Yang Ji left Wenchengmen and Zetianmen and walked south along Zetianmen Street. As he walked, he thought about who Yang Guang's "trustworthy confidant" among the Guanlong nobles was.
The Guanlong aristocracy originally had many families and had strong appeal. Later, driven by interests, many small families took the initiative to include themselves among them and considered themselves to be members of the Guanlong aristocracy.
This is not to say that they have to get something from the Guanlong noble group; it is that the Guanlong nobles control the power of the world. If you are not strong and do not belong to the Guanlong noble circle, you will suffer in official circles and shopping malls. Being excluded makes it difficult to move forward. So if you include yourself in it, you will get unimaginable convenience.
Because of this, the community of interests "Guanlong Nobles" was like a snowball rolling in the snow, getting bigger and bigger. Over time, it formed the terrifying Guanlong Nobles Group that even the Shandong nobles needed to fawn over. However, the influx of a large number of families has also made the Guanlong aristocratic group become mixed, with different people's hearts and many internal contradictions.
As the emperor, it is too easy for Yang Guang to bribe two or three unsuccessful families. However, Yang Guang's "trustworthy confidants" can bring out the core secrets, which shows that the other party is definitely a core figure in the Guanlong nobles. Rather than "a motley crew".
For a moment, Yang Ji had no clue about this person; fortunately, the matter had nothing to do with him, and he couldn't figure out who it was, so he didn't bother to pay attention.
Entering the Imperial City, both sides of Tianmen Street are lined with important government offices in the center. Huge buildings are magnificent. Along the road are various military offices and military camps that occupy a large area.
At dusk, it was already "off duty" time; countless officials in different colors came out from various official offices, all gathered on Zetianmen Street, and hurriedly walked to Duanmen in the south. The huge flow of people was very Spectacular.
Among the spectacular crowd, there were also sealed carriages rushing against the trend. These carriages were black in color and were specially used by the imperial court to transport documents. Each carriage had a flag in a conspicuous position. The flag color indicates whether the official documents in the car are urgent and important. But no matter what color the flag on the car is, officials must move out of the way to avoid delaying the delivery of official documents to the official office.
Yang Ji is a privileged prince. His car and guards can actually drive directly to Zetianmen; but if there is nothing important, Yang Ji will abide by the rules of the court and let his entourage wait at Shuncheng Square inside Duanmen. .
"Your Majesty! King Wei!" When he came to the street between Yushitai and Honglu Temple, someone suddenly shouted to him from behind.
Yang Ji looked back and saw two people walking out of the west gate of the Honglu Temple compound and walking quickly towards his seat. One was Sun Sheng, the eldest relative of the Tang Dynasty, and the other was Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Dynasty.
The moment he saw Li Yuan, an idea flashed in Yang Ji's mind, and he guessed that Yang Guang's "trustworthy confidant" was Li Yuan, a young eunuch in the palace.
Li Yuan is the head of the Li Hu family of the "Eight Pillar Kingdoms", nephew of the Dugu family, son-in-law of the Dou family, and in-laws of the Wang family of Taiyuan. He can be said to be the core of the Guanlong nobles. In addition, he dreams of restoring the family's past glory, so Not only did he meet Yang Guang's internal intelligence requirements, but he could also easily obtain the information Yang Guang needed.
Judging from the historical arrangements that Yang Guang made before fleeing to Jiangdu, he appointed Li Yuan to stay in Taiyuan and supervise the military and political affairs of the state, the reason why Li Yuan was Yang Guang's "credible supporter" is even more abundant.
In the blink of an eye, the two men were approaching. Yang Ji quickly raised his hands and greeted: "Envoy of the Western Regions, Duke Tang!"
After saying hello, he smiled and asked Chang Sun Sheng: "Envoy from the Western Regions, when will you go to Liangzhou?"
"Isn't this the time when I'm making a deal with Shi Honglu and looking for people? I'll go to Liangzhou as soon as the people arrive." Changsun Sheng said with a smile. He is now the envoy to the Western Regions, in charge of the affairs of the Western Regions, and the Turkic envoy has been transferred to the young and strong Honglu Qing Shi Xiang. Changsun Sheng is very happy with Yang Guang's decision.
Changsun Sheng spent almost all his life on the Turks. Decades of traveling back and forth, as well as countless small and large battles, not only exhausted him, but also left him covered with injuries. His age, energy and physical strength made him unable to serve as a Turk commander. This is an important position. However, he witnessed with his own eyes that Qimin Khan built a huge empire from scratch, and he knew that Qimin Khan was a resourceful, flexible and capable hero. Not only could the ministers of the Sui Dynasty not be able to control him, but they would probably have to be tricked by him. So he worried that his successor would be incompetent and ruin his life's work.
Fortunately, the saint has chosen the right person. Shi Xiang, the new Turkic envoy, is a handsome man with both civil and military skills, resourcefulness, bravery, good at fighting, experienced in hundreds of battles, and domineering externally. He is more suitable to be the Turkic envoy than any other civil servant. Shi Xiang, who was born in the military When communicating with the tough Turks, the interests of the Sui Dynasty will always be put first and the national dignity will never be lost.
This also allows Chang Sun Sheng to feel relieved to hand over the old job with heavy tasks and take up the new job with ease. Today, he has been staying at Honglu Temple, passing on his experience in building production capacity with the Turks to Shi Xiang one by one. At the same time, he also asked him for people to form the Western Regions Division.
Many affairs in the palace are linked to Honglu Temple. As the young eunuch of the palace, Li Yuan also came to Honglu Temple today to handle the docking procedures.
"If you want someone, you'd better hurry up." Yang Ji said to Changsun Sheng.
After Chang Sun Sheng heard this, the smile on his face suddenly faded, and he asked in a solemn voice: "Is there something going on in the Western Region?"
"That's not true!" Yang Ji shook his head and said, "I'm going back to Liangzhou the day after tomorrow. If you can make it in time, we can go there together."
Changsun Sheng was overjoyed: "There's time, there's time! By the way, will my son-in-law go?"
Yang Ji nodded and said: "Of course we will go, our whole family will go."
"In that case, I will also take Maid Guanyin with me and let the young couple go to Liangzhou to reunite." Changsun Sheng said.
"Okay!" Yang Ji said with a smile: "From now on, we will let Guanyin take care of her fiancé, and we won't care."
As soon as these words came out, all three of them laughed.
"Tang Gong!" Yang Ji bowed his hand to Li Yuan again and said, "I originally wanted to participate in the relocation of your mansion, but I'm afraid I can't wait any longer. I'm really sorry."
Yang Ji promised Li Yuan that he would participate in the Li family's housewarming ceremony, but now that things have changed, he has no choice but to break his promise.
"Your Majesty, you're welcome. State affairs cannot be delayed. I can understand that." Li Yuan returned the gift with his hand. He changed his tone and said with a humorous smile: "But your Majesty is not here, so the gift cannot be missing!"
"It's necessary! It's necessary!" Yang Ji also laughed. Gifts should not be left out when there are no guests. This is the basic etiquette in the circle of powerful people; just like the Yuan family and the Cui family, they obviously hate him to death, but he When a son is born and a concubine is taken in, there are still many gifts. Li Yuan knew this and said this deliberately; if Li Yuan was facing someone who didn't want to give a gift or couldn't afford a gift, he wouldn't have added the following sentence.
Li Yuan had to go to the palace to do his work, and stopped mentioning the "gift". He said with regret, "My mother is old and misses her relatives especially. I wanted to invite my brothers and sisters to get together; and I also want to find an opportunity to talk to The king chatted about family affairs, and at the same time asked his nephews to learn from the king. Since my aunt is also going to Liangzhou, it seems that we can only wait until next time."
There have been rumors in the capital recently about a rift between Yang Ji and Yang Guang, and some people have silently alienated Yang Ji out of the desire to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages; but now that Li Yuan, as a close official of the emperor, knew that was not the case at all.
Yang Ji became the powerful shepherd of Liangzhou at a young age. Although it was due to his record and ability, it was also inseparable from the emperor's trust. If not, how could the emperor let Yang Ji go to Liangzhou to take charge? And even if Yang Ji loses his position as Liangzhou Shepherd and remains silent for a period of time,
But at his age, his comeback is only a matter of time. However, those who do not know the truth and alienate themselves just because of unsubstantiated rumors are extremely short-sighted. If Yang Ji really falls silent, not only will Li Yuan not be alienated, but he will strengthen the relationship between the two parties when he loses power.
Now that he heard that Yang Ji said that he would return to Liangzhou soon, Li Yuan became more convinced of his judgment, and he even thought about letting his children interact more with Yang Ji; this would definitely be beneficial to the Li family and them.
Unfortunately, Yang Ji is about to travel far.
Changsun Sheng had a good relationship with Li Yuan, and he understood that Li Yuan had both the ambition to rejuvenate the family and the desire to make friends with the royal family. After hearing what he said, he roughly guessed Li Yuan's intention of making friends with Yang Ji, and smiled and said: "Young man People have their own way of communicating with young people, and the older generation hastily intervened, just to make young people feel restricted and uncomfortable. And reading thousands of books is not as good as going to the battlefield once. If Shude is interested in learning from the king, he can go to Liangzhou for a walk. Isn’t it okay to just suffer?”
Hearing this, Li Yuan couldn't help but secretly cursed himself for being stupid, and quickly said to Yang Ji: "Your Majesty, Jiancheng highly praises Liangzhou in all aspects. After he came back, he kept talking about Liangzhou to his brothers, which attracted everyone's admiration for Liangzhou. Extremely. I plan to let them go to Liangzhou to gain some experience, is that okay?"
Yang Ji thought that Li Yuan was just following Chang Sun Sheng's words and being polite, so he smiled and said: "Although Liangzhou has changed a lot, it is not a paradise on earth. But if Mr. Tang wants to reassure you, just let them go to Liangzhou." Already."
Hearing the first half of Yang Ji's words, Li Yuan was initially disappointed, but the last sentence made him feel so happy that he handed over his hands repeatedly: "After the new year, I will ask him to bring his cousins over to study with the king!"
Yang Ji was shocked, I just wanted to say something, you actually take it seriously? But the words had already been spoken, and he could only say: "It's up to you."
"Then we have made an agreement. If they don't obey when they arrive in Liangzhou, just help me clean up. Don't give me face." Li Yuan was overjoyed, but thinking that there were still many matters to be dealt with in the palace, he added: "Your Majesty, time is tight and you need to prepare, so I won't interrupt you. Farewell, farewell!" After saying that, Li Yuan bowed his hand to Changsun Sheng again, turned around and left.
Changsun Sheng saw Yang Ji stunned and said with a smile: "Shude attaches great importance to restoring the glory of the family, but he is already in his forties, and at such an age, he is just a young prisoner in the palace. He thinks that in this life That's it; now, not only is the family's glory unable to be restored in his hands, he is also worried about the further decline of the family in his hands. So he places his hope on the next generation and strives to create connections for the next generation. This is human nature, Don’t blame him for being utilitarian.”
When Yang Ji heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry.
Li Yuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was now disappointed with himself and gave up on himself. Thinking of his achievements in history, Yang Ji could only say in his heart that "the times make heroes." He said to Chang Sun Sheng, "It's okay, I can understand."
"As long as you understand!" Changsun Sheng smiled and patted his shoulder and said, "Since we have decided to go together, I have to go to Honglu Temple again and let Shi Hongluqing give me all the promises I have made tomorrow. Give me."
"Okay! You can do whatever you want!" Yang Ji and Changsun Sheng were not only in-laws, but also had a deep friendship when they were in Kengdong/Tujue. There was no need to be polite.
Changsun Sheng did not leave, but looked around. When he saw that no one was paying attention to them, he whispered to Yang Ji: "Yuwenshu is the largest iron merchant in the Sui Dynasty, and he is greedy. I I'm worried that he will take advantage of Mozhou's convenient location to do something detrimental to the Sui Dynasty; if possible, go and warn him."
After hearing this, Yang Ji frowned and said, "It has been quite a while since Yu Wenshu received the appointment. Hasn't he left yet?"
"He plans to go north to Mozhou tomorrow. He even invited guests yesterday, but very few people went to the banquet." Changsun Sheng was silent for a moment, and then said to Yang Ji: "Mozhou is not only a key place for us to march into Goguryeo during the Sui Dynasty, but also You were the one who defeated it. Your understanding of Mozhou and its importance are clearer than anyone else."
Yang Ji knew that as soon as the imperial officials left the emperor's sight, they would let themselves go. After taking office, they often carried out cruel and bloody exploitation of the ethnic minorities under their jurisdiction. When the ethnic minorities in various places could not survive and rose up to resist, these officials Another thief shouted to catch the thief, send troops to suppress it, and then became a great hero of the imperial court and received heavy rewards from the imperial court.
Yang Guang successively served as the chief steward of Bingzhou and the chief steward of Yangzhou. He was an emperor who moved from the local level to the central government. He was well aware of the phenomena and chaos that existed in the local area, such as forcing good people to rebel, killing good people and taking merit, etc., so he served as the censor. Within the platform, two additional platforms, Sili and Yezhe, were added. The purpose is to add a shackles to local officials so that they do not dare to go too far as before.
After thinking for a long time, Yang Ji nodded and said to Changsun Sheng: "Mozhou is not only very important, but also a place where many ethnic groups live together. Ordinary people really can't govern Mozhou. If the officials enforce the law impartially and handle official business, that's all. If If officials are corrupt, pervert the law, and oppress good people, the people in this place will definitely become disloyal and betray the Sui Dynasty."
"Those of us who have been dealing with foreign races for many years naturally understand that the situation in the border states is complicated and we also know the important value of the border states to the imperial court. However, many officials sent by the imperial court only want to get promoted and make a fortune. It was okay when they first arrived, but they Once it was discovered that border states were difficult to govern, they would often resort to forcing good people to become thieves, and then "quell rebellion" to achieve the goal of promotion and wealth. As for the court's prestige and the people's support, they didn't care at all. Changsun Sheng sighed and said: "This is why I asked you to warn Yuwenshu! If you tell Yuwenshu one by one about the importance and strategic value of Mozhou, he will definitely not dare to do whatever you want, and the effect will be better than that of a saint. It’s better to just give advice.”
"Okay, I'll go to Yuwen Mansion right now. Farewell!" Yang Ji said, bowing his hands to Changsun Sheng and walking away.
"Farewell!" Changsun Sheng watched Yang Ji leave, turned around, and walked towards the west gate of the Honglu Temple compound.
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