Chapter 328
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He quietly arranged Yuwen Yubo to live in a small courtyard behind Meilin. As soon as Yi Feng returned to the front hall, Liu Wenjing reported that King Yang Guang of Jin summoned Yi Feng to the King of Jin's mansion to discuss the Northern Expedition.
Yi Feng took a team of flag guards and rode all the way to the temporary headquarters in the King of Jin's mansion. Yang Jian and Yang Su had already been waiting there. When they saw Yi Feng coming, they immediately drove several subordinates in the hall out.
"We must teach Gao Yang a lesson!" Yang Guang said with a gloomy face when he saw Yi Feng coming in. "We must teach him a lesson."
"What happened?" Yi Feng asked Yang Su.
Yang Su also had a gloomy face and said in a low voice: "Gao Jin has always been unable to get along with us." Yi Feng nodded. Of course he knew this. Gao Jin was the backbone of the prince's party, and Yang Guang was the biggest threat to the prince. At the same time, Yang Su, who is now the core of the Jin royal party, is also the biggest threat to the Gao Jin. Although Yang Su entered the center back then and was recommended by Gao Jin, now Yang Su has been attacking all the way. After Yu Qingze and Su Wei gave up the position of deputy prime minister, he has become the second only to Gao Jin among all officials. For Gao Jin, Yang Su has been the second most years.
The one that threatened him the most. In the early days of the founding of the country, Li Delin, Su Wei and Yu Qing were all his important opponents, but Li Delin was fought out of court by him. Yu Qing was suspicious and killed by the emperor. After Su Wei was suppressed several times by him, he has completely dared not challenge him. Only Yang Su, who has gained more and more favor from the emperor, finally stopped begging him, but began to fight openly with him. Yang Yong could not tolerate Yang Guang, and Gao Yang could not tolerate Yang Su. The last major case of Yan Rong was Gao Yang planned and presided over the prince, and joined forces with the Han King to attack the Jin King's Party.
They were very successful and now they want to continue attacking while they are invincible, but they don't want to stop.
"The old thief Gao Yang, just received the report. Gao Yang's people intercepted a batch of orphan goods in Jizhou." Yang Guang said angrily.
"What goods?" Yi Feng asked, but judging from Yang Guang's appearance, it was probably a batch of important materials.
"A thousand war horses sent from Huaihuang to Yangzhou."
Yi Feng couldn't help but feel angry. These thousand war horses were part of the tea horse transaction he had agreed with Yang Guang. Before Yang Guang's tea leaves were given to him, his horses had been transported to Jiangnan continuously. The number of these thousand war horses was quite large, but they were intercepted by Gao Ying halfway. Not to mention the heavy economic losses, this also caused an important hidden danger. If Gao Yang followed the clues and found some key evidence to prove to the emperor that King Zhao and King Jin had secretly colluded, traded a large number of war horses privately, and had ill-intentioned plans. This would be very troublesome.
"How many have Gao Yang found?" Yi Feng asked. The war horses traded with Yang Guang are now Yang Guang's people went directly to Huaihuang to luck horses. The links on the road were arranged by Yang Guang, so he didn't know whether the specific details had been found by Gao Ying.
"Don't worry. Although Gao Yang intercepted these horses, he could not find more information. He must have known that these horses were transported from Huaihuang to Jianghuai. But he could not get the specific evidence. However, this incident has attracted Gao Yang's attention, and a thousand horses have now fallen into the hands of the prince. Gao Yang must be given a counterattack!" Yang Guang said with a hatred.
Yi Feng nodded. Gao Yang snatched a thousand horses this time, so he would definitely not give up. If he didn't find a way to solve this problem, he was afraid that there would be more and more trouble in the future. He pinched his chin and pondered for a long time, and suddenly said to Yang Guang and Yang Su with a smile: "I thought of a plan to deal with Gao Yang. Since you dare to intercept our horses, let's use the horse to write some articles and repay Gao Yang."
"Ma? I'm afraid this matter will not be made public to His Majesty." Yang Guang said worriedly.
"Don't worry, this horse is not another horse, but another horse." Yi Feng smiled a little mysteriously, "Anyway, we want Gao Yang to look good this time. If this matter is planned well, Gao Yang will be overwhelmed and will be too busy to take care of himself."
"What strategy is it? Let's talk about it in detail." Yang Guang was excited and asked quickly.
"Let me tell you slowly..."
It is not easy to deal with the head of all officials like Gao Yang. However, although Gao Yang has been the prime minister for many years, he does not have any weaknesses that can be attacked. The most advantageous weapon to deal with Gao Yang is the emperor's suspicion and guard against important officials like Gao Yang who have been in charge of the position of prime minister for more than ten years. Especially as the emperor is getting older and more suspicious, the various trusts of the emperor in the past have now become various suspicions of the emperor. There is no real handle to deal with Gao Yang today. Sometimes there are only some things that catch the wind and shadows, but it is easier to attack Gao Yang. As long as the emperor succeeds, how can Gao Yang continue to sit at the head of all officials without the trust of the emperor? For important officials like Gao Yang, once the emperor no longer trusts him, it is almost impossible to escape without his own strength.
Yi Feng asked the two with a smile, "Do your Highness and Duke Yue still remember the death of Yu Qingze?"
Yu Qing was Yang Su's predecessor, and he was also the Youpushe of Shangshu. He was one of the four nobles in Kaihuangchu. He was once a confidant of Yang Jian. He was a powerful figure who was a general and a prime minister like Yang Su. However, such a person was suddenly convicted and died when he was second only to Gao Bing. He was also a crime of rebellion. In fact, it was just a crime of infringement. Yu Qing was a military general, and he had great achievements and was very good at the master. But he did not know how to keep a low profile. His colleagues were jealous of the emperor's suspicion, and eventually ended up being killed.
Yang Su had turned against Yu Qingze at the beginning, and the two sides had fierce fighting. It can be said that Yu Qingze's death was also a contribution to Yang Su's promotion. He heard Yi Feng mention Yu Qingze, he thought.
"Yu Qingze was executed for his wife's brother-in-law." Yang Su said. But he knew in his heart that Yu Qingze had no rebellion at all. He was just because his great achievements shocked the emperor and was suspected by the emperor. He borrowed his wife's brother's false accusation and killed Yu Qingze.
Yang Guang didn't say anything. But he also knew the case well and knew that it was a famous unjust case in the Sui Dynasty. In fact, its essence was the same as the Yan Rong case and the Cui Fei case, and it was just the emperor who took the opportunity to clean it up.
"To deal with Gao Yang, there is actually no need to attack Gao Yang directly." Yi Feng said: "I heard that the king of Shangzhu Shiji and Gao Ying have a good personal relationship."
Yang Su nodded, "The last time he went east to go to Goguryeo, Wang Shiji was the marshal of the army, and it was Gao Yang Baozhe."
"Summer means to attack Wang Shiji and then use this to implicate Gao Feng?" Yang Guang was also very smart. He immediately heard the string song and realized the meaning of elegance, and thought of Yi Feng's purpose.
Yi Feng did not deny it and said, "I heard a rumor. It is said that Wang Shiji once said to Gao Yang. He told Gao Yang that we were all ministers of Zhou and that the country was destroyed. What is it like? But Gao Yang never reported this to the emperor."
Yang Su and Yang Guang's eyes lit up and widened. What Yi Feng said was quite lethal. They didn't know whether Wang Shiji had said this to Gao Yang, but they might as well say it. And the meaning of this sentence is: We are all ministers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Now that Yang Jian established a new dynasty, should we think of ourselves? This sentence is quite ruthless. If Wang Shiji really said it and Gao Yang reported to the emperor, Wang Shiji would be unable to escape death. But Gao Yang never reported this to the emperor. And Yi Feng said that Wang Shiji had said this to Gao Yang secretly. This is now a completely unverified thing, but if it was passed to the emperor, it would be a perfect thing that could completely arouse the emperor's suspicion.
Of course, if it is just like this, it is almost impossible to overthrow a Shangzhu Kingdom and a Zuo Pushe. This requires more evidence to prove the conspiracy and alliance between Wang Shiji and Gao Yang. More evidence is needed to prove that Wang Shiji was a person who had always been dissatisfied with the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. In this way, only then can people believe what Wang Shiji said before, and after overthrowing Wang Shiji, he can also involve Gao Yang.
Yi Feng immediately threw out another important news: "I heard that after the defeat of Dongzheng, Wang Shiji was the marshal of the marshal, but he was not demoted much after the war. He was finally transferred to the position of Liangzhou General Manager. In fact, Gao Bing said a lot of good things for Wang Shiji?"
"really!"
"I heard a news that Wang Shiji returned to Jingchaoji last year and brought back four thousand-mile horses, which are said to be sweat-blooded horses produced from the Western Regions. He got these four horses, one of which was riding by himself, and the other three were given to people. One of them was given to Yuan Min, the general of the left guard of Shangzhu Kingdom, one was given to Yuan Zhou, the general of the right guard of Shangzhu Kingdom, and the last one was given to Gao Yang."
"This is serious?" Yang Guang asked anxiously.
"It's true." Yi Feng smiled.
"Hahaha." Yang Guang laughed loudly, laughing very happily. This is a very good handle. The emperor has always forbidden the officials of the court and local officials to collude with gifts. An official from Taipu Temple once inspected the local horse farm, but he only accepted a horse whip given by the officials of the horse farm, but was ordered to be killed by Yang Jian as a court stick. The emperor not only prohibited the kings and princes of the royal family from giving gifts to each other, but also strictly prohibited the mutual exchanges between officials of the court and local officials. What's more, Wang Shiji not only gave gifts to the prime minister, but also gave gifts to two generals of the imperial guards in the capital, but also such heavy gifts. Such things are big or small, and it depends entirely on the emperor's intention. If the emperor wants to punish you, this is a huge crime. If he does not want to punish you, it is just a trivial matter.
"It's not enough to win Wang Shiji with this." Yang Su shook his head and said. Is Wang Shiji the upper pillar country or the general in Liangzhou? It's a rare long-time general among the military generals in the court. It's probably difficult to defeat him in one fell swoop with these alone. After all, Wang Shiji is a member of the princeling party and is indeed closely related to Gao Yong.
"Another fire is enough." Yi Feng sneered, "Yu Qing was defeated because his wife's brother Zhao Shizhu sued him for his rebellion. Wang Shiji's plan was inappropriate. Is there no loyal and upright person around him?"
Yang Su couldn't help but look at Yi Feng with some admiration. This was a very ruthless method. No matter whether you really rebel or not, as long as a trusted person around you came out to report you, you would be unaware of it. Especially when the emperor was still suspicious of you, what the emperor needed was just such a reason and excuse. Didn't Yu Qing die like this?
"Wang Shiji may have found such a person around him?" Yang Guang asked.
"This matter is left to someone to handle. His Highness Bao Zhun is satisfied. This time, Gao Yang will have to peel off even if he doesn't die." Yang Su sneered in a cold manner. With Yi Feng pointing out such a clear method, if he can't do this matter well, he will really underestimate him.
Yi Feng smiled and said, "Then wait for the good news of Yue Gong." He didn't care about giving Yang Guang and Yang Su such a ruthless idea, because he had no good feelings for Gao Yang King Shiji. They were groups of different interests and the opposing party. They have always been the core supporters of the prince, not to mention that Gao Yang just snatched him a thousand horses. His party with the prince and Gao Yang has long been either you die or I die. There is no reason to be kind to the enemy at this time, and the kindness to the enemy is cruel to himself.
But he just planned to come up with an idea, but he didn't plan to really take action. It would be better if he could not use these intrigues and intrigues in the court.
Yang Su's methods were very powerful. After returning to the Duke of Yue's mansion, he immediately found his brother Yang Yue. He told him what he had discussed with King Jin and King Zhao today. Yang Su trusted this brother very much. He often discussed with the brother regardless of matters, military and political affairs, and listened to his suggestions. Although Yang Yue climbed a tree and became a eunuch when he was young, he did not affect his IQ. Moreover, he was extremely trusted by the emperor and had a secret exploration force for Yang Jian. He was conspiracy and intrigue.
The plan was the most clear. He clapped his hands and said, "Step after step, one step, one step closely. If you hadn't told me personally, I wouldn't believe that such a ruthless plan was actually the action of the young King of Zhao. It was cruel, poisonous, and absolutely! As King Zhao said, as long as we can find someone who can control and drive it from Wang Shiji's confidants, Wang Shiji will be completely finished. Even Gao Yang, this time, he can also peel off a layer of skin and make him look sexy."
"Due to the rampant king, he didn't expect that this not only did not become his weakness, but instead made him such a powerful person. Everyone outside likes to call him Yi Hu, saying that he is very brave. I prefer his other nickname, Jiutou Jiao. This is an elusive nine-headed dragon. It turns into a dragon when it encounters wind and clouds." Yang Su said the first time he admired Yi Feng in his heart to his brother.
"Please help me pay more attention to His Highness Zhao in the future. I always feel that what His Highness Zhao shows is not his full strength."
"I will keep staring at him, and I am becoming more and more interested in this Highness now." (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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