Sometimes, things are so strange. In the historical Yongji Canal, Yu Wenkai, the first engineer of the Sui Dynasty, was not involved.
This time, Yang Guang hoped that he would be the one to dig the river, but after the court meeting, Yu Wenkai changed from being full of interest to being unhappy.
Because there was an extra Yang Jian and Yu Wenshu, he didn't want to cooperate with these two people.
Since ancient times in China, people responsible for mega-projects have left their names in history, such as Li Bing of Dujiangyan and Zheng Guo of Zhengguo Canal.
Of course, Yu Wenkai also hopes that he can be listed in the history books with these two seniors and be famous throughout the ages. However, the problem is that once Yang Jian gets involved, Yu Wenkai is worried that he will be infamy for thousands of years.
One Guangtong Canal, sixty or seventy thousand people died. This was only achieved after Yang Jian was transferred back to the capital, and he and Yang Yue took charge of the later period and sympathized with the people.
If Yang Jian had not been transferred at that time, he estimated that at least 200,000 people would die in the canal, at least.
So when Yu Wenkai returned home, he urgently summoned his clan members to discuss how to reject this job. He didn't want his half-life to be ruined by a river.
Pretending to be sick? It's unrealistic. It's not easy to pretend to be sick, and it's definitely not possible to push him hard. With His Majesty's character today, if he dares to push, others will dare to dismiss him.
While Yu Wenkai was thinking about how to refuse this job, Chen Shuyi, the concubine of the King of Qin, brought the prince into the palace.
Yang Rui, King of Hedong, has moved into Queen Xiao's Yong'an Palace and will be raised by Queen Xiao herself from now on.
Earlier, Empress Xiao's favorite grandson was Yang Zhao's legitimate son Yang You, followed by her eldest concubine Yang Tan. But now, Empress Xiao knew very well that she should give more favor to her eldest grandson Yang Rui.
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Between mother and child, sometimes it is not just family affection, but also some small calculations are inevitable.
Yang Ming is now in great prestige and is the most likely to ascend to the throne. Empress Xiao's kindness to Yang Ming's eldest son is also a way to get closer to her son, or in other words, to please her son.
Don't think that the queen doesn't have to please others. In ordinary people's families, the grandson that grandma loves the most has its own certain reasons for feeling sad. Either the grandson's father gives money, or the grandson's father provides for the elderly, or the grandson is the most capable.
Grandsons who have no children are often not welcomed.
Of course, there is also a kind of grandmother that all grandchildren want to see. This kind of grandmother is very rare and can be called a great woman.
Since Yang Rui was born, he has not been to the palace many times. Especially the opportunities to be alone with Yang Guang can be counted on ten fingers.
But the most amazing thing is that Yang Rui, who originally looked like his mother when he was born, now looks more and more like Yang Guang.
In the Yong'an Palace, Yang Guang carefully looked at the strange and familiar grandson in front of him, and realized that the features of the other person were very similar to his own, especially a few inadvertent facial movements, which were almost exactly the same as his own.
This damn one is definitely his grandson.
Yang Guang was in a good mood and smiled at his grandson:
"Are you reading?"
"No," Yang Rui said honestly, definitely not. He has just been able to speak fluently this year, and so far, he doesn't know more than twenty words.
Yang Guang smiled and nodded. He felt that royal children needed early education, and three years old was the right age, so he found two teachers for Yang Rui.
One is Wei Cheng, the imperial wine minister, and the other is Xue Daoheng, the doctor of Sili Tai.
Yang Guang also knew in his heart who had the real talent to learn, so these two teachers were both top-notch scholars in the Sui Dynasty.
Xue Daoheng and Yang Guang originally wanted to kill him, but the Yushitai reported to him that Xue Daoheng had been very low-key since he returned to Beijing and had almost no interactions with the courtiers, except for the King of Qin Yang Ming.
Xue Daoheng's daughter, Xue Chi, often came and went from the Qin Palace, as if she and her son were childhood playmates. For Yang Ming's sake, Yang Guang's murderous intention towards Xue Daoheng was temporarily suppressed.
Yang Rui could still play well for a few years, but as soon as he entered the palace, he entered a hard study life.
Yang Jian did not attach great importance to the education of his children, but Yang Guang paid special attention to it because he intended to improve the status of Confucianism. The orthodoxy of Confucianism in the south actually also improved the status of southern clans.
"How is your mother-in-law?" Queen Xiao asked with a smile.
Yang Rui shook his head: "I don't know, my mother-in-law doesn't live with me anymore."
He was telling lies. Yang Yinjiang taught him that everything was as usual for mother and son, and they usually slept in the same bed. However, Yang Yinjiang guessed that the father, the emperor, and the empress would definitely ask about this, so she took a lot of pains.
Teach your son how to respond.
In popular opinion, it seems that children should not be taught to tell lies, but in fact, among the great families of the Sui Dynasty, telling lies from novels was almost a compulsory course.
This is the class difference.
All Confucian doctrines are to teach people, but those with real vested interests will see a deeper meaning, so in their eyes, knowledge is a tool for people to use.
No matter how good you are in reading, it will not allow you to transcend class. Only by thoroughly understanding Confucianism can you do so.
This is why many middle-class people have been painstakingly studying "Houheixue", "Zeng Guofan's Family Letters" and "38 Letters from Rockefeller to His Son", and they want to change their destiny.
Wei Cheng and Xue Daoheng were only Yang Rui's academic mentors, but Yang Rui's real life mentors were Yang Guang and Yang Ming.
The Imperial College was the highest institution of higher learning in the Sui Dynasty. Those who could study there had to have at least one degree in their family.
In fact, children who were born in the Houfu were not able to do well and had no status in the Imperial College.
The total number of teachers and students in the Imperial College is a fixed number, one thousand and twenty-one. Excluding priests, doctors, teaching assistants, clerks, supervisors, etc., there are only seventy-eight seventy-eight students, among whom
The royal family accounted for two hundred and twenty-one people.
In this way, Yang Rui was ruthlessly thrown into the Imperial College by his own grandfather and grandmother, and Xue Daoheng had to come to give him extra lessons every afternoon.
Having been deprived of most of the day, Yang Rui felt that he had no love left in his life.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Yu Wenkai came up with an excellent plan that could make the emperor willingly relieve him of his errand as director of the canal.
On the way back from Jiangdu, Yang Guang summoned Yu Wenkai several times and asked how to demonstrate the great power of the Sui Dynasty and the majesty of the military in front of the Turks.
At that time, Yu Wenkai had already begun to think about it. He understood the emperor's intention, which was to show off his power in front of the Turks and intimidate the northern part of the country.
To put it bluntly, it’s just pretentious.
Pretending requires face-saving, so Yu Wenkai and the emperor came up with three things at that time.
One is the big tent, which can accommodate thousands of people.
The second is the palace, which is a palace that can be walked around.
The third is the walking city, a city that can be walked on.
The emperor is about to tour the north. No one else in the Sui Dynasty can do these three things except Yu Wenkai. This is undoubtedly the best excuse.
So in the afternoon of the same day, Yu Wenkai entered the palace with the drawings of these three top-notch projects, and then stated to Yang Guang that I could not do two things at once. If I were to build the canal, I would not be able to finish these three things in a hurry.
So Yang Guang thought about it and felt that face was more important, so Yu Wenkai's construction supervisor was safely handed over to Yan Bi.
And Yan Pi will be the director of Yongji Qu as recorded in history.
Yan Pi was a man of very impressive background. He had been married to the Yuwen family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and had always been relatives.
The powerful minister Yu Wenhu was Yan Bi's cousin, Yan Bi's daughter-in-law, and the daughter of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yu Wenyong, Princess Qingdu.
His two sons later became very successful in the Tang Dynasty. One of them was extremely famous and contributed two masterpieces that have been handed down from generation to generation.
A painting of "The Walking Chariot" is collected in the Palace Museum and is known as one of the "Top Ten Famous Paintings in China".
The famous "Thirteen Emperors Picture", also known as "Picture of Emperors of the Past Dynasties", is now in the collection of the Boston Museum in the United States.
These two pieces are both top national treasures and were written by Yan Liben, the second son of Yan Pi.
At the Chu Gong's Mansion, Yang Ming and Yang Yuexuan touched them. They first talked about some things that happened in Jiangdu, Luoyang, and then talked about the fights at the court meeting.
Yang Xuangan exclaimed, "Yu Shiji and Yu Shinan brothers, no matter how big the officials are, Xuangan doesn't take them lightly. In his opinion, these two people are called courtiers, that is, they are good at flattering and coaxing today's people."
Your Majesty, the family does not have the strength and foundation to continue to maintain a high position.
Once he falls out of favor, Xuangan will find a way to bring down the Yu family. This is not a boast, he has this strength.
People in Guanzhong sincerely look down on southerners. Things are constantly changing. Thirty years are east of Hedong and thirty years are west of Hexi. A thousand years later, people look down on them.
In fact, Guanzhong will no longer be able to survive a few hundred years later, especially after Beijing replaces Chang'an and becomes the capital of China.
Yang Ming slowly sipped the wine in his glass and waved his hand to signal the dancers to get down.
In the Duke of Chu's house, dance performances are a must-have, and the quality of their dance performances is higher than that of Taiyue Department.
"From now on, you two, don't target the second brother again. Wait until he completes the canal," Yang Ming said calmly.
Yang Yue heard the warning and nodded:
"Your Majesty is very concerned about this river, and after the northern patrol outside the Great Wall, he will also go down the river from Zhuojun, so Yu Wenkai will definitely need to speed up the construction period. Once the work is rushed, Hebei will turn back, so there is no need for us to hold him back.
, let’s see how Yang Jian ends up.”
"Why do you believe that Hebei will definitely rebel?" Yang Ming asked curiously.
Yang Yue said: "Because of the shortage of food supply, your Majesty has allocated two million dan from Jiangnan. This is far from enough. The major granaries in Henan are now half empty. The rest must be supplied to Guanzhong and will not be eaten by the people.
And Yan Bi is from Henan, so he must give priority to ensuring the food supply for the people of Henan. In this way, Shandong and Hebei will not have enough to eat, and in this round of recruitment, Hebei has the most. If it doesn't oppose it, who will?"
"What Yang Zhongshu said is reasonable," said Li Mi, who was standing behind Yang Yue: "Hebei is the hometown of the old Qi Dynasty, and the people's hearts have not returned. Coupled with the influence of the Han Dynasty's rebellion, in fact, Hebei now urgently needs to send a capable minister to appease him.
Governance, this imposition of conscription may lead to great chaos."
"It will be good if there is chaos," Yang Xuangan said: "It will be beneficial to His Highness if there is chaos, and it is also an excellent opportunity to overthrow King Qi."
Yang Ming pondered for a moment, frowned and said: "If there is really going to be chaos, you need to help me calm down quickly to prevent the situation from expanding and spreading more widely."
"This is natural," Yang Yue said, "Your Highness, as long as you care, I will arrange everything."
Yang Yue and the others have always had a good relationship with the Cui family of Qinghe, because the two families are related by marriage, and the wife of the second oldest Yang Xuanzang is from the Cui family of Qinghe.
In Hebei, Qinghe Cui, Boling Cui and Fan Yang Lu are the three largest ones.