Yang Yuanqing's official residence in Jiuyuan County is located in the east of the county, covering an area of about ten acres, this area has beautiful scenery, green trees, the county government, the county government, the governor's office are all in this area, the officials' mansions are mostly in this vicinity, the surrounding environment is quiet, and the public security is excellent.

Jiang Peihua's carriage stopped in front of the mansion, Pei Minqiu, Zhang Chuchen, A Siduo and others who had been waiting in front of the gate all rushed up, Jiang Peihua got down from the carriage, and everyone hugged her one by one, although Jiang Peihua was very reserved, but at this time she couldn't hide her excitement when she reunited with them in a foreign land.

Yang Yuanqing rode a horse and looked at them from a short distance, there was an indescribable warmth in his heart, he felt that Chuchen's suggestion was correct, they should be taken to their own home, and they should not be allowed to live alone in the south.

Gao Gong also sighed slightly, glanced at Yang Yuanqing, as if he was talking to himself: "It's rare!" is willing to give up the identity of a princess and is willing to be a commoner. ”

At this time, Pei Minqiu stepped forward to salute Gao Gong, and asked Yang Yuanqing again, "Husband, don't you take the elder to go back to the house to rest together?" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Elder Ge wants to go to the chief military office first, and we will come back later." ”

"Alright! I'll take the princess back to the house to rest first. ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, he glanced at Jiang Peihua deeply, her elegant temperament reminded him of Yang Lihua again, Yang Yuanqing sighed lightly, and urged the horse to go to the chief manager's yamen.

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In the council hall of the governor's mansion, high-ranking officials came to pay respects to Gao Gong, and although Gao Gong had retired from officialdom for many years, his high prestige in the Great Sui Dynasty still made him highly respected.

After everyone retreated, Yang Yuanqing smiled and said: "Gao Ge Lao came just in time, I am thinking about who will be the chief examiner of this autumn examination, and Gao Lao is just going to hang this name." ”

Gao Gong smiled slightly: "It's no problem to put on a name, but aren't you worried about being known by the Holy Lord that I'm here with you?" ”

"What can I do if I know, I don't care about his attitude for a long time, the key is whether the elder himself is willing?"

"What do I don't want to do, and it's not for me to go to the tile and fall into the grass."

Gao Gong made a joke and said: "Speaking of Wagang, I just met a scholar in the wine shop, and he told me that Li Mi actually went to Wagang and fell into the grass, which was beyond my expectations, I thought he was not with Xuangan, he would come with you, and he actually fell into the grass!" ”

Gao Gong was obviously a little angry about Li Mi joining the bandits, a dignified descendant of the Eight Pillars Kingdom, he actually fell into the grass, it is estimated that he is also desperate, Gao Gong sighed.

Yang Yuanqing didn't think so, Li Mi joined Wagang out of ambition, and he couldn't afford to help Yang Xuan, so he wanted to compete in the world by himself, how could he come to take refuge in himself?

"What does Elder Ge think is the general trend of the world now?" Yang Yuanqing didn't want to talk too much about Li Mi, after all, Li Mi was too far away from him, and he wanted to hear Gao Gong's views on the situation.

Gao Gong didn't answer his question, and looked at Yang Yuanqing, "Yuanqing, tell me the truth, are you planning to rebel?" ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I have never considered rebellion, but if the Sui Dynasty is destroyed and the heroes compete for the world, I am willing to be one of them." ”

"But what if the Sui Dynasty doesn't perish?" Gao Gong continued to ask.

"Then I will be a divided feudal town, self-reliant and not anti-Sui." Yang Yuanqing's answer was also unambiguous.

Gao Gong sighed slightly, "In fact, there is still hope for the Great Sui, as long as Yang Guang abdicates, let the young emperor ascend the throne, implement benevolent government, lightly punish the meager endowment, and rest with the people, then the pot of boiling oil in the Great Sui will slowly calm down, and it will take ten years to work hard, and it will gradually restore the national strength in the Kaihuang period." ”

Yang Yuanqing found that Gao Gong may have left the officialdom for too long, or maybe he was too prejudiced against Yang Guang, he no longer saw the problem as he imagined, but was as simple as a child, and actually counted on the young emperor, the destruction of the Sui Dynasty, it was doomed in six years after the opening of the emperor, if it were not for Yang Guang's authority and imperial prestige support, the Great Sui Dynasty would have perished long ago, and the young emperor would have died faster when he ascended the throne.

At this moment, Yang Yuanqing felt bored, Gao Gong made him a little disappointed, too idealistic, which made Yang Yuanqing think of a sentence, Lian is quite old, can he still eat? Gao Gong is really old.

Regret in his heart, the smile on Yang Yuanqing's face also became a little bitter, and he tried his best to remain polite and not let Gao Gong see his disappointment.

Gao Gong's eyes were dizzy, and he didn't see the disappointment in Yang Yuanqing's eyes, he still said with great interest: "Yuanqing, you are the right way to hold the imperial examination, but you should also respect Confucianism, the first emperor just refused to respect Confucianism, and gradually lost the hearts of scholars, if you respect Confucianism and then publicize it widely, you can win the hearts of scholars." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, this suggestion is very good, he can accept it, pondered for a moment, Yang Yuanqing asked again: "Ge Lao, I still have something I want to ask, I hold the imperial examination, will this conflict with the Jiupin Zhongzheng system respected by the Shandong scholars, so as to lose the support of the Shandong scholars?" ”

Gao Gong said with a smile: "This is the fundamental purpose of you don't understand the imperial examination system, in fact, the imperial examination system is still my suggestion to the first emperor, which is to break the control of the gate valve family over the local power, and return the appointment and dismissal power of local officials to the imperial court, implement the imperial examination system, and let the world's scholars become protégés of the Son of Heaven.

But have you thought about it, the advantages of education are still concentrated in the gate valve, a large number of talents are still from the gate valve clan, unless the children of the poor family are particularly excellent, there is a glimmer of opportunity, such people can only be rare, in fact, even if the imperial examination is implemented, it is still the world of the gate valve clan, why do the scholars dislike the imperial examination system? ”

Gao Gong's words made Yang Yuanqing think deeply, paused, and Gao Gong said again: "The reason why the Shandong scholars are disgusted with the Sui Dynasty is that the root of the rejection of the Shandong scholars by the Guanlong nobles, the five surnames and seven wangs in the world, the Boling Cui family, the Qinghe Cui family, the Fanyang Lu family, the Longxi Li family, the Zhaojun Li family, the Xingyang Zheng family, the Taiyuan Wang family, and how many senior officials are in the Great Sui?" However, Wenxi Pei's family, Bohai Gao family, Hongnong Yang family, Jingzhao Wei family, these sub-surname families were reused, and there were also some southern scholars, although Yang Guang had been fighting against the Guanlong nobles, but he hit the Shandong scholars too hard when he was leveling Yang Liang, so the Shandong scholars did not accept his affection. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Gong persuaded Yang Yuanqing with a serious tone: "Although you have the support of the Shandong Shi clan, you can't completely rely on the Shandong Shi clan, you must cultivate another power group while reusing the Shandong Shi clan, so that they can compete with the Shandong Shi clan, so that you will not go back to the old path of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and only using the Guanlong nobles." ”

Gao Gong's persuasion made Yang Yuanqing wake up, he was also deeply ashamed of the contempt for Gao Gong just now, although Gao Gong was obsessed with the revival of the Sui Dynasty and could not see through the general trend of the world, but he had rich experience in governing the country, and he could give himself clever advice.

They chatted a few more words, and at this time, a personal soldier said at the door: "Chief, Wei asked for an audience and said that there is something important." ”

"Let him in!"

After a while, Wei Zheng walked into the council hall and gave Yang Yuanqing a deep salute, "See the chief manager!" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled and introduced Gao Gong to him, "Master Wei, this is my famous minister Gao Ge Lao. ”

Wei Zheng was in awe, and hurriedly saluted Gao Gong, "Junior Wei Zheng see Gao Xiangguo!" ”

Being widely respected, Gao Gong was naturally very happy, he stroked his beard and smiled: "You're welcome, you guys talk about business, I'll rest next to me for a while." ”

Yang Yuanqing asked Wei Zheng again, "But the matter of minting money has an eyebrow?" ”

Wei Zheng couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, "That's right. ”

He took out a small iron box from his arms, opened it, and took out three coins from it and put them on the table, "Boss, please look!" ”

It's only been half a month, and Wei Zheng has made five plants? Yang Yuanqing picked up three new coins and looked at them carefully for a while, these three five-plant coins were exquisitely cast, exactly the same as the copper coins circulating during the Kaihuang period, the words 'five baht' were slender and neat, and the strokes were slightly thick, but they still did not lose the exquisite and beautiful style.

He immediately ordered his own soldiers, "Invite Changshi and Sima to come!" ”

Gao Gong next to him was a little strange, "Yuanqing, do you want to mint money?" ”

Yang Yuanqing explained with a smile: "Now the market is chaotic, private money, rotten money rampant, even cloth money has appeared, the impact on Fengzhou is great, the soldiers also have a lot of complaints, just when we found the copper mine, we decided to mint money by ourselves, and drive the private money and rotten money out of Fengzhou." ”

Gao Gong nodded, and then said no more, at this time, Du Ruhui, Li Jing and others all walked in, Yang Yuanqing smiled at everyone: "Let's take a look at the new money minted by our Wei Qiancheng." ”

Everyone was looking forward to the new money for a long time, and when they heard that the new money was minted, they all gathered around, and each looked at it carefully for a while, Li Jing smiled and said: "Who has the money to open the emperor's five plants, we can compare it." ”

A sentence reminded everyone, and everyone touched themselves one after another, but they didn't have a penny, and Gao Gong next to him smiled and said, "I have one!" ”

He slowly took out a copper coin worn with gold thread from his pocket, put it on the table and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, my coin is the first five-plant coin of the Great Sui, and the first emperor gave it to me as a souvenir." ”

Everyone laughed, Yang Yuanqing put the two first five-baht coins together, except for the difference between the old and the new, the two coins were almost identical, and they couldn't tell the difference, which showed Wei Zheng's meticulous work.

Yang Yuanqing nodded, and asked Wei Zheng again, "How much can be minted in a year?" ”

Wei Zheng thought for a while and said: "According to our current manpower, we can cast more than 300,000 hangs a year, with an average of about 30,000 hangers. ”

Yang Yuanqing frowned, "It's still not enough, I'll increase the manpower tenfold, and I will make at least three million hangs a year." ”

Yang Yuanqing turned back to Zhang Ting and said: "You are fully responsible for the matter of minting money, and I will use Wei Envoy Jun for other purposes." ”

"Obedience!"

Gao Gong next to him was a little stunned, Yang Yuanqing wanted to mint so much money, just for Fengzhou?