Yuan Ziyan has actually met many 'emperors', such as Yang Guang, Li Yuan, Li Mi, Xiao Xian, Du Fuwei...

Yang Guang is the true lord of the world. He exudes a strong sense of majesty. His eyes are as bright as divine light, full of terrifying intimidation. His face carries a sky-high domineering power.

Look, Yang Guang is undoubtedly the most imperial person.

Li Yuan has sharp eyes, a broad forehead, and a dignified appearance. He treats people like an elder.

Although the Li Mi people don't look very good, they are majestic and heroic, giving people the feeling that their appearance remains unchanged despite the collapse of Mount Tai.

Xiao Mian is a descendant of the Xiao family. He is elegant in literature and noble in character.

Du Fuwei is a reckless hero, full of offensive spirit.

These people have their own unique temperament.

Before meeting Yang Dong, Yuan Ziyan had also thought about what kind of person Yang Dong was. He could unify the north in a short period of time, not only completely annihilating the Khitan Xi tribe that had been entrenched in the northeast for hundreds of years, and devouring the Xi tribe, but also

He defeated the arrogant and arrogant Turks and killed Shibi Khan, the hero of the grasslands outside the Tiger Killing Pass... What kind of hero would Yang Tong be who could accomplish these miracles?

In the past, Yuan Ziyan thought that Yang Tong should be Yang Guang, with Yang Guang's temperament and shadow, because Yang Tong was not only Yang Guang's grandson, but also one of the people Yang Guang focused on cultivating.

But after they met later, she found that Yang Tong's temperament was much mediocre. When they met for the first time, the image of a handsome and elegant young man suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.

Feeling.

When it comes to choosing a mate for young girls, Yang Tong is indeed the first choice for women. In terms of imperial temperament, Yang Guang, Li Yuan, Li Mi, Xiao Xian and Du Fuwei seem to be more suitable.

But the ensuing confrontation overturned Yuan Ziyan's previous views.

She still remembered that it was a snowy day, when Yang Tong was participating in the martial arts assessment outside Yecheng. On his way back, she used the aroma of herbs to divert Yang Tong's mount and led them to her

In the thatched hut where she stayed, it was originally in her imagination that in the next step, she would start with the words "coincidence", "encounter", and "destiny with Taoism" to "sell" the essence of Taoism, thereby making Yang Tong accept Taoism.

, and adopted it as the state religion. However, Yang Tong not only saw through everything but did not say anything. After returning to the court, what followed was a vigorous order restricting Buddhism and Taoism, and made use of the two theories of Buddhism and Taoism.

and the people's impression of Buddhism and Taoism, which imposed a shackles on these two sects, thereby limiting the unlimited expansion of Buddhism and Taoism. Under this policy, the development of Buddhism and Taoism under the Sui Dynasty can be said to be

It's the most unsmooth thing. Not to mention temples, Taoist temples are everywhere in the world, and they can't even recruit disciples.

Because everyone thinks that Buddha and Taoist ancestors are lofty gods, but how can I, as a mere mortal, reach that point? Instead of daydreaming, it is better to be down-to-earth and live every day now.

In this way, Yuan Ziyan believed that Yang Tong had the characteristics of Yang Guang and was also like Li Yuan. He seemed to be a benevolent person, but in fact he was extremely shrewd and full of conspiracies.

Now we meet again, but it's different.

Judging from the previous dialogue and the standards of this era, Yang Tong's sentence alone-'...There are many problems caused by too many new territories. It makes me cry just talking about it. Alas...if I had known earlier, I should have let the soldiers

"I'm a little more reserved. In short, you don't understand my troubles!" This is enough to position Yang Tong as a "faint king"

But in fact.

Naturally, a faint king cannot be accurate. In the past few days, Luoyang has become much more stable than in the past. Thinking about the great achievements that this emperor has made all the way to the present, it is naturally impossible for him to be a real faint king.

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In the end, Yuan Ziyan felt that although Yang Tong was the least imperial emperor, and did not have Yang Guang's majestic and majestic bearing, he was more peaceful and easy to approach, but in this peace, there was an inexplicable self-confidence.

Inside, he is not as sharp as others, but he always has a convincing atmosphere in the plainness, as if the whole world is under his control. That is a very different temperament from other 'emperors'. Look

It seems unremarkable, but in fact it's just that he no longer needs to show that side to others. The scoundrel and arrogance he occasionally shows may be more in line with his age.

After all, he is just an insignificant little Taoist immortal, not a powerful man with thousands of troops. Yang Tong does not need to communicate as an emperor all the time, and he is not qualified to arouse his hostility.

He is the king of this world, and he is the master of all life.

It's aloofness, but also the self-confidence that comes from one's own strength.

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"Did Fairy Yuan come to Luoyang to chat with me because she thought I was bored?"

After adding tea soup and putting down the copper pot, Yang Tong looked at Yuan Ziyan with a smile. Although she did not have the temperament of Wei Fengwu, Shui Tianji, Changsun Wugou, Li Xiuning, and Pei Qinghua, her unique pure and elegant aura really made people feel

It's a pleasure to watch, and it's also a pleasure to chat with such a beautiful woman.

"I am following my father's orders!" Yuan Ziyan showed a smile on his face and said: "I wonder how much the Holy Master knows about Bashu."

"'Hey, how dangerous it is! The road to Shu is so difficult that it's harder to climb to the blue sky. It makes people listen to this withered beauty! Even the peaks are not full of feet, and the withered pines hang upside down against the cliffs. The rushing waterfalls compete with each other.

, Ping cliff turns to stone and thousands of valleys are thundered. The danger is also the same. People who have traveled far away are just coming here...'"

"Your Majesty has a good literary talent. This poem describes the wonders, dangers and majestic momentum of the Shu Road, which is steep, abrupt, powerful, rugged and so on. Although it exaggerates the difficulty of the Shu Road, it is not much different."

The sword pavilion is majestic and Cuiwei, one man is in charge of the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it. Those who guard or steal relatives will turn into wolves and jackals. This sentence further illustrates the saint's worries and concerns about the weather, geographical conditions and interpersonal relationships in Bashu. It can be seen from this that

The Holy One has long wanted to regain Bashu." Yuan Ziyan's pretty face had a touch of heroism.

"Bashu will naturally be recovered."

"Does Your Majesty have a deep understanding of Bashu?" Perhaps Yang Tong did not have the majesty of an emperor, and Yuan Ziyan seemed very casual.

"Although Bashu is located in a corner of the southwest, its strategic location is unique. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there is sufficient food. Therefore, whenever the unified dynasty falls into disintegration, the careerists here will take notice of the situation and raise their flags one after another, announcing that they will enter the court without a court.

state, and whenever the smoke clears and the world is at peace, this basin nestled around the mountains has not yet been truly included in the empire's territory."

"Why is this?"

"This stage is the most difficult moment for a new empire. Because the empire that has completed its basic unification is full of waste, it must not only do its best to restore people's livelihood, develop the economy, and appease the people who are still hostile on all sides, but there are also remnants of various failed forces within it.

The stubborn resisters fought stubbornly; many times, external nomads from the north, such as the Huns during the Qin and Han Dynasties, and the Turks during the founding of the Sui Dynasty, were still entrenched on the forehead like Mount Tai. Therefore, the main enemies of the Central Plains Empire at this stage were foreigners and domestic

A mess, victims waiting for food. As for Bashu, because the road is steep, it is difficult for you to attack it, but it cannot be defeated, so from the overall situation, it is the secondary enemy of the empire, and usually the overall situation is decided.

It’s time to pacify this place. But..."

Yang Tong continued with a smile on his face: "The careerists who separatized Bashu are not stupid. Seeing that the general trend has been decided, they professed their vassalage and recognized the new dynasty. But in fact, they are still the de facto emperors of the local area. So'

Before the world is in chaos, Shu will be in chaos first, and the world has already been governed, but Shu has not been governed'."

"Your Majesty, the local tycoons who want to control Bashu not only have many fertile lands and beautiful houses, but also their own troops and a large number of slaves. Even the Li and Tang Dynasty appeased them and acquiesced that they were in a state of self-reliance.

state, and the policy program adopted by the Sui Dynasty determines that once the Sui Dynasty enters the land of Bashu, the interests of these people will be harmed, so these people will truly support Li Tang now."

Only then did Yuan Ziyan realize that Yang Tong's understanding of Bashu was not as simple as he had imagined. He seemed to know the place very well and had some plans. If so, his trip seemed to have been in vain.

"Yes! It's impossible to expect them to surrender to the Sui Dynasty! But they don't know that the masters of Bashu are the ordinary people who were suppressed by them, the slaves who were beaten to the bone and sucked out the marrow." Yang Tong smiled, in fact, no matter whether it was Guan

The Long Group, the Shandong gentry, the southern gentry, and the Bashu tyrants were all the same in his mind, and even the methods for dealing with them were the same.

"This is the slogan of the Holy One, 'Down with the local tyrants and evil gentry, and liberate the serfs'." Yuan Ziyan smiled slightly and sighed.

"Down with the local tyrants and evil gentry, and liberate the serfs" is the foundation of Yang Tong. It is the magic weapon from success to success, and it is also a good way to quickly stabilize Luoyang.

On the territory of Li Yuan, Li Mi, and Xiao Xian, 90% of the land is still firmly in the hands of the aristocratic families. The aristocratic families use the means of leasing land to gather the people who were scattered due to the war. It can be said that it is not the government but the people who really control the people's livelihood.

For aristocratic families, many times, government policies are not as effective as for aristocratic families.

The common people don't understand the righteousness of the country or the nation, but they know who controls their own life. This is why many big families can respond at once. The fundamental reason lies in the word "interest".

This was also the case in the previous Sui Dynasty. But Yang Tong took advantage of the opportunity to clean up the various tycoons and the world's aristocratic families, and took back all the fields they occupied, and then distributed them to the people. The people no longer had to rely on the aristocratic families to make a living.

It fundamentally eliminated the aristocratic family's control over the people.

It is true that Yang Tong is fighting against the aristocratic families of the world, but once the land equalization system comes out, the people of the world are standing behind Yang Tong! The aristocratic families of the world are against Yang Tong, which means they are against the people of the world. How can the various tycoons supported by the aristocratic families of the world do this?

Passed Yang Tong?

Yang Dong's method has obvious results and has won the hearts of all the people in the north. Now even if the Central Plains princes unite, it is impossible to shake Yang Dong's position. Of course, the premise is that Yang Dong must continue to win militarily.

Yang Tong's policy program was known to only those with a little knowledge, but Li Yuan and others could not implement it and did not dare to implement it because the main force of their dynasty was the aristocratic family, and they needed the power of the aristocratic family to resist the fierce arrogance of the Sui Dynasty.

, so they can only let the aristocratic families continue to exploit their people as if they were drinking poison to quench their thirst. The only comfort and reason is that one day they can kill Yang Tong, kill the Sui Dynasty, dominate the world, and then bargain with the aristocratic families. To put it bluntly, each person can

Lu Xiongxiong is commonly known as a person who has no retreat and can only fight all the way to the end.

Li Yuan knew that his reputation had become bad after he announced his surrender to the Turks. He also knew that his current territory was severely reduced, public opinion was on the road, the court was corrupt, and the army's combat power was shrinking. He was also aware of the current situation, but why did he do this?

Persistence? Because competing in the world itself is a road with no return. When they set foot on this road, they know that there is no turning back, they can only succeed and cannot fail.

If you keep at it, you might succeed.

Isn't it the best example to outline the destruction of Wu and the destruction of Chu by the Han Dynasty?

In fact, Yang Tong has no way of turning back, it's just that as the situation develops now, he has a greater advantage.

"Your Majesty, in fact, in addition to ordinary people and slaves from aristocratic families in Bashu, there are also a group of people in the mountains, as many as hundreds of thousands." After sighing for a long time, Yuan Ziyan finally said his true intention.

"Isn't Fairy Yuan talking about Liao Ren?"

Yang Tong's face became serious, and he thought that there was actually another race living in the land of Bashu. They were brave and good at fighting, but poor and impoverished. They had lived in the mountains for generations and were the masters of the vast mountains, and that was the Liao people.

The Liao people are a widely distributed ethnic minority in the southwest region, and they are also the roots and ancestors of many ethnic groups in later generations.

"Not bad!" Yuan Ziyan was not surprised when she heard Yang Tong say it. If she still thought that Yang Tong didn't know Bashu, then she was no longer Yuan Ziyan.

Without waiting for Yang Tong to ask, he took the initiative to talk: "During the Daye Year, the world was in chaos. My father returned home from Luoyang. In these years in Bashu, he not only told people's fortunes, chanted sutras and prayed for blessings, but also led his disciples to practice medicine. He once practiced medicine in the mountains.

He lived in the country for two years and had a very good relationship with King Liao. He advocated Han culture since he was a child, and he gave himself the name Qin Wang. My father saw the Holy Emperor’s policies in dealing with the Qiang, Mohe, and Lin tribes in the frontier.

It is very gentle and allows the people of the two tribes to live in peace, so I asked the Holy One to see if I could use this relationship to build a bridge between the Holy One and King Liao. Maybe it would be helpful to the Holy One to regain Bashu. However, we are also worried about the invasion of Liao people.

Shu will be rejected by the Han people, and there will be many conflicts between the two sides in the future, which will affect the stability of Bashu. We don't understand this either, so it depends on what the Holy One wants."

Finally, Yuan Ziyan expressed her worries.
To be continued...