Chapter 826: A Gamble That Has Not Changed for a Thousand Years (Part II)
Yang Yue was a little reluctant at first, but he couldn't stand Yuwen Shu's willingness to gamble and lose, so he had to reluctantly accept all the treasures he lost to himself at the gambling table.
As soon as this opening is opened, it can no longer be contained. After two or three months, the value of the money and treasures that Yuwenshu lost to Yang Yue had reached 100,000.
Yang Yue finally realized that something seemed to be wrong, so after the gambling game was finished late one night, he specially placed all the treasures that Yuwenshu had lost to himself in front of him, and sincerely asked him to take these treasures back.
"If the eldest brother refuses, then the younger brother will never dare to invite the eldest brother here to have fun in the future."
Feeling that the heat was almost over, Yu Wenshu retreated from the attendants and others, and said to Yang Yue with a smile: "Since you insist on doing this, brother, I won't hide it from you." You said, where did my brother get all these treasures? ”
Yang Yue was suddenly startled in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "Didn't the eldest brother say that these are all given to you by others?" ”
"No, no. These are the things of the King of Jin, and I will bring it back to Chang'an and give it to my brother for you, lest my brother refuse to accept it, so I act like this, and please don't blame my brother. ”
"King Jin?" Yang Yue's mind hadn't turned around for a while, and he didn't know why Yang Guang, the prince and prince who was very favored by the emperor and empress, ordered Yuwenshu to take the trouble to send so many treasures to himself, staring at Yuwenshu with his eyes and asking.
"The King of Jin asked his brother to pay tribute to Yang Servant, not long ago, the King of Jin went to stabilize the Jiangnan Concert, and I hope that Yang Servant Shot can take care of one or two." Yuwen Shu was inconvenient to ask Yang Yue to persuade his brother Yang Su to help Yang Guang enter the East Palace, so he asked Yang Yue under the pretext of the piece that Zhang Heng brought back to Chang'an.
"Since it is a matter ordered by the king of Jin, the lower officials should obey their orders." Yang Yue stood up solemnly and replied respectfully.
After sending Yuwenshu away, Yang Yue couldn't sleep peacefully all night, and rushed to Yang Su's house early the next morning, and truthfully told Yang Su that Yuwenshu was ordered by Yang Guang to ask Yang Su to help take care of the reduction and reduction of Jiangnan rent, and said to Yang Su: "If the elder brother thinks that this matter can be done, then yes, if he thinks that this matter cannot be done, the younger brother will bring a message to Berton, inform him of the details, the reason, and will not embarrass the brother." ”
What kind of person is Yang Su, after listening to Yang Yue's words, he smiled and said: "You Dao Jin King Jingyu Wenshu sent you these many treasures, just to ask your brother to take care of this little thing?" To tell you the truth, the day before yesterday, I drafted an edict on behalf of the emperor and conditionally approved the decree of the Jiangnan of the Yangtze River, in which the King of Jin rejected the request of the Jin Dynasty for the imperial court to reduce or reduce the rent of the Jiangnan in this concert. ”
"In this way, didn't my brother offend King Jin? No, I'll go and return the treasures I received to Yu Wenshu one by one. As soon as Yang Yue heard that Yang Su actually rejected Yang Guang's request, he was in a hurry, and he stood up and was about to go to Yuwenshu to return the treasure.
"You, where are you putting your mind!" Yang Su scolded Yang Yue and ordered Yang Yue to sit down, nodded him and said, "Can't you see that the King of Jin intends to introduce me as an internal aid to the DPRK and help him achieve great things in the future?" If you return the things that Yuwenshu lost to you now, wouldn't it be equivalent to rejecting King Jin's kindness on behalf of your brother? ”
Yang Yue suddenly realized, and immediately tested Yang Su's tone, and asked: "Listening to the meaning of my brother's words, do you want to agree to be the internal aid of King Jin in the court?" ”
Yang Su shook his head slightly, and replied: "This must be Gao Ying's obstruction of King Jin from entering the East Palace before, and now that his brother is in charge of the government, someone will make a suggestion in front of King Jin, and King Jin will act like this." I thought that although the King of Jin was very favored by the emperor and his mother, the prince had been in charge of the East Palace for many years after all, and he married Gao Ying, and he had a deep foundation in the court. ”
Yang Yue listened to Yang Su's tone, and didn't seem to be optimistic that Yang Guang would be able to replace Yang Yong in the East Palace, so he kindly reminded his brother: "Brother, even so, it seems that it is inconvenient for our brothers to offend King Jin." ”
"Well, this matter is very important, and if you are not careful, it may bring death to you and my brother." Yang Su groaned and said, "In this way, you might as well accept these treasures for the time being, then go to Yuwenshu, apologize to him on behalf of your brother, and say that about the imperial court's rejection of King Jin's request for reduction or exemption of Jiangnan rent, it is purely out of public intentions for my brother, and there is no disrespect for King Jin." In the future, the king of Jin will have an order, and he is willing to help his brother in the court. ”
"If Yuwenshu makes it clear to me that he wants his brother to help King Jin achieve great things, how should I reply?" Yang Yue thought about it, didn't dare to leave immediately, and asked Yang Su again.
"Then let's say yes first." Yang Su didn't think about it, and replied simply.
After learning through Yang Yue's mouth that Yang Guang had the intention of introducing himself as an internal aid, Yang Su thought about it repeatedly, and still felt that he had something inappropriate in dealing with the matter of stabilizing the Jiangnan Dao, lest this cause Yang Guang to misunderstand him, so he instructed Yang Yue to go to find Yu Wenshu, and personally rushed to the Shangshu Provincial Government Office, and revised the reply to the Daozhang that had not yet been issued, adding to it the explanation that the imperial court had failed to approve the reduction or reduction of Jiangnan rents, and specially set aside leeway, stating that as long as there was no war in the north, The imperial court should consider reducing or reducing the rent in Jiangnan in a timely manner.
At the same time, Yang Yue found Yuwenshu according to Yang Su's instructions, and replied to Yuwenshu on behalf of his brother Yang Su about what Yuwenshu had entrusted a few days ago.
Although Yuwenshu felt that Yang Su's reply was vague and unsatisfactory, fortunately he did not directly refuse to secretly help Yang Guang to seize the sect, so he wrote a letter to Zhang Heng, who had returned to Jiangnan, overnight, and reported to him the reasons for winning over the Yang brothers, and asked Zhang Heng to collect more rare treasures in Jiangnan and send someone to Beijing for his own use in Chang'an to continue to win over the Yang brothers.
Later historical facts proved that it was precisely because Yuwen Shu sent huge worth of goods to Yang Yue through gambling according to Zhang Heng's words, and gradually attracted the Yang brothers to join the camp to help Yang Guang win the sect, so that Yang Guang received strong help in the court and helped him finally defeat his eldest brother Yang Yong and sit on the throne of the emperor.
A few years later, Yuwenshu deliberately lost a large amount of money to Yang Yue at the gambling table, so as to win over the Yang brothers to become Yang Guang's internal aid in the court, which was imitated by Li Shimin, who later became the first Ming monarch Tang Taizong, and was used to help his father raise troops in Jinyang and create a major event in the Tang Dynasty for more than 200 years, which also achieved great success, and even today, thousands of years later, Yuwenshu's approach is still tried and tested, which is worth the reader's interest and deep thought.