Emperor Yang of Sui is not a person who likes to regret with emotion, this time in Chen Yingliang's home, he was able to sigh in front of so many civil and military officials, and even the words of the song "Death of the Waves of Liaodong without Direction" in the world can be said, the key reason is that Pei Yun has introduced the importance of cotton as clearly as possible in the recital, and the main reason is that Emperor Yang of Sui himself is eloquent and intelligent.

As a famous tyrant who likes to cause trouble all day long, and initiates foreign wars at every turn, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty can understand the economic and military value of cotton almost intuitively, with cheap and high-yield cotton made of warm clothes, then the Central Plains regime does not have to be restricted by climate and temperature when launching a war against the northern barbarians, even in the winter when dripping into ice, the Central Plains army can also rely on the advantage of sufficient cotton clothes to maximize the numerical advantage of manpower and material resources, so as not to worry about the lack of cold clothes, It is not possible to devote too many troops to the cold battlefields of the north. At the same time, it can also save a large amount of livestock fur, which can be used to make military tent yurts, which are equally important for winter operations, to ensure that the army can launch military operations on a larger scale in winter.

More importantly, it is not difficult to defeat the sparsely populated northern nomadic fishing and hunting people with the advantages of manpower and material resources of the Central Plains people, and it is quite easy to seize the sparsely populated northern land. In this way, we can achieve long-term and strong control over the northern land, and truly open up the territory and expand the territory! Instead of fighting away the nomads who invaded the south, it was a waste of hard work!

The more he understood the importance of cotton, the more excited Emperor Yang of Sui became, and after sighing, Emperor Yang of Sui immediately shouted to Pei Yun and asked: "Pei Aiqing, where did this flower of white stacks come from to the Central Plains?" Where can I collect a large number of white stacked seeds? ”

"It's ......." Pei Yun was a little dumbfounded, so he could only turn his gaze to Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang hurriedly attached to Pei Yun's ear and muttered in a low voice, Pei Yun then played to Emperor Yang of Sui: "Your Majesty, there are two places where the white stacked flowers come from, one is Gaochang and Dashi in the Western Regions, and the other is Tianzhu in the southwest. According to reliable books, the territory of Gaochang is very rich in white stacks, but the local people do not know how to process white stacks into warm cotton clothes, let alone understand the other added value of white stacks, so the local white stacks are made of wild, and His Majesty only needs to allocate a little money and grain, you can buy a large number of white stacks and their seeds from Gaochang country. ”

"Does the white stack have any other added value?" Emperor Yang of Sui asked curiously, "What else is the value?" Let's take it into detail. ”

In front of too many people, Pei Yun was a little embarrassed to be a microphone this time, so he simply asked Chen Yingliang to answer, and Chen Yingliang replied truthfully: "On the sage, Weichen learned from overseas books that white stacked flowers can also be spun into silk threads, and then spun into cloth, and clothes made of this cloth are not only as strong as linen, but also more comfortable to wear. In addition, the seeds of white stacked flowers can also be squeezed for oil, instead of vegetable oil or lamp oil, oil residue and bean dregs are the same, can be used as war horses or six animal feeding accessories. ”

"White stacks can also spin thread?" Emperor Yang of Sui was overjoyed again, and when he turned his eyes to look at Chen Yingliang's temporary workshop, he asked again: "Then why don't you see Bai Diezi spinning thread here?" ”

"Your Majesty forgives the sin, because Weichen only knows that Bai Diezi can spin thread, and doesn't know how to weave into thread, so he has not prepared." Chen Yingliang replied truthfully embarrassedly, and then hurriedly said: "But Weichen can be sure that Bai Diezi can definitely be woven into threads, and His Majesty only needs to give a will to Shaofu, so that the skilled craftsmen of Shaofu Supervisor can brainstorm and study skills, and I believe that they will soon find a way to weave Bai Diezi into threads." ”

"Good." Emperor Yang of Sui nodded in satisfaction, then turned to Yun Dingxing, who was standing behind Yuwenshu, and ordered: "Yun Aiqing, this matter will be handed over to you to supervise, try your best to find a way to spin thread with white stacks, and after the matter is completed, I will have my own reward." ”

Yun Dingxing, who was almost dragged into the water by Chen Yingliang, hurriedly agreed, nodded and took the will, and Emperor Yang of Sui turned to Pei Ju again and ordered: "Pei Aiqing, the matter of buying Bai Diezi from Gaochang will be handed over to you." Remember, the more the merrier, especially the seeds, and in the coming year you arrange some land trials and then report the results to me. ”

Imported cotton has a lot of oil and water to fish, and the seeds introduced can also be given priority to cheap for their own families. Then, Emperor Yang of Sui turned his gaze to Pei Yun again, and said with a smile: "Pei Yun Aiqing, you have a discerning eye, and you can actually find the important value of the white stacked flower to my Great Sui from just a few words, and immediately play it to me, be loyal to me, and do your best for the state affairs of the Great Sui, I am very relieved, I am very relieved!" ”

"Xie Majesty praises, this is Wei Chen's duty." Pei Yun was pretending to be modest, but he was quietly relieved in his heart, knowing that he could finally get out of the shadow brought by his unfilial son Pei Shuang from rebellion.

"Aiqing doesn't have to be humble, he must be rewarded for his merits, otherwise how can he inspire future generations to serve me?" Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was as generous as ever in dealing with meritorious heroes, and immediately ordered: "Spread the decree, the imperial historian Pei Yun is diligent in state affairs, and he has meritorious service in offering cold cotton clothes, and he will immediately be crowned with the silver Qingguanglu doctor, and still receive the imperial historian's affairs, and give 300 colored silk horses and fifteen slaves." ”

Bai chose a position of three products, Pei Yun, who had only been from the third grade before, was of course overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked him, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Bai Diezi can be made into the first cotton coat of my Great Sui, all of which are handled by Chen Yingliang, the right deputy of the prince, although his vision is insufficient, but he is not without merit, and the micro minister is courageous, and please reward him appropriately." ”

Emperor Yang of Sui smiled and turned his gaze to Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang hurriedly bowed, and said more respectfully: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen is only thin and shallow, but he doesn't know that this thing is very important to my Great Sui, and he almost destroyed the heavenly things and abandoned the jewels in the rubble, which is really shameless to be rewarded." Moreover, if it weren't for Yun Shaoqing's assistance, and he personally made a cotton bamboo bow for Wei Chen, Wei Chen really didn't know when he would be able to make cotton clothes, and Yun Shaoqing contributed the most in this matter, so Wei Chen was brave and wanted to ask His Majesty to turn into a reward for Yun Shaoqing. ”

Yun Da Shaoqing's old face suddenly smiled into a chrysanthemum, and his resentment against Chen Yingliang was suddenly swept away, and he quickly knelt down with fake modesty, and returned the credit to Chen Yingliang. Emperor Yang of Sui laughed loudly when he saw it, and said: "I am used to seeing people who compete for merit, and I really rarely see this mutual humility and merit." Well, the two Aiqing don't have to be humble to each other, they are all meritorious, Chen Aiqing has merit in making treasures, and Yun Aiqing has meritorious contributions in assisting in treasure making, and they each reward 100 horses for reward. ”

Yun Da Shaoqing and Chen Yingliang were overjoyed together, and they were busy thanking the chief, but before the matter was over, Pei Yun took the opportunity to bow his hand to Emperor Yang of Sui and said: "Your Majesty, Si Li Bei drove Su Shichang to impeach Chen Yingliang for bribing court officials, now that the truth has been ascertained, should we investigate it below, why did Su Shichang insist that Chen Yingliang was a criminal Gao Shilian exonerated from the crime?" Is it a deliberate false accusation and personal revenge? Or is it instructed by someone else to have other plans? Weichen asked His Majesty to investigate to the end, thinking that the latecomer would ring. ”

Pei Yun said this not just to seek justice for his distant nephew, Pei Yun had already noticed that Su Shichang was impeaching Chen Yingliang on the surface, but the real spearhead was pointed at himself, if it weren't for some mistakes, Chen Yingliang, who was secretly running around for Gao Shilian, would probably have dragged himself into the water. Under the secret anger of the innocent lying gun, Pei Yun certainly would not miss the great opportunity to beat the water dog to take revenge.

Emperor Yang of Sui's gaze turned back to Su Shichang, and there was no longer a smile in his eyes, only cold and sharp. Being stared at like this, even in the cold weather, Su Shichang's forehead was still sweating, and he wanted to peek at Li Yuan and Feng Deyi several times, but he forcibly held back - Su Shichang knew very well that if he didn't bite out Li Yuan and Feng Deyi, he might still have hope of life, but if he bit out Li Yuan and Feng Deyi, he would definitely die and couldn't die anymore.

With no other choice, Su Shichang had no choice but to honestly avoid the important and take it lightly, and replied: "Weichen has heard that there is a mistake in impeachment, please forgive your majesty." ”

"Master Su is really good at avoiding the important and trivial, and he is also very good at taking advantage of the loopholes of the national law, knowing that even if the impeachment is wrong, it is not guilty." Pei Yun immediately took over the conversation and said with a smile: "It's a pity, if Lord Su, you just impeached Chen Yingliang for bribing court officials, then it can be regarded as a rumor, but you pointed out the content of Chen Yingliang's bribe, this is not a rumor, but a real performance-since it is a real performance, then I would like to ask Master Su, where did Chen Yingliang's crime of being a criminal Gao Shilian come from?" ”

Also like to beat the water dog is Yu Wenshu, the two sons were demoted to slaves because of Su Shichang's impeachment, Yu Wenshu and Su Shichang already had a big enmity, this will of course Yu Wenshu will not miss the opportunity, but also immediately stood up, sneered and said to Su Shichang: "Master Su, you said that the impeachment of Vice President Chen is just a rumor, but how do I remember that when you answered correctly in the Jinluan Palace, what you said has been verified that Chen Yingliang bribed the court officials?" What's the matter, does Master Su still want to swallow back the words he said? ”

Su Shichang was completely speechless, and he just secretly hated the inaccurate information of the backer behind him and arranged for him to come forward to fight the black gun, so that now all the bullets of the black gun have hit him. Yuwen Shu was unceremoniously, and immediately turned to Emperor Yang of Sui to salute and said: "Your Majesty, Si Li Su Shichang framed his colleagues, slandered his colleagues, and the crime was obvious, if he did not punish him heavily, he was afraid that false accusations in the court would become a common practice, people's hearts would collapse, and the ministers would be courageous. ”

Of course, Emperor Yang of Sui understood that Yuwen Shu was communiquéing personal vendetta, but it didn't matter, one side was a beloved minister who was reasonable, and the other side was an ordinary official who was almost impressed and was caught, of course Emperor Yang of Sui knew how to choose, he didn't even move his eyebrows, and opened his mouth to order: "Come here, take down Su Shichang, who falsely accused his colleagues, remove him from his position, and send him to the prison of the Criminal Department, and send someone to interrogate him and convict him heavily." ”

The left and right guards agreed neatly, and immediately stepped forward to strip off Su Shichang's official uniform and tie it up on the spot, Su Shichang was silent, and he just quietly prayed in his heart that the backers behind him would save him, Li Yuan and Feng Deyi were expressionless, Pei Yun and Yu Wenshu and others were secretly smiling, and Wei Xuanwei, who had a very bad temper, was stubborn, and couldn't help but show some hideous smiles - naturally he deliberately confessed to the prison of the Criminal Department to entertain Su Shichang, who almost dragged himself into the water, and did not mention it.

After tossing for a long time, Emperor Yang of Sui finally ordered to return to the palace, and also took all the cotton tools, craftsmen and raw materials and finished products, accompanied by hundreds of officials, during which Pei Ju seized the opportunity and instructed Chen Yingliang: "Virtuous nephew, go directly to your Uncle Pei Yun's house in a while, and by the way, call your uncle Li Guogong, I have something to ask you at that time." Chen Yingliang didn't dare to slack off, and quickly nodded in agreement.

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With Su Shichang's detention and imprisonment, Chen Yingliang finally passed the first turmoil and crisis after stepping into his career, but the matter was far from over, after returning to the palace with him to continue his errand, Chen Yingliang did not even return home, and went directly to Pei's house to meet Pei Hongce, reported the incident to Pei Hongce, relayed Pei Ju's request, and asked Pei Hongce to go to Pei Yun's house with him to meet Pei Ju. As a result, Pei Hongce's face turned white on the spot - Pei Hongce knew that Chen Yingliang was indeed involved in the Gao Shilian case, so in a fit of anger, Pei Hongce raised his hand and slapped Chen Yingliang, and then ordered someone to tie Chen Yingliang up and insert a thorn stick on his back, so he stuffed Chen Yingliang into the carriage and led Chen Yingliang to Pei Yun's house in a hurry to take the blame.

When he arrived at Pei Yun's house, the busy man Pei Yun had not yet returned from the imperial city, but Pei Ju, who was usually far busier than Pei Yun, was already sitting in the conservatory, enjoying life with the wine treasured by Pei Yun's family. What did Ying Liangxian's nephew do wrong? How did you get him to look like this? ”

"Brother Hong, I asked this kid to come and ask you and Juzhi to take the blame." Pei Hongce kicked his distant nephew to his knees and said to Pei Juji: "Don't dare to deceive my brother, in fact, Chen Yingliang, this kid plans to rescue Gao Shilian, the younger brother has long known about it, although the younger brother stopped him, but the younger brother really didn't expect that this little beast refused to give up, and even went behind my back on his own business, almost causing the two brothers to be embarrassed and blamed in front of the emperor." ”

"This little brute was introduced by the younger brother to Wenxi Pei's family, I am responsible for him to do stupid things, now I have tied him up, if you can't bear to beat my brother, this little brute brother can beat him casually, you don't have to give the little brother any face, hit him hard, give him a breath, you can be regarded as a brother you reward him!"

Pei Ju laughed out loud, and said with a gentle smile: "Brother Xian, you have too much heart, you are all a family, what do you talk about whether it is even related or not?" Besides, the virtuous nephew didn't affect us this time, and let your Juzhi brother Bai choose a positive third product, we can't praise him too late, how can he be willing to be punished? Brother Xian, please get up, come here, and loosen the ties for Ying Liangxian's nephew. ”

Called Pei Hongce, who was kneeling on one knee, Pei Ju let Chen Yingliang loosen the tie again, during which Chen Yingliang wanted to take the opportunity to get up, but was glared at by Pei Hongce's eyes, and continued to kneel on the ground honestly, Pei Ju didn't pay attention to Pei Hongce's small movements, just called Pei Hongce to sit down next to the charcoal basin, and filled Pei Hongce with a glass of wine with his own hands, and then instructed Chen Yingliang: "Virtuous nephew, tell the truth about the matter, the more detailed the better, and there can be no concealment and negligence." There is likely that there is someone behind you, and we can't almost suffer a big loss, and we don't even know the person who stabbed you in the back. ”

Chen Yingliang honestly agreed, and then told the story in detail, Chai Qian ran to himself to ask for the return of the engagement token, and found Gao Shilian's house by looking for Yu Pei, because he sympathized with the eldest grandson Wuji brother and sister with a similar background, knowing that Gao Shilian's case was caused by Pei Yun, he still accepted the pleading of the eldest grandson's brother and sister, and promised to try to rescue Gao Shilian, and then he visited the prison for Gao Shilian's family, begged Pei Hongce to be rejected and bribed Yun Dingxing, etc. During the period, he also described as much detail as possible according to Pei Ju's requirements, and did not dare to hide anything.

Pei Ju had been drinking wine and listening to Chen Yingliang's introduction, but he never spoke, until Chen Yingliang finished speaking carefully, Pei Ju pondered for a while, and then suddenly asked: "Virtuous nephew, did you promise to rescue Gao Shilian on that day?" Was it the day Coats went to jail? ”

"Back to my uncle, it's not the same day, it's the next day." Chen Yingliang replied truthfully: "On the day Gao Shilian was imprisoned, when the little nephew went to the Criminal Department to inquire about the news, Wei Liushou had already secretly told the little nephew, saying that Gao Shilian was imprisoned because of Uncle Pei Yun's impeachment, and asked the little nephew to be nosy. The little nephew didn't dare to embarrass his uncle, so he didn't dare to promise the Gao family to save Gao Shilian that day, until the next day, Gao Shilian's nephew and niece went to the little nephew's house to beg, and the little nephew couldn't bear it, so he reluctantly agreed to them. ”

"What time is the next day?" Pei Ju asked.

"It should be after the afternoon Shen time." Chen Yingliang recalled and replied: "The little nephew Shen was on a business trip, and he went home directly after the errand, and then he saw the eldest grandson brother and sister and agreed to them. ”

Pei Ju smiled, and said with a very gentle smile: "Tang Guogong, you are ruthless enough, you are good at hiding a knife in your smile, and you are good at going to the house to draw a ladder with one hand, if it weren't for Ying Liangxian's nephew's luck is not bad, we will hear that Pei's and Ying Liangxian's nephew will be yin by you." ”

"Tang Guogong? Li Yuan? Chen Yingliang looked up in shock.

"What do you mean by that, brother?" Pei Hongce was also taken aback.

"It's also a coincidence, when Yang Xuangan was executed yesterday, I happened to know something from Brother Juzhi's mouth." Pei Ju smiled and said: "Brother Xian, nephew Xian, you probably wouldn't have dreamed that on the morning of the day when Ying Liangxian's nephew promised to rescue Gao Shilian, when the dynasty was just half over, Tang Guogong Li Yuan had already mentioned this matter in front of Pei Yunxian's brother, and he also told Pei Yunxian's brother in person, saying that Ying Liangxian's nephew had promised Gao Shilian's family that he would definitely clear Gao Shilian's charge and rescue him from prison. At that time, Pei Yunxian's brother was still very angry, feeling that Ying Liangxian's nephew was too ostentatious and difficult to entrust with big things. ”

Glancing at the dumbfounded Chen Yingliang, Pei Ju smiled and added, "Virtuous nephew, you should understand now, right?" Why did Tang Guogong generously take out a gift and let you move in front of your Uncle Pei Yun? Why does your list of gifts appear on the recital of your impeachment? You have magnanimously forgiven Tang Guogong's son-in-law, Chai Gongzi's father-in-law, but you don't seem to be willing to forgive you for your sin of making him lose face. ”

Chen Yingliang opened his mouth even more, but Pei Hongce jumped up like a thorn in his buttocks, rushed to Chen Yingliang's front and punched and kicked, scolding while beating, "Little brute! See? What does it mean to appease adultery? What is Dongguo saving the wolf? What is a woman's kindness? You little brute is a woman's kindness! It's Dongguo saving the wolf! You saved his son-in-law's whole family, and what did he treat you again? This is the reward given to you by the Chai family and the Li family, this is your kindness and good reward! Lao Tzu tells you to be a good person and to be kind! ”

The fists and feet hit Chen Yingliang's body, but it hurt Chen Yingliang's heart, the events of the past few days passed through Chen Yingliang's heart like lightning, and suddenly realized, Chen Yingliang couldn't help but slowly say a sentence, "Li Yuan!" Wait! ”