After lunch, Yang Ji and his wife left Xiao's house with Yang Hao, who was sleeping soundly. As Yang Ji and his wife left, the Xiao brothers went to the study room to discuss again, and finally decided to adopt the plan drawn up by both parties.
The Xiao family's attitude towards Yang Ji will be divided into two major factions in the future; central officials such as Xiao Cong, Xiao Jue, Xiao Rong, and Xiao Jing will "grow farther and farther away" from Yang Ji and keep a respectful distance from him, while his brother-in-law Xiao Xun and Lao His subordinate Xiao Yu continued to maintain a close relationship with Yang Ji. This splitting into two would increase his persuasiveness and credibility.
In the most critical area of disputes between officialdom and the general trend, Xiao Cong and others, who represent the interests of the main body of the Xiao family, have turned from overt to covert. They will not openly support Yang Ji; they will even create the illusion of having different political opinions and turning against each other. . However, the Guanlong nobles are not only Yang Ji's first enemies, but also the emperor's first enemies. Once the Guanlong nobles expand their attack area, the Xiao family will stand on the emperor's side and respond and help Yang Ji from the side in the form of assists; The Long nobles joined forces, while the Xiao family joined forces with the Pei family in the name of the southern gentry.
This true and false way of getting along with each other, as well as the Xiao family's "discussing the matter" style of doing things, can not only protect Yang Ji and reduce the emperor's wariness of Yang Ji and the Xiao family, but also allow the Xiao family to win the emperor's favor and gain the trust of the nobles. With support, it can be said that it achieves multiple things with one stone.
After the Yang family left the Xiao family, Ru's mother and Yang Hao, who was asleep, took one car, while Yang Ji and his wife took another car. Xiao Ying saw her husband silently meditating, so she sat quietly without disturbing her.
Yang Ji's thoughts stayed on the political struggle.
After Xiao Cong's cold analysis and cold analysis, he suddenly realized that he not only understood his position, but also knew how to get along with Yang Guang in the future. From now on, he and Yang Guang will have a relationship of monarch and minister of mutual use. Apart from that, there will be nothing else. Even if there is any personal friendship, it will be superficial.
The pressure, tension, and anxiety caused by Yang Guang's recent changes have disappeared. Xiao Cong and Xiao Jue were right, Yang Guang needed him very much, and he was indispensable for Yang Guang to deal with the Guanlong nobles. In other words, he and the Guanlong nobles were in the relationship of a good bow and a flying bird, a lackey and a cunning rabbit; before the Guanlong nobles lost the power to subvert the country, he was still a safe person in Yang Guang's mind.
And his safety time is determined not only by the strength and destructive power of the Guanlong nobles, but also by his personal strength; if Yang Guang thinks that his strength and threat exceed those of the Guanlong nobles, he will definitely operate on him first, after all. No matter how he looked at it, he was easier to deal with than the Guanlong nobles. Therefore, in the future, he must "set up enemies in a higher profile" and "acquire strength in a lower profile".
This time is at least three to five years. Of course, this time will not remain static. It will change with the changing times, maybe less, maybe more. But no matter what, you must seize the time to prepare and layout.
As for the Guanlong noble group, it would be a good thing if they take the initiative or join forces to attack, because they can take the opportunity to deepen cooperation with the Pei family and the Xiao family, and the Shandong nobles will also sit back and watch during the "war-stalemate" stage. Fighting would allow him to temporarily lose a powerful enemy.
"Mr. Lang, is this serious?" Xiao Ying couldn't help but feel worried when she saw her husband sighing with an ugly expression.
Yang Ji looked at her and saw her curled eyelashes trembling slightly, her lips twitching, and her eyes seemed to be filled with mist, showing she was extremely worried. So he took his wife's slender hand and said softly: "It's nothing serious. Maybe there's something wrong with my positioning."
After a pause, Yang Ji looked at his wife, who had become more and more beautiful after giving birth to a child, and then said: "Communications between people should be polite and reciprocal. If we are brothers, I will treat you as a brother." Take it for granted, and then ask you to give more, will you feel comfortable?"
"Brother asked endlessly. I thought of my love, and maybe I gave it all, but I definitely wouldn't feel comfortable in my heart." Only then did Xiao Ying understand why her husband was worried. It turned out that this was the problem. She asked softly: " Lang Jun, are you talking about a saint?"
Yang Ji knew that his wife was not a pampered princess in a deep house, and that the woman he needed was not a canary in a cage, but a virtuous wife. With her own encouragement, she took the initiative to learn about politics and politics. The current situation, and she was also involved in Tianmen affairs, so she was no stranger to the court and the court situation.
Seeing her asking at this time, there was nothing to hide, so Yang Ji told the story exactly as it was, and finally said: "The saint's recent behavior makes me a little confused and uncomfortable. At the same time, I am also a little worried..." Shen He looked at his wife deeply and said solemnly: "I'm worried that he will attack me."
Xiao Ying felt her head buzzing for a moment, she pursed her pale lips tightly, and was silent for a while, then she raised her pale and pretty face and said in a trembling voice: "Then Langjun, what happened to my brother and the others?" Said?"
"They also think that my situation is not good!" Yang Ji smiled bitterly and gave the Xiao brothers' analysis in detail.
Xiao Ying's heart was in chaos. She tried to calm herself down and said silently: "Since my brother and others said so, then this matter may be false."
"Ah? How do you say this?" Yang Ji was stunned for a moment.
"Most of the aristocratic families have indifferent family ties, and the Xiao family is no exception. After all, the brothers still put the interests of the Xiao family first. In their eyes, I am just a tool for marriage." Xiao Ying's beautiful eyes under her curved eyelashes appeared. With a bit of bitterness: "Lang Jun, eldest brother, sister-in-law, they have actually approached me countless times, more or less expressed their desire for further cooperation, or explicitly or covertly asked me to speak in front of Lang Jun. But I see It was obvious that they wanted to take advantage of me, so I didn't agree to it. They repeatedly ran into trouble with me and complained deeply about me. Today, I can clearly feel their alienation and indifference."
Yang Ji was stunned. He had never known the efforts that the Xiao family had put into Xiao Ying. After thinking about it for a moment, I understood why Xiao Ying didn't say anything. If she did, she might have a grudge against the Xiao family because of it. When the time comes, it would be difficult for her to be a good person in the middle, so she neither agreed nor said anything, and stayed silent. Bear the anger and resentment of the Xiao family.
Xiao Ying glanced at her husband and analyzed word by word: "This time, Lang Jun was quite dissatisfied and uncomfortable because of the imperial examination, large-scale personnel transfer and other matters. These two things made Lang Jun stay for a long time. It caused a lot of rumors; many people said behind his back that Lang Jun was under house arrest. People followed their opinions, which undoubtedly aggravated Lang Jun's worries."
"In addition to family and friends, Langjun also has countless subordinates. Everyone's safety and destiny depend on Langjun alone. Langjun is burdened with so many expectations, so naturally he cannot and dare not be careless. In this way, I started to have doubts about the saint.”
Xiao Ying could understand her husband's anxiety and pressure. Seeing her husband being so tormented that he was distracted, she felt extremely distressed. After thinking for a while, she then analyzed the relationship between Yang Ji and Yang Guang: "The reason why the saint values Lang Jun , there are three main reasons: First, the husband has a free and easy temperament and is indifferent to fame and fortune. No matter whether he is a high official or a generous salary, he is always unmoved. To put it harshly, he is a bit greedy for comfort and has no ambition. The second is the relationship between the husband and the husband. The biggest difference between other senior officials is their emphasis on affection and justice."
"If these two characteristics are the prerequisite for the saint to value and trust Lang Jun, then the third point is for the saint to further enhance his respect and trust. This point is that Lang Jun has enemies all over the world. Now besides being loyal to the saint, no one else can There is no choice; once you lose the support and trust of the saints, you will soon sink."
"The above three major points have been the foundation for a wise king to dare to reuse and trust a general since ancient times. They are also the place where Lang Jun settles down and lives. As long as the saint is not stupid, I think he will not target Lang Jun."
"The fact that Lang Jun attaches great importance to affection is naturally excellent, but it is also easy to be taken advantage of by those close to him. As for my brother and the others, they are obviously taking advantage of the current situation to take advantage of Lang Jun's affection and righteousness, anxiety and inability to do anything, and then use them to The faces of their relatives pretended to be caring for the husband, thereby further amplifying the dissatisfaction between the husband and the saint. In this way, their purpose was achieved. Once there is an irreparable rift between the husband and the saint, they can only It’s up to them, step by step, I become their puppet for profit.”
"This is also what I said before, 'Since my brother and others said this, then this matter may be false.'"
Yang Ji's eyebrows jumped at what he said, and his "old face" was both white and red, but Xiao Ying's hidden secrets and every word was like a knife, but it was loud and deafening in the car. After a long while, he asked: "What about the imperial examination and the large-scale personnel transfer in Liangzhou?"
Xiao Ying sat up straighter, considered it for a moment, and said slowly: "Compared to the many important things Lang Jun has done before, the imperial examination is actually nothing. The saint may be used to the tacit understanding between you. He thinks you understand, He didn't care, so he didn't discuss it with you, but it was this 'he thought' that made you feel a little uncomfortable. Before this matter passed, he then took away more than ten generals from Liangzhou."
"These two major events came one after another. No one can bear it. And Lang Jun is loyal to the saint and believes in the saint. Naturally, he will suffer more than others. Even..." Xiao Ying thought about the words and continued. Said: "There may even be a feeling of betrayal, and if a person thinks that he has been betrayed by the person he trusts most, he will easily enter a dead end, and it will be difficult to turn back no matter how hard others persuade him."
"My lady is absolutely right! Thank you madam for clarifying my doubts." Yang Ji suddenly woke up and his face became hot. He had to admit that he did feel betrayed by Yang Guang. In anger, his thoughts went further and further away. .
In fact, although Yang Guang took away his eleven generals, he did not suppress or suppress them, but reused them. For example, Master Yinshi is now one of the five military ministers of the Military Aircraft Department, in charge of the training of one hundred thousand Xiaoguo; if Wang Wei, Wang Bian, Wang Xingben, Yao Junsu, and Gao Junya arrive in the capital, they will also join the Xiaoguo Army. Served as a general in the army. And the Xiaoguo Army is a direct descendant of Yang Guang. If he doubts Yang Ji and wants to kill Yang Ji, how can he bring Yang Ji's six generals to lead the army? Isn't this courting death?
The problem is that Yang Guang is clearly not targeting Yang Ji, but he doesn't say anything about it, thinking that "Yang Ji can understand and doesn't care." But instead of understanding, Yang Ji felt that the lives of the whole family and the entire faction were seriously threatened... If Xiao Ying hadn't analyzed it in such detail, he wouldn't have known how far the misunderstanding would have evolved.
Xiao Ying was aware of her husband's gratitude, and she felt a little happy. She raised her white and rosy face like the core of a peony flower, and her beautiful eyes were as full as water under the willow-leaf eyebrows. She looked at her husband intently and said sweetly: "You and I are one husband and wife, sharing life and death. The husband is out of sight. "
There is no greater glory for a woman than to marry a beloved man. In this era, no matter how gentle a man is, he will still maintain the so-called mentality of men being superior to women and scolding his women at every turn. People like Yang Ji who care about their wives from the bottom of their hearts and respect their opinions are unique. But it was also extremely rare in the Sui Dynasty.
Xiao Ying is lucky to be able to marry such a powerful man who loves her very much.
"I, Yang Ji, am lucky to have a wife like this." Yang Ji nodded and held Xiao Ying's hand tightly. He couldn't be more satisfied with this wife.
"Five Dynasties Rivers, Mountains and Winds"
Generally speaking, the women trained by aristocratic families are exactly like the princesses they marry. Their only purpose is to be a tool for marriage. They receive various trainings when they are children. Each of them is knowledgeable, courteous, luxurious and generous; They can both go to the hall and the kitchen; they can write well and draw a good picture with just a swipe of a brush, which is a model among women.
Of course, the most important thing is that they have received all kinds of brainwashing since childhood to make them loyal to their natal family, put their natal family first, and strive for the interests of their natal family. At critical moments, or when the interests of the two families conflict, some women will act as spies for their natal family, giving some core secrets of their husband's family to their natal family so that they can target them. This is one of the reasons why some men stay away from their first wives.
As for the so-called "raising eyebrows and raising eyebrows and respecting each other as guests" that some couples are highly praised by others, it is actually a mutual wariness, alienation and alienation between couples. It is not as beautiful as the world says. As for Yang Jicheng's wife Xiao Ying and his ordinary wife Pei Shuying, they not only possess all the beautiful qualities of women from aristocratic families, but they also don't have the problem of being biased towards their parents' family. How could he not like this?
After Xiao Ying heard this, the love and affection in her heart almost overwhelmed her. She gently snuggled into her husband's arms, pondered for a moment, and then said with some uneasiness: "Mr. Lang, although I have said so much , I also think it makes more sense; but the matter is too important to be careless. So you have to make your own decision! Don't be influenced by me."
"After your enlightenment, I have regained my composure and rationality, and things will be easier to handle next." Yang Ji put his arm around his wife's shoulders and said softly: "Don't worry! I won't be rash again."
The cooperation with the Xiao family was not used unilaterally, but also had many benefits for him.
Above the court, before and now, he seemed to have a good relationship with everyone and a deep friendship with everyone, but in fact, he could not rely on anyone. But others would definitely not think so, and they would definitely think that he was close to these important ministers.
That's all in normal times. If the emperor really doubts him one day, then these so-called "intimacy" will definitely be the last straw that breaks his "camel's back".
This is also one of the gains gained after working with the Xiao brothers. This is also one of the reasons why he said that his positioning was wrong and inaccurate. So in the future, it is better to distance yourself from each other.
If this ambiguity continues, all relatives, friends, and subordinates will be killed.
