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Chapter 9: The Freshly Baked Prince

"The emperor's edict said in heaven that the world is important, not only the peace of the government, but the achievements of the emperor are not the only one scholar. A gentleman is a man who is a man of all things, but sincerity and filial piety are the most important. Now there is Yang Zhao, the eldest son of the Eastern Palace, who was not weak in the year, but was skilled in learning and conduct, and was in abide by the current affairs. He was strong, righteous and upright, and indomitable. At that time, he could not be afraid of hardships and dangers, be brave and serve the duties, and share the worries of the king and father. Therefore, he was specially promoted to the King of Henan, and was appointed as the commander of the inner commander, and the general of the left guard was responsible for the palace and ban. He also allowed the palace to be opened and given a residence. He should work diligently and do not lose the honor of the king and father. Now he would use it to inform the world, and all of them would know it."

"The Emperor Fengtian Chengyun issued an edict saying: Now there is a sect of Jilei, which has profound and wonderful Buddhism and can save all the qualities. All the sects are covered and protected. The sect leader Mahaye is highly respected and should be the emperor's teacher. Therefore, he specially appointed Jilei as the orthodox religion of the country, and Mahaye is the master of the protector of the country. He gave 800 hectares of fertile land and a thousand households in the town, and this is what he enumerated."

"Seeing the verbal metaphor of the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty: Goguryeo envoy Yizhi was a man of morality, vulgarity, unspoken words, and arrogant attitude. He should have been severely punished but thought that his first offense was only slightly punished. He was imprisoned at His Highness Tai Chi for thirty rods, expelled from the country, returned to the Gao Yuan King for strict discipline, and was not allowed to enter the Sui Dynasty for life."

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The 21st year of Kaihuang... Oh, no, on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Yang Jian, the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, issued an edict to change the reign of Renshou and to pardon the world. So now, it is the thirteenth day of the first year of Renshou. The sun shines, the sky is bright, the air is bright, and there is no cloud inside. The weather is so good that people can feel wholeheartedly, and they feel indescribable comfort from the inside out.

Yang Zhao was in a good mood, not only because of the weather, but also because of the reward of "being the King of Henan, being the Nei Shi Ling, and the General of the Left Guard to take charge of the palace and ban, and granting him a mansion to the residence."

Being King of Henan is actually just a false title. Since Qin Shihuang, the idea of ​​unification has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and will never allow the situation of a country in the country. After Sima Yan of the Jin Dynasty unified the world, he once enfeoffed the kings and entrusted local power. As a result, the Eight Kings Rebellion occurred soon, which made the world unrest. The Jin Dynasty was forced to cross the south, and began the Great Tragedy of the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China.

Now after nearly four hundred years, it has been difficult to reunify. With Yang Jian's wise and powerful lord, he will naturally not repeat the same mistakes. Therefore, whether he was granted the five sons back then or he was promoted to Yang Zhao as the King of Henan today, it actually only represents a special honor. Although he can have a fief, he does not really have to be a sealed matter, and he cannot interfere with the local officials' handling of government affairs.

The Inner History Order and the General of the Left Guard were responsible for the palace and ban. The reason was similar. The Sui Dynasty's official system still followed the old rules of the previous dynasties, but it was innovative. It was divided into three provinces: Shangshu, the subordinate, and the Inner History. The Inner History Province was mainly responsible for participating in state decision-making and drafting and issuing edicts. To use the metaphor of modern systems, it is the National Legislative Council and the Members' Council. Needless to say, the status is of course extremely important.

But Yang Zhao is only fifteen years old now. No matter how talented he is, he is not enough to truly take on the position of the Inner Historian. Moreover, with his basic knowledge of Chinese studies, it is absolutely ridiculous to pick up a brush to write (in fact, Yang Zhao used to do homework with a pencil and an atomic pen, but was still criticized by his teacher for "writing like *"). The Four Books and Five Classics were also dizzy (it was really painful to have no punctuation marks and sentences). He was even more disgusted with the people's sentiments, official candidates, geographical customs, etc. in the Sui Dynasty. What bills can he expect to propose and what edicts to draft?

As for the General of the Left Guard, the Grand General of the Left Guard was in charge of the palace and ban, there was a person in the Great Sui Dynasty. Everything was in order, so there was no need for Yang Zhao to suddenly drop down and meddle in other people's business. So Yang Guang specifically told Yang Zhao that his son did not need to interfere in the Left Guard's affairs. It was enough to show off two or three days in a month.

Only the reward of Xu Kaifu, who was given a residence" made Yang Zhao feel really happy. Thinking about the past...ah, it's not right. In today's era, it should be said to be "later generations". In real history, nearly twenty years later, in the fourth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin conquered Luoyang as the commander-in-chief of the right leader, defeated Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande's coalition. Li Yuan, who had become emperor, then appointed his second son as Tiance* and Xu Kaifu. That was the famous Tiance Mansion in history.

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Hou Junji, Luo Shixin, Li Jing, Xu Shiji, Qin Shubao, Cheng Zhijie, Yuchi Jingde and other famous officials throughout the ages all entered Tiance Mansion at that time, and made great contributions to Li Shimin. And when they calculated, many of these people are only in their early twenties, and are at the age of unknown and searching for Bole to make achievements. Now that Yang Zhao has also obtained the right to open a house, it is the same as when he played the game "Taige Lizhi Biography" before, he was finally promoted from his old age to the city lord, and he can freely recruit retainers without restrictions.

Not long ago, Yang Zhao had just inquired about the second son of Duke Tang Li Yuan's family. He was exactly three years old this year and was still wearing open-crotch pants. However, thinking about the history later, Yang Zhao felt that if he wanted to change something, it would be right to prepare from now on. At that moment, he made up his mind to find time to go to Yang Su's mansion and had to entrust him to help and summon all the great people he had in his impression to come to his Henan Palace.

Of course, Yang Zhao was happiest to be able to move out of Daxing Palace and own his own mansion outside. For half a year of traveling, he has been trapped in the East Palace every day and has never left the door. At first, he didn't feel anything, but after a long time, he naturally couldn't stand it. You should know that before the time travel, even though Yang Zhao claimed to be an otaku, the highest record was only seven days without going out (of course, the house he lived in before was only more than fifty square meters, but now it is at least thousands of square meters).

Besides, it would be a pity if he had finally traveled through this trip, and could not go out for a walk in person and witness the prosperous era of the Sui Dynasty with his own eyes? For half a year, he has gradually established a relationship with his grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, and his current identity - especially for Xiao. But after all, he had been through it, and there would be some secrets that he could not tell. Moving out of the palace to live in, it would be more convenient to do things in the future. So even if he was reluctant to leave, Yang Zhao still said goodbye to the cheap Laozi and Xiao, and he went out of the palace without hesitation.

At this moment, Yang Zhao stepped down the white horse that the Uighurs paid tribute, and the sachets hanging around his waist, which were the gifts given by Yang Guang and Xiao before leaving.

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Liu Yong, a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, wrote "Looking at the Sea Tide":

The southeast is beautiful, with the capital of Jiangwu, and Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times. The smoke and willows painted bridges, the wind blew green curtains, and the 100,000 houses are uneven. The clouds and trees surround the embankment and sand, the raging waves roll frost and snow, and the sky is boundless. The city is full of pearls, the houses are full of lush luxuries, and the competition is luxurious.

The lake is surrounded by Qingjia, with three autumn osmanthus, ten miles of lotus flowers, Qiang pipes are sunny, and the diamond songs are singing at night, playing with old and lotus children. Thousands of riders are holding high teeth, listening to the flute and drum, singing and enjoying the mist and clouds. The pictures of the future will be beautiful, and I will return to the phoenix pond to praise it.

However, just one hundred and thirty words depict the prosperous and beautiful scenery of Hangzhou, the Jiangnan metropolis, vividly and vividly present. However, in the first year of Taishi, Hangzhou in Jiangnan was just a small county in Qiantang in a remote place, and could not be ranked at all in the Sui Dynasty. The world's most prosperous city is the Daxing City we are in today.

The so-called "thousands of streets are like Go games, and twelve streets are like vegetable fields." There are 26 streets in total from north to south, east to west, and it is indeed like chess games. It divides the entire Daxing City into one hundred and ten square meters. Especially the Zhuque Street, which runs through the north and south of Daxing City, is even more bustling and pedestrians are like crucian carp. Whether it is in a role or the lively and prosperous place, it is no inferior to the Chang'an Street in Beijing in 2009. Liu Yong's poem only needs to change a few words slightly and then use it to describe the current Daxing City, which is really suitable for heaven and earth.

Yang Zhao was riding on a tall horse, surrounded by seven or eight newly arranged guards of the royal palace who had been arranged by him. Even if he didn't have any ceremonial guards, he was really eye-catching. Seeing that he gradually changed from watching the excitement to watching the excitement, Yang Zhao couldn't help but smile bitterly. Since he was in touch with the Tianjian and sat in the cusp and entered into meditation for seven days and seven nights, although his level of martial arts cultivation has improved a lot, and his mind has gradually faded from frivolity and tended to calm down. He not only disliked this boring and useless limelight, but also wanted to avoid as far as he could.

He secretly decided in his heart that he would go out alone and have a walk. Yang Zhao put the reins in his hand and urged the horse to speed up, leaving Zhuque Street and entering the West Market.

Because the market is close to the imperial palace, most of the high-ranking officials and nobles in the court live here. Yang Zhao's Henan Palace is located on Yong'an Street, a prosperous section of road called Zhuque Street. The mansion was not newly built, but the old house of Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the previous dynasty. Since the change of dynasty, although it has been vacant and uninhabited, it has been cleaned and sorted regularly and has not been abandoned. Now Yang Jian rewarded it to his grandson, but it was passed on here. The inner court transferred the manpower there and could join the gang immediately, which was very convenient.

After passing Yankangfang, I turned to Yong'an Street, and saw a large canal that was more than ten feet wide across the north and south, flowing through the front. There was a magnificent stone arch bridge above the canal. Yang Zhao breathed in admiration and asked casually: "Where is this place? Is the bridge named?" A smart servant next to him stepped forward and said: "Wang... Young Master, below, there is the Yong'an Canal connecting the Wei River. Half of the residents in Daxing City rely on it for water and cargo transportation. This bridge is called Yuema Bridge, which is the largest stone bridge in our Daxing City. Because the residents on both sides of the bridge are not rich or noble, it is also called Fugui Bridge."

"Oh? Is this the horse bridge?" In an instant, Yang Zhao felt a sense of ridiculousness. After a while of silence, he couldn't help laughing. Yang Su was at the peak of the sky and the holy family was at its peak. If you really want to get the wind and rain, how could you be afraid of building a treasure house under the emperor's nose, preparing for the future? Yang Gong's treasure house and other things should not exist in this world, right?

That's what he said, but curiosity drove Yang Zhao to jump off the horse, strolled onto the bridge, steered his internal strength, and reached out to pat the dragon head and looked at the pillar. Of course, he had no response. In public, he could not get under the bridge to find any mechanism. He smiled and counted. He remembered that the servant was quite clever just now. If he went out in the future, he would need someone to help him take care of it. So he wanted to raise him, but then turned around and asked, "What's your name, where is your person? What's your position now?"

The servant was overjoyed and smiled apologized: "Young Master, the youngest is also named Xiao, and his name is Bailang. He is a distant relative of His Royal Highness Princess's family. If we talk about the seniority of the clan, it should be called Gongzi as his cousin uncle. Now he is under the jurisdiction of the palace. His Royal Highness Princess is worried that there is no one around him, so he specially came to serve him."

"Oh, are you from the Escort Province?" Yang Zhaoluo was surprised. The so-called Escort Province is the department in the palace that specializes in the eunuchs. Xiao Bailang looked like a talent, but he didn't expect to be a eunuch. But he asked, "Since you are a mother, a relative from your parents' home, why has you fallen to this point?"

Xiao Bailang looked dim and said, "It wasn't like this. But it was our own fault... It's better if the young master doesn't listen to such a despicable thing."

Seeing that he was unwilling to say something, Yang Zhao nodded and said, "Okay, then you will just follow me in the future." Xiao Bailang was overjoyed and was grateful all the time, but he almost knelt down in public and thanked him.

Yang Zhao waved his hand, not caring even more. He took a few steps, put on the awning and looked into the distance with his hands, and saw the beautiful scenery, and he felt refreshed for a moment. While he was intoxicated, he suddenly felt a little moved in his heart, as if there was a dangerous beast lurking in the distance and staring at him.

Yang Zhao was suddenly shocked, subconsciously used his power to be alert, and his mental sense became clearer and clearer. When he looked back, he saw that the crowd on the south side of the stone bridge suddenly cut in half like a sharp sword. Passers-by showed fear on his face and separated from left and right. At the other end of the long street on the south side, there was a tall and thin lonely figure slowly coming towards the Yuema Bridge.
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