Wang Wei is currently in Hedong County, and he has just been appointed governor not long ago.
The original governor of Hedong, Dou Qing, had been mistreated by Yang Ming and his family for seven or eight years. He couldn't stand it anymore, so he asked the emperor to change his place. Yang Guang then asked him to go to Bohai County to be the governor of Bohai County to fill the gap left by Gao Shengdao.
Bohai is not as good as Hedong. Dou Qing is not happy with it, so he has not taken office yet.
If this kind of thing happened to others, they would have been blamed long ago, but Dou Qing was fine because his mother was Yang Guang's aunt.
As a result, after the canonization ceremony, Dou Qing regretted that there was no king in Hedong? Yang Rui, the king of Hedong, was now the king of Qin, so why did he leave?
Therefore, at the court meeting, the person who strongly recommended Wang Wei to be appointed to Yinwu County was Dou Qing's brother Chen Guogong Dou Kang.
Yang Guang also knew what Dou Kang was planning. After all, he was a relative of his own and could take care of him if he could, so he agreed that Wang Wei should go to Yinwu while Dou Qing would continue to stay in Hedong.
Hedong is a very strange place, with terrifying mineral resources such as salt, iron, copper, gold, etc., and extremely rich water resources.
It belongs to Shanxi. As we all know, Shanxi is a major coal mining province in the country. Almost all prefecture-level cities in the province contain outrageous coal resources. However, only Hedong, which is Yuncheng, Shanxi, cannot do this.
It is the place with the worst coal resources in Shanxi, so it is often ridiculed as "spotless" and "pure and self-respecting".
After the court meeting, Yang Ming took the initiative to stay.
Yang Guang waved to his son and motioned to follow me, so the father and son went to the Liangyi Hall where Yang Guang usually handled government affairs.
"Pei Yun went to Hebei this time and went straight to Qinghe County, killing the Cui family by surprise," Yang Guang said with a smile:
"The latest report he sent to Menxia Province stated that according to a rough estimate, the Qinghe Cui family is only located in Qinghe County. The concealed registered population is estimated to be 60,000. If other places are included, it should be more than
Two hundred thousand."
You can still laugh at such a harsh fact. Yang Ming feels that this number is a bit conservative.
I saw him smile bitterly and say: "Every family in the world is like this. It is extremely difficult to change the status quo."
Yang Guang smiled and nodded: "This is the helplessness of being an emperor. There are some things that you really want to change, but you are always unable to do so. The phenomenon of wealthy families dominating the local area, if not corrected in time, will form a state within a state in the long run.
Thus evacuating the imperial court."
Yang Ming said: "Father, do you have any proper solution in your heart?"
"No," Yang Guang shook his head and said, "I can't show my love for the aristocratic family too obviously, for fear of backlash. The best way is to let them consume each other. What do you think, how to make them consume each other?"
Yang Ming pondered for a moment and said: "The Guanzhong aristocratic family is originally one and the same. If it wants to be consumed, it must rely on external force. Now that two canals have been built one after another, it is the time for the Jiangnan and Shandong clans to show their strength."
"That's right," Yang Guang said with a smile: "When you proposed to me that you should choose ten subjects to get an official position, I guessed that you had already seen the root cause of the problem, so I am telling you these things today."
Before Yang Jian died, he gave his son Yang Guang the final explanation, including the future policy direction of abandoning the Guanzhong standard.
But Yang Guang felt that Yang Ming had already seen this problem, so he handed over the details in advance, so that his son could cooperate with him to complete this arduous task.
"It has been more than 300 years since the north and south of China were divided, and less than 30 years since the founding of the Sui Dynasty," Yang Guang stood up, walked slowly back and forth in the hall, and said:
"Your grandfather, Emperor Gaozu, had a hard time ruling the world. If anything, it would lead to division. Now that I have inherited the unification, the first thing I have to do is to return to the north and the south, build Luoyang, and build the canal. This is all for this reason."
Then, Yang Guang looked at his son and said slowly: "If you want to return to Shandong and Jiangnan, there is only one way, which is to let them enter the center and participate in state affairs, and then use scientific examinations to select people from poor families and give them official positions. This is called conferring people."
Yiyu, once a person has something serious to do, he will not have random thoughts in his mind. From now on, you should try your best to protect people who come from these two places."
"I understand," Yang Ming said, "If that's the case, will my father stay in Luoyang permanently in the next few years?"
"This is your cleverness," Yang Guang nodded: "Luoyang is located in the center of Guanzhong and Jiangnan, Shandong. Only this place can facilitate the participation of the three families at the same time. Otherwise, if the southerners go to Guanzhong to serve as officials, they will eventually
I can’t adapt to the climate.”
This acclimatization is not just about the soil and water, but also includes local cultural customs, behavioral habits and many other human factors.
With the completion of the Grand Canal, Shandong and Jiangnan will quickly integrate with Luoyang, but they will not integrate with Guanzhong. In order to compete for Luoyang resources, conflicts between local forces will become more and more prominent.
It is a good thing now, but in the long run, it will be a disaster.
Therefore, every policy actually has advantages and disadvantages, depending on whether the timing of its application is appropriate. Li Longji had just changed the government military system to a recruitment system, and An Lushan did the opposite, which shows that this policy was inappropriate at the time.
Historically, the conflict between Shandong and Guanzhong in the Tang Dynasty was mainly due to the conflict of interests between aristocratic families, and the upward path of the Shandong gentry was blocked.
Yang Ming continued: "We must treat the scientific examination as a top priority every year."
Yang Guang said in a deep voice: "It's easier said than done. At the moment, there are not so many positions in the capital or localities. It's not that easy to move. Fortunately, this time of chaos in Hebei, I have the opportunity to make room for the nobles in Hebei."
There are some spots available, but they are limited after all.”
Yang Ming was shocked and couldn't help but take a breath. If the chaos in Hebei was also predicted by his father, then Yang Guang was not an ordinary scary person.
It is unclear whether the construction period of the canal was changed to six months to facilitate his boating from Zhuojun to the south, or whether he deliberately forced Hebei to rebel and thus provided a short but justified way for the Hebei gentry to ascend.
If this is the case, Yang Guang is simply born to be the emperor, he is ruthless and ruthless enough.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Because more than 80% of the local governors in the Sui Dynasty came from Guanzhong, it is not easy to break the monopoly of local officials in Guanzhong.
The method of forcing Hebei to rebel is called no destruction, no establishment. This is why Chen Junbin and Cui Hongjun were fine, but Yang Wanshi was escorted to Beijing.
Yang Ming no longer wanted to think about it anymore. He didn't want to become an emperor who regarded all the people as stupid dogs. Hundreds of thousands of lives only paved a way for a few people to enter the center. He felt scared just thinking about it.
Yang Guang curiously looked at his ugly-faced son and asked:
"What’s wrong with you?"
Yang Ming shook his head: "My son is fine, so does the emperor plan to reopen schools in various places? Give the poor nobles a chance."
"It is easy to abolish but difficult to reestablish," Yang Guang said: "Your grandfather built a large school in order to provide local aristocratic families with opportunities to become officials, but who are the students in the school? Several of them are from local aristocratic families.
?It cannot solve the origin problem of local chief officials, and reopening schools is just a joke."
Yang Ming deeply agreed, and it was indeed the case. The local schools during the Kaihuang period had completely become a gathering place for the second generation of officials. Few of them really studied, and those who were trained were only a group of people who could inherit their father's legacy.
At this time, Yang Ming suddenly said:
"My son hopes that Yang You can study with Yang Rui, and I hope that my father will allow it."
Yang Guang was stunned, then frowned and said, "Why did you suddenly have this idea?"
Yang Ming did not hide anything and directly told Wei Ying about Wei Ying's private meeting with him and Wei Ying's worries.
Yang Guang was indeed taboo about Yang Ming and Wei Ying meeting in private, but he was even more taboo about Yang Ming keeping it from him.
But when his son told the truth, Yang Guang said with relief:
"That's what women are like. They are short-sighted. You and your eldest brother are brothers from the same mother. How could you harm your own nephew? She is too suspicious or is being deceived by others."
In Yang Guang's mind, it was not cruel for him to kill Yang Yong's son, because they were a group of commoners, and he did not consider Yang Yan and Yang Ke to be his nephews.
King Yang Liang of Han rebelled, but Yang Guang only killed his concubine Yang Yu, while his legitimate son Yang Hao was alive and well and was raised in the palace.
Yang Ming knew that Yang Guang was actually worried, so he chose to speak openly and clearly so that his father could eliminate his suspicions.
"The eldest brother died young, and Yang Yu and Yang Rui were together. The two brothers rarely met each other. I thought they should be together since childhood, and be harmonious as brothers so that they can jointly build the country of the Sui Dynasty in the future."
Yang Guang nodded happily: "I'm very pleased that you have this idea, but I won't agree. Yang Rui is the eldest son of the crown prince. He is the most noble among my grandsons. It is not suitable to be classmates with others. The older he is, the more senior he is.
Later, you can consider it, but if you can't do it now, let Yang You and Yang Jin become disciples of that Wang Tong."
Yang Ming asked curiously: "Don't my father dislike Wang Tong?"
"Whether you like it or not is for others to see," Yang Guang said with a smile:
"Remember, don't let anyone guess your true thoughts. Pei Ju has always been arrogant, but he only values Wang Tong. You can see that he still has merits. There is also Wei Zheng, who is also from a famous family. He will offend some people in the future.
When it comes to people's affairs, you let him do it, and when things are settled, let him take the blame. How long he can live depends entirely on how long he can help you take the trouble."
Yang Ming nodded under great pressure. Being an emperor's son is really not an easy task. Every second is calculated.
No wonder many emperors in history were lustful, because only this most primitive desire can relax their nerves.
During this period, Yang Ming asked again about the candidate for Prince Xian Ma. Yang Guang could not make up his mind for a while and said that he would slowly select.
Yang Ming mentioned Wang Shao, but Yang Guang sneered and directly denied it, thinking that the other person was just a person who wanted to gain fame.
After leaving Liangyi Hall, Yang Ming felt that his whole nerves were tense.
So he left the palace and went to the Prince of Qin's Mansion, because only Gao Yue's fresh and delicious body could soothe him.
This is not an indulgence in sensuality, it is just a way to relieve emotions.