Volume 2 Sui Yang's Ascension to the Throne Chapter 70 Yang Su's Death
Some people are happy and some are sad, on this day, Yang Guang came to the queen's bedroom, and Queen Xiao greeted him respectfully. saw that the emperor's face was pale, as if he was going to kill someone. Empress Xiao waved all the maids and eunuchs in the palace out of the hall, hugged Yang Guang from behind, and leaned on Yang Guang's back.
"Your Majesty, what's the matter? Who made the emperor angry again? β
"Humph! It's not Yang Su's old horseman, I respect him as a veteran of the previous dynasty, and he tolerates everywhere in the court, who knows that this old thing doesn't know how to lift up, and he gets carried away! After listening to Yang Guang's story, Empress Xiao slowly knew what happened. It turned out that Yang Su relied on supporting Yang Guang's merits, and he was proud of his achievements, so he should not get carried away in the court and openly oppose Yang Guang's will. Yang Guang's heart was already dissatisfied. This morning, Yang Guang invited Yang Su to fish in the Imperial Garden Pond together, and the two of them went down at the same time, and after a while, Yang Su had already caught nine, and Yang Guang did not catch one, and Yang Su began to get carried away again.
"The minister holds the authority of the world, although Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven and is a true dragon, it is difficult to defeat such an ordinary man as the minister! Hahaha! When Yang Guang heard this, he was even more angry in his heart, and immediately brushed his sleeves away, no, he came to Queen Xiao to ask for comfort. After hearing this, Empress Xiao waited for Yang Guang's anger to calm down a little. Slowly comforting the emperor.
"Your Majesty! That Yang Su is an old minister of the former dynasty, and he has the merit of supporting the establishment, so he is naturally more domineering, and Yang Su is also reasonable, since the first emperor cut off Wang Yi, Yu Qingze, Shi Wanzai and other rebels, alienated Su Wei, Gao Xi, He Ruobi and others, he is now an official residence Shang Shuling, Taiwei, and Yu Shi Dafu. One person has the position of three public officials, and the court is basically under one person, above ten thousand people, and its protΓ©gΓ©s are all over the world. The power and prestige were almost unmatched in the imperial court. Besides, he is a military general, if he sets up an ambush in the palace, how can a few chamberlains subdue Yang Su, once he is unsuccessful, what if he pulls the flag and rebels. Also, even if it succeeds, it is difficult to guarantee that the emperor's conspiracy to seize the throne will not be spread by him, saying that the emperor will kill the donkey, which will be detrimental to the emperor's reputation at that time! β
"Is it so cheap for this old horseman?"
"Since ancient times, the prime minister has been able to hold the boat in his belly, not to mention that the emperor is the son of heaven, so he doesn't even have this belly. Bear with me! Under Concubine Xiao's admonition, Yang Guang calmed down temporarily, but he was still a little uncomfortable in his heart.
"Zitong! It's getting late today, you can rest first, and I'll come back to see you in a few days! After saying that, he left the queen's bedroom without looking back. Empress Xiao looked at the emperor's back and sighed softly. Yang Guang came to Mrs. Chen's bedroom, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Cai were talking, so they heard the sound of the emperor outside the palace shouting that the emperor had arrived and went out to greet him, and hurriedly took his palace maid and eunuch out to greet him. Yang Guang saw that Mrs. Cai was also there.
"Oh! Cai Ji is here too! It just so happens that I'm not feeling well today, so I'm going to talk to you! Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Cai glanced at each other. Madame Chen asked the emperor.
"Does the emperor have anything on his mind, our sisters don't have other skills, it's still okay to relieve the worries of the Son of Heaven."
"It's not because Yang Su, the old thing who doesn't know how to lift, thinks that he is a veteran of the previous dynasty, and suppresses me openly and secretly. Do you really think you can cover the sky with one hand? "Mrs. Chen is in the hands of Yang Su because her sister and brother-in-law are in the hands of Yang Su, so it is difficult to say much, but Mrs. Cai has some resentment towards Yang Su in her heart.
"The emperor is the Son of Heaven, you must not let a subordinate be in the air, since ancient times, if the powerful ministers bully the lord, then it will not be far from seeking to usurp the throne." Yang Guang's face was still very gloomy, but he didn't object to her words. Mrs. Chen looked at Yang Guang's face and found that he was not angry, and even had some agreement, through this period of getting along, her heart had begun to shift to Yang Guang's body, if it wasn't for Yang Guang to help protect his brother, I am afraid that their Chen family's incense would be broken, plus Yang Su was secretly restraining her, as the princess of the Chen Dynasty, she was also a little arrogant in her heart.
"Your Majesty, what my sister said is very reasonable. The concubine was born in the Chen Dynasty, and my imperial brother was in powerγγγγγγ Mrs. Chen stopped talking and quietly looked at Yang Guang's face. Yang Guang listened carefully and motioned for Mrs. Chen to continue.
"When my imperial brother came to the court, if he felt that there was a minister threatening the imperial power, he would first transfer him out of Beijing with local trivial matters, and after reducing his henchmen with the crime he wanted to add, he would finally be given death by a holy decree. Yang Guang pondered for a while, and suddenly became angry:
"Mrs. Chen, you compare me with Uncle Chen's fallen monarch, am I really so mediocre?" Mrs. Chen didn't know why Yang Guang was angry, so she quickly knelt down to apologize. Mrs. Cai also quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty.
"Your Majesty, my sister is young and ignorant, I hope the emperor will look at her for the sake of her young age, don't worry about her." Looking at their teary eyes, full of charm, one is like a begonia morning dew, and the other is like a pear blossom with rain, Yang Guang intuitively seems to have a fire burning in his belly.
"Alright! I'm gracious today! Forgive your capital crimes, but capital sins can be forgiven, and living sins are unforgivable, so it depends on your performance tonight, if you behave well, I will be rewarded, and if you do not behave well, I will be punished for several crimes. After speaking, he pulled both of them up and hugged them to the bed, Mrs. Chen's face was flushed with shame, Mrs. Cai was as charming as silk, and slowly untied her chest, Yang Guang quickly took off his clothes, and pounced on him like a tiger, and at night, the whole palace was full of obscenity.
The next morning, when the civil and military Baiguan Mountain shouted long live, Yang Guang said:
"Soon after I ascended the throne, I took charge of the government, and I always took the former emperor as an example, at the beginning of the first emperor's accession to the throne, I abandoned the old capital and built a new capital, and I intended to follow the example of the former emperor and rebuild Luoyang. What do you think? Hearing this, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty lowered their heads and did not speak, slowly recalling what the emperor said. Yang Guang looked at Yang Su, he wanted to see what Yang Su's reaction was, but he was disappointed this time, the first person to speak was not Yang Su, but Xue Daoheng.
"Your Majesty, the minister thought that it was impossible, the former emperor rebuilt Chang'an was a helpless move, that year, the first emperor ascended the throne, the original capital was built in the Han Dynasty, to my dynasty has gone through more than 800 years, the water source is exhausted, the city is old, the first emperor ordered to build a new capital, now the emperor ascends the throne, when learning the emperor's diligence and thrift, cherish the people's power, not luxury!" As soon as Xue Daoheng finished speaking, Pei Ju took over the conversation.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Xue Daoheng's view is really pedantic, although my dynasty takes Chang'an as the capital, but Luoyang is the hinterland of the Central Plains of my dynasty, the first emperor was alive when the market came to inspect, and received the envoys who worshiped my dynasty in Luoyang, but the city of Luoyang is also quite old, the first emperor also wanted to rebuild Luoyang, only because the Turkic tribes were not peaceful, and the side affairs were not stopped, so it was not implemented, and now the emperor ascended the throne, adhering to the will of the emperor, rebuilding Luoyang, and the minister strongly supported it." Yang Guang smiled. Xiang Yang Su said.
"Yang Laozhuguo, you are an old minister of the former dynasty and the pillar of the current imperial court, and Lao Aiqing will preside over the reconstruction of Luoyang."
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Xue Daoheng's performance is reasonable, and it is too hard to rebuild Luoyang, so please take back your Majesty's order."
"Hmmm! Yang Laozhuguo, in the past, when my father rebuilt Chang'an, Gai Renshou, and repaired Luoyang Palace, why didn't you say that the people were working hard and hurting money, and it seems that the supervisors of these projects are all you! Why, I can't move you now, can I? I remember that back then, when my father was here, you once said to your wife that you are the Son of Heaven, and your wife must not be the queen, could it be that you bullied me when I was young and wanted to come up and sit on the throne by yourself? Yang Guang began to tear off his face against Yang Su, although Yang Su was powerful, but he was not yet able to pull the flag and rebel. So hurry up and kneel down to Yang Guang to plead guilty.
"The minister is afraid, the minister has no such intention!" But this kneeling gave a signal to the officials below, although Yang Su was powerful, the biggest in the court was the emperor. And Yang Su's son Yang Xuangan felt that his face was slapped and it hurt.
"The γγγγγ of rebuilding Luoyang"
"The minister is willing to serve the work of dogs and horses, but the old minister is old and frail, I am afraid it will be difficult to take on this heavy responsibility!"
"Where is Yang Xuan's feeling!" Yang Xuangan immediately left work after hearing this.
"The minister is here!"
"The ancients said: Fight tiger brothers, go into battle father and son soldiers. I ordered you and Yu Wenkai to be your father's deputies, and to help him a lot in rebuilding Luoyang, do you know! β
"Command!" Yang Xuan was convinced.
"Good! Your father and son commute to the king's affairs, and I am very relieved! Today, you will also be crowned as the Shangzhu country, with encouragement, and after Luoyang is completed, it will be sealed. In addition, the reconstruction of Luoyang will definitely occupy some land, you must coordinate well, if it is private land, you must give more compensation, if it is official property, one acre for two acres, don't hurt the hearts of the people and officials! Yang Su and his son thanked them again, and seeing their reactions, Yang Guang's self-esteem was unprecedentedly satisfied. After the decree was issued, the civil and military officials congratulated Yang Su and his son, although some people also had some real estate in Luoyang, but after eating Yang Guang's one acre for two acres of sweet dates, they were also full of joy. congratulate Yang Su and his son on their two pillars. Li Jiancheng felt a trace of sadness in his heart. Everyone said that the root of the popular uprising was when Yang Guang fought for Goryeo, perhaps the popular uprising began when Yang Guang rebuilt Luoyang!
After Yang Su received the order, he took Yang Xuangan and Yu Wenkai to Luoyang to demolish and rebuild. If it is a high-ranking official and a family of land and mansions, according to the emperor's holy decree, to double the land of silver, if it is ordinary people and low-level officials, the soldiers under their hands are directly demolished and demolished, and there are lives from time to time, in addition to demolishing the people's houses at the same time, the young strong men living around Luoyang are arrested, and most of the rest are old, weak, sick and disabled, resulting in more and more people begging and exile, Henan, Luoyang local officials, the imperial history of the court and the central government have participated from time to time, Yang Guang repeatedly issued orders, let Yang Su strictly manage his officials, appease the people, Although the words were sincere, Yang Su heard that this was a warning and beating on him, and he asked Yang Guang for an additional allocation of silver taels, but Yang Guang asked him to strictly investigate and ignore it in the name of having a royal history to participate in the corruption of his subordinates. Yang Su had no choice, but the scholars in Chang'an and Luoyang did not let him go, they wrote articles insulting Yang Su and sang them everywhere, Chang'an Luoyang was full of Yang Su's death, corruption and self-fattening rumors, and even found headless stickers insulting Yang Su at the gate of Yang Su's camp. Yang Xuangan was also very angry in his heart, he had no place to vent, he beat the workers and his subordinates every day, hundreds of people were killed and injured every day, and the subordinate officials did not dare to approach Yang Xuangan, for fear of being hopeless, but the resentment towards Yang Su's father and son was even worse. The impeachment of Yang Su was placed on Yang Guang's desk like snowflakes. Yang Su was even more angry when he knew it, but he was helpless. Slowly became depressed and became ill, and he was bedridden. Yang Xuangan took advantage of his father's illness to ask Yang Guang to remove their father and son from their positions, and after Yang Guang found out, he immediately agreed to his request, and crowned Yang Su as Situ, Taishi and other titles, and ordered Du Guo, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, to take over, and Yu Wenkai as the auxiliary. He also sent the imperial doctor to visit Yang Su from time to time. On this day, the imperial doctor was about to go to Yang's mansion to see Yang Su, but was stopped by Mrs. Cai's personal palace maid Emerald Green.
"Master Taiyi, my mother is invited." The Imperial Physician followed Emerald Green to Madame Cai's bedroom. Mrs. Cai said to the Imperial Doctor through the curtain.
"My lord, how is Yang Situgong's illness!"
"Niangniang, please forgive Weichen for saying bluntly, Lord Situ is depressed in his chest, the medicine stone is difficult to heal, the old minister has already been given to the saint, this time is just to do his best, once he is angry, he will definitely die!" Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Cai are now the first favorites of the emperor, and no one in the palace dares to disobey them except the emperor and queen. Therefore, the Imperial Physician was extremely careful when replying.
"Good! You help this palace to do something, and hand over this letter to Lord Yang personally, remember, don't tell anyone except you and Lord Yang who know. Verdant, reward! Emerald Green took out a piece of fine jade and gave it to the Imperial Doctor.
"Ahh The minister never dared to ask for it! β
"If you want to take it, take it, nonsense! Do a good job for this palace, this palace will not treat you badly! The Imperial Doctor bowed down. Yang Su was examined by the imperial doctor in the past few days, and felt that his body was not bad, although he couldn't get out of bed, but his diet was better than before, and he heard that Mrs. Cai had a letter to him, so he was even more overjoyed, and after sending the imperial doctor away, he opened the letter.
"Yang Su old thief, you hurt my mother all her life without a name or a point, you have been guarding all your life, and you have ruined my innocent body, now God has mercy, let me meet the saint, you don't have to waste your heart, as a daughter, I advise you, or kill yourself as soon as possible, don't harm your children and grandchildren because of your ambitionsγγγγγγ" Looking at it, Yang Su only felt a pain in his heart, and spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Fleur, maybe I'm really wrong, it's retribution!" After saying that, he got out of bed and lay on the ground, not breathing. After Yang Su's death, in order to express his grief, Yang Guang resigned for three days and named his son Yang Xuangan as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he was still the Shangzhu State. Back in the harem, Yang Guang wanted to tell the queen and Mrs. Chen Cai the good news in person, but as soon as he arrived at the gate of the harem, he saw Mrs. Cai's personal maid walking towards him.
"Emerald Green, you're not waiting in front of Mrs. Cai, why are you here?"
"Your Majesty! Mrs. Cai committed suicide by taking poison. β
"What?" Yang Guang hurriedly ran to Mrs. Cai's bedroom, and saw that Empress Xiao and Mrs. Chen were already here, with tears on their faces, and Mrs. Cai was covered with white silk and motionless. Yang Guang wanted to remove the white silk, but the queen hurried to stop it.
"Your Majesty, Mrs. Cai died of poisoning, I'm afraid it will hurt the dragon's body!" Emerald Green gave the emperor a handkerchief.
"Your Majesty, this is left to you by Madame." Yang Guang opened it and saw that it read.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, my Ailang, you are the man I love the most in this life, please forgive me for deceiving you, I should actually be surnamed Yang, my mother Cai is Yang Su's outer room, I am her illegitimate daughter, for the sake of power, he dedicated me to the emperor, also for power, and he asked me to seduce you, as a daughter, I hate him, but I have to accept his orders, please forgive me, my love for you is from the heart. Thank you for your pampering of me, as a daughter, I went with my father, but please rest assured, if there is a next life, I will still be your woman, and give you my whole life without the slightest stain. Your rituals. After reading the words on the handkerchief, Yang Guang put the handkerchief on the candle and lit it, and slowly watched him turn into ashes.
"Where is the forbidden army in the palace!"
"Wait here!" A large group of Forbidden Army sergeants walked outside the temple.
"Mrs. Cai is seriously ill and died of illness in the deep palace, she has a last word, I hope that all the eunuchs and palace maids who have waited for her will be martyred, I will obey her performance, come to someone, and all the palace maids and eunuchs in Mrs. Cai's palace will be executed and buried with Mrs. Cai." After speaking, the soldiers of the forbidden army pulled out all the eunuchs and palace maids who were crying in Mrs. Cai's palace.
"There are some secrets that can only be known by me, and I can't let anyone know my secrets, absolutely not." Yang Guang said in his heart.
Ask for a red ticket.