In the next few days, Yang Ming continued to attend the court meeting, hardly speaking, but quietly listening to the discussions among the princes.
However, even if he doesn't speak, no one dares to ignore him now.
There were seven people in total who were under the command of Nayan. Among them, Gao Jiong was dismissed from office, Yang Su and Yang Shuang were in Renshou Palace, and the remaining four people who were still attending the court meeting in the East Palace were Su Wei, Pei Ju, Niu Hong and Yang Ming.
The first three are all top elders, and Yang Ming is the crown prince's legitimate son, and his weight is also very important.
Especially Yang Guang greeted everyone. During the meeting, he must unite with Yang Ming and not undermine him. Therefore, if Yang Ming did not speak, he would have many supporters.
This is faction.
Yang Guang has not succeeded to the throne yet, so Donggong is a faction of his own. Only Donggong's power is strong enough, and what he says can suppress the old bosses like Su Wei, Niu Hong, and He Ruobi.
In addition to the Donggong faction, there is also the Youpushe faction headed by Su Wei, the core figures of which are Xue Wei, the Minister of Punishment, and Yu Wenkai, the Minister of Industry.
There is also Yang Su's Yue Gong faction. This faction covers a wide range of areas, but it was almost dismantled by Yang Jian. Now it is equivalent to the Donggong faction.
The weakest one is He Ruobi, but his disciples are all over the military offices and he has considerable influence in the Sui military system and should not be underestimated.
In addition, there are also the clan sect, the Liu Shu sect, and the elder sect. It can be said that today's Sui Dynasty is also full of factions, and they are also competing with each other for profit.
In Renshou Palace, Yang Jian's approval came back, and it was "accurate".
The holy will has been made clear, and Changsun Cheng, who has been back in Daxing for many days, can finally enter the court according to the imperial edict and receive a title and reward.
After reading the edict of the reward, Changsun Cheng kowtowed and thanked him.
Yang Guang glanced at Guo Yan, who immediately understood and said with a smile:
"Congratulations to Shangzhu Kingdom. It's not in vain for King Hedong to work hard for you. Without King Hedong's support, Brother Changsun would have to wait a few more years before he can reach Shangzhu Kingdom."
This statement has been made very obvious, implying that Changsun Cheng has to thank Yang Ming for his help.
However, Changsun Cheng was a sensible person and knew that it was not appropriate to be too obvious in front of the princes, so he knelt down to thank Prince Yang Guang.
But in my heart, I must be very grateful to Yang Ming.
Because long before the court meeting, Pei Yun, the Minister of Internal Affairs, had met him in private and told Yang Ming the story of forcibly sealing him against all opinions.
That's why Changsun Cheng finally realized why Yang Ming personally greeted him at Guanyi. This was to win over him.
He has no backing, but he now knows very well that he will probably need to be attached to Yang Ming in the future.
He didn't like to get involved in factional disputes, but now he was riding a tiger and it was difficult to get off. If he didn't accept the olive branch offered by Yang Ming, big problems would arise.
People can lift him up and push him down.
Therefore, Changsun Cheng, who received the reward, felt mixed feelings.
In fact, Yang Ming's original intention was not to win over the other party. At that time, he just felt that Changsun Chenggong had done so much, but had such a small job. He felt a little unfair. Later, his father Yang Guang pushed him out. As for the situation where Chang Suncheng had to be recruited.
He likes Chang Sun Cheng because he is very good at dealing with Turks. As the saying goes, one has specialization in the art. Chang Sun Cheng has been dealing with Turks all his life. If you ask him to do other things, he may not be able to do it well.
In the Great Sui Dynasty, in terms of all-around talents, there were only two people, Gao Jun and Yang Su.
On the first day of May, after the court meeting, Yang Ming took the initiative to go to the Princess's Mansion and went to Daxingshan Temple with Yang Lihua to offer incense.
As for the matter of becoming a disciple of Master Lingzang, there is no sign yet. In Yang Lihua's view, this matter should not be rushed.
The Buddha tooth relic brought back by Yang Jian is now enshrined in Daxingshan Temple, so that Buddhist believers all over the world are now running to Daxingshan Temple. The incense is so prosperous that it is unique in the world.
When people are on Zhuque Street, they can smell the incense coming from Jingshanfang.
After offering incense, Yang Ming and Yang Lihua rode in the same carriage.
Yang Lihua is forty-four years old this year and is very well-maintained. If it weren't for the fact that she is the eldest princess, ordinary people would not dare to look directly at her. Otherwise, no matter where she goes, she will be the focus of everyone's attention.
Yang Yinjiang and Pei Shuying are far less beautiful than Yang Lihua.
It's a pity that such a beautiful beauty would rather be a widow than give others a chance.
Regarding the fact that Yang Lihua was single, only Yang Jian and his wife mentioned it once in the early years, but Yang Lihua rejected it. After that, no one mentioned it again.
Yang Ming felt that Yang Lihua's choice was correct. If she remarried, she would not have her current transcendent status.
This is called keeping a festival.
In the carriage, Yang Lihua said calmly: "You have nothing to do today, right?"
Yang Ming nodded and said, "Even if something happens, I will stick to my aunt's arrangements first. Do you have any instructions?"
Yang Lihua nodded: "My grandma liked the pickles made by the people in my house the most, and she often gave them to Gao Jiong. Now Gao Jiong can't eat them. Please help me bring some to him."
Yang Ming was stunned.
Gao Jiong was not someone he could meet casually. If the news about his private meeting with Gao Jiong reached his father's ears, something would happen. Even if the news reached Yang Jian, Yang Jian would think wildly.
Some people have such high prestige that they are closely watched by the emperor for fear that they will form a clique.
Yang Ming has a special status and is really not suitable to meet Gao Jiong.
Yang Lihua saw his embarrassment and smiled: "It doesn't matter, no matter who asks, just say I asked you to go, what? Is it a crime to send some pickles?"
Yang Ming still looked unhappy.
Yang Lihua suddenly darkened her face: "You are really not a coward. If you are hesitating about such a trivial matter, what else can I rely on you to do?"
Since everyone was talking about this, Yang Ming had no choice but to go, so he had no choice but to nod and say:
"Since it is arranged by my aunt, how dare my nephew disobey?"
Yang Lihua chuckled:
"You are still very young. It must be for your own good that I let you go. Gao Jiong offended A Niang and was dismissed from office. Now that A Niang is gone, it will be a matter of time for him to return to the court sooner or later. Don't talk to Yang He has always been too close, so in terms of reliability, he is not as good as Gao Qiong."
Yang Ming doesn't think so. Whether Gao Jiong is reliable or not depends on the person. For Yang Jian and his wife, Yang Yong and Yang Lihua, he is reliable, but for others, it may not be.
Furthermore, Yang Ming never thought that Yang Su was a trustworthy person. Let alone Yang Su, his father-in-law Pei Ju could not gain Yang Ming's absolute trust, let alone talk about others?
Especially Yang Yue, that old boy. Yang Ming didn't want to believe a word he said.
After following Yang Lihua back to the eldest princess's mansion, Yang Ming took two carts of pickles and headed to the Duke of Qi's mansion.
Today's Gao Jiong, even the Duke of Qi has been dismissed, and he no longer has any lords.
He had no choice but to interfere in the important matter of establishing the heirloom of the old Yang family. He was lucky not to die.
In history, Gao Jiong was killed by Yang Guang at the age of sixty-six, three years later. He Ruobi also died together.
As an emperor and a courtier, when Yang Guang felt that he was no longer needed, he would naturally find a reason to kill him. Gao Jiong's biggest role was to check and balance Yang Su, and two years after Yang Su died, there was no Yang Su. , why leave Gao Jiong?
Gao Jun always only respected Yang Jian and his wife, and ignored the rest. If he could keep a low profile after Yang Su's death and give Yang Guang enough respect, he would not have died.
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Unfortunately, Yang Guang still felt that Gao Jiong looked down on him. With his self-esteem damaged, he charged him with defaming the imperial court and simply killed him.
In Yang Ming's heart, he respected Gao Jiong. This man was the real pillar of the Sui Dynasty and the most important weapon of the country.
The pickles that Yang Lihua asked Yang Ming to bring are actually a kind of pickles.
In the "Essential Art of Qi Min" written by Jia Sixie (xie) of the Northern Wei Dynasty, there are many detailed explanations on how to make pickles.
The raw materials of pickles are basically summer garlic, winter bamboo shoots, courgette, scallions, green sunflower and other miscellaneous vegetables, which are pickled with salt.
The craftsmanship of this thing is simple, but each person has a different taste. With the same ingredients, some people make it delicious, while others make it difficult to swallow.
Zhuge Liang once said, "After eating dragon liver for a long time, you don't know the taste. The only one who is greedy is Thirteen Villages." The Thirteen Villages here refer to a kind of pickles produced in Wudi. It can be seen that pickles occupy a very high position among Chinese food ingredients. status.
Yang Ming often ate the pickles served at Yang Lihua's house when he was in Yong'an Palace, and they were very delicious.
Being rewarded with pickles by Dugu Jialuo is a greater honor than being rewarded with pickles by your lord. As far as Yang Ming knows, Gao Jiong seems to be the only official in the Manchu Dynasty who has been rewarded with pickles.
Today's Duke Qi's Mansion is no longer as bustling with traffic as it used to be, and there is a desolate scene in front of the door.
Everyone knows that Yang Guang doesn't like Gao Jiong, and now that the prince is in charge, who has no brains to continue to have a relationship with Gao Jiong?
After reporting the origin, the guard hurriedly reported inside.
In the past, Yang Ming only needed to be led in by his butler, but now that Gao Jiong has lost the title of Duke of the Kingdom, his subordinate minister Na Yan is in name only, so he needs to go out to greet him.
Yang Ming stood at the foot of the steps. The first time he saw Gao Jiong, he hurried forward and saluted as a junior:
"Yang Ming is here to make trouble, and please ask Mr. Dugu not to see anyone outside."
Gao Jiao smiled faintly, glanced at the sauce vat on the carriage, and knew exactly what was going on, and said:
"Your Highness, do you want to go in and sit down, or should you leave now?"
Yang Ming hurriedly said: "This junior is young, so it is a blessing to be able to talk to Dugu Gong."
Gao Yan glanced at Yang Ming's filial piety clothes, a hint of sadness flashed in his eyes, and sighed:
"come in."
Yang Ming nodded and followed him into the mansion.
Gao Jiong's residence is located in Longzhengfang, east and west of Chongrenfang, where the Jin Dynasty's palace is located, separated by half of the imperial city, and both are on the Jiu-san line.
Nine-one-nine-two is the imperial city of Miyagi. No one living on the nine-three line has ever been to the fifth rank.
Officials, you can't just live wherever you want, they all have their own rules.
After all, Gao Jun is a top official who has always held great power. Even though he has been dismissed from office, he does not show any humility when facing Yang Ming.
Although I am no longer in the world, there are always legends about me in the world.
For people like Gao Yan, even if Yang Guang came to visit him in person, he would not dare to put on airs. This is the minimum respect for a former king of the country.
Later generations once commented:
The prosperity of Zhou was also due to Taigong, the hegemony of Qi was also Guan Zhong, the wealth of Wei was also Li Kui, the strength of Qin was also Shang Yang, the later Zhou Dynasty was Su Chuo, and the Sui family was Gao Jiong. These six sages can succeed in becoming kings and prospering. Picture, the second is to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and establish laws and regulations...
Those who are tall and handsome will have good assistants from heaven and great talents in governing the country.
