Tai Chi Palace looked no different from usual. When Fang Jie, Shen Qing, Shan Mu Xiaoyao and others came in, they found that the number of guards on duty had not increased, and the number of flying fish robes patrolling back and forth was as usual. Fang Jie knew that this was just something on the surface, but in fact, he might be nervous inside.
Prince Yi wants to rebel, but if he doesn't rebel for a while, there is no direct evidence. Yang Yin is very cautious in doing things. At least it is difficult to dig him out from the popular affairs of Huotong Tianxia. Even if the emperor is suspicious, it is not easy to take down a prince for no reason. And Fang Jie also knew that the reason why the emperor was waiting for Prince Yi to take action might be because he wanted to catch all the rebels. But he didn't know why the emperor was so confident. Prince Yi didn't show any panic until now, so he was obviously confident. The two brothers were exactly the same in their confidence.
Everyone in the Yang family seems to have this trait, perhaps it is a temperament that has been gradually formed by ruling the world for hundreds of years.
The young eunuch Mu San led Fang Jie and the others all the way inside. When they reached a place where there were no people around, he deliberately slowed down to get closer to Fang Jie.
"A big thing happened in the northwest, and the 700,000-strong army was wiped out His Majesty was furious, and his temples turned white just after hearing the emergency report from the border. It looked really scary."
He said in a low voice.
Fang Jie hummed and continued walking forward as if nothing had happened: "I already know what happened in the northwest. What I want to know now ishas your Majesty given any instructions regarding the troop dispatching ceremony tomorrow?"
Mu San said: "I only listened to a few words before going out, and I didn't dare to stay for a long time. When His Majesty listened to the northwest emergency report, he asked us waiters to go out, and I deliberately delayed leaving at the end before listening to some. But I don¡¯t know what His Majesty said next, but Your Majesty hastily summoned General Xu Xiaogong of You Zhenwei and General Yang Shun of Zuo Zhenwei to enter the palace. These two generals are also waiting in Dongnuan Pavilion and are not in the front court. "
Fang Jie thought about it for a while, but couldn't find any clues from these words.
"You said His Majesty has gray hair on his temples?"
"yes"
The little eunuch Mu San sighed in a low voice: "Mr. Xiao Fang, you didn't look at it. In such a short moment, I was fine. When I went out, I was fine. When His Majesty sent the order to come in to serve us, I was stunned at a glance. When I saw it, I felt sour, and you can imagine how angry His Majesty was."
Turning around an aisle was the Dongnuan Pavilion, and Mu San stopped talking. After the four people arrived at Dongnuan Pavilion, Fang Jie saw the two generals sitting in the outer room as soon as they entered. He quickly stood up straight and greeted them with military salutes. When the two generals saw that Fang Xian was saluting, they also stood up and returned the military salute.
"You can only get rid of your humble position. I have seen two generals!"
Xu Xiaogong and Fang Jie are quite familiar with each other. After returning the salute, he smiled and said, "I was surprised when you entered the door and performed the military salute. I actually forgot that you also had a military background. Very good, very good. You have not forgotten your roots."
It was the first time that Fang Jie met General Yang Shun of Zuo Zhenwei. He was not familiar with this general who looked to be in his thirties. However, he had heard someone mention it before that Yang Shun would be the youngest among the generals of the Sixteenth Guards. If it weren't for the royal blood in him, how would he be able to reach the pinnacle position of a general at this age.
Yang Shunhui is of medium build, neither fat nor thin, and his face is a little pale, but not sickly white. He has a fair face and no beard, and looks gentle and graceful, not having the aura of a military commander at all, but more like a teacher. Fang Jie knew that with the current emperor's character, if Yang Shunhui was really incompetent, he would never be able to rise to the position of general even if he was of royal blood. The emperor has always paid attention to ability. With so many descendants of the Yang family, Yang Shunhui must have his own specialties to stand out.
"Are you the famous Fang Jie?"
Yang Shunhui smiled and said: "He brought two beautiful women as delicate as flowers into the palace, which is really extraordinary."
There was no sarcasm in these words, and Fang Jie could tell that the general was just joking. Since he was still in the mood to joke with someone he didn't know well, Fang Jie guessed that they were pretty sure about what would happen tomorrow. Orthey don't know about it at all? And seeing how relaxed they looked, it was obvious that they didn't know about the defeat in the Northwest. His Majesty was still in the previous court and had not returned, and no one mentioned it to them as expected.
Unsure, Fang Jie smiled and said, "These two were also summoned by His Majesty to the palace for questioning. How could someone in a humble position have the courage to bring his family into the palace?"
"family?"
Yang Shunhui was stunned for a moment and then laughed: "You are so lucky."
There is no airs about this person, and he has a familiar personality. After all, in terms of status, Fang Jie and him are far apart from each other now. The young eunuch Mu San brought tea, and Fang Jie sat down at the back. ?Qingshan and Mu Xiaoyao looked at each other and did not sit down, but stood behind Fang Jie. This move made Xu Xiaogong and Yang Shunhui greatly envious. They both had three wives and four concubines. Those jealous women were not as obedient as Fang Jian's woman.
The three of them talked about some boring topics, and no one mentioned anything about tomorrow. Obviously, the two generals were somewhat wary of Fang Jie.
While he was talking, the little eunuch outside shouted loudly: "Your Majesty is here!"
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The emperor quickly walked into Dongnuan Pavilion, casually took off the crown and handed it to Su Buwei behind him: "You two come in with me first, I know you are waiting outside, I will talk to you later."
Fang Jie quickly leaned over and said, "I obey your order."
When he got up, he took a look and found that the emperor's temples were indeed white. And it's not that mottled white color, it's very white. It seemed that the emperor had suddenly aged twenty years. Generals Xu Xiaogong and Yang Shunhui followed the emperor into the back room. Su Buwei nodded slightly before entering. Fang Jie could tell from the eunuch's eyes that this person seemed to be much closer to him.
His Majesty had warned him not to interfere with Wu Yiyi's affairs. Fang Jie was still a little uneasy before entering the palace, but looking at the situation now, it seems that the emperor's mind was not on it at all.
He waited outside for a full hour, and it was completely dark outside. The palace maid carried lanterns and hung them all in the corridor. It was indeed a pleasure to see those graceful beauties filing in under the lamps. But Fang Jian didn't have the time to look at the beauty at this moment, as his mind was full of tomorrow's things.
An hour later, the two generals came out of the back room. The other general nodded and left directly, his expression became extremely solemn. Su Buwei waved to Fang Jie at the door and said, "Come in." Fang Jie quickly stood up.
Entering Dongnuan Pavilion, Fang Jie found that the emperor was not sitting on the earthen bed as usual, but standing with his hands behind his hands and looking at the huge Sui territory map on the wall. In the northwest corner of this map, there is an area outlined with red pen that is particularly eye-catching. But once that red was a festive color, because the Sui Dynasty gained another two thousand miles of territory. But now, the red color is as dazzling as blood, which makes people feel uncomfortable.
"Fang Jie, what happened todayyou were very reckless!"
The emperor did not look back, but there seemed to be no blame in his tone.
Fang Jie lowered his head and said, "I made my own decision. Please punish me."
The emperor¡¯s gaze seemed to stay on the northwest corner of the map, and his voice was very calm: ¡°I didn¡¯t let you interfere with Wu Daodao¡¯s affairs, but you did it anyway. Do you know what this is?¡±
The emperor slowly turned around, looked into Fang Jie's eyes and said, "It's disrespectful to resist the decree."
Fang Jie didn¡¯t want to explain, he just lowered his head and said nothing. His attitude made the emperor's face relax a little. The emperor did not sit back on the earthen kang, but sat down on the large chair, which was rare.
"I never like sitting on this chair. Do you know why?"
he asks.
Fang Jie was silent for a while and replied: "I don't know."
The emperor said: "Because this chair is so comfortable, if you sit for a long time, you will become obsessed with this comfort. Sitting on the Tukang is very uncomfortable. You have to change your position from time to time. Even sitting against the wall is uncomfortable." It's uncomfortable so that people won't sink because of the comfort But I sat on the earthen kang for so long that people thought I was stupid and didn't know that a chair was more comfortable. "
Fang Jie didn¡¯t understand what he said.
"Am I really stupid?"
Fang Jie didn¡¯t dare to answer this.
The emperor didn't need him to answer: "I'm not stupid, but sometimes I don't consider things comprehensively. Since I'm not stupid, I know that what you did today was out of loyalty. You violated my words because of loyalty, and what you did was true. If it works, I won't punish you. I work hard and work hard just because I don't want to be judged as a foolish king in the history books in the future."
"Since you have intervened in Wu Yiyi's affairs, I would like to ask youwhat do you think about Wu Yiyi and Huotong Tianxiaxing?"
Fang Jie hesitated for a while and replied: "I thoughtWu Yiyi was still loyal to His Majesty, which can be seen from the transportation of troops to the northwest. As for the transportation of goods all over the world, it is indeed too big"
"idiot!"
The emperor rolled his eyes at him and said: "I thought you were much smarter than those courtiers, but now it seems you are not much smarter. You said Wu Dao was loyal, I have never doubted this. He has helped you, you I understand that I want to repay my kindnessbut do you think you can change my mind with just one word?"
"I don't dare!"
The emperor said: "You don't dare? There are a lot of things you say you don't dare to do, but there aren't many things you really dare not do."
Fang Jie lowered his head, but still did not explain.
The emperor didn't seem to be disgusted with his lack of explanation. He was silent for a while and said: "I call you an idiot because you are really an idiot. Those courtiers don't want to think about it, and you don't want to think about it. Without my permission, a trading company How could it be so big? You all thought that I was going to swallow up the goods all over the world, right? You¡¯re such an idiot! Do you want to take my own things from the goods all over the world?¡±
This sentence shocked Fang Jie: "Huh?"
"Ah for what!"
The emperor said: "When I came to the throne, I originally wanted to issue a decree to attach importance to business. But you also know that if you want to raise the status of merchants, there will always be too many people who oppose it, and even I can't be tough. So I thought of a way. I couldn't do it openly, so I came secretly. I asked Wu Daodao to set up a trading house to do business with the people of Dongchu. He did whatever he wanted to make money. In less than ten years, the goods were sold all over the world. The No. 1 Trading Company! Because the goods are available all over the world, merchants in the Sui Dynasty have also been mobilized. Do you know how much more taxes the country has collected because of the prosperity of business? "
"I want to set an example of incorruptibility But I am the emperor, so I can't really be short of money. If I don't even have money to reward the harem, wouldn't it be a failure for me as an emperor? So I can use my goods all over the world. It¡¯s something I started to support my family. Wu Daodao is a genius, and I didn¡¯t expect him to make the business so big.¡±
Fang Jiexin said that what you said in front of you is high-sounding, but what you said in the back is the truth.
"Now you understand?"
The emperor asked.
Fang Jie nodded: "I understand, no wonder Wu Yiyi is so confident."
The emperor snorted and said: "I originally wanted to take this opportunity to force the courtiers to reveal their true colors. It would be better for you to interfere! But fortunately you didn't harm me either. I have known for a long time that they are buying goods from all over the world. I don't care because I know that the courtiers also have difficulties. It is really difficult to survive with their salary so I have always turned a blind eye. Pretending not to see it. But what I didn¡¯t expect was that the money trader has made them greedy. It¡¯s not scary to be greedy for money, but what¡¯s scary is that they actually want to be greedy for the world with others! "
Fang explained: "I am being reckless."
The emperor said: "It's okay if you make a fuss like this. Anyone who is just greedy for money or wants to rebel has been forced out by you. If it weren't for this, I don't know how many villains are following behind Lao Qi!"
Fang Jie was silent. After a while, he couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty then where did Wu Yiyi go?"
The emperor rolled his eyes at him, and Fang Jiesan smiled: "I know that I shouldn't ask, so I won't ask."