In the north corner of Quanshanfang, a tall mourning shed was built in the square in front of the Duke of Chu's mansion for relatives and friends to pay their respects. The shed was covered with white gauze curtains and filled with cigarettes. In the middle, three animals and fruits were neatly placed on the golden nanmu table. To enshrine Yang Suling's throne. More than a hundred monks recited sutras for Yang Su in the tomb, and dozens of Yang family's disciples knelt in front of the tomb in mourning.
Yu Shiji, who was dressed in linen clothes, entered the mourning shed, bowed step by step, and took out three sticks of incense from the small table. After lighting them in the large fire pit that served as an oil lamp, he held the incense in his hands and respectfully moved toward the tomb. After performing nine rituals, the soul carefully inserted the incense sticks in his hand into the incense burner one by one.
Throughout the whole process, he looked serious, looked solemn, and was very polite. When the filial sons and grandsons on both sides were offering incense, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed in return.
In the case of martial arts fraud that year, Yang Ji used Yu Wenshu as a breakthrough point; Yu Shiji did not know that Yang Ji's malicious injury incident was related to the martial arts examination; when he saw that Yang Ji was at a disadvantage, he accepted Yu Wenshu's bribe. The two colluded with Liang Kun, the Minister of Criminal Affairs, and controlled the trial. Unexpectedly, Yang Ji suddenly exerted force and expanded the situation to the military exercise that Yang Guang attached great importance to. Yuwenshu's crimes such as bad government policy, seizing military power, raising a private army, hoarding food and wages, and forging weapons... were also exposed one by one. He ended up losing his job.
As an accomplice, Yu Shiji was suddenly promoted from the position of the internal historian to the internal historian, and he suddenly became unscrupulous. In addition to his own lawlessness, corruption of laws, and selling officials to prison, he also allowed his wife and children to openly accept bribes and trampled on the dignity of officials, which caused the government and the public to be excited.
Because Yu Shiji had done a good job on the surface and controlled the Ministry of Internal Affairs and History, the impeachment memorial was like a stone thrown into the sea, without any news. At the same time, Yu Shiji took the opportunity to retaliate and cut off people in various ways, for various reasons, and with various crimes. The officials who impeached him were impeached, and no one in the government or the public dared to impeach him from now on. However, such domineering behavior also caused public outrage.
When Yu Wenshu's crimes were confirmed and he "lost the case at court," all civil and military officials took the opportunity to expose the various crimes committed by Yu Shiji, an accomplice. Yang Guang dismissed Yu Wenshu's minister of internal affairs, his title, and his official position, and was demoted to the magistrate of Kaiyang County in Shuozhou.
However, the officialdom is full of ups and downs, and most important ministers will not end their political lives easily. Even though Yang Guang once said angrily, "Yuwenshu has evil intentions and will never be hired," he finally let Yuwenshu come back.
In the same way, Yu Shiji managed Kaiyang County very well because of his hard work over the years. Yang Guang, who already liked his talent, saw that he had changed his ways and summoned him to the court three months ago. It was quite ironic. However, after going around for a few years, he became a general secretary in the late emperor's period, while his confidant Feng Deyi was promoted from the internal historian to the internal historian and became his direct superior.
After the worship ceremony was completed, Yu Shiji bowed to the filial son and filial grandson and went to the ground. After leveling his head, he lifted up Yang Xuangan, Yang Xunzong and other Yang Su's legitimate sons who were kneeling in front of him one by one.
"Master Yu, please come this way!" Yang Yue, who was in charge of reception, took Yu Shiji to sit down at the table next to him. Although Yu Shiji is now just a general manager, he has great literary talent. A few days ago, he wrote thirty official documents with different contents in one breath. His concise diction and sophisticated use of words made Yang Guanglong very happy. Yang Yue knew that this person's rise would not be too far away, so even though the other person was a subordinate among his subordinates, he was very polite.
"On the day of Situ's funeral, the ceremony held by the court was very solemn and rich. The saint personally helped the spirit out of the palace. Later, he was posthumously awarded the title of Taiwei Gong, Situ, and the governor of the Ten Prefectures. Such a great imperial favor is rare in history." Yu Shiji sighed solemnly. He bowed in the direction of the spiritual throne and continued: "The spirit of Situ is especially present. When the old man sees the saint like this, he will be extremely pleased, and will continue to protect the Sui Dynasty and the Yang family in his own way."
"The envoy has come to pay homage many times! I would like to express my gratitude to the envoy for your kindness on behalf of the whole family." Yang Yue turned to look at Yang Su's memorial tablet and sighed secretly: My brother has received the honor he deserves, and he must be smiling! However, what about living people?
They are obviously more concerned about the interests and rights of living people at the moment!
Yang Yue was by nature deep and silent, aloof and self-respecting, eager to learn and memorize, and he was also Yang Su's private strategist. His current title is Duke of Guo, his official title is Doctor Youguanglu, and his official title is Nei Shiling. However, Nei Shi Ling, like Shangshu Ling and Menxia Sheng Na Yan, have more symbolic meaning than reality. The power of the three provinces belongs to the left and right servants and the left and right ministers below. What's more, in addition to him, Yang Zhao and Xiao Cong also hold the position of Internal History Order. In this case, what power does he have? How much honor can there be?
Because of Yang Suzhi's military exploits, his younger brother Yang Shen and his nephews were all given titles and official positions, but they were not given any official positions. Of course, Yang Xuangan was Honglu Shaoqing before, but he resigned because of his filial piety.
On the contrary, his cousin Yang Wensi, in addition to Zhengping County Duke, also has the more powerful official position of Minister of Civil Affairs; and among the Yang family, only the more useful position of Minister of Civil Affairs is left!
Yang Yue himself did not love money or be lewd, and spent more than half of his salary to help the poor. His lifestyle was exactly the same as that of Yu Shinan. No matter how poor he was, he refused to receive help from his brothers and nephews; he always lived a life of peace and prosperity. Light, tight days. But he is a very "famous" and "powerful" person!
He believed that his parents had worked hard to give birth to him, and if he could not shine in the annals of history, he would be living up to his parents' kindness and living in vain. However, the prerequisite for "leaving a name" is to have "power". With power, you can guide the country, criticize others, show your talents and achievements, and write a "good name" that will be praised for thousands of years. However, now, the most critical "power", the whole family does not have much left.
How could he bear this? How not to be extremely anxious?
His mood is actually shared by the "Yang family". After all, from the master to the slaves, they are all used to living a life of being high above others, with everyone looking up to them, and a bustling crowd. But suddenly, the sky pillar that holds up the "sky" suddenly disappears. Under the influence of all kinds of rumors, they were extremely hesitant; they were worried that the good days were gone forever, they were also afraid of attacks by Yang Su's powerful political opponents, and most importantly, they were even more worried about the new president who was about to take office. The owner of the house was unable to protect them.
With all kinds of negative emotions gathered together, how can we not be anxious, nervous, and worried?
As the pillars of the house, Yang Yue and others were affected by the tense atmosphere in the house and became more eager to gain power. In order to achieve their goals, they not only incited public opinion and took advantage of public opinion, but also forced and "kidnapped" the emperor in the court today.
Just as Yang Yue was about to reminisce about the past and discuss cooperation with Yu Shiji, Yang Shen's grandson Yang Shou rushed over. He saluted Yang Yue and reported: "Uncle, my grandpa is coming to express his condolences."
Yang Yue frowned and said, "Which aunt is my grandfather? Be specific."
Yang Shou glanced at Yang Yue carefully and whispered: "Feng Deyi!"
Hearing this, the faces of all the Yang family members, including Yang Yue, changed greatly and became extremely ugly.
Feng Deyi first served as Yang Su's marching secretary. Among the many staff members, Yang Su only admired Feng Deyi. He often discussed political affairs with him all day long without feeling tired. Later, he not only recommended him to Yang Jian, but also his cousin Married to Feng Deyi.
However, Yang Su valued Feng Deyi's intelligence, but he didn't know that this man was feeding an unfamiliar wolf cub and raising an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf. Not only did he secretly rely on Yu Shiji when he was in power and make suggestions for Yu Shiji; he also used the trust of Yang Su, Yang Yue and others to secretly sell many of the core secrets of the Yang family and many of the decisions that Yang Su would implement to Yu Shiji, thus gaining Yu Shiji's trust. trust. It was not until Yu Shiji committed a crime in the martial arts fraud case that many informant letters from Feng Deyi were found from his "official office".
Once it was exposed, the whole country was in an uproar.
Yang Guang was promoted to Feng Deyi after the fact based on the principle of "doing good deeds rather than doing good deeds". But one can imagine the mood of the Yang family; one can also imagine the attitude of the Yang family towards Feng Deyi!
Yu Shiji's eyes flashed and he stood up silently. He looked at the ugly faces of the Yang family, then stepped aside, thinking: Now there is a good show to watch, I hope there is something operable and exploitable. at.
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(This chapter was completed on August 14th. I still owe 12 days from last month. Please vote for me and recommend me!)
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