Yang Ji has always defined himself as a local official and believes that the affairs of the court have nothing to do with him. Regarding the early court, he hides whenever he can, but Yang Guang, who is the emperor, does not think so. If he has a head Seeing that Yang Ji was absent from the court one morning, he sent his servants to arrest Yang Ji and bring him to court before dawn the next day.
Yang Ji was the pastor of Liangzhou, but he himself stayed in the capital for a long time. Regarding this, the officials secretly thought that the emperor was worried that Yang Ji would become the second Yang Liang, so he kept Yang Ji in captivity in the capital; but slowly, the officials realized that something was wrong. The emperor was keeping Yang Ji captive. He clearly needed Yang Ji and was reluctant to let him leave the capital. Otherwise, he would not have summoned him to the Hall of Renshou for secret talks every morning after the court.
Early this morning, Yang Ji was called by the chamberlain to attend the court meeting again; as soon as the court meeting was over, Yang Guang called him to Renshou Hall to discuss for a long time. After noon, he was bombarded back again. When he returned to the palace, his stomach was growling with hunger.
"Where are the people? Where have they gone?" Usually at this time, Yang Ji's wife would carry her son to the atrium where there are more people, so that they can get familiar with people and get used to the crowded atmosphere. However, as soon as I arrived at the atrium courtyard today, I heard that the main hall and side hall in front of me were quiet; it seemed that there was no one there.
"Your Majesty, the concubine and the princess are taking the young master to visit relatives." Xian Yufang, who was following closely, replied.
"Which relative's house did you go to again today?" Yang Ji was not surprised by Xian Yufang's answer. Since the birth of the two boys, he had become a dispensable "outsider"; in recent times, he I always take my three daughters-in-law and two grandchildren to visit relatives. I don’t know what she thinks.
"The Changsun family!" Xian Yufang said.
"Oh!" Yang Ji responded casually. The marriage between Yang Hao and Changsun's Guanyin had been decided a few days ago. At first, his mother-in-law and his wife were all opposed to it, but when they saw the lovely Guanyin maid, who was full of fans, they all stopped talking.
Based on their attitude, if Changsun Cheng and his wife agreed, they would definitely take Maid Guanyin home to raise and educate her on their own!
In fact, if the eldest son's family really allowed Maid Guanyin to come, Yang Ji would definitely be willing to raise it himself; because he knew that although Maid Guanyin was known as a virtuous queen in history, comparing her with Queen Dugu, the watershed appeared; and the most shocking thing is that What is criticized is that she has no brains to protect her mother's family. If she grew up in the palace, the situation would definitely be different.
"Prepare some lunch for me." Yang Ji ordered and walked towards the side hall.
"Here!" Xian Yufang responded and left.
Yang Ji entered the dining hall of the side hall and suddenly saw his aunt Su Yunniang walking out of the back hall. Before Yang Ji could say anything, she came over quickly and said, "Vajra slave, you are back."
Yang Ji heard that there was something wrong in her words, but he still asked casually: "Auntie, you didn't go to Changsun's house?"
"There must be someone watching at home after all!" Su Yunniang responded, and then said: "This morning, Princess Leping and Mrs. Gao from Duke Qi's family came. They just left not long ago."
"Are we going to kiss you again?" Yang Ji was stunned for a moment. Good guy, Gao Jiong actually changed to the "lady route"? So who wins the bet between myself and Yang Guang?
"Absolutely!" Su Yunniang chuckled and said, "But everyone has a sense of propriety, so don't worry."
Yang Ji sat down after hearing this. He said everything that needed to be said; everyone knew what was going on, so he was naturally relieved.
Su Yunniang sat opposite Yang Ji and asked again: "I heard from Yin Sima that you had a quarrel with someone earlier?"
Yang Ji said: "There were some disputes over the appointment of the governor, Sima, and chief historian of the state, but they were all minor matters."
The prefectures and counties have been decided, and those headed by the prince will be honored by the state shepherd; everyone below the prince will be named the governor. This news will be announced at the Yuan Dynasty meeting next year to show formal implementation. However, the court must prepare some preliminary work in advance to avoid being caught off guard.
Among the positions that have been determined, Yang Ji is the shepherd of Liangzhou, Yang Zhiji is the shepherd of Yangzhou, Yang Lun is the shepherd of Jizhou, and Yang Jing is the shepherd of Qingzhou. Yang Zhao, who stayed in Xijing, also serves as the shepherd of Yongzhou. The governor of Bingzhou was Yang Ji's uncle Dugu Kai, the governor of Jiaozhou was Liu Fang, and the governor of Youzhou was Li Zixiong.
As for the remaining governors of Yu, Jing, Yan, Xu, Yi, and Liang, there is currently no suitable candidate for the governorship; and the courtiers are focused on competing for the governorship of these six states this morning. In addition, important positions such as Tongshou, Sima, Chief Secretary, Chief Secretary, and various ministries, departments, and supervisors in the state capital are all powerful and popular, and are naturally the targets of competition among major political forces.
What Yang Ji was arguing about was not these undecided positions, but the fight with the Yuan clan over Li Zixiong, the governor of Youzhou.
The Yuan clan headed by Yuanshou recommended Yuan Hongsi.
Yuan Hongsi is the grandson of Yuyang Wang Yuangang of the Northern Wei Dynasty. He has established his own line in Youzhou. He used to be an official of the general manager of Youzhou. However, because the general manager of Youzhou Yan Rong was withdrawn, cruel and ruthless, corrupt and perverted the law, Yuan Hongsi himself was even more so. He was tortured, almost beaten to death and starved to death. Yuan's wife then went to Beijing to plead grievances against her husband. Yang Jian sent an envoy to examine Yan Rong and confirmed that Yan Rong's crime was true and sentenced him to death. At the same time, Yuan Hongsi was appointed as the governor of Youzhou and acted as the general manager of Youzhou. But the funny thing is that Yuan Hongsi was even more cruel than Yan Rong, so he was also dismissed and investigated.
Later, he started from "zero"; in the fourth year of Renshou, he was appointed as the chief carpenter and was responsible for the construction of Luoyang New City. Because of his ability in doing things, he was promoted to Minister Youcheng.
Although this man's moral character was not good, he was capable, so Yuan recommended him. I hope he can seize the position of governor of Youzhou. If he becomes the governor of Youzhou, not only will the Yuyang royal family of the Yuan family be able to grow, but the Yuan family's caravans will also be able to travel smoothly to various countries and ethnic groups in the Northeast.
Yang Ji felt that this talent and moral character were far inferior to Li Zixiong's; Youzhou was also the rear area where the Sui Dynasty would march into Goguryeo. He was worried that Yuan Hongsi would ruin the Sui Dynasty strategy and destroy the foundation of people's support, so he firmly opposed it.
The two sides disagreed over the important position of Youzhou governor.
Yang Guang was extremely wary of the Yuan clan, a royal family of the Wei Dynasty. In addition, the Yuan clan colluded with the Taozhou party to cause trouble to the place. How could he give the Yuan clan such an important position as the governor of Youzhou again? And Li Zixiong was not only his old subordinate, but also had the Li family of Zhao County who was ready to reuse him. Therefore, because the situation in Youzhou was complicated and it was not suitable to "change generals on the spot", Li Zixiong was appointed.
After listening to Yang Ji's explanation, Su Yunniang said worriedly: "The Yuan family has a great cause. Will you be okay if you object like this?"
"It's just different political stances, it's no big deal." Faced with this shrewd and capable little mother, Yang Ji didn't hide anything. He paused and then said: "Besides, given the conflict between us and the Yuan family, even if I Even if they don't say anything, it's impossible for them to bury the hatchet; and Yuan Hongsi is not a good person, so of course I have to oppose it. Now it's better, it's easier for Li Zixiong."
"This is your intention, right?" Su Yunniang suddenly laughed and laughed. Since Yuan Hongsi can't compete with the more capable Li Zixiong, Yang Ji's opposition will not only benefit the country and himself, but also gain the gratitude of Zhaojun Li's family. It can be said that it is a move. What a blessing!
If it were her, she would also stand up and object.
Yang Ji smiled and said: "There must be a little selfishness, but it does no harm to have no country."
Su Yunniang nodded silently and said no more.
Truly smart politicians often closely link their own interests with the interests of the country; only by knowing how to benefit each other can they make the country prosperous and powerful and loved by all people. And her "son" was originally a genius, and he realized this powerful relationship. It was really the great fortune of the Sui Dynasty and the blessing of the palace.
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The city of Luoyang is divided into two halves. Luoshui is a vast and wide river. Before the construction of the new capital, the two sides of the riverbed were ordinary river beaches. When the new capital was built, film viewing embankments were built on both sides of Luoluo, as well as riverbanks facing the riverbed. Along the extended stone steps, there is an endless stream of tankers, passenger ships, and observation boats sailing in the middle of the river every day. Every day, there are many sails and sails, blocking the sky and the sun.
Many valuable evergreen trees, flowers and plants are planted in the "green belt" on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, which are of great ornamental value. There are mainly "three bridges" connecting the north and south sides. One is the "Xingjin-Tianjin-Huangdao" bridge that leads directly to the main entrance of the palace, the second is the Xinzhong Bridge in the middle, and the third is the stone bridge called the Floating Bridge in the east. bridge.
Limited by the lack of bridge technology and the need for defense, when Yang Su designed the defense system, he made the "three bridges" flying over the Luoshui River present a "two islands and three bridges" pattern. Castle-like military camps were built on each island and on the left and right sides of the north and south shores, and watch towers were built inside the castles to monitor passing ships.
Yuanshou's residence is located in Beiqu of Daodefang on the south bank of Xinzhong Bridge.
At the same time that Yang Ji was talking to Su Yunniang, a carriage, escorted by several entourages, drove to the square in front of Yuanfu Gate, which covers an area of more than 100 acres.
The carriage stopped, and Li Yuan, the young prisoner in the palace, got off the carriage and hurried up the steps in front of the main entrance. At the door, the lifeless son Yuan Min seemed to have been waiting for a long time.
Yuan Min saw Li Yuan approaching and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. He cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Li, my father has been waiting outside in the study for a long time."
At the beginning of the establishment of the Wuchuan Alliance, the Dugu clan and the Dou clan among the Guanlong nobles knew that the Yuan clan had an undying ambition to restore the country. They were afraid that the Yuan clan would lead the Guanlong nobles to destruction, so they reached a compromise in secret.
After several discussions, the two families agreed that Li Yuan, the head of the Li family, was both the nephew of the Dugu family and the son-in-law of the Dou family. He had an opportunity for the Dugu family and the Dou family to compromise, so the Dugu sect and the Dou sect headed by the two families decided to Recommend Li Yuan as the leader of Wuchuan League.
However, in order to be the leader of the alliance, the Yuan family sold many profitable businesses to the Dugu family and the Dou family at low prices, causing the two families to shut up. At the same time, he made a promise to the Guanlong nobles, saying that the Yuan family had the strength and ability to lead the Guanlong nobles to further glory. As long as the Yuan family became the leader of the alliance, they would be able to do several great things immediately.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
Although the Dugu family and the Dou family did not agree, the Yuan family immediately gave away huge profits to other families of the Dugu and Dou sects, turning those families from opposition to silence.
When the Dugu family and Dou family saw that their "subordinates" were ready to move and wanted to join the Yuan family, and the Yuan family gave them too much, they gave up on Li Yuan and supported the Yuan family.
They were fine, but after the Li Yuan family failed to run for alliance leader, they were suppressed by the Yuan family in all aspects.
It's hard to say that it's difficult to move even an inch, but the situation is quite bad.
At first, Li Yuan was willing to be a pawn of the Dugumin family and the Dou family for the sake of power and restoring the family's glory. However, the appearance behind the two families made him realize that it is better to seek help from others than to seek oneself.
After being extremely disappointed with the Dugu family and the Dou family, he no longer expected these two families to help him get out of his predicament. In order to break the blockade and suppression of "the entire Guanlong aristocratic group", he set his sights on his target and visited again and again, hoping to reconcile with the Yuan family.
However, the Yuan family was deeply prejudiced against Li Yuan and worried that the Dugu family and the Dou family, who had common interests in him, would support Li Yuan's "election" for alliance leader again in the future, so they turned a deaf ear to Li Yuan's begging for reconciliation.
It was not until Li Yuan became a young eunuch in the palace that the Yuan family valued Li Yuan's status as a close minister of the emperor and was willing to open the door to reconciliation with him.
Today was Li Yuan's third visit, and it was Yuan Shou, the 'spokesperson' of the Yuan family, who took the initiative to invite him. Li Yuan realized that this was the opportunity for him to completely reconcile with the Yuan family.
On the way, Li Yuan also thought that the reason why Yuan Shou invited him was nothing more than two reasons: first, after the Yuan family took over the position of alliance leader, they not only made no achievements in the fight against Yang Ji, but also lost troops and generals; afterwards, there was no The achievements made the major lords of the Guanlong nobles very disappointed with the Yuan family. They felt that the Yuan family had not led the Guanlong nobles further, and they all wanted to change their alliance leaders.
Second, Yuan Hongsi's failure in competing for the governorship of Youzhou gave the Yuan family a huge sense of crisis. At the same time, they also realized that the Yuan family was not as powerful as they thought.
The two superimposed on each other, forcing the Yuan family to let go of their past arrogance and take the initiative to show goodwill to themselves, the Dugu family's nephew and the Dou family's son-in-law. As long as they reconcile and successfully win over themselves, the other two factions will lose the choice of leader that is in their common interests.
As long as the two families cannot choose a suitable candidate who suits their interests, they will not join forces to deprive the Yuan family of their position as alliance leader; and the Yuan family will not be threatened.
In this regard, Li Yuan not only did not feel dissatisfied or angry at all, but was extremely excited.
After all, he was just a powerless and dispensable chess piece before; now, not only is his chess piece alive, he also has the 'power' and status to directly talk to the Yuan family. This is undoubtedly a huge progress for him and the Li family.
However, he also knew that the Yuan family's predicament was secondary and mainly caused by the "young prisoner in the palace", which also gave him a deeper understanding of the convenience and value of power.
Although it is unpleasant to be used by others, Li Yuan feels that if a person has no value in being used, that is the saddest thing.
Li Yuan walked up the stairs and exchanged a few words with Yuan Min, but his eyes couldn't help but glance back to the left side of the square. When he got out of the car, he found a gorgeous carriage parked in the square, surrounded by more than a dozen impressive followers. Just from this momentum, you could tell that the owner was extraordinary.
"Good nephew, but I don't know which official's attendant that is?" Li Yuan asked curiously.
Yuan Min smiled, cupped his hands and replied: "Uncle Hui Shi, that's General Zhang's entourage!"
"The Zhang family advocated Jin?" Li Yuan knew that Yuan Shou and Zhang Jin were closely related. When Yuan Shou went out to serve as an official, his younger brother Li Shentong was ordered to "attack" Zhang Jin. Zhang Jin lived up to the great trust. Not only did he take good care of the Li family, but he also acted as a mediator for the unity of the Guanlong nobles. (Note)
For such a person who attaches great importance to the overall situation, Li Yuan feels that he is more qualified to be the leader of the alliance than anyone else, but unfortunately, he, Li Yuan, has no say.
"It's General Zhang!" Yuan Min nodded and explained to Li Yuan: "Not long after Uncle Yu Zhongwen and Uncle Li Zhongwen left, General Zhang came."
When Li Yuan heard this, he secretly felt angry: Yuan Shou met with the three generals and three family heads on behalf of the Yuan clan. What on earth was he going to do? Are you angry at the emperor's appointment this morning and want to use the old and crude method to show the emperor that you are not successful?
If this is really the case, then this knot cannot be solved.
The Li family is weak and cannot afford to play!
I won't accompany you.
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[Note: Zhang Jin and Zhang Gongjin among the twenty ministers of Lingyan Pavilion are actually the same person, but were later misunderstood as two people - this is a matter that can be verified in history, and I am not talking nonsense here. 】
