Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 179 one son and one daughter

It was already evening when we returned to the palace.

Because of the inconvenient transportation, in fact, not much can be done in one day. I get up at Yin time in the morning, leave the palace at Si time in the morning, have a meal at Yang Lihua's house at noon, chat until Shen time in the afternoon, and it is almost You time when I get home.

The carriage is just a means of transportation, in fact, it is not very fast. Riding a horse is fast, but it is very uncomfortable. The buttocks have to follow the rhythm of the horse's hooves, bouncing and bouncing, which is very tiring.

Seeing Yang Ming's return, Xu Jing hurriedly reported that it was Jin Wang Yang Zhao who had come, and told Yang Ming to pay attention to Changsun Sheng in the past few days, saying that it was the prince's intention to go out of the city to meet him.

Yang Ming didn't come back for a day, so Xu Jing had already sent someone to guard the official post outside the city. Once there was news, he would notify the palace as soon as possible.

According to the rules of the Sui Dynasty, all officials entering Beijing must first temporarily stop at the official post outside Daxing City.

Daxing is the capital, and the customs and defenses are particularly strict. The entourage of officials below the fifth rank cannot carry sharp knives.

Of course, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. Almost all the entourages of officials carry weapons, but as long as they are not found out, they are not carrying them.

Yang Ming also understood the meaning of his father's arrangement, that he won the Shangzhu Kingdom only by protecting himself, so he had to do it himself to win over Changsun Sheng.

After roughly inquiring about Changsun Sheng's itinerary, Yang Ming felt that he should go to the official post early and wait, so as to appear sincere.

Don't think that the king of the county will not bow his head, and will not put down his figure to make friends with others. In fact, during the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yang Jian's figure was very low. He was very humble and made friends with many families. , in order to gain the support of the majority.

Yang Ming passed the door but refused to enter, so he turned the convoy around and rushed to the official post outside the city.

This station outside Daxing City is the largest official station in the entire Sui Dynasty. It is called Chang'an Station. It is located between Daxing City and Lantian County. It is almost the size of a town. There are as many as 700 people.

The official post is mainly under the control of the Ministry of War, because the biggest function of the post is actually to convey military information.

The post station is divided into three parts: post station, station and shop.
The post is the department that receives guests and arranges material transportation.

The station is the department that transmits important documents and military information.

The shop is the department where officials of local states, counties, and counties submit official documents and letters.

The accommodation conditions here are very good. After all, it is an official department, and most of the people who receive it are important people, so they must not be neglected.

Every time Yang Ming returned to Beijing, he would linger in Chang'an Station for a few hours, and the officials would go through the motions to check the contents of the convoy, because Yang Ming was the king of the county, and the king of the county returned to Beijing to spread the road with water. Beat the gong to clear the street.

When Yang Ming arrived at Chang'an Station, he asked the post officer, who had received a notification from Hedong Station, predicting that Chang Sun Sheng would arrive at midnight tonight.

Traveling at night is very, very slow, and unless there is an emergency, generally no one chooses to travel at night.

But Changsun Sheng returned to Beijing according to the order, and there is a time limit. You cannot exceed the time limit. You are allowed to return to Beijing within 30 days. If you dare to exceed one day, it is against the order.

If the timeout is exceeded, there will be no proper reason, and the crime will be directly questioned.

When Zhao Yu, the governor of Jizhou, returned to the capital according to the order, everyone was sick like that, so he didn't dare to delay, dragged his disabled body and rushed back to Daxing.

This rule is very inhumane, but it also shows from the side that the imperial power is supreme.

The post official said that when the grandson Shengzi arrived, it would not be an ugly time.

After eating something casually in the post station, Yang Ming began to wait. The memorial to ask for credit to Changsun Sheng had already been sent to Renshou Palace. Yang Jian hadn't approved it yet, but there should be no problem.

After all, the memorial was drawn up by the crown prince, and now the crown prince is in charge, so Yang Jian will not lose face to his son.

Because if he often refutes Yang Guang's words, it will damage the authority of the prince, which is not conducive to Yang Guang's smooth succession.

Teaching children is a matter behind the scenes. Yang Jian never reprimanded Yang Guang in front of outsiders.

When it was Haishi, the post officials rushed to report that Changsun Sheng's motorcade had already entered the official post, and they would come to see Yang Ming after the dust was washed away.

Since Yang Ming came here with the purpose of wooing, of course he would not forcefully wait for the other party to come to see him, so he took the initiative to leave the room and head to the front yard where the convoy was.

Changsun Sheng is a smart man, although he has never met Yang Ming, but in the current Sui Dynasty, the only ones who can still wander around the official post in mourning clothes are the immediate clan.

Moreover, just now the station officer had brought a message, saying that the King of Hedong is at the station right now, waiting for him to return to Beijing.

"Your Majesty, Chang Sun Sheng, pay your respects to Your Highness," the dusty Chang Sun Sheng hurriedly greeted him, and saluted Yang Ming.

Yang Ming raised his hand to help him: "It's been a long journey, and I'm waiting here specially for the order of the crown prince to clean up the dust for the eldest grandson's envoy."

"The prince's grace, the servants are grateful,"

Changsun Sheng's appearance is very attractive, it is the kind of appearance that makes people feel that this person is very reliable at a glance.

Perhaps it was because of being stationed at the frontier all the year round, his skin was extremely rough, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to have been honed by the wind and sand in the grassland, with ravines and ravines.

"A person in his 50s has worked hard for half his life, and now he should return to Beijing to enjoy the blessings,"

Yang Ming held each other's hands affectionately, and said with a smile: "If the envoy still has energy, we might as well return to the capital immediately, and this king will meet you at the palace."

"Your Highness loves you, how can your servants not follow?" Changsun Sheng said.

On the way back, the two took the same car. During this period, Yang Ming didn't mention anything about asking for credit for the other party.

In the palace, Pei Shuying, who had already received the news, and Zhang Luoren prepared a dinner to welcome the eldest grandson Sheng.

Because Yang Yinjiang was pregnant, it was inconvenient to see guests, so Pei Shuying showed up to receive her.

She saw that her husband attached great importance to the visitor, so she personally invited the visitor to a seat and invited a maid to serve her.

Changsun Cheng knew that the dignified woman in front of him was the only daughter of Pei Ju, the boss of the Ministry of Internal History, and he was flattered that she was so polite to him.

So he hurriedly ordered his attendants to bring in a gift, which was a pure gold disc with the divine bird peacock carved on it.

The workmanship is relatively rough, and it looks like it came from Turks, but the disc is thick and large, and it takes two people to lift it up.Turkic people are like this, they don't pay attention to shape and shape, only pay attention to size.

"This item was a gift from Khan Qimin before my minister left. It weighs 120 jins. My wife is delicate. This item is really not suitable. It can be melted and tempered into jewelry."

Of course Pei Shuying doesn't like this kind of thing, it's too rough, it doesn't look good anywhere, but fortunately, the amount of gold is large, 120 catties, it's really good to make other accessories.

"The envoy's kindness is hard to turn down, so this palace will be disrespected," Pei Shuying thanked.

Next, the couple warmly entertained Changsun Sheng and asked him to stay in the palace.

Changsun Sheng is worth wooing, he is the second child in the family.

The eldest brother, grandson Jian (mo), who served as governor of Xunzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, has passed away.

The third elder brother, Sun Chi, is currently the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple. Because he was the right concubine of the deposed prince Yang Yong, he was not welcomed by Yang Guang.

The fourth elder, Sun Chang, had been with Yang Guang when Yang Guang was still the King of Jin, and was Yang Guang's bodyguard.

Of the four brothers, the eldest Sun Sheng is actually the best, because he is the envoy of the two countries, so what he does must report directly to Yang Jian, and he is qualified to meet the saint at any time.

The basic base of the Changsun family is in Luoyang, thanks to the Northern Wei Yuan family moving their capital from Datong to Luoyang, so their family was very popular during the Northern Wei Dynasty, known as Wang Zuomendi.

There is even a saying that the Changsun clan was originally separated from the Tuoba clan, and the Tuoba clan was the Yuan clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

In the area around Luoyang in the Great Sui Dynasty, the Yuan family and the Changsun family still have the final say, and even the entire Central Plains area is covered by their influence.

Originally, Changsun Sheng had an uncle named Changsun Lan. In the early years of Emperor Kaihuang, he was quite well off. He was a big brother of the same generation as Yang Xiong, Yuan Xie, Gao Jiong, Yu Qingze, and He Ruobi. His daughter even married Yang Xiu. Become the princess of Shu.

After Changsun Lan passed away, the Changsun family never had a central leader.

Today's Changsun Sheng has four sons and three daughters, among whom one son and one daughter are famous in history books.

One is the eldest grandson Wuji of the fourth son, and the other is Wugou, the eldest grandson of the third daughter, who is the maidservant of Guanyin.

The current Changsun Wuji is only eight years old, and Guanyin's servant girl is four years old. Both of them are born of Changsun Sheng's stepwife Gao.

It is the stepwife, that is, Xu Xian's main wife, so the two of them are descendants of the first son, and the remaining children of Changsun Sheng are all born to the late wife Yuan.

This is why, in the history of the Changsun family, only Changsun Wuji was the most popular with Li Shimin, because he was the elder brother born to Empress Changsun's mother, and their mother Gao was the daughter of the Northern Qi clan.

Historically, after the death of Changsun Sheng, the brothers and sisters were kicked out of the house by several older brothers, and they depended on each other. They were brought up by their uncle Gao Shilian. Successfully broke into Lingyan Pavilion.

It was Li Shimin's turn to be in such a state of desperation. It is conceivable that if Changsun Sheng did not die, Li Shimin would have no chance to marry someone else's daughter.

This is not to say that Li Shimin's background is not good, but because he is the second son, if it were Cheng Jiancheng, it would be more than enough.

Seniors and young are in order, Li Jiancheng can attack Tang Guogong in the future, what can Li Shimin do?He has nothing.

So Yang Ming, who is familiar with the direction of history, has not paid much attention to these two brothers until now.

But Jiancheng is the same Geng as himself, and he is 16 years old this year. I don't know which girl this kid will marry. If he doesn't get married again, he will be considered a bachelor in Sui Dynasty.

Yang Ming is still very interested in Jiancheng's marriage, because according to historical records, Jiancheng's wife, Zheng Guanyin, married him when she was 16 years old, and Li Jiancheng was ten years older than Zheng Guanyin.

In other words, Li Jiancheng didn't get married until 26, is it possible?Absolutely impossible, because in this case, Li Yuan would be stabbed in the back.

26 Married, can be laughed at to death.

How could the dignified Longxi Li family make such a laughing stock for others.

(End of this chapter)