Yang Su stopped, but there was an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart. This uneasiness made him calm down quickly. Wang Tong was quite tactful in doing things, and he did not dare to risk completely offending him, Yang Su.
There must be a reason for letting his grandson go. As the saying goes, "If anything goes wrong, it must be a monster." There must be something behind this incident that he doesn't know yet.
Yang Xuangan quickly killed the yamen servant whom Yang Xiong had injured. The yamen servant's family gathered a large group of clan members to kneel down outside the Jingzhao Mansion and begged the court to severely punish the murderer. He Ruobi went into the palace and cried to the emperor to let him make the decision.
After hearing this, Yang Su was already in a state of confusion. After thinking gloomily for a while, he sighed and shouted: "Get ready to drive, I want to enter the palace to meet the Holy Spirit."
Yang Su hurried to the palace, but the chamberlain respectfully told him that the emperor had gone to Shenju Palace to accompany Empress Dugu, and no foreign ministers were seen at this time.
Yang Su got on the carriage and came back with a bitter look on his face. On the way, he kept thinking secretly: "Does your Majesty want us to continue fighting with each other?"
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The tragedy at the Dayun Restaurant was immediately reported to Emperor Yang Jian by the inner marquis in the capital, and not long after, a report from Jingzhao Yin Wangtong was delivered to Yang Jian.
Wang Tong is a capable official, and he was able to sort out this matter clearly in a short period of time. The confessions of several guards, the shopkeepers and waiters of the Dayun Restaurant and the Yimingxuan Teahouse opposite, and the testimonies of the diners, the entire case.
Thousands of words have been written about the causes and consequences.
A few days ago, Qiu Fu asked He Ruojin for help and coaxed Yang Rong into a conflict with Wang Junlin. He made an appointment to have dinner at the Dayun Restaurant this afternoon and Qiu Fu paid He Ruojin. However, he happened to be met by the Yang brothers and heard their conspiracy conversation.
In addition, the four of them were drunk, so they fought on the spot, and the result was red-eye. He Ruojin was killed by Yang Xiong, and Yang Feng was killed by someone suspected of being Qiu Fu.
Wang Tong's report can be summarized simply and clearly in these few sentences.
Although Yang Jian was busy with court affairs, he still read the report carefully. Combined with the situation reported to him by the marquis, he briefly looked at the testimony and confession, and finally sneered and said: "
Although alcohol can lead to sexual incest and reduce a person’s self-control, it does not turn a person into a lunatic.”
He was saying this ambiguously, but he was secretly sighing in his heart that Wang Junlin had struck out with such a superb method. He not only avenged his revenge, but also made Changping Prince's Palace, Yue Kingdom's Palace and Shangzhu Kingdom He Ruobi form an alliance with each other.
Deadly feud.
As the emperor, what he most wanted to see was internal fighting among the top families, so his heart was naturally filled with pleasure and joy at this time.
"I have to say that what this kid did has greatly exceeded my expectations for him. But what will the three old thieves Yang Su, Qiu Rui, and He Ruobi do next?" Yang Jian was full of great concern about this matter.
interest.
"I am very satisfied that you were able to handle this matter impartially and arrest Yang Xiong who committed a crime on the street. Okay, you can step back and continue to investigate this matter. I heard that the family members of the deceased were kneeling outside the Jingzhao Mansion. This case
You must handle the matter well, otherwise it will be bad for the court to lose face." After Yang Jian finished speaking, he lowered his head and continued to review the memorial, ignoring Wang Tong who lowered his head and looked stunned.
Wang Tong firmly remembered every word the emperor said, and while secretly trying to figure out the emperor's true thoughts, he said respectfully: "Wei Chen, please retire."
As soon as he finished speaking, he retreated and left Hanyuan Hall.
After Wang Tong left, Yang Jian looked at Wang Tong's back and walked back and forth in the room with his hands behind his hands for a while, but an idea came to his mind.
He is attacking the Zhongxing family, which has military power and is becoming increasingly powerful. Relying on the Guanlong nobles obviously risks attracting tigers and driving away wolves. However, relying on himself alone and Wang Junlin is obviously not enough. He also needs to rely on other political groups.
The Southern Group is too weak now, and the Guanlong gentry such as the Jingzhao Wei family, the Du family, and the Hexi Li family are too close to the Guanlong nobles. The only power they can rely on is the Shandong and Hedong gentry, and Wang Tongbian
He was an extremely important member of the Wang family of the Hedong gentry.
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At dusk, a dozen followers guarded Wang Tong's carriage and slowly stopped in front of the Pei Mansion.
In today's world, if the power is divided by family clan, the royal family is naturally the most powerful. The second place is the Guanlong nobles, mainly the Dugu clan and the Yuan family. The third place is Yang Su, Qiu Rui,
Han Qinhu, Changsun Sheng, He Ruobi, Yu Juluo and other Zhongxing aristocratic families were mainly composed of Kaijia heroes. At the end of the list were the Hedong gentry and Shandong gentry from the Hidden Alliance.
The Hedong gentry had the Wang and Pei clan as their main backbone, and Wang Tong was the brother of the head of the Wang family in Taiyuan, Hedong. Speaking of which, the Pei clan and the Wang clan, and even the Shandong gentry, were intertwined for hundreds of years.
In the form of profit sharing and other methods, everyone will be prosperous and everyone will suffer losses.
For example, Pei's mother is the direct daughter of the Wang family in Taiyuan, and Pei's grandmother Cui is the eldest daughter of the Cui family in Qinghe. Cui married the direct daughter of the Lu family in Fanyang, and the wife of Pei's grandson was born in the Boling Cui family.
, in short, the famous gentry families in Shandong and Hedong were married to each other, and the relationship was extremely close.
Therefore, it is normal for Wang Tong and Pei Shiju to be very close to each other during the day, and because they are both civil servants, unlike the generals who command the army, they will not arouse the emperor's suspicion if they move around each other in private.
Compared with the prosperity of the Zhongxing family and the Guanlong nobles in the Sui Dynasty, the power of the Shandong and Hedong noble families in the central court of the Sui Dynasty was relatively weak. There are many reasons for this result.
First of all, the Sui Dynasty despised Confucianism and abolished the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng system on which the Shandong gentry relied for survival. This made the Shandong gentry generally dissatisfied. A large number of famous Confucian scholars focused on literary education and were unwilling to enter politics.
Secondly, during the Heyin Incident that occurred decades ago, Er Zhurong massacred all the Shandong gentry in the Northern Wei Dynasty, causing all the famous Shandong gentry families to suffer heavy losses and were unable to recover for decades.
In addition to the above two reasons, the most critical reason is that the Sui Dynasty was a continuation of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and was established by Yuwentai's Guanlong forces, while the Shandong gentry mainly served Gao Huan's Northern Qi Dynasty. Yang Jian's position was unfair and he needed the founding hero.
and the support of the Guanlong nobles, so more than 90% of the officials in the central court came from these two major forces, especially the army, which was almost entirely controlled by these two major forces.
Emperor Yang Jian's distrust and the exclusion of Guanlong nobles almost made the Shandong and Hedong gentry have no place in the court. They could only be widely distributed in local officials through the continuation of the ninth grade Zhongzheng.
In the past few years, Yang Jian has realized the potential threat of the Zhongxing family and the Guanlong nobles, and began to consciously support the Hedong and Shandong nobles to fight against the Zhongxing family and the Guanlong nobles. Pei Shiju and Wang Tong were able to occupy high positions thanks to this. But
The power of the gentry in Shandong and Hedong was still very weak in the court. The world-famous Confucian families like the Fan Yang Lu family and the Boling Cui family basically did not serve as high-ranking officials in the court.
When Wang Tong got off the carriage, Pei Shiju had already greeted him. The former was only seven or eight years younger than the latter, but strictly speaking, Pei Shiju was still his uncle, and they were naturally the biggest allies in the court.
"Nephew, meet your uncle!"
Wang Tong bowed deeply, and Pei Shiju laughed and said, "I knew you would come today, and I was waiting for you!"
Wang Tong smiled and said, "Uncle has prepared good tea."
"That's natural." Pei Shiju pointed to a few figures at the entrance of the alley on the right, frowned and said, "It seems that Xiao Xiaozhi Pei is following you!"
Wang Tong looked at the suspicious people and sneered: "Since I arrested the murderer Yang Xiong into Jingzhao Yin Prison today, someone has been monitoring my whereabouts. They are probably Yang Su, He Ruojin,
Or maybe they are people sent by Qiu Rui, so don't pay attention to them."
Pei Shiju invited Wang Tong to the study, and the maid served them tea. Pei Shiju asked impatiently: "What happened at the Dayun Restaurant? Tell me quickly."
Naturally, Pei Shiju also heard about what happened at the Universiade Restaurant in the afternoon. While he was shocked, he was naturally more concerned about it.
Wang Tong said apologetically: "I should have reported this matter to my uncle as soon as possible, but time was tight. After I sorted out the case, I went into the palace to report to His Majesty. I just came out of the palace and came directly to you.
here."
Next, Wang Tong explained the tragedy in the afternoon in detail. Pei Shiju squinted his eyes and listened carefully, constantly scrutinizing the possible loopholes. The so-called authorities are blind to the beholder, and he could see it more easily than Yang Su, He Ruobi, and Qiu Rui.
This incident was Wang Junlin's initiative, but this method really shocked a civil servant like him.
Since Wang Tong had no contact with Wang Junlin, he was not very clear about what happened in Shazhou three months ago. Therefore, after hearing Pei Shiju's judgment, he looked even more incredulous and unbelievable.
"The name of the poisonous general is indeed well-deserved. These methods are really too... weird and scary." Wang Tong felt some inexplicable fear towards Wang Junlin in his heart.
Pei Shiju suddenly said: "Don't you think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the rise of our Hedong and Shandong gentry?"
Wang Tong's eyes widened suddenly, and a frightening light flashed. After a while, he completely understood something, nodded, but then frowned and said: "We Hedong nobles are better, Shandong
The gentry are still extremely disgusted with the imperial court. The root of this lies in the rejection of the Shandong and Hedong gentry by the Zhongxing family and the Guanlong nobles, such as the Five Surnames Qiwang, Boling Cui, Qinghe Cui, Fanyang Lu, and Longxi Li
, the Li family of Zhaojun, the Zheng family of Xingyang, and the Wang family of Taiyuan, how many of them served as high-ranking officials in the Sui Dynasty? Your family and I are not included, but the Bohai Gao family and the Jingzhao Wei family were reused.
, although the emperor has begun to suppress the Zhongxing family and the Guanlong nobles, he hit the Shandong nobles too hard when he was fighting against Yangliang, so the Shandong nobles did not accept his kindness. And if the old stubbornness of the big noble families in Shandong did not help,
The risk is too great for just you and me."
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