The Dugu clan in Guanxi is not as particular as other great clans. Their prominence comes from Dugu Xin, one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms of the Western Wei Dynasty.
This man is one of the founders of the Kansai Military Group. He is from the Xianbei tribe and is from Yunzhong. He is barely half a Jin. He later followed Yuwen Taixi to Chang'an. He was senior, had many military exploits, and had a deep city, so he became the leader of the Eight Pillars Kingdom.
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The most important thing is that he gave birth to a lot of daughters, married into various prominent families, and three of them actually became queens one after another.
This shows that the political situation at that time was really unstable, and the government had to be changed every few years. At the same time, it also shows that Duguxin's unique vision is unparalleled by others.
As a result, the Dugu family, who had little background, quickly became one of the great clans of Kansai, and became one of the top ones. Even the families that had produced emperors could not overpower it.
Of course, such a family has no historical accumulation. It has reached its limit after growing up for decades, and there is no turning point when going up or down the road.
For example, the head of the family of the previous generation, Dugu Huai'en, could be said to have taken advantage of the right time and place. He was born and raised in the palace of the former Sui Dynasty, and played with the princes and princesses.
After he became an adult, the emperor took care of him, and everything went smoothly. When Li Yuan came to the throne, he was also his cousin, so there were many opportunities.
What was pitiful was that this man had neither much talent nor virtue. In the end, he put his neck under the knife and was beheaded by the King of Qin, Li Shimin.
This is indeed a heavy blow to the Dugu family, but it also means that the Dugu family has no successors and is not as prosperous as before.
Later, Dugu Xiude, who came from Luoyang, became the head of the Dugu family, which shows that Li Yuan was very dissatisfied with the Dugu family and hired an "outsider" to make the decision, which was quite humiliating.
Dugu Xiude is not even a little bit worse than Dugu Huaien. Back then, Dugu Huaien was ineffective and didn't get any high-level official positions, but at least he could still see it on his resume.
When he arrived at Dugu Xiude, he completely lost his dignity. The doctor of the dining department, a small fifth-rank official, became the head of the Dugu clan. Li Yuan probably felt that it was not suitable, so he reluctantly imposed the title of Duke of Hanoi.
But when you think about it carefully, it becomes even more unpleasant. Back then, Dugu Xin was awarded so many titles, but after his death in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he was the only one who was given the title of Duke of Hanoi as a punishment for his crime. Now Dugu Xiude has inherited it.
It's almost like this title.
This was obviously Li Yuan's bad taste, and also expressed his disappointment with the Dugu family, because Dugu Huai'en deserved his death, and the Dugu family caused him a lot of trouble afterwards.
The reason why the Dugu family can still support today is mainly due to the blessings of their ancestors. Many people think of them, their in-laws think of their relatives, and Dugu Xin's subordinates in the early years still think of them for their promotion.
Especially no matter how the emperor changes, there will always be a daughter of the Dugu family in the palace.
In other words, the Dugu family has become a banner of the Guanxi clan, and many people do not want them to fall, especially those families with Xianbei ancestry.
Therefore, Dugu Xiude, the minister of the Ministry of Food, could still stand upright in front of Gao Shen, the minister of the household affairs, and interact with him as an equal, and even take advantage of him to rob him. After all, the Gao family was still an outsider.
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The sun was rising so high that Dugu Xiude got up to wash up and change clothes. If he hadn't had something to do today, he would have gotten up even later. After all, his nightlife was very rich, which kept him full of energy.
After having breakfast and taking some cold food powder to cheer up his spirits, Dugu Xiude was ready to go out to visit his friends. While getting his servants ready to go, he also ordered someone to send people to invite the Turks stationed in Chang'an to come over.
Give them a banquet.
This was all agreed upon with Gao Shen. If you want to profit from it, you have to work hard and be lazy, especially now that many people in the clan don't listen to him, so he has to do many things himself.
Let Dugu Xiude feel more annoyed.
Today is not his day to take a rest, but he never cares about this...
The doctor of the dining department is responsible for the banquets of the court. In the past, it was under the jurisdiction of the Taifu, and among his responsibilities, he was also in charge of the palace's catering. Later, the Shaofu was separated and this area fell under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu.
In the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the early Sui Dynasty, the Ministry of Household Affairs set up a doctor of the Food Department to manage the food of the outer dynasty. The food in the palace was still in the Shaofu.
In the last years of Daye, probably because there were too many wars, the Ministry of Finance had no time to take care of drinking and having fun, so the doctor of the Ministry of Food returned to the jurisdiction of the Shaofu.
Generally speaking, this is a relatively easy-to-handle sinecure, and it is not worth the attention of the Dugu clan leader. It is often his assistant officers who take charge of the duties.
Of course, it would be ridiculous if the head of the Dugu clan worked conscientiously as the doctor of the dining department, right?
But before Dugu Xiude left the house, his assistant came to the door and reported that Wei Shaofu asked him to see him immediately, and there must be no mistake.
Dugu Xiude was a little annoyed. He had always believed that there were only a few people in Chang'an City who were more valuable than Dugu Xiude, and they never included Wei Jie, the supervisor of the Shaofu. Even though Wei Jie was his immediate boss, when it came to his family background,
Where can I compare to the Valve Master of Dugu Valve?
Even if Wei Xiaokuan is still here, he still has to look down on him in front of the Dugu family, let alone a Wei Jie.
He said a few perfunctory words but was stopped by the assistant officer, "Mr. Wei Shaofu said that he had something important to discuss with the doctor. He just wanted to wait for the doctor to go over and meet, and he said..."
Dugu Xiude took Hanshi Powder and became more energetic and easily happy and angry. When he heard something wrong, he immediately became unhappy and asked, "What did you say?"
"Wei Shaofu said that if the doctor does not come today, the Shaofu will not have any doctor in the dining department..."
Upon hearing this, Dugu Xiude's eyes became bloodshot and his breathing became much heavier, like an enraged bull.
He kicked the assistant officer to the ground and said bitterly, "Who the hell is Wei Bailian? How dare he bully me like this?"
He walked out of the mansion angrily, grabbed the reins of the horse from the servants, flew on his horse, whistled, and headed towards the Shaofu with the attendants who hurriedly followed.
What Dugu Xiude didn't know was that at this time his cousin, General Zuowei Dugu Kaiyuan, was talking to his eldest grandson Shunde at his door... Compared to Dugu Xiude, Dugu Kaiyuan was the backbone of the Dugu clan in Kansai.
He is the son of Zhao Guogong Duguluo. One of the most famous things he did is that when he was serving as Qianniu Preparation, when Zaiyu Wenhua and his brothers were plotting rebellion and leading their army into the Elephant Hall, he led his people to fight against them.
He suffered numerous injuries and vowed not to surrender after being captured.
Yu Wenhuaji wanted to kill him, but the soldiers felt his loyalty and quietly let him go. So he led some people who were unwilling to follow Yu Wenhuaji and planned rebellion and fled back to Kansai. In terms of his family background,
It's really rare.
If Li Yuan had not been very dissatisfied with the Dugu family at that time, he would not have allowed Dugu Xiude to take advantage...
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And another servant was not idle either. He was meeting Honglu Shaoqing, Bohai County Duke Gao Biaoren, the son of Gao Xi, the former famous prime minister of the Sui Dynasty.
Gao Xi's branch can be said to be the most disliked branch of the main branch of the Gao family. When Gao Xi's father Gao Bin served in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, he was afraid that Gao Huan would harm him, so he ran to Guanxi to join Yuwen Tai.
Later, when the Sui Dynasty destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty, the descendants of the Gao Huan lineage came to Chang'an one after another. In order to appease them, the masters of the Gao family in Guanxi were gradually replaced by the Gao Huan lineage.
In fact, the Bohai Gao family has always been a two-headed snake in Kansai, and Gao Biaoren is now the representative of the other branch.
Feng Deyi had a good relationship with the Gao family. In fact, he was from the same lineage as Gao Xi. He had no close friendship with Gao Shen and others. It was just that outsiders who did not know the inside story always lumped the Gao family into the same group.
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A big net is gradually being opened, and in the haste, some things may have been omitted, but for Gao Shen, the Minister of Household Affairs, there is no way to escape from the net.
In just two or three days, Gao Shen was completely confused.
Li Daozong, the minister of Honglu Temple, participated in him to contact the Turks. The evil conspiracy was just the beginning. The interrogation of Gao Yun, the head of the Hubu and Cangbu, in Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Chang'an Magistrate's Office began.
They didn't mention Mrs. Cheng Guo at all, and all they asked was how Gao Shen ordered him to do things in the household warehouse. At this time, Gao Yun finally realized that something was wrong, and wanted to keep silent and wait for someone to rescue her.
But under three trees, there is no tough guy, especially a noble boy like Gao Yun. He would never dream that he would be tortured.
In fact, there is no need to frame them, it is just a reason to establish evidence. The Gao family has been operating in the Ministry of Household Affairs for so many years, and they have done a lot of things. It is just that the family has a big business, and few people dare to pursue them, even if the emperor intends to beat them.
They won't kill you even once.
Now it's different. The matter has been promoted by Zhongshu, Shangshu, and the three provinces under the sect. Children of the Gao family like Gao Yun don't have much talismans.
At the beginning, Gao Yun only talked about what he could, trying his best to push the matter to some people with good family backgrounds. When these faces soon appeared next to Gao Yun to confront him, Gao Yun finally had no chance to take chances anymore.
This was a trap, and Gao Yun was definitely not the only one caught in it. As for whether it could involve his cousin Gao Shen, he didn't know.
After two or three days of delay, when Changsun Wuji asked someone to increase the punishment, Gao Yun couldn't stand it anymore and sold all the Gao family members like a bamboo tube.
As Gao Yun's confession took shape, more and more people were implicated, and the case finally passed the threshold of being sent to Dali Temple for questioning, and could be interrogated by Dali Temple Minister Li Gang himself.
At this time, things were getting louder and louder, and more and more people were speaking out for Gao. This was a reflection of Gao's influence.
Gao Shen, the Minister of Household Affairs, finally felt the danger, but he still didn't know who wanted to make things difficult for Gao, so he could only move around in an attempt to suppress the case.
After failing to achieve success, he wanted to lose his soldiers to protect his commander...but Dou Cong, the general of the Right Xiaowei, and Wang Xingzong, the governor of Diaoyin County, wrote to the court, saying that they had stopped a caravan heading to the Turks in the north of Diaoyin County.
, a lot was seized, of which more than 30% were soldiers and armor...