Chapter 15 Prophecy in the Capital

Luoyang has entered October. Most of the willow branches along the way have turned yellow, and the crops in the fields have been harvested. Occasionally, a farmer checks the sown winter wheat in the fields. The sky is blue, and white clouds are lined up like fish's fine scales in the blue sky. This is a clear and crisp autumn season. (　　)

Yang Yuanqing led seven Iron Guards and more than 30 soldiers to run all the way. Two Iron Guards remained in the Western Regions. Dalang's pseudonym Li Zhu remained in Dunhuang as the commander, while Erlang changed his name to Zhou Sheng and stayed in Yiwu, and he also served as the commander general.

After nearly two months of long journey eastward, he escorted tens of thousands of women and children to finally arrive in Guanzhong. Emperor Yang Guang of Sui ordered Su Wei and Xu Shanxin, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, to settle tens of thousands of women and children, and to place them in Longyou and various counties within Guanzhong. He changed his surname to learn Chinese, learned Han rituals, and established a household registration for land. Yang Guang immediately ordered Yang Yuanqing to go to Beijing to report his work immediately.

At noon, Yang Yuanqing and his group entered the capital through Dingding Gate. After half a year, there was no more chaos and tension in the capital when refugees entered the capital. The cars came and went, and they were calm and leisurely, and there was a scene of prosperity and wealth.

"Let's find a place to have lunch and have some rest!"

Yang Yuanqing turned around and said to his subordinates, and took them into Ningrenfang, which was close to the city gate on the left. The yard was as lively as it was. Groups of children were running on Fang Street. On both sides of the yard were filled with farmers who entered the city to sell vegetables. After only more than twenty steps into the yard, they saw a two-story wine shop next to Fang Street. A flag flying in the air, and the name was Ningren wine shop.

A friend had already come up and said with a smile on his face, "Do you want to eat and drink? The shop has excellent Italian roe wine and other mountain delicacies and wild game."

When Yang Yuanqing heard the 'Dalian Plum Wine', he felt a close heart in his heart and smiled and said, "Then go up to the second floor!"

"Please, military man!" The guy hurriedly invited them to the second floor, but he felt a little embarrassed. These are more than 40 people! I wonder if there are so many empty seats on the second floor?

A group of soldiers went up to the second floor, fortunately, the five or six tables on the east side were empty, and someone was treating to book, and the soldiers ignored it and occupied the seats. Yang Yuanqing sat down in front of a seat by the window, leaning against the window, and he smiled and said to several friends: "Don't ask, bring all the wine, vegetables and meat, and there are also Hu cakes, even if they serve. The latest chapter of the Holy Temple."

Almost all the guys came to serve them, and the wine and food were served like flowing water, and the soldiers ate voraciously, but no one dared to make noise and dared not disturb the general's contemplation.

Su Lie and Shen Guang were also sitting at the table. Su Lie was a little depressed. He wanted to stay in Yiwu, but Yang Yuanqing refused and brought him back. He didn't say anything along the way. Yang Yuanqing knew that he needed a process to restore his mentality, so he ignored him. However, Shen Guang was in Luoyang for the first time, looking around. He was full of curiosity about everything in Xindu of Luoyang.

Yang Yuanqing took a glass of wine and drank slowly, but was thinking about his thoughts. When he saw Su Wei in Guanzhong, Su Wei told him something. His wife Min Qiu actually signed the first-rank maid, which caused a great shock to the capital. This was beyond Yang Yuanqing's expectations. He also thought that at most, he was from the fourth-rank maid.

Only the wife of the founding official has such courtesy from the first-class imperial edict. Even He Ruoyun Niang got the second-class official because of his re-string. This was the special care of Empress Dugu. Min Qiu was only sixteen years old. This made Yang Yuanqing think of the last time he was named Yinqing Guanglu Dafu. Even Yang Lihua advised him that it was easy to be jealous of a young man at the high position, which was not a good thing, but it seemed that Yang Guang was willing to let him have a high position and make enemies for him. What did he think?

Yang Yuanqing also thought that he was young and energetic back then, willing to be a pioneer, and was used by Yang Guang to become his sharp blade against the Guanlong forces, but he offended the Guanlong nobles because of this. Although he has always been a great honor, who knows what will happen tomorrow?

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but smile bitterly. He was not afraid of the Guanlong nobles. The king's heart was unpredictable. This was the biggest challenge he faced.

At this moment, he faintly heard a group of children singing children's songs on the street outside the window, "Jingxiang sheep, born on the New Year, traveling to the Western Regions, and becoming king!"

He was stunned for a moment and wanted to listen carefully. A group of children had already run away. Two mates were carrying the wine. Yang Yuanqing waved his hand and called a mate forward and asked him, "Jingzhou sheep just now, what are they singing, "Jingzhou sheep..." I didn't hear clearly. What are they singing?"

The guy scratched his head and smiled, "Oh! They are singing a nursery rhyme that has been circulating in the capital in the past two days, called "Jingxiang Sheep, born on the New Year, go to the Western Regions, and become king!" Anyway, many children are singing, and they are catchy, and I remember it. The latest chapter of the Holy Temple."

Now, Yang Yuanqing heard it clearly, and he was secretly surprised. Isn’t this talking about him Yang Yuanqing? He was born in Yingzhou, Jingxiang, and Yuan Risheng refers to his name Yuanqing. He went to the Western Regions and wanted to be king. This is the key, and he implicitly wanted to seize the Western Regions and establish himself as a king. Who is behind the scenes?

It should be the past two days that Yang Yuanqing realized that someone had already taken action against him in secret.

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After lunch, Yang Yuanqing did not return to the house, but went directly to the palace. He wanted to meet Yang Guang before he could go home. These details that his grandfather taught him back then. These seemingly inconspicuous details are actually a matter of attitude. They often become a straw that crushes the camel at the most critical moment. He cannot make mistakes in such details.

The soldiers were waiting outside the gate of the imperial city. He entered the imperial city and went straight to the palace city.

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In the imperial study, Yang Guang had just finished lunch, and today was just a break. However, for the king of a country, there was no rest day throughout the year. Although Yang Jian established the system of three provinces and six ministries, it was not perfect during the Sui Dynasty. The boundary between prime minister and monarch was not so clear. In addition, Yang Guang himself was a person with extremely high power. He concentrated all his power in his hands, from the appointment of prime minister to the promotion of county magistrates, he had to ask about everything, and did everything himself.

But in this way, he was almost breathless due to heavy state affairs. Although he spent a lot of money to repair Xianren Palace and to place concubines according to the etiquette system, in fact, he did not have the opportunity to enjoy it.

The so-called lazy king must be the prime minister, but in the end, there was no prime minister like Li Linfu or Yang Guozhong. This shows Yang Guang's diligence, or that he firmly grasped power in his own hands.

After lunch, he had a short lunch break, which was less than half an hour. Usually he liked to squint his eyes and take a nap, but he had some worries these two days.

There are two memorials on his desk. One is the Minister of Justice Zhang Jin impeached Yang Yuanqing and killed people in Yiwu. He almost wiped out his clan. He had no benevolence and righteousness. He saw the cruelty and demanded that Yang Yuanqing be punished.

The other is a petition by the Inner Historian Ling Yuanshou and 100 ministers. They believed that Yang Yuanqing's wife's imperial edict was too heavy and inconsistent with the convention and demanded the reduction of the edict. After that, hundreds of ministers signed together. Most of these signed ministers were officials of the Guanlong community. In addition, some royal members, such as the brothers Yang Xiong and Yang Da, as well as the Minister of Civil Affairs Wei Ji (Note: the Ministry of Civil Affairs is the Ministry of Revenue) and the Minister of Rites Yang Xuangan.

However, no one in the Shandong gentry clan signed the signature, and the two factions were clearly distinguished. This is a very interesting phenomenon. Yang Yuanqing's wife was the legitimate daughter of the Pei family, and Pei family was the leader of the Shandong gentry clan. She had to be a first-class imperial edict, and of course the Shandong gentry clan would not have any objection.

From the two memorials, Yang Guang keenly captured a clue that the Yuan family was going to attack Yang Yuanqing, or in other words, the Guanlong forces were going to attack Yang Yuanqing, and behind Yang Yuanqing were the Shandong gentry, and Guanlong nobles fought against Shandong gentry, which was a wonderful showdown.

Although Yang Guang has been suppressing the Guanlong nobles, he is unwilling to suppress too much, causing the power in the court to lose balance. In particular, the children of Guanlong nobles control most of the government soldiers, which makes Yang Guang somewhat afraid of being arbitrary. On the one hand, he suppresses them, but on the other hand, he has to use them, and keeps the same level.

On the other hand, Yang Guang actually had no good feelings for the Shandong gentry. The Shandong gentry maintained the ninth rank Zhongzheng and was the biggest opponent of the imperial examination. Their power was mainly in local governments, and most of the county and county in the north were Shandong gentry.

Yang Guang was forced to use the Pei brothers. He needed a force to compete with the Guanlong forces, and the southern forces could not become a climate, so Yang Guang had to rely on the Shandong gentry.

This time the Yuan family was preparing to attack Yang Yuanqing, which would inevitably involve the Pei family and then affect the entire Shandong gentry. Yang Guang realized that this must be the most intense official struggle since he ascended the throne.

Yang Guang couldn't help but smile. If both sides could be defeated, that would be the result he would most like to see.

‘Dang!’ A cloud board knocked, and it was his lunch break. Yang Guang slowly sat up and asked, “Is anyone waiting for the audience?”

He just saw a eunuch who wanted to speak but stopped, and knew that someone was waiting for the audience. The eunuch on duty hurried forward and reported: "Your Majesty, General Yang Yuanqing of Zuo Guard is waiting for summoning!"

"Has he finally arrived?"

Yang Guang laughed. He thought Yang Yuanqing would arrive tomorrow morning and the day after tomorrow. Whenever he thought that he would arrive so soon, he had something to ask him.

"Announce him to meet him!"

After a moment, Yang Yuanqing quickly walked into the imperial study room and knelt down on one knee to salute, "General Yang Yuanqing, the Zuo Xiaogu, met His Majesty!"

"Yang Aiqing, thank you all the hard work, please be calm!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yang Yuanqing stood up, and Yang Guang asked him again, "Yang Aiqing, have you been home to see your wife? You broke up after ten days of wedding. I feel a little guilty even if I part for half a year!"

"Report to Your Majesty, I have just entered the city gate, and I should first be public and then private, and first country and then family."

"This sentence is well said. I have always advocated the country, not the country. To commend you for abandoning your family, I will give you three days off and reunite with your wife!"

"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"

Yang Yuanqing bowed again and said, "Your Majesty, have you read my memorial?"

"Yeah! I've seen it."

Yang Guang nodded and took the top one from the stack of important memorials on the left, which means that the memorials submitted by Yang Yuanqing are the most important.

He flipped over again and asked with a smile: "Yang Aiqing has submitted two memorials in total. The first one is to take Yiwu Kingdom, the second one is to attack Chuyue. I am holding the second one. Are you talking about this one?"

"That's right!" Yang Yuanqing bowed.

Yang Guang opened the memorial and read it again, and smiled and said, "You said that the Western Turks were in conflict with each other and were unable to attack Yiwu, so you sent the Chuyue tribe to attack Yiwu. You took the lead and destroyed the Chuyue tribe. Can you confirm that the Chuyue tribe really wants to attack Yiwu?"

Although Yang Guang had a smile on his lips, his eyes were very cold, which involved Zhang Jin's impeachment, massacre of weak clans, and seeking military merits.

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Chapter completed!