Luoyang has entered October, and most of the willow branches along the road have turned yellow. The crops in the fields have been harvested. Occasionally, farmers are checking the sown winter wheat in the fields. The sky is blue, with rows of white clouds like the thin scales of fish.
Rows in the blue sky, this is a season of crisp autumn air. There are no pop-ups.
Yang Yuanqing led seven iron guards and more than 30 soldiers to rush all the way. Two of his iron guards stayed in the Western Regions. Dalang changed his name to Li Shu and stayed in Dunhuang as the captain, while Erlang changed his name to Zhou Sheng and stayed in Yiwu. Likewise,
He also served as a captain general.
After nearly two months of long journey eastward, he escorted tens of thousands of postpartum women and children and finally arrived in Guanzhong. Sui Emperor Yang Guang ordered Nayan Suwei and Xu Shanxin, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, to resettle tens of thousands of postpartum women and children and resettle them.
In the counties in Longyou and Guan Nei, they changed their surnames to Chinese, learned Chinese language, practiced Han rituals, and established registrations for fields. Yang Guang then ordered Yang Yuanqing to go to Beijing immediately to report on his duties.
At noon, Yang Yuanqing and his party entered the capital through Dingding Gate. After half a year, the capital no longer had the chaos and tension it had when the refugees first entered the capital. Cars and people came and went in a calm and leisurely manner, creating a scene of prosperity and wealth.
"Let's find a place to have lunch first and take a rest!"
Yang Yuanqing turned around and said to his men, then took them into Ningrenfang on the left, which is close to the city gate. The square was also extremely lively, with groups of children running on the street, and both sides of the gate were filled with farmers who came to the city to sell vegetables.
, only about twenty steps into the shop, they saw a two-story wine shop beside the street, with a flag flag flying in the air, and the name was Ningren Wine Shop.
A waiter had already come to greet me, and he said with a smile on his face: "Gentlemen, do you want to eat and drink? The shop has good Italian rose wine, and other delicacies and game."
Yang Yuanqing felt warm in his heart when he heard "Dalian Rose Peach Wine" and said with a smile: "Then the second floor!"
"Military gentlemen, please!" The waiter hurriedly invited them to the second floor, but he felt a little scared. There were more than forty people here! I wonder if there are still so many empty seats on the second floor?
A group of soldiers came to the second floor in great force. Fortunately, five or six tables on the east side were empty. This was because someone was treating guests and making reservations. The sergeants didn't care and occupied the seats one after another. Yang Yuanqing sat down in front of a window seat.
With his back against the window, he smiled and said to several waiters: "Don't ask, bring all the wine, food and meat, as well as biscuits, just the dishes."
Almost all the waiters came to serve them, and the food and wine were served like water. The soldiers devoured the food and munched happily, but no one dared to make any noise or disturb the general's contemplation.
Su Lie and Shen Guang were also sitting at the table. Su Lie was a little depressed. He wanted to stay in Yiwu, but Yang Yuanqing refused and took him back again without speaking. Yang Yuanqing knew that he needed a process to restore his mentality, so he
Ignore him, but Shen Guang came to Luoyang for the first time. Looking around, he was full of curiosity about everything in the new capital of Luoyang.
Yang Yuanqing drank a glass of wine slowly, but was thinking about something. When he met Su Wei in Guanzhong, Su Wei told him something. His wife Min Qiu actually sealed the title of Mrs. Yipingaoming, which caused a great stir in the capital.
Shocked, this was beyond Yang Yuanqing's expectation. He also thought that it would be from the fourth grade at most.
Only the wives of the founding veterans of the country have this kind of courtesy. Even He Ruoyunniang got the second rank because she was a continuation of her marriage. This was the special care of Empress Dugu. Minqiu was granted the first rank at the age of sixteen. This is
It reminded Yang Yuanqing of the time when he was granted the title of Doctor Yinqingguanglu. Even Yang Lihua advised him that it is not a good thing for a young man to be in a high position and be jealous of others. However, it seems that Yang Guang is willing to let him be a young man to a high position and make enemies for him. What on earth is he doing?
think?
Yang Yuanqing thought about the time when he was young and energetic, willing to be a pioneer, and was used by Yang Guang to become his sharp blade against the Guanlong forces. However, he offended the Guanlong nobles. Although he had always been favored by the Holy Family, who knew what would happen tomorrow?
What will happen?
Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but smile bitterly. He was not afraid of any Guanlong nobles. The emperor's heart was unpredictable. This was the biggest challenge he faced.
At this moment, he faintly heard a group of children singing a nursery rhyme on the street outside the window, "Jingxiang Sheep Wuri Sheng" is traveling to the Western Regions and wants to be king!
He was stunned for a moment, and when he wanted to listen carefully again, he saw that a group of children had already run away, and just in time two waiters came carrying wine. Yang Yuanqing waved to one of the waiters and asked him, "I heard a group of children singing just now. What?"
'Jingzhou Sheep..." I didn't hear clearly. What were they singing?"
The waiter scratched his head and smiled and said: "Oh! They are singing a children's song that has been popular in the capital in the past two days, called 'Jingxiang Sheep' Wuri is born' and goes to the Western Regions to become king! Anyway, many children are singing,
Langlangkou, I also remember it."
Now, Yang Yuanqing heard it clearly, and he was secretly surprised. Isn't this talking about him, Yang Yuanqing? He was born in Jingxiang and Yingzhou, and Wuri's birth refers to his name Yuanqing. He traveled to the Western Regions and wanted to be king.
It is the key, implying that he wants to seize the Western Region and become independent. Who is plotting against him behind the scenes?
It must have been in the past two days that Yang Yuanqing realized that someone was already secretly attacking him...
After lunch, Yang Yuanqing did not go back home, but went directly to the palace. He had to meet Yang Guang before he could go home. These were some details his grandfather taught him back then. These seemingly inconspicuous details were actually an attitude.
Problems often become the straw that breaks the camel's back at the most critical moment. He cannot make mistakes in such details.
The soldiers were waiting outside the end gate of the imperial city. He entered the imperial city and went directly to the palace city.
In the imperial room, Yang Guang had just finished lunch. Today happened to be the tenth day off, but for a king, there was no day of rest throughout the year. Although Yang Jian created the system of three provinces and six ministries, it was not perfect in the Sui Dynasty.
, the boundary between the power of the prime minister and the power of the king is not so clear. In addition, Yang Guang himself is a person with great power. He concentrates all the power in his own hands, from the appointment of the prime minister to the promotion of the county magistrate.
No matter how big or small, everything is done personally.
But as a result, the heavy state affairs weighed him down and he could hardly breathe. Although he spent a huge amount of money to build Xianren Palace and had many concubines in accordance with the etiquette system, in fact he had no chance to enjoy it.
The so-called lazy king must have a powerful prime minister, but in the end of Yang Guang's reign, there was never a powerful prime minister like Li Linfu or Yang Guozhong. This shows Yang Guang's diligence, or that he firmly held power in his own hands.
After lunch, it was his short lunch break, less than half an hour. Normally he liked to squint and take a nap, but these two days he was a little preoccupied.
There are two memorials on his desk. One is that Zhang Jin, the Minister of Punishment, impeached Yang Yuanqing for killing the Chuyue people in Yiwu and almost annihilating their clan. This was without mercy and cruelty, and demanded that Yang Yuanqing be punished.
Another historian ordered Wu Shou to petition with hundreds of ministers. They believed that Yang Yuanqing's wife's imperial edict was too heavy and was not suitable for her husband, so they requested that the imperial edict be reduced. There were hundreds of ministers and I who signed the petition, and most of these ministers were officials related to Longxi.
In addition, there are some members of the royal family, such as brothers Yang Xiong and Yang Da, and Shang Weiji of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Note: The Ministry of Civil Affairs means Shang Yang Xuangan of the Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of Rites.
But no one from the Shandong gentry clan signed it. The two major factions are clearly distinct. This is a very interesting phenomenon. Yang Yuanqing's wife is the direct daughter of the Pei family, and the Pei family is the leader of the Shandong gentry clan. She has to get a first-grade imperial decree. Of course, the Shandong gentry clan does not
There will be any objections.
From the two memorials, Yang Guang keenly caught a clue that Wujia was going to take action against Yang Yuanqing, or in other words, the Guanlong forces were going to take action against Yang Yuanqing, and behind Yang Wuqing were the Shandong nobles, and the Guanlong nobles were fighting against the Shandong nobles.
This is quite a wonderful showdown.
Although Yang Guang has been suppressing the Guanlong nobles, he does not want to suppress it too much and unbalance the forces in the court. Especially the children of the Guanlong nobles control most of the government troops, which makes Yang Guang somewhat afraid of the enemy.
On the one hand, they suppressed them, but on the other hand, they had to use them. They have always maintained a certain degree of control.
On the other hand, Yang Guang did not actually have a good impression of the Shandong gentry. The Shandong gentry upheld the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng and were the biggest opponents of the imperial examination. Their power was mainly in the local government. Most of the chiefs of counties in the north were Shandong gentry.
Yang Guang had no choice but to reuse the Pei brothers. He needed a force to compete with the Guanlong forces, and the southern forces never succeeded, so Yang Guang had to rely on the Shandong gentry.
This time the Yuan family planned to take action against Yang Yuanqing, which would inevitably involve the Pei family and then the entire Shandong gentry. Yang Guang realized that this must be the most intense official struggle since he ascended the throne.
Yang Guang couldn't help but smile slightly. If both sides could suffer losses, that would be the result he most wanted to see.
"Dang!" There was a sound of the cloud board knocking, which meant that his lunch break was over. Yang Guang slowly sat up and asked, "Is there anyone waiting outside to see you?"
He had just seen a eunuch who was speechless, and knew that someone was waiting for an audience outside. The eunuch on duty quickly came forward to report: "Your Majesty, General Yang Yuanqing of Zuo Xiaowei is waiting for an interview outside!"
"Is he finally here?"
Yang Guang laughed. He originally thought that Yang Yuanqing would arrive the day after tomorrow, but every time he thought that he would arrive so soon, he might have something to ask him.
"Announce his presence!"
After a moment, Yang Yuanqing quickly walked into the imperial chamber, knelt down on one knee and performed a military salute, and the general Yang Yuanqing of Xiaowei came to see His Majesty!"
"Yang Aiqing, you've worked hard all the way, I'm sorry!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Yang Yuanqing stood up, and Yang Guang asked him with a smile, "Yang Aiqing, have you gone home to see your wife? You broke up ten days after your wedding, and I feel a little guilty after being separated for half a year!"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, as soon as I enter the city gate, I should put public affairs first before private affairs, and put the country before family."
"This sentence is well said. I have always advocated the country, not the family. In order to commend you for abandoning your family for the country, I specially give you three days' leave to reunite with your wife!"
"I thank your Majesty for your kindness!"
Yang Yuanqing bowed again and said: "Your Majesty, has your Majesty read my memorial?"
"Yeah! I've seen it."
Yang Guang nodded and took the last one from the stack of important memorials on the left. This meant that Yang Yuanqing's memorial was the most important.
He flipped through it again and asked with a smile: "Yang Aiqing wrote two memorials in total. The first one is about conquering Yiwu country, and the second one is about attacking Chuyue. The one I am holding is the second one. What are you talking about?"
Ben?"
"Exactly!" Yang Yuanqing bowed.
Yang Guang opened the memorial and read it again, and said with a slight smile: "Your memorial said that the Western Turks were in internal strife and were unable to attack Yiwu, so they sent the Chuyue tribe to attack Yiwu, but you attacked first and destroyed the Chuyue tribe. Can you confirm it?
Is Chuyuebu really going to attack Yiwu?"
Although Yang Guang was smiling, his eyes were very cold. This involved Zhang Jin's impeachment, massacre of weak tribes, and pursuit of military glory.