Chapter 40 Court Proposals

It was not yet dawn, and the east sky had just turned white. The lights in the Daxing Hall were still bright, and nearly a hundred large lanterns shone the hall as daylight. The 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 on 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 civil and military ministers were divided into two sides, including the prince, the three divisions and three dukes, the Secretariat, the Secretariat, the Secretariat, the Secretariat, the Six Divisions of the Secretariat, the Temple Supervisor, the Generals of the Guards, and the Generals of the Guards, etc., thousands of civil and military officials were ranked according to the rankings, and the front row were 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 it involves their own affairs. For example, the court discusses disasters in a certain place. Just as the governor here is listening, he can leave the list to speak. In addition, the attending officials will not easily express their opinions on things they are not familiar with.

At this time, Emperor Yang Guang had not arrived yet. He whispered in the hall. The ministers were talking about today's topics in a low voice. There were actually only two main topics today. One discussed digging the Tongji Canal. This was the highlight. However, today was just a preliminary discussion, and the other reviewed the martial arts and would officially list the list. This was just a walk-through form. Everyone estimated that today's morning court would not be too long and would be dispersed 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 conversation of the officials. Everyone had experience. At this time, the emperor had just set off from the bedroom and it was still early. About a quarter of an hour later, the bell rang, and the time was already at the moment of Mao. The guard shouted loudly, "Your Majesty the Emperor!"

The hall suddenly became silent. In the side door passage on both sides of the hall, teams of guards lined up with knives and guards on the left and right sides of the hall. Then hundreds of guards rushed out in hand with various guards of ceremony. Huang Luo was waving, flags and banners were standing, golden gourds, long halberds, majestic. Twenty-four eunuchs came out with golden plates, and finally eight palace maids were wearing long-handled gold-plated feather fans. One eunuch carried a yellow Luo umbrella cover and appeared surrounded by the Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty.

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 don't have to be too particular. Yang Guang was wearing a red and yellow dragon robe, with a jade belt on his waist and a sky-scaling crown on his head. He sat down slowly on the dragon couch and waved his hand, "Dear friends, you guys!"

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. He was far away from the emperor's dragon throne. The more inward he turned, the dimmer the light. 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.

The ministers stood up straight, "Dang!" As the bell rang, the court meeting officially began.

The hall was very quiet, and the voice of Emperor Yang Guang echoed in the hall, "I have been thinking about digging the canals that communicate between the north and the south for a long time. I have been in Jiangdu for ten years and know that the Jianghuai River is rich. Grain, tea, silk, salt and oil can be said to be rich in one state and the world is sufficient. However, the transportation is inconvenient, making it difficult for Jianghuai products to go north. The capital has a large population, a dense army, and a huge amount of money and grain consumption. The court's finances have always been difficult to bear, which has restricted our Great Sui Zhongxing, which has made the transportation of goods and goods in the north the Sui Zhongxing.

In addition, the north and south have been divided for hundreds of years, and the north and south have not exchanged 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 twenty 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. The northerners do not go south and the southerners do not go north. It is also deeply hindered by traffic. In order to integrate the north and the south into our Great Sui Dynasty and to 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 oppose it, I can raise it first. Everyone discusses it. I do not want to make the final decision and then object to it. I will say anything different to you, please."

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 wants to break the barriers between the north and the south in one fell swoop. I admire you very much. The old minister also thinks that digging the north and the south can benefit the people of the world, prosper business, and increase the income of the court is a success. I fully support you. The old minister just hopes not to be too anxious to dig the canal. After three or five years, the new capital will be built 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 years, so that future generations and descendants can remember the kindness of Your Majesty."

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. Now Xindu has just begun to build it. A huge project that consumes millions of people's efforts has just been laid out, and another even larger project has been brought up. The emperor was too impatient and did not care about the people's efforts.

Pei Ju also came out and said, "Your Majesty, I also agree to digging the canal, but the new capital has not been built yet and the canal is on the agenda. If you act too quickly, it will make the people resent and not get the benefits, but will suffer the harm. Please think twice."

Yang Guang's face looked a little unhappy and raised his voice, "I just made an idea, not to start digging immediately. Of course, I am going to wait until the new one is built before opening the canal. I know very well, but some things can be done first, 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 and cannot wait until they decide to dig it. Today I am just discussing an intention with my dear friends, deciding to dig the canal canal, and then discussing how to do it."

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 impatient and had to do whatever he wanted to do immediately. He had to do it quickly. He couldn't wait for a long time. From the fact that he built Xindu, 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 2 million civilians had died. If they were to dig the canal, they would not know how many people would die, and how many families would be destroyed.

"Your Majesty, can you wait until the new capital is completed before conducting preliminary exploration preparations?" Su Wei, the assistant minister, stepped forward 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 is decided. The emperor will definitely start the formal construction in a very short time. His style of work is to prepare and start construction. Just like building a new capital, it is obvious that the long trench was digging first, but as soon as the long trench was digging, the new capital started construction 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, and the right chief Huangfu Aiqing obeys 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."

"My minister——follow 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 would be limited to one year, so the canal would be dug at this time next year at the latest, which was still too hasty. More importantly, the emperor said in name that everyone would discuss it together, but in fact he had decided that it would be just a walk at the court meeting, and it was decided in less than an hour.

All the ministers were all heavy in their hearts. From this detail, we can see that the current saints are more arbitrary than the late emperor. The image of the wise and humble prince who was respectful and humbly listened to advice can no longer be seen in him. It would be fine if it was a small matter, but it was such a major project. Such eagerness for quick success and instant benefits would make the people in the world boil.

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 smooth. They agreed first and then expressed different opinions. In fact, they wanted to oppose it in a procrastination way, and the Guanlong nobles were collectively silent.

When the capital was first moved, the ministers were no longer strongly opposed. Yang Yuanqing realized that he had helped Yang Guang establish a killing power, so that the opposition in the court was eliminated. I really don’t know whether he did a good thing or a bad thing.

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"The next thing is to discuss the second matter, and to review the military exercises, and the Ministry of Propaganda and the Ministry of War will advance!"

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 Propaganda Promotion of the Ministry of War!"

In the eyes of the ministers, the martial arts ceremony was just a disguised selection of the Wuwei Guards in the middle, and had nothing to do with the government affairs of the court. This was only a matter of concern to the generals of the twelve guards. Moreover, they only selected 500 people. The scale was too small and there was no point in discussing the court, and there was no need for court discussion. Many ministers relaxed and prepared to scatter. Not long after dawn, they could go to the court room for a short time.

But there are still a few shrewd officials who discovered the abnormality. According to the character of the emperor, he would never discuss things that can be arbitrary with the ministers. He would directly approve the end. This so-called military exercise has only eight military positions, which are far from the standard of court discussion. There is no need for even the emperor to look at it. It can be concluded 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 smartly judged 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 Wu Ju and the Minister of War Li Gang quickly stepped forward, bowed and handed over a thick stack of admissions.

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

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Chapter completed!