Emperor Sui Yang

Empress Xiao knew very well that she now relied on her son to survive, so she would support her son in whatever he did.

She would not place her hopes on King Zhao Yang Gao anyway. Although Yang Gao was raised by her, he was still different from the flesh and blood born in her belly.

So Queen Xiao sent General Zuo Xiaowei Xiao Jun to lead troops to surround Prince Cai's Mansion. In fact, the entire Dunhoufang where Prince Cai's Mansion was located was surrounded.

Xiao Jun, Wei Yunqi, and Li Mi cooperated, and Dunhou Square was blocked.

In addition to Yang Zhiji, there are four other families living here: Zheng Shanguo, Zhang Dinghe, Yuan Hongsi and Wang Rengong. They can't get out now.

Because the high-ranking officials all live in the north of Luoshui, it is relatively quiet here, so what happened in Dunhoufang has not been spread, because there are walls and gates between each lane. Once the gate is closed, what happened inside , the outside world won’t know.

In the imperial city, the left and right Preparatory Mansion also began a purge. All Yang Zhiji's cronies were arrested, and the Zongtuan Hussar was successfully taken over by Yang Qing and returned to the name of King Qin Yang Rui.

On the lively New Year's Eve, people all over the city were celebrating the New Year. They didn't know that a prince of the Sui Dynasty was at the end of his life.

Yang Zhiji didn't expect that Yang Ming would really dare to take action. When the palace was surrounded, he was completely confused, confused and had no idea.

He did not dare to confront the officers and soldiers outside, otherwise he would be charged with rebellion. After all, Xiao Jun brought the Queen's will.

"Father," Yang Daoxuan said with a dejected face, "Yang Ming is cruel and ruthless. You don't know it until now. Now he wants to silence you. You and I, father and son, cannot escape this disaster. However, there are countless relatives in our family. If we encounter this disaster, there will be no one left. Yang Hao and his second uncle are both on their way to Dongdu. I am afraid that what happened in Guangtongcang this time will be blamed on our family. My son is not afraid of death, but he is angry in his heart. It has been like this since ancient times."

He was advising Yang Zhiji to sacrifice the small and protect the big.

Now in Luoyang, no one has the ability to rebel, and all military power is in the hands of Yang Ming. It is expected that the [-] pieces in Yang Zhiji's family will not be enough for Wei Yunqi to deal with outside.

Originally, Su Lie was a hussar general. Later, he was granted the title of Duke and transferred to the right guard, and then became Wei Yunqi. After all, this official position did not have much power and was no longer suitable for Su Lie, who had accomplished the task of destroying the country.

Yang Daoxuan thought that the queen and the prince were going to kill their whole family now, so he hoped that his father Yang Zhiji and him, the two participants in the palace change, could commit suicide and save the whole family.

Because today, the whole family is at home, and if someone takes action outside, it will be a tragedy.

If he commits suicide, the only crime he will be accused of is greed for national wealth. He can save his whole family, even his own son, and seize the title. Otherwise, I can't imagine what crime they will be convicted of in the end.

Yang Zhiji was extremely depressed, with a dejected expression on his face. As the saying goes, a man who knows the current affairs is a hero. It's not that he didn't know that he had no way out.

"I was blind and misjudged the wrong person, which caused my son to be harmed. Yang Guang is hateful, and Yang Ming is even worse," Yang Zhiji gritted his teeth.

Yang Daoxuan sighed: "It's hard to end well when you get involved in this kind of thing, but I didn't expect that Yang Ming would be so ruthless. Without us, how could he be where he is today?"

Yang Zhiji was also unlucky. He trusted Yang Lun so much and said a few words of complaint in front of him, only to be betrayed by him.

In fact, where did he have the courage to reveal the palace affairs?There were so many people involved, and if he were to be exposed, Yang Ming would not be the only one who would die.

Originally, Yang Ming just wanted to use the Guangtong warehouse incident to beat Yang Zhiji and reduce his power. In the end, he let Yang Xiulai take care of it. As a result, Yang Lun complained like this, and Yang Ming was completely uneasy.

My son is under house arrest. If word spreads about this, isn’t that the end of me?
Yang Zhiji sighed and said, "Is there any poisonous wine in the house?"

He wanted to drink poisoned wine and commit suicide to save his children and grandchildren. Yang Daoxuan shook his head: "No."

Who would prepare poisoned wine in their home?

If ordinary people were asked to commit suicide, I'm afraid they wouldn't be so cruel, but a big boss like Yang Zhiji who is used to seeing troubles could still do it. After all, the family has a big business and there are too many relatives he cares about.

He had a lot of grandchildren, and it was worth paying for his own life. He knew in his heart that as long as he and his son committed suicide, his family would definitely be saved.

Only in this way, Yang Ming will not choose to destroy the family, and Yang Lihua will not let him do it.

In this way, the father and son chose the most appropriate way to end their lives with the least loss.

After Xiao Jun saw the two corpses of the father and son, he was also confused. You are so brave. You are happy and you have saved us trouble, so the blockade of Dunhoufang ended.

Yang Zhiji's last crime was to embezzle the state treasury, embezzle state wealth, and commit suicide in fear of crime. His six-year-old grandson Yang Ji inherited the title of King Cai.

As for the other sons and sons-in-law, if they have to pay back the corruption money, they will gradually be excluded as marginalized figures and completely sink.

All the retainers and staff of Prince Cai's Mansion who participated in the Ziwei Palace incident have fled. They will say goodbye to this world halfway.

It is so difficult to live a peaceful and stable life in this world, so the four words "die in peace" have always been the ultimate wish of the court bosses.Yang Zhiming was escorted back to the capital by Yang Hao. This man was guilty of serious crimes. Not only was he embezzling national wealth, he also killed the subordinate officials under the supervisory envoy. It would be an exaggeration to say that he was treasonous.

He was deprived of his title and sentenced to death by hanging, his descendants were exiled, and his female family members were demoted to common people.

The eight exemptions in the law do not include the ten heinous sins.

"How dare you take any money? Have you forgotten what I told you at the beginning?" Yang Ming scolded Yang Hao in the East Palace.

Yang Hao was also trembling. He knew that he had made a mistake, so he was extremely honest now:

"I am in a powerful position, and I have some money. It is not appropriate if I don't take it. If I take it, I can still restrain them. If I don't take it, I don't know how they can do whatever they want down there."

"Fart!" Yang Ming said angrily: "You are a prince or a general. There are many ways to make money, but you want to imitate your third uncle and use the money from the treasury. Don't you have a long memory at all?"

Yang Hao hurriedly said: "Thanks to the crown prince's blessing, I was not dragged out of the Guangtongcang incident this time, otherwise my crime would have been serious."

"Are you quarreling with me? I asked you why you took this money. What are you quarreling with me about?" Yang Minghuo said.

Yang Hao didn't dare to say anything.

There is no way, he is greedy for money and loves money, which is in his bones. Although he also knows that some money should not be taken, but when he sees others taking it, he will not be able to fall behind, and he will feel very uncomfortable. He will feel that others are spending his money. money.

"Yang Xian, don't talk about it. Your house has been confiscated. What about you, when will your money be replenished?" Yang Ming sat down angrily and said.

He was actually not very angry, but he had to pretend to be angry in front of Yang Hao, because some emotions needed to be expressed for others to see.

Yang Hao hurriedly said: "You tell me the number, and I will make up for them all."

This guy is extremely rich now because his backer is Yang Ming, and as for Yang Ming, he has been in prison for too long, and Yang Hao has also become tyrannical.

"The military salary here in Luoyang is still a certain amount short. You should make up for it." Yang Ming planned to skin him, because Yang Hao was a fish he deliberately let go.

You can be greedy, but when I ask for it from you, you have to give it.

As for Yang Hao, what he pursues is the pleasure of making money. As for how the money goes out, he doesn't really care.

You will get something if you give it up, not to mention that he now has a lot of fixed properties, and they are all projects that make a lot of money every day, so he is not afraid of bleeding.

He looked surprised and said, "No matter how rich I am, I can't fill this hole? Even if you ransacked my house, I don't have that much."

"Why can't it be made up? The court has almost repaid the debt in Luoyang, except for the last 400 million," Yang Ming said: "If you can't make it up, you have to make it up to me."

Yang Hao's mouth twitched: "I don't have that much cash? How about you give me a weaving workshop, and I can weave some cotton and sell it. I think I can raise it by the end of the year."

Yang Ming suddenly laughed in anger. He heard that Yang Hao had money, but it was a heavy hemorrhage, so Yang Hao hoped to find a way to get back the money. Now that the imperial court has liberalized monopolies in many industries, cotton cloth is now in short supply. As long as it is woven , good quality and poor quality, don’t worry about selling.

Especially Zhang Dinghe, the governor of Mobei, this year's budget is to order [-] pieces of cotton cloth from Sinong Temple and [-] pieces next year. He wants to exchange livestock from the Turks, which will help solve the current food problem. of.

Yang Hao definitely wanted this order, because the Turks didn't care whether the cotton cloth looked good or not, as long as it was warm, they could deliver it even if it was shoddy.

"The end of the year is too long," Yang Ming said: "Before June, you hand over this money to me, and I will handle the batch of cotton cloth that Zhang Dinghe asked for. If it is done well, you will still be able to handle it next year and the year after. not good"

"Prince, don't worry, I know how to do the business," Yang Hao said cheerfully: "You get what you pay for, and I will never cheat Zhang Dinghe. I will definitely send you the money before June."

He was in a hurry to start the weaving workshop. Time was tight, and the things he produced were not much better. There was no hope of selling them to the nobles. The common people were not easy to fool, so he could only sell them to uncouth Turks.

The focus of this deal is on cotton, which means that Yang Hao can purchase a large amount of cotton from Sinong Temple's countless stocks, which not everyone can buy.

I have to say that this kid's business acumen still followed his father's. If he could make money in a legitimate way, Yang Ming still advocated it.

The treasury is the bottom line. If there weren't too many big shots involved this time, Yang Ming could kill them all.

Business must be developed, because many officials are focused on the country's money, because it is easy to make money, but if we can guide them not to care about the country, but to enter the trade field, then the country will be corrupted every year Money will be much less.

Corruption is inevitable and can only be controlled to minimize losses to the country. (End of chapter)