"The Book of Changes" says, "Signing up with virtue and great achievements are the most important things. Being rich is called great achievements."
Two months after the capital was moved to Luoyang, which was the second year after Yang Guang ascended the throne, in the first month of the year, Yang Guang officially changed the name to "Daye".
The first year of the Great Cause, that is, 605 AD.
There were not many things that happened in the first year of Daye. One of them that was quite historic was that Yang Guang ordered the cancellation of taxes and corvee for women across the country.
From this point of view, Yang Guang can be said to be the first friend of women in history!
But for the vast number of male compatriots in the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang had no pity at all. The construction of Luoyang City was still in the preparation stage of materials, and the two thousand-mile long moat to protect Luoyang had just been excavated, so Yang Guang established another
A rather large-scale project is to dig the canal.
This section of the canal is called Tongluo Canal. Specifically, it diverts valley water from Xiyuan, Luoyang, and Luoshui River to the Yellow River; it also diverts Yellow River water from Banzhu (northeast of Xingyang, Henan Province) through Yingze into Bianshui River; and then diverts Bianshui River from the east of Kaifeng.
Surabaya and finally Huai River.
Once this canal is built, grain materials from the south of the Yangtze River can be continuously transported to Luoyang by water.
Although Yang Guang's idea was good, he did not consider the people's power of the Sui Dynasty.
During the reign of Emperor Wen, the people and the country were prosperous, the world was at peace, and the population of the Sui Dynasty grew rapidly.
At its peak, there were 8.9 million households in the Sui Dynasty, with a total population of more than 40 million.
But Yang Guang recruited hundreds of thousands of civilians to dig long trenches, and recruited more than two million people to build Luoyang. Now when he dug the canal, he recruited more than a million people.
Just for these three projects combined, a total of nearly 4 million civilians were recruited! Nearly one-tenth of the country's total population.
If you include military service and various large and small projects in local states and counties, I am afraid that the total number of men in service will double again!
Moreover, these three projects all have long construction periods and are extremely hard work.
More importantly, although Yuwen Xiaomagan'er raised the issue of project corruption to Yang Guang, Yang Guang also expressed a certain degree of concern about it, and successively referred Qu Tutong and Qu Shenggai to these two stubborn donkey-like people.
A person was sent out to serve as a supervisory censor.
But for such a huge project, almost everyone from all the big and small families in the country are involved, so corruption is inevitable, and there are still corruptions everywhere. The Qu Tutong brothers can eradicate it!
Moreover, among these three major projects, except for the construction of Luoyang City, which is mainly concentrated within a radius of less than a hundred miles, the other two projects stretch for more than a thousand miles, running across both sides of the Yellow River from the north to the south!
Poor Qu Shen brothers, they ran around here and there every day to catch corrupt officials, but they could only press the gourd and pick up the gourd again. They were so busy that they were hit on the heel and in the back of the head. Although the corrupt elements were arrested several times
Despite hundreds of attempts, corrupt elements are coming one after another in an endless stream. It can be said that when one corrupt element falls, thousands of corrupt elements stand up.
Moreover, the whole family is intertwined, and both suffer losses and prosper. Although the Qu Shen brothers are determined to fight corruption, their little arms cannot twist their thighs. The lovers have only been together for a few months, and they are burned out by the snowflakes of memorials.
These memorials are basically made up of nothing, such as the Qu Xi brothers extorting money to eat the King's meal, or the Qu Xi brothers being tyrannical and injuring someone's domestic slave, and the Qu Xi brothers sleeping in flowers and willows, not paying prostitutes, etc.
Wait, in short, there are all kinds of weird things!
On the issue of anti-corruption, Yang Guang did not have any firm determination, although Yang Guang himself knew that corruption would shake the foundation of the Sui Dynasty's rule.
At this stage, what Yang Guang is most concerned about is when Luoyang City, in fact, the most important thing is Yang Guang's own palace, will be built.
As for the people, just die! It’s not a big deal, the Sui Dynasty had a large population anyway!
In view of this, in order to quell the anger of those family members, although Yang Guang knew that the Qu Tutong brothers should be unjust, he still wanted to imprison the Qu Tutong brothers in a small dark room for punishment...
In the end, it was Yuwen Xiaomagan'er who came forward and tried to persuade them in every possible way, and the two stubborn donkeys were saved.
Even so, Qu Shen brothers were also demoted from the capital.
Of course, these things are all things for later.
At the beginning of the new year, Yang Guang was still peaceful for a while, and he behaved quite like a wise king.
For example, on the second day of February, the recruitment work for the Left Guard Army, proposed and presided over by Yuwen Chenglong and coordinated by the Ministry of War, was carried out in a very lively manner.
As early as three months ago, the Ministry of War distributed the recruitment documents for the Left Guard Army to all states and counties across the country.
The notice was very clear. His Majesty's personal army, the Left Guard Army of the Sui Dynasty, known as the Gongzi Army, began to recruit troops openly to the people of the Sui Dynasty, and openly selected some generals and subordinates below the level of heroic cavalry.
Moreover, the criteria for selecting generals and lieutenants are relatively clear. In addition to the requirement of being clean, the only criterion for selecting these low-level officers is the level of force value.
It's a martial arts competition in the school field. The winner becomes an official, while the loser can only be a soldier.
For those at the rank of captain and above, including captains and deputy captains, various generals, commanders, and knights, there is an additional military arts assessment in addition to the competition.
At the same time, some civil servants such as meritorious officials and long history officials were also recruited. These people did not need to take the martial arts test, but only had to compete in literary skills, including calculation, copywriting and military strategy.
What is valuable is that these positions are also held regardless of origin, but only based on talent.
According to the talent selection method of the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System, the officialdom of the past dynasties, whether it is the military or political circles, has always been controlled by the masters of the world.
As for those who come from civilian backgrounds, no matter how high their skills are, regardless of their academic skills, they can basically just struggle at the bottom of society. It is very likely that even those who are extremely talented will not be able to become a seventh-grade official in their lifetime.
Of course, there are also individual people who accidentally get the appreciation of a certain leader and have the opportunity to climb to the top, but this situation is definitely rare! It is definitely not as big as it is now!
What's more, it is said that Yuwen Xiaoma'er, the general of the Left Guard Army, was very capable in leading troops in battle. In just half a month, he destroyed the more than 300,000-strong army of the anti-King Yang Liang with only 50,000 troops.
, and the loss itself was only a few hundred people!
Following a person like this isn't marching and fighting. Basically, it's just following the boss to get the credit!
Therefore, as soon as the recruitment announcement of the Left Guard Army came out, all the heroes from all over the world, who thought they had no talent, rushed to Luoyang City one after another, hoping to find an official position in the Left Guard Army.
Although the official recruitment date for the Left Guard Army was set on the second day of February in the first year of Daye, some heroes had already begun to rush to Luoyang City before the New Year.
In more than ten days, more than 5,000 tough people carrying knives and guns poured into Luoyang City, which made the restaurants and hotels in Luoyang City suddenly become popular.
However, most of these people have strong personalities. Now that they suddenly gather together in one place and have nothing to do but have enough to eat all day long, it is inevitable that they will cause some trouble.
Feeling that the social security in Luoyang City was declining sharply, Yuwen Chenglong's left guard army and Yuwen Chengdu's right guard army mobilized with all their strength, patrolling Luoyang City twelve hours a day and night.
Focus on monitoring areas where foreign populations gather.
Whenever you encounter anyone who causes trouble, regardless of age or age, from all over the world, regardless of right or wrong, you will first arrest them and beat them into pig heads!
Under the wild and brutal force of the left and right guards, no matter how tough and fierce these outsiders were, they were quickly tamed into obedient babies, especially when they saw the left and right guards patrolling by.
, more honest than a little sheep!
Although they encountered strong pressure from the left and right defenders, one thing was very surprising, that is, not one of them backed down due to this.
As the official recruitment date approaches, more and more people come to apply, and the sergeants on the left and right guards gradually feel some pressure!
Because, finally, a real master has arrived in Luoyang City!