Chapter 1329: Interview

Daxing Imperial Palace has been built for many years, but it has never been completed.

Because of the initial construction, like the whole Daxing City, it was only put into use simply at the beginning, and supplementary construction was carried out continuously afterwards. The imperial palace is even more so, royal buildings are never enough, and if there is nothing to do, you have to build a hall or something.

It is mainly because of the particularity of the Emperor. If there is nothing to do, he will stroll around the imperial palace, and he will feel that something is missing. Yang Jian is still better, practicing thrift strictly, and Yang Guang can't hold it anymore.

And the person responsible for building Daxing City, the Imperial Palace, Luoyang, and even the Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty later, all came from one person's hand, Yuwen Kai.

This person has great ability in architecture and is a proper architectural master. He is also honest, does not form a party, and just honestly engages in architecture, which can be considered a relatively happy person...

But unfortunately, Wang Yan currently has no chance to see the atmosphere of the whole imperial palace.

Wang Yan was wearing a Hou Jue court dress, according to his Hou Jue second-rank position, and was led to the front position of the military officials, waiting to line up to go in.

Of course, it was actually not too front. This is the early stage of the dynasty. Who among those who can go to court doesn't have a title, and there are a lot of Dukes and County Dukes.

He stood in the team, his hands tucked into his sleeves, silently looking at the people who were also looking at him.

Through the standing position and some small conversations, he judged who was who.

There are really many historical celebrities here. Not to mention Yang Yong, Yang Guang, and other sons of Yang Jian, there are also familiar faces like Li Yuan and Han Qinhu, and even more famous people like Pei Ju and Changsun Sheng.

Everyone's state is still relatively at ease, because it is too early, some people eat, some people yawn, and some people gather in twos and threes to chat.

They were also looking at Wang Yan, this new face, with curiosity in their eyes.

"You are Wang Yan?"

Just when everyone was looking at each other, a person who came late walked slowly, and stopped when he walked to Wang Yan's side.

This person is about fifty years old, with a lot of white hair, but his waist is very hard, his speech is very powerful, and his eyes are also very oppressive.

But it's useless.

Wang Yan glanced at him: "Who are you?"

"Old man Yuwen Shu."

"Old dog!"

Wang Yan opened his mouth and scolded, "Are you here to ask for an explanation for your son?"

Yuwen Shu's cultivation of qi was much better than Yuwen Huaji's, and he didn't directly throw his face, but the corners of his eyes twitched, but he still maintained calmness with very good cultivation of qi.

Yuwen Huaji is a subordinate official of Yang Guang's Prince of Jin's mansion, moving with Yang Guang, and the two always meet, and every time they scold a few words, and every time Yuwen Huaji is frustrated.

But it is indeed true, Yuwen Shu is not a waste point like Yuwen Huaji, he is a proper person who can be both civil and military, and also a person who knows how to please people. Yang Guang values him very much.

"Young man, it is better not to talk nonsense."

"Damn it, your father didn't educate you, so you educate your father first? Old dog, are you tired of living? Get out of here!"

Wang Yan sprayed directly, regardless of how awesome Yuwen Shu was.

This kind of family that had already expressed hostility had no need to be polite at all. Anyway, he came from a lowly soldier background, and was an unparalleled fierce general enfeoffed as a marquis after one battle, and he was only twenty years old. Rebellion and unruliness were his inherent colors.

It is precisely because of scolding that it is good. If you don't scold, others will think he has been accepted as a dog.

"Crude! You..."

Yuwen Shu, who was scolded, had not yet expressed his position, and someone jumped out to express loyalty to Yuwen Shu.

Glancing at him, seeing that this person was a capable middle-aged man, his position was definitely not as high as his own. So Wang Yan grabbed this person's neck, making his words swallow back: "Who do you think you are? Also come to wrap your tongue with me? Yuwen Shu, this old dog, even his father scolds, you are showing your ability? Jumping out to be a dog, don't you look at the time? Get out of here, if you talk too much, I will beat your mouth rotten."

After saying that, Wang Yan threw this passerby out casually as if throwing garbage.

This person rolled on the ground twice, struggled to stand up, his face flushed red, but what was redder was the eyes that wanted to kill. But he didn't dare to speak, he was really afraid that Wang Yan would kill him.

"Wang Yan! Insulting the pillar of the imperial court, beating the same court official, what kind of system is this?"

Yang Guang finally heard the movement behind him, someone told him what happened, so he immediately reprimanded Wang Yan.

Wang Yan gave face, didn't argue a word, saluted Yang Guang, and then stood still with his hands tucked.

Yang Guang glared at Wang Yan, then went to appease the passerby who was thrown out, and then pulled Yuwen Shu to the front, and didn't open up for Wang Yan, didn't help apologize, didn't say anything else, and turned to care about Yuwen Shu's health.

The main reason is that Yuwen Shu supports Yang Guang, and he is also in the same camp as Wang Yan, so Yang Guang can be a referee. It's just that Yuwen Shu's position is high, and Yang Guang respects him more. If Wang Yan fought a more fierce battle, Yang Guang should hit both of them with five boards, which is to say that what he looks at is strength.

Yuwen Shu already regretted looking for trouble with this mud-legged person. He didn't pretend to be a big boss, but instead touched a nose of ash, and also helped Wang Yan establish a foothold in the court.

He looked at Wang Yan deeply, and took the step down, dealing with Yang Guang...

The people around looked at Wang Yan suspiciously, and talked in twos and threes in a low voice.

Some people gloated, some people were dissatisfied with Wang Yan's approach, etc.

Different people have different ideas, Wang Yan doesn't care, anyway, he didn't suffer, but took advantage, and also established a character.

Establishing a character is his main purpose.

It is because of his lowly background as a lowly soldier, and the lowly background of the Chen Kingdom surrender, that he stands out in the team of public officials from big families, which is really not harmonious.

Without Yuwen Shu jumping out, others would also make things difficult for him. This is called a dismount, called preemptive strike, which is to test his bottom line and see if he has the potential to be a dog.

So he went the other way, Yuwen Shu bumped into him, he directly opened fire, he preemptively struck, and gave others deterrence. Let people know that he is full of thorns and will explode when touched.

Then he had much less trouble and was able to establish a foothold in the court.

He is a dog, but a dog of the royal family. Regardless of how people connect privately, how to dig the empire's wall, at least on the surface, everyone is the royal family's dog, then everyone is at the same level.

Whoever comes to find trouble with him, Wang Mou, he will dry whoever.

This will further strengthen the trust of Yang Guang and Yang Jian.

Even Yang Guang is happier. Not to mention that Wang Yan is loyal to him, just the opportunity he gave Wang Yan to get ahead, Wang Yan's awesome personal ability is secondary, the main thing is Yang Guang's ability to know people.

Wang Yan now belongs to the live advertisement of Yang Guang's political faction, a gold signboard. Such a lowly soldier, Yang Guang gave him a chance to get ahead, others naturally have more opportunities, all come to mix with Yang Guang.

As for the revenge of the Yuwen family, it is a small matter.

Anyway, Wang Yan is a military general. The battle record he fought on the grassland is already enough to be called the best in the Great Sui. After all, he used 600 soldiers, three months, without mobilizing logistics, to stir up the situation of the whole grassland, killing and injuring more than 10,000 Turks, and also pulled out thousands of people on the grassland to establish a reliable mercenary tribe.

Other generals are all large army battles, no one has fought such a battle record as Wang Yan.

At the same time, Wang Yan is attached to Yang Guang, he has no other political forces, just circles some land, and does some high-end products. The Yuwen family wants to target Wang Yan but has no place.

After all, even if Wang Yan circles land and avoids taxes, they are all normal operations of big families. Targeting Wang Yan is targeting themselves. Wang Yan, a lowly soldier, has become a founding county marquis today, which is already a class leap. He has ability himself

Moreover, Wang Yan's status in Yang Guang's heart was not something that could be easily shaken by slander. As for his status with Yang Jian, with such a battle general who was also loyal to the royal family, Yang Jian's head hadn't been kicked by a donkey, so he would only treat Wang Yan better...

In the Daxing Hall, after the officials bowed, they knelt on the ground, adjusting their postures one by one. Many people farted, and the air became much more polluted.

Wang Yan's position was a disaster area because those with him, or in front of him, were all old guys who loved to fart.

Yang Jian didn't feel much; he was in front, sitting high on the dragon throne, and the air nearby was still very fresh.

He looked down at the civil and military officials below and said loudly: "Just now I heard that you ministers were very lively... Where is Jiangning Hou Jue Wang Yan?"

"Your subject is here." Wang Yan stood up, walked to the middle, and bowed.

Yang Jian looked Wang Yan over carefully and said: "You tell me, what happened?"

"Your subject has long admired Duke Yuwen as the pillar of our Great Sui, and your subject is also a close friend of his son, Yuwen Huaji. Huaji often spoke of his father's merits, which your subject yearned for in his heart. Today, I finally got to see him, so I greeted him."

As soon as Wang Yan said this, the officials twitched their mouths, and some even coughed. Even Yuwen Shu twitched his mouth once again.

Insolent rascal!

At this moment, they had a further understanding of Wang Yan, which was that he was shameless!

Telling lies with eyes wide open was a basic quality required for being an official. On the surface, one must say it is for the country and the people, but it does not delay secret calculations and petty schemes in the dark.

The civil and military officials affirmed Wang Yan; they believed that Wang Yan had already integrated into the bureaucratic team, at least this ability to be shameless was qualified.

Yang Jian was so angry he laughed, then his face stiffened, also changing his dog-like face, which was inherited from Yang Guang. Superiors were always like this to show their majesty.

"Bold Wang Yan, do you really think I don't know what happened? Insulting the pillar of the court, having no regard for discipline, full of sophistry, and not knowing how to repent, punish him with half a year's salary!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Retire." Yang Jian flicked his sleeve.

So Wang Yan bowed and returned to his seat.

In ancient times, salary punishment was a form of care. After all, there were not many officials who were punished by the Emperor for their salary who lived on their salary.

Wang Yan's high-priced luxury goods were known to everyone. Because such a profitable business appeared, everyone's first reaction was to take it for themselves, and then everyone knew that this business belonged to Wang Yan, with Yang Guang's protection. So everyone extinguished this thought and turned to being jealous instead...

After talking about such a small matter, the great meeting began. It was the end of the year, so it was time to settle the accounts. In addition, the rebellion in Jiang Nan had not yet been quelled, so everyone should brainstorm and discuss the next development of Jiang Nan.

It was also at this time that Yang Guang stepped out directly and requested to suppress Jiang Nan.

Yang Jian did not agree directly, saying he would study it later, and then announced some personnel changes, had some auspicious omens, sang praises, and thus ended this year-end Great Court Audience.

Wang Yan did not leave directly; he was kept behind to drink tea with the Emperor along with Yang Yong, Yang Guang, and others.

"Greetings, Crown Prince." Wang Yan very sensibly bowed to Yang Yong.

Yang Yong felt much better; his face gave people a feeling of generosity, he did not inherit the dog-like attribute, and his smile was like a spring breeze.

He patted Wang Yan's arm: "Jiangning Hou Jue is truly brave and invincible. When I first saw the battle report from the grasslands, I was so shocked that my eyes widened. Jiangning Hou Jue's battle record is brilliant; you are truly the unparalleled battle general of our Great Sui."

He did not refer to himself as 'I' (the lonely one), but used 'I', which was very particular.

"Crown Prince, you flatter me. I am just lucky; it is the Prince of Jin who trusts me and gives me the opportunity to perform meritorious service. How could I claim all the credit?"

Yang Guang was right there, and even if he wasn't, Wang Yan would still clearly express his loyalty.

But they couldn't think that Wang Mou has always had a clear goal, which is to rebel.

Just like this, Wang Yan looked around in the farmstead, and after returning to the city, he received a notice to let him go to court tomorrow... ===== CHAPTER 1329 =====

So there was nothing for Wang Yan to do; he fell a step behind, listening to the brothers' fake brotherly and respectful conversation that had no nutritional value.

Of course, Yang Yong also knew that Yang Guang had the heart to compete for the throne, but he was already in the position of the heir, so he was relatively more relaxed and didn't have such a strong sense of crisis. After all, the position of the heir could not be easily shaken. At present, if Yang Jian wanted to change the Crown Prince, more than half of the court officials would oppose it.

It was just that Yang Yong didn't take it seriously enough, while Yang Guang was ambitious, took it too seriously, and used all kinds of bad tricks and connections, so Yang Yong went down, and then he died.

In general, it was still that Yang Yong wasn't ruthless enough!

After walking for a while, they arrived at a side hall, saw Yang Jian who had changed into casual clothes, saw Dugu Qieluo who was the mother of the world, and also saw Princess Qionghua and her maid peeking from behind the screen.

Yang Yong and Yang Guang called him Father Emperor and Mother Empress, while Wang Yan respectfully bowed and called out greetings to His Majesty and the Empress.

Afterward, he was granted a seat. At this time, Wang Yan knelt. There were palace maids serving tea and a table full of various tea snacks.

Yang Jian told him to drink tea and eat, and Wang Yan was not polite, eating and drinking in large mouthfuls.

Seeing Wang Yan like this, no one cared about Wang Yan's lack of etiquette. Yang Jian laughed and asked: "Wang Yan, I punished you with half a year's salary, you don't blame me, do you?"

"I'm too grateful to Your Majesty; others want to be punished but don't have the chance." Wang Yan's expression was absolutely honest and loyal. "Furthermore, thanks to Your Majesty and the Prince of Jin's care, I also have some family foundation. I opened a shop called Jixiangju, selling scented soap, perfume, and the like, specifically selling to wealthy families, earning their money heavily. Tomorrow I will send it to the Prince of Jin and have him bring it to the Empress."

The words made the three father and sons laugh heartily.

"You have a heart." Dugu Qieluo also nodded with a smile, looking very satisfied.

Actually, she already had them; Yang Guang was even better at showing filial piety and had already sent a batch to the palace. Actually, Wang Yan also knew...

In the following time, Yang Jian and Dugu Qieluo cared about Wang Yan's various situations. They didn't talk too much about important matters; the most important thing was talking about Wang Yan's battles on the grasslands.

But these were not important, and that was the point. They were interviewing Wang Yan, analyzing from the conversation what kind of thinking Wang Yan had and whether he was reliable.

Wang Yan was just pretending to be simple-minded, with a face that said, "I am a loyal official of the Great Sui..."