Yang Jian turned over the pages of "Secrets of Immortality" and pondered the sages' annotations sentence by sentence, with faint bloodshot eyes.
"Your Majesty, are you like Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of Han, who believed in elixirs of immortality and had meaningless dreams?"
Dugu Jialuo looked at it and sighed.
For the past month, Yang Jian has been studying the "Secret of Immortality" all the time, and he has developed a bit of a demonic disorder.
"Ha! I am not exempt from vulgarity!"
Yang Jian was startled, put down the strange book, held Dugu Jialuo's hand, and sighed.
If the inheritance in this life is top-notch, then a hundred-year-old woman will still be as young as a young woman, and she will be as good-looking as Zhu Yuyan, an eighty-year-old grandmother in the late Sui Dynasty, who still looks as young as a beauty in her twenties.
But unfortunately, although Yang Jian's martial arts is not weak, he has not mastered the top secret skills. In addition, he suffered from hidden injuries when he was young, so that he has become increasingly declining in middle age.
It is now the thirteenth year since the founding of the emperor, and the Sui Dynasty has been completely unified. However, there are constraints from the aristocratic families inside, and there are injustices outside. There are still many things Yang Jian wants to do.
Under such circumstances, it would be strange if we were not tempted by the hope of immortality!
What's more, the Temple of War is visible and is much stronger than the illusory elixir of immortality. Yang Jian has been thinking about it during the day and dreaming about it at night. They are all the achievements of one emperor through the ages and immortality.
"If your Majesty really wants to explore the secret of the War Temple, let Amo do it!"
Dugu Jialu held her husband's hand instead.
"inappropriate……"
Yang Jian shook his head.
There are various rumors and opinions in the world. For example, the Temple of War is choosing a destined person. If that person gets the inheritance, the temple will disappear on its own and it will take another thousand years for it to appear.
In this case, how can Yang Jian rest assured that others will advance?
Now the Temple of War is hanging in the sky, and everyone is just watching. Once it falls, they will swarm in. By then, who will remember that His Majesty has dedicated his divine power to it?
unless……
"Your Majesty wants to come to Jiangdu in person?"
How could Dugu Jialuo, who had been married for more than thirty years, not understand her husband's temperament? Seeing that Yang Jian looked strange, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, think twice. Now that the Sui Dynasty is booming and the people are living in peace, how can you go to war over such a frivolous matter and waste people and money?"
"I have my own considerations. I just want to establish an unsupervised country and recruit the emperor back..."
Yang Jian actually had an idea in his mind. Jiangdu was governed too well by Gu Cheng. If he left it alone, even if it was undefendable, it would be inevitable that Jiangnan would only know the prince but not the emperor. This trip used the Temple of War to transfer the prince.
Returning and then entering Jiangdu to purge his party members is the best of both worlds.
"I really want to see this child!"
Dugu Jialuo finally understood that Yang Jian was not interested in drinking, and knew that he could not persuade him. He sighed deeply: "Your Majesty, please issue an order to recruit the prince back to the capital!"
Yang Jian said happily: "Good!"
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"Yang Su, my father has ordered me to return to Daxing alone. Are you willing to go with me?"
In the prince's palace, the maids began to prepare happily. Gu Cheng looked down and said calmly.
"Guilin, ahem... I am willing to obey everything... His Highness's orders!"
Yang Su coughed and felt weak, and answered intermittently.
It has been nearly two years since Yang Su was deprived of his military power after the First World War in Jiankang. This handsome and bearded son of an aristocratic family has aged by more than ten years. His waist is now slightly rickety, and he seems to have entered old age ahead of schedule.
But when Gu Cheng looked at him, he seemed to see Sima Yi.
He had been malingering for several years, pretending to be old and dying, but he was always waiting for an opportunity, and finally launched the Gaopingling Revolution. Once he was in power, he emptied the imperial power and carried out a bloody purge.
Of course, he and Yang Jian are not Cao Wei who are inferior to each other. It is impossible for Yang Su to launch a coup, just to survive.
All matters in Jiangnan were decided by Gu Cheng. If he killed Yang Su, who had long been forgotten by Yang Jian, with a wave of his hand before returning to Beijing, no one would dare to say a word.
"It seems that the old general is really loyal to the Guanlong family, that's all!"
Gu Cheng waved his hand: "Drag him down!"
"Your Highness, spare your life! Your Highness, spare your life!"
Yang Su knelt down with a pop, and his speech speed suddenly became faster: "I am willing to use the sword in your highness's hand to attack the Guanlong family. Please give me a chance!"
"Oh? What's your use?"
Gu Cheng didn't take it seriously.
"I know the seven great families of Guanlong very well, so I should tell you everything I know, and I will do my best for His Highness!"
Yang Su immediately started to lead the way, selling out the detailed strength, internal secrets, and personalities of the family heads of the seven aristocratic families one by one.
He was born in the Hongnong Yang family, which can be said to be the oldest family in the Guanlong Group. He loved to make friends with people from all over the world when he was young, and naturally he has many family treasures.
"Then do you think that when I want to build the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which companies will rush out to oppose it? And which companies will secretly support it?"
Gu Cheng listened with interest and then asked.
"Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal?"
Yang Su emphasized the words "Beijing and Hangzhou" and suddenly changed his expression: "Your Highness wants to connect the north and the south with a canal?"
The birth of the God of War Temple allowed the Jiangnan Canal to be completed ahead of schedule. The construction speed was nearly three times slower than the original Yang Guang's rush to work at all costs. However, even so, dozens of families were confiscated, and there were many more aristocratic families.
Being turned into a poor family...
The poor families were originally declining aristocratic families, and their butts determined their heads. When they found that they, like the children of the poor families they once looked down upon, were beginning to be suppressed by other aristocratic families and had no room for advancement, they became the most supportive of the imperial examinations.
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is divided into four sections. The most important ones are the Yongji Canal from Luoyang to Zhuojun and the Tongji Canal from Luoyang to Qingjiang. The Jiangnan Canal ranks last and has the smallest amount of work. After completing these four hundred miles, only
It's a small test.
Now that the prince wants to use similar methods on the Guanlong family, the difficulty has undoubtedly increased dozens of times, so he thought of Yang Su.
In fact, the way to employ people is to make mistakes and not make mistakes.
If you use guilty ministers who are at fault, they will work hard to get rid of the merits. On the other hand, the meritorious ministers will inevitably rely on their merits and rely on favors to become arrogant.
Gu Cheng had almost suppressed Yang Su, so it was time to use it.
"Your Highness wants to conquer the barbarians?"
Yang Su is indeed extraordinary, with admiration in his eyes: "I am willing to die for His Highness!"
No matter how true or false this expression of admiration is, for being able to build a canal and reach the core, he is worthy of being the first of the four famous generals of the Sui Dynasty.
Yes, the fundamental purpose of Gu Cheng's construction of the canal was to launch a foreign war.
Once the canal is opened, military supplies, food, grass, and various materials from the south can be quickly transported to the north, providing continuous support to the Sui army.
After realizing this, Yang Su was really excited.
As the saying goes, if all the birds are gone and the bows are hidden, if the world is unified, if there is no external war, what use will a general like him who is extremely ruthless in running the army have?
If you kill, you will kill.
But if the prince wants to conquer Goguryeo, Turks, and Tugu (yù) Hun after he ascends the throne, then Yang Su will have a chance to stand up!
However, when he thought that there were fierce generals like He Ruobi and Han Qinhu in the Sui Dynasty, Yang Su felt uneasy again.
He rolled his eyes and simply gave up, bowing his head and saying: "Your Highness, I have a question! This time Your Majesty is driving Jiangdu, can you still go back?"