Along with Pei Xi who came to Beijing, there was also a letter from Li Jiancheng. The letter was written to Yang Ming, to the effect of thanking Yang Ming for these ideas, so that he could become a father immediately.
The relationship between Jiancheng and Pei Xi is very deep. Among Li Yuan's sons, in terms of personality, Yang Ming is the only one who likes Jiancheng. Of the remaining two, one is too cunning and the other is silent.
Pei Xi followed Yang Ming's idea and almost squeezed Jiancheng dry in the past few months in Xiangcheng County, because she was more anxious than anyone else. After all, divorcing his wife was no joke, and she would never be able to get out of it for the rest of her life. This shade.
They traveled for three months in total. In the third month, Pei Xi suffered from morning sickness. She basically vomited whatever she ate. This made Jiancheng extremely happy. He immediately wrote a letter home and arranged for someone to send his wife back as soon as possible. The capital is good at giving birth and raising babies.
Jiancheng doesn't care whether the baby is a boy or a girl. As long as she can give birth, it doesn't matter if it's a girl. We can still have more babies.
Li Yuan, who was in Taiyuan, burst into tears after receiving his son's letter. "I'm older than the emperor. The emperor already has a bunch of grandchildren. I don't have any. Now I finally look forward to it."
The eldest son and eldest grandson were undoubtedly the ones with the highest status. Li Yuan hoped that it was a boy, so he found a few magicians in Taiyuan and asked them to go to the capital to help find out whether his daughter-in-law was a boy or a girl.
The Li Yuan family has a big business, so naturally they hope to have a grandson who can lead the family. Otherwise, who will inherit the huge family business?
Pei Shuying was also shocked. She did not expect that her husband's unspeakable method would actually work, so she actually asked her father Pei Ju to go to the Secretarial Department to read such books, making sure to find what Yang Ming had read. of that volume.
Pei Ju, an old boy, directly revealed the matter to Yang Guang.
"Is there such a thing?" Yang Guang was also quite surprised. He had heard from his sister Yang Lihua that the third child's local method cured her granddaughter's disease. Now he can even cure her inability to have children?
Pei Ju smiled bitterly on the side and said: "It is indeed the method used. I didn't even take any medicine, and I got pregnant just like that."
Li Yuan is a relative of the emperor and the Duke of Tang. Do you think Yang Guang will be happy when he hears the news?
Of course not happy.
Because if Pei Xi gives birth to a son, he will have the right to inherit and will attack the Duke in the future, and Yang Guang wishes that all the Dukes would have no heirs, because the higher the title, the more food, and the more royal food they will eat. .
In the eyes of the emperor, the fewer people with titles, the better, because they are all eating into the treasury.
"You must find this book and present it directly to me when the time comes. Remember, no one is allowed to see it," Yang Guang ordered Pei Ju.
If it is true that Pei Xi was able to get pregnant successfully relying on the contents of this book, then the value of this book is undoubtedly very huge, and Yang Guang will of course monopolize resources.
So he also ordered his son, daughter-in-law and others not to spread this secret recipe to anyone else.
It stands to reason that if Pei Ju could find this book in the Secretary's Department's collection, he would definitely be in trouble.
But what the hell, it just happened.
There is a small booklet from an old book with an unknown author. The book records in detail some positions for men and women to have sex, including full pages of illustrations. However, it does not describe which positions are easy to get pregnant. But the problem lies in this picture book. A lot of pages had been torn out.
When Yang Ming saw this book in Liangyi Hall, he could only bite the bullet and said:
"It seems to be this one, but when I saw it before, it wasn't so incomplete?"
If you don't learn well, why are you looking at a picture album like this? How old would you be? Yang Guang asked:
"You mean, someone ripped out the key content?"
What else could Yang Ming say? Of course: "Yeah."
Yang Guang suddenly became angry and said directly to Pei Ju: "Check it for me, don't make any noise, and see which idiot dares to damage the Secretary's Department's collection of books."
Pei Ju nodded in response, looked at Yang Ming and said, "Prince, are you sure it's this one?"
Yang Ming almost blushed: "You can't remember it wrong, it's this one."
In fact, he can completely understand why this booklet has been torn off so many times. Isn't this a pornographic book? There are so many vivid and detailed illustrations, some rotten men like this thing, and the ones they tear off are definitely the most exciting ones.
Yang Ming remembered that when he went to a bookstore in his previous life as a child and rented Dragon Ball, the picture of Goku transforming into a Super Saiyan was torn off, which made him angry at the time.
The Ministry of Secretaries is a national collection of books, which can be said to be the largest monopoly resource of a dynasty. Isn't there a saying, don't be afraid of the tortoise shell, just be afraid of the words on the tortoise shell.
The books here cover a wide range of contents. In addition to the classics of the three religions, there are also books on farming, smelting, textiles, fruit tree cultivation and technology, as well as medical books, pharmacopoeia, geographical maps, civil engineering, house structure, etc.
This is why as soon as the Sui Dynasty was founded, Yang Jian began to collect books from all over the world. This stuff is much more precious than gold and silver. It is the most important treasure of a dynasty. The entire Secretariat Department only has 72 people. Why? I’m afraid that more people will read these books.
Moreover, these seventy-two people are all older. Older people have a shortcoming, poor memory. If you have a photographic memory, you will never be allowed to go to the Secretarial Department. For example, Su Wei’s son Su Kui will never be allowed to go to the secretarial department in this life. Don't even think about stepping into the secretarial department.
Next, Yang Guang asked Yu Shinan to write a letter to Li Yuan in his own tone, to the effect of congratulations on having a grandson.
Yang Guang also needs to maintain the relationship with the ministers, not to mention Li Yuan is still his cousin.
For several days, Pei Ju found nothing. Yang Guang was so angry that he replaced more than 20 people in the secretarial department in one go.
Pei Ju actually doesn't care whether he can find the book or not, because he already knows the secret recipe, and he won't tell others. He will only let this method provide convenience for the Pei family.
The matter of appeasing Hebei is being carried out step by step.
Under this banner, Yang Guang finally decided to implement the policy of exempting slaves from servitude and granting land in Bashu, Guanzhong, Jingzhou, Southwest and Lingnan. In name, it was to raise money for Hebei. How to distribute the collected money is what will happen in the future. .
This time Guanzhong is also included, which means that this policy has been implemented nationwide.
When the state has policies for local governments, it needs someone to supervise the implementation of local policies, so Yang Guang decided to send inspections again, called inspections to see whether the system of exempting slaves from slaves and granting farmland was effectively implemented. In fact, it was still a large-scale inspection.
As long as it is related to fields, it is related to people. People and fields are the focus of Dasuo Maoyue.
Gao Xi was the inspector of Yizhou Road, Wei Zhen, the minister of Huangmen of Menxia Province, was the inspector of Jingzhou Road, Yu Shiji, the eunuch of the palace, was the inspector of Lingnan Road, Zhang Heng, the imperial censor, was the inspector of Yangzhou Road, and Liu Su, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was the inspector of Gyeonggi Road. Envoys, five big men, patrol the world.
When Cui Hongsheng saw this posture, he knew that the emperor was determined to peel off the skin of the aristocratic family, so that night, he went to see Cui Zhongfang, the head of the Boling Cui family.
Cui Zhongfang was a fastidious person and lived a very luxurious life. As he got older, he was surrounded by young maids to serve him. His appearance at home and his appearance at court were completely different.
Cui Hongsheng was sitting in the room, frowning and saying:
"The Cui family of Qinghe has already admitted defeat. Although Pei Yun is in Zhuo County to clean up the Lu family, we are almost there. Do you always think, when will we express our position?"
"Don't worry," Cui Zhongfang said slowly, enjoying the maid's massage, "Let's see what the Lu family means. As long as they can withstand it, we will."
Cui Hongsheng smiled bitterly and said: "The Qinghe side can't stand it, and the Lu family is in trouble. Now that Lu Chu has gained such great benefits, I'm afraid the Lu family will give in."
"This is your Majesty's brilliance," Cui Zhongfang said: "I am afraid that it is also for this reason that I returned to serve in the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Hebei has suffered so much loss this time, but Your Majesty chose to suck our blood. How long can I help the family at my old age? , Guess how long it will take, the worst is, I will be released by His Majesty again."
Don't you just care about yourself? It doesn't matter how old you are, the younger members of the clan are all anxious to move up. Cui Hongsheng said:
"Chu Ren is currently working for the prince and will have great potential in the future. I can't ignore my son. The court owes me the debt for this house, so I will be the master of it and don't want it anymore."
Once Cui Hongdu died, Cui Hongsheng, the second eldest son, naturally became the decision-maker in their room.
He was really afraid. After his daughter was deposed by Prince Yuande, his family was almost in ruins. Now that his son had become an official of the prince, it was time to make good use of it. At this juncture, he didn't want the family to drag his son down.
"Don't be impatient," Cui Zhongfang sat up straight and said, "You can't eat hot tofu if you're impatient. Only by waiting until the end can you get the greatest benefit."
Cui Hongsheng said disapprovingly: "You have always been a close minister of Emperor Gaozu, and you have no idea about the character of His Majesty today. If you dare to stand up to him, they will reveal all the household registration you have concealed. What will happen then?"
"Haha. I don't believe he dares to do this," Cui Zhongfang said.
What a stubborn old man. Cui Hongsheng said helplessly: "No matter whether others dare or not, we can't gamble. For a small amount of money, let's take advantage of Pei Yun before he goes to Boling."
Cui Zhongfang pondered for a moment and said: "That's all, just think of it as paving the way for Chu Ren. I'll leave this matter to you. You go to the prince first and explain everything clearly. It's best to hint to the other party to give him some benefits."
"I won't say this," Cui Hongsheng said flatly: "The prince's shrewdness is rarely seen in the world. If I say a word, people will know what I fart. If you accept the loss, stop talking nonsense. It is the most appropriate time. of."
Cui Zhongfang was about to speak when an old servant came in and said it was Li Mi who wanted to see him.
Why did Li Mi come to Cui Zhongfang? Because Cui Zhongfang's wife is Li Liyi, who is Li Mi's aunt.
Only after Li Mi came in did Cui Zhong find out that his wife's nephew had gone to the East Palace and became the steward of Dian Shufang.
Li Mi's visit this time was purely to visit his aunt, and naturally he also needed to meet his uncle.
Cui Hongsheng knew that Li Mi was one of Yang Yue's people, and it must have been the crown prince's help that allowed him to enter the East Palace, so he said:
"Xuan Sui is not an outsider, so I will say whatever I want. After you go to the East Palace, pay attention to the prince's attitude towards Pei Yun's inspection of Hebei. We can prepare early."
Li Mi smiled and said: "I can't tell anyone about anything in the East Palace or anything about the prince. I ask Cui Gong for your understanding. However, I think we should make arrangements early for Pei Yun's inspection of Hebei. I'm afraid your majesty is serious this time." of."
After all, he had prepared himself for the emperor a thousand times. Cui Zhongfang still believed Li Mi's words, and he also knew that his wife's nephew was very smart and resourceful, otherwise he would not be valued by Yang Yue.
So after frowning for a moment, he looked at Cui Hongsheng and sighed:
"Just admit it, just think it's two million dollars spent, just to keep yourself safe."
You are just getting an advantage and acting like a good boy. Cui Hongsheng cursed in his heart. Why did the emperor give you a minister? It’s you who gets the benefits, and it’s you who makes the sarcastic remarks.
"Okay, I'll make the arrangements," Cui Hongsheng nodded.
(End of chapter)
