On the Chu State Mansion in Luoyang City, one night in June, the Yang Xuangan brothers got together for a home-cooked meal.

At this morning's court meeting, Yang Ming confirmed the candidate for the right servant, which surprised many people, it was Liu Xie from the Liu clan in Hedong.

Liu Xie (xie) was originally Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, which is the head of the eleven temples, and the management of affairs is very wide, Shaoqing is a deputy position, the level is definitely not low, and it belongs to the deputy BU level, but the right servant of Shangshu shoots and is the deputy GUO level.

Since the Liushu incident, the Hedong Liu family, which has faded out of the court for many years, has finally produced another bigwig-level figure.

Liu Xie, who is still Liu Shu's cousin, married Yang Yong's son, Yang Ke, the king of Xiangcheng, died on the way to exile.

"How could it be him? I can't even think it's him," Yang Xuan, the general of the Right Guard, muttered as he drank.

Yang Xuanxuan, who rushed back from Jingzhou, picked his teeth and said: "I asked Li Mi secretly, why did the prince arrange it like this, this kid didn't say anything, alas, next to the prince, Xuanyu can't be trusted." ”

"Fart!" Yang Xuanting, who had already inherited the title of Duke of Yang Yue, said: "What are you going to ask Xuan Xuan for this kind of thing?" Do you have a problem with your brain? He is still a person from the East Palace, you go to him behind the prince's back, this is taboo, if it is seen by others, it will be said that we have colluded with the internal officials. ”

"Didn't you use this way before?" Yang Xuanyu frowned.

Yang Xuangan said with a smile: "It was before, now it is now, the prince is already in charge of the country, if we have anything, we can directly find the prince and Yin Jiang, but we can't find Li Mi, in terms of kinship, we are closer to the prince, but you are too close to the officials of the East Palace, be careful of being taken by the Pei family to disgust you." ”

The second Xuanzong nodded and said: "How the prince arranges, there must be a deep meaning in it, although we think that the position of the right servant should be the elder brother, but the prince did not do this, and Yin Jiang did not say anything, it can be seen that Yin Jiang should know the truth, it is impossible for her and Yinghui not to help her brother speak, the prince must have a reason." ”

"Anyone can go up, why is it a surname Liu?" Yang Xuanyu complained: "It's not that the prince doesn't know, let's not deal with the Liu family." ”

The grievances between them and the Liu family came from Yang Su's ridicule of Liu Shu's father Liu Ji and uncle Liu Su back then: Erliu is destroyed, and Yang is alone.

At that time, Liu Ji was the provincial minister, Liu Shu's father, Liu Su, was the waiter of the Ministry of Works, and he was still the one who was sent by Yang Ming to Bashu to buy and sell monks and overhaul temples to make money.

Since then, the two have been fighting until the Liu family fades out of the center.

"Not only do you not deal with us, but you also don't deal with Pei Ju," Yang Xuangan said lightly.

The contradiction between the Liu family and the Pei family comes from the entanglement of interests, one Hedong, three families, were originally equal, but after Pei Ju became the head of the family, the Pei family has been stable Liu and Xue, and now on the boundary of Hedong, the family is the boss.

The refining field is funded by others, and the leaders of Yang Ming's Hedong Qu are all Pei family, and Liu and Xue really can't fight.

If there is a conflict between the children below, the final punishment will be in favor of the Pei family, so the Liu family has a lot of complaints.

The final feud was on Pei Yun, to be precise, Li Jiancheng's daughter-in-law, when Liu Xie proposed marriage, he was rejected by Pei Yun, and he also left a sentence that hurt people's self-esteem: Don't marry someone without a lord.

The people of the Liu family used to have titles, but because they were implicated by Liu Shu, all the titles of their branch were cut.

Pei Yun sprinkled salt on their wounds again, who could stand this, so they made a family rule and no longer married the old Pei family.

Of course, it's just them.

Yang Xuanxuan frowned and said, "Brother means that the prince is actually going to Pei Ju?" After all, there are few enemies of Pei Ju, and the Liu family is undoubtedly the first to bear the brunt. ”

Yang Xuangan nodded: "It's definitely so, but it's not a good thing for us, after all, the Liu family and we don't get along with each other, Pei Ju is too anxious, he is afraid that he won't live for a few years, so he wants to hurry up and pave the way for his grandson, hehe, I'll boil him to death." ”

"Pei Laogou is seventy-one years old this year, and he is still very old and strong, this dog thing is quite capable of living," Yang Xuanzong sneered: "It depends on whether he can survive seventy-three." ”

Seventy-three, eighty-four, Hades does not call himself to go.

The ancients believed that these two ages were a big hurdle, because the two sages of Confucius and Mencius, Confucius seventy-three and Mencius eighty-four, the saint and the sub-sage could not survive, and ordinary people naturally had a hard time.

"I recommended my brother at the court meeting today, and Dugu Shu choked me well," Yang Xuanting wondered: "Did he take the wrong medicine?" We have a good relationship with the Dugu family, huh? ”

Yang Xuangan smiled and said: "Don't think about it too much, everyone used to eat the pot of rice in the East Palace, but now it is different, we have to eat the pot of rice in the Great Sui, the people who eat this pot of rice are too many more than the people who eat the rice of the East Palace, who eats more and who eats less, this is in the prince, on official positions, the two generals in our family, and I am the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, on the title, two princes of the country and two county dukes, there are too many people serving bowls, it is inevitable to attract jealousy, Dugu Su's business in the canal has been divided, he has been in a bad mood recently, let's not provoke him." ”

"After eating Tongji Canal for so many years, you should be content," Yang Xuanting complained: "Right now, the treasury owes a lot of debts, and the prince is also to repay the debt, people, it's just too greedy." ”

Yang Xuanzong raised his eyebrows and said: "Don't laugh at others, whoever cuts the flesh hurts, it didn't happen to you, you didn't experience it." ”

Yang Xuangan withdrew from the maid, then raised his glass first, drank a glass of wine with his three younger brothers, and then continued:

"I called you here today, not because of who is shooting flowers on the left and right, these two positions, I actually don't covet them, what we should pay attention to is Yinghui, you remember for me, anyone who is not good for Yinghui, we have to find a way to get rid of it, I can't fight, I die, change you, the government and the opposition are in danger, compared to the battlefield, there are a few people who die on the battlefield, the court loses, and the family is in danger."

The three younger brothers hurriedly said: "Brother, don't worry, our family is not afraid of death." ”

Death is always the best choice, and several of their brothers are Yang Su's own sons, so they naturally know that in that hall, it is much more terrifying than you charging into battle.

The second brother smiled and said, "Brother didn't teach us like this before, what's wrong now?" Scared by Pei Ju? ”

Yang Xuangan nodded and said: "That's right, I was really scared, you must know that during the Gaozu period, even my father and Gao Xi never had any harsh words in front of Pei Ju, Yang Xiong, Su Wei and Yu Qing also let him score three points, this person is too powerful, my uncle can't fight himself, let alone you and my brother?" On the relationship with the prince, we have Yin Jiang, people have Pei Shuying, Yin Jiang once told me, the prince's harem, only three people have the true love of the prince, don't underestimate Pei Shuying, although this woman has a quiet personality, but she is really going to provoke her, Yin Jiang may not be able to fight, we must prepare early. ”

"Humph! The prince only values the prince alone, this is well known, Pei Laogou really wants to drag us into the water, and the prince will not agree," Xuan Ting snorted coldly: "Now that the Wei family is also standing by the side of the prince, I see how big waves he Pei Ju can make." ”

"Don't be a special Wei family," Xuan Zong said in a deep voice: "Yang Jin's concubine and side concubine, the family is not vegetarian, don't you see that every time there is a major event at the court meeting, the prince will ask Cui Mintao?" This person will be reused by the prince in the future, and the Chen family is now a prominent family, which should not be underestimated. ”

In the past, there were four major governors in the Great Sui, and now, there are four major magistrates, Jingzhao Yin, Dongdu Yin, Jinyang Taishou, and Jiangdu Taishou.

In the past, Jing Zhao Yin was Yuwen Shu, and now he is taking over Dou Liang, the Duke of Yuguo, and the cousin of Li Yuan's daughter-in-law.

No matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with Xuangan and them.

Pei Ju is already paving the way for Yang Jin, but many people don't see it.

Xuan sighed faintly: "Don't expect the prince for everything, you don't think that the prince really misses the old love, right?" ”

"Of course not," Xuan Ting said with a smile: "Uncle once said that the crown prince is no different from Gaozu, and if we do something wrong, we will be cleaned up in the same way." ”

Xuan Gan nodded: "Uncle has never made a mistake in looking at people, he only met the prince who was still the king of Hedong during the spring outing, and his old man decided that this son was definitely not a thing in the pool, so Yin Jiang got married, and Prince Yuande (Yang Zhao) died of illness." ”

Yang Xuan was stunned, and said with a look of surprise: "The death of Prince Yuande also has something to do with us?" ”

Yang Xuangan nodded: "Prince Yuande is an alcoholic, His Majesty and Empress have repeatedly persuaded him, but he still can't stop it, because he is addicted to alcohol, even if he has the heart to change, but he is also most afraid of being tempted by others, everyone knows that His Majesty does not allow Prince Yuande to drink, but someone dares to persuade him to drink in private, this is the uncle's handiwork, and what about the prince today, he can't drink, how have you ever seen anyone who dares to persuade wine?" If you really want to persuade, the prince sometimes has to drink, but no one persuades. ”

Xuan Zong and the three of them were dumbfounded, they didn't expect that Yang Ming's ascension to the crown prince was actually planned by Yang Suyang behind his back.

After all, if Yang Zhao didn't die, Yang Ming wouldn't have a chance at all, catch Yang Zhao's only weakness, and die.

According to Yang Su's words, I can help Yang Guang and Yang Ming up.

Of course, the premise is that this person must be capable, and Yang Ming and Yang Guang obviously meet the conditions.

"You must remember to keep it a secret, only you and I know about this matter, Yuanqing is still young, and it is not appropriate to entrust it with big things," Yang Xuangan said in a deep voice:

"I want you to understand, Bao Yinghui, don't count on others, you can only count on ourselves, Yin Jiang doesn't know, after all, it is a woman, and it is difficult to take on a big responsibility."

Yang Xuan took a deep breath and said sluggishly: "It seems that the days to come are destined not to be peaceful." ”