Chapter 68

And on the sky screen, the bullet comments started to flood the screen again:

【Ying Zheng (Qin Shi Huang): @Yang Jian Old Yang, this is not right.

Although I was also strict, I never stingy with what should be given to the people.

Building the Great Wall, building the roads, that was for national defense, for transportation.

You saving grain and not giving it to eat is a bit...】

【Liu Bang (Han Taizu): Hahahaha, Old Yang, your stingy habit is comparable to my wife!

But Empress Lv was stingy to save family wealth, what are you stingy for? Waiting for grain to have babies?】

【Liu Che (Han Wudi): Although I was confused in my later years, I never hesitated when it came to disaster relief. I don't understand your operation.】

【Li Shimin (Tang Taizong): @Yang Jian, you really don't need to save so much grain, use it when it should be used, only when the people are full can the empire be stable.】

Yang Jian looked at these bullet comments, so angry that his eyes went black.

He wished he could roar at the sky screen: What do you know! Have you experienced troubled times!

Do you know what it's like to have corpses everywhere!

Saving grain is to prevent trouble before it happens! It's for the stability of the empire!

However, before he could roar, the sky screen gave him another fatal blow:

【Yang Jian in choosing a successor, can be called the blindest person in history.

This is his biggest mistake.

Crown Prince Yang Yong was originally quite reliable, but Yang Jian and Empress Dugu felt Yang Yong was "extravagant," while the second son Yang Guang pretended to be diligent and frugal, not fond of sound and color, and fooled the old couple.

Empress Dugu blew wind in his ear every day,

"Yang Guang is such a good child, unlike that prodigal son Yang Yong!"

As a result, Yang Jian abolished Yang Yong and established Yang Guang.

He only discovered Yang Guang's true face before he died:

It is said that Yang Guang once molested his concubine, Lady Xuanhua, when Yang Jian was seriously ill, and Yang Jian was so angry that he hammered the bed and cursed:

"How can a beast be entrusted with important matters! Dugu ruined me!"

But it was too late.】

Yang Jian: "!!!"

He was struck by lightning, frozen in place, motionless.

Abolish Yang Yong, establish Yang Guang? Yang Guang molested Lady Xuanhua? He hammered the bed and cursed "Dugu ruined me" before he died?

This... how is this possible!

That child Yang Guang, filial, diligent, frugal, not fond of sound and color, was the successor he and Qieluo had carefully selected!

How could... how could he do such a beastly thing!

Also, abolish Yang Yong?

Although Yang Yong was a bit extravagant, he was kind, how could he be abolished?

No! Impossible!

This must be fabricated by later people! Slander! Naked slander!

He was shaking all over, his face as pale as paper.

And the sky screen was still continuing, and it was the more cruel part:

【In system, excessive centralization.

He abolished the local official appointment power, taking all local official appointment power back to the center, leading to low local administrative efficiency and also burying hidden dangers for later local rebellions.】

Yang Jian couldn't listen anymore.

His mind was full of "abolish Yang Yong, establish Yang Guang," "Yang Guang molested Lady Xuanhua," "Dugu ruined me."

These words were like knives, stabbing hard into his heart, stirring his internal organs in pain.

Could it be... he really chose the wrong successor?

Could it be that child Yang Guang really lied to him?

Could it be that Qieluo... Qieluo also misjudged?

No, he doesn't believe it! He wants to ask Yang Guang in person, go now!

He turned around abruptly and was about to rush out of the hall.

But just at this moment, golden light erupted on the sky screen!

Just like before, a pure golden light poured down from the center of the sky screen, vast and mighty, illuminating the night sky.

In the golden light, a line of ancient characters appeared:

【In view of Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, unifying north and south, ending the chaotic situation of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, creating the imperial examination system, and laying the foundation for a prosperous age, he is specially granted the territory he protects:

Fifty years of lifespan, plus ten years of favorable weather, and grain production tripled!】

The moment the handwriting appeared, Yang Jian felt a majestic warm current pour into his body, instantly flowing through his limbs and bones.

It was an indescribable feeling of comfort, as if he were thirty years younger, full of energy, refreshed.

He looked down at his hands, the wrinkles on his skin faded at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even his white hair turned a bit black.

And what was even more magical was that he felt a vigorous pulse coming from the land under his feet.

That was the rushing of rivers, the rolling of wheat waves, the signs of favorable weather and a bumper harvest.

He could even "see" that on the Guanzhong Plain, the wheat ears were drooping heavily, a piece of golden yellow;

In the Luoyang granary, grain was piled like a mountain, emitting an alluring fragrance.

Fifty years of lifespan, ten years of favorable weather, grain production tripled...

The Immortal's blessing is so generous.

Yang Jian's eye sockets were hot, and he almost shed tears.

The Immortal recognized his achievements and bestowed such a thick blessing.

But... but if what later generations said was true, and he chose the wrong successor, then what is the use of this blessing?

Wouldn't the Great Sui empire perish in the second generation?

He was in a mess, and on the sky screen, the bullet comments exploded again:

【Ying Zheng (Qin Shi Huang): @Yang Jian, congratulations! Fifty years of lifespan! Ten years of favorable weather! Grain production tripled! This reward makes me very envious.】

【Liu Bang (Han Taizu): @Yang Jian, now you don't have to be stingy! Grain production tripled, eat whatever you want!】

【Liu Che (Han Wudi): @Yang Jian, this blessing, I am envious.】

【Li Shimin (Tang Taizong): Old Yang, congratulations! But... that grain of yours, don't save it again this time, give it to the people when it should be given.】

【Zhao Kuangyin (Song Taizong): Old Yang, you have to choose your successor carefully.】

【Zhu Yuanzhang (Ming Taizu): Old Yang, this wave is not a loss!】

Yang Jian looked at these bullet comments, but couldn't be happy at all.

He stared at the sky screen, his lips trembling, wanting to ask later generations what happened to the Great Sui, and what Yang Guang actually did.

But when the words reached his lips, he couldn't make a sound.

And just at this moment, the sky screen image suddenly changed!

Not a galaxy, not characters, but a... dynamic image.

In the image, it was a palace, gorgeously decorated, but revealing a sense of twilight.

On a dragon bed lay an old man, his face sallow, breathing his last.

Beside the old man stood a middle-aged man, wearing a dragon robe, a crown on his head, his face handsome, but his eyes flickering, revealing an indescribable sinister look.

Yang Jian's pupils shrank.

That old man... is himself!

Although he was much older, he could recognize that it was the old him!

And that middle-aged man... is Yang Guang!

It is Yang Guang who has already ascended the throne!

In the image, the old Yang Jian struggled to raise his hand, pointing at Yang Guang, his lips trembling:

"Beast... beast... you... you to Xuanhua..."

Yang Guang looked innocent, even with a bit of grievance:

"Father! Father, listen to your son's explanation! I didn't! It was Lady Xuanhua who seduced me! I was confused for a moment..."

"Fart!"

Yang Jian was so angry that he was shaking all over, and he didn't know where the strength came from, he sat up abruptly, grabbed the Jade Ruyi by the pillow and smashed it over,

"I'm not dead yet! And you dare... you dare..."

The Jade Ruyi smashed at Yang Guang's feet, shattering into pieces.

Yang Guang was so scared that he took two steps back, but a trace of impatience flashed in his eyes.