Everyone was worried about Zhang Xuan, even Li Gang was worried about it, he couldn't figure out why Zhang Xuan confessed, he explained to Zhang Xutuo that it was righteous, but Li Gang himself felt that this explanation was a bit far-fetched.

Now even the emperor is asking this question, how should Zhang Xuan answer, if he doesn't answer well, he is likely to be seized by Yuwenshu to fight back, Li Gang also heard that the tone of the saint was faintly biased towards Yuwenshu.

Zhang Xuan was confident, and said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, although a person is not killed by a lowly position, a lowly person is willing to apologize for Luo Shixin and return his freedom." ”

This sentence made everyone stunned, and he actually said the same thing in front of the emperor, Chai Shao was in a hurry, when did he say this!

Zhang Xutuo, who had not spoken, looked at Zhang Xuan deeply, he was already desperate, but now there was a glimmer of hope in his heart.

Yang Guang asked puzzledly, "Why do you want to take the blame for him?" ”

"Your Majesty, Luo Shixin is a good general of the Great Sui, and he has made great achievements in sweeping away the Shandong bandits, and the Shandong bandits are all frightened when they hear his name, such a great Sui pillar, how can he be sent thousands of miles because he missed and injured people for a while, Zhang Xuan is willing to exchange his cheap body for Luo Shixin to return to the battlefield."

Zhang Xuan said impassionedly, everyone was moved, Zhang Xutuo could no longer hold back the excitement in his heart, and knelt down and cried: "Your Majesty, Zhang Guard's words are very right, Luo Shixin is the first fierce general of the Flying Eagle Army, without him, the Flying Eagle Army will lose a wing, I implore Your Majesty to take it lightly!" ”

All the generals of Zhang Xutuo, including Qin Qiong, knelt down and pleaded together: "I beg Your Majesty to be lenient." ”

Yang Guang nodded, and said to Gu Yi and Li Gang: "This case is just a small case, there is no need to be so popular, or it will be handed over to Henan Mansion Yin for trial." ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Yang Guang said to Yuwen again: "Yuwen Aiqing's fake son was unfortunately injured by mistake, I can understand Aiqing's inner grief, but people can't be resurrected after death, let's mourn and change!" I will also consider giving Aiqing a little compensation as appropriate. ”

"Old minister, thank you, Your Majesty Longen!"

Yang Guang looked at Zhang Xutuo and sighed: "I also want to be gracious, but the law of the country is like a mountain, and I can't break the law that I have established, but I will also consider Luo Shixin's merits as appropriate, and appropriately reduce the responsibility." ”

Zhang Xutuo kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Guang appeased everyone one by one, he finally took a deep look at Zhang Xuan, but didn't say anything, then got up and left, and a guard shouted outside: "The saint returns to the palace, get ready!" ”

The emperor is gone, Pei Yun's purpose has been achieved, and he smiled at everyone: "Since the holy golden mouth has been opened, I can't say anything more, everyone go back!" ”

Yuwen Shu snorted heavily, and walked away surrounded by a large group of false sons, Li Gang and Gu Yi also left, at this time, Zhang Xutuo came to Zhang Xuan and gave a deep salute: "Thank you Zhang Guards for your faith and outspokenness, no matter what the result is, the Flying Eagle Army is grateful to Zhang Guards." ”

"Zhang Dashuai doesn't have to be polite, Zhang Xuan is also a person who respects heroes, and Brother Qin and Shixin are familiar at first sight, but they only hate Zhang Xuan's soft-spoken words, and they can't solve problems for everyone."

"Guards Zhang has done his best, today's grace, Zhang Xutuo remembers."

Zhang Xutuo saluted Yang Xuan again, turned around and left with Qin Qiong and the others, and far away, Qin Qiong saluted Zhang Xuan with a fist.

Zhang Xuan looked at them and couldn't help but sigh lowly.

"Does Guard Zhang want to go with them too?" Yang Qi slowly walked to Zhang Xuan's side and said with a smile.

"I do have this kind of thought, I can't be idle in the palace!" Zhang Xuan said with a wry smile.

Yang Qi laughed, "Maybe one day, I will fulfill Guard Zhang's wish." ”

"Thank Your Highness for your humble position."

The two looked at each other and laughed together, when a eunuch hurried over and saluted Yang Qi, "The Holy One asked His Highness to enter the palace for lunch." ”

"I see, let's go."

Yang Qi said a few more words to Zhang Xuan, and then hurriedly entered the palace.

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Compared with his father Yang Jian's advocating frugality and keen on accumulating wealth, Yang Guang is much more atmospheric, he pays attention to etiquette, attaches importance to royal bearing, and even pays attention to the daily lunch, not only the wine and food are extravagant and luxurious, amounting to hundreds of dishes, but also the utensils used are exquisite, each piece is priceless treasures.

Perhaps because of his age, Yang Guang also attaches great importance to family affection, and has to eat with his family at noon and evening every day.

In the imperial dining hall of Tianbao Pavilion, Yang Guang gathered with his family for lunch as usual, and Yang Qi, the king of Yan, sat under the emperor's grandfather, usually they talked and laughed, but today the two of them seemed a little dull.

Empress Xiao saw a clue, she poured a glass of wine for her husband and said with a smile: "The Holy Lord doesn't seem to be very happy today. ”

"It's alright! It's just that I didn't sleep well last night, and I'm a little tired today, by the way, I tried a case this morning. Yang Guang glanced at his eldest grandson.

"Oh! How did the Holy One go to trial the case? Empress Xiao asked with a smile.

"It's not you, the eldest grandson, who is making trouble, you have to let me make the decision for him, and it turns out to be a small matter as big as a sesame seed."

"Grandfather, that's not a trivial matter—" Yang Qi said timidly.

"Enough!"

Yang Guang interrupted him unhappily, "Did I ask you?" ”

Yang Qi lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything, Yang Guang suddenly put his chopsticks on the shelf, got up and left.

"Come here!"

He instructed Yang Qi to do it, and walked outside the pavilion without turning his head, Yang Qi hurriedly put down his chopsticks and followed his grandfather, Xiao Hou looked at the grandfather and grandson in surprise, not knowing what happened.

Yang Guang walked to the outer pavilion and sat down, slapped the table and said angrily: "Kneel down for me!" ”

Yang Qi was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down, and Yang Guang said angrily: "You really have hard wings, and you can intrigue with the minister, it's very powerful!" ”

Yang Qi lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything, Yang Guang became more and more angry, and slapped the table again and again and scolded: "Aren't you very good at speaking?" Interrogation is very methodical! How to become dumb now. ”

Yang Qi bit his lip and said in a low voice: "If the father is here, why should the grandson bother himself!" ”

"You-"

Yang Guang was speechless for a long time by the eldest grandson's words, Yang Qi went out and continued: "Da Sui is worried about internal and external troubles, grandfather works hard day and night, haggard, grandson looks at the eyes, anxious in his heart, but he can't do anything, a few old masters will only teach me Ziyun and poetry, but they don't know anything about the real good policies for governing the country, not even a small guard, grandson reads with them all day long, when can he reduce the burden on his grandfather?" ”

Yang Guang silently looked at the sincere face of the eldest grandson, and his heart was really moved, and he sighed for a while and said, "The guard you are talking about is that Zhang Xuan!" ”

"It's him, he still has a lot to say to his grandfather today, but his grandfather didn't give him a chance, why didn't his grandfather listen to his advice, it was also his advice to his grandson."

Yang Guang stared at the eldest grandson for a moment, then decisively turned around and ordered: "Quickly pass on my edict, Zhang Xuan, the guard of Xuanyan Palace, come to see me!" ”

"I want to know, what did he teach you?"

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Not long after, Zhang Xuan hurried to the Tianbao Pavilion under the guidance of a eunuch, he walked into the inner hall, only to see Emperor Yang Guang of Sui looking at him gloomily, next to Yang Xuan standing with his hands down, slightly nervous, not daring to look at himself.

Zhang Xuan hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "Weichen Zhang Xuan see Your Majesty!" ”

"Get up!" Yang Guang said coldly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Xuan stood up, he was a little uneasy in his heart, Yang Guang summoned him in such a hurry, of course he would not talk about any military affairs, and the top ten ** was still related to Yang Qi.

"Raise your head!" Yang Guang ordered again.

Zhang Xuan slowly raised his head, staring at Yang Guang with bright and attentive eyes, only to see that he was very tall, but not strong, his originally handsome face was covered with wind and frost, there were a few extremely deep wrinkles in the corners of his slender eyes, his face was pale, and he looked very tired.

And Yang Guang also looked at Zhang Xuan for the second time, he didn't look carefully in the imperial history hall, and now he saw the appearance of this young man clearly, only to see Zhang Xuan tall and straight, heroic, deep eyes, face like a knife, Yang Guang couldn't help nodding secretly, he has the ability to recognize people, and it can be seen from his appearance that Zhang Xuan has a very positive temperament, and he is by no means a traitor.

Yang Guangyi pointed at Yang Qi, "My grandson said that you taught him a lot of things, but I want to know, what did you teach him?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen didn't deliberately teach His Highness anything, he just said some of his own thoughts during the chat."

"What do you think, tell me one by one!"

Yang Guang was unequivocal and asked the truth, as a grandfather, he was extremely concerned about the growth of his eldest grandson, and did not hesitate to hire the best Confucian to teach his eldest grandson.

How could Yang Guang tolerate the influence of a guard on the eldest grandson, he wanted to severely punish this bold guard, but after listening to Yang Qi's words and seeing Zhang Xuan again, the anger in his heart was also diluted a lot, and he was a little curious.

"Wechen has discussed with His Royal Highness King Yan the root causes of some of the current crises in the Great Sui."

Zhang Xuan paused, quickly glanced at Yang Guang from the corner of his eye, and saw that he was standing in front of the window with his hands down, with his back to him, but he didn't mean to stop himself from talking.

He continued: "Weichen believes that the current predicament of the Great Sui is the result of the accumulation of various evils for hundreds or even thousands of years, and since the time of the first emperor, he has been ready to reverse this malpractice, but has encountered strong resistance, and the current difficulties are the result of the outbreak of the conflict between the old and new systems. ”

Yang Guang already had some unconcealable interest in his eyes, but he rarely let his subordinates see his emotions, and asked quietly: "What are the drawbacks?" ”

"Weichen believes that there are three drawbacks, the first is the door valve system, the door valve system originated in the Han Dynasty, established in Cao Wei, flourished in the two Jin Dynasty, and has been deeply rooted today, these scholars only have family interests in their hearts and do not consider the social world, not only control the local government, so that the imperial court decree can not go out of the capital, but also monopolize knowledge, blocking the road of the poor scholars, making the poor children hopeless for promotion, and the injustice is loud, and all kinds of resentment at the lower level accumulate to a certain time, it will inevitably erupt, which is the biggest problem of my Dasui at present."

Yang Guang's face softened a lot, Zhang Xuan's words said to his heart, for the sake of the imperial examination, Yang Guang tried his best to give the children of the poor family a chance.

However, the strong power of the scholar clan forced him to compromise, and in the end, a very small number of children from the poor family who passed the imperial examination could only serve as low-grade petty officials, and there was no hope of promotion, or they would join the wealthy families, but instead became advocates of the supremacy of the scholar clan.

Of course, this truth is not only known to Zhang Xuan, most high-ranking officials understand it, but there is no one like Zhang Xuan who dares to show his shortcomings in front of the emperor.

"And then?" Yang Guang asked again.

"The second is the division of the north and the south, hundreds of years of division and hostility, the gap between each other has already been more than a thousand feet deep, although the Great Sui has unified the north and the south, but that is only the unity of the region, the unification of the people's hearts will take a long time, the saint excavated the Grand Canal to communicate the north and the south, improve the status of Yangzhou, reuse the southern scholars, reduce taxes, and benefit the people of the south of the Yangtze River, these are excellent measures, but it takes time, at least a few generations to slowly smooth the gap between the north and the south."

"Go on!"

Yang Guang couldn't stand still, he paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, Zhang Xuan said every word, and talked about the root cause of the crisis in the Great Sui, which made Yang Guang very amazed and very emotional, there was such a clear-headed young man in the Great Sui.

But Yang Guang didn't know that what Zhang Xuan knew and saw was a summary of the fall of the Great Sui Dynasty by later generations, and Zhang Xuan was actually standing at a historical height.

"Wechen's third point of view, the minister doesn't dare to speak out."

"That's it, I'll forgive you!"