Chapter 40: The court's proposal for a monthly pass

At this time, the sky is not yet bright, the east sky has just turned up the fish belly white, the Daxing Hall is still brilliantly lit, nearly a hundred large lanterns will illuminate the hall as day, the Daxing Hall is the most magnificent hall in the whole palace, and it is also the main hall of the palace, dozens of large columns that two people can hug stand on the main hall, supporting a magnificent hall that can accommodate 10,000 people.

At the top of the main hall, there is the dragon seat of the Great Sui Emperor, high above, looking down on the thousands of subjects at his feet, majestic and majestic, making people dare not look up.

The ministers of civil and military affairs were divided into two sides, and thousands of civil and military officials, such as the prince, the three divisions and the three dukes, the province of Shangshu, the province of "Men", the province of the secretary, the three stations, the six departments of the Shangshu, the superintendents of the temples, the generals and generals of the guards, and so on, stood in rank according to their ranks, and the first row was the chief officials of each department, who were also the speakers of the court meeting.

In addition, there are hundreds of non-ministerial officials and high-ranking officials from the local government, who stand close to the main "gate", as an observer of the court, they can also speak, but generally speaking, it involves their own affairs, such as the court to discuss the disaster in a certain place, and it happens that the history of the assassin here is listening, he can speak in a row, in addition, the general observer officials will not easily express their opinions on things that they are not familiar with.

At this time, Emperor Yang Guang has not yet arrived, whispering in the hall, the ministers are talking about today's topic in a low voice, today's main topic is actually only two, one is to discuss the excavation of the Tongji Canal, this is the highlight, but today is only a preliminary discussion, the other is to review the martial arts, will be officially announced, this is just a form of walking, everyone estimates that today's early dynasty will not be too long, at most an hour will be dispersed.

At this time, there was a sound of ceremonial music in the distance, this is the emperor's upcoming ceremonial music, but it did not affect the conversation of the court officials, everyone has experience, at this time the saint has just set off from the dormitory, it is still early, about a quarter of an hour later, the bell rings, the time has come to the hour of the hour, the "waiter" guard shouted, "His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!" ”

The hall suddenly became silent, in the side "door" passage on both sides of the upper end of the main hall, a team of guards with swords on the left and right sides of the hall lined up, and then hundreds of "waiters" guards held various honor guards and fished out, Huang Luo Zhao, flags and flags, golden melon halberds, majestic momentum, and twenty-four eunuchs came out with gold plates, and finally eight palace ladies played a long-handled gilded feather fan, and a eunuch carried a Huang Luo umbrella cover, surrounded by the Great Sui Emperor Yang Guang appeared.

Yang Guang stood in front of the dragon couch, and thousands of ministers bowed down at the same time, "Long live Your Majesty, long live!" ”

This kind of early dynasty ceremony to be held every day is not grand, and the emperor's clothes do not have to be too particular, Yang Guang is wearing a red and yellow "color" dragon robe, a "jade" belt around his waist, and a crown on his head, he slowly sat down on the dragon couch and waved his hand, "Everyone, Aiqing is flat!" ”

The hall is very cleverly designed, so that Yang Guang's voice is not high, but the echo is very loud, can reach the ears of most of the courtiers, Yang Yuanqing stood in the queue of observers, he was far away from the emperor's dragon seat, the more inward, the more dim the light, the general ministers could hardly see the face of the emperor Yang Guang, and could not hear what he said, only Yang Yuanqing's eyesight and hearing were keen, he could see Yang Guang very clearly, and he could hear what he said very clearly.

The ministers stood up straight, 'Dang! With the ringing of a bell, the pilgrimage meeting officially began.

The hall is very quiet, only listen to the voice of the emperor Yang Guang echoing in the hall, "digging the canal to communicate the north and south, I have been thinking for a long time, I have been in Jiangdu for ten years, I know that Jianghuai is rich, grain, tea, silk, salt and oil, can be described as a state rich and the world is full, but the "communication" is inconvenient, making it difficult for Jianghuai products to go north, and Gyeonggi has a large population, the army is intensive, the cost of money and grain is very large, and the imperial court finance has always been difficult to afford, and the elbow is my Great Sui Zhongxing, which makes the southern goods to the north become the top priority of the Great Sui Zhongxing.

In addition, the north and the south have been divided for hundreds of years, the north and the south do not interact with each other, and the people of the north and the south are hostile to each other, although the Great Sui has unified the world for more than 20 years, but it is still difficult to solve the gap between the north and the south. I don't want to make a final decision, and then there will be a wave of opposition, so if you have any different opinions, just put them forward. ”

Yang Guang glanced at the ministers, and then Niu Hong, the secretary of the ministry, came out and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister has a few words to say. ”

"Niu Aiqing, please speak!"

Niu Hong bowed and said: "Your Majesty's 'chest' has a great cause, to break the gap between the north and the south in one fell swoop, the minister admires it, and the old minister also thinks that the digging of the north-south canal can benefit the people of the world, prosper commerce, and increase the income of the imperial court, which is a meritorious cause that benefits the future, and the minister fully supports it, the old minister just hopes that the canal will not be too anxious, and so on three or five years later, the new capital will be completed, and the people will be healthy, and then slowly excavate, and it will take ten years to dig a canal that has been a hundred generations, so that future generations will remember His Majesty's kindness. ”

Niu Hong's words almost represent the thoughts of most of the courtiers, the intention of digging the canal is very good, but now is not the right time to put it forward, now the new capital has just begun to be built, a huge project costing millions of people has just been rolled out, and another even bigger project has been connected, the saint is too anxious, and he is not sympathetic to the people.

Pei Ju also said: "Your Majesty, the minister is also in favor of digging the canal, but the new capital has not yet been built, and the canal is on the agenda. ”

Yang Guang's face was a little displeased, and he raised his voice and said: "I just put forward an idea, not to start digging immediately, of course, to wait for the new capital to be built before opening the canal, I know very well in my heart, but there are some things that can be done first, such as preliminary exploration, determining the direction of the canal, as well as land acquisition and relocation, and craftsmen need to consider technology, these all take time, and I can't wait until the decision to dig to do it, I just discussed an intention with all Aiqing today, decided to dig the canal, and then how to do it and then discuss." ”

At this time, there was a whispering in the hall, in fact, many ministers have a little understanding of the current emperor, the saint is anxious, what he wants to do is to do it immediately, and to do it quickly, he can't wait for a long time, it can be seen from his construction of the new capital, it is even limited to one year, it is said that the new capital is in order to catch up with the progress, the army is used to supervise the work, and the people are regarded as grass mustard, countless people die every day, more than 2 million people have died twenty percent, if the canal is dug again, I don't know how many people will die, how many people will die.

"Your Majesty, can you wait for the completion of the new capital before going to the preliminary exploration preparations?" Su Wei came out of the "waiter" under the "door" and cautiously suggested.

Su Wei said to the key point, if the canal excavation of the early stage of the matter begins, then it is equivalent to the excavation of the canal is decided, the saint will definitely start the official construction in a very short period of time, his style of doing things is to start construction while preparing, just like the construction of the new capital, obviously the early digging of the long trench is carried out first, but the long trench has just begun to excavate, and the new capital will start construction at the same time, which makes the ministers very helpless.

Su Wei's suggestion made Yang Guang very unhappy, he said coldly: "The preliminary exploration is not to start, I know very well in my heart, I can give you a guarantee, the new ones will not be completed, the canal will not be dug up, this matter is so decided, the right emperor Fu Aiqing will listen to the order!" ”

Shangshu Right Emperor Fu hurriedly came out of the ranks, "The minister is here!" ”

"I have appointed you as the exploration envoy of the Cao Canal, and I will go to Jianghuai to inspect the situation of the canals along the way (81ZW in the latest chapter of Wu Dong Qiankun), and determine the excavation plan for me as soon as possible."

"Minister-obey!"

The emperor is not very in favor, but the holy decree has been issued, he has no choice but to accept, the discussion in the hall is still continuous, although the saint has made a guarantee, the new capital is completed and then dig the canal, but the new capital is limited to one year, then the canal will be dug at this time next year at the latest, or too hasty, more importantly, the saint nominally said that everyone discussed together, but in fact he has decided, in the court meeting is just a form of walking, which is not yet an hour to decide.

The hearts of all the ministers are heavy, from this detail it can be seen that today's saint is more arbitrary than the first emperor, the former corporal Lixian, the image of the holy prince who humbly listened to advice is no longer visible in him, if it is a small matter, it is fine, but it is such a major project, such a quick success, will make the world resentment boiling.

Yang Yuanqing's heart was also a little heavy, he found that none of the ministers dared to oppose Yang Guang head-on, like Niu Hong, Pei Ju, Su Wei, although they were all against the construction of the canal, but they said very tactfully, first agreed, and then put forward different opinions, in fact, they wanted to oppose it by delaying, and the Guanlong nobles were even more silent.

When the capital was moved for the first time, the fierce opposition of the ministers was gone, and Yang Yuanqing realized that he had actually helped Yang Guang establish a killing power, so that the opposition of the court was eliminated, and he really didn't know whether he had done a good thing or a bad thing.

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"Let's discuss the second matter, review the martial arts, and advance the Propaganda Department!"

This time, Yang Guang's voice was relatively small, and many ministers couldn't hear it, and a eunuch next to him shouted: "Your Majesty has a will, review the martial arts, and the Xuanjun Department will march!" ”

In the eyes of the ministers, Wuju is just a disguised selection of forbidden military guards, and has nothing to do with the affairs of the imperial court, this is just a matter of concern to the twelve military generals, and only five hundred people are selected, the scale is too small, there is no point in discussion, and there is not even the need for court discussions, many ministers have relaxed their "spirit" and are ready to disperse the court.

But there are still a few "shrewd" officials who have discovered the abnormality, according to the "sex" of the saint, he will never use it to discuss with the minister, he will directly approve the end, this so-called martial arts, it confers only eight military positions, far from the standard of the court, and even the saint does not need to look at it, it can be ended when he goes to the military department, and then the public list is very simple.

But the Holy One actually had to discuss it at the court meeting, and put it together with such a major matter as digging a canal, there must be some special circumstances in it (Wu Dong Qiankun's latest chapter 81zw), at least it shows that the Holy One attaches great importance to it.

Like Pei Ju, he even "shrewdly" judged that not only was it as simple as the saint's attention, but something might happen to this martial arts.

Yang Guang's eyes were cold, he wanted to let the Manchu Dynasty understand his attitude through this martial arts incident, his eyes quickly glanced in the direction where Yang Yuanqing was standing, he believed that Yang Yuanqing would understand his thoughts.

Li Gang, the chief examiner of the martial arts examination and the "waiter" of the military department, stepped forward quickly, bowed down, and raised the thick stack of admission rosters above his head and handed them over.

"Chen Li Gang reports to the Holy Lord on the situation of martial arts (the latest chapter of Wudong Qiankun 81zw)!"

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