"You decide for yourself? What do you mean by this, Your Majesty?" Liang Pi frowned.
In the room, Yang Xiong and the other three people sat down and studied the meaning of these four words in the emperor's decree.
Yang Xiong looked at Yang Wang and asked, "What do you think?"
Yang Wang thought for a moment and replied: "Two days ago, King Qi was transferred back to the capital. Your Majesty may be saying that he will handle this matter by himself, and we can just give him an explanation."
"Yang Zhuguo must have figured it out right this time," Yang Xiong nodded and smiled: "The king of Qi who is the real owner is gone, how can we investigate this matter? So Yang Zhuguo is right, this case should end here
Already."
Liang Bi frowned and said nothing. In his opinion, it was unclear who ambushed King Qi in this incident, but King Qi must have the intention of framing King Qin. Now that His Majesty has transferred King Qi back, it is probably
It's a question of guilt.
Since His Majesty has already pleaded guilty, there is no need for the three of them to pursue the case any further.
So he said: "Then how should we explain to His Majesty?"
"This is simple," Yang Xiong said with a smile: "Just find some bandits in Yuzhou, kill their heads to make up for the loss, and then say that these are the ones who attacked and killed King Qi's convoy. Your Majesty just wants a result, not the truth."
"Maybe His Majesty already knows the truth, but we are the ones who don't know," Yang Wang said.
Yang Xiong nodded and said, "What do you two think?"
"Listen to King Guan,"
"Just do as you say,"
They both responded at the same time.
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Without Yang Xian's constraints, Luoyang Construction will speed up the process, and Yang Ming has no reason to delay it any longer.
The highest-ranking person in Yuzhou right now is Yang Ming, and whatever he says is what he says.
So he ordered all the government offices to take over the mess left by Yang Jian and transport the grain to Luoyang as soon as possible.
After more than two months of delays, problems arose in many projects. Although the people did not have enough to eat every day, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Restarting some delayed projects would waste a lot of time. After discussing with Yu Wenkai, Yang Su and Yu Wenkai concluded that even if there were no problems in the future, the construction period in Tokyo would have to be delayed by at least six months.
Luoyang will not be completed until September next year.
Yang Ming liked this answer very much.
There are more than 30 varieties of peonies donated from all over the country, but it is already approaching September. At this time, the survival rate of transplanting is not optimistic.
Yu Wenkai has never smiled these days. Peonies are the signature embellishment of the entire Xiyuan Garden. If they are not planted well this year, they will not bloom next year. How should he explain it when His Majesty comes in person?
The Ziwei Palace in the imperial city is the top priority. The large materials shipped from the south are already available. These wood must be opened and tenoned early, otherwise it will be a very troublesome thing to delay until winter. There is no guarantee that it will not crack after freezing, and
When the weather is cold, the wood will shrink. If it is built in winter, the pillars and beams will inevitably expand when the weather is warm next year. By then, the entire palace will be ruined.
Therefore, all wooden structures of the palace must be completed before winter.
As a result, Yu Wenkai needed to recruit a large number of manpower and concentrate on the construction of the imperial city. It would not be harmful if there were problems in other places. Problems must not occur here.
Many of the people in Guocheng were transferred away by Yu Wenkai, so that the construction of Guocheng slowed down. Yu Wenkai wanted Yang Ming to recruit another 100,000 people from Henan.
But Yang Ming dismissed him with just one sentence: It is the wheat autumn season now, and people have been mobilized. Can the grain be harvested?
Luoyang is basically stable now. Yang Ming is not a professional, so he goes to construction sites less often.
On this day, he sent someone to find Yun Dingxing, the young minister of Taifu Temple, who was Yun Zhaoxun's father.
"I heard that Yun Shaoqing has several private kilns in Guanzhong?" Yang Ming asked the other party to sit down very politely and asked with a smile.
Yun Dingxing was shocked and said quickly: "Go back to Your Highness, I..."
"It's okay, I'm just asking, and I'm not blaming you," Yang Ming pointed to the tea on the table: "Let's drink tea."
In the Sui Dynasty, smelting was under the control of the state, that is, Taifu Temple among the eleven temples, and smelting kilns in mines all over the country were all official kilns.
However, Yun Dingxing's ancestors were in the trade and were professional technicians. Back then, because he was Yang Yong's father-in-law, he opened several smelting kilns privately. Although it was illegal, no one took care of them.
Because many princes, princes and ministers bought them from Yun Dingxing. Yang Yong's best armor in the world was made by Yun Dingxing.
Xiao Mohe's five thousand men have now returned to Hedong County after helping Li Jing fight several tough battles. However, the loss of ordnance is huge and needs to be replenished.
Yang Ming's song is oversubscribed, so it cannot be reported to Taifu Temple for them to allocate more money.
Then he could only buy it with his own money. This was the purpose of coming to Yun Dingxing today, and Yun Dingxing was able to make a comeback because of his excellent professional skills.
"I want two thousand pairs of cavalry armor, as well as a thousand pairs of horseshoes, horse blades, and swords... all made of iron."
Yun Dingxing was dumbfounded when he heard the list of figures reported by Yang Ming, but he felt relieved. As long as they didn't pursue him for opening a smelting kiln privately, he could say anything.
"Your Majesty's refining kiln cannot produce so much. Does Your Highness need it urgently?" A smart person would not ask Yang Ming what it is for.
But Yang Ming took the initiative and said: "I'm not in a hurry, but I just want to prepare some weapons for the palace guards. How long will it take Yun Shaoqing to make them?"
Yun Dingxing thought for a moment: "The figure given by Your Highness, judging from Your Majesty's ability, will take at least two years. To be honest with Your Highness, I have always had noble people ordering here. Although I must have followed Your Highness first, but others
, I can’t push it either.”
"That's understandable," Yang Ming said with a smile, "Just do it and send it to the Hedong Prince's Mansion after it's finished. Afterwards, go to the princess to get the money, whatever it is."
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will only charge you the cost, and I won't dare to charge you any extra money," Yun Dingxing said.
Yang Ming nodded: "If others ask about this matter in the future, you don't have to tell it. If His Majesty and the Crown Prince ask about it, you can't hide it. Do you understand?"
Purchasing ordnance privately, and in huge quantities, would definitely be kept secret. Therefore, Yang Ming did not dare to hide this kind of thing from his father and brother, and there was no need for others to know.
"This minister knows that I will never leak anything here unless your majesty and the prince ask," Yun Dingxing said seriously.
When doing business, of course, you must learn to keep customer confidentiality. In fact, even if Yang Ming asked him who had orders from him, Yun Dingxing would not tell them.
Yang Ming curiously asked again: "Can the Shu armor that my uncle used to have still be made?"
"No," Yun Dingxing shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The Shu craftsmen responsible for making this treasure have passed away. Although I know the craftsmanship, I still can't make it. This thing was forged after thousands of times and took fifteen years.
For many years, even in my lifetime, I will not even think of making another one."
Forget it... Yang Ming said: "In that case, Yun Shaoqing should go about her business."
"Yes, I will retire," Yun Dingxing said and left.
From the capital, Princess Yang Yinjiang sent a message. The Xiangyang navy was about to run out of money. Du Zha, the prefect of Xiangyang, reported to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and wanted to ask for more funds, but Wei Chong did not agree.
This is based on people doing things. Yang Ming was able to get money from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but Du Zha couldn't.
Although the Sui Dynasty's funding for local governments was very strict, there were still many unfinished projects. In Wei Chong's view, the Xiangyang navy was of little use. With its current scale, it could definitely deal with the Yangtze River bandits, so the Ministry of Civil Affairs was here
One yuan, we have to stop the loss and no more money can be allocated, all the money has been taken away by Luoyang.
What Yang Yinjiang meant was to first take out 200,000 yuan from the palace's account to ensure the construction of the Xiangyang navy, and then find ways to raise money later.
This is what is called a good wife, and two hundred thousand dollars can be spent as much as she wants, because Yang Yinjiang knows in her heart that the Xiangyang Navy is her husband's hard work, although it is indeed of no use at the moment, like a bottomless pit that cannot be filled.
In addition, Yang Yinjiang also mentioned one thing. She hoped that Pei Shuying could come to Luoyang. As for the reason, of course, it was because Pei Shuying did not have Yang Ming's heir.
Yang Ming agreed.
He has been busy with official duties these days, so he did not have time to see Chen Shuyi and her mother Shen Wuhua off Luoyang when they left Luoyang some time ago.
After arriving in Luoyang, Chen Shuyi met her mother and went to Mang Mountain to pay homage to her biological father, Chen Shubao.
Yang Ming could not go because Chen Shubao was not qualified to pay homage to him, and Chen Shuyi was not a princess or a concubine, so it was not appropriate for Yang Ming to go.
If my father knew that he was going to pay homage to Chen Shubao, he would be scolded at best, or slapped a few times at worst.
Now that the rebellion in Shandong has finally subsided, Li Jing will go to Jinyang, meet up with Shi Wansui, Chang Suncheng and others, and then return to the capital to receive his merits.
On Yang Ming's side, he had already informed Shi Wansui early, asking him to fight for Li Jing more. At the same time, he also wrote to Prince Yang Zhao, hoping to keep Li Jing in the capital.
Because there would be no major wars in the short period of time during the Sui Dynasty, and the national power would be mainly concentrated on engineering projects, Li Jing stayed in the capital to help Yang Ming find out some information that Yang Yinjiang could not find.
Chen Shuyi returned to Beijing by land, and she was reluctant to leave Yang Ming, but her mother needed comfort, so after returning to Beijing, she would live in her mother's house for a while.
She is Chen Shubao's legitimate daughter and must observe mourning for three years.
The King of Qi, Yang Xun, also returned to Beijing by land. He left Luoyang a few days later than Chen Shuyi, but his traveling speed was much faster, so the two convoys met in Huayin County.
This place is very close to the capital. After Yang Jian learned that the convoy of Chen Shubao's legacy and Shen Wuhua was ahead, he didn't take it seriously at first, but when he knew that Chen Shuyi was also there, an idea came to his mind.
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In fact, since the first time he met Chen Shuyi, Yang Jian was astonished. But at that time, the brothers were in harmony, so he would not ask Yang Ming for anything.