On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 465
The death of Yang Zhao brought Yang Guang more worries about his heirs. As for the deep father-son relationship between the two of them, it is not necessarily clear.

After all, Yang Zhao was raised by Yang Jian's side since he was a child, and when Yang Guang went out of town, father and son rarely saw each other a few times every two years.

After Yang Zhao's death, Yang Guang just cried a few times for him, and just got away with it.

As recorded in the history books, "the emperor cried, and stopped a few times, looking for vocal tricks, which is no different from ordinary days." '

Yang Guang returned to Daxing and mourned Yang Zhao, posthumously titled Yuande.

Although Yang Guang's son died, he still had fun as usual, but he was not mean to the three grandchildren.

The prince titles of Yang Zhao's three sons were bestowed by Yang Guang after Yang Zhao's death.

However, blessings come without pairs, and misfortunes never come singly.

Not long after Yang Zhao was buried, Yang Guang was preparing for his southern tour, and the news of the death of Duke Yang Su of the State of Yue reached the Daxing Palace.

In the original time and space, the grand historian who observed the astronomical phenomena claimed that there would be a major funeral in the division where the Sui region belonged.

Because the land of Chu and the land of Sui belonged to the same division, Yang Guang, who had always been superstitious, changed Yang Su from the Duke of Yue to the Duke of Chu, hoping that Yang Su would die early and prevent disasters for himself.

But during this period, because of the existence of Cui Che, a serious confidant, how could Yang Guang expect Yang Su to die.

Yang Su is naturally still the Duke of Yue, and has not been changed.

Yang Xuan, who went to the palace to report the funeral, felt very haggard. Ever since Yang Su fell ill, he had been by his father's side, but he did not keep Yang Su after all.

Tears spilled all the way from the Duke of Yue's mansion to the Daxing Palace. Yang Xuangan with red eyes took out Yang Su's dying watch, unable to hide the pain in his heart, choked up and said:
"Your Majesty! These are my father's last words, written by a humble official, please read them."

The death of Yang Su hit Yang Guang deeply.

Even if there was a stain of defeat in the Hedong War, Yang Su was still the best commander in the Western Sui Dynasty.

Now that he lost this important minister, Yang Guang didn't know who else would let him entrust the military with peace of mind.

Yang Guang opened Yang Su's legacy and looked at it. It turned out that he asked Yang Guang to stay in Kansai to recuperate.

While waiting for the opportunity, he sent envoys out of the fortress to tempt Kumoxi and Khitan with huge profits, so as to provoke their relationship with Cui Che.

When the East Turkic capital Lan Khan and Qimin Khan decide the outcome in Monan, they can unite with Goguryeo.

Goguryeo attacked Liaodong, East Turks attacked Hedong, and Guanxi, Jingchu, Handong, Huainan and other places could also send troops to cross the river to regain lost ground.

At that time, even if Kumoxi and Khitan remained neutral and did not participate in the war to encircle and suppress Cui Che, Cui Che would definitely be overwhelmed.

Regarding Yang Su's legacy letter, Yang Guang took it seriously.

In the past, how could the arrogant Yang Guang cooperate with East Turkic and Goguryeo, but after losing Kanto, Yang Guang had no choice but to let go of his pride.

But in Yang Guang's view, moving his capital to the south of the Yangtze River would not prevent him from contacting the grassland tribes and attacking Cui Che in the future.

Regarding the matter of moving the capital, he has made up his mind and cannot allow it to be changed. In this pass, he does not want to stay no matter what.

Along the way, Yang Su contributed a lot to Yang Guang, and Yang Guang also gave him a very high honor. He posthumously awarded Yang Su the title of Doctor Guanglu, Duke Taiwei, and the military governor of more than ten prefectures, with the posthumous title of Jingwu.

He also gave Yang Su a funeral chariot, forty guards of honor with swords in their hands, and an honor guard and band in front of and behind the chariot.

In addition, five thousand stones of grain and five thousand pieces of fabric were given, and Honglu Qing was sent to supervise the funeral, and an edict was specially issued to mourn Yang Su.

The scenery after Yang Su's death was even more prosperous than that of Yang Zhao, the former prince of Yuande.

Yang Guang even went to the Duke of Yue's mansion to express his condolences.

When the news reached Jinyang, Cui Che felt mixed feelings.

But what caught his attention even more was Yang Guang's planned southern tour.

Cui Che didn't know if Yang Guang would return to Guanzhong after he left, at least in another time and space, Yang Guang was disheartened, he didn't hear anything outside the window, and ran to Jiangdu to enjoy himself.

But since Yang Guang is going on a southern tour, no matter whether he comes back or not, at least during this period, Cui Che expects that the border between the two countries will usher in a period of peace.

This is also like his intention, which can give time to train the navy.

Now the recruitment of the navy is under the leadership of Cui Qiji.

The boatmen have also arrived in Xuzhou one after another, but the giant wood has not yet arrived, and they are making preparations for shipbuilding.

Building a battleship is not only a technical job, but also a job of patience. Even if the giant wood is transported to Xuzhou, the construction cannot be started immediately, and the wood has to be soaked and dried in the shade.

Generally speaking, it takes 3-6 years to build a warship.

Yang Su served as the general manager of Xinzhou in the fifth year of Kaihuang, responsible for supervising the construction of warships, and worked until the eighth year of Kaihuang. The reason why it only took three years was because the steps of soaking and drying in the shade were omitted.

The imperial court provided Yang Su with huge logs that had been soaked and dried in the shade.

In fact, some giant trees are also stored in Qingzhou.

Back then, Yang Jian built warships in Qingzhou to attack Goguryeo by land and water, and sent many giant trees to Qingzhou, and there are still some left.

It's just that Qingzhou's huge log storage is not enough to support the scale of Cui Che's new navy, which is why the civilian laborers are required to cut and transport the insufficient amount.

Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, most of the Kanto region generally ushered in the autumn harvest. Fortunately, this year was smooth and there were no large-scale floods and droughts. It was considered a good year in general.

Even if an official reports a poor harvest, Cui Che will send envoys to inspect the site and issue an edict to reduce or exempt the local rent.

The Mid-Autumn Festival was originally a day of reunion, and Cui Che also missed his two sons Cui Qiji and Cui Yanzong who were far away in Xuzhou and Liaodong.

He sent someone to pass a letter, asking the two to report to the court a year ago.

While reporting on the achievements of local officials, Cui Che also wanted to hear their outlook for the coming year.

Liaodong is said to be guarded by Cui Yanzong, but he is not yet 17 years old. All major and minor affairs are handled by Changshi and Sima.

This time when Cui Yanzong came back, Cui Che did not intend to let him return to Liaodong. He planned to strengthen Wang Dangwan and serve as the governor of Liaodong to guard Liaodong City.

Cui Che also wanted to hear his own thoughts on where to send.

As for Cui Qiji, he still has to go back to Xuzhou.

Xuzhou is an important town in the southeast, and the newly built naval division is stationed here, so Cui Che can only feel at ease if Cui Qiji sits in the town.

During Cui Qiji's report to the court, Li Mi and Du Ruhui were in charge of Xuzhou's military administration, so it is expected that there will be no problems.

In the second year of Daye in the Western Sui Dynasty (AD 506), on September [-]th, after worshiping Yang Jian on the Double Ninth Festival, Yang Guang's car set off from Daxing and headed west to Dasan Pass.

When Yang Guang looked back at Daxing City, not only Cui Che didn't know whether he would return to Guanzhong, but even Yang Guang himself didn't know.

Perhaps one day, the Central Plains will be restored, and they will still come back.

(End of this chapter)