At night, Yang Qi, the king of Yan, sat alone in his room practicing calligraphy, and he wrote so attentively that he didn't even notice that his grandfather Yang Guang was standing behind him.

Yang Qi is the eldest grandson of Yang Guang, Yang Guang and his wife Empress Xiao gave birth to two sons and a daughter, the eldest son Yang Zhao unfortunately died of illness, and the second son Yang Xuan, the king of Qi, misbehaved, was deeply hated by Yang Guang, and imprisoned him for a long time.

Although Yang Guang also has a son, Yang Gao, the king of Zhao, on the one hand, he is still young, only seven years old, and on the other hand, because he is not a concubine, it is impossible to become the prince.

Yang Guang pinned all his hopes on the three sons left by the eldest son Yang Zhao, Yang Qi is the eldest grandson, brilliant since childhood, simple by nature, deeply loved by Yang Guang and his wife, Yang Guang has already named him the emperor's grandson, ready to find the right time to officially canonize as the prince of the East Palace.

At this time, Yang Qi suddenly felt that someone was touching his head, and he found that the emperor's grandfather was behind him, so frightened that he hurriedly put down his pen, knelt down and kowtowed: "My grandson didn't know that my grandfather was coming, so I ask my grandfather to forgive my grandson for being rude." ”

Yang Guang smiled lovingly: "What is Qi'er writing?" ”

"Back to my grandfather, my grandson is copying Yu Boshi's "Confucius Temple Sticker".

Yang Guang looked at his grandson's words, and saw that the writing was dignified and steady, and the pen was round, although it was a little immature, but it had a faint sense of everyone, and he couldn't help but praise: "The words of the child are very good!" ”

"My grandson still lacks a lot and is studying hard."

Yang Guang nodded and said, "But why did you copy Yu Shinan and not Yu Shiji's words?" I feel that Yu Shinan's words are a little heavy, not as clear and smooth as Yu Shiji's words, in comparison, Yu Shiji's words are a little more vibrant. ”

Yang Qi was silent for a moment and said, "Grandson doesn't like Yu Xiangguo's words very much. ”

"Why?"

Yang Qi bit his lip and said: "Although Yu Xiangguo is beautiful and smooth, he is obviously not stable enough, and he is a little impetuous. So that the grandchild's heart can't settle down. ”

Yang Guang laughed, "You're talking about him!" ”

"Seeing words is like seeing people, words are like this, and people are like this!"

Yang Guang understood what his grandson meant, but he was actually persuading himself not to reuse Yu Shiji anymore, and he took Yang Qi's hand. He said earnestly: "If you are not in his position, you will not seek your position, what kind of person Yu Shiji is, in fact, my grandfather knows better than you, he is greedy for money and bribes, his family has a huge amount of money, and he is far less fair than his brother Yu Shinan, and he lacks the courage to dare to admonish, I know very well." ”

"Since the imperial grandfather knows, why do you still ......?"

"Why reuse him. Right! Yang Guang smiled faintly.

"Yes!"

Yang Qi's words that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time finally found a chance to say it, "Actually, it's not just him, but also Yuwenshu, this person is treacherous and cunning, despicable and greedy, the emperor's grandfather has obviously deposed him, why should he be reinstated?" Grandson Meng Lang's words, please forgive the emperor's grandfather! “

Yang Guang sighed softly. "I don't want to use loyal ministers and good generals, but if the Great Sui Sheji has ten points. There are only three points that belong to me. ”

"Why did Grandfather Huang say that?" Yang Qi was stunned.

Yang Guang smiled bitterly and said: "Last time Zhang Xuan was right, the imperial decree basically can't get out of Luoyang City, and the power of the local government is in the hands of the county families, from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the present, these famous families only have family interests, and they never take the survival of the Great Sui to heart."

And Yu Shiji's biggest advantage is that he is good at flexibility. He was able to balance the interests of the imperial court and the local government, so that the imperial decrees could be implemented at the local level, while Yu Shinan was more than upright, but lacked flexibility, if he was the prime minister. The decrees of the imperial court will become death orders, and if the water is too clear, there will be no fish, and you must understand this truth. ”

Yang Qi nodded silently, and asked again, "What about Yuwenshu?" And what does he do? ”

Yang Guang gently stroked his grandson's head and said: "I know that you are dissatisfied with Yuwenshu, and I am actually dissatisfied with him as well, and he has ambitions, so I have to be wary of him, but he has deep military qualifications and is the sworn enemy of the Guanlong nobles, I just use him to fight against the Guanlong nobles, otherwise how can I take the opportunity to purge the military forces of the Guanlong nobles during the first expedition to Goryeo?" ”

Yang Qi bowed his head and was silent, Yang Guang looked at this smart grandson and said seriously: "There are no external troubles in the Great Sui, only internal worries, and they are all hundreds of years of solid diseases, I hope that in my lifetime, I can clean up these solid diseases one by one, and then hand over a Langlang country to you, the reason why I promoted Zhang Xuan is to cultivate your own court forces for you, I hope he will not let me down." ”

Yang Qi was moved in his heart, and cried on the ground: "Grandson thanks grandfather for his love!" ”

Yang Guang pulled him in his arms and continued with a smile: "The reason why I didn't let Zhang Xuan stay in the Beishen Mansion was because I found out that he was a tiger, and only by putting the tiger into the mountains did he quickly grow into the king of the army. ”

"Grandson understood!"

At this time, there was a report from a eunuch outside: "Your Majesty, Pei Shangshu has an urgent matter to ask to see!" ”

Yang Guang nodded, "Let him wait in my imperial study, and I will come soon." ”

Yang Guang stood up and gently pressed his grandson's shoulder, "You continue to write!" I'm going back to politics. ”

"Grandson obeys!"

Yang Guang encouraged him a few more words, then got up and left Yang Qi's room, and walked quickly towards his temporary imperial study.

At this time, outside the imperial study, Xiangguo Pei Ju has been waiting for a long time, Pei Ju is of medium stature, fair skin, has a short beard, and a pair of eyes are extremely sharp, although he is over seventy years old, he is energetic, proficient in scheming, and his methods are old and spicy, and he has won the trust of Yang Guang, and to some extent he is Yang Guang's military advisor.

Pei Ju is the head of the Pei family, a famous family in Hedong, and the Pei family is also a rising star of the Shandong family.

In addition to Pei Ju, there is also the imperial historian Pei Yun, who controls the imperial history platform and has great power, Yang Guang's love for the Pei family is incomparable, it is precisely because he is too dependent on the imperial power that it has attracted the dissatisfaction of the major families in Hebei with the Pei family, and the various exchange activities of the major families in Shandong are basically not very good at inviting the Pei family.

This time Old Man Lu celebrated his birthday, if it weren't for Pei Ju who happened to be in Zhuo County, the Lu family would not have invited him to participate, Pei Ju also knew it, but he didn't care too much, he never thought so. Only famous families with the support of power can go further.

Pei Ju was also in charge of dealing with the Turkic foreign vassals, and last year Goguryeo was going to transport a batch of 300,000 pieces of armor to the Turks, and the Sui Dynasty also received the news at the same time.

It was impossible for the Sui army to enter the country to intercept it, so Pei Ju contacted the pro-Sui Baye Ancient Department and asked the Baye Ancient Department to intercept this batch of soldiers, but unexpectedly, the Baye Ancient Department had greedy ambitions. wanted to monopolize this batch of armor, and caused a series of troubles.

It wasn't until Zhang Xuan destroyed this batch of armor that Pei Ju was finally able to give Yang Guang a mission, which was not only the luck of the Great Sui, but also the luck of his Pei Ju, and he was also full of gratitude to Zhang Xuan.

At this time, a light cough came from outside the door, and a eunuch said in a loud voice: "His Majesty the Emperor has arrived!" ”

Pei Ju, who was originally sitting on the couch, hurriedly got up, only to see Emperor Yang Guang of Sui walking quickly into the study. Pei Ju hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Pei Ju see Your Majesty!" ”

"Pei Aiqing is exempt!"

Yang Guang seemed to be in a good mood today, he smiled and asked Pei Ju to sit down, and asked, "How is it, is the news true?" ”

Pei Ju nodded, "This afternoon, Weichen got the exact news from the Baye Ancient Department, Shi Shu Hu Xi was indeed shot by Zhang Xuan, and Tule intercepted Shi Shu Hu Xi's army. I got the exact news from them. ”

"Good!"

Yang Guang slammed the table with great joy, destroying that batch of armor certainly made a big stone in his heart fall to the ground. But killing Shi Shu Huxi also removed one of his henchmen,

The steppe people are too utilitarian, and they are also destined to have strong tactics, but they lack strategic vision, and many things are done as soon as their minds are hot, and the internal strife is serious. Therefore, the Turks have never been able to become a major problem in the Central Plains.

However, the Sogdian Hu Shi Shu Huxi was a man of great strategic vision, and he became the military advisor of Shibi Khan for only three years, but he made Shibi Khan more than twice as powerful.

The Turks generally did not accept the Han who fled north, or they simply became slaves, but Shi Shu Huxi strongly persuaded Shibi Khan to accept the Han who fled north. Let the Han people exert their wisdom and wisdom for the Turks, and the Han people who fled north brought advanced smelting technology and handicraft technology, which greatly promoted the strength of the Turks.

Shi Shu Huxi not only helped Shibi Khan unify the Turkic interior, but also plotted to break the alliance between the Tiele people.

This armor incident was actually a careful plan by Shi Shu and Hu Xi, and even the Sui Dynasty was fooled.

Pei Ju secretly contacted the Baye Ancient Department and asked the Baye Ancient Department to intercept this batch of soldiers, which was the trap laid by Shi Shu Hu Xi, who wanted to find an excuse to break the Tiele Tripartite Covenant, so as to completely eradicate the Baye Ancient People.

It was Zhang Xuan who inadvertently destroyed this batch of armor and destroyed the evidence, which made Shi Shu Huxi's carefully deployed plan fall through, and even he himself died at the hands of Zhang Xuan.

Shi Shu Hu Xi also became Yang Guang's henchman, he was worried about how to eradicate this person, but unexpectedly learned that Shi Shu Hu Xi was shot by Zhang Xuan in the armor incident, how could he not surprise Yang Guang.

He stroked his beard and smiled: "It seems that I have not mistaken someone, he is really my minister of the Great Sui." ”

Pei Ju said with a smile: "Shi Shu Hu Xi is dead, Shibi Khan will not consider the southern invasion within three years, Your Majesty will have time to deal with the affairs of Goguryeo, quickly rebuild the new army, and then calm the civil strife. ”

"yes!" Yang Guang also sighed: "I started the era as a great cause, that is, I hope to surpass my father and completely eliminate all kinds of shortcomings left over by hundreds of years, but what worries me the most is that it is difficult to find talents. ”

"Didn't Your Majesty get a talent today?"

Yang Guang nodded, "He is also a talent, but I want to leave him to the imperial grandson and make him the pillar of the grandson, so I named him a martial arts general, which is to give him a starting step, let him come step by step, and can't let him rise too fast in the first step, that will not be good for him, and I don't want him to have too much contact with the grandson, lest he think he has a backstage and become arrogant." ”

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Pei Ju smiled again and persuaded Yang Guangdao: "I heard that Your Majesty plans to reuse the Lu family, and Weichen feels that he can use the Lu family as a breakthrough to reuse the Lu family, so that the Lu family can be grateful to His Majesty, and this time he can break the obscure alliance between the major scholars in Shandong one by one, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone." ”

Why didn't Yang Guang think like this? He took a sip of tea and asked unhurriedly, "What kind of official position do you think I should seal the Lu clan appropriately?" ”

Pei Ju pondered for a long time before he said slowly: "Your Majesty, you want to reuse the Lu family, but you can't give the Lu family real power, Weichen considers that the Lu family is good at education, it is better to let the Lu family be in charge of the Guozijian, what does Your Majesty think?" ”

Yang Guang nodded happily and smiled: "Pei Qing and I coincide, the Guozi Priest Wine is just vacant, so let Lu Zhuo be the Guozi Priest Wine, you will inform the Lu family for me!" (To be continued......)