In the imperial study room, Yang Jian stared blankly at a jade hairpin on the imperial desk, which was a relic of Yuchi Lian'er. Seeing it, he missed the person, and he couldn't help but burst into tears, thinking about Lian'er's tenderness and his wife's love.
Vicious and unfeeling, he cried out in great pain, "Lian'er, I'm sorry for you!"
At this time, a eunuch reported in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the queen has come to apologize!"
"Excuse me?" Yang Jian sneered, "What's her crime? It's always been me who's guilty, no see!"
The eunuch didn't dare to retreat. How could he report to the queen? After a while, Yang Jian sighed, "Go tell the queen that I am thinking about military affairs and have no time to see her."
"Yes!" The eunuch was about to go down, but Yang Jian stopped him again, "Also, tell her again that I have forgiven her for that matter."
The eunuch went down, and Empress Dugu also thanked her and left. The room was very quiet. Yang Jian sat there for a long time. Finally, he slowly wiped away his tears and picked up a memorial. This was an eight-hundred-mile expedited memorial written by Sun Sheng, the Turkic envoy.
Just arrived.
Yang Jian was slightly startled. He immediately forgot about the sadness of his children and concentrated on reading.
When the Sui Dynasty was first established, its strength was insufficient. However, the Turkic forces were powerful and they repeatedly invaded and occupied key areas in the north. The Sui army suffered more defeats and fewer victories.
In the second year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign, 400,000 Turkic cavalry invaded the Sui Dynasty and entered the Great Wall Pass. The Sui army was defeated again and again.
This strategy forced the Turks to retreat and saved the Sui Dynasty.
From then on, Yang Jian adopted Chang Sun Sheng's Turkic strategy of "making friends from far away and attacking close by, leaving the strong and uniting with the weak", uniting the weak Turkic tribes, isolating the powerful Mugan Khan, and using alienation tactics to sow discord among the various Turkic nobles.
The contradictions eventually caused the Turks to fall into civil war and eventually split into East and West Turks.
The Turkic civil strife effectively alleviated the Turkic threat to the Sui Dynasty and gave the Sui Dynasty a precious breathing space. After nearly twenty years of recuperation, the north and south were unified, the people were rich and the country was strong, and the Sui Dynasty had reached a period of strength.
In order to further divide the country, the year before last, Yang Jian married his daughter Princess Anyi to Tuli Khan. Changsun Sheng also persuaded Tuli Khan to move the tribe south to the old town of Dujin Mountain, making it a barrier for the Sui Dynasty.
In the past years, every time Dulan Khan's troops invaded the south, Tuli promptly informed the Sui Dynasty, so that the Sui generals could prepare in advance. The Turkic army was repeatedly defeated and returned.
Today, I don’t know what Chang Sun Sheng’s eight-hundred-mile expedited message means. Yang Jian hurriedly read it. The memorial said that Tuli Khan found that the Dulan Ministry was manufacturing siege equipment on a large scale and was very likely to attack Datong City. Yang Jian read it
Memorial, fell into deep thought.
At this moment, the eunuch came again to report, "Your Majesty, Servant Yang wants to see you."
Yang Su arrived just in time, Yang Jian nodded, "Announce his appearance."
After a moment, Yang Su hurriedly walked into the imperial study, knelt down to Yang Jian, and said, "Your Majesty, Yang Su, apologizes!"
Yang Su was very nervous. He had just quietly asked the shiwei that his grandson had sneaked into the West Neiyuan for hunting. This made him secretly surprised. Although it was not a serious crime, Yuan Qing appeared in front of the emperor with a bow and a knife.
It's always not a good thing in front of him. It would be fine if the Holy One doesn't care about it, but if the Holy One cares about this matter, he can't explain it a little bit.
Yang Su secretly glanced at Yang Jian and saw that he was deep in thought, feeling even more uneasy.
At this time, Yang Jian had woken up from his deep thoughts. He smiled and said, "What's Yang Aiqing's crime? Please get up quickly!"
Yang Su stood up uneasily, and Yang Jian glanced at him again, remembering that Yuan Qing said that he only had five ounces of money a month, which might not be a problem in a remote place, but this was the capital, how could three people survive on these five ounces of money.
Yang Jian said calmly: "Yang Aiqing, I remember that I have rewarded you a lot of property over the years, including more than a hundred hectares of land alone. I remember correctly!"
Sweat flowed down Yang Su's back, and he quickly bowed and said: "Your Majesty has been so kind and kind to me, and I will remember it in my heart."
"Well! Then it's not my problem."
Yang Jian smiled slightly again: "That means the rules in your house seem unreasonable!"
Yang Su wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Yes! I neglected the housekeeper and caused trouble to Your Majesty with family affairs. I am guilty."
"There is nothing wrong with the crime. It's just that I really like this child Yuan Qing. He is brave, honest and filial. I am really touched by the fact that a ten-year-old boy still knows how to support a ruthless girl. He is very similar to me when I was young.
, I like him very much, Yang Aiqing, I have taken a fancy to this child, you can train him well for me, I hope he can become the second servant Yang in the future, do you understand what I mean?"
Yang Su couldn't hold back the ecstasy in his heart. Of course he understood that the Holy One's intention was to let Yuan Qing inherit his business. This was the Holy One's golden mouth, which meant that the Yang family could continue to be favored.
"I will never let down the divine grace and will definitely cultivate Yuan Qing into a talented person."
Yang Jian gave him a meaningful look and smiled, "Okay! I won't mention this matter anymore."
Yang Jian took Chang Sun Sheng's memorial and said, "I want to discuss the Turkic matter with you again."
Yang Jian then ordered the eunuch, "Go and invite Gao Xiangguo!"
Yuan Qing first went to Liren City and sold wild boars and pheasants for fifteen tons of money. The harvest was not bad. When he returned to Yang Mansion, it was already dusk.
Seeing the Lantern Festival, the Yang Mansion was extremely busy these two days. All the tribesmen and servants were busy decorating the lanterns. When they walked to the gate, they saw from a distance that their fourth uncle Yang Jishan was instructing several family members to hang four large lanterns.
lantern.
In recent years, because Yang Xuangan, Yang Xuanjie, Yang Xuanzang and other legitimate sons have all been officials outside, and Yang Jishan is the eldest son of the family, he has gradually begun to be taken seriously. In particular, the relationship between Yang Su's second wife He Ruoyunniang and Xuangan and other children is very tense, so
He Ruoyunniang deliberately recruited and promoted Yang Jishan, making Yang Jishan gradually become the chief steward of the Yang family.
In the past, his family called him Silang, but now they call him "Fourth Master" to show his respect. Yang Jishan saw Yuan Qing from afar, but pretended not to see him.
Among all his descendants, he was the only one who was a little afraid of Yuan Qing. He would not treat him favorably, but he would not dare to make things difficult for him, and he would never pay attention to him.
When Yuan Qing was a child, he hated Yang Jishan deeply, but as time passed, the hatred in his heart gradually faded. He stepped forward and said hello with a smile, "Uncle Fourth, do you want my help?"
"No need, go and do your work!"
Yang Jishan replied lukewarmly, then turned to focus on hanging the lantern, "Be careful, this lantern is precious, don't break it."
Yuan Qing was not angry either. At this time, a fat and tall young master walked out of the door. He was wearing a brocade robe and a golden crown on his head. He was quite fat and majestic. He said to Yang Jishan in a low voice: "Dad, give me five ounces of money."
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This young man is Yang Jishan's youngest son Yang Wei. He has been Yuan Qing's rival since he was a child. However, since Yuan Qing started learning martial arts, he basically has nothing to do with him. He heard that Yang Wei was also learning martial arts at the Yang Mansion Training Hall. This boy is quite popular.
He had strength. The great martial arts master of the Yang family was named Zhao Boming, who was also a famous martial artist in the capital. He praised Yang Wei for his talent, carefully built his foundation and taught him martial arts. Over the past five years, Yang Wei became a leader among the younger generation of the Yang family.
However, character is hard to change. He first became the king of Si School and extorted money from other Yang children. In the past two years, his father's status has risen, and he has become even more domineering and bullying. He is especially favored by his grandmother He Ruoyunniang.
If someone accuses him, He Ruoyunniang will suppress him, making him even more emboldened.
Yang Jishan frowned and said to his son unhappily: "Didn't I just give you twenty coins a few days ago? Why do I need money again?"
"Dad, I'm going to buy medicine. I still need a few key ingredients to make the elixir. I don't have enough money."
"shit!"
Yang Jishan became even more angry, "Your master just sent 300 pills of pills this morning. He said they would be enough for you to use for a month. Don't try to lie to me. Go! I don't have any money to give you."
Yang Wei stomped his feet in anger, "If you don't give it, I won't give it. I'll ask my grandmother to go."
He walked down the steps angrily. Yang Jishan snorted and scolded him from behind: "You dare to ask grandma for money, I will interrupt your tui!"
Yuan Qing was not interested in the father and son, so he continued to move forward. He could not enter through the gate and had to go through the west gate to go home.
But after walking a few steps, he saw Yang Wei leaning against the wall of the mansion, squinting at him, apparently waiting for him. Yuan Qing ignored him and passed by him without seeing anything.
"stop!"
Yang Wei called him. Yang Wei was extremely tall and fat, even taller than Yuan Qing. Five years ago, Yuan Qing went to the home school, but he had a fierce fight with fifteen Yang children under his leadership and was punished by the home school.
After that, Yang Wei rarely saw Yuan Qing.
Because Zhang Xutuo taught Yuan Qing martial arts was extremely secretive, the Yang family was kept a secret, and even Yang Wei didn't know about it, but he had heard about Yuan Qing's hunting and making money.
He stepped forward and held out his hand to stop Yuan Qing, "I don't care about the fact that you bullied me when I was a child, but you have to pay a sum of money to atone for your sins."