At noon, a goshawk circled a few times over Hedong City, and landed on a high tower, and an eagle slave had already waited for a long time, took off the letter on the eagle's leg, and ran directly to the military camp outside the city.

Yang Yuanqing had already finished meeting with the merchants, at this time he was talking with the soldiers in the military camp outside the city, a total of more than 300 soldiers gathered in one account, among them were ordinary soldiers, there were also low-level officers, these soldiers were randomly selected by Yang Yuanqing from the military book.

Yang Yuanqing came to inspect the army, not to investigate the case, not to find trouble with the high-ranking officials, that was the matter of the military discipline monitoring station, as a high-ranking person, he came to chat with the soldiers, listen to their hardships and troubles, talk to them about the future, and encourage morale, so the atmosphere in the big tent was warm and relaxed, laughter continued, and the high-ranking officials did not have any ideological baggage, but only sat aside to accompany them.

"Boss, there is no difficulty, but I can't see a woman all day long, and I panic!"

A young soldier shouted loudly, causing a burst of laughter, and an officer next to him slapped him on the scalp and scolded: "Your crotch is on fire, isn't it?" ”

Yang Yuanqing also laughed: "This brother is not married yet!" Fight hard, be rewarded for meritorious service, save up your money, don't spend it indiscriminately, go home and marry a daughter-in-law, won't everything be solved? ”

Everyone laughed again, and then a veteran who was sitting closer said cautiously: "Chief, I have a suggestion, I don't know if it will work?" ”

"You say!"

The veteran scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "I am from Mayi County, and sometimes I get some money and goods from the reward and want to bring them to my family." Because the money was too heavy, I was embarrassed to ask someone to take it back, so I pondered for a few days whether there could be a kind of Di store, which had branches in many places, for example, I kept the money in Hedong County Di Store. The shop gave me a voucher, and then I could take it home with the consignor. My lady used vouchers and code words to withdraw money in the Didian in my hometown, so it was very convenient, and I would rather pay a little money to the Didian. ”

The veteran's idea resonated with a lot of people. It is true that many people encounter this kind of trouble, that is, the money is too heavy and it is inconvenient to carry it with them.

Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, and the big tent was quiet again, and he smiled at the soldiers: "Isn't it time to establish post stations in all counties?" The post station is mainly to deliver letters, and soon there will be a money cabinet in each county, which is temporarily government-run, just to solve the problem you encounter, you save money in Hedong County, and tell the shopkeeper that you want to withdraw money in Mayi County. As long as you bring your voucher and password to the road, you can take out the money from another cash box in Mayi County, of course, you have to pay a little money to the cash box, but it is definitely not much. ”

Everyone was overjoyed and asked, "Chief." When will there be such a cash drawer? ”

"Ziwei Pavilion has been approved, undertaken by Taifu Temple, has begun to build, it is estimated that the first one will be opened in Taiyuan after the beginning of spring, and I ask that all counties and counties in Hedong have money cabinets within next year."

The news was absolutely shocking, and there was a lot of discussion in the big tent. At this time, a personal soldier whispered a few words in Yang Yuanqing's ear, Yang Yuanqing nodded, explained to Cui Pojun beside him, got up and went out.

Walking outside the tent, a personal soldier presented an eagle letter box, "Chief Qiqi, the information sent urgently by Chang'an." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, he was waiting for the news from Chang'an, he sent it yesterday, and he replied today, the Chang'an Intelligence Hall was very efficient, he took out the paper scroll, and there were only three words in it, 'Prince Department'.

Yang Yuanqing showed a meaningful smile on his face, this is the news he wants, the crown prince, he has long heard that there is a power struggle between the high-level leaders of the Tang Dynasty, maybe this incident he heard yesterday can add another fire to the power struggle between them.

Yang Yuanqing immediately took out a warrant that had been prepared a long time ago and handed it to his soldiers, "Immediately send this information to Chang'an with an eagle letter." ”……

The New Year is coming, every household in Chang'an City is full of lights, standing banners, lively and abnormal, the 26th day of the first month coincides with the day of the imperial court's holiday, the major wine shops are even more overcrowded, banquet guests, gather relatives and friends, business is particularly prosperous.

At noon, the Baisi wine shop in Pingkangfang was bustling and noisy, the three floors were full of guests, drinking and punching, laughing one after another, in front of a small table by the window on the second floor sat alone a drinker, about forty years old, with a thin face, with three strands of black beard, wearing a white brocade robe, wearing a black long gauze hat, the temperament was calm and elegant, this person's surname is Liu, called Liu Wenqi, is the brother of Nayan Liu Wenjing, the official worship and riding a regular attendant, he likes the wine and food of this Baisi wine shop very much, he will come to taste it every few days.

Today is the day of rest, so at noon he came, as usual, Liu Wenqi ordered a pot of peach wine, three or five light side dishes, he especially likes the braised Weihe carp made by this wine shop, it can be called a must, he slowly tasted the fresh and tender meat of the carp fished out of the ice from the Wei River in the morning, and drank a sip of wine, this is the best Dali peach wine, but also his favorite.

Liu Wenqi was very engrossed during the meal, rarely talked to people, and he turned a deaf ear to the noise around him, but the conversation on a wine table behind him attracted him.

"How is that possible? Sheng Yanshi shouldered the heavy responsibility of Pujin Pass, if he colluded with the Sui Dynasty, the consequences would be unimaginable, and I think it is impossible for the Holy Lord to hand over such an important position to a person with opposing intentions. ”

"Knowing people and knowing faces but not hearts, how do you know that he has no objections, will he say that he wants to surrender to the Sui Dynasty? Obviously, he won't say it, but what he did makes people suspicious, more than a month ago, he actually sent hundreds of baskets of mountain fruits to the defenders of the Sui Dynasty on the other side of the Yellow River, what do you mean by this? ”

"I don't think it's anything, it's normal, didn't Yanghu also send medicine to the other side of the land during the Three Kingdoms, could it be that Yanghu also lowered Wu's heart?"

"Nope! No! At this time and that time, it was Wei Qiang and Wu Weak at that time, of course it was impossible for Yanghu to descend to Wu, and now the Sui and Tang Dynasties are equal, and more importantly, Sheng Yanshi is not from Guanlong, so it is difficult to guarantee that he will not descend to Sui. ”

Liu Wenqi was secretly surprised in his heart, it turned out to be Sheng Yanshi, you must know that Sheng Yanshi was recommended by his brother Liu Wenjing to the crown prince, if Sheng Yanshi really voted for Sui, this would implicate his brother.

He hurriedly turned around, only to see two old men sitting behind him, drinking and talking about Sheng Yanshi, Liu Wenqi hurriedly got up, picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "The two old men are invited." ”

Seeing that he was polite and polite, the two old men couldn't help but feel good, and said with a smile: "Is there something wrong with this gentleman?" ”

"I'm sitting right behind you, just now I heard you talk about General Sheng Yanshi, I don't know where this news came from?"

An old man stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It seems that Mr. is not listening to the things outside the window, this matter has already been spread in Chang'an, it is said everywhere, we heard people talk about it in the morning, so let's talk here, we don't know who spread it, but it is very well-founded, so people have to believe it." ”

Liu Wenqi was even more surprised in his heart, this matter had spread all over Chang'an, and he couldn't care about continuing to eat and drink, thanked the two old men, settled the account again, and got up and left in a hurry......

A quarter of an hour later, Liu Wenqi rushed to the front of his brother Liu Wenjing's mansion, and he didn't need to report it, he went directly to the door and walked to his brother's study.

In the study, Liu Wenjing was writing an impeachment note in front of the desk, he wanted to impeach Pei Lin for concealing the military situation in Hedong and not reporting it, resulting in the annihilation of Li Shuliang's whole army, Li Shuliang died, he got a news yesterday that Yang Yuanqing had gone to Wenxi Pei's house before launching an attack on Li Shuliang, and Pei Lin was also Wenxi Pei's house at that time, at this time Pei Lin should immediately inform Li Shuliang and let them retreat, but Pei Lin did not do this, he even hid in Wenxi Pei's house, and did not leave quietly until the end of the war, Pei Lian's explanation at the time was that he was on a mission to persuade the Pei family to return to Tang, and he happened to escape the Sui army's attack on Li Shuliang's army, and obviously, he concealed the encounter with Yang Yuanqing at Wenxi Pei's house.

It was that defeat that finally forced the Tang army to withdraw from Hedong, and Pei Lin bore great responsibility.

Liu Wenjing finished writing the recital in one breath, put down the pen and read it again, the wording and tone were more satisfactory to him, at this time, there was a family report at the door, "Master, the second master is here." ”

It was Brother Wen who got up, Liu Wenjing put away the song and said with a smile: "Let him come in!" ”

After a while, Liu Wenqi walked into the study quickly and said anxiously: "Brother, something happened!" ”

Liu Wenjing frowned, and the smile on her face disappeared, "Don't worry, sit down and talk slowly, what's wrong?" ”

Liu Wen sat down, and recounted the news he heard in the wine shop in detail, and finally said anxiously: "I asked the shopkeeper of the wine shop about this matter later, and he confirmed to me that this matter has spread since yesterday, and many people in the wine shop are talking about it, brother, it's a bit bad!" ”

Liu Wenjing stood up and paced slowly in the room with his hands behind his back, he was also shocked in his heart, he knew Sheng Yanshi, this person was a Confucian general, and it was indeed possible to send hundreds of baskets of mountain fruits to the opposing defenders, but the question was, how could this matter spread in Chang'an? There must be someone secretly doing ghosts here, could it be Pei Lone?

Because Liu Wenjing was writing a note on the impeachment of Pei Lin just now, he instinctively thought of Pei Lian, Sheng Yanshi was recommended by him Liu Wenjing to the crown prince Jiancheng, and Jiancheng recommended him as the main general of Pujin Guan, if Pei Lin secretly spread the news, first of all, he Liu Wenjing recommended the wrong person, which will cause the saint to be dissatisfied with himself.

But the deeper meaning is that the saint is generous on the surface, but in fact he is extremely suspicious, no matter what motive Sheng Yanshi has for sending mountain fruits to the Sui army, the saint will never let him guard the Pujin Pass again, according to the current distribution of forces, the power of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, is in the west, and the power of the prince is in the east, if Sheng Yanshi is removed and replaced by Li Shimin's people, it will break the current power pattern, which is very bad!

The more Liu Wenjing thought about it, the more he felt that this was Pei Lian's doing, suppressing himself, fighting for the power of the crown prince for King Qin, a clever plan to kill two birds with one stone, Liu Wenjing finally couldn't bear the anxiety in his heart, and ordered in a loud voice: "Prepare the carriage, I want to go to the East Palace immediately." ”

He said to his brother, "Without further ado, I will report this to the prince at once!" ”