Chapter 424 Palace Poison Snake

Although allowing cross-border bandits to be suppressed is indeed conducive to cracking down on bandits in various places, it will also leave the hidden danger of excessive power of local officials, Yang Guang pondered for a long time, weighing the pros and cons, and finally nodded, "I can agree to your suggestion, but I want to add an article, and I must get the consent of the military department in advance before I can suppress bandits across the border." (，)”

Yang Guang still decided to return the approval power of cross-border suppression of bandits to the imperial court, and did not allow localities to arbitrarily suppress cross-border bandits, but this is the case, and Yang Yuanqing's goal was also achieved.

He was overjoyed in his heart, "Thank you, Your Majesty for your tolerance!" ”

Yang Guang nodded and waved his hand to the eunuchs next to him, "You all retreat!" ”

Several eunuchs retreated, Yang Yuanqing was used to this scene, as long as Yang Guang ordered the eunuchs to retreat, he would inevitably talk to himself about the Guanlong nobles, sure enough, Yang Guang turned the topic to the Guanlong nobles, and he said slowly: "I plan to kill chickens and monkeys, what do you think?" ”

This sentence has no beginning or end, but Yang Yuanqing understands very well what Yang Guang is talking about? This is also what he wants to say to Yang Guang, and he has already thought about it along the way.

"Your Majesty, although killing chickens can set an example for monkeys, but hitting grass will scare snakes, please be cautious."

The reason why Yang Guang trusted Yang Yuanqing very much in the Guanlong nobles was because he had rich experience, and he could see through the various complex relationships between the Guanlong nobles better than other ministers, so although Yang Yuanqing did not agree to his plan, Yang Guang was still not annoyed, he groaned for a while, and asked: "You mean to say that I will not move?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister persuaded His Majesty last time in Zhuojun, after the Battle of Goryeo, many people's mentality will change, many people will have ideas, the minister suggested that His Majesty should not make a decision for the time being, observe for a few months, and then consider countermeasures, now the minister is still this suggestion, wait and see what happens, and even entrust some people to reuse, you can divide the Guanlong nobles, you can also paralyze them, this is the minister's whisper, Your Majesty has his own imperial means, and the minister does not dare to admonish him."

Yang Guang really wanted to clean up Yuan Honghei and kill chickens to set an example for monkeys, but Yang Yuanqing's advice made him hesitate again, and he still needed to think about it.

"Yang Aiqing, you are in Youzhou, do you know what the military and civilians of Youzhou say about Yuan Hongsi?"

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Just when Yang Guang met Yang Yuanqing alone in the imperial history room, the deputy head of the inner province, the eunuch Li Zhongliang walked in from outside the palace, Li Zhongliang has a lot of power, according to the division of powers, he is in charge of the outer palace, as long as the affairs outside the Xianren Palace are managed by him, he is extremely busy every day, and he is not always in the palace).

He approached the imperial study and saw that all the eunuchs were gathered outside the door, and couldn't help but be stunned, and asked, "Who is the Holy Lord receiving?" ”

The eunuchs hurriedly reported: "Back to the chief manager, I am meeting Yang Yuanqing." ”

Hearing the name 'Yang Yuanqing', Li Zhongliang's face immediately sank, although his nephew was later reappointed as the governor of Liang County, he was still full of resentment towards Yang Yuanqing in his heart, and whoever offended him, he would never forget it in his life.

"What is the Holy One talking to him about?"

"I don't know, the Holy One kicked us out, it is probably a top-secret matter!"

Li Zhongliang beckoned to another little eunuch who was waiting for Yang Guang's pen and ink, and when they walked to a no-man's land, Li Zhongliang asked him in a low voice: "Have you read Li Taishou's book of songs?" I told you about it this morning. ”

The little eunuch nodded, "The saint read it, and he also approved two words on it." ”

"Just say it, what's the word?" Li Zhongliang glared at the little eunuch, a little unhappy, how could he babble and vomit, and only said a word when he asked.

The little eunuch was frightened, and hurriedly said: "The two words approved by the saint are 'great goodness', and it can be seen that the saint is very interested in this book, and he was originally in low spirits, but this book made him energetic. ”

Li Zhongliang smiled and narrowed his eyes, and took out a golden bean for him, "I've rewarded you." ”

"Mr. Xie!"

The little eunuch thanked him again and again, and at this time, someone in the distance called him, "Wu Zhong, the meeting is over, go in quickly." ”

The little eunuch was so frightened that he ran back, the door of the imperial study had been opened, Yang Yuanqing walked out of it, he took off his black gauze hat, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and walked quickly, but he didn't know that a pair of poisonous snake-like eyes were staring at him from behind.

"The Holy Lord wants to make an order, go and find the sealer!"

The imperial study was busy for a while, and after a while, Feng Deyi hurriedly walked into the imperial study, he was on duty today, he walked into the imperial study and sat down, spread the paper and pen, Yang Guang slowly ordered: "The bandits in the counties are rampant, in order to facilitate the suppression of bandits among the counties, after allowing the counties to report for approval of the military department, they can be cross-border to suppress bandits, Qin this!" ”

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When the time came to noon, it was the ministers' lunch break, and for about half an hour, most of the middle and low-level officials met to go out to drink, while the important ministers generally went home to eat and rest. ，

Li Zhongliang slipped into the air and took a carriage to the side gate of Dugu Mansion, he didn't dare to enter through the main entrance, for fear of being seen by others.

Li Zhongliang was led by an old family member to Dugu Zhen's study, and after a while, Dugu Zhen greeted him with a big smile, "Which fragrant wind blew Mr. Li today?" ”

Li Zhongliang bowed slightly and said, "I'll just say two words and leave!" ”

Dugu Zhen's face was solemn, "Please!" ”

Li Zhongliang walked into the study, only to see Dugu Luo's eldest son Dugu Liang was also there, Dugu Liang attacked his father Zhao Guogong, the official worshiped Dr. Jin Ziguanglu, and he was also an important minister in the court, Li Zhongliang hurriedly gave a salute, "See Zhao Guogong!" ”

Dugu Liang smiled, "Gonggong Li, please take a seat." ”

Li Zhongliang sat down and said to the two: "This morning, the saint has already seen Li Taishou's recital, and the reply is 'great goodness', and the sage is very satisfied with Li Taishou's recital. ”

Dugu Zhen and Dugu Liang glanced at each other, both of them were silent, this news was expected by them, it was they who instructed Li Yuan to write this impeachment of Yuan Honghei, what they needed was more valuable news.

Li Zhongliang carefully observed Dugu Zhen's face, of course he didn't come to do good deeds, his pension in the second half of his life was counting on the richest family in the Sui Dynasty, especially now that the Sui Dynasty was in danger, he cared more about the attitude of the Dugu family.

He saw that Dugu Zhen's faces were very flat, and he secretly panicked in his heart, and said: "Now that the saint is in favor of Li Taishou, if Dugu Gong goes to find Yuwenshu again, Li Taishou should be able to transfer back to Beijing as Shangshu." ”

Li Zhongliang didn't understand the thoughts of the Dugu family, he thought that they wanted to get Li Yuan into Beijing to be a scholar, and many high-ranking officials died in this Liaodong Campaign, and many high-ranking positions in the imperial court were vacant.

Dugu Zhen smiled: "Why do you want to go to Yuwenshu?" ”

Li Zhongliang's spirits perked up, and he hurriedly said: "Although the saint is ostensibly annoyed by Yuwenshu because of the battle of Goryeo, in fact, he trusts Yuwenshu more, I found that when it comes to the appointment and dismissal of Guanlong nobles, the saint will ask Yuwenshu's opinion, and basically will obey, now that the saint has a good impression of Li Taishou, if Yuwenshu goes to persuade the saint again, Li Taishou is a high-ranking official, of course, Yuwenshu has a hobby, I don't say it, Dugu Gong should also know." ”

Dugu Zhen squinted his eyes and smiled: "Thank you Gonggong Li for coming to provide the news." ”

"You're welcome!"

Li Zhongliang saw that Dugu Zhen didn't say anything, he seemed to step on the air, aren't they still satisfied with this news? Li Zhong's conscience was as uncomfortable as a cat scratching, what news did the other party want before he was willing to give himself benefits?

At this time, Dugu Liang, who had been silent, asked: "On the night of three days ago, I don't know what happened when Gonggong Li went to Yuan Honghe's mansion?" ”

Li Zhongliang's face turned white, it turned out that the Dugu family actually knew that he had a secret relationship with the Yuan family, his lips trembled, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

Dugu Zhen smiled and said, "But it's all an exchange of interests!" Why should Father-in-law Li worry, we won't care, but we're just a little curious, I wonder if Father-in-law Li is willing to make a deal with the Dugu family? ”

Li Zhongliang realized that it turned out that the Dugu family really cared about the Yuan family, he hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "I don't know what price the Dugu family is willing to pay?" ”

Dugu Zhen stretched out a finger, "Guanzhong Shangtian is 50,000 mu." ”

Li Zhongliang secretly took a breath of cold air, at this time, Mo said that he sold the Yuan family, he was willing to sell himself, he felt a little dizzy, and tried to stabilize his emotions, before he whispered: "The Yuan family asked me to help rescue Yang Xiu, the king of Shu who was imprisoned in the inner province." ”

Dugu Zhen and Dugu Liang glanced at each other again, and both of them showed shock in their eyes, this is valuable news, Dugu Zhen asked again: "What method is he going to use?" ”

Li Zhongliang lowered his voice and said: "Stealing beams and changing pillars, the Yuan family found a person who looked a little like Yang Xiu, and replaced the real Yang Xiu, anyway, Yang Xiu has been imprisoned for more than ten years, and his appearance has changed a lot, and ordinary people can't see it." ”

"When are they going to change?"

Li Zhongliang showed embarrassment on his face, and said for a while: "Actually, it was changed last night." ”

Dugu Zhen nodded, took out an envelope from the drawer, handed it to him, and said with a smile: "This is 50,000 mu of Shangtian, with a total of four manors, Gonggong Li, please smile." ”

Li Zhongliang was overjoyed, he took the envelope and stuffed it into his arms, got up and said, "I can't stay outside for a long time, so I will leave first, and if you need anything, just look for me." ”

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Li Zhongliang left, and Dugu Liang smiled slightly: "Why did the head of the family give him land, but not gold treasures and the like?" ”

Dugu Zhen sneered, "This kind of traitorous eunuch, it's not a pity to die, if you give him treasure gold, he will flee overseas, only if he gives him land, he can't take it, sooner or later it will still belong to me, if it is not for fear of scaring him, I am ready to give him 100,000 acres." ”

"The head of the family is clever!"

Dugu Liang praised and sighed again: "I didn't expect that the Yuan family was ready to support Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, I thought they would stand on their own directly." ”

"Only a fool will stand on his own, and setting up a puppet emperor is a wise strategy."

Dugu Zhen groaned, worried on his face, "But the Yuan family is moving quickly, we have to step up, and we can't delay any longer." ”

"Master, I still have some doubts."

Dugu Liang couldn't help but say: "Why is our Dugu family not self-reliant, we must support Li Yuan and make wedding dresses for others?" ”

Dugu Zhen smiled slightly: "When the last family meeting decided on this matter, I asked you, and you agreed, why do you regret it now?" ”

"I'm not repentant, it's just.... I was a little unwilling in my heart. ”

Dugu Zhen nodded, and said to him earnestly: "The last words left by your grandfather back then were never self-reliant, this is the family motto of the Dugu family, and only in this way can the Dugu family reproduce so far, it will be prosperous for a long time, it is not so easy to overthrow the Yang family, there is a great risk in this, if you don't do it well, you will destroy the nine clans, only behind the scenes can you get the greatest benefits, Li Yuan is the nephew of the Dugu family, if he ascends the throne, the Dugu family is the uncle of the country, and he can tilt the power of the government and the opposition, if he fails, it has nothing to do with Dugu, we will help another family, This is called "Instead of chicken and egg fighting, it is better to have one stone in hand". ”

Dugu Liang nodded silently, "Family master, I understand." ”

Dugu Zhen laughed, "It's good to understand, you go to the Li Mansion and find Li Shentong for me." ”

Dugu Liang was stunned, "What are you looking for him?" ”

"You! It's really confusing for a while. ”

Dugu Zhen shook his head and smiled: "Of course it's for his brother Li Yuan's business, there are some things he doesn't run, do you want me to run for him?" ”

"Is the head of the family talking about Yuwenshu?"

Dugu Zhen squinted and smiled: "Exactly!" ”

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