The Ganlu Hall already belongs to the harem sleeping area, and the palace gates are heavily guarded, but after entering, the guards are reduced, most of them are served by palace maids and eunuchs, and the rest are a group of Qianniu guards who prepare the house. In addition to the Qianniu knives they carried, there were no other real knives and guns in the Ganlu Palace, only some wood-soaked swords and swords.

There are not many guards with knives in the Imperial Guard, and there are only twelve Qianniu Guards in charge of the Imperial Equipment, and they are divided into three shifts, so there are only four senior guards with knives in each shift.

Of the four Qianniu on duty today, there are two who are familiar with Yi Feng, Qianniu is preparing for Tang Guogong Li Yuan, and Qianniu is preparing for Yang Yichen, the Duke of Qinxing County. This Yang Yichen's surname was Wei Chi, his father died early, he was still young, and was raised by Yang Jian in the palace, and later directly gave the surname Yang, included him in the royal family's slander order, and was regarded by the emperor as his cousin. Yang Yichen and Yi Feng are the same age, although they are only twenty now, they have been doing Qianniuwei for several years, and they belong to the people that Yang Jian trusts very much. Yi Feng and he had long been acquainted, and when the two saw him coming, they were very happy to come forward to greet him, and after a brief inquiry, they invited him in after going through the motions.

In the Manna Palace, Yang Jianzheng was surrounding a huge sand table with great interest, playing a game of paper with Wang Hai and the two of them. When Yi Feng walked in, Yang Jian was proudly holding a dragon's head cane and a small red flag in one hand.

"What's the use of more Turkic cavalry, I have a thousand-mile defense line, from Yingzhou in the northeast to Liangzhou in the northwest, the city is strong, and the Great Wall and mountains are defended, and the Turkic cavalry is under the danger of a strong city, how much advantage is left? I only need to defend the city first, and wait for the Turkic spirit to be gone. When the food and grass are gone, launch a counterattack. Surefire wins. ”

On the sand table, there are small red flags everywhere. Wang Haina's blue banner representing the Turkic cavalry was long gone.

Wang Hai smiled and said to Yang Jian: "Your Majesty is in the midst of strategizing, and the decisive victory is thousands of miles away." The Turks' repeated lack of faith is only a self-defeating one. As he spoke, Wang Hai directly pulled up all the remaining blue flags, "The old slave heard that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Huns back then, and later the Prince of the Huns drove the horses for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. After His Majesty defeated the Turks, he would take Du Lan and Datou to Daxing, and let them drive for His Majesty at that time. One leads the horse for His Majesty. ”

Yi Feng laughed in his heart while listening, this Wang Hai is really good at sycophancy, using the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to compare Yang Jian, on the eve of the imminent war in the north, it is undoubtedly a very happy flattery for Yang Jian. He walked over, took the blue flag from Wang Hai's hand, and began to plant it all over the eastern and western prairies.

This is the difference between a heavy minister and a eunuch, in the Great Sui, the eunuch was only the emperor's personal servant. It is to do service work, and there is no power to participate in the military and political affairs of the imperial court. However, the princes and grandsons of the Sui Dynasty were different, and although the clans of the Sui Dynasty were not as divided into feudal states as the Han and Jin dynasties, they were also granted heavy powers one by one. Internally, he will participate in the government affairs, and externally, he will inevitably be in charge of the state pastor.

Yang Jian looked at the blue flags planted on the grassland, only to find that his grandson had come in. didn't care that Yi Feng didn't salute first, but just muttered: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Yi Feng explained to Yang Jian: "Your Majesty. The minister thought that after defeating the Turks, as the king's chamberlain said. At that time, Du Lan and Datou Erhan can indeed be allowed to lead the horse for His Majesty, and the other is to catch the car. But for the Turks in the steppe, it is impossible to solve it so simply. It is easy to defeat the Turks, but it is difficult to truly conquer the Turks, and it is even more difficult to truly assimilate the Turkic Hulu into our Chinese people. ”

Yang Jian looked at his grandson, "Don't you have a good plan to solve the Turks once and for all?" ”

Yi Feng pondered for a while, and finally shook his head, "Chen An dares to say such a big thing, but Chen believes that His Majesty can defeat the Turks, and naturally he can also conquer the Turks, and in the future, he will be able to solve the Turks once and for all." ”

"Oh." Yang Jian was noncommittal, he didn't believe Yi Feng's words, and felt that his grandson hadn't finished his words just now, but since King Zhao didn't want to say it now, he wouldn't ask. "What did you do when you came to the palace?"

Yi Feng's expression was full, and he bowed down and said solemnly: "Sun Chen entered the palace today to ask His Majesty for his guilt and ask His Majesty to punish him." ”

Yang Jian was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said, "Please? This is a new thing, what did King Zhao do wrong, what mistake did he make, he wants to come and ask for guilt, come and listen. ”

Wang Hai, who was standing on the side, was full of surprise in his heart, His Majesty the Emperor was really fond of His Royal Highness King Zhao. King Zhao came to ask for sin, and His Majesty could still have such a relaxed and happy expression, this grace, even the prince didn't have it.

Yi Feng pretended to be uneasy and said: "Your Majesty, recently, the Jizhou government intercepted a batch of smuggled military horses. The Jizhou government has ascertained that these horses are flowing out of Wuzhou Huaihuang, and these horses are reserve military horses raised by the Wuzhou army, but they were quietly sold to outside merchants by the bold and greedy people of the ranch and participated in smuggling. ”

Yang Jian stroked his long beard, "That's it?" ”

"Yes."

Yang Jian shook his head, "I thought there was something big, but it turned out to be just this matter." Sumeru, I haven't received a report on this matter from Shangshu Province. But I'm very happy that you can take the initiative to report. But you can't ask me for this, it's just the greed and sin of those below you, not your problem. After all, Wuzhou was originally established not long ago, and the civil and military officials in Wuzhou were originally more reckless. Besides, even if your subordinates make mistakes and have to bear the responsibility of your boss, but now you are no longer the governor of Wuzhou, you are the governor of Youzhou, and you don't need to bear this matter. Smuggling military horses, these people are really bold, okay, you can send someone to investigate later, and it will be good to deal with what should be disposed of. ”

The smuggling of military horses is a case involving important military materials, but under normal circumstances, it is quite serious. The year before last, Yang Jian sent Qu Tutong to Longyou to inspect the pasture, and found that the people below had concealed more than 20,000 horses, which made Yang Jian furious, and directly ordered that thousands of officials from the highest institutional unit in charge of the ranch should be executed. If it weren't for Qu Tutong, who was in charge of verifying the case in the end, who was a relatively upright person, and resolutely persuaded Yang Jian, then all the officials of the Ma political system would have lost their heads. However, Yang Jian was so tolerant of the case reported by Yi Feng. First, because this matter involves Huaihuang and involves King Zhao, and secondly, King Zhao took the initiative to report. Another one, the ranch of Huaihuang actually belongs to Wuzhou. And Wuzhou is actually the private property of his grandson King Zhao until now. Therefore, King Zhao's subordinates smuggled and sold King Zhao's horse, in Yang Jian's view, it belonged to King Zhao's private affairs, and he was not too likely to interfere, anyway, it was not his horse that was stolen, and the horse was smuggled to the mainland, and it was not an important material smuggled to the Turks.

"But in any case, smuggling military horses is also an important case. The minister must ask His Majesty for guilt. ”

Yang Jian waved his hand and said casually: "Okay, I know everything." This matter is left to you to deal with, and you have the final say on what to do. ”

"How many smuggled military horses have been seized in Jizhou, and I will make an order to let Jizhou return these horses to you?"

"A thousand horses!" Yi Feng replied honestly.

"How many, a thousand?" Yang Jian's voice rose an octave, and his face became stern. If he smuggled a few dozens of military horses, Yang Jian didn't bother to care about his grandson. But if it's smuggling a thousand military horses. Yang Jian knew in his heart that this matter was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. He fell silent, his face was a little ugly, and he looked at Yi Feng. He bowed his head again and began to think about it. This matter can no longer be handled so casually.

"Tell me how much you know about this case. What is the situation? Yang Jian said sternly.

Yi Feng knew that the critical moment had come. Actually, he came today. It's just to get a head start. He knew that since the smuggling of military horses had been investigated by Gao Gong. Then it is impossible to hide this matter. Jizhou Thorn Shi is a member of the prince's party, he intercepted this batch of horses, and reported to Gao Gong as soon as possible. Gao Gong did not report to the emperor immediately, because he wanted to get more useful evidence to use against the Jin Dynasty.

The military horses that were originally transported to Yangzhou were investigated, and Yang Guang quickly knew about it, and he especially found Yi Feng to discuss a solution. Yang Su's idea for them was to cut off the strong man's arm, abandon the pawn to protect the car, and cut off the relationship that had been exposed before Gao Gong got any favorable evidence, and directly reported to the emperor first, exposing this matter first.

And the result of their deliberation was that it was best for Yi Feng to report this matter to the emperor first, so that Yi Feng would have a chance to clear himself. After all, if you report it first, you can win the trust of the Son of Heaven. The tighter you hold it, the more you wait for Gao Gong to report it, the nature and result will be completely different.

Yi Feng had already thought of the wording when he came, and he made a heavy report: "I just learned from the news that the Wuzhou Kuaima sent me that this matter was caused by Yu Wenzhi, the son of the head of Shangzhu Guoyu Wenshu, and the officials who bought the Wuzhou Military Horse Farm, and they colluded inside and outside to smuggle the military horses from the pasture to the Central Plains, so as to sell them to the wealthy families in various states and counties, and make high profits from them, and then go to the Fan people outside the Saiwai to buy some ordinary horses and put them in the pasture to make up the vacant numbers on the account." ”

"Is Yuwenshu's son the person who is the person behind the scenes, and is Yuwenshu involved?" As soon as he heard that it was Yuwen Zhiji, Yang Jian paid more attention to it.

"The results of the preliminary investigation showed that this matter was done by Yuwen Zhi and his private person, and did not involve Yuwen Chief, and his purpose was just to seek some personal gain. All because of the many heroes in the Central Plains today, they like to buy the horses of the horses as mounts, and the horses are important military materials, especially after the year before last after His Majesty asked General Qu Tu to check the military horse pastures in the west of the Longyou River, the control of war horses is more strict, and it is difficult for the people to buy excellent war horses. The price of war horses in the people is also getting higher and higher, and the profits of smuggling war horses are therefore extremely high, so Yu Wenzhi and Ben took risks and colluded with the ranch officials in Wuzhou to smuggle and sell military horses to the Central Plains, and sell them to the wealthy and powerful families in those places to seek high profits. Yi Feng explained, and deliberately highlighted a key point in his words, that is, this smuggling case was actually only done by Yu Wenzhi and one person, which was a bold move to benefit the business, but it did not involve other people. And the horses he smuggled were only used to sell them to large families in the Central Plains as mounts, and they would never involve more.

This was also discussed with Yang Guang and Yang Su in advance, and they took the initiative to abandon Yuwen Zhihe, so as to protect Yang Guang and Yi Feng behind them, so that this case would not involve a deeper level so far.

Of course, this matter has actually been discussed with Yu Wenshu. Yu Wenshu had three sons, Yu Wenhua, Zhihe, and Shiji. Among the three sons, the third is the most obedient and sensible, the eldest is more frivolous, and the second is a little evil. Yu Wenshu also hates this son very much, originally this case, has involved Yu Wenhua and, in fact, it is Yu Wenhua who is responsible for receiving these horses from Huaihuang and then transporting them to Yangzhou, Yu Wenzhi and but because his father does not care about his mother, he has not had a serious official position. is not like the third brother who studied in the national prison, nor like the eldest brother, he has already become an official, and no one usually likes it at home, but only this eldest brother often protects him in front of his father, so Zhiji has always had a good relationship with this eldest brother. Yu Wenhua is now a state Sima in Yanzhou, and is secretly responsible for Yang Guang to receive the war horses sent to Yangzhou by Huaihuang, and Yuwen Zhihe is just running errands in it.

But as soon as Yuwenshu heard that he wanted to abandon the pawn and protect the car, he immediately proposed to them to protect Yu Wenji, and directly took out the second Zhihe Xiang Lei.

Yu Wenshu asked for this, Yang Guang and others also had to think about it, and finally decided that when Yi Feng reported the case to the emperor, he pulled Yu Wenzhi out and took the blame, and Yu Wenhua kept it first.

Yang Jian pondered for a moment, and then said: "Yuwen Zhi and the children of meritorious heroes, they actually know the law and break the law so much, although they have always made meritorious deeds in Yuwenshu, but they must not be spared if they commit such a serious crime. It was handed over to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple for punishment, and Yuwen Shu's godson was not strict, and he was fined for one year and demoted to one level. In addition, the Dali Temple and the Criminal Department sent officials to investigate the purchase of military horses as mounts by non-government soldiers in various places. ”

The emperor's words can be regarded as a temporary sentence for this case. But Yi Feng knew that this matter could not be ended so lightly. Yang Jian finally said just now that he would send officials to verify that the people bought military horses to use as mounts, which obviously left an opening for this matter, and with this opening, the emperor could continue to investigate this case at any time. Whether you want to check it or not, in the final analysis, depends on the needs of the emperor. However, this result is already very good for Yi Feng. If there is no accident, he has successfully escaped from this case, and even if Gao Gong wants to dig deeper through this case now, there is basically no chance. In the case that the emperor has already made a conclusion and he has no more accurate evidence, if he bites the bite and wants to attack the king of Jin with this case, he is afraid that he will not make meritorious contributions, but will arouse the emperor's disgust, thinking that he is just an unprincipled party struggle.

"Minister, obey!"

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