It was getting brighter and Yang Yuanqing stood on the side of the boat, looking at the desolate and dilapidated Yongji Canal. Along the way, he could hardly see a single person, only seeing collapsed thatched huts, with weeds growing taller than people.
, by chance, a few skinny wild dogs were looking for food in the grass. [This chapter is updated by netizens]
"You saw it! This is the Great Sui Dynasty after he ascended the throne."
At some point, Gao Yang appeared behind Yang Yuanqing. After a night of rest, Gao Yang's aura improved a lot. He was no longer as weak and pale as last night. Although he was nearly seventy years old, he was still very energetic. It was just this.
His face was filled with sadness and anger.
"Do you know what the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait say about him? The King of Hell passes by like mow grass, and the little ghost passes by like chou tendons. Listen to see, the people under his rule call him the King of Hell. How sad is this?"
Gao Yang thought that his tribe's family was destroyed, but he was powerless. He thought that Li County was killed overnight, thinking that the prosperity of the Great Sui Dynasty was no longer there, and looking at the decline of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, Gao Yang couldn't help but feel heartbroken and burst into tears.
, He could no longer help but raise his arms and shout, "What a fool! If Prince Yong ascended the throne, how could he suffer the disaster today?"
Yang Yuanqing was silent but said nothing. After a long time, he held Gao Feng and said, "Ge Lao, the wind on the river is cold, go to the cabin!"
Gao Yang was heartbroken and was trembling and was helped into the cabin by Yang Yuanqing. He sat down, but grabbed Yang Yuanqing's hand and stared at him and said, "Yuan Qing, overthrow this foolish monarch and establish a new monarch!"
Yang Yuanqing sighed, "Gei Master, Goryeo was defeated, his prestige was lost. The Sui Dynasty was already raining and wind filled the building. We should watch the changes and follow the will of heaven."
"Are there any important officials who want to rebel?" Gao Feng was so wise that he could hear Yang Yuanqing's implication and stare at him.
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "The Guanlong nobles are ready to move. I guess someone will take the lead in rebelling within next year, but I don't know who it will be?"
Gao Yangchen said for a moment: "From my understanding of Dugu Zhen, Dugu's rebellion may not be very serious. However, Yuan's family, if Yuanshou does not die, it must be Yuan's first."
"Does the elder of the cabinet think Yuanshou die?"
Gao Feng was stunned, "Is Yuanshou not dead?"
"At least I didn't see him die, in fact, no one saw him die. It was just that his family reported the death and said that he died in Beiping County, but no one in Beiping County saw him. Even the prefect Wei Yunqi didn't know. The elders thought he was
Dead?"
Gao Yang frowned. Could it be that Yuanshou was pretending to die?
At this time, Gao Feng remembered something again. He looked at Yang Yuanqing with a little hesitation in his eyes, but he still sighed softly and said to Yang Yuanqing: "Yuanqing, you might as well pay attention to your father, he is also very dangerous."
Yang Yuanqing smiled bitterly on his face. Even Gao Feng knew that his father Yang Xuangan was going to rebel?
Gao Yang shook his head slightly and said, "Actually, your grandfather had the intention of being unjust, and the late emperor also noticed that on the one hand, he valued your grandfather very much, but on the other hand, he was very careful. Why are you so afraid of your Yang family?
The root of it is still your grandfather. Yuanqing, you should advise your father carefully and never make a head-on bird, otherwise it will implicate you."
Yang Yuanqing nodded silently, Gao Yang patted his shoulder and laughed, "Go! Let me think about it carefully, how can I help you?"
Yang Yuanqing left Gao Yang's room. Gao Yang looked at his back. He could feel that Yang Yuanqing's heart was full of contradictions. He couldn't help but sigh softly, "How great it would be if Yuan Qing was a royal family!"
As soon as Yang Yuanqing walked out of the cabin, a personal soldier ran forward and said, "General, someone is shouting on the shore, it seems to be General Fat Sanlang!"
"Yang Wei!"
Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed and walked quickly to the side of the boat. He saw a camel rider on the east shore waving to his ship, and shouting, "The unique camel logo and huge body are not Yang Wei," Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "
The boat docked and let him come up.”
The big ship slowly landed. After a moment, Yang Wei and his camel were hung onto the big ship. Yang Wei walked to Yang Yuanqing and knelt down on one knee, panting and said, "Last general, Yang Wei, see the general!"
"Why are you here?" Yang Yuanqing asked strangely.
"Reported to the general, Bei Yi returned to the capital from Fengzhou to complete the procedures, went to Dongping County, and then went north along the canal, observing the ships all the way."
When Yang Yuanqing heard that he had gone to Dongping County, he knew it very well, so he gave him a look and said, "Come with me!"
The two walked into Yang Yuanqing's cabin and sat down. A Lian brought in two cups of tea, retreated, and closed the men for them.
Yang Yuanqing then asked: "What's the situation in Dongping County?"
"Uncle already has 28,000 troops in his hands, and the situation is not good."
Yang Wei told Yang Yuanqing one by one the information he received, and took out the booklet given by his father from his arms and gave it to Yang Yuanqing. Yang Yuanqing opened the booklet and looked at it, which made him amazed at the wealth of Yang family's financial resources.
A year later, 500,000 stones of grain were purchased from the south one after another.
"My father said that there are two small islands in the Juyezawa. My uncle built a warehouse and was guarded by heavy troops. It is estimated that the food is on the island."
Yang Yuanqing paced back and forth in the cabin with his hands behind his back, repeatedly considering the situation in Dongping County. He could no longer stop his father Yang Xuangan's rebellion. Now he had only one way to delay Yang Xuangan's rebellion as much as possible and drag his rebellion to the Guanlong nobles.
It will be much more beneficial.
He thought for a long time, then sat down and wrote a letter, put the envelope in it, and smiled at Yang Wei, "Thank you for your hard work this time, and give this letter to my master Zhang Xutuo."
Yang Wei has been running outside for months, but he took the letter without hesitation, "Go now!"
Yang Yuanqing ordered someone to prepare dry food for Yang Wei, and Yang Wei got off the boat again. Yang Yuanqing stood by the side of the boat and looked at Yang Wei away, with a glimmer of hope in his heart. Whether Yang Xuangan can be rebelled depends on how his master Zhang Xutuo cooperated with him.
It's right.
Half a month later, before the river freezes, Yang Yuanqing's boat finally drove into the capital from Luoshui. When he passed by Yanshi, he had already hidden Gao Yan in his manor and ordered people to take good care of him, although
In the past two years, Yang Guang has stopped improving himself and almost forgot him. However, Yang Yuanqing still dared not be careless and could not let Yang Guang know that Gao Yan was by his side.
In the morning, the boat slowly docked in front of a pier. A Lian got on a carriage. The soldiers guarded her and returned to the Yang Mansion first. Yang Yuanqing turned over and drove towards the palace under the escort of more than a hundred personal soldiers.
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It was early November, and the weather was cold. It had just snowed a few days ago. The capital was covered with silver, and the streets and alleys, and the roofs and trees were covered with thick white snow. Groups of children
Playing snowball fights on the street, building snowmen, laughing, the whole capital was immersed in the expectation of auspicious snow that indicates a good harvest. It has been almost a month since Yang Guang returned to Beijing, and a battle of Goryeo was almost exhausted from preparation to end.
In two years, he almost abandoned the government affairs during this period. Now that he has regained his resumption, he has discovered that the government's principles are abolished and have many problems, and many things cannot be reversed by him.
For example, the household registration verification report of each county should be reported to the Ministry of Representatives every year, but half of the counties have not reported this year. Not only that, among the counties reported, the number of household registrations in many counties is exactly the same as last year.
It was obvious that he was confused by the imperial court. Even Yang Guang knew that millions of people died in the Liaodong battle alone, and there were also bandits who flocked to the country. Did the government even go to the bandits to count their household registration?
If he still can't see the number of registered people, the deterioration of taxes has made him feel deeply sad. Last year's taxes have dropped sharply by 30% compared with the previous year. Now it is the end of the year. How much will it drop sharply this year compared with last year?
These data made Yang Guang upset, and more importantly, the problems were full of problems and were full of problems, which made him wonder where to start. He felt it was necessary to hold another cabinet meeting to let the prime ministers discuss the matter.
At this time, Yang Guang picked up a memorial, signed by Li Yuan, the prefect of Zhuo County. He opened the memorial and only looked at two lines. He was excited. This was actually Li Yuan impeached the former Youzhou general manager Yuan Hongsi.
It made Yang Guangda interested, and internal strife appeared among the Guanlong nobles again.
After looking through a few pages, Li Yuan listed a total of ten major crimes of Yuan Hongsi, appointing others as nepotism, abuse of si punishment, dereliction of duty, and excessive personal guards. Each article has a large number of examples, with detailed facts and reasonable evidence.
Yang Guang nodded repeatedly, and it was impossible to see that Li Yuan was actually a person who was interested. During this period, Yang Guang was already considering attacking Yuan Hongsi, but he was struggling to find evidence of his crime.
Just as he was about to go to bed, Li Yuan sent a pillow, which made Yang Guang secretly admire him. He couldn't help but look at Li Yuan. Li Yuan was timid and cowardly. The Li family belonged to the weak among the Guanlong nobles. In the past, he always thought Li Yuan was dull.
This person is not happy. Now it seems that Li Yuan has made great progress. He can't help but write two words on Li Yuan's memorial: 'Great Good!'
At this moment, an eunuch reported from the menu, "Your Majesty, General Yang of Youzhou has arrived, waiting to see you outside the hall!"
This news made Yang Guang overjoyed and said repeatedly: "So quickly announce his visit!"
He didn't bother to read Li Yuan's memorial and put it aside. After a moment, the eunuch led Yang Yuanqing in. Yang Yuanqing stepped forward and gave a deep bow, "My minister Yang Yuanqing will meet your Majesty!"
"When did you arrive in the capital?" Yang Guang smiled very kindly.
"Report to Your Majesty, as soon as I got off the boat, I went straight into the palace to meet the saint."
Yang Yuanqing knelt down and kowtowed, "I will only achieve a small merit, and I will receive a great reward. I am ashamed. I would like to thank Your Majesty for the reward!"
Yang Guang nodded with satisfaction, "It is my always wish to be named Duke of your country. It is because you have not had enough qualifications, so until now, many of my noble children of the Sui Dynasty have no achievements, but they have a high-ranking Duke of the State, and you are
The country is serving, and it is full of achievements and achievements. If you don’t give you a title, I am really uneasy. This is the result of meritorious service. Don’t be ashamed and calm down!”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Yang Yuanqing stood up and said, "I have something to tell Your Majesty!"
"What's up?"
"Your Majesty, the bandits in Hejian County are rampant, and the Luan bandits Gao Kaidao break through Lucheng County and robbed and killed people. Hejian Prefect Cui Pingyi repeatedly asked me for help, but because of the system, I dare not cross the border to suppress the bandits. I think that the same is true for other counties.
There are no bandits in a strong county, and bandits in a weak county are rampant. If the soldiers of a strong county are allowed to suppress bandits in a weak county, I think it will greatly alleviate the bandits."
Yang Yuanqing meant one sentence, asking Yang Guang to issue an order to allow cross-border bandit suppression.