The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 475 'Human mirror' disappears, it's a long way
On this day, a sudden torrential rainstorm swept across the Central Plains.

The bean-sized water droplets hanging from the tips of the lush leaves glisten in the afternoon sun, and the cicadas that are moistened by the rain and dew make them look brighter. The water on the ground is steaming under the sun, and the sweltering airflow is so unbearable that people almost suffocate. .

This summer has been extraordinarily hot and the weather has been a bit unusual!As a result, the old man said that too many people died in troubled times, and too many resentful souls were greedy for the world, unwilling to go back. Yang Tong, who had created countless "resentful souls", naturally sneered and ignored them.For this kind of theory, even if Yang Tong is a different kind, he still doubts it. Even if there are ghosts in the world, these "substances" can't beat themselves when they are alive. What about "substances" without physical support?People in the world are afraid of ghosts, and they are actually a manifestation of unknown strange phenomena in nature. When people can't explain something, they will give mysterious phenomena a mysterious color, such as the phosphorous fire that spontaneously ignites withered bones, because it is running around on the cemetery. The color is gloomy and terrifying, and it is often referred to as "wisps" by frightened people.

The truth is the same, some things are not worth mentioning once they are cracked.

Luoyang, in the palace.

Yang Tong is dealing with official business.

Yang Shanhui, Luo Shixin, Xue Wanjun, Qin Qiong, Li Jing, Pei Xingyan, Du Ruhui and others were in charge of the military operations. Yang Tong was more at ease than going to the front line himself; For the first case, he, the emperor, had to look at it, make a decision, and approve it before the officials below could implement it.Even if it was sorted and screened by counties, three provinces and nine ministries and sent to Yang Tong, there are too many things happening with millions of people, which is enough to keep Yang Tong busy.

Yang Tong handed over an urgent document to a Shura guard: "Urgently, send this document to Yecheng."

"Here!" Shura Wei agreed and left quickly.In Yang Tong's dynasty, all the chores were done by the Asura Guards around him. Although there were not no eunuchs in the palace, there were very few special products of eunuchs. When Yang Tong went to war, there was no one around The existence of eunuchs, security and daily life and other miscellaneous things are all taken care of by Shura Wei, who is in charge of Yin Mingyue.

"Your Majesty, you have been busy since this morning, take a break and review the official documents."

Yin Mingyue came to Yang Yu with a bowl of iced plum soup. After taking off her military uniform, Yin Mingyue looked chic and elegant in a luxurious white robe, her face was radiant, and her voice was full of helplessness.

As for Yang Tong, he was wearing a short jacket with no sleeves on the top, and the two trouser legs of the bottom jacket were torn to only cover the knees. From the perspective of people of this era, this cool dress is naturally The 'beggar's outfit' without the image of an emperor has been criticized by Fang Xuanling and others, but they said theirs, Yang Tong is still the same, but on formal occasions, he still has to wear formal clothes, but what surprised him is Wei Zheng's famous "human mirror" not only didn't say a word to him, but persuaded Fang Xuanling and the others to go. When Lao Wei thought it was not a formal occasion, he didn't need to care about these details. Such a reasonable old Wei surprised Yang Tong.But after thinking about it carefully, I roughly guessed the reason for the disappearance of the 'human mirror'.

First of all, Wei Zheng used to be a Taoist priest. He was not a pure orthodox Confucian child, and the core idea of ​​Taoism is to respect nature. Yang Tong's "exotic clothes" are for heat dissipation, which is in line with the way of nature; Such an appearance, so Wei Zheng not only did not object, but also supported it. Yang Tong even suspected that Wei Zheng's family also had such a set or two of clothes.

Secondly, there is the problem of the positioning of "the butt determines the head". In the second Li Dynasty, Wei Zheng was the one who abolished the prince Li Jiancheng. He was afraid that Li Er would be unhappy and kill himself one day, so he had to find out his own position and portray himself as a lone minister who was against the civil and military. Anyway, he was a literati without military power. When there were no friends in the class, Li Er naturally did not regard him as a threat. In this way, his head was saved; and Li Er, after all, had committed the scandal of killing his brother and forcing his father. Even in the 21st century, it would still be a stinking scandal. Li Er knew that he could not be the emperor of benevolence or filial piety, and could not be convinced and respected by the world in terms of benevolence and filial piety, so he positioned himself as a person who was good at receiving advice. Emperor, so Wei Zheng became Li Er's prop.Wei Zheng is such a smart person, how could he not know what Li Er's intentions are?He already had a lot of resentment towards Li Er who killed the old master, and he had to be the younger brother of the "enemy". Feeling upset, he casually grabbed Li Er's braid and sprayed vigorously. His Majesty Li Er had to deal with tens of thousands of official duties every day, and it was difficult not to make mistakes, and Li Er's mistakes were old Wei's fun. Over time, a reputation as a monarch and minister has been achieved. As for the truth, it has long been buried in the long river of history.

Now Wei Zheng is not a subject of Li Jiancheng, and secondly, he has no experience in history, and he is a person who is an insider and an outsider. Naturally, he will not hate Yang Yu in some small details. In fact, any normal person who has a way to survive will not Hui would not dare to go against the emperor, not to mention that Wei Zheng and Yang Tong's subordinates had a great time, and Yang Tong was not a fool. It is normal for the 'human mirror' to disappear.

"I don't want to, but I think that so many counties need to be dealt with in a timely manner, and so many people are waiting for my policy to settle them in time. I have to be busy if I don't want to." Yang Tong said helplessly.

The promotion of the Sui system encountered great resistance in the Central Plains. Since the day when the system of demoting officials and land distribution was revoked, Yang Shidao from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Fang Xuanling from the Ministry of Officials, Wei Zheng from the Ministry of Punishment, Liu Zhenghui from the Imperial Ministry, and Ling Jing from the Ministry of Commerce , and even the members of the Black Ice Platform from all over the world are so busy that they don’t even touch the ground. Even Yang Tong himself is so busy that besides eating and sleeping, he spends most of his time dealing with official documents sent from various places. Rebellion also happens occasionally.Sometimes Yang Tong couldn't understand the 'stupid' actions of these people. In fact, the overall situation of these counties recovered by the Sui Dynasty was settled, but these people dared to rebel. This is really speechless. Those who maintain local order The 'yamen servants' of the Great Sui Dynasty were all soldiers who had retired from the army. Although these people were laid off, they were also outstanding soldiers who had been employed through fierce competition. Especially these fighters who came to restore the area to maintain stability and suppress, their functions are similar to the future "military-police" and "special-police", and their combat power is no worse than combat troops. After special training, they are already very Familiar with unconventional warfare.

Of course, some cities with deep-rooted aristocratic families still need time and effort, but as mentioned above, the Sui led by Yang Tong wanted to please the people at the bottom. With the support of this huge group, Yang Tong would not Fear those aristocratic families with a history longer than the dynasties.The reason is naturally that Yang Tong is not like the emperors of previous dynasties, who need a family to rule the world together, so he can act unscrupulously.

Before cheap paper and books became widely available, reading became an unimaginable luxury for ordinary working people, and aristocratic families monopolized educational resources and cultivated a huge "talent pool" through ethnology. Talents from aristocratic families are needed to rule the world, so they have to rule the world together with the aristocratic families.That is to say, in the game with the imperial court, the most powerful weapon of the aristocratic family is the soft power of 'talent', rather than accumulated wealth and vast fertile land, because these tangible assets can be captured by the imperial court through violent means. With dozens, hundreds, or thousands of servants in a family, how can it surpass a country that controls the world's soldiers and horses?Therefore, the weapons of the aristocratic families are the talents needed by the court. When these talents become official, they will feed back to the family, so that the various aristocratic families will gradually grow.It's just that Yang Tong has his own treasure house of talents and is backed by a strong military force, which makes the survival rules of the aristocratic family no longer feasible in the Sui Dynasty headed by Yang Tong.

Of course, this is also a Kanto family, but the Guanlong family, which is different from it, is a wealthy family that started with military affairs. They control armies through the relationship between family children and former officials, so the foundation of Guanlong lies in army.In Yang Guang's era, the Sui Dynasty clearly had a standing army of more than 60 people with extraordinary combat power, but they still selected strong, brave and good-for-nothing young men from the army and the people to reorganize the Xiaoguo Army. More than 60 standing troops have already been infiltrated into the bone marrow by the Guanlong Group. Yang Guang knew that if he fought openly with the Guanlong Group, this huge army would not be under his control at all. Another reason was that he Worried that he was gone, the Guanlong Group relied on the army to overthrow his descendants, because that's how Lao Yang's family came from.Yang Guang's worries are actually very similar to those of Zhao Kuangyin who played with "a cup of wine to release the military power" after launching the "Chenqiao Mutiny". The charred corpses in the "burning of Qinggong Building" tragedy.

Yin Mingyue hesitated for a moment, and passed the plum soup over, "Let's take a rest, otherwise Concubine Wu will be the last general again."

"Then let her talk, and I'll help you train her tonight."

Shui Tianji has a small goal now, she not only wants to become a concubine, but also to create a history, that is to become the first female Duke of the Sui Dynasty with her military merits, so even if the weather is so hot that she will die, she will go to the palace all day long. Running in the barracks, training under the scorching summer with a flying feather bow, she dragged her exhausted body back home only at night. During the day, it was difficult for Yang Tong to see her face.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the heart. Yin Mingyue, who has already reached the year of marriage, naturally understands the relationship between men and women. Yang Tong's ambiguous words made her face blush, "Your Majesty is so unscrupulous!"

"Why aren't you being serious?" Yang Tong took the plum soup and drank a big one, feeling refreshing from the cold.He turned his head to look at Yin Mingyue with a strange expression, leaned on the back of the chair, and asked indifferently.

"Your Majesty, you understand..." Yin Mingyue's face turned redder.

"Haha!" Yang Tong laughed loudly, he found that some buzzwords of later generations have always existed, but they had no chance to become popular.

"Your Majesty is not serious at all."

"..." Yang Yu was speechless, how could this be improper?However, he is not stupid enough to guess a woman's mind, he knows that you will never be able to figure it out!
After a period of speechless silence, Yin Mingyue said, "Your Majesty has been dealing with official business for so long, so let the general help you relax?"

"Okay!" Yang Tong, who worked from morning to afternoon, his forehead was a little swollen, and he was naturally happy to enjoy the beauty's service, so he lay back on the chair.

"Your Majesty, Fang Shangshu asks you to see me." Just as Yin Mingyue's face was red and her heart was beating faster, and she was about to embrace Yang Tong into the great bosom, a Shura guard walked in quickly and bowed to Yang Tong.

"Please come in." Yang Tong straightened up, smiled at Yin Mingyue and said, "Look, it's hard for me to take a break."

"Bastard!" Yin Mingyue gritted her teeth and cursed in a low voice.

Yang Tong looked at Yin Mingyue strangely: "Why are you scolding me?"

"No."

"I heard it! You called me a 'bastard'."

Yin Mingyue was wronged to death, her chest was about to explode with anger, and she said indiscriminately: "The end will be to scold Fang Xuanling, this bastard always does bad things..."

"What happened to him?"

"Uh, because, because every time, every time he brings bad news, the general thinks that's how it is."

Yang Tong smiled and said, "Not all of them."

Yin Mingyue swears: "The end will feel like this."

"My lord! Good news!" The gentle and refined Fang Xuanling walked in quickly with a pile of papers in his arms.

"Hehe..." Yang Tong looked at Yin Mingyue with a smile.

"..." The eggplants hit by Yinmingyue Rushuang wilted all of a sudden, and her whole world was black and white, which set off the handsome Fang Xuanling even more dazzlingly and eye-catching.

(End of this chapter)