Chapter 19 The Great Wall of the East

Outside the city, Yu Wenhua and Yu Wenzhi and their brothers were stripped of their clothes, naked, each tied to a wooden stake, and knelt down under the city in despair, and the other 300 people had been beheaded, leaving only the two of them.

Behind them, each stood a big man, holding a thick-backed machete in both hands, staring coldly at the necks of the two brothers, and just waiting for the Holy Lord to give an order, he swung the knife and cut off the heads of the two.

In the imperial study, Yuwenshu knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty, this time the evidence was conclusive, the human and material evidence was there, so that he could not deny it, at this time Yuwenshu was already sweating profusely, he didn't know whether to plead for his son, or to protect himself, trembling all over, not a word.

Yang Guang stared at Yuwenshu angrily, and slapped the table again and again, "Yuwenshu!" Is this the rule of the king, the matter of loyalty? How do you explain it to me? ”

He took out the account book that Yang Yuanqing got from the iron shop two years ago from the drawer and smashed it on Yu Wenshu's face, the account book bloomed, and the account pages flew all over the ground.

"Two years ago, my son sold pig iron to the Turks, and I endured it, but they did not repent, and became more and more rampant, and now they actually trafficked weapons to the Turks, and wanted to behead the Turks?"

Yuwenshu cried bitterly and kowtowed again and again, "The old minister's family education is not strict, and these two rebel thieves are out, and the old minister is willing to donate his family wealth to make up for the losses brought by the two to the Great Sui." ”

Yang Guangyi slapped the table and said angrily: "You still want me to spare the lives of the two of them?" ”

"The old minister doesn't dare, the old minister is willing to obey all the punishments of His Majesty, without the slightest complaint."

Yuwen Shu's heart was desperate, he knew that he could not save the lives of his two sons, he was heartbroken, and his heart hurt as if it were dripping blood.

Yang Guang had made up his mind, and shouted loudly: "Yu Wenhua and Yu Wenzhi and the illegal sale of contraband and Turks, the crime is unforgivable, and the will of the Emperor will be ..... on the spot."

Before he could say the word 'beheading', he only heard a shout, "Father, stay under the knife!" ”

Immediately afterwards, a woman in a palace skirt rushed in, knelt down in front of Yang Guang, hugged his legs and shouted sadly: "Father, keep people under the knife!" ”

This young woman is Yang Guang's eldest daughter, Nanyang Princess Yang Jingsi, she is the wife of Yu Wenshu's second son, Yu Wenshi, and Yu Wenshu's daughter-in-law.

Yang Jingsi was entrusted by her husband to come to save the Yuwen brothers, she kowtowed and begged: "Father, for the sake of my daughter, please spare the two uncles!" ”

She kowtows to the floor 'Bang!' Bang! 'Rattle, for a moment, the blood on her forehead has flowed out, mixed with tears, if her father kills the Yuwen brothers, how will she live in the Yuwen family in the future, how will she face her father-in-law and husband?

Empress Xiao also walked in behind her daughter, and at this time, she couldn't help but say beside her: "Your Majesty, just look at the face of Jing Si, spare their lives!"

"That's it!"

Yang Guang sighed, the blood on his daughter's forehead finally softened his heart, and he also came to his senses and killed the Yuwen brothers, and the Yuwen family couldn't tolerate their daughters, they were not only monarchs and ministers, but also in-laws.

Yang Guang sighed and said to Yuwen: "For the sake of the princess and the concubine, I will spare their brother's life!" ”

Yu Wenshu was so excited that he kowtowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" Thank you, Your Highness Princess! ”

Yang Guang said coldly: "Although the capital crime is forgiven, but the living crime is unavoidable, confiscate all his prohibited gains, and fine the two of them 10,000 taels of gold, as a punishment for selling contraband, Yu Wenhua and Yu Wenzhi and 100 rods each, cut off all official titles, both confiscated official slaves, Yu Wenshu has the crime of not being strict with his godson, and he will be fined for one year, and he will be removed from his post as a pillar and demoted to one level. ”

The punishment was so cruel that Yuwenshu's heart was cold, but he thought that his two sons had to spare their lives, which was a blessing in misfortune, and Yuwenshu had to kowtow and thank him.

Yang Guang's mood was ruined, and he had no intention of inspecting Wuyuan County anymore, so he ordered: "Go out of Wuyuan and transfer to Yulin County!" ”

In the wail of Yu Wenhua and Yu Wenzhi and being beaten with a cane, Yang Guang's holy car slowly turned around and headed towards Yulin County in the east.

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Yulin County is the last stop of Yang Guang's trip, Yang Guang had been to Yulin County last year, he saw that Yulin County was empty, the city soldiers were slight, it was difficult to resist the Turkic army, the Turkic iron cavalry could go south along the Yellow River, and had been killing into the hinterland of the Central Plains, this section was the gap in the northern defense, he ordered the requisition of more than one million people in Yulin, Dingxiang, Mayi, Yanmen, and Loufu five counties, and ordered to complete the Great Wall from Yulin to Zihe for more than 200 miles within 20 days, connecting the new Great Wall with the Great Wall of Mayi County, and choking the Turks from going south to Pinglu, east of the Hedong, The passage of Shuo County.

This time Yang Guang came to Yulin County to inspect the construction of the Great Wall last year, Yulin County is also the original Shengzhou, not the Yulin of later generations, but today's Inner Mongolia Tuoke. Tuoxian, the big bend of the Yellow River turning southward.

Endless patrol teams marched eastward along the north bank of the Yellow River, banners were overwhelming, the huge city was guarded by tens of thousands of soldiers, walking slowly on the grassland by the Yellow River, and in the north was the Yinshan branch of Dajin Mountain, and the swarthy figure was like a giant dragon lying under the sky.

On the gentle hills south of the Yellow River, a new Great Wall shimmers blue in the sun, and a total of 5,000 soldiers are stationed on this newly built Great Wall.

In the team, Yang Yuanqing looked at the Great Wall built at the cost of 500,000 lives from a distance, and felt a little bit in his heart, Yang Guang ordered the construction of this Great Wall in July last year, and ordered it to be completed within 20 days, but he only came to inspect it after eight months, he could use half a year to repair this Great Wall, and at most more than 1,000 people died, but his 20-day period, which was simply to kill millions of people, and finally more than 500,000 people died.

Will the Turks invade in a big way right away? No, at that time, the Sui and Turk carnivals had just ended, which could be described as the honeymoon period between the two countries, how could the Turks invade the Central Plains?

Didn't Yang Guang know what kind of catastrophe the 20-day construction period would bring to millions of people? No, he has been in the south for a long time and has observed the people's feelings, how could he not know.

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but think of what Yang Zhao had said to him: 'There are many miscellaneous Hu in the north, and the emperor is deeply worried, using labor as a tool, all of them are forced to die, waiting for the north to be empty, and the Jiangzuo Han people return." ’

Although he felt that Yang Zhao's incident was ridiculous, but other than that, he really couldn't think of any other reason, unless it was Yang Guang's mental problem, but he was such a shrewd person, how could he have the slightest mental problem.

The fundamental reason is still Yang Guang's idea of destroying Hu Xinghan in his bones, from the fact that his two wives were born in the southern Xiao family, from the status he gave to Jiangdu Dijing, and from the fact that he would rather die in the end than stay in Jiangdu, it can be seen that Yang Guang has Chongnan thoughts in his bones.

"Yuanqing!"

Yang Yuanqing suddenly heard someone calling him, and when he turned around, he saw a carriage not far away, and Pei Ju was smiling and waving to him in the window.

Since Yang Guang inspected Wuyuan County, this is the second time Yang Yuanqing has seen Pei Ju, the last time was in Dali City, they just smiled at each other and said hello, and they have not spoken to each other.

Yang Yuanqing hurriedly urged the horse forward and bowed down, "See Pei Gong!" ”

Pei Ju smiled and said: "I thought I would stay in Wuyuan County, but when I heard that I also followed, I wondered if I could meet him, and sure enough, I met him." ”

"Originally, there were many things in Wuyuan County, and I didn't want to follow, but the Holy One wanted me to follow, so I had to follow."

Yang Yuanqing smiled helplessly, and praised Pei Ju again: "Pei Gong has worked hard all the way, and he is still so energetic, which is a fortunate thing. ”

"The spirit is ok! Yuanqing, how about getting in my car? Pei Ju invited him with a smile.

Yang Yuanqing turned over and dismounted, handed over the war horse to his own soldiers, and got into Pei Ju's carriage, and only after entering the carriage did he know how hard it was to pull the horse, and there were more than half of the books piled up in the carriage, leaving only two seats by the window.

Pei Ju saw Yang Yuanqing's stunned face, and couldn't help laughing: "The journey is long, how can I pass the time without reading, not only me, everyone else is the same." ”

He moved a pile of books blocking the road, pointed to the empty seat across the table and smiled, "Sit down!" ”

Yang Yuanqing's burly body looked a little crowded in the empty seat in front of the table, he reluctantly knelt down, but Pei Ju's scholar came out of nowhere, carrying a teapot in one hand and a cup in the other, poured a cup of tea for Yang Yuanqing, and filled Pei Ju's teacup, and then went back to his accommodation, Yang Yuanqing found that there was a long and narrow room behind the carriage, less than two feet wide, and the scholar sat in it to read.

Pei Ju smiled and said: "First of all, tell me a good news, the large-scale development plan of Wuyuan County, the Holy Lord has approved it, and now the Ministry of Shangshu Province is ordered to negotiate this matter together, and require 300,000 households to be immigrated from Guanzhong, Longyou, Bashu, Henan, Hedong and other places within a year. ”

Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed, 300,000 households, that is, about 1.5 million people, this Hetao is really prosperous, but he is also a little worried, 300,000 households come at once, how can he settle it?

Pei Ju understood his worries, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, since it is a consultation between various ministries, it is necessary to consider it carefully, don't rush this matter, let us discuss it slowly." ”

"Then it will be a lot of trouble for Gong Pei."

After finishing his business, Pei Ju thought of another thing, pointed to the front and said with a smile: "Twenty miles east from here, is Shengle City, the former capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty. ”

Shengle City is the early capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it has gradually been abandoned after Tuoba Jue moved south, and now only the ruins remain.

Yang Yuanqing shook his head apologetically: "I made an appointment to accompany Princess Leping on horseback, but I can't go." ”

Pei Ju didn't force him, the topic turned back again, and said with a slight smile: "I heard that I reconciled with my father, this is good news!" ”

"How does Pei Gong know?" Yang Yuanqing was stunned, could it be Gao Gong?

"Huh! Everyone knows that this matter is all these days, and I have publicized it everywhere to save others from being unfilial. ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid that if the Holy Lord knows, he will be very unhappy." ”

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