It was still sunny in Luoyang at the end of the day, but in the middle of the day, it started to rain again. The rain condensed into a rain curtain and flowed from the eaves to the corridor, splashing raindrops on the stone slabs, and then fell on the stone slabs again. Follow the wide gaps between the stone slabs and flow together to the drainage ditch below.
Behind the dripping eaves outside Renshou Hall, Yang Ji looked down at the rain with a dark face.
Because of Gao Jun's frame-up, he was severely punished by Yang Guang. Fortunately, in the Sui Dynasty, there were provisions on "ransom with gold" and "sentencing with coins", so he was not beaten. After Yang Gongren arrived, Yang Guang's punishment was converted according to the provisions. Twenty-seven thousand guans may not seem like much, but if measured in terms of food, it is very high.
The price of good rice in the Sui Dynasty was about 4 or 5 qian per dou, and the fine of 27,000 guan was 27 million yuan. If calculated at 5 qian per dou of rice, it would be enough to buy 5.4 million dou of good rice. ; One dou is twelve and a half kilograms of future generations. Cumulatively, that is 64.8 million kilograms of future generations; if the selling price of one kilogram of rice is two yuan RMB, then twenty-seven thousand guan is equivalent to one pound. 129 million yuan.
In other words, just a few words from Gao Jiong cost him 64.8 million kilograms of rice, or 129 million yuan.
One can imagine how insidious it is.
Of course, Yang Guang also deliberately messed with him to create a "blood feud" with Xue. But without Gao Jiong, Yang Guang would not have this opportunity for revenge!
Yang Ji was naturally not a person who was short of money. Twenty-seven thousand yuan was just a drop in the bucket. He didn't feel bad about this figure at all, but he was waiting here with nothing to do, so it was painful to convert it into RMB.
He had made a rough calculation, but the final figure of 129 million made him feel heartbroken.
If I had known this, it would be better not to convert it.
Isn’t this self-inflicted?
At this time, a burst of brisk footsteps came from the corridor behind him. Yang Ji looked back and saw an official walking quickly. The pillar at the corner blocked his face. He didn't know who this person was. .
He wanted to see clearly who this person was. If Yang Guang hadn't been meeting this person for too long, he wouldn't have been idle to convert it, and he wouldn't have been so uncomfortable without it. If this person is a traitor like Feng Deyi, he must seek "justice" from him.
Soon, the man came closer, and Yang Ji could see clearly that this guy turned out to be Li Yuan, Duke of Tang Dynasty. Looking at his proud and rosy face, could it be that he had been promoted?
Li Yuan also saw Yang Ji. He immediately quickened his pace with a smile on his face. He cupped his hands from afar and said, "Your Majesty, long time no see!"
Li Yuan was originally the governor of Guanzhou, Guanzhou was Shangzhou, and the rank of the governor of Shangzhou was the third rank. He had just entered the palace to meet the emperor, and was canonized by Yang Guang as the young eunuch of the palace, but he was from the fourth rank. There were three ranks in between. The rank has been reduced, but he is subordinate to the imperial eunuch of Menxia Province and is in charge of everything in the emperor's life.
There is one supervisor in the palace, from the third rank; there are two junior supervisors, from the fourth rank, who are the deputy supervisors, and are responsible for the six bureaus of Shang Food, Shang Medicine, Shang Yi, Shang She, Shang Cheng, and Shang Chao. Everything is an urgent errand for the emperor, so all officials are held by close associates.
Relatively nominal supervisors, the two young supervisors were in charge of three bureaus each, and saw the emperor countless times every day; more importantly, Li Yuan's ability to enter this institution meant that Yang Guang regarded him as a confidant, which was far better than the regular supervisors. The third-grade Shangzhou governor is easy to be promoted.
This made Li Yuan ecstatic. He never dreamed that when he returned to Beijing due to family matters and had to go to the palace to meet the emperor in order to deal with the situation, the emperor actually gave him this position that made countless people jealous.
So when he saw Yang Ji, he was all smiles and couldn't hide his joy.
Yang Ji returned the gift and asked, "Mr. Tang, is this a promotion?"
"Thanks to the saint's love, I was transferred from the local to the center. I am now the young prisoner in the palace." Li Yuanle squinted his eyes. In order to maintain his grace, he coughed dryly, suppressed his laughter, and sighed: "The official position is humble and worthless. —It’s not worth mentioning, it’s just a joke, it’s a joke…Pfft!”
Before he finished speaking, Li Yuan burst into laughter.
Unable to bear it for a moment, he broke through the defense!
"Your Majesty, when I met the saint just now, the saint seemed to have encountered some great happy event and was in a very good mood. He was so happy that he rewarded me with a hundred-acre mansion located in the south corner of Huixunfang. I was about to Settling down a home and saving a huge sum of money.”
Li Yuan finished sharing his joy, and the next moment, the smile on his face became even brighter.
But Yang Ji felt like the bottom of a pot!
The dog emperor inside had just dealt with him and was very happy; but the guy in front of him happened to barge in, so he got a double happiness. He was really lucky.
"Congratulations, congratulations!" Yang Ji said against his will.
The two exchanged a few words, and then the voice of the chamberlain came from the distance: "The saint has a decree, King Xuanwei has an audience!"
Li Yuan was overjoyed and did not notice anything unusual about Yang Ji. He said cheerfully: "Your Majesty, Nanqu of Huixunfang is located in the northeast corner of Jingshanfang, not far from your mansion. When I choose the auspicious day of the zodiac and set a date for the move, I want to be rewarded!"
Yang Ji was confident and nodded: "Okay, I'll wait for the good news."
"Your Majesty, farewell!" Li Yuan cupped his hands and left happily. He also wanted to go to the Imperial City (Taiwei City), where he was the secretary and eunuch, to ask Taishi Ling Yu Zhi and eunuch Zhangqiu Taiyi to help choose a date.
"You feel good, but I'm very unhappy now!" After taking a deep look at Li Yuan's back, Yang Ji turned around and walked towards the Hall of Renshou.
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In the Hall of Renshou, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was in a very good mood. He first used Gao Jiong to trick Yang Ji and recovered a small debt. But what makes him feel even more happy is that he has found the chess piece to split the Guanlong nobles and break into the Guanlong nobles.
Before his death, his father once said: The world is no more poisonous than the clan, and the clans are the most poisonous, so eradicating the Guanlong aristocracy is Yang Guang's most important, difficult and severe task. Since he came to the throne, he has He has been thinking about strategies to deal with the Guanlong nobles.
His purpose is not to kill all the nobles of Guanlong, because that is unrealistic, so his strategy is to eliminate the strong and support the weak, use Guanlong to fight Guanlong to disintegrate their power from the inside, and then eradicate the balance, and then eradicate again. Balance, as long as the Guanlong nobles are divided, their power in the court is weak, and their resistance is getting smaller and smaller, they can gradually take back the military power of the Guanlong nobles and make them as controllable as the Shandong nobles, the southern nobles, and the Central Plains nobles.
Yang Guang also knew that the Guanlong nobles were so powerful that they could not act too hastily. More importantly, the "weakness" in eliminating the strong and supporting the weak had always made him hesitate, and Li Yuan's sudden entry into the palace made him see A glimmer of light.
He had known who Li Yuan was since he was a child. Due to the loss of his father at a young age and the decline of his family, Li Yuan appeared to be very inferior, cowardly and honest. However, his identity as the head of an aristocratic family and his mission to restore the glory of his ancestors made him arrogant. Pretentious, ambitious, cunning and cunning. Therefore, this person is extremely contradictory, he is inferior yet arrogant, cowardly yet greedy, honest yet treacherous.
For a person with this kind of temperament, Yang Guang believes that as long as you give him hope, courage, and strength, he will dare to do anything; as long as you continue to exist and remain strong, he will be afraid of you in his bones. Take control.
In view of this, Yang Guang decided that Li Yuan would act as the "weak" in eliminating the strong and supporting the weak. However, the matter was very important and the opportunity was only once, so he needed to observe him closely for a period of time to see whether Li Yuan was loyal and able to shoulder the important task. In addition, Li Yuan's status and reputation must be raised to a certain height; only in this way can Li Yuan be qualified to talk to the "leaders" of the three major Guan and Long factions on an equal footing and obtain more information. But the Guanlong nobles were not fools. If he promoted Li Yuan rashly, they would definitely be suspicious.
So, we have to wait!
"The humble minister Yang Ji meets the saint, and wishes the saint Khan to coexist with the mountains and rivers, to shine with the sun and the moon, to enjoy immortal blessings forever, and to live as long as the heavens!" Yang Ji walked in, looking very polite and short-handed, but there seemed to be an inscription on his forehead. With the four characters "I'm very unhappy".
"..." Yang Guang was amused. He looked at Yang Ji with a half-smile and said, "What? Are you still angry? Do you think I'm unfair?"
Yang Jixin said that you punished me, should I still kneel down and "thank the Lord for His kindness"? But he said: "How is it possible! The saint is wise, powerful, generous and benevolent, and knows rewards and punishments. He is supported by the whole army and praised by all the people. He is comparable to Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Zhou Wen, Zhou Wu, Qin Huang, and Han Wu. ; Wen Fu and poetry can be compared to three Cao and two Xie; military skills can be compared to Overlord and Marquis Wen; military strategies can be compared to Sun Wu and Han Xin... The admiration I have for you is like the endless flow of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and like the overflowing of the Yellow River, which is out of control. , like Mount Song and Mount Tai..."
"Don't do this to me, I don't want to hear it!" Yang Guang's face was rosy and soft, with a smile on his brows and eyes. Although he was sternly disdainful, he felt in his heart that apart from words of praise, all kinds of The comparison really makes some sense.
Seeing his smile, Yang Ji thought to himself that maybe he could work harder and save half of the 129 million. Just when he was about to continue praising him, Yang Guang had already said: "Gong Gao is determined and unstoppable. If he doesn't want to retire and return to his hometown, , how can you persuade him? In fact, he has long wanted to retire, but he has never said so. It is not that he is greedy for power or unwilling to part with the honor he has, but that he loves this great empire! "
At this point, Yang Guang's face became extremely solemn: "In this world of ours, Aye worked hard to establish the dynasty. Since the founding of the country, it has been on the verge of annihilation several times; Gao Gong and other senior ministers have worked hard to continue the Sui Dynasty. , proudly stand at the top of the world, and have worked hard and struggled for decades to achieve the current prosperous age of the Sui Dynasty. The Sui Dynasty is their child!"
"Parents, as long as they die, they can't let go of their children, for fear that the children will not eat well, sleep well, or be plotted by others... Gao Gong's feelings for the Sui Dynasty were like this! This is also the greatness and kindness of the old minister. What’s valuable…”
Yang Ji heard this and asked, "Then will you agree to his request to become an official?"
"Definitely not!" Yang Guang said: "The Sui Dynasty was in a period of great changes, and with Situ gone, Duke Gao became more important and indispensable. Do you think I can agree?"
After hearing Yang Guang's sonorous and powerful words, Yang Ji felt relieved and nodded fiercely: "For the sake of the Sui Dynasty, I won't agree!"
You old Gao, I asked you to trick me. Now, you can’t escape, right?
Ha ha!
Yang Guang frowned and said, "Why did Mr. Gao suddenly retire and return to his hometown? Is there a reason?"
Yang Ji said, "Old Gao, if you did the first grade of junior high school, don't blame me, Yang Ji, for doing the fifteenth grade." He said, "The recent behavior of the Yang family's children made him deeply touched and frightened, so he planned to retire and return to his hometown to teach his children and grandchildren strictly so as not to waste time. After he is gone, the descendants of the Gao family will be foolish."
"That's it!" Yang Guang suddenly realized, and then explained: "I know that Gao Gong's resignation has nothing to do with you, and I will never agree; so you two will still be my indispensable ministers in the future. But you took his precious Who can bear it when your daughter is reduced to nothing? If he has a grudge because of this, how will you work together in the future? This is one of my intentions to punish you. "
Yang Ji somewhat agreed with this explanation, pondered for a while, and asked Yang Guang, "What about the second one?"
"The second? The second is that he knows that I understand his temperament and personality, and I am so smart. He doesn't even hope that he can hide it from me by framing the blame, so he just disgusts you." Yang Guang said confidently : "I'm punishing you not only to give him an explanation, but also to show that the cause and effect is over and that marriage is no longer mentioned. He also understands what I mean. And you are wasting money to eliminate disaster."
"Is it true? Is it reliable?" Yang Ji felt that this statement was very unreliable. With Lao Gao's shamelessness, stubbornness, and stubborn temper, how could he be so honest and obedient?
Yang Guang glanced at Yang Ji for a while, as if everyone was drunk but he was the only one awake, then shook his head and said, "This is a tacit understanding between smart people and smart people. Even if you tell me, you won't understand!"
"..." The corner of Yang Ji's mouth twitched. He had seen countless narcissistic people, but this was the first time for him to be so narcissistic.
"What if he still pesters me? So what?" Yang Ji felt that Yang Guang still underestimated Gao Jiong's shamelessness and did not believe in the so-called tacit understanding.
Yang Guang was confident in his analysis and waved his hand grandly: "If he still keeps pestering me, I will pay you back ten times!"
"It's a deal?"
"It's a deal!"
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