Sui and Tang Dynasties: Beginning with Overlord Inheritance

Some time ago, Jin Yiwei reported the news of Li Shimin's disappearance.

What I thought at the time was that Li Shimin was not good at martial arts, and his strategy was not as good as his own.

Now he is still the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, Li Shimin is alone, what can he use to fight against himself?
Yang Zhao also thought about whether Li Shimin would make a comeback.

But he is the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, what is Li Shimin?
Bereaved dog.

There's nothing scary about it.

It was different now, he clearly felt an abnormality.

At the beginning, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was because of his haste, the imperial examination system, and a series of actions that hurt the people such as labor and wealth.

This led to the decline of the Sui Dynasty.

What Yang Zhao couldn't understand was that this world was a little different.

The imperial examination system has already been born, and it does not seem to have much impact on the noble families.

Is it not perfect enough.

Or has it been implemented not long ago, and it has not had any effect yet?
For this unknown force, he intends to remain vigilant at all times.

Let's start with the Li family first.

To cut the grass, to get rid of the roots!

……

Xu Maogong and others left the palace, but they did not go back to their homes.

Instead, they all came to Xugong's mansion,

In the study, Su Wei and the others all had doubts on their faces.

They didn't understand Yang Zhao's behavior today.

"Lord Su, you just said that His Majesty was not as hasty as he is today?"

Xu Mao asked openly.

Su Wei nodded, Wei Zheng said slowly:
"That's right, I was there that day. His Majesty listened to my advice and said that he will make a long-term plan after you come back."

Xu Maogong nodded and stroked his beard with one hand.

"Since I know His Majesty, he has never been so irritable like today. I wonder if something happened?"

That's all he could think of.

After all, Yang Zhao still had some understanding. If it wasn't for what happened, how could it be so?

"Could it be because Li Shimin escaped?"

Pei Ju guessed.

Everyone shook their heads, Wei Zheng said:

"Li Shimin's defeat is already doomed. His Majesty will not be unaware of this."

Pei Ju frowned, and said again:
"Before leaving the palace, I approached Zhang Heng and asked how His Majesty was doing recently. He said that he didn't notice anything unusual."

Several people fell silent.

Xu Maogong thought about it, and said:
"Nowadays, the performance of all the officials in the court is seen by everyone. You must know what His Majesty thinks."

"It has developed to this point, if His Majesty insists on eradicating the nobles, we still need to make a statement."

He said these two sentences while looking at Su Wei and others.

Except for Wei Zheng, they are all of noble origin, if they don't take sides at this time, there will be endless troubles.

"But His Majesty wants to eradicate it, so I can't escape if I think about it?"

Pei Ju's eyes were dim, and he now understood what it means to be with a king like a tiger.

Sometimes it is obviously a good thing, but in a blink of an eye, the emperor is not happy again.

Su Wei also sighed:

"However, it is not easy to completely eradicate the nobles. Now most of the power is in the hands of the nobles."

"After these few wars, the national treasury is almost empty. If there is such a big move again, it will not hurt at all, and it will anger the family. It will be another time..."

He didn't finish his sentence, and everyone present knew what he meant.

Wei Zheng shook his head. He felt that Yang Zhao's purpose was not to eradicate the nobles.

"At the Xiaochao meeting that day, His Majesty's purpose was not to be a nobleman, but to be a capable person."

Xu Maogong nodded, and continued:

"Yes, if all the officials in the court are our officials, His Majesty will not come out of it."

"Whether you are a nobleman or a poor family, the important thing is to be able to take on great responsibilities."

Everyone reacted, thinking about it too.

In terms of nobility, is there anything more noble than the royal family in this world?
Could it be that the emperor wants to eradicate himself?

"My next move should be to cooperate with His Majesty and get rid of some mediocre people."

What Wei Zheng said coincides with Xu Maogong.

"I'm afraid this matter is not so simple..."

Pei Ju seemed to have thought of something, seeing everyone looking at him, he continued to explain:

"Master Su's words just now reminded me of one thing."

"Perhaps, this is His Majesty's original intention."

Xu Maogong and others became interested and hurriedly asked:

"What's the matter?"

Pei Ju still paused, and said four words:
"The treasury is empty."

Wei Zheng and others understood.

Yes, although the national treasury is not empty now.

But there are not many left.

What Pei Ju said was that Yang Zhao was afraid of such a situation.

It's not just these human corpses that are eradicated.

More importantly, most of the property was embezzled by them.

Now the country needs to recuperate, if the Western Turks or Goguryeo or Tuyuhun invade.

How many more games can they play?
"Your Majesty is far-sighted, and we are still far behind."

Wei Zheng sighed, he never thought of this step.

Several people nodded in agreement.

"Then the next step, His Majesty may rectify the imperial court. We need to make preparations."

Xu Maogong thought about it and reminded everyone.

He knew Yang Zhao well, if there was anything he would do immediately.

No procrastination.

"I'll go to talk to His Majesty in the evening, everyone, please wait for the news."

After Xu Maogong finished speaking, several people left.

Su Wei and Pei Ju looked at each other, and they both saw the relaxation in each other's eyes.

In this way, it has nothing to do with them.

Ever since Yang Zhao talked about nobles that day.

They were always uneasy.

If Yang Zhao just hated the nobles and wanted to eradicate them, then they would all be implicated to some extent.

After going back that night, the two of them discussed whether they planned to resign and return home.

After Xu Maogong and Wei Zheng's analysis, it is estimated that Yang Zhao's purpose is almost the same.

They are rarely relaxed.

……

at night.

Xu Maogong enters the palace.

To test Yang Zhao's outlet.

The two talked for an hour and came out.

While Xu Maogong heaved a sigh of relief, he was even more puzzled.

After returning, he passed the news to Wei Zheng and others.

The good news is that their conjecture is correct, and His Majesty's concerns do come from this.

Confused, Yang Zhao was different from the daytime, and turned back to the calm emperor.

And during the day, his behavior was abnormal, which made Xu Maogong a little confused.

What puzzled him even more was that Yang Zhao gave an order.

Three days later, Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng and others were dragged to the vegetable market and asked to be executed.

Generally speaking, if you want to be such a rebel, just pull down the Meridian Gate and ask to be killed.

And I'm not in such a hurry, I need to be detained for a while and interrogated more.

Yang Zhao was in a hurry to kill.

Xu Maogong didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he returned to the mansion and discussed with Wei Zheng and others.

In the end, no results were discussed.

At most, they felt that the purpose of pulling down the vegetable market was to tell the world the fate of rebellion.

Another point is to make it for the common people to show the majesty of the emperor.