Miao Yun smiled and said, "I'm here, I'm afraid you'll blame me and hide in the squirrel park." ”

Yang Chong instructed: "Arrange for someone to call Gu Dizang over, Mr. Fuqu is to sponsor the reconstruction of the Great Desert Temple, and let him put away the Golden Buddha." ”

Fuqu Yunzhao hurriedly explained: "Shankuo's uncle's family is in Shanshan, and Shankuo goes to the desert temple with his uncle every year to offer incense, and he has known each other since he was alone. This time on the way to Chang'an, I heard Lord Gao Junya talk about the lonely hidden, and today it was Yuwen Wuji who took us to find the lonely hidden. ”

Fuqu Yunzhao is the son of an official eunuch, his ancestors have been emperors, and he naturally knows that those in high positions are all suspicious and sick people, if Yang Chong feels that he is investigating him behind his back, it will be causing trouble for the family, so he happily told everything about it. Yang Chong bowed his head and said: "Gao Junya is my colleague in the military department, and Yuwen Wuji is my brother, so forget about this matter." As long as you name who this Buddha is going to give to, I will accept it. ”

Fuqu Yunzhao said that this is too shrewd, no wonder he can be a county guard in his twenties, Fuqu Yunzhao didn't dare to hide it, bowed his head and said: "It turned out that I was going to give it to Li Wuji, the head of the South Tibetan Monastery of Tiemen Temple, and wanted to get through the relationship between Li Yuan, the county guard of Yiwu. ”

Yang Chong felt a little interesting and asked, "You are from Gaochang, why did you reach out to Yiwu County, is there a big deal there?" ”

Fuqu Yunzhao said with a calm expression: "Our Fuqu family is in the salt business, and now Yiwu has salt fields, which have high yields and good taste, which is not only a threat to us, but also to the salt-producing areas of the counties of the Western Regions. ”

"Rat-eyed." Yang Chong saw the frustrated Yunzhao's posture and refuted mercilessly: "How many people in the Great Sui know? Five million and three hundred thousand, even if the entire six counties of the Western Regions produce salt, it can also be digested steadily. Go back and tell your head of the family, don't pay too much attention to things outside Gaochang, and ask him to prepare a plan on how to increase Gaochang's salt production, and send it to the county guard yamen when the time comes. ”

Fuqu Yunzhao hurriedly agreed, and his head began to sweat, not that Yang Chong had more official authority, but Fuqu Yunzhao was afraid that Yang Chong would ask again; Yang Chong took a sip of tea, moistened his throat and said: "It's hard for you, you are in Gaochang, and you can also find out that Li Wuji, the head of the Southern Tibetan Monastery of Tiemen Temple, is a relative of Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, and he has prepared the Golden Buddha in advance." Could it be that someone in Gaochang knows Li Wuji, wouldn't it be more convenient to find someone to meet Li Yuan directly in Yiwu County? ”

Frustrated Yunzhao stood up, was silent for a moment and said: "Yunzhao will not hide it from your lordship, before coming to Chang'an, I heard that the Tang State Guild served as the Gaochang County Guard, and the team that protected us to Chang'an was the person of General Yuwen, I heard that the two did not deal with each other, so the intermediary introduced felt that it was inconvenient to meet Tang Guogong in Yiwu County, and chose Li Wuji, the head of the Southern Tibetan Monastery of Tiemen Temple. ”

Yang Chong motioned for Miao Yun to put away the brocade box, and asked with sharp eyes, "Who is the middleman?" ”

Break the county order, destroy the door too much. Fuqu Yunzhao really felt this threat at this moment, if he didn't say his name, Yang Chong would think that he had ulterior motives, Fuqu Yunzhao gritted his teeth and said softly: "Monk Yin." ”

The secretary is the head of the monk Yin Yin, who is a close confidant of Yuwenshu, Yang Chong has met several times during his tenure as the head of the military department, and he is a capable official, so he should not have the courage to operate without Yuwenshu; The question is how could Yu Wenshu's mind make such a mistake, unless it is intentional. Yang Chong tapped his fingers on the table and continued to ask, "Who introduced Monk Yin to you?" ”

Fuqu Yunzhao shook his head and said, "I don't know, it was the head of the family, Fuqu Tianhai, who arranged for me to contact Monk Yin. ”

Yang Chong frowned and said, "Tell me, what kind of person is Fuqu Tianhai and what is the relationship with you?" ”

Fuqu Yunzhao hesitated and said: "Fuqu Tianhai is my clan's brother, he is ambitious, and he is very smart, so ten years ago, he took charge of the family business before he was twenty years old, and the business has been prosperous in the past ten years. ”

Yang Chong observed Fuqu Yunzhao's expression, felt that Fuqu Yunzhao was not lying, and said in a deep voice, "I hope you are not lying." Go back and tell Fuqu Tianhai that the previous things are over, and don't contact these people in the future. Jiu Hui, you accompany Mr. Fuqu to see Gu Dizang and bring the Golden Buddha with you. ”

Frustrated Qu Yunzhao retreated in embarrassment, and Shankuo walked in in a dashing manner; The bridge of his nose was straight, his face was handsome, and he looked like a turbid boy, and he smiled and said, "I've seen Lord County Guard." ”

Yang Chong invited Shankuo to take a seat and said, "What kind of business is your Shanjia running?" ”

Yan Kuo replied respectfully, "Food and wine." Grain was purchased from Liangzhou, and wine was shipped from Gaochang. ”

Yang Chong smiled and said, "The Shanjia family can be regarded as a nobleman in Gaochang. ”

The grain business during the control period, no matter where it is, is not something that ordinary people can touch, and the largest grain merchants in Chang'an are the Jingzhao Du family, the Xingyang Zheng family, and the Jiangnan Xiao family. The famous general Yu Juluo in history was worried about his sons in Chang'an and Luoyang, so he took advantage of the soaring price of grain to send slaves to transport rice to the eastern capital by boat and sell it, and secretly took his sons back. The court knew a little about it, and was afraid that he would have different intentions, so he sent an envoy to investigate; Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ordered Liang Jingzhen, the director of Dali, to arrest Yujuluo, and Liang Jingzhen figured out the holy decree and told Yujuluo's troops that the battle was defeated in vain, so he killed Yujuluo in the Dongdu Market.

It is said in the history books that Yu Juluo's appearance is different from ordinary people, with two pupils in his eyes, which belongs to the image of the emperor, and was secretly suspected by Emperor Yang of Sui. In fact, Emperor Yang of Sui was not in Luoyang during the entire Yujuluo incident, and the so-called imperial court was only a left-behind yamen headed by Fan Zigai, and Emperor Yang Guang of Sui could only see the content of the piece sent at most, and then make a judgment based on the content. Yang Chong guessed that most of the people who wanted Yujuluo to die were still those scholars, because Yujuluo had crossed the boundary, and if it was not disposed of, there would be countless people in the back who would follow suit and break the monopoly of the grain business.

Shankuo smiled bitterly: "How can our Shanjia be considered nobles, the nine surnames of Gaochang are Yanqilong, Qiuzibai, Qiang, Xianbei, Zhaowushi, Dayuean, and the Koji, Zhang, and Kan of the Han nationality. Zhaowu Shi clan and Da Yue'an clan have the support of the Turks behind them, the Long clan and the Bai clan are Yanqi and Qiuzi Bi respectively, and the other five surnames are all successive officials, when the Gaochang king Ma Ru wanted to lead the people to attach to the Central Plains, which led to the extinction of the clan, and no one dared to challenge the nine clans from then on. ”

Yang Chong's eyes became clearer and clearer, and he said knowingly: "You are reminding me that these people will still rebel." Tell me everything you know, I don't care what the Shanjia thinks, I only recognize you; And I promise you, even if the Shanjia is involved, in the end, the people of the Shanjia will be handed over to you to deal with. ”

This is the rhythm of supporting Shankuo to serve as the head of the Shanjia family, Shankuo forcibly hid the joy in his heart, bowed down and said, "Thank you, sir." ”

Yang Chong said calmly: "Get up and speak." ”

Shankuo stood up and said: "Before this departure, the Zhang family found us and gave us a list of what we need to do, and even the gifts are ready, and the objects of our Shanjia are Su Yi, the grandson of Su Wei, the left servant, Niu Fangyu, the second son of Niu Hong, the second son of Niu Hong, the head of the Ministry of Industry, Wang Junzheng, and the second son of Rong Guogong Laihu'er. ”

Conspiracy, there must be a conspiracy, Yang Chong said: "I have something to do, so I won't keep you." ”

After thanking him and leaving, Yang Chong immediately asked Tie Di to go to the Squirrel Garden to meet Kou Jiuheng, and sent Fuqu Yunzhao and the people to bring the Golden Buddha to Yuwenshu's mansion; In the middle of the night, the two came back and said that Yuwen Shu scolded Yuwen Wu fiercely, and sent someone to send Fuquyun to recall him. Yang Chong was more sure, the whole thing was planned by Yuwenshu, otherwise he would not have chosen the three Che Zongwu to form a caravan, because the Gaochang County Guard who was originally privately discussed in the Western Regions was Li Yuan, and Yuwenshu's participation was for the sake of profit.

(End of chapter)