Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 498
Your Majesty.

The emperor looked at this young general carefully, the light in the hall was good, and top-grade ambergris was still wafting from the smoke stoves in the shape of cranes.

Luo Cheng, who was wearing a purple robe and jade belt, was a little less tough and a little more elegant.

The emperor marveled that this seemingly young man had won so many victories for him in the past few years.It is even more shocking to think about the reputation he made in Liaodong for massacring people and killing gods.

If he didn't know that this person was Luo Cheng, he might have thought that he was a handsome son of some famous noble family who came to take the imperial examination just by looking at him.

"Luo Cheng, you probably killed more than [-] people these years?" the emperor asked.

Luo Cheng's eyes were on his nose, his nose was on his heart, and he didn't want to look at the emperor. This was all explained by the servants before him. It would be rude to dare to look directly at the emperor.

"Returning to Your Majesty, Minister Daye spent five years digging canals in Ji County. When he returned home after serving, he encountered thieves with blue faces and eighteen ghosts. He began to kill thieves. Then he served as a prisoner, then as a county soldier, and then as a government soldier. Over the years Catch and suppress bandits and suppress thieves, and conquer Goryeo, there are indeed a lot of murders."

"The number of thieves and bandits killed by the minister himself is no less than a hundred, and the number of enemies killed by the army is indeed more than one hundred thousand."

Listening to the faintly uttered words, Empress Xiao was startled by the content.

It is unimaginable that such a young person has already killed no less than 10 people.

"Queen, don't be surprised. Although Luo Cheng is called a human slaughterer and god of murder by the Goguryeo people, I have heard that he is actually not the kind of person who loves to kill. It is said that this time to put down the chaos of Yang Xuangan, Wei Wensheng intends to take prisoner All the [-] rebels were killed, but Luo Qing refused, tried his best to save them, and reported to me, saying that the rebellion has been suppressed, and it would be useless to kill them any more, and asked me to exile these people to the four counties of Liaodong."

"I didn't expect General Luo to be so caring." Empress Xiao praised.

"Luo Cheng, just now the empress told me that the Yuwen family entered the palace to file a complaint, saying that you beat the Marquis of Jingcheng for no reason. What's going on?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I did beat the Marquis of Jingcheng, but it was not for nothing."

Yang Guang snorted coldly, "You are also a dignified prince, and you should not beat the Marquis of Jingcheng, no matter whether there is a reason or not. Okay, now what is the reason?"

Luo Cheng told the story succinctly, without embellishment, and told the truth.

Yang Guang and Empress Xiao looked at each other. They had already heard Yuwen Eying's one-sided words just now, and now they heard Luo Cheng's, and compared the two, there was a big discrepancy.But both of them felt that what Luo Cheng said obviously should be more truthful.

"Call the servant of the king to come in."

A servant came in, and Yang Guang asked him, "What happened to the matter I asked you to investigate, and there will be results."

"Return to Your Majesty, it has been found out."

"Okay, tell the truth."

The servant was the one who investigated Luocheng's beating before serving the emperor, and now he has made it clear in person, basically restoring the facts without any prejudice.

"Well, it seems that you are not lying, Luo Cheng, but the Yuwen family is a little embellished."

The emperor was very satisfied with Luo Cheng's frankness.

"Although there are reasons, there are also some inappropriate things in your handling. As the Duke of the state and the general of the court, how can you beat the minister as you like, do you know how rude it is?"

"Your Majesty, please punish me."

Yang Guang waved his hand, "Punishment is definitely necessary, but one yard is worth one yard. You have made great contributions to conquering Liaodong twice, and you have made great contributions after returning to the teacher to suppress the rebellion. Especially killing Yang Xuangan's rebellion is a great contribution. I have already planned it before. Good decree, I will enfeoff you Kaifu Yitong Sansi, enter the Duke of Chu, increase the food town by five hundred, pass the real seal of the first thousand households, add the title of General Zuo Tunwei, and give you a thousand taels of gold and ten thousand pieces of silk. And I will give you the money and servants of Yang Ni's family's house."

Finish these rich rewards in one breath.

Yang Guang said again, "You beat the courtiers for the sake of a house. Now I will fine you a year's salary as a warning."

This is considered to be raised high, but then gently lowered.

A one-year salary penalty is completely irrelevant to Luo Cheng today.Not to mention the thousand taels of gold and ten thousand pieces of silk that the emperor just rewarded Luo Cheng, both of which are worth more than 1 yuan.It is Yang Xuangan's mansion, money and silk slaves, who are even richer.

The annual salary is only a few dollars, and some of the nobles who have reached Luo Cheng's status rely on this hard salary.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Don't be self-satisfied, this is the first time, so I forgive you, but if there is a next time, I will definitely punish you severely."

"I understand."

For a young man like Luo Cheng who is good-looking, especially good at fighting, and very loyal, without any deep roots, Yang Guang likes it very much.

So although Li Min is usually favored by him, the emperor clearly distinguishes it.

Li Min is just a plaything, a lucky minister, drinking and entertaining with him, and relaxing occasionally.But the real minister is still like Luo Cheng.

He wouldn't blame a strong general like Luo Cheng for a plaything like Li Min.

This matter, even if it ends here.

The reward that should be given to Luo Cheng will not be less, and he has even decided to beat Li Min properly.Although he had promised his dying sister to take good care of Yuwen, there was a limit to this.

"The decree is to cut down one thousand households in Jingcheng Marquis Shiyi, dismiss him from the post of Zuo Tunwei General, and order him to reflect on himself at home."

Li Min has [-] households in Shiyi, and all of them are real seals. This is quite an astonishing number. When Yang Su was most favored, there were only more than [-] real seals. His [-] households originally belonged to the emperor's sister. After her death, she gave it to Li Min according to her last wish.

Now the emperor took this opportunity to cut off a thousand households directly.

"Luo Cheng, if I regard you as commander, how many soldiers and horses do you think will take, and how much time will it take to destroy Goguryeo?"

This question is not easy to answer.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Dapao bragged to Chongzhen about the five-year peace of the Liao Dynasty, but he failed to do so. Later, he was killed by the emperor. Although the Lingchi was not entirely due to bragging, his death was indeed related to this.

Luo Cheng didn't want to brag.

Although Goguryeo seems to be at the end of its rope now, who dares to guarantee it.

After all, there are too many unexpected factors in this war.

Especially now that the Central Plains is unstable, the general environment is not good, and the rear is unstable, so it is not easy to fight on the front line.

You can't brag according to your temper, bragging is good for a while, if you can't do it, you have to make a list.

"Your Majesty, I believe that Goguryeo has indeed reached the point where it is about to collapse after the two conquests by His Majesty, but after all, the centipede is dead but not stiff. I think that there is no need to rush to attack now, it is better Slow down for a while, maybe it will work better."

"I think that next year we can gather the troops from Lushun, Liaodong, Jian'an, and Liaoxi first, and first capture Anshi at the mouth of the Liaohe River. If Anshi is broken, the surrounding small and medium-sized mountain cities will not be able to defend it anymore. By then, the entire Liaohe River will If the downstream and the west coast of the southern Liaoning Peninsula are all connected, the situation will be very different.”

"After occupying this line, we have established a firm foothold in Liaodong. We can even advance, attack, retreat, and defend, and then we only need to nibble away step by step. On the one hand, we continue to harass and attack the Goguryeo army, so that they cannot rest and recover. Slowly advancing and devouring, in this way, within five years, Goguryeo will collapse even if it does not perish."

Yang Guang nodded, "This is relatively safe, but it's just a bit slower."

"Luo Cheng, I plan to transfer you to be the governor of Liaodong. You also know the military forces of Liaodong and Liaoxi. You are willing to take charge of the Khitan, Xi, Shiwei, and Mohe envoys?"

"The direction of His Majesty's will is the point of the minister's sword!"

This sentence made Yang Guang laugh out loud, very satisfied!

(End of this chapter)