In the first month of the new year, the imperial court announced the first decree of the new year, "Those who have rebelled against the party in the annexed state have been exiled, and those who have fled will be executed once they are caught." ”

and the state against the party, that is, the Han King Yang Liang's department. Yang Liang is the fifth son of Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian and Empress Dugu Jialuo, Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty with the same maternal brother, Renshou for four years, because of dissatisfaction with Yang Guang's accession to the throne, rebelled, and was soon defeated by Yang Su led the army, Yang Liang surrendered and was imprisoned, died the following year, and died at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve one year.

This decree is tantamount to declaring the innocence of Yang Liang's imprisoned family members and exiles, and is a signal of reconciliation; The important ministers of the court and the central government all understood that nearly 100,000 people were exiled to Liangzhou, and there were also those Shandong scholars who supported Yang Liang who were unstable. Now it depends on the attitude of the Shandong scholars, to the surprise of most people, Yang Guang sent to Bingzhou to congratulate Pei Zhen on his birthday is a newcomer, Yang Chong, the newly appointed director of the Ministry of Works.

The two kings and one Guo of the local scholar clan in Bingzhou are the most famous, but the Pei family in Hedong has a middle family room in Bingzhou, and Pei Zhen is the head of the middle family room. The Manchu Dynasty was silent, and he couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, and several bigwigs didn't have any hints, after the dispersal of the dynasty, Du Xingman followed Wei Jie to the Wei family's restaurant and pavilion, and couldn't wait to ask: "The Holy Son of Heaven arranged it like this, aren't you afraid that Pei Zhen will be angry?" ”

Wei Jie said unhurriedly: "Whatever you do, Pei Zhen will be angry, so the Son of Heaven sent a fresh face, even if Pei Zhen gave them a closed door, there would be nothing." Yang Chong has an advantage, that is, he is from Lingnan, and he has the status of the scholar clan at all, and he has no scruples about the scholar clan at all. ”

The Great Sui is still the world of wealthy scholars, with strict hierarchies, and the status of a first-class wealthy family like Pei's cannot be desecrated, and Pei's children and protégés are more noble than those of low-class scholars, especially on formal occasions, they are all ranked by the rank of the scholars, and no matter how high the official position is, it is useless. It is often seen that when a group of people gather, a low-level official with a noble background sits on the chief in a grand manner, and the high-ranking official sits with him.

But Lingnan is a reckless place, and he doesn't pay attention to these at all, Yang Chong has no scruples, and will do everything he can to make Pei Zhen bow his head at best, even if he is slapped in the face and comes back in disgrace, it will not hurt the face of the court and anyone. Du Xingman said hatefully: "It would be good if this little thief had an accident in Bingzhou." ”

Wei Jie glanced at Du Xingman dissatisfiedly and said: "Yang Chong just can't have an accident, if Yang Chong has an accident this time, he will give the Guanlong Group and the Jiangnan Shi clan an excuse, and the rebellion in the state is not over." The Pei family didn't dare to let Yang Chong make a mistake, after all, Yang Chong was an envoy sent by the imperial court to celebrate his birthday, even if he fell, someone would pour dirty water on the Pei family. ”

The officialdom pays attention to tacit understanding, Wei Xingman and Du Xingman said this, one is because the two are friends who grew up together, and the other reason is that they know that because of Yang Chong's wine recipe, Du Xingman has been trained by the head of the family several times and is in a bad mood. As soon as the wine of Yuwenjia Distillery came out, the Du family quickly found out the origin of Yang Chong, and learned that Du Xingman missed such an opportunity because of a doorman, so that Dujia Distillery almost lost half of the market, and Du Xingman became a scapegoat.

In fact, if you change to any person in the Du family, you will have the same choice as Du Xingman, Yang Chong at that time was just a desperate young man, except that the level of translation may be a little higher, who can see that he is a good hand at making wine and designing weapons, and he is naturally close to him. Du Xing was full of grievances and said, "Do you know? There are still people in the clan who want to marry Yang Chong's kid, saying that if he can make the first wine, he can make the second wine. ”

Wei Jie pondered for a moment and said: "It is very likely that this statement is that Yang Chong did not invest in the Yuwen family, and the wine recipe is a gift from his apprentice, so it is impossible for him not to keep it." I understand why Yu Wenkai is so attentive to Yang Chong, because he is also a master craftsman, and he has long guessed that Yang Chong has reservations, and the future of Dujia Distillery is not optimistic. ”

Even if Yang Chong still retains a recipe, it means that the next time the two wineries compete, there will be sudden changes, the Yuwen family is just taking out a part of the profits to Yang Chong, and the Du family may waste manpower and material resources, not to mention, and even the living space of the winery will be compressed again. Du Xingman is not stupid, but he has been drilling the horns of the bull a few days ago, and Wei Jie's words were like an empowerment, which made him react at once and hurriedly leave.

After Du Xingman left, Wei Jie walked into the next pavilion, and there were two people sitting in the compartment, an old man in his fifties, with extraordinary instruments, dressed in a cyan cloth robe, revealing a taste of who else he was; Another young man was in his twenties, dressed in brocade and jade, full of wealth and wealth. The old man's name is Wei Xun, he is Wei Jie's uncle, Shang Fangling, who is still in the office, don't look at it as just a petty official under the eighth grade, but he controls the purchase of jewelry, gold and silver ornaments of the court and the royal family; The young man was Wei Jie's nephew, Wei Cheng, the person in charge of the restaurant.

Wei Xun smiled: "There are still people in the Du family, but there is no hurry, according to my estimate, it is only a matter of time before Yang Chong moves out of Yuwenkai's house, and then we will talk about it." ”

Wei Cheng said hesitantly: "I analyzed the information, Yang Chong is actually the same as Zhuge Quan, a very assertive person. ”

Wei Jie said with an appreciative expression: "It is precisely because Yang Chong is assertive that he will choose the side that is most beneficial to himself. ”

Yang Chong couldn't help but sneeze, and secretly said who was thinking about me; Although Yu Wenkai used the power in his hands to transfer Wei Lei, Wei Heng, Wei Long, and Yang Meng to Yang Chong, Yang Chong was still nervous about the trip to Merge Prefecture. Yang Guang and the bigwigs in the DPRK and China completely delegated power this time, and did not say anything except to give a jade plate as a gift; Yu Wenkai meant that he had sent the gift, and he didn't even have to attend the birthday banquet, just come back directly.

Yang Chong didn't want it to be so simple, a soldier who didn't want to be a general was not a good soldier, since he was an official, he had to make an appearance, so Yang Chong sat in the carriage and thought nonsense all the way. The carriage was very bumpy, although Yang Chong knew that Zhuge Tiefang's sheet springs could cushion shocks, but he knew that the output of sheet springs was low, and even Duan Wenzhen was in short supply, so he didn't have the courage to mention it; A carriage and four horses crossed the Yellow River and went all the way north.

The sun is warm, the spring breeze is rippling, and the small flowers all over the mountains and fields have opened their eyes, one, two, one bush, two bushes, holding out the delicate flower bones of the bath drops. There were a few kites floating in the distance, and I couldn't tell what kind of animal it was painting, but I saw the kites flying higher and higher in the air, taking away Yang Chong's troubles; Yang Chong got up, lifted the curtain, and shouted outside: "Find a place to eat." ”

Meng Kunpengyu Wenkai's family, who was driving the car, was very familiar with Yang Chong, and laughed and said: "Lord Yang, don't worry, less than six miles away is the Red Flower Collection, there are post houses, and there are places to eat." ”

Meng Kunpeng didn't know that the safflower set was already overcrowded, not to mention post houses and wine shops, even if they entered, they wouldn't let people in; There were only nine shops and two dozen homes on the short street, and now the doors and windows of every house were closed, and there was a man standing outside the door, with an expressionless face and a steel knife at his waist. At the entrance to the market, there were ten horses standing side by side, and on each horse there was a knight in a black cloak, with the same expressionless face, holding a horse lance.

So Yang Chong and his entourage arrived, but they couldn't enter the town at all. Wei Lei immediately stepped forward to ask, and quickly came back and said, "It's Cui Hongdu, the head of the Cui family." ”

Yang Chong was silent for a long time, and said to Wei Lei: "Say hello again, say I want to see Cui Hongdu." ”

Wei Lei's five people all looked at Yang Chong with strange eyes, the head of the family with the five surnames and seven wangs was so easy to see, but seeing Yang Chong's resolute attitude, Wei Lei had no choice but to come forward to negotiate again. It's strange that there is a reply letter from the set, Cui Hongdu is willing to see Yang Chong; Wei Lei's mouth couldn't close at all, so he asked again, and after being confirmed by the other party, he ran back excitedly and said, "The head of the Cui family agrees with you." ”