Chapter 29 Flanking layout

As the sky gradually became brighter, Yang Yuanqing stood on the side of the boat, looking at the desolate and dilapidated banks of Yongji Canal. Along the way, he could hardly see a single person, only seeing collapsed thatched huts, with weeds growing taller than people. Occasionally, several skinny wild dogs were looking for food in the grass.

"You see 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 complexion improved a lot, no longer as weak and pale as last night. Although he was nearly seventy years old, he was still energetic, but his face was full of 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 mowing grass, and the little ghost passes by like cramps. 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, and that the prosperity of the Sui Dynasty was no longer there. 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 have 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 looked 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 about to storm 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 first within next year, but I don't know who it will be?"

Gao Yang pondered for a moment and said, "From my understanding of Dugu Zhen, the Dugu family is unlikely to rebel. However, if Yuan family does not die, it will be Yuan family who will take the lead 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's 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. Does the cabinet master think 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 showed a bitter smile on his face. Even Gao Feng knew that his father Yang Xuangan would 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 is the emperor so afraid of your Yang family? The root cause is your grandfather? Yuan Qing, you must advise your father carefully and never make a head 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. The unique camel logo and huge body were not Yang Wei. Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "The boat is docked, 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 clearly, so he winked at him, "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 door 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 handed it to Yang Yuanqing. Yang Yuanqing opened the booklet and looked at it, which made him amazed at the wealth of Yang's family. A year later, the grain alone purchased 500,000 stones 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. After dragging his rebellion to the Guanlong nobles, the situation would be much more favorable.

He thought for a long time, then sat down and wrote a letter, handed it to Yang Wei and smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work this time, and handed it 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.

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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 Yang in his manor and ordered people to take good care of him. Although Yang Guang has stopped improving himself in the past two years and has almost forgotten him in the world, Yang Yuanqing still did not dare to be careless and could not let Yang Guang know that Gao Yang was by his side.

In the morning, the boat slowly docked in front of a pier. A Lian got on a carriage, and his personal soldiers guarded her back to Yang's 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. A few days ago, there was just heavy snow. The capital was covered with silver. There was a thick layer of white snow on the streets and alleys, and the roofs and trees. Groups of children were playing snowball fights and making snowmen on the streets, laughing. The entire capital was immersed in the expectation of auspicious snow signifying a good harvest.

Yang Guang's censor's room had lit two braziers, making the room warm as spring. It had been almost a month since Yang Guang returned to Beijing. It took him two years from preparation to the end of a battle in Goryeo. During this period, he almost abandoned the government affairs. Now he has picked it up again, and he has discovered that the government's principles are absent and ill-treated, and many things cannot be reversed by him.

For example, the household registration verification reports of each county should be reported to the Ministry of Civil Affairs every year, but half of the counties have not been 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. This is obviously a fool to the court. Even Yang Guang knew very well that millions of people died in one Liaodong battle, and there were also rioters who flocked to various places. 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 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 read two lines, and then he was excited. This was Li Yuan's impeachment of the former Youzhou chief supervisor Yuan Hongsi, which made Yang Guang very interested. Infighting another invasion among the Guanlong nobles.

After looking through a few pages, Li Yuan listed a total of ten major crimes of Yuan Hongsi, including nepotism, abuse of lynching, dereliction of duty, and excessive personal guards. Each article has a large number of examples listed below, with detailed facts and reasonable evidence, which made Yang Guang nodded repeatedly, and could not see that Li Yuan was actually a person who was interested in judging the holy intentions. During this period, Yang Guang was already considering taking action against Yuan Hongsi, but was not afraid of finding 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 and disliked him. Now it seems that Li Yuan has made great progress. He couldn't help but write two words on Li Yuan's memorial: "Great Good!"

At this moment, an eunuch reported at the door, "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 your Duke. It is just because you have not had enough qualifications, so until now, many of my noble children in the Sui Dynasty have no achievements, but they have high-ranking Dukes. You serve the country, live and die, and have many achievements. If you don't be named, I am really uneasy. This is the gain 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. The bandits Gao Kaidao broke 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 bandits. I think that the same is true for other counties. There are no bandits in strong counties, and the bandits in weak counties are rampant. If the soldiers of strong counties are allowed to suppress bandits in weak counties, 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.

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