Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 715: Each One's Mistake

Yang Yuan changed into a jade-colored light shirt, dressed very casually, and walked to the study in the front house.

There was tea service in the room, and two people were sitting in the study, one was Yang Liangao and the other was Dao Feifei.

As soon as Yang Yuan came in, Da Zhuang quickly introduced them: "Mr. Yang, Miss Dao, my master is here."

When Yang Yuan saw Dao Feifei, who was dressed in Baiyi clothes, had a hot body and a bright face, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

He was not unfamiliar with such clothing in later generations, after all, sound communication was so advanced.

On the contrary, this was the first time he had seen it in this era.

When Yang Liangao arrived just now, he heard from the doorman that this old uncle of the Yang family has now taken over the power of the Grand Marshal Yang Zheng.

In other words, Lizhou Middle Road and Tongchuan Road are now entirely under the control of this person.

This made Yang Liangao even more awed, and also made him more determined to curry favor with him.

When he heard that Yang Yuan had arrived, he quickly put down his teacup, stood up, and bowed: "Yang Liangao from Dali, meeting General Yang."

Dao Feifei then stood up and looked at Yang Yuan in surprise. Is this person Yang Yuan?
He is so young.

As for why Yang Yuan held such a high official position at such a young age, she was not surprised.

The first requirement for becoming an official in the Dali Kingdom is family background, with age, qualifications and other factors taking a back seat.

Therefore, she did not think it was surprising that Yang Yuan, at such a young age, could become a high-ranking official.

She also followed her cousin and bowed to Yang Yuan, saying crisply, "Dali Daofeifei, I pay my respects to the commander."

"You two are welcome, please don't be polite."

Yang Yuan retracted his gaze and said with a smile.

Yang Liangao thought to himself, "This Yang Fushuai has a very young voice."

As soon as he raised his head, the smile froze on Yang Liangao's face: "You... Your Excellency..., are General Yang Fushuai?"

Liu Dazhuang was unhappy and rolled his eyes and said, "How can you talk like that? Who dares to pretend to be my master here?"

"Ah, no, it's just that Fu Shuai is so young, it really...really makes Yang admire him."

Yang Liangao quickly suppressed his surprised expression and marveled in his heart.

In an old empire with a mature system like the Song Dynasty, it was not easy for someone so young to hold power and become a frontier official.

But this Yang Fushuai...

This person in the Song Dynasty must have a ten-point background, eight-point connections, and at least seven-point real ability!
Yang Liangao pondered inwardly, but then he remembered that he had originally planned to have him as his godfather, and he couldn't help but feel disappointed.

The two men seem to be of similar age. If we talk about their ages in detail, it is hard to say who is older. So of course he cannot be worshipped as his godfather.

If I can't have him as my adoptive father, I want to win over this important official of the Song Dynasty to take care of me, but I don't know what would be the right opportunity.

Yang Yuan sat at the top. Da Zhuang served him a cup of tea and then stood behind him.

Yang Yuan smiled and asked, "Young Master Yang, we both have the surname Yang. I just wonder what Young Master Yang does for a living in Dali?"

Yang Liangao knew that Yang Yuan was trying to find out his background.

Speaking of which, the Central Plains dynasty has indeed never paid much attention to Dali, which is located in the southwest corner.

So when he met people in Dali, he only had to say "Dali Yang", and that was enough.

But to the people of Song Dynasty, he only said this one sentence and no one had any idea what he was doing.

Speaking of which, the Song Dynasty's attitude towards Dali is really a bit strange.

When Emperor Taizu of Song, Zhao Kuangyin, conquered the Later Shu, General Wang Quanbin suggested taking over Yunnan in one fell swoop.

But Lao Zhao was not interested.

At that time, Wu Yue and Southern Tang in the south of the Yangtze River had not yet been conquered, and the Khitan in the north were also eyeing them covetously.

It is understandable that the newly established Song Dynasty did not want to be trapped in the deep mountains and forests of Yunnan.

However, the Dali Kingdom had a particularly favorable impression of the Song Dynasty.

At that time, the Song Dynasty had not yet unified the Central Plains, but they could not wait to send envoys to submit and request the Song Dynasty to confer titles on them.

However, the Dali Kingdom requested the title more than ten times, but was rejected by the Song Dynasty for various reasons.

It was not until the time when Duan Heyu proclaimed himself emperor that he again sent envoys to the Song Dynasty to request a title. The emperor of the Song Dynasty at that time was Huizong, who agreed.

The Dali Kingdom was overjoyed when it received the imperial edict from the Song Dynasty appointing him as the King of Dali. Duan Heyu danced with excitement, his dance moves graceful as if he were walking on water.

As a result, not long after Dali became a vassal state of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty was conquered by the Jin people and became a vassal state of the Jin Dynasty.

Dali was far away from the Jin people, so Dali did not care about the Jin Kingdom and still paid tribute to the Song Dynasty.

But Emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou was also a down-to-earth man. He accepted the gifts and sent the envoys back.

Let’s just forget about the vassal relationship.

There's no problem with doing business, but if you want to be my vassal, I'd like to decline the offer.

As for why the Song Dynasty held such a strange attitude towards Dali,

It is possible that the Song Dynasty always wanted to occupy Dali directly rather than appoint a vassal there.

However, since its founding, the Song Dynasty has been unable to spare the time, so it had to drag it on.

If we acknowledge this younger brother and he is very submissive, then when the Song Dynasty has the strength to do so, we will not be able to take action.

Another possibility is that there are so many aristocratic families in Dali that the actual power of the Dali emperor is very limited.

If the Song Dynasty recognized this younger brother, it would probably have to send troops to clean up his mess whenever there was trouble. The Song Dynasty realized this and was too lazy to bring trouble back.

In fact, this is the main reason why the Dali Kingdom was so eager to recognize the big brother.

The Duan family lacked confidence, so they were eager to gain recognition from the Central Plains dynasty so that they would have more power to suppress other big families.

But no matter what the Song Dynasty's considerations were, due to the Song Dynasty's indifference to Dali's political situation, although the two countries have always had trade exchanges, no one in the Song Dynasty officialdom paid attention to Dali's current political situation.

Yang Liangao knew that the young Song Dynasty governor in front of him had more power than the emperor of Dali.

If you want to gain his respect, you must fully demonstrate your value.

Therefore, Yang Liangao immediately perked up and started to introduce the situation of Yang family in Dali, starting from the huge potential power that Yang family possessed in Dali Kingdom.

……

Fan Qing dragged a big broom and walked into a courtyard.

She was looking around to confirm whether this was the main residence of the Taiwei Mansion when a person approached from a distance.

Fan Qing hurriedly picked up the broom, lowered his head, and began to sweep the fallen leaves on the ground one by one.

"Master, you are back."

A servant saw Yang Fu and stopped to salute.

"Ok!"

Yang Fu nodded and walked into the yard.

The young servant looked up and saw a chubby man with a rat-like mustache, probably in his early fifties.

He was actually more attractive than the little servant had imagined, with a bloated head, a big belly, and a treacherous and vicious appearance. His surname was Yang, and he was respectfully called Master by the servants. And his appearance and age...

That's right, it's him.

The little servant's pretty eyes narrowed slightly.

Yang Fu went out to personally find a famous sculptor to carve a stele for his father.

The entire inscription was written by Chen Zhuoguang and copied by himself.

Yang Fu took off his mourning attire because he had to go out on business.

He had just returned after explaining to the famous stonemason in Nanzheng the material and size of the stele, and determining the font of the stele, among other things.

Just this ordeal made Yang Fu feel tired all over and his mouth was dry.

He was in a hurry to go back and drink some hot tea to quench his thirst, when suddenly the back of his neck felt tight, his vision went dark, and he lost consciousness.

When he woke up again, he found himself lying in a utility room.

A young servant in a green shirt and a small hat, with handsome features, glared at him fiercely and said, "Mr. Yang, you are in big trouble."

Yang Fu was horrified: "Who... who are you?"

The young servant sneered and said, "Have you done many things that are not good for others? I am vulgar... My last name is Wu. Have you thought of anything now?"

Last name Wu?

Yang Fu's face suddenly changed.

Before he died, my father said that in order to ensure a future for the Yang family, he decided to hand over the military power to the Wu family, which had taken the initiative to become independent.

Could it be that the Wu family thinks that my father has spoken out of turn and wants to retaliate against my Yang family?

But my father died because of this!

My uncle is in charge of the family now. He is young and has a bright future. Of course, there is no need for him to rely on your Wu family.

How can the Wu family be so unreasonable?
Thinking of this, Yang Fu was suddenly filled with grief and indignation: "This is unfair. My Yang family had no choice but to let this happen. You, the Wu family, cannot be so relentless."

"You can't just keep insisting? Because of your stupidity and greed, many people have lost their lives, and you still say you had no choice?"

"So what if so many people lost their lives? They deserved to die! The court has already made a decision on this. Do you, the Wu family, want to rebel?"

"You don't have to use the court to pressure me."

The young servant said coldly: "Yang Yuan, I will take you to Mount Emei, and ask you to become a monk, worship the Buddha with green lamps, and chant scriptures to atone for your sins."

"Yang Yuan? You...want to arrest my uncle? You...you really want to rebel!"

The young servant was stunned and asked in surprise: "You...you are not Yang Yuan, the dog official?"

……

Yang Gouguan listened patiently to Yang Liangao’s introduction to the situation of the Yang family in Dali.

By the way, he also had a certain understanding of the current political situation in Dali Kingdom.

There may be some boasting about the Dali Yang family in Yang Liangao's words, but the basic situation is still consistent.

As Yang Yuan listened, he gradually formed a clear judgment in his mind.

Since it was their first meeting, Yang Liangao would naturally not reveal his true purpose.

However, in order to win over this important official from the southwest, Yang Liangao also invested a lot of money.

Not only did he present a very generous gift list, but he also hinted to Yang Yuan that he could trade Dali's horses, medicinal materials, high-end swords, elephant-skin armor, etc. with Yang Yuan at great discounts.

Not only that, the main common currency used by the Song people in transactions with Dali was gold and silver.

However, Yang Liangao also hinted that if Yang Yuan needed it, he could try his best to use barter as well as use gold and silver as a kind of commodity to trade with Yang Yuan.

This is no longer doing business, it's simply giving money to Yang Yuan.

When you give a gift to someone, you must have something in mind. What does he want?
Yang Yuan listened without comment, gently picked up the teacup, sipped the tea slowly, and thought anxiously in his heart.

What Yang Liangao and Yang Yuan said was too boring for Dao Feifei.

The two of them were chatting very happily, and Dao Feifei could only sit obediently in the chair and wait.

But how could a lively young girl sit still?

From time to time, she would gently swing her pair of satin and colorful silk embroidered shoes with a pattern of "Two Phoenixes Seizing Treasures" between the chair legs.

Sometimes, her slender white fingers would follow the silver belt around her slender waist to the silver chain, wrap the silver chain around her fingers a few times, and then let go.

This cycle repeats itself over and over again, like a naughty child in front of a visiting teacher.

Yang Yuan was thinking, his eyes lowered, and when he saw her little movement, he couldn't help but smile.

"The Yang family of Dali is one of the three major surnames in Dali. Of the more than 240 senior officials in Dali, 20% are surnamed Yang."

"Many members of the Yang family are high-ranking monks from the Dali Kingdom, and they are very prestigious."

"With such a family background, what else does he want from me? Could it be that..."

Yang Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and he seemed to... understand.

While Yang Yuan was lost in thought, Yang Liangao also picked up the teacup and pretended to drink, secretly staring at Yang Yuan's expression out of the corner of his eye.

He was not sure whether he could reach a tacit understanding with Yang Yuan during this visit.

However, given the transportation conditions of that era, the two places are thousands of miles apart, and it is too difficult to meet each other.

It's enough to see him once a year. If he sees him twice, it will take nearly half a year. Is there anything else he can do?
Therefore, he sincerely hoped that Marshal Yang could give him a relatively clear attitude.

At this moment, he suddenly found that Yang Yuan was staring at the graceful curves of his cousin's waist, hips and legs wrapped in her tube skirt.

His gaze slid all the way to his cousin's embroidered shoes, and a smile of appreciation appeared in his eyes.

Although the smile was only fleeting, it did not escape Yang Liangao's eyes.

"Could it be that... Yang Fushuai has taken a fancy to my cousin?"

Yang Liangao was also excited.

……

The handsome little servant came out of the woodshed, carrying a big broom.

That person's name was Yang Fu, not Yang Yuan.

He said Yang Yuan was his uncle, but he was only in his twenties.

Fan Qing didn't find it strange.

Whether in the secular world or on Mount Emei, she is a person of extremely high seniority.

However, Yang Fu was quite courageous. When she asked Yang Yuan where he lived, he refused to tell her.

Then, he was knocked unconscious by Fan Qing's palm again.

Even if you don't tell me, I can find it.

Fan Qing sniffed awkwardly, picked up the broom, and continued on his journey to find Yang.

(End of this chapter)