Chapter 37: Brothers
Six days later, Yang Guang really issued an edict, asking Yang Yan to return to Luoyang as soon as possible, and not mentioning anything else. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Obviously, the war in Liaodong is unfavorable, and Yang Guang doesn't have the heart to pay attention to his favorite eldest grandson, as long as he doesn't 'add chaos' to Yang Guang, it will be a good thing.
Luoyang, the political center of Yang Guang in order to unify the north and south, is also the commercial center that connects the southeast and the northwest, and is extremely prosperous.
Yang Yan's return added a few more busyness to the originally lively Luoyang, as a left-behind guard in Luoyang, and Yang Yan's second brother, Yang Tong, in order to show his respect for his eldest brother, personally led the left-behind officials and three thousand guards to guard the dock early.
"His Royal Highness the King of Yue, it is cold and windy here, please move your Highness." An official saw Yang Tong's neck shrunk by the cold wind, so he kindly reminded him.
"When the eldest brother returns, how can he only care about himself as a courtier. And the eldest brother once warned the boy that he should not be afraid of the wind and cold and exercise diligently, this little wind and cold can make the king retreat? Yang Yu, who was only nine years old, flicked his sleeves, reprimanded a few words, and immediately shifted his attention to the river.
"It's coming, the dragon boat is coming, it's playing." Yang Tong hadn't seen his brother for more than a year, and he couldn't help but get a little excited.
Since the death of his father, Yang Yan has shouldered the responsibility of being his eldest brother like a father, and has loved his two younger brothers. But whenever Yang Guang has any reward, he will always forget his two younger brothers.
It's like a few entourage strategists around him, all of whom Yang Yan recruited for him. Otherwise, those mountains of government affairs can make him dizzy, where can he make time to practice martial arts and play?
Now that his eldest brother is back, he doesn't have to pay attention to those troubles.
Yang Yan didn't know that his younger brother was looking forward to his appearance at the ferry, and he was still sitting in the boat writing something at this time.
During this time, letters came out of Yang Yan's room almost every day, and they were sent by the heralds to Zhangye, Qi County and other places.
At the same time, he also received a letter from Zhang Xutuo. In the letter, Zhang Xutuo mentioned that he had officially accepted Luo Shixin as an apprentice, expressing his gratitude to Yang Yan for recommending a talent, and also vaguely mentioned the root cause of the civil unrest in Qi County.
Of course, Yang Yan knew very well why Wang Bo was able to successfully recruit so many people, and it was not because his grandfather was in a hurry. Originally, the Shandong region was a disaster area, although the DPRK and the Qin Wangfu both made great efforts to provide disaster relief. A large number of victims have also been evacuated, but there are still many people who are nostalgic for their deceased and do not want to move.
These people who were reluctant to leave did not expect that as soon as the disaster passed, Yang Guang released the requisitioned people to transport grain and grass to the eastern Liaodong region. The problem is that the food transported by those people is not enough to eat for themselves, so what will they take to pick it up?
No grain and grass were delivered, and the result was only one word, and that was death.
Therefore, those people who do not want to die on the road or die in Liaodong either sell themselves to the local heroes and become slaves, or flee their hometowns. Later, as soon as Wang Bo's "Song of the Death of the Waves of Liaodong Wandering" came out, a torch seemed to be raised in the hearts of those people, so that they joined Wang Bo's rebels one after another.
Yang Yan knew what the quickest way to quell the civil unrest was, but he couldn't do it. After all, Yang Guang was determined to go on this expedition, and he had already crossed the Liaoshui River to surround Liaocheng, if anyone dared to drag him back, even if Yang Yan was the emperor's eldest grandson, he would inevitably die.
Helpless, Yang Yan had no choice but to write a reply letter to Zhang Xutuo, encouraging him to train his troops well and use force to solve it when the government soldiers could fight.
Because Yang Guang forbade the people to keep weapons privately, when Yang Xuangan rebelled later, the army of peasants all rebelled with wooden sticks. In addition, the rule of the emperor and the great cause of the country and the people seven years ago, the people did not repair the army, as long as the regular army came, they fled immediately, and it was the easiest to suppress. If you quickly attack the rebellious people with the force of thunder, those people who have never fought at all will not be able to stop the advance of the Great Sui at all.
The people are like this, in fact, the same is true of the government soldiers, otherwise Yang Yan would not have emphasized in the letter that Zhang Xutuo would have trained the soldiers well.
Yang Yan also knew that Zhang Xutuo was pressed by the emperor's order, and if he didn't solve those chaotic people earlier, then Yang Guang blamed him, and he couldn't afford it. This responsibility is now 'shared' by Yang Yan for him.
If Zhang Xutuo is clever enough, he can at least hold Yang Yan's reply for a while, and leave other things to Yang Yan and Yang Guang, the two grandsons, to grind their lips.
Yang Yan guessed, I'm afraid Yang Guang also knew that the people didn't know about the military, so he never put the civil unrest in his eyes. This is also why Yang Guang has always sent the main force of the Great Sui to exterminate the rebels, and only let the local officials recruit government soldiers to quell the rebellion.
Until Yang Guang realized that the government soldiers were overwhelmed and could not achieve his ideal army. In the ninth year of the Great Cause, Xiaoguo was recruited and a professional volunteer army was formed.
You must know that the government military system is that the local government is entangled with the family, the powerful and the landlord, and when there is no war, they farm at home, and once there is a military, they gather together. As a result, the government soldiers lacked training and had a strong sense of locality. Moreover, the stronger the government soldiers, the weaker his control over the Great Sui, which Yang Guang figured out after reflecting on the defeat of Goguryeo.
Yang Yan had a lot of ideas in his heart, but he couldn't implement them. Without him, just because he is just a prince, he has no real power except for the title of King of Qin. Unlike his two younger brothers, one is left behind in Chang'an and the other is left behind in Luoyang, and he can boldly handle the government.
"When I go back to Luoyang this time, it is best to stay, as long as I can get the post of staying in Luoyang, and in the future, I can quell Yang Xuangan's rebellion, and I can earn some real power. The most unfortunate can lead troops to exterminate the rebels outside, and they have the strength to protect themselves. Through the window, Yang Yan looked at the gradually emerging Luoyang City and muttered to himself.
In fact, at this time in history, he was still accompanying Yang Guang in the Linshuo Palace in Zhuo County, and it was impossible for him to appear in Luoyang City.
"Your Highness, the dragon boat will arrive at the ferry in a few moments, and His Royal Highness King Zhao has already led the ministers to greet His Highness at the ferry." Outside the door, a shrill voice sounded.
Yang Yan retracted his thoughts, and a figure couldn't help but appear in his mind.
He was handsome, intelligent, and lively. Compared with the more selfish Yang Yu, Yang Yan prefers his second brother Yang Tong. Perhaps, it's because both of them are concubines.
"Eldest brother, eldest brother, I'm here." Yang Tong on the ferry, kept jumping up, waving his little hands, hoping that Yang Yan would notice him for the first time.
In fact, he didn't have to do this, Yang Yan had already seen him. After all, he was the only one standing under the imperial tent, and Yang Yan could see it without running out.
Walking off the dragon boat quickly, Yang Yan couldn't help but feel a sense of closeness in his heart, and hugged Yang Tong who rushed over in his arms.
"I haven't seen him for more than a year, but Dong'er has grown a lot taller and stronger." Let go of Yang Tong, Yang Yan patted him on the shoulder.
"The eldest brother is much taller than Dong'er, and the eldest brother is also fat." Yang Tong also looked at his eldest brother seriously, and found that there had been too many changes in the past year, and he was a little unrecognizable.
"How is it, are you still used to it in the Eastern Capital?" In the early years, Yang Tong and Yang Yu also often accompanied the royal driver, and in the past few years, Yang Guangcai did not take them with him, only Yang Yan alone.
"It's good to be in the eastern capital, but those people in the palace are too managed, and they have to go to school, and they have to listen to those ministers discuss political affairs." Yang Tong immediately complained to Yang Yan, saying that it was not good, and pointing out which eunuch was in charge of too much.