Chapter 12: Pei's old plan

The reason why Pei Ju knew about Yang Yuanqing's saving granddaughter was not that the three of them took the initiative to tell him, but the carriage that sent them back was the carriage of Princess Leping's mansion. The housekeeper dared not hide it and immediately reported to Pei Ju. Pei Ju immediately interrogated the three of them. They did not dare to hide it, so they told their grandfather in detail what happened last night. Only then did Pei Ju realize that Yang Yuanqing had returned to Beijing. ("《》.com)

In the carriage, Pei Ju's joke had disappeared, and his face became a little serious. He shook his head and said, "Nephew, it's not that I'm talking about you. You are still a little immature in the officialdom and are not mature enough. If you think you can hide it from the emperor, then you are very wrong."

Pei Ju sighed and said earnestly: "Nephew, I'm here to come back for the funeral without orders. Actually, there is no problem at all. This is your filial piety. No one will tell you about this matter, and the emperor will not. The key is your concealment. This is a taboo in the officialdom. If you don't have time to ask for an order, you can make up for it later. But I'm following your opinion, I want to go back secretly. Nephew, this is not OK!"

Yang Yuanqing saw sweat on his forehead, and he realized that he had not considered the problem thoroughly. He had been serving as the chief executive of Fengzhou for less than two years and was not very familiar with some rules in the officialdom. He originally planned to go quickly, but this had little impact, but he ignored the consequences of concealment.

Yang Yuanqing suddenly thought of another thing, that is, his Red Rust Tea House, and he also had a kind of concealment. In fact, the grassland has a huge demand for tea, and now it is only the upper Turkic class that can afford tea. As tea is popularized to the middle and lower Turkic class and the Tiel ethnic group, the demand will be even greater. He can't eat this vast market alone, and sooner or later he will have to embark on the road to the officialdom, and sooner or later, Yang Guang will know that he is only considering it from the perspective of protecting commercial secrets, but ignores some taboos in the officialdom.

He remembered that he met Yuwen Zhi and his group at the city gate yesterday. He was sure that the Yuwen family would not let him go. No matter where they would start to cause trouble for themselves, first of all, he would not have the handle to stay outside.

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment, then asked Pei Ju, "Who is Yi Shi's meaning, if I don't think about some things carefully and leave a handle outside, what should I do now? Should I destroy these handles in time?"

Pei Ju was very happy that Yang Yuanqing could ask him this, which showed that he had begun to trust him. This was a good start. Pei Ju was determined to pull Yang Yuanqing into the sphere of influence of the Pei family. Now the Pei family is deeply loved by the sages. Among the seven officials in the cabinet, the Pei family occupied two, one was Pei Ju, his assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and the other was his clan's brother, the censor Pei Yun. Two prime ministers appeared in the same dynasty in the family, which can be said to be unique.

It can be said that if Pei's family wants to recruit students, they will swarm with talents from all over the world, but Pei Ju has a far-reaching look. He knows that the problem of the Pei family is that they have more talent and lack martial arts. There must be a general who is intimidating the world within the sphere of influence of Pei's family. This general cannot be from a noble family in Guanlong, nor can he be a Hu, but must be a young Han. Holy Hall.com

Pei Ju's eyes locked on Yang Yuanqing. As early as two years ago, he saw the potential of this person and began to win him over. Now, as time goes by, Yang Yuanqing has begun to gradually show his extraordinary side, making Pei Ju secretly glad that his original vision, but he also has a sense of crisis, and he is worried that Yang Yuanqing will be taken away by another family.

The best way is to marry Pei Xier to Yuan Qing. Two years ago, he wanted to marry Pei Xier to Yuan Qing, but he failed. It was obvious that they did not have this fate, which made Pei Ju quite frustrated. It was not until last night that he suddenly realized that Pei Minqiu, the little granddaughter who had always been the least valued by him, might be Yuan Qing's true destiny. Although he had this enlightenment, Pei Ju did not want to be reckless. He did not want to repeat the mistakes he had two years ago. Many things were forced to do, and it would be natural to ignore them.

Seeing that Yang Yuanqing asked him humbly, Pei Ju stroked his beard and smiled, "Does his virtuous nephew know this person Yu Shiji?"

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I only know Yu Shinan, the master of calligraphy in the world."

Pei Ju smiled and said, "Yu Shiji is Yu Shinan's brother and a famous calligrapher. But what I want to tell you is not his calligraphy, but his official skills. This person has a stepson named Xiahou Yan, who is domineering, bullying men and women, and is hated by others. However, Yu Shiji never takes it seriously. He sells official positions and bribes. He has been impeached by countless people. He is safe and sound. The emperor knows his son's evil deeds and his bribery, but he still trusts him very much. Yuan Qing, what do you think is the reason?"

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and said, "Is it because he is good at casting the favor of the emperor?"

"Yes, you can see this, even if a child can teach you!"

Pei Ju stroked his beard and smiled and said, "Yu Shiji's intelligence is that he does not become a saint. Even the saint himself has various shortcomings and deficiencies. How could Yu Shiji be like a saint? He never violates the saint's taboos, but he ruined his reputation on some things that the saint thought were irrelevant, so that he could not gain popularity. Yuan Qing, do you understand what I mean?"

Yang Yuanqing suddenly realized that Pei Ju is worthy of being an old Jiang in the officialdom, which gave him a enlightenment. It is not scary to have any illegal things. The key is to let the emperor know that he is not an ambitious person, but an ordinary person with weaknesses and greed.

"Uncle Shi, can the carriage wait for me in front of the palace gate for a moment?"

Seeing that Yang Yuanqing could learn from it and apply it now, Pei Ju couldn't help but laugh, "It's better, it's still early, I'll go back first, you can come to my mansion for a banquet in the evening."

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Yang Guang did not expect Yang Yuanqing to come to see him so soon, which was beyond his expectations. It seemed that this person was not stupid, not as he thought, came and went secretly, and he knew that he had to explain to himself. (《》彩7*

Yang Guang reviewed the memorial and waited for Yang Yuanqing to come to see him. After a while, Yang Yuanqing hurried in under the guidance of the old eunuch.

Yang Yuanqing walked forward and bowed deeply, "My minister, Yang Yuanqing, the chief supervisor of Fengzhou, met with His Majesty, I wish His Majesty a long live! "

Yang Guang did not show any expression, as if he had heard nothing, and continued to review the memorials, ignoring Yang Yuanqing.

Yang Yuanqing had no choice but to sigh and said, "I am here to apologize to Your Majesty?"

Yang Guang did not raise his eyelids, but asked lightly: "What is General Yang's crime? Did Tiele invade Wuyuan County again? Didn't you defend the frontier?"

"Report to Your Majesty, Wuyuan County has been very quiet in the past two years, and there have been no Hu people invaded."

"Then why did you apologize? I don't quite understand."

Yang Guang put down his imperial pen and glanced at Yang Yuanqing and said, "Then tell me! What crime did he commit?"

"Report to your Majesty, I have committed two crimes. The first is that I am not summoned to the capital. In order to catch up with the Qiqi Festival, I am urgently coming back to attend the funeral for my grandfather. I did not obtain the consent of the emperor in advance. This is the first crime."

Yang Guang nodded, "I can understand that my relatives died and I will attend the funeral with power, but you can recognize your violation and explain it to me. It shows that you are not your original intention. I forgive you for your crime of being absent."

Yang Guang showed a smile on his face. Yang Yuanqing was the young general he admired the most. He appreciated his rebelliousness in the past few years. However, as Yang Yuanqing grew older, Yang Guang also hoped that he would abide by some basic rules in the court like a normal court official. The most basic rule was not to deceive the emperor and betray the emperor. Once discovered, it would be a serious crime. Even if Yang Guang did not intend to punish Yang Yuanqing, in order to seriously the court, he had to punish Yang Yuanqing to a certain extent.

If Yang Yuanqing can take the initiative to explain the situation to him, the situation will be much better. Yang Guang nodded and asked, "What is your second crime?"

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and said, "Since last year, I have been selling tea to the grasslands one after another through the name of Fengzhou Army. In fact, it was my personal personal doing it privately, and I made a lot of profits. I am guilty of it!"

In fact, almost half of Yang Yuanqing's profits were spent on soldiers, buying cattle, sheep and milk wine from the grassland to improve the soldiers' food. Although this is a fact, it cannot be said that the army is the emperor's army. When will it be his turn to support him? In fact, almost all the generals at the border do this. They will do everything possible to profit the officers and soldiers to win over the soldiers to win over the soldiers. Although this is an open secret at the border, no one will say it. This kind of selflessness is much more serious than corruption and abuse of power.

Yang Guang also heard about Yang Yuanqing's private selling of tea. He also wanted to ask Yang Yuanqing, what was going on? When did the grassland people start drinking tea? Since Yang Yuanqing took the initiative to mention this, he took the opportunity to ask: "I am a little strange. When did the grassland people start drinking tea? I have never heard of it."

"Report to Your Majesty, this is my discovery that tea has the effect of removing greasy and relieving dryness, which is very suitable for the lifestyle of grassland people. At the beginning of last year, I took advantage of the opportunity to go on a mission to the Turks to recommend tea to the Khan of Qimin and gave them hundreds of kilograms of tea. After a winter attempt, they finally discovered the wonderful uses of tea and began to be inseparable from tea. The daily consumption is huge. I took the opportunity to sell a batch of tea to them to obtain high profits."

Yang Guang took a few steps behind his back. In fact, he was concerned about how much benefit the tea trade could bring to the Sui Dynasty and to what extent the grassland could be controlled. If it was really as Yang Yuanqing said, the daily tea consumption was huge, then how much strategic benefit was this, which could not only bring a lot of wealth to the treasury, but also effectively control the grassland.

The trade between the Sui Dynasty and the grasslands mainly exchanged silk, porcelain and other goods for cattle and sheep. Most other materials were strictly restricted. For example, Yang Guang was also preparing to restrict the grasslands and was not allowed to transport the grasslands north. In this way, the grassland's dependence on the Central Plains will be greatly reduced, which is not conducive to the imperial court's control over the grasslands. So when he heard that Yang Yuanqing sold tea to the grasslands and was successful, his first reaction was that the court had another weapon that could control the grasslands.

Yang Yuanqing's charge of using power for personal gain and earning personal gain becomes insignificant in the face of this huge strategic benefit.

Of course, this was just what Yang Guang thought, but he would not show it. He didn't want to spoil Yang Yuanqing for this, making him uncontrollable. Yang Guang felt that he had to make Yang Yuanqing afraid.

"Tell me the truth, how much money did you earn by selling tea privately?" Yang Guang turned around and asked coldly.

"Report to your Majesty, tea is now only popular among the Turkic nobles and is far from popular among ordinary herdsmen. Moreover, it is not just for ordinary green tea to be sold, and it has to be processed, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Therefore, I don't sell much tea, and I have only earned more than 100,000 pounds in more than a year."

After saying that, he presented a piece of paper, "Your Majesty, this is my secret recipe for processing tea. Generally, the Turkish people do not recognize green tea. Only by processing it according to this method and making tea bricks and tea cakes can we earn benefits from the Turks. This is the top secret recipe developed by me, and I am willing to offer it to Your Majesty."

When Yang Guang heard that it was Yang Yuanqing's secret recipe, he was willing to offer it to himself. He took it and looked at it. His face calmed down. He asked with a smile: "You are young, what do you want so much money to do?"

"Report to Your Majesty, I am leaving my family and have no source of money. Two years ago, I attended Princess Leping's birthday party. I was so poor that I didn't even have money to buy a new dress. I had to wear old military uniforms to attend the birthday party. I was so angry that I swore that I must make a good fortune, buy a house and buy a land, and prepare for the future marriage. When I don't want to marry in the future, I can't even afford a groom's suit."

Yang Guang laughed. Yang Yuanqing's crying made him interesting to hear. He thought about it and took out a land deed from the drawer and handed it to Yang Yuanqing, "This is my imperial village, located in Yanshi County, about 5,000 acres. You have made contributions to selling tea to the Turks, and you are willing to offer the secret recipe to me on your own initiative. I will reward you with this imperial village. As your wife's capital, I will also have a reward in the future. But don't take the proceeds of your tea as a private property. It can be used to run schools in Wuyuan County to support the orphans. I don't want you to become a person who is obsessed with profit and profit."

Yang Yuanqing felt relieved. Even if he had successfully resolved the crisis caused by this tea sale, "I thank you for your rewards. I will follow the holy will and will no longer be profit-oriented."

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After leaving the palace, Yang Yuanqing did not immediately rush to the Pei family for a banquet. He still had some important things to do. He told Yang Guang that he only earned more than 100,000 yuan a year. In fact, it was just the amount of money he exchanged for sheepskin livestock from the grassland that he exchanged for selling tea. He still had a large inventory of items, worth more than 500,000 yuan. Once the amount was found to be huge, he would have problems and he had to make some preparations.

Yang Yuanqing rushed back to Fengdu City. As soon as he entered the Hongrust Tea House, Combas came up and said nervously: "General, there were some unidentified people outside the tea house just now. Several groups of people have come to buy tea in a row. This is something that has never happened before."

Yang Yuanqing was slightly stunned. Did something happen so soon? He pondered for a moment and asked, "Is the incoming and delivery of tea in your hands?"

Combas nodded, "According to the general's instructions, I will do these important records, and no one except me will know."

"You immediately modify the purchase record, remember to modify it, not destroy it, reduce all the incoming and outgoing records by 80%. Then, you hand over the revised account book to the second manager, and you will leave Luoyang immediately. You must do this within two hours."

Combas was startled, "General, what happened?"

Yang Yuanqing sneered and said, "I guess someone wants to use this to cause trouble for me."

Yang Yuanqing patted Combas on the shoulder, "Remember my words and do it quickly, the faster the better."

Conbass was frightened and immediately turned around to modify the account book.

In addition to the capital, there are also in and out of the Dali City. In the hands of Fat Fish, Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered two personal soldiers to rush back to Fat Fish to inform Fat Fish to change the bill. Yang Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief. If someone wanted to use this matter to punish him, he would be happy to accompany him.

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