Outside the gate of the royal palace, hundreds of inner guards held torches in their hands, shining the gate as if it were daylight. Wei Ben wore armor and helmet, pressed his sword hilt, and stared at the gate in time.

Since the establishment of the Inner Guard Army in the tenth year of Daye, he has been serving as the Inner Guard General. In his hands, the Inner Guard Army has grown from more than a thousand people to 12,000 today, including the intelligence points of major cities, and has become an extremely important force in the Great Sui army...

In Taiyuan, not many people know about the name Wei Ben, but when it comes to Wei Sham, everyone knows it.

Especially this year, the Guards seized three consecutive cases of forged fake money, and were executed by law. On the streets of Taiyuan, Wei Ben personally took charge of the actions and killed hundreds of people, from the 80s to the two-year-old children.

These three cases caused a sensation in the entire Sui Dynasty. The bloody murder scenes made tens of thousands of Taiyuan people unable to sleep at night. Therefore, when they mentioned Wei's name of Shaved Head, everyone was afraid of talking about it.

But Wei Ben was able to always serve as the general of the inner guard not because of his ruthlessness, but because of his loyalty. He was Yang Yuanqing's earliest personal guard, and was loyal to Yang Yuanqing, and was smart and capable, and was deeply trusted by Yang Yuanqing.

In addition to loyalty, he also had his understanding of Yang Yuanqing's intentions. For example, this time, he knew very well that Yang Yuanqing's purpose of dealing with the Wang family was definitely not as simple as a banned selling of wine. He knew what he should do.

The gate opened, and Wang Xu hurried out from the gate with more than a dozen tribe members. Wang Xu looked solemn. When he saw hundreds of soldiers in full armor outside the gate, a hint of nervousness flashed through his eyes.

He didn't know how to end the case, but the facts were right in front of him. The Wang family did violate the ban and sold wine privately. Those who brewed wine in accordance with the rules should be killed. Will there be someone in the Wang family who will be killed because of this?

Seeing Wang Xu coming out, Wei Ben bowed slightly and said, "I am ordered to come and inspect the criminals. I hope the head of the family will cooperate with the inner guards to enforce the law."

Wang Xu pretended to be surprised, "The Wang family has always restrained their children and has never committed any crimes. Where should we start with the investigation of the criminal?"

Wei Ben snorted coldly, "The court issued an order to strictly prohibit grain brewing in April, but in two wine shops in the Wang family, tens of thousands of bottles of wine brewed in the store, and a large number of wine brewing equipment were seized in the farm. The evidence was conclusive. I came to arrest the criminals."

Wang Xu couldn't pretend either. He said with his hands behind his back and said with a blue face: "It should be the government that violates the ban on the court, so what does it have to do with the inner guards?

"The ordinary law is under the responsibility of the local government, but the special ban is arrested by the internal guards. The alcohol ban is the third special ban. The king's envoy was once the prime minister. I don't even know this!"

The first special ban is the order to prohibit private minting, the second special ban prohibits trade of illegal goods, and the third special ban prohibits brewing of wine with grain.

How could Wang Xu not know about these three special bans? He was speechless and said for a while: "Who is the inner guard coming to arrest?"

This is the key. Wang Xu needs to know the extent of the impact of this case. After all, he has been a prime minister. He knows that a case can be big or small, and can symbolically capture a few shrimp soldiers and crab generals. If it is left alone, it can also capture a few small people. Turn big things into small things.

But it can also be magnified from one point to one piece. This is to take advantage of the problem and make the situation serious. It depends on the intention of the decision-maker. For this winemaking case, it depends on what Yang Yuanqing's purpose is? Should we talk about the facts or take advantage of the problem to play.

Wang Xu was very nervous. If the inner guards wanted to take him away, the problem would be serious.

Wei Ben said coldly: "According to the confession of the criminal at the scene, the case involves Wang's children, Wang Jizhong, who is in charge of the wine shop, Wang Qi, who is in charge of the farm, and Wang Jiyun, who is in charge of the shop. These three people are suspected of being the mastermind and ask the head of the family to hand them over. Otherwise, the inner guard will enter the mansion to arrest people."

Although Wang Qi is Wang Xu's son, Wang Xu still felt relieved. Wang Xuanzhi was not on the arrest list, which means that in this winemaking case, it was not targeted at the Wang family, but to discuss the matter with the matter and only the main responsible person was arrested, and the case was not expanded.

Wang Xu also knew that it would be impossible not to hand over his wife. He turned around and told his family: "Take those three people quickly!"

When his family took the order and left, Wang Xu finally squeezed out a wry smile on his face and sighed: "Unfortunately, three children who have forgotten the law when they see profit. This is because my family is not strict and it is a shameful family style!"

He said it a little lightly and secretly glanced at Wei Ben. He was actually testing Wei Ben's attitude. From Wei Ben's answer, we can see how much Yang Yuanqing attaches importance to the case.

Wei Ben looked rude and fierce on the outside, but as delicate as his heart was. He heard Wang Xu's intention of temptation and said without saying a word: "This is also a matter of no choice. Every family has a difficult sutra. No matter which one does not have a few bold children, the head of the family also admitted that the prohibition of alcohol was unreasonable, so he could only temporarily ban it. Sooner or later, he would have to let it go. If the amount of wine brewing was not too large, the head of the family might turn a blind eye. Anyway, this matter would not be a big deal, and the head of the family would not have to worry too much."

Wang Xu was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed: "The three Wang family children are all legitimate sons of the Wang family, and one of them is my son. I hope General Wei will take care of him and not be punished severely. I will thank him again in the future."

Wei Ben smiled, "It's easy to say! It's easy to say!"

At this time, the servant brought out three Wang family children. The three of them were tied with their hands behind their backs, their heads lowered, and their faces were filled with fear. An officer rushed forward, carefully identified them, and turned around to report: "General Qi, it is these three."

Wei Ben waved his hand, and several soldiers came up, pulled their arms and took the three of them into a carriage. Wei Ben bowed to Wang Xu, "Thank you for your cooperation, I'm leaving!"

He turned around and turned over the horse, pointed at the whip, "withdraw the troops and returned to the office!"

Two thousand inner guards evacuated the siege of the royal palace and returned to the new inner guard office in the north city, where there was a prison where the prisoners would be temporarily detained.

Wang Xu kept looking at the team and walked away, then turned around and walked towards the inner hall. He would be executed if he had more than ten kilograms of pleaded food and wine. One of the three was his son and the two were the sons of his brother Wang Su. Of course, he could not let them be executed.

When he returned to the room, he immediately called Wang Xuanzhi and Wang Zhenxiao's two clan brothers. As soon as they entered the room, Wang Xu said, "You guys, what should we do now?"

Wang Xuanzhi was most nervous at this time. Once the three of them confessed him, the inner guards would come to arrest him immediately. He had to find a way to make the matter worse. As soon as Wang Xu finished speaking, he interjected: "Head of the family, you must find a way to plead with Yang Yuanqing for this matter. Can the head of the family go to the Chu Palace?"

Wang Xu shook his head, "Since I was dismissed from prescription, I have no influence anymore, and I am the person involved. It is not good to go to plead with love in person. It is best to let other influential people plead for us."

Wang Zhenxiao next to him suggested: "It is better to go to Pei's mansion than to go to Pei's mansion. With our friendship with the Pei family, please ask Pei Ju to plead with him. I think it should be effective."

Wang Xu pondered for a moment, and finally sighed and agreed, "Okay then! I'll go to Pei Mansion."

Since Pei Ju retired from the officialdom, he gradually disappeared from people's vision and became silent, and he rarely heard news about him again.

But Pei Ju still lives in Taiyuan. He is also paying attention to the development of the Sui Dynasty. His spirit is still very strong, much better than Su Wei's mental state and thinking ability. If he is allowed to be a prime minister, he can still be competent for cumbersome affairs.

But he still retreated without any desire. On the one hand, Yang Yuanqing was unwilling to let the Pei family be strong, but on the other hand, Pei Ju turned his energy from the government to the family. He wanted to lay a century-long overall situation for the family.

Pei Ju is very sensible and knows how to advance and retreat. He knows that when a new dynasty is established, there are huge opportunities, but this opportunity needs to be considered in the long run and a continuous stream of resources must be established.

This resource not only ensures that the Pei family has emerged in many talents, but also maintains the Pei family's status in the court. More importantly, he must understand the governing strategy of the superiors, so that the Pei family can keep up with the pace and will never be abandoned by the superiors.

In the study, Pei Juzheng discussed the current situation with Changsun Pei Jin. Although Yang Yuanqing attached great importance to Pei Qingsong and tried to let Pei Qingsong inherit the position of head of the Pei family, Pei Ju was not grateful.

The Pei family has the rules of the Pei family. Pei Qingsong is just a concubine. No matter how outstanding he is, he cannot inherit the position of the head of the family. At most, he can be the second person and assist the head of the family.

Pei Ju put a lot of effort into Changsun Pei Jin. His sons were relatively mediocre, so he could only pin his hopes on his grandchildren.

Moreover, Pei Jin was in his early thirties, which was the most critical moment in his career. If he could lay a solid foundation in these ten years, then after he was forty, Pei Jin would be able to rise to the top until he became the prime minister.

"To understand the minds of the superiors, it is not only to see what he says, but more importantly to see what he does and what he benefits? In this way, he can judge his next move. The King of Chu took the Central Plains this time, but did not remove Luoyang King Shichong, nor did he occupy Nanyang County and Xiyang County. It is obvious that his next goal is not Li Tang, but Dou Jiande, and completely unify the Central Plains."

Pei Jin frowned slightly, "Actually, grandson felt that the King of Chu could wipe out Dou Jiande completely without leaving any trouble, and he would not have to deal with Dou Jiande again today. He seemed to be a bit troublesome to do this."

Pei Ju shook his head and smiled, "The King of Chu is not a god after all, and he didn't expect that there were some things that he left Dou Jiande to deal with Li Mi and use Dou Jiande's hands to weaken Li Mi, but he did not expect that Li Mi would move south to Jiangdu and give up the Central Plains."

Pei Ju paused for a moment and said, "But these are not important to you. What is important to you is the changes in the power structure of the court. This requires you to understand the context of the King of Chu. Let's review again, what changes have occurred in the power structure of the court and China before and after the end of the Hebei Battle?"

Pei Jin thought for a while and said, "Before the Battle of Hebei, my grandfather retired from office, and Ziweitang began to adjust. After the Battle of Hebei, Wang Xu was dismissed and the five phases were turned into seven phases."

"That's right, why did the King of Chu do this?" Pei Ju stroked his beard and smiled, induced Changsun's thoughts step by step.

"Sun'er believes that the King of Chu is balancing power and taking over Hebei, he needs to include Hebei's big tribes, such as Cui and Lu, into the power structure, so that someone will give way, and it will be natural to attack the Wang family."

Under the careful guidance of his grandfather, Pei Jin had gradually gained a glimpse of the path of power changes, and his ideas began to become clearer.

Pei Ju was very satisfied with his grandson's clear thinking, and stroked his beard and asked with a smile: "Now he has taken down the Central Plains, what about his next step?"

"Next?Next?"

Pei Jin bit his lip tightly and thought hard. At this moment, the housekeeper's report came from outside the door, "Master, the head of the Wang family asked for an urgent meeting."
Chapter completed!