After the rain, the entire majestic and magnificent Emperor was shrouded in misty smoke. The dust on the roof ridges and treetops was washed away. The red walls, black tiles, green trees and bamboos all exuded a fresh breath and rich water vapor. The air filtered in through the open windows, making the Hall of Renshou cool and pleasant.
The Hall of Renshou is located to the west of the Daye Hall and to the north of the Xuanzheng Hall where the Chang Dynasty is held. Yang Guang usually read and reviewed memorials here, which is equivalent to his outer study. The interior decoration of the hall is simple, heavy and simple but low-key and luxurious. The interior furnishings are similar to those of the Renshou Hall of the Daxing Palace. They are exactly the same, there are no dazzling decorations, only a light smoke bird and a bronze incense burner are placed in the corner of the main hall. The faint fragrance of sandalwood is refreshing and refreshing.
At this moment, Yang Guang was reviewing memorials in the palace. He is thirty-seven years old this year, which is the age when a man is in the prime of life. It is just a huge empire with a lot of government affairs.
Although Yang Guang had given insignificant part of the power to the Assembly Hall and the three provinces and six ministries, the Sui Dynasty had a vast territory, and many memorials were produced every day in terms of people's livelihood, official administration, military, construction, criminal cases, etc. Those sent to him are all top priority, and each pile and each item accumulates, and there are many more.
After approving a memorial from Liaozhou, Yang Guang put down his pen and looked at the official next to him. This man was about forty years old, with a handsome appearance, sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, a tall and strong figure, and a chin. With three strands of beautiful beard, he sat there as calm as a mountain, giving off a majestic and steady aura.
This person's name is Lu Chu, and he is the governor of Henan.
Henan Prefecture is equivalent to Jingzhao Prefecture and is the seat of the imperial capital. The current Henan Prefecture is the Little Yuzhou (Luoyang) in the Greater Yuzhou. Long before the capital was moved eastward, the top official of the Little Yuzhou was the governor, and the top official of the Big Yuzhou was the non-permanent Yuzhou Mu.
The capital of the Sui Dynasty is now here. In order to prevent the Yuzhou Mu from destroying the center of the imperial court, Yang Guang abolished the Yuzhou Mufu, so that the states under Yuzhou did not belong to each other and were in a situation of independent governance.
As for Yuzhou (small), where the capital is located, it is equivalent to Beijing/Beijing City in later generations. It was the top priority of the Sui Dynasty. It has now been renamed Henan Prefecture; the highest official is no longer the governor recommended by the Ministry of Officials of Shangshu Province, but Fu Yin and Henan Order directly appointed by the emperor.
Out of the need to balance the forces between the east and the west, Yang Guang appointed Lu Chu, a descendant of Fan Yang's Lu family, as the order of Henan. His appointment was not only a move to support the Shandong gentry against the Guanlong nobles, but also a move to support the Fanyang Lu family against the powerful Er Cui of the Shandong gentry.
The five surnames and seven clans of the Shandong gentry were in-laws to each other, so they were united as a whole, sharing honor and disgrace, but they were never monolithic internally, and intrigues were constantly going on within them.
During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowen designated the four prestigious families as the "Four Great Sects of the Northern Wei Dynasty", namely the Fanyang Lu family headed by Lu Min, the Qinghe Cui family headed by Cui Zongbo, the Xingyang Zheng family headed by Zheng Xi, and the Wang Qiong family. The four surnames of the Taiyuan Wang family are headed by them. However, the Wang family in Taiyuan suffered a serious decline and its strength was greatly reduced, so the noble families in the world were re-ranked. The four top sects became Cui, Zheng, Lu, and Li, and the Wang family of Taiyuan fell out of the top sect.
The Cui family of Qinghe, who used to be ranked second, rose to the first place with the support of the Cui family of Boling; Zheng Yi in the Zheng family in Xingyang was the backbone of Yang Jian's victory over the world. After Yang Jian deposed Zhou Li and established the Sui Dynasty, he gave the Zheng family The generous returns made its strength from third to second; the Longxi Li family emerged with many talents and entered the four major gates in one fell swoop, ranking fourth. As for the Lu family of Fan Yang, who originally ranked first, Lu Qian led him to its peak in the Northern Qi Dynasty. After the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty, a large number of Lu family's descendants in the officialdom were brutally purged, so they fell to third place.
The fierce battle between famous families can be seen in general. If it is subdivided into seven categories, the competition will become even more intense.
Although the Boling Cui family pushed the Qinghe Cui family to the top, the two sects also fought secretly for ranking and status. Naturally, the same was true for the Longxi Li family and the Zhaojun Li family. This was also the case between people with the same surname, and the fight with their surnames can be imagined.
Therefore, Yang Guang had many deep intentions in appointing Lu Chu as the order of Henan. As long as Lu Chu doesn't make any extraordinary mistakes in the future, Yang Guang's big game and the "power" of the world can push him to the peak of power; as for his personal ability and achievements, it doesn't actually matter.
However, Lu Chu was certainly not a mediocre person. He was an educated man, good at both civil and military affairs, and upright. He started his career in Yang Guang's East Palace Records Office and joined the army. He was also Yang Guang's confidant. Since he came to power, he has managed Henan Mansion in an orderly manner.
Yang Guang asked with a smile: "Lu Qing has complicated affairs, many big and small matters, and it's raining heavily now. Why are you here? But what's the important matter?"
Lu Chu quickly stood up, walked quickly in front of Yang Guangzheng, held up the memorial in both hands, and said: "I am reporting to the sage. I was giving instructions on the documents when I suddenly heard that Feng Deyi, the internal history doctor, was making a fuss in the memorial shed of the Duke of Chu. Later. In order to stop King Wei who went to the Duke's Mansion of Chu State, he publicly rebuked the doctor Feng Zhong until he was speechless and devalued him as worthless. Once the onlookers spread word of mouth, it became more and more bizarre. Since this matter involves the employment of saints, Officials such as Fanglue, Situ Zhiling, King Wei, Gao Xiangguo, etc., were anxious and came here to report the matter."
Henan prefecture governs eighteen counties, and the capital city is divided into two counties, Henan and Luoyang. Due to the large number of people, dignitaries, and dandy children in the capital, more things happen in these two counties every day than in a large state. In addition, the people who fight and bully are mostly the children of high-ranking officials and aristocratic families, so people with average talents and average will really cannot and will not be good officials in Henan Prefecture.
The farce that happened in front of the Duke of Chu's Mansion in the afternoon seemed like a trivial matter, but in addition to involving the Duke of Chu's Mansion, Yang Ji, Gao Jiong, Feng Deyi, and Yu Shiji, it was also related to the emperor's reputation; Lu Chu naturally did not dare to neglect it. After sorting out the whole story clearly, he wrote a memorial and went to the palace to meet the emperor.
After reading the memorial, Yang Guang suddenly became furious: "What a treacherous villain! He dares to do anything for me. It's totally unreasonable. Come on, please arrest Feng Deyi and bring him back to Dali Temple for trial." ."【Note】
"Yes!" Someone answered outside the door, and then there was the sound of footsteps, presumably rushing to arrest someone.
Yang Guangyou was furious. It is true that he was really unhappy with the idiots in the Yang family, but he had already sent Yang Ji and Gao Jiong to issue orders; in a sense, the matter had already turned over.
And this farce was originally a "family matter" of the Duke of Chu. Even if they broke the news, it had nothing to do with him, Yang Guang. The key is that Feng Deyi, a bastard, used him as a shield when the dog was in a hurry. If Yang Ji and Gao Jiong hadn't handled it properly, not only would he have gained a reputation as an ill-informed person, but those ignorant people would have even I thought he sent Feng Deyi to demonstrate and harm the descendants of heroes.
It is inevitable that in the future there will be people who use his name as a tyrant, so Feng Deyi must be severely punished to serve as a warning to others.
At the same time, the "Yang Su family" and the subjects of the world can also feel his respect and protection for Yang Su, which makes him gain unexpected popularity.
Kill two birds with one stone, that's all.
As for the miserable Feng Deyi, he was neither an indispensable member of the court nor an indispensable member of the imperial court, and he committed his own crimes and committed suicide. Yang Guang didn't care whether he lived or died.
"Reporting to the saint, King Wei and Prime Minister Gao are asking for an audience!" Just as Lu Chu was about to leave, Yang An's voice came from outside the palace.
Yang Guang said: "Xuan!"
After a moment, footsteps sounded at the door of the hall. Yang Ji and Gao Jiao walked into the hall with dark faces and saluted: "See the saint!"
Yang Guang took a look at them, but found that both of them had bad looks on their faces, giving people a feeling of unhappy separation. He stretched out his hand to help: "Ping Sheng!" Then he said to Lu Chu: "Lu Qing, you go down first. Bar!"
"Wei Chen, please retire!" Lu Chu responded, then said goodbye to Yang Ji and Gao Jiong, and left the Hall of Renshou.
Yang Ji briefly explained the results of the order, and then Gao Jiong added. As for what happened outside the door, Yang Ji did not hide it and told it truthfully.
Yang Guang didn't take the results of Yang Guang's orders to heart. He had already done his best. If Yang Yue and the others were rude and caused trouble again, it would be his fault. As for the matters outside the door, he even took care of Feng Deyi. There is nothing to say or ask.
What he is curious about now is what the old and the young are sulking about. This is not because he likes gossip, but because after Yang Ji returned to the court, Gao Jiong was obsessed with betrothing his daughter to Yang Ji, but Yang Ji didn't want to, because The problem caused by this is that the two people are trying to harm each other.
As Yang Guang expected, after Gao Jiong mentioned his intention to retire, he brought up the old conversation again on the road, but Yang Ji still refused. The two argued to no avail and neither gave the other a good look.
When Yang Guang asked, he heard that there was another quarrel over this nonsense. He immediately looked at the two of them with both laughter and laughter. Seeing that it was not a big deal, he asked Yang Ji: "Vajra slave, tell me! Why don't you want to Marry?"
"She has a bad temper. If she comes into my house and causes chaos, how can I have the energy to serve the country?" It's not that Yang Ji is being pretentious, but that even if Gao Ling marries into the Yang family, she can only be a concubine; From a utilitarian point of view, the status of Gao Haonv not only cannot help him, but also causes hidden dangers in his career and family; from an emotional point of view, the two of them are only at the stage of acquaintance. As for appearance, figure, talent, education, etc., none of Zhang Chuchen, Murong Xianyue, Xian Yufang, Liuxu, Lu Siqi, Qiu Shui, Qiuyue, Xinyue, Meiyue and others were worse than Gao Ling.
Since Gao Ling has no outstanding advantages, her temper is not very good, and marrying her would do more harm than good, so if one day you really want to take a concubine, you might as well find one at home! However, out of interest considerations, Gao Jiong wanted to give the Gao family more protection after he retired, so he wanted to force Gao Ling over.
As a father, Gao Jiong didn't like hearing Yang Ji's words. He glared at Yang Ji dissatisfied and said, "If a gentleman doesn't say bad words, how can the king hurt others with his words?"
"Hurting people with words? Please, I am telling the truth, okay?" Yang Ji said suddenly: "How did the conflict between He Ruobi and I come about? It was your precious daughter who instigated He Ruohuailiang to hurt people. All the conflicts that occurred later were It started from your daughter. If I, Yang Jifu, were not so lucky, I would have been killed by He Ruobi's soldiers long ago. I don't dare to want such a troublemaker!"
Gao Yan stared at Yang Ji with burning eyes and said angrily: "My daughter is beautiful and talented, far better than ordinary ladies."
Yang Ji shook his head and said, "I admit that your daughter is beautiful, but when marrying a virtuous wife, if she is beautiful but does not have good character and temperament, it will destroy the family at best and the clan at worst."
Gao Jiong frowned after hearing this. It seemed that what Yang Ji said was right. His daughter was beautiful and talented, but she was really not suitable for a real wife who cared for her husband and raised her children. He thought for a while and said, "I admit that Ling'er is not as good as the princess." She is gentle and generous, and manages the household well, but she is innocent and lively. If she marries you, she will be just a concubine. As a concubine, it is enough for her to be beautiful and talented."
"Innocence and shallowness, liveliness and savagery are actually only separated by a wall. If she does this again and I die unfortunately, what will you do to my elder wife and children?" Yang Ji wanted to end this endless "farce" , and said to Gao Jiong with a firm stance: "Mr. Gao, for the happiness and safety of my family, I cannot and do not dare to take risks. If it were you, you would put your family first, not a person with no life. Outsiders involved, for the sake of my elder wife and children, just let me go!"
Gao Jiong was speechless.
Although Yang Guang, the "referee", has been silent, the balance in his heart has already been tilted towards Yang Ji; after all, given Yang Ji's status, as long as he wants, there will be countless beauties coming for him to choose from. In this case, why choose someone with a bad temper, shallowness and savagery?
If it were him, he wouldn't dare to ask for it!
This debate, regardless of emotion or reason, Gao Jun has been completely defeated in Yang Guang's heart!
Unexpectedly, Gao Jun suddenly said: "Sage, I have been weak in energy and neglected many political affairs in recent years. On the way to the palace, King Wei also said: Since I am old and frail and unable to do what I want, why not put down the government? The veteran thinks so. If you can beg for bones, Returning home can not only support the family, entertain the grandchildren, and educate the children, but also make way for the energetic underachievers. Otherwise, if something happens to the old minister, no one will suddenly take over the mountainous government affairs, and there will be a big chaos."
Gao Jiong said it sincerely, but Yang Ji was dumbfounded.
Spicy next door!
You originally wanted to resign and return to your hometown, why did you surrender me as well? It's okay to confess. Why choose to do it after the debate is over instead of before?
You said it at this time, making it seem like I was forcing you to become an official!
Yang Guang was also stunned, but what he focused on was the sentence "King Wei also said". He glared at Yang Ji and gritted his teeth and said: "Vajra slave, how dare you encourage and force Minister Humerus to lead the way, how disgusting! "
"That's not the case!" Yang Ji said angrily: "He originally planned to retire and return home, what does it have to do with me?"
"Shut up!" Yang Guang scolded, then turned to Gao Jiong and said warmly: "Mr. Gao, please go back to the house first. I will definitely give you an explanation."
"Old minister, please retire!" Gao Jiong bowed and left slowly. His figure behind him said that he was as lonely as he was!
"As you command!"
"..." Yang Ji was about to cry but had no tears.
Since Yang Gongren took charge of the family law, he has always been selfless and ruthless. Even his father Yang Xiong and uncle Yang Da could beat him to death, let alone Yang Ji.
This time, he was really harmed by Gao Jiong!
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[Note: In the early days of the founding of the "Five Provinces and Six Ministries", the relationship between the three departments was already established: the Yushitai, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple divided their labors and cooperated with each other, coordinating and restraining each other; the Dali Temple was responsible for the trial of cases, and the Yushi Taiwan is responsible for supervising Dali Temple trials, and the Ministry of Punishment is responsible for review. In the Sui Dynasty, the Yushitai also had the power to judge and judge; and the Ministry of Punishment, which was the final check, was not only responsible for reviewing the trial results of Dali Temple, but also responsible for reviewing various cases collected from all over the world and brought to Beijing.
In order to improve efficiency, standardize judicial trial activities at all levels, and prevent judicial officials from procrastinating, the imperial court clearly stipulated the time required to complete the proceedings: the review time of Dali Temple and Yushitai should not exceed 20 days, and the review time of the Ministry of Punishment should not exceed 10 days. If the Ministry of Punishment objects to the trial result and rejects the retrial, the retrial time in Dali Temple and Yushitai cannot exceed fifteen days. Corresponding penalties are also set for officials who violate time limits.
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Of course, the time limit in the regulations is not immutable. If a certain case is classified as major, serious, or serious, it will be considered accordingly.
The situation in which the three departments cooperated and suppressed each other lasted until the Li Zhi Dynasty; while Wu Zetian concentrated the power of the three departments to Yushitai, causing countless injustices and mistakes. However, during Wu Zetian's period, there were many ruthless officials and officials were in danger. Therefore, after Li Longji came to power, the fearful officials promoted the major reform of the judicial system and further improved the judicial system. In this way, Wu Zetian seems to have made a 'contribution'. 】
