Chapter 25 Yuwen’s father and son

The mansion of Yuwen Shu in Shangzhu Kingdom is located in Taipingfang. It is also a huge house covering an area of ​​50 acres. The house is full of various strange flowers and plants, and has hundreds of exquisite pavilions and towers. The huge house only lives with four fathers and sons of Yuwen Shu and countless beautiful ladies. Yuwen Shu has nearly a hundred beautiful wives and concubines.

Because Yuwen Shu had the merit of supporting and was good at welcoming Yang Guang, he was deeply favored by Yang Guang and gradually had the momentum to replace Yang Su. There were endless officials visiting the door every day, and the court officials all hoped to board Yuwen Shu, the ship of the holy favor.

Almost all the officials of the Sui Dynasty knew that Yuwen Shu had two major hobbies. One was that he was extremely greedy for money. As early as the Kaihuang period, he had a huge family income of 10,000 yuan and secretly kept countless gold and jewelry. The second was that he was willing to recognize fakes. It was rumored that he had three thousand fakes, and they were all very skilled in martial arts. However, this made the late emperor Yang Jian a little unhappy, so Yuwen Shu restrained a lot. However, as Yang Guang ascended the throne, Yuwen Shu's hobby for taking fakes began to expand again.

At this time, in Yuwen Shu's study room, Wang Shichong, the Ministry of War's member, was reporting on the situation of today's martial arts to Yuwen Shu.

Wang Shichong's ancestors were from the Western Regions. Later, he moved to Xinfeng County, Guanzhong. In his resume, he wrote that he was from Xinfeng County, Xijing. Wang Shichong was about twenty-seven or eight years old, tall and burly, with curly hair and a handsome appearance. He was born as a Zuo Yiwei and was honored as a member of the ceremony for his military merits. Because he was very good at engaging in the camp, and he was very eloquent and understood the laws of military books, he joined the ranks of officials and became the Minister of War.

Wang Shichong was also very sensible. When everyone was pursuing Yang Su, he felt that Yang Su was very successful and shocked the master. He had no future after following him. He turned to Yuwen Shu, using all the means of flattery and flattery, and gradually became Yuwen Shu's confidant. If Yuwen Shu had not dared to accept the court officials as a fake, he would have been Yuwen Shu's great lord at this time.

In this martial arts ceremony, Wang Shichong and several other colleagues were responsible for the B list. Because he was very capable, he arranged everything properly, so he gradually became the leader of the B list of this martial arts ceremony. In name, he followed the orders of Li Gang, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War. In fact, Yuwen Shu was the decision-maker behind the scenes.

"I took the exam today, and there were a total of 1,600 candidates. After preliminary statistics on low vocational scores, there were 544 people who got more than eight points...."

Yuwen Shu was not interested in this, so he yawned and waved his hand and said, "How is the exam done with more than 100 people I recommend?"

"They all got eight points or more. Some of them had a slightly lower score. Beiye also gave them a mention. Among the people recommended by the general, forty-seven people got full marks."

Yuwen Shu was very satisfied with Wang Shichong's arrangements. He collected money and eliminated disasters for others. He had collected so much money, so he naturally had to help others pass the exam.

"The weapons test tomorrow is also the key. You have to arrange it well. You will be the main test of me. Make sure that each of them is above nine points."

"Don't worry, General, I have made arrangements and ensure there is no problem."

At this time, Wang Shichong hesitated and said, "Last time, the general said it would be better to add a military strategy, but Mr. Li firmly opposed it. I heard that the emperor agreed to his suggestion. It is a bit difficult to deal with when abolishing the military strategy on the B list!"

"I understand this. Li Gang is worried that someone will leak the test questions and affect fairness. If you cancel it, just cancel it! So the key is to take the weapons test tomorrow. There are only 200 places on the B list, so you have to guarantee me at least half."

Wang Shichong felt it was a bit difficult. He had more than twenty favors in his hands, and several other colleagues also had their own favors, which totaled seventy or eighty. Yuwen Shu was even more greedy and had to leave a hundred places at once. In the end, there were only twenty or thirty places left for other warriors. This cheating was a bit too obvious.

"What, is my words useless?" Yuwen Shu saw Wang Shichong's hesitation and said a little dissatisfied.

Wang Shichong was so scared that he bowed quickly and said, "There is no problem with humble duties, I'm just a little worried about the emperor..."

Wang Shichong was very slick. He was worried that he would do too much. If something happened, Yuwen Shu would throw him out as a scapegoat.

"The emperor doesn't have to worry about this kind of martial arts exam. This kind of martial arts exam is not a literary exam. If you have a test paper as a handle, everyone will perform abnormally. Especially for weapons exams, you can say that he is useless. As long as you do things in a strict manner, the emperor has nothing to say."

"Yes! I understand."

Yuwen Shu remembered something again and asked with a smile: "Is there any 6-color quiz today in the riding and archery exam?"

"Yes! There's one person."

Wang Shichong opened the file and said, "Today the wind is very strong, which affects the performance of the warriors. As a result, only one person can ride and shoot. The only one is very colorful. This person is Qin Qiong, from Licheng County, Qizhou."

"What background does this person have?"

"I have investigated specifically that this person has no background, grandfather and father have been a minor official in the Qi Dynasty, but his family is rich, likes to make friends with heroes, and has a very strong martial arts skills."

"The family has wealth and loves to make friends with heroes!"

Yuwen Shu smiled, "I like such people."

Wang Shi was very understanding and knew that Yuwen Shu had the idea of ​​collecting fakes again, so he smiled and said, "Or what if I go and talk about it for the general?"

"You are an examiner, so it's best not to come forward. I'll let my son do this. If you leave this person's examination certificate, just go and do it!"

"That humble position to leave!"

Wang Shichong left Qin Qiong's examination certificate, bowed and retreated. As soon as Wang Shichong left, his third son Yuwen Zhiji rushed into the study excitedly, "Father, you have a good harvest!"

Yuwen Shu's face sank, "How did I tell you?"

Yuwen Zhiji then remembered that he should knock on the door first and come in after getting the approval. He was excited and forgot. He quickly lowered his head, "Father, the child knows that he is wrong."

"You have a good attitude to know your mistakes, but you can't help but keep it from correcting them. If you don't pay attention to these trivial matters, you will also cause a big disaster like your elder brother."

Yuwen Shu refers to the incident of Yu Wenwen and his private disclosure to King Yang Liang of Han. Yu Wenwen and he was jealous of Yang Sude, so he wanted to kill Yang Yuanqing with Yang Liang's hand and leaked Yang Yuanqing's Youzhou mission to Yang Liang.

Yuwen Shu didn't know about this at all. It was not until yesterday that Emperor Yang Guang mentioned this matter intentionally or unintentionally that Yuwen Shu realized that his son had done something stupid. He apologized to Yang Guang and asked to remove Yu Wenhua and his title, so that Yang Guang would no longer pursue the matter.

Among the three sons, only the second son Yu Wenshi was satisfied with him. Not only was he good at learning, but he was also the son-in-law of the current dynasty, and his wife, Princess Nanyang, was also very filial to her parents-in-law, which made Yu Wenshu liked her very much.

He did not want his third son Yuwen Zhiji to make the eldest son's big mistake, so he began to restrain him and must let him develop the habit of reporting everything to him.

"Tell me! What's the harvest?" Yuwen Shu calmed down a little.

"Report to my father, today there are ten candidates who hope to get their father's support, all of whom are from aristocratic families."

"How much does they pay?" Yuwen Shu was absolutely unambiguous about money.

"One gave one thousand two hundred hangs, the other seven each gave one thousand hangs, and two had eight hundred hangs."

"The two of them who were eight hundred and slaughtered back and said that I was just asking about martial arts."

"What if they were willing to add two hundred hangs?"

"It's not OK to add it, it's a matter of attitude, I don't accept it!"

Yuwen Shu not only wants money, but also wants face. From the money, he can see how respect others respect him. He ignores all those who disrespect him.

"The boy understands it, so I'll refuse."

Yuwen Zhiji turned around and was about to leave. Yuwen Shu called him again. He handed Qin Qiong's exam certificate to his son, "Go and bring this person to my mansion."

Yu Wen Zhihe understood his father's thoughts, bowed, turned around and left.

Yuwen Shu pondered for a moment, and he felt it was necessary to talk to his eldest son again. When he walked to the door, he said to the guard outside the door: "Go and find the eldest son for me."

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After a moment, Yu Wenji walked in. At this time, Yu Wenji had already transferred to the army and served as the Taipu Shaoqing, and was in charge of the Ma Zheng of the Sui Dynasty. He was a prosperous official career and a successful career. Unexpectedly, his father came back from court yesterday, but he scolded him, which made him scream.

Only then did Yu Wenhe realize that the leak to Yang Liang had happened. A few months ago, the emperor finally confirmed that Yang Su was the commander who attacked Yang Liang, but did not use his father. This made Yu Wenhe extremely jealous. In order to wear small shoes for Yang Su, Yu Wenhe secretly sent someone to reveal Yang Yuanqing's mission to Youzhou to Yang Liang. Although he did not succeed later, he did not suffer any losses to Yu Wenhe.

Unexpectedly, a few months later, this incident suddenly broke out, which caught Yu Weng-he off guard. He heard that his father had apologized to the emperor and was about to cut off his title. This made Yu Weng-he both shocked and angry, so he said he was sick and did not attend court. He locked himself in the room for a whole day and drank with wine.

"Father, is there anything you need to ask me for?" Yu Wenhuan and his father were quite resentful.

"Sit!" Yuwen Shu could also feel the dissatisfaction in his son's heart, and he could understand that at the age of thirty, the dignified Shaoqing of Taipu Temple was scolded by him, and it was understandable that his son had resentment in his heart.

Yu Wenhua sat down opposite his father, lowered his head and said nothing. Yu Wen Shu smiled and decided to start with a topic that both parties were interested in.

"What do you think is the biggest weakness of this person in the Lord?"

Sure enough, Yu Wenji's interest was attracted. He pondered for a moment and said, "I think the emperor is a little eager for quick success and instant benefits, which can be seen from his move to Luoyang."

"You are a little right. Not only are you eager for quick success and instant benefits, but the greatest weakness of the emperor is not listening to others' advice and being stubborn. Why do I ask for your title to be cut off? Because I know that he will not cut off your title. If we do not express enough attitude to admit our mistakes, we will anger him. Do you understand?"

Yu Wenyu was stunned, "What my father meant is that I won't be deposed?"

"No! But the emperor also wants to make a gesture to Yang Su, so we must give the emperor an explanation, so I must kill one person and explain to the emperor."

"Who is my father going to kill?" Yu Wenhuan feels that his thinking is a little bit beyond his father's reach.

"Don't you have a concubine named Yun Niang? I remember her father was once a clerk in the Han Palace, right!"

"Did my father want me to kill Yun Niang?"

Yu Wenhuaji was shocked. Yun Niang was his beloved concubine, how could she kill her!

"Father, this matter has nothing to do with her. I can't kill her. I can plead guilty to this matter."

"You bastard!"

Yuwen Shu suddenly became furious. He rushed forward and slapped Yu Wenhua and threw it to the ground, pointing at him and cursing, "You idiot, I don't have the coward who is low-powered and has no future!"

He walked to the door, opened the door and said to the guards outside the door, "Everything is gone!"

More than a dozen guards retreated one after another, Yuwen Shu closed the door. He turned around and saw that his son had stood up, his eyes full of resentment. He also felt that he was a little too impatient.

"Huaji, you are the eldest son of your father, and you are already thirty years old. For your father, you hope that you can become the true heir of the Yuwen family and do not lose the hope of the Yuwen family for a woman."

"But my father, please forgive me for speaking out."

Yu Wenji also took the initiative, and he said hard, "You keep saying, don't let someone catch the handle and blame your son for leaking the secrets, but what about you? Didn't you manipulate martial arts and openly accept bribes? Are you not afraid that the emperor will be angry and attack you?"

Yuwen Shu glared at him, "So you are naive and don't understand Game of Thrones at all."

Yuwen Shu was very disappointed with his son. He was also an important official in the court and a Taifu Shaoqing, but his mind and words and deeds were like a young man who had just entered the officialdom. Yuwen Shu had no choice but to be a father. He was his father, and he had the obligation to make him mature and sensible when he was ignorant of his son.

Yuwen Shu sat down slowly. He wanted to calm himself down first, and the room became silent.

After a while, Yuwen Shu said slowly: "Huaji, do you know who your ancestors are?"

"I know that it is Emperor Taizu Wen of Northern Zhou."
To be continued...