Yang Su stopped, but there was an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart, this uneasiness made him calm down quickly, Wang Tong is still relatively tactful, and there must be a reason why he dares to risk offending him Yang Su completely and not letting his grandson go. The so-called "something abnormal must be a demon", there must be something behind this incident that he doesn't know yet.

Yang Xuangan hurriedly killed the official who was injured by Yang Xiong, and the family of the official gathered a large group of clansmen to kneel down outside the Jingzhao Mansion and beg the court to severely punish the murderer, and He Ruobi entered the palace to cry to the emperor and let him call the shots.

After Yang Su heard this, he was already in a state of confusion, and after a gloomy contemplation, he sighed and shouted: "Prepare to drive, I want to enter the palace to face the saint." ”

Yang Su hurriedly came to the palace, but the chamberlain respectfully told him that the emperor went to the Shenju Palace to accompany Queen Dugu, and he didn't see the ministers at this time.

Yang Su got into the carriage with a bitter face and came back, but on the way, he secretly wondered: "Does Your Majesty want us to continue to fight and fight!" ”

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The tragedy of the Universiade Restaurant was told to Emperor Yang Jian by the inner marquis of the capital for the first time, and then it didn't take long for a report from Jingzhao Yin Wangtong to be sent to Yang Jian.

Wang Tong is a capable official, and in a short period of time, he sorted out this matter clearly, the confessions of several guards, the shopkeepers and men of the Universiade Restaurant and the Yi Mingxuan Tea House opposite, as well as the testimony of the diners, and the causes and consequences of the entire case, which are enough to write thousands of words.

A few days ago, Qiu Fu asked He Ruojin for help, coaxed Yang Rong and Wang Junlin into a conflict, and made an appointment to have dinner at the Universiade Restaurant this afternoon and Qiu Fu paid He Ruojin, but he happened to be met by the Yang brothers, and heard their conspiracy conversation, plus the four of them were drunk, so they fought on the spot, and the result was red-eyed, He Ruojin was killed by Yang Xiong, and Yang Feng was killed by someone suspected of Qiu Fu.

Wang Tong's report can be summed up in these few sentences simply and clearly.

Although Yang Jian was busy with affairs, he still carefully read this report, and combined with the situation reported to him by the Hou Guan, he skimmed the testimony and confession, and finally sneered and said: "Although wine can mess with sex and reduce people's self-control, it is not enough to make people become crazy. ”

said so ambiguously in his mouth, but in his heart he secretly sighed that this Wang Junlin actually attacked with such a wonderful means, that is, he took revenge, and in one fell swoop, he made the Changping Palace, the Yueguo Mansion and the Shangzhu Kingdom He Ruobi form a mortal enmity between each other.

And as the emperor, what he wants to see most is the infighting between the top gate valve families, so his heart is naturally full of pleasure and joy at this time.

"I have to say, what this kid has done has greatly exceeded my expectations of him. It's just that Yang Su, Qiu Rui, and He Ruobi will do the three old thieves next? Yang Jian was full of great interest in this matter.

"I am very satisfied that you were able to handle this matter impartially and arrest Yang Xiong, who committed murder on the street. Okay, you step back and continue to investigate this matter, I heard that the Jingzhao Mansion is full of people from the deceased's family members, you must deal with this matter well, otherwise it will be bad for the court to lose face. After Yang Jian finished speaking, he lowered his head and continued to review the folds, ignoring Wang Tong, who lowered his head and looked stunned.

Wang Tong firmly remembered every word the emperor said, and while secretly figuring out the emperor's true thoughts, he said respectfully: "Weichen retires." ”

As soon as the words fell, he retreated and left the Hanyuan Palace.

After Wang Tong left, Yang Jian looked at Wang Tong's back, walked back and forth in the room for a while, but an idea was born in his heart.

He attacked the Zhongxing gate valve family that held the military power and became increasingly powerful, relying on the Guanlong nobles obviously had the risk of luring the tiger to drive the wolf, but on his own, plus Wang Junlin was obviously not enough, he also needed to rely on other political groups, the southern group is now too weak, and the Guanlong clan such as Jingzhao Wei, Du, Hexi Li, they have too close a relationship with the Guanlong nobles, the only force that can be used is Shandong and Hedong Shi clan, and Wang Tong is an extremely important member of the Hedong Shi clan Wang clan.

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At dusk, more than a dozen attendants escorted Wang Tong's carriage and slowly stopped in front of Pei's mansion.

Today, if the power is divided by the family gate, the royal family is naturally the most powerful. In second place are the Guanlong nobles dominated by Dugu Gate Valve and Yuan. The third is the Zhongxing family dominated by Yang Su, Qiu Rui, Han Baohu, Changsun Sheng, He Ruobi, Yu Juluo, etc. At the end of the line are the Hedong Shi clan and the Shandong Shi clan of the faint alliance.

The Hedong Shi clan is based on the Wang family and the Pei family, and Wang Tong is the brother of the Wang family in Taiyuan, Hedong. Speaking of which, after hundreds of years of entanglement, the Pei family and the Wang family, and even the Shandong Shi clan are intertwined, and they have both prospered and lost by means of marriage and benefit sharing.

For example, Pei's mother is the daughter of the Taiyuan Wang family, and Pei's grandmother Cui is the eldest daughter of the Qinghe Cui family, and the Cui family married the daughter of the Fanyang Lu family, and the wife of the Pei family's grandson was born in the Boling Cui family.

Therefore, it is normal for Wang Tong and Pei Shiju to be very close on weekdays, and because they are both civil officials, unlike the generals who command the army, they move around each other in private, which will not arouse the emperor's suspicion.

Compared with the prosperity of the Zhongxing family and the Guanlong aristocracy in the Sui Dynasty, the power of the Shandong and Hedong Shi clans in the central court of the Great Sui Dynasty was relatively weak, and there were many reasons for this result.

First of all, it was the Sui Dynasty that despised Confucianism and abolished the Jiupin Zhongzheng, on which the Shandong scholars relied for their survival, which made the Shandong scholars generally dissatisfied, and a large part of the famous Confucians focused on literary education rather than politics.

Secondly, in the Heyin Incident that occurred decades ago, Er Zhurong slaughtered the Shandong scholars in the Northern Wei Dynasty, causing all the famous families of the Shandong scholars to suffer heavy losses, and they have not been able to recover for decades.

In addition to the above two reasons, the most critical reason is that the Sui Dynasty is a continuation of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, established by Yuwentai's Guanlong forces, and the Shandong Shi clan mainly serves in Gao Huan's Northern Qi, Yang Jian is not in the right position, he needs the support of the founding heroes and Guanlong nobles, so more than ninety percent of the officials in the central court are from these two forces, especially the army is almost controlled by these two forces.

Emperor Yang Jian's distrust and the exclusion of the Guanlong nobles almost made Shandong and Hedong scholars have no place to stand in the imperial court, and can only be widely distributed in the local government through the continuation of Jiupin Zhongzheng.

Yang Jian has recognized the potential threat of the Zhongxing family and the Guanlong nobles in recent years, and began to consciously support the Hedong and Shandong scholars against the Zhongxing family and the Guanlong nobles. However, the power of the Shandong and Hedong clans in the court was still very weak, and the world-famous Confucian clans such as the Fanyang Lu clan and the Boling Cui clan basically did not serve as high-ranking officials in the imperial court.

Wang Tong got out of the carriage, Pei Shiju had already greeted him, the former was only seven or eight years younger than the latter, but strictly speaking, Pei Shiju was still his uncle, and they were naturally the biggest allies in the court.

"Little nephew, see uncle!"

Wang Tong gave a deep salute, and Pei Shiju smiled and said, "I knew you would come today, and I was waiting for you!" ”

Wang Tong said with a smile: "Uncle has prepared good tea. ”

"That's nature." Pei Shiju pointed to a few figures at the entrance of the alley on the right, frowned and said, "It seems that Xiaoxiao Pei is following you!" ”

Wang Tong looked at the suspicious people and said with a sneer: "Since I arrested Yang Xiong's murderer in Jingzhaoyin's prison today, someone has been monitoring my whereabouts, it is estimated that Yang Su, He Ruojin, or someone sent by Qiu Rui, don't pay attention to them. ”

Pei Shiju invited Wang Tong to the study, and the maid served them tea, Pei Shiju was a little impatient and asked: "What's going on with the tragedy of Dayun Restaurant, tell me about it." ”

Pei Shiju naturally heard about the Universiade Restaurant in the afternoon, and was surprised, so he naturally paid more attention.

Wang Tong said apologetically: "I should have reported this matter to my uncle as soon as possible, but the time was relatively tight, I went into the palace to report to Your Majesty after sorting out the case, and I just left the palace, so I came directly to you." ”

Next, Wang Tong told the afternoon tragedy in detail, Pei Shiju squinted his eyes and listened carefully, constantly scrutinizing the loopholes that may appear in it, the so-called authorities are obsessed with bystanders, and he is easier than Yang Su, He Ruobi, and Qiu Rui to see that this matter is Wang Junlin's initiative, but this method really startled a civilian official like him.

Because Wang Tong had nothing to do with Wang Junlin, he didn't know very well what happened in Shazhou three months ago, so after listening to Pei Shiju's judgment at this time, his face was even more incredible and incredulous.

"The name of the poison general, as expected, is well deserved, such means are too ...... It's weird and scary. Wang Tong was inexplicably frightened of Wang Junlin in his heart.

Pei Shiju said suddenly: "Don't you think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the rise of the Hedong and Shandong Shi clans?" ”

Wang Tong's eyes widened violently, and there was a terrifying flash of essence, after half a sound, he completely understood some things, nodded, but then frowned, and said: "Our Hedong Shi clan is better, Shandong Shi clan is still extremely disgusted with the imperial court, the root of this is still the rejection of Shandong and Hedong Shi clan by the Zhongxing family and the Guanlong nobles, such as today's five surnames and seven wangs, Boling Cui clan, Qinghe Cui clan, Fanyang Lu clan, Longxi Li clan, Zhaojun Li clan, Xingyang Zheng clan, Taiyuan Wang clan, and how many senior officials in the Great Sui?" You and I don't count, but the Bohai Gao family, Jingzhao Wei's two sub-surname families can be reused, although the emperor has begun to suppress the Zhongxing family and the Guanlong nobles, but he hit the Shandong Shi clan too hard when he was in Pingyang Liang, so the Shandong Shi clan did not accept his affection. And if the old stubbornness of the Dashi clan in Shandong does not contribute, the risk of you and me alone is still too great. ”

PS: The third more is sent, begging for support, asking for a monthly pass, asking for a recommended ticket, asking for a collection————