The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 361 Then Why Are You Here?

For the people of Chang'an, since the Sui Dynasty recovered Guanzhong, Chang'an has become lively. Policies that benefit the people such as the equal distribution of land are insignificant, and that is already a thing of the past.

The cultural and educational undertakings that the people are now discussing are hotly debated.

The Great Sui Dynasty opened [-] "Great Sui Libraries" in Chang'an, selling cheap books widely, high-ranking officials, aristocrats, peddlers, and pawns can buy books in the "Great Sui Libraries". Take the books on the website to the reading area to read and transcribe, even if you read it until closing time.Of course, if you damage or soil a book, you must buy it back at the price

Reading is a noble thing in this era, and it is also a very promising thing. Now most of the people in Chang'an City buy a copy of "Meng Xue".Even if you can't read it yourself, you can let your son or grandson read it.

Chang’an has set up many free schools, and what is taught is this "Meng Xue", which is not a profound knowledge, but for the common people, this is a good start. Children can first learn characters in the free schools, and after they have learned the words , These books that I couldn't understand at first, naturally I gradually understood them.

Being down-to-earth and taking one step at a time is the consensus of the simple people. They don't expect to win the top prize at once, and think that it is enough to do the things in front of them. As for other things, let's see later!The good thing is that everyone has hope in their lives and is full of unprecedented hope for the future.

For the people of Chang'an, Yang Tong is not only an unattainable existence, but also a good prince who leads everyone to prosperity step by step. The work-for-relief policy allows Chang'an people to earn extra income by selling their labor. With money, everyone can improve their lives
The real benefits brought about by this can be seen by the people, and what makes the people even more grateful is that the imperial court gave the people free cattle.

Although the imperial court has not been able to send a cow to a family, but I heard that His Royal Highness King Qin won great victories in the north and the generals in the west. Everyone captured countless cattle, and they will distribute them to the people who have not yet obtained the cattle. at home.

Cattle are the most important means of production in this era, and the development of productivity and food production are constrained by the serious shortage of cattle. Without livestock to pull the plow, it is not difficult to imagine how slow it will be to cultivate with human power alone.With cattle, the progress, effect, and output have all doubled and doubled.

How can you let the people of the Sui Dynasty not love such a dynasty that really cares about the people?

In the troubled times, there are still many people struggling with life and death. In contrast, the people of Chang'an feel that they are the happiest people.

All of this was given to them by the Sui Dynasty, so it is normal for people to support the Sui Dynasty.

However, there are many people who want to overthrow such a court that works for the people, seeks the well-being of the people, and is dedicated to the people. There are two main reasons for their overthrow. The big clan thinks that books should not be sold to the common people, and that the common people should continue to be stupid; second, the land should not be distributed to the common people, and the small tax should not be abolished.

These reasons of the aristocratic family are very infuriating, but Li Yuan, the former emperor of Li Tang, also thought so, and everyone dared not speak out.Fortunately, the Sui Dynasty drove away the tyrant Li Yuan, and made himself a commoner of the Sui Dynasty, enjoying the same treatment as Jizhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Yongbei.

But the people still don't understand why the aristocratic family said that the Sui Dynasty was not good and wanted to overthrow it.

But now, people are beginning to understand.

Because a storyteller took things apart from various angles and told the story, the common people figured it out.

The aristocratic families opened libraries and free schools to support the Sui Dynasty. They were worried that the children of common people who read good books and won the number one scholar in the exam would affect their status.

The aristocratic families did not support the equal distribution of land in the Sui Dynasty, and they lost the tool to exploit the people.

The aristocratic families did not support the rule of law and the rule of law in the Sui Dynasty. It was because their families were all bad guys, and they were afraid that the imperial court would execute the bad guys in their families.

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The reasons for the aristocratic families to overthrow the Sui Dynasty gradually spread from Chang'an to the entire Guanzhong through the mouths of storytellers. Seeing the families being defeated, punished, and executed, the common people only thought of "deserving" and "deserving to kill" two words.

The common people who understand the reasons for the death of the aristocratic families discovered that the Great Sui Dynasty was good, and also realized that once the Great Sui Dynasty was overthrown, they would go back to the days when pigs and dogs were not as good as before. Therefore, the people in Guanzhong supported the Great Sui Dynasty. Reached a terrifying height.

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The other side of support is opposition.

The lives of the common people are better because of the Great Sui Dynasty, and those who benefit from it support the Great Sui Dynasty as a matter of course; while the aristocratic families are the losers of their interests, and it is only natural that they want to overthrow the Great Sui Dynasty.

In Qinrenfang near Dongshi, in a slightly remote courtyard, 140 dignitaries from various families gathered.Of course, in today's Chang'an City, these so-called big men are just shopkeepers of some merchants.

Although after Yang Tong entered Guanzhong, the Great Sui Dynasty carried out a devastating suppression of the Guanlong family.But the power of the family in this era is very huge. Even if their main family either dies or leaves Guanzhong, it is absolutely difficult for them to erase the heritage accumulated for hundreds of years in such a short period of time.

In addition, Yang Tong's center of power is far away in Yecheng, Wei County, and there are only Li Jing and Pei Renji in Chang'an, so it is naturally difficult to cover many things in detail, and these aristocratic families can take advantage of them.They secretly recruited many former family guards. Although there is no strength there, there are still many people who are willing to serve them based on the name of the Guanlong family. As for those who are not willing to serve, they are secretly killed. , those who stay are all the hard-core confidantes of the Guanlong family.

In fact, the world's aristocratic families didn't mind their children becoming officials in the Sui Dynasty, because after the Sui Dynasty unified the north, they were already the most secure princes in the world.It's a pity that Yang Tong's actions touched the most fundamental interests of the aristocratic family and deprived them of everything, which was the most unacceptable thing for them.

Sitting on the high seat is a young literati in his thirties. His name is Lawyer Pei. He is the eldest son of Pei Ji.

When Yang Tong invaded Bingzhou, the Wenxi Pei family was not spared, but Yang Tong did not do too much to the Pei family. After depriving the Pei family of all their wealth, they gave the Pei family clean and tidy There is Yang Tan who has a foothold in Luoyang.The Pei family was flourishing, with branches such as Pei Ju, Pei Yun, Pei Ji, Pei Shiqing, etc. Some of them continued to be by Yang Tan's side. After Yang Tan lost power, he followed Pei Shiqing and voted for Li Mi.As for the other group of people, they went to Chang'an to join Pei Ji.When Guanzhong was lost, Pei Ji followed Li Yuan to the south, and lawyer Pei was quite capable. He was ordered by Li Yuan to lurk in Chang'an, and secretly contacted the Guanlong family, the Guandong family, and the Nanfang family in Chang'an. Recover Guanzhong in the future to accumulate strength.

Lawyer Pei's expression was solemn. He looked at the family representatives invited by him, and said in a deep voice: "Our intelligence personnel have found out a piece of news: it is said that Yang Tong will arrive in Chang'an in the near future."

"I don't know what the captain wants to do?" An old man asked with a frown.His name is Wang Zhi, and he is a descendant of Wang Xiong, one of the "Twelve Generals of Guanlong" during the Yuwentai period, and he is a representative of the Wang family in Chang'an.

"My Li Tang forces have almost been uprooted in Yecheng, and Yecheng is Yang Tong's lair, so it is very difficult for us to attack. He is coming to Chang'an now, I think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." Lawyer Pei laughed.

"It's indeed a good opportunity...but I have two questions..." Wang Zhi frowned and said: "First, the army guarding Chang'an City came from Jizhou and Youzhou refugees. The elite division of the county, the hundreds of thousands of troops of King Jin, was beaten by this army without the slightest temper. Although there are only 2 people in the city, the combat power is not less than 10. The important thing is that they not only win every battle , and still loyal to Yang Tong, it hasn’t changed since he was in Chang’an, and no one is a child of Guanzhong; second, Yang Tong’s victorious division even wiped out hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops from east and west; how do you say we fight?”

Not to mention that their soldiers can fight, the number is ridiculous, and there is no army of one hundred thousand.You kid wants to assassinate the king without soldiers now, what is it if you are not courting death?It's not like death, is it?

"The main force of the Sui army marched eastward with spoils and returned to Jizhou from Bingzhou. Yang Tong's troops were running out, and according to his standard of conduct, he would only bring his five thousand Xuanjia troops to Chang'an at most." Lawyer Pei He glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "As for the [-] elites in Chang'an City, you don't have to worry, we will try to transfer them away from Chang'an."

"There are also five thousand Xuanjia troops who can block hundreds with one!" Wang Zhi nodded and asked, "What do you say?"

Lawyer Pei said: "The Xuanjia Army will definitely not be transferred."

The crowd nodded in agreement.

The Xuanjia Army is Yang Tong's personal guard, and Yang Tong will follow him wherever he goes. If Lawyer Pei says that even the Xuanjia Army can be transferred away from Yang Tong, everyone will run away without saying a word, and don't fight to the death with Lawyer Pei. It's too unreliable.Now that he said it honestly, everyone felt relieved.

"Even if Yang Tong only has the Xuanjia Army, how many people do we have?"

"Don't worry, everyone, this junior has already made preparations. Let's see who this person is?" Lawyer Pei clapped his hands.

I saw a general coming out of the back hall, bowed to everyone and said: "What is the last general, see you."

"Chang He?" Many people frowned slightly, obviously unfamiliar with this name.

"Chang He? Could it be the guard of the Longmen Gate?" Wang Zhi remembered something, looked at this person and asked.

"It's the last general!" Chang He bowed and said shamelessly: "During the Battle of Guanzhong, the last general was stationed at Longmen Pass and was defeated. When the Sui army was reorganized and surrendered, he was ordered to sneak into the Sui army."

"So that's the case." Wang Zhi nodded with a smile. It seems that Li Yuan has left a lot of supporters in order to regain Guanzhong.

Lawyer Pei smiled and said, "General Chang He is now a school lieutenant and a guard of the Xuanzhong Gate of the Beigong. Yang Tong pretended to be the king of Chu to open the Xuanzhong Gate and Xuanwu Gate. Now we can follow suit."

Everyone's eyes were brightened. Xuanzhong Gate is the north gate of Daxing Palace, which is extremely strong. After passing through this gate, you can reach Xuanwu Gate, Palace Garden, and Forbidden Palace after passing through the Beiyuan of Miyagi.When Yang Tong set fire to the palace, he took this route.

"I don't know how many people General Chang can mobilize?" Wang Zhi asked.

Chang He cupped his hands and said, "500 people!"

five hundred?

The muscles on Wang Zhi's face twitched violently a few times. What can 500 people do?Moreover, these 500 people are not the elite of the Sui Dynasty. If they encounter the Xuanjia Army, even a wave will not be happy.

"Just want to make trouble with 500 people? Are you kidding me?" One person looked at Lawyer Pei speechlessly, are you stupid or are we stupid?
Lawyer Pei's face was also a little hot.He wanted to win over more people, but the Sui Dynasty was too strict with the prisoners of the Tang Army after the Guanzhong War. Those prisoners were all taken to Yongbei to build roads. They served two years in prison before they could return to official status. Dare to contact, the management is too strict.

The soldiers who surrendered were also taken to Hanchuan and other areas outside Guanzhong to farm fields, and they were also unable to quench their thirst near the water.

looking for them?That's totally giving them heads.

As for the domestic slaves and tenants of the major families, they were scattered and resettled in Longyou, Yongbei, and Hehuang areas. Let alone whether those people are willing to rebel against the Sui Dynasty with them, the key is that they can't be found, and they can't be contacted. Can't get in touch.

"Don't worry, gentlemen!" Lawyer Pei coughed lightly, but also felt that it was not convincing. When he felt that it was the bottom line, he said in a deep voice: "This junior is not the leader of this mission."

Then why are you here?

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(The protagonist is going to be the emperor, I implore book lovers to present their favorite "emperor title", "year title" and the mighty generals... such as Dragon General, Tiger General, Wei Guogong, British Duke, etc. Please give it to me Give your own suggestions and leave a message. Thank you!!)
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