Turbulent Times Chapter 793: The people are like ants

Of course Yang Guang wished to uproot the nobles of Guanlong, but the freezing of three feet did not happen overnight. The nobles of Guanlong were deeply rooted in the imperial court. Even with the power of the Longmen Clan, it would be difficult for them to steal the world of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

So Yang Guang didn't dare to persecute him too much. Besides, in Yang Guang's view, before the imperial examination failed to select talented people from all over the world to use for him, it was still the nobles who could take care of the government for him and rule the world. He still needs these people. Thinking of this, Yang Guang sighed in his heart, and wanted to find a way to ease the relationship with the Guanlong nobles.

"The leader of the Blue Yiwei Mansion, King Qin An, is here to see you." A waiter's voice came from outside the door, interrupting Yang Guang's thinking.

"King Xuan enters the palace." Although Yang Guang is still self-willed, he has been the emperor for more than half a year. Therefore, he likes and favors courtiers who can implement his ideas well and quickly, and it seems that Wang Junlin is such a courtier now.

"Your Majesty, my minister Wang Junlin, long live your Majesty." Wang Junlin looked respectful and respectful of Yang Guang as always, and this made Yang Guang feel quite satisfied with Wang Junlin. After all, Wang Junlin is very fierce. He is extremely famous, and every deed is astonishing, but such a person is a courtier who respects and respects him. This kind of psychological and spiritual satisfaction is what people like Yang Guang enjoy most.

"Ai Qing is flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

As soon as Wang Junlin got up straight, Yang Guang couldn't wait to ask Yu Wenkai to introduce the new capital of Luoyang to Wang Junlin again, and then said to Wang Junlin: "What does Ai Qing think about this?"

"Your Majesty, during the Yongjia Rebellion, the Huns drove straight in and defeated Luoyang City, which kicked off the prelude to the Five Chaos. In addition, Shandong and Hebei are the former places of the Northern Qi Dynasty. There are many miscellaneous people, and it is easy to rebel. He must also consider defending the Northern Qi Dynasty. Miscellaneous Hu. Therefore, although I know that such things will never happen due to your majesty's wisdom, the capital of a country is the heart of a country. After thousands of years of Your Majesty's Great Sui Dynasty, such things have to be prevented, so I think the new capital Luoyang Site selection also needs to consider the matter of defense." Although Wang Junlin didn't know that Yang Guang was displeased with Changsun Sheng and Pei Shiju's remonstrance just now, he knew Yang Guang's character. You can't speak out, lest you hurt Yang Guang's glass-like self-esteem and make him unhappy.

"What Aiqing said is very true." Sure enough, Wang Junlin's meaning was similar to Changsun Sheng and Pei Shiju's, but Yang Guang was not only displeased when he heard it, but nodded in satisfaction, and then he was not polite, or Said shamelessly: "I also have this worry, Yu Wenkai, regarding the defense of the new capital, what considerations do you have in terms of defense when choosing a place?"

Yu Wenkai is well aware of Sheng's worry, and in fact he is also prepared, so he smiled and said: "I also have suggestions for defense."

Yang Guang cheered up and hurriedly said: "What do you suggest?"

Yu Wenkai pointed a wooden pole at the circle around the map of Luoyang, covering hundreds of miles, and said solemnly: "Although Luoyang is surrounded by plains, we can build artificial defenses. I think we can dig long moats." The defensive cavalry, connecting Changping and Jijun in the east from Longmen, arrived at Linqingguan, crossed the river in the south to Junyi, Xiangcheng, and reached Shangluo.

When Wang Junlin heard this, his heart skipped a beat. He thought that according to Yu Wenkai's words, the construction of the new capital of Luoyang would probably require hundreds of thousands of civilian laborers. Yang Guang's impatience would definitely not extend the time. In the future, when these hundreds of thousands of people are built in the new capital, how many people will survive. And these hundreds of thousands of civilian husbands are all young and strong men. Each of them is nothing in the Sui Dynasty. The pillars of each family, without them, may mean that tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of small families will be ruined or even destroyed.

Obviously Yang Guang didn't have the slightest worry about Wang Junlin, or he never cared about the lives of ordinary people. He looked at the map and walked around the range of the long moat, and he surrounded the capital. In fact, Yang Guang was thinking about defending the cavalry. Digging a long ditch is a good way. He nodded slightly.

Su Wei, who has been watching Yang Guang's every move and expression changes, said first: "The veteran thinks that Yu Wenkai's method is feasible."

Yu Shiji, who was a step late, scolded the old fox of Suwei secretly, and then said: "The minister seconded the proposal, and the minister thinks that it is feasible to dig a long trench to defend against the cavalry."

Yu Wenshu, who has been silent for a long time, originally wanted to express his strong support for the method of digging a long moat to defend the cavalry, but with his current status as the leader of a hundred officials, it would be fine if he said it before robbing others. At this time, he followed others Afterwards, I couldn't hold back my face when I made a statement, so I hesitated for a while and didn't say anything.

With the leadership of the two, dozens of people immediately stood up to express their support for this law, but those officials from the Guanlongmen Clan remained silent, but the dozen or so people waved their flags and shouted, it was enough, Yang Guang was satisfied Nodded, finally said: "Yes, this method works."

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After arranging on the spot to increase the recruitment of civilian husbands and the allocation of money and food, Yang Guang asked all the officials to step down, leaving behind Yu Wenshu, Yu Shiji, and Wang Junlin, three confidantes who had reached the top level of important officials. "Recently, many civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty have become more and more slack. The three lovers can solve this problem."

Yu Wenshu, who hadn't seized the opportunity to speak just now, immediately said: "Your Majesty, these people eat the emperor's salary and don't share your majesty's worries. They can let the Blue Yiwei Mansion go to prison and punish them for deceiving the emperor." /

"Immortal..." Wang Junlin glanced at Yu Wenshu and said nothing.

Yang Guang frowned slightly when he heard the words, obviously not satisfied with what Yu Wenshu said.

Yu Shiji is the best at observing words and expressions, and he immediately understood that Yang Guang didn't want to persecute the Guanlong Clan too much in a short time, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, these slack ministers are all officials from the Guan Long Clan, just as General Yuwen said It's damned if the king's salary doesn't share your majesty's worries, but it's been more than a month since your majesty let the Lanyiwei mansion severely injure the Guanlongmen Clan, so it's not appropriate to persecute them too much at this time, I have a plan to solve this matter for your majesty."

Yang Guang suddenly became interested, and said: "What good plan does Yu Aiqing have, tell me quickly."

Yu Shiji said: "I heard that the queen's birthday is approaching, why don't your majesty use the day of the queen's birthday to invite all the officials to win over the feelings of all the ministers."

When Yang Guang heard this, his eyes lit up, he nodded, and said, "That's right, I'm going to make the queen's birthday grand and lively this time. And banquet."

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