"Du Xiangguo, please stay!"

Du Ruhui just walked to his official room, but he heard someone calling him behind him, it seemed to be Su Wei's voice, he turned around, only to see Su Wei running panting, in fact, their official rooms were only dozens of steps apart, Su Wei ran out of breath like this, one is that he is old, and the second is that he is anxious.

Du Ruhui hurriedly stepped forward to support Su Wei, "Su Ge asked people to call me, why did he come in person, I can't afford it!" ”

Su Wei is a veteran of the three dynasties of the Great Sui Dynasty and has a lofty status, while Du Ruhui is just a junior who only joined the government in the early years of the Great Cause, in front of Su Wei, he really needs to be humble and low-key, especially Su Wei attaches great importance to the respect of others.

However, Su Wei didn't seem to care much about Du Ruhui's attitude today, he had something on his mind, and he wanted to talk to Du Ruhui in a hurry, "Don't talk about this first, let's talk about it in the room." ”

"Su Ge, please!"

Du Ruhui invited Su Wei into the official room, the two sat down in front of the couch, a little tea boy came up with two cups of tea, Su Wei also had no intention of drinking tea, and said in a low voice: "Today's Ziwei discussion is a little weird, didn't Du Xiangguo feel it?" ”

Du Ruhui knew that he was referring to the resignation of the three Xiangguo, but in fact, he was not very concerned about this matter, he was worried about the matter of Yicang Grain.

He is in charge of the household department, and the matter of Yicang grain is his scope of responsibility, and there is such a big thing in the house county, which shows that he Du Ruhui is derelict in his duties, and he is really anxious in his heart.

But Su Wei came to him specially, and he was not good at perfunctory, so he picked up the teacup and said lightly: "There is indeed something wrong with the illegal killing of the governor this time, and it is reasonable for the prime ministers to have opinions." ”

Su Wei looked at him strangely, and shook his head for a while, "Why should Du Xiangguo deceive himself, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is the lord of a country." Kill a corrupt official, as for causing them to resign in anger? ”

Du Ruhui smiled, "At least Yang Shidao really resigned for this matter." ”

"Alas! Don't talk about the people who don't leave the system in three sentences, I'm talking about Lu and Cui, doesn't Du Xiangguo think their attitude is weird? ”

Du Ruhui was a little embarrassed, Su Wei actually asked him like this, what did he say about this matter?

Everyone is a country, and they belong to different factions. Su Wei was a Su faction, Lu Yu and Cui Hongyuan were Hebei factions, he Du Ruhui and Cui Junsu were Fengzhou factions, and Yang Shidao and Yang Shanhui had a close relationship, so the people in the DPRK and China called them Yang Dang.

Usually, everyone votes together. It is not yet possible to see this factional division, but on some major issues, this factional division is looming, such as Lu Yu and Cui Hongyuan saying that they want to resign at the same time. It is a kind of common advance and retreat in interests.

Of course, Du Ruhui knew that there was a reason for the abnormality of Lu and Cui today, but Su Wei said it to himself so bluntly. There is a sense of wanting to draw himself into a faction, which makes Du Ruhui feel very uncomfortable.

Du Ruhui groaned and said, "Let's wait for His Highness to come back!" ”

Su Wei didn't seem to understand Du Ruhui's refusal, he waved his hand and said: "I know very well their intentions, the problem of Yicang grain is mainly concentrated in Hebei, and many officials in Hebei are the children of Lu and Cui. They feared that the severe punishment of Fang County would spread to other counties in Hebei and endanger their children. That's why they're clamoring to resign. ”

Du Ruhui was a little sensitive to Su Wei's use of the word 'shouting', which reflected the depth of the contradiction between Su Wei and the Hebei system from one side, in fact, Du Ruhui also knew the reason, because Su Wei would retire in March next year at the latest, which King Chu had already made clear.

Although Su Wei retired due to old age, he did not want to give up his interests in the imperial court. Especially his Su Pai, he wanted to keep it up.

Su Wei's eldest son, Su Fanghe, is currently the Taishou of Dongjun. The qualifications are a little shallow and he can't take over his position, so Su Wei hopes that Chu Liang, the Taichang Qing of the Su faction, will take over his position as prime minister.

However, Lu Yu and Cui Hongyuan strongly recommended Gao Dehong, the Taishou of Shangdang County, to replace Su Wei's Xiangguo, Gao Dehong is the son of Gao Gong, with outstanding talents and outstanding official reputation, he is a famous family in Bohai County, and he is also a backbone official of the Hebei Department, which naturally offends Su Wei's vital interests.

Du Ruhui smiled bitterly and said: "Elder Su Ge, now is not to discuss the violation of the system by the King of Chu, they have to resign, and let them explain it themselves when the King of Chu comes back, and now the top priority is that we must come up with a plan to control the grain in Yicang." ”

Su Wei sighed, "Du Xiangguo, you are recognized as having a strong ability to deal with the government, but you are indeed not sharp enough in the power struggle, don't you feel that Your Highness actually wants to use the matter of Yicang grain to clean the officialdom of Hebei?" ”

Du Ruyan was stunned, he really didn't expect this......

Early the next morning, Yang Yuanqing finally returned to Taiyuan City, which was still very quiet, and the news of the attack on Goryeo was tightly sealed, and only a few people in the government and the opposition knew about it.

Due to the effective disaster relief, there was no wave of refugees in various parts of the Sui Dynasty, and the people of Taiyuan lived as usual.

"Chief, should we go back to the palace first, or go to Jinyang Palace?" A pro-soldier asked.

"Go home first!"

Yang Yuanqing was anxious to return home because he got the news that his concubine Jiang gave birth to a son half a month ago, and this great happy event made Yang Yuanqing anxious to return home.

As for the matter of Yicang grain, his tough posture has been made, I believe that all counties and counties in Hebei are nervously self-examining, and some officials who have embezzled grain will also be busy returning the stolen goods to make up for the shortfall, and Ziwei Pavilion will come up with a new plan for this matter, and he is not in a hurry at this time.

Yang Yuanqing returned all the way back to the mansion, "The prince is back!" When the housekeeper saw him, she yelled and rushed to the inner house.

"Daddy!" The eldest daughter Yang Bing and the second daughter Yang Sihua ran out together, pulling his arm and shaking it with joy, Yang Sihua said coquettishly: "Daddy, did you bring us a gift?" ”

"Yes!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled and pointed to the two soldiers behind him carrying a box, in which he selected some rare things from the inner treasury of the Goryeo palace and brought them to his wife and children as gifts.

"Great!"

The two daughters screamed with joy, dropped their father's arm, and rushed towards the wooden box, Yang Yuanqing looked at their backs, and shook his head helplessly, such a big girl, how can she still be like a child.

"The two of them are still childlike, have a headache!" Someone next to him laughed.

As soon as Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw that it was Danyang Princess Yang Fangxin who came over, she was beautiful and beautiful, tall and slender, wearing a pale pink silk thin waist dress, holding a firefly Xiaoluo fan, and smiling.

Her indifferent expression was not at all like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, but like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl who was about to get married.

Yang Yuanqing remembered how cold he was when he first saw her last year, and he ignored him a few months ago, but now he was smiling like a flower, Yang Yuanqing also smiled lightly: "Of course they are children in front of me, but Her Royal Highness the princess seems to be a little too mature." ”

Yang Fangxin gave him a blank look, "Then what do you want me to run to grab gifts screaming like them?" Besides, will one of these gifts be mine? ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled: "Of course you have a share, you are my sister, how can I not bring you one?" ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as this sentence came out, Yang Fangxin's face turned cold, snorted, turned around and left.

After walking a few steps, she turned back and said coldly: "I want to tell you two things, you have to remember, first, I am not your sister, my two brothers are dead, although your surname is Yang, you have no blood relationship with me; Second, don't call me a princess anymore, the Sui Dynasty has fallen, I don't want to be a princess of a dead country, I won't say it a second time, you remember. ”

After speaking, she quickened her pace and walked through the side door, Yang Yuanqing looked at her swaying slender waist and round buttocks, and couldn't help but shake her head, this girl has grown up, and she has a heart, in fact, she is still a green fruit! ……

The room was very lively, the table was full of all kinds of rare things, the children were carefully choosing their favorite things, Yang Yuanqing's children were very educated, knew how to control themselves, and each person only picked one.

Yang Ning picked out a pair of jasper unicorn paperweights, he wanted to give them to his master Li Gang, his master was going to celebrate his birthday next month, and this pair of jade unicorns happened to be a gift.

Yang Bing picked out a string of pearl necklaces for herself, each one was the size of a peach, crystal full, there were two such pearl necklaces, and she held the other one in her hand, ready to give it to Yang Fangxin.

She knew that Yang Fangxin also had such a necklace of sea pearls, but she didn't bring it out when she fled from Jiangdu, and she always hid her regrets in her heart.

Yang Yuanqing sat on the edge of the bed in the back room, carefully holding his fourth son, who was sleeping soundly, like a kitten, very thin.

The eyebrows and eyes are very similar to his mother Jiang Peihua, very delicate, but the nose and lips are like himself, the nose is high, the lips are well-defined, he will be a beautiful man when he grows up, Yang Yuanqing bowed his head and kissed the child's little face, and he was extremely pitiful in his heart.

Concubine Jiang Peihua was still in confinement, she carefully looked at Yang Yuanqing's expression, and saw that he loved his child very much, and the strings that had been tense in her heart suddenly loosened.

Her child was too thin and weak, and she almost died three days after birth, without the calmness of the eldest son, without the quiet and thoughtful of the second son, and without the loud cry of the third son, clenched with his fists, like a little tiger.

is so thin and weak, she is very worried that her husband will not like it, but at this time, she is very relieved to see that Yuanqing loves the child so much.

"Yuanqing, the child should be called Yang Yuan!" Jiang Peihua asked in a low voice.

According to the sub-name set by his grandfather Yang Su for Yang Yuanqing's lineage: 'Quiet and far-reaching, quick in writing and thinking', then the fourth son should be called Yang Yuan.

But Minqiu joked with her, maybe Yuanqing gave birth to one outside, then she had to be called Yang Wen, which added thought to Jiang Peihua, so Jiang Peihua must be named by her husband himself.

"Of course!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled affirmatively at Jiang Peihua: "His official name is Yang Yuan, and if I give him a milk name, he will be called Qiaolang." ”