Chapter 92: Teaching the Son

One day after the emperor summoned Yang Guang, all the officials in the capital were shocked by a message and could not speak: "The King of Jin was released."

It has been fifteen years since the great cause, and the emperor has ascended the throne for fourteen years. The fourteen years are not long or short. Unlike some young people who have basically forgotten Yang Guang, many old people still remember the bleeding night in the capital fourteen years ago.

When Yang Jian was seriously ill, Yang Guang secretly sneaked into the capital to fight for the throne. Unexpectedly, he fell into the hands of the prince before he entered the capital. Then the capital was filled with bloody storms. Many large families fell in this bloody storm, and even implicated Buddhism. The court almost destroyed Buddhism. Now the Buddhist temple is strictly controlled by the court and has long lost its previous prosperity.

In the hearts of many ministers, if the King of Jin had not been ambitious to fight for the throne, he would undoubtedly be a very wise and capable prince. However, the struggle for the throne has always been the most cruel and ruthless. Not to mention brothers, fathers, sons, wives and daughters, who are killed by oneself, they would not have the chance to come out now.

From this perspective, the current emperor is considered very magnanimous, which is because the emperor himself is the crown prince and has a relatively correct throne. Otherwise, if the King of Jin succeeded in ascending the throne, there would never be any reason for the original crown prince to be left.

No matter how shocked it was, it was the emperor's family affairs, and more than ten years have passed. No one would believe that the King of Jin is still able to peek at the throne now. Naturally, the ministers would not be evil people and insisted on the emperor to deal with his brothers. After a few days, no one paid attention to the news of Yang Guang's comeback. However, no one re-dialled with Yang Guang. Yang Guang was a person who was betrayed. Although the emperor let him go, no one wanted to get involved easily, so he simply stayed away from him. Yang Guang also knew that he was restrained and almost never left the house.

As the emperor's birthday became closer, more and more local officials came to the capital. More than 190 counties across the country, almost half of the county magistrates rushed to the capital to celebrate the emperor's birthday. The gifts given to the emperor in various places were even more diverse, mostly rare local specialties. After the palace, these gifts were transferred to the ministers. The one who received the most gifts was the King of Jin's Mansion. The emperor would give Yang Guang a copy of almost every gift, which made all officials feel incredible. Did the emperor really have no concern for this younger brother who had once seized the throne?

The emperor's birthday finally came. On this day, the entire palace was newly decorated. The inner school venue was filled with hundreds of tables, each table was filled with various delicious wines, and the fragrance came, making people's index fingers tremble.

All the ministers came in from outside one after another. Today, on the emperor's birthday, all officials above the seventh rank in the capital could be held. In addition, local officials who rushed over from other places, the total number was more than 1,000.

Because there are too many people, even the palace hall cannot set up so many tables, so they have to move them all to the palace square. Fortunately, the weather is clear today and it is not too hot, so there is no inconvenience to place the tables in the square.

It is rare for local officials to meet with Beijing officials, but local officials must receive support from Beijing officials in order to be promoted. Some people in the court are easy to be an official. This is not a lie, and Beijing officials cannot do without the support of local officials. Otherwise, no matter how big the official is, it will be like rootless duckweed. However, due to transportation, many local officials rarely come to Beijing every few years. This time, the emperor's birthday was rare, and almost all the officials in the capital were all here. It undoubtedly gave these local officials and Beijing officials a chance to have a bright and upright contact. Everyone calls their friends and form a circle. It is very lively. Only Yang Guang is extremely deserted, and he stays alone in the corner.

Although Yang Guang was living in a quiet place these days, he just stayed in the royal mansion that Yang Yong had given him. The royal mansion occupied less than one-tenth of the original villa, compared to the villa, Yang Guang still felt free and felt relieved. He stopped his drunken life every day, and his expression gradually became normal, no longer as haggard as before. Yang Guang did not care much about ignoring himself. More than ten years of living in seclusion were enough to make him understand a lot.

A voice that hesitated and a little emotional sounded in Yang Guang's ears: "Second brother, is it you? I didn't expect you to be so old."

Yang Guang turned his head and looked, a familiar figure appeared in front of him, and couldn't help but say: "Fifth brother."

The visitor was Yang Liang. Their brothers had not met for more than ten years. After Yang Jian ascended the throne, except for the prince staying in the capital, the other four brothers were divided into various places. From then on, the brothers rarely met. At that time, Yang Guang, the oldest, was only thirteen years old, and Yang Liang was only seven years old. Not only did the seven-year-old child leave his parents and travel thousands of miles away, he also had to be the master of one side. This is actually a kind of sadness from the royal family.

Yang Liang was most happy that Yang Guang was released. No matter what, Yang Guang was his second brother. When Yang Guang was imprisoned, Yang Liang did not dare to plead for mercy due to his identity. Otherwise, he would regret it if he implicated himself. Now that even Yang Guang can be released, the emperor must not be too cautious about him. Perhaps this time he entered Beijing, he could really leave the grassland and lead his troops to the battlefield to fight.

It was just for the same reason that Yang Liang had never gone to the Jin Palace to meet Yang Guang, and Yang Guang had no idea that Yang Liang had returned, which led to the two meeting now.

Compared with Yang Guang's lonely and quietness, Yang Liang was surrounded by many ministers. After all, the King of Han had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands and the Heavenly Given Copper Mine on the grassland. Although the emperor was wary of the King of Han, the King of Han was always one of the most prominent princes of the Sui Dynasty. When these ministers saw Yang Liang greeting Yang Guang, they immediately lost their scruples. As if they had just seen Yang Guang, they all smiled and said hello to Yang Guang.

With so many outsiders present, even if the two had to talk, Yang Liang had to nod and leave. When he saw Yang Liang leave, the officials who had asked Yang Guang just now left one after another. In an instant, Yang Guang's side returned to seclusion.

The human relationship is so cold that even though Yang Guang was prepared, he couldn't help but snort a few times in his heart. If he really had the chance to lead the troops again in the future, I wonder how many of these people would surround him.

A sharp voice from the eunuch came: "The emperor is here!"

The entire college yard suddenly became quiet. The officials stopped talking and looked in the direction the emperor came. The emperor walked in surrounded by several concubines, and the ministers hurriedly saluted. In an instant, the entire college yard knelt down.

"I will meet the emperor, long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"

"You all have a flat body."

"Long live thanks!"

After each of them stood up, they did not restore the small groups formed by the three groups. They stood separately according to the grades, with the levels of Dahong, Zhuzi and Qingyi, and the heads trembling in the entire school ground.

Looking at the people in front of him, Yang Yong felt very moved. Time was like water, and more than ten years seemed to pass in the blink of an eye. These more than ten years were considered to be conscientious, destroying the Turks, Goryeo, opening the canal, promoting the imperial examinations, and comprehensively improving education. All of them are things that can be remembered forever. Fortunately, he did it all and did it well. Now, the Great Sui Dynasty can be said to have been completely on the right track. Even if he slacked off, the Great Sui Dynasty would move forward according to inertia, and no one could stop it.

"My dear friends, today is still my birthday. You can drink and drink, watch singing and dancing without being restricted."

"Long live thanks!" Whether or not you heard what the emperor said, all the ministers answered in unison.

"play music!"

The sound of "Zheng,Zheng,Zheng" sounded, and the musicians who had been prepared sounded various instruments. The palace music was naturally dominated by magnificence. In an instant, the sound of Huang Zhong Dalu came from everyone's ears. A group of palace maids walked up like butterflies and danced in the middle.

The emperor sat on it, and at first everyone was a little restrained. After three rounds of wine, many officials completely relaxed, especially some generals, who were already disheveled, chatting loudly, drinking and eating meat in big mouthfuls, could be said to be unrestrained.

Yang Yong didn't care about the misconduct of the military generals below, but just looked at him with a smile. He saw Yang Guang still sitting alone on the side, and his heart moved. It happened that Yang Yan, Yang Ge, and Yang Yu, three adult princes, came to celebrate Yang Yong's birthday with a group of younger brothers and sisters. Yang Yong smiled and finished his birthday and said, "Go and toast the King of Jin."

"Father..." Yang Yan's face showed a hint of hesitation. Since ancient times, he has been appointed as the eldest son, but his father has not appointed him as the crown prince. The two younger brothers Yang Ge and Yang Yu were not inferior to him. This made Yang Yan anxious and resented Yang Guang. Yang Guang, as the second son, was the superior and wanted to fight for the throne. In his eyes, he undoubtedly had an unforgivable crime. It would be fine if he had not been executed. The father even let him go, which made Yang Yan very unhappy, let alone toast.
Chapter completed!