Yang Guang is whatever he says, and after staying in Luoyang for a few days, he set off for Beijing with his harem family.

However, he will not enter Beijing, but directly cross the Yellow River, enter the east of the river, and go north to Jinyang.

After Yang Ming received the news, he took Yang Yinjiang Pei Shuying, his eldest son Yang Rui, and his second son Yang Jin early to wait for his father and mother in Huayin County.

Since Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, Yang Ming has stayed in Beijing most of the time, and he can't go anywhere, so it's convenient for his father to go wherever he wants.

This time, Yang Guang wanted to sit in his Guanfeng Xing Palace, because the pontoon bridge on the Yellow River could not be crossed, and it was too difficult to disassemble and reassemble, so he could only take a carriage.

How acute is this person? His sons, daughters-in-law and grandsons were waiting for him in Huayin County, and they didn't stop marching at all, but ordered Yang Ming's family to enter his imperial palace one by one for questioning.

"How is Xue Daoheng's health?" Yang Guang looked at his grandson Yang Rui with a loving face and smiled.

Yang Rui sat in the carriage and hurriedly replied, "Back to grandfather, Master is in good health." ”

Yang Guang pursed his lips and looked at Yang Jin again: "Why is your kid taller and stronger than your eldest brother?" Usually have contact with horseback archery? ”

"Huh? I don't know? I didn't practice riding and archery," Yang Jin touched the back of his head and said with a smile.

Empress Xiao couldn't help but hide her sleeves and smiled: "Ah Yun's size is originally taller than Yin Jiang, this child is with his mother, Jin'er has such wide shoulders, it is with you and Qilin'er." ”

The old Yang family also has genetic characteristics, just on the shoulders, they are all flat-shouldered, and broad, such shoulders are very powerful in clothes.

Yang Jian, Yang Guang, and Yang Ming are all broad-shouldered, but Yang Rui is not, his shoulders follow his mother, but his appearance is very similar to Yang Guang, they all seem to be delicate, but they are actually domineering and introverted.

"I want to take you two with me on this expedition, would you like to go?" Yang Guang said with a smile.

The brothers glanced at each other and hurriedly said, "My grandson is willing to go." ”

"No," Empress Xiao suddenly frowned: "Yinghui can't go, the journey is slow, don't get sick, Jin'er is strong, but you can go out for a turn, I think this kid is a good material for the army." ”

Yang Guang guessed that the queen was worried that Yang Rui would have something wrong outside, so he nodded, which was regarded as acquiescence.

No matter how bold he is, he doesn't dare to joke about the country, after all, Yang Guang in this life has a very good heir, and he doesn't have any bad intentions.

Does Yang Rui want to go? I don't want to go, Yang Yinjiang is a smart person, and told her son that if your grandfather wants to take you away, don't refuse, but she forgot to tell Yang Jin.

It wasn't intentional, it was really forgotten.

Yang Ming followed behind the emperor, and behind him were naturally the important ministers of the imperial court, originally Yuwenshu could take a carriage, but when the prince came, he definitely had to ride a horse to accompany him.

"Only one-third of the grain and grass baggage arrived at the front military warehouse, so how can it be good if the logistics are cut off in such a hurry?" Yang Ming whispered.

Yu Wenshu whispered: "There will be no problem, I have already instructed Xuangan, the grain and grass are almost requisitioned, the four major warehouses are being allocated around the clock, and the military supplies will continue to arrive at the front." ”

Yang Ming sighed: "Do you think this is good?" ”

Yu Wenshu also sighed, glanced at the direction of the emperor, and whispered: "Helpless, it can only be like this." ”

As the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, Yang Guang's northern expedition this time, the grain and grass are first, but only one-third of the first, which is different from the Goguryeo time.

In the expedition to Goguryeo, all the grain and grass were hoarded in Zhuojun before the army was launched.

While the two were chatting, Yang Rui and Yang Jin got out of the carriage, and Pei Shuying, who learned the news, was struck by lightning and hurried to find her husband, hoping to help her son refuse.

Yang Ming is also confused, you are going to war, not tourism, what are you doing with my son?

After entering the carriage, Queen Xiao's eyes never left her son's face, or said that only mother is good in the world, and she is really willing to die for you in the world, my mother, is the first.

"How do you lose weight like this? It's not good to be fat, but you can't be so thin," Empress Xiao looked at it in her eyes and felt distressed for a while.

Yang Ming said with a smile: "Back to A-Niang's words, there is a popular saying among the people, it is difficult to buy a thousand gold, and it is good to be thin." ”

"Is there such a saying?" Yang Guang was stunned and said, "Why haven't I heard of it?" ”

Yang Ming said with a smile: "Yes, there is a saying among the people, called parents are here, not far away." ”

Empress Xiao suddenly laughed, looked at her husband on the side, and said, "See, I guessed that my son would be with you." ”

The corners of Yang Guang's mouth hooked: "If I am not mistaken, Yang Jin is also eleven years old this year, right?" ”

"Emperor Hui, yes, one year younger than Yinghui," Yang Ming replied.

Yang Guang said: "Eleven years old, it's time to go out and practice, the two brothers were banned by you in Daxing, and they don't know anything outside, do you think this is good?" I heard that Yinghui fell in love with Wei Yuancheng's daughter a few years ago? It's what you hold back at home, and you have to find something to do for him. ”

Yang Ming said: "This time in the north, the country uses troops, Yang Jin follows the mansion to the north, it is useless, the war is together, it is unpredictable, Erchen just thinks."

"Needless to say!" Yang Guang raised his hand and interrupted:

"The two of them are also aggrieved when they were sons to you, that is, when I toured the Turks in the north, I took them out of the house, and since then, the two boys have never even seen the vastness of my Great Sui territory and the magnificence of mountains and rivers, do you want your son to be the thing that sits in the well and watches the sky? I only know Guanzhong but I don't know the four seas of Kyushu? ”

No, but he's only eleven years old, and you take him to war, what's it called?

"Okay, okay, let Jin'er follow," Queen Xiao said peacemaker: "Ren'an (Yang Qi) will also follow, there are brothers on the road, he won't be alone." ”

Among Yang Zhao's three sons, two concubines and one concubine, but Yang Guang and his wife are the most favored eldest son Yang Qi, who is often taken with him, and because of this, in history, Yang Tong and Yang Yu were respectively set up as puppets by Wang Shichong and Li Yuan, and Yang Qi, who followed Yang Guang and his wife all the year round, was killed in Jiang with Yang Guang.

Yang Ming was silent.

Yang Guang said to his wife: "You go down first, and I'll say a few words to him." ”

Empress Xiao nodded, ordered the carriage and horses to stop, patted her son on the shoulder, and was helped out of the carriage by the maid.

People know that there are some words between their father and son, and she is really not suitable to listen, because Yang Guang and Yang Ming shoulder the ancestral society.

"I have seen your new policy in Lingnan, although it is a little whimsical, but I have not objected," Yang Guang smiled: "Do you know why? ”

Yang Ming shook his head: "Erchen doesn't know. ”

Yang Guangdao: "Ding Nan gave 80 acres of land, women 40 acres, Yongye Tian 20 acres, this is the most basic standard, but I, the people of the Great Sui, there is no one in a thousand people who give land, don't think that your grandfather doesn't know, or I don't know, this world's affairs, which of I dare not know." ”

Yang Ming nodded and said: "At first, Erchen also thought that the officials below had falsely reported the acres of land, so that the country was kept in the dark, but later I figured out that my grandfather and father should be clear." ”

"At that time, officials in the world were promoted by falsely reporting the acres of land and population, so that this trend prevailed for a while," Yang Guang said with a smile.

"But how can you hide it from your grandfather? At that time, when the country was first established, if the population of Tianmu was far greater than that of previous dynasties, it would be helpful to the foundation of my Yang family, and your grandfather also went with the flow, the new system you implemented in Lingnan this time was more superior than the existing system, in fact, it was true, whether the common people could get the land or not, it was the matter of the local officials, and the country's policy was good, they would only sing praises to me and complain about the corruption of local officials, which is called hatred transfer, officials can hate me, but the people cannot, this is the truth. ”

Yang Ming didn't figure it out before, but as he got older and spent a long time in prison, he could roughly understand it.

"But this time in the north, the army is moving, and the people are afraid that there will be complaints," Yang Ming said.

Yang Guang smiled: "That's a truth that you still don't understand, before I succeeded to the throne, I looked at the population statistics of that year, I have a total of 8.7 million households in Dasui, with a population of 46 million, how many are there this year, you have been in charge of the country, you should know." ”

Yang Ming nodded and said, "9.07 million households, with a population of 44 million." ”

The increase in the number of households and the decrease in population are due to the fact that a lot of hidden people have been found out in the general situation, and this year is the tenth year of the great cause, and in the past ten years, the population has only increased by two million, which is a very terrible problem, because many of the two million are still found hidden households, that is to say, the actual population of the Great Sui is a reverse growth, that is, a decline.

"It's still not enough," Yang Guang sighed, and said lightly: "You remember, the land of China, with a population of 60 million, is the limit, once it is close to this number, the country will have a big problem, why did I march north, now you understand, right?" ”

Yang Ming was dumbfounded

No matter how he thinks, he will not think that this is the reason.

Yang Guang deliberately reduced the population of the Great Sui in order to achieve the goal of stabilizing the world.

It was a dead knot, with too much population, unequal distribution of land, and inevitable civil strife, which was almost unavoidable.

The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty originated from the fact that the population was too small, and when the population increased, various problems followed.

Yang Ming slowly closed his eyes, his expression extremely depressed.

Yang Guang couldn't help but shake his head and smiled: "Civilians, knowing that they give land and not enough their fields, it is necessary to do this, Shang Jun has a saying: the people, humiliation is noble, weak is respectful, poor is rewarded, the people are poor, the power is rich, the rich are lewd, and the obscenity is lice, so the people are rich and do not use, then the people will be eaten, each must be powerful, then the farmers do not steal, the farmers do not steal, the six lice have no sprouts, so the country is rich and the poor are governed, and the heavy is strong, you are the prince, haven't you read the "Book of Shang Jun"? ”

Yang Ming still didn't speak, and his face was very ugly.

"Foolish!"

Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Yang Guang knew that his son was too benevolent, and seeing that the other party looked depressed, he directly slapped Yang Ming in the face with a backhand:

"Get out, go to the secretary province, and show me all the history books of all dynasties, if you are still like this, the second child is still alive, and I am not the only son of you."

"Erchen retreats," Yang Ming sighed and lifted the curtain to leave.