Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 96
Wei Wang Yang Shuang was ordered to go ahead and go to the imperial city to take over the left guard army, and the left guard general Yuan Min who was following Yang Jian's chariot also panicked at this time.

Although he knew that it was not appropriate to adjust the defense of the guards at will, but at that time the prince was more persistent, and he felt that the second sage was not in Beijing, so it didn't matter if he adjusted it temporarily, as long as he adjusted it back at that time.

But just now, he learned from other officials that they received an edict from the Second Sage last night, and that the Second Sage would return to Beijing today.

And he only found out about it two hours ago.
What does this mean?It shows that Ersheng is deliberately holding him back so that he has no time to make adjustments.

It's over, it's over, if you want to protect yourself this time, you can only push it on the prince, your highness, don't blame me,
When Yang Jian and his wife arrived at Suzaku Gate in the imperial city, Yang Shuang had successfully taken over the left guard and detained the left guard general Li Ci on the spot.

The word "cut" came from the mouth of Yang Jian's accompanying eunuch.

Yang Shuang drew his knife and waved his head, and the head fell to the ground.

Seeing it in his eyes, Yang Yong couldn't help swallowing, is it so serious?I'm just strengthening the defense of the imperial city, what's wrong?
This time, the officials did not leave under Suzaku's gate, but received the imperial edict and followed the emperor to the Daxing Hall.

Daxing Hall generally only has hundreds of officials entering the court during major festivals or celebrations. The officials who go to court on weekdays are basically from Shangshu Province, Menxia Province, and Internal History Province. This is the earliest prototype of the Three Provinces and Six Departments. Six of them came from Shangshu Province.

In a situation like today, officials from the fourth rank and above are eligible to enter the Daxing Hall, and the rest are waiting outside the hall for summons, and are not allowed to enter without an invitation.

Yang Ming belongs to the clan, so he can naturally go in.

In the main hall, Yang Jian walked up the steps, turned around and glanced at the officials, and said in a deep voice:
"When I newly returned to the capital, it should be a happy day. Why do you feel depressed and sad? Who can explain my confusion?"

The officials in the hall looked at me and I looked at you, but no one dared to speak up for a while.

How to say?Just cut one under the Suzaku gate, it was obviously related to the change of defense, and the change of defense was a good thing done by the prince, who dares to say?

Seeing that the officials did not answer, Yang Jian snorted coldly and sat down on the throne, with his wife Jia Luo sitting beside him.

At this time, Niu Hong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, came out and said ambiguously: "It's all due to the dereliction of duty of the ministers, which made His Majesty tired."

He Ruobi was not happy when he heard this, your dereliction of duty is your dereliction of duty, don't get involved with us, I am not dereliction of duty.

Knowing the cause and effect, he quickly stood up and said:
"It's all Yuan Min's fault."

I'm your mother. With his head down, Yuan Min wished he could just draw his knife and chop this bastard in the hall.

He Ruobi's words obviously touched Dugu Jialuo's heart, so Dugu then said:

"What is the meaning of Song Guogong's words?"

He Ruobi said: "The defense of the capital was changed in the first year of the emperor's reign, and it has not been changed for 20 years. However, Yuan Min's bureaucrats acted boldly and adjusted the defense of the capital without authorization. If the ministers knew the seriousness of the situation and urgently dispatched troops to the city defense, we would have Daxing capital is an important place, and the city defense station has no soldiers to station, if there is a major incident, the country will be in danger."

Dugu Jialuo was furious instantly: "Where is the Habayashi guard? Take down the Yuan thief!"

"Second Sage's Guide!"

Yuan Min hurriedly slipped and knelt, came to the middle of the hall, kowtowed and said:

"These adjustments are all under the order of the crown prince. The Supreme One once said that if the two saints are not in court, all major matters will be decided by the crown prince. The humble minister is only following orders. Please learn from the two saints."

He's right, he's doing what he's supposed to do.

At this time, Yuan Min didn't want to sell Yang Yong, so he had to, the head under the Suzaku Gate was still there.

Dugu Jialuo was waiting for this answer, so she turned to Prince Yang Yong:
"Your Majesty entered the city, only to see Marquis Wu on Zhuque Street scattered, but the imperial city was heavily guarded. My husband and I returned to the capital. If we entered the enemy's country, we would have trouble sleeping and eating in the future."

Yang Yong was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down: "Father, Queen, Queen, I have no other intentions, I just feel that the imperial city is empty, so I replenished some soldiers, but this surprised the two saints, I know my mistake."

Dugu Jialuo said coldly: "The most important thing in a city is the city defense. You transfer the city defense away and put the capital in danger. Such a trifling matter, how can you supervise the country?"

Damn it, right?Yang Ming suddenly became nervous. Is Dugu Jialuo going to have a showdown today?

Because what he said was already very serious, and it even involved the prison country.

At this time, Gao Jiong stood up and said: "The prince's fault is all because the ministers failed to persuade them in time. I am willing to accept the crime together with all the ministers staying in Beijing."

It has to be said that Gao Jiong is righteous. At this time, he still wants to protect the crown prince. In fact, Yang Ming has always had a good impression of Gao Jiong, and even respected him, because this person is definitely a minister of the Sui Dynasty.

He Ruobi is upset again, you want to take the blame yourself, don't drag me, I'm not guilty.

But he didn't stand up this time, because if he refuted it, he would not be willing to take responsibility for the prince. As a courtier, this is disloyalty.

"Huangfu is filial," Yang Jian finally said.

The top general Huangfu Xiaoxie walked out from the group of officials and said: "The minister is here."

Yang Jian said indifferently: "You once said that Gao Jiong was unfaithful in front of me. I don't believe it. Tell me what you know and let all the ministers listen."

"Yes!"

Huangfu Xiaoxie is a bit special, Shangzhu Kingdom, Prince Shiji of Yiyang County, was planted by this kid.

To be precise, it was planted in the hands of Yang Jian. Wang Shiji was the founding hero and Wei Xiaokuan's confidant. He served as the general manager of Liangzhou and led the elite of Hexi.

Because Hexi is the northwest barrier of Jingzhao, there are a lot of troops stationed there, all of them are elites. Yang Jian didn't trust Wang Shiji, just when Huangfu Xiaoxie reported his boss Wang Shiji's intention of treason, so he took the opportunity to kill him.

Wang Shiji and Gao Jiong are good friends.

Therefore, according to Huangfu Xiaoxie's false accusation against Gao Jiong today, he heard all these words from Wang Shiji.

It is roughly talking about Gao Jiong being a close minister, who is familiar with the affairs of the palace, and often talks with Wang Shiji about the inside story of the palace, including the private lives of Yang Jian and Dugu Jialuo.

For example, an interesting incident from that year:
One year, Yang Jian met a young court lady in Renshou Palace. She was outstanding in appearance, with icy muscles and fine bones.

After questioning, Yang Jian found out that the other party turned out to be his old opponent in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the granddaughter of Wei Chijiong, the governor of Xiangzhou.

After Yuchijiong was killed, his family members were taken captive to Daxing.

Yang Jian suddenly became interested in the maid, and played poker that night.

As a result, Dugu Jialuo, the lord of the Sixth Palace, found out about the matter, so she led people to find the maid the next day, and beat her to death with sticks.

This incident made Yang Jian feel very aggrieved, but he didn't blame Dugu Jialuo, but he got angry and ran away from home after riding a horse.

At that time, there were only two people chasing him, Gao Jiong and Yang Su.

It was also at that time that Yang Jian uttered the famous words in history:
"I am the son of heaven, but I can't be free."

In order to persuade Yang Jian to return, Gao Jiong also said an inappropriate sentence:

"How can your majesty take the world lightly with a woman?"

The woman he was talking about was not Yuchi's maid, but Dugu Jialuo.

When Huangfu Xiaoxie told this story in the court hall, Dugu Jialuo was already furious.

Okay, I have treated you sincerely for 20 years, but you actually said that I am a woman?

She only found out about it today, and Yang Jian never mentioned it to her.

Yang Ming listened quietly, guessing in his heart that Gao Jiong was going to be finished this time.

Yang Jian didn't mention it before, but now he mentions it, that is to take Gao Jiong into surgery.

Now that Gao Jiong is finished, he is naturally taking the crown for the crown prince once. If no one will take the crown for the crown prince next time, Yang Yong will die soon.
Who doesn't like such a loyal minister?It's a pity that Yang Yong doesn't know how to cherish it. With such humeral support, it is really not easy to lose his reserve position.

Sure enough, this time when Yang Jian questioned Gao Jiong, no one stood up to speak for Gao Jiong.

What else can I say?Gao Jiong admits it himself, if you spread the private affairs of the two saints to the outside world, and you choose someone who is safer, then Wang Shiji's mouth is not enough, and he can tell Huangfu Xiaoxie about it again?
As a result, Gao Jiong was dismissed as an official, leaving only the title of Duke of Qi.

That seems to be the case,
It is impossible for Yang Jian and his wife to touch Gao Jiong and at the same time touch the prince.

Yuan Min, who had been kneeling on the ground without daring to raise his head, let out a long breath.

This bastard is a princeling, if you let him go today, you may not have a chance to mess with him in the future.

So Yang Ming gritted his teeth fiercely, stood up and said:
"Although it was the prince's intention to mobilize the guards, Yuan Min should know that this is inappropriate. The capital's defenses are all decided by the Supreme. How could Yuan Min not know? But he did not persuade the prince, causing the prince to default. Grandson I thought that Song Guogong was the one who hit the nail on the head, and this fact is Yuan Min's crime."

The crown prince has already been taken care of by Gao Jiong, it is useless to speak for Yang Yong at this time, instead he can take the opportunity to push the crime back to Yuan Min.

Yuan Min, who just let go of his heart, raised his heart again, "Your mother, I didn't offend you, did I?"
Yang Zhao was overjoyed when he saw this, what a boy, the third child can understand,

He already had a grudge against Yuan Min, and he was afraid that Yang Ming would be weak, so he hurriedly stood up:

"Yuan Min mobilized the city defenses without authorization, which is a crime knowingly, and then pushed it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince afterwards. His heart is to be punished."

Yang Guang was also stunned at this time, good guy, when did these two children become so smart?Don't say it sooner, don't say it later, why wait until Gao Jiong is convicted?

Who taught them this?I really know how to pick the time.

In fact, not only Yang Guang, but all the officials in the hall were looking at the two young highnesses curiously at this time.

Everyone is a smart person. As soon as the two opened their mouths, they guessed what they were going to do.

Yang Su couldn't help admiring in his heart, Yang Ming is a great talent, no wonder his younger brother Yang Yue once said: Don't treat Yang Ming as a child, but treat him as a peer.

One is the eldest grandson and the other is the grandson. The guns of these two were aimed at Yuan Min.

Everyone knew in their hearts that if Yuan Min didn't die this time, he would have to peel off his skin.

Yang Jian originally planned to let Yuan Min go, but now he is held up in the air by his two grandsons. It seems that he does not deal with Yuan Min and only blames the prince, which seems unreasonable.

Ever since, Yuan Min was also dismissed from office.

In today's court meeting, a Shangshu Zuo Pushe, who is the first rank, and a Zuowei general, who is from the second rank, were all dismissed from office.

(End of this chapter)