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Chapter 45 The Xue Family in Hedong

Three days later, Yang Yao publicly held the Princess Taiping's mansion under the guise of congratulating Princess Taiping for having a noble son.

Those who accompanied were the eunuch Wang De, more than a dozen eunuchs and palace maids, and Shangguan Wan'er, who was ordered to "supervise" Yang Yao.

During this trip to the Prince Consort's Mansion, Yang Yao carried countless rare treasures, silk and satin, and carried at least ten carriages. This time he went to the Prince Consort's Mansion, which was to use sugar-coated cannonballs and also to make [Arrogance and Extravagance] a foolish monarch.

The group arrived at the gate of the Prince Consort's Mansion. Xue Ying and Xue Shao had already led the whole mansion to wait at the door for a long time. Only the princess Taiping was still in confinement and was inconvenient to come out to meet him.

Yang Yao intimately exchanged greetings with Xue Ying and Xue Shao brothers, and then led the crowd to the Princess's Mansion and visited Princess Taiping's bedroom.

The group stopped before the confinement period. According to customs, men were good at entering the confinement period, which was neither etiquette nor auspicious.

Yang Yao looked at Shangguan Wan'er and said, "Zhaoyi, I won't go in. You go to greet the emperor on my behalf. Well, I will send the edict to enthrone my nephew and the gifts rewarded by the empress dowager in the same way, so that the emperor and the sister will be happy."

Shangguan Wan'er was slightly stunned. In this way, the emperor would have left the surveillance? However, in full view of everyone, Zhao Yi could not openly disobey the emperor's will, so she could only helplessly abandon her surveillance of Yang Yao and entered Princess Taiping's delivery room.

Shangguan Wan'er entered Princess Taiping's delivery room, and Yang Yao was accompanied by Xue Yan and Xue Shao and went to the back garden to rest.

Because Yang Yao came too abruptly, the news was not received until this morning when the Prince Consort's Mansion was ready to be hasty, so he could only order his servants to hold a banquet in the back garden to entertain Yang Yao.

Yang Yao looked back and forth at the two brothers of the Xue family. Xue Ying was in her thirties, smart and capable; Xue Shao was about twenty years old, fair and handsome, and was a veritable handsome man. No wonder the emperor girl clamored to marry such a tall, rich and handsome man.

Xue Ying respectfully saluted Yang Yao, "The emperor and the emperor are here, and I am not very happy to be in good health, and I am afraid!"

In order to reflect the style of "people-friendly", Yang Yao sat casually on the bed, and his face was as kind as a spring breeze. "It was because I came abruptly and had nothing to do with the Xue family. I and the Xue family are relatives, so why should I be polite, come, come, sit down?"

When Xue Ying and the brothers Xue Shao sat down on the left and right sides, Wang De took out the edict and appointed Xue Shao as the Jinzi Guanglu Dafu in public. Xue Shao was just a scattered official of the son-in-law Duwei before, but now he has been awarded the Jinzi Guanglu Dafu, and has been promoted several levels in a row.

"Du, the host completed the act of a foolish monarch of [Negotiable], [Magic monarch value] 70, total score: 1370"

Xue Shao hurriedly knelt down to Yang Yao and thanked him. Yang Yao helped him up and said with a smile, "In the future, the prince-consort will not need to be summoned to the palace. It is best to come to the palace more often and talk to me more!"

Xue Yi asked Lao Chen to be much more scrupulous. This time the emperor came to him and gave him a lot of rewards. Obviously, his intention was unclear. As the saying goes, he did not receive any reward without merit, he was short of his hands and was soft-hearted. If the Xue family did not ask, he would receive the emperor's favor, and he would be afraid that he would cause trouble in the future.

Xue Yan winked at his subordinates and ordered all the subordinates to retreat. Yang Yao also tacitly ordered all the eunuchs who served, the palace maids, to retreat, leaving only Wang De.

Since there were no outsiders present, Xue Ying asked straightforwardly, "The emperor rewarded the Xue family with great encouragement. There must be a sage. Please make it clear."

Since Xue Yi made the words clear, Yang Yao no longer turned around and said slowly, "I hope that my beloved and I will stand on the same front with me and fight against the evil people who are harming the world."

Xue Yi knew everything about the court. The emperor stayed in the harem and never interfered in politics. Pei Yan and the Empress Dowager's struggle were already known to everyone. He didn't know who the emperor suddenly came to the door and said that the evil people were referring to, whether it was Pei Yan or the Empress Dowager. He pretended to be surprised and asked, "Why did the priest say this? Who would harm the world of Li Tang?"

Yang Yaosu said, "My dear, no one in the court can decide now is the surname Li. No matter who wins, is the Li Tang Dynasty or the original Li Tang Dynasty?"

Xue Yi understood now. The enemy in the emperor's eyes was not only Pei Yan, but also the empress dowager. The emperor's purpose of this trip was naturally to win over the Xue family in Hedong as his arm to fight against Pei Yan who monopolizes the government, and the empress dowager Wu Zetian who was eyeing him.

Of course, this emperor is known as a foolish monarch. Even if the Xue family in Hedong bets on his life, they dare not buy it on this foolish monarch!

Xue Yi stammered and said, "Master, this is a idle man, and my brother is also a son-in-law who does not care about politics. Even if he is willing to support the country, he is afraid that he is powerless! I am afraid that what the Master asks is not human, so I ask the Master to find another talent!"

Yang Yao was furious when he heard this. Xue Yi spoke up with a silly cloud and wild crane. He was a silly cloud and wild crane. He would also accompany Li Zhen and Li Chong to rebel. He was obviously a political speculator. How could he pretend to be indifferent to fame and fortune in front of me?!

It’s just that Xue Yi is not optimistic about Yang Yao, the tyrant king, and is unwilling to put the stakes on Yang Yao. Alas! Being a tyrant king also has the trouble of being a tyrant king. Who dares to put the whole family’s life on a tyrant king?

It is different to convince Di Renjie to convince Xue Ying and the Xue Shao brothers.

Because the Xue brothers and Di Renjie have completely different reasons and political ideas. Di Renjie wants to show his ambitions, but the Xue brothers do not clearly state what they did to benefit the country and the people. Most of the descriptions of these two brothers are concentrated on the gossip love stories between Princess Taiping and Xue Shao.

What the Xue brothers did and even started was just to ensure that the interests of the Xue family in Hedong were not violated, and could even go further.

In layman's terms, the Xue family in Hedong is a vested interest group of the Tang Dynasty.

Yang Yao smiled brightly like the sun, and grabbed Xue Yi's hand and said, "Xue Aiqing, although I have done some ridiculous things before. However, Lingtang and the late emperor are brothers and sisters of the same mother, and they are also relatives of blood. They prosper and both prosper and lose. At the moment when Li Tang's foundation is in danger, he should choose to stand on the side of Li Tang because of his feelings and reason."

Yang Yao has something in his words, and it also involves the height of Li Tang's survival, but it is reasonable.

Whether the emperor Yang Yao, the emperor himself is a foolish monarch has nothing to do with the Xue family in Hedong!

What’s important is that Yang Yao was the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and the central point of power and interests in the whole world. All power and interests distribution of the Tang Empire, including the Li Tang royal family and the interests of the royal relatives of the Li Tang royal family, revolve around Yang Yao, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

If the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty fails, whether it is the Empress Dowager or Pei Yan wins, it means that the previous distribution of interests will be completely broken, and then it will be transferred to the power and distribution of interests centered on Tiger Mom and Pei Yan.

In this process, emerging political forces must appear, such as the cruel officials such as Wu family, Zhou Xing, and Lai Junchen. Of course, there are also capable ministers such as Zhang Jianzhi and Di Renjie.

It will inevitably crack down on the interests of vested interest groups, such as the Li Tang royal family and the Xue family in Hedong who have gained benefits based on imperial power.

Therefore, Yang Yao's success or failure is not the success or failure of a foolish monarch, but is related to the success or failure of the current power and interest distribution pattern, involving the honor and disgrace of thousands of people, and naturally also includes the honor and disgrace of the Xue family in Hedong.
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