In the study, Yang Yuanqing opened a list, which was a petition, with names signed on it, demanding the cessation of the Battle of the Central Plains. There were nearly 150 names, and at the bottom there were even signatures of the two prime ministers, Lu Yu and Cui Hongyuan.

This powerful list of lines is enough to make Ziwei Pavilion difficult to resist. He specially sent Wei Zheng to the Central Plains to find him and put pressure on him, implicitly hoping to withdraw his troops from the Central Plains.

Although this is indeed a fact that the imperial court's financial tension was caused by the Battle of the Central Plains, this signature has little to do with this reason. Financial tension is the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue and the Prime Minister of Ziweige, and has nothing to do with other ministers.

On the contrary, Du Ruhui, who is in charge of finance, and Yang Ziwei, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, did not sign the letter. He demanded the withdrawal of troops in the Central Plains on the grounds of financial tension, but did not sign the official in charge of finance. Isn’t this a joke?

The fundamental reason is that the battle against the Central Plains affected the vital interests of Hedong officials and the tribes. After two days of investigation, Yang Yuanqing had already understood the real reason.

The Sui army captured Hebei and implemented the equalization order in Hebei, which made a large number of Hebei farmers who were escaping the war and were unwilling to be tenants anymore and began to leave the manor and return to their hometown in Hebei to receive land.

A large number of Hebei farmers' return home has seriously affected the interests of Hedong officials. Now the tenant farmers who farm in major manors in Hedong are mainly fleeing farmers in the Central Plains. Once the Central Plains are taken down and the equalization order is implemented in the Central Plains, these fled farmers in the Central Plains will inevitably return home, so there will be only a very small number of local tenant farmers left in the Hedong manors.

If there is no one farming in the manor, then the officials will have no harvest, which will be a big problem. Yang Yuanqing also knows this, but this cannot be used as a reason to threaten his retreat.

Yang Yuanqing could tolerate these Hedong officials who had launched a group of people to oppose the Central Plains Battle for their own interests. He would not care, but he could not tolerate the manipulators behind the scenes.

The manipulators behind the scenes are the Wang Party, that is, Wang Xu's power, such as Dali Temple Minister Liu Xuanmao, Jingzhao Shaoyin Xue Mingyi, Taichang Shaoqing Xue Shou, Dushui Supervisor Wu Mengyuan, etc. These are all the backbones of the Wang Party in the court.

There are nearly twenty county officials, either from the Wang family or from the Wang Xue family, who form the power of the Wang family in Hedong.

In fact, Yang Yuanqing did not oppose forces forming cliques, which is normal, and he did not dislike the power struggles and interests between parties. Without struggles, he would not take these things seriously. As a superior, he would also encourage these factions to exist.

However, some factions turned their fighting targets to him, Yang Yuanqing, and challenging his authority is intolerable. This is beyond the bottom line of factional struggle. This is to fight against him, Yang Yuanqing.

It is obvious that this time Wang Xu Party targeted him, inciting the dissatisfaction of the Hedong ministers and putting pressure on him. He asked him to give up the Central Plains, but he would never tolerate it.

The Wang family's ban on alcohol happened at this time, which undoubtedly gave Yang Yuanqing a chance to deal with the royal party. He decided to use this opportunity to defeat the royal party in one place.

He had made up his mind, and the key was to use what method to use, to cut the mess with a quick knife and to cut the flesh with a blunt knife. He had not made up his mind yet.

At this moment, the housekeeper reported outside the door. "Master, the grandson of the Pei family is here, and I'm asking for a meeting outside the door!"

Yang Yuanqing was slightly stunned. Pei Jin came. He took a look at the list. Pei Jin's signature ranks second, second only to Dali Temple Minister Liu Xuanmao. This made Yang Yuanqing very dissatisfied. It was precisely because of the signature of Changsun Pei Jin that many Pei Party officials misjudged the situation and believed that Pei Ju supported the opposition to the Battle of Central Plains, so they signed their names one after another.

Yang Yuanqing knew Pei Jin. Although he was smart and capable, he always had the arrogance of the Pei family grandson in his bones. It was this arrogance that often covered his eyes and his reason.

Like this signature, I'm afraid it was his arrogance at work, and it should have nothing to do with Pei Ju. With Pei Ju's scheming, he would definitely see that this was the manipulation of the royal party behind the scenes.

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and ordered: "Let him wait in the study outside."

I still have to meet him. After all, he is the grandson of the Pei family, and it is very likely that Pei Ju asked him to come to find him. He also hopes to see Pei Jin gradually mature.

Yang Yuanqing changed his clothes and came to the outer study room calmly. The door of the outer study room was not closed. You could see Pei Jin sitting on the couch and bowing his head to ponder, with a very serious expression.

Yang Yuanqing coughed gently, walked into the room, and laughed and said, "Let Pei Shaoqing wait for a long time."

Pei Jin bit his lip, and he suddenly stood up and knelt down in front of Yang Yuanqing, "Pe Jin came to apologize and beg your highness to forgive me!"

Pei Jin's kneeling came very suddenly. Yang Yuanqing was stunned at first, and then he realized that with Pei Jin's noble character, he would never kneel down to himself. This must be Pei Ju's intention, and even Pei Ju forced him to admit his mistake.

Yang Yuanqing did not help him up, but sat down in his seat, pondering for a moment, saying, "What are you guilty of?"

"I shouldn't have signed the petition rashly. It was because I was confused for a moment and believed Liu Xuanmao's instigation, which was also because I was a little dissatisfied with Your Highness at heart."

Yang Yuanqing was frank when he heard him speak, admitting that he was a little dissatisfied with him in his bones. In fact, he should have looked down on him in his bones. However, he didn't care about this difference, so he nodded slightly, "Pei Shaoqing, please get up!"

Pei Jin stood up, but did not dare to sit down again. He stood in front of Yang Yuanqing with his hands hanging down, showing the respect of a minister. Yang Yuanqing asked lightly again: "Do you know what consequences your signature has caused?"

"I do not know, but this will cause a misunderstanding between Your Highness and Grandfather. I did not report this to my grandfather in advance and had nothing to do with my grandfather."

"Your grandfather must not know about this. If he knew about it, he might break your legs."

Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing threw the list to him, "You can take a look at it yourself! Your name is second."

Pei Jin has never seen this petition again since signing the autograph. He carefully looked at the list behind him, and his face began to turn white, sweat oozing out of his forehead, and most of the Pei Party members signed the autograph.

He finally realized the stupid thing he had done. The name he signed made many Pei Party members mistakenly think it was his grandfather's intention, so he signed the name. This was simply because Liu Xuanmao deliberately asked him to sign the name, and he was deceived.

Seeing his lips trembling, Yang Yuanqing knew that he had understood the stupid things he had done. Then he said to him earnestly: "You are the grandson of the Pei family and are also appointed as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple. To a certain extent, you represent the head of the Pei family. I hope that through this matter, you will become completely mature and not be so naive anymore. The struggle in the officialdom is cruel and there are traps everywhere. If you act voluntarily, I will not use you again, demote you to a commoner, and will not give you the chance to be the head of the Pei family."

Pei Jin gave a deep salute, "Pe Jin understands that I will not have any prejudice against Your Highness from now on. I will remember your highness's words."

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "It's not just a prejudice against me, but your biggest problem is that you value legitimate and illegitimate too much. This is the root of all your problems. In the future, the world will be the only one who can be promoted. Which famous family can read the four words "only one is promoted" thoroughly, then it will be able to achieve great development. When you go back, think about the defeat of the Hongnong Yang family. Originally, this was a family that could be crowned kings, but it was because they were obsessed with legitimate and illegitimate, which led to the decline of today's family."

Pei Jin felt extremely shocked. If the Yang family had not driven Yang Yuanqing out of the house, then the Yang family would be the royal family of the Sui Dynasty. With a single thought, it would lead to the destruction of a family. This thought was the legitimate and the illegitimate, and he should reflect on himself.

............

Pei Jin's sincere apology made Yang Yuanqing see the sincerity of the Pei family, and finally made him decide to remove Pei Dang from the petition and let Pei Dang go this time.

The night was getting deeper, and Yang Yuanqing, who had been busy for a day, finally felt tired and returned to the yard. Tonight he will stay in his wife Pei Minqiu's yard.

"The master is here!"

As soon as he walked into the yard, a maid's report came from the door. Pei Minqiu's yard was very large and planted with various precious trees. In front of it was a pool with groups of goldfish in the pool, and walked through a curved corridor to the front of the building.

There are two floors in the small building. The lower floor is the residence of maids and servants and more than a dozen female guards. The upper floor is Pei Minqiu's room. The eldest son Yang Ning also lives on the second floor. Several female guards live next door to their mother and son.

Yang Yuanqing went up to the second floor and walked into his wife's room. He saw his wife Pei Minqiu bow deeply.

Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but be stunned and laughed, "Why are you so polite?"

Pei Minqiu said gratefully: "Thank you for your tolerance to Brother Pei Jin."

"How do you know that I'm tolerant of him? Did you see it?" Yang Yuanqing asked curiously.

Pei Minqiu smiled slightly, "My inference is very simple, because I heard that Pei Jin came dejectedly but left with great enthusiasm, so I can infer what mistake he made, but I am deeply grateful for it."

"Yes, my wife is very smart, she is extremely smart!"

Yang Yuanqing praised his wife's intelligence, so he briefly said that Pei Jin's rash signature against him, and finally said: "Today your grandfather learned what he did, scolded him and forced him to explain the situation. Alas! This Pei Jin is in his thirties and is still so simple-minded and childish in his work. I hope he can change his past this time."

Pei Minqiu also sighed slightly, "My brother was taken care of since childhood and grew up. He did not encounter any setbacks and developed his proud character. I hope my husband can send him to the frontier to join the army and undergo training, which will be beneficial to him."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Look! If he still can't correct his arrogance, I really plan to send him to Fengzhou to join the army and hone him well."

Pei Minqiu hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Are you going to clean up the Wang family?"

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Don't ask about this matter, I know what to do."

Pei Minqiu didn't dare to say anything anymore. She received a letter of help today, written by her uncle Wang Xu, begging her to save her cousin Wang Qi, but she found from her husband's tone that the Wang family seemed to be in greater trouble. It was not only Wang Qi alone, but she was really worried.
Chapter completed!