The imperial court first lost 1ooo taels of silver, and then lost 2o taels of gold, but it recovered the famous Jiangyang bandit gang, which is also cost-effective, at least there is no need to worry about the people and horses trapped in the empty mountain to come to the capital to make trouble. Biquge.info81, especially those high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen, were even more happy, saying that the imperial court had done a good thing, and without such an empty hand as the Empty Mountain, there would be no problem with the safety of property, and those super-rich families would be able to sleep peacefully. Even the emperor himself didn't expect that this would have been a shameful thing, but it was approved by all the ministers, and even the emperor was puzzled.

After the empty mountain was recovered, the prince's 30,000 soldiers and horses became redundant, so he withdrew to the capital and exchanged military power talismans to the backer prince. The exit of Trap Mountain, because of the construction of the barracks, was taken over by Trap Hill, and after exhibition, it became a prosperous town. However, this town is under the control of Trap Mountain, and the prefect and county government have no right to manage it, which is also the privilege of Trap Mountain. In accordance with Long Xiao's instructions, Bai Jinbiao vigorously expanded the personnel and transformed the mountainous area of the Trap Mountain, anyway, now there are 6ooo thousand taels of silver, enough money to make the Trap Mountain have an unprecedented exhibition, every day hundreds or thousands of people move into the Trap Mountain, to avoid the harsh taxes of the imperial court, and the number of people in the Trap Mountain is also increasing day by day.

After the crown prince Yang Guang returned to Beijing, he restrained his personality, no longer arrogant and extravagant, but Taoguang was obscure, in order to win the praise of the emperor, but in secret, he was to win over the ministers of the court, treat foreign officials, and even buy officials to find knights, loot and collect money, and secretly prepare for his future accession to the throne. Although the former crown prince Yang Xian no longer has the ability to compete with Yang Guang for the position of crown prince, Yang Guang still regards Yang Xian as a thorn in the flesh. Because since ancient times, they have been all young and orderly, maybe one day, the emperor will be happy to set Yang Xian up as the crown prince again, therefore, Yang Guang needs to completely defeat Yang Xian and step on one foot, so that Yang Xian will not be able to turn over for the rest of his life.

The crown prince Yang Guang made friends with foreign officials, and hooked up with Wan Chaozong, the governor of Nanyang County, and the prince secretly discussed with Wan Chaozong, and the prince came forward to protect Wan Chaozong as the governor of Nanyang County, and Wan Chaozong secretly contributed 6oo taels of silver to Yang Guang every year, plus 2o stunning beauties. This secret agreement was reached, and Wan Chaozong immediately gave Yang Guang 6oo taels of silver tickets, saying that it was the first year's filial piety, and secretly sent 2o stunning beauties, and Yang Guang adopted them in his own house.

Yang Guang is very urban, he didn't enjoy it, but spent a lot of money to hire a teacher to conduct secret training for 2o stunning beauties, not only piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also blowing, playing and singing, omnipotent. Yang Guang felt that the training of 2o beauties was mature, so he invited his father to his mansion. Emperor Yang Jian also had the habit of often visiting his children's mansions, so he went to Yang Guang's mansion and immediately fell in love with 4 of the top beauties. Emperor Yang Jian is also a womanizer, not much worse than his son, seeing that there are stunning beauties in his son's house, he moved his mind and asked Yang Guang if these beauties have budded.

Yang Guang took the opportunity to say that they were all yellow flower girls, and Emperor Yang Jian was overjoyed, so he hinted that he liked these women, and Yang Guang immediately said that these women had not yet taught the craft, and once the teaching was completed, they would be sent to the palace, and Emperor Yang Jian was overjoyed and immediately praised the crown prince Yang Guang. After two months, the emperor suddenly remembered the four beauties in the prince's mansion, so he sent the eunuch to question, but the prince was distracted, and the eunuch gave the prince Yang Guang's performance back to the emperor, and the emperor was furious, so he summoned Yang Guang and asked why he didn't send the four beauties over. Yang Guang said that he had been taken away by his eldest brother Yang Xian, and Emperor Yang Jian was stunned and asked why.

Yang Guang took the opportunity to say: "The eldest brother said that he was ordered by his father and took the four beauties away, and now I know that it is not, but it is too late." The emperor sent the eunuch to Yang Xian's mansion to check, and sure enough, the four beauties were already in Yang Xian's mansion, and they had already hugged Yang Xian left and right, so they were not intimate. When the emperor heard this, he was furious and ordered the Imperial Forest Army to surround Yang Xian's mansion and arrest Yang Xian. Yang Xian was frightened when he heard this, and hurriedly explained to the Imperial Forest Army, but where did the Imperial Forest Army listen to Yang Xian's explanation, so they arrested Yang Xian and put him in prison.

The emperor sent female officials in the palace to check whether the four beauties were still big girls, but the results were broken, and the emperor was even more furious, so he deprived Yang Xian of his title of prince and demoted him to the king of the county, with the southern Xinjiang county, guarding the frontier, and never entering Beijing without the emperor's summons. The crown prince Yang Guang took the opportunity to dedicate all the other beauties in his mansion that had been trained to the emperor, and the emperor breathed a sigh of relief. Later, the emperor thought about it, this matter also had advantages, and felt that the advantages of dealing with Yang Xian were too much, but he also thought that Yang Xian had no ability to distinguish, and it was also a big crime to possess stunning beauties without permission, so he didn't mention this matter in the past. In this way, the crown prince Yang Guang used a divisive tactic and defeated his biggest political opponent Yang Xian, so that the other highnesses did not have to worry, and Yang Guang's goal was achieved.

Yang Xian packed his bags and prepared to go to southern Xinjiang, the time limit given by the emperor was two months, and he must arrive in southern Xinjiang within two months. At this time, Long Xiao heard about it, so he quietly came to Yang Xian's mansion and took the initiative to make friends with Yang Xian.

"Your Royal Highness the King of the County, you were fooled, you shouldn't have accepted those four beauties in the first place, this is all the prince's strategy", Long Xiao gave Yang Xian an analysis, and Yang Xian also understood: "At the beginning, it was given to me by Yang Guang, saying that he occupied the position of the prince, and he was a little unhappy, so he sent me four beauties to thank him, who knows, these four beauties are also favored by my father, if I had known, I would have beaten me to death, I wouldn't dare to ask for it." "It's too late to say anything now, what is Your Highness's plan?" As soon as Long Xiao asked, Yang Xian frowned: "I am now the county king of Nanjiang County, and all the ministers of the capital don't deal with me anymore, what else do I think?" ”。

"Your Highness, you are wrong, since you are not the crown prince, it is also dangerous in the capital, and the battle for the prince in the future is even more complicated, I think it is also a good thing for you to go to Nanjiang County. Nanjiang County is vast, populous, and a rich province and county, where you are the emperor, as long as you don't enter Beijing, you are not in danger, I think, where you go is good." "What if the prince sends someone to Nanjiang County to murder me?"

As soon as Long Xiao heard it, he knew that Yang Xian no longer had the heart to compete with Yang Guang for hegemony, and this Yang Xian was his own secret move in Nanjiang County: "My second brother is the general of Nanjiang County, responsible for the defense of the four southern provinces, I will repair a letter for you, after you go, you can contact my second brother, and you will be safe." Long Xiao wrote a codex to Yang Xian, gave Yang Xian 1oo taels of silver tickets, and secretly returned to Shenwu County. Yang Xian took his family to Nanjiang County, found Long Chong, told Long Chong about his situation, and took out Long Xiao's letter.

The backer Yang Su saw Yang Guang's insidiousness from the emperor's dismissal of Yang Xian, and his defensive heart for Yang Guang increased a lot. As long as the military power of the Sui Dynasty is in his own hands, even if Yang Guang ascends the throne, what can he do to himself, not to mention, Emperor Yang Jian is not very old, there is no problem within ten years, as long as he cultivates his power extensively, even if the emperor is not at ease with himself in the future and has plans for himself, he has to consider it.

The backer king Yang Su can see from several things that the Long family is an absolute loyal minister, and it is definitely a help to himself, especially Long Xiao, although he is very small now, but in the heart of the backer king Yang Su, he always feels that Long Xiao has incredible power, and he should be more attracted to the Long family. Therefore, Yang Su, the king of the backer, suggested to the emperor that under the pretext of the unstable northern border, he would increase the army of the general Long Zhi by 2o, and Long Zhi would have 50,000 troops, and urged the emperor to reward Long Zhi as a marshal, second only to his own status.

Then, he asked the emperor to order that Long Zhi's parents be rewarded with a good order, and Qin gave him an immortal gold medal, which could be passed on. Therefore, Long Xiao's family has an extra gold medal for avoiding death, which has become the heirloom of the Long family. At this time, even Long Xiao had to admire the actions of the king of the backer, which was the only gold medal for avoiding death in the Great Sui Dynasty, and he offended the official in the future, and this brand was the biggest reliance. Long Xiao deliberately rushed to the capital, went to the backer king's mansion, and expressed his gratitude in person.