When Fang Jie saw this straight knife named Chaolu, he could no longer take his eyes away. His attention on the short blunderbuss was completely attracted by this straight knife, his eyes were burning. Prince Yi Yang Yin kept looking at Fang Jie. When he saw the heat in Fang Jie's eyes, he couldn't help but laugh.
The most important thing is to win over someone and do what they like.
Fang Jie took the Chaolu knife from Yang Yin's hand. In an instant, the cold breath of the knife spread along his palm and spread all over his body. Fang Jie was surprised by how cold the knife was. He couldn't help but take a closer look and found that there was indeed a layer of fine water droplets on the knife, which reflected extremely beautiful colors in the sunlight. This sword is much heavier than the standard horizontal sword of the Sui Dynasty. Even Fang Jie feels a little heavy in his hand.
In terms of size, the Chaolu sword is only slightly longer than the standard horizontal sword of the Sui Dynasty. It can be seen that the black iron used to make this sword is indeed very special. The most amazing thing is naturally the layer of fine water droplets on the blade. With such a cold blade in such a cold air, the water droplets on the blade did not freeze, making it even more mysterious. Fang Jie curiously wiped off the water droplets on the blade with his sleeve, but after a while, another layer slowly appeared on the blade.
Yang Yin picked up the short knife inlaid with jewels that Fang Jie had seen before from the table and said: "This short knife, the Dongchu businessman said it is a great treasure, it can cut gold and jade, you can try it out." Try it and see if it is sharper or the morning dew is sharper.¡±
Fang Jie was reluctant to part with it, he was afraid of ruining this perfect Chaolu Sword. Even if it was just a tiny chip on the blade, he couldn't bear it.
"No problem"
Yang Yin smiled, and suddenly pulled out his short sword and struck it on Chaolu's sword. According to Fang Jie's skills, it would be easy to avoid him, but he hesitated and still didn't move away. After a crisp sound, the so-called Dongchu sword in Yang Yin's hand immediately broke into two pieces. Looking at Chao Lu again, the blade was not damaged at all.
Fang Jie looked at the exposed sword and couldn't put it down.
"The sword is given to you, of course, for the sake of the imperial court and the country. Of course, it is also because Gu and you hit it off right away. This knife is considered yours once it is in your hands, but it has only one wish. In the future, Gu will find a good craftsman and build a worthy one. Get on the sheath of the sword."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your generous gift!"
Fang Jie put the Chaolu knife aside, cupped his fists with both hands and bowed deeply.
Shen Qingshan, who was standing on one side, glanced at the knife, then looked at Prince Yi Yang Yin and frowned slightly. But she was standing on Yang Yin's side, so Yang Yin naturally couldn't see the expression on her face. Yang Yin stepped forward to support Fang Jie to prevent him from bowing down, and said with a smile: "Gu just said that this knife is the most suitable gift to you. If you lie in Gu's warehouse without seeing the light all day, this knife will also If you really want to thank me, just don't refuse when I need your help."
"The prince is so kind to me, how dare the students refuse?"
Fang Jie bowed his head and responded, speaking sincerely.
Yang Yin nodded with satisfaction, pointed to the things on the table and said: "If you like something, just pick it all. Anyway, these things came from Gubai, and I gave them to you in exchange for a favor."
Fang Jie thought for a while, looked at the short gun and said, "Then just take this one."
Prince Yi hummed, turned around and asked Shen Qingshan, "Do you have anything you like? If you like something, just take it yourself. You follow Fang Jie to meet the orphan for the first time, but the orphan will still have to give it away after all." These are some nice greeting gifts.¡±
Shen Qingshan smiled and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but I really don't know what to ask for. Why don't you just give me something, no matter what it is?"
"Ha ha"
Yang Yin seemed to be in a very good mood. He chose from the table and finally chose a pure gold fan inlaid with many gems. He picked it up and looked at it before handing it to Shen Qingfan: "I know you have something in your name." It¡¯s a bit tacky to give you a fan, but it¡¯s not bad since it¡¯s just with your name.¡±
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."
Shen Qingfan took it generously, held it in his hand and looked at it carefully.
This fan can only be regarded as a beautiful treasure. It cannot be used as a fan and it cannot be used as a weapon. However, its value must be high. The amount of gold spent to build this fan is not a small amount.
"Let's go downstairs to have a drink."
Yang Yin sent out three gifts in a row and seemed to be in a good mood. He ordered his servants to put away other things, and then walked out first. Following the spiral staircase to the third floor of the building, the servants had already laid out the food and drinks. The dishes are nothing fancy, neither luxurious nor greasy. The cooks are obviously very skilled. The dishes look ordinary, but home-cooked dishes like this are the most difficult to make outstandingly.
¡°?"Bar"
After Yang Yin sat down, he said: "There are no outsiders, just the three of us. Originally, I had prepared a few tokens for the servants to entertain the guests, but Qingshan also came with me. Fang Jie You can't say that you are alone to entertain the guests. Not thoughtful.¡±
Fang Jiesan smiled and said, "Let the prince laugh."
Yang Yin said: "It doesn't matter. If a man doesn't have a confidante by his side, he will be laughed at. Whether a man succeeds or fails can actually be seen at a glance by the woman around him."
Fang Jie disagrees with this statement, but cannot argue with it. This seems to be the truth since ancient times. Although it sounds disrespectful to women, it is really the case. In fact, if you think about it from another perspective, which woman doesn¡¯t want her man to be an upright man?
"Jue Xiao, how long do you think the war in the northwest will last?"
After drinking a glass of wine, Yang Yin asked seemingly casually.
"It is not difficult to take the Mandu flag, but it is not easy to defend the Mandu flag. At the very least, this battle will not be finished within a few years. If the Sui Dynasty captures the Mandu flag, Meng Ge will definitely send troops to take it back. If he cannot take it back for a while, he will not give up. . Therefore, students don¡¯t dare to say how long this battle will last.¡±
Yang Yin nodded and was silent for a while: "Then do you think it is right or wrong to launch troops against Meng Yuan?"
These words made Fang Jie's heart tighten immediately!
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Tai Chi Palace
Dong Nuan Pavilion
The emperor sat cross-legged on the earthen bed and read a book in his hand. Perhaps I was a little tired of reviewing memorials, so I found an ancient book and flipped through it casually. Thinking about it, it seemed that he had read this book by heart when he was a child, and when he read it again thirty years later, he realized that he had forgotten most of it.
Being a prince is actually much harder than ordinary children. They have so many things to learn that they don¡¯t have time to freely control their own lives, and even wanting to play for a while is a luxury. Being an emperor is naturally more tiring, not to mention that there is no time to play, let alone the inclination to play.
After thinking about this, the emperor felt a little envious of his father, who had been on the throne for more than forty years. Compared with the late emperor, he was completely opposite. The late emperor was a man who never wanted to lock himself in a cage. During his more than 40 years of reign, he would go out to Chang'an for inspections almost every year. In fact, he just escaped from the court to relax.
Yang Yi sometimes thinks about letting go of everything and going out to play for a while. It has been six or seven years since the palace on the coast of the East China Sea was renovated, but I have never been there even once. Speaking of which, being an emperor should have more experience, but there are really too many things he has not seen. He has never seen the sea, the Yangtze River, the prairie, or the Hundred Thousand Mountains. He has not even had time to take a walk around the legendary and picturesque Jiangnan.
The emperor seemed a little lifeless when he reached this point.
¡°However, Yang Yi likes this kind of life.
He likes the feeling of holding power in his hands, which is more satisfying than seeing any beautiful and magnificent scenery. He even liked reviewing memorials, which his father regarded as the most painful and torturous thing in the world. In fact, with the national power of the Sui Dynasty and the foundation of the Sui Dynasty, even if he was just an emperor who ruled by doing nothing, nothing bad would happen to the Sui Dynasty.
But he didn¡¯t want to. Since he was the emperor, how could he not be famous throughout the ages? How can it not be done forever?
He became the emperor as he wished, but he did not want to be a mediocre emperor. Over the past 100 years since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, apart from Taizu Taizong, which other emperors are most memorable? Taizu founded the country and Taizong opened the territory. These two emperors are still praised and respected by the people of the Sui Dynasty even hundreds of years later. But if I don't do something big, then the only thing left behind is a pale name in the history books.
That¡¯s why he chose Meng Yuan.
Who among the previous Sui emperors dared to easily wage war against the Meng Yuan?
He dares!
His name is Yang Yi.
The thoughts in his mind were a little messy, Yang Yi immediately closed the book, closed his eyes and rubbed his brow. After a moment of silence, he asked softly: "Is Fang Jie still in Prince Yi's palace?"
Su Buwei, the eunuch of Bingbi, bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, not yet. The people of the shadow guard kept watching and saw Prince Fang Jie and Prince Yi boarding the highest point of the building boat with their clairvoyance outside, and then went down again not long after. ¡±
"Um"
The emperor hummed and said: "Fang Jie is a smart man. If I leave this matter to him, he will definitely not disappoint me. Lao Liu has not given up yet, and is even using some dirty methods secretly. I He killed the Minister of War, Hou Junci, and the Minister of War, Yu Donglai, still refused to be honest Is it that he is so obsessed with taking power? Or does he have other intentions? "
Su Bu?I dare not answer, and I cannot answer.
The emperor also knew this. Su Buwei didn't have the guts to answer it, so he sighed and said, "Go and ask Dean Zhou to come. I have something to discuss with him."
Su Buwei responded, turned around and went out.
The emperor leaned against the wall and shook his neck, looking out the window at the westward sun and sighing slightly. Prince Yi has become more active in recent days. He knows that his sixth brother wants the job of being the general manager of Zhengxi. Someone in the court was already speaking for him, saying that Yang Kai, the king of Xu County, was not qualified enough to control the overall situation, and that the northwest war was delayed because Yang Kai was afraid of war.
??Aren¡¯t these words paving the way for Lao Liu?
The emperor knew it, but he was not sure whether Lao Liu had other thoughts.
The officials in the imperial court have secret contacts with Prince Yi. If he wants to know, no one can hide it. But what he didn't expect was that the list reported by Luo Weiran was so shocking. Although not all of these officials were necessarily won over by Prince Yi and became his cronies, there were naturally not a few who took advantage of them to speak for Prince Yi. But even if there is an official who stands firmly on Prince Yi's side, this is something that the emperor should be wary of.
After much deliberation, the emperor discovered that Fang Jie was the most suitable person to approach Lao Liu. None of the civil and military officials in the dynasty he truly trusted.
But does he trust Fang Jie?
The emperor once asked himself this question, and the answer he got wasdistrust. As an emperor, it is impossible for him to truly trust a person.
Thinking of that young man, the emperor raised his lips.
"If you can use it, I won't bury you."
He murmured, thinking in his mind, not only do I want to leave a peaceful country for the prince, but I also want to cultivate a few useful talents.
At this moment, the heavy cotton door curtain was opened from the outside, and a small head came in to take a look, and then smiled brightly: "Father, can you fly a kite with me?"
This is a little boy who is as beautiful as a jade. He is five or six years old. His chubby smile is extremely cute. The most beautiful thing is his big black and white eyes. He smiles as if he can talk.
Yang Yi stretched out his hand, and the little boy ran in with a smile, awkwardly climbed onto the earthen bed and dove into Yang Yi's arms: "If my sister doesn't take me to fly the kite, father will take me, okay?"
"good!"
The emperor picked up the little boy and raised it above his head: "Father, please lift you so high that no one can reach it, okay?"