"General Yuwen, Yuwen Zhuguo, you save the lower official, save the lower official, you know this matter, you know, you can testify for the lower official! Yuwen Zhuguo, the lower officials beg you-! ”

If there is anything that can be found from General Yuwenshu with a lantern, it is that General Yuwen has at least done practical things after receiving money, and has never done any immoral deeds that only collect money and do nothing--this is also much stronger than many excellent public servants. In addition, it was Su Shichang, who had a grudge against General Yuwen, who came forward to shoot the black gun this time, which also became an important reason for General Yuwen to intervene.

In view of these two points, General Yuwen, who knew that Yun Da Shaoqing was indeed innocent, only hesitated slightly, quickly gritted his teeth and made up his mind, stood up and bowed his hand to Emperor Yang of Sui and said: "Shengshang, regarding Yun Dingxing Yun Shaoqing's acceptance of Chen Yingliang's gifts, Wei Chen knows, Wei Chen can testify, Yun Shaoqing does not have any unsubdued actions to rescue the criminal Gao Shilian. ”

There was an uproar in the Manchu Dynasty, and Emperor Yang of Sui asked in surprise: "How did Aiqing know about this?" ”

"Because on the same day, Yun Shaoqing transferred those gifts to Weichen again." Yu Wenshu stubbornly said: "On the day of the incident, when Wechen was leaving the imperial city and going home, he met Yun Dingxing by chance, and he transferred those gifts to Wechen intact, and explained that they were gifts from his colleagues. At that time, Yun Dingxing did not plead with Wei Chen for anything, let alone mention a word about the criminal Gao Shilian, Wei Chen believes that this is enough to prove that Yun Dingxing did not have any intention of exonerating Gao Shilian. ”

Yu Wenshu didn't say it too clearly, but Emperor Yang of Sui understood what his favored ministers meant-if Yun Dingxing really planned to exonerate Gao Shilian, that time would undoubtedly be the best opportunity, but Yun Dingxing didn't mention this matter at all, which was enough to prove that Yun Dingxing really didn't plan to get involved with Gao Shilian. In addition, with Yunda Shaoqing's character, if he really accepted Chen Yingliang's bribe to speak for Gao Shilian, he would have to at least deduct half of Chen Yingliang's bribe, and it would never be possible to transfer it to Yuwenshu as it was, and he would not make any requests to Yuwenshu.

"What the hell is going on in this ......?" Of course, Li Yuan also understood Yuwenshu's voice, but it was precisely because he understood that Li Yuan was even more dumbfounded and dazed, "Those jewels were all given to Yun Dingxing by Chen Yingliang's boy, and Yun Dingxing gave those jewels to Yuwenshu, and they didn't mention a word about Gao Shilian to each other?" So how did Chen Yingliang save Gao Shilian? ”

Emperor Yang of Sui was also a little confused, and asked Yuwen Shu suspiciously: "Yuwen Aiqing, Yun Dingxing really didn't mention Gao Shilian to you?" ”

"Saintly, there really isn't." Yuwen Shu replied truthfully, and then put gold on his face, and said: "If Yun Shaoqing really mentioned this matter to Weichen, Weichen would definitely refuse, but Yun Shaoqing did not mention this matter, and the gift to Weichen also showed that it was just a mutual gift between colleagues, and he did not make any requests to Weichen, so Weichen reluctantly gave birth to his gift for the sake of friendship." ”

Emperor Yang of Sui was a little dazed, and after thinking for a moment in confusion, Emperor Yang of Sui turned to Su Shichang, the prostigator of this matter, and asked: "Su Shichang, you said that Chen Yingliang bribed the courtiers to exonerate Gao Shilian, and now the court officials who accepted Chen Yingliang have been found, but they all do not admit that Chen Yingliang has acted to exonerate Gao Shilian, what do you have to say now?" ”

"Micro ......, micro minister ......." In fact, the most dumbfounded person was Su Shichang, who stood up to be a gunman for others, and he didn't know how to answer, so he had to answer vaguely: "Weichen just heard about this matter, and played it truthfully, the specific situation is not clear, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." ”

"Su Beijia, that's not right, right?" Chen Yingliang's distant uncle, Pei Junaken, missed this opportunity to beat the water dog, and immediately took over with a smile and asked, "Su Beijia, didn't you already make a list of Chen Yingliang's gifts in the impeachment of Chen Yingliang?" Su Beijia can even find out the details of what the gift is, and it can be said that the specific situation is not clear? ”

In the cold weather, Su Shichang's forehead was faintly oozing sweat, and Ai Ai said: "I, I am the wind news, the wind has heard about this." ”

"Dare to ask Su Beijia, where did you hear about this? Who heard about it? Pei Ju asked unceremoniously.

Su Shichang was speechless, and Emperor Yang of Sui's face became even more ugly, vaguely understanding that there must be a story behind this matter - after all, the throne of Emperor Yang of Sui was snatched from his brother by a cruel ********, and he was very familiar with these methods of framing and beating black guns, Su Shichang could clearly explain the details of Chen Yingliang's bribery gifts, but he did not dare to explain the source, Emperor Yang of Sui could naturally guess that there must be something strange behind it.

Fortunately, Su Shichang also has thick thighs to hold in the court, seeing that Emperor Yang of Sui's face is getting more and more ugly, Feng Deyi behind Su Shichang hesitated for a moment, then he also stood up and said to Emperor Yang of Sui: "Shengshang, I don't know if you think there is one thing that you think is strange, Chen Yingliang has just entered the official career, and he has only known Yun Dingxing and Yun Shaoqing for a few days, for no reason, why do you want to give such a generous gift to Yun Dingxing?" This matter is too strange, and I ask Your Majesty to investigate. ”

Before Feng Deyi's words were finished, Pei Ju and Pei Yun's eyes had already turned to Jin Ziguanglu's doctor Yu Shiji together-because Feng Deyi was Yu Shiji's person on the bright side. Yu Shiji, who was even more innocent, was speechless, not only understanding why his henchmen Feng Deyi and Su Shichang would target Chen Yingliang, but also had no chance to show his innocence to the Pei family brothers, so he could only secretly call bad luck in his heart, knowing that the Pei family brothers would definitely hate themselves this time. However, Yu Shiji has always been at odds with the Pei family brothers, and there are too many lice to itch, so he is not too afraid of this.

The ball was kicked back in front of Chen Yingliang, fortunately, Chen Yingliang had already prepared for this problem, and hurriedly saluted and said: "Your Majesty, Wechen gave Yun Shaoqing these gifts to ask for him, but Wechen was by no means to exonerate Gao Shilian, Wechen just borrowed a few craftsmen from Yun Shaoqing and asked him to arrange a few craftsmen who were not worthy to assist Wechen, and there was nothing else to ask for." ”

"Just to borrow a few craftsmen?"

Emperor Yang of Sui was even more surprised, and hurriedly turned his gaze to Yun Dingxing, Yun Dingxing also hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, it's true, Chen Yingliang just borrowed a few craftsmen from Weichen, and Weichen arranged a few craftsmen who were not worthy of his value to assist him. ”

"What are you borrowing craftsmen for?" Emperor Yang of Sui turned to Chen Yingliang even more confusedly and asked.

Finally it was Pei Yun's turn to appear, seeing that the fire had arrived, and the foreplay had already exceeded the preparations, Pei Yun immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen knows about this matter, Chen Yingliang borrowed the craftsman to make a strange thing, and gave this strange thing to Weichen, but Chen Yingliang gave Weichen this strange thing, just to show filial piety to Weichen, and did not have any action to beg Weichen to exonerate Gao Shilian. ”

"Why did Pei Yun jump out and take care of things by himself?" Li Yuan was taken aback, and felt more and more that this matter was not good.

"What the hell is going on?" Emperor Yang of Sui was even more confused, and asked Pei Yun: "Pei Aiqing, what is the specific situation, let's talk about it carefully." ”

"Yes." Pei Yun respectfully agreed, and said even more respectfully: "Saint, before Wechen reports to you, I also ask the Sage to be gracious and allow Wechen to ask Su Beijia a few questions first." ”

With the permission of the bewildered Emperor Yang of Sui, Pei Yun, who was a bystander, immediately turned to Su Shichang and asked with a smile: "Su Beijia, you can find out the list of gifts that Chen Yingliang bribed the courtiers, so it should be easier for you to find out who Chen Yingliang gave the gift to, right?" In this case, why don't you publicly name the person who took the bribe? After learning that Chen Yingliang gave those gifts to Yun Shaoqing, why were you so surprised? ”

Su Shichang's mouth was tightly closed, his heart was dazed, and Pei Yun suddenly asked: "Su Beijia, you also know about Chen Yingliang's visit to my house yesterday, right?" ”

Su Shichang nodded subconsciously, then came back to his senses suddenly, quickly shook his head desperately, and flatly denied: "I don't know, I don't know." ”

"Su don't drive, stop acting." Pei Yun said with a smile: "You are obviously participating in Chen Yingliang, but in fact it is me, you know that Chen Yingliang went to my house yesterday to give a gift, and he didn't want to directly name my name, so he simply pointed out the content of the gift, so that Chen Yingliang was undeniable and was forced to confess to me, right?" ”

The sweat stains on Su Shichang's forehead became even more obvious, and he said stubbornly: "Doctor Pei misunderstood, the lower officials have no such intention, absolutely no such intention." ”

"Absolutely not?" Pei Yun smiled and said: "Okay, whether Su Beijia really has this intention, put it aside for now, the official can now clearly tell you that Chen Yingliang went to my house yesterday afternoon and also gave me a gift, but I only accepted half of that gift, and scolded him, and asked him to leave the remaining half of the gift at home, so that the official can invite the Holy Lord to come to Chen Yingliang's home today and witness the production process of this strange thing." ”

Su Shichang looked up in surprise, Emperor Yang of Sui and other civil and military officials were also taken aback, and then Emperor Yang of Sui hurriedly asked: "What does Pei Aiqing mean by this, what kind of strange thing can you invite me to come to Chen Yingliang's house and witness the production process with your own eyes?" ”

"Your Majesty, because of this strange thing, it can make the fortunes of the Great Sui more prosperous!" Pei Yun was shocked, and he kicked Chen Yingliang in public, and said: "But this little guy has eyes and no beads, and he is a violent thing, and he actually treats this strange thing as an ordinary plaything, the way to make money, and he gives this strange thing to Weichen with a copper mouth." Wei Chen was furious, so he kicked him out of the house and ordered him to prepare so that the lower officials could invite His Majesty to come and witness the magic of this strange object and the process of making it. ”

Kicked his unfilial nephew again, Pei Yun took out a piece of music from his sleeve, held it with both hands and said to Emperor Yang of Sui, who was already dizzy: "Your Majesty, about the origin and magic of this strange thing, Weichen has already written a chapter, please take a look." ”

Emperor Yang of Sui opened his mouth, and the eunuch in the palace immediately stepped forward and presented Pei Yun's recital to Emperor Yang of Sui, Emperor Yang of Sui couldn't wait to take it and open it to watch, and after a cursory look, Emperor Yang of Sui looked horrified, and looked at it carefully, Emperor Yang of Sui couldn't help but tremble all over, and suddenly yelled and asked: "Pei Aiqing, where is this strange thing?" Come to the temple! ”

Pei Yun was already holding back his strength to make a big fortune today, of course the strange things he said had been brought, after explaining a few words to the guards in the palace, the guards immediately rushed out of the hall, and in a moment, a small package was presented to the palace, and everyone in the hall looked at them in amazement, Pei Yun opened the package with his own hands and took out a luxurious silk dress from it, the clothes were exquisite but not rare, the strange was very thick, and I didn't know what was packed in the middle.

In the inexplicable gaze of the ministers, Emperor Yang of Sui actually kicked away the eunuch who was about to transfer the silk robe, walked down the hall quickly, took the silk robe with his own hands to take a closer look, and checked the weight with his own hands, and then suddenly shouted: "Pei Aiqing, wait for me to change my clothes, I want to try it myself!" ”

"Wechen obeys."

Pei Yun happily agreed, and hurriedly waited for Emperor Yang of Sui to take off the dragon robe on his body, and took off the fur fur worn by Emperor Yang of Sui, and then Emperor Yang of Sui couldn't wait to put on the thick silk coat, and after feeling the feeling of dressing, Emperor Yang of Sui immediately laughed out loud and said, "Warm!" Sure enough, it's as warm as wearing a fur coat! Pei Aiqing, this dress is really made of white stacked flowers in the garden? ”

"Your Majesty, it's true." Pei Yun replied respectfully: "Weichen's unfilial nephew Chen Yingliang learned from overseas books that the white stacked flower is called cotton overseas, and it can be made into warm clothes through a special process, and the warmth effect is no less than that of any leather clothes, and it is called cotton clothes overseas. Then Chen Yingliang, in order to please Weichen, borrowed a few craftsmen from Yun Shaoqing to make this cotton coat and gave it to Weichen. ”

"Tyrannical Creatures!" Emperor Yang of Sui suddenly roared, and then shouted: "Spread the decree, drive out of the palace, Chen Yingliang, show me the way to your house, I want to see with my own eyes how this cotton coat is made!" ”

Chen Yingliang hurriedly saluted and agreed, and then in the eyes of the ministers, Emperor Yang of Sui really immediately drove out of the palace, leading hundreds of civil and military officials and a large group of honor guards to kill Yiyangfang, during which Emperor Yang of Sui was simply reluctant to take off the cotton robe, and directly put on the dragon robe on the cotton coat. At the same time, Li Yuan, Feng Deyi, Su Shichang and others were confused and dazed, and they didn't understand what was going on, so they could only drive out of the palace and rush to Yiyangfang to check the situation.

Of course, Emperor Yang of Sui entered Yiyangfang, which was only a medium status in Daxing, for the first time, but Emperor Yang of Sui didn't have much heart to enjoy the scenery, just arrived at the door of Chen Yingliang's house, and immediately stepped down from the imperial chariot, and ordered Chen Yingliang to lead the way straight to the backyard workshop, and the trembling Chen Laosan led the family to kneel outside the door to greet him, but Emperor Yang of Sui didn't even bother to take a look.

Under the personal order of Emperor Yang of Sui, Chen Yingliang borrowed ten craftsmen from Yun Dingxing to perform their duties, and demonstrated to Emperor Yang of Sui how to use simple tools to extract cotton fibers, how to use wooden grinding discs to press fibers into sheets, fix them on the line, and then how to make cotton clothes. After Chen Yingliang told Emperor Yang of the use of quilts and pillows, Emperor Yang of Sui was overjoyed and ordered someone to immediately take a couch, and tested the feeling of covering quilts and sleeping on cotton pillows on the spot, and praised them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't be scared." Covered with a quilt, Emperor Yang of Sui pointed to the cotton clothes that had just been made, and said with a smile: "Try them all on, try them all, I have put on the cotton clothes, and the dragon body has always been very comfortable, and it feels warmer than wearing a fur coat, and there is no smell of the fur fur itching." It is not that the craftsmen of the Sui Dynasty are not strong, but that there is no degreasing process of fur at that time.

With the permission of Emperor Yang of Sui, the civil and military officials, who had already been extremely curious, of course, couldn't wait to take turns trying on cotton clothes, but after putting on cotton clothes on a cold day, everyone found that it was indeed warm and abnormal, at least not under the only effective cold coat in this era, compared to the reed (reed) clothes worn by the people, it was more than ten times stronger. But even so, most of the civil and military officials present were still very confused, at least the right prime minister Su Wei was like this, and couldn't help but ask Emperor Yang of Sui: "Your Majesty, the cold protection effect of this thing is really good, but what's the use of this?" Isn't wearing a fur coat also able to keep out the cold? ”

"Old fool!" Emperor Yang of Sui suddenly became angry and shouted: "You are still a scholar, why don't you even have a brain?" I ask you, how many sheep's full skins are needed for a fur coat, made of common sheepskins? ”

"You need at least two sheep with their whole skins." Su Wei was very clear about this, and replied honestly: "If the sheep are small, maybe three more." ”

"So how many sheep can be raised in one acre of land?" Emperor Yang of Sui asked.

"It's ......." Su Wei was a little dumbfounded, and replied hesitantly: "The old minister doesn't know very well, but if you want to come to an acre of land, you probably have to raise one or two sheep at most." ”

"Good." Emperor Yang of Sui nodded, sat up from the couch and said: "Okay, even if one acre of land can raise two sheep, and the fur of two sheep can be made into a warm coat, it is equivalent to one acre of land can produce a cold coat - then Su Aiqing, do you know how many white stacked flowers can be produced in one acre of land?" How many cotton clothes can be made that can also keep out the cold? ”

"It's ......." Su Wei had nothing to say at all, so he had to ask for sin: "Your Majesty, forgive me, the old minister saw cotton clothes for the first time, but I really don't know." ”

"Pei Aiqing, sue him." Emperor Yang of Sui instructed Pei Yun next to him.

"Wechen obeys." Pei Yun respectfully agreed, turned to Su Wei again, and said loudly: "Su Youcheng, the output of white stacks overseas is at least more than 60 catties per acre, and to make a cotton coat, the maximum cost of white stacks is only four catties, which means that an acre of land can produce at least fifteen pieces of warm cotton clothes, which is fifteen times that of sheep winter clothes!" ”

Glancing at Su Wei, who was stammering, Pei Yun smiled again and said: "In addition, an acre of land used to grow grain can produce about one stone of grain, which is worth more than four thousand yuan at the current market price - and at the current market price, a robe is worth at least three thousand yuan!" How much can fifteen pieces of cotton clothes be converted into, Su Xiang, please calculate it yourself. ”

The audience was silent, and the audience was shocked, and Li Yuan, who happened to be trying on cotton clothes, stood on the spot -- because Li Yuan had already understood the economic and military value of cotton. After a long time, Yu Wenshu, a large landlord who could be counted in the whole world, suddenly shouted and asked Pei Yun, "Doctor Pei, are you really joking?" An acre of land can grow more than 60 catties of white stacked flowers? ”

"Yuwen Zhuguo, it's true." Chen Yingliang took over the topic and said tremblingly: "In fact, Xiaguan has also made several discounts, as far as Xiaguan knows, overseas, there is a record of hundreds of catties of white stacks of one acre of real estate!" ”

Yu Wenshu opened his mouth and stammered, and only after a while did he say in ecstasy: "In this way, planting white stacks is at least ten times stronger than growing grain?" I have planted a lot of this stuff in my garden! ”

"A mouth full of copper stench! It's only going to focus on small profits, you know? ”

Emperor Yang of Sui opened his mouth to scold, and said excitedly: "Ladies and gentlemen, you can think about it, if our Great Sui has enough cotton clothes, how many troops can be stationed on the northern border?" ”

"When I conquered Goguryeo, Turkic, and Khitan, did I need to deliberately avoid the bitter cold weather of winter?"

"After I took the bitter cold land in the northeast, do I still have to worry that I can't garrison the people, and I can't effectively control the northeast land, and give those barbarian thieves who don't obey the king a chance to make a comeback?"

"The grassland battlefield north of the Great Wall, the bitter cold land of the northwest desert, and the Tubo battlefield covered with snow all year round, do I still need to worry about not being able to use troops in winter?!"

"Why didn't I get it sooner?" Speaking excitedly, Emperor Yang of Sui looked up to the sky and sighed, "If I got cotton clothes early and conquered Goguryeo twice, why would I return in vain?" If I had gotten this thing earlier, how could there be a song in the world called "Death in the Waves of Liaodong"?! ”