Chapter 7 Autumn Wind Comes to the Poplar

Although he was a guest at Pei's Mansion, Yang Yuanqing still held back his laughter. Pei Ju also said with some amusement: "Nephew, why is this?"

Yang Yuanqing held back his smile and pointed at Cheng Yaojin and said, "My little brother has never drunk Pujiao wine. Not long ago, he won a bet with someone else. Others wanted to invite him to drink Pujiao wine for half a month, drinking five kilograms a day. As a result, people used plum wine mixed with water to pretend to be Pujiao wine for him. He drank it for half a month, so just now......"

After Yang Yuanqing finished speaking, the children of the Pei family burst into laughter. Cheng Yaojin's face was flushed, but his eyes glanced at Pei You from time to time. Seeing her, tears were almost coming out. He couldn't help but feel proud. Perhaps he had met her. Although Pei Minqiu and Pei Xier next to her were both more beautiful than Pei You, especially Pei Minqiu was as beautiful as a fairy, he didn't like it. He liked Pei You's thick eyebrows.

Pei Ju held back his smile and said, "Since Nephew Cheng likes Pu Tao wine so much, I will give you two jars to let you drink enough."

Cheng Yaojin was overjoyed and hurriedly stood up and said, "Thank you uncle!"

His words caused a burst of laughter from the Pei family. He actually called "Uncle". Even Pei Ju couldn't help but stroke his beard and laughed, and said to Yang Yuanqing: "Nephew, you little brother are interesting!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "He is very interesting. He wants to take the martial arts exam and the exam will start the day after tomorrow. He only asked me to teach him how to shoot archery yesterday."

Pei Xingyan laughed out loud, and he held back his laughter and said, "But he is not the first person. My father has an apprentice who is like him. He has been practicing arrows these two days. My father asked me to teach him that General Yang may know this person."

"Who is it?" Yang Yuanqing asked with great interest.

"He is also from the Yang Mansion, named Yang Wei. Do General Yang know him?"

It turned out to be him. Why didn’t Yang Yuanqing know him? He smiled and said, “I have fought with him since I was a child, why didn’t I know him? How could he learn martial arts from Ling Zun?”

"He is the master, the Right Guard Qiu He, General Qiu. General Qiu was named the governor of Daizhou. He took office not long ago. He had a very good relationship with his father, so he asked my father to teach him how to shoot archery. My father handed me this task again. He heard that the Yang Mansion has two A-list quotas, but everyone in the Yang Mansion wants it, so we have to compete internally first."

Seeing that the three granddaughters were eating silently, no one talked to Yang Yuanqing, Pei Ju coughed and gave Pei Xingyan a wink. Pei Xingyan understood and smiled and said no more.

At this time, Pei Xier asked with a smile: "I heard that there are other ranking competitions for the third-rank 18 generals. Will General Yang participate?"

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I don't want to participate in this competition."

"Oh! Why?"

"No, not interested."

Yang Yuanqing's answer was very plain, just as he was not interested in Pei Xier. Pei Xier felt that Yang Yuanqing was perfunctory. She was disappointed and lowered her head to eat, not saying much.

There was a little subtle between the three girls, and none of them spoke. Pei You was actually a talkative person. As long as she was willing to speak, she would definitely not be in a bad mood. But the seat arranged by her grandfather made her sad. It was obvious that she was just a person who was accompaniment and she no longer had this opportunity. Pei You also knew that she was going to marry the Wang family in Taiyuan, but when she thought of the tuberculosis, she felt very uncomfortable. She should have gotten married at the beginning of the year, but her future husband's condition worsened, causing the wedding to be delayed again and again. Since her grandfather did not give her a chance, she was too lazy to speak, so she kept eating silently.

Pei Minqiu is a quiet daughter herself. If she gets alone with Yang Yuanqing, she can say a few more words, but in front of the family, she will never speak and attract attention.

Besides, she also understood that her grandfather asked Xier to sit in the first place because she intended to talk more. She was just a guest and could not overshadow the host. It was precisely this way that Pei Minqiu had a quiet meal without saying a word, as if she and Yang Yuanqing had never known each other.

As for Pei Xier, she was even more confused, without any mental preparation, and had no idea of ​​having anything to do with Yang Yuanqing. She rushed to fight. When she felt Yang Yuanqing's indifference, she was also silent.

Pei Ju saw it and had to sigh slightly. It was because he was a little wishful thinking, or rather, his method was a bit wrong.

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Today is the ten-day break, and most officials are resting at home and enjoying this rare moment of leisure, but on the empty Chengtianmen Street, a carriage is rapidly sailing towards Chengtianmen.

On the carriage window, the inner historian Yang Yue's somewhat worried eyes were revealed. Looking at the huge buildings that were extremely familiar, he was considering some family affairs in his mind.

Early in the morning, he had already received news that his elder brother Yang Su had been promoted to Shangshu Ling. This was the highest official of Shangshu Province and the highest official of the entire Sui Dynasty. It seemed very glorious, but Yang Yue understood another hidden meaning. It was that his elder brother Yang Su lost power. Shangshu Ling did not care about the court affairs. All the six ministers of Shangshu Province were in the hands of the left and right servants.

The eldest brother had already made great achievements and shocked the master. Yang Yue realized the emperor's fear of the eldest brother. This was a kind of inevitable ending of the cunning rabbit's death and the lackeys. To calm the Yang Liang rebellion, the eldest brother lost his value. Moreover, he had too high prestige in the court and threatened the emperor's authority.

What made Yang Yue worried was that the sword of the emperor was only targeting the eldest brother or the entire Yang family. If it were the latter, then Yang Yue would be the second person to be dealt with.

He didn't know why the Lord summoned him today, and should he announce his treatment?

Yang Yue sighed, wondering what fate was hidden in Chengtian Gate ahead.

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Ten days for Emperor Yang Guang was a day that was no different from usual. Although the three provinces and six ministries were implemented in the early Sui Dynasty, the emperor's power was still very strong. Most of the court affairs were approved by the emperor. Every day, the memorials piled up from all over the country made Yang Guang breathless.

Moreover, he had many important things to consider. From early in the morning, Yang Guang came to the imperial study room and began to review the memorials.

He opened a memorandum, which was a letter of appointment from the Ministry of Personnel, appointing Xiao Xian as the magistrate of Luo County after the royal family of the Western Liang Dynasty. This was the nephew of his wife Empress Xiao. Empress Xiao asked him to arrange a position for his nephew, and this appointment from the Ministry of Personnel was issued according to his wishes.

Yang Guang casually drew an "edict" on it and put it aside. He picked up another memorial and his face immediately became solemn. This was Yang Su's latest appointment edict. Looking at this edict, Yang Guang couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Since the Yang Liang Rebellion was quelled, he has been considering three major events: moving the capital to Luoyang, the issue of successors, and the court's power layout. As he officially made up his mind to make the eldest son the crown prince the night before yesterday, he had already resolved the first two major events, and then he would start working on the power structure of the court.

As an emperor, he emphasizes the art of balance and never allows his family to dominate. It is precisely because of this that he did not kill all the Guanlong nobles. He wanted to leave some to fight against the northern gentry. At the same time, he also had to support the southern gentry to form a situation of three powers.

Yang Su's existence became a difficulty in his balance of power. He was not only the most important official of the court, but also the first commander of the army. His military and political skills were very strong, which made Yang Guangshen fearful. In front of Yang Su, he felt that he was very small and cowardly. His emperor's prestige was not as powerful as Yang Su. People in the world only knew Yang Taipu, but not His Majesty the Emperor.

Whether considering the balance of power or increasing his prestige, Yang Guang could no longer tolerate Yang Su. Of course, he could not kill Yang Su with one blow, as it would cause chaos in the court. That was not what an emperor should do. After all, Yang Su had the merits of supporting him, and Yang Guang could not make any ruthless moves for the moment.

He used the cleverest method to advance openly and descend secretly, seized his government power. At the same time, he ordered him to build an Eastern Palace and not allow him to return to the capital, so he could not contact the court, which made the court slowly forget him.

At the same time, we must suppress the Yang family, so that the Yang family's status among the gentry was reduced, and from the leader of the northern gentry to an ordinary second-rate family.

The suppression of the Yang family inevitably reminded Yang Guang of Yang Yuanqing. This was the only person in the Yang family who wanted to reuse. He planned to let Yang Yuanqing replace Changsun Sheng as a new generation of Turkic envoys in a few years. The Turkic envoys have always been the number one threater of the Great Sui Dynasty. The Turkic envoys were not important officials and could not take responsibility. He had to find a young talent who was capable, loyal, both civil and military, familiar with the Turkic, proficient in Turkic language and excellent relationship with the Turkic. Yang Yuanqing was undoubtedly the best candidate. He could not imagine anyone more suitable than Yang Yuanqing.

In the future, he can assist his son again. As he himself said, he is willing to become the shield of the Great Sui Dynasty.

However, reusing Yang Yuanqing is a bit resistant to his strategy of suppressing the Yang family. Suppressing the Yang family will make Yang Yuanqing reduce his loyalty to him, which is something Yang Guang doesn't want to see. He must find a way to separate Yang Yuanqing from the Yang family so that Yang Yuanqing will not be affected by the Yang family.

"Your Majesty, Shiling Yang is here, waiting to see you outside!" A eunuch at the door reported.

"Announce him to meet him!"

When the eunuch went out, a long shout came from a loud voice, "Your Majesty has an order, and the Xuan Nei Shi ordered Yang to meet him!"

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"Your Majesty has an order to meet Yang Yi!

He shouted loudly, and for a moment, Yang Yue entered the imperial study under the guidance of a eunuch. Yang Yue stepped forward and gave a deep bow, "My minister Yang Yue joined His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Yang Aiqing, I can't afford to call you here on weekends."

"I dare not, Your Majesty will summon you, and I should wait at any time."

Yang Guang nodded. He took a thick stack of edicts from the table next to him and threw them in front of Yang Yue with a "wow!", "I am very dissatisfied with these edicts. You can take them back and rewrite them."

Yang Yue was so scared that this was the second time that he had returned the order to him within three days. The first time he handed it to him, and this time he fell directly in front of him.

He hurriedly picked up the imperial edict, and there were as many as 17 or 8 copies. "I will go back and let the inner historian re-print it."

Yang Guang glanced at him and said coldly: "If I remember correctly, this is the second time!"

"yes!"

Yang Yue was extremely frightened. He wiped his sweat and whispered: "It's the second time."

"I don't want to have a third time, do you understand?" Yang Guang said slowly.

"I understand, there will never be a third time." Yang Yue was a little desperate. He didn't know what the problem was? What exactly was the emperor dissatisfied?

After pausing, Yang Guang raised the topic to Yang Yuanqing, "Yang Aiqing, there is another thing about your brother's grandson Yang Yuanqing. I want to have a good talk with you."

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