At the beginning, Emperor Yang of Sui was kidnapped

Chapter 49 Sui Yang Emperor's Reform Plan

In his inherent cognition in the past, Xiaomin was more treacherous and cunning, used to being lazy and avoiding taxes and corvee.

If severe punishments are not imposed, it will be difficult to govern.

Therefore, when he chose to use millions of people to build water conservancy and attack Goguryeo, he did not hesitate at all.

But today, his inherent concept has been impacted.

These people in Wanmin City are not only not treacherous, but also know how to be grateful and understand etiquette.

For a moment, he even suspected that he was wrong.

But only for a moment.

……

On the city floor.

Xu Mu put away the binoculars, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

It was he who led these people to Yang Guang just now.

In history, Yang Guang was a talented and bold emperor, but he went the wrong way.

All his actions are correct, the merits are in the moment, and the benefits are in the future, but the four words of eagerness for success completely ruined him.

There are also those nobles of the family who survived from the Wei and Jin Dynasties. After realizing that Yang Guang was trying to attack their foundation, they even invested in their colleagues who rebelled, and together they helped to overthrow the iron barrel of the Sui Dynasty.

The reason is that Yang Guang inherited and intended to carry forward Yang Jian's imperial examination system.

Trying to break the monopoly of powerful families, select officials from the lower classes, and try to achieve a certain degree of fairness.

This caused great damage to the interests of the aristocratic families. In addition, the conquest of Goguryeo mobilized a large number of troops from the aristocratic clans, seriously weakening their strength.

In the end, they couldn't take it anymore. The Guanlong Group's interests were damaged the most by Yang Guang, so they were the most aggressive.

Li Yuan came from the nobles of Guanlong.

"Perhaps... I can come up with a Sui Yangdi transformation plan?"

On the tower, Xu Mu murmured.

Judging from the contact with Yang Guang during this period, the emperor was neither cruel nor fatuous, and he was able to listen to opinions.

Of course, it is also possible that Yang Guang behaved so well because he was afraid of his brutality and stupidity.

But after traveling so far, Xu Mu felt that it would be a good thing if Yang Guang could be transformed into a director of the Municipal Planning Department who wholeheartedly serves the people.

Xu Mu really couldn't bear to kill this talented and generous emperor just like that.

Counting its merits and demerits, the credit is really too great.

As long as the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years, he has inherited some of his legacy.

"In the future, we can give Lao Yang more jobs to treat the people well, so that he can truly feel the simplicity and kindness of the people."

Xu Mu thought so, and wanted to carry out the Sui Yang Emperor's transformation plan in a subtle way.

This is a long project.

As the saying goes, the country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. Lao Yang's personality for decades is not so easy to change.

"My lord, the people have suffered disasters and are penniless. How to deal with these bonds?"

While Xu Mu was thinking, Fang Xuanling's voice came from behind. At this time, he was holding a large bundle of... IOUs.

Xu Mu turned around, waved his hands and said, "Burn it."

These IOUs were all issued by the people of Wanmin City when they borrowed seeds from the Lord's Mansion.

Since the announcement of the exemption of agricultural tax, the people in Wanmin City have been excited, full of hope for the future, and full of enthusiasm for farming.

Therefore, regardless of whether there were any people who were assigned to the fields, they all came to borrow the seeds of the crops from the Lord's Mansion.

Unknowingly, Xu Mu became the creditor of tens of thousands of people in Wanmin City.

However, in the face of floods, Xu Mu thought about it and decided that it would be better to waive these seed fees.

Anyway, he doesn't need such a little money.

"My lord is benevolent and righteous." Fang Xuanling was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and bowed down.

Originally, he came here with these bonds just to ask the lord to burn them.

It was a time of famine, and the debts of the people were exempted, so that these people would be less burdened.

Facts have proved that his choice is not wrong.

The lord is not only a wise king, but also a benevolent one.

……

The heavy rain continued to fall, with no intention of stopping at all.

But the people of Wanmin City, with the joint efforts of Yang Guang and Fang Xuanling, lived as usual.

In the temporary residence in Wanmin City, there are porridge and food sent by the Lord's Mansion every day, as well as quilts and heaters from the Lord's Mansion to prevent them from catching cold when they sleep at night.

Even... Life is better than when you are outside the city.

After all, you don’t need to cook by yourself, you just need to line up to get the porridge in order every day.

When I came back at night, I could still live in a house made of cement boards, with a heater and quilts. Many people were woken up by the heat in the middle of the night.

It's just that tens of thousands of people live together, which seems relatively crowded.

It can be said that this flood has completely lost the dignity that the flood should have.

These people don't have the frowning and pale faces after the disaster, and they can often hear the laughter among them.

Even though it is pouring rain outside, they are still full of hope for the future.

Tens of thousands of people have been properly resettled, so Xu Mu is relieved.

Fang Xuanling was indeed worthy of his aura of good looks, and arranged the people of Wanmin City in an orderly manner.

Next, as long as there is no problem with Lao Yang, it will be fine.

This flood disaster, in Wanmin City, can survive without any danger.

"Next, it's time to consider these issues of post-disaster reconstruction."

In the Lord's Mansion Building, after Xu Mu made a simple plan, he summoned Fang Xuanling to discuss with him the post-disaster reconstruction.

As for Yang Guang, during the heavy rain, together with Lai Huer, he inspected Wanmin City every day to prevent blockages that would cause Wanmin City to be flooded.

……

Outside Yangcheng.

Under the terrible torrential rain, the army led by Pei Renji had already left Yangcheng and retreated to a high mountain.

The torrential downpour caused the water levels of Yongji Canal and Tongji Canal to rise again and again, and washed away many farmlands along the coast.

The people were displaced, drowned, and countless died of starvation.

Compared with Wanmin City, it is completely the difference between heaven and purgatory.

The same is true in Yangcheng.

Because not long after taking over Yangcheng, the Tiefutu led by Zhang Xutuo, and the soldiers who were training soldiers, encountered the flooding incident after the heavy rain.

The entire city of Yang was submerged in water.

Inside Yangcheng, the water level even reached one meter.

Reluctantly, after consulting Xu Mu, Zhang Xutuo could only lead the soldiers in the city to board the tower.

Eat and live on the tower.

Fortunately, there are no common people in Yangcheng, and there are only more than a thousand people in total, so it is completely possible to eat and live on the tower.

Anyway, the lord said in the letter that the rain will stop within half a month at most.

On the city tower, Zhang Xutuo regretted it every day. If it wasn't for the heavy rain, he would have trained all the recruits in Wanmin City into soldiers who had gone through bloody battles.

But Sun Ying was quite happy, and she was beaming every day.

On the one hand, Xu Mu has left, so there is no need to be forced to write letters, on the other hand...

The slogans that the Wagang Army shouted during the siege had already given him nightmares for several days.

Acting on behalf of the sky, capturing the grandson thief alive...

In every nightmare, after Yangcheng was broken, he was caught by the Wagang army, and his fate was extremely miserable...

Who made what he wrote in the letter so hated.

Especially the last letter.

Every time he thinks about it now, he is terrified.

But today, Zhang Xutuo once again received a letter from the deep mountains.

It was written by Xu Mu.

After reading the contents of the letter, Zhang Xutuo shouted in a deep voice: "The whole army listens to the order! Drill in the rain, don't slack off, and leave the city immediately after the rain stops!"

"promise!"

The [-] Iron Buddhas promised in a deep voice, followed by [-] soldiers.

After announcing the order, Zhang Xutuo put away the letter, sighing.

"My lord is really... a step counts as a hundred steps. The people in Wanmin City live in peace and there is no one casualty. Moreover, there is heavy rain and sudden floods. This is indeed the best opportunity for the expansion of Wanmin City."

The content of Xu Mu's letter is to make him prepare. When the rain stops, he will lead his army to leave Yangcheng and look for the displaced people.

The people whose homes were destroyed by the torrential rain and who lost their food and houses were the easiest group to join Wanmin City.

But at this time, the Wagang Army absolutely couldn't react.

As long as they are fast, they can definitely acquire a large number of people in a short period of time, and send them all to Wanmin City in the deep mountains via Yang City!
That's why he sighed with emotion, the Lord's one step counts as a hundred steps.

……

In Wanmin City.

It has been raining for a whole week.

Still the trend hasn't stopped.

And outside Wanmin City, it has completely turned into a vast ocean.

Mountain torrents hit the walls of Wanmin City from time to time, but were firmly blocked.

Inside and outside the city are also two completely different worlds.

These days, Yang Guang, Lai Huer and others are the most tired.

The blocked waterways were dredged more than ten times to ensure the smooth drainage of the entire city of Wanmin.

But today, the streets of Wanmin City were flooded with stagnant water.

After Xu Mu noticed it, he immediately called Fang Xuanling: "Old Fang, why is there water coming up? Where is Old Yang?"

Fang Xuanling hastily cupped his hands and said: "Director Yang and Chief Manager came to inspect the whole city early in the morning, presumably the problem should have been discovered by now, and they are rushing to fix it."

Xu Mu frowned, just talking, the water level in Wanmin City seemed to have risen a bit.

Later, a migrant worker from the Municipal Planning Department came to report: "Master, Director Yang, please go over."

Xu Mu hurriedly took Fang Xuanling and followed with an umbrella.

Next to the Manmin Monument.

A group of peasants were digging the ground in the heavy rain, exposing the cement pipes buried deep in the ground.

Seeing Xu Mu's arrival, Yang Guang nodded slightly and said, "My lord, the cause of the water accumulation in the city has been found, it's just this part of the pipe that's blocked, it's just..."

Seeing Lao Yang hesitated to speak, Xu Mu turned to look at Lai Hu'er, and said in a deep voice, "Come on."

Lai Huer glanced at Yang Guang, found that he had no objection, paused, and then said: "That's right, this is the main drainage pipe in Wanmin City. The pipe is very thick and can accommodate people, but it is still blocked. For now, there is only one person to get in and remove the blockage manually."

But this task is very difficult.

They asked these folk husbands, but no one was willing to go down.

Therefore, the accumulated water in Wanmin City could only be allowed to rise slowly. In a short time, the water level had already risen to the knees.

Who is going to be the hero, but everyone including Yang Guang is baffled.

The same is true for Xu Mu.

This water pipe is full of water, and at the moment of dredging, it is very likely that the water will be washed into the pipe, and it will undoubtedly die.

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