Turbulent Times Chapter 480: The emperor’s helplessness
When Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu returned to the mansion, the housekeeper in the mansion took a gold-plated invitation card and ran to say: "Master Hou, the East Palace sent someone to send an invitation just now, inviting Lord Hou to go to the East Palace in the evening after three days. Banquet."
"The prince's invitation, I know." Li Yi took a look at the invitation and put it aside.
Since he was dismissed from office, since he did not take the initiative to visit Yang Guang, counting the time, the other party's invitation should have arrived.
"Master Hou, do you want to prepare a gift?" The housekeeper is an old man who followed Wang Junlin from Gaotai City, Yongzhou last year. His name is Zhang Jinzhong, and he has been very dedicated. During Wang Junlin's absence from the capital for more than half a year, he managed the mansion of the Marquis of Qin An and the 800 mu of fertile land allocated by the court when he was entrusted with the marquis outside the city in an orderly manner.
"No need, I'll personally prepare a big gift for His Highness the Crown Prince." Wang Junlin's expression was inexplicable.
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"These **** know that they want money. Before it's summer, the floods in the south of the Yangtze River broke out again, and it happens every year. The money allocated by the imperial court to build dams over the years does not know where it was spent. "In the study room of the imperial palace, Sui Emperor Yang Jian casually left the memorial in his hand on the ground, his face full of anger.
"Your Majesty, quench your anger." The eunuchs, maids, and guards next to him knelt on the ground in shock.
"Okay, you all go out!" Yang Jian waved his hand, and all the eunuchs, maids and guards secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and retreated silently at the fastest speed. Since the death of the Dugu Palace, in the past six months, the emperor had killed as many as seven unlucky court ladies, eunuchs and guards because of his bad mood.
After everyone went out, Hou Quande, the commander of the internal and external officials, floated out from nowhere, picked up the memorial on the ground, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down, my servants have been arranging a large number of people to investigate the status of the counties and counties in the south of the Yangtze River. Officials, as long as you find out that some of them are greedy for money, His Majesty can take the opportunity to cleanse the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River."
"What has Wang Junlin been doing the past few days?" Yang Jian glanced at Hou Quande, didn't respond to what Hou Quande said, but asked with his eyes squinted tiredly. His spirit is getting worse day by day. Last year at this time he reviewed the memorials for two or three hours without a break. Now, after less than an hour, he feels exhausted and can't keep up.
Hou Quande also did not expect His Majesty to ask Wang Junlin suddenly, and he was taken aback for a moment before he said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, since Qin Anhou was dismissed by His Majesty three days ago, on the first day he followed Pei Yuanqing to Chunnvlou and Washi to have fun, and was killed by Han on the same night. The General Capture Tiger invited him to a banquet, and the patron King Yang and General Zuowei Sun Sheng also attended the banquet. After that, he stayed in the mansion for three days, and today went to Goulan in Washi to play."
Yang Jian didn't open his eyes, he was silent for a while, and said: "This kid didn't take the initiative to visit the prince... Han Qinhu, the third brother, and Changsun Sheng even specially invited him to the banquet alone... Sigh! Speaking of this kid In the past two years, his achievements in battle 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 our country in the Sui Dynasty! It is a pity that he has just arrived in Beijing. He actually had a conflict with Lang'er, otherwise he would be left as a right-hand man."
Speaking of this, Yang Jian's expression became gloomy, and he said in a cold voice, "Did you find out, is it a coincidence that Liang'er had a conflict with Wang Junlin four days ago, or was it deliberately planned?"
Hou Quande panicked and said: "Your Majesty, forgive me, this matter is still under investigation, but what is suspicious is that when the King of Han met Qin Anhou, the two masters who had broken the kung fu by his side happened to be absent."
"Where did those two masters at the breaking stage go?" Yang Jian asked with a cold light in his eyes.
"They were sent by His Royal Highness to do something."
"What to do?"
Hou Quande hesitated for a while, and said: "Those two were sent by His Highness the King of Han to assassinate an aide 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: "The staff member is Yu Shiji, who is highly valued by the prince. It is said that many important decisions of the prince are made by this person. Hmm! This person was only slightly injured. Two people sent by the King of Han A master was also injured, and the injury was not serious."
"You just said that these two people were masters in the breaking stage, and they went to kill an aide, why did this result?" Yang Jian asked with a frown.
"Your Majesty, I am the number one military general in the Sui Dynasty, General Tianbao, General Yuwencheng, who is the gatekeeper of the Eastern Palace. He is loyal to the prince. This son alone can defeat two ordinary masters who have broken the merits. Moreover, the prince led the army to destroy Nanchen back then. Afterwards, it has been operating in Jiangnan for nearly ten years, and many aristocratic families, businessmen, and even powerful warriors in Jiangnan have been won over by the crown prince."
Speaking of this, Hou Quande took a careful look at Sui Emperor's face, and then continued: "In addition, the servant suspects that the King of Han's assassination of Yu Shiji may have been known to the Prince beforehand, so the result is as above." Hou Quande When he said this, his expression was a little emotional. He knew that the emperor didn't like the prince because of a matter that could not be appealed to the public. Empress Dugu was the most afraid to tell the story at the time. In addition, Gao Ying's prestige in the army, the imperial court, and even the world's scholars was too high, and she was already suspected of being a master. He was quite displeased, so Yang Guang was finally made the prince.
But now His Majesty the Emperor wants to abolish Yang Guang just like Yang Yong was abolished back then, but it is far from as easy as it was back then. The main reason for this is that although Yang Yong is very much supported by the aristocratic family and is supported by Gao Ying, he has no foundation in the army compared to Yang Guang. To put it bluntly, Yang Yong has no soldiers in his hands, and Yang Yong has always Indecisive, lack of courage to do things. But Yang Guang is different. How many civil and military officials in Jiangnan belong to him, even the Hou government doesn't know, and Yang Guang is decisive and cruel in his actions. It can be said that if His Majesty the Emperor announces the abolition of the crown prince, the world will be in turmoil immediately, and the court will be in turmoil. With the full support of Yang Su, a powerful minister, Yang Guang can do anything with his temperament.
"Hey! I hope that Liang'er can grow up quickly in my lifetime and be able to take over my country." Yang Jian sighed, opened his eyes, his eyes were full of helplessness and gloom, and paused. , Yang Jianhan said in a cold voice: "Hou Quande, just now you said to investigate Jiangnan officials' embezzlement of money to build river embankments. This matter must be done well. Jiangnan officialdom really needs to be cleaned."
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