Pei Ju smiled and waved his hand: "Virtuous nephew sit down and talk!" ”

Cui Zhao sat down, leaned over and said with a smile: "I want to thank Uncle Shi again for his support to the dog, and the Cui family is actively preparing for the marriage, and the time will not drag on too long." ”

Pei Ju smiled faintly, and said in his heart, he was very dissatisfied with Cui Wenxiang, his grandson-in-law, not because there was a royal history to impeach Cui Wenxiang for drinking flower wine in the Qinglou, Pei Ju would not care about this kind of life, but Cui Wenxiang actually drank flower wine with Yuan Min, and said some very inappropriate words, and finally impeached Cui Wenxiang's imperial history came from the Guanlong aristocratic faction, and the conclusion was only two words, stupid.

It can't be said that Cui Wenxiang can't understand politics when he's still young, so what is Zhang Xuan? It can only be said that Cui Wenxiang inherited his father's conceit and arrogance, but he did not have the humility and modesty that a child of a family should have.

In contrast, Lu Qingyuan, Cui Yuanhan, and Li Qingming are the real children of the family, pragmatic and hardworking, growing up little by little in Zhang Xuanjun, accumulating experience, sooner or later, they can all take charge of themselves and become pillars of talent, while their future grandson-in-law is a stupid child.

Although Pei Ju was very dissatisfied with Cui Wenxiang, he wanted to use the Boling Cui clan to contact the Hebei Shi clan, so he didn't want to cancel the marriage for the time being.

Pei Ju said with a smile: "Wenxiang has performed well in Luoyang, but I think he is more suitable for being a local official, and I will find a way to make him a Taishou in two years, starting from the small county Taishou, and then growing bigger step by step." ”

Cui Zhao was overjoyed, if his son could become Taishou, then he would be more sure of becoming the heir of the head of the family, in recent years, the identification of the heir of the Cui family has been delayed again and again, the fundamental reason is that Cui Zhao hopes that his son can ascend to the throne, and he does not hesitate to use his power and all resources to delay the identification of the heir of the head of the family.

The two exchanged a few words, and Cui Zhao changed the topic. He said in a low voice: "Uncle Shi has heard about what happened in Hebei?" ”

Pei Ju immediately guessed that Cui Zhao must have come for the incident of the Bohai Society, and he smiled quietly: "There have been a lot of things that have happened in Hebei recently, which one does the virtuous nephew refer to?" ”

"Today, some officials of the Hebei Shi clan gathered, and Lu Zhuo said that Zhang Xuan had arrested a group of important members of the Bohai Society, had Uncle Shi heard about it?"

"Did the virtuous nephew attend the Hebei Shi clan gathering today?"

Compared with what Cui Zhao said, Pei Ju was more concerned about the relationship between the Cui family and other Hebei scholars. He didn't want the Hebei bridge he had built to turn out to be a broken bridge.

Cui Zhao was a little embarrassed and said, "My nephew is not in good health during this time, so I asked my brother Cui Lin to participate on my behalf." ”

Pei Ju was really a little unhappy in his heart, what he expected was really good, Cui Zhao refused to lower his body to participate in the Hebei Shi clan gathering, which would only be more and more ostracized, and finally become a marginal person, how could he expect him to lead the Pei family into the Hebei Shi clan circle?

But Cui Zhao is the head of the family after all, and Pei Ju is not easy to accuse even if he is an elder, so he can't hold back the dissatisfaction in his heart. brought the topic back to the matter of the Bohai Society, "I have also heard what you said, the day before yesterday, Luo Yi's military report came, and it mentioned a little about this matter, but the content is not very detailed, and we don't know what the truth is." ”

After a moment of silence, Cui Zhao said slowly: "Uncle Shi doesn't think that this incident exposes Zhang Xuan's ambition to support the army and stand on his own?" ”

Pei Ju's vision is so old and spicy. He saw through Cui Zhao's attempt at a glance and wanted to use himself to bring down Zhang Xuan. Of course, he understood Cui Zhao's intentions.

Pei Ju couldn't help but sneer secretly in his heart, even a small squire of the Ministry of Works actually wanted to bring down Zhang Xuan, and if he brought down Zhang Xuan, Lu Ju lost his backer, could he Cui Zhao become the leader of the Hebei Shi clan again?

It can be seen that this person's vision is narrow, and he only sees his own one-third of an acre. is not worthy of being the head of the Bolingcui clan at all, is his son so stupid, if there is a father, there must be a son.

"This matter is very important, and no one dares to say anything without conclusive evidence, once Zhang Xuan is forced to rebel. Virtuous nephew, you and I can't afford to be guilty. ”

Pei Ju blocked Cui Zhao's mouth with a casual word, Cui Zhao was stunned for a long time, he finally understood Pei Ju's attitude, Pei Ju didn't want to get into trouble at all, Cui Zhao was suddenly extremely disappointed in his heart.

"Then the nephew won't bother Uncle Shi, and will leave first."

Cui Zhao got up to say goodbye, looking at Cui Zhao's back walking away, Pei Ju was vigilant in his heart, stupid and conceited, ignorant of current affairs, this kind of person is not worthy of being the head of the Cui family at all, and will be replaced sooner or later, his marriage with Cui Zhao must be slowed down, and his granddaughter must not be grafted onto a dead vine.

Pei Ju thought about it, then found his entourage and handed him the letterbox, "You go to Qingzhou and give this letter to Zhang Xuan, remember, it must be handed over to Zhang Xuan himself." ”

On the big boat that Xiang Guo was riding, Yu Shiji was standing on the side of the ship with his hands in his hands, staring at the groups of Xiaoguo cavalry on the shore, which were still in good spirits a few months ago, but now they looked listless and languishing.

Of course, Yu Shiji knows what the problem is? Yang Guang replaced the title with a lord, and then gave a few pieces of cloth as a reward to each person, even if he finished the military exploits of the Battle of Yanmen, how could he not touch the anger of the public?

Yu Shiji also knew that this was his own idea, but why did he come up with this bad idea, because he had found out the mind of the Son of Heaven, and he was just telling the true thoughts of the Son of Heaven.

Although Yu Shiji comforted himself, he was also deeply afraid in his heart, he was afraid that one day the army would rebel, and he would be completely liquidated, especially now that he was in power, then he would bear the brunt of the liquidation.

"Father, here comes the child."

The voice of the eldest son Yu Xi came from behind him, and Yu Shiji nodded, "How is he now?" ”

"Return to the Father, Holy Him"

Without waiting for Yu Xi to continue, Yu Shiji waved his hand, "This is not the place to talk, let's go back to the cabin." ”

The father and son walked back to the cabin, Yu Xiguan worshiped Fu Xilang, mastered the jade seal of the Son of Heaven, and followed Yang Guang, the Son of Heaven, and waited for his father to sit down, Yu Xi continued: "The saint is still addicted to wine, his memory has deteriorated greatly, and he has become very manic and irritable. ”

"Why?" Yu Shiji was really stunned, and even the queen scolded him.

Yu Xi sighed, "It's still because of Xiao Xiangguo, the saint scolded them for being a disaster for the Xiao family, saying that the rebellion of the world family began with the Xiao family." ”

Yu Shiji didn't speak for a long time, since he came back from Yanmen County, the saint was like a different person, anxious and irritable, at first Yu Shiji thought that the saint was stimulated by the siege of the Turkic army, but as time went on, the saint was not only manic and irritable, but also began to indulge in wine, not asking about government affairs, Yu Shiji gradually realized that the saint had completely lost confidence in the Great Sui, and was a little self-defeating.

The biggest problem of the Great Sui at present was that the imperial court had lost control of the local counties, and the most typical thing was that the Holy Majesty ordered the counties to gather the county soldiers in Zhuo County within thirty days, and prepare to attack Goguryeo again, but none of the counties paid attention.

Immediately afterwards, he issued an order to summon the county guards to enter Beijing, but only a few of the Taishou in the Heluo area came, and the other counties found various reasons not to come, and this year, the taxes in various places plummeted again, and the court was helpless to know that the court was cheating in various places, and the court could only live on its old books now.

"Father!"

Yu Xi asked in a low voice: "Now the officials are circulating a thing, saying that Zhang Xuan has captured all the members of Bohai, but he refuses to report it to the imperial court, I don't know if the news is true or false?" ”

Yu Shiji snorted lightly, and flipped through a few scrolls on the table, this is some officials in Qingzhou who accused Zhang Xuan of arresting members of the Bohai Society but secretly traded with the Bohai Society, but these complaint scrolls were all detained by him and did not circulate.

Yu Shiji also knew very well where the rumors that his son said came from, it should be Luo Yi's military report the day before yesterday, and it was sent directly to King Yan without passing through himself, so all kinds of speculation and rumors spread around.

Yu Shiji said coldly: "It must be those colleagues who asked you to ask!" You don't have to know this kind of thing, and knowing too much won't do you any good. ”

"Yes! The child didn't dare to ask. ”

At this moment, a report from the guards came from outside the door: "Qi Yu Xiangguo, King Yan invites you to come over and say that there is something important to discuss." ”

Yu Shiji thought for a while and said, "I know, I'll go over now." ”

Since Yang Guang came back from Yanmen County, the daily government affairs have been thrown to the eldest grandson Yang Qi to deal with, he basically does not ask about government affairs, but Yang Qi does not have the title of the grandson of the prison country after all, the power of the government is still in the hands of Yu Shiji, but the power of the officials is firmly controlled by Pei Ju, and the military power is in the hands of Yang Guang, the son of heaven.

Yang Qi only has the final approval power for government affairs, and if there is any doubt, Yang Guang doesn't care, just say a word to discuss with the important ministers, and then push it cleanly.

Although Yang Qi hated Yu Shiji very much, he had no choice, unless the emperor's grandfather deprived this Yu Shiji of his power, he could only write his opinion under Yu Shiji's annotation, but his opinion was insignificant.

Yang Qi sat in the cabin and read Luo Yi's military newspaper again, this is Luo Yi's military report to the emperor's grandfather, so it was sent directly to him, Luo Yi's military report actually said that Zhang Xuan took the old nest of the Bohai Society, and forced the Bohai Society to evacuate Youzhou, which made Yang Qi have a lot of thoughts, Zhang Xuan took the old nest of the Bohai Society, what does this mean? Why didn't Jang Hyun send a military report?

At this time, the guard reported outside the cabin door, "Your Highness, Yu Xiangguo is here." ”

Yang Qi frowned in disgust, "Let him in!" ”

After a while, Yu Shiji hurriedly walked in and bowed, "Minister Yu Shiji sees His Royal Highness King Yan, I wish His Royal Highness a thousand years old!" ”

"Okay, don't say these chitose or anything like that to Lone."

Yang Qi said coldly: "Lone doesn't like to listen!" ”

Yu Shiji has long been accustomed to Yang Qi's bad attitude, but he doesn't take it to heart, a little kid, what to fight with himself?

"I wonder what His Highness is looking for Weichen?"

Yang Qi slapped Luo Yi's military report on the table, "Did Yu Xiangguo hide something from Gu?" (To be continued.) )