When the time came to the turn of Chouyin, the entire Shenwu Palace was silent, only a burst of patrol soldiers patrolled the imperial city from time to time, and now the main gate of the palace, Shenwu Gate, has long been closed, only the East Gate Yingwu Gate is still open, and there are also heavy guards here.

The official residences of the provinces and ministries of the imperial city were dark, but the fifth floor of the Chaoyang Hall in the palace was still brightly lit, which made the patrol guards dare not be careless, and more than two hundred people were specially guarded around, in their memory, His Royal Highness King Qin and the adults seemed to have never stayed so late, could it be that something happened today? Thinking of the various rumors in the city, everyone's expressions were even more grim and angry.

In fact, Yang Tong was waiting for news from Shen Guang, Luo Shixin, Niu Jinda, and Wei Chigong, and the atmosphere was very relaxed, and the content of the discussion had nothing to do with tonight's 'Removal Operation', but at this time, they were discussing Du Ruhui, the bookkeeper of the Wang Family Grain Bank.

"Your Royal Highness, Du Keming was my best friend back then, during the period of Emperor Wen, the two of us were successively selected as alternate officials by the Ministry of Officials, and Gao Xiaoji, who was the servant of the Ministry at the time, praised Keming, saying that he was quick-witted, pragmatic and decisive." Fang Xuanling put down the tea bowl and introduced it with great interest.

"How's that going?" Yang Gongren asked with a smile.

"There are talents who have passed through the heavens and latitudes, and their talents are ......"

"That's it!" Yang Tong rubbed his temples and said: "Don't say this kind of polite words that are ten times better than you, if there is really such a person, either he is an immortal or you are a fool!" But I heard that Gao Xiaoji's evaluation of the two of you is: 'The two sages should be the king of Xing, and they are extremely powerful ministers...... I am willing to trust you with my children and grandchildren. ’”

"Uh......" Fang Xuanling smiled awkwardly and said, "It turns out that His Highness also knows!" ”

Yang Tong smiled strangely and said: "Everyone says that Gao Xiaoji has a pair of discerning eyes, looks at people's eyebrows, and predicts the future, and everything is not accurate. But I think I'm much better than him! I won't talk about a few of you, Li Jing, Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda, Su Dingfang, Wei Chigong, the five Xue brothers, Duan Decao and others, who are all rare talents in a century? Therefore, I am the only one who knows people! ”

Everyone laughs!

But after thinking about Yang Tong's words, he agreed with everyone! The people who were excavated by Yang Tong are not talented, and Yang Tong is definitely the best in the contemporary era for his ability to recognize people.

Fang Xuanling said: "Your Highness, how did you find out?" ”

Yang Tong said narcissistically: "You can't compare with the talent of Tianzhong." ”

Yang Shidao quipped: "Xuan Ling's talent has nothing to say, even the fear of guilt is superhuman." ”

Fang Xuanling sweats profusely! But he was teased a lot, he had already made a face wrong, and said: "There are no men who are afraid of their daughters-in-law, only men who love their daughters-in-law." I'm single-minded, I'm willing. ”

Yang Tong said: "When Jindeman worshipped, why did you stare intently, as if you wanted to swallow the other party in one bite." ”

Fang Xuanling argued: "Everyone has a love for beauty, and I appreciate beauty, which has nothing to do with color." ”

Yang Shidao said disdainfully: "A guy who has a thief's heart but no guts." ”

The crowd burst into laughter again.

Yang Tong said with a smile: "Xuan Ling saw Du Ruhui during the day, is he willing to contribute to my Great Sui?" ”

Fang Xuanling said: "There are four ways for the king of Zishi: one is talented, such as the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, and let the subordinate martial arts voluntarily serve to die; One is benevolence, such as the Wenjing of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wen of the Great Sui, benevolence and righteousness love the people, benevolence and righteousness support the army, so that the world returns to the heart; A name, such as the fourth and third dukes of Yuan Shaozhi of the Eastern Han Dynasty, made the world's famous families bow down and call their ministers; One is said to be martial, such as the overlord Xiang Yu, who is invincible in the world, which is impressive; If you get these four ways, you can divide one side. ”

"And for Keming and even the world's talents, His Highness occupies all these four points: Cai, since Xingyang defeated the Wagang army, His Highness has been invincible and invincible; benevolence, His Royal Highness attaches great importance to the law, governs benevolently, loves the people, and cherishes the soldiers, which can be called invincible for benevolence; name, His Royal Highness is the grandson of the first emperor, representing the orthodoxy of the world; Wu, His Royal Highness's martial arts are world-famous, if you don't have to do it, you never use your martial arts to be proud of the world, and you will be strong with martial arts, and you will have more re-schemes. Therefore, it is a great attraction for Qu Keming. After he came to my Great Sui, he inspected all aspects, and he felt that His Royal Highness was ambitious, benevolent and loving, magnanimous, domineering and decisive, with all the conditions of a hero, and occupied the time, the geographical advantage, and the winning of people, but also represented the orthodoxy of the country and the righteousness of the nation, and he would be able to dominate the world one day, so he had already submitted to His Royal Highness. ”

"Talking so much nonsense, what about people?" Yang Tong looked at Fang Xuanling and said with a smile.

When he first accepted Fang Xuanling, he wanted to use Fang Xuanling's relationship to win over Du Ruhui, but Fang Xuanling refused, he thought that great talents have their own ideas and propositions, and it is difficult to recruit Du Ruhui through relationships. Unexpectedly, after two years, Du Ruhui really came by himself, which made Yang Tong feel very proud.

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly and said: "Your Highness's love is admirable, but my Great Sui is the only way to use people and the ability to prevail has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Keming also has his own arrogance, he doesn't want to be appreciated by His Highness, or my relationship is reused." He thinks that since I am a scholar in Da Sui, everything should be in accordance with the rules, how can I break the rules because he is alone? ”

"So, he plans to participate in this year's imperial examination?"

"Exactly. Keming hopes to gain status and recognition with his true talent and learning, and if he can feel at ease, the other scholars will also be convinced. ”

"Then advance this year's scientific expedition to two months later!" Yang Tong said lightly, Du Ruhui is the first talent who values himself and takes the initiative to vote, not because of orthodoxy, not because of kindness, not because of status, not because of the status plundered by the Great Sui when it was not divided, which gave him a sense of accomplishment, but also a deep touch.

"Whoa!"

Yang Gongren responded, and the imperial examination of the Great Sui was once a year, but in the case of sufficient talent reserves, the requirements were becoming stricter and higher, and the number of scholars was also declining year by year. The examination time is not fixed, among the twelve states in the world, the Great Sui only has three and a half states, and it will not be in a hurry to open the course in two months.

At this time, the sound of horses' hooves and neighing of horses was faintly heard in the dark night, coming from the direction of Yingwumen, and soon after, a group of people followed the guards upstairs.

The spirits of the crowd were lifted, and it seemed that the 'Operation Removal Room' had come to a successful conclusion.

The people came closer and closer, and sure enough, it was Shen Guang and Luo Shixin, Niu Jinda, and Wei Chigong, and there was a group of entourages carrying dozens of large and small boxes behind, and they were soon piled up in a corner by these boxes.

"See Your Highness, Ladies and Gentlemen!"

"Excuse me!" Yang Tong waved his hand to let the soldiers retreat, looked at the four generals with excited faces, and said with a smile: "Where did you get so much gain?" What is it here? ”

Shen Guang stepped forward, cut the lock on a box, and then opened it, and the dazzling array of gold and silver immediately illuminated the entire lobby with a golden patch, and all kinds of brilliant brilliance dazzled people's eyes.

Luo Shixin and others also did the same, everyone looked at it, and saw that each box was full of pearls and emeralds, and there were countless jade ornaments, gold and silver. This is nothing, another larger box was also split by Luo Shixin, and the pearls and emeralds inside were even more gorgeous and precious.

Yang Gongren picked up a piece of jade to look at, and after putting it back, he checked a few more items, and then said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, these are all things of the palace, no matter how much money you spend, you can't buy them." It can be seen that this is not from Li Yuan, or Li Mi, which is probably used to buy greedy officials. ”

Shen Guang praised: "Lord Yang's eyes are outstanding, this box is from the world's wine store, that is Li Yuan's intelligence headquarters!" Seven places, including Tianxia Liquor Fang, Yanchun Restaurant, Luoxia Liquor Restaurant, and Fenglin Pavilion, are the strongholds of Li Yuan, Wang Shichong, Xiao Milling, Li Mi, Dou Jiande, Du Fuwei, and Lin Shihong. After finishing speaking, he presented a thick stack of documents to Yang Tong, "This is an important document found from seven places, please take a look at it." ”

Yang Tong took the document and flipped through it, the information on Li Yuan's side alone accounted for seventy or eighty percent, and the others added up to less than thirty percent, which shows that Li Yuan's infiltration into the Great Sui was very deep, and Li Yuan had strongholds in all states of the Sui Dynasty, and there were lists of key personnel and bribery records.

Yang Tong quietly looked through the bribery records, there were only forty-five people in total, and the highest official position was only six grades, it seemed that the person in charge of intelligence arranged by Li Yuan was an incompetent person.

Yang Tong handed the list of bribes to Yang Gongren and said, "What do you think of it?" ”

Yang Gongren said: "The information of these officials must have reached Li Yuan's hands!" I thought these people shouldn't move! Fake messages can even be delivered through these people. ”

"I agree, what else?"

Yang Gongren looked at Shen Guang and asked, "Several generals have told me what happened. ”

Shen Guang, Luo Shixin and the other four told everyone in detail about the process of their extermination of the seven strongholds.

Yang Gongren paced back and forth in the room, thinking about how to deal with this matter, and after a while, he said to Yang Tong: "Your Highness, after exterminating these people, the hostile forces will send new people again, after eating this lesson, the future people will hide deeper and more difficult to find!" I don't think anyone else will move except for the shops of those who participated in the discussion. ”

"Reconsideration!" Fang Xuanling said.

Yang Tong pondered for a long time, and instructed the four generals: "You kill all the prisoners, go back to create a false impression that the evidence has been destroyed, and then use a large number of troops to surround the seven headquarters, and then carry the bodies of these leaders out of the burned secret room, and wake up the neighbors to help me fight the chaos and violence, so that there will be more onlookers." Then he arrested and seized the shop of the small boss of the headquarters, pretending not to care about the corpse. Can you get it? ”

Shen Guang thought for a while, and then said: "Your Highness means to let the people who did not participate in the assembly think that the headquarters destroyed the evidence, and did not betray them, leaving us a target for surveillance in the future." ”

Yang Tong nodded and said, "That's it." Go ahead and do it! ”

"Your Highness, please rest assured, the last general and others will take care of it." Shen Guang and the others knew what to do, saluted, and hurriedly retreated.

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