Pei Ju smiled and waved her hand, "My dear nephew sat down and talked!"

Cui Zhao sat down and bowed and said with a smile: "I want to thank Uncle Shi for his support to the dog son again. In addition, the Cui family is actively preparing for the wedding, so the time will not be delayed too long."

Pei Ju smiled faintly and said in his heart that he was very dissatisfied with Cui Wenxiang's grandson-in-law. It was not because a censor impeached Cui Wenxiang to drink flower wine in a brothel. Pei Ju would not care about this kind of life lies, but Cui Wenxiang actually drank flower wine with Yuan Min and said some very inappropriate words. In the end, the censor who impeached Cui Wenxiang came from the Guanlong aristocratic faction. The conclusion was only two words, which was stupid.

It cannot be said that Cui Wenxiang doesn’t understand politics even if she is young, so what is Zhang Xuan? It can be said that Cui Wenxiang inherited his father’s conceit and arrogance, but did not have the humility and humility that aristocratic family should have.

In contrast, young people like Lu Qingyuan, Cui Yuanhan, and Li Qingming are real children of aristocratic families, who are pragmatic and willing to work hard, grow up little by little in Zhang Xuan's army and accumulate experience. Sooner or later, they will all be the only one side and become pillars, while their future grandson-in-law is a stupid playboy.

Although Pei Ju was very dissatisfied with Cui Wenxiang, he wanted to use the Boling Cui family to contact the Hebei gentry, so he did not want to cancel the marriage for the time being.

Pei Ju laughed and said, "Wen Xiang performed well in Luoyang, but I think he is more suitable to be an official in the local area. After two years, I will find a way to make him the prefect, starting with the prefect of the small county, and then growing step by step."

Cui Zhao was overjoyed. If his son could become the prefect, he would be much more sure of becoming the heir of the head of the family. In recent years, the recognition of the heir of the Cui family has been delayed again and again. The fundamental reason is that Cui Zhao hopes that his son can take office, and he will use his power and all resources to delay the recognition of the heir of the head of the family.

The two of them exchanged a few words, Cui Zhao changed the topic and whispered: "Did Uncle Shi hear about what happened in Hebei?"

Pei Ju immediately guessed that Cui Zhao must have come for the Bohai Association. He smiled without saying a word: "There are a lot of things happening in Hebei recently. Which one does nephew refer to?"

"Today, some officials from Hebei gentry gathered. Lu Zhuo said that Zhang Xuan had captured a group of important members of the Bohai Association. Have you heard of this?"

"Did you attend the Hebei gentry gathering today?"

Compared to what Cui Zhao said, Pei Ju is more concerned about the relationship between the Cui family and other Hebei gentry. He does not want the Hebei Bridge he built to finally find was a broken-headed bridge.

Cui Zhao said a little embarrassedly: "My nephew is not in good health for this period, so he asked his clan brother Cui Lin to participate on my behalf."

Pei Ju was really unhappy. As he expected, Cui Zhao refused to lower himself to attend the Hebei gentry gathering. This would only lead to more and more rejection and eventually become a marginal person. How could he expect him to lead the Pei family into the Hebei gentry circle?

But Cui Zhao was the head of the family after all, and even Pei Ju was not good at criticizing him in person. He suppressed his dissatisfaction and brought the topic back to the Bohai Society. "I have heard of what you said. Luo Yi's army reported it the day before yesterday, and it mentioned a little about it, but the content is very indetailed. We don't know what the truth is."

After a moment of silence, Cui Zhao said slowly again: "Don't Uncle Shi think that this incident exposed Zhang Xuan's ambition to have troops to be independent?"

Pei Ju's vision was so sophisticated that he saw through Cui Zhao's intention at a glance and wanted to use his own to defeat Zhang Xuan. Of course, he understood Cui Zhao's intention.

Pei Ju couldn't help but sneer in his heart. Even a small minister of the Ministry of Works wanted to overthrow Zhang Xuan. After overthrow Zhang Xuan, Roo Zhuo lost his backer. Can Cui Zhao become the leader of the Hebei gentry again?

This shows that this person has a narrow vision. He only sees his own acre of land and is not worthy of being the head of the Boling Cui family. Is his son so stupid? It turns out that he has a father and a son.

"This matter is of great importance. No one dares to speak out without conclusive evidence. Once Zhang Xuan is forced to rebel, you and I will not be able to afford to be guilty of you or I."

Pei Ju blocked Cui Zhao's mouth with a casual word. Cui Zhao was stunned for a while, and he finally understood Pei Ju's attitude. Pei Ju didn't want to cause trouble at all. Cui Zhao was suddenly disappointed.

"Then my nephew won't bother Uncle Shi, let's say goodbye first."

Cui Zhao stood up and said goodbye. Looking at Cui Zhao's back as he walked away, Pei Ju became alert. He was stupid and conceited and ignorant of the current affairs. Such a person was not worthy of being the head of the Cui family and would be replaced sooner or later. His marriage with Cui Zhao must be slowed down. His granddaughter must not be grafted onto a dry vine.

Pei Ju thought about it, then found the follower and handed him the message tube, "You go to Qingzhou and hand the letter to Zhang Xuan. Remember, you must hand it to Zhang Xuan himself."

On the large ship that the prime minister was riding, Yu Shiji stood on the side of the ship with his hands behind his back, staring at the teams of Xiaoguo cavalry on the shore. A few months ago, the cavalry was still energetic, but now he seems listless and depressed.

Of course Yu Shiji knew what the problem was? Yang Guang used a great official instead of the title, and gave each person a few pieces of cloth as a reward. Even if he finished his military merits in the Battle of Yanmen, how could he not get angry with the public?

Yu Shiji also knew that this was his idea, but why did he come up with this bad idea? Because he understood the emperor's thoughts, he was just telling the emperor's true thoughts.

Although Yu Shiji comforted himself, he was deeply afraid that one day the army would rebel, and he would be completely liquidated, especially since he was in power, so he would be the first to be liquidated.

"Father, the baby is here."

The voice of the eldest son Yu Xi came from behind him, and Yu Shiji nodded, "How is he now?"

"Report to my father, the Lord"

Before Yu Xi could continue to say anything, Yu Shiji waved his hand, "This is not a place to talk, let's talk about it after returning to the cabin."

The father and son walked back to the cabin. Yu Xiguan was appointed as the Fuxilang, and mastered the seal of the emperor's jade seal. He followed the emperor Yang Guang. After his father sat down, Yu Xi continued: "The emperor is still addicted to wine and sex, his memory has declined greatly, and he has become very manic and irritable. He heard from the eunuch that even the queen was scolded by him last night."

"Why?" Yu Shiji was really shocked, and even the queen cursed.

Yu Xi sighed, "It was because of Xiao's prime minister, and the emperor called them a disaster to the Xiao family, saying that the chaos in the world began with the Xiao family."

Yu Shiji didn't say anything for a long time. Since returning from Yanmen County, the emperor seemed to have become a different person, anxious and irritable. At first, Yu Shiji thought that the emperor was stimulated by the siege of the Turkic army. However, as time went by, the emperor was not only manic and irritable, but also began to indulge in alcohol and sex without asking about government affairs. Yu Shiji gradually realized that the emperor had completely lost confidence in the Great Sui Dynasty and gave up on himself.

The biggest problem of the Sui Dynasty at present was that the imperial court lost control of local counties. The most typical thing was that the emperor issued an order to ask the counties to gather the county soldiers in Zhuo County within 30 days and prepare to attack Goguryeo again, but no county paid attention to it.

Immediately afterwards, the prefects of each county were summoned to Beijing, but only a few prefects in the Heluo area came. Other counties found various reasons not to come. Moreover, taxes in various places plummeted again this year. Knowing that the court was helpless in fraud in various places, the court could only live a life of old power.

"Father!"

Yu Xi asked in a low voice again: "Now the officials are circulating something that says Zhang Xuan has captured all members of Bohai, but he refuses to report to the court. I wonder if the news is true or false?"

Yu Shiji snorted softly and flipped through several memorials on the table. Some officials in Qingzhou complained that Zhang Xuan had arrested members of the Bohai Association but secretly traded with the Bohai Association. However, all these memorials were arrested by him and did not spread.

Yu Shiji also knew very well where the rumors his son came from. It should be that Luo Yi's military newspaper did not pass through him and sent it directly to the King of Yan, so all kinds of speculations and rumors spread everywhere.

Yu Shiji said coldly: "It must be those colleagues who ask you to ask! You don't need to know such things, knowing too much will not benefit you."

"Yes! The child dare not ask."

At this moment, a report from the guard came from outside the door: "You reported to the Prime Minister of Yu, the King of Yan asked you to come over and say that there was an important matter to discuss."

Yu Shiji thought for a while and said, "I understand, I'll go there now."

Since Yang Guang returned from Yanmen County, he had thrown his daily government affairs to Changsun Yang Neng. He basically didn't care about government affairs anymore. However, Yang Neng did not have the title of Grand Son of the State, and the power of the government was still in the hands of Yu Shiji. The power of the Ministry of Personnel was firmly controlled by Pei Ju, while the military power was in the hands of the emperor Yang Guang.

Yang Qing only has the final approval authority for government affairs. If he has any doubts, Yang Guang doesn't care. He just said a word to discuss and deal with the important officials, and then he will be completely punished.

Although Yang Neng hated Yu Shiji very much, he had no choice but to write his own opinions under Yu Shiji's comments unless the emperor's grandfather deprived him of his power, but his opinions were insignificant.

Yang Neng sat in the cabin and read Luo Yi's military newspaper again. This was Luo Yi's military newspaper to the emperor's grandfather, so he sent it directly to him. Luo Yi's military newspaper actually said that Zhang Xuan had taken the old nest of the Bohai Society, which forced the Bohai Society to evacuate Youzhou, which made Yang Neng think a lot. Zhang Xuan took the old nest of the Bohai Society. What does this mean? Why didn't Zhang Xuan report it?

At this time, the guard reported outside the cabin door, "Your Highness, Prime Minister Yu is here."

Yang Qing frowned in disgust, "Let him in!"

After a moment, Yu Shiji hurried in and bowed, "My minister Yu Shiji meets His Highness, and wish His Highness a thousand years of life!"

"Okay, don't say these thousand-year-old words to Gu."

Yang said coldly: "I don't like to listen!"

Yu Shiji has long been accustomed to Yang Lei's bad attitude, but he doesn't care. What should a little kid fight with him?

"I wonder what your highness has to do with me?"
Chapter completed!