"I'm guilty of death! I impeached the guardian of Chen Yingliang's party before. It was completely impulsive. He was too angry to contradict his majesty. He was disrespectful to the emperor. He was extremely angry and implicated the innocent. He mistakenly thought that Chen Yingliang was attached to the guardian and punished him." Impeachment, but after I calmed down, I thought about it carefully, and I felt that Chen Xiongqu was loyal to the court and His Majesty, and there was absolutely no possibility of joining forces to protect his son and deceive the emperor. The minister wrongly blamed the loyal minister and felt guilty, so he boldly submitted it today. Take back all the previous impeachments against Chen Yingliang, and I implore Your Majesty to agree."
Crouching in front of Emperor Sui Yang, Little Xiao Guojiu Xiao Huaijing burst into tears, kowtowed and nodded, crying bitterly to repent of his mistakes, begging to take back all the previous impeachments against Chen Sangliang, and begging Emperor Sui Yang for extrajudicial mercy, Rao Chen Sangliang survived the death of a dog, and let Chen Yingliang reinstate his post and re-enter the court as an official. Some civil and military officials who had made good friends with the big and small uncle Xiao Guo also echoed one after another, constantly asking Emperor Yang of Sui to rest the anger of the thunder, to give the little uncle Xiao Guo a chance, and to give Chen Sangliang, who was innocent and convicted, a chance to reform himself. .
Seeing this scene, most of the civil and military officials in the court looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering whether it was the sun coming out from the west today, or Xiao Guoshu suddenly got water in his head and took the wrong medicine, or he had a high fever and was talking nonsense and he was still awake , to plead for mercy with his arch-enemy Chen Yingliang, or to take such a big risk to plead for Chen Yingliang? Surprised, everyone went to take a peek at Guan Long's important official who had been wearing a pair of trousers with the Xiao family brothers for a long time. Seeing the two masters of the Guan Long clan, Dugu Zuansi and Yu Shiqian, although their faces were gloomy, they remained silent all the time. Obviously there was no intention to stop Uncle Xiaoguo, which made the other Guanlong officials bewildered and did not dare to make any moves. Everyone couldn't help being even more surprised, and they couldn't understand what happened.
It's a pity that although little uncle Xiao Guo's attitude was not insincere, and his pleading was not insincere, Emperor Sui Yang, who was still sulking, still refused to let go, and finally got annoyed by little uncle Xiao Guo. He also scolded: "Shut up! You are the one who says he is guilty, and you are the one who says he is innocent. You have the final say on this Sui court? Step down, and make another wordy sentence, the same crime as Lai Huer and Chen Yingliang! "
Except for corruption, accepting bribes and hugging his thighs, Xiao Guoshu, who has little guts, had no choice but to shut up. Emperor Sui Yang took the initiative to speak angrily again, asking about the recruitment situation of Xiaoguo Army, until the commander-in-chief Yu Wenshu quickly reported that Xiaoguo Army was already in Guanzhong After the enlistment was completed and they had already set off to the east, Emperor Sui Yang's anger subsided, and he announced that Fan Wenchao, the son of Fan Zigai, would be promoted to General Hu Benlang of the Xiaoguo Army to assist Sima Dekan in commanding the Xiaoguo Army. towards.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was indeed very good at giving hints to his officials. He deliberately asked about the recruitment and supplementation of the Xiaoguo Army of the Yulin Army, and made personnel adjustments. Civil and military officials, their attitude of going to tour Jiangdu by themselves is very firm, and if they are smart, they will shut up obediently. So after the disintegration of the dynasty, most of the civil and military officials looked very depressed, and they all knew that it was almost impossible to stop Sui Yang's southern tour.
Uncle Xiao Xiao, who was being scolded at the court, was of course more frustrated than anyone else, and he kept looking for an opportunity to talk to Pei Renji on the way out of the palace. Unfortunately, Pei Renji, who had already tasted the lesson, had already learned his lesson, and after the court was over, he just followed Pei Renji Behind the three brothers, Pei Yun and Pei Hongce, although Pei Yun and Pei Hongce were obviously indifferent to him, Pei Renji did not dare to leave without permission. Of course, the poor little uncle Xiao Guo couldn't make a plea to Pei Renji alone, begging Pei Renji Give him back that little note that was enough to kill his whole family.
Pei Ju's expression was also a bit serious, and he said to the brothers of the same clan around him before he left the palace: "There is no hope, Your Majesty has made up his mind, no matter how much you persuade him, he will listen, we can only accompany His Majesty to Jiangdu for a while trip."
"It's nothing to go to Jiangdu to have fun, but the current situation in the world..." Pei Yun's face was also a little ugly, and he sighed softly: "This time, I really don't know when I will be able to come back again, so I can do a good job at home. Prepare properly and plan for the long term."
"Hongce, you have to be prepared." Pei Ju suddenly said to Pei Hongce: "I'm worried that you won't be able to escape this time, so be prepared and be prepared."
"I want to go on a parade too?" Pei Hongce almost cried when he heard that, and quickly asked, "Brother, Your Majesty didn't take me with you on the previous tours. Why is it possible that I will accompany you on this southern tour?"
"Because of the Piling Palace." Pei Ju explained: "Your Majesty ordered Piling (now Changzhou, Jiangsu Province) to build a palace for the soldiers and people of ten counties in Daodeji, Tongshou Road, and required the same scale as the Western Garden of the Eastern Capital. It has not yet been completed. Are you You personally supervised the construction of the East Capital Xiyuan, the general supervisor, and His Majesty also intends to build a few more palaces in the south of the Yangtze River, so you, the general supervisor, will most likely appear on the accompanying list. "
Pei Hongce wanted to cry even more, and hurriedly begged Pei Ju to try to let him stay in Dongdu, but the cautious Pei Ju did not dare to make a promise, and Pei Renji, who followed behind, hurriedly asked: "Brother, is it possible for me to go on tour with you?" ?”
"Your words belong to the ranks of whether you can go or not. Your Majesty will not pay attention." Pei Ju's attitude towards Pei Renji was far less polite than that of Pei Yun and Pei Hongce, and he said directly: "Look at the situation of Hongce Brother. If you can’t go, I’ll leave you in Dongdu and help us look after the house. If he doesn’t want to go, you can choose by yourself, whether you want to go or not.”
Pei Renji promised submissively, and did not dare to care about the contempt for him in Pei Ju's tone, but Pei Yun was reminded by Pei Ju's words, and asked: "Brother, I don't know how His Majesty will choose who to stay in Dongdu this time? Pushing this position, then even if we leave home for a longer time this time, we can rest assured."
Hearing Pei Yun's words, Pei Renji's heart moved. He immediately raised his head, and then immediately lowered his head. He had neither the face nor the courage to beg Pei Ju and Pei Yun to push him to the throne of Dongdu. Government affairs and military affairs are not one or two things. Pei Ju smiled wryly, and said: "The candidates to stay in Dongdu, I think His Majesty is also having a headache. The two elders, Fan and Wei, respectively guard Taiyuan Daxing, and Zhao Cai, who took over from Fan and stayed in Dongdu during his northern tour of the Great Wall, did not satisfy His Majesty. , The four left behind made His Majesty Longyan even more furious, this time the Dongdu stayed behind, it should be more difficult to decide than last time."
Speaking of this, Pei Ju suddenly remembered the previous incident, and smiled again: "Speaking of this, I forgot to tell you that our eldest nephew Ying Liang has already set his sights on the position that Dongdu stayed behind, and unexpectedly Hints of temptation in front of me, trying to win my support."
Smiling, Pei Ju roughly told a few brothers of the same clan about what happened to Chen Yingliang on the day of Chen Yingliang's unlucky day, but Pei Yun was also happy when he heard it, and said with a smile: "Hehe, good boy, he has big ambitions, far-sightedness, and ability. That's enough, but unfortunately, his qualifications are too low and his age is too young, otherwise, we can consider promoting him."
"Brother, don't give that kid any face about this matter." Pei Hongce rarely reprimanded his distant nephew, saying, "Leaving aside his age and qualifications, and his current situation, with his frizzy personality, and The deep enmity with the Guanlong clans put him in the position of staying behind in the Eastern Capital, and he must cause a big mess. If he makes a similar request to you, brother, don't give him face, and the younger brother will teach you a lesson he."
"Of course." Pei Ju said with a smile: "Your Majesty likes to use old ministers. If I recommend him to be left behind by His Majesty, is it not for scolding? If he dares to mention this matter again, I will personally kick him out of the door." !"
The brothers of the Pei family smiled knowingly, so, amidst the smiles of the important officials of the Pei family, Chen Sangliang's hope that Wen Xi and Pei would push him to the throne of Dongdu, Chen Sangliang's dream was completely shattered, waiting for Chen Sangliang If it is good, it will be the reprimand and scolding by the elders of the Wenxi Pei family, and it may even be punched and kicked.
Let's also take a look at Xiao Xiaoguo's situation here. After leaving Miyagi, Xiao Xiaoguo finally found a chance to talk to Pei Renji and begged Pei Renji to return the fatal note, but Pei Renji groaned and said Chen Sangliang has not been freed from the crime and cannot return it yet. Uncle Xiao Guo said with a mournful face that he had tried his best, but Pei Renji was furious again with Pei Renji's words—Pei Renji said: "Do your best? You are like Lai Zhuguo and Chen Xiongqu Was he expelled from the imperial city? Or was he pushed out of the palace and beheaded like Cui Fuxi? Can this be called doing his best? Paper!"
Filled with anger, Uncle Xiao Guo returned to his home, met the second son of a relative who was staying here and explained the situation to him, the second son thought about it for a while, and could only say helplessly: "Uncle, It seems that Mrs. Wenxi Pei will not let you go easily this time. That anti-poetry can kill you at any time, and even give you no chance to cry for mercy. With such a good handle in your hands, Wen If Mrs. Xi Pei doesn't squeeze all the oil from your body, she won't let it go. My nephew has nothing to do, so you can ask for more blessings."
Little Uncle Xiao Guo wanted to cry even more, but the second son of his relatives was heartless and only asked about other things that happened in the morning court. The second son of the relative breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile on his face, "It's no problem. His Majesty has made up his mind to make a southern tour, and no one can stop him. But, who will His Majesty stay behind this time?"
Thinking about it, the relative's second son seemed to have a conditioned reflex, and a terrible shadow immediately flashed in his heart. Fortunately, this terrifying figure just passed by, and the relative's second son also comforted himself in his heart: "It can't be him. In the last battle of Yanmen, the emperor had no choice but to choose the tallest among the dwarfs, and appointed him as the coach of King Qin. Now that there are so many famous ministers and generals in the Eastern Capital, His Majesty will never give such an important position to him again. He, don't worry."
There are many smart people in the Sui Temple. After realizing that the attitude of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty on the southern tour cannot be changed, not only one or two smart people immediately considered the question of who to stay in the Eastern Capital. , and the political center of gravity of the Sui Dynasty gradually shifted eastward, and most of the family members of civil and military officials have already lived in the eastern capital. Whether they are loyal or treacherous officials, or capable and mediocre officials, they are all concerned about this issue, and they are capable and qualified to take over this position. The civil and military officials in the country gradually began to fight for it, and the major families and forces gradually began to consider which spokesperson to launch to compete for this important position.
Because the Guanlongmen faction was overly suppressed by Emperor Sui Yang, there were not many spokespersons who could gain the trust of Emperor Sui Yang. With limited choices, the Guanlongmen faction could only secretly discuss and decide to launch Yuan Wendu to compete with Dugu Sheng; Wen Xi The Pei family decided to join forces with other emerging dignitaries to push Duan Da and Zhao Changwen to take over. Like Yuan Wendu, when Duan Da stayed in the Eastern Capital last time, his performance in the last few days was barely acceptable to Emperor Sui Yang. Huangfu Wuyi, who was born in a civil service, was also under consideration by the emerging powerful group.
There is also King Yang of Qi. Of course, he also hopes to stay in Dongdu to live the addiction of the Tu Emperor first. Unfortunately, due to various reasons, he is becoming less and less popular with his father, so that he went to see his mother Empress Xiao to make a plea. , before he even finished speaking, his old lady covered his mouth and asked him to accompany him honestly, not to be greedy for power and status now, so as not to cause death now.
In addition, the military group represented by Yu Wenshu also made some moves. Zhao Cai, the general of Youhouwei who once succeeded Fan Zigai and stayed in the Eastern Capital, also very much hoped to be the Emperor of the Eastern Capital for a few more days. Yu Shiji and other Emperor Sui Yang's favored ministers were not harmonious enough, so the military's opinions were not unified. No matter Feng An, Zhao Cai or Duan Wenzhen, they all took aim at this position. It is recommended that he stay in the Eastern Capital to protect the interests of the Yuwen family in the Eastern Capital. The generals in the military basically fight on their own and weaken themselves, and because most of them have only military achievements but no outstanding political achievements, they basically have little hope.
Under such circumstances, Chen Yingliang, who was unwilling to support even the backer, and who was wearing the guilt of the crime, of course, deserved his punishment. He must have no hope of succeeding the long-coveted Dongdu to stay on the throne, but no one thought of it Yes, at this critical moment, an accident happened...
The accident came from Yang Zhiji, the most low-key prince of the Sui Dynasty. After the summer, Yang Zhiji suddenly fell ill. To give medicine for the illness, and to ask Yang Zhiji if he had any requests for him, but the servant reported that Yang Zhiji had only one request, which was to ask Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty to forgive the sins of Lai Huer and Chen Yingliang, and to give these two loyal court officials a reformation. new opportunities. However, Emperor Sui Yang, whose anger had faded away, was silent for a long time, and finally ordered: "Pass the decree, summon Hu'er and Chen Yingliang to the palace to see him."
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When Emperor Sui Yang’s edict of summoning was sent to Chen Sangliang’s home, Chen Sangliang was at the request of Pei Hongce, trying his best to persuade Pei Cuiyun to go home to see his parents, but Xiaojiao refused to obey what he said, and still wanted to quarrel with his father and still want to Staying at Chen Yingliang's house to eat and drink for free, Chen Sangliang tried his best to talk to no effect. When he was in a state of desperation, he suddenly heard that Emperor Sui Yang had summoned him. Am I convicted?"
"Are you okay?" Pei Cuiyun hurriedly asked, and couldn't help but grabbed Chen Sangliang's left hand, the caring on her pretty face came from the bottom of her heart.
"I don't know." Chen Sangliang told the truth, patted Pei Cuiyun's small face again, and said softly: "Don't worry, the big thing is to be dismissed from office and demoted to a commoner. With the help of my uncle and the others, the possibility of my losing my head is very small. "
Pei Cuiyun took the initiative to snuggle into Chen Sangliang's arms, put his arms around Chen Sangliang's waist and said in a low voice, "You must come back alive, no matter you are demoted or dismissed as a commoner, I will follow you."
Looking down at Pei Cuiyun, seeing that Little Pepper's eyes were full of sincerity and no pretense, Chen Ying was moved by conscience, lowered his head lightly, and kissed Pei Cuiyun's cherry lips for the first time, which lasted for a long time.
Unable to withstand the urging of the eunuch passing the decree, Chen Sangliang hurriedly changed into civilian clothes, followed the eunuch passing the decree to the entrance under the worried eyes of his family, and rushed all the way to the imperial city to meet Emperor Sui Yang, and was led directly to Ningbi Pond Next to him, Lai Huer, who lived in Qinghuafang like Pei Ju, had arrived first because he was the closest to the imperial city. Like Chen Yingliang, he was dressed in civilian clothes and was kneeling outside a pavilion by the lake with his head bowed. The guardian of the pair sits facing the lake, fishing with a fishing rod in his hand, accompanied by his youngest son Yang Gao and two grandsons Yang Tan and Yang Tong.
Seeing this scene, Chen Sangliang of course quickly knelt down beside Lai Nuer, lowered his head and dared not make a sound, but Yang Yu, who was close to Chen Sangliang, reminded Emperor Sui Yang in a low voice, but Emperor Sui Yang acted like he didn't want to. Facing the blue waves and hundreds of hectares of Ningbi Pond, he didn't move at all. He just pointed out that Yang Tong should concentrate on fishing and be quiet, otherwise the fish would be scared away. Yang Tong had no choice but to obediently fish quietly.
Kneeling for more than half an hour, his legs were numb from kneeling, and his head was fainted by the sun. Only then did Emperor Sui Yang make a new move—King Zhao Yang Gao caught a big golden carp, Sui Yang The emperor was very happy, praised Yang Gao and asked Yang Gao what reward he wanted, Yang Gao said: "Father, the sons and ministers don't want rewards, I just ask the father to let the two generals die. They have been kneeling for a long time."
"My son is sensible." Emperor Sui Yang smiled and patted his ten-year-old son's head before shouting, "Did you hear that? King Zhao pleaded for you. You are lucky. Originally, I wanted you to kneel to the sky." Hei, for the sake of my youngest son, get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Highness Zhao Wang." Chen Sangliang and Lai Huer, who had knelt down for a long time, were relieved, and quickly nodded their heads to thank each other. Then they struggled to get up. Suan Ma almost fell down, but fortunately Chen Sangliang had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and caught him in time.
At this time, Emperor Sui Yang finally put down his fishing rod and got up, took his children and grandchildren to the edge of the pavilion, first looked at Lai Huer and Chen Sangliang who hadn't seen each other for several days, and then suddenly asked: "Lai Huer, how do I treat you?" ?”
"Your Majesty's kindness to me is as great as a mountain." Lai Huer hurriedly saluted again, and said with a pause, "Your Majesty's kindness to me is as great as Mount Tai. Even if my body is broken, it will be difficult to repay Your Majesty's grace."
"Then why do you still contradict me?" Emperor Sui Yang scolded: "You still say those unlucky and unpleasant things, even if you think so, what hope can I have?"
"The death penalty for a humble official." Just like in history, after being taught a lesson by Emperor Sui Yang once, Lai Huer didn't have the guts to persuade Emperor Sui Yang not to go to Jiangdu.
Emperor Sui Yang snorted heavily, and suddenly shouted at Chen Sangliang: "Chen Yingliang, how will I treat you?"
"Your Majesty's kindness to me is higher than the mountains and deeper than the sea." Chen Sangliang quickly knelt down again.
"Then how did you repay me?" Emperor Sui Yang shouted: "That day in the morning court, I and Lai Huer were angry, and you stood up and begged for mercy, why didn't you stick to it to the end? Give up half of the advice and advice, this is you In return for me?"
Chen Sangliang burst into tears when he heard it, and said to Boss Yang, where is your temper, how dare I remonstrate to the end? Even though he said so in his heart, Chen Sangliang could only obediently bow his head and apologize, and said: "I will die for my humble minister."
He snorted again, and then Emperor Sui Yang shouted: "Get up, I'm hungry, go eat with me. Gao, Tan, Dong, you too."
Hearing this, Chen Sangliang and Lai Hu'er immediately knew that Emperor Sui Yang's temper had finally dissipated. While thanking him quickly, they also honestly followed Emperor Sui Yang to a nearby palace for dinner. Their anger had dissipated. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty also gave Lai Hu'er and Chen Sangliang a feast of food and wine generously, allowing them to enjoy the delicacies of mountains and seas with himself.
The delicacies of mountains and seas are not so delicious. During the banquet, Emperor Sui Yang naturally had to severely reprimand Lai Huer for the crime of contradicting him, condemning Lai Huer for not being considerate of the sacred heart of his southern patrol to comfort the people, let alone his own. State affairs are hard, and it is rare to have some time to go out for fun—even though he reigned for 14 years, Emperor Sui Yang spent 12 years in parade places or on the road. Lai Huer was obedient, constantly admitting his mistakes and reviewing his own mistakes, admitting that Emperor Sui Yang's decision to make a southern tour was glorious and great, and he was not self-serving and dedicated to benefiting others. Despicable and muddled in purpose.
After the scolding came to protect his son, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty pointed his target at Chen Sangliang again, scolded Chen Sangliang for his crimes that he did not commit to the end, and demanded that Chen Sangliang must be loyal to the old Yang family in the future, and he would speak up if he had something to say. After finishing speaking, Chen Sangliang honestly confessed that he could only do half of what he couldn't do. At the end, Emperor Sui Yang said: "I am patrolling Jiangdu in the south, which one of you is willing to go with me?"
Hearing this question, Chen Sangliang almost choked to death on the sea cucumber in his mouth, coughing and at a loss. Fortunately, Yang Tong, who was sitting opposite him, brought Chen Sangliang a glass of ice water in time, and took pictures for Chen Sangliang at the same time. Back, whispered: "General, don't go, stay and assist me."
"Dong'er, what did you say?" Emperor Sui Yang asked immediately with his ears pointed.
Yang Tong hesitated for a moment, but he summoned up his courage and said, "Grandfather, can you let General Chen Yingliang stay in Dongdu? My grandson likes to let him help me. He is not as rigid as others. He is capable and can teach grandson a lot." Learning the truth, my grandson is bold and wants to ask Grandpa Huang to leave General Chen to help me stay in Dongdu."
Chen Sangliang wished he could kiss Yang Tong, and Emperor Sui Yang smiled immediately, and said, "Dong'er, do you want him to stay and help you, or do you want him to make you something new every day?"
"My grandson wants to." Yang Tong replied with a blushing face.
At this time, Lai Hu'er suddenly left the table and bowed down, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to accompany His Majesty on the southern tour. In addition, I would like to recommend Chen Yingliang, General Chen, as the guard of the Eastern Capital to assist His Royal Highness the King of Yue in guarding the Eastern Capital."
While Emperor Sui Yang was astonished, Chen Sangliang also wished he could rush up to hug his son and take a bite, and said with ecstasy in his heart: "A good man will always be rewarded."