Zhuge Ying was born in Jiangnan, and like the wealthy families of Jiangzuo, he strictly adhered to the difference between Han and Yi, regarded Jiangnan as the orthodoxy of the Han people, and believed that most of the Han people in the north were Sinicized Hu people or Huhua Han people, and he liked to distinguish between southerners and northerners on weekdays. Zhuge Ying looked at the words on the wall for a long time and said: "Good words, Kong Yingda's words have grown." I understand what Master Cui means, you and Yu Zhongwen have both turned a blind eye to some of Yang Chong's actions, thinking that with the center, it is impossible to quell the rebellion in the Central Plains. ”

It is impossible to quell the rebellion in the Central Plains, Zhang Yuan and Yu Shinan's faces became solemn, Yang Chongneng has come to this point in front of Cui Zhen and Yu Zhongwen, only Zhuge Ying's explanation is the most reasonable; So isn't the situation in the Central Plains irreparable, and where is their basis?

Cui Zhen and Zhuge Ying are close friends, how could they not understand that Zhuge Ying's words are for their own development, not to let Zhang Yuan and the two of them think wildly, and nodded when he heard the words and said: "Yang Chong likes to say a sentence from Xunzi, water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn a boat." ”

There is no need for Cui Zhen to explain, the three of them also understand that the water in this sentence refers to the common people, and the boat is the Great Sui or the government; The meaning of the whole sentence is that the ruler is like a ship, and the people are like water, and the water can not only make the ship sail safely, but also overturn and swallow the ship and sink into the water. Zhang Yuan's face became more and more serious, and he said in a low voice: "Master Cui, I have been taught." Lord Zhuge , let's go to the right and see what is written. ”

On the shadow wall on the right is the instruction of the academy, a total of 24 characters, also in the handwriting of Kong Yingda, taken from the remarks of Mozi and love: "The strong do not insult the weak, the many do not steal the widows, the deceit does not deceive the foolish, the noble is not arrogant, the rich are not arrogant and the poor, and the strong do not take the old." ”

Zhuge Ying smiled and said: "Zhang Yuan, don't worry, Yang Chong is still acquainted, and he removed the first big and small sentence; This is what he is, taken out of context, not afraid of being told or laughed at. ”

Yu Shinan praised instead: "The article is in the sentence, Mozhuo Academy cultivates craftsmen, after the students become talents, it is not surprising that the super-rich businessmen will be successful, and it is possible for the imperial court to make it, and there must be few opportunities to participate in the national policy. The two adults, Yang Chongneng has such ambitions and self-knowledge, the spirit of the academy is not involved in politics, and the bottom line of the Son of Heaven has not been broken. ”

Yu Jianzi rushed to greet him when he heard the news, and learned that Yu Wenkai had gone to Jiuquan, so the four of them said goodbye and went back; Yang Chong set up a family banquet in the evening, and the carriage directly took the four of them to Yang's mansion, a medium-sized mansion in Zhangye City, which looked inconspicuous; Zhuge Ying was a little puzzled, Cui Zhen smiled and said: "Brother Zhuge , your nephew is different, the two houses next door to the left and right are actually his, one is a newly opened biscuit shop, and the other is a branch of Hexi Commercial Bank, in fact, they are all his people." ”

Safety, obviously, what Yang Chong values is safety, the three houses are exactly one street, and together they are a small city fortress, with Yang Chong's ability to check things, presumably there are also dark passages between the houses and side doors, so as to respond to emergencies at any time. When Yang Chong and his wife heard the news, they greeted the three of them to the restaurant, Du Yan and Kong Yingda were present, and they did not have the taboo of Kong Yingda as a wanted criminal in the imperial court, and really regarded the three of them as family members.

Cui Zhen laughed and said, "Yang Chong, you are telling Brother Zhuge that you are going to rebel." ”

Yang Chong shook his head and smiled: "Master Cui is serious, sometimes it is wrong to be wanted, aren't Yang Wang and Yang Yue obvious examples?" ”

Yang Wang and Yang Yue are all people of Hongnong Yang's family, Yang Wang was originally a doctor of Yinqing Guanglu, when Yang Xuangan rebelled, Pei Hongce came back from defeat, met Yang Wang and talked alone, and was told to Yang Guang by Fan Zigai, who was imprisoned for several months, and was appointed as the general guard of Liang County. Yang Yue is Yang Xuangan's uncle, who was arrested by Wei Xuan and almost killed, but in the end, Yang Guang stopped Wei Xuan, and Yang Yueguan was reinstated.

Zhuge Ying was sure that Yang Chong must have a deep meaning, and said: "Yang Chong, don't make a fool of yourself. ”

After Yang Chong invited the four people to take a seat, he said: "My subordinates cracked a case in the north of the city in the morning and arrested a person named Tuobabo. I don't know if he's Matsuma Ke among the Three Friends of the Old Cold, but I've already asked people to bring him over, come here, and bring the prisoner up. ”

A middle-aged man with a slender figure and a cold face was escorted up, obviously with injuries on his body, with shackles and shackles, and staggered under the escort of Tianjian and others; The middle-aged man looked proud, and sneered at Yang Chong: "Manager Yang, people will not be lucky every time, we people from the Hantang will go forward and succeed, and you will die at our hands sooner or later." ”

Tianjian, who escorted him up, asked his subordinates to present the evidence they received, and said lightly: "Tuobabo, your pipa bone has been crushed, so you don't need to be a hero like this, Manager Yang doesn't even want you to confess, which means that you are transparent, and your every move in Hexi is under our surveillance." ”

Yang Chong breathed a sigh of relief, this Tuoba Bo was not the person he saw in Chang'an, he was an impostor, and asked the people present, but no one knew him, so Yang Chong asked Tianjian to take people down. Zhang Yuan flipped through the waist card, and suddenly stopped and asked, "Tuoba Bo, what is the purpose of your visit to Zhangye?" ”

Tuoba Bo said disdainfully: "Our Sui Hantang is responsible for monitoring the Turkic movements, Zhangye is the front line, it is originally our job, and some people in Hexi officialdom secretly collude with the Turks to smuggle iron weapons, horses and other businesses, and plot against them. Just because we missed this time doesn't mean that the deal can be covered up forever. ”

Zhang Yuan's face suddenly became gloomy, and he turned his head and asked Yang Chong: "Manager Yang, is there such a thing?" On what grounds did you arrest Takaba-sama? ”

Yang Chong stared at Zhang Yuan and asked, "Gonggong Zhang, don't you know him, how can you be sure that he is really Tuoba Bo?" ”

Zhang Yuan was taken aback and replied: "The waist card will not be wrong." ”

Yang Chong smiled mysteriously and said, "What if he kills Tuoba Bo and pretends to be a replacement?" ”

"This, how is this possible?" Zhang Yuan said with some doubts: "Matsumake's name is not fake, who can pretend to be a character who sees the head but does not see the tail?" ”

Yang Chong shook his head and said, "Do you know how we found them? It's because they opened a wine shop, which is full every day, and the customers are regular customers, a group of businessmen who went to Zhangye to sell their goods and didn't leave. It's too unprofessional, if Sui Hantang was like this, it would have been wiped out by the Turks a long time ago, and it would be impossible to become a bargaining chip in the hands of Pei Ju and Changsun Sheng, in fact, we all know that the person in charge of Sui Hantang in Zhangye is Changsun Xian. ”

The eldest grandson Xian and Yang Chong once had friends in trouble with the Hulu River in Yumen Pass, and they were the uncles of the eldest grandson Wunai, and they were like fish in water when they did business in Wuwei, Zhangye and other places. However, Yang Chongyou provided some information when he was trading in Zhiben, Kou Jiuhui had abundant manpower, and after discovering that Changsun Xian had contact with a spy of Sui Hantang, he began to monitor it comprehensively, and successively found three Sui Hantang personnel, so he temporarily listed Changsun Xian as the number one person in Zhangye, and the matter of Tianlei powder was also related to Changsun Xian.

(End of chapter)