When Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu returned to the mansion, the housekeeper came over with a gilded invitation and said: "Master Hou, someone from the East Palace just sent an invitation, inviting the Lord Hou to have a banquet in the East Palace in the evening three days later.
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"I understand the prince's invitation." Li Yi took the invitation, looked at it, and put it aside.
Since he was dismissed from office, since he has not taken the initiative to visit Yang Guang, counting the time, the invitation should have arrived.
"Master Marquis, would you like to prepare a gift?" The housekeeper is an old man who followed Wang Junlin from Gaotai City in Yongzhou last year. His name is Zhang Jinzhong, and he has always been very dedicated. During Wang Junlin's absence in the capital for more than half a year, he took care of the Qin'an Hou Mansion and outside the city.
The 800 acres of fertile land divided by the imperial court during the feudal period were maintained in an orderly manner.
"No need, I will personally prepare a big gift for His Highness the Crown Prince." Wang Junlin had an incomprehensible look on his face.
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"This bunch of trash knows how to get money. It's not even summer yet, and the floods in the south of the Yangtze River have broken out again. This happens every year. The money allocated by the imperial court to build dams over the years doesn't even know where it has been spent." Imperial Palace Emperor
In the study, Sui Emperor Yang Jian casually left the memorial in his hand on the ground with an angry look on his face.
"Your Majesty, put down your anger." The eunuchs, maids, and guards nearby knelt down in fear.
"Okay, you all go out!" Yang Jian waved his hand, and all the eunuchs, maids and guards secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and silently retreated as fast as possible. Since the death of Dugu Palace, in the past six months,
, because the emperor was in a bad mood, he killed as many as seven unfortunate palace maids, eunuchs and guards.
After everyone left, Hou Quande, the commander-in-chief of the internal and external officials, floated out from somewhere, picked up the memorial on the ground, and bowed: "Your Majesty, please calm down. I have been arranging a large number of manpower to investigate the officials of counties and counties in the south of the Yangtze River. As long as
If you find that some of them are embezzling ink and squandering money, Your Majesty can take the opportunity to clean up the officialdom in Jiangnan."
"What has Wang Junlin been doing these days?" Yang Jian glanced at Hou Quande and did not respond to what Hou Quande said. Instead, he squinted his eyes tiredly and asked. His energy was getting worse day by day. He was reviewing memorials at this time last year.
I didn't need to rest for two or three hours. Now, in less than an hour, I feel extremely tired and can't keep up with my energy level.
Hou Quande did not expect that His Majesty would suddenly ask about Wang Junlin. He was stunned for a moment and then said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, after being dismissed by Your Majesty three days ago, the Marquis of Qin An followed Pei Yuanqing to Chunnu Tower and Wa City to have fun on the first day. That night, he was captured by Han Hu.
The general invited us to a banquet. Also present at the banquet were the patron king, Mr. Yang, and the Zuowei general, Sun Sheng. After that, we stayed in the mansion for three days, and today we went to visit Washi Goulan."
Yang Jian did not open his eyes and remained silent for a while, then said: "This kid didn't take the initiative to visit the prince... Han Qinhu, his third brother, and Chang Sun Sheng actually specially invited him to the banquet... Alas! Speaking of which, this kid has been here for the past two years.
His military exploits are no less than those of any veteran general in the court, and he has also done a lot of difficult things for me. He is a rare young hero since the founding of the Sui Dynasty! It's a pity that he just arrived in the capital and fell in love with him.
There was a conflict with Liang'er, otherwise I would leave him with Liang'er as my right-hand man."
At this point, Yang Jian's expression became gloomy and he said in a cold voice: "Have you found out whether the conflict between Liang'er and Wang Junlin four days ago was a coincidence, or was it someone's deliberate plan?"
Hou Quande said in a panic: "Your Majesty, forgive me, this matter is still under further investigation, but what is suspicious is that when the King of Han met the Marquis of Qin An, the two masters who broke the power around him happened to not be around."
"Where did those two masters who broke the Kung Fu stage go?" Yang Jian asked in a deep voice with a cold light in his eyes.
"They were sent to do something by His Highness the King of Han."
"What to do?"
Hou Quande hesitated for a moment and said: "Those two people were sent by His Highness the King of Han to assassinate one of the aides of His Highness the Crown Prince."
Yang Jian snorted coldly and said, "What's the name of that staff member? What happened to that staff member in the end?"
Hou Quande shook his head and said: "That staff member is called Yu Shiji, who is highly regarded by the prince. It is said that many of the prince's important decisions are made by this person. Well! This person was only slightly injured, and the two masters sent by the King of Han were also
He was injured, and the injury was serious."
"You just said that these two people were masters of breaking the rules and went to kill an aide. Why was this the result?" Yang Jian asked with a frown.
"Your Majesty, General Tianbao Yuwen, the first general of the Sui Dynasty, is the gatekeeper of the East Palace. He is loyal to the prince. This son alone can defeat two ordinary masters. Moreover, the prince led the army to destroy Nanchen, and later in
Jiangnan has been operating for nearly ten years, and many aristocratic families, businessmen, and even powerful warriors in Jiangnan have been won over by the prince."
Having said this, Hou Quande glanced at the Sui Emperor's face carefully, and then continued: "In addition, I suspect that the King of Han sent people to assassinate Yu Shiji. The prince may have known about it in advance, so the above result was achieved." Hou Quande said this.
As he spoke, he looked a little emotional. He knew that the emperor did not like the prince because of something that could not be told to everyone. But back then, Queen Dugu tried her best to support the current prince to take charge of the East Palace, and that incident with your majesty was the most important at that time.
The one who didn't dare to tell was Empress Dugu. In addition, Gao Ying's prestige in the army, the court, and even among the scholars in the world was too high at that time, and he was already suspected of being overshadowed by his meritorious service. Empress Dugu was quite fond of the former prince Yang Yong.
He didn't like it, so he finally made Yang Guang the prince.
Now His Majesty the Emperor wants to abolish Yang Guang just like he did Yang Yong, but it is far less easy than it was in the past. The main reason is that although Yang Yong is highly supported by the family, and Gao Ying is also there
Support, but compared to Yang Guang, he has no foundation in the army. To put it bluntly, Yang Yong has no soldiers, and Yang Yong has always been indecisive and lacks courage in doing things. But Yang Guang is different. He has many civil and military officials in Jiangnan.
Not even the Marquis government knows about this person, and Yang Guang is decisive and ruthless in his actions. It can be said that if His Majesty the Emperor now announces the abolition of the crown prince, then the world will be in turmoil, and the court will be in turmoil. In the case of Yang Su,
With the full support of powerful ministers, Yang Guang can do anything with his temperament.
"Alas! I hope that Liang'er can grow up quickly in my lifetime and be able to take over my empire." Yang Jian sighed and opened his eyes. His eyes were full of helplessness and gloom. After a pause, Yang Jianhan said
The voice said: "Hou Quande, just now you said that the investigation into Jiangnan officials' embezzlement of money for river embankment construction must be done well. Jiangnan officialdom really needs to be cleaned up."
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