There have been too many things that have happened this year, and my deepest feeling is that no matter whether you are the prince or grandson, or the humerus of the country, the emperor who is high above can make you die without a place to bury with a wave of his hand or a word, and even affect future generations.

The prince and grandson refer to the sons of the former deposed prince Yang Yong, except for Yang Ke, who was barely picked up by Xun Yi and took back half his life, or now called Tang Lin, all the other princes were executed. As for the humerus of the country, Yang Su is not counted, and he can be said to be a very popular minister, his sons are all knights, Yang Xuangan is now taking the title of Duke of Chu State, and he is the official of Hongluqing, and he is prominent for a while.

Compared with Yang Su, the real minister of the humerus, the Duke of Qi Guogong, has a much bleaker end.

He was convicted for slandering the imperial court, and in addition to him, the people who were convicted for slandering the imperial court were He Ruobi and Yu Wenbi.

The direct reason was that Yang Guang met with Qimin Khan in Yulin County. I was not instigated by Chai Shao to follow the excitement, and the grand scene of Yang Guang receiving the Turks was told to me by Chai Shao after returning to Daxing City.

It is said that when Yang Guang had not yet arrived in Yulin County, Qimin Khan, taking the power of the Great Sui, actually weeded himself and opened a road of 3,000 miles from Yulin to the Turkic tent. Yang Guang was naturally very happy.

In order to show off his might among the surrounding tribes, Yang Guang ordered a tent, or a car, to be built - a movable tent, richly decorated, and could accommodate a thousand people, and Yang Guang used this tent to receive the Qimin Khan. In addition, Yang Guang gave him a lot of gifts when he met with Qimin Khan, not only to Qimin Khan, but also to the small leaders of Qimin Khan's subordinates, which undoubtedly fueled the greedy desire and arrogance of the Turkic tribes in the eyes of Gao Gong and others, but Yang Guang didn't care.

On the contrary, he probably thought that these old ministers in the court were against him at every turn. Gao Gong has been unswervingly opposed to the abolition of Chang Liyu since he was the king of Jin, and He Ruobi relied on his military merits and even fought against him in front of Yang Guang, as for Yu Wenbi, like Gao Gong He Ruobi, he often discussed Yang Guang's rights and wrongs in private - Yang Guang inspected Yulin County not long after, he built a Great Wall in the north of the levy of the people, and the scale was not large, but Yu Wenbi directly pointed out that it is not suitable to recruit the people at all now, because the large-scale construction projects that have continued until now have consumed too much manpower in the empire.

Yu Wenbi was not wrong at all, it was precisely because he said it was good, so he was killed together with Gao Gong and He Ruobi.

The three of them were all important ministers of the court, and the result of being killed together was to cause a shock in the government and the opposition, and for a while the streets and alleys were talking about the turbulent situation in the court, and most people didn't even believe that it was true.

However, not only was this incident true, but its influence continued, Yang Guang continued to show off his strength against the surrounding tribes, and on the other hand, he simply did not stop doing anything, and cleaned up everyone in the court who he did not like, including Su Wei, who was also a general.

Even Empress Xiao's younger brother Nei Shi Ling Xiao Cong was not spared, Xiao Cong originally didn't have much to do with the affairs of the court, but because he had a good relationship with He Ruobi, he was dismissed. Even he was dismissed, I can't help but worry about my sister Yuru, because Xiao Cong's brother Xiao Yu is Yuru's husband's family, as far as I know, Xiao Yu is much hotter than Xiao Cong's temper, and when he sees something unpleasant, he must have said that Yang Guang must have discussed it in private several times when he acted like this, but fortunately, this matter did not implicate Xiao Yu.

The autumn of Daxing City was particularly bleak this year, and when he learned the news that Gao Gong, He Ruobi, Yu Wenbi and the three were killed, Dad locked himself in the study and did not come out for a whole day.

Until the evening, he still didn't come out, but just asked Xu Shixu to call me to the study.

There was a chessboard in the study, not empty, but already landed.

I didn't look much to know that this chess game was set up for Qingyu Pavilion when I was a child, at that time I had no purpose in this world, the only hope was given to myself by myself, at that time I didn't understand Ruo Xiu's intentions, but forced her to become my guardian, and found the original value for my existence in this world.

But now I don't need this game at all, the crisis of the Qingyu Pavilion has been proven to come from within a few years ago, the person who created the crisis is dead, and this game of chess is over.

But Daddy apparently didn't think so. He asked me to sit down on the opposite side of the chessboard, and then said slowly: "Completed, the monarch and the minister, the minister, what is it?" ”

I was stunned for a moment, isn't this what Lu Dinggong asked Confucius in "The Analects of the Eight Hundred"?

I thought about it for a while, and Zhengse replied: "Father, 'The king makes the ministers courteous, and the ministers are loyal.'" This is the Master's answer. ”

Daddy smiled, with a hint of desolation in his smile, and then said, "What about your answer?" What if you don't? ”

I thought about it for a moment and said, "Then I have to be a minister." ”

Dad stared at me for a long time before he said with a sullen face, "Mr. Zhang taught you?" ”

I said, "Not really." Father, "Lu Lan" said that "the world is not the world of one person, but the world of the world, only the virtuous live in it", the Son of Heaven is not virtuous, why can't the virtuous replace him? ”

Daddy's expression suddenly became weird, and he asked, "Is this what Mr. Xiao taught you?" ”

I thought of Old Man Xiao, who had left the Tang Mansion a long time ago, and said, "It's not. ”

Dad closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and when he opened his eyes again, his expression was a little different from before, he sighed and said, "Duke Qi used to be kind to his father, but now he is dead...... Ay. ”

I said, "Yang ...... The emperor slaughtered the ministers like this, and everyone in the courtiers was in danger, and it was a blessing for my father to be in the court. But father, if you were to travel with you, would you advise the emperor as they did? ”

Dad thought about it, shook his head again, and said, "I'm afraid not." The words were full of helplessness.

For some reason, I was a little disappointed with my dad's answer, although I wouldn't be too happy if he gave him a positive answer.

This dilemma is probably the dilemma faced by many ministers in the DPRK and China, and people like Gao Gongyu Wenbi chose to advise and fulfill their own reputation, but paid too much price. And people like Yuwenshu blindly welcome him, at least for now, he is alive and well.

I remembered that my father had said a long time ago that he wanted to be an honest and undeceitful person, but I didn't know if he would be upset if he made this choice.

I asked, "Father, as a courtier, is it against the courtiers that the king has lost his way and does not admonish?" ”

Daddy looked at the chessboard and shook his head again. I've never seen my dad so depressed.