Chapter 4 Silence

, Chapter 398 is silent

Although Yang Yuanqing didn't expect that Yang Guang urgently summoned him for Yuan Hongsi, he also knew that Yuan Hongsi's power in Youzhou would be the biggest obstacle for him to control Youzhou, and he would also find a way to eliminate Yuan Hongsi's forces without Yang Guang's reminder.

It's just Yang Guang's reminder, but it made him understand two things, one is that Yang Guang asked him to be the governor of Youzhou, or in order to let him deal with the Guanlong nobles, the target is still the Yuan family.

Secondly, Yuwenshu was also involved in the game of dealing with the Guanlong nobles, and things were a little complicated.

"Wechen understands!"

Yang Guang stared at Yang Yuanqing for a long time, confirming that he really understood his thoughts, so he put the matter aside, changed the topic lightly and smiled: "Do you know Chen Shubao?" ”

"Lord Nan Chen, the minister knows!"

Yang Yuanqing didn't understand what Yang Guang was doing when he told him about this? He could only be a patient listener, answering a sentence from time to time.

"He died in the fourth year of Renshou, and I posthumously awarded him the title of general, nicknamed 'Yang', Emperor Chen Yang, do you know why I called him Emperor Yang?"

"I don't know?"

Yang Yuanqing's heart was extremely weird, Chen Shubao was actually regarded as Emperor Yang by Yang Guang, this matter was a great mockery.

Yang Guang sighed softly, "Chen Shubao is greedy for women, drunk and dreaming all day long, not asking about state affairs, he has been an emperor for so many years, what has he done?" He didn't do anything except give birth to a lot of wine bags and rice bags, when I was in charge of Jiangnan, I knew him very well, and when I was the prince, I swore that if I were the lord of the world, I should take Chen Shubao as a commandment, Chen Shubao is greedy for women, I will not be close to women, Chen Shubao does not ask about state affairs, I am diligent in state affairs, Chen Shubao does not want to forge ahead, I will open up the territory, I have been the son of heaven of the Sui Dynasty for nearly eight years, and the unfinished business of my father and emperor has done it, moving the capital to Luoyang, opening up the Grand Canal, building the Great Wall, resisting the Turks in the north, Pinglinyi in the south, destroying the Ryukyus in the east, and opening up the territory of thousands of miles in the west, rebuilding the glory of the Han Dynasty and ascending the throne for eight years, I spent most of my time in inspecting the world, not daring to slack off for a day, not daring to enjoy a day of pleasure, I just take Emperor Chen Yang as a commandment, and must not let me also become Emperor Yang of Sui. ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled bitterly in his heart, history is so cruel, after Yang Guang's death, the nickname given to him by the Li Tang Dynasty was Emperor Yang of Sui, he didn't know what to say, at this time he could only remain silent, to slowly experience the cruelty of history written by the victors.

Yang Guang was touched by Yang Da's persuasion, he was a little out of shape, there was silence in the imperial study, so that Yang Guang slowly woke up from his emotion, he glanced at Yang Yuanqing, and said with a smile: "The reason why I talked to you about Chen Shubao is that I heard that you and Chen Shubao also have such a twisting relationship. ”

Yang Yuanqing's heart jumped, he knew that Yang Guang was referring to Shen Wuhua, but how did Yang Guang know, who told him?

"Back to Your Majesty, Empress Chen Shubao Shen Wuhua has a niece who is the wife of Zhang Zhongsu, who was captured in the Battle of Pingnan and rewarded to the Yang family, she is the minister's nursing mother, she has raised the minister for seven years since she was a child, and the minister regards her as a mother, her daughter grew up with the minister, and is now the second wife of the minister."

Yang Guang smiled and nodded, "I don't mean anything else, the Shen family is also a famous family in the south of the Yangtze River, Shen Wuhua is a talented woman in Wuzhong, her mother is Chen Baxian's daughter, since your second wife is also a famous family, I also plan to give her a fate, but it is a little lower than the Pei family." ”

Yang Yuanqing realized that Yang Guang wanted to give him an edict in order to entrap him, so he hurriedly gave a salute, "Thank you for Your Majesty's grace!" ”

Yang Guang smiled slightly, "No need to thank me, go to Youzhou to do things for me." ”

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The street shrouded in night has become extraordinarily quiet, there is no curfew in the capital at this time, but there is still not a pedestrian to see on the street, a thin layer of gray mist floats low in the air, the weather is cold and frozen, Yang Yuanqing is guarded by dozens of personal soldiers, walking slowly on the street, the sound of horses' hooves knocking on the stone slabs on the ground, making a rhythmic 'dada! 'Sound.

The guards held huge shields in their hands, surrounded by Yang Yuanqing, and were extra vigilant, this time was the most likely to cause assassinations.

Yang Yuanqing was in deep thought, because of his arrival, history has begun to change, Yang Xuangan may not be the first to rebel, so how long can the Sui Dynasty last? If the Guanlong nobles really rebelled, would there be a second and third battle in Goryeo?

All this is unknown, but one thing can be known that the ship of the Great Sui has gradually deviated from the historical trajectory.

At this time, a burst of wheels came from the opposite side, mixed with the sound of the hooves of more than a dozen knights, in the gray mist, you can faintly see that this is an official car, tall wheels, spacious carriages, two tall heads pulling horses, businessmen are not allowed to take such a carriage, can only be used by high-ranking officials or famous families, but the strange thing is that the carriage has no lanterns and flags, it is so dark, this is unreasonable, there is a feeling of sneaking and being a thief.

The carriage turned to the right fifty paces in front of them and drove into Kuanzhengfang, Yang Yuanqing's heart moved, he remembered that Dugu Mansion was in Kuanzhengfang, and he hurriedly said to a guard beside him: "Follow the carriage in front and see who it is?" ”

As soon as the pro-soldiers urged the horses, they followed the carriage into the Kuanzheng Fang, and in just a moment, the pro-soldiers came out and reported to Yang Yuanqingyu: "General, it is Li Yuan's carriage." ”

"It turned out to be him!"

In fact, Yang Yuanqing had already seen it at the gate of the fang, the carriage was parked in front of the Dugu Mansion not far from the gate of the fang, several large lanterns in front of the house were brightly lit, Dugu Zhen's nephew Dugu Huaien stood on the steps to greet him, and two people walked out of the carriage, it was Li Yuan and his son Li Jiancheng.

Visiting Dugu Mansion in the middle of the night, it seemed that Li Yuan was also unwilling to be lonely, Yang Yuanqing smiled, and urged the horse to leave Kuanzhengfang.

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Li Yuan was very careful, he was afraid that others would see him coming to visit Dugu Mansion, he knew very well that at this delicate time, if he appeared in Dugu Mansion, once he was known by the Holy Lord, it would be extremely unfavorable to him.

In fact, it was not that Li Yuan wanted to come to Dugu Mansion, but that Dugu Zhen wanted to find Li Yuan, and Li Yuan could only make an appointment to visit Dugu Zhen later.

On the steps, Dugu Huaien bowed down and smiled: "I'm really sorry to trouble Shude to come to the door so late!" ”

Dugu Huaien is about twenty-six or seven years old this year, grew up in the palace since childhood, slender figure, handsome appearance, he is the son of Dugu Quan, Dugu Cheng was killed in Renshou four years because of the He Ruobi case, Dugu Huaien followed his uncle Dugu Zhen to live, he is now a guard in the palace.

Li Yuan's mother is Dugu Quan's sister, so Li Yuan and Dugu Huaien are cousins, although the age difference is nearly twenty years, but the generation is the same.

Li Yuan also returned the salute and smiled: "Because I'm sorry, I'm still bothering so late." ”

Li Yuan said, while looking back at the gate, he also saw Yang Yuanqing and his party just now, but there was fog, he couldn't see who was coming, even so, he was still very careful, he didn't want to be discovered by others, he saw that there was no one at the door, and his heart was put down.

"The head of the house is here?"

"Wait in the study, Brother Shude, please, please build!"

Dugu Huaien took their father and son into Dugu Mansion quickly, the door slowly closed, and after walking through a long corridor, they came to the study, Dugu Huaien stepped forward and knocked on the door, "Eighth uncle, they are here!" ”

"Please come in!"

Dugu Huaien pushed open the door, waved his hand and smiled: "Brother Shude, please!" ”

Li Yuan walked into the study, the room was brightly lit and simply furnished, Dugu Zhen was dressed in a loose white fine linen Zen robe, sitting at the table reading a book, from the perspective of kinship, Dugu Zhen was Li Yuan's youngest uncle.

Li Yuan knelt down and kowtowed, "Knock to see uncle!" ”

Jiancheng also knelt down and kowtowed, "See Uncle Grandfather!" ”

Dugu Zhen hurriedly smiled and said: "Shude, don't be so polite, it's all a family, just be casual, I'm also comfortable." ”

Dugu Zhen invited their father and son to sit down, and ordered someone to serve tea, Dugu Zhen said slowly: "I invited Shude here today to talk to Shude about the current situation. ”

Dugu Zhen is currently the internal history of the Ling, and he is also one of the prime ministers of the cabinet, he and Li Yuan meet almost every day, but in the court, they just meet and nod, and there will be no deep talk, only when they meet in the study at night, they can talk privately.

In fact, Li Yuan has long wanted to have a good talk with the Dugu family, although he has anti-Sui ambitions, but the power of the Li family is too weak and has no appeal, he only hopes for his mother's maiden family Dugu family, and his wife's maiden family Dou family, especially the Dugu family, this is the leader of the Guanlong nobles, if the Dugu family is willing to support him, then at least half of the Guanlong nobles will support him, which will be the best result he dreams of.

But Li Yuan is very cautious, except for the last time he was drunk and said in front of Yu Wenshi and revealed his mouth, he would not mention to anyone that he had a rebellious heart, not even his wife, except for the eldest son Jiancheng, talking to the Dugu clan today, he has no bottom in his heart, do you want to reveal a little bit of your thoughts, or continue to forbear?

Li Yuan was very conflicted in his heart, he could only take one step at a time, the expression on his face was serious and respectful, waiting for Dugu Zhen to continue to speak.

Dugu Zhen smiled slightly, trying to make the atmosphere a little more relaxed, "This time the Holy Lord attacked Goryeo, our Guanlong family members are like great enemies, and it is true, every family has children in the army as generals, our Dugu family, there are more than a dozen Dugu children alone, but more of them are the former Dugu family slaves, there are hundreds of people, basically middle-level generals, I want to ask, I don't know how many people in the Li family are in the army?" ”

Li Yuan hurriedly said: "Our family is small, there are only four or five people in the Li family, my father's old family, there are about more than ten people, if you count the descendants of my grandfather's generals, there are hundreds of people, basically all of them are generals in the army." ”

"Even the little Li family has so many relatives and friends, not to mention other families."

Dugu Zhen sighed slightly, fell into contemplation, Li Yuan was uneasy in his heart, he felt that Dugu Zhen came to him, what plan to arrange, what specific plan he didn't know, but Li Yuan didn't want to participate too much, he didn't want to become the target of Yang Guang's attention.

Dugu Zhen raised his head, looked into Li Yuan's eyes and said: "I discussed it with the Yuan family two days ago, and we all agreed that there is no need for the children of the Guanlong family and our retainers to go to Liaodong to die, if it really comes to life and death, we would rather flee than throw our lives in Liaodong, you go back and think about giving a letter to the subordinates of the Li family!" ”

Li Yuan nodded silently, "I understand!" ”

"This is one thing, and there is another thing, I heard that you have a good relationship with Motohiroji, right?" Dugu Zhen asked, still staring into Li Yuan's eyes.

"I just have a good relationship with Hu Sizheng, Hu Sizheng is the brother-in-law of Yuan Hongsi, so I know each other and have been back and forth a few times, and I can't talk about it deeply."

Dugu Zhen nodded, "This is the best, but I want to remind you, don't have any dealings with Yuan Honghe, including the Yuan family, remember!" Remember! ”

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