Chapter 764: Conflict in the Imperial Court
Wang Junlin and his entourage sat down to eat again, left the canopy, and were about to continue to the Martial Arts Guild, when Shen Guang hurriedly chased after him from the direction of the capital with a team of guards, and reported: "Grandpa, the emperor sent someone to the palace to summon you to enter the palace immediately. ”
Wang Junlin frowned, turned to Nie Xiaoyu and said, "You take the four of them to the Martial Arts Guild!" I'll go back to the capital first. Well! I think the insect demon seniors can serve as the second elder of the martial arts guild. ”
After speaking, he ignored the protesting gaze of the insect demon, and hurried back to the capital surrounded by Shen Guang and his party.
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The next day, in the Ziwei Hall of the Imperial Palace, the lengthy court meeting had been going on for half an hour, and Wang Junlin also came to participate in the court meeting today, but he had not said anything, and his appearance today was in accordance with Yang Guang's order, waving the flag and shouting for the move of the capital.
The things that should be said have been said, and the court meeting has finally come to an end, and many older ministers such as Su Wei and Dugu Changsu have already felt strained, and they are clearly about to lose their ground, thinking that they are finally dispersing.
However, at this time, Yang Guang suddenly said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have one more thing to ...... with you Counsel about it. Yang Guang originally wanted to report to everyone, but in the end he still didn't choose such a domineering way, because he has not firmly controlled the court in his hands now, and the domineering way will not have a domineering effect, but will only embarrass himself.
As he spoke, Yang Guang's gaze swept across the main hall and swept around everyone's faces, and then he said with a solemn face: "Since I ascended the throne as emperor, I have been thinking about how to restore my Great Sui to the prosperous era of the Han Dynasty in the past. I have been in Jiangnan for ten years, and I am well aware of the wealth of Jianghuai and the land south of the Yangtze River, especially the grain production is several times or even ten times that of the north. The north, including where the capital of Guanzhong is located, has been short of food. I thought that if I could transport the grain and abundant materials from Jianghuai and Jiangnan to the north, especially the capital of Guanzhong, I would definitely be able to create a prosperous era of our Great Sui. ”
After a pause, Yang Guang sighed and said, "However, from the land of Jiangnan and Jianghuai to the land of Guanzhong, across the Qinling Mountains, the road is inconvenient, and the transportation of materials is quite difficult. Moreover, it is not conducive to the imperial court's governance and control of the rich Jiangnan and Jianghuai. In addition, there is also the rebellion of the state, which makes me deeply feel that there are still many hidden dangers in the land of the original Northern Qi, and if there is another rebellion in the land of the Northern Qi, the capital will be beyond the reach of Hebei and Hedong, and the consequences will be unimaginable. ”
"Therefore, I intend to move the capital to Luoyang to solve the problems related to the prosperity of my Great Sui just mentioned, so as to strengthen the imperial court's control over Hebei, Henan, Jianghuai, and Jiangnan, what do you think?"
Yang Guang finished the words that had been prepared a long time ago in one breath, but the hall had become silent, many people were shocked, and many people had ugly faces, as if someone said that they were going to dig up their ancestral grave.
Some of them more or less knew that some emperors wanted to move the capital to Luoyang, but as soon as the first emperor Yang Jian brought up the matter of moving the capital, he suffered a strong backlash from the courtiers and the Guanlongmen family, and he did not raise the matter a second time until his death. Therefore, they did not expect that less than a year after the new emperor ascended the throne, he would consider moving the capital to Luoyang. At that time, many gate valve families didn't want Yang Guang to be the emperor, because they found that Yang Guang was a restless lord and was extremely tough.
But after all, it was the emperor who put it forward, although many people would resist the opposition to the death, but whoever stood up first to express opposition would inevitably be held by the emperor, so no one took the lead in speaking for a while.
Yuwenshu glanced at Wang Junlin, and saw that the latter looked at his nose and nose, as if he had wandered away, he sighed, walked out of the court, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty is wise, what Your Majesty said just now is the words of Lao Cheng to hold the country, and the matter of moving the capital is something that must be done for the prosperity of my Great Sui." Therefore, the minister fully agreed with the proposal of the Holy Lord to move the capital. ”
Speaking of this, Yuwen Shu peeked at Yang Guang's face and found that the latter was frowning, clearly not satisfied with what he said, so he had to grit his teeth and continue under a murderous gaze: "As we all know, Guanzhong has a large population, but the food is far from enough, not to mention the army guarding the capital, plus the city guards and various court officials, there are no less than 200,000 people, and the grain has to be taken from the people of Guanzhong, resulting in the price of grain in the capital has always been high, and the main reason is that the transportation is inconvenient. Look at Luoyang again, it is the old capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the great place of the Central Plains, the center of the whole world, plus the Yellow River transportation is convenient, everything in the world can be Luoyang, it is the place where the Great Sui Dynasty is prosperous. ”
Yang Guang nodded slightly, Yuwenshu himself is also a Guanlong nobleman, and he was forced by Yang Guang to take the lead in expressing his position, and it is not bad to do this.
Yang Guang looked at Wang Junlin again, Wang Junlin sighed secretly, and immediately went out of class and said: "The minister also heard that the saint belongs to the wood, and Yongjing is the land of the wood. ”
After Wang Junlin finished speaking, Yu Shiji and Su Wei, who had greeted Yang Guang in advance, were also about to speak.
Unexpectedly, Shangzhuguo and Situ Dugu Changsu suddenly walked out of the court and said categorically: "Your Majesty, the minister resolutely opposes the relocation of the capital!" ”
Dugu Changsu is the world's first gate valve Dugu Gate Valve Sect Master, his sister is the founding queen Dugu Jialuo, Dugu Changsu is also Yang Guang's uncle, high status, although Yang Guang has always believed that Dugu Gate Valve will never rebel, but he forgot that Dugu Gate Valve is still the head of Guanlong nobles.
Yang Guang's face immediately sank, but Dugu Changsu's identity was not trivial, he was not easy to scold, so he could only let him continue: "Your Majesty, the first emperor in the fourth year of the emperor's opening, has ordered the collection of 200,000 laborers, it took a year and a half to dig the Guangtong Canal to solve the shortage of food in Beijing, now the capital Taicang is full of grain, all over the Yicang grain piles up, Guangtong warehouse grain can be used in the capital for a hundred years, if the food is still insufficient, then you can dig and widen the canal, strengthen transportation, build a granary, this problem can be solved, Why move the capital to Luoyang? ”
"Your Majesty, the minister also opposes moving the capital to Luoyang."
The next thing to speak was the general, Taifu Siqing Yuanshou, Yuanshou is the grandson of Yuanxin of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, and the Yuan family is the Xianbei Tuoba family changed to the Han surname, is the first nobleman of Xianbei, and at the same time the Yuan family is also one of the leaders of the Guanlong nobles, if it is not for the Dugu family is the family of the emperor's uncle, the power of the Yuan family is not weaker than the Dugu family, and Yang Guang wants to move the capital to Luoyang, that is, to shake the foundation of the Guanlong nobles, how can the Yuan family agree.