Chapter 12 Pei Valve's Old Strategy

The reason why Pei Ju knew about Yang Yuanqing's rescue of Sun NV was not that the three of them took the initiative to tell it, but the carriage that sent the three of them back was the carriage of Princess Leping's mansion, and the housekeeper didn't dare to hide it, so he immediately reported to Pei Ju, Pei Ju immediately interrogated the three of them, and they didn't dare to hide it, so they told their grandfather in detail what happened last night, and Pei Ju knew that Yang Yuanqing had returned to Beijing. First book mí group 2 ")

Inside the carriage, Pei Ju's joking meaning had disappeared, his face became a little serious, he shook his head and said: "Virtuous nephew, I didn't say you, you are still a little immature in officialdom and not familiar enough, if you think that you can hide it from the saint by coming back secretly, then you are very wrong." ”

Pei Ju sighed, and said earnestly: "Virtuous nephew, I didn't come back to mourn if I didn't follow the order, in fact, there is no problem at all, this is your filial piety, no one will talk about you about this matter, and the saint will not, the key is your concealment, this is the taboo of officialdom, and it is not as good as the request, as long as there is a reason for it, you can make up for it afterwards, but I listen to your meaning, I want to go back secretly, virtuous nephew, this is not good!" ”

Yang Yuanqing saw sweat on his forehead, he also realized that he had not thought about the problem thoroughly, he had only been the governor of Fengzhou for less than two years, and he was not very familiar with some rules in the officialdom, so he planned to come and go quickly, which had little impact, but he ignored the consequences of concealment.

Yang Yuanqing suddenly thought of another thing, that is, his red rust tea house, he also has a kind of concealment, in fact, the grassland has a huge demand for tea, and now only the upper Turkic class can afford to drink tea, with the popularization of tea to the Turkic middle and low levels and Tiele ethnic groups, the demand will be even greater, this vast market, he can't eat it alone, sooner or later he will have to embark on the road of official business, and sooner or later it will be known by Yang Guang, he just considers from the perspective of protecting trade secrets, but ignores some taboos in the officialdom.

He remembered that he met Yuwen Zhi and his party at the entrance of the city yesterday, and he was sure that the Yuwen family would not let him go, no matter where they would start to find their own trouble, first of all, they couldn't have a handle to stay outside.

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment, and then asked Pei Ju, "Then according to Uncle Shi's meaning, if I don't think about some things well enough and leave a handle outside, then what should I do now?" Is it to destroy these handles in time? ”

Pei Ju was very happy that Yang Yuanqing could ask him like this, which shows that he has begun to trust himself, this is a good start, Pei Ju wants to pull Yang Yuanqing into Pei Valve's sphere of influence, and now the Pei family is deeply favored, among the seven ministers in the cabinet, the Pei family accounts for two people, one is his household shì Lang Pei Ju, and the other is his brother Pei Yun, the imperial historian Pei Yun, a family has two prime ministers in the same dynasty, which can be said to be unique.

It can be said that Pei Ju yù wants to recruit mén students, as long as he raises his arms, the world's talents will flock to him, but Pei Ju has far-sighted vision, he knows that the problem of the Pei family is that there is more than enough literary talent and insufficient martial arts, Pei Valve's sphere of influence must have a powerful general, this general cannot be born in Guanlong nobles, nor can it be a Hu person, it must be a young Han person. Templar

Pei Ju's eyes locked on Yang Yuanqing, as early as two years ago, he saw the potential of this person, and began to win him over, and now with the passage of time, Yang Yuanqing began to gradually show his extraordinary side, so that Pei Ju secretly congratulated his original vision, but he also had a sense of crisis, he was worried that Yang Yuanqing would be taken away by other families.

The best way is to marry, two years ago, he wanted to marry Pei Xi'er to Yuan Qing, but it didn't work out, obviously there was no such fate between them, which made Pei Ju quite frustrated, until last night, he suddenly realized that Pei Minqiu, the little grandson who has always been the least valued by him, may be the real destined person of Yuanqing, although he has this enlightenment, but Pei Ju does not want to be reckless, he does not want to repeat the mistakes of two years ago, many things are forced but cannot be done, and ignoring them will come naturally. ~~

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Pei Ju saw that Yang Yuanqing humbly asked him for advice, so he smiled and said, "Does the virtuous nephew know about Yu Shiji?" ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I only know Yu Shinan, the master of calligraphy in the world." ”

Pei Ju said with a smile: "Yu Shiji is Yu Shinan's brother and a famous calligrapher, but what I want to tell you is not his calligraphy, but his officialdom, this person has a stepson named Xiahou Yan, who is arrogant, bullying men and bullying NV, and is hated, but Yu Shiji never takes it to heart, he himself sells official corruption and bribes, has been made public secrets, and has been impeached by countless people, but he is safe and sound, his son's evil deeds and his bribery, the saint is very clear, but he still trusts him very much, Yuan Qing, what do you think is the reason? ”

Yang Yuanqing Shen said after a moment: "Could it be that he is good at casting the favor of the saints?" ”

"Yes, you can see this, that is, the children can be taught!"

Pei Ju smiled and said: "Yu Shiji's cleverness is that he is not a saint, even the saint himself has all kinds of shortcomings and deficiencies, he Yu Shiji can be like a saint, he never violates the taboo of the saint, but he wantonly spoils his reputation in some things that the saint thinks is insignificant, so that the saint feels that he has a handle to grasp, so he can be saintly, Yuanqing, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Yang Yuanqing suddenly realized that Pei Ju was worthy of being the old ginger of officialdom, which made him have a kind of enlightenment, it is not terrible for him to have lawlessness, the key is to let the emperor know that he is not an ambitious person, but an ordinary person with weaknesses and greed.

"Uncle Shi, can the carriage wait for me for a moment in front of the palace?"

Pei Ju saw that Yang Yuanqing could draw inferences from one another, and he couldn't help but laugh, "It's okay, it's still early, I'll go back first, and you can come to my house for a banquet in the evening." ”

Yang Guang didn't expect Yang Yuanqing to come to see him so soon, it was really beyond his expectations, it seems that this person is not stupid, not as he thought, secretly coming, secretly going, he also knew to explain to himself. (《7*

Yang Guang reviewed the folds, waiting for Yang Yuanqing to come to the audience, and after a while, Yang Yuanqing hurriedly walked in under the guidance of the old eunuch.

Yang Yuanqing stepped forward and bowed deeply, "Yang Yuanqing, the governor of Chenfeng Prefecture, see Your Majesty, I wish Your Majesty long live, long live, long live!" ”

Yang Guang didn't make a sound, as if he hadn't heard anything, and continued to review the recitals, ignoring Yang Yuanqing.

Yang Yuanqing had to sigh and said, "The minister is here to ask His Majesty for guilt?" ”

Yang Guang didn't raise his eyelids, but only asked lightly: "What is General Yang's crime?" It was Tiele who invaded Gohara County again, didn't you hold the border fortress? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Wuyuan County has been very quiet in the past two years, and there has been no invasion by the Hu people."

"Then why are you pleading? I don't quite understand. ”

Yang Guang put down the imperial pen, glanced at Yang Yuanqing and said, "Then you can say it!" What crime was committed? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister committed two crimes, the first is that he was not summoned to Beijing, and the minister rushed back to mourn his grandfather in order to catch up with the sacrifice of Qiqi, without the consent of the saint in advance, which is the first crime of the minister."

Yang Guang nodded, "I can understand the death of a loved one and the mourning from power, but you can recognize your own violations and explain to me, which shows that you did not mean it, and I forgive you for the crime of returning without permission." ”

Yang Guang had a smile on his face, Yang Yuanqing was the young general he admired the most, and he appreciated his unruliness in the past few years, but as Yang Yuanqing got older, Yang Guang also hoped that he would abide by some basic rules in the court like a normal court official, and the most basic rule was not to bully the king, once discovered, it would be a big crime, even if Yang Guang did not want to punish Yang Yuanqing, but in order to be serious, he must also punish Yang Yuanqing to a certain extent.

And if Yang Yuanqing can take the initiative to explain the situation to him, the situation will be much better, Yang Guang nodded and asked, "Then what is your second sin?" ”

Yang Yuanqing Shen said for a moment: "Since last year, the minister has been selling tea to the grassland in the name of the Fengzhou Army, but in fact, the minister has done it himself, and he has made a lot of profits, and the minister is guilty!" ”

In fact, almost half of Yang Yuanqing's profits were used on the soldiers, buying cattle and sheep and nǎi wine from the grassland, and improving the soldiers' food, although this is a fact, it cannot be said that the army is the emperor's army, when it is his turn Yang Yuanqing to raise, in fact, the border generals almost always do this, in order to encircle the soldiers for their lives, they will do everything possible to benefit the officers and soldiers, although this is an open secret of the border pass, but no one will say it, this kind of grand duke is much more serious than corruption and perversion of the law.

Yang Guang had also heard about Yang Yuanqing's sale of tea, and he also wanted to ask Yang Yuanqing what was going on? When did the steppe people start drinking tea? Since Yang Yuanqing took the initiative to mention this matter, he took the opportunity to ask: "I'm a little strange, when did the grassland Hu people start drinking tea?" I've never heard of it. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this is the minister found that tea has the effect of going greasy and dry, very suitable for the lifestyle of the steppe people, the minister took advantage of the opportunity to envoy to the Turks at the beginning of last year, recommended tea to the Qimin Khan, and gave them a few hundred catties of tea, after a winter attempt, they finally discovered the wonderful use of tea, began to be inseparable from tea, the daily consumption is huge, the minister took the opportunity to sell a batch of tea to them, in order to obtain high profits."

Yang Guang took a few steps behind his back, in fact, he was concerned about how much benefit the tea trade could bring to the Sui Dynasty, and to what extent he could control the grassland, if it was really like Yang Yuanqing said, the daily consumption of tea was huge, then what a strategic benefit this was, not only to bring rolling financial resources to the treasury, but also to effectively control the grassland.

The trade between the Great Sui and the grassland was mainly exchanged for cattle and sheep with silk silk, porcelain and other things, and most of the other materials were strictly restricted, such as grain, Yang Guang was also prepared to restrict it, and it was not allowed to transport the grassland to the north, so that it would greatly reduce the dependence of the grassland on the Central Plains, which was not conducive to the imperial court's control of the grassland Hu people, so when he heard the news that Yang Yuanqing sold tea to the grassland and achieved great success, his first reaction was that the imperial court had another weapon that could control the grassland people.

Yang Yuanqing's crime of plotting and earning profits by power has become insignificant in the face of this huge strategic interest.

Of course, this is just what Yang Guang thinks in his heart, but he won't show it, he doesn't want to pamper Yang Yuanqing and make him uncontrollable, Yang Guang feels that he must make Yang Yuanqing afraid.

"You tell me the truth, how much money did you earn selling tea?" Yang Guang turned around and asked coldly.

"Back to Your Majesty, tea is now only popular among the Turkic aristocracy, and it is far from being popularized among ordinary herdsmen, and it is not ordinary green tea that can be sold, and it has to be processed, which is time-consuming and laborious, so the tea sold by the minister is not much, and he has only earned more than 100,000 yuan for more than a year."

After speaking, he presented a piece of paper, "Your Majesty, this is the secret recipe for the minister to process tea, the general green tea Turks do not recognize, only according to this method after processing, made into tea bricks and tea cakes, in order to earn benefits from the Turks, this is the top secret recipe developed by the minister, willing to dedicate to Your Majesty." ”

Yang Guang heard that it was Yang Yuanqing's secret recipe, and he was willing to take the initiative to give it to himself, he took it and looked at it, his face softened greatly, and he asked with a smile: "You are young, what do you want so much money for?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is separated from the family, there is no source of money, two years ago the minister attended the birthday banquet of Princess Leping, so poor that he didn't even have the money to buy a new clothes, so he had to wear the old military uniform to attend the birthday banquet, and suffered all the white eyes, the minister swore at that time that he must make a good fortune, buy a house and buy a field, and prepare for marrying a wife and having children in the future, and the minister does not want to marry a wife in the future, and he is poor and can't even afford a groom's clothes."

Yang Guanghe laughed, Yang Yuanqing's crying made him listen to it interestingly, he thought about it, then took out a field deed from the chōu drawer, and handed it to Yang Yuanqing, "This is an imperial village of mine, located in Yanshi County, about 5,000 acres, you have merit in selling tea to the Turks, and you are willing to take the initiative to dedicate the secret recipe to me, this imperial village I will reward you, as your wife's capital, I will have a reward in the future, but the income from selling tea should no longer be used for sī has, it can be used to run schools in Wuyuan County, support the orphaned and elderly, I don't want you to become a profiteering, Profit-seeking. ”

Yang Yuanqing was relieved, even if he successfully solved the crisis caused by selling tea this time, "Thank you Your Majesty for the reward, I will abide by the holy will, and I will no longer seek profit." ”

Coming out of the palace, Yang Yuanqing did not immediately rush to Pei's house for a banquet, he still had some important things to do, he told Yang Guang that he only earned more than 100,000 yuan a year, in fact, it was only the amount of sheepskin livestock he cashed in from the grassland by selling tea, and he still had a large inventory of items, worth more than 500,000 yuan.

Yang Yuanqing hurried back to Fengdu, and as soon as he entered the Red Rust Tea House, Kang Ba greeted him, and said a little nervously: "General, there were some unknown people outside the tea house just now, and there have been several groups of people coming to buy tea in a row, which has never happened before. ”

Yang Yuanqing was slightly stunned, did things come so soon? He pondered for a moment and then asked, "Do you have a record of the import and export of tea?" ”

Combas nodded, "According to the general's orders, these important records are all made by me, and no one knows about them except me." ”

"You immediately revise the purchase records, remember that it is a modification, not a destruction, cut all the import and export records by eighty, and then, you give the revised account book to the second steward, and you yourself leave Luoyang immediately, and you must complete this matter immediately, within two hours."

Combas was startled, "General, is something wrong?" ”

Yang Yuanqing sneered and said, "I guess someone wants to use this matter to trouble me." ”

Yang Yuanqing patted Kang Bas on the shoulder, "Remember my words and do it quickly, the sooner the better." ”

Combus was frightened and immediately turned to revise the books.

In addition to the capital, there is also an entry and exit account at the end of Dali City, which is in the hands of Fat Fish, Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered two personal soldiers to rush back to Dali City to inform Fat Fish to change the account, Yang Yuanqing was relieved, if someone wants to use this matter to rectify him, he is happy to accompany him.