In the next few days, Yang Ming continued to attend the court meeting, hardly speaking, but quietly listening to the discussions among the princes.
However, even if he doesn't speak, no one dares to ignore him now.
There are seven people in total who are under the command of Nayan. Among them, Gao Jiong has been dismissed from office, Yang Su and Yang Shuang are in Renshou Palace, and the remaining four people who are still attending the court meeting in the East Palace are Su Wei, Pei Ju, Niu Hong and Yang Ming.
The first three are all top bosses, and Yang Ming is the crown prince's legitimate son, and his weight is also very important.
Especially Yang Guang greeted everyone, and during the court meeting, he must unite with Yang Ming and not undermine him. Therefore, if Yang Ming did not speak, he would be sure to have many supporters once he spoke.
This is faction.
Yang Guang has not succeeded to the throne yet, so Donggong is a faction of his own. Only Donggong's power is strong enough, and what he says can suppress the old bosses like Su Wei, Niu Hong, and He Ruobi.
In addition to the Donggong faction, there is also the Youpushe faction headed by Su Wei, the core figures of which are Xue Wei, the Minister of Punishment, and Yu Wenkai, the Minister of Industry.
There is also Yang Su's Yue Gong faction. This faction covers a wide range of areas, but it was almost dismantled by Yang Jian. Now it is equivalent to the Donggong faction.
The weakest one is He Ruobi, but he has disciples all over the military offices and has considerable influence in the Sui military system, which should not be underestimated.
In addition, there are also the clan sect, the Liu Shu sect, and the elder sect. It can be said that today's Sui Dynasty is also full of factions, and they are also competing with each other for profit.
In Renshou Palace, Yang Jian's approval came back, one word "accurate".
The holy will was clear, and Changsun Cheng, who had been back in Daxing for many days, was finally able to enter the court according to the imperial edict and receive a title and reward.
After reading the edict of the reward, Changsun Cheng kowtowed and thanked him.
Yang Guang glanced at Guo Yan, who immediately understood and said with a smile:
"Congratulations on going to Shangzhu Kingdom. It's not in vain that King Hedong worked hard for you. Without King Hedong's support, Brother Changsun would have to wait a few more years before he could reach Shangzhu Kingdom."
This statement has been made very obvious, implying that Changsun Cheng has to thank Yang Ming for his help.
However, Changsun Cheng was a sensible person and knew that it was not appropriate to be too obvious in front of the princes, so he kowtowed to thank Prince Yang Guang.
But in my heart, I must be very grateful to Yang Ming.
Because long before the court meeting, Pei Yun, the Minister of Internal Affairs, had met him in private and told Yang Ming the story of forcibly sealing him against all opinions.
That's why Chang Suncheng realized why it was Yang Ming who personally greeted him at Guanyi in the first place. This was to win over him.
He has no backing, but he now knows very well that he will probably need to be attached to Yang Ming in the future.
He doesn't like to get involved in factional disputes, but now he is riding a tiger and it's hard to get off. If he doesn't accept the olive branch offered by Yang Ming, there will be big problems.
People can lift him up and push him down.
Therefore, Changsun Cheng, who received the award, felt mixed feelings.
In fact, Yang Ming's original intention was not to win over the other party. At that time, he just felt that his eldest son Chenggong had worked so hard but had such a small job. He felt a little unfair. Later, his father Yang Guang pushed him out.
As for the situation where Chang Suncheng had to be recruited.
He took a fancy to Chang Sun Cheng because he was very good at dealing with Turks. As the saying goes, people have special skills. Chang Sun Cheng had been dealing with Turks all his life. If you asked him to do other things, he might not be able to do it well.
In the Great Sui Dynasty, in terms of all-around talents, there were only two people, Gao Jong and Yang Su.
On the first day of May, after the court meeting, Yang Ming took the initiative to go to the princess's mansion, and went to Daxingshan Temple with Yang Lihua to offer incense.
As for the matter of becoming a disciple of Master Lingzang, there is no sign yet. From Yang Lihua's point of view, this matter should not be rushed.
The Buddha tooth relic brought back by Yang Jian is now enshrined in Daxingshan Temple, so that Buddhist believers all over the world now go to Daxingshan Temple. The incense is so prosperous that it is unique in the world.
When people are on Zhuque Street, they can smell the incense coming from Jingshanfang.
After offering incense, Yang Ming and Yang Lihua rode in the same carriage.
Yang Lihua is forty-four years old this year and is very well-maintained. If it weren't for the fact that she is the eldest princess, ordinary people would not dare to look directly at her. Otherwise, no matter where she goes, she will be the focus of everyone's attention.
Yang Yinjiang and Pei Shuying are far less beautiful than Yang Lihua.
It's a pity that such a beautiful lady would rather be a widow than give others a chance.
Regarding the matter of Yang Lihua being single, only Yang Jian and his wife mentioned it once in the early years, but Yang Lihua rejected it. After that, no one mentioned it again.
Yang Ming felt that Yang Lihua's choice was correct. If she remarried, she would not have her current transcendent status.
This is called keeping a festival.
In the carriage, Yang Lihua said calmly: "You have nothing to do today, right?"
Yang Ming nodded and said, "Even if something happens, I will stick to my aunt's arrangements first. Do you have any instructions?"
Yang Lihua nodded: "My grandma liked the pickles made by the people in my house the most, and she often gave them to Gao Jiong. Now Gao Jiong can't eat them. Please help me bring some to him."
Yang Ming was stunned.
Gao Jiong was not someone he could meet casually. If the news about his private meeting with Gao Jiong reached his father's ears, he would be afraid that something would happen. Even if the news reached Yang Jian, Yang Jian would think nothing of it.
Some people have such high prestige that they are closely watched by the emperor for fear that they will form a clique.
Yang Ming has a special status and is really not suitable to meet Gao Jiong.
Yang Lihua saw his embarrassment and smiled: "It doesn't matter, no matter who asks, just say I asked you to go, what? Is it a crime to send some pickles?"
Yang Ming still looked unhappy.
Yang Lihua suddenly darkened her face: "You are really not a coward. If you are hesitant about such a trivial matter, what else can I rely on you to do?"
Since everyone was talking about this, Yang Ming had no choice but to go, so he had no choice but to nod and say:
"Since it is arranged by my aunt, how dare my nephew disobey?"
Yang Lihua chuckled:
"You are still very young. It must be for your own good that I let you go. Gao Jiong offended A Niang and was dismissed from office. Now that A Niang is gone, it will be a matter of time for him to return to the court sooner or later. Don't talk to Yang
He has always been too close, and in terms of reliability, he is not as good as Gao Qiong."
Yang Ming doesn't think so. Whether Gao Jiong is reliable or not depends on the person. For Yang Jian and his wife, Yang Yong and Yang Lihua, he is reliable, but for others, it may not be.
Furthermore, Yang Ming never thought that Yang Su was a trustworthy person. Let alone Yang Su, his father-in-law Pei Ju could not gain Yang Ming's absolute trust, let alone talk about others?
Especially Yang Yue, that old boy, Yang Ming didn't want to believe a word he said.
Following Yang Lihua back to the Princess's Mansion, Yang Ming took two carts of pickles and headed to the Duke of Qi's Mansion.
Today's Gao Jun, even the Duke of Qi has been dismissed, and he no longer has any lords.
He had no choice but to interfere in the important matter of establishing the heirloom of the old Yang family. He was lucky enough not to die.
In history, Gao Jiong was killed by Yang Guang at the age of sixty-six, three years later, along with He Ruobi.
As an emperor and a courtier, when Yang Guang felt that he was no longer needed, he would naturally find a reason to kill him. Gao Jiong's biggest role was to check and balance Yang Su, and Yang Su died two years later.
, why leave Gao Jiong?
Gao Jun always only respected Yang Jian and his wife, and ignored the rest. If he could keep a low profile after Yang Su's death and give Yang Guang enough respect, he would not have died.
Unfortunately, Yang Guang still felt that Gao Jiong looked down on him. With his self-esteem damaged, he charged him with defaming the imperial court and simply killed him.
In Yang Ming's heart, he respected Gao Jiong. This man was the real pillar of the Sui Dynasty and the most important weapon of the country.
The pickles that Yang Lihua asked Yang Ming to bring are actually a kind of pickles.
In the "Essential Art of Qi Min" written by Jia Sixie (xie) of the Northern Wei Dynasty, there are many detailed explanations on how to make pickles.
The raw materials of pickles are basically summer garlic, winter bamboo shoots, courgette, scallions, green sunflower and other miscellaneous vegetables, which are pickled with salt.
The craftsmanship of this thing is simple, but each person has a different taste. With the same ingredients, some people make it delicious, while others make it difficult to swallow.
Zhuge Liang once said, "After eating dragon liver for a long time, you don't know the taste. The only one who is greedy is Thirteen Villages." The Thirteen Villages here refer to a kind of pickles produced in Wudi. It can be seen that pickles occupy a very high position among Chinese food ingredients.
status.
Yang Ming often ate the pickles served at Yang Lihua's house when he was in Yong'an Palace, and they were very delicious.
Being rewarded with pickles by Dugu Jialuo is a greater honor than being rewarded with pickles by your lord. As far as Yang Ming knows, Gao Jiong seems to be the only official in the Manchu Dynasty who has been rewarded with pickles.
Today's Duke Qi's Mansion has lost the busy traffic of the past, and the front door has a desolate scene.
Everyone knows that Yang Guang doesn't like Gao Jun, and now that the prince is in charge, who has no brains to continue to have a relationship with Gao Jun?
After reporting his origin, the guard hurriedly reported inside.
In the past, Yang Ming only needed to be led in by his butler, but now that Gao Jiong has lost the title of Duke of the State, his subordinate minister Na Yan is in name only, so he needs to go out to greet him.
Yang Ming stood at the foot of the steps. The first time he saw Gao Jiong, he hurried forward and saluted as a junior:
"Yang Ming has come to make trouble, and please ask Mr. Dugu not to see anyone outside."
Gao Jiao smiled faintly, glanced at the sauce vat on the carriage, and knew exactly what was going on, and said:
"Your Highness, do you want to go in and sit down, or should you leave now?"
Yang Ming hurriedly said: "This junior is young, so it is a blessing to be able to talk to Dugu Gong."
Gao Yan glanced at Yang Ming's filial piety clothes, a hint of sadness flashed in his eyes, and he sighed:
"come in."
Yang Ming nodded and followed him into the mansion.
Gao Jiong's residence is located in Longzhengfang, east and west of Chongrenfang, where the Jin Dynasty's palace is located, separated by half of the imperial city, and both are on the Jiu-san line.
Nine-one-nine-two is the imperial city of Miyagi. No one who lives on the nine-three line has ever been lowered to the fifth rank.
Officials, you can't just live wherever you want, they all have their own rules.
After all, Gao Jun was a top official who had always held great power. Even though he was dismissed from office, he did not show any humility when facing Yang Ming.
Although I am no longer in the world, there is always a legend about me in the world.
For people like Gao Yan, even if Yang Guang came to visit him in person, he would not dare to put on airs. This is the minimum respect for a former king of the country.
Later generations once commented:
When the Zhou Dynasty was prosperous, it was Tai Gong, when Qi Dynasty was hegemony, it was Guan Zhong, when Wei was rich, it was Li Kui, when Qin was strong, it was Shang Yang, there was Su Chuo in the later Zhou Dynasty, and Gao Jiong was the Sui family. These six sages can succeed in becoming kings and becoming hegemons.
Picture, the second is to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and establish laws and regulations...
A man of high caliber is a good assistant from heaven and a great talent in governing the country.