not that he couldn't see that his subordinates Pei Qantong and Wei Kuangbo were making excuses for themselves. Now that he thought about it, if the incident in Guangtong warehouse dragged Yang Zhiji down, would he be the next one?
The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became. The good days were still few days away. If I went down again this time, not only would I not be able to make it in this life, but neither would my descendants.

So after returning to the palace, he thought about it alone for a night, and entered the palace early the next day. After the court meeting was over, he asked to see Yang Ming alone.

"King Cai really said that?" Yang Ming said with a gloomy face.

Yang Lun nodded and said: "He has resentment in his heart, and his words cannot help but lose control. I thought about it last night and feel that I should report it to the prince."

Yang Ming nodded and sighed: "People are not as good as snakes swallowing elephants. You have done a good job. King Cai is a meritorious official after all. Before Pei Renji went to the capital, I had an explanation. Don't do anything about Guangtongcang." Involving King Cai, looking back now, Gu’s good intentions have finally been in vain.”

Yang Lun was stunned for a moment and said: "I advised King Cai not to worry too much at that time. The prince would definitely protect him. Alas, he is too suspicious."

Yang Ming smiled and said: "I have also heard about the affairs of Youbei Shenfu. Now, the dispute between Yang and Pei has begun to take shape in the court. Pei Qantong and Wei Kuangbo are going to get involved. You It's better to stay out of the matter so as not to get involved. As for the clan, the person I trust the most is you. My aunt also thinks highly of you."

Regardless of whether it was a lie or not, these words definitely sounded pleasant to the ear, and Yang Lun was not a fool, so he was dubious about Yang Ming's words.

After all, in his opinion, Yang Ming's trust in Yang Xiu must be very limited.

"It's an honor for me to be favored by the prince," Yang Lun said humbly.

"Fourth uncle has been absent from the court for a long time, and now he is inevitably acting a little out of line. As for you, you are not an outsider. Sometimes you should persuade him, but you still have to persuade him," Yang Ming said with a smile.

Yang Lun understood. This was not asking him to persuade Yang Xiu. He was obviously spying on Yang Xiu.

Okay, okay, I’m useful, but then I can’t go down.

"Prince, don't worry, I will give you more advice," Yang Lun also smiled.

With 700 million shi of grain, Pei Renji's move involved countless people.There are seven officials above the fifth rank, and even more officials below the fifth rank.

Not surprisingly, Yang Hao and Yang Zhiji were both involved.

Yang Ming had expected this because he knew Yang Hao. Yang Hao had the same temperament as his father, and he dared to take any money.

But compared to Yang Jun, Yang Hao is still inferior after all. After all, Yang Jun is a member of the national treasury.

At the end of the year, Pei Renji came back to pay the bills.

"So dangerous? More than 30 of the inspector's officials died?" Fang Xuanling was stunned, knowing how dangerous it was to inspect the food administration.

Pei Renji nodded and said: "Chu Liang almost died. If I hadn't mobilized troops from You Xiaowei in time, they would all have died in the capital."

Du Ruhui looked at Yang Ming with an embarrassed look and said, "I didn't know that my uncle was also involved."

Among the seven fifth-rank officials found, there was a pair of brothers in distress, Du Yan, a member of the Criminal Department, and Wei Fusi, a member of the East Palace Guanji.

The relationship between these two people is like that of blood brothers. They do everything together. However, this time, it is not that they are greedy for food from Guangtongcang, but they are pushed out by their family.

Because these two people were Yang Ming's people, the Wei and Du families knew that Yang Ming would not touch them.

You can't get the grain from Guangtong warehouse without a note from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Who had the final say before the Ministry of Civil Affairs?Wei family.

Needless to say, it was also Wei Jin, the Minister of Civil Affairs, who took advantage of his position to move the public grain to his own home. He could not bear this crime, so the clan pushed Wei Fusi out, hoping that Yang Ming would show his favor.

As for the Du family, the warehouse governor of Guangtongcang was Du Jie, the second son of Du Zheng, the general of Zuowuwei during the Kaihuang period.

This is collusion between internal and external parties and corruption of state funds.

What Pei Renji found out was that Wei Du had embezzled at least more than 300 million shi, and Yang Lihua had also taken more than 100 million privately. The final bosses were brothers Yang Zhiji, Yang Hao, a corrupt official, and Yang Jian.

Now Yang Ming is in a difficult situation. He is being generalized. There is no need for Yang Lihua to say anything. He just takes it. He has no choice but to deal with Du Yan and Wei Fusi. They are his own people. He can't deal with these two now. Timing can make others feel like you are burning bridges by crossing rivers.

As for Wei Fusi, he was kneeling in front of Yang Ming. The clan members had already rushed to notify him that he must take the blame.

Yang Ming didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "If such accounts are put in the court, how can I judge them?"

Pei Renji rolled his eyes and said: "As the saying goes, the law does not punish everyone, should we select a few and take the blame, and secretly let the others vomit out all the food, so we can let them go for the time being."

Du Ruhui swallowed and glanced at Yang Ming secretly.

"Then tell me, who will take care of such a big thing?" Yang Ming said with a smile.

Du Ruhui hurriedly said: "The warehouse guard of Guangtongcang is the Duke of Kaifeng County. The food cannot be found. He should be the first to blame. The King of Qi is deceased, so it is more appropriate to blame him. The King of Liang and Cai have a high position and should not be involved." Come in."

"Yang Jian has already ransacked his house. We can't expect him to make up for this gap, right?" Su Lie said with a smile.

Du Ruhui glanced at Wei Fusi and said: "We will discuss this gap with the clan and make up for it as soon as possible. The Prince of Liang and King Cai still have to say hello."

Li Jing raised his eyebrows and said: "The gap is too big. You can't make up much. The two princes may not be willing to make up for it. This matter is still difficult to handle."

Li Mi snorted coldly: "If you want me to see, you should search Prince Cai's palace. This person is unreliable. It's time to deal with him now. If you only use Yang Zhiming's words, I'm afraid that Prince Cai will make trouble, so it's best to do it together."

Everyone was stunned. Are you so cruel that you dare to take advantage of the prince?

"I'll leave the matter to you, can you handle it?" Yang Ming said with a smile.

Li Mi chuckled and said, "Prince, don't worry, I guarantee everything."

He was the one who knew the weak-minded character of Yang Zhiji and his son best. During the palace incident, the father and son could have done more, but they clearly wanted to control Yang Ming.

So much so that Yang Ming hid in the hall and did not dare to come out. They waited until Yang Xuanting came in and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

If Yang Xuan fails to advance, their group may be eliminated by Yang Zhiji.

In Li Mi's view, keeping such a person would be a disaster.

As for Yang Ming, he felt free to leave this matter to Li Mi, because Li Mi was more ruthless than Zhu Can, and Li Mi was the best at cutting grass and roots. (End of chapter)