Wang Shiji was highly valued by Emperor Wen of Sui because of the accusation of the general's cronies, and used the Dali Temple and the Duguan (Criminal Department) to jointly picket the trial, which was presided over by Yang Su, the Duke of Yueguo, and participated by Emperor Fu Xiaoxu of Dali and Yang Yuan of Dali.

Soon, Wang Shiji was sent to the prison of Dali Temple in the capital, and the guards raided Wang Shiji's mansion in Chang'an City, all the clansmen were arrested, and the female dependents were also taken into custody.

After a few days, the case expanded, and a Sima in Wang Shiji's mansion played: "Yuan Min, the general of the left guard, Yuan Xuan, the general of the right guard, and the left servant shot Gao Gong, and communicated with Shiji, and received a gift from his famous horse......"

Yang Su took the chapter and sneered, he had already laid out a lot of false evidence, which made it difficult for Wang Shiji to argue, and immediately entered the palace to ask to see Emperor Wen of Sui, and reported the latest investigation of the case to His Majesty.

Yang Jian flipped through the scroll, his face was full of majesty, and he immediately issued an order: Wang Shiji, the guilty minister, died, the family was robbed, the three clans of the direct family were all beheaded, and the female dependents were all sent to the camp of the church, reduced to palace prostitutes and official prostitutes, and from then on they were all slaves.

In the case of Gao Gong, Yuan Guan, Yuan Min and others, because many nobles and ministers stood up to guarantee and advise, they were not beheaded, but were removed from all positions, but Huangfu Xiaohuan was promoted to the general of the Right Guard Mansion and stayed in the capital.

Therefore, in the late autumn of the nineteenth year of the emperor's reign, Gao Gong was dismissed from official positions such as Shangzhu Guo and Shangshu Zuo Servant, and returned home to live in idleness as the Duke of Qi.

But it didn't take long for the decree of the Duke of Qi to be bribed by Yuwenshu, who accused Gao Ying of "yin affairs", saying that Gao Gong's son Gao Biaoren persuaded his father to be patient with Sima Yi's story, and Emperor Wen was furious when he heard this, and ordered Gao Ying to be removed from the people and no longer hired.

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In Chang'an City, the East Palace, where the prince lives, is on the east side of Ziwei City, and the East City and the outer Guo barrier are extremely tightly guarded.

Chenghui Hall of the East Palace, the golden wall of the jade steps, the yellow tile and the eaves of the vermilion, the palace is magnificent, the white copper crane at the corner of the hall spits the beast incense, the room is full of ambiguous flows, warm like spring.

In the palace, the crown prince Yang Yong and some auxiliary ministers were kneeling on the soft pouch, sitting and discussing, discussing the current political situation.

Although the frontier area and the military general's home used more stools and chairs, but the court officials and nobles still follow the Han style, pay attention to the old system of Zhou etiquette, this is a kind of psychology, for example, they think that Hufu is applicable, but in terms of style, it is still not comparable to Hanfu, and on important occasions, wearing Hanfu is the same as formal wear.

Yang Yong is thirty-four years old today, three years older than Yang Guang, wearing a python robe and jade belt, handsome appearance, graceful temperament, generous and generous personality, willful and willful, not good at pretentiousness, and it is precisely because of this that he will gradually lose in the struggle for power with the King of Jin, from absolute superiority to the point of exhaustion.

There were more than a dozen people gathered in the hall, all of whom were his henchmen, including Tang Lingze, the prince's left concubine, Liu Xingben, the prince's family order, Zou Wenteng, the prince's left guard, Sima Xiahou Fu, the prince's horse washing Li Gang, Chang'an's heroic Liu Jushi, Gao Ying's son Gao Biaoren, Wei Yuanzhao, the grandson of the famous general Wei Xiaokuan, Xiao Zibao, the former servant of the ministry, He Zhu, the former Yuxi corporal He Zhu and other subordinate officials of the East Palace, as well as some literati strategists such as Yao Cha, Wei Tang, and Liu Zhen.

"Cousin, tell me how Ling Zun is doing?"

Gao Biaoren is the eldest son of Gao Gong, and he has participated in a lot of political affairs, he married Yang Yong's daughter, Princess Daning, and is Yang Yong's son-in-law according to his generation, and at the same time, Yang Yong also married Gao Liangdi, the daughter of Gao Gong, according to this generation, he is Yang Yong's brother-in-law, and he is close to each other, so the interests are screwed together.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, my father has been deprived of his title and demoted to a commoner, and his trusted general General Wang Jing has been given to death, as long as His Majesty is in power today, it is estimated that it will be difficult to reactivate, but after all, my father has been in power for 20 years, and he has brought countless protégés, and he has many local wang clan children, and his connections are still there, but he can't stand up to be the leader, please adjust your Royal Highness in time, clarify your grievances to Your Majesty and the Queen, and regain your trust, otherwise, King Jin will occupy the general trend."

Prince Yang Yong frowned, his face was heavy, he was upright, loyal and gentle, he didn't like to pretend, love is love, hate is hate, love and hate are clear, unlike Yang Guang, the king of Jin, who likes to put on a show, following the thoughts of His Majesty and Queen Dugu, pretending, he is resistant and disgusting to watch.

In fact, he also understands that Emperor Wen of Sui and Queen Dugu are very suspicious of him, and they are already very disgusted with him, and they have a disagreement with him, and Yang Yong is straighter, stubborn, and does his own thing, because he was canonized as the prince in the first year of the emperor, and in the past 20 years, he has long developed the habit of being above 10,000 people under one person, thinking that he is the future of the Ninety-Five, and his character is more stubborn and arrogantIt's hard to change.

In addition, when Queen Dugu gave birth to Yang Yong, she was only in her early twenties, very young, and did not have such deep maternal care for her children. He belongs to the eldest son, and then gave birth to Yang Guang, Yang Jun, Yang Xiu, Yang Liang and other sons, in a family, often the most undesirable is the eldest son, the most favored is the younger son, not to mention the emperor's family, the weakest place in the flesh and blood.

As soon as many princes and princesses were born, they were served and raised by palace laves, nurses, and chamberlains, and the contact time with their biological parents was too short, and they could not be cared for by their parents like the families of ordinary people, and they were raised by their own hands, so the feeling between each other was difficult to be brothers, friends and brothers.

Over the years, because the interests of the crown prince and the interests of the emperor and empress have often conflicted, there have been more and more misunderstandings between them, which can no longer be resolved by a few words of explanation.

Yang Yong shook his head and sighed, his expression recovered a lot, and said: "Father and mother, bewitched by the King of Jin and deceived by his performance, have been wary of me like a thief, like a great enemy, and the explanation is useless. ”

Tang Ling was dressed in a Confucian shirt, with a square face, thick eyebrows like ink, and said anxiously: "At present, on the side of King Jin, there are some Yang valves represented by Yang Su, part of the Yuwen valves represented by Yuwenshu, as well as the support of Dugu Valve and Pei Valve, and the eight major valves in Guanzhong have accounted for half of them!" On our side, only the Yuan Valve is still supporting the prince, and the rest of the Li Valve, Changsun Valve, and Dou Valve are all neutral, avoiding the solicitation of the prince and the King of Jin, and deliberately avoiding suspicion. ”

Li Gangxin was straightforward, and directly interjected: "Yes, right now, because of the case of Wang Shiji, the governor of Liangzhou, Your Majesty has taken the opportunity to make a big fuss, chase after the wind, and remove Prime Minister Gao, Yuan Guan, and Yuan Min, the two generals. ”

"In addition to the eight major lords, what other forces unswervingly support this king?" Yang Yong asked.

Zou Wenteng replied: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the rest of the Guanlong Gate Valves, as well as the wealthy families of the local Wangjun, with Wei Shikang as the representative of the Jingzhao Wei family, the Yu family represented by Yu Yi, the Su family represented by Su Wei, and the Hedong Liu family represented by Liu Min, the influence of their gate valves is not as good as the eight old door valves in the court. ”

Yang Yong sighed, he also understood in his heart that the eight major valves were extremely powerful, with Li Valve being the strongest, followed by Yang Valve, and the other six valves were almost the same, all in the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there were ancestors who served as loyal ministers such as the Eight Kingdoms Pillar and the Prime Minister, and they were scattered for several generations, and the family was directly and sidelined to hold official positions in the Sui Dynasty, amounting to dozens or hundreds of people, and the influence was very great.

Even if Gao Gong served as the prime minister of the Sui Dynasty for twenty years and had a lot of power, the Gao family could not squeeze into the ranks of the Eight Great Lords, which was no longer a person's achievements and efforts, but the accumulation of generations of ancestors.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, now the situation is not favorable to us, since there is no way back, it is better to take risks, our East Palace has ten guards, and the loyal ones have at least three thousand guards, plus the samurai, heroes, tribesmen, diners, etc. secretly cultivated by Liu, there are also thousands of people, whether it is forcing the palace, or assassinating, attacking the Jin Palace, and entering the palace, it is enough, it is better than sitting back and waiting to be killed like this." Liu Jushi has outstanding martial arts, a powerful appearance, a very evil spirit, and a pair of eagle eyes that are as sharp as a knife, showing that he is decisive in killing and is an extremely powerful character.

As soon as his words came out, the faces of more than a dozen auxiliary ministers and doormen in the hall all changed greatly, this is a big rebellion, it is no longer a struggle for power, it is more like a rebellion, once the news is revealed, their group of people will be killed, and the family will be full of trouble.