The study outside Prince Wei's mansion was brightly lit, and Yang Ji threw the two thin books in his hands on the table in front of him.
One is related to Li Yuan. In addition to being the head of the Li family, the nephew of the Dugu family, and the son-in-law of the Dou family, Li Yuan is also related by marriage to the Wang family of Taiyuan. His sister married Wang Yu, the eldest son of the head of the Wang family, and Li Yuan's eldest son Li Jiancheng married his cousin. The two families were very close. The current head of the Wang family, Wang Bing, is in his sixties. If he dies, then Wang Yu will be the next head of the family, which will further deepen the emotional bond and cooperative relationship between the two families.
It is precisely because Li Yuan has the common interests of many forces, and Yang Ji knows that he has made the Tang Dynasty successful in history, that "Tianmen" includes the Li family as a key concern.
In addition, Li Yuan was the governor of Guanzhou not long ago, and his political achievements were rated as excellent last year; his political achievements selected by the court were enough to crush 99% of the governors of the Sui Dynasty. Therefore, he was recommended by Niu Hong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and was able to enter the center and became the current young prisoner in the palace.
However, according to the intelligence submitted by Tianmen from time to time, although Li Yuan has outstanding abilities and has devoted himself to his duties during his tenure, his ability to obtain such good political achievements and selection results is actually inseparable from the Zheng family in Xingyang. Without the full cooperation and momentum of the Xingyang Zheng family, he would have been unable to move forward in Guanzhou.
Judging from Li Jiancheng's frequent visits to Zheng Yuanxuan, Zheng Shanyuan, Zheng Yuancong and Zheng Yuanxun, it can be seen that the relationship between the Li and Zheng families is also very close.
After all this calculation, Li Yuan has at least five major families whose interests are in common. However, the Great Sui Dynasty had changed beyond recognition, and Yang Ji did not include Li Yuan in his must-kill range because of this.
He believed that as long as the Sui Dynasty was not in chaos, Li Yuan might not be unable to become a loyal and good prime minister of the Sui Dynasty. If there is chaos in the Sui Dynasty, even if he kills Li Yuan now, Zhao Yuan, Qian Yuan, and Sun Yuan will still appear.
With this understanding, Yang Ji just asked Tianmen to focus on Li Yuan, instead of deliberately targeting and suppressing him.
The other record records the recent performance of the core figures of the Yuan family. Yuan Shou has frequently met with the head of the Yuan sect of the Guanlong noble family in the past few days. Today alone, he has received Li Zhongwen, Yu Zhongwen, Zhang Jin, and Li Yuan. It can be seen that the Yuan family After three years of silence, it started to stir again.
Yang Ji felt that the opponent's target was most likely him; after all, the Yuan family had suffered too much from him and lost too much strength. It was already good that the Yuan family had been able to settle down for three years. How could he expect the Yuan family to give up?
"Why is there no Yuan Gu Olympics on it? Has there been anything unusual about Yuan Wei recently?" The most active person in the Yuan family now is Yuan Shou, but the head of the Yuan family is Yuan Wei, who has left the officialdom, but there is nothing in the book Without the slightest movement from Yuanwei, Yang Ji looked at Liu Xu, the "Lord of Tianmen" who was sitting respectfully.
"I didn't think carefully, please punish me." Liuxu was startled and quickly stood up to plead guilty.
She is also one of the martial arts maids given to Yang Ji by Yang Su. She is breathtakingly beautiful and endearing. Although her martial arts skills are not as good as those of Liu Rumei, Zhang Chuchen, Murong Xianyue, and Xian Yufang, in terms of talent and thoughtfulness, she is the best. One of them, he was appointed as the "Lord of Tianmen" by Yang Ji.
However, although her status is different from before, her thoughts are the same as those of Zhang Chuchen and others, and she still regards herself as Yang Jiwu's maid. In the eyes of other people in the house, they are Yang Ji's personal maids, no different from Qiushui, Qiuyue, Xinyue and Meiyue, the girls who came with him as dowries, and they naturally think that they are not allowed to marry outside the family in the future." Auntie".
Everyone has this mentality, which leads to the very detached status of the Suzaku Guards and Tianmen leaders in the mansion.
They themselves have also positioned themselves as what people think of as maids and concubines; even Zhang Chuchen, who was considered a "night runner" early on, seems to be no exception.
Subconsciously, deep down in Yang Ji's heart, it seemed that he took them for granted and regarded them as the closest people. Seeing Liu Xu, his face turned pale with fright, and he said with pity: "I don't blame you. I mean, it’s just that Yuan Shou is so active, Yuan Wei, as the head of the family, shouldn’t be so peaceful.”
Yang Ji was not just sympathetic, but Tianmen had not been established for a long time and the stall was too big, so he was tolerant of Liu Catkin's "negligence".
"Thank you, Master!" Liuxu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "As the Master expected, Yuan Gu is indeed restless, but the contents in the book mainly focus on Yuan Shou, so the whereabouts of Yuan Wei who became an official are not recorded in the book. above."
"In fact, many families are run by core members without official officials. Take the Dugu family for example. On the surface, Dugu Zheng is the main one, but in fact, Dugu Shun has the final say. There is also Li Yuan's family. Although Li Yuan is the head of the family, it is Li Shentong, Li Shenfu, Li Jiancheng and others who communicate with various clans and important officials." After Yang Ji finished speaking, he told Liu Xu: "So in the future, intelligence should be based on the opponent's core People are the priority, and you cannot ignore someone just because they don’t have a real job.”
"Thank you for the reminder, sir, I understand." Liuxu replied.
"Tell me about Yuanwei!" Yang Ji shook his head secretly. This girl's loyalty and ability are good, but her thinking is too limited; her overall view is not enough to support the important position of 'Lord of Tianmen'. As the deputy general manager of the palace and Tianmen military advisor, Hao Yuan's ability and loyalty are beyond doubt; when it comes to the overall situation, Liu Xu is not qualified to compare with him.
The reason why Hao Yuan was not chosen in the first place was not because Yang Ji doubted his loyalty and ability, but because Hao Yuan had outstanding performance in Liangzhou and had already been targeted by some political forces. After he became the deputy general manager, he attracted even more attention.
After a few years, Hao Yuan has "become invisible to everyone"; it's time to be entrusted with important responsibilities.
But Liu Catkin was not only right, but worked hard to get Tianmen out. Moreover, she was in a state of uneasiness, fear, and worrying about gains and losses. Yang Ji could neither deny her nor immediately remove her from the position of sect leader.
Otherwise, it would be too hurtful.
Liuxu did not have many thoughts with Yang Ji. When she saw that Yang Ji did not blame her, she was relieved and said softly: "Master, Yuanwei is amusing himself with poetry now, and is married to six officials including Shangguan Zheng and Qiu He who have become officials. The Poetry Society was established. They were arty and imitated the Seven Sons of Jian'an, amusing themselves in the name of the 'Seven Elders of Benevolence and Longevity'."
"On the surface, this poetry club is a group of like-minded literati who have nothing to do with political affairs. However, the seven elders of Renshou have not only served as officials, but also have a powerful family behind them, which is very political. The poetry club headed by seven of them now has Hundreds of so-called talented men and talented women from famous families."
“These elders and talented men and beautiful women from aristocratic and prestigious families are in the same poetry club. They all have similar voices and promote each other’s names. They have a very high reputation among the scholars, and many people dream of joining it. Take Li Jiancheng, Wang Xiaotong, and Wang Tong as examples: they applied for membership many times but were not accepted."
"It is precisely because Renshou Qilao rejected famous disciples such as Li Jiancheng that people mistakenly thought that this society was a poetry society based on merit. Over time, its reputation became higher and higher."
When Yang Ji heard this, he asked with great interest: "What political actions did Renshou Qi Lao make? For example, make a donation or something."
"This really exists!" Liu Xu smiled sweetly and said: "Since the birth of the Royal Women's Foundation, the seven elders of Renshou and Renshou seem to have found a way to become famous. Once they hear about disasters or poverty and backwardness, they will mobilize the members. Donate money and damaged goods, and then donate to the target in the name of Renshou Poetry Society. Then ask the local government to provide relief to the people, build dams, establish culture and education, and collect taxes."
"To this day, they have a great reputation among the people; many veteran ministers and wealthy celebrities who are idle at home have also responded and donated money one after another... Therefore, although this poetry club has no talent and reputation, it has No masterpieces were produced, but great fame was achieved.”
"In my opinion, if they continue to develop, sooner or later they will become a political force with considerable influence."
Yang Ji deeply agreed with Liuxu's final judgment and asked, "Can outsiders participate?"
"Yes." Liu Xu said, "The requirements for joining the society are very high, but they do not prohibit outsiders when they gather. Outside the gate where they hold the party, they arrange a waiter to look after the paper. All you need to do is leave your name on the paper and pay a fee. For money, anyone can get in."
Yang Ji said: "You are so familiar with it, so you also participated?"
After this conversation, Liuxu's timidity gradually faded away. Seeing Yang Ji asking, she hurriedly said, "I've been here more than a dozen times."
Yang Ji glanced at her, and Liuxu shrank subconsciously and said calmly: "Master, the members of the Renshou Poetry Club are either high-ranking officials or talented and beautiful ladies from famous families. I think Yuanwei has no official or position now. Poetry There are so many people with good backgrounds in the club, and it’s impossible for him to use them. He can’t just let them go, so... I sneaked in under the name of the Hedong Liu family, and they didn’t know who I was. "
Hearing this, Yang Ji was speechless and stared at her for a long time before saying, "Yuanwei and the others are not fools. As long as you leave your name, they will be able to find out everything about the visitor through the power and connections behind it. Although they don't know that you are catkins, But you have been there so many times, and they can find out that you are not from the Liu family in Hedong, and they can also guess that you are from me through tracking and other methods. Do you believe it or not?"
"Letter! My slave's letter." As the catkins chewed occasionally, she suddenly had a hint of ambiguity about Yang Ji's last words. A flash of nostalgia flashed through her heart, but this ridiculous thought was immediately driven away by her.
"Shameful things are usually planned and discussed in secret. But serious business will not be discussed in this kind of high-sounding gathering. It's useless for you to go. You must not participate in the future. Just remember their members." Yang Ji It doesn't matter if Liu Xu is exposed, after all, there are definitely not a few people like her who have sneaked in; it's just that this girl is not very reliable, so she needs to be replaced by Hao Yuan as soon as possible.
"Here!" Yang Ji didn't know whether Liu Xu agreed in her heart, but her attitude and expression of 'admitting her mistake' were pitiful and pitiful.
At this moment, Zhang Chuchen's voice came from outside the door: "Master, Yin Sima, Xiao Xingcao, and Li Cishi have arrived at the dining hall of Xuanwu Hall; Su Dan, Shi Huaiyi, and Zhao Hongan are also here."
Yang Ji replied: "Come right away."
The Xiaoguo Army was formed without delay. After Yang Guang and Yang Ji discussed it, they issued an order to the Liangzhou Prefectural Mufu, asking Wang Wei, Wang Bian and others to hand over their deputies, and then went to Beijing to obey orders. However, Yin Shishi and Xiao Yu were caught in the capital and had to report to Yang Guang tomorrow, so Yang Ji prepared a dinner today, which was regarded as a small gathering and farewell party.
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