Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 76 The Prince of Western Liang
The news that the Southern Dynasty had withdrawn its troops in the Jiangling area quickly spread to Chang'an. Yang Jian smiled with satisfaction and ordered: "Order Han Qinhu to withdraw his troops. All troops shall be divided according to the original deployment. Any provocation against the Southern Dynasty shall not be carried out. Anyone who violates the military order shall be executed." .”

His analysis of Chen Shubao and others in the Southern Dynasty was correct. As long as the emperor of the Chen Dynasty was still seriously ill and the situation in the Chen Dynasty was unstable, it was absolutely impossible to use troops easily. Chen Shubao could not afford any failure. At this time, he really wanted to be an old rival. The Emperor of the Chen Dynasty stayed in bed for two more years, until the war between them and the Turks was over.

The crisis was temporarily suspended, but Yang Guang's marriage could not be postponed. Yang Jian looked at the newspaper on the table and told the eunuch: "The prince of Xiliang is coming to Beijing. Let the prince pick him up. Don't be rude."

Outside Chang'an City, Prince Yang Yong looked unhappy. He didn't know why the emperor asked him to pick up the Prince of Xiliang. He was obviously Yang Guang's uncle, so why did he arrange for him to pick him up.

During this period of time, he wandered among the elders of various distinguished families who came to Beijing, and he benefited a lot. The disciples of the family would also give him advice from the way of winning people's hearts, but he really couldn't figure out what the purpose of today was.

The people around Yang Yong said to him: "Your Highness, since you are here, you must not lose your etiquette."

Soon the Prince of Xiliang and his team arrived. Looking at the team, Yang Yong smiled disdainfully: "Xiliang is a small place, and the ceremonial guard team is also rudimentary and pitiful."

Although he looked down upon the opponent, Yang Yong rode out to meet him.

When the team from Xiliang saw Sui's welcoming team, they stopped and people came out of the chariot.

The visitor is of average height, about half a head taller than Yang Yong. He is elegantly dressed, less heroic and more scholarly.

"Xiliang Xiao Cong met the Sui Prince."

"People say that the prince of Xiliang is well-educated and good at writing, and is good at riding and shooting. He can be said to be both civilized and military. His reputation is well-deserved when I see him today."

"Most of them are praised by others. The prince's bravery is far better than mine."

After the useless greetings, Yang Yong took the Prince of Xiliang into Chang'an City, and first went to the palace to meet Yang Jian.

Yang Jian was very happy to see Xiao Cong: "My dear nephew, this is the first time you and I have met. In two days, when the wedding is over, we will be your in-laws. We will spend more time in Chang'an City in the past two days."

"Your Majesty the Emperor, can you allow me to see Prince Jin?"

"Of course you can. King Jin is in Daxing City today. I will order someone to take you there."

Yang Jian knew that the Prince of Xi Liang would definitely want to see Yang Guang when he arrived, so he asked Yang Guang to go to Daxing City early in the morning to wait. He also wanted to show off the big project of Daxing City to the Prince of Xi Liang and see how powerful the Sui Dynasty was.

Yang Yong finally completed his mission. Xiao Cong followed the officials in the palace to the construction site of Daxing City. This time he met his brother-in-law, the King of Sui and Jin Dynasties, for the first time.

At first, he thought that his sister would become the crown prince's concubine, but he did not expect that she would marry Prince Jin. At first, the Emperor of Xiliang was a little dissatisfied, but after hearing about Prince Jin's situation during this time, he was quite satisfied. .

The two met each other, and Yang Guang said to Xiao Cong: "People say that the Prince of Xiliang is erudite and good at writing, and is good at riding and shooting. He can be said to be both civilized and military. His reputation is well-deserved when I see him today."

Xiao Cong was speechless. Did the Sui Dynasty people have uniform training in speaking skills for these meetings? Why did the prince and the King of Jin say exactly the same words, word for word.

Immediately replied: "Most of them are praised by others, the King of Jin is far more heroic than me."

Yang Guang took Xiao Cong to the supervisor's observation tower, looked at the people below who were working extravagantly, looked at the invisible walls of Daxing City from a distance, and sighed: "The Sui Dynasty was so powerful that such a building was built out of thin air. Huge city!”

For the first time, Xiao Cong personally felt the power of the Sui Dynasty. If Chang'an City was prosperous, it might be a legacy of the previous dynasty and the heritage of the Central Plains. But it is really amazing to dare to build such a huge city.

Yang Jian's goal was achieved.

"Hello, Your Highness King Jin."

"Thank you for your hard work, Your Highness King Jin."

As the two of them walked along, the people on the roadside greeted Yang Guang enthusiastically. The smiles from the heart, the enthusiasm soaked in sweat but overflowing with enthusiasm, were all so real that Xiao Cong could only feel.Da Sui's superficiality went too far! ! !
People have always complained when doing corvee work, not to mention suffering endlessly. Why don't you just show it to me? Everyone is so enthusiastic and working so hard?Is it because there is such a big difference in consciousness between the Sui people and the Xi Liang people?

So when Xiao Cong saw this situation, he immediately thought it was acting, and just sighed that Sui Minfu's acting skills were really good.

"The King of Jin is responsible for such a big matter at a young age. His Majesty the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty really values ​​you."

"I will do whatever my father tells me to do."

"This Daxing City must be very expensive."

"The cost is indeed high, but it doesn't use the Sui Dynasty's treasury, so it's not bad."

"It doesn't need to consume the national treasury? Where will the money come from?"

Yang Guang thought for a while and said: "You can say that many people in Chang'an City contributed money, and everyone contributed money to build it together."

Arabian Nights!

Xiao Cong really didn't understand how Yang Guang could say such nonsense. Did he think that he was a three-year-old child? He had already imagined what Yang Guang was going to say next. The people in the city worked together and the court The ministers were united and donated money to build Daxing City together.

Can you believe this?Of course I can’t believe it, it’s impossible, absolutely impossible.

It's just that his impression of Yang Guang was a little different. He didn't expect that this handsome and talented future brother-in-law would turn out to be a braggart, and he deeply regretted that his sister would marry this King of Jin.

Naturally, Yang Guang didn't know what he was thinking, let alone that his uncle, who had just met him once, regarded him as a big liar.

Pulling him to the Imperial City under construction, he introduced the scale of the Imperial City and the Grand Palace and then said: "The Imperial City and the Grand Palace are the most expensive projects. In order to raise money, I sold a lot of national bonds."

"National debt, what is national debt?" Xiao Cong was naturally puzzled.

Yang Guang explained the concept of national debt to Xiao Cong. Xiao Cong looked at Yang Guang in shock: "Did you really do this?"

"Naturally, why not?"

At this time, Xiao Cong understood what Yang Guang meant when he said that the ministers contributed money and the people contributed money. It turned out that he collected money in this way. Then he thought, if he did the same thing, would he be able to collect a huge amount of money? funds.

But he immediately rejected his idea. Xi Liang was not the Sui Dynasty. The ministers and nobles of Xi Liang would not be so convinced of the future of Xi Liang and would not buy national debt. When he thought of this, he felt endless sadness in his heart.

Yang Guang felt that Xiao Cong was a person who was very easy to lose his mind, and would lose his mind every once in a while.

"I wonder if you are interested in the national debt of our Sui Dynasty?"

"Ah? Me?" Xiao Cong came back to his senses.

"Yes, Princess Menglan is about to get married to me, so I will call you uncle more affectionately. The national debt of the Sui Dynasty is a project that only makes money but does not lose money. If you have ideas, I don't mind if you buy some. I believe that father The Emperor will agree."

"Absolutely not." Xiao Cong thought about it. Wasn't this the money from Xi Liang given to Sui Hua first?

"Brother-in-law, don't be so resistant. Think about it slowly. Don't force this matter. Money is more reliable in the Sui Dynasty. Even if uncle-in-law wants to hide some private money in the future, it will be difficult for others to find it."

What is this called? This is called asset transfer.

(End of this chapter)