Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 95 Return to Beijing
Yang Ming is undoubtedly nervous about taking part in the King of Jin's seizure of the throne, which has been recorded in great detail in history.

From the current point of view, Yang Guang's ability to take the top position, apart from his own efforts to fight for it, Yang Yong's being too fatuous and having no sons-in-law are the most critical factors.

Otherwise, relying on Yang Guang alone, even with Yang Su's full support, he would not be able to cause much trouble.

Yang Hao had already left, but the old boy Li Yuan still refused to leave, presumably because he wanted to find a chance to meet his aunt and see if he could arrange a position in the capital.

There are two types of officials in the Sui Dynasty, those who want to make money and those who want to make progress.

Anyone who wants to make money will find ways to find a place to work, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, no one cares.

Those who want to make progress, stay in Daxing with all their heart, or wherever there is a war, go out and fight for military exploits or something.

Li Yuan undoubtedly wants to improve, because he is not short of money.

But Dugu Jialuo is far away in Renshou Palace, and he will not be able to return until autumn at the earliest, so this old boy will find a way to delay until then.

Sure enough, Li Yuan fell ill.

When Yang Ming saw Li Yuan, who was wearing a white scarf on his forehead and looked vain, he couldn't help but want to applaud him.

awesome,

Now that it was all like this, Jian Jiancheng would definitely continue to live in his yard. Yang Ming wanted to drive him away, but he didn't know how to say it.

At the royal family banquet that night, Yang Guang told his two sons the news that the second sage was about to return to Beijing.

The reason why I told them was because their whole family, young and old, had to go to greet them tomorrow, just like when Yang Jian and his wife left Beijing, they went out of the city to see them off.

Taking this opportunity, Yang Ming said, "My boy, when you go out these days, why are there a lot fewer guards patrolling the streets than usual?"

Yang Guang just smiled and didn't speak. Maybe his smile is mocking Yang Yong?

The old man didn't answer directly, but Yang Zhao was puzzled, thinking, didn't I tell you everything that day?Why do you still ask?Are you still pretending to be confused in front of Grandpa?

There was no other way, so Yang Zhao had no choice but to repeat what he told Yang Ming that day from beginning to end in front of his parents.

Only then did Yang Ming nod seriously and said: "Tomorrow, grandparents will enter through Mingde Gate and walk straight into the Imperial City through Zhuque Street. If you see so few Marquis Wu patrolling the streets, how will you feel?"

Yang Guang, who was still drinking, was taken aback for a moment, and his brows were frowned instantly, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, he suddenly got up: "Eat, I'll go out for a while."

After saying this, Yang Guang left in a hurry.

Yang Ming smiled, and it seemed that his father understood what he meant in an instant, so he lowered his head to eat in peace.

the next day,
Early in the morning, Yang Ming followed his parents into the carriage and went to Mingde Gate to pick him up.

At the same time, including the East Palace, Manchu officials would go outside the city to greet the emperor and empress.

For a moment, the entire Suzaku Avenue was full of motorcades of big shots.

The small official gave way to the senior official, the senior official gave way to Yang Guang, and Yang Guang gave way to Yang Yong.

On the carriage, Gao Jiong put down the curtain of the carriage, frowned and asked his second son Gao Hongde:
"Why are there so few Marquis Wu on the street? Didn't the Second Saint leave every ten steps?"

Gao Jiong didn't go out during this time, he may or may not attend the court meeting in the East Palace, because his business is mainly reported to Yang Jian, which is an old rule.

And Gao Jiong understands the thoughts of Yang Jian and his wife best, even if they are not in Beijing, he will not talk to Yang Yong about government affairs.

The same is true for Yang Su, who hardly attends the Eastern Palace Court Meeting.

Gao Hongde heard the words: "My son has been in Jinwang's mansion all this time, and Jinwang seems to have deliberately kept it from me. I didn't know it until yesterday. I wanted to tell my father, but the housekeeper said you had fallen asleep, so I gave up."

Gao Hongde is the secretary office of Prince Jin's Mansion, belonging to Yang Guang's subordinate officials. His daily work place is in the subordinate office in the southeast of the front yard of King Jin's Mansion.

In the Sui Dynasty, not only princes and county kings could open a mansion, but anyone from the third rank or above could do so.

"What's going on?" Gao Jiong's face instantly became ugly.

Gao Hongde said: "This time, when the defense is changed, all the people from the Zuowei Mansion have been transferred to the vicinity of the imperial city. I heard that Yuan Min was ordered by the prince, so that the inner city and the city defenses are empty, but the king of Jin went to meet He Ruobi in private. Yang Xiong and the others have just transferred some supplementary city defenses from Lifang Suwei, so right now the inner city is empty and there are not many guards."

In fact, no matter how empty the inner city is, it will not be so empty.
Instead, Yang Guang went to Zuowuwei Mansion and Zuowuhou Mansion last night, and transferred all the soldiers from these two guards to the city defense, which made the inner city even more empty.

After Gao Hongde finished the first sentence, Gao Jiong had already closed his eyes, and by the time his son finished speaking, he had already sorted out the whole thing.

"You shouldn't hide such a big event from me. If you told me about this matter last night, there is still room for change, but you didn't. You did it on purpose, right?" Gao Jiong said lightly.

Gao Hongde sighed, and said: "Father has been reprimanded by the Empress many times for defending the crown prince, don't you still not see what the Empress wants?"

"Can I see that? That's my business. Now I'm asking you, why are you deliberately hiding it from me?" Gao Jiong asked sharply.

Gao Hongde looked like a child who made a mistake, with his head hanging very low. After a while, he gritted his teeth violently:

"The king of Jin has both civil and military skills, and he is courteous to the virtuous and corporal. He is really the posture of the sky. To say something outrageous, he is far better than the crown prince. Besides, he has his eldest grandson, the king of Henan, and his third son, Yang Ming, has won the second sage and the eldest princess." Long Chong, although he is young, he is very experienced in dealing with things, and his way of dealing with people is far from that of Donggong."

"Shut up!" Gao Jiong said in a rare anger, "Do you know what will happen if you get involved in the reserve position?"

Now that so much has been said, Gao Hongde is willing to go all out: "Of course I know, my son knows even more, if the choice is wrong, it will really be a disaster."

Seeing his father stunned, Gao Hongde choked with sobs and tried to persuade him: "Which of the officials in the Manchu Dynasty is not clear now, the second sage has already moved the idea of ​​Yi Chu, if the father still insists on defending the crown prince and fighting against the second sage, I, Gao The family is in danger."

Looking at the cowardly second son in front of him, who actually said these words, Gao Jiong couldn't help being stunned,
Could it be that the prince has lost his mind to such an extent?Even his own son has a heart for Yang Guang?

If Gao Hongde had informed of this matter yesterday, he would have entered the palace immediately to persuade the crown prince to transfer the guards back to the headquarters in time, but it is already too late.

The son deliberately kept it from him, so naturally he didn't want him to go to the East Palace again.

As for the second sage's sudden return to Beijing, most of it came because of this incident. Now the second sage's chariot is already on the way, and everything is too late.
Gao Jiong suddenly felt that the prince has come to this day, and he has no one to blame, and he has to blame himself.

As for Gao Jiong, he can only do his best.

Zuo Wuwei and Zuo Wuhouwei had been transferred to the city defense last night, but Yang Jian couldn't see how many people there were in the city defense, because he would only enter through one city gate, which was the Mingde Gate in the south.

There is only one street to walk, and that is Suzaku Street.

After the emperor's chariot entered the city, all the officials followed,
Dugu Jialuo suddenly called the parking chariot, and sent someone to call the prince Yang Yong.

Yang Yong, dressed in court clothes, stood beside the imperial chariot, bowing his head and listening respectfully.

"Where are all the Wuhous who are all over the street?" Dugu Jialuo asked in the carriage.

Yang Yong suddenly felt uncomfortable, could it be that the old boy Li Gang guessed right?The father, the queen, and the queen came because of a change of defense?

"It was the boy who transferred some of the guards to the surrounding area of ​​the imperial city. It was only because when the father and mother left Beijing, the left and right Habayashi also went to the Renshou Palace, and the defense of the imperial city was empty. That's why the boy made this arrangement."

It sounds quite reasonable, the imperial guards of the imperial city were all taken away, and it seemed reasonable for him to call in some government guards to make up for it.

But he overlooked one point, the Miyagi Imperial Guards were there to defend the emperor, not the prince.

The left and right Habayashi are the Royal Palace Guards. There are about [-] people, and they are basically the children of Guanzhong.

Zuo Yulin Army was led by Cai Wang Yang Zhiji, the eldest son of Yang Jian's second brother Yang Zheng. When Yang Zheng attacked Northern Qi in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he died in battle in Bingzhou. Yang Zhiji attacked Cai Wang.

The Right Yulin Army is led by Dou Kang, who is the elder brother of Dou Qing, the prefect of Hedong County, and Yang Jian's nephew.

These two people are mainly responsible for guarding the palace city. Wherever Yang Jian and his wife go, they will follow them.

In the carriage, Dugu Jialuo's voice sounded:
"The East Palace has its own left and right guards for the prince, and the imperial city also has left and right guards. What's wrong? You can't do it with so many people guarding you?"

The Eastern Palace guards are called the Prince's Left Guard Rate and the Prince's Right Guard Rate. There are 1 people in total, and their duty is to protect the Prince's safety.

The Left and Right Jianmen Mansions belonged to the Twelve Guards and were mainly responsible for guarding the twelve city gates of the imperial city. The general of the Zuo Jianmen Mansion was called Yuan Zhou, and the general of the Right Jianmen Mansion was called Linghuxi. Each guard had 4000 people.

Yang Yong panicked now, Li Gang did not guess wrong, the father, the queen and the queen are so anxious to return to Beijing, and they are here for me?
Which bastard reported this?
Yang Yong hurriedly said: "My ministers did not arrange properly, so let the guards return to their headquarters."

"Don't," Dugu Jialuo sneered in the car: "There's no need to go back, in case something happens to your highness, they can't bear the responsibility."

After all, the imperial chariot continued on its way.

Yang Yong froze in place, his palms were sweating. Past experience told him that his father, queen and empress were saving face for him in front of so many people, and it was when he was in trouble when he returned to the palace.

In the carriage, Yang Jian never said a word, but his face was gloomy, as if he was about to kill someone at any time.

As the emperor and the founding emperor of the country, Yang Jian guarded almost everyone, and he personally arranged the guard duties of various ministries in Daxing City.

The imperial guards of the palace city are in the north, so they are called the Beiya Imperial Army, and the guards are located in the south of the imperial city, so they are called the Nanya Imperial Army.

From the north to the south, the forces are equal, and they are mutually restraining.

This is why the left and right Habayashi generals, one is a nephew and the other is a nephew, also to play the role of mutual containment.

But now, the crown prince has mobilized the Nanya government army to defend the surrounding area of ​​the imperial city. What does he want to do?
If King Jin hadn't sent a letter to inform him in advance, wouldn't he bump into these guards when he returned to Beijing next time?

Even if Yang Jian knew in his heart that his eldest son would not have such thoughts, he was always cautious, afraid of accidents the most, and always thought of the worst in everything.

So Prince Yang Yong's mobilization of the capital's garrison this time may not seem like a big deal, but in Yang Jian's case, he was almost hooked on rebellion.

Yang Ming saw through this point and woke up his father to evacuate the guards on Suzaku Street in large numbers.

Because in this way, Yang Jian who entered the city would have a more intuitive sense of crisis.

What is the emperor most afraid of? What he fears most is not rebellion, but the threat to his own safety.

Yang Yong, Yang Yong, how can you be so stupid?Yang Ming really has nothing to say about his uncle.

(End of this chapter)