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Chapter 234 Common Enemy

Yu Wenji sent away the guest's father's study. Yu Wenshu was disgusted by Yuan Min's words and was pacing back and forth in the study, looking a little irritable and uneasy.

"Father, they are leaving." Yu Wenghe whispered at the door.

Yuwen Shu nodded, "Come in and sit down! I have something to say to you for my father."

Yu Wengji sat down and saw that his father was worried, he asked in a low voice: "Are your father still worried about Zhang Xuan's affairs?"

"How could I not be upset?"

Yuwen Shu sighed, "I can't calm down when I see him gradually turning from a small disease of scabies to a serious problem, and even threaten the survival of my descendants in the future!"

Yu Wenji asked carefully again: "From Yuanmin's opinion, he seems to have made great contributions this time, right?"

Yuwen Shu glared at her son with great dissatisfaction, "Didn't you read Zhang Xutuo's battle report?"

Yuwen Shuhua was so scared that he lowered his head and said tremblingly: "I didn't pay attention!"

"You must take this kind of important matter in the court in the future, otherwise you will still not know what's going on when your enemies grow up?"

"The boy knows his mistake!"

Yuwen Shu was quite satisfied with his eldest son. Although he knew that his eldest son had known his mistakes countless times and his nature was difficult to change, his eldest son was indeed changing slowly during this period. He also hoped that his eldest son could really know his mistakes, so Yuwen Shu also tried his best to show his tolerance.

"Zhang Xutuo's battle report highly praised Zhang Xuan. He even pointed out that the 80,000 army that Zhang Jin called was wiped out by Zhang Xuan because he led his army to fight the Wagang army. There were only six or seven thousand troops led by Zhang Xuan in Qinghe County."

"What about the priest's attitude?" Yu Wenhuaji asked in a low voice.

"The emperor has decided to reward Zhang Xutuo. The Priest Kingdom, the General of the Right Martial Guard, and the Duke of Licheng County were granted thousands of hectares of fertile land. However, the reward for the generals below has not been reduced. However, the clues can be seen from the reward of Zhang Xutuo. Zhang Xuan's reward will not be low, at the lowest level, and he will be promoted to the General of the Tiger Ben. Maybe he will be awarded the title. This person's threat to our family is becoming increasingly greater."

After a moment of silence, Yu Wenji asked again: "What does my father think the Yuan family means?"

"snort!"

Yuwen Shu sneered. "The Yuan family is afraid that the rioters in the world will be wiped out, the world will be peaceful, and the Sui Dynasty will move towards Zhongxing again, so there will be no chance for the Yuan family."

"But don't we also want the world to be turbulent?" Yu Wenji bit his lips and said.

Yuwen Shu didn't expect that the eldest son would say something. He was surprised that his son had no ambition since he was a child and only knew how to be greedy for pleasure. Did he really change his nature and start to have ambition?

Yuwen Shu's ambition was almost worn out by his two incompetent sons. Unexpectedly, the eldest son suddenly said an ambitious word, which made the disappointed Yuwen Shu's heart rekindled the fire of hope.

"What about my son's thoughts?" Yuwen Shu asked anxiously.

"I think that since we have common interests with the Yuan family, we can also form an alliance with the Yuan family. We should work with the Wuchuan Prefecture to suppress Zhang Xuan and Zhang Xutuo with the hands of the Wuchuan Prefecture, and even disrupt the situation. I think it is more in line with our family's interests."

Yuwen Shu was very moved. He had fought with Wuchuan Mansion for more than ten years and had already made deep grudges with each other. Now he actually wanted to shake hands and make peace.

But then again, Dou Qing used to be in charge of Wuchuan Prefecture, but now it is Dugu and Yuan. He and Wuchuan Prefecture do have the basis for reconciliation. More importantly, this time, Yuan gave up his posture and came to the door to express his willingness to reconcile. Why didn’t he follow the situation and reconcile with Wuchuan Prefecture?

But Yuwen Shu still has to consider Yang Guang's attitude, and he cannot do it too much. It is best to let his son come forward and manipulate him behind the scenes. This is safer and you can also express that you are not aware of it at any time.

Thinking of this, Yuwen Shu said to his eldest son: "I will leave this matter to you, but you must report anything to your father, and you are not allowed to make decisions without authorization!"

Perhaps he felt that his tone was too stiff, Yu Wen Shu smiled softly and said, "Because this matter is of great importance, I am afraid that you will fall into the Yuan family's tricks, so let's deal with this matter together. It's just that it's hard for my father to come forward, so you will negotiate with the Yuan family on behalf of my father. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Boy obeys the order!"

After hesitating for a while, Yu Wenji asked again: "What should I do next to the Yuan family?"

Yuwen Shu thought for a while, "This is it! You invite Yuan Min to have a drink tomorrow. Be careful not to go there. You should invite more officials. But you should sit together in the seats, and don't talk about current affairs. Both of them are fine. This is my attitude. I believe the Yuan family will understand!"

"Don't my father want to move through Yun Dingxing?"

Yuwen Shu shook his head, "This person is too speculative and unreliable. Such things that concern the survival of the family cannot be passed through him. We must do it ourselves."

"The child understands what his father means."

"In addition, you have to make it clear to the Yuan family that I don't care about Zhang Xuan at all. This is very important. You can't let the Yuan family see my weakness!"

At the same time when Yuan Min visited Yuwen Shu, Pei Jue had already dispersed in front of the imperial study room, and most of the officials had returned home, and only some important officials were still dealing with the court affairs, and Pei Jue was one of them.

At this time, Yang Guang had recovered his health and began to take charge of the government affairs in full. Changsun Yang Neng was still his assistant, handling some simple government affairs for him. This would reduce Yang Guang's burden on the one hand, and at the same time exercise Changsun's ability.

"Has the emperor not returned yet?" Pei Ju walked outside the gate of the imperial study room and smiled.

The eunuch on duty was very clever and asked with a smile: "Does Mr. Pei want to meet the emperor?"

Pei Ju nodded with a smile, and the eunuch immediately said, "Pei Gong, please wait, and I will report to the emperor!"

The eunuch entered the room and came out in just a moment, smiling and bowing, "What a coincidence, the emperor is about to summon Mr. Pei. Mr. Pei is coming just right, please come in!"

Pei Ju slowly walked into the imperial study room and saw that the emperor Yang Guang was explaining something to Changsun Yang. Pei Ju did not disturb him. He stood aside. He saw Feng Deyi, the on-duty inner-sergeant sitting behind a screen.

The inner historian was responsible for drafting the decree. There were five people in total. One person came to the imperial study room every day to prepare the decree for the emperor. They usually sat outside the room. Today, Feng Deyi sat in the imperial study room, indicating that the emperor Yang Guang was about to draft the decree.

Feng Deyi was the niece of former prime minister Yang Su. He was very talented and had a talent that he never remembered. He was initially recommended by Yang Su to enter the official career, and then he was highly valued by his superior Yu Shiji.

Although his wife and brother Yang Xuangan rebelled, under Yu Shiji's strong support, Feng Deyi was not implicated and still held an important position in the Neishi Province.

Feng Deyi had already seen Pei Ju and quickly bowed to him. Pei Ju nodded with a smile, but was secretly alert in his heart that Feng Deyi was Yu Shiji's confidant. He was sitting here and he couldn't say something.

At this time, Yang Guang saw Pei Ju and smiled and said, "It's a coincidence! I was about to send someone to summon Pei Aiqing, but I didn't expect her to come by myself. Please sit down quickly!"

"I thank Your Majesty for giving you a seat!"

A eunuch had a seat in the lower shop. Pei Ju sat down. Yang Guang laughed and said, "I am in a very good mood these days. I am considering giving Zhang Xutuo another civil servant. Does Pei Shangshu think it is feasible?"

Pei Ju understood the joy in Yang Guang's heart. Zhang Xutuo was probably the happiest person to pacify the Qingzhou bandits. He even wanted to give Zhang Xutuo a literary official, which shows how he valued Zhang Xutuo.

Pei Ju smiled slightly and said, "Of course, with such a strong minister, how can Your Majesty not value him?"

"Yes! If there were more famous generals like Zhang Xutuo in the Sui Dynasty, why worry about the uneasy in the world? I hope that all generals will take Zhang Xutuo as their help."

"I report to my grandfather and grandson, I think I should consider the achievements of the lower-level generals more. Instead of adding icing on the cake to Zhang Xutuo, it is better to provide timely assistance to the lower-level generals. What does Pei Shangshu think?" Yang Xuan, next to me, took the initiative to express his different opinions.

Pei Ju smiled bitterly in her heart. The two grandparents and grandchildren had different opinions, but they wanted to ask themselves, how did he answer this?

After a while, Pei Ju had to smile and explain: "What Your Highness Yan said does not conflict with His Majesty's ideas. Give Zhang Xutuo and the prosecutor of Wen will not affect the rewards to the lower-level generals. The two things can be considered separately."

Yang Guang was silent for a moment and said to the outside world: "Prince the clan and retreat! I don't need to draft an order for the time being."

"I obey the order!"

Feng Deyi got up and retreated, and Yang Guang said to Yang again: "Let's go back too! Let's be here today."

"Grandson obeys the order!"

Yang Qing simply packed the table and stepped down, leaving only Yang Guang and Pei Ju in the room.

Yang Guang walked to the window with his hands behind his back and stared at Luoyang City in the distance, looking solemn. Pei Ju didn't dare to disturb Yang Guang's thoughts and stood aside and remained silent, but he had already felt something in his heart. Yang Guang might not be really happy that Zhang Xutuo defeated the thief army in succession.
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