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Wang Junlin nodded and said: "If something cannot be done, put your own safety first."
Shen Guang was moved in his heart, nodded in agreement, and then looked at Zhan Peng next to him. The latter glanced at Wang Junlin, hesitated to speak, and finally said: "Brother Shen, please come with me."
Zhan Peng really found it difficult to understand that his Marquis had just known Shen Guang for more than a day and had not sent anyone to inquire about Shen Guang's background or past, yet he trusted Shen Guang so much.
Not to mention giving such preferential treatment to the two brothers and sisters, now such an important matter is also left to Shen Guang. This clearly means that Shen Guang has been regarded as a confidant, okay?
If Zhan Peng knew that in the original history, Yang Guang was alienated from all over the world and was blamed by thousands of people. Everyone betrayed his relatives and alienated him. Even the most loyal Xiaoguo Army around him eventually rebelled and was strangled to death by Yu Wenhuaji, the leader of the Xiaoguo Army, in Jiangdu. But Shen Guang could As a young guard of Yang Guang, just to repay Yang Guang's kindness, he decided to risk his life to save Yang Guang. In the end, he failed to save Yang Guang. He also wanted to kill Yu Wenhua and avenge Yang Guang, but was killed by Yu Wenhua and his subordinates. He was surrounded and killed to death.
Therefore, Wang Junlin has every reason to believe that since Shen Guang chose to rely on him and he treated Shen Guang so politely, the latter would never betray him. As for Shen Guang's abilities, many of Shen Guang's deeds in the original history have been enough proof.
Wang Junlin had no intention of paying attention to Zhan Peng's thoughts at this time. He ordered people to prepare official uniforms while sorting out his thoughts.
Sun Wentao is just a shrewd businessman. Even if he is loyal to him, he may not be able to withstand the other party's torture. Therefore, it is best for him to say some things himself before others bring it to court.
Therefore, he must immediately enter the palace to meet the saint.
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Imperial Palace, Hanyuan Hall.
Yang Jian seemed to be reviewing the memorial seriously, but he was a little uneasy and his mood was really complicated. Empress Dugu's condition was getting worse day by day. Famous doctors from all over the world were invited to Kyoto and all kinds of precious medicinal materials were used, but the condition did not improve at all.
As early as half a year ago, he had issued an order for all states, counties, and counties to search for the legendary Medicine King Sun Simiao. However, except for Shu County in Yizhou, local officials have reported that someone had encountered someone suspected to be the Medicine King Sun Simiao in Mount Emei. Apart from the Taoist priests, there was no news.
However, he had already ordered the Commander-in-Chief of Yizhou March to send 30,000 troops into Mount Emei to search for Sun Simiao, but so far no trace of the King of Medicine has been found.
Although Queen Dugu was jealous and relied on the power of the Dugu clan to act domineeringly, which made him extremely depressed many times. But it must be said that Dugu Jialuo's help and affection for him were unparalleled in the world.
When Yang Jian was secretly grieving that Queen Dugu was seriously ill and died, a eunuch came to report, "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Qin'an has come to ask for an audience."
Yang Jian was a little surprised, raised his head and said, "Invite him to see you."
He did not expect that Wang Junlin would come to see him alone so soon, and he was a little curious about why Wang Junlin saw him.
After the eunuch who delivered the message left, Yang Jian put away the grief in his heart, regained his majesty and continued to review the memorial, waiting for the king to come to see him.
Wang Junlin entered the imperial city and palace under the guidance of a eunuch. While secretly looking at the scenery and layout of the palace, he anticipated Yang Jian's possible reaction later.
At this time, a gray-haired old eunuch walked over quietly with his hands behind his back. The eunuch who led him in quickly saluted with great respect: "Old ancestor, this is General Qin Anhou Wang."
When the two were five steps apart, the old eunuch's eyes were like daggers. When Wang Junlin met his eyes, he couldn't help but feel shocked, as if he was being stared at by a ferocious beast. His pupils shrank, but then they returned to normal. When he looked again, the old eunuch was stunned.
With a kind look on his face, he smiled at him and said, "Young man is very good."
Wang Junlin took a deep breath and thought that there was indeed a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the palace, and were all the damn old eunuchs so fierce? Yang Lihua had Mo Jiuhan next to him, and now he met another one in the palace.
The old pervert, while the thoughts in his mind were spinning, he cupped his fists and saluted, and said: "Thank you, senior, for your compliments."
The old eunuch was very arrogant. Wang Junlin was now the founding prince, but he just nodded and walked away. Wang Junlin took a deep look at his back and said to the eunuch next to him: "This... brother! That just now
Who is this senior?"
This was the first time that the eunuch heard a minister call him brother. Although he felt a little weird and knew that it was just a polite greeting, the man in front of him was the famous poisonous general, the Marquis of Qin'an in the Sui Dynasty, and General Zhenyuan, so this made him feel
He felt very comfortable and said with a smile: "General Wang, this is Mr. Du, the chief steward of the palace. He is in charge of the internal and external marquis officials for your majesty."
Wang Junlin narrowed his eyes, cupped his fists and said, "Thank you very much, brother. This is a little thought, please accept it."
As he spoke, Wang Junlin had a jade pendant in his hand, and he put it into the eunuch's hand. The eunuch took it skillfully and put it in his sleeve. The smile on his face became even brighter and he said: "The name of the Za family is Bai Shi. Please, General Wang."
, Your Majesty has been waiting for a long time."
After a while, Wang Junlin walked into the palace, bowed deeply, and said: "I, the king, have come to see your majesty. I wish your majesty long live, long live, long live!"
Yang Jian glanced at Wang Junlin indifferently, as if he didn't hear anything, and continued to review the memorial, ignoring Wang Junlin.
Wang Junlin secretly cursed at the pretense, and said loudly: "Is this why I came here to apologize to Your Majesty?"
Yang Jian's hand movements paused slightly, but he still asked calmly: "What crime did Marquis Qin An commit? Could it be that he molested and belittled a good woman?"
When Wang Junlin heard this, he was shocked. He had a vague feeling that Yang Jian knew what he said, and it might be a hint of an affair between him and Yang Lihua. However, he could not even say such a thing to death, let alone admit it, so he had to pretend.
Tsukuru didn't know and said with a look of astonishment: "I have never molested or belittled a woman from a good family."
"Then what are you apologizing for? I haven't heard of any other wrongdoings by you!"
Yang Jian put down his imperial pen, glanced at Wang Junlin and said, "Then tell me! What crime did you commit?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, since I became the garrison of Gaotai City, I have been selling iron pots, porcelain, tea and other items to the nomadic peoples in the Western Regions in the name of Yongzhou Army. In fact, I did it privately and made a lot of profits. I am guilty.
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In fact, almost half of Wang Junlin's profits were spent on his five thousand soldiers, such as buying cattle and sheep from the grassland to improve the soldiers' food, and giving some rewards to the soldiers from time to time.
Although these are facts, they must not be resorted to verbally. Because the army is the emperor's army. When will it be his turn to support Wang Junlin, if this matter is taken seriously, Wang Junlin will be punished.
However, since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, border generals have almost always done this. In order to make their soldiers work for them, they will do everything possible to benefit their officers and soldiers. But although this is an open secret of the border generals, no one will
To put it bluntly, this kind of selflessness is more likely to be beheaded than corruption and bending the law.
Wang Junlin organized a caravan to privately sell iron pots, tea, porcelain and other items with various nomadic groups such as the Turks, Tuyuhuns and Tubo people in the Western Regions. This matter had already been reported to Yang Jian by the foreign marquis at the beginning of the year, but Wang Junlin was very slow in his work.
There is a bottom line. Not only has he never sold weapons to various tribes in the Western Regions, but he has also uncovered several caravans selling weapons to the Western Regions privately in Gaotai City.
As for secretly cooperating with the horse thief king Sha Qian Mo to forge weapons, it was Wang Junlin's most hidden matter. Except for Wu Si and Deng Yuzhuo, no one else such as Zhan Peng and Sun Wentao knew about it. Therefore, after Sun Wentao disappeared, Wang Junlin was not worried.
This will be leaked.
Yang Jian also knew about the business dealings between the various aristocratic families and border generals below and the foreign nationalities, but he also gradually became the emperor from a courtier, and he knew the truth of "when the water is clear, there will be no fish". Therefore, as long as the big people are not
If the Sui weapons were sold, he would not take them seriously.
However, Yang Jian was a little confused. When did the nomadic foreigners in the Western Regions start to like drinking tea?
Thinking like this, Yang Jian asked casually: "I'm a little strange. When did the barbarians in the Western Regions start to like drinking tea? I have never heard of this."
"Reporting to your majesty, the nomadic peoples of the grassland eat beef and mutton all year round, and I found that tea has the effect of relieving greasiness and relieving dryness, which is very suitable for the eating habits of the nomadic people. Therefore, at the beginning of the year, I tried to cultivate the nomadic people in the Western Regions in a small area.
Unexpectedly, half a year later, the nomadic peoples in the Western Regions have tasted the benefits and began to be inseparable from tea. Their daily consumption was huge, so they purchased tea leaves from the caravans under my command, so this time I asked someone to raise 50,000 jins at a time.
The tea leaves were made into tea cakes and shipped to the Western Regions for high profits."
"Oh! This happened." When Yang Jian heard this, his eyes could not help but shine, and he walked a few steps with his hands behind his back. In fact, what he was concerned about was how much benefit the tea trade could bring to the Sui Dynasty, and to what extent it could have an impact on the Western Regions and the People's Republic of China.
The nomadic tribes in the north, mainly Turkic, are under control. If, as Wang Junlin said, the grassland nomadic people have gradually become inseparable from tea, then this matter is no longer a simple matter of making huge profits. If it can be used skillfully, in
Sometimes it is enough to influence some trends of the grassland nomads.
For a long time, the trade between the Sui Dynasty and the grassland nomads mainly involved silk, porcelain and other items in exchange for cattle, sheep and horses. There were strict restrictions on most other supplies, such as ironware and grain.
However, the restriction of iron tools, especially grain, will inevitably greatly reduce the nomadic people's dependence on the Sui Dynasty. In the long run, it will not be conducive to the imperial court's control over the grassland barbarians.
Therefore, when Wang Junlin mentioned that the grassland nomads had gradually become inseparable from tea, the first thing he thought of was not the rolling financial resources, but how to strengthen the grassland nomads' dependence on the Sui Dynasty through controlling tea.
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