In fact, it is not difficult for the eight great clansmen of Guanlong and Xiao Yu and uncle Xiao Guo to clean up Chen Yingliang. The reason is that Chen Yingliang's foundation is too shallow, just like a house without a foundation, it can be blown down by a slight gust of wind However, there are only two things that restrict the hands and feet of Uncle Xiao Guo and the Guanlong family clan. One is Wenxi Pei's support for Chen Yingliang, and the other is Sui Yang's love and trust for Chen Yingliang. If these two problems are not resolved, it will be dead. If Chen Yingliang dies, he can only be a flower in the mirror, a moon in the water.
Needless to say, Wenxi Pei's support for Chen Yingliang, when seeing Pei Ju happily sitting in the wedding hall, accepting the worship of Chen Yingliang and the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli as the senior of Chen's parents, Uncle Xiao Guo, Li Er and the caring people present He knew that it would be difficult to drive apart the relationship between Chen Yingliang and Wenxi Pei, at least it would be difficult for several top figures of Wenxi Pei to give up their support for Chen Yingliang.
Emperor Sui Yang was also a big trouble here. Emperor Sui Yang, who liked to get in water, also had a lot of sober moments. In order to fight against the Guanlongmen clan and encourage civil and military officials to fight against the clan clan, Chen Yingliang, who was erected with a thousand gold and bones, was a role model. Naturally, Emperor Yang would not give up easily. Basically, as long as Chen Yingliang didn't make a big mistake or do something stupid that completely angered Emperor Sui Yang, Emperor Yang of Sui would be unlikely to overthrow the example he set himself. At the same time, with Chen Yingliang's cunning performance, it may be more difficult to expect Chen Yingliang to make such a mistake than to let Emperor Sui Yang use Li Yuan again.
Fortunately, when Uncle Xiao Guo and others racked their brains and couldn't solve these two problems, and had to go to Chen Yingliang's wedding scene to accompany the smiling faces, the genius Li Er found a unique way and found a third way to solve Chen Yingliang. , this method is to support the people of the Guanlongmen clan to fight for the throne in Dongdu. As long as they get this position, once Emperor Sui Yang, who likes to travel east and west, leaves Dongdu, Chen Yingliang will only be left with two Choices, one is to follow Emperor Sui Yang's parade and be indirectly deprived of real power, and the other is to stay in Dongdu and accept the orders of Dongdu to stay behind. Basically, Chen Yingliang was sentenced to death.
In addition, Li Er simply pointed out to Uncle Xiao the candidate for staying behind in Dongdu, and suggested that Yuan Wendu, a member of the Yuan family, should take the position, because Yuan Wendu, the current Taifu Minister, not only has prestige and qualifications, but also has enough prestige and qualifications to take this position. He also won the trust of Emperor Sui Yang, and he was very sure of supporting him as the left-behind of the Eastern Capital. However, while Uncle Xiao Guo and others were rejoicing and finally saw a glimmer of light, what they never dreamed of was that there were also talented people around Chen Yingliang who saw this ahead of time, and the devastated Chen Sangliang also aimed at this position. He stretched out his dirty claws early on...
Chen Sangliang's attack was early, which was far beyond the expectations of Uncle Xiao Guo, Li Er and others. It was only three days after the marriage, on the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Yingliang, who was on vacation, was very surprised In the afternoon, I entered the imperial city and came directly to the gate of the palace city. I asked to see Yang Tan and Yang Tong, the two precious grandsons of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty. Foggy, I don't understand why Chen Yingliang abandoned Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty and asked to see them directly, and he had to give Chen Yingliang, a so-called important official of the court who was crowned with a monkey, face, so he could only order to meet Chen Yingliang in the Tingtao Pavilion where he was studying. Sangliang also accepted the poison of this unscrupulous young man.
After the meeting, Chen Yingliang's intention to come made Yang Tan, who was less than fourteen years old, and Yang Tong, who was only eleven years old, very happy. In order to please the two grandsons of Emperor Sui Yang, Chen Yingliang presented a box of white ice cubes to Yang Tan and Yang Tong said that it was sugar, which was sweeter than honey in their mouths. Yang Tan and Yang Tong, who had only eaten yellow maltose and dark sucrose, were very interested in this, and they couldn't wait to grab the ice cubes and eat them. Stuffed it into his mouth, but Chen Yingliang hurriedly stopped him. He ate a piece first, and asked the little eunuch who was waiting next to him to try the poison too. As a result, Brother Yang Tan immediately laughed and said, "General, what are you like?" Human, how could it be possible to poison us? Is it still necessary?"
"Your Highnesses, this is the loyalty that should be fulfilled." Chen Yingliang explained, and then pointed out: "Your Highnesses, you often get along with Your Majesty. When Your Majesty eats, as His Majesty, you should love your grandson first. Try food for His Majesty, and do your best to be filial to your children and grandchildren."
Although they are both young, they were born in the emperor's family and knew how important it is to please the emperor's grandfather. After hearing Chen Yingliang's earnest advice, Yang Tan and Yang Tong also nodded their heads and saw the eunuch again. They also tried the candy, and the two brothers quickly took a piece of candy and put it in their mouths. After tasting it carefully, Yang Tan and Yang Tong found that Chen Yingliang was not bragging, this kind of candy was indeed cold and sweet, very refreshing, There is no maltose or the burnt bitterness of sucrose in this era, and the sweetness is pure. The brothers Yang Tan and Yang Tong were very happy and rushed to grab the candy. Why is the candy so delicious, even better than the candy from Tianzhu, where did you come from?"
"Nonsense, Indian white sugar in this era is also boiled with sugar cane juice, which is as pure as my rock sugar?" Chen Sangliang snorted triumphantly in his heart, but said mysteriously on his face: "King Yue Your Highness, the origin of this kind of candy is also a story, it was made by Weichen's family under a very accidental situation, the story is long, but I don't know if His Highness King Yue is interested in hearing it."
There is no child who doesn't like listening to stories. Hearing Chen Sangliang's mysterious words, Yang Tong of course nodded his head while eating candy. While trying to flatter the Yang family brothers, the chief eunuch shouted by the emperor suddenly came from outside the door. When Chen Yingliang heard the complaint, he obediently followed Yang Tan and Yang Tong to salute and welcome Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. After Emperor Yang entered the room, he was also taken aback when he saw Chen Yingliang, and hurriedly asked: "Chen Aiqing, you are not at home with your new wife, why are you here?"
There was no other way, since he had no way of knowing whether Emperor Sui Yang was happy or angry, Chen Yingliang had no choice but to bite the bullet and report his intentions to Emperor Sui Yang truthfully. Fortunately, Emperor Sui Yang was not angry at Chen Sangliang for poisoning his love. Sun Zhizui picked up a piece of rock candy very curiously, and asked, "This is the candy you gave to my grandson, Aiqing? Why is it so white and crystal clear? How come I have never seen it before? Is it delicious?"
"Grandpa, it's delicious and very sweet." Yang Tan and Yang Tong nodded together, and Yang Tong couldn't wait to say: "Grandpa, please let your grandson try the food for you?"
"Try food for me?" Emperor Yang of Sui was amused and said with a smile, "When did Dong children become so cute? Who taught you?"
"It was the general who taught his grandson." Yang Tong was not greedy for credit, pointing to Chen Yingliang and said, "The general said just now that he tried food for his grandson out of loyalty to his ministers. Your grandson will try food for your grandfather." , is the filial piety of children and grandchildren."
He glanced at Chen Sangliang with great admiration. Emperor Sui Yang really asked Yang Tong to taste a piece of rock candy for himself, and then he tasted the taste of rock candy. As a result, due to the age and technology, it is not worth a lot of money in modern society. The single crystal rock candy was also exchanged for Sui Yang Emperor Longyan Dayue, who was full of praise. When asked about the origin of Chen Sangliang's rock candy, Yang Yu and Yang Tan hurriedly said: "Grandpa, the general said that this kind of candy came from him. It was made by a very accidental situation, and it is still a story, ready to be told to us.”
Hearing the explanation of the two beloved grandsons, Emperor Sui Yang was of course also interested, and hurriedly urged Chen Yingliang to introduce the origin of the rock sugar. Seeing that Emperor Sui Yang was in a good mood, Chen Yingliang was relieved a little, and hurriedly said, "Report to Your Majesty, This kind of candy really came by accident. A few days ago, when Weichen's family was preparing a banquet for Weichen's wedding, they didn't know which servant made a mistake and poured a few spoonfuls of syrup into the lard jar Well, the cook in Weichen's house was afraid that the smell would not be used again, so he temporarily put the oil jar in a corner of the kitchen, ignored it, and temporarily forgot about it."
"However, it was just yesterday." Chen Yingliang continued to introduce: "The cook suddenly remembered this jar of lard, and after finding out the oil jar and opening it, he found that the jar was already full of this kind of candy. The cook felt curious. I tried a piece and found it tasted extremely sweet, so I offered the candy to Wei Chen. After tasting it, Wei Chen found it delicious and very rare. I also knew that the two emperors and grandchildren of His Majesty are still young, and they just like sweet food. When I was young, I dared to send it to the palace and dedicated it to the two highnesses."
Speaking of this, Chen Yingliang hurriedly pleaded guilty to Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, forgive me, the reason why I acted like this is because I was still young at heart not long ago, and I knew what young people like. Your Majesty also tasted such delicacies, and offered food to the two Highnesses without His Majesty's permission, I take the liberty, please forgive me."
"Aiqing, please hurry up." Emperor Sui Yang said with a smile: "Aiqing, you made delicious food unintentionally, but you didn't keep it for yourself, and you wanted to send it to the palace for Tan'er and Dong'er to taste. Aiqing is pampering my grandson for me, and it's too late for me to thank you, so how can I blame you? Hurry up."
Waving Chen Yingliang up, Emperor Sui Yang picked up another piece of rock candy and put it in his mouth, chewed it while praising him, and said: "Aiqing, go back and make some more of this kind of candy and send it to the palace. I'm going to take it." Reward the harem. By the way, I will give some more to my two grandchildren, Ai Qing is right, at their age, they like sweet food the most, let them eat as much as they can."
"No problem, anyway, it's your grandson who has tooth decay, and it has nothing to do with my grandson." With a sneer in his heart, Chen Yingliang received the order respectfully, and said even more respectfully: "Your Majesty, this kind of candy can be made in my family by accident. , Presumably it is also related to His Majesty's presence at the wedding of this official, due to His Majesty's great blessings, such an auspicious mascot was born just now, this official dares to ask His Majesty to give this sugar a name, so that it will be convenient for history books to record this event in the future."
"What Aiqing said is very true. This candy should have a name." Regarding this kind of thing that can be recorded in history books, Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty would never refuse. Dedicated to my two beloved grandsons to taste, I decided to come here to visit my two grandchildren unintentionally today, and I happened to taste this candy, it seems that it is a bit of God's will, if this is the case, let's call it grandparents candy. "
"Good name, thank you Your Majesty for giving it the name." Chen Yingliang praised loudly, but said in his heart: "Mother, it's really uneducated for you to change the name of a good rock candy to grandpa and grandson candy."
In order to highlight the preciousness and scarcity of rock candy, Chen Sangliang sent only a small amount on purpose. It was the first time for Sui Yangdi, grandson and grandson to taste this kind of candy, and they ate up a small box of rock sugar in a short time. It was clean, but Emperor Sui Yang, who was used to delicacies from mountains and seas, was fine with it, but Yang Yu, the youngest, said that he couldn't eat enough, and urged Chen Yingliang to make sugar as soon as possible, and Chen Yingliang agreed with a smile, "Don't worry, Your Highness. Make sweets for grandparents and grandchildren as soon as possible, since His Highness likes sweets so much, I have done some research on food and drink, if Your Majesty allows, I will send you some rare sweets by the way."
Yang Tong applauded happily, and hurriedly begged Emperor Sui Yang to agree, and Yang Tan, who also didn't have enough to eat, also pulled Emperor Sui Yang to plead. Emperor Sui Yang, who loved the two grandsons very much, laughed and said: "Come on. People, give Chen Aiqing a waist card for entering the palace, Chen Aiqing, if you have any delicious food in the future, you can send it directly to my two grandchildren, no need to ask for an order." Chen Yingliang, who was originally here to establish a relationship with Yang Tong, listened Overjoyed, he quickly agreed, and happily took the badge of entering the palace brought by the servant, then took his leave and left.
A few days later, Chen Yingliang actually brought some rock candies to Yang Tan and Yang Tong brothers, as well as some rock candied haws made from hawthorn. The sweet and sour taste was just right for children. Yang Tong liked it very much, and he felt good about Chen Ying. At the same time, in order not to let Emperor Sui Yang feel that he did not take his grandson to learn well, Chen Sangliang tried his best to teach the Yang brothers some Tang poetry and Song Ci. As a result, Yang Tan and Yang Tong After Dong used the poems taught by Chen Yingliang to please Emperor Yang of Sui, Emperor Yang of Sui was more willing to let his two grandsons get along with Chen Yingliang. Successfully established a friendship with Yang Tong.
The sun rises and sets, the moon is full and the moon is waning. The eleventh year of the great cause has passed unknowingly, and the time has entered the twelve year of the great cause. Chen Yingliang, who has used up his vacation, also returns to the imperial city to work hard. Working hard as an errand, relying on Fang Xuanling's great help and his own police career, he did a good job in the part-time job of reviewing Henan's internal history. Appease the common people and nip several civil upheavals in the bud, and cracked several old cases. A group of rogue bandits from Jiangjun had just crossed the Yellow River. Before Emperor Sui Yang received the news, Chen Yingliang immediately sent troops to suppress them all After killing him cleanly, when Emperor Sui Yang asked about this matter, Chen Yingliang had already presented the head of the thief, in exchange for Emperor Sui Yang's amazement, and he appreciated Chen Yingliang's talent even more.
There are a lot of civil and military talents under his command, and Chen Yingliang's side is going smoothly, but the situation in other places in the Sui Dynasty is getting worse and worse. The Kyushu in the world can only be described as everywhere. Moths fluttering like moths into flames continued to revolt. The Sui army, which had already been forced to devote its main force to the domestic battlefield, was suppressing and killing everywhere. In the case of the city surrendering to the rebels, the once impregnable Sui Dynasty gradually began to crumble.
In this situation, the overjoyed Emperor Sui Yang simply came up with an ostrich tactic, trying to ignore these civil uprisings as much as possible, and Yu Shiji, who was in charge of sending the table plays from various places to Emperor Sui Yang for reading, also did what he liked. Often deliberately concealing the truth, trying to belittle the civil uprisings in various places as a disease of scabies, which can be wiped out with a snap of the fingers, Emperor Sui Yang was also very happy to listen to such reports, and even more refused to pay attention to the civil uprisings, thinking about where to go next. . Although Pei Ju, Yu Wenshu and other civil and military officials knew that Yu Shiji was not telling the truth, they did not dare to impeach him and correct him - they were all afraid of Emperor Sui Yang's temper.
No matter how Yu Shiji deceives the top and the bottom, that is, he bullies ordinary local officials. There is a local official's anti-insurgency war situation, but Yu Shiji dare not hide it anyway. This person is none other than Chen Yingliang's Bolefan sub cover. At the end of the eleventh year of the Sui Dynasty, Jing Banduo and Chai Baochang from Jiangjun rebelled against the Sui Dynasty and fled to Jinyang and Fenyang to cause disaster. The team quickly expanded to more than 30,000 people. In February, he personally led the army to suppress. Although the soldiers were sharp and won many battles, they made mistakes in strategy. They burned all the Wubao villages north of Fenshui, and buried all the soldiers of the rebel army who surrendered, which led to more civil uprisings. With the expansion, more and more people had nowhere to go and defected to the rebel army. Fan Zigai couldn't win after a long battle.
Fan Zigai's memorial almost didn't worry Yu Shiji to death. He knew that sending it to Emperor Sui Yang would definitely make Emperor Sui Yang furious, but he really didn't have the burden to conceal Fan Zigai's memorial. As a last resort, Yu Shiji I had to pick an afternoon, when Emperor Sui Yang was in a better mood, and tremblingly presented Fan Zigai's petition for help to Emperor Sui Yang.
Fortunately, the person on the table is Fan Zigai, who does not look at the face of the monk but the face of the Buddha. After hearing this, although Emperor Sui Yang was really furious, he couldn't bear to blame Fan Zigai, an old minister who was loyal to him. Zigai's atrocity of burying all rebel soldiers alive regardless of good or bad was also very appetizing to Emperor Sui Yang. So after forcibly suppressing his anger, Emperor Sui Yang said in a calm tone as much as possible: "Fan Aiqing is seventy-two years old, and his body is placed there. It is understandable that he can't break the thief. As long as he is fine, there is no need to punish him." .”
After heaving a sigh of relief, Yu Shiji cautiously asked whether to send reinforcements. Emperor Sui Yang was silent for a while, and then said: "There will be an early court tomorrow, and the reinforcements will be discussed at the court tomorrow."
Yu Shiji respectfully sang promises, but Emperor Sui Yang suddenly said: "I have been bored in this eastern capital for too long, and I want to go back to Daxing to see the situation there, and tell all the officials to be ready to return to Daxing with me. Going out later."
Yu Shiji respectfully agreed again, and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, who will assist His Highness the King of Yue to stay in the Eastern Capital?"
If Fan Zigai was still in Luoyang at the moment, Yu Shiji would not need to ask this question at all, but it is a pity that Fan Zigai is currently ill in Taiyuan, and Emperor Sui Yang had to hesitate for a moment before saying: "This matter will also happen tomorrow." Let's discuss it together in the morning."