Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 228

When Yang Hao learned that Qiao Lingze and himself had died in the wilderness, his face could be as ugly as possible.

The officials of the Ministry of Punishment in Luoyang at the moment are some members of the Ministry of Punishment, Duguan, Bibu, and Simen of the four departments under the Ministry of Punishment. Their main task is Luoyang.

If such a big incident happened, He Zongbo, the head of criminal deployment, could only lead people to seal up the scene, and then report it to the capital, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple would send bosses to investigate the case.

Yang Hao was at the scene, watching his body being covered with straw mats, looking gloomy at He Zongbo of the Ministry of Punishment, and said:

"Where is the king of Qin? Why didn't he come when the trilogy of the king was attacked?"

He Zongbo hurriedly said: "King Qin went to the construction site in Luoyang yesterday, but he hasn't come back, so he probably doesn't know about it yet."

"I don't know? Hehe." Yang Yan sneered and said, "I'll give you two days. If the investigation of this case is unclear, I will investigate it myself."

After all, he asked Wang Shichong to stay with someone to keep an eye on the scene, and ordered Li Xuandao to stay with the people from the Ministry of Punishment to supervise the investigation, while he himself returned to Luoyang.

On the way, Yang Hao asked his long history Liu Jianzhi, "What do you think of this?"

"It must have been done by King Qin, and Qiao Ling was under the banner of King Qi's mansion, who would dare to attack and kill?" Liu Jianzhi said, "Even if it wasn't done by King Qin, we have to refer this matter to King Qin, even if we can't find out in the future. If there is no evidence, he should be splashed with dirty water."

Zhao Yuankai, who was on the sidelines, said: "I think that since we want to drag this case on the King of Qin, we should drag it thoroughly. We might as well arrange it secretly and just settle down."

Yang Hao was stunned and said, "What's the real way?"

Zhao Yuankai said: "People from the Ministry of Punishment have already investigated. Most of the dead were stab wounds and arrow wounds. The wounds can be roughly determined to be caused by horizontal knives and short crossbows. These two things are all belongings in the military. They were all mobilized to supervise the progress of the fortifications, and they didn't have the guts to attack and kill His Highness's guards."

"Then there is only one possibility, which is someone's private part. I think that after we return to Luoyang, we must immediately retrieve the Luoyang county government's records of going out of the city for the past two days. If there is no problem, then we will change the records. The name of King Qin's trilogy, write it in."

"This plan is very clever," Yang Hao nodded: "Many of the third son's trilogy are from the old people of the royal father's Jin Palace. This king knows a lot. First of all, I have to add that Pang Ben, let alone me here. There is a person who is very clear about the details of the second child."

Chu Ji, the steward of Yang Guang's Jin Palace back then, after Yang Guang became the prince, because he was not an eunuch and was too old, he did not follow him into the palace and became Yang Zhao's steward.

Later, Yang Zhao became the prince again, thinking that the second child, Yang Hao, would attack the king of Jin, so he gave Chu Ji to Yang Hao, who is now the housekeeper of Qi Wangfu.

Yang Ming might not even be able to name his own trilogy, but Chu Ji could.

"Wonderful." Yang Hao laughed loudly and raised his whip: "Let's go back to Luoyang."

The former Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment was named Xue Zhou, and he also had a younger brother named Xue Jun who was the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

But the current Ministry of Punishment has undergone a major change.

Xue Zhou was suspected by Emperor Yang Guang because of his close relationship with Han Wang Yang Liang, so he was directly sent to Lingnan.

Xue Jun, the brother of the family, was also dismissed from office. It is said that he has returned to his hometown in Hedong, waiting to be put into the coffin.

The current Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment is Yu Wenbi, the Duke of Pingchang County.

There are two servants of the Ministry of Punishment, one named Liang Pi and the other named Wei Wensheng.

Hou Liangpi of Handan County was the one who sued Yang Su in front of Yang Jian. He sued Yang Su for almost two days and five days, which directly caused Yang Su to leave the center and go home to stay.

He is also the only one other than Gao Jiong who dares to be tough with Yang Su.

Liang Pi had eight sons in total, among which the fourth was an adopted son, who was adopted from his brother Liang Ding who died early. His adopted son was very famous in the late Sui Dynasty, and he was proclaimed emperor. His name was Liang Shidu. .

It stands to reason that Yang Guang would not use this person anymore, but not only was he not abandoned, but he was promoted instead. I am afraid that only Yang Guang knows the meaning of this.

Another Wei Wensheng, that is, the famous Wei Xuan, served as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment during Kaihuang's reign, and was later released as the governor of Suizhou to quell the Liaoren rebellion and to appease Yizhou, that is, Sichuan.

After Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he was recruited back to the court, and at the same time served as Wei Wei Siqing, the general of the right leader, the left and right mansions, and the minister of the Ministry of punishment.

In other words, Yu Wenbi, the Shangshu, was in charge of Liang Pi and Wei Xuan in name, but in fact, these two people didn't take him seriously.

Dali Temple also changed.

The original Minister of Dali Temple was Pei Ju, and now he has gone to Zhangye.

Originally, Shaoqing Pei Yun, as the emperor's favored minister, was supposed to take the position, but unfortunately, he got off the chair and didn't move.

Dali Siqing, who was airborne, was from the Zheng family in Xingyang. His name was Zheng Shanguo. He was the Duke of Kaifeng County at the age of nine. His father, Zheng Cheng, was a general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

Therefore, Zheng Shanguo was extremely favored by Yang Jian. He was granted the title of Duke of Wude County at the age of 12, and became the governor of Yizhou (Xuzhou, Jiangsu) at the age of 14. He is only 37 years old this year.

The most remarkable thing about this person in history is that in history, Yang Guang issued an edict to select 27 people to become monks through the examination, and the chief examiner was Zheng Shanguo.

He made an exception and let a young novice, Chen Yi, who had already become a monk, take the exam and successfully passed the exam. This Chen Yi will become a super-big figure in the history books in the future who will not be less famous than Yang Guang, or even surpass him. stout.

Dali Temple Minister Zheng Shanguo, Shaoqing Pei Yun, but the other Shaoqing is not Zhao Chuo.

Zhao Chuo had returned home due to a serious illness, and his time was running out. The person who replaced him was named Yang Wang, who was born in Hongnong Yang's family, not from the clan's side, but from Yang Su's side.

Yang Wang is not well-known in history, but he has a great-grandson named Yang Xuanyan, and Yang Xuanyan gave birth to a daughter named Yang Yuhuan.

Ordinary people can't produce super beautiful women. Yang Yuhuan is from the orthodox Hongnong Yang family.

It is not a trivial matter that the staff of Prince Qi's mansion were killed.

After the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple received the news, they first reported it to Emperor Yang Guang, and then dispatched Liang Bi, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and Yang Wang, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, to investigate the matter thoroughly.

This case must have a result.

Daxing Palace, Liangyi Hall,
Prince Yang Zhao was sorting out the files, while Yang Guang was flipping through the pile of files indiscriminately. His side messed up, and his son followed behind to clean up.

"What do you think about the second child?"

Yang Zhao had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and only heard him say:
"I have already asked Yang Yue, the matter should be related to Yang Xiong's granddaughter."

Yang Yue, Yang Su's younger brother, is currently the magistrate of Wannian County. Yan Xiaotang returned to Beijing from Wannian County, so Yang Yue will have a record here.

Yang Guang frowned and said, "Should?"

"No, no," Yang Zhao hurriedly said, "It's definitely related. My son has asked Yang Xiong to inquire, and I think there will be a result soon."

Yang Xiong is the prince and grand tutor, so he is very close to Yang Zhao now. After all, Yang Zhao is the future heir to the throne.

Yang Guang sighed heavily, pointed not far away and said, "The third stack over there, the fourth book, is a booklet sent by the third child, you can take a look by yourself."

Yang Zhao nodded, went to find out the notebook, read it carefully, nodded and said:
"Brother Ming means that he wants to use the scientific examination to recommend some of the Cui family's children to become officials? In exchange for food?"

Yang Guang said lightly: "Don't ask me questions, I am asking you."

"I'm wrong," Yang Zhao nodded, and continued: "The key is to open ten imperial examinations, and to be a scholar in two subjects. I think this is the biggest bargaining chip in exchange for food. I think it can be done." Let’s start a game temporarily to relieve the food shortage in Changping County.”

After speaking, Yang Zhao secretly looked at his father's face, he wanted to see something from it, but he couldn't see anything.

Yang Guang said again: "The third row of the bookshelf, the sixth shelf, has the records of the former emperor's scientific research proposals on it, you can take a look again."

Then, the servant Gao Ye quickly asked someone to bring a ladder, and helped Yang Zhao up to get the book.

After Yang Zhao finished reading it, Yang Guang asked again, "Compare the two, what's the difference?"

Yang Zhao replied: "The biggest difference lies in the first subject of Jinshi. Once the imperial examination candidates are admitted, they need to be matched with real jobs and reused."

"You are the crown prince now. Let me ask you, how many people are competent in the government offices in the imperial city?" Yang Guang said lightly, "Tell the truth."

Yang Zhao took a deep breath and said, "Less than half are qualified."

"Then I'll ask you again, how should I get an official position so that I can fill the other half?" Yang Guang asked again.

The corner of Yang Zhao's mouth twitched, and he didn't dare to speak.

All the government offices in the imperial city, from the chief officials to the assistant officials and small officials, mostly came from Guanzhong. The operation of the entire Sui Dynasty depended on this group of people. Naturally, the good and the bad were mixed. After all, Guanzhong was only a corner of the Sui Dynasty.

But Father Huang seemed to have the intention of selecting materials from other places, so Yang Zhao didn't dare to answer for a while.

Yang Guang sneered, glanced at his eldest son, and said:

"You take this memorandum of the third son back, and let the people in the East Palace discuss it for you. After five days, I will reopen the scientific examination. With this ten subjects, I will recruit all the talents from all over the world."

Yang Zhao lowered his head and agreed in a low voice.

What else to discuss, haven't you already made a decision?You mean, don't you want me to make this policy public and bring it up in the court?
Just as Yang Zhao was about to leave, the servants outside the hall informed him that the watchman Yang Xiong asked to see him.

So Yang Guang asked the prince to stay for the time being and listen to what Yang Xiong had to say.

"Bring a chair to King Guan," Yang Guang raised his hand to Gao Ye beside him.

After Yang Xiong sat down, he cleared his throat, cupped his hands and said:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the one who was attacked together with King Qi's staff was also a junior from the servant's family. He is the grandson of the guilty minister Yan Rong and the daughter of Bo Yan Baoshou, the lord of Wannian County."

"Just tell me, what does this woman have to do with you?" Yang Guang smiled lightly.

Yang Xiong swallowed, and said: "It's the daughter of my next daughter, Yang's, and my granddaughter."

"If the Taifu has already asked clearly, just say it straight, my father is waiting for your answer." Yang Zhao winked at Yang Xiong, meaning you don't have to wait for my father to ask, why don't you just speak up .

(End of this chapter)