Pei Yong's house is in Yankang Fang, the mansion is magnificent, covering an area of several acres, he is currently the Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Officials, the official position is not big, from the official of the fourth grade, he is barely qualified to be able to go to the court.

It stands to reason that he is not a big official, but because he was born in Pei Valve, in the Sui Dynasty of the previous dynasty, Pei Valve was one of the eight major valves, and his power was strong. It's just that he was still young at the time and had not yet been promoted, and the Sui Dynasty fell apart.

Later, the Sui Dynasty fell, Li Tang invaded Chang'an, and Pei Yong became a middle-level official of Li Tang, but Chang'an fell, and Li Tang fled to Taiyuan.

At that time, many gate lords were like this, leaving some of their descendants in Chang'an, ready to rely on the powerful Northwest Chinese Army; Some of the high-ranking officials left with Li Tang, so that both sides had their own people. The young man stayed, betting on the future on the emerging dynasty to ensure that the noble clan of the gate lord would not fall.

After all, any imperial court needs talents, and in this era, most of the young and talented people who are literate and knowledgeable are from the aristocracy, because the poor family has been suppressed for hundreds of years, and there is a lack of popularization of classic books, a lack of family learning, and no vision and experience of the aristocracy as officials. Therefore, many of the children of the nobility and low-grade officials left behind were easily used by the new court to make up for the lack of court officials.

The separation between the inner house and the outer house of Pei's house is not obvious, because in this era, the family members did not avoid outsiders, and the defense of men and women was not as serious as that of later generations. There is an artificial lotus pond in the west courtyard of the back house, surrounded by a cluster of flowers and trees, the rockery is stacked with green, and the pond water of the curved corridor is quite elegant.

The moonlight is sprinkled down like water, and the lotus flowers are in pieces, lush and fragrant, and the dark fragrance floats.

There is a five-cornered pavilion on the edge of the pond, in which the table of the eight immortals of pear blossom wood is placed, the dishes on it are full, more than a dozen people are wearing brocade robes, tied with jade belts, and have black yarn on their heads, all of them are nobles dressed up, with extraordinary temperament, and are gathering together to prepare for a night banquet.

"Master Pei, why did you invite us over tonight, it seems that it is not as simple as a small gathering, there are still two vacancies." Dugu Jixun asked.

The others were also curious, the hour was almost up, and they all came, but there were still two empty seats, and I really didn't know who else would be invited over this time. In the past, small gatherings were just familiar faces, could there be other people joining their small team?

Pei Yong smiled slightly and said, "Come over immediately, these two distinguished guests, you also knew each other before." ”

"Oh, who is that?" Dou Liang, Yang Sijian, Liu Huaien, Chai Derong, Yuan Changfu and others were confused, and their faces were suspicious.

Pei Yong got up at this time, and he had already heard footsteps behind him, and two figures were wearing long robes, walking slowly in the moonlight.

One is a little older, past the age of the sixtieth year, wearing a long Confucian shirt, half of the sideburns are dyed white, but the face is ruddy, and there is no old and rickety.

The other was in his fifties, dressed in a collared silk robe, with a folded horned head and a short beard under his chin.

"These two are....... Pei Shangshu, Wei Guogong! ”

These aristocratic officials, when they saw the two, were a little surprised, and the people who came were Pei Ju, the old secretary of the former Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Pei Lian, who was canonized by Li Tang as the Duke of Wei.

These two people are both from Henan Pei Valve, and they are also the pillars of the Guanlong Hao clan later, weak plus Pei Yun who died in Jiangdong, and the three Pei are all powerful ministers in the Sui Dynasty and Li Tang.

This group of them are all in their thirties and forties, in the prime of life and middle-aged, most of them are middle-class officials in the fourth and fifth grades, and when they saw Pei Ju and Pei Lian's old bosses who had been first-class officials in the past, they were still a little in awe, and they got up one after another and bowed.

"I've seen Shangshu and Guogong!"

"You don't have to be polite, we are not a scholar or a prince of the country this time, although we have been pardoned by Your Majesty, we don't have an official title." Pei Ju smiled faintly, waved his hand to let these people be polite, and then sat down with Pei Lian.

According to the generation, Pei Yong is Pei Lian's nephew and Pei Ju's grandchildren, they are all a clan, but the relationship is also out of the five suits, and they are not considered close to the clan.

Dou Rail, Yang Sijian, Feng Yandao, Liu Huaien, Chai Derong, Yuan Changfu and others also suddenly came over, this is not the Great Sui Imperial Court, nor is Li Tang in power, but a new dynasty!

Therefore, Pei Ju and Pei Lin have not been activated for the time being, just like their elders.

"Then we'll call us elders." Dou Liang, Yang Sijian and others are very polite, because their elders, and Pei Lin and others are colleagues, they are all gate valve forces, intricate, and now after the change of Sui and Tang Dynasties, the new imperial court has just been established, and these big families have to give up their prejudices and start to hold together.

Pei Yong said with a smile: "I called you over today, not only to enjoy the moon and talk about literature, but also to talk about some political opinions by the way." The third uncle and the second uncle, as the elders of the Pei clan, also happened to come to the banquet to communicate with everyone. ”

"It's a blessing for the younger generations to be able to listen to the two seniors talk." Feng Yandao smiled with a smile, his tone was very respectful.

He is the son of Feng Deyi, and now Feng Deyi has also returned to the capital, and he and Pei Ju were prominent in the Sui Dynasty for a while, and they have both friendship and calculations. However, in terms of talent, they all admire each other. Now that they are idle at home at the same time, it is inevitable that the direction of interests is the same, and they all hope to be valued by His Majesty today and return to power in the temple.

Pei Lin sat down behind him and said to everyone: "Similar to me and my cousin, there are a lot of old ministers in the former dynasty who are idle at home, and the current ones used by His Majesty, except for the people who fight the world with him, are mostly young people, and they are mainly local small clans, or children of poor families, which is not a good sign for our Guanlonghao clan!" ”

Yang Sijian's lips moved, and he hesitated: "My father also said this, the former Emperor Yang of the Dynasty had always planned to weaken the power of the gate valve, and as a result, Yang Xuangan's rebellion was caused and his own power was damaged. At that time, the Sui court had already moved its foundation, and no one was willing to really contribute to him. When Li Tang enters Chang'an, the first thing to do is to win over the Guanlong nobles, after all, he Li Valve is also one of them, protect the strength of the Guanlong nobles, and Li Tang's situation can also be stable, so most of the officials of the previous dynasty were in their original positions.

"But today's Your Majesty, it seems that there is some jealousy and disgust towards the Dahao clan, looking at the political hall, the Privy Council, and the six ministers, these central officials, there are almost no people who have enabled Dou, Li, Pei, Yuan, Yang, Dugu, Yuwen and other gate valves, only two people from the Changsun Pan clan have been enabled, Wuji and Shunde, or because of the kinship of the eldest grandson queen."

Dou Liang on the side is the grandson of Dou Chi, the Taifu of the Sui Dynasty, the son of Dou Gong of Yongzhou Mu, the nephew of Dou Wei of the internal history, and the descendant of the complete gate valve.

At this time, he said with a ruthless force: "At present, the court is in this situation, if the two elders of the Pei family, the Feng family, the Yang family, the Dou family and other highly respected people can stand up and reinstate the officials, then, in the court, our Guanlonghao clan can restore their influence and continue to control the government." ”