In the side hall of Xuanwu Hall, Yang Ji was secretly grateful. He had already realized that his many identities were enough to attract everyone's attention, and he would think twice before doing anything in the future. However, the time traveler is also a human being. No matter how thoughtful he is, he cannot do everything in detail, let alone consider everything about the present and the future. Fortunately, there are many smart people with sharp minds around, otherwise we will definitely suffer big losses.
Just when Yang Ji was reflecting and introspecting, a middle-aged man dressed as an official entered the side hall under the leadership of a guard. When he saw Yang Ji sitting high, he immediately bowed his hands and said, "Princess Xiangguo's Mansion Lord Bo Liuhong meets the king."
"Master Liu, I'm sorry!" Yang Ji said coldly, "I wonder who ordered you to come here and why?"
The princess has the same right to open a palace as the prince, but after all, the princess is a married woman or a woman to be married. Therefore, the princess not only does not have the power to command the army, but the number of subordinate officials is not as large as that of the prince's palace. Moreover, because the subordinate officials mainly help the princess run the affairs of the palace, In Zongzheng Temple, most of the subordinate officials in the Princess Palace are female officials; while in external affairs, there are mainly a smaller number of male subordinate officials. Therefore, it doesn't matter whether Liu Hong asks for an audience as Princess Xiangguo or as Li Changya's subordinate. However, Liu Hong first asked to see Li Changya as a messenger, and now he changed his identity to Princess Xiangguo's direct subordinate. This was obviously a clever trick to achieve a certain purpose. If it were any other time, Yang Ji wouldn't take it to heart, let alone embarrass a "little" Princess Palace Master Bo; but right now, he was in a bad mood.
When Liu Hong was asked coldly by Yang Ji, his heart was shaken and his hair stood on end, and he swallowed back the words that came to his lips.
In order to complete the task assigned by Li Changya, he imitated the relationship between Li Changya and Princess Xiangguo, and attempted to use the sibling relationship between Princess Xiangguo and Yang Ji to achieve his goal. Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened his mouth, Yang Ji noticed it.
Today's Yang Ji, it is no exaggeration to say that the power on the road is growing and rising to the sky. And he, Liu Hong, is just the boss of the princess's house. Although he is also an official of the imperial court, to put it bluntly, he is half a slave and retainer who depends on Princess Xiangguo for survival. Whether he can be on the official career is even more important. , all decided by the princess and her husband of Xiangguo. If Yang Ji was dissatisfied with him and mentioned it to Princess Xiangguo or Yang Guang, his career would definitely end here.
Liu Hong regretted it so much that his clothes on his back were soaked with cold sweat. With his mind racing, he took a few steps forward, saluted Yang Jishen and said, "I am frightened by the king's majesty and demeanor, and my words are inappropriate. I hope the king will forgive me." .”
Yang Ji waved his hand and said impatiently: "Stop talking about these useless nonsense, tell me, why are you here?"
Liu Hong did not dare to play scheming anymore and said honestly: "The good king learned that my consort is the chief minister of the Yongzhou Prefecture, and all the affairs that happen in Yongzhou are related to him. Today, I suddenly heard that Tang Guogong's death My son Li Shimin was assassinated in the Cuihua Mountain area of Huxian County, Jingzhao County. He felt extremely uneasy and promptly sent people to the scene of the incident to conduct a detailed investigation."
Having said this, Liu Hong took another careful look at Yang Ji and saw that the other party had no expression on his face, as if it had nothing to do with him. The scribe looked surprised, so he thought that neither of them knew about this, so he continued He added: "The prince-in-law guessed that the matter might be related to the Yuan family through witness statements and some rumors in the capital, so he sent his subordinates here. First, please be careful when traveling."
"Why did he want me to be more careful?" Yang Ji was as surprised as Hao Yuan. According to what Hao Yuan had just said, after they completed the task, they destroyed all the evidence, and the heavy rain destroyed the scene. Even if we ask Di Renjie, Bao Zheng, and Hai Rui to investigate, they will definitely not be able to find out the reason. However, Li Changya actually believed that this matter was related to the Yuan family. Isn't this too far-fetched?
Liu Hong said sarcastically: "Isn't it that the king and the Yuan family have some disputes? Don't be afraid of the worst, just be afraid of the worst!"
"The prince-in-law is interested." Yang Ji frowned and said with a dull expression, "It's just that the holiday between the Yuan family and I is just a dispute over political opinions, and there is no personal grudge. Please rest assured, prince-in-law."
At the end of the sentence, I felt a little weird and a little cold. Li Changya was either trying to earn his favor, or she was using the excuse of hypocritical concern to drag him into this matter related to the "Yuan family". "This trick came in so that Li Changya would be less stressed, but how is this possible?
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Yang Ji had a rough guess in his mind, but he pretended not to know and asked, "By the way, what's the second thing?"
Seeing that Yang Ji was not grateful, Liu Hong found it difficult to continue talking, but he gritted his teeth secretly and said, "Secondly, the consort has asked the king to move to the state capital as soon as possible to discuss important matters together."
"I wonder what the big deal is?" Yang Ji sneered in his heart. Li Changya was so concerned because the person who died was a son of a powerful person, and because he was frightened by the pressure of the noble Li family in Guanlong. If it were an ordinary citizen, he would Why are you so anxious?
Liu Hong bowed his hands and said to Yang Ji: "Your Majesty, you have been maliciously made trouble by the Yuan family in recent years. Don't you want to take revenge?"
"Okay, okay!" Yang Ji knocked on the table, shook his head and said, "I already know what Li Changshi Yuan did. However, what does the "big event" that happened in Yongzhou have to do with me, the shepherd of Liangzhou? "
Liu Hong bit his lip and plucked up the courage to say, "My prince consort sincerely invites you. I hope that your Majesty will take important matters as your priority and think twice before making a decision."
"The Saint's northern tour is coming soon. As one of the generals accompanying him, I have to put the Saint's safety first and have no time to pay attention to these messy trivial matters. Besides, there are also matters such as drought relief and harvest protection, disaster relief and flood prevention, and the establishment of the Northern Navy, etc., which require me to do this. Shangshu Ling is worried, how can I have the time, energy, and leisure to care about such trivial matters? You go back!" Yang Ji snorted coldly, waved his hand and said, "Come and see the guests off."
Liu Hong wanted to persuade him again, but Yang Ji's cold gaze made his heart tremble. He could only sigh helplessly, bow silently and retreat.
"Your Majesty, it seems that the three major factions of Guanlong nobles, the Yuan family and the Li family are fighting fiercely! Otherwise, Li Changshi would not have suspected the Yuan family in the first place." Yang Ji and Changsun Cheng are in-laws, so they have already known each other for a long time. Changsun Cheng learned about the existence of the Wuchuan Alliance and the struggle between the Yuan family and the Li family for the alliance. He then informed Hao Yuan, Gongsun Huan, Song Zhengben, Ling Jing and other close advisers about the matter. After Liu Hong left the side hall and disappeared from sight, Hao Yuan slowly said to Yang Ji.
"From the day Yuwentai founded the Guanlong Noble Group, the internal fighting among the Guanlong nobles has been doomed." Yang Ji sneered and asked, "Does Chengyuan know why?"
Hao Yuan nodded and said: "Actually, the root cause is still the Six Towns Rebellion. In order to suppress the rebels from various places and maintain its rule, the Northern Wei Dynasty had to turn to Rouran for help. The Six Towns and the rebels from various places jointly strangled them in the Northern Wei Dynasty and Rouran. Next, it ended in failure. The Northern Wei Dynasty moved the captured rebels and the residents of the six towns to Youzhou, Jizhou, and Yongzhou. The soldiers from Wuchuan Town were placed in Guanzhong."
"Although the six towns failed, they dealt a heavy blow to the gradually decaying Northern Wei regime, and its influence spread throughout the country. By the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the armies of the six towns belonged to Er Zhurong and He Batayue. He Batayue, the leader of the Wuchuan Army in Guanlong, fought in Yongxi San After being trapped and assassinated by Hou Mo Chen Yue in 2001, his army was leaderless. Several generals wanted to be the leader, but they refused to obey anyone. In the end, Yuwentai was appointed as the coach. But in fact, Yuwentai was only the coach in name. , the Wuchuan Army is still divided into six generals."
"Yu Wentai followed the example of the Eight Great Officials of the Northern Wei Dynasty and established the Eight Pillar States. He appointed one of them as the nominal supreme commander, and the other was given to the Northern Wei clan clan Yuan Xin. This was a false title. The other six Pillar States were given Dugu Xin, Li Hu, Zhao Gui, Li Bi, Yu Jin, Hou Mo and Chen Chong, who control the army, are the six pillars who are worthy of the name. Each of them has two generals. These are the twelve generals. These eight pillars The twelve generals of the country and their personal connections are collectively known as the Guanlong noble group. However, each Zhuguo and each general is actually an independent emperor."
Yang Ji nodded. History actually has a continuum to follow. If you don't know the history of the Northern Dynasties, you won't know the continuing relationship between the Western Wei, Northern Zhou, and Sui dynasties. The strength of the Guanlong nobles lies in the fact that they have been on an equal footing with Yuwentai from the beginning, and are themselves the product of mutual compromise. Otherwise, how could Yuwentai, who was only in his twenties and a weak general, have the virtue to command the Wuchuan Army? How to make those "six-pillar countries" that obey no one obey others?
As for Yuwentai’s primitive military system, it was actually a restoration of the military system pursued by the Hu people.
In the clan-tribal system, he not only granted each general and each clan "chief" a high degree of autonomy, but also all soldiers took their master's surname. In the end, each pillar country, each general, and each clan became independent and became a de facto big and small country. king.
In the end, the world that had led to Emperor Xiaowen's successful sinicization of the Northern Wei Dynasty was once again transformed into a barbaric country. However, the major sects of the Guanlong aristocracy grew stronger through compromises and battles. The emperor they elected was like the secretary-general of the United Nations. He did not have much power in his hands. The value of his existence was to mediate disputes and help everyone share the cake.
In the case where all the nobles of Guanlong have power and armies, if the emperor's division is unfair, or some people think he is unfair, then a problem will arise - those who think he is unfair will want to take advantage of it. They used the power and the army to violently overthrow him and replace him with someone they thought was fair. And those who thought he was fair supported him desperately.
In this way, the two became involved because of interests. And this is why Yang Ji said before, "From the day Yuwentai founded the Guanlong Noble Group, the infighting among the Guanlong Nobles was doomed."
For people living in this era, all of the above are open secrets. Anyone who has some knowledge and understands some historical facts will know it clearly, but no one dares to talk about it in public.
The two of them extended the discussion for a moment and did not discuss it in depth. Hao Yuan returned to the topic and said to Yang Ji: "Your Majesty, as far as I can see, Li Changshi has no idea who is the murderer of Li Shimin or who is behind the scenes, and there is not even a trace of evidence; now it is just because of the noble Guan Long Due to internal disputes, they targeted the Yuan family who had huge conflicts with the Li family."
"However, the Yuan family is deeply rooted and has influence all over the world. Even a saint would have to worry about it. Therefore, he did not dare to investigate the Yuan family without conclusive evidence. But not to investigate would be a serious dereliction of duty. Forced by helplessness, he We had no choice but to ask Liu Hong to come to the palace in an attempt to get the king to deal with the Yuan family, who had a grudge against him, while he waited for the opportunity on one side."
"This is also the fundamental reason why I fired Liu Hong away. Li Changya has no real evidence, and this case will definitely end in nothing." Yang Ji glanced at Hao Yuan, then looked up at the vast rain curtain outside, He said slowly: "Once the news spread that Tang Guogong's second son was assassinated in Jingzhao, the pressure on the Yongzhou Prefecture Mufu doubled. Maybe even the saints paid attention to it. With no investigation, the Yongzhou Prefectural Mufu had no choice but to ask for help. The Jingzhao Prefecture put pressure on the government, and the Jingzhao Prefecture put pressure on the Huxian County government. In the end, those officials in Huxian County must be the unlucky ones."
Hao Yuan smiled and nodded: "That's true, but the king rejected Li Changshi so simply, I'm afraid he has a grudge."
"Take care of himself first!" Yang Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "If he had extra energy to plot against me, he wouldn't have sent people to find me in a panic after suspecting the Yuan family. Already."
Hao Yuan thought about it, and it was right. After thinking for a long time, his eyes suddenly burst out with a fierce light, and he lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty, there must be many people like Li Changshi who doubt the Yuan family, and they are not far away. At least the Li family also has this intention. If we start targeting the Yuan family now, it might be the right time!"
When Yang Ji heard this, he felt his heart heat up. Hao Yuan's method was indeed a good opportunity to provoke a dispute between the two families. Although Li Yuan was far inferior to the Yuan family's opponent, the Dugu family and the Dou family were both at odds with the Yuan family. It was difficult for the two families now. After finding a common ground of interest in Li Yuan, how could we just sit back and watch Li Yuan be killed by the Yuan family?
His eyes were a bit dark, but after thinking hard for a long time, he finally shook his head and whispered to Hao Yuan: "Chengyuan's method is not advisable, at least not now."
Hao Yuan was stunned, then asked: "But why?"
"The main reason is that Chengyuan knows too little about Li Yuan." Yang Ji gave a definition and then explained: "Although the suspect has the tendency to point to the Yuan family, others are not stupid. Once we move towards the Yuan family, With that target in mind, the various sects may have initially thought that Li Yuan was seeking crazy revenge. However, those who understand Li Yuan's way of life know that he is a family-oriented person who is good at forbearance. As long as they follow Li Yuan's temperament and past actions in depth. When you think about it, you will guess that someone is provoking the dispute between the Li Yuan family and the Guan Long family behind the scenes. And who is this person they suspect? "
Hao Yuan is
A wise man, but he really didn't know much about Li Yuan's temperament and way of life. At this time, Yang Ji enlightened him and he immediately realized it. He suddenly said: "But he is humble and eager for quick success. And the person they suspect must be a saint."
"Yes." Seeing that he had realized this problem, Yang Ji said: "Once they suspect that the saint is behind the scenes, the three Guanlong sects will definitely put aside their past suspicions and deal with the outside world in unison in order to deal with this terrifying and powerful enemy. So if we Eliminating the second target at this time would be a disservice."
"But your method is good, but the time is not right now." Yang Ji paused, and then said: "After this has a result, a result that makes Li Yuan dissatisfied, we will get rid of the second target. .”
"Here!" When Hao Yuan heard this, he already knew how he should arrange it.
