It was not dawn yet, and the east sky had just turned white. The lights in Daxing Hall were still bright, and nearly a hundred large lanterns shone the hall as if it were daylight. Daxing Hall is the most magnificent hall in the entire palace and the main hall of the palace.

Dozens of large columns that only two people can embrace each other stand in the hall, supporting a grand hall that can accommodate tens of thousands of people.

At the top of the hall is the dragon throne of the Emperor of Sui, which is high above and looks down at the thousands of subjects under his feet. It is so harsh and majestic that it makes people dare not look up to it.

The ministers of civil and military affairs were divided into two sides, including the prince, the three divisions and three dukes, the Secretariat, the Menxia Province, the Secretariat, the Three Taiwan, the Six Divisions of the Secretariat, the Temple Supervisors, the Generals of the various guards, and other thousands of military officials, according to their rank.

In the front row, the heads of each department are the heads of each department and the speakers of the court.

In addition, there are hundreds of non-official officials, such as ranks and high-ranking officials from the local area. They stand near the gate and attend the court meeting. They can also speak, but generally involve their own affairs, such as court affairs.

When discussing the disaster in a certain place, the governor here happened to be listening, so he could leave the list to speak. In addition, the attending officials would not easily express their opinions on things they were not familiar with.

At this time, Emperor Yang Guang had not arrived yet. He was silly in the hall. The ministers were talking about today's issue in a low voice. There were actually only two main issues today. One discussed digging the Tongji Canal. This was the highlight, but today was just

In preliminary discussion, another review of the martial arts will be officially listed. This is just a formality. Everyone estimates that today's morning court will not be too long and will disperse in at most an hour.

At this time, the sound of rituals and music came from afar. This was the rituals and music that the emperor was about to come to the court, but it did not affect the conversations of the officials. Everyone had experience. At this time, the emperor had just set out from the bedroom and it was still early to come out.

About a quarter of an hour passed, the bell rang, and it was already time for the hour of Mao. The guard officer shouted loudly, "His Majesty the Emperor is here!"

The hall suddenly became silent. In the side door passage on both sides of the hall, teams of guards with knives lined up in the left and right guards of the hall lined up, and then hundreds of guards held various guards in their hands and rushed out in a row. Yellow wanted to show off, flags and banners

Lin Li, golden gourd and long halberd, majestic, and twenty-four eunuchs came out with golden plates. Finally, eight palace maids wore long-handled gold-plated feather fans, one eunuch carrying yellow Luo umbrella covers and surrounded the Emperor of Sui

Yang Guang appeared.

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

This kind of morning court ceremony that is held every day is not grand, and the emperor's clothes do not need to be too particular. Yang Guang was wearing a red and yellow dragon robe, with a jade belt on his waist and a sky-summer crown on his head. He sat down slowly on the dragon couch.

, waved his hand, "Dear all, please be calm!"

The hall was designed very cleverly, making Yang Guang's voice not loud, but his echo was very loud, which could reach most of the ministers. Yang Yuanqing stood in the queue of judges, and he was far away from the emperor's dragon throne, and he looked more and more

The dimmer the light inside, the more ordinary ministers could hardly see the face of Emperor Yang Guang, nor could they hear what he said. Only Yang Yuanqing had a sharp eye and hearing. He could see Yang Guang very clearly and clearly hear what he said.

The ministers stood up straight, "Don't!" As the bell rang, the court meeting officially began.

The hall was very quiet, and the voice of Emperor Yang Guang was heard in the hall, "I have been thinking about digging the canals that communicate north and south, and I have been in Jiangdu for ten years and know that the Jianghuai is rich, grain, tea, silk, salt and oil,

It can be said that a state is abundant and the world is sufficient. However, the transportation is inconvenient, which makes it difficult for Jianghuai products to go north. The capital is large in population, dense in the army, and consumes a lot of money and grain. The court's finances are always difficult to bear, which will control our Great Sui Zhongxing, which makes the southern goods north.

Luck became the top priority of the revival of the Sui Dynasty.

In addition, the north and south have been divided for hundreds of years, and the north and south do not interact with each other. The people of the north and south are hostile to each other. Although the Sui Dynasty has been unifying the world for more than 20 years, it is still difficult to resolve the gap between the north and the south. I know very well that this is because there is too little exchange between the north and the south, and the northerners are living in the north.

If the southerners do not go south, they are also deeply hindered by traffic. In order to integrate the north and south of the Sui Dynasty and break the gap between the north and the south for hundreds of years, I decided to dig a canal and be missed by future generations. Today I will express my attitude first.

If all the ministers have objections, they can raise them first. Everyone discusses that I do not want to make the final decision and then object to them. If you have any different opinions, please raise them."

Yang Guang glanced at the ministers, and at this time, the Minister of Personnel Niu Hong came out and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister has a few words to say."

"Please say it to Niu Aiqing!"

Niu Hong bowed and said, "Your Majesty has great achievements and must break the barriers between the north and the south in one fell swoop. I admire it very much. The old minister also believes that digging the north and the south canal can benefit the people of the world, prosper business, and increase the income of the court. This is a great achievement that will benefit thousands of years.

I fully support it. The old minister just hopes not to be too anxious to dig the canal. After three or five years, the new capital will be completed and the people will be healthy. Then dig it slowly. It takes ten years to dig a canal that has been buried for hundreds of generations so that future generations can remember it.

Your Majesty’s kindness.”

Niu Hong's words almost represent the ideas of most court officials. The original intention of digging the canal was very good, but it was not the time to propose it now. New Capital has just begun to build. One huge project that consumes millions of people has just been put into operation, and the other is even bigger.

The project was launched again, and the emperor was too impatient and did not care about the people's strength.

Pei Ju also came out and said, "Your Majesty, I also agree to digging the canal, but the new capital has not yet been built, and the canal is on the agenda again. If the cao is too fast, it will make the people angry and not be able to gain benefits, but will suffer. Please think twice.

. "Yang Guang's face showed no worries and raised his voice: "I just made an idea, not to start digging immediately. Of course, I'm going to wait until the new one is built before opening the canal. I know very well, but some things can be done first.

To do it, such as early exploration, determining the direction of the canal, expropriating land and relocating houses, and craftsmen need to consider technology. These are all time-consuming and cannot wait until they decide to dig. Today I am just discussing an intention with my dear friends.

I decided to dig the canal canal and then discuss what to do."

At this time, there was a silence of discussion in the hall. In fact, many ministers knew the current emperor a little. The emperor was anxious and had to do whatever he wanted to do immediately. He had to do it quickly. He couldn't wait for a long time.

It can be seen from his establishment of Xindu that it was a one-year limit. It is said that in order to catch up with the progress, Xindu used military supervisors and regarded the people as grass. Countless people were exhausted every day. More than two million civilians had already died.

As a result, if you dig another canal, you don’t know how many people will die, and how many families will be destroyed.

"Your Majesty, can you wait until the new capital is completed before conducting preliminary exploration preparations?" Su Wei, the disciple, took the lead and suggested carefully.

Su Wei talked about the key points. If the preliminary work of the canal digging begins, it would be like the matter of digging the canal has been decided. The emperor will definitely start the formal construction in a very short time. His style of work is to start construction while preparing,

For example, when building Xindu, it was obvious that the long trench was excavated first, but as soon as the long trench was excavated, the construction of the new trench started at the same time, which made the ministers helpless.

Su Wei's suggestion made Yang Guang very unhappy. He said coldly: "Preliminary exploration is not about starting construction. I know very well. I can give you a guarantee that if the new is not completed and the canal is not dug, this matter is decided.

It is issued, the right chief Huangfu loves the order!”

The Secretary of the Shang Dynasty, Huangfu Yi, quickly stepped out of the line, "I am here!"

"I appoint you as the canal exploration envoy, go to the Jianghuai River to inspect the river and canals along the way, and determine the excavation plan for me as soon as possible."

"I obey the order!"

Huangfu's opinion was not very supportive, but the imperial edict was issued, so he had no choice but to accept it. The discussion in the hall continued. Although the emperor made a guarantee that the canal would be dug after the Xindu was completed, the Xindu was limited to one year, so the canal would be

At the latest, it will be dug at this time next year, but it will be too hasty. More importantly, the emperor said in name that everyone would discuss together, but in fact he had decided that it was just a walk in the court meeting, and it was decided in less than an hour.

It's right.

All the ministers were all heavy in their hearts. From this detail, we can see that the saints today are more arbitrary than the late emperor. The image of the wise and humble prince who listened to advice in the past can no longer be seen in him. If it was a small matter, it would be fine.

But it is such a major project, such eagerness for quick success and instant benefits will make the people in the world feel resentful.

Yang Yuanqing was also a little heavy in his heart. He found that none of the ministers dared to oppose Yang Guang head-on, such as Niu Hong, Pei Ju, and Su Wei. Although they all opposed the digging of canals, they were very sensible. First, agree, then

The fact that they raised different opinions was actually to object by procrastination, and the Guanlong nobles were collectively silent.

When the capital was first moved, the situation of vehement opposition from the ministers was gone. Yang Yuanqing realized that he had helped Yang Guang establish a killing power, so that the opposition in the court was eliminated. He really didn't know that he had done a good thing.

Still a bad thing.

"Every time we discuss the second matter, we will discuss the military exercises, and the Ministry of Propaganda will proceed to the Ministry of War!"

This time, Yang Guang's voice was relatively small, and many ministers could not hear it. An eunuch beside him shouted loudly, "Your Majesty has an order to review the military exercises, and the Ministry of War will advance!"

In the eyes of the ministers, the martial arts ceremony was just a disguised selection of the Wuwei Guards in the middle, and it had nothing to do with the government affairs of the court. This was just a matter of concern to the generals of the twelve guards, and only five hundred people were selected. The scale was too small and there was no discussion.

The meaning of this is not even necessary for court discussion. Many ministers relaxed their spirits and prepared to scatter the court. Not long after dawn, they could go to the court room for a short time.

But there were still a few wise officials who discovered the abnormality. According to the wise rule, he would never use it to discuss with the ministers that he would directly approve the end of this so-called military exercise, the military it gave

There are only eight ranks at the highest position, which is far from the standard of court discussion. There is no need to even look at the emperor. It can be finished at the Ministry of War and then the public list is a very simple thing.

But the emperor actually wanted to discuss it at the court meeting, and it was put together with such a major matter as digging a canal. There must be some special circumstances inside, at least it means that the emperor attached great importance to it.

Pei Ju even made it clear that it was not only as simple as the emperor attached great importance to it, but something might happen to this martial arts ceremony.

Yang Guang's eyes were cold. He wanted to make the civil and military officials in the court understand his attitude through this martial arts incident. His eyes quickly glanced at the direction where Yang Yuanqing stood. He believed that Yang Yuanqing would understand his thoughts.

The chief examiner of the martial arts and the Ministry of War, Li Gang, stepped forward quickly, bowed and bowed, and raised a thick stack of admissions to hand over his head.

"My minister Li Gang reported to the emperor about the situation of the martial arts ceremony!"

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