The canal was completed successfully, or it could be said that it was not completed smoothly under extremely difficult circumstances.
According to Yang Guang's six-month construction period, Yang Jian was delayed by one and a half months, which is quite good. Of course, he also paid a huge price.
Putting aside the civil uprising and the dead people, Yang Jian now has no courage to go to Hebei because he is afraid of dying there.
He has offended almost all the aristocratic families in Hebei. Although he knows that the consequences will be serious, he has no choice but to offend you. I have to offend my father.
You are nothing compared to my father.
Slap you in the face and give you a jujube has always been a common tactic of the Machiavellian. Yang Jian also submitted a memorial, requesting that Hebei be exempted from taxes for five years.
He didn't care whether he could do it or not, but he had to at least show a gesture to let the people of Hebei know that he, the King of Qi, was still thinking about everyone in his heart. This was called a cat crying while a mouse was showing false mercy.
The aristocratic family will definitely not be fooled by this kind of trick. I don’t care what you say. You have to return the food to me next year. You won’t? Okay, we’ll see.
Don't think that the aristocratic family is easy to offend. If you really want to offend them, they will raise a rebel army in a minute to create trouble for you.
In Luoyang, since the completion of the canal, Yang Jian used His Majesty's return south as an excuse to mobilize all the ships at Banzhu Wharf and Luokou Wharf to go north to Zhuojun so that the emperor could sail southward.
"The top priority right now is to appease Hebei. We must be one step faster than the King of Qin, otherwise he will steal the people's hearts and it will be detrimental to us," Chief Shi Liu Jianzhi said.
Yang Jian agrees with this view. He can now clearly feel that all officials born in Hebei have a bad look when they see him. It can be seen that Hebei's hatred for him has reached its peak.
Fortunately, there were only a few officials born in Hebei, and although they did not give Yang a good look, Yang Jian would not touch them.
Now, no one or anything related to Hebei can be handled carelessly.
Yang Jian nodded and said: "The five-year tax exemption is just a pretense. My father will probably not grant it, so we'd better find some real appeasement policies, and find a way to blame Yan Bi for the canal issue.
After all, he is the chief construction supervisor, so if something goes wrong, I can’t just let me handle it alone.”
"It's hard to push," Li Xuandao said, "This old fox went to Zhuojun in April and never left. At most, it was just a crime of laziness and perfunctory. We were all responsible for recruiting civilians and borrowing food.
, I want to push it to him, how easy is it? "
Liu Jianzhi said: "In extraordinary times, you have to abandon your car to protect the commander. The Ministry of Civil Affairs is responsible for recruiting civilian husbands. At this time, it is best to find a few culprits in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Hebei has caused too much trouble this time. Your Majesty will go south."
After we return, we will definitely have to settle accounts."
"That's Wei Fusi and Wei Yijie," said the meritorious officer He Deren, "but in this way, isn't it too harsh to offend the Wei family?"
Liu Jianzhi said: "We have to say hello to them in advance and think of some ways to make up for it. These two people are both direct descendants of the Wei family. How can we get rid of them without paying a price?"
"I don't want to offend the Wei family now, isn't there any other way?" Yang Xian frowned.
Liu Jianzhi shook his head and said: "This time, someone must be able to share the pressure on Your Highness. King Qin has been waiting for us for a long time. It will definitely be a long-planned thunder blow. If there is no one else to share the burden, Your Highness will not be able to handle this level."
Better off."
He Deren hurriedly said: "Let the two people surnamed Wei take the blame. We don't need to come forward. We can find a few people to file a memorial against them. It is best to confirm the charges of those local officials, such as Yang Wanshi, Chen Junbin, Gao Shengdao, these people will have to do it."
If you take the blame, plus that old fox Yan Pi, His Highness will feel much more relaxed, and with the smooth completion of the canal, His Majesty shouldn't be too blamed."
"Your Highness had better write a memorial now and sue Yan Bi first," Liu Jianzhi said: "As the canal supervisor, he has been hiding in Zhuojun for almost seven months, so that we are stretched thin, and all of us can't."
Wang, you are wiping his butt. All the chaos in Hebei is due to Yan Pi's inaction."
"This is a good idea. I can write a memorial immediately," Yang Jian nodded happily.
Then, He Deren added: "The Dugu family has been pressing for the food payment for the canal. Should we give him some money first, or should we continue to delay it?"
"Do you want money?" Yang Xian suddenly said with a serious face: "They are all asking me for money. Where can I give them money? Hundreds of people are watching the dozens of new coins in the Yangzhou Mint this year.
, it will be divided up as soon as it is released, how dare they still ask for the little money they have?"
"Let's give it some," Liu Jianzhi said: "We don't want to offend the Dugu family. We still hope to do business together in the future. It's inappropriate to fall out now."
"Sir, there is no need to worry," Yang Xian said with a smile, "They are not the only ones in Luoyang, and several others are not vegetarians either."
Yang Guang had promised him that as long as the canal was built, he would find him a good wife. Yang Jian was afraid that his father would forget about it, so he took the initiative to write a letter and mentioned the matter.
The candidate for this good wife was decided by Yang Jian himself. He had to choose which family to marry based on his current situation.
Now, his main concubine is Yu Wenshu's daughter Yuwen Hermione, and his concubine is Cui Hongjun's daughter Cui Lingzi, so there are still vacant concubines and concubines.
As his side concubine, he was interested in Yuan Aqi, the youngest daughter of Gao Bao from Hejian County, and the Wang concubine married Liu Jinzhi, the youngest daughter of Liu Dan, the young minister of Taichang Temple, through the matchmaking of Changshi Liu Jianzhi.
Liu Jinzhi is currently on his way to Luoyang.
Yang Jian has learned to be smart now. When marrying a wife, it doesn’t matter how you look. It doesn’t matter if you are ugly, as long as you have a good reputation in your family.
The daughter was named Jin Zhi, which means golden branches and jade leaves. It sounds a bit big and inappropriate, but the Sui Dynasty did not pay attention to this. If your son is called Liu Tianba, no one will care about you. Even if he is called Liu Guang, it will not work.
Liu Dan was Liu Shu's biological uncle. If his nephew made such a fuss, everyone would be fine. This shows that the Liu family in Hedong was so powerful that Yang Guang did not dare to touch it.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But after Liu Shu's trouble, Yang Guang was indeed deliberately suppressing the Liu family, so that now Hedong Liu has almost no chief officials in the court, and most of them are deputy positions.
Don't underestimate the deputy position. This is a central deputy position, equivalent to deputy B level.
Liu Dan also invested very early. One of his daughters married Yang Yong's son Yang Ke, the king of Xiangcheng, and died in exile together with Yang Ke.
As for Yuan Bao, it's interesting. His real name is Yuan Xiaozheng. He is the youngest brother of Yuan Xiaoju, the brother-in-law of Yang Yong's crown prince Yuan Zhen, and the most powerful branch of the old Yuan family.
Don't think that after the death of Crown Princess Yuanzhen, the family will be no longer good. First of all, we must understand that it is because this family is so good that Yang Jian married his eldest son to their daughter-in-law.
Yang Jian had planned this all, and now he was just waiting for his father to reply to him. After all, the Yuan family didn't take him seriously at the moment.
If he came forward on his own, he might be rejected.
In the future, with the help of the Yuan family in Luoyang, there will be no need to take the Dugu family seriously. The Queen is no longer here, and your family is in trouble. Don't bother me anymore.
Dugu Zuan had already begun to persuade his daughter to return to Beijing as soon as possible and stop staying in Luoyang. You have to go find Yang Ming.
But Dugu Feng'er has no intention of leaving at all, and she has no plans to go back.
Because she knew that Yang Ming's women didn't want to see her, and her return would only cause trouble for Yang Ming.
Being idle in Luoyang was idle, so she stayed in the gambling house every day, spending a lot of money and playing very big.
At the beginning, after losing a lot of money, Dugu Zuan tried to lure his daughter to go to his own gambling house and lose to himself. As a result, Dugu Feng'er's interest in gambling was greatly reduced, and he became obsessed with hunting again.
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Hunting is such a thing. I go out for half a month. I only stay for a few days before I go out again. Gradually, Dugu Feng'er gets acquainted with many children from Luoyang's aristocratic families. They gather in groups and have fun everywhere, which can be regarded as a happy life.
happy.
Her beauty is very good, but no one from aristocratic family dares to have an idea of her, they can only feast their eyes on her.
Among them was a young man named Zheng Anrao, the son of Dr. Jin Ziguanglu and the prefect of Yongjia, Zheng Jibo.
He has a very good relationship with Dugu Feng'er. He also grew up with Dugu Feng'er's second brother, Dugu Xin. Under Dugu Xin's instructions, he spent every day persuading Dugu Feng'er to return to Beijing early.
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"Sister, go back. A girl's family must have a destination eventually. It's not a long-term solution for you to stay at home all the time," Zheng Anrao said with a smile as he handed Dugu Feng'er a roasted rabbit at the camp in the outskirts.
Dugu Feng'er suddenly frowned: "If you try to persuade me again, I won't take you on any safari in the future."
"I can't always accompany you out to play," Zheng Anrao said with a smile: "There is a place waiting for me next year, and my family has made arrangements. I will probably stay in the capital in the future."
Dugu Feng'er said: "Sister-in-law, do you want to go with us too?"
"Not only your sister-in-law, but also my mother and sister will go with me," Zheng Anrao said: "My father is far away in Yongjia, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province. I go to the capital again. Who will take care of my mother? So, our family needs
Go to the capital, if you want to see us again in the future, you can only do so in the capital."
"Then let's go," Dugu Feng'er said with a smile, "I'm not the only one who plays with me."
"Sister Dugu, don't you want to see us again?" The person who said this was a little girl sitting next to Zheng Anrao. This is his sister. She is ten years old and has an outstanding appearance.
The name Zheng Anrao is taken from the phrase "Long nights of tranquility bring many benefits" in the Lotus Sutra of Wonderful Dharma. His sister's name also has a very strong Buddhist flavor.
Dugu Feng'er shrugged: "Life is a long road, and we will have to say goodbye one day. Take care."
"What on earth do you think?" Zheng Anrao was a little angry: "You are King Qin's woman. If you don't go to him, what will happen if you stay at your mother's house?"
Dugu Feng'er said calmly: "My fate with him has ended, let's send our thoughts to each other from now on."
After saying that, she got up and mounted her horse, took her bow and arrows, and galloped towards the wilderness beside the woods.