This young son's name is Yu Weiming, his father is Yu Yun, who is the nephew of Yu Zhongwen, a general of the Sui Dynasty, and belongs to the Guanlong aristocratic family. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yu Weiming is only in his early twenties, and he is still studying in Taixue, but he is smart and mature, and he is very loved by his father, because he is not noticeable, so Yu Yun asked him to meet Gao Jin.

The reason why Gao Jin knew Yu Weiming's father Yu Yun was because Yu Yun's ex-wife was Gao Jin's aunt, who married Yu Yun thirty years ago, when it was still the era of Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian in order to bridge the rift between the east and the west, had vigorously promoted the marriage between the Guanlong nobles and the Hebei scholars, and a cousin of Gao Xi of Xiangguo married Yu Yun.

It's just that Gao Jin's aunt died early, only gave birth to two daughters, leaving no heirs, Yu Yun married another bride and gave birth to three sons, Yu Weiming is the youngest.

Although Yu Weiming and Gao Jin are not related by blood, but the two are still a little related, Yu Weiming's eldest sister is also Gao Jin's cousin, the relationship between Yu Yun and the Gao family has been as bland as water, but Gao Jin told him that he was in the army of Qi Wangfu, and Yu Yun immediately recognized this wife and nephew, and he was particularly enveloped.

After a few pleasantries, the two sat down, and at this time, the bartender brought them food and drinks, and respectfully retreated.

Yu Weiming poured Gao Jin a glass of wine and said apologetically: "Originally, I wanted to invite my brother to go to the mansion to talk about it, but my brother also knew that the news in Chang'an has been very tight recently, and my father didn't want to be targeted, so I had to invite my brother to come here for a few drinks, but please rest assured, this wine shop is the property of the Yu family, and I have already arranged it, and there will be no ears on the wall." ”

Gao Jin nodded, "I know, it's because of the defeat of King Chu." ”

"It's so much more than that."

Yu Weiming lowered his voice and said: "King Yong'an is no longer good, it is estimated that he will not survive tonight, many ministers have gone to see him for the last time, and my father has also gone." ”

The king of Yong'an County is Li Xiaoji, who was ambushed by Song Jingang's army in Yan'an County, and the 20,000 army was annihilated, Li Xiaoji was also shot in the head, rescued by his own soldiers, and sent back to Chang'an overnight for treatment, Gao Jin only knew that he was seriously injured, but he didn't expect it to be gone.

Gao Jin also knew that the defeat of the Tang army by Song Jingang caused a major earthquake in Chang'an officialdom, and Li Yuanji, the king of Chu, was deprived of his title and demoted to a commoner, even the seriously injured Li Xiaoji was removed from all official positions and only retained the title, not only that, but more than 20 officials were dismissed on suspicion of concealing Song Jingang's rebellion, and I heard that the Guanlong nobles were also involved.

However, Gao Jin didn't know the specific details, but he knew that Yu Weiming came to see him just to tell him some news, so Gao Jin took a sip of wine and patiently continued to talk about Weiming.

Yu Weiming sighed again and said: "This time, the Son of Heaven pursued the case of Song Jingang's rebellion, and someone told me that the reason why Song Jingang grew rapidly had something to do with the Dugu family. ”

Gao Jin's perennial intelligence career made him have an unusually professional sensitivity, and he immediately realized that there was something inside, and hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Of course, Yu Weiming knew Gao Jin's true identity, and he also knew why his father was encircling Gao Jin, in fact, he wanted to use Gao Jin to arrange a way back for the Yu family, so his father would tell Gao Jin some top-secret things.

Yu Weiming said in a low voice: "This matter is very important, and my brother must not laugh at it." ”

"I understand, Brother Xian, even though he is outspoken."

Yu Weiming got up again and looked outside the door, then locked the door, walked back to his seat and said in a low voice: "The day before yesterday, someone told the Son of Heaven that Song Jingang was able to grow rapidly because the Dugu family secretly funded him with 100,000 stone grain and 10,000 sets of armor and 500,000 yuan of money, which was the material that the Dugu family hid in the two Shangjun manors, all of which were given to Song Jingang, and the Son of Heaven blamed Dugu Shun for this, Dugu Shun admitted that there was a large amount of money and grain hidden in the manor, but he resolutely denied that he funded it, but was looted by Song Jingang's army, This matter has caused an uproar at the top of the imperial court, but the news has been tightly sealed, and even my father is not qualified to know, it was Dou Shangshu who came to visit his father last night, and my father only knew about it. ”

Gao Jin was very shocked in his heart, you must know that the Guanlong nobles are the foundation of the Li family, if it is really the Dugu family who secretly funded Song Jingang, then there is a problem with the foundation of the Li family, why is this happening? There must be something deeper in this.

Thinking of this, Gao Jin asked again: "Why did the Dugu family fund Song Jingang?" Is there anything hidden in this? ”

"My father told me that on the surface, it is a dispute between the Xiangguo, but if you look deeper, it is a power struggle between the Son of Heaven and the nobles of Guanlong, this is what my father told me, and I don't understand the specifics."

Gao Jin nodded, this is indeed very complicated, but the Dugu family's funding of Song Jingang is a very important piece of information, he needs to report to the Zhongdu immediately, Gao Jin smiled and asked: "Is there any eyebrows about the incident that I asked my uncle to help with last time?" ”

The Chang'an Intelligence Agency has been considering opening a big wine shop near the imperial city, and they have taken a fancy to a wine shop in Wu Benfang, called Qingyun Wine Shop, which occupies a large area and has an elegant environment, mainly doing business for court officials, which is very conducive to collecting intelligence, and the Intelligence Agency wants to buy this wine shop at a high price, but the background of this wine shop is related to the Dou family, and the other party refuses to sell it, so Gao Jin wants to ask Yu Yun for help.

Yu Weiming said with a smile: "That Qingyun wine shop is opened by the Dou family, it is an important asset of the Dou family, of course the Dou family is not willing to sell easily, but yesterday my father talked to Dou Shangshu, and exchanged it with a manor in our Lantian County, that manor is located between the two manors of the Dou family, the Dou family has begged us to sell for many years, my father has been refusing, and the exchange was reached last night, and the formalities will be completed in two days, that Qingyun wine shop is the property of the Yu family, we can rent it to my brother to operate, my father said, as long as we don't collect armor and the like in it, There will be no interference at home. ”

Gao Jin was overjoyed, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Thank you so much!" ”

At this time, Yu Weiming took out a letter and said: "This is a letter from my father to His Royal Highness King Qi, can I ask my brother to pass it on?" ”

Gao Jin took the letter and said with a smile: "Although His Royal Highness King Qi is currently fighting in Lou Fan County, we still have channels to deliver the news, and we will definitely deliver it as soon as possible." ”

The two drank a few more glasses of wine, and then left the wine store one after another, and Gao Jin hurriedly returned to Dongshi.

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In the past few months, Li Yuan has really been a leak and suffered overnight rain, because the war in the annexation of the state has caused a sharp drop in income, and the continuous expansion of armaments and warfare has led to huge expenditures, the money and grain stored in Yongtong storage have been exhausted, and the finances are gradually unable to make ends meet, but at this time, the war to exterminate Song Jingang suffered a fiasco, and the 30,000 Tang army was wiped out, causing an uproar in the government and the opposition.

If it is said that it was defeated by the Northern Sui Army, everyone can accept it, after all, the Northern Sui Army is recognized as strong, and this time it was defeated by Liu Wuzhou's remnant Song Jingang, which is simply intolerable, Li Yuan himself is also very aware of the consequences of this defeat, which made the government and the opposition and the people lose confidence in the Tang Dynasty, and a court that is invincible even with bandits can still unify the world?

Li Yuan originally wanted to kill his son Yuanji to apologize, but he couldn't make up his mind in the end, so he could only demote this arrogant and incompetent son to a commoner, maybe he could calm down the people's anger a little.

In the imperial study, Li Yuan paced back and forth with his hands, all kinds of disobedience upset him, and there was a volume of secret music on the imperial case beside him, which was written by Li Zhongwen, the secretary of the state Xingtai, in which the volume described in detail how the prince Jiancheng negotiated with Zhang Xuan, and finally how to send troops to Loufu County to cooperate with Zhang Xuan, these details Li Yuan did not know.

What particularly shocked Li Yuan was that Jiancheng actually agreed to Wang Junkuo's request, handed over the 30,000 Tang army to Zhang Xuan for unified command, ate and lived with the Sui army, and participated in the discussion of military aircraft.

This is completely contrary to Li Yuan's original intention, Li Yuan's original intention was to wait for the Northern Sui and Turkic Hebang to fight, and their Tang army profited, and when their two armies were exhausted, and finally the Tang army annihilated both in one fell swoop.

But the eldest son Jiancheng not only didn't listen, but also agreed to the Tang army to join the Sui army without authorization, Li Yuan felt that the seriousness of this problem had far exceeded the defeat of Song Jingang, who was the Tang Dynasty Emperor, was he Li Yuan, or the crown prince Jiancheng?

"Chen Xiangguo, tell me, what should I do about this matter?" Li Yuan held back the anger in his heart, and turned back to ask Xiangguo Chen Shuda, who was standing aside.

Of course, Chen Shuda knew that there was a contradiction between the saint and the prince, in fact, this contradiction had existed before, for example, the prince did not recommend the Eastern Crusade, but the Holy Shang insisted on the Eastern Crusade, which led to the defeat of the army, and the two of them did not agree on the issue of the Guanlong nobles' estates and taxes, Li Jiancheng advocated taxing the land of the Guanlong nobles, but the Shengshang tended to maintain the status quo.

However, these contradictions can be tolerated by everyone when the imperial court has abundant financial resources and can develop smoothly in all aspects, but once the imperial court faces difficulties, the contradictions between their father and son begin to magnify.

For example, in this campaign against Song Jingang, the crown prince Jiancheng resolutely opposed the Chu king Yuanji to lead the army, but the saint despised Song Jingang, thinking that he was a rabble and vulnerable, so he wanted to give his son a chance to make meritorious contributions, but the final result made the Son of Heaven fall into extreme embarrassment, and it also proved the prince's foresight at that time.

Chen Shuda sighed secretly, the authority of the Son of Heaven began to be challenged by the crown prince, and in front of the throne, even father and son could not tolerate it.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen's opinion is that this matter should be considered in the long run!"

Li Yuan understood what Chen Shuda meant, and did not show signs of discord between father and son in front of the courtiers, Li Yuan pondered for a long time and then snorted: "Okay! I accepted Xiangguo's persuasion and temporarily dismissed the matter. ”

Li Yuan picked up Li Zhongwen's scroll and put it in his important box.

Chen Shuda sighed slightly in his heart, it seems that this matter will not end so easily. (To be continued.) )