Yang Yuanqing could not leave the imperial city. As soon as he walked to the gate, he heard someone calling him from behind, "General Yang, General Yang, stay!"
When Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw two eunuchs galloping towards him on horseback. He tightened the reins, and the two eunuchs galloped over, panting and saying: "General Yang, come back with us quickly, the Holy One wants to summon you!"
Yang Yuanqing nodded, turned his horse's head and walked with them. He smiled and asked the two of them: "Two father-in-laws, how is your Majesty's mood?"
"Your Majesty has had two bowls of bird's nest porridge, and he should be in a good mood. "Please familiarize yourself with the domain name "Shengtang"
Yang Yuanqing knew this well, which meant that Yang Guang was just pretending to leave in anger, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to suppress the Guanlong nobles again.
Sometimes Yang Yuanqing was a little suspicious that Yang Guang wanted to re-activate the Guanlong nobles, but judging from today's situation, Yang Guang's main line of attacking the Guanlong nobles has not changed, but is more covert.
Will Yang Guang take this opportunity to completely clean up the Yuan family?
At this time, in the imperial study, Yang Guang was also thinking about this issue. The children of the Yuan family were all over the court and the army. Should he use this opportunity to eliminate all the children of the Yuan family?
Yang Guang is very hesitant in his heart. If the Yuan family is really uprooted, then the Dugu family will become the largest family, and the Guanlong nobles will lose the opportunity for internal fighting. On the contrary, if the Yuan family can be retained, this opportunity can be used to create a relationship between the Yuan family and the Yuan family.
The feud between the Dugu family and the Guanlong nobles will be divided into two factions, resulting in internal fighting, which is more beneficial than uprooting the Yuan family.
Thinking of this, Yang Guang made a decision, this time he would only target Yuanshou and not involve the Yuan family.
He sat down, picked up a pen and marked the resignation report that Yuan Shou had just handed over with the word "懇". He breathed a sigh of relief, and the matter was settled.
At this time, the eunuch's report came from outside the imperial study, "Your Majesty, General Yang is here."
"Announce him to come in!"
The relaxed smile on Yang Guang's face disappeared, and he returned to the coldness he had when he left Xuanzheng Hall. Yang Yuanqing's tricks today were beyond his expectation, giving him a feeling that he was unable to control it. He didn't like this feeling. He
I feel it is necessary to win over Yang Yuanqing's heart again and not let him go so early. Holy Church.
At this time, Yang Yuanqing walked in and bowed deeply, "Your Majesty, Yang Yuanqing, is here to see you!"
Yang Guang rummaged in a chest drawer for a long time, found a memorial, handed it to Yang Yuanqing, "Read it first!"
An eunuch handed the memorial to Yang Yuanqing. He flipped through it and was secretly surprised. This was a memorial written by Yu Wenshu on the fifth day of the first lunar month in the second year of Daye. It detailedly displayed the Dugu family's grain store in the capital and pointed out that Dugu
The family controlled the grain of the capital.
Yang Guang looked at Yang Yuanqing with a half-smile but not a smile. His eyes seemed to tell Yang Yuanqing that nothing could be hidden from him. Yang Yuanqing sighed and lowered his head deeply, "Your Majesty is far-sighted and I am ashamed of myself."
A proud smile appeared on Yang Guang's face. Yang Yuanqing admitted that he was not as good as him, which made him feel slightly better. "But I don't know when the Yuan family took over the grain store. Can you tell me?"
Yang Yuanqing thought for a while and said: "The last time I went to Beijing with an order to stabilize the situation, I found out that the Dugu family controlled the food in the capital. I ordered the Dugu family to lower the price of food. It was probably that time that the Dugu family realized the danger and sent them to the capital."
The grain store was transferred to the Yuan family."
"Hmph! When they realize the danger, they pass it on to others. The Dugu family does have some tricks up their sleeves!"
Yang Guang sneered and threw Yu Wenshu's memorial into the wastepaper can. The Yuan family handed over the store, so this memorial was meaningless. Originally, he wanted to use this to deal with the Dugu family at a critical time in the future.
, but unexpectedly, Yang Yuanqing used it first today.
"Okay! I won't mention this matter anymore."
Yang Guang changed the subject, with a smile on his face, "Yuan Qing, I just discovered today that you are not only powerful in martial arts, but also have a good mind, and are very good at seizing opportunities. Now that the world is peaceful, it seems a pity to let you go to the frontier.
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Yang Yuanqing's heart skipped a beat. Yang Guang didn't want him to become a magistrate!
Yang Guang glanced at him, as if he understood what he was thinking, shook his head and said: "I don't want you to be a local official, because it won't be able to use your strengths. Since last year, I started to set up the Jinshi Department and selected ten people who took the imperial examination. There has indeed been an emergence.
There are many outstanding disciples, such as Zhang Suzhi, Hou Junsu, Fang Xuanling, Wen Yanbo, etc., but most of them are from the north, so I decided to hold a four-class civil service examination in Jiangdu, specifically for the southern counties and all school students.
, No matter you are high or low, you can take part in the exam, Yuan Qing, what do you think, are you interested in being the examiner?"
Yang Yuanqing waved his hands hurriedly, "Wouldn't it be a mistake to let me be the chief examiner? ("")"
Yang Guang thought for a long time, and he also felt that it was inappropriate to let Yang Yuanqing be the chief examiner, so he nodded, "I will let Xiao Ju be in charge of the Jiangdu Imperial Examination, and you can go and inspect the water transportation for me!"
Yang Yuanqing couldn't figure out Yang Guang's thoughts. He always felt that Yang Guang was very casual. Sometimes he asked him to be the examiner, and sometimes he arranged to inspect the water transportation. They were all casual, just like an excuse. His intuition told him that Yang Guang seemed to have something else.
arrange.
He bowed and saluted, "I am willing to share your worries for Your Majesty!"
Sure enough, Yang Guang waved his hand and ordered all the eunuchs in the study to leave. Then he said calmly: "Yuan Qing, do you still remember what I said during the morning court today?"
Yang Yuanqing nodded. He knew that Yang Guang was referring to the Grand Canal, "Your Majesty is talking about Jianghuai officialdom."
Yang Guang took out two memorials and handed them to Yang Yuanqing, "Look at this again."
Yang Yuanqing looked at it. One was the memorial of Wei Deyu, the censor, and the other was the memorial of Xue Daoheng, the official of Sili. The contents were all about Jianghuai officialdom. Yang Guang said coldly: "These two people are now in Jiangdu. They sent them
The content of the memorial is completely different. Wei Deyu's memorial told me that Zhang Xinsi, the governor of Pengcheng County, set up a checkpoint in the canal to collect taxes, and there were more officials doing other illegal activities. However, Xue Daoheng's memorial said that Jianghuai officials were clean and clear, and impeached Wei Deyu for blackmail.
I really don’t know which one to trust when it comes to officials’ money, so you nominally went to inspect water transportation, but do you actually understand?”
Only then did Yang Yuanqing understand that Yang Guang's real purpose was to ask him to investigate the Jianghuai officialdom. This was an offending job. Yang Yuanqing hesitated for a moment and said: "It's just that I don't have a supervisory position, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to suppress the Jiangnan officialdom."
"Of course I understand this. I will give you the title of Yushi Dafu and give you the Shangfang Emperor Sword. You are allowed to kill first and then show off!"
Yang Yuanqing returned home worried. For some reason, he always felt that Yang Guang's appointment was strange and a bit unreasonable. If he felt that Xue Daoheng or Wei Deyu could not be trusted, he could have asked other imperial censors to investigate the case, such as Pei
Yun or Zhang Heng are both experienced and shrewd. It seems a bit inappropriate to ask an inexperienced person like him to investigate the officialdom. What kind of yao is sold in Yang Guang's gourd?
As soon as he entered the house, his wife Minqiu ran over in a hurry, "Husband, hurry up to the guest room. Grandpa has been waiting for you for almost half an hour."
Yang Yuanqing was stunned, was Pei Ju waiting for him? He didn't even bother to mention that he was going on a business trip, so he walked quickly to the guest room.
In the guest room, Pei Ju was clasping his hands behind his back and staring at a word on the wall carefully. The more he looked at it, the more surprised he became. At this time, Yang Yuanqing walked in quickly and saluted Pei Ju: "Yuan Qing meets my grandfather!"
Pei Ju pointed to the calligraphy on the wall and asked, "Where did you get this calligraphy?"
Yang Yuanqing had never paid attention to the writing on the wall, so he smiled and said: "It should be the writing frame given to me by Princess Leping."
"The banner Her Royal Highness the Princess gave you, do you just want to hang it here?"
"This seems to have been hung up by my men. It was hung up when we first moved."
"This man of yours really deserves a good beating for hanging such a precious thing here casually. Your wife should also be scolded. I taught her all in vain."
Yang Yuanqing was stunned. He also looked at it carefully. The writing was quite long, with nearly a thousand words, but he didn't see the seal. He didn't know who wrote it, but the writing was very elegant. At this time, Pei Minqiu came in with tea and listened.
As soon as her grandfather said this, she quickly came forward to take a closer look. She was more knowledgeable than Yang Yuanqing. After looking at it for a long time, she suddenly covered her mouth with her hands. Pei Ju sneered, "Can you tell whose calligraphy this is?"
"Could this be Wang Xizhi's "Seventeen Posts"?" Pei Minqiu said hesitantly.
"It's more than just "Seventeen Posts". This is an authentic work. You actually hang it here so casually. Should you scold it?"
At this time, Yang Yuanqing had the urge to hold down Yang Balang and beat him hard. He had hung these calligraphy and paintings. Pei Ju was angry. He pulled the table, climbed directly on the table, took off the calligraphy, and slowly and slowly
He slowly rolled it up and said angrily to Yang Yuanqing and his wife who looked stunned: "As a punishment for you, I will confiscate this painting!"
Yang Yuanqing couldn't hold it back any longer and burst out laughing. Pei Ju glared at him and finally couldn't help laughing and said: "If there are any other good calligraphy and paintings, why don't you take me to see them?"
Yang Yuanqing quickly smiled and said: "Grandpa, I will give you this calligraphy and painting, but I have something important to discuss with you now."
Pei Ju snorted, "Have you thought of discussing it with me now? You didn't tell me about the Yuan family's grain store, so we wasted our energy on fighting the prophecy, and in the end, we were also fooled."
Yang Yuan said apologetically: "I only thought about the grain store last night. It was already very late and I didn't have time to tell my grandfather. I'm sorry."
Although Pei Ju was a little dissatisfied, it was a good job to kill Yuan Shou. His resentment calmed down a little, and he sat down and said, "Tell me! What did the Holy One ask you to do?"
Yang Yuanqing motioned for Min Qiu to sit down as well, and then he said: "This is what the Holy One mentioned during the morning court today about Zhang Xin, the prefect of Pengcheng County, collecting taxes without authorization."
Pei Ju was startled and said quickly: "Could it be that...the Holy One wants you to investigate the Jianghuai officialdom?"
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "The name is to inspect the water transportation, but in fact, I was asked to check the Jianghuai officialdom. I always feel that there is something wrong here. Things don't seem to be that simple."
"Of course it's not that simple!"
Pei Ju sneered, "Do you know who this Zhang Xin is?"
Yang Yuanqing thought for a moment, then suddenly blurted out, "Is this person related to Zhang Jin?"