Chapter 48: Jiangdu's Fright (Part 2)
Su Wei quickly walked into Yang Yuanqing's official room, his steps were quite brisk, and he could not tell that he was an old man nearly 70 years old. Even he himself felt that he was young and energetic. The reason was that it was the emergence of the new dynasty in Hedong or the newly married concubine in his family.
In short, Su Wei did not regret that Yang Yuanqing had half forced him to Fengzhou. At first, he felt a little unhappy. It is said that Fengzhou is extremely cold in winter and belongs to the barbaric land of the border. But it is said that Yang Yuanqing had taken over Hedong. He suddenly felt that Fengzhou also had nostalgic places, such as fine wine, and people living and working in peace and contentment.
Today was also the first day he entered the city. Yang Yuanqing set up a mansion covering an area of 20 acres for him. His concubine was busy at the mansion, but he was uneasy and finally couldn't help but come to find Yang Yuanqing.
"See General Manager Yang!"
Su Wei gave a deep gift. When he was with Pei Ju in the morning, he called Yang Yuanqing "Yuanqing" and acted very intimate. However, when he met alone, he no longer had the personal relationship in the morning. Perhaps it could also be called clear distinction between public and private. The morning is private, and the current is public. In short, Su Wei knows the skills of being an official lies in seizing the occasion and the opportunity.
"Please sit down with Master Su!" Yang Yuanqing waved his hand and said with a smile.
Yang Yuanqing's call from the "Gei Lao" made Su Wei feel warm. Others call him Duke Meiyang, and he feels very uncomfortable. After all, Duke Meiyang is just a county magistrate, so this call reveals his true feelings. He has been in the Sui Dynasty for 30 years, and not to mention Duke Guo, he has not even had a county magistrate.
Yang Yuanqing's voice "Gei Lao" made Su Weiton feel like a confidant.
Su Wei sat down and saw that various documents were piled up on Yang Yuanqing's desk, and sighed: "The manager is entangled by these trivial matters all day long, so how can he have the energy to consider major matters?"
Although Yang Yuanqing knew that Su Wei's original intention was to consider his own fame, he must admit that Su Wei was right. These trivial chores have consumed too much energy, and he really has no time to consider military and national affairs now.
"I have decided to appoint Zhang Liang as the military officer to organize the documents and organize the documents for me."
Joining the Military Office of the Records is an extremely important position. Although the grade is not high, he must be a confidant. Su Wei's heart was "spooked!" A moment, Zhang Liang, wasn't that short man who was not as good as a black man? I heard that he was caught cheating in the exam, but he actually joined the Military Office of the Records. This was surprising!
Su Wei pondered for a moment, then asked carefully: "Have the general manager considered the candidate for the Minister of the Internal Affairs?"
The Minister of the Inner History is also an extremely critical position. It is not just the deputy of the Inner History Order. At the same time, it has the power to decide which memorials must be submitted to the imperial court. Which memorials can be passed as long as the cabinet discusses them. Yu Shiji has served as the Minister of the Inner History for a long time, and he can hold great power.
Yang Yuanqing nodded. "As the Minister of Internal Affairs, you must be open and upright, and not show favoritism. I consider letting the Chief of the Zheng Cao join the army, Zhang Shu. Wei Zheng was the Minister of the Huangmen of the Menxia Province, in charge of reviewing government orders and refuting. There is only one person in both positions, and no second person."
Yang Yuanqing considered it for a long time. These two positions are located at both ends of the cabinet, one is to manage the entry and the other is to manage the exit. Any military and national affairs must be reviewed by the Minister of Internal Affairs and the degree of importance must be determined first. Consider whether it is to be handed over to himself for approval. All approved and completed government orders must be reviewed by the Minister of Huangmen to see if it is legal and compliant and whether there is any overpower. It can be said that these two positions do not care about specific decisions, but only follow the rules, which is the control of Yang Yuanqing's control of the power.
Su Wei immediately understood Yang Yuanqing's ideas. Whether Zhang Shu, Wei Zheng, or Zhang Liang, these people belong to the Fengzhou faction, so when Yang Yuanqing considered the cabinet, he would inevitably consider the interests of the Shandong gentry.
Su Wei suddenly became a little nervous. Will the cabinet members not have their own share?
Yang Yuanqing glanced at Su Wei, and he could feel Su Wei's nervousness. Then he smiled and said, "The cabinet members first consider five people. In order to appropriately expand to seven people, I mainly manage the army. I will not participate in the cabinet. Master Su is an old minister of government affairs. I plan to let Master Su serve as the Minister of the Left Pushe and the Minister of Works. Du Ruhui serves as the Minister of Revenue. Cui Junsu is the Minister of Personnel, Wang Xu is the Minister of Justice. In addition, the Minister of War is temporarily right. You five people form a cabinet and are collectively called Prime Minister. However, in the future, it is not called the cabinet, but Ziwei Pavilion. In addition, the position of governing affairs is set up, which is the leader of the prime minister. Five prime ministers take turns to serve, each of whom holds the pen for ten days. I wonder what Master Su thought?"
Su Wei's mind was calculated Rufei, and the five prime ministers of Ziwei Pavilion Pei Ju, Su Wei, Du Ruhui, Cui Junsu, Wang Xu, Pei Ju represents Wenxi Pei, Wang Xu is the Wang clan of Taiyuan, Cui Junsu is the Cui clan of Qinghe, and Du Ruhui represents the interests of the Guanlong clans. After it is expanded to the Seven Prime Ministers, there may be Fanyang Lu clan and Bohai Gao clan, so what faction is he?
Su Wei was puzzled. He looked at Yang Yuanqing, and Yang Yuanqing was just looking at him with a smile. Su Wei suddenly understood that he was actually Yang Yuanqing's shadow in the cabinet, and he represented Yang Yuanqing's interests.
Su Wei felt excited and knelt down, "The old minister is willing to be loyal to the general manager!"
Yang Yuanqing quickly helped him up and said with a smile: "Georg Su quickly invite him, Yuan Qing dare not take it!"
Just then, there was a burst of running footsteps outside the door, and someone yelled outside the door: "Master, Jiangdu emergency information!"
"Come in!"
The door opened, and a personal soldier walked in quickly and presented a red letter tube. Yang Yuanqing felt something was wrong in his heart. He opened the letter tube, pulled out the letter and looked at it for a moment. His face was pale, he sat down slowly, and handed the letter to Su Wei.
Su Wei looked at it and immediately fell to his knees and burst into tears, "Your Majesty!"
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The news that Yu Wenhua and the Mutiny in Jiangdu forced the death of the Sui Emperor Yang Guang finally reached Taiyuan, and the whole city cried. Although Yang Guang was not popular with the people, he was the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty after all, and his death still made countless people sad.
Yang Yuanqing ordered all counties in Hedong to mourn for three days, and the soldiers and civilians mourned the death of the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. Three days later, Shen Guang finally arrived in Taiyuan.
In the Jinyang Palace, hundreds of prefects, chiefs and military officials from various counties in Hedong and Taiyuan gathered in the Jinyang Palace. In the Jinyang Palace, Dai Wang Yang Yougao sat on the imperial couch, with Pei Ju and Su Wei standing beside him, and Yang Yuanqing sat on the side. Both sides of the hall were filled with burly guards holding various weapons. Dozens of eunuchs and palace maids stood behind Dai Wang Yang You respectively.
In the middle of the hall, hundreds of ministers stood in three rows, quietly listening to Shen Guang’s detailed process of Yang Guang being forced to death and making everyone sigh. Finally, Shen Guang said sadly: “Your Majesty knows that he cannot escape, so he entrusted me to bring the jade seal and military talisman to Taiyuan, and there is also a will.”
He knelt down on one knee and raised the jade box high. Yang Yuanqing stood up and placed the jade box in front of the Dai Wang Yang You. Yang You's eyes were red with tears in his eyes. He opened the jade box, took out a will inside, and handed it to Su Wei.
Su Wei opened the edict, and tears suddenly burst out, and he said to everyone loudly: "It's Your Majesty's edict."
He trembled and said loudly: "The rebellion of the Great Sui Dynasty is my fault! I remember the prosperity of Kaihuang, and then see the great cause withering. I feel deeply sad. I have no face to see the late emperor. However, the Great Sui Dynasty will eventually inherit it. Whether it is Changsun King Yan, the second Sun Yue, or the third Sun Dai King, the three grandsons, the three grandsons, the clever 60xs, can all inherit the throne. However, the world is changing and the fate is difficult to determine. I hereby issue an edict to take the jade seal of the Great Sui Dynasty as a letter. Those who have obtained the jade seal of the Three Suns can inherit the throne. I hope that all my dear friends will assist the new emperor and do not let my wishes down. I can also close my eyes under the nine springs. I hereby issue an edict to tell the world!"
The ministers in the hall knelt down, all crying sadly. Yang Yuanqing wiped away the tears and said to everyone: "My ministers, the country must not be without a king for a day. The emperor has given the order. Those who obtain the jade seal can be the chief throne. We are hereby the will of the saint to make the king of Dai the emperor."
Everyone said in unison: "As the general manager said!"
Yang Yuanqing helped Yang You, the King of Descent, sit down. Yang You looked at Yang Yuanqing beggingly, as if telling him that he did not want to be the emperor. Yang Yuanqing stared at Yang You, shook his head slightly, and pressed his shoulders tightly.
Pei Ju and Su Wei also followed Yang Yuanqing down the jade steps and stood behind Yang Yuanqing. Yang Yuanqing and everyone knelt down and whispered: "Long live my emperor!"
"Long live my emperor!"
Yang You's tears were once again left. This time it was not sadness, but helplessness and despair. He finally said tremblingly: "Dear friends, please do not give me a favor!"
On August 25, the 12th year of Daye, King Yang You of Dai ascended the throne in Taiyuan with the jade seal. He issued an edict to pardon the world, changed the year name to Jiye, posthumously named the former emperor Yang Guang as Emperor Ming, the temple name Emperor Wu, the empress Xiao as the Holy Mother Empress Dowager, the father, Prince Yang Zhao as Emperor Yuande, and the mother, Wei as Empress Dowager Jingde.
Yang You immediately gave Yang Yuanqing a special gift to hold Huang Yue, and held the throne, and appointed the Grand Commander to govern the military affairs inside and outside, the Secretary of State, promoted to King of Chu, and the Regent Prime Minister.
Yang Yuanqing then changed the Qifeng Pavilion of Jinyang Palace to Ziwei Pavilion, and ordered Pei Ju, Su Wei, Du Ruhui, Cui Junsu and Wang Xu to join the pavilion as prime ministers.
Yang Xuanzhao was named Na Yan and the General Manager of Lingzhou, and was also appointed Duke of Shaanxi. Pei Renji was named Duke of Internal Affairs and Fengzhou. He was appointed Duke of Jiang. Both of them did not enter the court and became officials. Zhang Shu was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs and was in charge of affairs of Internal Affairs and Wei Zheng was appointed Minister of Huangmen and was in charge of affairs of the Ministry of Affairs.
Wei Lun, Zhang Liang, and Jia Zhengyi were the Neishishes, Pei Jin and Wei Shiming were the Left-level Secretary of the Shangshu, Xie Sili was the Minister of War, in charge of military affairs, Wang Su was Jingzhaoyi, and all ministers were rewarded.
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Just when Yang Yuanqing helped Yang You ascend the throne, Luoyang and Chang'an also received news of Yang Guang's death. At this time, the Wagang army did not attack Luoyang and had already withdrawn. Wang Shichong, Duan Da, Lu Chu, Huangfu Wuyi and others who held military power supported King Yue Yang Tong as emperor, pardoned the world and changed the year name to Huangtai.
When Li Yuan, the King of Tang in Chang'an, heard the news of Yang Guang's death, he cried and fell to the ground. Three days later, at the request of his ministers, Li Yuan was forced to ascend the throne in the Taiji Hall of Daxing Palace, changed the country's name to Tang, and the reign of Wude, and established the crown prince Jian as the crown prince. His second son Li Shimin was the King of Qin and was granted the title of Shangshu Ling, his third son Li Xuanba was the King of Zhao, and his fourth son Yuan Ji was the King of Qi.
At this time, scholars all over the world called Taiyuan Sui Emperor Yang You the Northern Sui Emperor, Luoyang Sui Emperor Yang Tong the Southern Sui Emperor, and Chang'an Li Yuan called the Western Tang Dynasty. These three emperors were orthodox. The rest of Dou Jiande, Li Mi, Xue Ju, Li Gui, Yu Wenhua, Song Jingang, Xiao Xian, Lin Shihong and others were all rebels.
An era of heroes competing for hegemony has begun. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!