Pei Ju hurriedly walked into the imperial study, only to see the Son of Heaven Yang Guang standing in front of the window, looking at the sky gloomily, his face was pale, without a trace of blood, compared with a month ago, Yang Guang had lost a lot of weight, Pei Ju sighed secretly, it is rumored that the Son of Heaven is addicted to wine, it seems that it is not groundless.

"Old minister Pei Ju see Your Majesty!" Pei Ju hurriedly stepped forward and bowed.

"Flat!" Yang Guang's tone was a little impatient, as if Pei Ju had disturbed his thoughts.

Pei Ju didn't dare to say much, and hurriedly stood beside Yu Shiji, Yu Shiji stood beside the table like a statue, motionless, Pei Ju gave him a look, he didn't seem to see it, Pei Ju had to learn from his appearance, and waited aside without saying a word.

After a long while, Yang Guang came to his senses, he glanced at Pei Ju, and slowly returned to his seat.

"Does Gong Pei know a few things that Zhang Xuan has done recently?" Yang Guang asked coldly.

Pei Ju was shocked, he knew very well what Zhang Xuan was doing, but it should have nothing to do with him, why was the saint so indifferent, did he want to hold him accountable for recommending Zhang Xuan back then?

Pei Ju hurriedly bowed down and said, "The old minister has only heard about it slightly. ”

"Tell me what you heard?"

"Lao Chen heard that he deployed disaster relief in Lu County, Jibei County and Dongping County, although disaster relief is a good thing, Lao Chen feels that he is suspected of buying people's hearts."

Until now, Pei Ju didn't dare to distinguish Zhang Xuan, so he had to tell the truth.

Yang Guang's face softened slightly, "I don't want to pursue him for this matter, he is willing to help the victims, I can't ask for it, he attacked Lu Mingyue and reported to me in advance, I also acquiesced, he took the grain from Liyang Cang to help the victims." Although I have done too much, I can tolerate it, even if he crosses the border to Liaodong to suppress the bandits, I will not be held accountable, but I can only tolerate him to negotiate and reconcile with Goguryeo without authorization, he is just a small Hebei envoy, what qualifications does he have to negotiate with Goguryeo? ”

Pei Ju was silent. He was willing to think that the Son of Heaven would pursue Zhang Xuan's occupation of Liyangcang and seize food and materials, but it turned out that the Son of Heaven hated Zhang Xuan for negotiating with Goguryeo without authorization.

This made Pei Ju a little disapproving, negotiating with Goguryeo was just disrespecting etiquette, but unauthorized disaster relief and occupation of Liyang Cang were substantive issues, why did the Son of Heaven avoid reality and make up for nothing?

Ordinary people may think that the Son of Heaven pays too much attention to face, pays attention to hypocrisy, and doesn't care about the erosion of actual interests, but Pei Ju has been rolling in officialdom all his life, and he knows Yang Guang too well. How could Yang Guang not care about the infringement of actual interests, but care about that kind of false courtesy, there must be something strange in this, Pei Ju didn't dare to rush to make a statement, so he had to be silent.

At this time, Yu Shiji, who was like a statue, suddenly spoke, "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that it is actually excusable for General Zhang to negotiate with Goguryeo. ”

"Where is the extenuating circumstances?"

"Your Majesty. Goguryeo was a vassal state of the Great Sui, and Gao Yuan was also a minister of His Majesty. The negotiation between Jang Hyun and Goguryeo was actually a negotiation between courtiers, which was in line with the etiquette system, and if the court negotiated with Goguryeo, Weichen felt that it was a little inappropriate. ”

"If you say so, this matter can be settled?" Yang Guang asked lightly.

"I can't stop it. His Majesty had to order Jang Xuan to do two things, first, to write a detailed report to His Majesty, and second, to order Jang Xuan to dedicate the land of the Liaodong Peninsula to the imperial court. Under Pu Tian, it is not the king's land, even if it is a form, he must do it. ”

Yang Guang nodded, "That's a good point, let's just draft the purpose!" ”

Pei Ju next to him suddenly woke up, the saint didn't want to punish Zhang Xuan at all, so he avoided the truth and made it false, but there were loopholes in the Goguryeo negotiation that could be drilled, just like Yu Shiji said, it was just a negotiation between the courtiers, Yu Shiji explained and gave another step, and the saint pretended to be confused and accepted it, and no longer pursued what Zhang Xuan did.

But Pei Ju is still a little puzzled, why did the saint let Zhang Xuan go, you must know that the occupation of Liyangcang and the garrison of Liaodong are very serious matters, and negotiating with Goguryeo is also suspected of trespassing, it is by no means as simple as Yu Shiji said, Pei Ju felt that there should be a deeper reason for this, Pei Ju still did not say a word and did not make a statement.

At this time, Yang Guang picked up a report on the table and said lightly to Pei Ju: "This is the official report sent by Zhang Xuan yesterday, he said that after receiving Wang Xuan's urgent request for help, because the situation in Liyangcang was critical, he didn't have time to ask the imperial court, so he urgently sent troops to rescue Liyangcang."

He is a Hebei envoy, rescue Liyang Cang is his job, I feel that he can not ask the imperial court, to my relief, he defeated Lu Mingyue's 100,000 thief army in Tanyuan County, beheaded the thief Lu Mingyue, the head has been sent to Luoyang, really I am pleased, as for his unauthorized use of Liyang Cang grain relief in the Central Plains, he also admitted his mistake at the back of the report, saying that he faced starvation, his heart could not bear it, for the sake of him for disaster relief, I will not pursue him for this small mistake. ”

Pei Ju's eyelids jumped, the capture of Liyang Cang was actually a small mistake, when did the saint become so magnanimous, although Pei Ju didn't know the real reason why the Son of Heaven tolerated Zhang Xuan, but one thing he understood, the saint must have planned to reward Zhang Xuan for his exploits, Pei Ju was no longer silent, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty Shengming!" ”

Yu Shiji secretly scolded Pei Ju for being cunning and cunning, what is called Your Majesty's Shengming, that is, Your Majesty did everything right, although this sentence is expressive, it is equivalent to saying nothing.

Yu Shiji said with a smile: "Didn't Your Majesty keep saying that Zhang Xuan recovered the Liaodong Peninsula for the Great Sui and exterminated Gao Kaidao, so he should be rewarded heavily?" This time, he destroyed Lu Mingyue, so he simply rewarded him together. ”

Yang Guang took a plain note from the imperial case, he glanced at the memo written on it, and said to Pei Ju: "I decided to seal Zhang Xuan as the general of the right Yiwei, the Duke of Qi Guo, the opening of the palace and the three divisions, and the imperial doctor Fu Jie inspected the counties of Hebei for me, and at the same time the reward was 10,000 taels, and Pei Gong will go to Qinghe County for me!" ”

Pei Ju was taken aback, and he was actually named the general of the right Yiwei, the Duke of Qi, the Kaifu Yi and the Third Division, the Duke of Qi is the title of Gao Xi, and he belongs to the first-class Duke of the country, after Gao Xi was killed, the title was deprived. has not been given to anyone, and now it is actually given to Zhang Xuan, after Yuwenshu pacified Yang Xuangan's rebellion, it was just like this, why is the saint so generous?

But under Yang Guang's fierce gaze, Pei Ju didn't dare to think about it, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Weichen obeys the order!" ”

Pei Ju slowly retreated, the smile on Yang Guang's face suddenly disappeared, his eyes became extremely vicious, he picked up Zhang Xuan's report and looked at it for a while, he couldn't help but fall to the ground, walked to the window with his hands in his hand, and looked at Pei Ju's back in the distance, his slightly puffy eyes flashed with a fierce light that could not be concealed.

Yu Shiji next to him was secretly proud, even Pei Ju didn't know the true heart of the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that only he Yu Shiji could understand the heart of the Son of Heaven.

The so-called resealing of Zhang Xuan was because the Son of Heaven was in a hurry to clean up another person, so he had to temporarily use Chongjue to stabilize him first to prevent Zhang Xuan from rebelling.

"Your Majesty can be sure that Jang Xuan's words are true?" Yu Shiji asked in a low voice.

Three months ago, Zhang Xuan secretly reported one thing to Yang Guang, the true identity of Li Mi in Wagang was Li Yuan's eldest son Li Jiancheng, Li Mi had already died, and Li Jiancheng replaced him in Wagang, this matter was secretly covered up by Yang Guang, and Yang Guang did not begin to liquidate until today.

Yang Guang said coldly: "Do you think I will be indifferent? On the same day I received Jang Hyun's report, I sent someone to secretly investigate the matter. ”

"Your Majesty must have gotten an accurate result!"

Yang Guang nodded, "I have been confirmed from within the Dugu family that this matter is the decision of Dugu Shun and Dou Qing, and Li Jiancheng, the son of Li Yuan, will replace Li Mi on Wagang. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Guang couldn't help but snort heavily, "For so many years, I have been deceived by Li Yuan's illusion, thinking that he is a cowardly and useless person, but in fact, his scheming is deeper than anyone else, his ambition is greater than anyone else, he is the one who fulfills that proverb, and I killed Li Hun to kill the wrong person." ”

"But Li Jiancheng went to Wagang because Dugu Shun and Dou Qing decided, and it seems that Li Yuan can't help it."

Yang Guang glared at Yu Shiji fiercely, "Do you want to intercede for him?" ”

Yu Shiji was so frightened that he hurriedly lowered his head, "Weichen doesn't dare!" ”

"Humph! Forgive me for not daring. ”

Yang Guang took out another secret letter and threw it in front of Yu Shiji, "This is a secret letter from Gao Junya and Wang Wei to me, Li Yuan privately selected 20,000 elites from the soldiers for training after the defeat, and Zhang Xuan's report, he wanted to go to Hanoi County to exterminate Li Jiancheng, but Li Jiancheng got the news in advance and led the army to flee into Bingzhou, judging from all kinds of signs, Li Yuan is going to rebel, and I must kill him before he raises an army!" ”

Yang Guang didn't completely express his worries, if it was just just Li Yuan, he didn't have such a great enemy, what he was really worried about was the Guanlong nobles, and Li Yuan's rebellion meant that the Guanlong nobles began to openly be enemies with him.

Although the Bohai Society made Yang Guang hate, Yang Guang really didn't take it to heart, and the Guanlong nobles were the foundation of the Great Sui and the largest force in the Great Sui.

This is the real reason for Yang Guang's fear.

(To be continued.) )