At this heavenly court meeting, Yang Ming threw out the matter of the Western Turks' request for peace and King Gaochang's request for assistance, and let everyone discuss it.

Hu Sizheng, the squire of the military department, stood up and said: "Gaochang is my Great Sui vassal country, and if there is a problem today, the minister thinks that he should give assistance, of course, there is no need to send troops, just send a messenger to warn about the shooting." ”

Hu Sizheng is also an official N generation, Xianbei clan, and Yang Xuangan have a very strong relationship, his mother is the daughter of Wei Xiaokuan's third son, Wei Zong, Wei Yuancheng, Wei Kuangbo, and Wei Yuanzhao are his uncles.

Historically, this kid rebelled with Xuangan and fled to Goguryeo after defeat, until Yang Guang personally went to Goguryeo for the third time, Goguryeo handed him over, and the end must have been very miserable, sharing his flesh, crushing bones and ashes.

"It would be so easy," Liang Bi, the squire of the Criminal Department, said with a smile: "It is completely deniable that people don't know that there are tribes invading the Gaochang border, maybe it is horse thieves who are raging, as long as they deny it, our envoy will run for nothing." ”

Hu Sizheng was stunned and speechless.

Yang Ming said with a smile: "Pei Ju did have a promise at the beginning, promising to give a princess and a princess, if we send a messenger, I am afraid that people will hold on to this matter, after all, it is true, but Pei Ju means that the princess and the princess will not give it, what do you think about this?" ”

Liang Bi said: "Pei Gong is extremely worried, since the founding of the Great Sui, I have been dealing with the troubles of the Western Regions and the north, and have always followed the strategy of long-distance friendship and close attack, separation from the strong and the weak, and at present, the Western Turks are strong, Gaochang is weak, it stands to reason that we should help, but both countries pay tribute, so we can only mediate in the middle of the habit, and mediation depends on the timing, and the time has not yet come." ”

"Liang Hou's meaning, I probably understand it," Cui Zhongfang, the boss of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said: "The so-called distant friendship and close attack, the Western Turks are far away, and Gaochang is near, so Gaochang has always been in my plan of the Great Sui, and we will definitely take this place in the future, so this time it is better to sit and watch the tiger fight, and wait until Gaochang is dead, which is a good opportunity for us to make a move." ”

Wei Wei Siqing Wei Xuan said: "In this case, the envoy of mediation still has to be sent, but it is just a formality, so that Gao Chang knows that we have indeed contributed, so perfunctory, King Gao Chang may show us some sincerity." ”

Yang Xiong, who had never spoken, frowned and said: "A princess who is close to each other is not a big deal, Pei Ju must have chosen to repay the account for a reason, and the minister thinks that Pei Ju's meaning is likely to hope that our Great Sui will put on a posture, ostensibly agreeing with the position of the Great Khan of the Shooting, but in fact disagreeing, so as to avoid the countries of the Western Regions from submitting to the Western Turks." ”

"King Guan is on point," Yang Ming nodded:

"This attack on Chuluo is combined with Tieler, which is not a good thing for us, Tiele has a deep hatred for Chuluo, but not for Chuku, Pei Ju is probably worried that Tiele will return to the Western Turks."

"If that's the case, it's not good," Liang Bi said with a solemn face.

Yang Xiong is worthy of being an important minister of the two dynasties, and he is experienced, so he said directly: "So we, the princess of Heqin, should give Tieler's Khan Qibi Gelen, so as to divide the relationship between Tiele and Shot." ”

"Good plan!" Yang Ming nodded and said, "Maybe you can still provoke a dispute between the two families, and it will be beneficial to me in the end." ”

Yang Wang of Dali Temple said: "We are the last dynasty, and we take the initiative to give the princess and relatives, but we are afraid that we will lose face." ”

"This is nature," Yang Ming said, "so we managed to get Qi Bi Gelen to take the initiative to speak, and we pushed the boat with the current." ”

"How can I get him to speak?" The ministers talked one after another.

Yang Ming here, he has an idea.

After a while, Yang Ming raised his hand to silence everyone, and then said:

"There is a military advisor by the side of Qibi Geleng, who is quite relied on, named Cui Zhen, born in the Cui clan of Qinghe, was originally a member of Yuwenxin's staff, this person's heart is to the Central Plains, or can be used, who of you has an old relationship with this person?"

Everyone's eyes immediately looked at Yu Wenying, the young master of Guanglu Temple, and Yu Wenying's head instantly grew.

Cui Zhen is the staff of Yuwenxin, the prince of Qiguo, and Yuwenxin is the second in the family, the eldest is called Yuwenshan, who is Xu Guogong, and the third is Yuwenkai, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

And Guanglu Temple Shaoqing Yu Wenying is the eldest son of the boss Yu Wenshan.

"The minister has nothing to do with Cui Zhen, Prince Mingjian," Yu Wenying hurriedly said.

Yang Xiong couldn't help but smile and said: "I didn't say that you had anything to do with him, I just asked if you knew each other, your second uncle's affairs are all old things, and we are talking about business today." ”

Yu Wenying said: "I don't know each other, I only know that there is such a person, and I have never even met." ”

He's talking nonsense, his father is the boss, who are the staff members on the second side, Yu Wenying, as the eldest son, is clear, and he has a good relationship with Cui Zhen, when Cui Zhen fled, his father Yu Wenshan still helped.

But at the moment, he will definitely not admit this kind of thing, and it is clear that whoever is familiar with Cui Zhen will be sent out to contact Cui Zhen, so I won't go.

So Yu Wenying said: "Don't look at me, the family is from the Qinghe Cui family, shouldn't you choose people from his clan?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the pressure instantly came to Cui Junsui and Cui Junsu brothers, and the two subconsciously glanced at each other, but Cui Junsu stood up and said:

"This person's younger brother Cui Yi is currently serving as a recorder in Jinyang, or he can send an envoy to Tiele to persuade his brother to conspire in this matter."

Yang Ming nodded and said: "If this matter is done well, Gu will let him come to Beijing to be an official, and the officials will immediately send documents to summon this person to Beijing." ”

Cui Junsu is now the biggest official in the ministry, and when he heard this, he was ordered to retreat.

When the court meeting dispersed, Yang Ming did not leave, and Yang Ming was curious:

"What? What's the matter with Guanwang? ”

Yang Xiong nodded, leaned over and whispered, "Last night, Wei Yuanzhao's wife, Yang, passed away. ”

Wei Yuanzhao is the son of Mr. Wei, Hu Sizheng's uncle, his wife, called Yang Jinghui, is Yang Yong's concubine, Wei Yuanzhao was implicated by his wife, was demoted to a concubine, and was not allowed to enter the official position.

Yang Ming sighed: "How old is she this year?" ”

"It's only twenty-eight," Yang Xiong also sighed: "I think it's because the blow is too big, and the worry is caused by the disease, after all, it is the royal bloodline, although it was demoted to a concubine, but after his death, should we also send one or two." ”

Yang Ming has a deep impression of Yang Jinghui, after all, she is a cousin, she had a relationship when she was a child, and there is no contradiction between the two.

So he called Li Baiyao, wrote a eulogy in the name of the prince, sent it to Wei Yuanzhao's house, and prepared sacrifices to show his condolences.

After Yang Xiong left, Yang Ming sat alone in the main hall and pondered.

In fact, he has always felt that the death of the Sui Dynasty, in addition to Yang Guang's own tyranny, has another reason that cannot be ignored, that is, the withering of the clan.

There is no one in the old Yang family.

However, the current father did not reuse the clan relatives, but was a little estranged, and the clan could not take power at the end of the Sui Dynasty, which was also an important reason why the Great Sui was quickly disintegrated by the rebel armies from all walks of life.

Those who really protect the Yang family and the country have to rely on the surname Yang.

So after thinking about it a few times, Yang Ming decided to write a letter to his father and ask Yang Jun's son Yang Hao to return to Beijing to take up the post of General of Youtunwei.

Yang Jun died early, and he has no enmity with Yang Guang, and there is a good chance that this matter can be done.

As for the small ones in the fourth Yang Xiu's family, it is not easy to arrange, because Yang Xiu is not dead.

You must know that Yang Xiu has been the governor of Yizhou for 20 years, and there are countless staff members, if Yang Guang releases Yang Xiu, it will be very harmful, and if people have the intention of rebellion, it will be another Yang Liang.

Yang Xiuke is much bolder than Yang Liang, this person is the fattest among the five brothers, don't look at it now, it seems to be very honest, it's all pretend.

Leaving the palace, Yang Ming went to Yang Lihua's house, hoping that the other party could preside over this year's spring outing, and it was best to promote the marriage between some Guanzhong families and Shandong and Jiangnan.

At present, the wealthy families in Guanzhong, who are weak, can marry with Shandong Jiangnan, but the strong ones are definitely not, such as Wei, Yang, Li, Pei, Liu, and Dou.

This is also done to divide the Guanzhong Group, but Yang Ming can't say it explicitly, he can only hint at Yang Lihua, and as for whether people do it or not, he can't help it.

When he returned to the palace, Yang Ming saw the sneaky Li Shimin outside the Suzaku Gate, so he immediately asked Chen Kui to bring this kid for questioning.

"What are you doing out of the palace?" Yang Ming asked, "At this time, Yang Rui is still studying, right?" ”

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Tell my brother-in-law, I have asked His Highness for leave." ”

"What are you doing when you take a leave of absence?" Yang Ming asked again.

Li Shimin smiled: "If I say it, brother-in-law, don't scold me, and don't scold my eldest brother." ”

Yang Ming was stunned for a moment, and immediately frowned: "What does it have to do with completion?" ”

Li Shimin said: "The eldest brother was worried about his sister-in-law's body and quietly ran back. ”

The corners of Yang Ming's mouth twitched, and he was speechless.

You are too guarded, you can't leave Rendi without the consent of the officials, you are really fat

Yang Ming said in a deep voice: "Get in the car and go to your house." ”

Tang Guogong Mansion, Li Jiancheng pretended not to be at home at first, and let his mother Dou go out to greet Yang Ming, but as soon as Yang Ming entered the door, he said:

"Call me out on that idiot."

Dou Shi was stunned for a moment, glared at Shimin fiercely, and knew that it was the second child who sold the boss without guessing.

Little bunny, see how I'll clean you up.

After a while, Jiancheng came to the front hall and met Yang Ming:

"Brother, let me explain."

"Explain what?" Yang Ming said coldly: "The Great Sui Law is an ornament? The plain text of the ministry is all waste paper? Do you know that if you leave your post without permission, if you are stabbed to the court, you will be dismissed and investigated. ”

Li Jiancheng knew that his father Li Yuan had put Yang Yuan together in the matter of Jinyang Palace, so that he offended Yuwen Shulai Hu'er and others, so their family had enemies in the court.

"It's because I'm too anxious," Li Jiancheng said with an embarrassed face: "My daughter was born, but as a father, I couldn't meet each other, and I couldn't sleep all day and night in Xiangcheng, so I didn't hold back, so I ran back." ”

Yang Ming can understand this, but if such a thing as leaving office without permission occurs in a period of war, it will be fatal, so this door must be closed tightly during the Chengping period, and no one is allowed to violate it.

"This time, I think you are a woman, let you go, and say to the outside world that I asked you to come back," Yang Ming kicked over a chair, pointed at Jiancheng and reprimanded:

"Next time, I want your head."

Jiancheng was shocked, and nodded busily: "Brother, don't worry, don't take an example." ”

(End of chapter)