Volume 3: Reflections on Chapter 67 of the Emperor's Prosperity
Dazzling rays of light slipped in through the lattice of the window, shining on a large bed made of precious wood made of carved fish and insects, showing the full spring color of the bed.
Yang Yong slowly opened his eyes, and felt that there was a soft and smooth girl ** snuggling up to him on the left and right, and the charming scenery of last night immediately appeared in his mind, looking left and right, Yun Meier and Xing'er both closed their eyes, and the faces of the two girls had a layer of glamorous light that had never been seen before, exuding an amazing charm.
Yang Yong only felt that his lower body immediately stood up, and his hands unconsciously moved in the brocade quilt, feeling the smooth skin of the two girls like satin, and praised it in his heart, and finally stayed on the girl's soft breasts, with small breasts like pigeons, just enough to hold Yingying.
The snort of the two girls became heavy, Yang Yong smiled secretly in his heart, these two little girls can pretend to be asleep, and their hands immediately increased their strength, first of all, Xing'er, the girl couldn't stand it, opened her eyes, and said with sleepy eyes: "Son, don't, people are so sleepy." ”
Sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls were originally the age of snooze, and after tossing for half a night last night, Yang Yong vented all the energy he had accumulated for months on the two little girls who tasted the forbidden fruit for the first time.
Seeing that the two girls still had their own kiss marks on their necks, and they looked sleepy, Yang Yong felt guilty in his heart, if it was the next generation, a girl of this age was only in junior high school, although she was now seventeen or eighteen years old, the two worlds combined, her mental age was already more than thirty years old, if she didn't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, it would really be a little bit inferior to a beast.
"Alright, you go back to sleep." Yang Yong gently lifted the brocade quilt covering his body, and the three ** bodies were suddenly exposed to the air. Yun Meier couldn't pretend anymore. opened his eyes with a sigh, and the two daughters hurriedly pulled the brocade quilt and covered it.
Yang Yong jumped out of the bed naked, feeling the coolness in the air. Hurriedly picked up the clothes thrown on the chair and put them on, Xing'er struggled to get up: "Childe, let the slave maid serve Childe and dress." It's just that this action made her feel a pain in her lower body, and she couldn't help but tighten her eyebrows.
"No need, no wonder my son can't even wear clothes, you worked hard last night. Take a break today. Yang Yong pressed Xing'er's body down, pulled the brocade quilt again, covered her bare shoulders for her, and secretly said in his heart why this girl was suddenly much gentler.
The two girls had to lie on the bed, staring at Yang Yong with affection and dressing in a hurry, and when Yang Yong went out, his eyelids suddenly became sleepy and he fell asleep again.
"Someone." Yang Yong shouted outward.
Two guards answered: "See Your Highness." ”
"This ...... Where is this clear water? Yang Yong asked a little embarrassed. For a long time, as long as they got up, the two girls would call for clean water to wash Yang Yong. Now that the two of them are lying on the bed, Yang Yong doesn't even know where Qing Shui is for a while.
The two guards gave a strange look to the inner room. One of the guards reacted: "Your Highness, wait a minute. Hurriedly went out, and after a while, one of the guards brought the hot water that had been boiled in a porcelain basin, and the other guard put a towel made of silk in his hand and put it in the basin to soak, and he was about to wipe it for Yang Yong.
"Hongu will come by himself." Yang Yong hurriedly stopped the guards from continuing to serve, and let a big man wipe his face is always unaccustomed, and he can't help but sigh that he was too depraved before, since he became the prince, such a trivial matter as washing his face and dressing is served by two girls, and there are no two of them today, and he almost can't even find water.
After washing, Yang Yong only felt much more relaxed than before, took off the long knife and bow and arrow hanging on the wall, and came to the courtyard to practice martial arts.
"Your Highness!" Seeing the prince out of the wing, the guards of the East Palace who were waiting on the periphery saluted, although it was in the Assassin's Mansion, the guards of the East Palace still did not dare to relax, in the courtyard where the prince lived, there was at least a team of fifty guards at all times to stay awake, this team of guards was on duty in the middle of the night, and at this time the guards had dew on their heads and shoulders.
"Well, you've worked hard." Every time Yang Yong passed by one of the guards, he had to pat them on the shoulder to show encouragement, which was purely a show in later generations, but these guards were moved inexplicably, and they thought to themselves, it was worth dying for the prince to be so valued by the prince.
After practicing a knife technique and shooting more than 20 arrows in a row, Yang Yong let out a hot sweat before stopping, put his weapon aside, and sat down in the courtyard.
It is now the end of September in the third year of the emperor's reign, Qingzhou is not far from the sea, Yang Yong can already feel the coolness of the wind blowing from the sea level, his mind is clear, the words sung by Miss Wang yesterday really startled him, and now he thinks about the reaction at that time but only feels funny.
In later generations, as a small citizen, Yang Tian was often indignant at the humiliation of his nation for a hundred years, and hated the corrupt officials and corrupt officials of the country.
It's just that I am willing to be like this, I have more than a thousand years of knowledge just to change my personal destiny, and finally become the emperor, and be a powerful and blessed life, even if the flood is monstrous after death?
Thinking of what he has done over the years, Yang Yong only felt a cold sweat flowing out, no, his emperor wants to do it, but at least he has to change something in this era, otherwise as an emperor, his father Yang Jian has done well enough, and Li Shimin in later generations has done better.
It's just that whether it is the prosperity of the emperor or the rule of Zhenguan, it is only a short period of glory, after the glory, the Chinese nation still cannot escape the fate of the cycle of rise and death, after a thousand years, it is into the darkness of three hundred years, almost let the Chinese nation, which has been leading the world, fall into the same fate as the other three ancient civilizations.
Perhaps God can't bear to see the humiliating history of such a great civilization in later generations, so he wants to use his own hands to set things right, so that excellent civilizations will not interrupt their own process because of barbarism, and if they become emperors, at least let future generations have a system that is ahead of the surrounding barbarian national forces. So that this system can always be renewed internally. Eliminate the ** on your body, backward things, and constantly maintain the freshest blood.
But can I do it myself? In fact, it is difficult to say otherwise
It's not difficult, first of all, as an emperor, don't think that a family and a surname will always be used by heaven and a foolish policy, this foolish policy may make the dynasty stable for a long time, but once it is affected by external forces, it will collapse.
Secondly, the power of the emperor must also be restrained, and it will not cause much damage when the emperor is mediocre and useless. Third, the power of the entire ruling group must be restrained to prevent the entire ruling group from decaying, fourth, it is necessary to ensure that the best talents can smoothly enter the ruling group in order to replace the old blood, and fifth, ......
There is no fifth, in fact, if you can do the first four points, this dynasty has basically done its best, even if this dynasty falls. Most of them will not die to a barbarian people far inferior to themselves, but will be reborn through their own transformation.
It is not difficult to achieve the first and fourth points, I would not have thought that the Yang family could be the emperor forever, and naturally I would not fool the people. On the contrary, it will encourage the strengthening of education, as long as education comes up. Through the imperial examination, the plan to bring outstanding talents into the ruling group can be completed, and the current monopoly of the high-ranking lords on the bureaucracy can be broken.
The second and third points are difficult: even if you have thousands of years of knowledge, can you resist the temptation of "exporting the constitution and making arbitrary decisions" and put shackles on yourself, if you don't put shackles on yourself, how can you expect future generations to follow them, and as for preventing the entire ruling class from decaying, even after a thousand years, you can't find a way to stop it, how can you do it......
There must be a way, but he hasn't found it yet, at least many methods in later generations are worth learning from, Yang Yong kept comforting himself, yesterday was God's dissatisfaction with his previous stunned dissatisfaction, so he used Miss Wang's singing to warn himself?
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People must have awe, the people respect the officials, the officials respect the greater officials, and the emperor can only respect the sky, otherwise once people have no awe, they will be lawless, just like the future generations themselves, although they do not believe in ghosts and gods, but they will still feel afraid in the eerie and terrifying place, that is a kind of awe of the unknown, I don't know if there is something to look at in the dark.
And in his own life, since he can come here through a thousand years, he naturally believes that there is really a god in the underworld, so whether it is possible to restrain the entire ruling class by respecting the heavens, the earth, and the ghosts and gods, maybe you can try, don't say it is now, that is, a thousand years later, there are still officials who burn incense and worship the Buddha, and ask people to see their fate, and the current officials almost all believe in the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth, just because there is no system, and they burn incense and worship the Buddha constantly in their spare time, but it is another set when they really do it.
This kind of worship for the heavens, respect for the earth, and respect for ghosts and gods can only be spread through religion, and the existing Buddhism, Taoism can not bear such a mission, must establish another religion, the idea of another religion came out, immediately frightened Yang Yong, even if he is the emperor in the future, this is still a huge project, maybe you can choose the Taoist gate for improvement?
Yang Yong sat in the courtyard thinking wildly, his face changed uncertainly, happy for a while, depressed for a while, and the guards only dared to watch from a distance, for fear of disturbing the prince's thinking.
A hurried footsteps approached Yang Yong, and when he got closer, he saw that Yang Yong was immersed in thought, and stopped hesitatingly, but Yang Yong was still alarmed, Yang Yong did not look back, and asked directly: "What's the matter?" ”
Lu Mulin's voice sounded: "Your Highness, Miss Wang is here." ”
"The Wang family? Which Wang family, is it yesterday's Langya Wang family? Yang Yong was surprised, and turned his head to Lu Mulin, as if to see the truth from Lu Mulin's face, he seemed to have refused yesterday, could it be that the Wang family didn't understand, how could the young lady of the Wang family rush over today.
"Exactly." Lu Mulin replied affirmatively.
"No, let her go back." Maybe Miss Wang is very beautiful, but Yang Yong no longer has the idea of possessing a beautiful woman when he sees it, this time the two girls of Shuyun Meier and Xing'er entered the room, at least with Yuan Qing'er's acquiescence, and the two daughters have served themselves for several years, which can be regarded as a deep relationship, if they take a Miss Wang family back inexplicably, not only Yuan Qing'er may be angry, but his mother's reaction is even more worrying.
"Yes." Lu Mulin immediately turned around and walked out, he was not by Yang Yong's side during the birthday banquet yesterday, he didn't know what happened yesterday, and he hadn't seen the appearance of Miss Wang, seeing that the prince had no intention of Miss Wang, he naturally wouldn't hesitate.
"Slow down. Get back. Yang Yong suddenly stopped Lu Mulin.
"Your Highness. Why don't you let Miss Wang in? Lu Mulin turned around, saw the prince's face hesitant, and asked tentatively.
"Nope. When you refuse, put it down tactfully, that is, Hongu is too busy to spare time. ”
"Yes." Lu Mulin was confused, His Royal Highness is the crown prince, and it is natural to say that it is natural to meet whoever does not meet him, so why bother to tell such a sentence.
A dynasty cannot exist without the presence of clan power. As early as the first year of the emperor, Yang Jian ordered the revocation of the right of local officials to appoint subordinate officials, and the officials of the grade must be appointed by the ministry, and the local governors of the prefectures and counties must be officials in different places, and they must be transferred once every three years. It is also a draw from the bottom of the kettle for the high gate valve.
For Yang Yong, it is certain to restrict the Gaomen Valve, but he knows that no matter what, the Gaomen Davalve cannot be canceled. Even if the imperial examination is carried out only after the door valve recommendation is abolished, it will only weaken the gate valve. But it can't be eliminated, if you bring down one family, there must be other families to replace it, so it is not impossible to unite some families and bring down other families, although Yang Yong does not have to marry Miss Wang, but there is no need to offend the Wang family, if you let that Miss Wang family not come to the stage and go away in shame, it is not Yang Yong's original intention.
Wang Ying sat in the carriage, two red clouds flew on her fair face, and this time she took the initiative to send it to the door, although the other party was the prince, she was still shy, and at the same time there was a little uneasiness in her heart, judging from the words made by the prince, she was undoubtedly an amorous person, but she ignored it yesterday, how would she treat herself today?
Her two twin girls looked at their young lady, and laughed: "Don't worry, Miss, with Miss's talent, the prince will definitely greet Miss when he hears it." ”
"Dead girl, what am I worried about?" Wang Ying's face was tender, and she was laughed at by her own girl, and her face suddenly couldn't hold back, and the flush just now suddenly covered her entire face. However, after two girls one
Wang Ying's nervous mood suddenly dissipated a lot.
After another moment, Wang Fu, the third housekeeper of the palace who led the team this time, hurriedly came to the carriage and whispered: "Miss, just now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent someone to inform the old servant that His Royal Highness is busy today, and he will receive Miss flawlessly, how is this good?" ”
Wang Fu's words reached the carriage, and Wang Ying's flushed face suddenly faded and became pale, and a feeling of humiliation filled her entire heart, and she fell backwards.
"Miss, miss." The two girls were shocked, desperately shaking Wang Ying's body, Wang Fu outside the carriage was startled, but he didn't dare to lift the curtain to check.
"Let's go, let's go back." Wang Ying spit out these words with difficulty.
"Go back, what should I do if the old man confesses?" The two girls are embarrassed, the Wang family governs the family with filial piety, Wang Xiang who is included in "Twenty-four Filial Piety" is the ancestor of the Langya Wang family, filial piety is the foundation of the Wang family, if someone in the family is not filial, it will be the end of the sinking corpse at the bottom of the river.
Now the Wang family basically knows that the patriarch intends to marry his daughter to the current prince, which is also in line with the interests of most people in the clan, and it is unanimously agreed, if he goes back like this, even if Wang Meng does not blame his daughter, the saliva of other clansmen alone can drown Wang Ying.
Yes, what should I do, Wang Ying's hands and feet are cold, she only feels that she has been pushed into a situation where she can't advance or retreat, the humiliation just now is still there, do you have to stay, she usually buys poetry books, and books like "The Legend of the Martyr" have not been read less, and she faintly feels that even if her father wants to marry the prince by herself, the prince is her husband, and since she is a husband, there is naturally no humiliation.
No matter how smart Wang Ying is, she is just a girl who has never left the Wang family, and most of all her knowledge is obtained from books, so how can she deal with such a complicated matter.
There is a village of about 200 households 20 miles northwest of Qingzhou Mansion, nearly half of the villagers in this village are tenants of the Lu family in Qingzhou, and most of the surrounding fertile land is naturally owned by the Lu family, only some scattered or poor land is owned by the villagers, the largest and best blue brick house in this village is the village courtyard built by the Lu family, although most of the people in the village are not surnamed Lu, this place is still named Lujia Village.
Lujia Village is ten miles away from the official road, and there are five or six miles away from the nearest village, usually there are few outsiders in the village, except for the annual rent payment when the Lu family sends people to pull the grain will be lively, the villagers basically do not see people from other villages, the village lives a self-sufficient life, usually even if there is a little contradiction, as long as the village is sending a sentence can basically be calmed, even the poor people are difficult to come down.
It's just that since more than ten days ago, I heard that when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to Qingzhou, the village seemed to be a little different, Qingzhou Mansion had a total of ten poor people, and they lived in the village without leaving, and every day these poor people walked around the village with bright weapons, which made people look frightened.
In case these poor people live in the village for a long time, what if there are poor people who take a fancy to the mother-in-law of that family, or steal their livestock, then they just want to sue and have nowhere to sue, in fact, since the opening of the emperor, the attitude of the government towards the people has been much better, and the errand will not be too nonsense, but the people's fear of officials is deep-rooted, and the small people most of the time are respectful and distant from officials.
All of a sudden, the whole village became cautious, some young daughters-in-law with a little grace were strictly restricted from going out by their own men, and even children did not dare to play as unscrupulously as before, everyone always felt that it was not a good thing for so many servants to live in the village, many people couldn't help but secretly ask the village for the reason, and they were surprised by the news that someone had assassinated the prince, and these servants were squatting in the village to capture the assassins.
The villagers are simple, life has been much better than before in recent years, and the county officials have praised the emperor for his wisdom and is a rare saint, so they believe that those who assassinated the prince are naturally traitors, and for a while, they even ignored the trouble brought to them by the servants, and only hoped that the court could find the assassins who assassinated the prince as soon as possible and break them into pieces, but they all had a question in their hearts, how could the assassins come to their villages.
In fact, there are many such examples, the entire Qingzhou Mansion is basically closely monitored by the government, and all the courtyards related to the Lu family are divided into two layers, light and dark, in addition to the errand service on the bright side, there are also government soldiers hidden in the secret for several miles, once the assassin's traces are found, the nearby government soldiers will immediately dispatch to arrest the assassin.
The courtyard of Lujia Village, which belongs to Lu Mansion, is just an ordinary second courtyard, a total of less than ten rooms, usually only a distant relative of the Lu family plus more than ten family members to take care of, many rooms are empty, and it will be full when the Lu family comes down when the rent is collected, although this courtyard is the best house in the village, it is simply inconspicuous compared with other courtyards of the Lu family.
Now that the rent has just been levied, the courtyard of the Lu family is the time when the number of people is the lowest, and many rooms should be empty, but today there was movement in the left wing room, which was originally empty, and a rough voice roared: "Lao Tzu can't stand it, he lives in the kiln every day, when is it a head, Lao Tzu wants to go out for activities." ”
"Be quiet, there are servants in the village, and you want to die?" A voice immediately rebuked.