Chapter seven hundred and sixty fourth court conflict
Wang Junlin and his entourage sat down again to eat, left the awning, and were about to continue to the Wulin Guild. Shen Guang led a team of guards and hurriedly chased him from the direction of the capital, reporting: "My lord, the emperor sent someone to recruit people at the house. You go to the palace immediately to discuss matters."
Wang Junlin frowned, turned to Nie Xiaoyu and said, "Take the four of them to the Wulin Guild! I'm going back to the capital first. Well! I think Senior Insect Demon can serve as the second elder of the Wulin Guild."
After saying that, he ignored the insect demon's protesting gaze and hurried back to the capital surrounded by Shen Guang and his party.
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The next day, in the Ziwei Hall of the Imperial Palace, the lengthy court meeting had been going on for half an hour. Wang Junlin also came to attend the court meeting today, but he never said a word. His appearance today was to follow Yang Guang's order to cheer for the move of the capital. .
All the things that need to be said have been said, and the court meeting has finally come to an end. Many older ministers such as Su Wei and Dugu Changsu have already felt exhausted and can hardly stand anymore, thinking that the court meeting is finally over.
However, at this time, Yang Guang suddenly said: "My dear friends, I have one more thing that I want to discuss with you..." Yang Guang wanted to inform everyone, but in the end he did not choose such a domineering method because he now The court has not yet been firmly controlled, so a domineering approach will not have a domineering effect and will only embarrass oneself.
As he spoke, Yang Guang glanced around the hall, scanning everyone's faces, and then said with a solemn expression: "Since I ascended the throne as emperor, I have been thinking about how to restore my Sui Dynasty to its former self every day. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, I had stayed in the south of the Yangtze River for ten years. I was well aware of the prosperity of the Jianghuai and Jiangnan areas, especially the grain output that was several times or even ten times that of the north. However, the north, including the capital of Guanzhong, was always short of food. I I just thought that if we could transport food and abundant supplies from the Jianghuai and Jiangnan areas to the north, especially the capital city of Guanzhong, we would be able to create a prosperous Sui Dynasty."
After a pause, Yang Guang sighed and said: "However, from Jiangnan and Jianghuai to Guanzhong, across the Qinling Mountains, the roads are inconvenient and the transportation of materials is quite difficult. It is also not conducive to the imperial court's control of the prosperous Jiangnan and Jianghuai. Governance and control. In addition, there is the rebellion in Bingzhou, which makes me deeply feel that there are still many hidden dangers in the former Northern Qi land. If there is another rebellion in the Northern Qi land, the capital city will be beyond the reach of Hebei and Hedong, and the consequences will be unimaginable."
"So I intend to move the capital to Luoyang to solve the problems I just mentioned that are related to the prosperity of the Sui Dynasty, so as to strengthen the imperial court's control over Hebei, Henan, Jianghuai, and Jiangnan. What do you think, dear ministers?"
Yang Guang finished what he had prepared long ago in one breath, but the hall became silent. Many people looked shocked, and many even turned ugly, as if someone said they were going to dig up their ancestral graves. .
Some of them knew more or less that the emperor wanted to move the capital to Luoyang. However, when the late emperor Yang Jian just raised the matter of moving the capital, he encountered strong resistance from the courtiers and the Guanlong family, and he never raised the matter a second time until his death. Therefore, they did not expect that less than a year after the new emperor ascended the throne, he would consider moving the capital to Luoyang. At that time, many wealthy families did not want Yang Guang to be emperor because they found that Yang Guang was a restless emperor and was extremely tough. , now it seems that Yang Guang is indeed more radical than the former Emperor Wen.
But after all, it was the emperor who proposed it. Although many people would resist and oppose it, whoever stood up first and expressed opposition would definitely be resented by the emperor, so no one stood up and spoke first.
Yu Wenshu glanced at Wang Junlin and saw that the latter was looking at his nose and nose, as if he was already wandering away. He sighed, walked out of the courtroom, and said loudly: "Your Majesty is wise, what you just said is the words of a mature state.
, the matter of moving the capital is something we must do to make the Sui Dynasty prosperous. Therefore, I fully agree with the proposal of moving the capital."
Having said this, Yu Wenshu took a peek at Yang Guang's face and found that the latter was frowning. He was clearly not satisfied with what he said, so he had to grit his teeth and continue to say under the murderous eyes: "As we all know,
Guanzhong has a large population, but food is far from insufficient, not to mention the army guarding the capital plus the city guards, and there are no less than 200,000 officials in each court. Food must be obtained from the people of Guanzhong, resulting in the price of food in the capital remaining high.
The main reason for this is still the inconvenience of transportation. Looking at Luoyang, it is the old capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the land of the Central Plains, and the center of the entire world. Coupled with the Yellow River, transportation is convenient, and everything in the world can be found in Luoyang. It is the place where our Sui Dynasty was revived.
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Yang Guang nodded slightly. Yuwenshu himself was also a Guanlong noble, and was forced by Yang Guang to take the lead in expressing his stance. It was pretty good to do so.
Yang Guang looked at Wang Junlin again. Wang Junlin sighed secretly and immediately left the office and said: "I also heard that the Holy Lord belongs to the wood, and Yongjing is the place where the wood is in conflict, and the Holy Lord is in conflict with the Holy Lord. The prophecy goes, 'If you repair Luoyang, it will be better.'
"Jin family", this implies that it is God's will to move the capital to Luoyang when the Holy Emperor ascends the throne. God's will is such that moving the capital should be feasible."
After Wang Junlin finished speaking, Yu Shiji and Su Wei, who Yang Guang had greeted in advance, were also about to speak.
Unexpectedly, Situ Dugu Changsu of Shangzhu Kingdom suddenly walked out of the court and said categorically: "Your Majesty, I firmly oppose moving the capital!"
Dugu Changsu is the leader of the most powerful clan in the world, Dugu Clan. His sister is the founding queen Dugu Jialuo. Dugu Changsu is also Yang Guang’s uncle and has a high status. Although Yang Guang has always believed that the Dugu clan will never rebel, he
I forgot that the Dugu clan is still the head of the Guanlong nobles.
Yang Guang's face immediately darkened, but Dugu Changsu's identity was not trivial. He couldn't scold him, so he could only let him continue: "Your Majesty, in the fourth year of the founding of the Emperor, the late emperor has ordered the recruitment of 200,000 laborers.
It took a year and a half to dig the Guangtong Canal to solve the food shortage in the capital. Now Taicang, the capital, is full of food, and grain warehouses in various places have piled up like mountains. The food in the Guangtong warehouse can supply the capital for a hundred years. If the food is still insufficient, it can be dug again
This problem can be solved by widening the canal, strengthening transportation, and building granaries. Why move the capital to Luoyang?"
"Your Majesty, I also oppose moving the capital to Luoyang."
The next person who spoke was the general Yuanshou, the minister of Taifu Temple. Yuanshou was the grandson of Yuanxin from the Eight Pillar Kingdom of the Western Wei Dynasty, and the Yuan family was the Xianbei Tuoba family whose surname was changed to Han. He was the first nobleman in Xianbei. At the same time, the Yuan family
He is also one of the leaders of the Guanlong nobles. If the Dugu family is not the family of the emperor's uncle, the Yuan family is not weaker than the Dugu family. And Yang Guang wants to move the capital to Luoyang, which means shaking the foundation of the Guanlong nobles. How could the Yuan family be possible?