A hint of cunning flashed in Yu Shiji's eyes: "Your Majesty must already have a candidate in his heart, so why do you need to talk too much." ”

Yang Guang laughed, patted Yu Shiji's shoulder and said, "Yu Aiqing is really leaky, okay, I will discuss it with you, what do you think of Dr. Zhang Heng and Dr. Zhang, how well do you supervise the construction work in Fenyang Palace?" "Since the end of last year, Yang Guang issued an edict to dismiss all the fictitious officials from the Shangzhu State down, only retaining the two doctors of Jin Zi Guanglu and the two doctors of Yin Qingguanglu, and one is from the first product of the Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, Zhang Heng just erased the official, hung up a false title of the silver and green Guanglu doctor, and went to build Fenyang Palace.

Yu Shiji pondered for a while and said: "The minister thinks that Dr. Zhang's position as the superintendent of Fenyang Palace is still very competent and very hard, and Fenyang Palace is close to the north of Mayi, which is the palace that His Majesty must pass through when he patrols the north, where the conditions are more difficult, and it is not too easy to transport the stones and wood for the palace." It was not easy for Dr. Zhang to build the general shape of the palace in more than half a year. ”

Yang Guang hooked the corners of his mouth: "But this Fenyang Palace is not to mention compared with my Xianren Palace and Ziwei Palace in the Eastern Capital, even compared with the Renshou Palace of the former emperor, it is too much worse. I passed by the manor that Zhang Heng built himself, and I thought it was better than the Fenyang Palace. ”

Yu Shiji suddenly heard the meaning of Yang Guang's words. Zhang Heng is an important minister who supports Yang Guang to ascend to the throne, and has participated in many of Yang Guang's conspiracies, which can be described as a confidant among his henchmen. Yu Shiji, who had just been favored, didn't dare to offend, so just now he was also careful to help Zhang Heng say good things first, and now he heard that Yang Guang's tone was wrong, but he wanted to test it further, so as not to misjudge.

So Yu Shiji immediately said: "Your Majesty, the Fenyang Palace built by Dr. Zhang is located on the Fen River. Close to the border gates, there is no such developed water transportation as the eastern capital. The strange stones and high-quality timber in the south of the Yangtze River can be easily transported in, that is, the Renshou Palace, which was not built in a year and a half, and the minister remembered that when the Duke of Chu built the Renshou Palace. The superintendent was very anxious, and caused an epidemic among the servants, and finally tens of thousands of people died, and the emperor was also furious because of it, probably Dr. Zhang didn't want His Majesty to complain against the people, so he lowered the specifications slightly. Moreover, after all, Fenyang Palace is close to the border pass, if it is repaired too well and let the Turks see it, they may have the desire to rob. ”

Yang Guang sneered: "When Zhang Heng told me. It's also a reason like Yu Aiqing, anyway, Fenyang Palace is just a palace of mine. I don't expect to build it very well, but seeing that Zhang Heng built a manor for himself is more attentive than the palace for me to repair, I am a little unhappy, Yu Aiqing, you said that it is not easy to transport wood and stones in Fenyang Palace, then good, I will let Zhang Heng go to Jiangdu. Jiangdu is close to Jiangnan, and some are manpower. All kinds of high-quality timber and rare stones in Jiangnan will not be a problem to transport them, if he doesn't build them well, there will be no reason. ”

Yu Shiji completely understood this time, it seems that the construction of the Jiangdu Palace is by no means a fat difference, but a dangerous move to find the handle of Zhang Heng, he immediately nodded: "Your Majesty Shengming, just like this, the minister thinks that he needs a competent person who can well assist Dr. Zhang to supervise the construction of the Jiangdu Palace, on the other hand, he can also supervise Dr. Zhang on behalf of His Majesty, if Dr. Zhang really deducts the money from the palace repair in Fenyang Palace and uses it to build a manor for himself, then Jiangdu is prosperous, There is more money to build the palace, so you need to be cautious and have someone supervise it. ”

Yang Guang nodded with satisfaction, and secretly said that your kid is finally with me, his expression was calm, and he said: "Then according to Yu Aiqing, who is more appropriate to send to supervise?" ”

Yu Shiji's eyes flashed with coldness: "This, the minister thought that the new squire of the Criminal Department, Wang Shichong, would definitely be able to do this position." ”

Yang Guang quietly said "oh": "Why do you want Wang Shichong to spy on Zhang Heng?" After all, his qualifications are insufficient, just now you mentioned yì to let Li Yuan monitor Ma Shumou, this kind of practice of using old ministers to monitor the upstarts is very appropriate, but on the issue of Jiangdu Palace, isn't it just the opposite? What is the purpose? ”

Yu Shiji said with a smile: "Wang Shichong is the richest man in the world, and he is good at financial affairs, if Dr. Zhang really intends to be greedy for money from the Mo Repair Palace, he will definitely not be able to hide from Wang Shichong's eyes." Everyone in the world says that Zhang Heng is the hero of His Majesty, those important ministers are only afraid that no one will dare to offend Zhang Heng, and Wang Shichong was born in Yang Su, Yang Su killed Zhang Heng, and Wang Shichong also lost his official position, so he should have a grudge against Zhang Heng, with his shrewdness, get this position of supervision, he will definitely be able to understand His Majesty's intentions, not to mention that he will deliberately go against Zhang Heng, at least he will not be afraid of offending Zhang Heng and give up supervision, this so-called newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. ”

"As for the position, His Majesty can not give Wang Shichong a position of deputy palace supervisor of Jiangdu, so as not to make Zhang Heng resentful, but in the future, he will give Wang Shichong a position such as Jiangdu County Cheng or Zanzhi, and let him be in charge of Zhang Heng's palace construction, from manpower to money, he has to go through the accounts there, Wang Shichong has won this position, he will definitely go to the construction site of Jiangdu Palace every day to inspect, and he will also urge Dr. Zhang to complete this matter smoothly, and his Majesty will definitely be satisfied."

Yang Guang smiled and nodded: "It's still Aiqing's heart, okay, just do as you say, and after returning to the Eastern Capital, let Wang Shichong transfer the post of Jiangdu County." ”

Yu Shiji rolled his eyes and said: "The construction of Jiangdu Palace, after all, it will take a year or two, Your Majesty can not be in a hurry to send Wang Shichong to Jiangdu, although Feng Lun has an enmity with this person, but the minister still has to say that Wang Shichong is indeed a rare talent, as long as he is loyal to His Majesty, he can make a big contribution to the country, with the minister's humble opinion, you can first let Uncle Ma plan to open the Grand Canal, and then let Wang Shichong patrol all the way, and finally go to Jiangdu to take office, so that it can also seem logical, and not let Zhang Heng have any other conjectures. The timing is just right, too. ”

Yang Guang laughed: "Aren't you afraid that Wang Shichong will find trouble with Uncle Ma when the time comes?" You must know that Uncle Ma is recommended by you Yu Aiqing. ”

Yu Shiji shook his head: "The minister is absolutely assured of Uncle Ma's ability to open the river. He will definitely be able to open the Grand Canal for His Majesty to meet His Majesty's requirements, and if he does something wrong, the minister is willing to sit with him. ”

Yang Guang nodded: "Yu Aiqing is loyal to the country." I'm very happy, there's no need to sit together, let's see the effect of opening the river first, okay, these things are almost discussed, I'm also a little tired, Yu Aiqing. You'll just step down. The matter of removing Su Wei from his official position must be done first, lest this guy temporarily appoint some cronies as officials before he leaves office. He's always been fond of doing this. For the daily affairs of Shangshu Province, you can act as an agent for a few days first. ”

Yu Shiji breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart, and secretly said that he could finally spend his day safely, with a humble smile on his face. Zuo said: "The minister obeys His Majesty's holy decree, and the minister retires." ”

At the same time, in this imperial camp, in Wang Shichong's big tent, three people are sitting around a temporary round table that is neither high nor low, sitting on three Hu beds, with six or seven kinds of stir-fried vegetables on the table, and the three of them are holding wine jue, staggering. The sound of laughter was endless.

Sitting on Wang Shichong's left hand side was about forty years old with a bearded face. He Chou, who was the Shaoqing of Taifu at the time, was shrewd, and the one sitting on Wang Shichong's left hand side was a roe deer, with white beard and hair, and he who was over sixty years old would be the young eunuch Yu Wenkai.

He Chou took a sip of wine. He smacked his lips vigorously: "Oh, Brother Wang." I can't imagine that in your military tent, you can still eat such a special banquet, He Mou has eaten a banquet that sits on the ground and serves food separately in his life, and it is really the first time to sit on the Hu bed with someone like this and drink at the same table. ”

Yu Wenkai also laughed: "He Shaoqing, you don't know this, Brother Wang travels back and forth between the Turks and the Western Regions, and the eating rules there are different from our Central Plains, I think that drinking at the same table like this makes the atmosphere more enthusiastic, at least our wine lords can meet together, and everyone sits closer and seems closer." ”

As he spoke, he looked at the bright red wine in his glass, and sighed: "Since the capital was moved three years ago, it has become more difficult to drink this wine, Brother Wang, I heard that most of the wine in Daxing City was transported by you, do you just leave the business of the Eastern Capital alone?" As he spoke, Yu Wenkai drank his neck and drank the wine in front of him.

Wang Shichong smiled slightly, filled the wine for He Chou and Yuwenkai, and said: "Young Eunuch Yuwen doesn't know, wine is a thing, storage and transportation is extremely difficult, the reason why it is difficult to drink this wine in Daxing in the past is because the wine brewed in the Western Regions has to cross thousands of miles of desert into Yumen Pass, and then transported from Longyou to Daxing, and it is thousands of miles along the way, often when it is transported to Daxing, it is already rotten and undrinkable. In order to delay the spoilage of this wine for two or three months, even so, the wine transported to Daxing must be drunk within 20 days, otherwise it can only be poured out. ”

"Over the years, the princes and nobles in Daxing City, the love of the merchants, Wang's wine business, did quite well, but after His Majesty moved the capital to Luoyang the year before last, most of these people also went to the Eastern Capital, Wang had the intention to transport this wine to the Eastern Capital, but unfortunately from Daxing to the East need to cross 800 miles of Tongguan, the mountain road is difficult, it must be more than a month, so after arriving in Luoyang, the wine has been corrupted and deteriorated, and it is difficult to enter the throat, presumably Yuwen Young Eunuch does not want to drink the bad wine."

A trace of disappointment flashed in Yu Wenkai's eyes, and he drank all the wine in the cup, and sighed: "It seems that if you want to drink wine, you can only have this blessing if you get Daxing." It's a pity, it's a pity! ”

He Chou's eyebrows raised, put down the wine glass, and said to Wang Shichong: "Wang Shilang, I also drank wine and ate food today, it's time to get down to business, you invited the two of us to this tent, presumably not just to drink and chat." ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "It's still He Shaoqing who is quick to talk and happy." In Wang's opinion, He Shaoqing and Yuwen Shaojian will be the future dignitaries and favored ministers of His Majesty, so Wang intends to further make friends with the two, and the three of us will seek wealth and prosperity in the future. ”

Yu Wenkai blinked: "Brother Wang, I don't understand what you mean, the two of us are just craftsmen, He Shaoqing is good at all kinds of clever mechanism design, and I, Yu Wenkai, am good at the construction of palaces and cities, not like your brother Wang, not only as the richest man in the world, but also has Wen Tao Wuluo, the talent of the world, this is why His Majesty Xià was suddenly promoted to the important position of the criminal department, the future is unlimited, to say that it should be the two of us to tie you Wang Shilang." Why is Wang Shilang so modest? ”

He Chou nodded: "Yes, because of similar interests, I, He Chou, have always been good friends with Young Eunuch Yuwen." Young Eunuch Yuwen had a friendship with Wang Shilang when he was conquering Goguryeo before, but I have never met Wang Shilang, and today you invited me through Guò Yuwen Young Eunuch, I am so frightened, what is there to do, although the order is, how dare I bear such humility from Wang Shilang? ”

Wang Shichong laughed. said: "The two of you are about to soar, don't you know? I'm afraid that it will be another half a year. I, Wang Shichong, want to invite the two of them to enjoy their faces for dinner, but neither of them may be able to look down on Wang. ”

He Chou and Yu Wenkai's faces changed at the same time, and after glancing at each other, Yu Wenkai said, "Wang Shilang." Aren't you drunk and talking drunk, how can the two of us soar? ”

A mysterious smile flashed on Wang Shichong's face, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty will soon build further construction, and the opportunity for the two of you is coming!" ”

Yu Wenkai hooked the corners of his mouth: "In recent years, His Majesty has indeed built a lot of new palaces, but those palaces have been built by special people, although I have designed some, but I am not responsible for supervising the construction." Besides, the palace in Luoyang, the eastern capital, was just completed three years ago, and I was given the official position of a young eunuch. But once the palace in Luoyang is completed, there will be no second capital in the world, and there is no need for such a gorgeous palace. So I don't dare to expect such a good thing anymore. Brother Wang, don't be funny. ”

He Chou also said: "Yes, when I built the Eastern Capital, I built a lot of dragon boats to dedicate to His Majesty, but those dragon boats were too big and it was not easy to pass through the Guò Canal. The last time His Majesty patrolled the capital of the river, even if he changed to a medium-sized dragon boat. It's also stumbling, almost stranded, I think it's a little scared, Wang Shilang, Your Majesty is unlikely to use us anymore, at least the two of us can't see any signs of this. ”

Wang Shichong smiled and waved his hand: "Two, you said that this time Your Majesty patrolled Xingsaiwai, from the Eastern Capital to Daxing and then to Zhuojun, and then went out of the customs, thousands of miles to the east and west, and returned to Beijing from Yulin, what is this for?" ”

Yu Wenkai pondered for a moment and said, "I think I want to subdue the Turks so that they don't dare to have different hearts." ”

He Chou echoed: "I also see it this way, the Turks are ambitious, afraid of power but not virtuous, when the emperor was there, they didn't dare to act rashly, but after all, His Majesty Xià was the new emperor who ascended the throne, and after he ascended the throne, he encountered Yang Liang's rebellion, so it is normal for these Turks to have different hearts, just like this Yu culture and smuggling pig iron with the Turks, I think it has been several years, obviously this is the idea of the Turks to fight our Great Sui, so His Majesty Xià Shengming, patrolled and demonstrated in advance, declaring the strength and force of my Great Sui, Let these Turks not dare to disagree! ”

Yuwen Kai laughed: "That's it, this time His Majesty asked me to build the Guanfeng Tower, but it really played a big role, not my Yuwen boasted, in Zhuo County for a month, I worked hard day and night, urging 30,000 people to build this three-mile, two-zhang high, can be loaded on thousands of carts to run and move the iron wooden city, there are tens of thousands of armor standing on the city tower, strong bows and crossbows are all arrows, and the golden roof of the big tent is higher than the city, more than ten miles away can be seen clearly, on this road, When the Turks saw this moving castle, none of them were so frightened that they dismounted and bowed, which is the majesty of my Great Sui. ”

He Chou's face was also swollen red by the wine: "Haha, Brother Yuwen, your city is indeed very popular, but my Golden Horde guards are not bad, fifty steps away from the big tent in the city, all set up strong bows and crossbows, and a circle of ropes is pulled up outside, covered with copper bells, after nightfall, the mechanism is launched, as long as someone wants to sneak in, as soon as they touch those ropes, the strong bow and hard crossbow will be automatically launched, and the assassin will be shot into a hedgehog. ”

Wang Shichong sneered in his heart, he was sure that these two guys were the same as Yang Guang, and they were also the masters of great joy, so he would choose to break through from them, he smiled and poured wine for each of them, and said: "Two brothers, clever and ingenious, although Lu Ban is resurrected, it is nothing more than that, Wang is really admired, do it first!" ”

The three of them drank this cup with a smile, and Yu Wenkai sighed: "If Your Majesty is lucky to patrol like this all year round, then we are indeed useful, but it's a pity, it's unlikely that patrols of this scale will be common, and after this time, I'm afraid that there may not be a chance for me to show my talents in ten or eight years." ”

He Chou also sighed: "Su Wei and Zhang Heng's old ministers always write to His Majesty, Cheng Tian said that such a big project wastes people's power and consumes national strength, and it is really useless, His Majesty seems to have also told them to move, this time before the patrol, he told us that this may be his last patrol in the past ten years, so I want the two of us to do our best, Wang Shilang, when the two of us have nothing to do in the future, don't forget us, even if you repair the project of your prison in the Criminal Department, try not to pull me and Brother Yuwen, I can design that kind of fully automatic anti-theft system for you, so that you are not afraid of those crazy people robbing the prison. ”

Wang Shichong smiled and waved his hand: "The two of you still haven't figured out the situation, don't you know what our majesty is thinking?" Do you really think that after he gets out of the fortress this time, he will put his swords and guns into the warehouse in the future, put the horse in Nanshan, and be a son of heaven in the eastern capital like the previous emperor? ”

He Chou and Yu Wenkai's eyes lit up at the same time, and they said in unison: "Isn't it?" ”

Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "Our supreme, with the mind of Emperor Qin and Han Wu, will never be satisfied with being a great Sui son of heaven, this time he wants to go around such a big circle, there are only two reasons, one is as you said, to subdue the Turks." But if you want to subdue the Turks, you can go out of the fortress from Bingzhou, why do you have to go around Zhuojun in such a big circle? Therefore, the real purpose of His Majesty is the second, that is, to one day, he can personally conquer Goguryeo, destroy this powerful regime that divided the four counties of the Han Dynasty, and restore the glory of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty! ”

Yu Wenkai's eyes widened: "But, but the Supreme has never told us about this!" ”

Wang Shichong waved his hand and lowered his voice: "How can this kind of military affairs be casually taken out and discussed?" Now His Majesty didn't say anything, but judging from His Majesty's actions, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion, this time His Majesty asked the Turkic Khan and the leaders of various tribes to come to Zhuo County, and he also arrived in Zhuo County, and on this way, it is necessary to test the road of transporting food, weapons, and soldiers to Zhuo County, and to test how many army expeditions Zhuo County can supply as a forward base. ”

He Chou shook his head: "If this is the case, then I am afraid that the result will disappoint His Majesty, this time His Majesty has more than 500,000 soldiers assembled in Zhuo County, but the supply of Zhuo County has been very tight, and it is necessary to temporarily transfer grain from various counties in Hebei and levy people's husbands, so as to barely complete this move, and the state to Zhuo County to go out of Taihang, and although the granary of the eastern capital is already under construction, but from the Yellow River to Zhuo County thousands of miles of land routes, it is not easy to walk, although I am just a craftsman, not a general, but I also know that only by land transportation, It is difficult to afford the logistics of hundreds of thousands of troops. ”

Yu Wenkai shook his head indignantly: "Wang Shilang, do you still remember the time when we built a ship in Donglai together and went to sea to prepare to cross the sea to expedition to Goguryeo, that is, the 300,000 troops by land went out of Yingzhou, crossed the Liao River, the logistics were poor, and the army collapsed without food, this time I think the situation is not much different, that time there is Gao Ying sitting in the rear, and the transportation problem cannot be solved. ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Therefore, Your Majesty is far-sighted, and the plan is big, and he will definitely solve the logistics problem before conquering Goguryeo, dig a canal, transfer grain from the south to the north, and transport the country's elite soldiers, grain and weapons to Zhuo County by water, so that there is no need to be afraid of the logistics of hundreds of thousands of troops." ”

Yu Wenkai's eyes widened: "Digging a canal? Brother Wang, how is this possible? The year before last, in order to transport grain to the eastern capital, the Tongji Canal was dug, but it was mostly dredged along the waterways of the old ditch and Shanyangdu, and even so, the big dragon ships were impassable, let alone the transport ships full of grain and soldiers. Also, there is no old river channel from Zhuojun to the Yellow River, how can this canal be passed? You must have drunk too much, talk drunk here. (To be continued) R580