Taking over the East Palace is not an easy task.
When Yang Yong was the crown prince, the entire team was carefully built by Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo. The lineup was absolutely luxurious. Many of them were central bosses and even ministers, but they were transferred to Yang Yong as subordinate officials.
This shows how much Yang Jian and his wife have high hopes for Yang Yong.
When Yang Guang became the crown prince, he basically had his own team, but until Yang Zhao passed away, there were still vacancies among the subordinate officials.
After all, the prince's subordinate officials were used smoothly by the prince. During Yang Zhao's period, the East Palace positions were frequently transferred because Yang Zhao was not used smoothly.
Yang Ming is not like Yang Zhao. If you don't like it, don't use it. In his concept, the subordinate officers of the East Palace are like a smaller version of the center. They will be the ministers of the dragon in the future. They cannot be discarded at any time based on their own preferences. He has to take into account many factors.
Now he has officials from Guanzhong, Jiangnan, and Shandong. To put it bluntly, he wants to establish a tripartite balance early in his East Palace to prevent the Guanzhong faction from becoming dominant.
This is the so-called absence of contradictions and creation of contradictions.
Every time when Li Jing was on duty, he would report to Yang Ming. If Yang Ming was not around, he would look for Yang Yinjiang. Like Feng Deyi, he was a confidant to Yang Ming and Yang Yinjiang, but Li Jing and Feng Deyi were both confidants. De Yi would not collude with each other. He and Yang Ming were the first to belong to the same faction as Yuan Wendu, Li Baiyao, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Pei Xizai. They were regarded as the Hedong Wangfu faction in Yang Ming's early years, or the Hedong faction for short.
Feng Deyi, plus Yang Xuanting, Yang Wanshi, and Yang Yuanqing, who will enter Beijing tonight, can be characterized as the Yang Su sect or the Crown Princess sect.
The remaining newcomers are the young men led by Li Gang.
These are just three major factions that are temporarily divided based on first-come, first-served. As the East Palace subordinate officials continue to be supplemented, they will slowly develop into regional factions. This is Yang Ming's purpose.
They fight among themselves so that I can sleep.
With eleven thousand men prepared, Yang Ming placed Laiyu, Pei Shuang, Dugu Lingyun, and Wei Huaijing beside him, while the rest were responsible for guarding the palace.
Of these four people, three are reliable, and the other one coming to Yu was deliberately arranged by Yang Ming because he wanted to win over him to protect his son.
Yang Ming can be said to be the most restless prince after the founding of the Sui Dynasty. He always likes to run outside the palace.
During this period, I first went to Yang Xiong's house and had a drink with them and his son. I also went to Pei Ju and Gao Xi's house. Later, Lu Chu invited him to a banquet because Lu Chu also got a Wu from nowhere. Sound dance troupe.
Tonight, I went to Lai Hu'er's house. Yang Ming didn't go there on his own initiative. I went to Lai Hu'er through his grandson Lai Yu, hoping that Yang Ming would appreciate it.
Of course I want to show off.
Your grandson is a Senniu Preparation hand-picked by my father. His purpose is to allow me to have more contact with you and repair the relationship. How can I go against my father's wishes?
What does it mean to meet someone backward? It's almost enough to come and take care of my children now.
As soon as the Prince's motorcade arrived at Xingningfang, Lai Huer took his sons and trotted towards the motorcade.
Wu Houwei on both sides of the street immediately cleared the street and strictly prohibited anyone from approaching the convoy.
"Everyone, please bow your head and don't look," Wu Houwei shouted to the people.
Lowering your head is a way to prevent assassination. Even if you have a crossbow, you still have to aim, right? How can you aim without looking up?
The honorable prince who came to protect his son has now taken the initiative to ask for Yang Ming to be a coachman. This is a way of apologizing. If Yang Ming does not agree, it means that he does not accept the apology.
"Rong Gong spent half of his life in the army, so he has a lot of old wounds, right?" Yang Ming, who was in the carriage, said to Lai Guer, who was driving outside the carriage.
Lai Huer smiled and said: "This is inevitable. I have a shoulder injury. It has been more than ten years ago and the pain has never stopped every day. The feeling of this is difficult for outsiders to understand."
Yang Ming said: "I heard that Rong Gong followed He Ruobi in his early years. Later, you two fell out?"
"To be honest with you, Your Highness, even if I have personal grudges, I have nothing but respect for Duke Song," Lai Hu'er sighed, "The past is over, but it's a pity that this person is no longer here."
Yang Ming smiled and said: "Later, Rong Gong served under Chu Gong, and was once mistaken for being part of Chu Gong's faction. Now the world knows that you are actually the most loyal minister of the Sui Dynasty."
"Don't you dare, it's not my turn to be the most loyal minister," Lai Hu'er said, "I learned a lot from the Duke of Chu. The person I respect the most in my life is also the Duke of Chu. I often take him as my teacher. Regarding the matter of the Crown Princess. , I also hope that His Highness can help me convey a sentence."
"You tell me," Yang Ming said with a smile.
Lai Huer said: "When people are trapped in the court situation, they can't help themselves."
What he said was a hint to Yang Ming that it was not my intention to go against Yang Su and his family, it was forced by the situation.
He felt that Yang Ming could understand.
Yang Ming nodded and said, "Don't talk about the past anymore. I won't blame you, and neither will the Crown Princess."
The premise is that you have to be honest. Yang Ming knows that even if you come to protect your children, you can understand what he said.
It is worthy of being the most ruthless person in the emperor's tour of Jiangnan. The size of Laihu'er's mansion is already close to that of Yang Su, but compared with the things in Yang Su's house, it can be described as "shabby".
There is a difference between a favored minister and a powerful minister.
Laihuer's eleventh son was just born this year, and he has twelve in history.
The first six were born to one mother, and the next five were born to five mothers. The ages of the first six and the last five were also different.
The sixth child, Laishan, is nineteen years old this year, and the seventh child, Laishan, is ten years old.
Therefore, in the banquet hall, only the six legitimate sons who came to protect the children were present, as well as the eldest grandson Laiyu standing behind Yang Ming.
With so many young people present, it is destined that there will be no heartfelt words tonight, and most of them will be just for the occasion. The purpose of coming to protect children tonight is to test Yang Ming's heart and see if they are willing to repair the relationship with him.
During the dinner, Lai Huer had been observing Yang Ming. He wanted to see the other party's current state. Is he pretending?
Everyone knows that Yang Ming's city is deep and deep. How difficult is it to guess the thoughts of such a person?
She is now chatting and laughing with her son, drinking and talking happily. Looking at the faces of her silly sons, it is obvious that she has developed a good impression of her.
So tender
"If Liu Lang is interested, why not go to the East Palace?" Yang Ming patted Lai Zheng's shoulder and said with a smile, "Leader Zuo Wu, do you want to go?"
Lai Zheng was still holding wine in his hand. Hearing this, he turned to look at his father. Lai Hu'er quickly winked, Lai Zheng thought for a while, drank all the wine in the bowl, half-kneeled to Yang Ming and said, "This is a humble job." I am willing to serve as the prince and do the work of dogs and horses."
Lai Zheng is a very good fighter. Yang Ming fell in love with this person during a competition with the Tiele people at the camp on the outskirts of Beijing.
Yang Ming's current eight-rate second general only has Li Jing, Yang Xuanting, and Yang Wanshi. There is still a big gap. Lai Zheng is from the south and has no dealings with Yang Su, so Lai Zheng is a very good candidate.
People are like this. It is almost impossible to get back together after falling out. The relationship between Lai Huer and Hongnong Yang is irreparable.
Lai Huer also looked overjoyed and toasted to Yang Ming frequently. I don't know whether he was really happy or fake.
No one dared to let Yang Ming drink too much, so when Lai Huer felt that Yang Ming was done, he removed the drinks and invited a kapi to perform.
It was not until midnight that Yang Ming left the Rongguo Duke's mansion.
The reason why I stayed for so long is to give the Lai family an impression. It's up to you to have the patience to repair the relationship.
After sending Yang Ming away, Lai Huer immediately summoned the six children into the study and whispered:
"Remember, when you first go to the East Palace, you will definitely encounter some neglect, and life will be very difficult, but there is no hardship that you cannot endure. You must endure it."
Lai Zheng frowned and said, "Master, are you saying that the Crown Princess will take care of me?"
"Is it worthy for the Crown Princess to target you as a servant of Zuo Wu?" Lai Hu'er asked in a deep voice: "Be careful of the one named Yang among you."
When he came to straighten things up, he said blankly: "It seems like this is not a good job? There are quite a few people named Yang here."
Lai Huer said: "The prince wants to use you, there must be a reason, but I can't figure it out at the moment. Remember, no matter how wronged you are, don't go to the prince to complain. You are an adult, and you can only bear the responsibility for anything in the future." , as long as we survive, your brothers may still need your help in the future."
Lai Zheng was a reckless man who couldn't stand his anger. After his father was so frightened, he no longer wanted to go to the East Palace, so he said with a grimace:
"My son is very clear about his temperament. He can't stand his cowardice. If a group of people named Yang join forces to deal with me, I'm afraid I won't be able to stand it for a whole day, right?"
"You bastard," Lai Hu'er slapped his son on the head and said, "Use your brain and ask those named Yang to deal with you. Can't you go and have a good relationship with those who are not named Yang? With the prince here, they don't dare to blatantly They form cliques, and I still have everything to do with it.”
I saw Lai Hu'er snorting coldly: "Yang Su is dead, but your father and I are still alive. Your father and I are not vegetarian. Let me teach you a way."
"What can we do?" Laizheng asked quickly.
Lai Hu'er said: "Be sure to make friends with those with the surname Pei in the East Palace. They can help you avoid a lot of troubles."
When he came to correct himself, his eyes lit up: "Why didn't I think of this? My son understands, I can rest assured that serving the prince is of great importance, and my son will definitely tolerate his anger for a while."
"Your first wife was born in Jingzhao Wei, and there are people named Wei in the East Palace," Lai Hu'er said, "Do you still need me to teach you this?"
Lai Zheng was completely relieved: "Come on, my son understands what to do."
Yang Ming left the Rongguo Duke's mansion and bumped into a convoy that entered the city overnight.
At this time, the city gates had long been closed. Those who could enter the capital were definitely not ordinary people. They were just blindly thinking. After sending someone to ask, they found out that Pei Xi was back.
When Pei Xi learned that the driver of the car that hit him was the prince, he quickly came over to say hello.
Yang Ming opened the curtain of the carriage and asked curiously: "What's going on? Are you coming back at this time?"
Pei Xi said with an excited face: "Your Majesty, I have become a twin. Jiancheng asked me to return to the capital to rest in peace."
Damn it. Is it really effective? This is really a blind cat hitting a dead mouse. It seems that it is indeed a problem with the wrong posture. This kid is not very good at playing?
Yang Ming was also very happy and said with a smile: "Go back quickly. I will ask Ayun to visit tomorrow."
"I don't dare," Pei Xi quickly waved her hand and said, "I should go and say hello to my sister."
"That's fine," Yang Ming nodded and smiled: "Shimin is also in the palace now, he will be very happy to know."
It seems that Zheng Guanyin and Li Jiancheng are not destined to be together in this life.
Zheng Anrao is currently serving in the East Palace. Since he has no political experience, he is just like Wei Zheng, a small official for the time being. How he uses him in the future depends on him.
Yang Ming hired people based on their background as well as their ability. Xue Shou had no experience, but his talent and knowledge were amazing and he was already well-known in Hedong.
(End of chapter)
