Pei Ju couldn't help but be startled and asked in confusion: "Why is this?"
Yang Yuanqing shook his head and said with a smile: "Can't Mr. Pei still see the suppression of the Yang family by the Holy One?"
Pei Ju was silent. Most people only knew about the fact that Yang Yuanqing was expelled from the Yang family, but did not know the reason. The Yang family kept the matter secret and never publicized it. More importantly, the person involved, Yang Yue, was dead.
, the reason why Yang Yuanqing was expelled has become a mystery. Holy Church.
But Pei Ju is also a veteran in the officialdom. Yang Yuanqing's reminder suddenly made him realize that the oppression of the Yang family and the favor of Yang Yuanqing are two worlds of ice and fire. Indeed, if Yang Yuanqing returns to the Yang family, his favor will no longer exist. Pei Ju
I also felt a little more worried.
"Yuan Qing, what do you think?"
Yang Yuanqing smiled helplessly, "Pei Gong, I understand some things in my heart. I don't want to be accused of being unfilial and affect my reputation, but I can't accept it emotionally if I return to the Yang family, and I won't go back. At most
To maintain a superficial harmony with my father, or to be in harmony with each other, I think this will not only prevent my reputation from being ruined, but at the same time I will not be tabooed by the Holy One."
Pei Ju is an extremely pragmatic person. He thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "Perhaps this is the best way. Although reputation is important, it cannot affect your future. It's just that you have reconciled with your father and everyone knows it.
The Holy Spirit may be a little unfavorable to you."
"Pei Gong, I think the Holy Spirit is a very tolerant person and very shrewd. He will not draw conclusions just because of a meeting with my father. The relationship between the Yang family and me has been frozen until now. Will it melt with a gust of wind?"
Really? I think Your Majesty should understand in his heart."
"You are right. The Holy One will not change his impression of you just because of a change."
Pei Ju also agreed with Yang Yuanqing's idea. For the benefit of the Pei family, he actually did not want Yang Yuanqing to return to the family. He preferred to maintain the status quo. If Yang Yuanqing returned to the family, he would consider the interests of the Yang family in every aspect, and the interests of the Pei family would be
Becoming insignificant is a result Pei Ju never wants to see.
Because of this understanding, Pei Ju did not want Yang Yuanqing to lose his holy family because of his reconciliation with the Yang family. He secretly thought in his heart, "The marriage between Yang Yuanqing and Min Qiu is the key, and the Yang family must not be involved. He has to find a way, and finally
So that Yang Xuangan will not get involved in Yang Yuanqing’s marriage. Holy Church."
In the afternoon, the team stopped on a vast grassland. After several persuasion by Yang Yuanqing, Yang Lihua finally walked out of the city and galloped on the vast grassland. Two months after her family member died of illness, she had the first time to
laughed.
"Yuanqing, is that Dajin Mountain over there?"
Yang Lihua pointed her riding whip at the dark ridge in the distance, smiled slightly and said, "It doesn't seem that far away."
Yang Lihua's white dress is like snow, and the breeze blows her flowing hair. Time has added a few fine wrinkles to her forehead, but it cannot change her noble and dignified temperament.
Yang Yuanqing also smiled and said: "Although it seems not far away, in fact it is still a hundred miles away."
"Yes! The vastness of the grassland makes people's hearts open."
Yang Lihua looked at the boundless grassland, and the depression and lingering sadness in her heart disappeared. She took a long breath and laughed, "There is also a vast grassland in Xiyuan, although it is not like the grassland.
Boundless, but my vision is enough. I never go there, but I have figured it out now. It is because the place where I live is too narrow that my mood is not broad. I will go there often after returning to Beijing.
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She turned back to Yang Yuanqing and smiled gratefully: "Yuanqing, I really want to thank you this time. I really feel that I am in a much better mood."
Yang Yuanqing was sweating slightly on her forehead, so she smiled and said, "Is Her Royal Highness going back?"
Yang Lihua also felt a little tired, so she nodded, "Okay! Let's go back."
They turned their horses and galloped towards the city more than ten miles away, with more than a dozen guards following closely behind them. After a while, they returned to the city, and saw King of Yan Yang Tanzai and his brother Yang from afar.
Dong compares swords.
Yang Tan suddenly saw Yang Yuanqing and cheered and shouted, "General Yang, we are looking for you to teach us how to practice swordsmanship!"
Yang Yuanqing smiled bitterly in his heart. He had become the royal coach. Yang Lihua smiled slightly and said, "Yuanqing, go! They all like you. ""."
"Okay! I will teach you some sword skills."
Yang Yuanqing dismounted, took a wooden sword from the guard's hand, flicked his wrist, pulled out several sword holders, and stabbed Yang Tan gently and deftly, "Your Highness, push back one and a half steps and use the crossbar!"
He stabbed Yang Tong lightly with his backhand sword. Yang Tong was caught off guard and took a step back in panic, falling to the ground. However, his face was full of excitement, he got up, cheered, and stabbed Yang Yuanqing with his sword.
At the top of the city, Yang Guang and Empress Xiao were watching Yang Yuanqing teach two children to practice swordsmanship from a distance. Yang Guang had an elusive smile on his face. No one knew what he was thinking.
Empress Xiao sighed softly. The death of her eldest son made her heartbroken and filled her with self-blame. She should not dislike her son because he was fat. It was not his fault, but his fault.
She was seriously ill, her son was suffering from serious illness, but she disliked him. Every time she thought of her eldest son's difficulty in walking, she felt endless regret in her heart.
It was this kind of regret that made any hostility she had towards Yang Yuanqing disappear. Looking at Yang Yuanqing teaching his two grandsons to practice swordsmanship, Empress Xiao also had a smile of relief on her face. She turned back to Yang Guang and said:
"Your Majesty, I think it would be a good idea to let General Yang be Tan'er's master."
Yang Guang smiled and shook his head slowly, "I have another use for him!"
The place where the patrol team was stationed was less than ten miles away from Shengle City, the old capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Pei Ju and a dozen ministers had already made an appointment to stay and go out together for fun.
Shengle City is located on a low hill, blocking the only way from Yulin County to the hinterland of the grassland. The city has been abandoned for hundreds of years, leaving only a ruined wall. The city is covered with grass, and the only few buildings that are slightly complete have become
It was a place where merchants stayed overnight.
Su Wei, the minister Zuo Pu, Niu Hong, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, Pei Ju, the minister of the Ministry of official affairs, Pei Yun, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs, Zhang Jin, the general, Zheng Shanguo, the minister of Guanglu temple, Zhang Heng, the imperial censor, and Gao Xi, the old prime minister, etc.
More than a dozen ministers rode to the abandoned city, with hundreds of soldiers guarding them all around.
More than a dozen ministers stood on horseback on a hillside, staring blankly at the ruins in front of them. None of them thought that Shengle City, the former capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, would become like this. It was desolate and dilapidated, with weeds growing taller than people.
Weasels and long worms can be seen appearing on the collapsed walls.
Their originally high-spirited visit had been completely wiped out by the dilapidated city. Su Wei shook his head and sighed slightly: "Tuobagui's advance and Erzhurong's retreat have doomed the decline of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
In the past dynasties, those who only knew martial arts but not literary affairs would surely perish."
"What a Tuoba Gui's advance and Er Zhurong's retreat, Su Xiang has hit the nail on the head." Niu Hong stroked his beard and said with a smile.
Su Wei pointed at the Great Wall in the distance with his riding whip, "Looking back at the Great Wall, the majestic and majestic Great Wall protects the inside and keeps out the outside. This is the guarantee for the Sui Dynasty to last forever." He sarcastically said, "Xiang Su only saw the splendor of the Great Wall.
Have you ever seen half a million bones lying at the foot of the Great Wall? If the people don’t cling to them, how can they survive for eternity?”
"What the Prime Minister said is ridiculous!"
Zhang Heng, the imperial censor next to him, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "How can a construction project not kill people? Nowadays, the wise and wise warriors are building the Eastern Capital, digging canals, Bei'an Turks, and Nanping Linyi. As for the death of a lot of people, it is normal.
The people are the servants, what does the high minister think?"
Gao Jong hated Zhang Heng very much. Last year, he went to visit this man's ancestral home in Hedong. He ordered more than 100,000 people to dig a road through the mountain. No less than 10,000 people died. In the end, he drank a cup of tea and left. This man was not ashamed and instead walked around.
Showing off is really arrogance.
Gao Jun ignored him at all, and Zhang Heng hit a snag. He could no longer keep his face in front of important ministers, and he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart. However, Pei Ju smiled and smoothed things over: "This Shengle City is so desolate, and there is nowhere to go. It's better to go back and sleep."
After a good night's sleep, pick yourself up and deal with court affairs. What do you think?"
Everyone was really not interested and all agreed, then turned their horses and headed towards the camp. Zhang Heng stared at Gao Jiao's back with a hint of bitter resentment in his eyes.
The weather has gradually turned into the evening. Yulin County is far inferior to Wuyuan County. Originally there were 10,000 or 20,000 immigrants, but during the construction of the Great Wall last year, more than half of them died. At this time, the population is less than 10,000, and they are mainly garrisoned. The place cannot afford tens of thousands of immigrants.
Instead, Qimin Khan heard about the Sui Emperor's northern patrol and sent hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep to solve the food problem of the northern patrol team.
Dinner has been prepared, and teams of sergeants are delivering meals to various camps. Inside the city, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty is also having dinner in the imperial study. Although his dinner is not frugal, it is not luxurious either. Twenty
Several dishes were placed on the table. Yang Guang didn't eat much. He only tasted a little of each dish and gave the rest to the eunuchs around him.
While drinking, he looked through the album of Fenyang Palace that Yu Wenkai had just sent. He wanted to build a palace near the outside of the Great Wall. From last year to this year, he had been looking for a place he was satisfied with, and finally at the source of Fen River.
In Tianchi, he discovered a place that looked like a place for immortals to practice, with misty clouds and mist, and the scenery was superb.
This year he came to Lingwu Road again. Although he found several beautiful places, they were not as good as Tianchi at the source of Fenshui River. So he decided to build Fenyang Palace in Tianchi, which is located in the north of Loufan County.
It is close to Mayi County, so there is no problem in terms of safety.
Yu Wenkai has sent the album, which means that construction can start. It happens that the prefect of Loufan County is Li Yuan. This person has participated in the construction of Jinyang Palace and has some experience. He can be appointed as the palace supervisor.
Just as he was thinking about it, an official reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Zhang Yushi urgently requested to see you and said that you want to impeach Gao Xi."
Yang Guang hated being disturbed when he was eating, but the words 'impeach Gao Xi' moved his heart, and he nodded, "Invite him to visit!"
"Your Majesty has a decree, and the imperial censor Zhang Heng is here to see you!"
After a while, Zhang Heng was brought in by the eunuch. He knelt down and saluted, "I, Zhang Heng, see your majesty!"
"Zhang Yushi, what's the matter with you?"
Zhang Heng held up a memorial and said, "My minister Zhang Heng is impeaching the Minister of Rites, Gao Xi. This man deceives the emperor and ignores his superiors. He compares your majesty to the violent Qin Dynasty!"