Pei Ju still lives in the East Courtyard, living with Yang Yu, the acting king, the East Courtyard is a guest room, and can only be walked through from the outer house, and there is no door connected to the inner house, in fact, it is an independent house.

The East Courtyard is composed of more than ten small courtyards, with a total of more than 100 rooms, all of which used to be Yang Liang's staff, but now only Pei Ju and Yang Yu live.

Yang Yuanqing walked to the east courtyard, and dozens of personal soldiers were carrying boxes for them, mainly all kinds of books, in fact, these books were Yang Yuanqing's books and were given to Yang Yu.

In the study, Yang Yuzheng and Pei Ju put the books in the box on the bookshelf one by one, and the two of them laughed while placing the books.

"Pei Gong, after arriving in Taiyuan, there should be a lot of books!"

"What is Taiyuan, you have time to go to Pei Xue, Wenxi County, to see the Pei family's library, to tell you, all kinds of bamboo slips, silk books and paper books, there are tens of thousands of pieces, that is the ocean of books, I wanted to retire, I lived in the library, and died in it."

Yang Yu couldn't help grinning when he heard him say the word 'death', and said: "Wenxi County is too far away, there should be many bookstores or library buildings in Taiyuan!" ”

"There must be, by the way, there are tens of thousands of books in the Wang family's library, just south of the city, when will I take a look with you."

"That's good! We'll go tomorrow. ”

"I'm afraid it won't work tomorrow, there's a lot of work to do."

Pei Ju suddenly saw Yang Yuanqing's figure appear in front of the window, he smiled and said, "You continue to place, I'll go out for a while." ”

Pei Ju walked out of the study, pointed to Yang Yuanqing to the next room, and the two walked into the next room.

"How does grandfather feel about this battle in Hedong?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile when he entered the room.

Pei Ju sat down and said with a smile: "Yes, the original plan was to take Hedong before the New Year, but I didn't expect to take it in mid-August, so good!" I don't have to spend the winter in Toyosu anymore, and I'm scared just thinking about the cold in Toyoshu. ”

At this, he shivered exaggeratedly, and his shoulders shrunk as if he was shivering from the cold. Yang Yuanqing couldn't help laughing, he found that Pei Ju had a bit of humor in his bones.

"It's comfortable to come to Taiyuan, and in two months, I'm going to go back to Wenxi Pei's house and be the head of the family for a few years."

Yang Yuanqing was stunned. "Grandfather, Hedong has just been taken, and there are so many things to establish a new system, how can you just say go?"

Pei Ju squinted and smiled: "Isn't it good to let young people do it?" My eldest grandson Pei Jin, as well as Pei Shiqing, and your two brothers-in-law. Pei Zhu and Pei Ming are both talented people, and I should give up my seat to them. ”

Yang Yuanqing understood what Pei Ju meant, he wanted to cultivate the young children of the family, he wanted to give way, Yang Yuanqing sighed and said: "But now I need an old qualified minister to sit in the court for me and attract talented people from all over the world, can my grandfather help me for a few more years?" ”

The smile on Pei Ju's face disappeared. He said solemnly: "Yuan Qing, I hope you understand that your power is not supported by a few ministers. Rather, it relies on the support of the entire Shandong Shi clan, and I believe you have a deep understanding in the process of taking Hedong. ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded silently, he did realize that after taking Hedong, several important figures of the Pei family traveled to various counties and counties to persuade the local government to support him, and it was the strong prestige of the Pei family that made the counties and counties in Hedong appear to support them. The writer wrote for use, and there was an endless stream of people in front of the gate every day, competing with each other.

There is also the support of the Wang family, so that the entire north of Taiyuan can quickly settle down, which is something that ordinary bandits cannot get, the support of the landlord class.

"I understand. I also realized it, but I still hope that my grandfather can stay and be a member for another two years, the children of the Pei family, I can let them go to the local government first, and then slowly promote them later. ”

Pei Ju's face returned to a relaxed smile, "If it's only for two years, you can consider it, in fact, you don't know the strength of my Pei family, and one day your family can't open the pot, I will ask the family to send some money and food to Minqiu." ”

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "Thank you, grandfather!" ”

At this time, Pei Ju stood up and walked out, and after a while, he came back and closed the door, and then sat down and said to Yang Yuanqing: "Do you know why I let the acting king enter Taiyuan City on the way?" ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I don't know, I just came to find my grandfather for this." ”

Pei Ju sighed, "Because Yang Yu doesn't want to ascend the throne again, he wants to give you the throne in the future, he just wants to be an ordinary person, like other teenagers, to be able to study in the academy, go out to play with everyone, and live to be seventy years old like me, with a full house of children and grandchildren." ”

Yang Yuanqing said for a while: "This is his own intention, or his grandfather persuaded him." ”

"Both! The front is his idea, living to the age of seventy is my suggestion, Yang Yu is a very good child, I don't want him to suddenly fall ill and die one day. ”

Pei Ju stared at Yang Yuanqing grimly, "I think you can consider bypassing Yang Yu and directly becoming emperor, maybe you will lose the support of some people, but at the same time you will also get new support, such as the Shandong Shi clan, in fact, it will not do you much damage." ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, Pei Ju's suggestion he had also considered, but no, if he occupies a Hedong, he will be the emperor, and he will lose the support of many people, including the soldiers of the Fengzhou army, and he must wait for the time to be ripe.

"I understand what my grandfather meant, and I thank him for his kindness, but I am still ready to support the king to ascend the throne according to the plan, as for my grandfather's fear that one day he will die violently, there is no need to worry about this, I will handle it well, and I will let him live to the age of seventy like my grandfather, and he will have a full house of children and grandchildren."

At this time, the door suddenly opened, and Yang Yu ran in from outside, knelt in front of Yang Yuanqing, lowered his head and cried: "Second uncle, I don't want to be an emperor, I just want to be an ordinary person." ”

Yang Yuanqing touched his head, this is only a twelve-year-old boy, and comforted him softly: "I am not a royal family after all, if I ascend the throne, it will be unjustifiable, and you are the grandson of the Great Sui Emperor, you should inherit your grandfather's throne, and I promised your grandfather that I will always be the shield of the Great Sui, and I also promised your father that you three brothers can die in peace, I will fulfill my promise, and one day, I will find a more suitable person, I will let you abdicate, let you be a rich man, and live the rest of your life peacefully." ”

The look of fear in Yang Yu's eyes went a little, but he still shook his head and said, "But I don't want to deal with court affairs, let alone live in the deep palace, I just want to go back to the county to study." ”

Yang Yuanqing laughed. This kid is indeed very smart and good at protecting himself, Yang Yuanqing thought about it and said: "You will not come into contact with any music, nor will you come into contact with any government politics." You just have to study quietly in Jinyang Palace, if you want a study companion, I will arrange for children to come to Jinyang Palace to study with you and play with you, but you must do this emperor. ”

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Yang Yuanqing left the East Courtyard, his mood was a little annoyed, in fact, some things couldn't be explained too clearly. Just like setting up Yang Yu as the emperor, he Yang Yuanqing will replace Yang Yu sooner or later, this is an obvious thing, everyone knows it, and he doesn't want to talk about it, but Pei Ju lured him over and said seriously that he would replace Yang Yu now.

Yang Yuanqing also knew that Pei Ju must have told Yang Yu. In the future, he will die violently and something like that, Yang Yu will be so frightened, and he will say that he is unwilling to deal with court affairs and the like. forced him Yang Yuanqing to appease Yang Yu and say some things that should not have been said, putting himself in a passive position.

Now the situation is obvious, even if Yang Guang is dead, it is impossible for him Yang Yuanqing to ascend the throne as the emperor now, the time is far from ripe, he doesn't believe that Pei Ju's old treacherous cunning will not understand this truth, Pei Ju is actually acting, his real purpose is still four words, family interests.

If he Yang Yuanqing ascends the throne as emperor now. Then Cui Junsu, Du Ruhui and other civil officials are likely to no longer support him, without the support of these civil officials, then he can only rely on the Pei family, and the Pei family can sit big and become the biggest force under him.

That's why Pei Ju will take retreat as advance and propose to return to the joy of retirement. In fact, is he really willing to go? What a complicated way the human heart is! If you are a little immature, you will be toyed with by these old guys, Yang Yuanqing is upset here, although he understands Pei Ju's heart, but he still has to reuse Pei Ju.

As soon as he walked to the gate of the East Courtyard, he saw Jiang Peihua walking with a maid swaying and colorful, Jiang Peihua married him at the beginning of the year, ranking third among his wives and concubines, second only to Min Qiu and Chuchen.

Jiang Peihua is Yang Xiong's youngest daughter, Yang Guang's niece, and Yang Yu's imperial aunt, she came to take a look at Yang Yu's situation.

She couldn't help but be stunned when she saw Yang Yuanqing walking out of the East Courtyard with an unhappy face, "Yuanqing, what's wrong." ”

Yang Yuanqing sighed, "It's nothing, it's just that I'm not in a good mood, you accompany me for a walk." ”

Jiang Peihua nodded and pointed to the east courtyard, "I'll go see Yu'er, and I'll accompany you immediately." ”

Yang Yuanqing grabbed her arm and dragged her to his side, "Your nephew is tidying up the bookshelf with Pei Gong now, and he is in a good mood, but your husband is very upset, you accompany me." ”

Jiang Peihua was a little surprised when he heard him call Pei Ju Pei Gong, so he smiled and said, "Okay! I'll walk with you and go to the back garden, I heard Minqiu say it's very good, I haven't seen it yet! ”

The two slowly walked to the back garden, the back garden of the mansion is very large, covering an area of twenty acres, of which there are ten acres on the lake alone, the lake is full of metasequoia, willow trees and camphor, at this time it has passed the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather is gradually cooling, the fallen leaves are paved with paths, and they walk slowly along the stone road.

"Yuanqing, are you worried about the boundary between public and private?" Jiang Peihua Bingxue was smart, she guessed that Yang Yuanqing was troubled because of Pei Ju.

Yang Yuanqing nodded and sighed slightly, although Jiang Peihua became his wife, many times she was his friend, she was smart, understanding, and had brains, when he was depressed, she would listen to him quietly.

Jiang Peihua grabbed Yang Yuanqing's arm and said softly: "Yuanqing, in fact, you don't take it too seriously, everyone will consider their own family, this is human nature, but while considering the family, he will safeguard your interests, because your interests are the same, you still have a long way to go, and now it is just the beginning, if you have a heart disease at the beginning, it will be difficult to get along in the future, just like the relationship between our sisters, everyone will also be jealous, and there will be contradictions, but everyone still gets along happily, because we all know, The days to come are still very long, so we all try to look at each other's advantages, Yuanqing, I think you are the same, be more considerate of each other, think more about the role he can play, then, your troubles will be solved. ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded silently, then gently hugged her shoulders and said with a smile: "God is so kind to me, always give me the best woman." ”

Jiang Peihua smiled softly and held Yang Yuanqing's hand, "Me too!" ”