When we returned to the palace, it was already evening.
Because of the inconvenient transportation, I couldn't actually do much in one day. I got up at Yin o'clock in the morning, left the palace at Ji o'clock in the morning, had a meal at Yang Lihua's house at noon, and chatted until the afternoon, and it was almost You o'clock when I got home.
The carriage is just a means of transportation. It is not very fast. Riding a horse is fast, but it is very uncomfortable. The buttocks have to bounce with the rhythm of the horse's hooves, which is very tiring.
When Xu Jing saw Yang Ming coming back, he hurriedly reported that King Yang Zhao of Jin had come and told Yang Ming to pay attention to Changsun Cheng in the past few days. He said it was the prince's wish and asked him to go outside the city to greet him.
Yang Ming didn't come back for a day, so Xu Jing had already sent someone to guard the official post outside the city. Once there was news, he would notify the palace as soon as possible.
According to the rules of the Sui Dynasty, all officials entering the capital must first stop temporarily at the official post outside Daxing City, which is called "receiving the wind and washing the dust", which actually means searching.
Daxing is the capital city, and the security is particularly strict. The followers of officials below the fifth rank are not allowed to carry sharp swords.
Of course, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. Almost all officials' entourages carry weapons, but as long as they are not found, they are not carrying them.
Yang Ming also understood the meaning of his father's arrangement. It was only through his own efforts that he won the Shangzhu Kingdom, so to win over Changsun Cheng, he would have to do it himself.
After briefly asking about Chang Sun Cheng's itinerary, Yang Ming felt that he should go to Guanyi early and wait, so as to appear sincere.
Don't think that the king of the county will not bow his head or put down his stature to make friends with others. In fact, during the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yang Jian kept his stature very low. He was very humble and made friends with many families. Therefore, when he usurped the Zhou Dynasty,
, in order to gain the support of the majority of people.
Yang Ming passed the gate without entering, and immediately ordered the convoy to turn around and rush to the official post outside the city.
This post outside Daxing City was the largest official post in the entire Sui Dynasty. It was called Chang'an Post Station. It was located between Daxing City and Lantian County. It was almost the size of a town. There were as many as 100 officials and minor officials on duty here.
Seven hundred people.
The official post is mainly under the control of the Ministry of War, because the biggest role of the post is actually to convey military information.
The post station is divided into three parts: post, station and shop.
Yi is the department that receives guests and arranges the transportation of materials.
The station is a department that delivers important documents and military intelligence.
The shop is the department where local state, county and county officials submit official documents and letters.
The accommodation conditions here are very good. After all, it is an official department and most of the people it receives are important people. It cannot be neglected.
Every time Yang Ming returned to the capital, he would stay in Chang'an Post for several hours. The officials would go through the formalities and check the contents of the motorcade, because Yang Ming was the king of the county, and when the king returned to the capital, he wanted to clear the road with water.
Beat the gong to clean the streets.
When Yang Ming rushed to Chang'an Post, he asked the post officer. The latter had received a notice from Hedong Post and predicted that Chang Sun Cheng would arrive at midnight tonight.
Traveling at night is very slow. Unless there is an emergency, no one would choose to walk at night.
But Zhang Suncheng was ordered to return to Beijing, and there was a time limit. You could not exceed the time limit. You were given thirty days to return to Beijing. If you dared to exceed one day, you would be violating the order.
If the time limit is exceeded and there is no proper reason, you will be charged directly.
When Zhao Xuan, the governor of Jizhou, returned to the capital according to the order, he was so ill that he still did not dare to delay, so he rushed back to Daxing dragging his sick body, and he could no longer return.
This rule is very inhumane, but it also demonstrates the supremacy of imperial power from the side.
The post officer said that if the grandson arrived at the right time, it would not be a bad time.
After eating something casually in the inn, Yang Ming began to wait. The memorial to Changsun Cheng had been sent to Renshou Palace. Yang Jian had not approved it yet, but there should be no problem.
After all, the memorial was drafted by the prince, and now that the prince is in charge, Yang Jian will not fail to give his son face.
Because if he often refuted Yang Guang's words, it would damage the prince's authority and be detrimental to Yang Guang's smooth succession.
Teaching his children was a matter behind his back. Yang Jian would never scold Yang Guang in front of outsiders.
At Haishi, the post official came to report that Zhang Suncheng's motorcade had already entered the official post. They were just waiting to catch the wind and wash away the dust before coming to see Yang Ming.
Since Yang Ming came with the purpose of wooing him, he certainly would not wait for the other party to come to see him, so he took the initiative to leave the room and go to the front yard where the motorcade was.
Changsun Cheng is a smart man. Although he has never met Yang Ming, in the current Sui Dynasty, the only people who can wear mourning clothes and wander around the official post are the direct clan members.
Moreover, the post officer had just brought word that the King of Hedong was at the post station, waiting for him to return to the capital.
"Your Majesty, Chang Sun Cheng, pays homage to His Highness," Chang Sun Cheng, who had a dusty look on his face, hurried over to welcome him and saluted Yang Ming.
Yang Ming raised his hand to help: "It's been a hard journey. I'm here to wait for you. It's because of the prince's order that I can help the eldest grandson's envoy to receive the wind and wash away the dust."
"The prince's grace makes me burst into tears of gratitude,"
Zhang Suncheng's appearance is very pleasing to people. It is the kind of appearance that makes people feel that this person is very reliable at a glance.
Perhaps because he has been stationed at the border for many years, his skin is rough and the wrinkles on his face look like they have been worn away by the wind and sand on the grassland, with ravines and ravines on his face.
"I am over 50 years old and have worked hard for half my life. Now it is time to return to Beijing and enjoy the blessings,"
Yang Ming held each other's hands cordially and said with a smile: "If the envoy still has energy, we might as well return to the capital immediately, and I will greet you at the palace."
"Your Majesty expresses your love, how can I disobey you?" Changsun Chengdao said.
On the way back, the two of them rode in a car together. During this period, Yang Ming didn't mention anything about asking for credit from the other person. He just exchanged greetings and talked about common things.
At the palace, Pei Shuying and Zhang Luo, who had already received the news, prepared a dinner to welcome the eldest grandson Cheng.
Because Yang Yinjiang was pregnant and it was inconvenient to see guests, Pei Shuying showed up to receive her.
She saw that her husband valued the visitor, so she personally invited him to sit down and invited the maid to wait on him.
Changsun Cheng knew that the dignified woman in front of him was the only daughter of Pei Ju, the boss of the Ministry of Internal History. He was quite flattered that she was so polite to him.
So he quickly ordered his followers to bring in a gift, which was a pure gold disk with the sacred bird peacock carved on it.
The craftsmanship is relatively rough, and it seems to come from the Turks at first glance, but the disc is thick and large, and it requires two people to lift it. The Turks are like this, they don't pay attention to the shape, only the size.
"This object was given to me by Qimin Khan before I left. It weighs one hundred and twenty kilograms. My lady is delicate. This object is really not suitable. It can be melted and tempered into jewelry."
Of course Pei Shuying doesn't like this kind of thing. It's too rough and doesn't look good anywhere. But fortunately, the amount of gold is large, one hundred and twenty kilograms. It's really good to make other accessories.
"It's hard to refuse the envoy's kindness, so I would be disrespectful," Pei Shuying thanked her.
Next, the couple warmly entertained Changsun Cheng and allowed him to stay in the palace.
Changsun Cheng is a person worth winning over. He is the second eldest child in the family.
The eldest brother, the eldest grandson (mo), served as the governor of Xunzhou during the Northern Zhou Dynasty and has passed away.
The third younger brother, Sun Chi, is currently the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple. He is not favored by Yang Guang because he once served as the right concubine of the East Palace of the deposed prince Yang Yong.
Sun Chang, the fourth eldest son, had followed Yang Guang when he was still the king of Jin, and was Yang Guang's bodyguard.
Of the four brothers, the eldest, Sun Chenghun, is actually the best, because he is the envoy of the two countries, so what he does must be reported directly to Yang Jian, and he is qualified to meet the saint at any time.
The Changsun family's base was in Luoyang. Thanks to the Northern Wei Dynasty's Yuan clan moving its capital from Datong to Luoyang, their family was very successful during the Northern Wei Dynasty and was known as the Wangzuo clan.
There is even a theory that the Changsun clan was originally branched off from the Tuoba clan, and the Tuoba clan was the Yuan clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Today, in the Luoyang area of the Sui Dynasty, the Yuan family and the Changsun family still have the final say, and even the entire Central Plains region is covered by their influence.
Originally, Changsun Cheng had an uncle named Changsun Lan. In the early years of the founding of the emperor, he was quite happy. He was the elder of the same generation as Yang Xiong, Yuan Xie, Gao Qing, Yu Qingze, and He Ruobi. His daughter was also married to Yang Xiu.
Become the Princess of Shu.
After the death of Changsun Lan, there was no central elder in the Changsun family.
Today's eldest son Cheng has four sons and three daughters, one of whom is famous in history books.
One is the eldest grandson of the fourth son, Wuji, and the other is the eldest grandson of the third daughter, Wujia, who is Guanyin.
Now Changsun Wuji is only eight years old, and Guanyin is four years old. They are both born to Changsun Cheng's step-sibling Gao.
She is the stepmother, that is, Xu Xian's first wife, so they are direct children. The remaining children of Changsun Cheng are all born to his late wife, Yuanshi.
This is why in history, only Changsun Wuji of the Changsun family was the most popular with Li Shimin, because he was the biological brother of Queen Changsun, and their biological mother, Gao, was the daughter of the Northern Qi clan.
Historically, after the death of eldest son Sun Cheng, the brother and sister were kicked out of the house by several brothers. They depended on each other and were raised by their uncle Gao Shilian. It was Gao Shilian who made the decision and married Guanyin to Li Shimin. This boy also relied on his niece.
Successfully broke into Lingyan Pavilion.
They were all in such a state of poverty that it was Li Shimin's turn. It is conceivable that if the eldest son Cheng had not died, Li Shimin would have no chance to marry his daughter.
This is not to say that Li Shimin's background is not good, but because he is the second son. If it were Jiancheng, it would be more than enough.
The elders and younger ones are in order. If Li Jiancheng can attack the Duke of Tang in the future, what can Li Shimin have? He has nothing.
Therefore, Yang Ming, who is familiar with the direction of history, has not paid much attention to these two brothers until now.
However, Jiancheng and his fellow Geng are now sixteen years old this year. I don’t know which family this boy will marry. If he doesn’t get married, he will be considered a bachelor in the Sui Dynasty.
Yang Ming was still very interested in Jiancheng's marriage, because historical records indicate that Jiancheng's wife Zheng Guanyin married him when she was sixteen years old, and Li Jiancheng was ten years older than Zheng Guanyin.
In other words, is it possible that Li Jiancheng got married only when he was 26 years old? Absolutely impossible, because in this case, Li Yuan would be stabbed in the bone.
If you get married at twenty-six, you will be laughed at to death.
How could the dignified Li family of Longxi leave such a laughing stock to others?