A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 594: Wang’s guidance on how to deal with the heir apparent

The Wang family is not afraid of human emperors, but they are not willing to antagonize an emperor unless he threatens the safety of the Wang family.

Although the Wang family is now in dire straits, it is not impossible to destroy a dynasty.

Wang Xuanze and others first decided to support Yang Yong to test it out. As a result, at this time, news came from the south of the Yangtze River that rebellions broke out in various places in the south. Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty sent Yang Su to lead his army to crusade.

At this time, only two years had passed since the pacification of the south. At that time, Yang Guang and Gao Jun pacified the Liu Song Zongwang in the south. It only took less than three months from mobilizing troops to pacifying the south.

It took three months to pacify the south. In such a short period of time, most of the troops were on their way, and basically no wealthy families in the south resisted. The Sui Dynasty unified the world almost smoothly, which is unbelievable.

But no one expected that just two years after Jiangnan was pacified, rebellions would occur in various places in Jiangnan.

"Do you understand the specific situation of the Jiangnan Rebellion?" Wang Xuanze asked.

"Those Jiangnan aristocratic families felt that the imperial court was too oppressive and secretly supported the uprising of some rogue bandits, defeated troops, and ordinary people who could not survive." Another Wang family member briefly explained what he knew.

After the Sui Dynasty unified the world, Yang Jian sent officials to Jiangnan to determine household registration and land. Naturally, these officials brought the same practices from the north to the south.

First, the land was measured and divided according to the imperial system. In this step, these officials falsely reported the land, divided the household registration, and then collected taxes according to the household registration.

As for why there were no wars in the north, it was because before the Sui Dynasty, Liu and Song levied heavier taxes in the north. At the same time, Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty also knew that there were tricks in the field records and did not collect taxes according to the field records. Therefore, the north still Calm.

News came from the family's intelligence network that there were some rebellions in Qilu from time to time, but they were not successful and were suppressed by local counties.

However, as a new country whose national power is steadily rising, it is a bit abnormal that there are still wars in various places after more than ten years since its founding.

Now that the Sui Dynasty had unified the world, they also imposed heavy taxes. This naturally made many people dissatisfied, especially the local powerful and powerful families.

However, this peace is relative. Not long ago, Wang Xuanze heard from Gao Jiong, his uncle of the Gao family, that when the Sui Emperor built the Renshou Palace, the officials below forced many people to death.

Now these powerful people have become Yang Guang's help.

Because the population in the south is smaller than that in the north, the situation of falsely claiming land is slightly better than that in the north. However, the south was already conquered by the Zongwangmen, so during the Sui Dynasty's offensive, it was almost effortless.

After all, these aristocratic families did not have many connections in the Sui Dynasty, so they naturally suffered a lot of losses in the process of checking the acres and splitting the household registrations.

What followed was naturally as expected by everyone in the Wang family. Yang Guang went south to quell the rebellion and quickly put down the rebellion. However, Yang Guang did not massacre the soldiers of the southern families, but instead wooed these Jiangnan families.

"Emperor Sui sent Yang Guang south to quell the rebellion. Given the strength of the powerful clans in the south, they will probably be unable to withstand it and will surrender soon." Wang Xuanze shook his head slightly.

Unwilling to be reconciled, the aristocratic families began to rebel.

Wang Xuanze did not take the initiative to become an official. He was the future head of the family and had a distinguished status, so he selected a direct descendant to contact the East Palace in the name of the Huai'an Wang family.

Yang Yong was very anxious when he heard that his younger brother had put down the rebellion in the south and got the support of the southern aristocratic families. In the past few years, his younger brother had been relying on the favor of his father and mother to compete for the crown prince position.

Especially recently, his father and mother have become more and more dissatisfied with him, and they have become more and more anxious, worried that their position is unstable. At this time, Yang Yong was very happy when he suddenly heard from a close official that he could recommend the Wang family of Huai'an.

Although the Wang family in Huai'an is not a top-notch family, it is powerful and famous among scholars. More than a hundred years ago, the Wang family produced two masters of calligraphy in succession, known as calligraphy saints. Highly respected by the world.

If we can get his help, we will definitely be able to stabilize the situation.

Soon Yang Yong met Wang Xuanjing, a son of the Wang family, in the East Palace.

"Sir, I come from a high family of the Wang family. Today I am being aggressively attacked by the King of Jin. I wonder if there is anything I can teach you, sir?" Yang Yong asked Wang Xuanjing for advice after talking with him.

Wang Xuanjing smiled slightly and said: "Your Highness, this matter is actually not difficult. The prince is the eldest son and the son of your majesty and the queen. As long as you are careful in your words and deeds and follow the will of your majesty and the queen, you will be stable."

With four hundred years of history, the Wang family has too much experience to deal with the seizure of heirs.

After hearing this, Yang Yong quickly asked: "I wonder what I want to do?"

"It's very simple. Today's saints advocate frugality and don't like luxury. The prince should promote frugality and set an example." Wang Xuanjing pointed to the gorgeous clothes on the prince's body.

"If the prince likes these gorgeous clothes, he can wear them in the inner palace or in private, but when going out or entering the palace to see the saint, he must change into old clothes."

"There are no old clothes here!" Yang Yong said with some distress.

Wang Xuanjing sighed secretly in his heart. This prince really liked luxury. He didn't even have any old clothes. Fortunately, he was willing to listen to advice and was saved.

"Your Highness, you can starch the clothes several times and dry them before wearing them." Wang Xuanjing said.

The printing and dyeing technology of this period was very backward, and clothes were prone to fading. Most of the costumes worn by princes, emperors, and empresses were brightly colored and made of silk threads of multiple colors. Once washed several times, fading and discoloration would occur.

Therefore, in many aristocratic families, those colorful silks and silk satins are basically not washed. If they are dirty, they are thrown away or given to the servants.

The clothes of emperors, princes, and queens were made with complicated craftsmanship and extremely expensive. If they got dirty, they had to be replaced with new ones, which was extremely expensive. In the past, the princes liked to wear new clothes.

"In addition to clothes, Your Highness should also be as frugal as possible in the palace. Gold, silver, gems and other ornaments should be put away. The palace should not be luxurious. At the same time, he will write to the two saints, saying that he knows his mistakes and has followed the saints' advice to practice frugality."

"Remember, you must submit a letter. All kinds of luxuries should be cancelled. Even the number of attendants in the East Palace must be reduced. Of course, the number of attendants does not need to be reduced."

"The letter should be written sincerely, and write more about the family relationship and family ties in the past. Let the saint think of your good side, and let the saint know that you have changed your mind."

"In addition, some of the people in the palace will be laid off. Those young and beautiful palace people will be sent out of the palace, or they will be assigned to the generals in the prince's sixth command to win over the morale of the army. Your concubines will also be sent away, even if you just send them Raised outside the palace.”

(End of this chapter)