When he learned that the carrier pigeon came with the news, and it was from Renshou Palace, Lu Mulin used the fastest time to translate the symbols on the note that others could not understand, the content of these three notes was the same, Lu Mulin translated, looked at the short line of words, and was stunned, jumped up, and ran towards the palace.

At this time, because of the reason for summoning Guo Yan, Yang Yong was not in Shangshu Province, but in Wude Palace, which is adjacent to the East Palace, and it is also convenient for the prince to enter and exit, the security of Wude Hall is far less strict than that of Shangshu Province, Lu Mulin quickly entered the palace, however, seeing many people beside him, he didn't dare to say much, but just looked at Yang Yong anxiously with his eyes.

Seeing Lu Mulin coming in, Yang Yong couldn't care about any more trouble with Guo Yan, and dropped a sentence: "Lord Guo, no matter whether Xu Dianyu is taken away by someone or slipped away by himself, in short, he wants to see people in life and corpses in death, ladies and gentlemen, there are other important things in this palace, and today's matter is here for the time being!" ”

Su Wei, Niu Hong and others hurriedly bowed: "Your Highness, please." ”

Seeing Yang Yong disappear outside the hall, Gao Yancai got up from the ground and asked Su Wei and Niu Hong: "Lord Zuo Servant, Lord Shangshu, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he asked the emperor for imperial approval, and he wanted to see people and corpses to Xu Dian Yusheng, what does this mean?" ”

Su Wei and others were also puzzled by Yang Yong's orders, but it was Guo Yan who had a headache, and of course Su Wei would not take the responsibility on his head, but just snorted: "Is this, how does His Highness command, how do we do it as courtiers." "Yes, yes, my lord is clever." Guo Yan secretly scolded Su Wei in his heart, but he was thinking about how to explain next time, Xu Cheng has been missing for more than half a month, and it is not easy to find it in a short time.

Walking out of the Wude Palace, Yang Yong stopped and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Lu Mulin looked around, this was on the corridor outside the Wude Palace. Its nearest guards were dozens of meters away, and there was silence all around, but Lu Mulin was still not at ease: "Your Highness is a little quiet, let's go back to the East Palace." ”

Seeing Lu Mulin so solemn. Yang Yong resisted the curiosity in his heart: "Okay, then go back first." ”

Lu Mulin followed Yang Yong all the way to Yang Yong's study in the Chongwen Hall of the East Palace, and ordered Mai Tie to guard the outside door, and ordered no one to come in, before he took out the note he had just translated and presented it to Yang Yong.

The note is simple. There is only one sentence translated from it: "The emperor was injured and fell into a coma." "As for how he was injured and how serious it was, there was nothing on the note, the emperor was in a coma not long ago, and he was in a coma for the second time in a short period of time, everyone knows, this time I am afraid that the emperor's body is serious.

After reading the note, Yang Yong had no sadness or joy on his face, for Yang Jian. Yang Yongdi's feelings can be described as complicated, during this period of Suiguo Mansion, Yang Jian undoubtedly played the role of a loving father, no matter how big the problems encountered outside, Yang Jian was amiable when he returned home, and he was mostly supportive of what his son did. During this time, in the palace of the state of the country. Fathers and sons, brothers are all happy.

After ascending the throne as the emperor, it should be said that Yang Jian should still have considerable expectations for his eldest son, and not only personally selected his right-hand man for the East Palace. And Yang Yong was allowed to participate in the decision-making of the six ministries. For Yang Yong's old department, Shi Wansui, Luo Yi and others also gave reuse. Yang Yong believed that no matter how secret the matter of Sugar Island was, it was impossible for Yang Jian not to be aware of it, but he did not order an investigation, and it was more or less on the face of the East Palace, and Yang Jian also ignored the huge profits generated by the Agricultural College.

It's just that I don't know when it started, the father and son are becoming more and more estranged, maybe it is because of Yang Yong's fear of history, basically the people selected by the emperor for the East Palace are not at ease to use, maybe it is the emperor's growing desire for power, the older he is, the more he values power, and he can't tolerate other people's challenges to his power, even if this person is his own son, in short, the emperor is suspicious of the East Palace.

Yang Yong felt this suspicion, and immediately took action, surrendered his treatment, and dismissed most of the East Palace guards, Yang Jian was quite satisfied with Yang Yong's actions, and transferred the suspicion to the important ministers of the court, so Yu Qingze, Wang Shiji could be executed based on the false accusations of just a few witnesses, Gao Ying was exiled, and Han Baohu died even more inexplicably, and he overturned his previous local policies, dissolved the official schools run by various states, and the law became harsh.

For the death of the second Sui Dynasty, many people in later generations thought that the responsibility was all on Yang Guang, and now that Yang Yong personally participated in it, he knew that Yang Jian had made many mistakes in his later years, and in fact, he had buried the root of the short life of the Great Sui.

In the early days of the Great Sui Dynasty, the emperor attached great importance to education, and ordered the creation of Guozi Temple, which was separated from Taichang Temple and became the highest educational institution.

In June of the first year of Renshou (601 AD), Yang Jian issued an edict: "The way of Confucianism, the way of teaching people, knowing the righteousness of fathers, sons, kings and ministers, and knowing the order of respecting and inferior...... The national school is a thousand, and there are many people in the state and county, and there are many salts, and there is a list of them, and they are empty...... Today, it is advisable to save money and reward it. ”

Yang Jian believed that although the school was of great use to Xingde and the state's allocation of talents, because some schools had no names and in fact did not have so many students, it wasted the state's money and food, and also gave the officials another direction of corruption, so he ordered the school to be cut down, and finally only 70 students from Guozi Middle School were left.

As we all know, the imperial examination was created in the Sui Dynasty, but it was not created by Yang Jian, but by Yang Guang later, of course, Yang Guang was able to create the imperial examination, thanks to the large number of students cultivated during the Kaihuang period, but Emperor Wen of Sui in his later years personally ordered the closure of all schools.

The closure of the school became less conspicuous due to the later imperial examinations, but the influence of punishing the minister and the excessively harsh punishment was not so easy to eliminate, Yang Jian ordered that those who steal a penny and embezzle a penny will be punished with abandoning the city, and the three of them will steal a melon together. All three were put to death, four were to steal a bucket, all four were put to death, and the informant was rewarded with half of his wealth. Therefore, there are often scoundrels in the capital who deliberately drop money and things on the ground, as long as someone picks it up, they will immediately turn it to the government and ask for property. Instead of being happy, they are terrified, and not leaving the road behind is not a virtue, but a fear.

If this situation continues, it can be said that one more day of Yang Jian's reign now will damage the achievements of the early Sui Dynasty, but Yang Yong can't wait, and the one who does one hundred is half ninety. If you can't wait for the last few years, once the incident is leaked, not only may you fail and die, but the ending of the death of the second Sui cannot be changed, and finally history will return to the original point, that is, you will succeed and be a son of man. In any case, it is a stain, although Li Shimin has the rule of Zhenguan. However, after killing his brother and forcing his father, thousands of years later, he was still attacked by his descendants......

"Your Highness, Your Highness." Seeing that Yang Yong was in a daze after reading the note, Lu Mulin couldn't help but call up gently.

"Oh." Yang Yong came to his senses from his own flaws. Blankly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Highness. Now that the emperor is unconscious, should he notify Lord Li. Master Fang, Mr. Zhang Qiu and others came to discuss? Lu Mulin asked.

"No need, this matter is kept secret for the time being, and the secret line of Renshou Palace must not be easily moved, and there is no need to send another message to the East Palace before the emperor wakes up."

Lu Mulin nodded when he heard this, although the first thing he thought of after seeing this news was that he wanted to do something, but for the East Palace, it was better to be still at this time, the emperor was injured, and before there was no formal news to the East Palace, the East Palace could only turn a blind eye.

"Xia Guan understands, but the guards of the East Palace are too weak, whether His Highness wants to transfer some people from the dark guards to live in the East Palace temporarily." Lu Mulin couldn't help but remind.

There were originally 3,000 guards in the East Palace, respectively, led by Sima Xiahou Fu led by the left guard, and Sima Yanbi led by the right guard, however, these two people had to be led on the surface, and the real power was in the hands of Yang Shi and Mai Tiecane, after Yang Yong cut the guard, Xiahoufu and Yan Bi were both transferred to local posts, and Yang Shi was also kicked out of the East Palace by Yang Yong to form a secret horse, and the real guards of the East Palace are now only a team of 500 people led by Mai Tiecane.

Five hundred people seem to be a lot at first glance, but compared with other families, it pales in comparison, there were more than 5,000 slaves in the Yang Su family in the past, and now the various national mansions, although the general's mansion is not as big as the Yang Su family, but which family is not less than a thousand people, the East Palace plus the servants, the next people, the number of people barely exceeds a thousand, but the East Palace is the prince, the number of people can not be compared with the general Guogong, the general's mansion, what is it?

Because of this, it is impossible for Yang Yong to reduce himself if he wants to reduce himself, otherwise all the ministers will not agree, now that the emperor is not in the capital, with the spaciousness of the East Palace, adding hundreds of 11 people will not attract the attention of others at all.

"No need." Yang Yong refused this suggestion without thinking about it, in addition to the 10,000 forbidden troops brought by the emperor to Renshou Palace, there are also 50,000 forbidden troops, although Yang Yong can't command these 50,000 forbidden troops, but if anyone dares to endanger the safety of the East Palace, the 50,000 forbidden troops can't sit idly by, as long as Yang Yong is in the city, it is safe for the East Palace guards to be withdrawn, if it causes the emperor to suspect again, it is to transfer all the dark guards to the East Palace, and there is no use at all.

Lu Mulin asked unwillingly: "Your Highness, are we not doing anything?" ”

"Why not?" Yang Yong smiled slightly: "Order, all the dark guards to strengthen the surveillance of Beijing, whether it is on the street or in the minister's mansion to report to the East Palace in a timely manner, order the dark guards to command Yuan Hao to return to Beijing, let him be responsible for the entire intelligence collection work, in addition, transfer Sun Qing back to Beijing, temporarily to Yuan Hao as a deputy." ”

"Yes." Lu Mulin thought for a while and understood, if the East Palace does not move, it is moving, and now that he has received the news that the emperor is injured and unconscious in advance, he can immediately monitor other people, if someone moves, it is not too late for the East Palace to move.

In Renshou Palace, the atmosphere is more tense now than when the emperor was in a coma for the first time, Liu Shu, Yuan Yan, Feng Deyi, Wang Shao and others sat outside and didn't even dare to take a breath, waiting for the imperial doctor inside to diagnose the emperor.

The emperor was injured and fell into a coma an hour ago, Renshou Palace was still built on the mountain, and the halls were connected by steps, and today the emperor and the two ladies were in high spirits when they accidentally slipped from the steps, and this slip was suddenly bad, and the emperor fell into a coma again, and the internal treatment and officials of the peers were scared a lot. The two mothers are even more disgraced.

Xu Zhizang gently put his hand on the emperor's pulse, secretly complaining in his heart, the emperor's pulse was so weak that it was almost indiscernible, and he was transferred to Renshou Palace by Xu Cheng. It was originally a happy thing, but when I arrived in Renshou Palace, I couldn't help but see the emperor's face, and the emperor's face was blue and white, and it was clearly an excessive wine, if it was a young man, it would be fine to recuperate. And the emperor is over sixty years old, and once this foundation is hollowed out, it will be impossible to recuperate.

Originally, I thought it was for the sake of my family, Xu Dian Yucai took care of himself, but he didn't expect to let himself be a scapegoat, Xu Zhizang had already scolded Xu Cheng in his heart, but since he arrived at Renshou Palace, he couldn't escape if he wanted to, if he learned the news of Xu Cheng's disappearance. He would 100% believe that Xu Cheng had absconded by himself.

In the past ten days, although Xu Zhizang has tactfully advised the emperor several times, asking the emperor to pay attention to recuperation, especially not to approach women, but in the face of Xu Zhizang's painless advice, the emperor didn't care at all, and Xu Zhizang was very helpless. He couldn't tell the emperor directly, if he didn't want to be a woman anymore. The emperor's life may be in danger at any time, and if women are forbidden, he will have a few years to live at most.

Now that something happened, Xu Zhizang almost didn't need to check the pulse to know that the emperor was definitely not good, but this one was the pulse. It made Xu Zhizang's heart chill. Even if the emperor can wake up, he will not live for more than a month.

"Imperial Physician Xu. What happened to the emperor? Mrs. Xuanhua saw that Xu Zhizang had not received a diagnosis for a long time, so she hurriedly asked.

"Yu Niangniang, the emperor's external injuries are not a big deal, it's just ...... Just ......"

"Just what, say it!" Mrs. Rong Hua was so anxious that her eyebrows rose and she scolded.

"It's just ......" Xu Zhizang was sweating profusely, and finally gritted his teeth, and simply let it go: "It's just that the emperor's kidneys are weak and weak, so he can only hang with ginseng and other medicinal materials first, whether he can recover or not, the lower officials are incompetent and uncertain." ”

"Ah, you mean the emperor...... Your Majesty ......" Mrs. Rong Hua opened her mouth and asked in disbelief.

Xu Zhizang nodded heavily, sighed, Mrs. Rong Hua fell backwards, and Chen Xuanhua negotiated differently, Mrs. Rong Hua Cai has been in the palace for more than ten years, and it is only one year to really get the emperor's favor, if the emperor leaves, where will she, Mrs. Rong Hua, go.

"Mother, mother." The palace maid behind Mrs. Rong Hua hurriedly helped her and shouted desperately.

Chen Xuanhua frowned, and ordered: "Help Mrs. Ronghua to the side to rest, don't make noise with the emperor" Yes. Several palace maids hurriedly helped Mrs. Rong Hua to sit down on a chair on the side, not daring to make a sound.

"Imperial Doctor Xu, no matter what, first save the emperor."

"Yes, Wechen obeys!" If Mrs. Xuanhua's command was sure to infect him, Xu Zhizang didn't care about wiping the sweat, so he prescribed the medicine with three strokes and two strokes of the pen and handed it to Chen Xuanhua.

Chen Xuanhua glanced at it a few times and handed it to Yang Yue, Yang Yue pinched Fang Zi and walked out of the emperor's bedroom quickly, as soon as he came out, Yuan Yan, Liu Shu and others immediately surrounded him: "Manager Yang, how is the emperor's injury?" ”

Yang Yue heard Xu Zhizang's conversation just now, but at this time he arched his hand: "Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor has nothing to do, and now he wants to take medicine, please let me go, otherwise it will delay the emperor's medication, but it is a big deal." ”

"That's good, that's good." Hearing that the emperor had nothing to do, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and got out of the way, and no one dared to bear the charge of deliberately delaying the emperor's medication.

Leaving the hall, Yang Yue walked to a corner, saw that there was no one left and right, took out a handkerchief from his arms, and couldn't find anything to write for a while, so he had to put his finger in his mouth, closed his eyes and bit hard, a piercing pain came, so that Yang Yue almost screamed, and quickly opened his eyes and looked around, making sure that no one used his bitten fingers to write a line of words on the handkerchief and put it into his sleeve.

In the pharmacy, an attendant was dispensing medicine with a prescription, Yang Yue took out the handkerchief he had just written from his arms, handed it to a little eunuch next to him, and ordered: "Leave the palace immediately and send it to the general's mansion, this matter is extremely secret, and no one can let anyone know." ”

The little eunuch nodded heavily, hid his handkerchief, and quietly slipped outside, half an hour later, a fast horse came out of Renshou Palace and ran in the direction of the capital, but Yang Yue didn't know, almost at the same time, in the other direction of Renshou Palace, there were three carrier pigeons fluttering, fluttering and taking off, flying in the direction of the East Palace with the information.