Yang Ji went to Youzhou twice. Once when Yang Liang rebelled, he was ordered to arrest Dou Kang, the general manager of Youzhou who had an affair with Yang Liang, and once to take revenge on the Khitan. Although there was no conflict with the Yuan family both times, he could He knew that the Yuan family was extremely powerful in Youzhou. Therefore, although Yang Ji did not expect that Yang Guang would continue to be evil to the Yuan family, the Yuyang family's "Yuyang system" was not only Yang Guang's target to deal with the Yuan family in a roundabout way, but also the biggest obstacle to Yang Ji's control of Youzhou. Even if Yang Guang did not remind him, He will also find ways to eliminate the influence of the Yuan family and Yuan faction in the army.
However, Yang Guang clearly gave him the right to deal with the Yuan family, but he understood two things: First, Yang Guang asked him to go to Youzhou and Liaodong to cause trouble, mainly to let him deal with the Guanlong nobles, and the target was still the Yuan family.
Second, Li Zixiong, the governor of Youzhou, reported in a memorial that Yuyang Governor Yuan Jie collaborated with officials under his rule to set up checkpoints to collect taxes privately. However, Sili Cheng Liu Xiuwen, who was ordered to inspect Youzhou, said that the officials in the counties and counties in Youzhou were clean and honest, and conversely said that Li Zixiong and Mo Yu Wenshu, the governor of the prefecture, and Yan Xun, the governor of Liaodong County, extorted money from officials and withheld military pay. This shows that Liu Xiuwen is most likely the mouthpiece of the Yuan faction, and Li Zixiong, Yu Wenshu, and Yan Xun are also involved in the game against the Guanlong nobles, and things become a bit complicated.
Yu Wenshu and Yan Xun were better off. Among them, Yu Wenshu had long since excommunicated himself from the Guanlong aristocratic group. His eldest son Yu Wenhuaji now works in the Department of Integrity. Together with Xiao Yu and Yang Gongren, he captured more than 10,000 unofficial and idle officials with good backgrounds, causing Yuwen's family to fall apart. The situation of the street rat that everyone yelled at was not much better than that of Yang Ji; the Yuwen family now had no choice but to hang out with the royal family.
The Yan family where Yan Xun belongs is just a small and medium-sized family of the Guanlong nobles. His father Yan Rong was reported to Yuan Hongsi for his violence and was ordered to death by the late emperor. Therefore, not only did he have a grudge against the Yuan family for killing his father, but he also had no power to rely on. In addition, he He married Yang Xiong's third daughter, so he willingly and down-to-earth became a relative of the royal family.
Compared with the first two, Li Zixiong is much more complicated, because he is a descendant of the Li family in Zhao County, and his elder brother Li Ziquan is a representative of the Shandong gentry. Although he is loyal to the court and Yang Guang, his background makes him When considering problems, the family comes first, the Shandong nobles second, and the king and empire last.
As the governor of Youzhou, if Li Zixiong gets involved with too many utilitarian interests of the family and faction when dealing with the Yuan clan, instead of seriously cooperating, things will be troublesome and complicated. And if Yang Ji cannot solve the Yuyang system of the Yuan clan in time, it will affect the progress of his march to Liaodong. Fortunately, Yang Guang appointed him as the general manager of the Liaodong March and gave him the right to kill first and report later. These two items alone were enough to make Li Zixiong a bit more honest.
Yang Guang confirmed that he understood what he was thinking, then put the matter aside and changed the topic: "As for the Yuan family, if you can't find a place to start for a while, you might as well go to Qiu County, Shanggu County to visit you first. The head of the Lu family, Lu Chisong, is the son of the late Lu Sidao, the governor of Wuyang County."
Having said this, Yang Guang smiled slyly and continued: "The Lu family and the Yuan family are fighting for the dominance of the Western Liaoning Corridor trade route. There are countless open and secret fights. As long as you are polite and humble when you visit the Lu family, the Lu family will definitely be happy to be your Right-hand assistant."
Yang Ji's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he exclaimed ecstatically: "Brother gave me a pillow just when I was about to fall asleep. If I have Lu's help, I will get twice the result with half the effort."
Yang Guang was also very happy to see Yang Ji so excited. He suddenly thought of something and asked with great interest: "Vajra slave, I heard how many maids you have who have achieved military exploits?"
When Yang Ji heard this, he felt a little faint in his heart. He knew that Yang Guang was referring to the top ten martial maids donated by Yang Su. Although the origins of the two maidservants are not important, what is important is what Yang Guang said about "achieving military merit." This shows that Yang Guang knows that he likes to take women to fight. If it is pursued, it will be a taboo for military strategists. of.
When he first noticed that Yang Guang was looking at him with a half-smiling look, instead of looking like he was questioning him, Yang Ji immediately became more courageous and said in a calm tone: "There are indeed a few of them. Concubine Liu Rumei, Yiren Zhang Chuchen is one of the maidservants. They are skilled in martial arts and have spied on a lot of military intelligence for me."
"Concubine Liu, Zhang Yiren, I know. I don't mean to blame you." Yang Guang waved his hand, smiled and reassured: "I also think that female soldiers are more careful than male soldiers in many specific matters; On certain occasions and in certain battles, they are more capable than male soldiers.
Be easy to use. "
Yang Ji breathed a sigh of relief and asked curiously: "In that case, why are you asking this all of a sudden?"
Yang Guang looked at Yang Ji with a strange look, chuckled and said, "I don't mean anything else. I just feel that since they have made contributions to the country, they must be rewarded."
Yang Ji felt something bad in his heart and quickly said, "They don't care."
"They don't care, but I do. As the emperor, I can't keep rewards and punishments unclear." Yang Guang said seriously: "But they are women after all, and they are yours, and I can't let them enter the palace as female officials. That's good. , I will give each of them a royal decree."
Yang Jiqian laughed and said: "Brother Rongzhen, I am innocent of them, little brother, we are extremely innocent! If you give me a royal title, what will happen?"
Yang Guang sneered and pressed closer: "If you were really innocent with them, would you take them wherever you go? Let me ask you, if I asked you to give away those maids, what would you do? Are you happy? Do you agree?"
"I'm definitely not happy about that, I'm definitely not agreeing with it." Yang Ji answered very decisively. For him, he was already used to the existence of the top ten martial maids. Liu Rumei and Zhang Chuchen were his wives, so naturally they couldn't give them away, but in addition He couldn't give away eight of them. First, they knew too many secrets. Second, he seemed reluctant to part with them.
"Isn't that right?" Yang Guang rolled his eyes and sneered disdainfully: "I really didn't see it. When did you, King Wei, become so pedantic? Since you like the woman around you, , then you should take it as your own, so as not to regret it in the future. If something goes wrong, I, as the head of the family, will take care of it. What are you afraid of?"
After saying that, Yang Guang pretended to have a sudden realization and said: "Oh, I understand. Your Excellency, the dignified King Wei, is afraid of his wife. He is afraid that she will beat and scold him, so he does not dare to take a concubine. But I am not telling you, you are just a bitch. How can you accomplish great things if you are brave?"
The most serious problem of the royal family is that the population is small and the family is not prosperous. Yang Jian's five sons now only have three, Yang Guang, Yang Xiu, and Yang Liang. The eldest son, Yang Yong, has died, and his heirs have also been expelled from the royal family and quietly transferred away. Although Qin kings Yang Jun, Yang Xiu and Yang Liang all had sons, they were not many. Yang Guang himself had three sons. The eldest son Yang Zhao was too fat, Yang Jian was a problem "child", and the youngest son Yang Gaogang was born not long ago. There are grandchildren, but they are too young and will not be able to shoulder the heavy responsibility within twenty years.
The Sui royal family currently has only four princes and brothers Yang Xiong and Yang Da serving as emperors, as well as Shu Wang Yang Xiu, who has just been transferred to Zongzheng Temple Minister, and Yang Gongren, who has been transferred to Minister of Civil Affairs.
Such a situation of underpopulation and few royal family members put the Sui Dynasty in a situation where the leader was weak and the ministers were strong, which was not conducive to the stability of the country. Yang Guang now very much hopes that the children of the royal family will marry more wives and have more sons. In order to make the royal family prosperous and prosperous with many children within twenty years.
Only when there are more people in the royal family, he, the emperor and the head of the family, can choose the best among them and become an official. The Sui Dynasty will be consolidated forever because of the large number of talents from the royal family. If the royal family continues to be as underpopulated as it is now, even if the few nephews and nephews in the future are all mediocre, he will have no choice but to use them, but this will not be conducive to the inheritance of the country.
As an emperor, he is so busy and busy that he wants to spend every breath and breath on dealing with state affairs. He has no time, energy, or thought to pamper the beauties in the harem, so he can only focus on reproduction. The great task of population is left to brothers, nephews and nephews.
As for Yang Ji, this kid would only have three sons in his life. Since he is so good at giving birth, he should give birth to more children and share more of the population pressure of the royal family.
Hearing the word "rat gallbladder" and the inference given by Yang Guang that he was afraid of his wife, Yang Ji suddenly became dissatisfied and unhappy. He immediately said loudly: "It's really a big joke. I, Yang Ji, have grown up so big. Apart from my aunt and Apart from my mother-in-law, I have never been afraid of anyone. Even my uncle is afraid of me. As for Ah Ying's gentle temperament, I have long since treated her well and honestly. Let me tell you, I asked her to go west, but she would never dare to go east."
"Afraid of my wife? Hum, how is this possible? I'm not afraid, I just don't want to take a concubine."
Seeing that Yang Ji refused to admit that he was afraid of his wife, Yang Guang suppressed his smile, nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is my good brother."
, This is the Sui Army God that I admire the most. He is indeed a responsible man and lives up to my expectations. "
He chuckled and said, "Okay, you can go back."
Yang Guang was stunned and asked with a dark face: "Is that the end of it? You are making fun of me, right?"
Yang Guang looked at the stupid Yang Ji, rolled up his sleeves with satisfaction, pretended to challenge him, and then asked with a smile: "I'm just teasing you, what can you do?"
"As long as you are happy." Yang Ji was immediately frightened.
Yang Guang is a complete pervert. Even if Yang Ji puts aside his status as emperor and lets go to fight, he can't beat him.
It's better to admit defeat than to get beaten.
"Haha, hahaha!" Yang Guang laughed proudly when he saw this.
Yang Ji laughed so hard that he became angry and said angrily: "I can't beat you, but I can beat your son."
Yang Guang smiled even more heartily: "Then just go and fight, I don't care."
"Aye, Aye!" At this moment, a crisp call suddenly came from outside the palace, and a girl who looked like a porcelain doll walked in. The person who came was none other than Princess Yang Feihong of Qinghe.
Yang Feihong was born in the third year of Renshou and is five years old this year. Yang Jian named her Princess Qinghe. After Yang Guang ascended the throne, she was promoted to Princess Qinghe. The biological mother of the little princess was Xiao Pin, and Yang Gao, who was born not long ago, was her half-father. Mother and brother.
When Yang Guang saw his baby daughter arriving, a soft and doting smile immediately flashed on his face. However, thinking that Yang Ji was still on the side, he immediately put on a serious face: "Hong'er is good, Aye is with me." Your Uncle Wang is discussing state affairs and will be playing with you later!"
Princess Qinghe sweetly called Yang Ji "Uncle Wang", then with a sullen face, she scolded Yang Guang mercilessly: "Aye is a liar, a big liar!" Although her voice was clear and sweet. , but it contains great anger.
When Yang Guang saw that his daughter seemed to be really angry, he couldn't hold it in any longer and hurriedly ran down from the throne: "My daughter, how did Aye become a big liar?"
Princess Qinghe said angrily: "Aye is really a big liar. Last night you said you would play with me and ride on my horse, but I waited for you all night and you didn't come."
"Pfft..." After hearing these words, Yang Ji burst into laughter. He glanced at Yang Guang, who was wearing a "dragon robe", and couldn't help but picture Yang Guang crawling on the ground as a horse.
"Get out!" Yang Guang's face was as red as pig liver, and he kicked Yang Ji hard.
"I'll dodge!" Yang Ji turned sideways and ran away without looking back.
After running far away, he secretly glanced back, only to see Yang Guang carrying Princess Qinghe on his shoulders and walking slowly in Anren Hall. Only then did he realize that this horse was not that horse, and that this imperial horse was the standing horse. Instead of lying on his back like he did for his son to ride.
"Cackle!" At this time, Princess Qinghe's silver bell-like laughter came to Yang Ji's ears.
As he listened, a warm smile appeared on Yang Ji's face,
Because of his arrival, the Great Sui Dynasty underwent earth-shaking changes. In just a few years, all aspects of the Great Sui Dynasty developed in a healthy and orderly manner.
The fate of some people closely related to the Sui Dynasty has also undergone earth-shaking changes because of his concerns. For example, in terms of royal women, the tragic but very loyal "Princess Yicheng" in history has now married Li Daliang and became Li Jiaxian’s daughter-in-law. And the fate of the lovely little princess Qinghe in the palace was completely reversed because of him.
At least, she didn't have to marry her nephew-killing enemy (Yang Yoo) Li Shimin, as happened in history.
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Returning to the palace, he walked along the corridor to the Xuanwu Hall. Just before arriving at the palace gate, Princess Xiao Ying and his concubine Pei Shuying hurriedly greeted them. The two women bowed, and Xiao Ying said to Yang Ji: " Langjun, brother Bingwen (Xiao Jing) and brother Xuanji of the Pei family have been waiting for you for nearly an hour."
Yang Ji was stunned. Xiao Jing is Xiao Ying's fourth brother and Pei Xuanji is Pei Shuying's eldest brother. They are the mouthpieces of Xiao Jue and Pei Ju respectively. In some scenes, they can completely represent two people who should not come forward. The name of the country.
These two people suddenly came to visit together at this time. What was their purpose?
He was not in a hurry to meet the person. In order to find out the purpose of the person's visit, he stopped and asked the two women: "The two brothers came suddenly. Do you know why they came?"
"I don't know." Xiao Ying and Pei Shuying shook their heads in unison, and it was Xiao Ying who said, "They came together, but it's hard for us to ask, and they didn't say anything. It's obvious that they came here for official matters."
Yang Ji pondered for a long time and then asked, "Where are the people? Where are they?"
"Serving tea in the living room of the left side hall. Manager Hao is accompanying me at this time." Xiao Ying replied.
"Well!" Yang Ji looked at the clothes he was wearing and saw that he didn't need to change. He said to the two women, "I'll be there right away."
When a visitor came, he did not bother to summon his advisers to discuss matters immediately. Then he walked quickly to the living room.
