Chapter 95 [Journey to the West]
As the saying goes, meeting the right person at the right time is happiness. It's a nightmare to meet the right people at the right time and meet the wrong people at the right time. Yang Guang's nightmare was to do the right thing at the right time, but the worst thing was to use the wrong way.
So, the nightmare knocked on his door. Judging from Yang Guang's growth trajectory, this is indeed the case, but Yang Guang's death is not only due to other factors behind it. One of the biggest reasons is that the unification of the Northern and Southern Dynasties is the general trend of history, and no one can stop it, and the old Yang family's cultivation is not only the strength of their Guanlong aristocratic base, they overestimate themselves, thinking that fists and centralized power systems can solve a problem, and as a result, history has educated them solidly.
In addition to the big-headed soldiers, there is also a heavyweight who paid for Yang Guang's life on this western tour. That is the daughter of Emperor Wen of Sui, the queen of Emperor Wenxuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Princess Yang Lihua of Leping, the sister of the current emperor Yang Guang. This sister's identity is special, and he has also made great contributions to the establishment of the Great Sui. In the end, for the sake of his younger brother Yang Guang's grand cause and thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, he was buried under Qilian Mountain along with his old bones.
These civil and military officials, harem beauties and forbidden army guards were originally looking forward to a desert steppe style tour with the emperor, but this is good, how many people lost their lives in this canyon. But in the eyes of team leader Yang Guang, for the sake of his historical achievements and the thousands of miles of the empire, it is too normal to die a person. Looking at the snow-capped scenery behind him and the endless desert scenery in the distance, the towering Qilian Mountain is being trampled under his feet, and the territory of the empire is expanding. History is being rewritten.
A wave of pride is surging in the emperor's heart, looking at the rising sun gushing out, thinking about the grand blueprint of the empire, Yang Guang's poetry is prosperous, and he improvised and recited to create the Yuefu poem "Drinking Horses and Great Wall Caves" that has been passed down through the ages, this poem is too long, I will share the first four sentences with your brothers~ "The autumn wind rises, and you travel thousands of miles."
Thousands of miles to go, across the desert to build the Great Wall. The ancients said, "Poetry and Words". Read this poem and think of this man. Where is there a little bit of disease-free moaning and no words in Emperor Yang's poems above to find words, and pretentious? That sense of desolation and sadness will envelop you immediately.
Someone who can write such imposing verses. There is no pride support from the armor and the majestic call of the immortal emperor in his chest. I don't think it's going to be possible. Anyway, I feel a bit of a literate and elegant person like me, and I guess I can't hold back a sentence for a lifetime. Is Yang Guang a god-like person? It is worth thinking about Ai ~ one will become famous and ten thousand bones are dry.
If you want to achieve the grand cause of the Great Sui Empire, how many people should die for it? Yang Guang is reciting poetry and lyricism here, but where does he want to get how many people and how many families are paying for his so-called thousands of miles of rivers and mountains and immortal achievements? How many wives have been separated and their families have died? It's embarrassing.
The nonsense continues. After this big bucket valley. This entered Zhangye County, Hexi. As soon as this team arrived in this Zhangye. That's all stunned.
What's going on? It turned out that Comrade Pei Ju, the director of the office, went to Zhangye, Hexi one step ahead of the emperor. The emperor stepped on a good point and laid a good front station. Under Pei Ju's operation and lobbying, the leaders and envoys of the 27 countries of the Western Regions had already greeted Yang Guang, the Great Sui Emperor, at the foot of Yanzhi Mountain.
These leaders and envoys of the Hu people in the Western Regions were all dressed in national costumes and sang and danced there. On both sides of the road are incense burning, music and gongs and drums. In order to perform the play of the coming of all nations, this Master Pei is as well-intentioned as the last Mr. Changsun Sheng. It is not enough for these people to support the scene, and at the same time, all the people of Wuwei and Zhangye counties are called.
These grass people were asked to take out the most beautiful clothes at the bottom of the box at home that they were usually reluctant to wear, and ride a tall horse to participate in this carnival to welcome His Majesty the Emperor. For a time, this border town actually had an exaggerated situation of traffic jams and people rubbing shoulders.
& Fill in the throat, dozens of miles around "The common people don't have beautiful clothes? Find a way for yourself, and if you find that any of the people are not dressed well enough and not mentally enough, then hold the officials in charge accountable.
& County Superintendent's Class". This is good, the local officials and people worked together, and found that which family was so poor that they didn't have beautiful clothes to wear, and it was estimated that the officials in charge would tighten their belts and help them buy them. It's really not good, usually be more greedy, anyway, you can't suffer by yourself.
In this way, for the sake of fatal vanity and the emperor's fragile face, the common people and officials in Hexi have played with their lives. All that came to the emperor's mind were big goals, big ideals, and big strategies. However, in the eyes of these grass people, he didn't think about it at all, what they wanted was to live a down-to-earth life, a cow on thirty acres of land, and a hot kang head for his wife and doll. Otherwise, the grass people should not think about it, dare not think about it, and can't think about it.
In Emperor Yang Guang's mind, the situation was different. I, Yang Guang, was sent down by God to govern the world, everything in the world is for my use, and the grass people suffer a little bit and even lose their lives, that is your life. During this western tour, the emperor was very satisfied, he had face, and he also had his lining. For the first time, the empire incorporated Qinghai into its territory and established four counties: Xihai, Heyuan, Shanshan, and Jimo. The results were remarkable, and the emperor was delighted.
The intended purpose was achieved. Let's drive back!
Finally coming back. One afternoon in September of this year's golden autumn, this mighty westward expedition group finally returned to Daxing City after a lot of hardships under the leadership of Emperor Yang Guang. There are many brothers and sisters who have lost their lives for Yang Guang's expansion of the territory, and they are fighting people there. But the number of people is not much less.
What's going on? Because of the new additions to the members of the delegation, Yang Guangwei showed off his national strength, and brought back these envoys, leaders and some Hu merchants of the 27 countries of the Western Regions by the way on his way back from the western tour. I tell you how rich and powerful our Great Sui is, you may not believe it, but let me show you that seeing is believing.
In order to show the prosperity and strong national strength of the Great Sui Empire, under the arrangement of the emperor, these Hu merchant guests visited the Daxing City built by their father, and they personally went into battle as a full tour guide, and took these guests straight to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to visit and investigate. This Luoyang City was built by himself, and of course it is the highlight of the visit. This emperor's ass can't sit still at all, and he basically doesn't stay in the capital. It's running outside every day. It's the end of the year in the Eastern Capital, and it's the New Year here.
The year was quite extravagant and exaggerated. What a month's carnival and free food and drink made Hu Shang stunned. Later, although they engaged in attracting investment and doing business with these Hu merchants, the transportation from the Western Regions to the Eastern Capital, coupled with exaggerated receptions and banquets, and the bottomless exploitation and oppression of the government, made the burden on the people great.
The results of this face-saving project have been recorded and described in the history books. "From the counties of Xijing and the counties of the northwest, they are all transferred to other countries, and hundreds of millions of dollars are counted every year; The journey is dangerous and far away, and the death of people and animals does not reach, and the county will expropriate their homes.
Since the people are unemployed, the West is the first to suffer. This is only the fifth year of Yang Guang's reign as emperor. Just five years. Repair the eastern capital, repair the Great Wall, repair the canal, patrol the north to the north, Xingjiangdu in the south, Pingyang Lang rebellion, and attack the Turks in the north. The southern expedition to Linyi hardly stopped for a day. It's a toss-up. The Empire's endurance has reached its limit.
But Yang Guang, as the chairman and general manager, did not see the crisis lurking behind it. The superficial prosperity and achievements made his self-confidence extremely bursting, and the emperor's stubborn conceit had reached a terrible point. During the three years of Daye's northern tour, he had already opened the knife to the three veteran ministers. Gao Xi, He Ruobi and Yu Wenbi have already been sacrificed.
At this time, those who were surrounded by the emperor were Pei Yun, Yu Shiji and Yu Wenshu, who were being pampered. We talked about this Pei Yun before, and we did internal response when we were in Pingchen. After the Great Sui. Emperor Wen didn't use him much either. is also an official such as a local assassin. But after Yang Guang came to power. It's time for this dude to get moving.
Chinese History: Shang: Jiuchi Meat Forest; Zhou: hereditary nobility; Qin: Speech control; Han: What a great joy; Jin: show off wealth and erosion; Northern and Southern Dynasties: Cultural Faults; Follow: large-scale construction projects; Don: Sycophants of all nations; Song: Diplomacy is weak; Yuan: exacting taxes and miscellaneous taxes; Ming: partisan hill; Qing: Height**; Republic of China: internal and external troubles; Honchao: To sum up.
China is not mentioned, everyone understands. Even in the West, Newton (see how he abused Hook, Kleibniz), Einstein (see how he abused his original partner), Steve Jobs had very poor personal morality, was ruthless, and was willing to dominate and play with others, and now they are still worshipped. This is still the case in the tech sector, and the ...... in business and politics Statistics have been made in the West that the income of the 10% with the most traffic violations is 5-10 times more than the 10% with the most traffic rules
A few days ago, I watched an exclusive interview with Comrade Jin Yong, who has been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for many years, running Ming Pao and writing novels, and it can be said that he is the eldest brother in the Chinese cultural circle. He said that in China's history, the victors who won power were all morally inferior. This is the law of history, because power does not need morality, and it is true!
Feng Shui takes turns, and this year comes to my house. Officialdom also applies. If the leader doesn't like you, you don't have your share in the promotion, you are in a hurry, and the opportunity may come immediately as soon as the leader is changed. The first action of the new leader is generally to carry out a big purge mixed with sand and a big change of blood, replacing the predecessor of the first qiē, what office director, financial director, organization and personnel minister, and also, the driver must be changed! The second action is to dismantle the previous political performance projects and build a new one.
Two days ago, I saw that the Hengyang Daily in Hunan Province changed its page three times a week, and this secretary can be said to be well versed in this, plucking out the predecessor's qiē, so that the shadow of the predecessor can not be seen in Hengyang! Xiang Yu burned down the Afang Palace, the political achievement project of the predecessor Qin Shi Huang, and turned all the historical achievements of Comrade Lao Ying into ashes, and then I started again. This is the general psychology of the Chinese leadership. Therefore, when the leaders at the top change, the leaders below also follow.
This is called Chinese characteristics, the so-called "once a son of heaven and a courtier". People with a sense of smell will take the initiative to leave a way back for themselves, like Pei Ju. There are also fools who only put their eggs in one basket, and in the end they ruined their families, like Heshen in the Qianlong Dynasty.
As soon as Qianlong closed his eyes here, he followed closely and raided his house. Therefore, being an official is not only a technical job, but also a risk job, and it is not something that everyone can play. "Heshen fell, Jiaqing was full" is not unreasonable. Leaders and personnel are all exquisite. Use your own people and let your predecessor's people get out, that's the general principle. The key to leadership and employment is intimacy.
The so-called intimate is: think about what the leader thinks, and be anxious about what the leader is anxious about. Be a leader's intimate little padded jacket. If you should speak, if you don't speak, you will rot in your stomach.
This Pei Yun has been unknown in the Wen Dynasty. Emperor Wen Yang Jian braided his hair, and Pei Yun's opportunity came. Yang Guang came to power, this Pei Ye was first promoted to Taichang Shaoqing, the official in charge of Lile, and Gao Xi's deputy, at this time Yang Guang found that this was a talent. Yang Guang is just the opposite of his father, he doesn't like patriotic songs and horses, he likes popular music, what supergirl, good voice and all kinds of drafts, that is our Emperor Yang Guang's favorite.
In a word, the favorite music is the so-called "lewd music". This Pei Yun is smart. found that the leader was good, so he tried his best to dig out folk music, held the National Popular Music Grand Prix, and summoned these potential singers to the capital Taichang Temple for intensive training, and then tried his best to expand the scale of musicians in Taichang Temple, and the results were of course remarkable.
With Pei Yun's efforts and the emperor's encouragement and strong support, the musicians of Taichang Temple have indeed reached an astronomical number. How many people? Thirty thousand. Think about it, how many spare songs do you have for 30,000 people? I counted the songs of a 32g hard disk now.
The result is naturally not suspenseful. Emperor Dayue. Are you waiting? Immediately promoted. He was directly promoted by the deputy head of the Central Song and Dance Troupe (Taichang Shaoqing) to the vice minister of finance (Ministry of Civil Affairs). What do you think? Am I right? You see, there's more to come.
Below was the sandy land by the sea, planted with endless green watermelons, and in the middle of it was a young man, with a silver ring in his hand, pinching a steel fork and stabbing at a horse, but the horse twisted and fled from under his crotch. Lu Xun: You are leap earth! The man said, "I am Ru!" Lu Xun said: What about the leap soil? Ru said: Runtu was killed selling watermelons on the street...
A monkey blended into the yard, relying on a few tricks to win the old grandfather's appreciation, for a time the yard animals will be the monkey as a god, very close to the knotting of the ability...... The pig was puzzled: What's so wonderful about those tricks, even my intelligence can see that there is a problem, can't you see it?
The dog sighed: A pig is a pig, and all animals seem to be monkeys, but in fact they are for the opportunity to get close to grandpa...... Watermelon Weng, reclamation of the desert to plant melons in the south of the mountain. His face was dusty and withered, and his temples were like bows. What is the business of selling melons to make money? Excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes on family life. The night is stormy in the suburbs, and the melon cart is difficult to travel in the city. People are sleepy, hungry and sweating like rain, resting in the mud outside the south gate of the city. Suddenly, I heard the sound of the city management in the air, and I rushed to the west and the east. Helplessly, his body was weak, and he bowed his head and knelt down to plead for mercy. A cart of melons, two lines of tears... The city management fists and feet add weights, and one life returns to the sky to race Dou E! (To be continued......)