Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 788 The Emperor's Art

"Your Majesty, Wang Junkuo asks to see you."

An eunuch reported in a high-pitched voice, Luo Cheng raised his head, "Xuan."

Looking at the eunuch who retreated cautiously, Luo Cheng thought to himself, he actually didn't like these physically handicapped people very much, but it was not a personal prejudice, he just thought it was cruel to make a good person into an eunuch.

But after he really entered the palace, he also felt that it was convenient for him to use eunuchs in the palace.

Speaking of which, when Luo Cheng ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, among the tributes from all over the place, there were actually two strange things, palace maids and eunuchs.For example, Fan Yang Jiedu envoy Tan Guogong Wang Junkuo paid tribute to Luo Cheng with [-] castrated young people, all of whom were only in their teens.

These poor guys, Luo Cheng inquired, learned that they were all Turkic people, and there were also a few Sogdians and Tiele people among them. They were poor people during the war. They were all young slaves who were bought by Wang Junkuo. Eunuchs were sent to the emperor.

Luo Cheng criticized Wang Junkuo a few words, but this guy still felt very honored.What was even more annoying was that even Siye and Shixin all came from the local area to pay tribute to the eunuchs.

In the end, Luo Cheng had no choice but to issue a decree, prohibiting local officials from paying tribute to the emperor. He also stipulated that private castration among the people is prohibited in the future, and the eunuchs used in the palace will be uniformly in charge of the newly established respect room.

They bought young slaves from various places according to the needs of the palace, and then castrated them and trained them.For private castration, not only will the palace not accept them, but they will also be punished.

The same is true for maids of honor. It is forbidden to forcibly recruit from the people. Instead, the palace sends people directly to various places to recruit. The common people voluntarily sign up for election. After three years, they will be released from the palace, or the emperor will marry them to the soldiers.

"The minister Wang Junkuo pays homage to His Majesty."

Luo Cheng didn't raise his head, "You don't have any weird things to give, let me tell you, don't just study these things every day, as a Jiedu envoy, the most important thing for you is how to train soldiers and horses, and how to appease the county. county."

Wang Junkuo had a playful smile on his face, "Your Majesty, how dare I, I have something important to report."

"Say!"

"I heard that Li Jing is planning to rebel."

Luo Cheng raised his head and glared at Wang Junkuo, "If you came here just to tell me about this, then you can get out, and don't disturb me with such rumors in the future."

"Your Majesty, what I said is the truth, Li Jing really wants to rebel."

"Tell me about it, what evidence do you have!"

"Li Jing often has secret discussions with the nobles from Guanlong. It must be something wrong."

"that's it?"

"If His Majesty is willing to ask the minister to investigate, he will definitely be able to find evidence of his conspiracy. I suspect that Li Jing has been bribed by Li Yuan."

Luo Cheng shook his head.

"Wang Junkuo, you have made great achievements in commanding the shadow guards for me before, especially when you instigated Guo Xuan and others. Anyway, you have made great achievements in defeating Fan Yang and other places for me. But now you are no longer in charge of intelligence. The pro-military captain's mansion is responsible for collecting and monitoring, so you don't have to worry about it."

After reprimanding Wang Junkuo, Luo Cheng let him leave.

"This guy is too utilitarian, and he always likes to engage in crooked ways. He used to be in charge of intelligence, and his methods were quite useful, but now he is a Jiedu envoy, but he also likes to do this. It's not right." Luo Cheng pinched his chin.

Speaking of which, Wang Junkuo is also his confidant. He was his personal guard earlier, but now he sits on the position of Jiedushi. Lingyan Pavilion, awarded to the heroes of Zhongwu Yuanmou.

The next day.

The emperor issued an edict.

Wang Junkuo was transferred to be the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the former Fanyang Jiedu Envoy was abolished, and his brave army and Zhongwu army were compiled as the imperial guards, and the military title of the Shenyong army was changed to Zhongxiao Army. .

Luo Jiawen, the king of Qin, was appointed as the governor of Fanyang Prefecture, in charge of the affairs of Zhengjidian.

However, Luo Jiawen is only a few years old, and he is only a distant leader, so Luo Cheng issued an edict to appoint Zhang Yichen as the Shaoyin of the Fanyang Mansion, and he will be in charge.

When Wang Junkuo heard this edict in the court hall, he was stiff for a long time. The imperial censor in the palace urged him to wake up, and stepped forward to accept the edict to thank him in a daze.

After coming down to court, Wang Junkuo smiled at everyone on the surface, but the anger in his heart could not be suppressed for a long time.

Didn't he just sue Li Jing, why did he suddenly lose his position as the commander-in-chief?
Wang Junkuo hasn't been handsome for half a year, but now he's gone.

He knew very well that Jieshuai's position was high and powerful. Although Jieshuai was below the prime minister, in terms of power, he was not much worse than the prime minister. In the local town, he was even more at ease.

But now, he has changed to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of War. Can this be compared?
He didn't know how he offended the emperor with just one sentence, it was so serious, but seeing the emperor's appearance yesterday, he wasn't particularly angry.

Could it be that someone reported his black status later?
Who is it?
Li Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War?Or Li Junxian, the captain of the pro-military captain's mansion?

Back in the mansion, Wang Junkuo couldn't bear it anymore, he pulled out the sword on the wall, and hacked at the precious porcelain and lacquerware placed at home, making a mess!
But after he finished chopping and got angry, Wang Junkuo had no choice but to admit this fact.

Now the emperor takes Fanyang as his capital, not only the loyal army brought by the emperor, but also the army of vassals who came to guard, their strength is quite powerful.

Not to mention, Fan Yangzhen's original brave army had just finished reorganization, and many generals in the army were loyal to the emperor.

If he, Wang Junkuo, really had any thoughts about it, he might die a miserable death.

I'm not reconciled, I've only been handsome for a few months and then he's gone.

Ganlu Temple.

Luo Cheng was here to listen to the report from Li Junxian, the captain of the military commander's mansion, and Wang Junkuo's reaction after returning to the mansion. It took less than half a day for him to report to the emperor.

"It's just a burst of anger, is there no other change?"

Li Junxian replied truthfully, "I just got angry and didn't do anything else."

"Well, it seems that he hasn't bloated too much, very good, I just want to beat this guy, so as to save him from going further and further away, and keep staring at him."

"Yes."

"Your Majesty, I just received two reports from the army. One is that Wang Shichong of Luoyang has been repeatedly defeated by Li Mi, and now he is trapped in Luoyang. The city is about to run out of food and has become a trapped beast."

"Secondly, after Li Yuan retreated into Guanzhong, he was defeated by Xue Rengao in Qianshuiyuan, and now the main force is going out to defend the west of Beijing."

After hearing this, Luo Cheng said, "The pro-army Duwei's Mansion under your command should not only be responsible for collecting intelligence, but should play a more active role. Right now, both Luoyang and Chang'an are very chaotic and unstable. When it matters."

"I understand!"

(End of this chapter)