Luo Yi, the king of Beiping, might still have a chance, but Youzhou was far away from Henan. Secondly, Luo Yi did not have a harmonious relationship with the Imperial Court. It was even possible that he would not pay attention to the Imperial Court's transfer order.
However, Du Guo's suggestion was reasonable. The rise of the Tile Gang Village was a huge threat to the imperial court. At the very least, they could not let it grow too comfortably.
Thinking of this, Yang Guang didn't want to listen to other people's advice and directly ordered,""Pass on my order, dispatch Prince Zhongxiao Wu Jianzhang to lead his troops to enter the Golden Dyke Pass and guard against the Wa Gang Army in the south. At the same time, Wang Shichong was appointed as the Grand Marshal of the thief, leading 200,000 troops to attack and destroy Wagang Stronghold.”
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Yu Shiji and Fei Yun hurriedly flattered him, not caring about what Yang Guang said.
In fact, Yang Guang had thought about this arrangement repeatedly. First of all, although Wu Jianzhang was old, his son Wu Yunzhao and nephew Wu Tianci were both fierce generals, only slightly inferior to Pei Yuanqing. It might not be enough to attack the village, but it was more than enough to defend.
As for Wang Shichong, who was currently stationed in Yanshi, he was already a rebel. It would be a good opportunity for him to fight with the Wagang Stronghold until both sides suffered heavy losses. He believed that Wang Shichong would not have the courage to refuse the imperial court's transfer order.
Since Yang Guang had already made his decision, the ministers naturally couldn't say anything more. They could only praise his wisdom and this matter was settled.
Yang Guang's eyes swept across the entire place. He thought that since he had already done one stupid thing, it wouldn't hurt to do one more. At that moment, he told them about the matter of choosing a beautiful girl. He didn't forget his agreement with the Yin Beauty Zhang Lihua.
Unexpectedly, the ministers did not have much of a reaction to this matter. Firstly, everyone was already used to Yang Guang's fatuous and lustful nature. Secondly, the selection of beautiful women to continue the royal line was an important matter of the country. If the Emperor was determined not to select women, they would be anxious.
The Minister of Rites, Xu Kaitai, stepped forward and said,""The Imperial Court has its rules. The Imperial Selection is held in spring and autumn every year. It is also divided into the Great Imperial Selection and the Minor Imperial Selection.”
"What is the Great Imperial Selection? What do you mean by little Yu's choice?"
"The selection of the Great Emperor is recommended by the local county magistrate. Any innocent woman who has reached the age of marriage and is not married can be selected. The number of people who are selected for the official inspection is roughly 1,000 to 3,000. As for the minor imperial selection, they were selected from the young ladies of the aristocratic families of officials. The minimum number was thirty to fifty, and the maximum number was close to a hundred.”
Yang Guang waved his hand and said matter-of-factly,"Of course it's the Great Yu who chooses! The officials in charge of the review have been carefully watched. If any family dares to hide their daughter from the selection, they will be punished for deceiving the emperor. On the contrary, if a beautiful girl was recommended by the local magistrate, she would be given a great merit and would be given priority in the year-end assessment!”
"This…"
All the civil and military officials in the hall were stunned. They had never thought that Yang Guang would do such a ridiculous thing. One could imagine that once this decree was issued, the local officials who wanted to curry favor with the emperor would definitely do their best to search for peerless beauties among the people. At that time, who knew how many ridiculous things would happen.
"A fatuous ruler…"
Many of the ministers sighed.
Yang Guang did not care. He had always believed that political power came from the barrel of a gun. The country was won by fighting, not by waiting for others to surrender. As long as he had a large army and a notorious reputation, so what? Who would dare to crusade against him?
Moreover, Yang Guang Xia was so cruel to choose so many beautiful women, not only for the promise with Beauty Yin, but more importantly, for the growth of his own cultivation. One had to know that not just anyone could help a woman cultivate the Imperial Woman Heart Sutra. The more graceful a woman was, the more majestic the energy produced. On the contrary, those ordinary women had no effect.
After the discussion of the Imperial Selection was over, the next matter was immediately followed. Yang Guang listened carefully for a while, but soon felt that he was uninterested and turned his attention to Du Guo and Yu Shiji.
He wasn't really a fatuous ruler, so he naturally wouldn't blindly do absurd things. If that were the case, even the strongest dynasty would inevitably fall.
Yang Guang's slogan was to be fatuous and govern the country. These two points did not conflict. Only when the country was stable could he be at ease and be bold enough to be fatuous. Otherwise, what was the point of being the emperor?
Yang Guang was very clear that the Great Sui had reached a critical moment of life and death. If he wanted to continue being muddle-headed and carefree, he had to spend a lot of effort to pull the country back from the brink of death!
The so-called way of governing the country is nothing more than punishing the enemy at home and resisting the strong enemy outside. Although the Revolutionary Army was powerful now, they did not dare to provoke the few important towns that the Imperial Court had stationed outside in the short term. Thus, the most important task now was to govern the country internally!
Only when the internal affairs of the Imperial Court were stable could they gather all their strength to resist the foreign enemies.
Yang Guang knew nothing about internal affairs, but he didn't need to know anything about it. He just needed to know who knew about it.
According to Yang Guang's investigation, there were two top talents in internal affairs in Jiang Du. One of them was Du Guo's grandson, Du Ruhui. He was a true top-notch celebrity and was ranked third on Ling Yan's Meritorious Contribution Roll. He was not far off from Zhangsun Wuji. The other person was Yu Shiji's younger brother, Yu Shinan. Although this person was Yu Shiji's younger brother, his character was completely different and he was very proud.
In the original novel, Yu Shinan was resentful of the decadence of the Sui Dynasty and resigned in anger. Later, Li Shimin recognized his talent and recruited him to the Heavenly Policy Manor. In the end, he became the founding hero of Li Tang and his portrait was hung high in Lingyan Pavilion.
In this life, he had become Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, so he would never give up a talent like Yu Shinan to Li Shimin.
Yang Guang was convinced that as long as he could recruit Du Ruhui and Yu Shinan, these two top civil officials, Great Sui's internal affairs would not be inferior to any of the vassals in the world!# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:011720192:32PM
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