Rebirth at the turn of the Zhou and Sui dynasties

Chapter 322: The End of the Founding Emperor

Even if Yang Guang advances to the crown prince ahead of schedule, the 20th year since the founding of the emperor is still an extraordinary year for the Sui Dynasty.

In February, Li Yinglin led the rebellion in Xizhou (governing Huaining County, now Qianshan, Anhui), but it did not cause a large-scale response, and was quickly suppressed by the Sui army.

In April, Datou Khan of the western Turkic and Nili Khan of the western Turkic met to invade Longyou, and Prince Yang Guang offered to lead an army to resist.

Yang Jian also knew that his health was deteriorating and he would not last for a few years, so he was willing to give Yang Guang a chance to stand up.

He appointed Yang Guang as the marshal of the march, and Shangshu Zuopu shot Yang Su as the head of the marshal's mansion. He also sent Chang Sun Sheng, who was familiar with the internal situation of Turks, to assist Yang Guang to command the army and march to Longyou to defend against the enemy.

When the two armies were at each other's stalemate, Changsun Sheng poisoned the upper reaches, and the Turks lost a large number of people and livestock, and fled. Yang Su's army took the opportunity to chase and kill countless people.

The Turks fled far away. After returning to the court, Yang Jian personally rewarded Yang Guang for his meritorious service outside the Guangyang Gate and rewarded the soldiers.

After the battle of destroying Chen, there was another bustle outside Guangyang Gate.

It's just that this kind of celebration didn't last long. Qin Wang Yang Jun's sudden death also made Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo heartbroken.

In fact, Yang Jun has been ill for some time. He regretted his extravagance and lust in Bingzhou. When he was sick in bed, he apologized to Yang Jian several times.

But Yang Jian was still unwilling to forgive him.

This made Yang Jun terrified and ashamed, and it also aggravated his condition. Soon, he couldn't get sick again. When the news of his sudden death reached the palace, Yang Jian regretted it too much.

As the saying goes, a person's debt is eliminated after death, let alone his own son. Yang Jun's sudden death made Yang Jian extremely sad.

At first it was self-blame, why was he so unfeeling, Yang Jun didn't murder and set fire, so why couldn't he forgive him.

Until Yang Jian accidentally learned that Queen Qin Cui had poisoned Yang Jun.

Dugu Jialuo initially suspected that Yang Yong had poisoned the Crown Princess Yuanshi, even if there was no evidence, he was full of resentment towards Yang Yong.

Now that the evidence of Cui's poisoning of Yang Jun is solid, how can Yang Jian and his wife not be angry.

Yang Jian blamed Cui Shi for Yang Jun's death, thinking that Cui Shi was responsible for all this, which would also make him feel better.

The younger sister of Cui Hongdu and Cui Hongsheng, Princess Cui of Qin, was bestowed to death.

Not only that, Yang Guang's eldest son, Henan Wang Yang Zhao was also forced to divorce his wife.

Princess Henan is the daughter of Cui Hongsheng, and Princess Qin is her aunt.

In Yang Jian's view, even if his aunt is so vicious, how much better would a niece be?

This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Boling Cui family, especially the second room.

It's not that Princess Qin died, but because she implicated Princess Henan.

In the eyes of everyone, when Yang Guang succeeded to the throne in the future, Yang Zhao would undoubtedly be the new crown prince of the Sui Dynasty, and Princess Henan would become a crown princess or even a queen in the future.

Yang Zhao is not only the eldest son, but also born in response to a sign. He is regarded by Yang Jian as a god-man born into the world, and his words and deeds are even praised by the government and the public. As long as he does not walk ahead of Yang Guang, the rest of Yang Guang's descendants will never have a chance.

Now that the future concubine and empress are gone, this makes the Boling Cui family reconciled.

Cui Hongdu was the most worried and angry. He knew what kind of temperament Yang Jian was, and he hated himself for so many years just by making Yu Chi Jiong scold him a few words.

Now that Yang Jun is being poisoned by his sister, at least Yang Jian will never have a chance to stand up again.

Sure enough, soon, Cui Hongdu, Cui Hongsheng and others were all removed from their official posts and lived at home.

In the second house of the Cui family in Boling, only Cui Zhongfang, the governor of Daizhou, was left to take the lead.

Although Cui Zhongfang is Yang Jian's old friend, his reputation is far from being comparable to Cui Che's. Since then, the third house has finally thrown off the second house, and is the sole respecter of the Boling Cui family.

Among the clan, more and more people attached themselves to Cui Che.

Yang Jun was not the only one who died in the 20th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign. Song Guogong He Ruobi, who had already been removed from office and only retained his title, was imprisoned again, charged with harboring grievances.

As early as 11 years ago, when he was leading the army to attack Chen, He Ruobi had confessed to Gao Jiong that he was worried that after the fall of Nanchen, all the birds would be hidden, and the rabbits would die.

When this matter was brought up again and exposed, Yang Jian quickly recalled that He Ruobi had been seeking to be the general manager of important towns like Yangzhou and Jingzhou, clearly intending to plot chaos.

Reminiscent of his close relationship with the deposed prince Yang Yong, Yang Jian then bestowed He Ruobi to die in prison.

With Han Qinhu's early death, He Ruobi and Shi Wansui were killed, Cui Che and Yang Su became the only two remaining among the five famous generals.

This year's Youzhou was calm. Goguryeo suffered a disastrous defeat in Xiliaohe and nestled in Liaodong to lick its wounds.

During this period, Cui Che often led the army out of the fortress, patrolled Monan, and showed off his force to all ethnic groups in the grassland.

He was not in a hurry to launch a war with Goguryeo. Unlike the Xiliaohe War, it was not easy to attack Goguryeo's homeland.

What needs to be considered is not only logistical supplies, but also a strong city that is not available to face nomads.

If it is really so easy to fight, in the original time and space, the achievement of destroying Goguryeo is not the turn of Tang Gaozong Li Zhi.

During Cui Che's 20 years as the founding emperor, he devoted more energy to handling personal relationships with the East Turks, Kumoxi, and Khitan Babu.

They exchanged envoys and gifts with Cui Che every now and then, not only the two old friends Ahui Lusu and Dulan Khan, but also the chiefs of the Eight Khitan tribes, even Tuli Khan and Dusuliu, all with Cui Che's Friendship develops by leaps and bounds.

For Cui Che, another harvest is that Princess Yang Awu of Lanling gave birth to a daughter for him. Cui Che named Cui Wenjun for his daughter, and his love is beyond words.

At the end of the year, Shi Fang Xuanling, the governor of Youzhou, went to Beijing to report on his duties, and hit it off with a young official who was to be elected in the Ministry of Officials. This person was named Du Ruhui, who was sixteen years old and came from the Jingzhao Du family.

After dating for several days, the two were impressed by each other's talents, and their relationship became closer.

It's just that Fang Xuanling didn't invite Du Ruhui to Youzhou.

It wasn't that Fang Xuanling was jealous of the virtuous and capable, and was afraid that Du Ruhui would defect to Cui Che's shogunate and steal his limelight.

Du Ruhui is a native of Kansai, and his clan is in Jingzhao, no matter how good the relationship is, he dare not discuss big plans with him.

If Du Ruhui went to Youzhou, Fang Xuanling was also worried that with his intelligence, he would be able to discover hidden ambitions from Cui Che's whereabouts.

When Fang Xuanling was in contact with Du Ruhui, Tai Shi, who was in charge of observing the sky, ordered Yuan Chong to submit a form, claiming that since the rise of the Sui Dynasty, the days have been getting longer.

In fact, it is caused by the climate entering a warm period, but the ancients were not aware of this, and believed that the short shadows and the long days were blessings from the heavens, which was a sign of a prosperous age.

It took 20 years for the reign title of Kaihuang, and now that there is such an auspicious omen, Yang Jian decided to change the year according to the sign, and set next year as the first year of Renshou.

(End of this chapter)