When Yang Ming returned to the capital, it was in mid-October, and Comrade Yang Guang also arrived in Luoyang at this time. After he arranged the canal affairs in Luoyang, he would take people back to Daxing, and then go north from Daxing to the border.
Yulin County, from here north to the outside of the Great Wall, inspecting the tents of the Eastern Turks.
In history, there was no emperor who could not rest idle like him. He did not feel any hardship when traveling from east to west, north and south, and dared to go back and forth wherever he wanted.
This is also a unique personality charm that distinguishes him from other emperors.
After returning to Beijing, Yang Ming didn't know that his father was already preparing to start another huge project.
After conquering Tuguhun, he deliberately requisitioned half of the granaries in the Henan area in order to delay the launch of the Yongji Canal. The granaries were now half empty and were not suitable for launching large-scale projects.
But what he didn't know was that Yang Guang planned to allocate an extremely terrifying amount of grain reserves from the south of the Yangtze River to fill the granaries around Luoyang.
On October 13th, Princess Yang Yinjiang was in confinement and it was not appropriate to come forward, so the assistant minister Yang Yue, his son Yang Rui, and all the civil and military officials went to Mingde Gate to welcome Master Wang.
The people in the city lined the streets to welcome him. Everyone held pots and pots in their hands and sprinkled water on Zhuque Street.
The name of King Qin resounded throughout the capital, flowers bloomed, drums and drums blared, and the people's love for Yang Ming and their welcome to the soldiers of the Western Expedition turned into a city-wide carnival that night.
Within three days of the capital, the curfew was lifted, ten wine bars were set up, and the people could help themselves. A temple fair was added, hosted by the Taiyue Department. Four hundred and thirty people came out of the music house to set up stages in the east and west cities of the city, singing and dancing.
The song of King Qin entering the battle spread from then on.
All this was arranged by Yang Yinjiang, who was in confinement. She wanted to build momentum for her husband, but she also had to be careful to avoid going too far and causing the emperor's dissatisfaction.
On October 14th, Wanchun Hall, this was the first time Yang Ming hosted a court meeting after returning to Beijing.
Today is of course a good day to reward people based on their merits.
There is almost no way for the generals under his command to advance to the next level, and it is even harder for the Lord to give it, especially after the restructuring, it was clearly stated: the scattered honors will be merged, and the ministers who have assisted the country and contributed to the peace and stability of the country will be awarded honors as appropriate.
The merger of casual officials and honorary titles has mostly honor components and has no real meaning. It means receiving an extra salary, not to mention the title. Yang Guang will not give titles to people casually. It will no longer be like the Kaihuang years when titles were everywhere.
Among the generals who participated in the Western Expedition, Gao Jiong had no title but could not be granted titles. Shi Wansui was the Duke of Taiping County, Yang Xuanting was the Duke of Huainan County, Qu Tutong was the Duke of Yichuan County, Zhang Dinghe was the Marquis of Wu'an County, and Zhou Fashang was the Duke of Huainan County.
Duke Qiao.
Those without titles are Changsun Cheng, Mai Tiezhang and Xiao Mohe.
Changsun Cheng’s honorary title is Shangzhuguo, currently in the first class. Mai Tiezhang’s honorary title is Shangkaifuyi Tongsansi. Xiao Moha was originally a Kaifuyitongsansi, but now it has been changed to Zhengyi.
Doctor, because in the current Sui Dynasty, Kaifu Yitong and the Third Division are from the first rank, ranking below the Sangong and the Third Division.
After all the lords who are still alive are dead, only Kaifu Yi and the Third Division can open the government and set up staff. Yang Guang's move is also to weaken the private armed forces of these princes. This is definitely a very good decision.
Therefore, these generals can only reward gold and silver, increase food, and add slaves and maidservants. The Lord cannot give him any. They are all ministerial officials with specific duties, so it is difficult for them to move up.
Then the financial reward must be generous. Anyway, Yang Ming received the news and his father asked him to reward him as he pleased.
So with a wave of his hand, he appropriated 200,000 yuan, 40,000 bolts of brocade, and more than 30 boxes of gold, silver, and jade articles from the treasury to reward these eight people, and the rest of the soldiers would be rewarded separately.
In addition, Su Lie was granted the title of Suide Lieutenant of the seventh rank and guarded the treasury of the King of Qin.
After the restructuring, the casual officials of the Sui Dynasty were divided into seventeen ranks, namely the Nine Doctors and the Eight Lieutenants. The Nine Doctors were the former honorary ranks, and the Eight Lieutenants were the Wu Sanguan, ranging from the sixth rank to the ninth rank.
Suide Lieutenant of Su Lie is a senior official of the seventh rank, while Prince Kuzhi is a ministerial officer of the sixth rank. They are all called Shou. If the casual official grade is higher than the official grade, it is called Xing, and the same level is called concurrent.
Because of his meritorious service in defending the city, Wang Shuo was promoted to the position of Grand Governor of the Hexi Governor's Mansion and took over the military power in Hexi. This sounds really scary, but in fact, life there was very difficult.
After all this calculation, it seems that Wang Shuo is the one who gets the biggest benefit. Who asked Wang Shuo to secretly express his loyalty to Yang Ming in private?
Without He Ruobi, their group of Song Guogong's followers were naturally in urgent need of finding a backer. If Yang Ming wanted to take him in, Wang Shuo would definitely be impatient.
At the court meeting, some people were not satisfied with Yang Ming's arrangement, such as Li Hun. He felt that Yang Ming should not reuse He Ruobi's people, which was a bit taboo.
Yang Ming responded directly to him with one sentence: So who is the Duke of Tan?
After returning to the palace, Yang Ming was very busy.
Because the princess's second child was born, Li Xiuning's first child was also born. What made him feel very helpless was that it was another son.
Am I not destined to have a daughter? We already have four sons. In future generations, what kind of family can afford to support them?
When these two sons were born, Yang Guang did not give them names, nor was he in a hurry to make them kings, so Yang Ming, the father, could finally be the master.
The eldest son was Yang Rui, King of Hedong, and the second son was Yang Jin, King of Xingyang. The third son was born to Yang Yinjiang and was named Yang Qi. The fourth son was born to Li Xiuning and was named Yang Congg.
This year is the fourth year of Daye. Yang Ming is only 21 years old and has four sons.
He couldn't live like this anymore. Yang Ming made some calculations. According to the customs of the Sui Dynasty, he might be able to become a grandfather before he was forty years old.
No, the eldest son, Yang Rui, is already three years old and will reach adulthood in twelve years. At that time, Yang Ming will only be thirty-three years old.
But now, Chen Shuyi is the only one who has no children, and she is getting older. If she doesn't give birth, she will become an older mother in the future, and it will be very dangerous during childbirth.
"What nonsense are you talking about? How old am I? I'm only three years older than you." In the room, after learning Yang Ming's intention, Chen Shuyi said with a dissatisfied look on her face: "You can give birth before you are thirty, don't worry
.”
Yang Ming looked surprised and said: "Weren't you anxious before? Why are you not anxious now?"
"These are extraordinary times," Chen Shuyi said, "Now that the reserve position is unknown, you should focus more on this. Before I went to Jiangdu, I told my mother in private that she should stay with Your Majesty.
I’ll say good things about you in front of you, but at such a critical time, don’t always think about having children.”
Yang Ming said with a smile: "Be careful of self-defeating. My father is extremely intelligent. If there is any metaphor in Mrs. Chen's words, it will definitely be hidden from my father. Maybe he will think that I instigated Mrs. Chen to do this."
"Are you smart? Are everyone else stupid?" Chen Shuyi said angrily: "Don't forget that I was also the queen of a country. There are some things that you don't need to be taught by others."
"I'm overthinking it," Yang Ming nodded: "In that case, when you want a child, just tell me."
"Okay, I get it. I have to go out to see an uncle. You'd better go and see the children more. You don't have to come to my place all the time," Chen Shuyi urged Yang Ming to leave.
Yang Ming smiled helplessly and left.
Later, he found Xu Jing and asked him in an empty room:
"What did Shuyi do when I was away from Beijing?"
Xu Jingdao: "At the beginning of May, His Majesty sent an edict to Jiangdu, summoning all the Chen family's children to return to the capital, and then discussed their use. Now many of the old Chen clan have arrived in the capital, and Chen Concubine has been meeting with them recently. I heard that in
With the help of Yang Zhongshu, many of the Chen family’s children have been let go.”
Yang Yue knew in his heart that he intended to support the Chen family, and Yang Yue happened to be assisting the government during this time, so everything went smoothly.
"Besides, is there anything else?" Yang Ming asked.
He felt that something was wrong with Chen Shuyi, because no wife did not want to give birth to a child for her husband. Is it just because she was busy taking care of the children of the family? It was unlikely.
When they were in Luoyang, Chen Shuyi was very eager to have a child. Every time they had sex, they counted the dates, and there were quite a few times. After all, Shuyi at that time was somewhat insatiable.
If she didn't get pregnant, it was definitely not her fault, otherwise where did Yang Rui and the others come from?
Is there something wrong with Shuyi's physical condition? So she is deliberately avoiding it?
Xu Jing shook his head and said, "I don't know about this. I can't follow Concubine Chen when she goes out. I heard it later from the slaves in the courtyard."
"Check it out carefully, keep it secret, don't let anyone notice it, and report everything to me in every detail," Yang Ming said in a deep voice.
Xu Jing was Yang Ming’s absolute confidant. Hearing this, he was shocked and said:
"Does His Highness think that there is something wrong with Concubine Chen? It's impossible, right? She was the first to follow His Highness."
"What are you thinking about?" Yang Ming gave the other party a headache and said with a smile: "I am curious about what she does every day, not that I suspect there is something wrong with her."
"So that's it?" Xu Jing chuckled and said, "Then don't worry, Your Highness, I promise to find out everything."
In the current Qin Prince's Mansion, Xu Jing is the housekeeper and has very great power. All the slaves and servants are under Xu Jing's control. It will be easy for him to investigate some things.
In the evening, Yang Ming went to Jinyang Tower again because Gao Yue was there.
The song for the King of Qin to enter the battle requires not only arrangement of music, but also choreography, involving dozens of musical instruments, which is very complicated and complicated. Therefore, Gao Yue has been living in Jinyang Tower since Yang Ming's Western Expedition.
She already had a group of maids who were good at dancing and music, but it was not enough, so Yang Yinjiang transferred thirty musicians from the Taiyue Department who were proficient in Qing Shang music to assist Gao Yue.
At present, the King of Qin's entrance song, twelve-person dance music, and twenty-four-person dance music have spread in the capital, but the sixty-eight-person dance music and the largest one-hundred-and-twenty-person dance music have not been heard by Yang Yinjiang.
I dare to take it out because it is too ostentatious.
But it had already been arranged. As soon as Yang Ming arrived at Jinyang Tower, Gao Yue immediately arranged for someone to perform it in front of Yang Ming.
Bronze cymbals, festival drums, waist drums, konghou, pipa, plus bells, pans, shengs, and Xiaos are all included, and all the dancers are carefully selected young women who are both heroic and beautiful.
, the singer’s voice is also outstanding, loud and angry.
Of course, the lead dancer is a male actor, after all, he plays the role of King Qin.
The whole process makes the viewer feel as if they are really in the military battlefield, with sonorous drum beats and bright rhythm.
It's so ostentatious. With my father's great joy, he would never allow such a grand and exciting dance music to be used to praise others.
Yang Ming smiled bitterly, was it a bit too much?
So he dismissed everyone early and took Gao Yue to a box alone.
"I'll give you another task, you arrange the music."
Gao Yue was stunned and said: "What mission?"
"The Sui Emperor's Inspection Song," Yang Ming said with a wry smile, "I'll give you three months to compose it."