In the morning of the next day, Yang Guang dealt with several issues and announced the time for the annual review of the officialdom and the decision to withdraw from the redundant military government. When the news came out, the capital was abuzz with discussions, turmoil, and undercurrents.
The former happens every year, as long as it is done according to the methods of previous years, there is nothing to say or add. The latter is the court's drastic reform of the military after the military reform and the Navy's anti-corruption campaign. If not, it will be another big turmoil. In addition, too many people's interests are involved, so almost everyone Pay attention to people in officialdom.
What surprised people was that Yang Ji actually resigned from the position of commander in chief of the redundant military government and became a military advisor and staff member. The reason why Yang Ji declined was that he was not clear about the situation of the military offices in various places. If he were to take charge, it would take at least a few months to understand it before it could officially kick off. If someone who is familiar with the military government in various places is in charge, he can understand and cooperate at the same time.
Yang Guangshen thought so. He responded to Yang Ji's request and appointed Duan Wenzhen as the commander-in-chief, and Yang Ji, Gao Juong, Yang Da, Yang Yue, Yu Zhongwen, and Li Zhongwen as deputy commanders. He ordered Yu Wenshu to be responsible for front-line affairs, Shangshu Province and the Tenth Army. The Liuwei Mansion is fully cooperating. Anyone who dares to interfere and delay the military aircraft will be punished according to law. In addition, twenty inspection envoys and forty inspection envoys were dispatched to lead the delegation northward to fully assist Yu Wenshu in inspecting military mansions in the north.
In fact, there are three reasons why Yang Ji recommended the coach. In addition to the one he mentioned, the second is that the Ministry of War has learned the lessons from the failure of military reform this time, and the plan drawn up is very complete. As long as the actual operation is step-by-step, there will be no failure. Maybe, the key is to be patient and careful, and the key is to work slowly and slowly. And Yang Ji is about to deal with the Li family in Longxi, so how can he have time to waste on tedious details?
The third reason is also the most critical one, that is, he has just accomplished the feat of destroying the country and has just been appointed as the prime minister. In addition, there are many virtuous and talented people in the court. It is really not suitable for him to be impatient and rush to do big things.
If he takes office, it will be tantamount to depriving the Ministry of War of the fruits of months of hard work. In the end, not only will the rumors circulating in the city of being greedy for power be confirmed, but it will also cause people who were close to him to become dissatisfied - "The Manchu Dynasty Civil and military affairs, are you the only one who is a loyal, good, wise, and capable minister? Are we all mediocre and sycophant?"
Despite this, Yang Ji was still very busy. He first sent the Liangzhou army away, and then kept going back and forth between the palace, the Xuanzheng Hall, the Ming Hall, the Assembly Hall, and the Shangshu Province. He either learned about his responsibilities, the central government's work style, and military affairs, or discussed the military affairs with Duan Wenzhen and others at the Ministry of War. A number of detailed matters have been resolved. In addition, military matters such as promotions and pensions for the Eastern Expedition Army had to be handled in a timely manner, causing Yang Ji to be busy every day. Occasionally, when he had time to stop and take a breath, he was summoned by Yang Guang to the Imperial Garden to brag.
Once people get busy, time will fly by very quickly, and before you know it, it will be the second day of the twelfth lunar month in the third year of Daye.
As Yang Ji became more familiar with his responsibilities, he gradually became less busy, and his focus turned to the annual evaluation of Liangzhou officials and the Longxi Li family.
Near noon, Xiao Ying, accompanied by Liu Rumei and Pei Shuying, talked with the three visiting half-sisters.
Zhang Chuchen, Murong Xianyue, Xian Yufang, Liu Xu and Hou Qiaowen were also accompanying them.
There are many brothers and sisters in the Xiao family, and Xiao Ying is the youngest. Most of her brothers and sisters are much older than her mother; these three eldest sisters are married to Wang Gun, Dou Wei, the head of the Dou family, and Hou Mo Chen Chong respectively. Grandson Hou Mo Chen Yi.
Mrs. Dou Xiao was already over forty years old. She put down the teacup in her hand, smiled at Xiao Ying and said, "Mei, my Alang is going to entertain the king in front of us to celebrate his return from a great victory. I don't know if the king doesn't like to socialize! Or is he too much? I'm too busy and haven't responded yet, so let me ask."
Xiao Ying knew that her husband was special. He was different from other men in the Sui Dynasty. On the surface, he was a domineering and carefree man, but in private, he was a quiet, easy-going, family-oriented "little man" who was not even as good as her. "Doing Tai Chi". Moreover, he particularly disliked meaningless social gatherings, especially purposeful banquets held by people like Dou Wei who were enemies rather than friends. He even disliked participating in them. Since he did not respond to Dou Wei, it meant that He has declined. But you can't say that.
She looked at her sister with her bright eyes that seemed to be able to talk, and bowed slightly and said: "We are all one family, and it doesn't matter when we have the banquet. It's not that the king doesn't like to socialize, but he has just entered the court and is new to the affairs of the court. Too familiar. It happens to be the end of the year, and he is very busy every day. Sometimes when he comes back, he will be busy with the government staff until midnight. "
After a pause, Xiao Ying continued: "As far as I know, the Honglu Temple where my sister-in-law lives is also making intensive preparations to entertain envoys from various countries and report on their duties to the envoys. It seems that they are very busy. They are two busy people. The time we spend together and the opportunities to talk may be more than my own wife."
Mrs. Dou Xiao couldn't help but laugh and said with a smile: "That's right. They are busy people, so they might as well live together in the imperial city."
Xiao Ying's seventh sister, Hou Mo, Chen Xiao, sat aside and listened, feeling an inexplicable irritation in her heart. Although her husband was the head of the Hou Mochen family in the "Eight Pillars Kingdom" of the Western Wei Dynasty, the Hou Mochen family suffered a serious decline, and their situation was not much better than that of the Li Hu family in the "Eight Pillars Kingdom". Moreover, when the Hou Mochen family rebelled against Yang Liang, the Presbyterian Council suppressed a large amount of money, slaves, villagers, and nursing homes. As a result, Yang Liang was defeated and the Hou Mochen family also suffered. The imperial court was brutally liquidated.
Today, the situation of Hou Mochen's family is worse than that of Li Hu's family. Although her husband Hou Mochen Yi still has the title of Duke, his official position is only the inspector of the ten-level li of the East Palace. Sima, not even a small formal Sima.
Her husband mentioned to her a few days ago that the "Military Administration Streamlining Department" temporarily established by Duan Wenzhen, Yang Ji and others took the lead in the dismantling of the military administration. Sima Zhizhi entered it, but the powerful, ruthless and inhumane King Wei didn't even respond at all.
The eldest sister Xiao Ying and Wang Gun's wife are entering the fiftieth year of knowing their destiny this year. Because she is the eldest sister of Queen Xiao, Yang Guang canonized her as the wife of Rencheng County in the first year of Daye. Her husband Wang Gun is from the Langya Wang family. , is the tenth generation grandson of Wang Dao, the Prime Minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He is now Secretary Cheng Cheng, and his rank is from the fifth rank. Above him are one eunuch, from the third rank, and two young eunuchs, from the fourth rank.
Mrs. Rencheng came to Prince Wei's Mansion to visit her younger sister who was pregnant. She also wanted to get close to her. After hearing this, she said: "What my sister said is absolutely true. The three brothers are ministers in the same palace and they also take care of each other."
Xiao Ying smiled and said thoughtfully: "Relatives are supposed to take care of each other."
After hearing this, Dou Wei's wife's bright smile froze.
It seems that her husband's family originally used collaborating methods to take care of Yang Ji.
Mrs. Rencheng took over the conversation and said to Xiao Ying: "The day after tomorrow is my little sister's birthday, how do you plan to celebrate it? Speaking of which, this is the first birthday that my little sister has celebrated in the capital after getting married."
Xiao Ying said: "We sisters are all pregnant with big bellies and have difficulty moving. We should concentrate on raising the fetus. It would be disrespectful and disrespectful to the guests, so let's give up."
In fact, a small banquet is still possible and it won't affect anything. But they have already decided to keep a low profile and keep a low profile this year, and go their own way as usual, and they must not give people the excuse to "float" in the sky. If she was planning a birthday party and the news was leaked by these sisters, the whole Jingshanfang would be crowded with guests who came unexpectedly, so Xiao Ying found these very legitimate and sufficient reasons to resign.
Mrs. Rencheng and her husband have discussed it and plan to give some calligraphy works by Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi as Xiao Ying's birthday gifts. The calligraphy works of the two kings must be precious to other families, but in the Wang family, they are not considered at all. What. The couple even felt that it was not precious enough because they had a large family, so they added the masterpieces of Zhong Yao and Mrs. Wei to deepen the relationship between the two families, and then advised: "It is okay to set up a few banquets and invite some close relatives to gather together. "
"No! My little sister really doesn't have this intention." Xiao Ying shook her head gently and said softly: "In addition to what I said before, the important thing is that the eldest brother passed away not long ago. It would be unreasonable and against the law for my little sister to hold a birthday banquet at this time. Tutor."
In fact, Dou Wei's wife and Hou Mo and Chen Yi's wife were also looking forward to Xiao Ying's birthday party. However, faced with this powerful reason, they, like Mrs. Rencheng, did not dare to speak: the Xiao family has always regarded itself as the authentic Han family. It pays attention to Han family etiquette. If Xiao Ying listens to this reason and Xiao Ying finally does it, her parents will definitely put the debt on them and ask them to go back and deal with it severely.
At this moment, the three sisters were afraid that Xiao Ying would go back on her promise, so they held a birthday party for Tianzhen Hou. They were so frightened that they quickly dropped the topic and talked about how to conceive and raise babies.
They chatted and laughed for a while, and Xiao Ying asked Mrs. Rencheng: "Sister, why doesn't my nephew-in-law come today?"
Mrs. Rencheng's eldest son is named Wang Chong, who serves as the county magistrate of Tooyin County in Yongzhou. His wife is the daughter of the Yang family of Hongnong. In terms of seniority, it seems that he is still a distant nephew of Yang Ji. However, the relationship between the royal family and the Yang family of Hongnong is unclear. Even Yang Ji can't explain why one person is like this. How could Xiao Ying know this?
The smile on Mrs. Renjun's face slowly faded, and she sighed: "Isn't it because of Chong'er? The Ministry of Personnel is going to have an annual review recently, the Ministry of War is going to streamline the military government, and the military affairs of Yincheng County where Chong'er is located are going to be reviewed! My daughter-in-law, she Feeling uneasy, I went to Wither Yin."
Xiao Ying nodded, sighed and said, "It's not easy for a man to be an official outside. It's good for my nephew and wife to be by my side to take care of her."
Dou Wei's wife also said: "The annual review and streamlining of the military government have caused a lot of uproar and panic. I heard that it is stricter than before. I really don't know how many officials have been dismissed from their posts and how many military government offices have been withdrawn." "
There is also a very serious chain of contempt between the sisters of the Xiao family. When it comes to the previous living conditions and living conditions, Queen Xiao is undoubtedly the worst. She was sent away two or three times soon after she was born. If Yang Jian and Xi Liang hadn't gotten married well, and if those Liang princesses didn't get along with Yang Guang, no one in the Xiao family would have known that there was Queen Xiao. In the end, she was I searched through the genealogy and searched for a long time before I found her.
The Xiao family discovered that she and Yang Guang had the same horoscope, so they hastily gave her the title of princess, and then she married Yang Guang in a mysterious way.
But her deeds before getting married were astonishing, and she could be called a destined daughter of a good-for-nothing and aristocratic family. Her last adoptive parents were so poor that they could hardly take the pot, so they made ends meet by selling embroidery and copying Buddhist scriptures for temples. At the same time, she also learned exquisite music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and poetry.
What's even more outrageous is that when her adoptive father was ill, she learned very superb medical skills and was able to cure a disease that even famous doctors could not cure. Then, she went to the mountains to collect medicine by herself, opened a medical clinic at home, and made a lot of money.
When she finished all this, she turned out to be just a little girl in her teens. If she were a boy, I really don’t know what kind of person she would be. 【historical facts】
But even if she became the crown princess, these sisters still looked down upon her.
Compared to Empress Xiao, Xiao Ying, who was born as a concubine, lived a carefree life and lived a life of fine clothing and food since she was a child. However, even though she married Yang Ji, she was still looked down upon by some of her sisters.
But now, who dares to look down on them?
Ever since, the mentality that I looked down on before turned into envy, jealousy, and sourness.
There was something in the words of Dou Wei's wife, and the implication was that Yang Ji was "more strict than before" as he became the Prime Minister, but Xiao Ying couldn't hear it in front of her, so she retorted in a moderate tone: " As long as an official behaves properly and abides by the law, no matter how strict the court's review is, it will not affect him or her. Most of the people who are worried have a guilty conscience and cannot withstand investigation."
Mrs. Rencheng nodded and added: "Alang also said something similar the day before yesterday, saying that although this inspection is stricter than previous years, the more stringent the inspection, the more beneficial it will be to the virtuous officials and the people, so that my daughter-in-law does not have to worry."
Pei Shuying whispered from the side: "Madam, I heard from my Aye that there are quite a few aristocratic families involved this time!"
With that said, Pei Shuying bowed to Dou Wei's wife and continued: "According to what I, Aye, and your Majesty said, the Guanlong family is flourishing, and its descendants, disciples, and former officials who serve in the Yongzhou local government and military government, and several It is related to the turmoil in Yongzhou a few months ago. And the Dou Family’s Dou Taifu Fang (Dou Chi) seems to be one of the key areas of this review.”
Hearing Pei Shuying's words, Dou Wei's wife couldn't help but feel a thump in her heart, and gradually a heavy hidden worry arose.
Since Pei Shuying's father and husband both said so, then this news is very likely to be true. Mrs. Dou's house has lush branches and leaves, which is a kind of tree with dead branches. It led Bujia Khan's army to go south, Yang Liang rebelled, etc. They are all involved in major events silently. If the court finds out one or two of them, the problem will be serious.
Thinking of this, she couldn't sit still, and said quickly, "My family, Alang, is strict in running the family. The current position of young minister of Honglu Temple has just been accepted. Is it different from other families?"
Pei Shuying continued to scare her and said: "The chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries must report themselves to Shu, and no one will be exempted. And according to my king, Liangzhou will be severely scrutinized this time. If the intensity in other places is the same, Liangzhou is second or third. This move not only shows confidence in Liangzhou, but also confirms the intensity of other reviews, leaving people with nothing to criticize."
Mrs. Rencheng is also knowledgeable. She frowned and said slowly: "Whether there are exceptions, it's hard to say now. But fortunately, our family is not afraid of investigations. Maybe Chong'er can go further this time." Woolen cloth."
She doesn't have much hope for her nerdy husband. Besides, although the position she holds now does not have much real power, it is not low-level and has no risks. It is in line with her husband's temperament and preferences. If she is transferred to a local government as a high-ranking official, what will happen? If you don't do well, you will make mistakes.
The situation is different when the son is young and strong.
The situation of Hou Mochen's family was even more miserable. Hou Mochen Yi's wife was more worried than others. She said to Xiao Ying: "Should you ask King Wei later about these official matters?"
"I don't know if the king will come back for dinner!" Xiao Ying looked at the sky outside and ordered: "Qiu Shui, it's almost noon now, let the kitchen prepare the preparations. Later, you can go to the front hall to see if the king is back. If so, When he comes, invite him to come to the nave to dine.”
In fact, without asking, Xiao Ying also knew that Yang Ji would not come back, not at all. At this moment, he was probably dragged to dinner by the emperor again.
However, what Xiao Ying didn't know was that Yang Ji was back today and was discussing important matters with his staff in the study room in the front hall.
