Helpless, Zhang Xuan had to sigh, "You're right, I have to face the reality, there are currently five people in our army who need to join the army, Mr. go talk to the Teng family!" ”

Wei Yunqi thought for a while and said: "Actually, I have a compromise plan, five places, two of which are for the Beihai family, and the other three are open recruitment, so that I can not only take care of the family of the county, but also select outstanding children from the poor family, what does the general think?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "This plan is good, and it doesn't have to be in Beihai County, Qi County, Gaomi County and the like can be expanded, and the time will be longer, so that there is more room for choice." ”

"According to the general's words, I will go and prepare."

Wei Yun saluted and turned to leave, when Zhang Xuan suddenly stopped him and said with a smile: "Jingzhao Wei's may have more talented children." ”

Wei Yunqi smiled, "Thank you General for considering our General Wei, but now is not the time, I will definitely recommend it when I have the opportunity in the future." ”

Zhang Xuan didn't know that although Wei Yunqi was born in the Wei family, a famous family in Jingzhao, his relationship with the family was not good, especially with the head of the family, Wei Duan, who had a bad relationship with him, and he had been forbidden to participate in the clan sacrifice twice, and he followed Zhang Xuan to Shandong to more or less have something to do with this reason.

Wei Yunqi left in a hurry, Zhang Xuan looked out the window again, and a wild pigeon came to the snow in the yard at some point, cooing and looking for food, Zhang Xuan looked at the sky, and the gray sky began to flutter snowflakes again

The time gradually came to the end of December, the New Year is getting closer and closer, the atmosphere of the New Year in Dasui has begun to thicken, Luoyang has a heavy snow in the past few days, Luoshui is frozen, the weeping willows on both sides of the bank are transformed into jade trees and Qiongzhi, and Luoyang has completely become a world of ice and snow.

As the New Year approached, the officials of the court were no longer busy, and everyone was immersed in the idle atmosphere when the New Year was approaching.

That afternoon, Pei Ju came to the front of the imperial study and said to a little eunuch at the door: "Is the saint in good health?" ”

"It turned out to be Pei Gong!"

The little eunuch hurriedly saluted. "The saint's sick body has not yet recovered, and he cannot go to court for the time being."

"What about His Royal Highness King Yan?"

"His Royal Highness is in the imperial study for the Shengshang to review the folds, is it Pei Gong's turn today?"

Pei Ju nodded, "Spread the word for me!" Let's just say that I'll help you today. ”

"Pei Gong wait!"

The little eunuch turned and ran towards the imperial study. For more than a month, the Great Sui Emperor Yang Guang suffered from the cold and recuperated in the harem, and the government was handed over to his imperial grandson Yang Qi, and some daily trivial government affairs were handled by Yang Qi, but important military affairs must still be reported to Yang Guang himself to decide.

Yang Qi was not in Yang Guang's imperial study. Instead, there is a small study next to the imperial study, where he reads, and deals with daily government affairs, and every afternoon there will be an important minister to assist him, and today it is Pei Ju's turn.

After nearly a year of careful training, Yang Qi has made great progress in handling the government and politics, and has gradually matured, and is no longer as easy to act as he was before.

Yang Qi is reviewing the autumn harvest express sent by the counties in the world at the end of the year, some of them have a good harvest, and some have a bad harvest. Some of them need to open a warehouse for relief in case of disaster, and Yang Qi has been dealing with this matter for several days.

At this time, the little eunuch reported at the door: "Your Highness, Pei Gong is here!" ”

Yang Qi glanced at the schedule next to him, today it was Pei Ju who came to assist him, he nodded, "Please Pei Gong come in!" ”

After a while, Pei Ju came to the imperial study in a hurry, bowed down and saluted: "Old minister Pei Ju see His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson!" ”

"Pei Shangshu doesn't have to be polite. Have a seat! ”

Every day, there will be important ministers to assist Yang Qi, and even Pei Ju came to assist for the third time, everyone is used to it, Pei Ju sat down on the side. The little eunuch came and served him tea.

Pei Ju took a sip of hot tea and asked with a smile: "How much government affairs does Your Highness have today?" Have you already sorted out what needs to be dealt with by yourself and what needs to be reported to the Holy One? ”

There is no absolute boundary between daily government affairs and important military affairs, and it is generally decided by Yang Qi himself, and if he cannot make a decision, he must consult his important ministers. Then the assistant minister will review the government affairs he handled, and if there is no problem, it will be issued for implementation.

Yang Qi said with a smile: "Today's main reports requesting the opening of a warehouse for grain relief, I think there are some inappropriateness, and we need to think about it again." ”

Yang Qi took out a report sent by Shangdang County and said: "For example, this express report from Shangdang County says that the counties in the county have suffered locust plagues and suffered heavy losses, and I implore the imperial court to allow them to open warehouses for disaster relief.

But I found a report from Changping County next door, which said that this year's wind and rain were smooth and the grain harvest was abundant, so I wondered, the two counties were close together, why did Shangdang County have a locust plague, but Changping County had no insects and no disasters, could it be that the locusts were still separated? ”

Pei Ju nodded and smiled: "What does Your Highness suspect?" ”

Yang Qi said coldly: "I can't say that the officials of Shangdang County want to deceive their superiors and subordinates, and use the excuse of disaster relief to fill their own pockets, but the locust plague does not conform to common sense, so I don't want to give instructions on this paper." ”

Pei Ju smiled again: "But has Your Highness thought about it, a county covers a vast area, if it is not for all the Shangdang counties to be affected, but only a few counties in the middle of the county, in fact, it will not affect the neighboring counties." ”

Yang Qi was silent in thought, and Pei Ju continued: "And the old minister is from Hedong, I know that Shangdang County and Changping County are separated by Zhongtiao Mountain, and it is indeed possible that locusts are only raging in one county, this kind of thing happened in Taiyuan County and Lishi County back then, and the locusts in Lishi County were plagued, but Taiyuan County was safe and sound, Your Highness, many things have to be witnessed with your own eyes." ”

Yang Qi sighed, "Then according to Shangshu's meaning, how should this matter be handled?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, there is a practice in reporting this kind of disaster to the imperial court, if the situation is urgent, you can allow disaster relief first, but you will definitely send the imperial history inspector to judge, like Shangdang County, this disaster belongs to the locust plague, it is not too urgent, Your Highness can first send the imperial history to investigate, and then according to the results of the imperial history's investigation, it is also a kind of supervision for the local government."

Yang Qi nodded, "I understand, I'll transfer the Imperial History Terrace!" ”

Yang Qi picked up his grandfather's red pen and wrote a line of words underneath, 'Transfer to the supervision of the Yushitai faction!' ’

Pei Ju looked at the red pen in Yang Qi's hand, and said slowly for a while: "The old minister has a letter of appointment here, please look at it Your Highness!" ”

Pei Ju took out a scroll from his sleeve and handed it to Yang Qi, Yang Ju was stunned, all the scrolls should be transferred to himself by the Ministry of Internal History, why is this one in Pei Ju's hands?

He hesitated and took the scroll, it was the appointment letter of the ministry, which already had the instructions of Yu Shiji, the servant of the internal history, and Su Wei, the servant of the door, which was completely in line with the normal process, but why didn't it report according to the normal process?

Yang Qi opened the scroll and read it carefully, and it turned out to be the official secretary who appointed Wang Yunqian of Beihai County as the Taishou.

According to the division of power in the imperial court, the official positions below the seventh rank are directly appointed and dismissed by the Ministry of Officials, the official positions above the seventh rank and below the fifth rank are appointed and removed by the Xiangguo, and the official positions above the fifth rank and below the third rank are appointed and removed by the Xiangguo after reporting to the Son of Heaven for approval, and the high-ranking officials above the third rank are directly appointed and dismissed by the Son of Heaven without going through the Xiangguo.

Beihai County belongs to the middle county, and it is too guarded

Sipin, so Xiangguo nominated it and reported it to the Son of Heaven for approval, but the official document was nominated by Pei Ju, of course, this is barely reasonable, after all, Pei Ju also has the qualifications of Xiangguo.

"Pei Shangshu, what does this mean?" Yang Qi asked puzzled.

Pei Ju smiled slightly, "Your Highness, this is actually Zhang Xuan's request!" ”

Yang Qi was stunned, he read the scroll again, and then remembered that Zhang Xuan was stationed in Beihai County, and then he remembered something again, and took out a secret report of Xiao Huairang's prison army from the cabinet.

The secret report of the prison army should have been directly transferred to the emperor's grandfather, but because this secret report involved Zhang Xuan, Yang Qi withheld it, and the secret report said that Beihai Taishou Liang died unexpectedly, and he died very strangely, and it was recommended that the imperial court send someone to investigate.

Yang Qi pondered and asked, "What does Zhang Xuan mean?" ”

Pei Ju took out a letter and presented it, "Your Highness, this is a secret letter from Zhang Xuan to His Highness, entrusting the old minister to hand it over, and His Highness will know after reading it." ”

Yang Qi opened the letter, which was written to him by Zhang Xuan himself, in which he said that Taishou Liang Zhi secretly joined the Bohai Society, recruited troops, built weapons, and actively prepared for rebellion, which seriously threatened the safety of Qingzhou, and he had to get rid of this person, and implored him to approve the promotion of Wang Yunqian to Beihai Taishou.

Yang Qi finally understood the meaning of Pei Ju's recital, which was actually Zhang Xuan's request, Pei Ju had already asked Yu Shiji and Su Wei to agree through favors, and the last step was to approve it by himself.

Moreover, this recital is between important and unimportant, and can be submitted to the imperial grandfather, or it can be submitted without submission, and directly approved by him.

Yang Qi pondered for a long time and said: "Killing Taishou without permission is a big crime, doesn't Pei Gong think that he should say a few words about Zhang Xuan at all?" ”

Pei Ju said unhurriedly: "Your Highness, this is the truth and the truth of the law, the local government has taken refuge in Wuchuan Mansion or the Bohai Society, or even in the bandits, how much helplessness of the imperial court is hidden here, if the imperial court really investigates Liang Zhi's guilt, it will only make a lot of Taishou from the secret to the open, completely tearing off the face of the imperial court, in this case, secretly eradicating the betrayal of the Taishou is a compromise plan, if it must be said that Zhang Xuan's is inappropriate, it is the problem of killing first and then reporting, Weichen thinks so. ”

Yang Qi said coldly after a while: "Since Pei Gong also said so, then I will not pursue it if I get rid of Liang Zhi without authorization, but why does Zhang Xuan want to appoint this Wang Yunqian as the Taishou?" ”

Pei Ju had already felt the dissatisfaction in Yang Qi's tone, but he was already riding a tiger at this time, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Your Highness, Zhang Xutuo is difficult to suppress bandits, because the local government has too many constraints, Zhang Xuan must also have a deep understanding, if he wants to do something, he must get the support of the local government, so he hopes to have a Beihai Taishou who cooperates with him tacitly, this Wang Yunqian should be, and the Bohai will infiltrate Qingzhou too deeply, Zhang Xuan is afraid that the imperial court will appoint another Taishou who is controlled by the Bohai Society, and the old minister can understand his distress." ”

At this time, Yang Qi is no longer the impulsive young Yan Wang a year ago, he has changed too much in this year, he is now sitting in the position of the grandson of the Emperor of the Prison State, and he is thinking more about the Great Sui Sheji, which is no longer a personal grudge.

Yang Qi was silent for a long time, and finally said slowly: "You tell Zhang Xuan, for the sake of Beihai and Goguryeo's meritorious service, I will condone him one last time, and next time he will not embarrass me again." ”

He mentioned that Zhu Bi approved the word 'quasi' on the appointment letter, and officially agreed to the appointment of the Taishou of Beihai County.

Pei Ju sighed secretly in his heart, Yang Qi had grown up. (To be continued.) )