Pei Ju!

Yang Gao's heart trembled when he heard this name, but his years of imperial career have made Yang Gao develop a style of acting without being surprised and dealing with things without chaos, and he also believes in Liu Bowen's character, and recommends Pei Ju definitely for his own consideration.

"What is Liu Qing's reason for recommending Pei Ju?"

Liu Bowen saw that Yang Gao's face was flat, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that knowing himself and knowing the other side can survive a hundred battles. Most of the adults present were born in the south of Shandong, and they had never had direct contact with Hu Lu, and many things could only be analyzed through some intelligence. As the saying goes, it's better to see than to hear, Master Pei Ju has been to the Turks many times, and he knows a lot about the Hu people, maybe he will have some clever plan to deal with the Hu people! ”

Yang Gao nodded slightly: "Pei Ju dealt with the Turks during the Kaihuang period. Especially after the death of Changsun Sheng, in the entire Great Sui, I am afraid that only he knows Hu Lu's habits best. The matter of Concubine Xue De had nothing to do with him back then, and I was also carried away by anger at that time, and the punishment for him was indeed heavier. This time, I personally visited him and asked him to come out of the mountain, which was regarded as an apology to him! ”

After hearing this, several courtiers praised one after another: "Your Majesty is merciful, it is really my blessing to have a benevolent monarch like Your Majesty!" ”

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Although Pei Ju has been deposed from real power now, his title is still there, and the Pei family is still a first-class family in the world.

Pei Ju's mansion is located on Anye Street, which is adjacent to the north of Jiangdu City, covering an area of more than 100 acres, and should be the largest residence in the entire Jiangdu City except for the imperial palace. However, this is also related to the many sons and nephews of the Pei family, in order to show the Pei family's support for the Sui Dynasty, Pei Ju almost moved all the children of his branch to Jiangdu City.

After learning that the emperor was going to visit, even the treacherous and cunning Pei Ju did not dare to slack off, ordered his family to clean the courtyard, and led a group of children to wait for the emperor at the gate of the mansion early.

When Yang Gao's Luan driver appeared at the door of Pei's mansion, Pei Ju immediately stepped forward, knelt in front of Yang Gao's Luan driver, and respectfully kowtowed and saluted: "The old minister doesn't know that His Majesty is coming, and he has missed the welcome, and the old minister deserves to die, and I hope Your Majesty will be punished!" ”

"The old fox is still the same as it was back then!"

Yang Gao glanced at Pei Ju in front of him, and secretly mocked in his heart. However, he didn't mean to expose Pei Ju in public, walked off Luan Jie quickly, helped Pei Ju up with his own hands, and said with a kind smile: "The boss is polite, I came uninvited, how can I blame Boss Pei?" ”

Pei Ju saw that Yang Gao actually got off the luan drive and helped himself up, and his heart was suddenly overjoyed, a pair of eyes couldn't help narrowing into a slit, and said with a slight smile: "If the old minister is not mistaken, the old minister is the first courtier to visit after His Majesty ascended the throne, and this honor can make the old minister flattered!" ”

Yang Gao laughed: "Master Pei said that I laughed, I have long heard that there is a cook in Master Pei's house, and he cooks good dishes, which are even more delicious than the dishes made by my imperial chef." As long as Master Pei doesn't mind that I eat your Pei family poorly, I will come to your Pei Mansion every day in the future! ”

Pei Ju also laughed out loud when he heard this, and said: "Your Majesty can come to give face to the old minister, where does the old minister dare to dislike Your Majesty?" That's disrespectful! At most, it's just cutting corners for His Majesty's meals! ”

"Good you Pei Ju!"

The two gentlemen and ministers laughed and exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then walked into Pei's mansion together.

In the main hall, the two monarchs and ministers sat in separate places, except for the Tianbao general Yuwen Chengdu guarding Yang Gao's side, the other Pei Mansion disciples and Yang Gao's guards all got Yang Gao's orders and consciously retreated.

"Does the old man know about Youzhou?"

Yang Gao took a sip of tea and began to get to the point.

Pei Ju nodded: "The old minister has heard several children in the clan mention this matter, to be honest, the old minister was also shocked when he learned about it." Your Majesty, please forgive the old minister for saying a big rebellious remark, if Your Majesty cannot curb the development momentum of Temujin and Wanyan Aguta, it is very likely that the Yongjia Rebellion more than 300 years ago will be staged again. ”

The Yongjia Rebellion refers to a turmoil that occurred in the Western Jin Dynasty, when the Western Jin Dynasty experienced the Eight Kings Rebellion, coupled with natural disasters for many years, the national strength was greatly reduced, and the Hu people who moved inward at that time were given an opportunity to take advantage of.

In the fifth year of Yongjia in the Western Jin Dynasty, Liu Cong, a nobleman of the Southern Xiongnu who ascended the throne and became the emperor, sent the generals Shi Le, Wang Mi, Liu Yao, etc. to lead the army to attack the Jin, annihilated 100,000 Jin troops in Pingcheng, and killed the Taiwei Wang Yan and the princes. Later, he joined forces with another Hu general, Hu Yanyan, to invade Luoyang, the capital division, captured Emperor Huai, and killed more than 30,000 people including the crown prince Sima Quan, the clan, officials and soldiers, and even the Empress Yang Xianrong of Emperor Hui at that time was accepted as a concubine by the general Liu Yaoqiang.

Yang Gao nodded with a somewhat solemn face: "Now Li Yuan is the emperor in Guanzhong, Zhu Yuanzhang is in Hebei, and Luo Yi and Wang Shi are named Sui Chen, but they are actually the dominant side." The princes fought endlessly for years, which was similar to the Eight Kings Rebellion in the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty. However, Temujin and Wanyan Aguta are eloquent, and their talents are by no means comparable to Liu Cong, Shi Le, Wang Mi, Liu Yao and others. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Gao paused for a moment, stared at Pei Ju for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "Master Pei, you have dealt with these Hulu during the Kaihuang period, and you have gone deep into the grassland many times to envoy the Turkic tribes, so it can be said that our Great Sui knows the Hulu best. I'm here to ask you for advice on how to deal with Temujin and Wanyan Aguta? ”

The corners of Pei Ju's mouth hooked slightly, and he guessed his intention from the time Yang Gao suddenly came to visit.

At the beginning, he planned to exchange with Yang Gao as a condition to return to the court. But soon, he dispelled this idea, Yang Gao has always been strong, if he really sits on the ground, maybe he can indeed return to the court now, but he believes that after a year and a half, he will not even be able to keep his current status and power. On the contrary, if he helped Yang Gao unconditionally, it would be equivalent to making Yang Gao owe a favor, according to Pei Ju's understanding of Yang Gao, he believed that Yang Gao would definitely repay himself in the future, which was much better than asking for it.

"During the Kaihuang period, the Turks were strong, and Changsun Sheng proposed to His Majesty Emperor Wen the policy of 'distant friendship and close attack, separation from the strong and weak', and His Majesty Emperor Wen adopted Changsun Sheng's suggestion, which led to several great victories after that, forcing the Eastern and Western Turks to submit to my Great Sui. Lao Chen thought that the nature of the country was easy to change and difficult to change, even today, Changsun Sheng's strategy is still the only way to deal with the Hu people. ”