Sui Tang: Please don’t jail the country, my Li family surrendered

Not only Wagangzhai, but also Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Liu Wuzhou and other separatist forces, are also very big.

This edict of Yang Mu is simply a killer weapon.

Those poor people who had not been able to survive, as soon as they saw that the imperial court did not blame them for their affairs, and they were exempted from three years of hard labor, and immediately fled everywhere, trying all kinds of ways to return home.

This is not difficult to understand.

Although the Great Sui Dynasty is a beacon and there are frequent uprisings, no matter how you say it, most of the people still recognize this official.

No one wants to be a traitor with their head on their shoulders all day.

It’s good if it succeeds, but what if it doesn’t?

Probably to death, but also just a traitor.

Who wants to do such thankless work?

Now that the imperial court is not blamed in the past, it means that the lives of these toiling masses are not worried.

On the one hand, he continued to rebel, his head pinned to his trouser belt, and he fought with eighteen anti-kings, sixty-four roads of smoke and dust, hundreds of separatist forces for territory, the wind and sun, and the tip of the knife licked blood.

On the one hand, the wife and children who go home are hot, and the past is not blamed, and they can also be exempted from three-year conscription, but if they have a handful of strength, they can at least live a good life.

As long as you don’t lack your heart, you know how to choose.

What is Yangmou?

This is Yang Mou!

Yang Mu’s edict seems simple, but it is actually very complicated.

From ancient times to the present, what any emperor values most is his own face.

Imperial dignity is inviolable!

It was a talent engraved in the bones that could not be changed at all.

Many emperors will never admit their mistakes even if they die, even if the world is in chaos and the people are not living.

To openly admit it is to deny all your efforts?

Such a slap in the face, even an ordinary person is unwilling, let alone an emperor who was born as the Son of Heaven.

Yang Mu’s advantage was that he didn’t have to hit himself in the face.

Anyway, he is not an emperor.

Didn’t you Yang Guang use me as a shield?

That’s good!

Just as the courtesy was still coming, I also used you as a shield, put your face in front of all the people, pumped and hit hard.

Just when many separatist forces were having a headache, an alliance document from Wagangzhai finally solved this problem for them.

Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Xiao Mill, Xue Ju and others almost did not hesitate to agree to form an alliance, and agreed that after March, when the autumn was high and the horse was fat, they would unite with the eighteenth anti-king and sixty-four roads to attack Luoyang City together!

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Luoyang City, Duke of Tang’s Mansion.

In the room, Li Shimin knelt on the ground.

There were two more people in front of him, sitting opposite him.

These two are Fang Xuanling and Du Ruxi.

Li Shimin said in a deep voice: “Two gentlemen, the letters have been sent, right?” ”

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, “Gongzi, don’t worry.” All the letters have been sent, and this is top secret and no one knows about it. ”

“Then I’m relieved.” Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, smiled bitterly, and said, “If this matter is known to my father and eldest brother, they will definitely stop me.” I don’t know if it’s right or wrong to take this step. ”

Du Ruxian straightened up and said, “Gongzi, the Great Sui will die, this is the mandate of heaven, and no one can stop it.” What you have done, in the future, Tang Guogong and Grand Duke will definitely appreciate you. ”

Li Shimin raised his head, looked at the rays of sunlight that came in, and said in a low voice: “I hope so.” ”

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The news of the eighteen-way anti-king declaration of war on the Great Sui Dynasty spread all over the place.

The world shook, the capital shook, and the government and the wild shook.

The Great Sui, which was already about to overturn, was even more panicked at this moment.

Families everywhere are also looking for a way out.

Some defected to Wagangzhai, some to Wang Shichong, some to Dou Jiande, and so on.

Anyway, the separatist forces of all parties are spread all over the country, and it is not difficult to turn to one nearby.

And this was a fatal blow to the Great Sui.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the most important component of the empire was not the people, but the famous families everywhere, also known as families.

In ancient times, when communication basically relied on roaring, people’s activities were basically in their hometowns.

And the local famous families control the most say and decision-making power.

They are literate, prestigious, powerful, of noble origin and knowledgeable.

In the eyes of the vast majority of the people, the emperor is just a synonym.

The people who can really decide their life and death are these family families.

What is even more exaggerated is that during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, famous families in many places had lasted for thousands of years.

This is no joke.

Since the beginning of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the administrative structure with the Shi clan as the main body has been determined through the official selection method of the nine-pin zhongzheng system.

This means that local parents and officials are basically selected from within famous families, and the people are not qualified to participate.

That is, the family will exist for as long as the system lasts.

From the beginning of Cao Pi’s establishment of the nine-product zhongzheng system in the Three Kingdoms period, to the eleventh year of the great cause, it lasted for almost thousands of years.

When the people of a place are controlled by the same family for generations, they are born to obey these families.

This is the fundamental reason why the influence of the family in the Sui and Tang dynasties was so great.

The fundamental reason why Yang Guang launched a war, dug the Grand Canal, and implemented the imperial examination system was also to prevent this phenomenon from continuing.

Unfortunately, he was too proud and rushed, which caused all over the Great Sui to complain and play a good deck of cards to the ground.

Coupled with the battle of Yanmen Pass, Yang Guang was completely discouraged, and directly threw the capital to Yang Mu, and went to the south to enjoy himself.

In a word, it’s too smooth.

Yang Guang has never encountered any tribulations in his life, and once various problems break out, his mentality will directly collapse.

Now that families in various places have defected to the separatist forces of all sides, it means that these Wagangzhai, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande and others really control the hearts and minds of the local people.

Is this worth it?

For a time, the four pavilion elders of Shangshu Province hurriedly went to the palace, preparing to inform Yang Mu of this matter.