Chapter 42: What reward should I pay

In the imperial study room, Yang Yuanqing stood in front of Yang Guang with his hands down, without saying a word. Yang Guang reviewed the memorial, looked up at him from time to time, smiled, and made no statement. Finally, Yang Yuanqing sighed and said, "Report to Your Majesty, those martial arts candidates were encouraged by me. They were also my arrangement to injure Yuwen Zhiji in the city of Liren."

Yang Guang finally stopped writing and nodded to Yang Yuanqing and said, "I guessed it was you who did it. You are fine. I admit it myself. Are you very brave! You dare to incite the candidates for military recruitment to cause trouble?"

Yang Yuanqing has been carefully experiencing the saint's will that his grandfather taught him. Should he admit that the martial arts scholars were making trouble was his arrangement. He should not admit it foolishly before making a correct judgment. If that happens, it may cause the emperor to be angry and wipe out all his achievements in the court today.

The judgment made by Yang Yuanqing was Yang Guang's attention to this matter. If Yang Guang attached great importance to it, it would mean that the incident of the martial arts candidates causing trouble is very serious, and he could not admit it no matter what. On the contrary, if Yang Guang did not care about this matter, he would not lose points if he admitted it, but instead gave Yang Guang an impression of honesty.

He stood outside the imperial study room and waited for Xuan. From beginning to end, Yang Guang did not call the prison guard to ask about the demonstrations of the Wuju candidates, which showed that he did not take this matter seriously. The demonstrations of the Wuju candidates did not have any psychological threat to him.

This is based on this judgment. Yang Yuanqing admitted that he was inciting the demonstrations of the martial arts candidates.

He quickly bowed and said, "Report to Your Majesty, in order to collect evidence of fraud, I have been in contact with them these days. I found that they were very angry and many people wanted to attack the Ministry of War. I advised them that they could express their dissatisfaction in a peaceful way. I advised them not to bring weapons or use violence, and they could sit still. They followed my advice and hoped that they would not disturb His Majesty."

"It's okay! I was surprised that these warriors didn't bring weapons to cause trouble. This was not in line with their temper. I thought that someone would have arranged this later. It was probably you. I can ignore this matter, but I will never allow it to be another second time."

"I dare not, there will never be a second time."

Yang Guang really didn't care about this matter. As long as he didn't bring weapons, these warriors were no different from scholars. Hundreds of guards could destroy them. Yang Guang smiled. Even if this matter was over, he pondered for a while and asked again: "Yuan Qing, you have a lot of contact with these warriors. Judging from their meaning, do you hope to take the martial arts weightlifting exam?"

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "Your Majesty, they don't want to take the exam again. They think it's unfair to take the exam ten more times. He only hopes to see the fraudsters be severely punished, so that they at least think in their hearts that the emperor is fair, and the fraudsters are the ones who are below."

Yang Guang's purpose of launching this martial arts exercise was to test the imperial examination, but the result of the martial arts exercise disappointed him. He also realized that he was a little too hasty. Now he was eager to launch the imperial examinations, which would arouse opposition from top to bottom. Shortly after he ascended the throne, the throne was still unstable. He had to carry out some external reforms before he could gradually encounter the core human rights issue of the imperial examinations.

Yang Guang thought that this time, there were only nine people who were admitted fairly by fraud in the martial arts ceremony. He gritted his teeth and said, "I have also decided that this martial arts ceremony will be cancelled. No one of the winners will be hired, which will make those who spend money to sell officials and lose all their money."

Yang Yuanqing sighed secretly in his heart. From this incident, we can see Yang Guang's paranoia. In fact, he can retain the A list and cancel the B list. At least he can appease officials above the fifth rank, and then severely punish the examiners of the Ministry of War and give civilian candidates an explanation. This way, the best of both worlds can be achieved. But Yang Guang, regardless of the thirty-one, was cancelled. So why did he hold the imperial examination in the beginning?

He didn't dare to persuade him, nor did he want to persuade him. At this time, he just wanted to get his reward.

Yang Guang seemed to understand his thoughts and smiled and said, "Although you encountered this incident by chance, you are very righteous. You dare to stand up and not be afraid of offending the powerful. Although you are a newborn calf and not afraid of tigers, your behavior is commendable and deserves rewards. In the past, every time I wanted to reward you, I was stopped by your grandfather. Now that you have left the Yang family, don't have any concerns. Tell me, what you want me to entrust you, as long as you mention it reasonably, I will consider it."

Yang Yuanqing had already thought about his words, and he bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I was humiliated by my clan members in the Yang family. All of them said that I am a brave but unscheming warrior. I want to prove it to them that I can not only establish a country for the Great Sui Dynasty, but also govern the land for Your Majesty. I can not only be martial, but also literary. I am willing to guard the frontier for Your Majesty, and I also hope that Your Majesty can give me a chance to govern the land."

Yang Guang couldn't help laughing and pointed at Yang Yuanqing and said, "You little brat, you went around a big circle and pulled the tribe members in. You said a lot of beautiful words. Just tell me clearly, wouldn't it be enough if you want to serve as the magistrate of Dali County?"

Yang Yuanqing scratched his head embarrassedly, "I'm afraid that Your Majesty will not agree."

Yang Guang really likes this young man. He saved his life in Renshou Palace. At the birthday party, he advised him to make his eldest son the legitimate son and move the capital to the martial arts ceremony. He can help him and be very destined to be with him. More importantly, he could not see the hypocrisy and worldly manners of ordinary officials in Yang Yuanqing. This is a frank, passionate and full of spirit. Since he has decided to let him replace Changsun Sheng, he should give him more opportunities.

Thinking of this, Yang Guang smiled and said, "Yuan Qing, you said it well. If it were the past, I really didn't dare to let you govern the local area. But this martial arts incident made me see that you are brave and courageous. More importantly, you are loyal to me and it is of great use. I can accept your request!"

The smile on Yang Guang's face disappeared. He walked to the map with his hands behind his back, stared at Fengzhou on the map for a long time, looked at Yang Yuanqing again, and finally he slowly said: "Yang Yuanqing received the order!"

"I'm here!"

"I have appointed you as the magistrate of Dali County, Fengzhou and the magistrate of Jiaozhou City, and go to deal with the Turks well."

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"Yuanqing, what is the official of Fengzhou's military supervision commissioner?" Niu Niu asked curiously on the way to Liren City.

Yang Wei next to him said with envy: "Niu Niu, the Jiaoshi Municipal Supervision Bureau was the official office in charge of border trade in the Sui Dynasty. There were four in total, one in Hexi, one in Lingwu, one in Mayi, and one in Youzhou. The Fengzhou Jiaoshi Municipal Supervision Bureau of Yuanqing was actually responsible for the entire Lingwu Dao trade with the Turks. This was a fat official. In a few years, Yuanqing had a net worth of millions."

Niu Niu's tender little mouth slightly pouted. She didn't like to hear people say this, Yuan Qing, "Pang Sanlang, if you go to the municipal custody, you may make a million yuan in wealth, but don't think that everyone will be like you, and will harm the public and private."

Yang Yuanqing smiled but said nothing. Yang Wei was a little wrong. It was not a million yuan in net worth, but it should be a million yuan in net worth. However, he was embarrassed to say it out, for fear of ruining his image in Niu Niu's heart.

The three of them soon arrived at the Persian residence in Liren City. At the door of the old Samojian store, Yang Yuanqing saw a familiar back at a glance. She was thin and tall, like a bamboo pole. Yang Yuanqing turned over and dismounted, unable to control the excitement in his heart, waved to him in Sogdian language and shouted: "Lao Kang!"

The one standing at the door of the store was Combas. When he heard Yang Yuanqing, he turned around and his eyes suddenly lit up. He smiled and opened his arms to greet him. The two hugged each other tightly.

Yang Yuanqing looked him up and down and smiled, "It seems that you have been blessed by the Lord God. I smelled a strong sense of wealth."

Combas smiled embarrassedly and said, "I haven't made a fortune, but I have seen my wife and daughter. God blessed me, but she has not remarried."

The two of them kept speaking in Sogdian language. Yang Wei grabbed his scalp when he heard it. He glanced at Niu Niu, "Niu Niu, what is Yuan Qing talking about?"

Niu Niu was also confused, and she shook her head, "I don't know, he might be talking nonsense."

At this time, Combas saw Yang Wei and Niu Niu behind Yang Yuanqing. Yang Wei's tall and fat man like a tower made him dare not look up, but Niu Niu's watery and handsomeness attracted his attention, "General, these two are..."

Yang Yuanqing looked back at the two of them and introduced them to him with a smile, "That fat man Gao grew up fighting with me. He is my brother named Yang Wei. I told you that girl, you should know."

Combas suddenly realized that he hurriedly stepped forward to salute Yang Wei, but gave Niu Niu a heavier manner, pressed his hand on his chest, bowing deeply, "I heard General Yang talk about you five years ago, you are his sister and the swan he cherishes the most."

Niu Niu raised him %%% five years ago, and immediately remembered that Yuan Qing had told her something, and asked Yang Yuanqing with a smile, "Yuan Qing, is this the Licheng partner you mentioned? Lao Kang."

"It's him!"

Yang Yuanqing walked up to Yang Wei with a smile and said, "You can call him Brother Kang. His name is Kangbas. He is from Kang Guo and is now a businessman in the capital."

Yang Wei quickly returned the greeting, "Brother Kang!"

"You're welcome!"

Combas smiled and raised his thumbs up and praised: "Brother Yang has a good figure. If this were in my hometown Kangguo, how many families would be rushing to have a son-in-law."

Yang Wei was too tall and fat, and was a concubine's son, and his blind date had been failed. His figure was his greatest heartache. He was actually popular in Kangguo. He couldn't help but smile and quickly bowed: "Thank you, Brother Kang, I will definitely go to Brother Kang's hometown to have a chance."

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but secretly praised Combass for being able to speak. People from both sides came and went, so he pulled Combass aside and asked him: "Where is your store?"

Combas shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I have transferred the store to someone else. I heard that I am going to move the capital. I am going to open a store in Luoyang, but Luoyang Xindu is still under construction. I will do some cross-border transactions during this period."

He was worried that Yang Yuanqing did not understand the meaning of passing trading, so he explained to him: "It is to collect goods from Sogdian individual merchants, and I will sit in the fields and ask people in the capital to sell them, and I won't make much money."

Yang Yuanqing originally wanted to find Cornell, but since he met Combace, he would have reliable people.

"Lao Kang, I'll ask you something."

Combas smiled, "General, just say it, I will definitely help you."

Yang Yuanqing nodded. Combas never let him down, so he put his shoulder on his shoulder and laughed in a low voice: "I want to go to Yingzhou first, and it will take about ten days to go back and forth. During this period, you can buy a batch of goods for me, ask for all tea, and then hire a team of Luoluo for me. After I come back, I will go directly to Dali City."

Combas pondered for a moment, "The Camel Corps has a ready-made one. It's winter now. Several Sogdian camel teams are waiting for the spring in the capital. I don't know how much tea to buy, whether to buy good tea or ordinary tea?"

Yang Yuanqing quickly calculated the remaining money in his hand, "I now have three thousand pieces of silk and four hundred taels of gold in my hand. I buy them all into tea. The tea should not be good, the worse the better."

Combass was surprised, "I have to buy a lot of this!"

"So I'm going to bother you, work harder for me, so that you can make money in the future."

Yang Yuanqing smiled at him again and said, "I have served as the Chief Inspector of Fengzhou Communications City. How about it? Do you want to go to Dali City with me this time?"

Combas's eyes suddenly lit up. Of course he knew what it meant to hand over to the municipal magistrate. He rubbed his hands so excitedly, "I'm fine anyway, I'll go to Dali City with you. I'll buy a batch of goods, and I'll make a good profit this time."

"Just wait for your words."

Yang Yuanqing patted his shoulder and pointed at Yang Wei with a smile: "My clan brother will stay to help you. If you encounter any trouble in the capital, he can come forward to help you."

"Don't worry! I will do the job of buying tea for you."

Combas nodded heavily and asked again: "General, when are you going to leave Beijing and go to Yingzhou?"

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and said goodbye to Yang Lihua tonight. He also had grandfather's side, so it should be fine. As for the procedures of the Ministry of Personnel, I will talk about it when I come back from Yingzhou.

He looked up at the sky. It was gloomy and it seemed to be snowing. He smiled slightly, "Let's go tomorrow! I'll set out for Yingzhou early tomorrow morning."

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Chapter completed!