A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 606: The common people cry blood and war breaks out

Yang Guang controlled some power of the court, but he was not satisfied. After all, he had an emperor above him. After gaining some power, most of the mountain that was originally weighing on him was removed.

After the pressure was gone, Yang Guang couldn't help but become distracted, became arrogant, and even coveted Yang Jian's concubines.

Even though Yang Jian had slacked off and was a little obsessed with beauty, he also noticed the changes in Yang Guang. After all, Yang Jian is also a hero of the generation. Although he has become fatuous, he still senses something is wrong.

Unfortunately, by this time, Yang Jian had already bribed the palace people around him. At this time, Yang Jian was already seriously ill. After learning that Yang Jian had the idea of ​​replacing the crown prince, Yang Guang immediately decided to take action first.

That day, Sui Emperor Yang Jian's blood splattered on the screen.

On the twelfth day of the seventh month of the fourth year of Renshou, Yang Jian died in the Dabao Hall.

Yang Guang, who had long been eager to become emperor, cried bitterly over Yang Jian's body and then ascended the throne as emperor.

Yang Jian ascended the throne for twenty-four years. During this period, no large-scale war was launched, and the society was stable. The Kaihuang rule ended the troubled times, stabilized the people, and greatly improved the national strength.

Even though the Sui Dynasty had major problems with household registration, land, and local state and county systems, it was still a powerful, prosperous, and wealthy empire.

After Yang Jian's governance, the Sui Dynasty was said to be the era when the Xia's national power was the strongest in the past hundred years.

When the people's power is limited.

The first thing Yang Guang did after he ascended the throne was to issue an edict to kill Yang Yong.

Then Yang Guang started his grand blueprint.

After ascending the throne, Yang Guang was no longer the polite and virtuous corporal he had been before, but became ambitious and willful.

He thought that the Sui Dynasty was extremely powerful and could be manipulated at will, but in fact every country has its limits.

Yang Guang's ability is indeed excellent, but his biggest problem is that he is obsessed with success and is ignorant and fearless.

At the same time, due to the promotion of the imperial army system and the advancement of weapons and equipment, the combat effectiveness of the Sui soldiers at this time was also extremely strong. Otherwise, it would be impossible to suppress all parties.

Yang Jian reformed the political system. The system of three provinces and six ministries replaced the system of three ministers and nine ministers, which strengthened the power of the central court. At the same time, he opened the imperial examination system and prepared a channel for advancement for the lower classes.

Yang Guang changed the reign name of Renshou to Daye. It can be seen from this reign that he had great ambitions and wanted to create a great cause.

With such a rich family fortune, it is very likely that a prosperous dynasty will be created, but God played a joke on Zhu Xia.

At this time, Luoyang, the eastern capital, had long lost its former glory after more than a hundred years of war. The entire city was dilapidated, and its area was less than a quarter of its heyday.

In this era, due to the recuperation and recuperation, the population multiplied and the country became increasingly prosperous.

In the first year of Daye, after Yang Guang came to the throne, he immediately began to build the Eastern Capital and ordered the people from all over the world to be recruited for corvee service, at a rate of two million people per month.

Yang Guang ordered the construction of Luoyang to be completed within ten months, and at the same time ordered the construction of palaces all over the country. A large number of craftsmen were ordered to build thousands of dragon boats in Luoyang.

Because Yang Guang was once the governor of Jiangnan, he always liked the south, so he built a dragon boat to go to Jiangdu.

At this time, after a long period of war, many of the canals built by Qian State were blocked, so Yang Guang ordered people to be recruited to dig canals. When large-scale construction continued in the country, Yang Guang did not wait, but ordered the Sui army to start the road to war.

The Heavenly Soldiers of the Sui Dynasty sent troops to the Turks. The Turks, the overlords on the grasslands, were afraid of the Sui soldiers and came to surrender in person and expressed their surrender to Yang Guang.

Seeing the overlord on the grassland bowing before him, Yang Guang was greatly satisfied, so he gave him generous rewards.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Guang began to attack Tuyuhun in the Western Sea. The warriors of the Sui Dynasty were invincible in the Western Sea, defeated the Tuyuhun people, and destroyed the Xihai Kingdom. Yang Guang established counties here, and the Central Plains Dynasty regained it again.

Continuous war victories gave Yang Guang a very high prestige. The small countries surrounding the Sui Dynasty were afraid of the power of the Sui Dynasty and sent envoys to pay tribute.

Even some small overseas countries ruled by the Wang family came to the Sui Dynasty. Naturally, the purpose of these people was not only to pay tribute to the Sui Dynasty, but also to let the Sui Dynasty defeat the Wang family.

These small countries sent envoys to cry out and ask the Sui Dynasty to seek justice. Unfortunately, the Sui Dynasty was powerless even if it wanted to do so.

In the Sui Dynasty, there was no naval force that could sail far away. You must know that those small overseas countries who came to pay tribute also risked the capsizing of their ships.

Less than 50% of the ships can successfully come.

These envoys came to pay tribute, and Yang Guangma was very happy. The Sui Dynasty was so majestic that all nations came to pay tribute. But when these small countries asked the Sui Dynasty to seek justice, Yang Guang's face became ugly.

Naturally, he wanted to agree, but the reality was that the Sui Dynasty did not have a ship that could sail far away, and even if he wanted to help them, he was powerless.

Yang Guang felt ashamed and annoyed at this time, and then wanted to order the craftsmen to build a large ship that could go to sea, but he was quickly stopped by the ministers.

As for questioning the Wang family of Huai'an, the Wang family of Huai'an said that the overseas Wang family had long been separated from them and it was none of their business.

After calming down, Yang Guang thought that he had other things to do. He wanted to patrol Jiangdu in the south and attack the Liaodong Kingdom. Now was not the time to go to sea, and the ministers did not want to use troops overseas. It was really a risk at sea. too big.

After the Tuyuhun was defeated and the Turks surrendered, Yang Guang began to look towards the Liaodong Kingdom. The Liaodong Kingdom has always been making small moves in Youzhou. During Yang Jian's period, he repeatedly violated the border and was taught a lesson by the Sui Dynasty several times.

Later, when Yang Guang ascended the throne, the Liaodong Kingdom only sent envoys to congratulate him, which was very perfunctory. This was resented by the upright and ambitious Yang Guangji.

Therefore, after conquering the Xihai Kingdom and surrendering the Turks, they began to prepare to deal with the Liaodong Kingdom. In order to deal with the Liaodong Kingdom, Yang Guang built the Grand Canal. Food supplies can be transported directly to Youzhou with the help of the canal.

But Yang Guang only cared about his own great cause and had no mercy for the people. Years of wars and massive conscription made the people miserable.

Originally, the Wang family wanted to develop in secret, but within a few years, bandits were everywhere, and there were even peasant uprisings in many places.

Wang took advantage of this opportunity and began to continuously recruit fleeing refugees. Yang Guang's various operations have completely shocked the Wang family, and Wang Xuanze even cursed: "Yang Guang is a single man, and it is not a pity to die. He is so violent, and if the Sui Dynasty is not overthrown, heaven will not tolerate it!"

The whole world has become exhausted from the continuous construction of palaces, canals and conquests.

Because a large number of people were recruited to build canals, the land in many places was no longer cultivated. Because the Wang family had food in hand, they secretly continued to absorb the population, and at the same time, they also completed the taxes collected by the court in full.

Even Huai'an's taxes have increased than before, making Yang Guang think that Huai'an is loyal.

(End of this chapter)