The architectural style of the Prince Wei's Palace in Daxing City is different from the wild and wild style of the Prince's Palace in Zhangye and the beauty and elegance of the Prince's Palace in Luoyang. It is full of powerful, simple, solemn and majestic atmosphere. The reception hall located in Xuanwu Hall is a garden with a quite "Yang Jianeng's frugal style". The already spacious main hall only has simple eucalyptus seats, which makes it even more empty and spacious.
Wei Yuanzhao sat upright on the couch in the main hall. He had sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, a handsome figure, and a short beard under his chin. He seemed to be gentle and gentle, but his skin was dark and his eyes were sharp and lively. The spirit of a warrior.
In this spacious and empty main hall, Wei Yuanzhao has actually been waiting for a long time. However, although Yang Ji has not appeared for a long time, he has no fear, anxiety, or impatience in his bones. He is a very calm and unhurried general. And the magnanimity of a disciple from a famous family.
Wei Yuanzhao is now the Prime Minister of Henan County. His rank is only from the seventh rank, but his title is the terrifying Duke of Henan County. He is only in his twenties. Naturally, this title was not earned by himself, but inherited from his father. Lord.
As Mr. Wei's third son, why can he inherit his father's title? Mainly because his eldest brother Wei Yuancheng inherited the title of Duke of Shu from his grandfather Wei Xiaokuan, and his second brother Wei Kuangbo was awarded the title of Duke of Shu due to the contributions of his grandfather and father, so his father's title of Duke of County naturally fell to him.
In fact, in addition to Mr. Wei's branch of Wei Xiaokuan's family, Wei Xiaokuan's fourth son, Wei Shou, was also a prince, while Wei Ji and Wei Jin were county princes. If all the houses are included, Du Lingwei's current number of princes is five or six, and there are even more county princes, county princes, county princes, county uncles, county sons and county sons. However, most of their titles were passed down from generation to generation in the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasties. In fact, there were only a few titles that were actually obtained for their meritorious services for the Sui Dynasty.
One family is especially so terrifying. If the Guanlong nobles and Guanlong gentry are added up, the number of Guanlong noble officials occupying countless resources will undoubtedly be extremely exaggerated and terrifying. It is no wonder that Yang Guang was so angry at the beginning that he planned to abolish Jiujiu. The rank of nobility is the third grade.
Although Yang Guang finally listened to Yang Ji's advice and did not simply and crudely "abolish the sixth grade and keep the third grade", he did let the Department of Political Justice conduct overt and covert investigations and successfully eliminated more than 10,000 guilty officials; among them, Including a large number of noble officials who had nothing to do, and powerful people like Webster undoubtedly suffered heavy losses.
However, because the false official who was taken down was indeed guilty, and the evidence was conclusive, all the major aristocratic families could only hold their noses and admit it. If Yang Guang had followed his original plan, these aristocratic families would definitely unite to subjugate the people and complain, forcing Yang Guang to compromise until he gave up. If Yang Guang refused to give up, the consequences might be serious!
Wei Yuanzhao, who was waiting silently, suddenly heard footsteps coming from the back hall. He quickly put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up and left his seat, and saw Yang Ji, wearing a purple robe and a purple gold crown, walking into the main hall from behind the screen at the side door. .
Wei Yuanzhao is the son-in-law of the Yang family and half of the Yang family. He, Yu Wen Jingli, Li Changya, Yu Wenshi and other consorts and princes are under the control of Zongzheng Temple. He must participate in all sacrifices and celebrations related to the royal family. So they are not very familiar with each other, but they are not strangers either. However, Wei Yuanzhao was a good person. Although this was a private occasion and Yang Ji was only wearing more formal uniforms, he still took a few steps forward with a straight face and bowed his hands to Yang Ji in a formal manner: " Wei Yuanzhao, the Prime Minister of Henan County, visited the King."….
Yang Ji nodded and said with a smile: "There are no outsiders here. No need to be polite. Please take a seat."
Seeing that he was calm and decent, Yang Ji couldn't help but secretly praise him. Although things like temperament, demeanor, etiquette, and behavior are very mysterious, and they are not the standard to measure a person's talent, but as Confucius said, "The master's skill in picking people up is to observe their words and their actions." To judge whether a person is talented and well-educated, you must not only listen to the way he speaks, but also observe his behavior in subtle ways.
Wei Yuanzhao in front of him was wearing a light green robe that matched that of a seventh-grade Henan County Prime Minister, a black gauze hat on his head, and a silver belt at his waist. His gestures and gestures were full of the style of a famous man; just these alone made people's hearts beat. Have a good impression.
If at this critical moment that is closely related to official career, Wei Yuanzhao wears the uniform of a county official to show his identity, or uses his junior status in the first place.
If so, then he would probably be greatly disappointed.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wei Yuanzhao waited until Yang Ji took his seat, then sat back down.
Yang Ji looked at Wei Yuanzhao and asked, "When did you return to Daxing?"
"Report to your Majesty, the official arrived yesterday!" Wei Yuanzhao suddenly thought of something, that is, he had already received the transfer order from the Ministry of Personnel, but he only entered the customs yesterday. He was worried that Yang Ji had some misunderstanding, so he quickly explained: " Your Majesty, it’s not that your subordinates are disrespectful to the court, but that after the imperial capital moved eastward, many people from different places came to Dong/Beijing to make a living every day. These people from all over the world often suffer from language barriers, different customs, poor communication, and regional prejudices. Fights broke out. As one of the two counties in East and Beijing, Henan County is under great pressure on public security."
"Recently, the people have been in trouble due to the overflow of private money and soaring prices. When the official received the transfer order from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he still had some matters to deal with, so the delay was not intentional. "
He was the Duke of Henan County, but Wei Yuanzhao knew that he was nothing in front of Yang Ji; although Yang Ji started his career as a prince and the general manager of Liangzhou, his current status was achieved with his true skills.
Facing today's Yang Ji, no one is qualified to show off in front of him; no one is qualified to say that he has the status he has today because of his royal status because he was born with a noble family.
When Wei Yuanzhao heard that the emperor decided to promote Yang Ji to Shangshuling, the court was in an uproar, and objections spread throughout the court. However, the emperor's filial rebuke made everyone speechless and shut their mouths:
The emperor did not deny that he admired and trusted Yang Ji in the morning meeting; but the emperor then enumerated Yang Ji's achievements and achievements, and said that Yang Ji's achievements today are all due to his achievements, his efforts, and his loyalty. ; Now he just got the reward he deserved. If any general felt that his contribution to the Sui Dynasty was half that of Yang Ji's, he would transfer the ministerial order to that general.
The emperor's words left all the opponents speechless: they saw that Yang Ji was deeply favored by the emperor and promoted step by step, and many of his positions were important positions with great power. Now the emperor made him the minister, known as the head of the hundred officials. Order, this made the civil and military officials of the entire court extremely jealous.
In addition, Yang Ji has no foundation in the central government and no political power to fully support him. Therefore, opponents believe that Yang Ji's current status is due to the favor and trust of Yang Jian and Yang Guang. They instinctively and subconsciously ignore the achievements made by Yang Ji. of great achievements. ….
Later, when they heard Yang Guang mention Yang Ji's achievements, all the opponents were speechless.
None of the civil and military officials in the dynasty dared to say that they had half as many achievements as Yang Ji. He, Wei Yuanzhao, was just a small Henan prime minister, and he still relied on the influence of his family to enter the officialdom. The Duke of the county did not create it himself, so what qualifications did he have to compete with him? Are you self-righteous in front of your young Yang Ji?
Naturally, Yang Ji didn't know what Wei Yuanzhao was thinking, and he had never even heard of the discussion between the monarch and his ministers about being promoted to minister. At this time, Yang Ji nodded after listening to Wei Yuanzhao's words. In fact, Yang Zhao had also mentioned the reason why Wei Yuanzhao had not entered the customs for a long time. He could stick to his job and did not rush into the customs because of the orders of the officials. It shows that this person is a responsible person.
"Ganquan County has gone through wars, and there are still some anti-Sui tribes in it. It is in urgent need of officials who are versatile in both civil and military affairs and are knowledgeable in military and political affairs. In the future, it will be a blessing to the people to have talented people like you who can help the world and guard the place."
Yang Ji knew that Yang Zhao was helping Wei Yuanzhao put in good words. Firstly, Wei Yuanzhao had this ability; secondly, in addition to being Wei's son and Yang Zhao's cousin-in-law, Wei Yuanzhao was also the cousin of Crown Princess Wei's same grandfather. So there was a desire to cultivate him as a confidant.
Yang Zhao's explanation and Wei Yuanzhao's performance were also satisfactory, so Yang Ji expressed his attitude, which could be regarded as offsetting Yang Zhao's favor intention of "gifting food after drinking".
"I only want peace and order, to share the worries of the court and the people. As the shepherd of Liangzhou, the king is in charge of the military and political affairs of Liangzhou. In the future, if the king has errands, I hope to assign them." Wei Yuanzhao heard the implication, the hidden meaning. On the surface, Although it was still as quiet as water, a heart was already beating.
The late Emperor Yang Jian was a pragmatic emperor who disliked the rhetoric of those who wanted to raise their hopes. When he was still alive, he not only required officials at all levels to be pragmatic, but also stipulated that key officials in the imperial court must be from counties and counties, must be in the army, and must be capable. achievements
and achievements; otherwise, even if he is famous all over the world, even if he has great fame, he will only be a careerist and talkative person who "raises good hopes" and is detrimental to the country and the people. If he serves as a governor well, he will also be able to understand the local area and accumulate a rich resume and achievements for further promotion in the future.
If you are a small official in the central government, it will be difficult to achieve actual results. However, in Ganquan County, where Yang Ji killed thousands of miles and left nothing to be done, it is easiest to achieve great results.
"Of course!" Yang Ji looked at the sincere face of Wei Yuanzhao and thought to himself: This is an official who is backed by a big family and has someone in the court. Even if he is in charge of the government, he does not worry about being locked in place. Above; if it were a helpless official, the choice would be completely opposite. They all dreamed of entering the central government as a minor official, hoping to become a familiar face in the central government, in order to gain the appreciation of the important officials.
After discussing the business, Wei Yuanzhao hesitated for a while, stood up, bowed deeply to Yang Ji, and said, "Your Majesty, the princess has a question, please let me ask you a question. Please clear it up, Your Majesty!"
"What's the matter?" Yang Ji thought for a moment and understood what the doubt he was talking about was.
"The saint issued a decree the day before yesterday to remove King Changning, King Pingyuan, King Ancheng, King Anping and others from their titles and depose them as common people." Wei Yuanzhao glanced at Yang Ji and whispered: "Princess is very frightened. I don’t know what to do with myself!”….
Yang Guang acted very quickly. After listening to Yang Ji's opinion, he dismissed all Yang Yong's sons as common people. As Yang Yong's daughter, Fengning Princess Yang Jinghui must have felt sorry for herself when she saw her brothers ending up like this. deeply worried about his fate. But Yang Ji couldn't tell Yang Guang's true intention of deposing the kings of Yang Yan, Yang Yu, Yang Jun, Yang Ni and others, lest they be used by people with ulterior motives in the future, so he said implicitly: "You should know about Renshou Palace 'Left and right guards, the truth about the internal strife, right?"
"Your Majesty, the princess and I both know!" Wei Yuanzhao is not only Yang Yong's son-in-law, but also a direct descendant of Du Ling's Wei family. Of course he knows that the so-called "infighting between the left and right guards" is actually an attempt by his father-in-law to seize power by force, so he and Liu Shu and others Launched a military coup before the late emperor's death. At this time, he was not only worried that his couple would be liquidated, but also saw that Yang Ji was willing to talk, so he gave a clear answer without hesitation.
"Now that you know, it's easy to handle." Yang Ji nodded and warned: "Go back and tell Feng Ning: What happened in front of you is definitely not a bad thing, and nothing will happen to her and her brothers and sisters. Let her From now on, she can just be a royal princess with peace of mind. She can just be as she normally is, and there is no need to pretend to be anything. As for her brothers, just leave them alone, ignore them, and don't ask about them."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for clarifying the confusion!" Wei Yuanzhao breathed a sigh of relief.
"I won't let you eat anymore. You can go back!" Yang Ji paused and then said as an elder: "After years of hard work, the Liangzhou Prefecture Mufu has established a complete set of governance plans. Although the officials in the government have weird tempers, everyone is pragmatic and does practical things. You can go there early to learn. And Ganquan County has been devastated by me and is full of waste. If you really want to achieve something , it’s still very easy to do. But if you act haphazardly, or just have the intention of dawdling, then don’t blame me for turning your back on others.”
Wei Yuanzhao looked solemn, cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, if I do anything inappropriate, just punish me more severely!"
The aristocratic families are full of money and beautiful maids. Although no family is short of true dandy children, there are more capable and ambitious children. Compared with the former who just eat and wait to die, the latter like Wei Yuanzhao , not only know that they need promotion and power, but also they will not have any illegal thoughts about public funds or private beauties, so once they enter the official career, they often work hard and work hard. Wei Yuanzhao was very confident in himself. After receiving Yang Ji's approval, he immediately expressed his attitude and position.
"Go!" Yang Ji looked Wei Yuanzhao up and down. This man clearly came prepared. After he came to the door, he clearly knew himself in detail and knew what kind of temper he was; but this was also officialdom. The normal state of things, isn't he himself also studying Yang Guang, his "immediate boss"?
"Here! I'll take my leave." Wei Yuanzhao bowed with his fists in hand and left. .
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