This was the first meeting between Yang Jian and Shan Hu. Yang Jian took a closer look at the eldest son of the Shan family. He saw that he was slender, about 30 years old, fair-skinned, and his facial features were quite upright. His words and deeds showed a suave and suave style.
There is a scar that is more than an inch long on the forehead on the left side of the eyebrow, which must be the mark left by Wang Yuxing's concubine who hit it with an incense burner.
Yang Jian thought.
"Does this Shanhu look quite decent? Why does he do something so shameful?"
The white horse held in the hands of the soldiers looked restless from the moment it saw its owner. As soon as it passed the mutual protection gate, it shyly leaned toward its owner with its hooves in hand, but the soldiers couldn't pull him back even though they tried their best.
Seeing this, Fan Wei smiled and ordered his soldiers.
"We can't take away someone's love, so quickly return the horse to Young Master Shan."
Shan Hu picked up the horse and asked a soldier to take him away. Then he turned around and accompanied Yang Jian and others around the river, through the flowerbeds, and then in front of a palace-like house. On the high stone lintel of this house, the words {云楼} were engraved in small seal script. Character.
General Shan Yutong was sitting in the main room waiting for visitors. When Yang Jian came in, he immediately picked up a cane and stood up.
"No, no, no."
Yang Jian quickly stepped forward to support Shan Yutong and said.
"This time the flood really washed away the Dragon King Temple. Yang Jian must apologize to the old general."
"Now that you are the governor, how can I dare to ask you to apologize? Our children just went out to play with a few soldiers, but unexpectedly they were beaten like this by you."
Shan Yutong said with a long face.
"It can be said that the more we fight, the closer we get. If what happened the day before yesterday had not happened, I might not have seen Governor Yang's face."
After the host and guest were seated, the conversation became more intimate over a few glasses of wine.
Shan Yutong, a local snake, had both served as a hussar general in the royal army and as a bandit. Of course he understood what would happen if a family of more than a thousand soldiers were to go head-to-head with a regular army of more than 10,000 people.
At the next nine-wine banquet, Yang Jian once again mentioned the matter of logging and building the military barracks in Dahong Mountain. The mountain was not Shan Yutong's private property in the first place. It was just that Shan Yutong took it for himself because the emperor was far away from the government because the mountain was high.
Shan Yutong agreed.
"It's no problem for the soldiers to forge barracks and cut wood."
Shan Yutong also promised generously.
"We have nothing, but we have plenty of food. We are willing to donate 300,000 kilograms of food to help the government soldiers affected by the disaster."
Fan Wei, who never had a chance to speak, immediately raised his glass and clinked it with Shan's father and son to express his gratitude.
The conflict between the government soldiers and the most powerful local hussar general and the fact that the hussar general donated 300,000 catties to the government soldiers soon spread in Suizhou.
Several other mutual sponsors in Suizhou City saw that their eldest brother had donated and they could not show weakness, so some donated 200,000 jins and some donated 100,000 jins. This solved the food shortage problem of the soldiers in the city, and the security in the city also improved significantly.
Not long ago, Yang Jian came to Dahong Mountain again and saw that the white waters had gradually shrunk. The soldiers had begun to plant vegetables and late autumn crops in the receding fields. Yang Jian summoned Fan Wei to discuss the matter on the spot.
"As soon as the water recedes, we must immediately cultivate and replenish the crops. In addition, we must take advantage of the good location near mountains and water to allow the already elderly soldiers to raise fish, ducks, and pigs to vigorously develop agriculture. The most important thing is to develop agriculture. Select the camp to be rebuilt and have an overall plan. Build a regular barracks in an orderly manner instead of building temporary shacks. Some of the felled wood can be used to exchange some bricks, tiles and lime materials from surrounding counties and counties to solve the problem of room shortage. It’s a question of not being able to live without the expense.”
Yang Jian's various measures were clearly explained and understood that as long as they are taken seriously, they can be done and done well. Executive Fan Wei naturally felt confident.
As time went by, the emperor Yuwen Yong and the chief minister Yuwen Hu seemed to be living in peace and harmony on the surface, but in fact they were still turbulent and confused. The emperor became more cautious and self-disciplined.
However, Yu Wenhu felt more and more that this seemingly weak, sickly and bookish young emperor was not an economical lamp. In terms of clothing, both the emperor and the concubines in the harem only wore common clothes, and there was no jewelry, and he was not greedy for food. There are only a few home-cooked dishes for three meals a day.
The original gorgeous decorations and agitating objects in the palace were also removed as quickly as possible. Especially since the rice grabbing trend, the emperor rarely stepped out of the palace courtyard and mostly reviewed memorials in the palace. Moreover, the memorials approved by the emperor still had to be sent to the Taishi Mansion. Only after the decision has been made by the general manager can the execution be issued.
Yu Wenyong's cautiousness and discipline not only failed to win the favor of the Grand Prime Minister, but actually made him more wary of the weak emperor.
The first problem that Yu Wenhu secretly noticed was that the emperor laid off a large number of palace attendants on the grounds of saving expenses in the harem. Most of the laid-off people were internal agents deliberately planted by the chief minister to monitor the emperor.
After the rice-grabbing trend, Yuwenhu appeared to be much more friendly to the emperor than before. He could come to the emperor to discuss some major military matters before handling them. In reality, Yuwenhu became even more unscrupulous and let his family and close staff have no restraint. Abuse power for personal gain.
Recently, the emperor also discovered that his younger brother Yu Wenzhi was drifting away from him and getting closer to the chief minister. In the past, Yu Wenzhi hated Yu Wenhu's lawlessness and tyranny to the bone and once urged him in front of the emperor.
"Brother, we have to find a way to destroy this demon who eats people but doesn't spit out bones."
After Yu Wenzhi saw that Yu Wenhu's power was not only not curbed, but covered the sky with one hand, he began to flatter Yuwen Hu regardless of the wind.
The Yanshou Hall, where the emperor lived, is an old palace with a long history. In this mysterious hall, many romances between emperors and concubines have been performed, and many bloody killings of relatives and heirs have been witnessed.
Just when the emperor was panicked and helpless, a eunuch came to report with small steps.
"The Empress Dowager Chinu has asked the Holy Lord to go to Hanren Hall to announce her presence."
After hearing this, the emperor suddenly felt puzzled. In the past, he always took the initiative to go to his mother to greet her. The old man never allowed him to see her. Yu Wenyong thought, "Is my mother in a hurry?"
He immediately changed his clothes and walked to the Hanren Palace. When the emperor was in the harem, he never used cars or sedan chairs to arrange the ceremonial guards to save trouble. He usually only brought a few guards and eunuchs with him. He was always annoyed by a large group of people shouting in front and behind him. And feel uneasy!
The emperor stepped up to the single pond of Hanren Palace, stepped into the palace door, and entered the queen's chamber. Suddenly he saw a big man facing him. He thought to himself as he frowned in the queen's room.
"Who dares to act so arrogantly in front of himself?"
At this time, all I could hear was the sulking voice of the person kneeling on the ground.
"Let's ask the Holy One to save my brother's life."
"Oh, it's my brother. Sorry, I was shocked."
The emperor was puzzled and asked.
"We saw from the memorial, didn't I personally lead the army from Xiangzhou to Chuankou to fight against the invading Chen army?"
"We hate it. We are nothing anymore. All our positions have been stripped away by that ruthless CEO."
Yu Wenzhi knelt on the ground and stated his grievances.
"What's going on?"
The emperor was not only surprised, but also surprised. He stepped forward, took Yuwen's arm and said it straight.
"Get up, what I just said is really unheard of by us."
The two brothers, the monarch and his minister, were seated in their mother's back room respectively. The palace maids were busy serving tea and pouring water.
"As far as we know, Yu Wenhu has always been very kind to you. Furthermore, how come we don't even know about such a big thing as the Chief Executive stripping you of all your positions?"
"Don't you know that the Grand Chief is a saint? In his eyes, he is domineering and covers the sky with one hand, and he doesn't take the saint into consideration at all."
"Isn't it right?"
The emperor did not answer Yu Wenzhi's words and continued to speak according to his own ideas.
"No matter how hot-tempered or tyrannical the Grand Chief is, he won't be so moody that he loses control, right? I think my brother must have done something wrong, and the Grand Chief dismissed you in anger."
"Didn't my brother just win a battle? Victory and defeat are common things in military affairs. His martial arts skills are so strong that he doesn't pretend to be in 4k high definition."
The emperor said.
"Brother, you don't know something. When the Grand Chief was young, it coincided with the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. At that time, the social turmoil caused the Han people to stumble and migrate to the Central Plains. The Han Dynasty had 10 people and 9 empty houses. Yu Wenhu's parents sold him to Liu Ziye as a slave for a mouthful of grain. , suffered inhuman abuse during the construction of the royal family, which is why he has become such a stubborn character now."
Yu Wenzhi changed the subject and almost roared.
"Brother, isn't it hard for us if he is suffering? Isn't your brother suffering? He is worthy of the court and we just have to deal with it. The key is that Yu Wenhu is overbearing and now he is like a goldenrod and must be eradicated."
"What did you say?"
The emperor stared at Yu Wenzhi like a stranger.
"Why don't I seem to recognize you? How can you talk such nonsense?"
Yu Wenzhi shouted excitedly and loudly.
"You pity him, has he ever pity you? Does he still have the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers in his heart? Someone who is so loyal will sooner or later die at the hands of Yu Wenhu."
"You are presumptuous."
The emperor was extremely shocked. He suddenly felt that his brother was very capricious and dangerous, and he would soon be tired of him. He scolded Yu Wenzhi with a cold face.
"How can you speak to the Grand Chief like this without any sense?"
"Your Majesty."
Yuwen fell to his knees and burst into tears.
"Perhaps you don't know that the current situation is very different from a few years ago. Yu Wenhu betrayed his relatives and left his relatives. Everyone was angry with him but did not dare to speak. Many military leaders said that the Holy One was an honest man. As long as he You can climb high and call Yu Wenhu, and the game is over."
Yu Wenzhi was very knowledgeable in martial arts, had a rough personality, and was eager for success and profit. If he exposed his inner thoughts too early, he might accomplish more than he should, so he bent down and pulled Yu Wenzhi up again and said.
"In a moment, you go to the Ministry of Finance to get some money and I will give you a few days off. You can rest at home for a while and play to your heart's content to relieve the anger in your heart. I will slowly make arrangements for you regarding your position. Nothing can be rushed.”
The emperor asked as he looked around.
"Mother?"
"We're here."
The Empress Dowager Chinu came out from behind the screen and said.
"It's not easy for you brothers to get together and talk. We can't bear to disturb you."
Yu Wenzhi saw that his mother suddenly felt energetic.
"Mother, the Holy One does not listen to advice. The emperor of a great country is willing to accept others' cowardice."
"You can't be as reckless as you were when you were a child at such an old age, otherwise you will hit your head and bleed. The emperor has his own reasons for what he wants to do. He leaves room for advancement and retreat in everything he does. He listens to your brother's advice in everything. That’s right.”
"The Queen Mother and the Son Emperor cannot stay for a long time again. There are still things to deal with over there."
The Queen Mother Chinu said.
"Well, your Majesty, go ahead."
The Queen Mother turned to Yu Wenzhi.
"How about just having a meal with your mother today?"
Before the emperor returned to the class pool of Yanshou Hall, some eunuchs had come to kneel down and report.
"Da Sima has been waiting for the emperor in the palace for a long time."
"Da Sima is here, why didn't you come and report to us earlier?"
said the little eunuch.
"Da Sima won't give in."
The emperor entered the palace gate and Grand Sima Yu Wenxian also knelt in the palace.
"What are you doing? Brother, please get up."
The emperor put his arms around Yu Wenxian affectionately and said.
"Let's go to the Queen Mother's place to make me wait for a long time."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it only takes a cup of tea."
Yu Wenxian was recently worshiped as Da Sima. As the name suggests, Ma Nai cavalry also generally refers to the army Sima who is in charge of the army. Da Sima is the officer who is also in charge of the national army.
Yu Wenxian followed the emperor and entered the emperor's study, talking and laughing. The emperor had been simple for most of his life. The study was the only most elegant residence in the palace. The bookshelves in the room were full of various classics, many of which were rare.
The four treasures of the study and the ink brush on the imperial desk are also treasures that tell the story of their origins. After the emperor and his ministers sat down respectively, the eunuch made tea for Yu Wenxian again.
