Turbulent Times Chapter 81: Hou Guan

Great Sui Capital, Daxing City, Hanyuan Hall. Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty was seriously reviewing official letters and memorials.

What I picked up at this time was the memorial sent by Yu Juluo, the general manager of the Yongzhou March, which described in detail what happened in Shazhou City recently. God will always pay attention.

This memorial focuses on the story of Gaotai City Guard General Guoyi Duwei Wang Junlin passing through Shazhou City after returning from the Western Regions, and destroying Tuyuhun's entry into Shazhou City by himself.

"This son is very good, and his loyalty is commendable." Yang Jian said sincerely.

At this moment, a **** in red came in and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty, the secret report of the Northwest Marquis."

"Oh! Submit it." Yang Jian had just read the Northwest Memorial, and was very interested in the Northwest Secret Report.

Since ancient times, the emperors of all dynasties have had their own private espionage organizations. For example, in the Han Dynasty, there were embroidered envoys, big who, and school affairs. In the Tang Dynasty, there were Li Jingmen and bad people. In the Five Dynasties, there were Wude envoys and guards in charge of prisons. There are too many, such as East Factory, West Factory, Expert Factory, Jinyiwei, Staff Party Department, Pedestrian Department and so on.

Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, also had his private espionage agency, which was the internal and external marquis officials. Those in charge of monitoring the capital, courtiers, and royal family were called internal marquis officials, and those outside the capital were called foreign marquis officials. The organization was extremely strict. There are secret agencies in all counties and counties, and the focus is on the generals in charge of the army and the powerful families who can threaten the imperial power. Therefore, the real big men in the Sui Dynasty knew that there was likely to be an emperor's marquis in their own mansion or under their command, or among the people around them. Of course, there is no shortage of powerful figures who turned the Emperor Hou Guan's policy into a used case.

Wang Junlin's official position and soldiers under his command were not qualified to be dispatched by the emperor as marquis officials, but because of his great reputation, his performance in the battle last year was too dazzling. he. In addition, he is the defender of Gaotai City in the most northwest of the Sui Dynasty, and his position is very important, so he also has the honor of being sent by the emperor to be a marquis.

The secret report that Yang Jian was looking at right now was submitted by the Hou Guan next to Wang Junlin.

The secret report was very long, and Yang Jian read it carefully, expressing emotion from time to time.

"A few days ago, when Changsun Sheng came back, he rewarded Wang Junlin for his meritorious service, saying that the Western Turks were three-thirds of the world. Wang Junlin made the first contribution, but he was trapped in the enemy's den and disappeared. Through feigning death, and even being buried alive once by the monstrous monk Bo Duo Fa Wang, he escaped from birth, such a bizarre experience, it can be called a narrow escape."

"On the way back, he single-handedly ruined King Bailan's good deeds. This son is so loyal and brave! I am so curious about such a strange man and fierce general."

"Come here, pass on my decree, so that I can hurry up and announce the horse, the guard of Gaotai City, Zhangye County, Yongzhou, Guoyi Duwei Wang Junlin, and come to Beijing to face the saint."

Yang Jian didn't know, the Hou Guan didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but he missed one thing - Wang Junlin was robbed by horse thieves. and more than twenty beauties.

The reason why Hou Guan was like this was because he was the only fire commander among the seven Sui soldiers who were injured at that time, and Wang Junlin gave him a beautiful woman.

The so-called "cannibalism has a short mouth and soft hands." This sentence seems vulgar and simple, but in fact it hits the nail on the head of human nature, even for foreign officials who are loyal to the emperor.

If Wang Junlin sent beautiful women, or even more wealthy women, after learning the true identity of this foreign official, it would be difficult to buy these officials' loyalty and will to the Sui Emperor, but Wang Junlin obviously had no intention of doing this. This move touched the foreign official from the bottom of his heart. Besides, he accepted a beautiful woman from the person he wanted to monitor. If he wanted to report this matter, he had to mention the matter of accepting the beautiful woman. Well, with the suspicious nature of a special creature like the emperor, his loyalty will definitely be doubted. It's no big deal for him to lose this beautiful woman, and if he is accidentally convicted by Shangfeng, it will be over.

In short, since ancient times, it has not been easy to be a spy for the emperor. While monitoring others, one has to be suspected by the emperor at the same time. In the Ming Dynasty, why there was Jinyiwei, there was also the East Factory, there was the East Factory and the West Factory, and then there was an inner factory after that. One of the big reasons was that the emperor was worried about the spy organization that had been established. Get one out to supervise the front one.

The so-called "scholar dies for his confidant" and "don't use someone who is suspicious, and don't be suspicious when he employs someone" is the truth. The reason is very simple, but the higher the status and the more powerful the person, the harder it is to do it , and the emperor is one of the best, so many people in history who were first entrusted with important tasks by the emperor and given great power will die miserably in the end, and they all died in the hands of the emperor. According to the law, Shang Yang's dead body was divided by five horses, Chao Cuo was beheaded as a scapegoat, and too many capable people who made great achievements were killed by the emperor one by one.

It's easy to say, that is, the emperor saw the ability of these people, gave them a platform to make great achievements, and then began to doubt them, and then tried to kill them.

Of course, there are also smart people who can do some things in time to prove their innocence and dispel the emperor's suspicion. For example, Wang Jian and Li Jing are undoubtedly the two most famous people.

Wang Jian invited Qin Shihuang's entourage to look at his home, and kept complaining that the fields and houses were too small, so he won a lot of rewards, and finally paved the way for him to lead an army of 500,000 to destroy Chu.

As for Li Jing, when faced with Tang Taizong Li Shimin's doubts, he did it more thoroughly. He opened the door of his house, removed the screen wall, and slept soundly in the lobby. All behavior in the lobby...

Of course it is miserable and embarrassing to do so, but the method is very effective.

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Wang Junlin had just returned to Gaotai City less than half a month ago, when he received the order from the emperor to summon him, he dared not neglect, and planned to use two days to arrange the affairs of Gaotai City before he was ready to leave.

These few days coincided with the opening of the horse market in the spring of the Sui Dynasty and the nomadic peoples of the Western Regions. The streets in Gaotai City were already full of people. The ministries of Tuyuhun and Tiele carried out border trade.

Before the three counties of Zhangye, Wuwei and Xiping were included in the territory of the Sui Dynasty last year, the horse market trade was generally carried out in Gaolan County, Jincheng County, but since the three counties became the territory of the Sui Dynasty, both official and private transactions Then it gradually moved north to Gaotai City, and because of the marriage between the Sui Dynasty and the Western Turkic royal court, Tuyuhun Bailan King also sent envoys to the Sui Dynasty at the beginning of the year to express his surrender in name, so the horse market is no longer like Instead of twice a year as in the past, it has been changed to one transaction in each season of the year, and the time has also been extended from ten days to one month.

The prosperity of commercial transactions naturally made Gaotai City more prosperous, which can be seen from the increasing number of wine shops, inns, brothels, and various types of shops on the street.

Wang Junlin got the news from the **** who delivered the decree through a bribe of twenty taels of gold. His Majesty may be meeting him this time to reward him face to face for his mission to the West Turks and the things he did in Shazhou City. The accumulation of the illustrious military exploits of last year's war.

In Wang Junlin's view, this is an opportunity. He wants to upgrade Gaotai Border City to a county seat, and completely bring Dashibao and Minlebao under its jurisdiction. In this way, Gaotai City can be expanded by more than four times. And he has There are too many ways to attract more people to pour in, reclaim land nearby, and make Gaotai City more prosperous, which has become the biggest foundation for him to gain a foothold in this world.

As for being transferred away from Gaotai City, Wang Junlin was still a little worried at first, but now that he has made great achievements in Turkic this time and fought his life and death with King Boduo, coupled with his understanding of Shazhou City, he believes that it will take a few years. Emperor Yang Jian of the Inner Sui Dynasty would not transfer him away, but after the more suspicious Yang Guang became emperor, he was confident enough to break Gaotai City into a monolith. Yes, it will not be difficult to lift it up at that time.

Of course, it would be great if he could be promoted again during this period and become General Ying Yanglang of Zhangye County.

Gaotai City has been rebuilt by Wang Junlin in the past half a year, and the streets are arranged squarely. If you look at it from a high altitude, you will find that the four streets of Gaotai City intersect in pairs, forming a 'well' The four avenues running from east to west are called Dong 1st Street, West 1st Street, Dong 2nd Street, and West 2nd Street, and the north-south avenues are called Nan 1st Street, North 1st Street, South 2nd Street, and Bei 2nd Street. Gaotai City is almost All shops, inns, restaurants and brothels are located on these four streets.

At this time, Wang Junlin was walking along Dongyi Street with four guards. In just over a month, there were already small lynxes the size of ordinary adult cats running around Wang Junlin. When the stranger approached, the little guy bared his teeth, leaned back, and was in an attacking state. However, because he was still so small, he looked too cute, and he didn't scare passers-by. Instead, he attracted some little boys and girls to stop and watch. .

Wang Junlin is an existence like the emperor of Gaotai City, how can the people not know him, all the people are polite along the way, Wang Junlin nodded if he knew it, ignored him if he didn't, but the people took it for granted. In fact, if it wasn't for Wang Junlin's strict order, the people were not allowed to kneel down when they met him in the city, otherwise they would definitely have to kneel all the way here.

Wang Junlin came here in person today to buy some gifts. Needless to say, Yuju Luo must have visited Jincheng County when he passed by. The two immediate superiors, Chen Sansi, the governor of Yongzhou, and Han Ziliang, the general of Yingyanglang in Tianshui County, although these people don't have much friendship with him, it is definitely inappropriate to pass by.