First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 496 Feng Deyi is in a hurry
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Hearing Mrs. Yang's words, Feng Deyi couldn't sit still any longer, and kept pacing back and forth in the study, his heart fluttering.

Seeing this, Mrs. Yang was very surprised. Feng Deyi's skill in nourishing qi was profound, and as the prime minister, he was even more unemotional.

Seeing Yang's expression, Feng Deyi said worriedly: "Yang Aqiang knows a lot of secret things in the mansion, and if someone with a heart finds out, I'm afraid it will be bad for me."

Only then did Yang understand, nodded and said: "Although there are rumors, they are not good for the reputation of Mr. Lang, so I will send someone to look for them."

Feng Deyi frowned, nodded slightly absent-mindedly, and did not explain too much.

That's not just some gossip, it's not just as simple as being bad for your reputation, if things are exposed, you're afraid that your head will be lost.

Thinking of this, Feng Deyi was so anxious that he immediately went out and went straight to the pastoral village of Yongzhou.

Yongzhou Mu, later known as Jingzhao Mansion, was located in Guangdefang, and Feng Deyi's Miguo Mansion was in Xinghuafang, and Guangdefang was diagonally opposite.

Because Chang'an City is located in Yongzhou, during the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yongzhou Mu was specially set up to govern the capital, but according to the "Book of Zhou", the post of Yongzhou Mu was not actually granted.

In the third year of Daye in the former Sui Dynasty, prefectures were set up as prefectures, Jingzhao County was established, Jingzhao Yin was set up in Chang'an, and Henan Yin was set up in Luoyang, so that they could also handle the responsibility of "herding".

After Li Yuan founded the country, the county was abolished and the prefecture was established, and the Yongzhou shepherd was restored. The first Yongzhou shepherd was Li Shimin.

Yongzhou has a great pastoral authority, governing the land of the capital, and ranks in the second rank. Generally, it is led by the prince and does not go to the post. The actual affairs are handled by the governor of Yongzhou, ranking in the third rank.

The current governor of Yongzhou is Yang Gongren, the former governor of Liangzhou. Although he is the governor of Liangzhou in name, the two positions are difficult to compare.

The seat of Yongzhou is in this Yongzhou pastoral house in Guangdefang. Shangshu Youpushe came in person. The officials of the public house did not dare to delay. After watching the tea respectfully, they hurriedly reported it. After all, this is the chief assistant .

Not long after, Yang Gongren came slowly.

"I didn't know that Mr. Feng came, but Yang Wen was far away to welcome him. Forgive me for my sin."

Yang Gongren's real name was Yang Lun, but later he changed his name to Yang Wen because he had the same name as Yang Lun, the second son of Teng Wang Yang Zan. He was the former Sui Guan Wang.

Yang Gongren was already famous in the pre-Sui Dynasty. He quelled Yang Xuangan's rebellion and was named the Duke of Cheng'an. After the death of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, Yang Gongren returned to Tang Dynasty.

Yang Gongren and Feng Deyi are old acquaintances. As early as the former Sui Dynasty, the two were officials in the same palace. Feng Deyi's wife, Yang, was Yang Gongren's cousin according to seniority, and the two were even the same age. But now Yang Gongren's expression was businesslike, which is very intriguing.

The corner of Feng Deyi's mouth twitched, and he said with a warm smile: "Why is Gongren so polite, but he dare not call you a gentleman in front of you."

"What is Feng Xianggong doing here?" Yang Gongren asked expressionlessly.

Feng Deyi was secretly unhappy, but still had a smile on his face, "It's just a trivial matter, Gong Ren can go and get busy on his own, the old man can find the county magistrate of Chang'an to handle it."

Yang Gongren frowned, "It's okay, since I'm here, let me do it for you."

Feng Deyi paused, then just waved his hands and smiled: "It's nothing serious, it's just that a servant in the mansion fled, and there was nothing wrong with him. When he passed by your company, he came to inform him, please catch this dog."

"How courageous", Yang Gongren frowned and said: "The servant dared to run away, and I asked Mr. Feng to give me his body deed. As long as he is still in Gyeonggi, he will be arrested."

Feng Deyi didn't doubt that he was there, so he directly took out Yang Aqiang's body deed from his pocket and handed it to Yang Gongren. He also knew that Yang Gongru was upright and diligent in his work.

"I'll leave this matter to Gongren," Feng Deyi crossed his hands and said, "I'll hold a banquet at the Hero Pavilion later to thank you."

Seeing Feng Deyi leave, Yang Gongren frowned, opened the body deed to read, then murmured: "Yang Aqiang...".

At this moment, the yamen servant came to report: Yang Shilang, the official department, asked to see him.

Yang Gongren came back to his senses, "Please enter the back hall."

In the back hall, Yang Gongren was lying on the couch, frowning in thought.

Not long after, a middle-aged man in a purple official uniform strode in.

Seeing that Yang Gongren was so comfortable, the middle-aged man couldn't help laughing and said: "I worked hard for my nephew in the official department, brother, you are very happy here."

This person is wearing a purple robe, he is ranked fourth rank, and he is Yang Shidao, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

"Jingyou, you came just in time, look at this." Yang Gongren picked up Yang Aqiang's body deed from the desk and handed it to Yang Shidao.

Yang Shidao, whose name is Jingyou, is Yang Gongren's seventh younger brother. This seventh younger brother is the seventh younger brother of a direct relative.

The former Sui Guan Wang Yang Xiong had seven sons, and the eldest son was Yang Gongren, who was the most famous.

The second son, Yang Chen, former Sui official worshiped Huainan prefect, and Yang Xuangan rebelled. Because of his friendship with Yang Xuangan, he was suspected by Yang Guang and died of illness in fear.

The third son, Yang Xu, is now the county magistrate of Mei County. Later, this Yang Xu was promoted to governor of Yunzhou.

The fourth son, Yang Yan, is an ordinary man, but his eldest son Yang Sixuan was an official to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and his second son Yang Sijing was an official to the Minister of Rites and Princess Changguang.

The fifth son, Yang Gang, was granted the title of Duke Ping'a.

The sixth son, Yang Gongdao, had a daughter who married Li Shimin as a concubine, who later became Yang Jieyu.

The seven sons are this Yang Shidao.

The seven sons of Yang Xiong, the most famous are Dalang Yang Gongren and Qilang Yang Shidao
Yang Shidao Shang Guiyang princess, Wude four years, the official worship Lingzhou governor, guarding the northern border, during which time defeated the Turkic invasion of the south.

In the seventh year of Wude, after Yang Wengan, the governor of Qingzhou, rebelled, Li Yuan was terrified in Fangzhou, and ordered Yang Shidao, the governor of Lingzhou, and Qian Jiulong, the general of Zuowuwei, to crusade.

But at that time, Yang Wenqian secretly got the support of the princelings, and he was full of supplies and firmly defended the city, which caused Yang Shidao to return without success.

However, the will of God made him perform meritorious deeds, and the Turks took the opportunity to invade Yuanzhou. Master Lu, the governor of Ningzhou, led his army to block it.

Because of this, Yang Shidao made great contributions and was recalled to the court to serve as the servant of the Ministry of officials. He was named Duke of Ande County.

It can be seen from this that Yang Shidao is not a mediocre person.

Yang Shidao took the body deed and frowned: "Yang Aqiang?".

"The servant of Feng Lun's family fled, and he asked me to hunt him down...".Yang Gongren drank tea by himself, while explaining, the words were very incomprehensible.

"For such a trivial matter, he still looks for you?" Yang Shidao laughed in astonishment: "Just send a servant to report to the official in Chang'an County."

"Huh?" Yang Gongren raised his head, "You think so too? I don't think it's that simple. It's just a servant. It doesn't make sense for him to make a special trip, but he even made an excuse to come by the way, but I asked for it." When the body was signed, he took it out of his arms without hesitation, it can be seen that he had been prepared for a long time and came here specially."

Yang Shidao sat down at the side, nodded and said: "I heard what you said, brother, Feng Lun seems to be very concerned about this, this Yang Aqiang."

Yang Gongren nodded slightly, "There must be something strange about it, but since he came to lie down here, I took it and let the people below go to sea first."

"If you get someone, brother might as well ask first." Yang Shidao's eyes flashed sternly, "This person dared to run away and made Feng Deyi so nervous, maybe he knows something."

"That's exactly what I mean," Yang Gongren nodded in agreement.

Even though Sui Yang was dead, and as the former Sui clan, they had already entered the Tang Dynasty and had no intention of returning to the country, but they hated flattering and disloyal villains like Feng Deyi deeply.

Although Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, Li Yuan established Yang You as emperor after Yang Guang's death, and then ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor step by step through the process of proclaiming himself king, adding Jiuxi, and abdication. It is difficult to criticize Li Yuan from the legal point of view.

And Feng Deyi was appreciated by Yang Su in the past, and he was an official worshiper of the internal historian, but he colluded with Yu Shiji and other courtiers in the court to corrupt the government, and later devoted himself to Yu Wenhua and Ji.

Yu Wenhuaji launched a mutiny and killed the emperor and usurped the throne, causing eternal infamy.

Back then in Jiangdu Palace, Yu Wenhuaji ordered Feng Deyi to draw up an edict, enumerating the many crimes committed by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Feng Deyi was so happy to write.

Seeing this, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was furious, and angrily reprimanded Feng Deyi, "It's nothing more than a martial artist carrying a knife to fight a battle. You are a scholar, why is this?"

This remark was like a slap in the face, one sentence knocked Feng Deyi into the bottom of the valley, and the reputation of infidelity has been with him for a lifetime ever since.

Later, Yu Wenhua took the risk of the world and proclaimed himself emperor, and appointed Feng Deyi as the internal history order, who was the prime minister of the Daxu Kingdom, and Feng Deyi took the order again.

This is also the reason why when Feng Deyi defected to Li Yuan later, Li Yuan sternly reprimanded him and deposed him and sent him back. However, Feng Deyi later offered secret strategies to please Li Yuan and returned to the court again.

As for what secret strategy was presented, only Li Yuan and Feng Deyi knew.

In the next few days, the county government under Yongzhou Mu went all out to hunt down the fugitive slave Yang Aqiang.

Yongzhou Mu's energy is huge, and Wei Fengwei soon felt the pressure. After all, if people don't want to know, unless they do nothing, Yang Gongren has a straightforward personality.

Xue Shou had to report the truth to Li Shimin.

"He's finally in a hurry," Li Shimin sneered, and then ordered: "Pass to Yang Gongren."

Half an hour later, when Yang Gongren returned to the mansion from the East Palace, he frowned in thought and ordered Yang Shidao to be called over.

"Brother, what's the matter?"

Now there are seven brothers. Except for Erlang Yang Chen who died early, only Sanlang, who worshiped as the county magistrate of Mei County, lives in Mei County. Sui Guanwang Mansion covers a very large area.

"Just now the crown prince called me into the palace. He seemed a little dissatisfied when he heard that the pastor of Yongzhou had hunted down Yang Aqiang recently, but he didn't reprimand me. He just said that Yongzhou governs important areas in the capital and shouldn't mobilize people because of a fugitive slave."

Yang Gongren twirled his beard and said hesitantly: "But I always feel that the prince has other deep meanings."

The seven brothers of the Yang family have always advanced and retreated together. Although this younger brother is 20 years younger than himself, he has been intelligent and thoughtful since he was a child. If Yang Gongren has doubts, he is used to discussing with Yang Shidao.

Sure enough, Yang Shidao understood Yang Gongren's doubts as soon as he heard it, and said in surprise: "It seems that this Yang Aqiang is really not simple, and he has been able to attract the attention of the first assistant and the crown prince one after another."

"In your opinion, what should we do?" Yang Gongren asked with a frown.

"Since the prince doesn't like his elder brother to delve into this matter, he can only let it go."

Yang Shidao said directly: "Just arrest him like a normal fugitive slave, if brother still arrests him vigorously, it will annoy the crown prince first, and arouse Feng Lun's vigilance.

Besides, this matter has nothing to do with us, it is all because of your curiosity, now it seems that the water is very deep, and that brother should stay out of it."

Hearing his younger brother's well-founded analysis, Yang Gongren agreed very much, and immediately ordered to stop the arrest, trying to stay out of the matter, but he has already participated, and it is extremely difficult to get out.

The next day, Feng Deyi came to visit.

After they were seated, Feng Deyi just sighed: "It seems that Gongren is also puzzled, why do I care so much about this fugitive slave, if so, then I will not hide it."

Yang Gongren laughed and said: "Mr. Feng doesn't have to be like this. Since he is a fugitive slave from your mansion, everyone in Yongzhou should do their best. I don't need to know the hidden secrets."

It seems that the old fox has already sensed something, and is so urgent, this muddy water must not be waded again.

Feng Deyi was slightly taken aback, then shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, it's just that the thief stole the property from the mansion, I really can't spare him."

Yang Gongren just complied, he remembered that when he left the East Palace last night, the crown prince specifically told him not to tell anyone about his visit to the East Palace, and he didn't take Feng Deyi's words seriously in his heart, this old thief must have a big problem.

Seeing that Yang Gongren was just trying to shirk and was unwilling to put in any effort, Feng Deyi finally couldn't bear it anymore, "Gongren, you and I have been friends for decades, why now let you arrest fugitive slaves for me in accordance with the law, and you are still pushing back and forth?"

"What is Feng Xianggong talking about?" Yang Gongren was immediately displeased, "Yongzhou is going all out to arrest him, so why push the three-block four-point theory."

Feng Deyi was sullen, and said bluntly: "I heard that you have withdrawn the arrest warrant today, how is this not lax in official duties?"

"Mr. Feng is well-informed," Yang Gongren said with a light smile, "To tell the truth, there has been a lot of trouble in arresting him a few days ago, and we can only arrest him according to the normal procedures. Don't blame Mr. Feng."

Feng Deyi was startled, so he had to say: "Anyway, this fugitive slave has bad influence, I hope Yang Changshi will do his best."

After the words were finished, Feng Deyi waved his sleeves and left, he could see that Yang Gongren was just trying to shirk and would not do his best.

After returning to Shangshu Province, Feng Deyi became more and more angry.

In the afternoon of the same day, a memorial to the impeachment of Yang Gongren, governor of Yongzhou, was presented to Li Shimin's desk.

It can be seen that the dignified Prime Minister, with his eyes and hands, can instruct the people in Yushitai to impeach Yang Gongren, but he doesn't know that Yang Gongren is currently in the Cheng'en Hall.

"Gongren, look." Li Shimin picked up the impeachment memorial and handed it to Yang Gongren. He couldn't help laughing and said, "I didn't expect that Yang Gongren, who is known for his integrity, would be impeached for a vegetarian meal hahaha."

Yang Gongren had a bitter expression on his face. At this time, he did not hide his dissatisfaction with Feng Deyi, and said bluntly: "Mr. If you refuse, you will be impeached by the censor in the afternoon, you deserve to be the current prime minister."

Li Shimin had no expression on his face, he ignored Yang Gongren's words, and threw the memorial into the brazier casually.

"You don't need to pay attention to him. The weather is getting colder and colder these days. Your Yongzhou Mudang will arrange it in advance. This winter, I don't want to see more people freeze to death in Chang'an than last year."

Yang Gongren bowed to answer, but his heart was not at peace.

The crown prince actually burned the impeachment memorial. Although Li Shimin's expression did not change, this move was enough to prove that he was very angry or extremely disgusted, otherwise he would not have made the act of burning the memorial.

You must know that all the memorials have to be kept in the treasury. A trivial matter is enough to prove Li Shimin's attitude. Perhaps Feng Deyi, the prime minister who flatters the superior, will not be able to sit firmly.

(End of this chapter)