An Xiaoyu said: "Do you want to be the emperor so much? In order to be the emperor, you even killed your father and brother?"

Yang Guangdao: "You don't understand, I have my own ideals, I am different from my eldest brother who consumes every day, I want to build a vast territory, majestic and magnificent empire, I want to make the Great Sui Empire the center of the world, all countries come to the dynasty, I want to be like the Qin Emperor Han Wu, sweep the six countries, drive out the Tartars, let the people of the Great Sui Empire worship me with reverence, and become a brilliant eternal." ”

An Xiaoyu said: "Emperor Yang of Sui, you are not an ideal, but an ambition. ”

Yang Guangdao: "Whether it is an ideal or an ambition, it needs a platform to realize it, and whoever stands in my way, I will kick it out." ”

Then, Yang Guang talked eloquently and told all the secrets buried deep in his heart.

Crown Prince Yang Yong's arrogant and rude, greedy words and deeds made Queen Dugu very dissatisfied, and began to blow the pillow wind in the ears of Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian, and many ministers and eunuchs often praised the virtue, talent, reputation, and prestige of the second prince Yang Guang, and gradually the balance of victory began to favor Yang Guang.

Yang Yong, a political idiot, was even slower than Qin Shihuang's eldest son Fusu, and he didn't feel Yang Guang's eyeing at all, and it is estimated that he didn't realize that his respectful and polite and poetic brother was already silently grinding his claws behind.

Emperor Wen of Sui and his wife reminded and warned Yang Yong many times openly and secretly to be a qualified crown prince, but Yang Yong's IQ or personality could not understand how to be a crown prince, and Emperor Wen of Sui and his wife were disappointed.

Yang Guang took the opportunity to join the competition for the throne, and the strong support of Empress Dugu and her right servant Yang Su made Emperor Wen of Sui finally make up his mind to depose his eldest son Yang Yong and set up his second son, Yang Guang, the king of Jin, as the crown prince.

In the same year, the Turks invaded, and Yang Guang, in order to increase his prestige, asked for orders to lead the army out of Lingwu, although there were no captures, but he won the appreciation of Emperor Wen of Sui and the support of the army.

When An Xiaoyu heard this, he was puzzled: "Yang Guang, you are already the crown prince, and you are naturally the emperor, why did you make a fuss about killing your father and brother?"

Yang Guang smiled bitterly: "It's all a letter." ”

An Xiaoyu said: "I've heard of a bloody case caused by steamed buns, but I haven't heard of a letter causing trouble." ”

Yang Guang said angrily: "In July of the fourth year of Renshou, my father was very weak and sick in bed, so I wrote to Yang Su, the right servant, asking him how to deal with the affairs of Emperor Wen of Sui and his accession to the throne. Unexpectedly, the sender mistakenly put Yang Su's reply into the hands of his father. As the emperor, I hate others to covet his throne the most, and my father was furious at the time, and my son was worried about his throne before I died, so he wanted to issue an edict to announce my entry into the palace and question me face to face. At this time, Mrs. Xuanhua, who supported Yang Yong, cried that I had intended to insult her, the conscience of heaven and earth, I Yang Guang is loyal to my wife, she has given birth to several children for me, even if I become the emperor, I am also very fond of the queen, I have been fighting outside the country all the year round, and I have been in contact with countless beauties, I have not been tempted, compared to those pink beauties, I care more about the throne, how can I tease my father and concubine?"

An Xiaoyu said: "Yang Guang."

How did you deal with it?"

Yang Guangdao: "My father listened to Mrs. Xuanhua's slander, and angrily slapped the bed and scolded: 'Why is it enough for a beast to pay for a big thing!' hurriedly ordered the ministers Liu Shu and Yuan Yan to draft an edict to depose me and re-establish Yang Yong as the crown prince. After I heard the report, I sent troops to arrest Liu Shu and Yuan Yan and put them in prison, and let my right concubine Zhang Heng enter my father's palace to serve the sick, and sent away all the attendants around my father, and my father died soon after. ”

An Xiaoyu said, "I heard that Emperor Wen of Sui was poisoned by Daniel Zhang?"

Yang Guangdao: "I don't know, my father may have seen himself under house arrest and died in anger, or Daniel Zhang may have made his own decisions and done something, and when I entered my father's palace, my father and emperor had already died." ”

An Xiaoyu said: "Emperor Wen of Sui died, you must not be sad?"

Yang Guangdao: "People will die sooner or later, he won't die a few days early, if my father and emperor hand over the throne to me smoothly, only Yang Yong will die, if Yang Yong becomes the emperor, I and my supporters must be cut off, and the war will be together, and then the Great Sui Dynasty will be torn apart, but my father did not think of this." ”

An Xiaoyu was speechless for a while, and said after a while: "Yang Guang, you are really brain-opening." ”

Yang Guangdao: "The emperor's family, there is no family affection, I must use iron-blooded means to quickly consolidate my throne." After I succeeded to the throne, I immediately falsely passed on my father's will, forced Yang Yong to commit suicide, and executed Yang Yong. My younger brother Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, was framed by me for using witch Gu to curse Emperor Wen of Sui, and my younger brother Yang Liang, the king of Han, were both deprived of their official titles by me and demoted to commoners under house arrest in the Inner Servant Province, and then they were placed under house arrest together with their sons and were not allowed to see their wives. Yang Liang, the king of the Han Dynasty, was not convinced, in the name of begging Yang Su, he raised troops in Bingzhou, I sent Yang Su to suppress it, and soon defeated Yang Liang, Yang Liang surrendered, and was imprisoned to death. Soon, Yang Guang belittled and killed Yang Yong's sons. He also executed ministers such as Yu Wenbi, He Ruobi, and Gao Gong who complained about me, and finally completely stabilized my power. ”

An Xiaoyu said: "Yang Guang, you are so cold-blooded, no wonder you are called a tyrant by later generations." ”

Yang Guang said indifferently: "When was the change of dynasty and the struggle for the throne not bloody? I only killed dozens of people, and it had no impact on the entire Sui Dynasty society, and the means were already very peaceful." ”

An Xiaoyu said: "You have finally realized the emperor's dream, and then you can toss." ”

Yang Guangdao: "Yes, I finally have the power to do a big job." My father's greatest advantage is that he is diligent and thrifty, the money in the treasury is piled up, even the rope of copper coins is rotten, and the grain in the granary is even more new grain pressing old grain, rotting and moldy, my father is like a miser, eating poorly, living in tatters. So I first had to build the most magnificent capital in the world, and in the first year of the Great Cause, I climbed the mountain for the first time to see Yique, and said to the ministers, 'Isn't this the Dragon Gate?' I was so happy that I decided to build the Imperial Palace here. I sent Yang Su to build the eastern capital of Luoyang, which lasted ten

In January, 2 million people were recruited every month, and the new national capital Luoyang was finally built. ”

Yang Guangdao: "I still remember that my holy decree at that time was written like this: Luoyi has been the capital since ancient times, within Wangji, where heaven and earth are combined, and where yin and yang are harmonious. Control with three rivers, solid with four stops, water and land communication, tribute and abundance. Now that Tokyo can be built in Yi and Luo, there is no division of duties, and I think it is the people. Luoyang is a good place, it is controlled by three rivers, fixed by four stops, water and land, and tribute is abundant. ”

An Xiaoyu said: "Now Luoyang is also a famous city, and Henan is the most populous province in China in later generations. ”

Yang Guang's eyes flashed with pride, and he continued: "Luoyang, the eastern capital, is in the west of the old Luoyang City, with a grand scale and a circumference of more than fifty miles, and is divided into three parts: the palace city, the imperial city, and the outer Guo city. The palace city is the location of the palace, the imperial city is the location of the official office, and the outer Guocheng is the location of the private residences of the officials and the residence of the common people. There are more than 100 residential areas in Waiguo City, and there are three major markets in Fengdu, Datong City, and Tongyuan City. Luoyang Imperial Palace is based on the mountain in the north, the mouth of Yique in the south, Luoshui runs through the capital, there is the image of the river and Han, and the east goes to the ancient city for 18 miles. The palace's palace rooms and halls were all designed by Yu Wenkai. Yuwenkai is ingenious, so the manufacturing is quite poor and luxurious, and the capital of the previous generation is not prosperous in Luoyang. ”

Yu Wenkai built the Xianren Palace in Fujian again, collected strange birds, beasts, plants and trees in the sea, and filled the garden. The wealthy merchant Jia Wanjia who migrated to the world settled in Luoyang. Later, I ordered to collect more than 100,000 Henan people, open the Ji Canal, lead the valley from Xiyuan, Luoshui to the river, and lead the river from Banzhu to Huai. Eunuchs were sent to the south of the Yangtze River to collect wood, and tens of thousands of dragon boats, phoenix hats, yellow dragons, red ships, and building ships were made.

Yang Guang became a little crazy, and his voice began to be excited, like a speech to his subjects: "I stood on the mountain, looking at the newly built Luoyang City below, facing Yique in the south, leaning on the mountain in the north, and surpassing the Qianhe River and Luoshui in the east. The Imperial City of Miyagi is located in the northwest of Guocheng, which is really a unique layout, with a neat and square layout of the square, and has the strategy of national unification.

No one understands why I want to rebuild Luoyang, I am by no means just out of absurdity, let alone superstition. I am fully aware of the importance of Luoyang's military, political and economic status, the majestic capital, the splendid palace, and the revival of the Chinese Empire in my hands. Under the rule of my father and me, China ushered in a second glorious imperial period since the Qin and Han dynasties. The great unified regime was re-established in China, and I am the first emperor of the ages, and my Great Sui Dynasty has developed into the world's largest power in just a few decades!"

An Xiaoyu said: "Luoyang is indeed a good capital, even in the later generations it is a prosperous big city, if you are not for pleasure and vanity, you have indeed done a great thing." ”

Yang Guangdao: "No one understands my ideals, and I don't bother to explain to the ministers and the people, I want to surprise them, I started to rebuild the Great Wall in the north while building Luoyang, and I want to keep the northern nomads out of the Great Wall again." The Great Wall has just been renovated

I will dig a Grand Canal that flows from north to south, so that Cao Yun can communicate with the north and the south and strengthen economic exchanges between the north and the south. ”

An Xiaoyu said: "Yang Guang, some people say that you built the Grand Canal to go down to the south of the Yangtze River to take a boat. ”

Yang Guang said excitedly: "Is the person who said this a sick head, there are so many rivers in China, but I just take a boat to play? Isn't it good for me to spend so much money to enjoy myself? After I became emperor, I also married a few beautiful women and began to pursue pleasure, but which emperor is not like this? Why am I the only one being scolded? As soon as other emperors ascended the throne, they began to build mausoleums, but I did not repair the mausoleum, but took money to build the capital, build the Great Wall, open canals, and conquer in all directions, and after my death, I did not even have a cemetery. ”

(End of chapter)