After Qi Hui and Sun Simiao left, Li Yuan returned to his official office and quietly pondered the conversation with Daoist Qi Hui that night:

"Grandpa Guo, now that there is a leak in the Sui fence and the deer herd is starting to be slaughtered, can the Duke of Guo be interested?" Li Yuan was shocked and hurriedly looked out the door. Seeing that there was no one outside the door, I was slowly relieved. Return to the front of Daoist Qihui.

"Dao Chief, don't talk nonsense about this matter, although since the emperor ascended the throne, some things have been done too much, but he is still a Taoist king, if it weren't for the Taoist chief, you helped your own lord to heal his wife's illness, his own lord would definitely send you to His Majesty to punish the crime, today's matter is over, I, Li Yuansheng, am a loyal minister of the Great Sui Dynasty, and death is the loyal soul of the Great Sui Dynasty, Dao Chief, don't make this rebellious remark again, the night is already very dark, the Taoist will be in a hurry tomorrow, please go back to the guest room to rest first!" After speaking, he turned around and gave his back to Daoist Qihui. Daoist Qihui looked at Li Yuan quietly for a while, and smiled slightly:

"Grandpa Guo, the will of heaven is like this, human life cannot be violated! Here's a tip, if the prince is in trouble, you can open it and take a look, and maybe help the prince to relieve the crisis. Poor Dao retired first. After speaking, he left Li Yuan's study. Thinking of this, Li Yuan sighed, 'Hmph! I said that I am a hidden dragon, but now I can't even solve this little crisis. What else do you say about conquering the world and chasing the Central Plains? Thinking about it, his eyes stayed on the bag left by Daoist Qihui. Out of curiosity, he opened the bag. I saw three words written on it - Samurai Yan. After Li Yuan saw the name of Wu Shiyi, he slowly recalled that when he had just been appointed as the ambassador of Hedong Xuanfu, he had come to quell the rebellion of Wudu'er, and in the middle of the march, he suddenly encountered heavy rain and walked to a large manor.

"Someone! Go knock on the door and see if we can go and spend the night. Li Yuan said to his entourage.

"Yes! My lord. After a while, a man in his thirties with a slightly chubby figure walked out of the manor.

"Oh! A few generals, don't be afraid that the manor below is shabby, please inside, please inside! ”

"Ahh The heavy rain on the march disturbed the master. Li Yuan and his entourage entered the manor, and the host set up a sumptuous banquet to entertain Li Yuan. During the banquet, Li Yuan and the host introduced each other.

"In Xia Li Yuan, he is a military general who came to quell the rebellion of Wuwei'er."

"Oh! It turned out to be Grandpa Tang! I was courteous in the lower samurai. ”

"Ugh! Mr. Wu, why bother with such a big gift, now, you are the host, I am a guest, I have been treated so well by you, and I am ashamed to ask you to do such a big gift. ”

"Where, where, although he is a businessman, he is also a heirloom of poetry and books, and I still know the way of etiquette." The more the two talked, the more speculative they became, and Li Yuan found out from the conversation that this warrior was shrewd in his words and behaved properly, and he was a rare talent, and he slowly talked about the general trend of the world.

"If there are rebellions one after another, hey! I don't know if it's providence or if people's hearts are insufficient. And are those of us who put down the rebellion aiding and abetting the rebellion? ”

"Of course, the people's hearts are insufficient, do you know, is it because the so-called Son of Heaven is not in the government, and there are more people who die in the mob rebellion?"

"This 。。。。。。" Li Yuan originally wanted to say that there were many people who did not die for the sake of the Son of Heaven, but when the words came to his lips, he felt that it was not like that, and the warrior Yan looked at Li Yuan and smiled slightly:

"My lord, the Son of Heaven is not in the right government is the corpses are all over the field, the people are scattered, but the glory is still there, think that the imperial palace of the former Qin period - Afang Palace, is built by the blood and tears of thousands of skilled craftsmen, but it is also the mind and wisdom of thousands of skilled craftsmen, the gold and silver spent are also the blood and sweat of several generations of people, the collection of books and classics is the wisdom of hundreds of years ago, Chu Xiangyu burned it all over the fire, this is the destruction of civilization, in addition to the Chu and Han Dynasty contended, the dead people were several times that of Qin Shi Huang's conquest of the Six Kingdoms, It also made the Xiongnu barbarians ravage the Han Dynasty for 60 years. Imagine, if Qiang Qin is still there, then the Xiongnu dare to invade the Central Plains and kill and plunder the people. Just as a person has a mustard problem, even if it is serious, he only needs to cut off the mustard, but if the whole body is burned, can that person still live? Li Yuan listened convincingly, originally felt that the slaughter of the unarmed people, his heart was a little uneasy, hearing the words of the warrior Yan, Li Yuan was a little calm, and later in order to be vigilant against the descendants, the corpses of the killed people were piled up into a wall, and after quelling the rebellion of Wudu'er, the appointed warrior Yan made a team in the official office and stayed in the ranks of the pro-soldiers. Now Daoist Qihui has left his name in the bag again. Maybe he's the only one who can help me." ’

"Come on, go and invite the martial arts team, just say that there is something important to discuss." After the samurai came, after listening to Li Yuan's description, he offered a plan to Li Yuan.

"My lord, I think we can do this, first, the interior of this palace must be luxurious, but the scale must not be too large, we don't have many people, if it is too big, I'm afraid the construction period is not enough, second, we can build a palace and repair the temple on the grounds of the saint, all the officials, family members and slaves in Hedong are gathered, the women do some fire cooking work, all the men go to the construction site, and order the officials at all levels to supervise at all levels, and also, in the name of building the palace and repairing the palace of the emperor, order them to donate gold and silver according to the size of the official position, if you do this, When the emperor comes to Hedong, there will definitely be many complaints to the emperor, so that we can reduce His Majesty's suspicion of us. ”

"How can someone complain to the emperor reduce his suspicion of us? I don't understand. ”

"Grandpa Guo, just imagine, if you are the emperor, if someone wants to rebel, you should win people's hearts everywhere, how can you offend people everywhere?" After Li Yuan heard this, he suddenly opened. Shake the hand of the samurai and say:

"Shiyan! You're really my Zhang Zifang! The engineering affairs of Jinyang Palace will all be handed over to you. I'll take care of the rest. ”

"The humble position must not accept the high expectations of the country." After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled. The next day, he took out an account book, which recorded the population hidden by local officials in the Hedong area of Bingzhou in the name of slaves, as well as the fact that they had colluded with local tyrants in recent years to form smuggling caravans to buy and sell controlled materials and force people to die. After Li Yuan saw this, he immediately summoned his civil and military officials to the hall a few days later, and asked them to pay for the arrival of the Holy Lord's patrol in Hedong in the name of the Holy Lord's Soon-Day Patrol. Headed by Huang Jin and Hedong Taishou Lu, they reported to Li Yuan:

"My lord, since Your Majesty's conquest of Liaodong and the construction of the canal, all the officials and their salaries have been empty, the eunuch bags are clean, and the people under his rule have been arrested many times, and the taxes and forced labor are heavy, where did the workers and men who built the palace come from." The words of the two of them made the officials present nod their heads one by one. Li Yuan smiled slightly:

"I don't understand, I mean, let you send people to build the palace, what does it matter to the people, and you don't have any money in your hands, no one? Well! This official lends you a reminder, the two of you have thousands of male and female slaves in your family, hundreds of family members, and in the other four years of the great cause, Lord Huang has just arrived in Bingzhou to take up his post, and accepted the local Hao Qiang Yong as a teacher of gold and silver Wu Bai, to help him please force the death of the people's daughter, in the fifth year of the great cause, Lord Huang colluded with his wife Yao clan to occupy two foreign Hu merchant shops. In the seventh year of the great cause, Lord Lu served as the county guard of Hedong, accepted bribes from Zhao Yu'an, the owner of Hedong iron ore and was born in the Zhao family, and understood a hundred lives. Later, the two of you used the emperor's expedition to Liao to repair the canal as a name, and arrested all the men of dozens of peasant households, and after the female relatives were insulted, they were all sold into the largest brothel in Taiyuan-Huaimenglou, and annexed more than 10,000 acres of land and more than 100 real estates, and the income was divided equally between the two of you, I don't know if what the official said is correct! Hearing Li Yuan's words, Lu Weiyun trembled, sweating like rain, Huang Jin was older after all, and the foundation of the state was deeper. So I was a little flustered, but my tone was tough.

"Lord Xuanfu, there is no evidence for these, don't spew blood." At this time, Li Yuan's personal soldiers came to report:

"My lord, the martial arts team is asking to see you."

"Please!" Samurai came to the lobby.

"Humbling his duty, he has raided the mansions of the two adults, and copied out hundreds of thousands of gold and silver, thousands of people, more than 10,000 acres of fields, and their correspondence with the powerful people in Hedong and Prefecture. The old bustard in Huaimenglou has been brought back by his humble position. I am already waiting in the hall, and I ask you to decide. ”

"Good! You've worked hard, come on! Take down Huang Jin and Lu Weiyun and behead them to show the public. All the family members and slaves were used as official slaves. ”

"Spare your life! Spare your life! ”

"Li Yuan! You're so ruthless! I won't let you go even if I'm a ghost! After Huang Jin and Lu Weiyun's heads were brought up, some of the officials present were frightened and incontinent. Governor Shi Luying, who was present, stood up and said:

"My lord is thinking deeply for the emperor, I am willing to pay a thousand taels of silver, and when I return home, I will immediately let all my family relatives and slaves gather and obey my lord's dispatch."

Immediately afterwards, Xue Lin of Hedong County also stated:

"My lord, I am also willing to give a thousand taels of silver, and my family is also willing to let my lord dispatch me." The second-in-command of Bingzhou and Hedong have expressed their attitude, and other officials have also begun to show enthusiasm. Li Yuan was overjoyed, ordered by the samurai to preside over the construction of the Jinyang Palace, the samurai was proficient in calculations, plus Li Yuan in the back of the strong support, first to take the sub-section outsourcing construction, personally on all the sections of accurate measurement, calculation of distance and accuracy, and then after the completion of the project to the various palace lots to close, the error is very small, see the samurai Yan so capable, Li Yuan is extremely appreciative of his talent, Li Jiancheng's heart also feels worthy of the father of the first empress recognized by Chinese history, it seems that Wu Zetian can have so much talent, In addition to Li Shimin's training, the genetics of the warrior also account for a large part of the credit! The progress of the project is fast, and in less than two and a half months, Jinyang Palace has been completed. Li Yuan was very happy after reading it, and wrote a letter to Qi Yang Guang Jinyang Palace has been completed, and hopes that the emperor will come as soon as possible. After Yang Guang received Li Yuan's recital, he circulated it to the surrounding ministers:

"Ladies and gentlemen, Li Yuan has already built Jinyang Palace, just waiting for me to come, do you have any opinions?" Yu Culture and the Prelude:

"Emperor Qi, the minister received a number of reports from local officials in Bingzhou and Hedong, saying that Li Yuan used the excuse to extort a lot of money, and arrested their families and relatives on the construction site as hard labor. Please let Your Majesty decide for them. Yu Wenhua's words shocked the hearts of the ministers present, but no one spoke. After Yang Guang listened to Yu Wenhua's words, he began to understand Li Yuan's intentions in his heart. 'Humph! Li Yuan, you are showing your loyalty to me! Then he looked at the other ministers:

"Do the rest of you have any opinions?" The other ministers didn't know the emperor's intentions, and slowly developed the habit of kowtowing more and talking less. Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Yang Guang ordered:

"Ordered the Qin Heavenly Supervisor to choose a good day and an auspicious day, and I will set off in a few days to patrol the world." After listening to Yang Guang's edict, Su Wei stepped forward to advise:

"Your Majesty, nursery rhymes are nonsense in the market, and the celestial statue is also a lot of people with intentions who say nonsense, the emperor only needs to calm down, rest assured with national politics, refresh internal affairs, stop Liaodong military service, reduce taxes, and clean up the people's hearts, then the folk songs will subside." When Yang Guang heard Su Wei's suggestion, his face immediately sank.

"Su Wei, I remember that you are an old minister when the emperor opened, so I will give you a few thin faces, remove all your officials and lords, and demote you to a commoner, and you will go out to inspect with me, I really want you to see how beautiful my country is, and let you see how those clowns who jumped off the beam were cleaned up by me. Go down! ”

"Ministers of the Emperor Longen!"

Attached: Historical knowledge, the reason why Emperor Yang of Sui visited the world for the third time was that after the execution of Li Hun, the warlock An Jia reminded Emperor Yang of Sui that the world would change, and the person surnamed Li would sit in the world in the future, and persuaded Emperor Yang of Sui to kill all the people surnamed Li in the world, Emperor Yang of Sui thought that this meaning was too absurd, so he learned the method of Qin Shi Huang and went out to patrol the world to suppress the royal spirit of the world. As a result, like Qin Shi Huang, he did not return to his capital and his throne after his death.