Everyone who entered the customs with Yang Xuangan was rewarded with official positions, but Xie Sili was still a staff member, without an official and a half-position, and had gradually been squeezed out of the decision-making circle, Yang Xuangan basically no longer listened to his advice, Yang Xuangan was in a kind of exhaustion in the past two days, Xie Sili's request to see reminded him of the original plan to win Guanzhong.

"Let him in!"

After a moment, Xie Sili walked in and bowed to Yang Xuangan, "See Duke Chu!" ”

"Mr. Xie, what do you want to see me?"

Yang Xuangan tried his best to maintain a polite attitude, at this time, Yang Xuangan's eldest son Yang Jun also appeared, he was next door to sort out the paperwork for his father, hearing that Xie Sili was coming, Yang Jun was vigilant in his heart, he didn't say anything, and sat down in a corner, like a person who was watching, which made Xie Sili really uncomfortable.

He held back the disgust for Yang Jun in his heart, and said to Yang Xuan: "I went to visit Wei Ji today and wanted to ask him to go out of the mountain to assist Duke Chu. ”

Wei Ji is the head of the Wei family, the Sui Dynasty Taichang Siqing, he stayed in Chang'an to assist the acting king Yang Yu, after the city of Chang'an was broken, Wei Ji lived in seclusion in the Wei Mansion, Yang Xuangan came to visit many times, he avoided it, Yang Xuangan heard that Xie Sili actually saw Wei Ji, and suddenly his spirits perked, if the Wei family of the leader of the Guanlong clan is willing to support him, then it will inevitably affect other Guanlong clan to support him, and the situation may not be irreversible.

"What did he say?" Yang Xuangan asked eagerly.

Yang Jun pouted next to him, he couldn't understand why his father was still excited? My father visited the Wei family several times but didn't see him, and Xie Sili came to the Wei family to meet him, isn't this a disguised humiliation of his father? But Yang Jun didn't say anything, he also wanted to hear the results of Xie Sili's visit to the Wei family.

Xie Sili bowed and said, "Elder Wei Ge said that it would be okay if he came out to accept the official position, but he had one condition. ”

"Does he have a well?"

"Elder Wei Ge thinks that the children of the Yang family occupy too many important positions, and he hopes that the Duke of Chu will be reduced by at least sixty percent, and he said......"

"Enough!"

Yang Xuan scolded, his face sank like water, Wei Ji was just an ordinary high-ranking official, his status in the court was not as good as his own in the past, and he was not a Taishan Beidou like Gao Gong and Su Wei, but he was fighting a prestigious family, and he actually wanted to cut sixty percent of the Yang family's children by himself, what qualifications did he have to make such a request? This person doesn't need it!

Yang Xuan was extremely annoyed in his heart, so he said coldly to Xie Sili: "In the future, without my permission, you are not allowed to visit these famous families without permission, go ahead!" This is the end of the matter. ”

Xie Sili sighed in his heart, he wanted to use the mouth of the Wei family to point out Yang Xuangan's biggest drawbacks and problems, Yang Xuangan relied too much on the children of the family, and the children of the Yang family almost controlled all the important positions in the counties and the central government, which caused great disgust among the major families in Guanlong, and none of them were willing to work for Yang Xuangan, if these Yang children were very good, it would be enough, but most of them were stupid and greedy, desperately scraping the people, making the people's resentment boiling.

"If Yang Xuangan doesn't know how to return, he will be ruined in the hands of the family! , this is what Wei Ji said to him.

But Yang Xuangan's stubbornness and distrust of himself made Xie Sili a little desperate, although he was ordered to assist Yang Xuangan, but he also put a lot of effort into Yang Xuangan, and the foundation created by Yang Xuangan also had his share of credit, he didn't want to marry Yang Xuangan, and he didn't want Li Yuan to take away this inheritance.

He let out a long sigh, stopped saluting and stood up and went out directly, and Yang Xuangan's dissatisfaction with his rudeness came from behind him, Yang Xuangan snorted heavily,

"Father should have seen through this person!"

Yang Jun lost no time in interjecting, "My father visited Wei Ji three times, but he refused to see him, and Xie Sili went to visit this person, and he actually saw him, isn't this just humiliating his father?" Why is Xie Sili more face-saving than his father? ”

Yang Xuan felt irritated in his heart, he waved his hand, "I don't need this person anymore, you don't need to mention him again, it's the end of April now, how about the tax revenue, can it meet the military expenditure?" ”

At present, Yang Jun is the head of the household department, in charge of the revenue and expenditure of money and grain in Guanzhong, and the household department is the key person who was the former Shangluo County Taishou Zhang Ji and assisted Yang Xuangan to make a comeback.

However, Yang Jun served as the county magistrate of the party for many years, and later served as the Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites, and he was also qualified to serve as the head of the household department.

He hurriedly bowed down and said: "The main thing is that Fufeng County is controlled by the Dou brothers, and there are also some household registration relationships that have not been straightened out, so the tax income is not ideal, the child will approve the household registration as soon as possible, and the father will also urge the counties to collect taxes and grain, especially they are not allowed to reduce or reduce the taxes of large households at will." ”

Yang Xuangan didn't speak, he knew that if he delved deeper, the question would come out, who was reducing or reducing the taxes of large households at will, it was the county order of each county, and who was the county order of each county? The children of the Yang family went back to Xie Sili's suggestion just now.

Yang Xuangan sighed helplessly, in fact, he also knew that the children of the Yang family occupied high positions and were hated, but he had no choice, if he didn't use the children of the Yang family, who else could he trust?

Xie Sili came out of the mansion, just met Zhang Ji hurriedly walking, due to the lack of Yang Xuangan officials, so the entire imperial court center only set up Shangshu Province, left and right servants do not want to shoot, Yang Xuangan served as Shangshu Ling, under the six Shangshu, Zhang Ji was named the household Shangshu, in charge of financial power, but in fact, the financial power is in the hands of Yang Xuangan's son Yang Jun, his power is hollowed, Yang Xuangan is a little reluctant to go, and named him Jingzhao Fusheng, in charge of the security of the two counties of Chang'an.

"Si Li, is Gong Chu here?" Zhang Ji asked Xie Sili.

"Yes, I saw him just now, Zhang Shangshu, is something wrong?" Xie Sili saw Zhang Ji's indignant face, so he asked worriedly.

"Big things happen every day, if he doesn't restrain the children of the Yang family, I won't do it!" Zhang Ji said angrily.

It's a child of the Yang family again, Xie Sili sighed, arched his hand, and walked away.

Zhang Ji walked all the way, a big incident happened this afternoon, which almost blew up his lungs, if Yang Xuangan didn't care anymore, he would leave it alone, and still be his Shangluo County Taishou.

Zhang Ji walked to Yang Xuangan's study, the guards reported for him, and after a while he walked into the study, Yang Xuangan was the only one in the study, he knew that the relationship between Yang Jun and Zhang Ji was not good, so he let Yang Jun go through the back door.

"Why is Brother Da unhappy, what happened?" Yang Xuangan said with a smile.

"I know you're busy, and if it's a small matter, I won't look for you."

Zhang Ji sat down, his anger was still unsubsided, and his face was full of resentment, "Last night, there was a murder case in Ganye Temple, and all seventy nuns were raped and killed, and there was no trace of those thirty palace nuns. ”

After Yang Xuangan occupied Chang'an, in order to cut expenses, he cleaned up the palace and let a group of palace maids go home, but there was a group of palace concubines who had been fortunate to be visited by Emperor Wen in the past, and they were only in their early thirties.

Yang Xuangan was taken aback, this is indeed a big deal, after all, he is the concubine of Emperor Wen of Sui, if he is robbed and defiled by thieves, he Yang Xuangan will be blamed by the world, which will cause public outrage.

"What the hell is going on, who did it?" Yang Xuan asked anxiously.

"I received a report this morning, and after a day of investigation, I finally found the murderer, and also found the whereabouts of this group of palace nuns, does Duke Chu know who did it?"

Yang Xuan felt a bad feeling in his heart that in Chang'an, there could be such a bold killing and hijacking of the palace concubine, I am afraid that only the children of the Yang family, he secretly prayed that this matter had nothing to do with the Yang family, and asked nervously: "Who is it?" ”

"It was the son of Zhao Guogong!"

Zhang Ji said coldly: "That batch of palace nuns is now in the Zhao Guogong Mansion. ”

Yang Xuangan's heart sank into the abyss all of a sudden, Zhao Guogong was his brother Yang Xuanjing, the official worshiped the commander of Tongguan, in charge of 50,000 troops, responsible for the defense of Tongguan and Pujin Pass, he knew that this clan brother was lustful, but he didn't expect him to be so bold and reckless, kidnapping the palace concubine.

"You're going to ask them if they want someone?" Yang Xuan asked angrily.

"He went, and was beaten out by his son's soldiers."

Zhang Ji rolled up his sleeves, revealing a bruise on his arm, Yang Xuangan's face could no longer be hung up, he stood up suddenly, gritted his teeth and said: "I will personally go to ask for someone, I will give Brother Da an explanation." ”

Yang Xuangan personally led 5,000 troops to surround Yang Xuanjing's mansion, Yang Xuanjing's mansion was the original Yang Zhao's mansion, which was rewarded to Yang Xuanjing by Yang Xuangan.

A group of female nuns were searched out of the mansion by the soldiers, all of them were full of tears, Chu Chu was pitiful, and a captain ran up, "Report to Chu Gong, Gong Ni has been found." ”

The evidence was conclusive, Yang Xuan felt a burst of anger in his heart, and immediately ordered: "Let them get in the car and send them back to the palace for temporary resettlement first." ”

At this time, in a shouting and scolding, Yang Xuanjing's second son Yang Ling and more than 100 subordinates were arrested, last night, it was they who destroyed the door of the Ganye Temple, raped and killed more than 70 nuns, and robbed 30 palace concubines who were monks here.

"You s***s, let it go! I'm going to kill you all. ”

Yang Ling roared, was tied by several soldiers, and was arrested, Yang Ling was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, he was not a gentleman, and he had read a lot of books, but everyone had a good or evil side in their bones, when his desires were not restrained, when he did evil without any price, the demons hidden in his bones were released.

Yang Ling was named the county prince of martial arts, as the general of Zuo Xiaowei, he relied on the power of his father Yang Xuanjing to fly and do all kinds of evil, he knew that his father had been fighting the idea of the concubines in the palace, but the palace was in charge of Xie Yingdeng, and the defense was tight, and he had no chance.

He turned his attention to the thirty monks of Ganye Temple, and snatched them back to the mansion last night.

Yang Ling was pressed to kneel on the ground, as soon as he looked up, he found that the person on the horse turned out to be the head of the family, staring at him with anger on his face, his arrogant arrogance suddenly withered with fright, he knew very well what he had done, so he knelt on the ground and begged bitterly, "The master of the family, my nephew is just naughty, I won't dare next time, I beg the master of the family to spare me this time." ”

Yang Xuangan also knew that it was really not good for these clansmen to be restrained anymore, this time it was to rob the palace concubine, and he dared to beat Zhang Ji, Zhang Ji was not only his benefactor, but also the patriarch of the incident, if he didn't give Zhang Ji an explanation, I don't know how many people's hearts would be chilled, he decided to use this matter to kill chickens and monkeys, and use Yang Ling to warn the more and more arrogant clansmen.

"Shut up!"

Yang Xuan shouted angrily, pointed to more than a hundred of his subordinates and said, "Kill them all!" ”

He pointed at Yang Ling again, "Drag him down and beat him again and again." ”

The soldiers were like wolves and tigers, holding down more than 100 people and beating them indiscriminately, crying and wailing, in a moment, more than 100 Yang Ling's subordinates were all killed, although Yang Ling was only a heavy responsibility, but because he usually did too much evil, the soldiers hated him very much in their hearts, and soon, an unfortunate news came, Yang Ling could not support it when he hit seventy sticks, and died of anger.