Chapter 24: Establishing Faith in Faith

Zhuojun Linshuo Palace, this is a palace covering an area of thousands of acres, here is not far from the end point of Yongji Canal Linqin Pond, only ten miles apart, standing on the high-rise building in the palace, you can also see the huge dragon boat moored in the pond from afar. ()

Linshuo Palace is also the base camp of Yang Guang's command of the entire Goryeo campaign, at this time, Yang Guang's 120,000 forbidden troops were stationed outside Linshuo Palace to protect the safety of the palace.

The palace not only lived in the emperor Yang Guang, but also lived thousands of civil and military officials, making this palace also the temporary center of the Great Sui Dynasty.

Yang Guang's office is called Ziwei Palace, and it is also the highest palace in the entire Linshuo Palace, with a small palace in front of it and Yang Guang's imperial study in the back.

In the imperial study, Yang Guang leaned back against the dragon couch, his eyes were half-squinted, and he was listening to the report of Yu Shiji, the servant of the inner history, on the situation in the capital, although he had been away from the capital for half a year, but every ten days, he had to listen to the situation in the capital, the situation in the capital was calm, and there was no skyrocketing prices, and the hungry people were flocking, which made him more satisfied.

Yang Guang had too many things to do, and most of his energy was busy preparing for the war, and he was finally a little powerless to deal with the mountains of twists and turns that piled up every day, so he had to delegate a little power to the cabinet, allowing the prime ministers of the cabinet to approve first, and then report to him on major matters.

And this approval power fell into the hands of Yu Shiji, and he monopolized the power, and Yang Guang also acquiesced, making the other prime ministers helpless.

After Yu Shiji experienced a heavy setback in officialdom, he was more cautious and carefully figured out Yang Guang's thoughts, as long as Yang Guang didn't want to hear something, he would never say it, and it would affect Yang Guang's mood, he would also try his best not to report it, and he would find a little problem to fight back directly at his level, such as a typo, or inappropriate words, or not respectful enough, etc., this back and forth, the matter will not be able to drag on.

For example, the officers and soldiers of Qinghe County suffered a defeat in the suppression of bandits, and the military department reported vaguely, the words flickered, and the number of casualties was ambiguous and inconsistent, Yu Shiji directly dismissed it on the grounds that the facts were unclear, for the military department, they had already reported, for Yu Shiji, he was strictly approving it, and there was no problem on both sides, and the final result was that it was over, and the military department transferred a lieutenant from another county, and Yang Guang didn't know about it at all. ()

It is this highly skillful officialdom method that makes Yu Shiji more and more favored, Yang Guang trusts him very much, and Yang Guang doesn't even watch many of the twists and turns, but only listens to Yu Shiji's oral report.

After listening to the report, Yang Guang sighed slightly and said: "The price of rice has reached 400 yuan for rice, which is double that when I left the capital. ”

Yu Shiji bowed down and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the rise in rice prices during the war is the norm, in fact, it is not a shortage of food supply, but more of a human psychology, the minister remembers very well that in the eighteenth year of the emperor's reign, the first emperor attacked Goryeo, and the price of rice also tripled, and then the war ended, and the price of rice fell immediately, so Your Majesty does not have to worry at all." ”

Yu Shiji is very good at talking, he only said that it had risen three times, and never mentioned that the price of rice at that time was only twenty yuan for a bucket of rice, which made Yang Guang find a little comfort in his heart, he smiled and nodded, "I will also end the war as soon as possible and let the price of rice return to normal." ”

At this time, Yang Guang suddenly thought of something, and asked again: "What about Yang Yuanqing?" Where are the others now? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't know his situation, maybe he is still at home with his wife and children! I heard that he had a son. Yu Shiji said lightly.

Yang Guang was slightly displeased, "I have been patrolling Jiangnan since the end of last year, and then I went to Zhuo County, it has been half a year, and the thousands of officials who followed me have not reunited with their families, everyone can put state affairs first, why can't he?" ”

"Your Majesty, maybe it's because he was transferred out of Fengzhou, and his mood is a little depressed, he is still young after all!"

As soon as Yu Shiji's words fell, a eunuch reported at the door: "Your Majesty, Yang Yuanqing has arrived, waiting for Your Majesty to summon you." ”

Yu Shiji was stunned for a moment, he opened his mouth and stammered for a long time, but he didn't know what to say, he looked embarrassed, so he had to say stupidly: "Your Majesty, it's nothing, the minister will retire." ”

Yang Guang glanced at him, and then remembered that Yang Yuanqing and Yu Shiji had a personal grudge, and Yu Shiji was obviously using the topic to play, and the dissatisfaction in his heart shifted from Yang Yuanqing to Yu Shiji, and said coldly: "Yu Aiqing, I don't want to have a next time." ”

Yu Shiji was remorseful and annoyed in his heart, how could it be so coincidental, wasn't this a slap in the face? He had to nod his head and retreat with shame on his face. ，

Walking to the door of Ziwei Palace, he happened to meet Yang Yuanqing hurriedly walking, Yu Shiji had recovered from the embarrassment just now, and he also secretly warned himself that he could no longer be dominated by emotions at will, and to deal with Yang Yuanqing, he must not shoot casually until the critical moment.

Yu Shiji smiled all over his face, and arched his hand: "Yang Yushi, you have worked hard all the way. ”

Yang Yuanqing also returned the salute with a smile, "Yu Envoy, I haven't seen you for a long time, I heard that Yu Envoy Jun is deeply favored by the saints, congratulations!" ”

The two exchanged greetings and talked about the current situation, Yang Yuanqing said with a smile: "The saint is waiting, so I won't say much, I will invite Yu Envoy to drink another day." ”

"Huh! I remember, I'm going to drink the best wine in a peach wine, and you can't fool yourself. ”

"I still have two cans at home, and I will definitely treat them when I return to Beijing."

The two spoke in an intimate tone, and they both laughed, in the eyes of the eunuch next to them, these were two officials with a close and harmonious relationship, but who would have thought that these two people were enemies of officialdom.

Yang Yuanqing bowed his hand and said goodbye, followed the eunuch to the front of the imperial study, a eunuch went in to report, and came out after a moment and said: "Yang Yushi, Your Majesty invites you in." ”

Yang Yuanqing walked into the imperial study, only to see Yang Guang bowing his head to correct the twists and turns, perhaps because of his gradual maturity, he also gradually felt an invisible pressure from Yang Guang, especially this time the side generals were transferred, there was no sign at all, the gentleman's heart was like a tiger, this is what Pei Ju said to him, and he gradually realized Yang Guang's moodiness and ruthlessness.

Yang Yuanqing stepped forward and bowed and saluted: "Minister Yang Yuanqing see Your Majesty!" ”

Although Yang Guang's eyes did not look at Yang Yuanqing, but Yang Yuanqing started from entering the door, every step of his life, every action could not escape Yang Guang's keen capture, he felt that Yang Yuanqing was cautious, seven steps into the door, just standing in front of the yellow line to salute himself, which was not seen in Yang Yuanqing before, from these subtle changes, he could understand Yang Yuanqing's inner tension, as an emperor, he was very willing to see this change, but Yang Guang was also slightly lost in his heart, A few years ago, Yang Yuanqing's sharpness also made him like it.

The loss in Yang Guang's heart was also in an instant, Yang Yuanqing is no longer a young general, but a doctor of imperial history, there have always been only two doctors of imperial history in the imperial court, it used to be Zhang Heng and Pei Yun, Zhang Heng has been deposed, and now Yang Yuanqing has replaced Zhang Heng's position, and he is in charge of the supervision of the magistrates of Dasui, which is already a high authority, and should be more mature.

On the other hand, in recent years, due to the continuous use of large-scale labor, there are many loopholes, and corrupt magistrates have emerged in an endless stream, such as offering food, a single offering of food will fatten a large number of officials, these Yang Guang also understands in his heart, he hopes that there will be a cool official with a black heart to clean up the magistrates for him and stabilize the people's hearts, Yang Yuanqing is undoubtedly a suitable candidate.

"Yang Aiqing, I heard that you like your noble son, I want to congratulate you!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yang Guang smiled and gave the eunuch next to him a look, and the eunuch immediately stepped forward with a plate, which was a golden lock made of gold, very delicate and chic, and inlaid with precious stones.

"This longevity lock was given to your son by me, and in addition, I have named him the captain of Lixin, hoping that he can also be like his father, and establish himself with faith."

"Your Majesty's grace, the minister is grateful!"

Yang Guang shook his head, he didn't want to hear Yang Yuanqing's words of gratitude, he looked into Yang Yuanqing's eyes, and said slowly: "You made a promise to me back then, sixty years later, you are still willing to be the shield of the Great Sui, I have always remembered in my heart, I have always thought that you are a person who stands by faith, and I hope that after your death, you will get the nickname 'Faith', do you understand my hard work?" ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded silently, "The minister understands!" ”

"Alright! Now that you understand, I won't say more, and I'll talk to you specifically about what I need you to do this time when you are supervising the three prefectures of Hebei, Yan, and Qingdao? ”

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Coming out of the inner palace, Yang Yuanqing just walked to the outer area, he heard someone calling him behind him, and when he turned around, it was Pei Yun, Yang Yuanqing hadn't seen him for almost two years, so he hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, "Yuanqing see the second grandfather!" ”

"You come with me!"

Pei Yun took Yang Yuanqing and walked quickly through a long corridor to his courtroom, there was only one clerk in the room, Pei Yun waved his hand to let him out.

Pei Yun is currently the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the imperial historian, and he is also one of the prime ministers of the cabinet, with a high position, he and Yang Yuanqing sat down, and smiled first: "Your father-in-law is a hard worker, and the day before yesterday he sent an envoy to the Western Turks, and I don't know when he will come back." ”

Yang Yuanqing knew why Pei Ju sent an envoy to the Western Turks, and he said with a smile: "This is actually me persuading him to find an excuse to stay away from the battle of Goryeo." ”

Pei Yun was stunned for a long time before he sighed and said, "This is indeed a wise decision!" I also wanted to find an excuse to leave, but I couldn't find it. ”

"The second grandfather can go to the south to supervise, or Longyou Guanzhong, when I came, I also heard that the people in Guanlong are quite resentful."

Pei Yun shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It's useless, last time I proposed to go to Shuzhong, but the Holy Lord sent more than a dozen inspectors to the imperial history, and I was not allowed to leave, he said that as soon as I left, there would be no one in the cabinet." ”

He waved his hand, "Forget it, don't mention this." ”

Pei Yun asked again: "When you faced the saint just now, did you feel that the saint was different from before?" ”

"It's okay! It feels the same as ever. ”

"It seems that you have less contact."

Pei Yun sighed, "He is really different from before, he is short-tempered and stubborn, he has already killed three ministers who persuaded him not to drive in person, so I want to tell you, this time you supervise Sanzhou, there are some things you must not tell him, if you tell him, you will come to a catastrophe." ”

"For example, what is it, can the second grandfather explain it in detail?"

"For example, if you tell him about the rebellion of the people, he will let you lead the army to quell the rebellion."

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[Another explanation: Chapter 20 Jun is like a tiger, Yang Yuanqing has to be crowned the pillar country, in fact, after the three-year official reform of the Great Cause, the merger of the honor and the dispersion is no longer a new pillar country, this is a small mistake, it is the negligence of Lao Gao for a while, so he will not mention the honor of the pillar country in the future, in addition, the weights and measures of the Sui Dynasty are different in the early and late periods, and the difference is quite big, this Lao Gao does not plan to change, it will cause great confusion to the reader, everyone knows that there is such a thing]